History Webvideo / Honesttrailers

** Lampshaded in ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious Furious 7]]'', where they go straight from talking about how touching and heartfelt Paul Walker's sendoff was to the puntastic "Starring..." credits.

* AnimalsLackAttributes: The last question the narrator asks in the ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes'' trailer is, "Um... where are all the monkey dicks?" He also questions where are the genitals and anuses of the ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'' inhabitants.

* BaitAndSwitch: In the ''VideoGame/WatchDogs'' Honest Game Trailer, we are shown a barrage of requests for ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'', then the narrator comments, "We got it on PC, and it still doesn't work. So... maybe next week?" Then, a single request for ''Watch_Dogs'' appears, the narrator decides that they're "Close enough," then starts narrating on the latter.

** ''Film/PitchPerfect'' is described as "the best film of all time... about making noises with your mouth."

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'': "Bang you way through a children's game full of sexually ambiguous supporting characters like: this naked old troll man ''[shows Darunia]'', this little fish girl with her bluebs out ''[shows Ruto]'', this crossdressing princess ''[shows Sheik]'', this ButchLesbian ''[shows Impa]'', and whatever the hell these things are supposed to be ''[shows a Great Fairy]''... ughh."

* DestructiveSaviour: The sheer amount of property damage caused by Superman in ''Film/ManOfSteel''.
--> ''It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... [[SubvertedCatchphrase coming right for us, everybody run!]]''

** The Honest Trailer for the ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' movie points out several things that director Creator/ZackSnyder carried over into his later films in the Film/DCExtendedUniverse, ''Film/ManOfSteel'' and ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', such as huge amounts of rain, graphic violence, Jesus allegories, apocalyptic dream sequences and [[spoiler:a scene where two characters who don't like each other discover that they have the same name (comparing it to the infamous "Martha" scene in ''[=BvS=]'']].

* ThrowItIn: In-universe. In the ''Kingsman'' trailer, the narrator references how Samuel L. Jackson invoked this trope to give Valentine a lisp, and he wonders if the director was too scared to refuse.

** In ''Skyfall'', Bond uses the latest technological gadgets, which include a gun, a knife, a shotgun, an old-timey gun (a revolver), and a tracking device "larger than the one Bond used in the 60s'." However, this is averted in the trailer for the next Bond film, ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', where the narrator couldn't sound more bored while he "checks all the old tropes off the list."

** The Honest Trailer for the ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' movie points out several things that director Creator/ZackSnyder carried over into his later films, ''Film/ManOfSteel'' and ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', such as huge amounts of rain, graphic violence, Jesus allegories, apocalyptic dream sequences and [[spoiler:a scene where two characters who don't like each other discover that they have the same name (comparing it to the infamous "Martha" scene in ''[=BvS=]'']].

** The Spider-Man trilogy. Composed of:

** And also the Franchise/BackToTheFuture trilogy. Composed by:
## Film/BackToTheFuture: where they travel to the past, beat up the bully, fix the future, and set up the sequel,
## Film/BackToTheFuturePartII: where they travel to the past, beat up the bully, fix the future, and set up the sequel, and
## Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII: where they travel to the past, beat up the bully, fix the future, and leave open the possibility for a sequel.

** In the trailer for ''Man of Steel'', where Creator/ZackSnyder is introduced as "The guy who directed ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGaHoole''" as opposed to his more famous films like ''300'' or ''Film/{{Watchmen}}''.

** The Honest Trailer for the ''Film/{{Watchmen}} movie points out several things that director Creator/ZackSnyder carried over into his later films, ''Film/ManOfSteel'' and ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', such as huge amounts of rain, graphic violence, Jesus allegories, apocalyptic dream sequences and [[spoiler:a scene where two characters who don't like each other discover that they have the same name (comparing it to the infamous "Martha" scene in ''[=BvS=]'']].

* 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:

* RecurringElement: Each of the ''Film/MissionImpossible'' films involves a rogue IMF agent and an arms dealer.

** Film/MadMaxFuryRoad: "A two hour chase scene ensues when they '''dare to turn ''left''!'''"

* FanonDiscontinuity: [[invoked]] At [[TheStinger the very end]] of the Honest Trailer for [[Film/TheBourneSeries the original]] ''[[Film/TheBourneSeries Bourne]]'' [[Film/TheBourneSeries trilogy]], the narrator realizes they forgot that there was [[Film/TheBourneLegacy a fourth movie]] starring Creator/JeremyRenner ("admit it, you did too").

* HurricaneOfPuns: The narrator rattles of a series of breast-related puns during the Tomb Raider trailer
---> "Squeeze into the giant beeewbssss of Lara Croft, the TIT-tular character of this [[BuxomIsBetter swollen]] series, that the developers can't stop milking."

** The Honest Trailer for [[Film/TheBourneSeries the original]] ''[[Film/TheBourneSeries Bourne]]'' [[Film/TheBourneSeries trilogy]] points out how all three movies have Bourne try to find out something about his identity, is in a cool car chase, runs from a control room full of people on computers and discovers that the corrupt agent chasing him [[spoiler:was just [[TheDragon a puppet]] [[TheManBehindTheMan for someone else]]]].

* FakeNationality: [[invoked]] Pointed out in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', "journey to 1970s Canada, [[AnachronismStew where everyone dresses like it's 2009]], and ''[[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent no one]]'' [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent has a Canadian accent]]."

* RagingStiffie: In ''The Lord of the Rings'', Creator/ElijahWood as Frodo is credited as "Morning Wood".

** ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' is referred to as ''The Worst Batman Ever''.

* WriterOnBoard: Inverted - another narrator took over the trailer of ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', to make sure that the main narrator does not get too complacent because of his fanboyism.
* TheXOfY: "Travel to [[Series/GameOfThrones Westeros]], a place where everything is the Thing of Nouns." Hand of the King, Light of the Seven, Brienne of Tarth, Lord of Bones, Lord of Light, Master of Coin, Mother of Dragons, Son of Dolf, Son of Fire, Warrior of Light, Bank of Braavos, Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North...

** In their trailer for ''Inception'' they showed the video getting flooded with requests for them to make a Honest Trailer of it. This happens ''again'' for both the ''Harry Potter'' series and ''The Matrix''. And yet ''again'' for ''Dragonball: Evolution.''
*** And yet again for ''Guardians of the Galaxy''. It's starting to turn into a RunningGag. ''Fifty Shades of Grey'' has the flooding being followed by a special opening for the 100th episode.

** ''Disney/TheLionKing'' makes several references to the ''Frozen'' trailer, even doing another "[[IntercourseWithYou Pork Song]]", in this case doing it by rewriting "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"?
** ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' does the same thing with its songs.
** In the character roll call for ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', they jokingly refer to Pikachu as "Japanese [[Disney/MickeyMouse Mickey]]". Later, in the character roll call for ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'', they refer to Mickey Mouse as "American Pikachu".
*** From the same character roll call, Machamp is referred to as "[[Franchise/MortalKombat Goro]]". Later, in the character roll call for ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', Goro is referred to as "Machamp".

** CallBack: During ''Film/StarWarsTheForceAwakens'' Honest Trailer, all of the Narrators want the ''Avatar'' Narrator to say "bluebs".

* GambitRoulette: The trailer for Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice neatly lampshades that Lex Luthor’s evil plan is very much this trope.

* JitterCam: ''The Hunger Games'' takes place in "a dystopian future, where the rich dress like second rate {{Music/Lady Gaga}}s in cities left over from ''ThePhantomMenace'', while the poor struggle for survival in unnecessary shaky-cam, but can still somehow afford futuristic [[BuffySpeak projection thingies]]."

** The ''Film/StarWarsThePhantomMenace'' 3D Edition Narrator, in spades.

* WallOfText: The narrator starts to detail the master plan of Lex Luthor in "Batman v Superman", but then gives up, and details the convoluted plan in a very long text.

* LargeHam: The announcer. Even more when he's actually shown onscreen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RXhcqdewf0#t=200s ("What a spray! What a lovely spray!")]].

** For ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]''', Creator/AlecGuinness' starring name comes up as [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E2LisasRival "Genuine Class."]] As a CallBack, Creator/JeremyIrons is called "Jeremy's Iron" in the ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' trailer.

** For ''Film/StarWars'', Creator/AlecGuinness' starring name comes up as [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E2LisasRival "Genuine Class."]]
*** As a CallBack, Creator/JeremyIrons is called "Jeremy's Iron" in the ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' trailer.

* FreezeFrameBonus: All of Luthor's StepThreeProfit plan from ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', finishing with: