History Main / BaitAndSwitchSilhouette

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'': The reveal trailer for [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry King K. Rool]] has a silhouette of a [[LargeAndInCharge large]], [[AdiposeRex rotund]] [[PrimateVersusReptile crocodile]] appear outside of Donkey Kong's house, only for it to be the similarly large [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} King Dedede]] wearing a costume and playing a prank on the Kongs... [[SubvertedTrope until]] the ''real'' K. Rool appears and smacks him out of the way, apparently none too amused with the joke. The gag was reused for the fighters of Challenger Pack #3, with the mammal-and-avian team VideoGame/DuckHunt Duo pretending to be the mammal-and-avian team [[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie Banjo and Kazooie]].

* In ''WebVideo/{{Defunctland}}'s'' [[https://youtu.be/msbBGwXb9Zs?t=418 Club Disney episode]], Kevin discusses the restaurant play places that influenced Club Disney's creation, eventually covering Discovery Zone's ill-fated history. Several of its play places were acquired by a rival company, which Kevin represents with a silhouette of WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse. At first, it seems Disney made the purchase, as many viewers would have expected by this point. But then, the silhouette changes to depict another mascot, representing the company that ''actually'' made the purchase: [[MemeticMutation a powerful rat named]] [[Creator/ChuckECheese Charles Entertainment Cheese]]. This moment plays with the trope because the silhouette is unmistakably Mickey's, while the revealed Charles uses a completely different image.

* The teaser trailer for the live-action ''Film/ScoobyDoo2002'' movie culminates on a shot of what looks like ComicBook/{{Batman}}'s silhouette, only for the camera to quickly pan around and reveal that it's actually Scooby.

* ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'': In ''The Autograph Hound'', Donald gawks at the silhouettes of [[BellyDancer three beautiful women belly dancing in a tent]]; however, as they dance towards the entrance they reveal awkward feet wearing large male shoes, then red, goofy-looking girdles in bodies that are not graceful or feminine at all. Then the mystery trio leaves the tent, revealing they are the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritz_Brothers Ritz Brothers]] (a comedian trio that started performing at the 20s). Donald is not at all disappointed... until they start making fun of him.

* Film/BirdsOfPrey: In the climax, the dock is foggy and full of statues, confusing Harley. After a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Black Mask, she attempts a OneBulletLeft victory. True to this trope, it hits a statue instead. It turns out he was behind it.

* Film/BirdsOfPrey: In the climax, the dock is foggy and full of statues, confusing Harley. After a TheReasonsYouSuck speech to Black Mask, she attempts a OneBulletLeft victory. True to this trope, it hits a statue instead. It turns out he was behind it.

--->'''Man:''' Don't touch me.

* Early on in ''VideoGame/TheDig'', Boston Low swims through a tunnel. The swim is shown from his point of view and at one point, he sees what appears to be a man's shadow. Then he rounds the corner and sees that the shadow was of a pair of rocks that happened to form a man's silhouette.

* ''Franchise/TheSimpsons'': The short ''WesternAnimation/MaggieSimpsonInPlaydateWithDestiny'' references the Simpson's [[Creator/{{Disney}} new corporate overlords]] by opening with a silhouette that resembles WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse before the lights come up to reveal that it's Homer with a couple donuts over his head.

* The teaser trailer for the live-action ''Film/ScoobyDoo2002'' movie culminates on a shot of what looks like Franchise/{{Batman}}'s silhouette, only for the camera to quickly pan around and reveal that it's actually Scooby.

* ''VideoGame/LegoBatman 3: Beyond Gotham'' ends with [[http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20141115012428/lego/images/e/e2/Endcredits.png a silhouetted group shot]] framed to suggest that despite being a Creator/DCComics game, several Creator/MarvelComics characters like Franchise/SpiderMan and ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk are appearing. Then the lights flip on and it's revealed that no, it's all DC characters (ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} and ComicBook/SwampThing being the ones standing in for the two mentioned).

Subtrope of BaitAndSwitch.

** The episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E24LemonOfTroy Lemon of Troy]]" has Bart looking for the Springfield Lemon Tree. He is about to give up, saying the adventure is as worthless as the "lemon-shaped rock" in the grass. The audience assumes that this is actually a lemon, but then he says, "Wait a minute...There's a lemon behind that rock!" The camera pans to a lemon nearby, revealing that the lemon-shaped rock really was just a rock.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E15BartTheFink Bart the Fink]]", Bart is relaxing by the lake after escaping from school when he sees [[https://frinkiac.com/img/S05E20/251617.jpg two apparent silhouettes of a prestigious man in a tall hat and a young boy approaching on a raft]]. Bart assumes his ImagineSpot of him hanging out with Literature/HuckleberryFinn and UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln is coming true, [[https://frinkiac.com/img/S05E20/256622.jpg only for the silhouettes to come close enough to make it clear they're just two creepy hobos]].
-->'''Hobo:''' Hey kid, you wanna see a dead body?\\

* The first season of the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime has an episode where the characters take a quiz identifying Pokémon based on their silhouettes. One silhouette is a perfect circle. Most assume that it's a Voltorb or an Electrode, two spherical Pokémon, but it is actually "Jigglypuff, as seen from above."

** In the episode ''Truck Stop Polly,'' Polly sees a stump of rotting wood that looks exactly like Mrs. Croaker when it’s behind a layer of fog.
** In the episode ''Mr. X'', Mr. X chases the protagonists into a storage closet of a movie theater. He spots what looks like Hop Pop in the dark, but it was actually just a promotional standee of a movie character.
** In the episode ''Escape To Amphibia'', the Plantars are captured by government agents. Anne breaks into their facility to save them, and finds a glass tank with what looks like Hop Pop inside, but when the lights turn on, it is revealed to be a rock with some clumps of moss.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''...

* ''WesternAnimation/Amphibia'':

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'' opens with a silhouette of a New York City skyline as Z talks about living in the big city, only to reveal they're actually blades of grass.

* ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'': In ''The Autograph Hound'', Donald gawks at the silhouettes of [[BellyDancer three beautiful women belly dancing in a tent]]; however, as they dance towards the entrance they reveal awkward feet wearing large male shoes, then red, goofy-looking girdles in bodies that are not graceful or feminine at all. Then the mystery trio leaves the tent, revealing they are the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritz_Brothers Ritz Brothers]] (a comedian trio that started performind at the 20s). Donald is not at all disappointed... until they start making fun of him.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/Amphibia'', Hop Pop walks through a hostile desert environment. One scene opens on the image of what appears to be Hop Pop’s dried-out skull on the ground. But then, the still-alive Hop Pop walks into frame. It is never addressed who the skull belonged to or why it looks exactly like Hop Pop.

* ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'': In ''The Autograph Hound'', Donald gawks at the silhouettes of [[BellyDancer three beautiful women belly dancing in a tent]]; however, as they dance towards the entrance they reveal awkward feet wearing large male shoes, then red, goofy-looking girdles in bodies that ate not graceful or feminine at all. Then the mystery trio leaves the tent, revealing they are the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritz_Brothers Ritz Brothers]] (a comedian trio that started performind at the 20s). Donald is not at all disappointed... until they start making fun of him.

* ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'': In ''The Autograph Hound'', Donald gawks at the silhouettes of [[BellyDancer three beautiful women belly dancing in a tent]]; however, as they dance towards the entrance they reveal awkward feet wearing large male shoes, then red, goofy-looking girdles in bodies that ate not graceful or feminine at all. Then the mystery trio leaves the tent, revealing they are the [[Ritz_Brothers Ritz Brothers]] (a comedian trio that started performind at the 20s). Donald is not at all disappointed... until they start making fun of him.

* ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'': In ''The Autograph Hound'', Donald gawks at the silhouettes of [[BellyDancer three beautiful women belly dancing in a tent]]; however, as the trio dances towards an area where the tent cloth is shorter, they show, at first, that they're wearing large male shoes, and also, red, goofy-looking girdles while their bodies are no longer graceful or feminine; finally, the mystery trio leaves the tent, revealing they are the Ritz Brothers. Donald is not at all disappointed... until they start making fun of him.

* ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'': In ''The Authograph Hound'', Donald gawks at the silhouettes of [[BellyDancer three beautiful women belly dancing in a tent]]; however, as the trio dances towards an area where the tent cloth is shorter, they show, at first, that they're wearing large male shoes, and also, red, goofy-looking girdles while their bodies are no longer graceful or feminine; finally, the mystery trio leaves the tent, revealing they are the Ritz Brothers. Donald is not at all disappointed... until they start making fun of him.