Spoiler

Spoiler or Spoilers may refer to:

Spoiler candidate, a losing candidate or option that affects the results of an election
- Spoiler effect (sports), a team that has been eliminated from the playoffs but defeats a team requiring that win to advance
- An irrelevant alternative that nevertheless affects a decision

Technology, transportation, and engineering[edit]

Spoiler (aeronautics), device to reduce lift in aeronautics
Spoiler (car), device to modify air flow in order to increase fuel efficiency or improve handling in automobiles
Spoiler (security vulnerability), computer security vulnerability
Beam spoiler, piece of material placed into the path of the photon beam in radiation therapy.

Spoiler (media), comment that discloses plot details of a book, play, video game, film, or other narrative content

The Spoilers (1914 film), American Western with William Farnum, based on 1906 novel by Rex Beach
- 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
The Spoiler (TV series), 1972 Australian drama
Spoiler (film), 1998 American science fiction
Spoilers with Kevin Smith, 2012 American "anti-movie review" TV show

The Spoiler (album), 1966 release by American jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine
The Spoilers (band), American punk rock/new wave musicians formed in 1978
Spoiler (album), 2019 release by Spanish pop singer Aitana

Mighty Spoiler (1926–1960), Trinidadian calypsonian
The Spoiler (wrestler) (1940–2006), Canadian masked champion
Drew McDonald (wrestler) (1955-2015) who also wrestled under as mask as the Spoiler in the U.K. in 1987

The Spoiler, DC Comics superheroine introduced in 1992, subsequently referenced as Stephanie Brown