Spoiler
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Spoiler may refer to:
- Spoiler (aeronautics)Spoiler (aeronautics)In aeronautics, a spoiler is a device intended to reduce lift in an aircraft. Spoilers are plates on the top surface of a wing which can be extended upward into the airflow and spoil it. By doing so, the spoiler creates a carefully controlled stall over the portion of the wing behind it, greatly...
, a device to reduce lift in aeronautics - Spoiler (automotive)Spoiler (automotive)A spoiler is an automotive aerodynamic device whose intended design function is to 'spoil' unfavorable air movement across a body of a vehicle in motion. Spoilers on the front of a vehicle are often called air dams, because in addition to directing air flow they also reduce the amount of air...
, a device to modify air flow in order to increase fuel efficiency or improve handling in automobiles - Spoiler (sports), a team that has been eliminated from the playoffs, and beats a team that required that win to advance
- Spoiler (media)Spoiler (media)Spoiler is slang for any element of any summary or description of any piece of fiction that reveals any plot element which will give away the outcome of a dramatic episode within the work of fiction, or the conclusion of the entire work. It can also be used to refer to any piece of information...
, a comment which discloses plot details of a book, play, video game, or film or is intended to distract attention from a rival - Spoiler (comics)Spoiler (comics)Stephanie Brown is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Detective Comics #647 and was created by Chuck Dixon and Tom Lyle....
, a secondary character in the DC comic book Robin - Spoiler (film)SPOILER (film)Spoiler is a 90-minute New York film made in 1998 . This movie is in color and in English.-Plot summary:Roger Mason is a prisoner locked away in a futuristic fortress of a jail. Desperate to escape and see his daughter, he keeps making attempt after attempt to break free, but each one is foiled...
, a comedy film project in New York City - Spoiler effectSpoiler effectThe spoiler effect describes the effect a minor party candidate with little chance of winning has in a close election, when that candidate's presence in the election draws votes from a major candidate similar to them, thereby causing a candidate dissimilar to them to win the election...
, an individual unable to win an election or game for him- or herself, but with the power to determine which player among two or more others will win - Mighty SpoilerMighty SpoilerMighty Spoiler, born Theophilus Philip , was a Trinidadian calypsonian.Spoiler's career began in 1946 at the House of Lords Tent, and he soon became one of the most popular calypso singers, known for hits like "Bedbug", "Magistrate Try Himself", "Picking Sense out of Nonsense", "Royal Wedding" and...
, a popular calypso singer - Don JardineDon JardineDon Jardine was a Canadian professional wrestler best known for his masked gimmick as "The Spoiler".-Career:Jardine began wrestling in the mid-1950s,making his wrestling debut in 1955 at the age of 15...
, a professional wrestler also known as "the Spoiler" - Ralph Nader