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* All three ''{{Xenosaga}}'' games show confusing images during the attract loop. The first one turns out to be the [[spoiler:Zohar]]. The second one shows the [[HumongousMecha E.S. Asher]] being built. The third shows the [[spoiler:titular Zarathustra]].

** The music video for "21 Guns" builds up to the kiss that is on the album cover of "21st Century Breakdown".

** ''FinalFantasyVI's'' logo shows a figure riding {{Magitek}} Armor, shown during the opening scene to be the female protagonist. The logo is also red and when the game begins descends among thunderclouds and rises up in flames. That should be your first clue the game's first half [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt does not end well.]]
** ''FinalFantasyVII'''s logo show Meteor streaming down to hit the planet with the [[McGuffin Black Materia]] in its wake.
** ''FinalFantasyVIII'' shows Squall and Rinoa embracing which occurs once Squall rescues Rinoa from imprisonment late in the game. The broad brush strokes also slightly resemble wings, Rinoa's thematic icon and a reference to her Sorceress powers.
** ''FinalFantasyIX'' has a glowing crystal in its logo which appears in the final dungeon as the source of all life in the world.
** ''FinalFantasyX's'' logo shows Yuna performing the Sending, a ritual seen throughout the game. The title screen also shows the party camping in the ruins of Zanarkand, due to the first 2/3s of the game or so being told in a HowWeGotHere fashion.
** ''FinalFantasyXI's'' is a bit nebulous, but a good interpretation is that it depicts a full alliance in combat, which many long-time players will tell you is a definite CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
** ''FinalFantasyXII'''s logo shows Gabranth with his head thrown back and his swords held out to the side. Though the scene doesn't appear in-game exactly, ''DissidiaFinalFantasy'' has Gabranth assuming the pose at the end of his [[LimitBreak EX Burst]] as a MythologyGag.
*** A similar thing occurred with ''FinalFantasyII''. The original Nintendo logo had Firion holding his Blood Sword in front of his face. This never appeared in the game, but during his final confrontation against the Emperor in ''Dissidia'', he assumes this exact same stance.
** ''FinalFantasyXIII''[='=]s logo shows [[spoiler:''the ending'', a destroyed Coccoon suspended in free-fall stopped by pillars of crystal consisting of Vanille, Fang and Ragnarok]]. It shows up even earlier, too, in the form of the pendant Snow gives Serah.

* All three ''XenoSaga'' games show confusing images during the attract loop. The first one turns out to be the [[spoiler:Zohar]]. The second one shows the [[HumongousMecha E.S. Asher]] being built. The third shows the [[spoiler:titular Zarathustra]].

* The cover image for KatyPerry's ''Teenage Dream'' is from the video for "California Gurls".

* The ''[[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Disturbed_Ten_Thousand_Fists.jpg Ten Thousand Fists]]'' album by {{Disturbed}} with the song of the same name. "You will remember the night you were struck by / the sight of / Ten Thousand Fists in the air!".

* The ''SluggyFreelance'' storyline "bROKEN" has a cover that shows a silhouette of the main character Torg, standing over a kneeling female character. That pose crops up subtly at least three times in the storyline, and even once or twice [[{{Foreshadowing}} before it began]].

* The film version of {{Twilight}} has a scene where Edward catches an apple in both hands, mirroring the novel's cover.

** ''FinalFantasyXIII''[='=]s logo shows [[spoiler:''the ending'', a destroyed Coccoon suspended in free-fall stopped by pillars of crystal consisting of Vanille, Fang and Ragnarok]]. It shows up even earlier, too, in the form of the pendant Snow gives Serah.

* When released on the SNES, ''ChronoTrigger'' had a cover [[CoversAlwaysLie that did not at all reflect the game's content]] for a few reasons. It has Crono, Frog, and Marle batting the Heckran on top of Death Peak. The problem is that the Heckran is fought in a cave at a time when Frog is not in your party, Marle is shooting a fireball (when she is AnIcePerson), and [[spoiler: Crono is dead when you go to Death Peak.]] In the DS re-release, however, there is an added snow area much like Death Peak, and a Heckran recolor can be found and fought there. The party in question's [[AwesomeButImpractical Triple Tech]] will let Marle use something similar in appearance to fire... and does 1 damage against said enemy.

* ''[[TheInheritanceTrilogy Eldest]]'' had a red dragon on the cover. Those who were eager to see it found that it it didn't appear until the third-to-last chapter in the book, accompanied by some crazy twists and cliffhangers (Some a little [[ShockingSwerve too crazy]]...)

** ''FinalFantasyVII's'' logo show Meteor streaming down to hit the planet with the [[McGuffin Black Materia]] in its wake.

** ''Final Fantasy XII'''s logo shows Gabranth with his head thrown back and his swords held out to the side. Though the scene doesn't appear in-game exactly, ''DissidiaFinalFantasy'' has Gabranth assuming the pose at the end of his [[LimitBreak EX Burst]] as a MythologyGag.

* The green apple on the disc for StrangerThanFiction.

* It wasn't until after the original poster for ''[[SeventeenSeventySix 1776]]'' was made that "The Egg" was written and added to the show.

* Each of the covers for the ''WheelOfTime'' series depicts a specific scene from the book. But early covers went [[ContemptibleCover so amiss with the details]] that they were barely recognisable.

* When released on the SNES, ''ChronoTrigger'' had a cover [[CoversAlwaysLie that did not at all reflect the game's content]] for a few reasons. It has Crono, Frog, and Marle batting the Heckran on top of Death Peak. The problem is that the Heckran is fought in a cave at a time when Frog is not in your party, Marle is shooting a fireball (when she is AnIcePerson), and [[spoiler: Crono is dead when you go to Death Peak.]] In the DS re-release, however, there is an added snow area much like Death Peak, and a Heckran recolor can be found and fought there. The party in question's [[AwesomeButImpractical Triple Tech]] will let Marle use something similar in appearance to fire, too.
** The enemy takes 1 damage from said Triple Tech.
*** [[AnimatedActors Clearly, that was so they could get the scene right without too much hassle]].

Some title screens or covers simply have no alternate meanings to interpret, such as a splash screen or a portrait of the main character. Not this one. This one shows something [[MindScrew mind screwy]] and/or [[NightmareFuel nightmarish]] that has no discernable meaning to the premise of the series. Or perhaps it depicts something like a weird character or object we haven?t seen yet, or a scene that?s highly unlikely to happen.

** In fact, every cover of the original comics (seen as the chapter screens in the graphic novel) are a close-up of an object featured in the first panel of each respective chapter.

* ''Wraeththu'' is not one of the three [[http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Worst_[=RPGs=]_ever worst [=RPGs=] of all time]], but tends to come up once those have been addressed. Its cover features a broken dagger and some kind of strange ornamental flower. Inside, it transpires that the game is about a [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] [[OneGenderRace all-male]] hermaphroditic race of {{Bishonen}} [[OurElvesAreBetter who are better than you at everything,]] ''[[OurElvesAreBetter human]]''. Their penises are shaped like flowers. SoYeah.

*The box art for ''Uncharted 2'' shows Nathan Drake bleeding, beaten, and dangling by his fingertips from a derailed train that's gone off a cliff. Guess what happens to him halfway through the game.
*Seen very briefly for ''Silent Hill Shattered Memories'', the [[http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/5150/1109330-silent_hill_shattered_memories_boxart_super.jpg photo]] on the cover can be found later [[spoiler: when you go back to your own house. It's not frozen over, however.]]