Spoiler or Spoilers may refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Spoiler (media) A spoiler is an element of a disseminated summary or description of a media narrative that reveals significant plot elements, with the implication that the experience of discovering the plot naturally, as the creator intended it, has been robbed ...

, something that reveals significant plot elements * The Spoiler, DC Comics superheroine Stephanie Brown

Film and television

* ''Spoiler'' (film), 1998 American science fiction * ''The Spoiler'' (TV series), 1972 Australian drama * ''The Spoilers'' (1914 film), American Western with William Farnum, based on 1906 Rex Beach novel ** ''The Spoilers'' (1923 film), remake with Noah Beery, Sr. and Anna Q. Nilsson ** ''The Spoilers'' (1930 film), remake with Gary Cooper and Betty Compson ** ''The Spoilers'' (1942 film), remake with Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott and John Wayne ** ''The Spoilers'' (1955 film), remake with Anne Baxter, Jeff Chandler and Rory Calhoun *'' Spoilers with Kevin Smith'', 2012 film review TV show

Literature

* ''The Spoiler'' (novel), 2011, by Annalena McAfee * ''The Spoilers'' (Bagley novel), 1969, by Desmond Bagley * ''The Spoilers'' (Beach novel), 1906, by Rex Beach *''The Spoilers'', a novel by Edwin Pugh, 1906 *"The Spoilers", a short story by Michael Gilbert in '' Game Without Rules'', 1967

Music

* ''The Spoiler'' (album), by Stanley Turrentine, 1966 * ''Spoiler'' (album), by Aitana, 2019

People

* The Spoiler (wrestler) (Donald Delbert Jardine, 1940–2006), Canadian masked champion * Drew McDonald (wrestler) (1955-2015), ring name The Spoiler

Science, technology and transportation

Spoiler (aeronautics) In aeronautics, a spoiler (sometimes called a lift spoiler or lift dumper) is a device which increases the Drag (physics), drag and decreases the lift (force), lift of an airfoil in a controlled way. Most often, spoilers are hinged plates on t ...

, a device which intentionally reduces the lift component of an airfoil *

Spoiler (car) A spoiler is an automotive aerodynamic device whose intended design function is to 'spoil' unfavorable air movement across the body of a vehicle in motion, usually manifested as lift, turbulence, or drag. Spoilers on the front of a vehicle ar ...

, a device to modify air flow over a vehicle * Spoiler (security vulnerability), on modern computer central processing units *

Beam spoiler A beam spoiler is a piece of material, placed into the path of the photon beam in radiotherapy. The purpose of the spoiler is to reduce the depth of the maximum radiation dosage.Bentel, G.C. (1996) ''Radiation therapy planning'p.103.McGraw-Hill Pr ...

, material placed in the path of the photon beam in radiation therapy

Other uses

Spoiler effect In social choice theory and politics, a spoiler effect happens when a losing candidate affects the results of an election simply by participating. Voting rules that are not affected by spoilers are said to be spoilerproof. The frequency and se ...

, where the entry of a losing (irrelevant) candidate affects the results of an election * Spoiler effect (sports), where teams eliminated from playoffs can affect other teams in the league as they play * The Spoilers, the trio of Ph.Ds who serve as the villains in the bonus round of the 1970s CBS game show Double Dare