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* PlayedForLaughs in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'': the one episode that [[MoodWhiplash had a much different tone than the rest of the series]] had the preview for the followup episode with the Titans back to their usual goofy selves.

*** Keeping the Disgaea tradition of [[ShoutOut referencing various manga/movies/series/whatever]] those On the Next segments have their share of shout outs as well. An example is the one featured at the end of Chapter 6, where Fuka references ''One Piece'' by shouting that she's going to become the President, the same way Luffy shouts he's going to become the Pirate King at the end of every of ''One Piece'''s own On the Next segments. Another outright states that the show being previewed is ''Anime/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' !

* ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'', which just adds to the feel of the game series.

--->'''Max''', wearing a paper bag on his head and holding [[DrunkOnMilk an orange soda can]]: LIVE FAST! DIE YOUNG! LEAVE A PICKLED CORPSE!

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'' does the same thing for the different "parts" of the game. In the English release anyways, it wasn't there is the JP version.

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* ''LightNovel/HarukaNogizakasSecret'''s Post Episode Trailer starts out kind of normally. But by the end of the trailer, it always ends with another show's OnTheNextEpisodeOfCatchPhrase, including ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion "And we promise more fanservice!"]], [[Anime/GaoGaiGar "Final Fusion approved!"]], [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico "Everyone, watch it!"]], [[Anime/{{Gunbuster}} Inazuma Kiiick!]], [[Anime/LegendOfGalacticHeroes "Another page turns in the history of the galaxy."]]''

* ''Manga/SoulEater'' follows a similar pattern to ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' as mentioned above, although putting one [[UpToEleven both before and after the credits]]. Each preview usually ends with Maka saying "I'll take your soul" or some variation.

* In a rare Film example, ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'' ends with a montage of clips from Part III, as well as a "To be continued..."

* Every ending credits in ''Series/JandaKembang'' is shown on top of clips from the next episode.

* ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'': At one point Franchise/{{Kirby}} sings one of the show's ending themes, and he took over narrating a certain episode's On the Next segment, he even intelligently speaks in full Japanese for that segment.

* ''Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar'' featured an amusing twist on this, inserted by the voice actor (Creator/ShigeruChiba) who did the narration. Over the course of the series, the narrator's tone of voice grows increasingly hammy and HotBlooded, until by the final episode previews he is almost literally screaming his lungs out ("Almost literally" because Chiba was genuinely afraid of giving himself an aneurysm if he kept it up too long).
** On a slightly more trivial note, each trailer ends with Kenshiro telling the audience that [[CatchPhrase "[They] are]] [[YouAreAlreadyDead already dead"]] or some variation thereof.

* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' does this, but just has words float across the screen so that you don't even get the context of the rest of the one-second snippet. The words describe scenery, such as "The tree blows gently," lines like "You won't transfer, will you, Keiichi?" and objects such as "needle" while [[TheWatcher Frederica Bernkastel]] recites a sort-of three line poem that refers to the next episode only in the vaguest sense. Then they end with "Can you believe in this?" while giving you one shot of a character against a TV static background (instead of the scenery the character would be accompanied by in the episode). The trope description holds true -- the episodes are, for the most part, pretty darn disturbing.

* ''Manga/SailorMoon'' burnt the last episode of its second season for both a RecapEpisode and also a vague preview of the next season.

** ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' gives one or two-sentence statements hinting at the content of the next episode... except for the trailer for the last episode, where it simply had Alphonse screaming.

** ''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Brotherhood]]'', however, just features melancholic FauxlosophicNarration by Father/the Narrator.

* In ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'', this would sometimes happen, but sometimes not. Sometimes the preview would be brief, and other times it would take up a significant part of the five minute episodes. Still other times, the episode being previewed won't even be the next episodes, but many weeks later.

* The ''Manga/ShamanKing'' anime starts out with fairly normal previews, featuring Manta overreacting to the clips from the next episode. However, as the series progresses they turn utterly bizarre, as if voice actress Inuyama Inuko was just asked to stand behind the microphone and do whatever came to mind, from short skits to surprisingly good imitations of her fellow actresses, over completely unrelated bits of the next episode. The segments go back to normal for the show's climax, something that doesn't go unnoticed ("Lately the previews have become rather serious...").

* ''[[VideoGame/HarukanaruTokiNoNakaDe Harukanaru Toki no Naka de - Hachiyou Shou]]'' has the next episode previews narrated by one of the [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys Hachiyou]] - often, but not always, [[ADayInTheLimelight the one who gets a prominent role in that episode]]; and the one for the last episode is narrated by the main character. Sometimes, but again, not always, the previews give away the exchange of the regular EndingTheme for the character's ImageSong in the episode in question, replacing the AnimeThemeSong BGM with that ImageSong.

* ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'': after earning endings A and B, a preview plays for the endings C and D route, with the [=YoRHa=] commander giving a speech to her subordinates before launching the FinalBattle against the machine lifeforms juxtaposed over pivotal scenes in the story to come.

* In the Youtube uploads of ''{{WebAnimation/TOME}}'', the second parts always end with one of these. They're all painfully awkward, but that's justified, since they're also meant to make fun of this trope.
* {{Parodied|Trope}} in the final episode of [[spoiler:season one of]] ''WebAnimation/MegaManDiesAtTheEnd''. Every previous episode has one of these, and it's usually played straight, but since Mega Man... [[SpoilerTitle well...]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin dies at the end]], the one in this episode is just the lifeless corpse of Mega Man. Parodied throughout the rest of the season as well, since the "teaser" is, for the most part, an short out-of-context clip of the next episode. [[spoiler: This continues partway into season two before getting dropped until the multi-part finale. Parodied in the season two (and series) finale as well; since it really is the end this time, it cuts to a test screen.]]

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* One of ''TheSimpsons'' Halloween episodes plays with this as well, [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] the fact that the Halloween eps are outside of the show's (already [[NegativeContinuity very loose]]) continuity. A Frankenstein parody ends with Mr. Burn's head sewed to Homer's body. The scene fades to black, and we're treated to a preview of "next week, on The Simpsons," where Homer and Burns' head have an argument over where to go for dinner: Homer wants to go to a spaghetti restaurant, while Burns insists on attending a reception for the Queen of Holland. Homer moans that he hates having two heads. In the REAL next episode everything is back to normal.

* In an interesting variation, ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'' would sometimes feature scenes (usually {{Fight Scene}}s) from the next episode playing over the credits.

* ''Anime/ChouKuseNiNarisou'' ("I Could Totally Get Used To This") featured the UnknownRival [[NoFourthWall breaking the fourth wall]] in the Post Episode Trailer by butting in to make self-serving comments.

->''"A new evil has revealed its face. Who are these mysterious enemies, and do Gohan and Krillin stand a chance? The answer to these questions will be revealed... ''[{{beat}}]'' ...[[ToBeContinuedRightNow Right now:]] Zarbon, Dodoria, Freeza, and Oh my, no."''

* ''Anime/IlSolePenetraLeIllusioni'' manages to contain a lot of information without any of it being more relevant to the next episode than the title: You have the Tendou sisters [[MoodWhiplash being cute]], an image of one of the [[TarotMotifs major arcana]] from the show's stylized deck, and quickly-scrolling text [[ShownTheirWork detailing the symbolism of the card]].

* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' has "''Next Conan/episode of Conan: (episode title)''" following a brief preview. The English dub had Conan announcing, for example, "''One truth prevails on the next Case Closed, A Hunting We Will Go!''" And yes, that was the English title of one of the episodes.

* At the end of every section of races on ''VideoGame/SplitSecond'' there's a trailer showing some of the things that occur in the next section. Some of these are the best way to see the [[StuffBlowingUp powerplays]] in action, as you don't usually get a good view in game. It's done to help enhance the idea that the game is actually a TV show, and every chapter also starts with a "coming up on the next Split Second," which features much the same footage; annoying if you're not taking a break at the end of a chapter.

* The ParodyFic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/12378786 Captain Proton and the Planet of Lesbians]]'' is presented InTheStyleOf a 1930's RadioDrama, with cliffhanger endings for each chapter followed by {{Parody Commercial}}s and LargeHam promos for what's going to happen next.

* The end credits for the first two seasons of ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' have a silent clip from the next episode playing in the background while a short sequence involving one or more characters that relates to the episode that just showed happens in the foreground. [[WhereAreTheyNotEpilogue The finales of both seasons instead show what various characters are up to]].

* ''Anime/MyHime'' sometimes has the characters talking about the episode that just finished, or just random, silly gags. Its sequel series ''Anime/MaiOtome'' does this every episode. When a much-hinted at character appears near the end of the series, every idea she comes up with to talk about have already been talked about by other characters in earlier episodes.