History HonestTrailers / TropesSToZ

'''LetsPlay/PewDiePie:''' ''[angry Swedish [[ForeignCussWord cursing]]]''

* UnreliableNarrator: The Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' goes to great length to show how hard it is to tell what is real and what is only in Tim's imagination.

** The Honest Trailer for Film/RebelMoon: Part One - A Child of Fire lays out how much the movie based itself on Franchise/StarWars and works that influenced it:
-->'''Narrator:''' Creator/ZackSnyder always dreamed of making a Star War, but when Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} said "that sounds terrible, [[TakeThat and we made]] ''[[Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker Rise of Skywalker]]''", Zack was finally free to tell his own story, where a humble farmboy from the outer rim of the galaxy joins up with a smuggler and a royal knight hiding in exile who once served as a princess' bodyguard to fight an empire ruled by an upstart senator, complete with laser swords, alien cantinas and polite English robots. Calling it now: in ''Part Two'', they will reveal that [[spoiler:the hero's father is not only still alive, but serves as the leader of the Empir-]]\\

--->'''Narrator:''' So enjoy another super smash hit whose success was far from guaranteed, with two [[Creator/{{Sony}} competing]] [[Creator/MarvelComics studios]] [[TeethClenchedTeamwork fighting for control]], six different screenwriters, and [[Creator/JonWatts a director]] with just two low-budget indies[[note]]''Film/{{Clown}}'' and ''Film/CopCar''[[/note]] to his name.

--->'''Narrator:''' After Creator/{{Disney}} reshot half of [[Film/RogueOne their first]] ''[[Film/RogueOne Star Wars]]'' [[Film/RogueOne story]] because [[ExecutiveMeddling they didn't like what the director did]], watch them hand the keys to [[Creator/PhilLordAndChrisMiller an exciting new creative team]], then reshoot ''even more'' of the movie because they didn't like what the directors did.
** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/MenInBlackInternational'' makes some mentions of its behind-the-scenes difficulties, such as Creator/ChrisHemsworth and Creator/TessaThompson each hiring their own dialogue writers and the director, F. Gary Gray, trying to leave the project several times.

--->'''Narrator:''' From the Creator/{{Disney}} [[UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}} of gaming]], and [[Creator/ElectronicArts the EA]] [[Creator/SonyPictures of film]], comes a swashbuckling romp about a buff dude, a smaller, quippy guy, and a sexy lady with an accent to hunt down a mythical treasure: ''Film/RedNotice''. I, I mean, uh, ''Film/JungleCruise''. No, wait, I mean, ''Uncharted''. ''[frustrated]'' Eugh, since when did bad versions of ''Film/{{The Mummy|1999}}'' become its own genre?

** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' notes, with horror, that the studio originally wanted O.J. Simpson to play the T-800.

** ''Franchise/MetalGear'' gets jabbed for its long, long cutscenes and endless radio conversations.

** In the Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' [[{{Bishonen}} Legolas]] is credited as Creator/GwynethPaltrow.

* UnconvincinglyUnpopularCharacter: Cracks are made about Peter Parker in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'' and Augustus in ''Film/TheFaultInOurStars'' somehow being losers:

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: [[invoked]]
** In the ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' Honest Trailer, the narrator makes a big deal of the fact that it was the first Pokemon game to have:
--->'''Narrator:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Full. Blown. COLOR!]]\\
''[sounds of ChirpingCrickets]''\\
'''Narrator:''' Look, it was a big deal at the time, all right? Jeez!
** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/GhostInTheShell2017'' points out how the movie's [[Anime/GhostInTheShell source material]] has influenced so many modern, American-made films (most prominently ''Franchise/TheMatrix'') that its actual live-action adaptation might feel [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks like a ripoff of those movies]].
** The Honest Trailer for ''Literature/TheShining'' points out how the famous "Here's Johnny!" scene has [[HeresJohnnyHomage been copied and parodied]] so many times, it's not even scary anymore.
** The Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'' suggests that some of the tropes and jokes it uses were more fresh and original when they appeared in [[ComicBook/{{Invincible}} the original comic book]] back in 2003, such as [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles a costume designer who makes outfits for superheroes]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} robotic gangsters]].

* WTHCastingAgency: [[invoked]]
** During the "Starring" portion of the ''Film/ThreeHundred'' trailer, the narrator breaks from giving witty nicknames to voicing his shock at some of the actors who got cast, though it seems less because of the usual miscasting associated with the trope and more because of the sheer levels of RetroactiveRecognition.
--->'''Narrator:''' [[Series/GameOfThrones Cersei Lannister]]? [[Series/TheWire McNulty]]? And Creator/MichaelFassbender?!
** During the "Starring" portion of the ''Film/SupermanReturns'' trailer, the narrator wonders what is Creator/ParkerPosey[[note]]Best known for her work in indie movies[[/note]] doing in a ''Superman'' blockbuster.
** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/GetOut2017'' points out how the movie [[InvokedTrope did this intentionally]] by casting well-known white actors such as indie favorite Creator/CatherineKeener, ''Series/TheWestWing'' co-star Bradley Whitford and ''Series/{{Girls}}'' co-star Creator/AllisonWilliams as [[spoiler:racist serial killer horror movie villains]].
** The Starring segment of the Honest Trailer for ''Film/HobbsAndShaw'' questions the logic of casting the Mexican Creator/EizaGonzalez as a Russian super criminal.
** The [[WebVideo/ScreenRantPitchMeetings Pitch Meeting]] section of the Honest Trailer for ''Film/MoneyPlane'' suggests that the villain, Darius "The Rumble" Grouch, sounds like he should be played by a ScaryBlackMan actor like Creator/SamuelLJackson or Creator/VingRhames rather than his actual actor, Creator/KelseyGrammer.

* VerbalTic[=/=]ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: In ''Series/BreakingBad'', "meet Walter White's partner Jesse Pinkman, a {{UsefulNotes/Juggalo}} without the makeup who prefers the formal term for female dog." ''[Cues a montage of every instance of Jesse saying "bitch"]''

* VerbalTic[=/=]ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: In ''Series/BreakingBad'', "meet Walter White's partner Jesse Pinkman, a {{Juggalo}} without the makeup who prefers the formal term for female dog." ''[Cues a montage of every instance of Jesse saying "bitch"]''

--->'''Narrator:''' Prepare for a movie based on a Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}} comic you had no idea existed, that Disney removed all the Marvel branding for, and didn't tie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, despite the fact that it has [[Comicbook/TheAvengers a team of quippy heroes]] going up against [[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld a forgettable villain]] [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 with a vague plan]] in [[Film/TheAvengers2012 a final battle with a sky-based doomsday device]] [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron made by disposable robots]], and [[TheStinger an after-credits scene]] with Creator/StanLee. Come on, this is the [[BuffySpeak Marvel-iest non-Marvel movie]] ever!

-->'''Narrator:''' From the studio that just [[Film/TheInterview got hacked by North Korea]], [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse lost creative control]] of Franchise/SpiderMan, might lose Film/JamesBond, and couldn't even keep Creator/AdamSandler happy,[[note]]Referring to Sandler signing a multi-picture deal with Creator/{{Netflix}}[[/note]] comes this [[TemptingFate sure-fire hit to put them back on track!]]\\

** The Honest Trailer for ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'' starts by listing some older Creator/DCComics movie projects that were cancelled: ''Superman Lives'', where Franchise/{{Superman}} would have been played by Creator/NicolasCage, ''Batman vs. Superman: Asylum'', which would have featured Superman fighting Franchise/{{Batman}}, and ''Superman: Flyby'', written by Creator/JJAbrams. It also mentions how some movies planned for the franchise, like the ''ComicBook/NewGods'' movie and an Aquaman spinoff about The Trench, were cancelled because of behind-the-scenes problems.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: [[invoked]]
** The Honest Trailer of ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'' asks how much acid the filmmakers took. After seeing the infamously InNameOnly Goombas dancing with each other, the narrator decides "Okay, all of it. All of the acid."
** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/FaceOff'' suggests that the plot "makes perfect sense - if you're on ''a lot'' of cocaine".
** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' points out how it actually looks like a classic Marvel comic, and reminds viewers that "Thor's a cosmic Viking created by nerds on acid in the 60s; it ''should'' look crazy!"
** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/StreetFighter'' notes how much cocaine Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme was hitting while making it, and that the invisible boat Guile uses in the movie was his idea.