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*Spoilers* Game
Posted by: MuseSusan (---.union.edu)
Date: June 15, 2006 05:28AM

***SPOILER ALERT***

The idea here is to post the most obvious or well-known spoilers you can think of (inspired by the conversation of spoilers on the "Reading in Order" thread). For example…

Romeo and Juliet both kill themselves, but their families settle the feud.


Re: *Spoilers* Game
Posted by: kaz (---.vic.bigpond.net.au)
Date: June 15, 2006 05:41AM

Lord Voldemort returns.

The Greeks defeat the Trojans.

The 'Titanic' sinks.

Re: *Spoilers* Game
Posted by: MartinB (---.cache.ru.ac.za)
Date: June 15, 2006 08:12AM

*spoiler alert*

Macbeth gets killed.

The Rebel Alliance wins.



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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Re: *Spoilers* Game
Posted by: vampire (---.ptldor.dsl-w.verizon.net)
Date: June 15, 2006 08:17AM

Satine dies at the end.
(in Moulin Rouge)
(Her death is announced in the first five minutes of the film)



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You wants it? How Gollum-esque!

Re: *Spoilers* Game
Posted by: MartinB (---.cache.ru.ac.za)
Date: June 15, 2006 08:20AM

Crispin from "Shades" dies.
(the prologue has his funeral corte'ge)



__________________________________
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Re: *Spoilers* Game
Posted by: vampire (---.ptldor.dsl-w.verizon.net)
Date: June 15, 2006 08:21AM

The King Returns



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You wants it? How Gollum-esque!

Re: *Spoilers* Game
Posted by: MartinB (---.cache.ru.ac.za)
Date: June 15, 2006 08:26AM

Heh. Good one.

From the other thread (some of 'em):

Anakin Skywalker becomes Darth Vader.

Darth Vader is Luke's father.



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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Re: *Spoilers* Game
Posted by: SLIGHTCAP (---.hsd1.va.comcast.net)
Date: June 15, 2006 11:14AM

In Little Women, Beth dies.


Re: *Spoilers* Game
Posted by: Anonymous User (---.dhcp.jcsn.tn.charter.com)
Date: June 15, 2006 01:19PM

Daisy runs over Myrtle, then Myrtle's husband goes to Gatsby's house and kills him.
I think that's the book I would most like to jump into if I had TN abilities!


Re: *Spoilers* Game
Posted by: Auntysassy (---.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: June 15, 2006 03:30PM

Gone With the Wind
Atlanta burns, the Yankees win, Melanie dies, Bonnie dies, Rhett leaves Scarlet.

The Eyre Affair
Thursday marries Landen.

Oliver Twist
Oliver finds his family.

Bleak House
Esther (unfortunately) doesn't die, she marries the doctor.

Re: *Spoilers* Game
Posted by: Lycanthra Pod (---.in-addr.btopenworld.com)
Date: June 15, 2006 03:52PM

Indiana Jones finds the Lost Ark

Clark Kent is Superman

Ebernezer Scrooge is a goodie in the end

Re: *Spoilers* Game
Posted by: MuseSusan (---.union.edu)
Date: June 15, 2006 04:03PM

(One of my favorites, but not so well-known--The Black Tulip by Alexander Dumas.)

He manages to grow the black tulip AND he gets the girl!


Re: *Spoilers* Game
Posted by: Puck (---.sfldmidn.dynamic.covad.net)
Date: June 15, 2006 04:46PM

The salesman dies.



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Metaphors be with you!

Re: *Spoilers* Game
Posted by: ElizaBennett (---.marchofdimes.com)
Date: June 15, 2006 04:47PM

Jane Eyre: Reader, I married him.

Re: *Spoilers* Game
Posted by: SLIGHTCAP (208.31.155.---)
Date: June 15, 2006 06:09PM

Bruce Willis is a ghost


Re: *Spoilers* Game
Posted by: MuseSusan (---.union.edu)
Date: June 15, 2006 06:41PM

(Ooh, someone told me that before I saw the movie and ruined it for me!)

Maria marries the captain and they all escape the Nazis.


Re: *Spoilers* Game
Posted by: Anonymous User (---.server.ntli.net)
Date: June 15, 2006 07:25PM

Robert Langdon uncovers ANOTHER church conspiracy.

Dan Brown makes another million.




ooooh, here's a 'take your pick' one: It was all a dream.


Re: *Spoilers* Game
Posted by: ElizaBennett (---.marchofdimes.com)
Date: June 15, 2006 07:32PM

Tony Perkins is both the psycho killer AND his mother.

Re: *Spoilers* Game
Posted by: MartinB (---.cache.ru.ac.za)
Date: June 15, 2006 07:56PM

Austin Powers is Dr. Evil.

Alice was dreaming.

Ulysses takes a while to get home.



__________________________________
'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Re: *Spoilers* Game
Posted by: robcraine (83.218.27.---)
Date: June 15, 2006 08:48PM

They all live happily ever after.

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