History HilariousInHindsight / HonestTrailers

* The Honest Game Trailer for ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' has the narrator [[NoPronunciationGuide struggling to pronounce]] Hwoarang's name, and settling on "Howard". And then Tekken got a Howard, [[VideoGame/FatalFury Geese]] [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Howard]], that is.

** It included a joke about it ending with "the Joker killing Lois Lane and blowing up all of Metropolis" and mentions Superman "going nuts" and killing Shazam. [[spoiler: Lois Lane is in fact killed during the "Knightmare" in the epilogue, albeit by Darkseid, but Joker does show up. All the while, a city that may be Metropolis is being destroyed and Superman is [[BrainwashedAndCrazy turned evil]] by Darkseid's Anti-Life equation.]]

* In the episode for ''Series/TheBoys2019'', after showing that three reprehensible people turn out to have children that are treated as their MoralityPet to make them more sympathetic/morally ambiguous, an image of Stormfront from the Season 2 trailer shows up, with the narration "I hear Season 2 has a literal Nazi [Stormfront] join the team. But don't worry; I'm sure she wants to have kids someday." Come the show, and we find out that Stormfront did indeed have a kid, but one that wasn't born with [[Really700YearsOld her prolonged youth]] and who has since [[OutlivingOnesOffspring died of old age]].

* In the episode for ''Series/TheBoys2019'', after showing that three reprehensible people turn out to have children that are treated as their MoralityPet to make them more sympathetic/morally ambiguous, an image of Stormfront from the Season 2 trailer shows up, with the narration "I hear Season 2 has a literal Nazi join the team. But don't worry; I'm sure she wants to have kids someday." Come the show, and Stormfront really had a kid, only decades ago]]. Then we find out she indeed had a daughter, but one that wasn't born with [[Really700YearsOld her prolonged youth]] and who has since [[OutlivingOnesOffspring died of old age]], and yes, it is again used to make Stormfront more sympathetic/morally ambiguous.

* In the episode for ''Series/TheBoys2019'', after three reprehensible people [[MoralityPet turn out to have children]], an image of Stormfront from the Season 2 trailer shows up with the narration "I hear Season 2 has a literal Nazi join the team. But don't worry; I'm sure she wants to have kids someday." Come the show, and Stormfront really had a kid, [[Really700YearsOld only decades ago]].

* The combined trailer for ''Film/TombRaider2018'' and ''Film/PacificRimUprising'', the similarities include "end[ing] with a tease for a sequel that'll probably never come." At least for the former, the sequel was greenlit.

** Additionally, the narrator speculates that the campaign to release the Snyder Cut might have been a ploy to boost signups for Creator/HBOMax, which is the exact network it was launched on.

* In the episode for ''Series/{{Iron Fist|2017}}'', the narrator mentions none of the Marvel-Netflix shows are canon to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, due to Creator/KevinFeige rarely mentioning about them and how those characters never appear in the movies and TV shows produced by Marvel Studios. The narrator would be later proven wrong when both Matt "Daredevil" Murdock and Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk appear in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' and ''Series/{{Hawkeye|2021}}'' respectively, confirming the Marvel Netflix shows are still canon.

* In the episode for ''Series/{{Iron Fist|2017}}'', the narrator mentions none of the Marvel-Netflix shows are canon to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, due to Kevin Feige rarely mentioning about them and how those characters never appear in the movies and TV shows produced by Marvel Studios. The narrator would be later proven wrong when both Matt "Daredevil" Murdock and Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk appear in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' and ''Series/{{Hawkeye|2021}}'' respectively, confirming the Marvel Netflix shows are still canon.

* In the 2022 Oscars video, the narrator jokes that Creator/WillSmith talks like Mike Tyson but can't fight like him, proceeded with a montage of Richard having his ass kicked. During the Oscars, Smith slapped Creator/ChrisRock for making a joke about his wife.

* In the episode for ''Series/TheMandalorian'''s first season, Epic Voice Guy remarks that the show can be enjoyed by casual ''Star Wars'' fans "who spent eight episodes wondering why [[spoiler:Luke Skywalker]] wasn't in the Boba Fett show". In the second season, [[spoiler:''both'' of them show up]]. The year after that, Boba Fett would actually get i[[Series/TheBookOfBobaFett his own show]], [[spoiler:and yes, Luke appears in this one too]].

** In the "Starring..." section, the narrator listed [[spoiler:the Martian Manhunter]] as one of the characters. Guess who made an appearance in the ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague''?

** It also included a joke about it ending with "the Joker killing Lois Lane and blowing up all of Metropolis" and mentions Superman "going nuts" and killing Shazam. [[spoiler: Lois Lane is in fact killed during the "Knightmare" in the epilogue, albeit by Darkseid, but Joker does show up. All the while, a city that may be Metropolis is being destroyed and Superman is [[BrainwashedAndCrazy turned evil]] by Darkseid's Anti-Life equation.]]
** Not to mention a joke that the Snyder cut would, in order to fit all the plots it has in it, have to be longer than Titanic. Which it actually turned out to be. [[note]] Titanic's runtime is 195 minutes while the Snyder Cut's runtime is 242 minutes [[/note]]

* In the episode for ''Series/TheMandalorian'''s first season, Epic Voice Guy remarks that the show can be enjoyed by casual ''Star Wars'' fans "who spent eight episodes wondering why [[spoiler:Luke Skywalker]] wasn't in the Boba Fett show". In the second season, [[spoiler:''both'' of them show up]]. The year after that would also give the real Boba Fett [[Series/TheBookOfBobaFett his own show]], [[spoiler:and yes, Luke appears in this one too]].

* In the episode for ''Series/IronFist2017'', the narrator mentions none of the Marvel-Netflix shows are canon to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, due to Kevin Feige rarely mentioning about them and how those characters never appear in the movies and TV shows produced by Marvel Studios. The narrator would be later proven wrong when both Matt "Daredevil" Murdock and Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk appear in Spiderman: No Way Home and the Hawkeye tv show respectively, confirming the Marvel Netflix shows are still canon.
** Also, Epic Voice Guy concedes that, [[DamnedByFaintPraise at the very least, the show allows time for sex scenes]] because "Marvel won't do them anymore"... that is, until ''Film/{{Eternals}}'', which features a sex scene with Ikaris and Sersi in the opening minutes of the film.

* In the episode for ''Series/TheMandalorian'''s first season, Epic Voice Guy remarks that the show can be enjoyed by casual ''Star Wars'' fans "who spent eight episodes wondering why [[spoiler:Luke Skywalker]] wasn't in the Boba Fett show". In the second season, [[spoiler:''both'' of them show up]]. The year after that would also give the real Boba Fett [[Series/TheBookOfBobaFett his own show]].

** Also, Epic Voice Guy concedes that, [[DamnedByFaintPraise at the very least, the show allows time for sex scenes]] because "Marvel won't do them anymore"... that is, until ''Film/Eternals'', which features a sex scene with Ikaris and Sersi in the opening minutes of the film.

* In the episode for ''Series/TheMandalorian'''s first season, Epic Voice Guy remarks that the show can be enjoyed by casual ''Star Wars'' fans "who spent eight episodes wondering why [[spoiler:Luke Skywalker]] wasn't in the Boba Fett show". In the second season, [[spoiler:''both'' of them show up]]. The year after that would also give the real Boba Fett his own show.

* In the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' Honest Trailer, the narrator complains about the series rehashing too many classic Disney worlds, and wonders aloud why it hasn't featured any levels from Creator/{{Pixar}} movies yet ("Hold on, doesn't Disney own Pixar?! Where's ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' world? ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc''? Anything new? Come on!"). A few years after that video was released, it was confirmed that the long-awaited ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' would feature a ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' level and a ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' level, complete with Sora and co. getting plastic toy forms and monster forms.

* The 2020 April Fools' Joke Honest Trailer for the "Snyder Cut" of ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' has become this, since Creator/HBOMax confirmed that it will be released for real, as ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague''.

** Not to mention a joke that the Snyder cut would, in order to fit all the plots it has in it, have to be longer than Titanic. Which it actually turned out to be.
** In the "Starring..." section, the narrator listed [[spoiler:the Martin Manhunter]] as one of the characters. Guess who made an appearance in the ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague''?

* In the episode for ''Film/{{Inception}}'', Elliot (formerly Ellen) Page's character is described as a little boy. He later came out as transgender seven years after the video debuted.

* In the episode for ''Film/{{Inception}}'', the narrator refers to Ariadne as "[[LadyLooksLikeADude this small boy]]". [[Creator/ElliotPage The actor formerly known as Ellen Page]], who portrayed Ariadne, would come out as a trans man in 2020.

* In the episode for ''Film/TheNewMutants'', an article is shown with the headline "Kevin Feige Says 'It Will Be a Very Long Time' Until the X-Men Join the Marvel Cinematic Universe". [[spoiler: Come the fifth episode of ''Series/WandaVision'', though, Wanda and Vision are visited by a seemingly-resurrected Pietro Maximoff... played by Creator/EvanPeters, marking the first time the MCU has crossed over with the Film/XMenFilmSeries, only two months and change after said trailer was posted...[[SubvertedTrope until it was revealed in the finale of that show that this "Pietro" was actually a fake.]]]]

* In the episode for ''Series/CobraKai'', on Miguel Diaz's entry, the narrator says "Marvel, cast this boy as Nova immediately." It ends up the opposite as his actor, Xolo Maridueña, is cast as ComicBook/BlueBeetle for Creator/HBOMax.
* In the episode for ''Film/{{Inception}}'', the narrator refers to Ariadne as "[[LadyLooksLikeADude this small boy]]". [[Creator/ElliotPage The actor formerly known as Ellen Page]] would come out as trans in 2020.

** In the "Starring.." section, the narrator listed [[spoiler:the Martin Manhutter]] as one of the characters. Guess who made an appearance in the ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague''?

* In the episode for ''Film/TheNewMutants'', an article is shown with the headline "Kevin Feige Says 'It Will Be a Very Long Time' Until the X-Men Join the Marvel Cinematic Universe". [[spoiler: Come the fifth episode of ''Series/WandaVision'', though, Wanda and Vision are visited by a seemingly-resurrected Pietro Maximoff... played by Creator/EvanPeters, marking the first time the MCU has crossed over with the Film/XMenFilmSeries, only two months and change after said trailer was posted.]]