| 1 | ->''"When night falls, a new hero rises. The night belongs to the monkey. Night Monkey."'' |
| 2 | -->-- ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome''[[note]]From the trailer for the Blu-Ray[[/note]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | ''"InAWorld where trailers are made for movies that will never exist..."'' |
| 5 | |
| 6 | The show's great. You've seen every episode and bought the UsefulNotes/{{DVD}} collection. And there, tucked away in the extras, is the Holy Grail: the trailer for the movie. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | But something's not quite right. Perhaps the trailer gives a 1999 release date, and it's already 2007. Perhaps the characters in the trailer are parodies of themselves. Perhaps? |
| 9 | |
| 10 | Perhaps it's a spoof. The movie isn't going to be made, and there was never any intention of making it; it was just the production crew having a bit of fun. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | Never mind. At least the trailer's funny -- we hope. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | This is the LogicalExtreme of NeverTrustATrailer -- while that trope is about trailers misrepresenting various portions of a real film, this is about a trailer lying about an ''entire work.'' That being said... sometimes the trailer is so well-received that [[{{Defictionalization}} people actually make the movie]]. |
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| 16 | It's not uncommon for such trailers to turn into a NoTalkingOrPhonesWarning by the end. Compare TrailerSpoof, which is for a real movie, just not the one you thought it was. |
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| 19 | !!Intentional Spoofs: |
| 20 | |
| 21 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 22 | |
| 23 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 24 | * [[https://youtu.be/sk5Q6cDoZCg Falling in Lamb]] was an Australian commercial from a few years back, advertising lamb. It was short-lived, though, possibly due to the number of calls to local theatres enquiring about the release date of this new romantic comedy. |
| 25 | * [[https://youtu.be/YoCLxp2W9xE Lucky Star]] (no, not the [[Anime/LuckyStar anime]]), starring Benicio Del Toro. There has to be more than one person who saw it repeatedly on TV and never realized it was a car commercial. |
| 26 | * There was a trailer for an excellent sounding movie playing in a local movie theatre, but it is disappointing to find out it's just an [[MundaneMadeAwesome anti-dandruff shampoo ad]]. |
| 27 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo639TwDE20 There's a whole series of fake trailers]] used by the AMC theater chain, [[NoTalkingOrPhonesWarning to warn audiences to pipe down and turn off their personal electronics]]. Each one opens as expected for its genre (Main/{{Wuxia}} flick, Creator/{{Disney}} TalkingAnimal cartoon, etc), only to be derailed when a cell phone rings, distracting the characters at some critical moment. HilarityEnsues. |
| 28 | ** Speaking of silencing your cell phone, a policy shown in Israel movie theaters called "Fatal Call" starts out like a movie trailer, but you know from the beginning, since it takes place in a movie theater. The trailer contains a girl who is eating popcorn when her cell phone rings, and a voice from the phone says "Sarah! You shouldn't have answered! You should have left your cell phone off!" Then, [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin Sarah chokes on her popcorn]]. Ah...don't you just love happy endings? |
| 29 | * [[https://youtu.be/n3ckFAdY3s4 Scarlet]] looked like ads for a slick, spy-fi SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/{{Alias}}.'' It ''was'' an ad for a TV series, as in a series of TV's made by LG. Note a lot of the dialogue, such as "Putting her in every home on the planet," and saying "She's gonna change TV." |
| 30 | * Geico made a trailer for a fake reality show titled ''[[https://youtu.be/Lomy7xAVDKE Tiny House]]'', about a couple living in a house that was built too small. |
| 31 | * [[https://youtu.be/MkojpLJOBHU Connecting Flights]], a holiday RomCom ChickFlick that checks off every trope in the book in the span of about 20 seconds, only for the stinger to reveal that it's really an ad for Sears's line of appliances. |
| 32 | * Cineplex theatres in Canada has a trailer for a time-travel movie that looks like a bigger budget version of ''Film/{{Primer}}''. The protagonist has to travel back in time to meet his girlfriend at a sold-out movie. Quote: "If you're not there tonight, I won't be here tomorrow." OR you could order tickets online. |
| 33 | * [[https://youtu.be/UWoZ3o3-0tQ Here]]'s an action/comedy thriller starring the Advertising/MAndMs Spokecandies!... except it turns out to be yet another [[NoTalkingOrPhonesWarning "turn your cell phone off" ad]]. There's a TV version of this commercials where the M&Ms, instead of being mad at the audience member for interrupting the movie with their cell phone, they're mad at the narrator for nonchalantly mentioning the movie they're starring in isn't even real! |
| 34 | * Ford made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il72A_d27gQ a pretty epic one]] for their Summer Spectacular. |
| 35 | * Similar to the M&Ms one, Advertising/{{GEICO}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifIEktSQG4o has one]] with a NoTalkingOrPhonesWarning in one of the "it's what you do" spots where a secret agent is chased up to a roof where there's a waiting helicopter, only to a phone call that turns out to be his mother, rambling on about some squirrels in the attic and asking if he's at a zumba class because there's so much noise. |
| 36 | -->'''Announcer''': If you're a mom, you call at the worst time. It's what you do. |
| 37 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZYcoeqzxVI This]] trailer, shown in UK cinemas in 2019, appears to be for a film adaptation of ''Literature/TheWindInTheWillows'', based visually on [[WesternAnimation/TheWindInTheWillows1983 the Cosgrove Hall series]], and for the first couple of scenes, closely following the book. Then Toad gets a motorbike instead of a motorcar, and suddenly the animals are having to deal with pollution and habitat loss. It's actually an awareness campaign by the Wildlife Trusts. |
| 38 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wb9oR_9Rjk This trailer]] for ''Dance With Your Feet'', a fictional film by Noire Pictures, plays out like a real movie trailer, until the Advertising/EnergizerBunny shows up at the end. It was reportedly shown in real movie theaters at the time as part of Energizer's ad campaign. |
| 39 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC79SyPAGuQ This one]] starts out as a trailer for a TV series called "H.I.P.S", about an all-female team of motorcycle cops, until the bunny shows up. |
| 40 | ** And [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3ZD_NlCfcw this one]] starts out as an advert for a documentary on the fictional Adventure Channel about the underwater world, until the bunny appears wearing scuba gear. |
| 41 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZY9ASRYQsM&ab_channel=easportsbig899 This ad]] from the BBFC looks like a trailer for a movie named Unknown. It's actually an advert about film certificates and content. |
| 42 | * Taco Bell has its annual, sometimes semi-annual, adverts for its Nacho Fries, all of which are fake movie trailers produced by "Live Más Productions" (a reference to Taco Bell's slogan), and each of them is an AffectionateParody of a different movie genre. |
| 43 | ** [[https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wxTK/taco-bell-nacho-fries-web-of-fries-featuring-josh-duhamel "Web of Fries"]] is about an unnamed family man (Creator/JoshDuhamel) who gets entagled in a deeply-rooted conspiracy about Nacho Fries involving the evil corporation "Big Fries", putting the lives of him and his family's at risk. |
| 44 | *** Its sequel, [[https://www.ispot.tv/ad/dbez/taco-bell-nacho-fries-web-of-fries-ii-franchise-wars "Web of Fries II: Franchise Wars"]] takes place in a dystopian future where Big Fries has taken over the world, where a young woman (the daughter of the first movie's protagonist) joins a resistance force to get revenge for her father's death, only to find out that her father is alive...at least for a limited time only. |
| 45 | ** [[https://www.ispot.tv/ad/oq5X/taco-bell-nacho-fries-chasing-gold-featuring-darren-criss "Chasing Gold"]] follows Zack Collins (Creator/DarrenCriss), an ordinary kid who loves singing about Nacho Fries and becomes a star after his gift is discovered by a talent agent. Zack enjoys his stardom, at least until he finds out that it's only for a limited time, and, unable to accept his impending doom, begins his downward spiral. |
| 46 | ** [[https://www.ispot.tv/ad/ITIW/taco-bell-nacho-fries-retrieval-featuring-james-marsden "Retrieval"]] is about Danny Conrad (Creator/JamesMarsden), who is forced to leave his daughter behind in order to go through a dangerous mission through space after the Nacho Fries disappear into an alternate dimension. |
| 47 | ** [[https://www.ispot.tv/ad/tM0o/taco-bell-nacho-fries-the-craving-featuring-joe-keery-sarah-hyland "The Craving"]] follows Taylor (Joe Keery), a young man who investigates some paranormal activity happening in the small town of Bella Vista involving Nacho Fries, who are supposedly gone. As it turns out, the Nacho Fries are back and with a vengeance, as Taylor begins to be haunted by them and struggles to resist the craving. Meanwhile, his girlfriend Jamie (Creator/SarahHyland) tries to figure out what's happening to Taylor and rescue him. |
| 48 | ** [[https://www.ispot.tv/ad/Oi0X/taco-bell-nacho-fries-fry-force "Fry Force"]] is an anime set in a world where giant monsters attack every time Taco Bell's nacho fries come back. When Rei’s brother Kosuke is taken by the monsters, Rei must push through her hunger and lead the Fry Force, an elite squad of mecha pilots to keep the monsters at bay. But upon finding Kosuke, and learning that he’s joined the side of the monsters after being consumed by a primal hunger for Nacho Fries, Rei must decide what she’s willing to sacrifice in order to save Nacho Fries and the world. |
| 49 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ddqzhRbxJ8 "Fry Again"]] is about Vanessa, who is trapped in a perpetual GroundhogDayLoop, and uses it as a chance to indulge in hedonism and eat Nacho Fries, which will never leave due to the time loop. However, things take a turn for the weird when a mysterious man finds out about it. Now, Vanessa and her friend will have to stay ahead of whoever is chasing them. This ad is notable for being based entirely off of fan tweets, leading it to become the campaign's FormulaBreakingEpisode due to its combining of three distinct genres. |
| 50 | * Before [[UsefulNotes/SuperBowl Super Bowl LII]], there were trailers for ''Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home'' circulating around, featuring Aussie stars such as Creator/RussellCrowe, Creator/ChrisHemsworth, the original ''Film/CrocodileDundee'' star Creator/PaulHogan, Creator/HughJackman, and Creator/MargotRobbie. They were actually the setup for commercials for Tourism Australia, the country's official tourism promotion agency. |
| 51 | * [[https://youtu.be/pBuozDqbur0 An ad for E-Trade in the late 90s]] featured a fictional trailer/ad for ''Blow'd Up'', a SoBadItsGood action film with Anna Nicole Smith as a ''Film/BarbWire'' style heroine and Creator/GeorgeTakei as a cackling, hammy MadBomber. A man on his couch sees this and decides to use E-Trade to dump his stocks in the studio before the film premieres (he did the same in another ad, dumping his shares in a pharmaceutical company when he sees an ad for their new medicine with [[SideEffectsInclude all sorts of bizarre side effects]]). |
| 52 | * This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE3jTa3sojA trailer]] shown in French cinemas in 2013, appears to be for a CGI feature about a bird meeting a bee, and several insects flying in to watch something. It's actually a trailer to promote the annual three-day "Printemps du Cinéma" event organised by the Fédération national des cinémas français, that offers reduced cinema tickets. |
| 53 | [[/folder]] |
| 54 | |
| 55 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 56 | * One omake for ''Manga/BlueSeed'' was a kaiju movie parody staring the cast. The English version was even done with odd tone variations and poor lip-syncing like early dubbed films, capped off with informing viewers it was all a big lie. |
| 57 | * ''Anime/ElfPrincessRane'' is a two-episode OAV that ends with trailers for the completely nonexistent third and fourth episodes. |
| 58 | * A similar fate had befallen a number of short OAV series, especially during the 80s and 90s: The material produced was intended to be a pilot for a longer work, but the series was canned before it ever got off the ground. While not all of them necessarily had trailers produced advertising the dead-in-the-water series, see also the "in the next episode" bit advertising "Knight of Lemon" at the end of [[Anime/NGKnightLamune40 "Knights of Ramune"]] (which is promptly followed by a note that the series had been cancelled). |
| 59 | * The second episode of ''Manga/ItsudatteMySanta'' has a trailer for the third episode, featuring Mai, [=MaiMai=] and Shirley living with Santa, a cooking competition between Mai and Shirley, and a sleigh and reindeer which turn into a HumongousMecha to battle a presumably possessed Miss Noel. The trailer is revealed to be fake at the end. |
| 60 | * ''[[https://youtu.be/7lFJC0ywHQk Magical Girl Pretty Sammy The Motion Picture: The God Boys VS. Magical Girls]]'' was included as one of the extras on the final ''Anime/MagicalProjectS'' UsefulNotes/LaserDisc and DVD. It had many fans believing that a movie was forthcoming, and resulted in a petition (unsuccessful) to get the movie made. What in anime ''doesn't'' it parody? "Oshioki desuu, haaaii!" |
| 61 | * ''Anime/MyOtome'' had [[https://youtu.be/Vs8rO8UICT0 a fake trailer]] on the [=DVDs=] for the ''Anime/MyHime'' movie. Many people on [=AnimeSuki=] and Website/{{Wikipedia}} don't realize that it's a joke and keep asking when the movie will be released despite the release date being listed as ''20006'' [sic]. |
| 62 | * The last page of the second volume of the hentai doujinshi ''Take on Me'' is intended to look like an advertisement for an anime adaptation. Far, far too many people have asked where they can find this movie, when it is coming out, etc. It's not, it's just the artist [[MindScrew mind-screwing]] the audience. |
| 63 | * The [[https://youtu.be/sn8PPgfPNnU seventh DVD special]] (NSFW) of ''VisualNovel/RumblingHearts'' was a trailer of series' {{Remake}} [-{{IN SPACE}} WITH Franchise/{{GUNDAM}}S!-] |
| 64 | * Similarly, the [[https://youtu.be/yrSfREtBjAs fifth DVD special]] of ''Anime/ShatteredAngels'' was a trailer for ''The True Kyoshiro To Towa No Sora'', a remake of the original series with a grander sci-fi plot and much more PseudoRomanticFriendship (with Kuu and Setsuna as the OfficialCouple). TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot, actually... |
| 65 | * ''Manga/{{Hyakko}}'' does this in episode six of the series, giving the audience a preview that has, among other things, an army of Mecha-Torakos, Evil!Suzume and a midair battle between Torako and her brother. It's also completely fake. |
| 66 | * The first volume of ''The Melancholy of Suzumiya Manga/HaruhiChan'' contains a preview of a manga dealing with Itsuki's becoming an esper and joining the Organization... except Kyon disillusions him next page with a "Yeah, that trailer was a fake, ''Haruhi-chan'' is a gag-manga". |
| 67 | * The final episode of ''Manga/SeitokaiYakuindomo'' includes a preview for a MagicalGirl show called ''Magical Mako'', claiming that it will take over their timeslot the following week. [[OnlySaneMan Takatoshi]] then [[BreakingTheFourthWall pulls out the TV schedule]] and points out that they're really be replaced by the second season of ''Anime/{{Hakuouki}}''. |
| 68 | * Subverted with ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'', with the trailer for the Benizakura arc movie. It first shows up in the third season, when the characters admit that the trailer is fake. During the next season, the trailer is played again and the characters say it is actually coming out. Played straight with the second trailer, where the trailer is played and Gin follows up by telling us it is all a lie. |
| 69 | * The last volume of ''Anime/CarnivalPhantasm'' included an animation for the original concept of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', entitled ''Anime/FatePrototype''. It was basically this trope. |
| 70 | * The special edition of the ''Anime/{{Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 2nd As}}'' Blu-Ray/DVD included two {{Omake}} showing hypothetical shows featuring the Wolkenritter: ''Mahou Kazoku[[note]]Magical Family[[/note]] [[https://youtu.be/rmgzRbZu4M8 Lyrical Wolken]]'' and ''Iryou Shoujo[[note]]Medical Girl[[/note]] [[https://youtu.be/yY0fzHSkb2Y Medical Shamal]]'', which are broadcasted in [[FictionalCounterpart BHK and other Belkan and Mid-Childan channels]]. |
| 71 | * TheStinger at the end of ''Anime/LupinIIIVsDetectiveConanTheMovie'' is a trailer for ''[[https://youtu.be/MBwT08ifhUY Lupin III vs Kaitou Kid]]'', with a 2020 release date. [[BreakingTheFourthWall Then Conan appears and tells to the audience that it's not real]]. |
| 72 | * A New Year's 2017 promotional stream for the ''Fate'' part of the Franchise/{{Nasuverse}} had [[https://youtu.be/kSdv9S-VTjk?t=2m37s a trailer for an anime adaptation]] of ''Fate/koha-ace'', a gag spinoff, play for about fifteen seconds before abruptly getting shoved aside by [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Rider]], who explains that it's a fake announcement. [[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder Okita Souji and Oda Nobunaga]], the stars of the fake anime, are understandably displeased by this development. |
| 73 | * ''Anime/DragonautTheResonance'' has a BonusEpisode which serves as a trailer for a HighSchoolAU, where Howling Star is a delinquent who falls in love with Toa, and everyone else has random roles. The dragons are somehow still involved. |
| 74 | * Episode 8 of the ''Literature/OkamiSan'' anime opens and closes with scenes from Ringo's take on "The Three Little Pigs", where the pigs are extra chubby terrorists who challenge our heroes to {{Cooking Duel}}s in an over-the-top fashion. It's only when Taro turns off the screen that we find out it was a video. |
| 75 | * The ''Anime/JapanAnimatorExpo'' short ''Iconic Field'' is shot like a trailer for a feature film. |
| 76 | [[/folder]] |
| 77 | |
| 78 | [[folder:Comedy]] |
| 79 | * A trailer for the fake movie ''Buggery On The High Seas'' plays in the middle of the Creator/CheechAndChong sketch "Pedro And Man At The Drive-In" from the ''AudioPlay/LosCochinos'' album. |
| 80 | [[/folder]] |
| 81 | |
| 82 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 83 | * ''Marvel Age Annual'' #3 is a collection of previews for upcoming storylines for ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', ''ComicBook/PowerPack'', ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'', ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'', etc., with a comical FramingDevice consisting of the characters promoting said storylines on a talk show hosted by Creator/FredHembeck. [[https://static0.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/marvel-age-annual-3-2.jpg One of the previews]] is for a ''ComicBook/BrotherVoodoo'' story in which the title character reunites with his [[LongLostRelative long-lost sister]]. However, this was just part of a RunningGag in Hembeck's gag stories about Brother Voodoo trying to get a new series despite his obscurity, and the inclusion of the so-called [[DistaffCounterpart Sister Voodoo]] was [[SexSells his attempt to add some more sex appeal]], though it does ask readers to write to Marvel if they're interested in such a story. |
| 84 | [[/folder]] |
| 85 | |
| 86 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 87 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Justice+League+trailer Just about a million]] fake ''Franchise/JusticeLeague'' trailers. |
| 88 | * This [[https://youtu.be/_hTiRnqnvDs fanmade trailer]] for ''Franchise/GreenLantern''. |
| 89 | * It's really more of a case of "Real Movie, Fake Trailer" but there's [[https://youtu.be/yfiU-Q0YerE this]] trailer for ''Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie''... |
| 90 | * This [[https://youtu.be/IXnqikS6D5A fan-made trailer]] for a ''Series/{{Glee}}'' [[TheFilmOfTheSeries movie]] called "[[QueerRomance When Kurt Met Blaine]]". The creator said that she [[InvokedTrope made the trailer as realistic as possible]], which ''does not help at all.'' |
| 91 | * Small screen example: After ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' rolled out its special opening to its two-part "In A Mirror Darkly" episode, a number of Trekkies and other fans came up with MirrorUniverse openings for other ''Franchise/StarTrek'' shows, including ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', among other spoofs and parodies. |
| 92 | ** [[https://youtu.be/5fFoWjAbn58 A Star Trek: The Next Generation Mirror Universe opening]] |
| 93 | ** [[https://youtu.be/sZblw7n2t6o Another Star Trek: The Next Generation Mirror Universe opening]] |
| 94 | ** [[https://youtu.be/vo-5AeCIYXU A Star Trek: Voyager Mirror Universe opening.]] |
| 95 | ** There was also at least one trailer for a ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' [[https://youtu.be/VjbIUHBz1LY movie.]] |
| 96 | ** Then there's the ''[[https://youtu.be/f3q5o55BJYw Star Trek: Emergency]]'' opening, which is what ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' would probably be like from the Doctor's point of view. |
| 97 | * [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=3m4uvlo3cr9ksrpsdzmzhd78&page=60#1489 This]] text-only trailer for ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero''. |
| 98 | * [[https://youtu.be/f-w98pNAi9A This]] trailer for a [[Series/GameOfThrones Westerosi]] rom-com starring [[KnightInShiningArmor Brienne of Tarth]] and [[TheOathbreaker Jaime Lannister]]. |
| 99 | * ''FanFic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace'' has this in text format for Evelyn Ray's latest horror flick. |
| 100 | * [[https://youtu.be/KV8sQrJa59I Fan trailer]] for ''[[Literature/TheWheelOfTime Wheel of Time: The Eye of the World]]''. Made of fragments from about 20 sources (from ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' to ''VideoGame/TheWheelOfTime'' {{FPS}}, from ''Film/{{Troy}}'' to ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheHalfbloodPrince'') set to Music/{{Nightwish|Band}} music. |
| 101 | * The [=CGISociety=] had a competition where people submitted trailers for a movie for a book of Creator/GregBear's 1985 scifi novel ''[[Literature/TheWaySeries Eon]]'', that left Literature/TheWaySeries fans drooling. [[https://youtu.be/VrLo1qUkCH8 Watch one here.]] |
| 102 | * [[https://youtu.be/--J0yitgw8s A fan trailer]] for a potential third ''Film/{{Tron}}'' movie made excellent use of the ''Film/TronLegacy'' DVD extras, a couple clips of ''Film/{{Inception}}'', some sizzle reel promo footage for ''Legacy,'' the Music/DaftPunk "Derezzed" video, and cutscene footage from ''VideoGame/TronEvolution'' to set up a scenario where Dillinger Junior (a bit character in ''Legacy'') is being used by a resurrected Master Control to wreak havoc. |
| 103 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'' [[https://youtu.be/fb50GMmY5nk Live Action Movie.]] Looks really damn good, but alas, it's fake, made by editing footage from various other movies. |
| 104 | ** From the same author, ComicBook/{{Superman}} [[https://youtu.be/0NIFvrV4VP4 Reborn.]] The eponymous character in this trailer has Christopher Reeve's body and Tom Welling's face. |
| 105 | * ''Fanfic/HalloweenUnspectacular'': The story "Trailers", from the seventh edition, features E350's take on a generic, stereotypically over the top action movie trailer featuring his favorite characters as the heroes. Among other things there's lampshaded ProductPlacement, subplots which the characters admit are just there to pad out the runtime, and a scene of a character being accused of being TheMole [[NeverTrustATrailer that's only included to psych out the audience]]. |
| 106 | * The ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'' fanfic ''Fanfic/AllThingsTrulyWicked'', that deviates from the end of the episode "Free Fall", in which Spencer's assumption that [[BigBad "A"]] is [[PaedoHunt Ezra Fitz]] was [[WhatIf entirely correct]], had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsnOSq1MIAo a trailer]] created by one of the work's readers. |
| 107 | [[/folder]] |
| 108 | |
| 109 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 110 | * All of the trailers in ''Film/{{Grindhouse}}'' (''Film/{{Machete}}'', ''Thanksgiving'', ''Don't!'', ''Film/HoboWithAShotgun'', and ''Werewolf Women of the SS''). In an unusual twist, both ''Machete'' and ''Hobo with a Shotgun'' got such a good reception that they [[{{Defictionalization}} were made into actual movies]]. And then Machete [[Film/MacheteKills got a sequel]], [[RecycledInSpace with another in the works]]. Creator/EliRoth is also currently working on a movie for his ''[[Film/Thanksgiving2023 Thanksgiving]]'' trailer. |
| 111 | * ''Film/HardwareWars'', by Ernie Fosselius, was made seven months after the first release of ''A New Hope'' and is reputedly Creator/GeorgeLucas' favorite ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]'' parody. |
| 112 | --> "You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll kiss three bucks goodbye!" |
| 113 | * The trailer for a "sequel" to ''Film/KungPowEnterTheFist'' was actually just deleted footage spliced together. In a strange twist, the film's producer tried to actually produce the sequel, but was denied funding as the original had been a box office flop. |
| 114 | * The Creator/MelBrooks parody ''Film/HistoryOfTheWorldPartI'' ends with a fake trailer for a part II. Website/{{Wikipedia}} explains this as being a reference to the book ''The History of the World'', whose author was beheaded before he could write a part 2. That said, ''Series/HistoryOfTheWorldPartII'' did premiere forty-two years later, as a series on Creator/{{Hulu}}. |
| 115 | ** See! ''[[https://youtu.be/ybuKQf9p5jg Hitler on ice!]]'' |
| 116 | ** See! ''A viking funeral!'' |
| 117 | ** See! ''[[https://youtu.be/-_jLnrUXJNM Jews ... in ... Spaaaaaaace!]]'' |
| 118 | * ''Film/TheKentuckyFriedMovie'' includes trailers for parodies of other films, including ''Catholic High School Girls In Trouble'', ''[[https://youtu.be/sm8txY989Iw That's Armageddon!]]'' and ''[[https://youtu.be/ORuENEBX5sE Cleopatra Schwartz]]'' (a parody of a {{blaxploitation}} film called ''Cleopatra Jones''). |
| 119 | * This is how Creator/TreyParker's ''Film/CannibalTheMusical'' began. He made a fake trailer for film class and was told to make the movie by his teacher. |
| 120 | * Ben Stein's movie ''Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed'' was criticized for, amongst other things, lying to the interviewees about the nature of the film and [[ManipulativeEditing cutting up interviews to change the meaning of what they said]]. UsefulNotes/RichardDawkins, one of the scientists who claims to have been misquoted, produced his own [[http://www.richarddawkins.net/article,2478,Sexpelled-No-Intercourse-Allowed,RichardDawkinsnet satirical trailer for a possible sequel]]. |
| 121 | * ''Kill Buljo'', a spoof trailer of "Kill Bill" set in a Scandinavian indigenous people's setting, actually ''was'' filmed later. Supposedly, Creator/QuentinTarantino quite liked it (the director eventually made [[Film/DeadSnow a movie about a buried treasure guarded by Nazi zombies]]). |
| 122 | * ''Film/TropicThunder'' featured not one but ''four'' of these before the movie even starts, [[https://youtu.be/JwViH1DnK9Y each featuring one of the main characters]]. The first is a fake commercial featuring Alpa Chino (a fictional rapper) as a spokesman for the [[{{Defictionalization}} now-real]] "Booty Sweat" drink, the second for the sixth installment in fictional action star Tugg Speedman's blockbuster ''Scorcher'' franchise, the third for an Creator/EddieMurphy-style comedy called ''The Fatties: Fart 2'' starring fictional comedian Jeff Portnoy, and the fourth for ''Satan's Alley'', an OscarBait art film about gay medieval monks starring (the fake) Kirk Lazarus and (the real) Tobey Maguire. They were shown at the very beginning, intentionally tricking the audience in the theater going from real trailers to the actual movie. |
| 123 | * Francesco Vezzoli's short film [[https://youtu.be/cLK4mA9GgMo Trailer for a Remake of]] Creator/GoreVidal's ''Caligula'' (NSFW for sexual content and nudity) is a fake trailer for a Caligula movie starring, among others, Benicio Del Toro, Creator/HelenMirren and Karen Black. |
| 124 | * The movie ''Movie Movie'', a spoof of old double features, had, in between its two "features," a trailer for a fictitious UsefulNotes/WorldWarII air battle movie called ''[[https://youtu.be/e8sRVGGlY3c Zero Hour]]''. |
| 125 | -->Fight with them! Laugh with them! Love with them! And even die with them the [[HeroicSacrifice death of heroes]] who will [[FamedInStory live forever]]! |
| 126 | * ''Closet Cases of the Nerd Kind'', a parody of ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'', which involves aliens who hit people in the face with pies for no reason, singing mailboxes, and Darth Vader on a motorcycle telling the hero to stop holding up traffic. |
| 127 | * [[https://youtu.be/w3NwB9PLxss Movie: The Movie]] from Creator/JimmyKimmel is a massive GenreBusting fake trailer starring a serious number of A-list Hollywood talent. |
| 128 | * In ''Film/TheHoliday'', one of the leads runs a trailer editing company. [[https://youtu.be/HM3gLJT5_qQ The one shown in the movie]] is for a movie called ''Deception'' starring Creator/LindsayLohan and Creator/JamesFranco |
| 129 | * ''This Is Not A Movie'' has some parody movie commercials embedded into its free-for-all storyline, such as "[[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre The Jesus Chain Saw Massacre]]", "Reagan Force: Operation Freedom Lies", and "[[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack The System Strikes Back]]". |
| 130 | * Produced by Universal Studios themselves and uploaded just in time for ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII''[='=]s [[{{Zeerust}} 2015]]: it's [[https://youtu.be/Pl092whRLlI a trailer for]] ''[[Film/{{Jaws}} Jaws 19]]'', with synopses for all of the Jaws movies up to that point: |
| 131 | -->''Jaws'' made you afraid to go into the water. ''Jaws 2'' made you afraid to go back in the water. ''Jaws 3-D'' was a new dimension in terror. In ''Jaws 4: The Revenge'' it was personal. Then it was just business (''[=Jaws$5=]''), then pure pleasure (''Jaws 6''). ''Cyber Jaws'' (''J.A.W.S. 7'') made you afraid to log on, and ''[[Franchise/RoboCop RoboJaws]]'' (''Jaws 8'') made you afraid of robotic sharks. Then Chief Brody's grandson assembled a super team of shark hunters (''Jaws 9''). In ''Jaws 10'' it was Man vs. Shark vs. All the terrors of the deep. Outer space (''Jaws 11''), then a prequel (''Jaws 12''), and a sequel to the prequel (''Jaws 12: Part II'' or ''Jaws Part XIII''), and then a new era in terror began (''Jaws 14''), Jaws started a family: battled a Russian shark named Ivan Sharkovsky (''Jaws 15''), [[BigApplesauce took a bite out of the Big Apple]] (''Jaws 16''), and learned about love from a mysterious stranger (''[[Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey Jaws 17: Fifty Scales of Grey]]''). ''Jaws 18: Origins'', the mind blowing reboot. Now the oceans are disappearing and to save their home, the sharks must attack. ''Jaws 19'': '''This time it's really, ''really'' personal.''' Coming soon. |
| 132 | * The ''Anime/{{Yatterman}}'' live action movie ends with a fake SequelHook, with a "Next episode preview" showcasing Dokurobei's deadbeat twin brother seeking revenge, the screen debut of Yatterpelican against an updated version of the squid mecha from the movie's climax and Doronjo wearing a white version of her usual outfit (Omocchama suggests it's a "wedding dress" version). |
| 133 | * Possible TropeMaker: The 1932 short ''[[https://archive.org/details/ThenCameTheYawn Then Came the Yawn]]''. |
| 134 | * ''Film/YellowHairAndTheFortressOfGold'' ends with a trailer showing what will be coming up in the 'next' chapter of the FilmSerial this was supposedly a chapter of. |
| 135 | * ''Film/{{UHF}}'' has the trailer for ''Gandhi II'', where Gandhi is a badass crime fighter who also likes to PARTY! |
| 136 | [[/folder]] |
| 137 | |
| 138 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 139 | * Later editions of the novel ''Literature/ThePrincessBride'' feature a preview chapter of a prospective sequel at the end, a sequel which the author has never quite gotten around to writing. |
| 140 | ** Because Creator/StephenKing [[ShowWithinAShow already got the rights to do the adaptation]]. |
| 141 | * Creator/StanislawLem wrote a book or two made entirely of introductions to nonexistent books. |
| 142 | [[/folder]] |
| 143 | |
| 144 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 145 | * ''Series/SchittsCreek'' has the characters view the trailer for Moira's comeback vehicle, [[https://youtu.be/8tbCP7H_kZ0 ''The Crows Have Eyes III: The Crowening'']]. |
| 146 | * ''Series/StudioC'' has a trailer for a movie called ''Treasure Hike'' in the sketch, "[[https://youtu.be/LXSj1y9kl2Y Movie Trailer That Spoils Everything]]." It comes out Maytember 16 and the voiceover says that there's a sequel being filmed in Morocco. |
| 147 | * ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': |
| 148 | ** A sketch was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_5KgpN38hM a trailer]] for a ''Black Widow'' movie... as a fluffy {{romantic comedy}}.[[note]]This was a commentary on a real controversy over early trailers for ''Series/Supergirl2015'', which were considered by some fans to have an excessively "romantic comedy" tone[[/note]] |
| 149 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfDIAZCwHQE Another sketch]] is for a horror movie... directed by Creator/WesAnderson. |
| 150 | * To confirm the return of Gustavo "Gus" Fring for season 3 of ''Series/BetterCallSaul'', AMC did [[https://youtu.be/14xTT74wf7c a promo]] in the guise of a Los Pollos Hermanos commercial. |
| 151 | * ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver'': About midway through Season 4, John buys at auction a series of presidential wax figures, including one of UsefulNotes/WarrenGHarding. After discussing how truly fascinating Harding's life and career were, he states that there really should be a movie about it, and demonstrates this with a trailer for one, starring Michael [=McKean=], Anna Kendrick, Laura Linney, and... the wax figure as the president. |
| 152 | ** [[BrickJoke This gets followed up on]] at the end of the season, as TheStinger for the season finale is a teaser for an action movie wherein Tom Hanks assembles Harding and the other wax presidents as a heroic dream team to save the world. |
| 153 | ** This is [[RunningGag revisited]] at the end of Season 5, and combined with another joke from earlier in the season (about how John bought Russel Crowe's jock strap from ''Film/CinderellaMan'' at a prop auction), to create a trailer for another action movie. This one features Armie Hammer assembling the wax presidents (all portrayed as archetypical heist movie characters) in order to steal the jock strap. This includes several chase and fight scenes as they go up against {{Mooks}} that are working for [[spoiler: Russel Crowe himself]]. |
| 154 | [[/folder]] |
| 155 | |
| 156 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 157 | * At the conclusion of the German version of Grobschnitt’s 1975 album ''Jumbo'' (originally released in English), drummer Eroc announces that the Russian-language version is coming soon. |
| 158 | [[/folder]] |
| 159 | |
| 160 | [[folder:Music Videos]] |
| 161 | * The MusicVideo for [[https://youtu.be/qRFhNZNu_xw "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"]] by Music/MyChemicalRomance, which features the band attending High School. Unsurprisingly, they don't really fit in very well with the crowds. |
| 162 | * Music/TheBlackKeys released a hybrid music video/movie trailer for their song "Howling For You". It's mostly an AffectionateParody of various action movie tropes, as well as being about eighteen different kinds of awesome. [[https://youtu.be/TLSpj7q6_mM Watch it here]]. |
| 163 | * The [[https://youtu.be/rsKGWbFpLv0 Hang Me Up To Dry]] MusicVideo from Cold War Kids. |
| 164 | * Kasabian put out [[https://youtu.be/iDpxJHblYEU a trailer for a 1970s Italian B-slasher film]] for their song "Vlad the Impaler". It starred Creator/NoelFielding as "Roman Tarasov." |
| 165 | * The video for Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge's "[[https://youtu.be/BgVfjXA_QY0 3's & 7's]]" is set up like this, complete with an anouncer at the very end saying the title of the "movie." And the title is? [[TitleDrop Take a wild guess.]] |
| 166 | * Music/PepeDeluxe put together an "[[https://youtu.be/qxx-lrVZpQE album trailer]]" for ''Music/QueenOfTheWave'', depicting the story as a 60s SwordAndSandal film. It mainly consists of recut footage from the 1961 Italian film ''Film/TheGiantOfMetropolis'', with new voiceovers. |
| 167 | * The video for ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bzesUu_a4I Crazy What Love Can Do]]'' by ''Music/DavidGuetta'' featuring Becky Hill and Ella Henderson. |
| 168 | [[/folder]] |
| 169 | |
| 170 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 171 | * The ''[[https://youtu.be/2Nznm3R66ds Battle]] [[https://youtu.be/NDbZtu7Kls0 Fantasia]]'' [[https://youtu.be/dCOo3fC5k3M series]] [[note]]not to be confused with an actual FightingGame called ''VideoGame/BattleFantasia''[[/note]], a set of trailers for a conceptual game franchise that's basically ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'', only instead of a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover of HumongousMecha, it's a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover of cute girls from {{Moe}} and series such as ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', ''Literature/MariaWatchesOverUs'', ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'', ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'', ''Anime/PrettyCure'', and ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero''. Many fanboys' hearts have been broken when they realized that the games shown aren't real. |
| 172 | ** And since ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' -is- ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' with cute girls, it got its own [[https://youtu.be/yONDMeMv0HA trailer for a nonexistent game]]. |
| 173 | * The ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' spin-off Kagetsu Tohya included a preview for ''Tsukihime 2''. No ''Tsukihime 2'' exists or will likely ever exist. |
| 174 | * ''WebVideo/AngryBirdsTheMovie''. This was well before ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie'' came out in 2016, though the real movie is animated instead of live-action and averts being a HumanFocusedAdaptation by having no humans at all. |
| 175 | * ''VideoGame/DuckHunt'', [[https://youtu.be/zuEeNzXi9VU too]]. Also available [[https://youtu.be/U8BBxt1G3YE in 3D]]. |
| 176 | * ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong: [[https://youtu.be/P9vp6bllUGo The Movie]]''. |
| 177 | --> "One man, against all odds, fightting the ultimate evil, trying to save his potential girlfriend as well the entire world." |
| 178 | * ''VideoGame/TheOregonTrail'' [[https://youtu.be/CHps2SecuDk movie]]. |
| 179 | * ''VideoGame/FruitNinja'', [[https://youtu.be/fZkbxWMUfco the movie]]. |
| 180 | * There is an [[https://youtu.be/ZNgtIrSHack incredible]] fan-made trailer for a non-existent ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' sequel for the UsefulNotes/WiiU, using hand-drawn backgrounds and models from both ''Wind Waker'' and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess''. The end result is fantastic (despite Link's model being [[OffModel a bit off]]), and gained some fame around the internet. |
| 181 | ** On a similar note is [[https://youtu.be/P50d9xsLzB0#! this]] trailer for a graphically updated version of ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]''. It has generated a lot of fan appeal, especially with people’s desire for a ''Majora's Mask'' remake on the 3DS, which eventually became true. |
| 182 | * In 2011 Egosoft, developer of the ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X-Universe]]'' series, released a trailer for an animated movie called ''[[https://youtu.be/QlAWC2HSOYM Nautilus]]'' set in the series' universe. It was based on a fanfic by forum member NUKLEAR-SLUG about his [[FishPeople Boron]] character Squiddy [=McSquid=]. It being AprilFoolsDay... |
| 183 | * ''[[https://youtu.be/zjxjuVPFunQ Data East X Sunsoft]]'', a trailer for an unreleased crossover fighter featuring plenty of obscure (especially outside Japan) Creator/DataEast and Creator/{{Sunsoft}} characters. |
| 184 | * ''[[https://youtu.be/YMJJxKBk5s4 The King of Famicom]]'', from the creators of ''WebAnimation/MichaelQuest'', is a mock-up of a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover FightingGame featuring the 8-bit characters of Creator/{{Nintendo}}, Creator/{{Capcom}}, Creator/{{Irem}}, Creator/{{Sunsoft}}, Creator/HudsonSoft, [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Namco]] and Creator/{{Konami}}. Amusing finishers include [[VideoGame/{{Ufouria}} Hebereke]] Popoon-ing VideoGame/{{Kirby}}, VideoGame/{{Spelunker}} cursing [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] with FallingDamage, and [[VideoGame/WaiWaiWorld Konami Man]] giving [[VideoGame/BubbleBobble Bubblen]] a DiagonalCut with Creator/{{Konami}}'s logo. |
| 185 | * ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'': The game features the GameWithinAGame "Pure White Lover Bizarre Jelly 5," a BulletHell game starring {{Moe}} [[MagicalGirl Magical Girls]], which also features [[https://youtu.be/gqaz1kDz14w a trailer for an anime of the same name]]. |
| 186 | * A Website/YouTube user managed to put together a lot of cutscenes from ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', in the style of a movie trailer. [[https://youtu.be/AGD6Tb8oZZI Here's the result.]] |
| 187 | * [[Creator/JamesRolfe Cinemassacre]] created [[https://youtu.be/Pi3_OGnROMo a trailer]] for a movie adaptation of the notoriously bad game ''VideoGame/DrJekyllAndMrHydeNES'' that was famously reviewed by WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd. |
| 188 | * WebVideo/SmoshGames [[https://youtu.be/fXgZGZMaUks posted]] an WebVideo/{{Honest Trailer|s}} for the then-unofficially-confirmed ''VideoGame/HalfLife 3'' one day before April Fool's 2015. |
| 189 | * [[https://youtu.be/v4Qv26IWyGU This trailer]] for "VideoGame/CandyCrushSaga: The Movie". |
| 190 | * [[https://youtu.be/IaZwTPxmuF8 This quite impressive one]] for a ''VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram'' movie, using small snippets from: |
| 191 | --> ''Film/TheAstronautFarmer, [[Film/{{Thunderbirds}} Thunderbirds the Movie]], Film/{{Gravity}}, Film/Apollo18, Film/EuropaReport, Film/EndersGame, Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon, Film/DeepImpact, and official Kerbal Space Program animated trailers.'' |
| 192 | * ''[[https://youtu.be/fWL6j0SvqV0 Pac-Man]] the Movie''. |
| 193 | * ''[[https://youtu.be/VE_1KlWFJyA Tetris]]'' has [[https://youtu.be/AhwGEa7507g several]] fake trailers. |
| 194 | * ''[[https://youtu.be/F4iTWaYM7q4 Luigi's Mansion]]'' got a trailer as well. |
| 195 | * This April Fools trailer for a ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' mobile game called ''[[https://youtu.be/W3TtRfeDrE0 Splatoon Island]]'' is extraordinarily well-made, not only building the entirety of the "gameplay" and animations from the ground up, but also using original character designs, models, and music. Despite clearly labeling itself as an April Fools video, the fanbase was buzzing about the trailer for ''months'', wishing the game could be real. |
| 196 | ** French ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' [=YouTuber=] [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChpTvE2oxatdcl0zqFTUkyw OctoBoy]] is also rather fond of making these. Just a few examples include a music app called [[https://youtu.be/jzX4zhDU6Z4 SplaTune 2]] and a conceptual [[https://youtu.be/x5KxHQksfgM Version 5.0]] update for ''VideoGame/Splatoon2''. |
| 197 | [[/folder]] |
| 198 | |
| 199 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 200 | * ''WebAnimation/DarkSecretsOfGarrysMod'': "Super Boss" is a made up teaser where Boss gains superpowers from eating a radioactive bean pottage. It got deleted but [[http://youtu.be/NJYAjXF7rOI?t=716 it is reuploaded into a compilation]]. |
| 201 | * ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': |
| 202 | ** One short was a fake trailer for a movie based on their game ''VideoGame/PeasantsQuest''. According to their website, there already is a full-length ''Peasant's Quest'' movie: "its 'full length' is three minutes" (the length of the trailer). |
| 203 | ** See also the WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail "[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE144Narrator narrator]]", where Strong Bad narrates the lives of the residents of Free Country, USA as though they were movie trailers: Homestar and Marzipan are a couple torn apart by a novelty chef's hat, an argument between Coach Z and Bubs over napkins apparently [[SeriousBusiness leads to the fall of an empire]], and Strong Sad gets a dead goose thrown at him. |
| 204 | ** [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in [=SBEmail=] 206, when Strong Bad is listing various ways that the Internet has ruined April Fool's Day, and lists fake movie trailers (including one for ''Dangeresque 4/2=6'') as one of them. |
| 205 | * ''WebAnimation/HowItShouldHaveEnded'': Their take on how ''Film/TheTerminator'' should have ended quickly becomes a trailer for a crossover with ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture''. |
| 206 | * ''WebAnimation/{{Arfenhouse}} The Movie 3: [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/161186 Kill Billy]]''. The actual third ''Arfenhouse'' movie was a perfunctory TakeThat to fans who demanded it really be made. |
| 207 | * ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' showed [[https://youtu.be/1amVKTN5IuM this]] for Youtube's Geek Week. |
| 208 | ** A trailer for a sequel was released a few years later. It goes from the same kind of dramatic action movie as the first one, to a buddy cop movie, to a romantic movie, to a Christmas movie, to a terminal disease movie, to a zombie flick. |
| 209 | ** The final trailer in this trilogy is done in live-action cosplay, and apparently stars expensive celebrities. |
| 210 | * ''WebAnimation/TheMightyGrandPiton'' is an animated short about a HumongousMecha in the Caribbean island of UsefulNotes/SaintLucia is presented as if it were an actual trailer for a film or TV series. |
| 211 | * ''WebAnimation/SuperTurboAtomicNinjaRabbit'': Real ''Title Sequence'', Fake ''TV series'' in this case. The short consists of the title sequence for an imaginary TV show based on drawings director Wesley Louis made as a kid. |
| 212 | [[/folder]] |
| 213 | |
| 214 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 215 | * The trailer for ''WebVideo/ItalianSpiderman'' has to be seen to be (dis)believed. SUSPENSO! It was so well-received that it was expanded into a series, presented as parts of a recently recovered copy of the full movie. |
| 216 | * One memorable trailer was for the potentially ''awesome'' film, ''[[http://www.cracked.com/video_16451_coming-soon-batman-vs-batman-vs-batman.html "Batman vs Batman vs Batman"]]''. Think about it. |
| 217 | ** [[https://youtu.be/WnZRU8RahTY The]] [[https://youtu.be/6RppxhOdby4 Batman]] [[https://youtu.be/8pIV4AgHcoc Complex]]. Trailers have been made for this fake movie, which crosses ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' and ''Film/{{Inception}}'' and has a premise that's as mind wrapping as the latter. |
| 218 | * There's also the hilarious parody of trailers in general known as [[https://youtu.be/w8JPEq0Qp4Q The Mother of All Trailers]], starring Creator/EdwardNorton. |
| 219 | * [[https://youtu.be/vchOGKIlUnA Here's]] one for ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''. |
| 220 | * User [[https://www.youtube.com/user/bloodrunsclear Bloodrunsclear]] has made over 500 fake trailers over the years, based on the most disparate sources. While the results do not always hit the mark, a big increase in quality, editing and consistency in his more recent works is evident, compared to his earlier attempts. Some examples: ''VideoGame/SystemShock 2'' [[https://youtu.be/1bbNVbGAtpI]], ''Manga/ElfenLied'' [[https://youtu.be/c8xedjFaPzQ]], ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' [[https://youtu.be/cMI-3eN_p9A]], ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' [[https://youtu.be/hIIWwyG4_xI]], ''VideoGame/CarnEvil'' [[https://youtu.be/qw3QRIk7CQU]], ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' [[https://youtu.be/EapEknJ5XiY]] ,''VideoGame/ModernWarfare3'' [[https://youtu.be/dSDlRhg9yww]]. |
| 221 | * Mikenel's ''[[https://youtu.be/Ozc_zHWo9jk Insert Title Here]]''. An 2010 April Fool's Day gag based on his own [[http://mikeinel.deviantart.com/art/Haruhi-and-Zim-61197129 fanart]], it promised a crossover between characters from ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' and ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya''. While there are things to nitpick such as continuity errors, it is otherwise convincing. |
| 222 | * There's a brutal parody of a DarkerAndEdgier ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' [[https://youtu.be/djRAiiFlCy8 here]]. And yet LifeImitatesArt with ''Series/{{Riverdale}}''. |
| 223 | * [[https://youtu.be/gG1ex0AAU5c This trailer]] for a ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' movie. |
| 224 | * This two-part trailer ([[https://youtu.be/Lu5tJGfZsgc here]] and [[https://youtu.be/iU0Ivs55-Hw here]]), Creator/OrsonWelles' "The Bat-Man"), was inspired by a widely-circulated (and debunked) internet rumor that Orson Welles wanted to direct a Batman movie during the 40s. The trailer consists of clips from a 40s Batman serial, along with other movies (including ''Film/CitizenKane'' and ''Film/TheThirdMan''), casting Orson Welles as Bruce Wayne, Joseph Cotton as Jim Gordon, Edgar G. Robinson as the Penguin, Marlena Dietrich as Catwoman and Conrad Veidt (with clips of "Film/TheManWhoLaughs"--ironically, the original inspiration for the character) as the Joker. |
| 225 | ** An uber-cool [[https://youtu.be/ZNBp1BFwrIE fake trailer]] for ''Ocean's 14'', co-starring Robert de Niro and Daniel Craig (yes, as Film/JamesBond)... |
| 226 | * Used, but then turned into a subversion, by ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'': There was a trailer made for an Abridged version of ''Anime/YuGiOh: TheMovie'', that was never intended to be made into a full movie. Eventually, however, after a lot of people asked for it, Little Kuriboh did make a half-hour version of the movie, but with ''none'' of the lines from the original trailer (except one reference). |
| 227 | * ''VideoGame/{{Minesweeper}} TheMovie'' [[https://youtu.be/LHY8NKj3RKs trailer]], courtesy of ''Website/CollegeHumor''. |
| 228 | * [[https://youtu.be/QQyfQ7RMOXs Grayson]], a trailer for a film where a retired Robin once again takes up the mantle to solve the mystery of Franchise/{{Batman}}'s death. A script was even produced for a full feature and is [[https://www.batmanfanfilms.com/scripts/?fanscript=8 available to read]] online. |
| 229 | ** In that spirit is also [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2izoh_batman-arkham-asylum-fan-trailer-en_shortfilms Batman: Arkham Asylum]], a Spanish-language adaptation of Creator/GrantMorrison's influential and mindtwisting ''ComicBook/ArkhamAsylumASeriousHouseOnSeriousEarth''. |
| 230 | * ''[[https://youtu.be/fWL6j0SvqV0 Pac Man: The Movie.]]'' It actually looks half-decent apart from the Special FX. |
| 231 | * Ride/UniversalStudios Orlando brings us the climax of their ''Disaster!'' show, entitled ''[[https://youtu.be/6yVxZxGn888 Mutha Nature]]'' (rated "Blockbuster" by the Academy of Film Review). |
| 232 | * By the way, the scene is so fertile it was prompted an international festival/contest of sorts, [[http://www.teaserland.com Teaserland]]. |
| 233 | * Some people decided to tease ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' fans with [[https://youtu.be/W9mVq2kZ9co a sophisticated trailer]] for an EasternRPG entry into the series. |
| 234 | * [[https://youtu.be/vD4OnHCRd_4 This]] well done trailer for a ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'' sequel. |
| 235 | ** It has a [[https://youtu.be/ZX-QVpmG7b4 sequel]]. |
| 236 | * [[https://youtu.be/YDDHHrt6l4w This]] fake opening (perhaps technically not a trailer) for a Saturday-morning ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' cartoon features hilarious LighterAndSofter AdaptationDecay and a ClicheStorm of 1980s cartoon tropes. |
| 237 | * ''WesternAnimation/WheresWaldo'': |
| 238 | ** [[https://youtu.be/arP1YKAyR_g Where's Waldo?: The Movie.]] |
| 239 | ** [[https://youtu.be/Rt3NfymWlss The Waldo Ultimatum.]] |
| 240 | ** ''WebVideo/WaldoTheMovie'' |
| 241 | * [[https://youtu.be/MMXME2pm83c The Sims.]] |
| 242 | * Many trailers made for a ''Justice League'' movie are sadly just spliced scenes from ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' and ''Film/SupermanReturns'' or ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' with a handful of brief cuts of what are supposed to be the other heroes. A few even add in close up shots of Creator/MeganFox from the Transformers movies that make little sense even if you know of the untrue rumors about Fox starring in a Franchise/WonderWoman movie. |
| 243 | * ''WebVideo/TheHorriblySlowMurdererWithTheExtremelyInefficientWeapon''. Even the trailer is long (10 minutes!) |
| 244 | ** A rare case of this trope being Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad, since the supposed full-length movie would be '''''over 9 hours long.''''' |
| 245 | ** And now this trope doesn't apply as much - ''there's a movie in the making.'' Maybe. |
| 246 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JY2G-vsy_4 You're Not Cruise]] was a parody of ''Film/ImNotThere'' that told the life of Creator/TomCruise using clips of parodies of his films, such as the ''Film/ScaryMovie4'' scene parodying his couch-jumping appearance on ''Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow''. Unfortunately the audio no longer seems to work. |
| 247 | * From the people who brought you ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'' and ''Film/MenaceIISociety'', [[https://youtu.be/CS7xDS24GGE Dangerous Wands]]. |
| 248 | * ''WebVideo/ATrailerForEveryAcademyAwardWinningMovieEver can be seen'' [[http://www.cracked.com/video_18156_a-trailer-every-academy-award-winning-movie-ever.html here]] |
| 249 | ** And its send-up, ''[[https://youtu.be/oeIRQol52HU The Trailer For Every Christian Movie Ever]]''. |
| 250 | * ''Fanfic/MyImmortal [[https://youtu.be/ue7s2j1_p6s The Movie]]''. |
| 251 | ** Which goes well with ''other'' bad fanfic trailer Fanfic/LegolasByLaura. [[https://youtu.be/IECKGp-tLb0 Right here.]] |
| 252 | * One fan who was disappointed by the recent Kaiju films made [[https://youtu.be/cyzvQv2wmSI Japan's Avengers]]. |
| 253 | * ''Film/AWalkToRemember'' and ''Film/FiveHundredDaysOfSummer'', [[https://youtu.be/Sce2LRxFqNk anime]] [[https://youtu.be/4AJnwUyimys style]]. |
| 254 | * [[Film/JohnTuckermustDie Itou]] [[VisualNovel/SchoolDays Makoto]] [[https://youtu.be/JhRfBdrVKDo MUST DIE!]] |
| 255 | * [[https://youtu.be/SiBER4iVwCw This trailer]] for a ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' movie, which is so popular and well-done some say it inspired the Punch-Out Wii game. |
| 256 | ** From the same group, [[https://youtu.be/SKBCcA9LJzk this trailer]] for a {{VideoGame/Contra}} movie. So many ''Film/{{Predator}}'' references that you could believe they were the reason the sequel was made. |
| 257 | * ''WebVideo/PokemonApokelypse'' is a response to the "common trend of 'dark and gritty' [[ContinuityReboot reboots of popular franchises]]." |
| 258 | * The ultimate crossover: ''[[https://youtu.be/iJSp2jNI7Co Goonies of the Caribbean: The Search for One-Eyed Willy]]'' (Mashup of ''Film/TheGoonies'' and ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'') |
| 259 | ** How about ''[[https://youtu.be/adEYyrpvvWo The Fugitive's Day Off]]'', (Mashup of ''Film/TheFugitive'' and ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'')? |
| 260 | ** Or even ''[[http://youtu.be/iRtNWGnBgAk No Country for Old Men in Black]]'' (Mashup of ''Film/NoCountryForOldMen'' and ''Film/MenInBlack'')? It becomes HilariousInHindsight as Creator/TommyLeeJones' ''No Country'' costar Creator/JoshBrolin would play young Agent K in ''Film/MenInBlack3''. |
| 261 | * Not only is there a live-action Franchise/MyLittlePony [[https://youtu.be/sXoYK4b_q24 movie]], but they go behind the scenes [[https://youtu.be/SgqgAExJMyw too]]. |
| 262 | * Another version of mash-ups uses the sound from one trailer and the footage from another trailer/movie/TV show. An excellent example would be [[https://youtu.be/D1qihwMN0JM Toy Story Requiem]]: footage from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' and ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' with the sound from ''Requiem of a Dream''. |
| 263 | * [[https://youtu.be/7AyizzX1Xis Cock and Load]] a ''Grindhouse'' style preview about a man who has his penis replaced with a shotgun and uses it to fight the mob. Must be seen to be believed. |
| 264 | * A trailer for the Nicholas Cage ''Film/TheWickerMan2006'' has been made as [[https://youtu.be/v_mW8mBzmHo though it was a comedy]]. It is hilarious. |
| 265 | * There's also ''WebVideo/TheVelociPastor'', a fake [=grindhouse=] trailer about a priest [[https://youtu.be/aDNzzhCpqxA who turns into a dinosaur]]. |
| 266 | * A peculiar small subgenre are the ''Premakes'': using edited footage of mostly old movies, they try to recreate how a movie could have been if it was made a few decades earlier. Youtube user [[https://www.youtube.com/user/whoiseyevan Whoiseyevan]] has created the best examples, like WesternAnimation/{{Up}} [[https://youtu.be/ml9hAN5km14 as a 1965 live-action Disney movie]], Film/{{The Avengers|2012}} [[https://youtu.be/-fCTokuOU_E in 1952]] (before all team members except ComicBook/CaptainAmerica were even created), and Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack [[https://youtu.be/KmTpOQrqoO0 in 1950]]. The latter is particularly good before it takes from several movies that inspired Franchise/StarWars firsthand. There are a few more Premakes around but not as good as these. |
| 267 | * There's a trailer for [[https://youtu.be/OboZbyLsNG0 Nico Nico All Stars]], based on memes from Website/NicoNicoDouga, which sadly doesn't exist. |
| 268 | * While he waits for his movie to even get into production, ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} can watch [[http://youtu.be/HInW6v9G3qs this fan trailer]]. If the real thing ever happens, it better be as good as that. |
| 269 | * A trailer for [[https://youtu.be/vGn3nydV6sU Monopoly: The Movie]] based off of the [[TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}} board game]] |
| 270 | * The season two DVD for ''WebVideo/MarbleHornets'' features, as an extra, a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzb-gK0wVrs trailer]] for the titular student film. |
| 271 | * [[https://youtu.be/putQn89TQzc The Twit Network]]: A spoof of Film/TheSocialNetwork, telling Twitter's history instead of Facebook's. |
| 272 | * [[https://youtu.be/m0av4se_430 This]] fan-made trailer for a ''Series/DoctorWho''/''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' crossover episode. It looks freaking awesome, even if there is no possible chance of it ever being done for real. |
| 273 | * There's a trailer for ''[[https://youtu.be/fPQVjJD7COY Pedobear: The Bed Intruder]]'' slated for release on February 31st, 2012. |
| 274 | * ''[[https://youtu.be/6jPoCaG8Xvg Dawn Of Fire]]'', although it's actually supposed to be the opening titles of the (fake) movie rather than the trailer. The cast and crew alone may make you want to see the movie anyway. |
| 275 | * For years there was a fake IMDB page out there somewhere for what sounds like a truly dreadful InNameOnly film adaptation of Creator/ChinaMieville's ''Literature/PerdidoStreetStation'' that had every kind of AdaptationDecay imaginable. It had many Mieville fans absolutely furious until they noticed that it wasn't on an actual IMDB web address. |
| 276 | * WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun made a fake trailer for an action movie, [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/loadingreadyrun/6239-Seth-McDebit Seth McDebit:]] [[MundaneMadeAwesome Combat Accountant]]. |
| 277 | * Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus: [[https://youtu.be/Rce6HTFBaFg The Movie Trailer]] has over 500,000 views on Website/YouTube and a lot of people wishing that ([[PoesLaw whether seriously or not]]) it could actually be made into a movie. |
| 278 | * [[https://youtu.be/a7YZYt8v4lo And here's an impressive one for]] WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers. |
| 279 | * [[https://youtu.be/k6tLOz_2Dsc Super Mario Legacy]], made with clips from various movies to create the concept of a sequel to [[Film/SuperMarioBros1993 the 1993 Super Mario Bros movie]]. |
| 280 | * This is the entire point of the [[https://www.youtube.com/user/GrittyReboots Gritty Reboots]] [=YouTube=] channel. |
| 281 | * The [[https://youtu.be/sZHS6fHYlhQ 2009 trailer]] for the [[UnCanceled sixth]] ''Series/RaumschiffGamestar'' season looked authentic... right until the producers resumed publication of its successor series ''Die Redaktion'' half a year later. |
| 282 | * This [[https://youtu.be/BkGaza1rPfQ Hey Arnold Trailer]] which is basically ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' meets ''Film/FatalAttraction''. |
| 283 | * For a while now, there's been this fake trailer for a [[https://youtu.be/pPHy2dTzPa8 Mega Man Movie]] that's a parody of the cheapest InNameOnly adaptions that only take a few select bits of the source material and plug them into what's otherwise a generic hollywood plot. Funnily enough, it actually looks pretty good and there are many comments claiming that they'd genuinely go see it. |
| 284 | * [[http://www.trailerwarsbellingham.org/ Trailer Wars]] is a bi-monthly film festival devoted entirely to this trope. Entries have included such things as [[https://youtu.be/U4B9k_bMbWI PONG 3D]] and [[https://youtu.be/nKv5-hQjT18 a film noir take on McGruff the Crime Dog]]. |
| 285 | * [[https://youtu.be/zdVIB0kNktc This mock opening]] for an ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' anime, made using the cutscenes from ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]''. |
| 286 | * [[https://youtu.be/dNHb3lZobt0 This hilarious trailer]] for the fake "Ghost Tits" movie featuring Creator/OliviaMunn. |
| 287 | * More like "real opening, fake cartoon", but [[https://youtu.be/j5J9mmgwB0c this opening]] for the non-existant "Martian By Mistake" cartoon. |
| 288 | * WebVideo/OzzyManReviews has a trailer for ''Littlefinger''. The inspiring story of Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish is now a major motion picture. Clips from ''Game of Thrones''. [[https://youtu.be/KwFy_S2f__8 A major achievement.]] |
| 289 | * Music/BadLipReading has trailers for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Krz-dyD-UQ Medieval Land Fun-Time World]], based on Series/GameOfThrones, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYNJwpHWsBg Shadow Pico]], based on Music/OneDirection videos. |
| 290 | * WebVideo/ShipwreckedComedy's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pSYzmqZU-k American Whoopee]], an AffectionateParody of both silent films and teen comedies. |
| 291 | * Creator/BobChipman made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLlRGzmARlo a trailer]] for a ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' movie, specifically a parody of what it would look like if it were done as a modern action blockbuster. He later included it as TheStinger to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjj3ZzR6sL0 his review]] of ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'', as if to say that that film was [[LifeImitatesArt the real-life version of that trailer]] (except with Creator/WarnerBros characters). He also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8hfIdukd3g made one]] for ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''. |
| 292 | * ''WebVideo/WizardsWithGuns'': |
| 293 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_XsyuHNJn0 Every "Comedy" From the Early 2000's]]" is a trailer for ''American Weed Trip: The Car Road Trip Edition, Weed Edition'', an AffectionateParody of {{Stoner Flick}}s from [[TurnOfTheMillennium The Aughties]]. |
| 294 | ** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_PuEiowWZ0 Guy Fieri Directed a Movie (and no one's talking about it)]]" is a trailer for ''Sauce'', a thriller about a pasta chef keeping his sauce recipe from TheMafia. |
| 295 | [[/folder]] |
| 296 | |
| 297 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 298 | * There was a trailer for a live-action ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'' movie on the Volume 1 DVD. |
| 299 | --> "We're pretty sure they made the movie, too, but are waiting until our birthday." |
| 300 | * ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' featured a trailer for ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist 2: [[KungFuJesus Crucify This]]''. |
| 301 | ** ''Series/XPlay'' did a similar thing, but with less Chris Tucker and more straight badassery. See the scene at the beginning where Jesus pulls himself off the cross and USES THE NAILS IN HIS HANDS AS WEAPONS. |
| 302 | * ''Meapless in Seattle'' was supposed to be a trailer for a fake episode for ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', [[SubvertedTrope until they made it into a real episode later on]]. That episode ended with ''another'' fake trailer for an episode called ''[[https://youtu.be/QpIzC5hZ4-4 Meap Me in St. Louis]]'', with the narrator telling the audience that they ''really'' have no intentions on making it into an actual episode. |
| 303 | * ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer: [[https://youtu.be/TnpTcrtsN3U The Search for the Infinity Orb]]'' ended up being subverted, as Website/CollegeHumor made ''WebVideo/DoraTheExplorerAndTheDestinyMedallion'' as an actual miniseries because so many people demanded it. |
| 304 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}: [[http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6904493/daria-movie-trailer-with-aubrey-plaza The High School Reunion]]'' |
| 305 | * For AprilFoolsDay 2014, the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' crew put together brief tv spots for ''[[https://youtu.be/S-DDF0q68kw Dragonfire]]'', a SpaceOpera starring a humanized Spike, and ''[[https://youtu.be/bMglq5ZgYK4 My Biggest Pony]]'', which is exactly what it sounds like. April Fool's Day 2015 saw a trailer for ''[[https://youtu.be/FUSekVMt0Zk Apple Bloomers]]'', an {{Animesque}} show featuring the Cutie Mark Crusaders as anthropomorphic pony {{Magical Girl Warrior}}s. |
| 306 | [[/folder]] |
| 307 | |
| 308 | [[folder:Other]] |
| 309 | * Website/TVTropes: the page for the short story Literature/DarkRedMind sounds pretty entertaining. The discussion page has the author confessing that the story pretty much doesn't exist at all. |
| 310 | [[/folder]] |
| 311 | |
| 312 | !!Unintended spoofs: |
| 313 | |
| 314 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 315 | * The ad for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' was shown in theaters. It was so different from the style of the actual game that until the video started showing gameplay footage, some people have mistaken it for a trailer for a ''Zelda'' movie. |
| 316 | * Same could be said for the ''VideoGame/MechWarrior 3'' intro being shown in theaters. It practically could be considered a trailer for some kind of ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' movie. |
| 317 | [[/folder]] |
| 318 | |
| 319 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 320 | * There is someone trying to make a ''[[https://youtu.be/5Bj_oymzfzg Final Fight]]'' movie, though he just needs the budget apparently to make it work. From the looks of the trailer it looks like he could do it. |
| 321 | [[/folder]] |
| 322 | |
| 323 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 324 | * The excellent ''[[https://vimeo.com/11191780 Pyrats]]'' animation was a final project for an animation school in Paris. It will never be a movie, but it looks like a trailer (and people have reported that they would like to go and see it). |
| 325 | [[/folder]] |
| 326 | |
| 327 | !!ShowWithinAShow: |
| 328 | |
| 329 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 330 | * The last episode of ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' has one of these for ''Anime/PuniPuniPoemi''. And [[{{Defictionalization}} then...]] |
| 331 | [[/folder]] |
| 332 | |
| 333 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 334 | * The movie ''Film/ScaryMovie2'' has a trailer for ''Film/{{Amistad}} 2'', which some people believe is the funniest part of the whole movie. |
| 335 | * ''Film/CSATheConfederateStatesOfAmerica'' features, among its mock commercials, ads for fake TV shows, including ''Runaway'', an obvious parody of ''Series/{{COPS}}''. |
| 336 | ** ''Leave It to Beulah'' is a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]]: It uses actual footage from a RealLife [[ValuesDissonance show made in the 1950's.]] |
| 337 | * The Music/WeirdAlYankovic movie ''Film/{{UHF}}'' had trailers for ''[[Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian Conan the Librarian]]'' and ''Film/{{Gandhi}} 2''. |
| 338 | * There are various ads for fictional shows and movies in ''Film/WNUFHalloweenSpecial'', including a family picture called Doggone It and a Mummy horror film called Sarcophagus. |
| 339 | [[/folder]] |
| 340 | |
| 341 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 342 | * On ''Series/ThirtyRock'', Tracy Jordan once made a trailer for his proposed biopic of UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson... with him playing all the parts. Highlights include Tracy as Jefferson proclaiming "Eat ''that'', King George!" as he finishes writing the Declaration of Independence and the narrator describing him as an "Academy Award watcher". |
| 343 | * ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' has a trailer for "Hell Hazers II: The Reckoning" in the episode "Hollywood Babylon." |
| 344 | * ''Series/TheDailyShow'' advertises several fake products on a regular basis, including ''Jon'' magazine and the Daily Show Home Game. In 2003, they started airing joke trailers for a new spinoff called ''The Colbert Réport'' that had "already been cancelled". ''[[Series/TheColbertReport The Report]]'' premiered in 2005, and has been described as "the only show that [[{{Defictionalization}} started as a promo for itself]]". |
| 345 | * A ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'' episode on the Earth's Crust had a trailer for a kid cop show called "[[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2w8tvj Johnny Crust.]]" |
| 346 | * ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' had one of these where a trailer for ''JustForFun/TheWeddingBride'' was mentioned on the show and the full trailer was [[http://www.weddingbridemovie.com/ released online here.]] The movie describes [[spoiler:Ted's failed relationship with Stella however from the somewhat skewed mind of her ex-boyfriend, now-husband, Tony. Ted in one episode goes to see this movie more than once and, at one point, acts out something similar to it to his date while he is in the movie theatre.]] |
| 347 | * ''Series/StargateSG1'': |
| 348 | ** The 100th episode, "Wormhole X-Treme!" took its name from a show based on the team, which the Air Force is letting go forward to give the SGC PlausibleDeniability (assuming it stays on the air). After the opening titles SG-1 and Hammond are sitting in the briefing room watching a trailer for the show. |
| 349 | ** In the two-hundredth episode, titled "200," the team is giving advice on the production of a ''Wormhole X-Treme!'' movie adaptation. The opening to act four, which airs immediately after a commercial break and was intended to be mistaken for another commercial, [[https://youtu.be/E2RWM65ZjL4 is a trailer for]] ''[[https://youtu.be/E2RWM65ZjL4 Teal'c, P.I.]]'' Bonus points for ''actually getting [[Film/{{Shaft}} Isaac Hayes]]'' to do the narration. |
| 350 | * On the RealityShow ''Series/ScreamQueens2008'', one challenge each season had the contestants starring in a trailer for a fake {{camp}}y horror film in order to test their acting skills. The first season, it was for a movie about [[CatholicSchoolGirlsRule reform school girls]] [[CoolVersusAwesome fighting zombies]], while in the second, it was a [[WeirdWest vampire Western]]. |
| 351 | [[/folder]] |
| 352 | |
| 353 | [[folder:Music Videos]] |
| 354 | * The video for [[https://youtu.be/LrrGKR8Xii4 "Hang Me Up To Dry"]] by indie rock band Cold War Kids. It's filmed in black-and-white, set in a post-war (World War II?) era and revolves around the relationship of a pale-skinned brunette and a LoveableRogue. The fact that it mentions that this is the third installment of a nonexistent trilogy turns this into a ForegoneConclusion whenever you watch it again (and again, and again), but some fans desperately yearn for {{Defictionalization}}. |
| 355 | [[/folder]] |
| 356 | |
| 357 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 358 | * ''The Creator/ReducedShakespeareCompany Radio Show'' has an audio trailer for a SophisticatedAsHell movie version of ''Othello'' ("He was tough! He was black! He was jealous as hell!"), starring Mr. T ("I pity the fool who messes with Desdemona!") |
| 359 | [[/folder]] |
| 360 | |
| 361 | [[folder:Theme Parks]] |
| 362 | * The former ''Ride/{{Disaster}}'' attraction at [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal Studios Florida]] ended with a fake trailer for a movie called "Mutha Nature", which shows the world being wrecked by every single disaster you could imagine; also featuring Dwayne Johnson as the main character. |
| 363 | [[/folder]] |
| 364 | |
| 365 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 366 | * Completing all of the scenes in a movie in ''VideoGame/{{Stuntman}}'' and its sequel unlocks a trailer of the movie, with [=FMVs=] mixed with gameplay footage. |
| 367 | [[/folder]] |
| 368 | |
| 369 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 370 | * ''WebVideo/{{Hadriex}}'': |
| 371 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tyrian+2000+hadriex "Today we're going to explore a little indie shmups I found lying in a cyber gutter..."]] |
| 372 | ** The clip we see has a pile of poo flying though space shooting down flies with stink lines. |
| 373 | * ''[[http://www.leastlikely.com/ The Least Likely]]'', Kelly Hu's project for CAUSE, made in an effort to get Asian-Americans to become more politically active and less apathetic (the name comes from the fact that Asians are the racial group that is least likely to vote each year, with only about one-third doing so). Rumors of an actual movie to go with the trailer still circulate. |
| 374 | * The ''WebVideo/DrJekyllAndMrHydeTheGameTheMovie'' trailer was made to be a ShortFilm made to mock [[VideoGame/DrJekyllAndMrHydeNES the game]] it "adapts" and there are no plans to make a full-length film. |
| 375 | [[/folder]] |
| 376 | |
| 377 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 378 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' are full of them. |
| 379 | ** ''The Simpsons'' in particular had a CouchGag take the form of a movie trailer for "The Couch", which dramatizes [[MundaneMadeAwesome the Simpson family sitting on the couch]]. It was featured on the episode "A Test Before Trying". |
| 380 | ** In the episode "Mommy Beerest", Homer and Marge go to the movies and see an advert for the movie [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55hjRyvEbhw "Cards"]], a CGI film about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the adventures of a group of cards]]. |
| 381 | ** And in the episode "Jaws Wired Shut", the family sees a trailer for a movie called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjGBtDW6yR4 "Soccer Mummy"]], in which a mummy is brought BackFromTheDead and joins a school soccer team. |
| 382 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' episode "...Or Die Trying" opens with a trailer for "Soul Plane 2: The Blackjacking", a fictional sequel to ''Film/SoulPlane'' that only exists in-universe. The episode itself is about the characters sneaking into a theater to watch the film. |
| 383 | * ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' "One False Movie" can be explained by both Bloo's overwhelming ego and the RuleOfFunny, as the 'trailer' seems to be the opening part of the film it's pimping. |
| 384 | ** ''That was only the trailer?'' |
| 385 | * ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' is in love with this trope. They've made trailers for ''[[Film/KillBill Kill Bunny]]'', ''Chutes and Ladders'', ''Hungry Hungry Hippos'', and ''[[Creator/MichaelBay EXPLOSIONS]]''. |
| 386 | ** Other trailers include ''[[WesternAnimation/LaffALympics Laff-A-]]Film/{{Munich}}'' and "[[https://youtu.be/PTcVNuNX8yY 1776]]", the American Revolution told 300-style, complete with MundaneMadeAwesome slow-motion zooms on the signing of the declaration, and the tagline "It's not accurate, but it'll blow your mind!" |
| 387 | * The ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' episode "Popcorn Pandemonium" involves Rocko and Heffer going to a movie theater, where they see trailers for "Enter the Rodent Part VII: Not Before I've Had My Coffee" (a poorly-dubbed kung-fu movie featuring a gerbil); "The Doo" (a movie about an evil man-eating pompadour); "Little Poots" (a movie about little dog-doo-shaped creatures wearing toilet rolls on their heads, which crosses over with Really Really Big Man); "Das Poot" (a sequel to the former, about the Little Poots on a World War II submarine); "Garbage Strike: The Musical" (ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - a musical about a garbage strike) and "Dracula: Done to Death" (a movie where vampire hunters come to kill Dracula, only to discover that he's already been staked). |
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