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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie2TheSecondPart'' seems to end in tragedy, while everyone starts singing a depressing song of giving up. We even get a "The End" title card, so all is lost--''but'' Lucy still manages to find a way to inspire everyone, and the movie continues from there. Some theaters aided in this fake out by turning on the lights while it happens, usually the signal that the movie is over. When it's revealed to be a fake-out, though, the lights go back down as the movie continues to play.

* ''Film/{{Vice 2018}}'' also has a fakeout ending involving UsefulNotes/DickCheney not putting his political career instead of his family, but then the movie resumes and he does exactly that.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiHIyqgAteI "Rock is Sponge"]] by Joujouka, famously featured in the fourth stage of ''{{VideoGame/Rez}}'', does this during the mid-track breakbeat. The version heard in-game omits this section.

* In the reveal of ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', the trailer blacked out right after Wario's [[{{Fartillery}} mishap]]. Several seconds go by... then [[VideoGame/MetalGear the Codec alert]] [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome popped up]].
** They did something similar for the fourth game's reveal. The clip showed the Villager as a newcomer, the title was shown, and a 2014 release date was revealed as the image gradually fades out...then '''"NEW CHALLENGER APPROACHING!"''' pops up accompanied by a klaxon, cutting to [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]], [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]], Franchise/DonkeyKong and Franchise/{{Kirby}} looking up at a [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic short blue robot]] standing on a cliff.

* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' starts to roll fake credits after beating the second phase of the boss fight. All of the names in the fake credits are the names of the game's enemies. After about a screen's worth, K. Rool comes back and you go back to fighting. The real credits end up being much more of a spectacle.

* Used in the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes classic ''WesternAnimation/DuckAmuck''. Daffy wants to "get this picture started," only for the camera to IrisOut onto a "The End" card... which Daffy promptly pushes out of the way with a shout of [[BigNo "NO! NO!"]]
** Reused in the Nintendo DS game version, with Daffy wanting to "get this game started", and the camera irises out to a Game Over screen. He pushes that out of the way as well.
** WesternAnimation/FoghornLeghorn does this at least twice ("Crowing Pains" and "A Fractured Leghorn"), just to get in [[MotorMouth one last line]] of dialogue.
-->"You gotta keep on your toes. Toes, that is!
-->"One time I darn near starved to death! Wouldn't tell him I was hungry!"
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "Put My Head On Your Shoulders" ends with a heart-shaped IrisOut on Bender claiming that the events on the episode [[IMeantToDoThat were just as he planned]]. Suddenly, Leela calls him out and the scene irises in again. The episode then ends on another heart iris... on Bender's [[ItMakesSenseInContext exploding]] [[BrickJoke butt]].

Commonly used at the end of an episode or a song, a Fake-Out Fade-Out is where the scene/music [[FadeOut fades out]] as if it were the end, at a place where that could be realistic and believable, then a moment later jumps back in (YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle!) with more stuff happening.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': After Wonderweiss [[spoiler:shows up, one-shots Ukitake, and frees Halibel, Aizen, Gin and Tosen from their respective "prisons"]], all of the Shinigami in Karakura town are shown. Then we see [[spoiler:Aizen]]'s face and the screen slowly fades to black... only to quickly fade back in to show that the Vizard have just arrived to join the battle.

* Music/{{Pavement}}'s "Elevate Me Later" goes into what sounds like a BigRockEnding, then jumps right back into the main riff again for another 30 seconds. "Trigger Cut / Wounded At :17" and "Shady Lane / J Vs. S" might count, although the titles suggest the instrumentals that fade in after their endings are separate interludes that just aren't on their own tracks. In fact "Wounded at :17" originally was the main riff of a full song called "Nothing Ever Happens".

** Before that, was Shangri-La - the final track on A New World Record, where there's sort of a dreamy reprise of the song.

Commonly used at the end of an episode or a song, a Fake-Out Fade-Out is where the scene/music fades out as if it were the end, at a place where that could be realistic and believable, then a moment later jumps back in (YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle!) with more stuff happening.

* ''Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce'' does this 90 minutes in, seemingly ending in tragedy and playing credits... but these credits turn out to be those of a movie that one of the alternate Evelyns was in, and is watching the premiere of in a theater.

** Happens again at ''Extreme Rules 2022'' following Wrestling/MattRiddle's victory over Wrestling/SethRollins. Then the lights turned off. You will hear someone singing "he's got the whole world in his hands", then his old Firefly Fun House appears, along with a mask on the announce table, and another person with the Fiend's mask. Who's that walking out of the door?... Why it's no other than the returning Bray Wyatt.

* ''VideoGame/Persona4'': [[spoiler:In the original version on the Play Station 2 after defeating Adachi and Ameno-Sagiri, the player is lead to believe that the story is over, but during the final day at Inaba, they can visit Junes, and it eventually leads to the reveal of the person at the gas station being Izanami. Because of how it was set up in the original version, many players may end up missing it completely. ''Persona 4 Golden'' would fix this by the inclusion of the new character Marie whom her role is in the added third semester which unlocks after you max out her Social Link, which gives the player the hint that the case may not be completely over.]]

* ''VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight'' has the credits roll after fully defeating the Black Knight himself and many players who have played the game actually thought that this is how the game ended because of it, even though if they were to go to the level select menu, there is more to the story.

* ''VideoGame/Persona4'' [[spoiler:In the original version on the Play Station 2 after defeating Adachi and Ameno-Sagiri, the player is lead to believe that the story is over, but during the final day at Inaba, they can visit Junes, and it eventually leads to the reveal of the person at the gas station being Izanami. Because of how it was set up in the original version, many players may end up missing it completely. ''Persona 4 Golden'' would fix this by the inclusion of the new character Marie whom her role is in the added third semester which unlocks after you max out her Social Link, which gives the player the hint that the case may not be completely over.]]

-->-- '''Creator/JohnMulaney''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnkrL42R7gk The Salt and Pepper Diner]]''

* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasGreatAdventureIntoTheUnderworld'': After Nobita and Doraemon had escaped from the Devil's World back to earth, they managed to get Doraemon's sister, Dorami, to provide them with a spare What-If Phone Booth to reset the world back to normal. Yay! Roll credits... except, their friends are ''still'' in the magic alrernate timeline, having been captured by Demon King Demaon earlier, and it turns out they still need to retrive their friends first. The story then continues for a while until the final battle.

* Music/TheRamones' "53rd & 3rd" from ''Music/{{Ramones}}'' does this, though without a literal fade-out.

* DJ Jimi's "Where They At". The beat comes to a halt, there's a second of silence and then... "Sliiide and do the P[[spoiler:ussy]] Pop!"

* Music/TwoLiveCrew's "Pop That P-[=-=]-y".

** And before 'that' was Boy Blue from ELO - where they did it at least twice.

* The title track to the Music/{{Rush}} album ''Music/ClockworkAngels''.

* "Sweet Release" by Trouser Enthusiasts seemingly winds down at the 6-minute mark, then builds back up with a series of repetitions of the lyric "Release me, release me, and let me breathe/live again".

* On BT's ''Ima'' album, at the end of "Blue Skies (The Delphinium Days Mix)", the song starts to mix into "Embracing The Future", but fades out, then the "Sasha's Voyage of ''Ima'' " megamix starts with that same song.