Spoiler or Spoilers may refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

* Spoiler (media), a summary 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 Edwin William Pugh (1874 - 5 February 1930) was an English writer. He published 33 books, primarily novels and short story collections, and focused on working-class "cockney school" storylines. The Modernist Journals Project finds that "Pugh's ...

, 1906 *"The Spoilers", a short story by Michael Gilbert in ''

Game Without Rules ''Game Without Rules'' is a short story collection by the British crime and spy writer Michael Gilbert featuring his counter-intelligence agents Calder and Behrens. The first US edition was published in 1967 by Harper & Row, and the UK editi ...

'', 1967

Music

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

The Spoilers (band) The Spoilers were a Southern California punk rock/ new wave band formed in 1978. History The Spoilers began in Los Angeles, California in 1978. The founding members were Chris Hickey, George Padgett and Dean Stefan. Bill Hickey was also con ...

, American punk rock/new wave musicians formed in 1978 * ''Spoiler'' (album), by Aitana, 2019

People

The Spoiler (wrestler) Donald Delbert Jardine (March 24, 1940 – December 16, 2006) was a Canadian professional wrestler best known for his masked gimmick as The Spoiler. Jardine was a major star in various wrestling promotions. He worked in the World Wrestling Federa ...

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

Science, technology and transportation

* Spoiler (aeronautics), a device which intentionally reduces the lift component of an airfoil * Spoiler (car), 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, where the entry of a losing (irrelevant) candidate affects the results of an election *

Spoiler effect (sports) Elimination from postseason contention, or being eliminated from playoff contention, refers to the point when it is no longer mathematically possible for a team in a sports league to qualify for the postseason, including if they win every remain ...

, where teams eliminated from playoffs can affect other teams in the league as they play