Line #77 Main/VideoCredits


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4	At the beginning of the ClosingCredits, a short clip of each of the major characters is shown and a caption shows the actor's name. The clips are usually from scenes earlier in the show/film, but sometimes they might be extra footage.
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6	Much more common in [[TheThirties the 1930s]], when this trope was sometimes used at the ''beginning'' of the movie to introduce the cast. Creator/WarnerBros did this for pretty much all of its films in the first few years of the sound era.
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8	Compare FramedFaceOpening and IntroductoryOpeningCredits.
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10	!!Examples
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14	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
15	* ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'' and ''WesternAnimation/ShrekForeverAfter''
16	* ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'' does this at the beginning (as Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon films didn't have full closing credits until mid TheEighties, preferring simple "The End" title cards).
17	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'' had one with the voice actors next to headshots of their characters. And the main cast (except for Yeardley Smith) all [[ManOfAThousandVoices have many]] - Harry Shearer even shows after a small clip featuring [[ActingForTwo Mr. Burns and Smithers]].
18	* The last three of four ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' DTV movies use an approach similar to ''The Simpsons Movie'', with representative samples of the cast's major characters shown on screen; ''The Beast with a Billion Backs'' fits in as many as 11 or 12 for good measure.
19	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'' and [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie2TheSecondPart its sequel]] have a variant - all actors have their names in a setting representative of their characters (Chris Pratt: a construction site; Will Arnett: the Batcave, etc.). ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoBatmanMovie'', on the other hand, just shows the actor next to the character.
20	* ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman'' has black silhouettes of the characters appearing next to the voice actors.
21	* The first part of the credits ''[[Franchise/WinnieThePooh Piglet's Big Movie]]'' serves as a music video for "A Few Good Friends", featuring clips from the movie intersped with live-action scenes of Music/CarlySimon performing the song.
22	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' combines this with a DancePartyEnding, as many of the characters are watching a concert by [[Music/{{Shakira}} Gazelle]]. An interesting variant in that only characters that have a significant voice actor receive a caption, whereas, many notable minor characters voiced by either production staff or veteran voice actors do not (ie Mr. Big, Fru Fru, Manchas, Bucky, Pronk)
23	* ''WesternAnimation/TwiceUponATime'' has color images of the characters alongside black-and-white photos of the voice actors wearing recording headsets.
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26	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
27	* ''Film/NineteenFortyOne1979''
28	* ''Film/AbsoluteBeginners''
29	* ''Film/{{Airplane}}''
30	* ''Film/BabyFace''
31	* ''Film/TheBadAndTheBeautiful''
32	* ''[[Film/TheBadNewsBears The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training]]''
33	* ''Film/TheBargain'': A pretty unique version. The main players are introduced before the start of the movie. Each performer comes out onto an empty stage dressed in formal wear. Each one takes a bow, and as they bow, they morph into the clothes and makeup and wigs they wear in the movie.
34	* ''Film/Battleground1949''
35	* ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017''
36	* ''Film/{{Bernie}}''
37	* ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'', ''Film/ComingToAmerica'', ''Film/BurkeAndHare'', ''Film/TheStupids'', ''Film/IntoTheNight'', ''Film/InnocentBlood'', ''Film/{{Oscar\|1991}}'' and ''Film/TradingPlaces'', all directed by Creator/JohnLandis.
38	* ''Film/Camp2003'' highlights each member of the cast as they perform in the all-hands finale, with additional clips for members of cast who aren't participating in the number.
39	* ''Film/TheCaveOfTheYellowDog''
40	* ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'', in which the famous opening scene of the runners on the beach is re-run at the end with the actors' names on the screen.
41	* ''Film/{{Chicago}}''
42	* ''Film/CitizenKane'' and ''Film/TheMagnificentAmbersons'', the first two films directed by Creator/OrsonWelles. Welles did not include himself in the video credits for ''Kane'' despite playing the lead role, instead burying his own credit at the bottom of a quick list of minor characters. For ''The Magnificent Ambersons'', Welles not only had video credits but ''narrated'' video credits, with Welles reading off the actors' names as they appear in turn ("Joseph Cotten played Eugene Morgan") and reading off the crew's names with appropriate video clips (for example, a shot of a film camera as Welles says "the photographer (i.e., cinematographer) was Stanley Cortez").
43	* ''Film/CityLimits'' reminded us which of the cast survived the film by listing them by [Actor] ''is/was'' [Character] (e.g. John Stockwell ''is'' Lee; Dean Devlin ''was'' Ernie), except for the [[SpecialGuest Special Appearances By]] credits (Special Appearance by Robbie Benson ''as'' Carver; and Creator/JamesEarlJones as Albert).
44	* ''Film/CloudAtlas'' uses this trope to show each of the many roles each of the principal actors played in the movie.
45	* ''Film/CoalMinersDaughter''
46	* ''The Comedy of Terrors''
47	* ''Film/ConAir''
48	* ''Film/DayForNight''
49	* ''Film/DaysOfGlory'' opens with a narrated video credits sequence in which the narrator introduces all the characters as the actor's credit pops onscreen. In the case of leads Creator/GregoryPeck and Tamara Toumanova, the narrator also introduces the actor by name.
50	* From the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse's CreativeClosingCredits:
51	** ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' has a swirling mosaic of items related to each actor's character - although the BillingDisplacement for Karen Fukuhara makes her not the only name as Katana's mask is shown.
52	** ''Film/{{Aquaman\|2018}}'' has the actors next to statues representing the characters.
53	** Given ''Film/Shazam2019'' has animated credits, cartoons of the characters appear next to the actors' names. ''Film/ShazamFuryOfTheGods'' follows suit with drawings resembling a mythology book's illustrations.
54	** ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'' shows the actors next to illustrations of their objectsemblems.
55	* ''Film/{{Delicatessen}}''
56	* ''Film/TheDeerHunter''
57	* ''Film/DeadMenDontWearPlaid'', as it is an AffectionateParody of 1940s FilmNoir. The credits also showcase the "cameos" of 1940s actors cut into the film.
58	* ''Film/TheDiamondArm''
59	* ''Film/DinnerAtEight''
60	* ''Film/DraculaDeadAndLovingIt'' featured credits like this framed in ornamental picture (or possibly mirror) frames
61	* ''Film/Dune1984''
62	* ''Film/TheEagleHasLanded''
63	* The ''[[Film/FlashGordonSerial Flash Gordon]]'' and ''ComicStrip/BuckRogers'' serials always did this at the beginning of their first few chapters. The later episodes of each serial would omit the cast portraits.
64	* ''Film/TheFlightOfThePhoenix1965'' uses this for its opening credits. As the plane's engines cut out and it plummets to the ground, a ReactionShot of each character ends with a freeze frame and dramatic musical sting as the corresponding actor's credit is shown.
65	* ''Film/FrightNight2011''
66	* ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'' had the actor credits appear as they were onscreen (except for Annie Potts and William Atherton, who were absent from the climax). ''Film/GhostbustersII'' and [[Film/Ghostbusters2016 the 2016 reimagining]] went for the more traditional way of showing the actors with previous scenes.
67	* ''Film/HalfPastDead2''
68	* ''Film/{{Harvey}}''
69	* ''Film/HeroesForSale''
70	* ''Film/HouseOfUsher'' -- a quick montage since there are only four actors in the movie.
71	* ''Film/InsideMan''
72	* In ''Film/IntoTheWoods'', the final reprise of the title song is presented like this, much like ''Film/{{Chicago}}''.
73	* ''Film/JingleJangleAChristmasJourney'', with sculptures of the characters.
74	* ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'' and ''Film/JumanjiTheNextLevel'' shows icons and objects representing the characters next to the actors.
75	* ''Film/KillBill'', at the end of the second film. The sequence shows characters from both movies, a nod to the fact that they were originally supposed to be a single movie before the studio intervened.
76	* ''Literature/KingSolomonsMines'' (1937 version)
77	* ''Film/KnivesOut'' and ''Film/GlassOnion'', with paintings of the characters.
78	* ''Film/LadiesTheyTalkAbout''
79	* ''Film/TheLastPictureShow''
80	* ''Film/LeBal'': Essentially mandatory as the film is both a NamelessNarrative and a SilentMovie so there was no other way to associate the names with the roles.
81	* ''Film/LicoricePizza'' does this, showing clips from earlier in the movie along with the actors' names, set to the Taj Mahal song "Tomorrow May Not Be Your Day".
82	* ''Film/LiliesOfTheField''
83	* ''Film/LittleFugitive'' does this for one person. After an ordinary credit screen lists all the other actors, there's a video shot crediting child actor Richie Ambrusco, who played the protagonist, Joey.
84	* ''Film/TheLittleRascals'' (1994)
85	* ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'' (1986 version)
86	* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing'': As the last of the movie trilogy it's the only one to have "real" closing credits, with photos of the cast treated to look like hand-drawn art.
87	** Likewise with ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies''.
88	* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' often uses this in their CreativeClosingCredits:
89	** ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' showed the six protagonists aside their character's weapons (Chris Hemsworth and Mjolnir, Scarlett Johansson and an energy weapon, Jeremy Renner and a quiver) or costume (Robert Downey Jr.: Iron Man helmet; Chris Evans: Captain America's suit; Mark Ruffalo: Bruce Banner's broken glasses and torn shirt)
90	** ''Film/IronMan3'' features clips from all three Iron Man movies, in an homage to '70s era action movies and TV, complete with a '70s style arrangement of the movie's theme, entitled "Can You Dig It?"
91	** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' has minimalistic monochrome drawings of the actors ([[spoiler:though given Toby Jones plays a VirtualGhost, his name appears atop a bunch of old-school mainframes]])
92	** ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' had drawings of the cast.
93	** ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' displays the actors' names besides their characters in the statue that comprises the CreativeClosingCredits.
94	** ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' shows the actors through the shadows in a broken room through symbols that represent them (Spider-Man and Aunt May are by a spider web, Black Panther near a scratched wall).
95	** ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' features drawings reminiscent of the characters (with MJ and Ned even getting their faces drawn).
96	** ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' goes similar to ''Winter Soldier'', with black silhouettes of the characters.
97	** ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' has monochrome paintings of the characters.
98	** ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' uses figurines of the cast in dioramas recreating scenes in the film.
99	** ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'' has silhouettes of the cast (aside from the title character and Maria Rambeau, who get their faces).
100	** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' is the second traditional "clips of the actor" case in the MCU after ''Iron Man 3''. Though the top billed (who are also the original six Avengers) actually go last, and with their autographs on screen alongside their names.
101	** ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' has pictures of the actors mixed in amusing ways with objects (mostly reminiscent of paper collages).
102	** ''Film/{{Eternals}}'' has art (statues, paintings) of the myths inspired by each character that gets covered by the Eternals' golden TronLines. (Creator/KitHarington gets represented by a box with the Black Knight's crest on it [[spoiler:which is revealed in TheStinger to contain the Ebony Blade]])
103	** ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' has drawings of a few actor's faces or graphical representations of their characters.
104	** ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' also has clips of the cast, albeit duplicated and colorful to combine with the colorful kaleidoscope background.
105	** ''Film/TheMarvels2023'' has the cast depicted as large drawings appearing in space.
106	* ''Film/MadameWeb2024''
107	* ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate'' -- for all the good it did them.
108	* ''Film/TheMartian'' has one overlapping with WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue.
109	* ''Film/{{Marty}}''
110	* ''Film/{{Mash}}''
111	* ''Film/MidnightMary''
112	* ''Film/MissCongeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous'' does this for everyone other than Creator/SandraBullock.
113	* ''Film/MortalKombat2021'', through red and black silhouettes of the characters.
114	* ''Film/MrBeansHoliday''
115	* ''Film/{{Nixon}}''
116	* ''Film/{{No Man of Her Own\|1932}}''
117	* ''Film/NotAnotherTeenMovie''
118	* ''Film/{{The Nutty Professor\|1963}}''
119	* ''Film/{{The Odd Couple\|1968}}''
120	* ''Film/OSS117CairoNestOfSpies''.
121	* ''Film/PhantomOfTheParadise''
122	* ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'', through the characters drawn in art reminiscent of the ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' manga.
123	* ''Film/{{Predator}}'' (with new footage of everyone laughing and happy, except for a truly scared [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Arnie]])
124	* ''Film/ThePrincessBride''
125	* ''Film/TheProducers'' (original film only)
126	* ''Film/ReturnOfTheLivingDeadNecropolis''
127	* ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds''
128	* Played with in ''Film/RobinHoodMenInTights'', where only the big-name ''cameos'' are featured this way.
129	* ''Film/{{Rubber}}''
130	* ''Film/SaltOfTheEarth'': Divided between the professional actors in the cast (only five, including the female lead) and the non-professional actors (everyone else in the movie).
131	* ''Film/TheSeaInside'': Rather atypical use of this usually whimsical trope in a deadly serious ICannotSelfTerminate assisted suicide drama.
132	* ''Film/SeedOfChucky''
133	* All the ''Film/{{Scream}}'' films
134	* ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009''
135	* ''Film/ShesGottaHaveIt''
136	* ''Film/{{SOB}}''
137	* ''Film/SomebodyUpThereLikesMe'': The video credits at the end leave out [[Creator/SteveMcQueenActor Steve McQueen]], who had one of his first big roles in this film, as a hoodlum.
138	* ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}''
139	* ''Film/TheSting'': The opening credits.
140	* ''Film/TheStoryOfACheat'': A most unusual opening credits sequence, in which there actually aren't any "credits". Instead writer-director-star Creator/SachaGuitry, out of character, walks around the film set introducing everyone else in the crew—the camera man, the sound recorder in his booth, the caterer, the lighting technicians, and all the actors.
141	* ''Film/StTrinians'' and ''Film/StTrinians2TheLegendOfFrittonsGold''
142	* ''Film/StrangeDays''
143	* ''Film/StuartLittle2''
144	* ''Film/SunriseAtCampobello''
145	* ''Film/TheTatteredDress'': The opening credits show moving images of a handful of the biggest characters. Used cleverly, because the video credit for Elaine Stewart shows that Charleen Reston wasn’t upset about the incident that tattered her dress.
146	* ''Film/TopGun'' and ''Film/TopGunMaverick''
147	* ''Film/TropicThunder'', in a way. Once the credits reach the cast, every actor is showcased in a SplashPanel of sorts.
148	* ''Film/TwelveAngryMen''. Somewhat necessary, considering that no character is named onscreen.
149	* ''Film/TheViewAskewniverse'': Some movies feature these, accompanied by a blooper featuring the credited actor. The movies in question are:
150	** ''Film/{{Dogma}}''
151	** ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack''
152	** ''Film/JayAndSilentBobReboot''
153	* ''Film/TheVIPs'': The credits appear at the beginning of the movie, identifying each actor as their character is shown preparing to leave for the airport.
154	* ''Film/VolgaVolga'': The opening credits have video clips of all the actors, accompanied by a singer who identifies each character and the name of the actor playing them.
155	-->"This bureaucrat is played by Ilyinsky, of all guys."
156	* ''Theatre/WaitUntilDark'': Including all three of the disguises worn by Alan Arkin's character.
157	* Pretty much every movie Creator/WarnerBros made from 1930 to 1935 or so had video credits at the beginning, as the house style. The practice was for the main stars of the film to all get solo video clips, then have SplitScreen video clips for the supporting players, two at a time.
158	* ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet'' combines this with FreezeFrameIntroduction and, unusually, puts it in the ''opening'' credits, as a means of introducing (most of) the main cast before the action actually begins.
159	* ''Film/{{Windtalkers}}''
160	* ''Film/TheWildGeese''
161	* Seemed to have been popular with shot-on-video horror films, such as ''Film/Sledgehammer1983'', ''Cannibal Campout'' and ''Satan Claus''.
162	* ''Film/{{Woodstock}}'': Clips of the various musical acts, shown in order of appearance, as each is named with a credit.
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165	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
166	* A fair number of BBC sitcoms (all written by David Croft) of the '70s and '80s accompanied by the caption "You have been watching" (later adopted as the name of a [[Series/YouHaveBeenWatching panel show]]) including:
167	** ''Series/DadsArmy''
168	** ''Series/AlloAllo''
169	** ''Series/HiDeHi'' -- though the actors are not in character. This is particularly noticeable with Creator/DianeHolland (who plays snobbish Yvonne) and Creator/LeslieDwyer (who plays miserable old man Mr Partridge) as both actors generally beam happily in the credits.
170	** ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'': Since the episodes are practically teleplays, the clips are of the actors -- sometimes not in-character -- after completing the episode.
171	** And even into the '90s with ''Series/GraceAndFavour'' (a.k.a. ''Are You Being Served Again''), ''Series/YouRangMLord'', and ''Series/OhDoctorBeeching'' (about the last series to use them).
172	* ''Series/{{Skins}}'' (series finale only)
173	* Many MTM sitcoms did this for the supporting cast and guest stars, including ''Series/TheBobNewhartShow'', ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'', ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'', and ''Series/{{Taxi}}''.
174	* ''Series/Miranda2009'' does it too, as a loving parody of the sitcoms of the 70s, although there is NoFourthWall during them, and the actors wave to the camera.
175	* Done in ''Series/AshesToAshes2008''. Set to [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic heart-warming music]] the finale credits feature clips of the characters laughing and smiling. All the more touching as you realise just how little they did it and the overly devastating theme of the final episode.
176	* Many of the intros to Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses did this with the three main characters.
177	* The final episode of ''Series/BabylonFive'' ended with a long credit sequence showing all the regular cast (actually the regular cast of the penultimate series, for complicated reasons) in their first and last appearances in internal chronology. They also included the ''Entire'' crew.
178	* ''Series/TheInvaders1967'' did this in the TitleSequence, with Creator/RoyThinnes appearing after the main title (usually in a different clip each week) and the guest cast appearing after the opening narration. In all cases the actors' names were read by the narrator as they appeared on screen. This was also standard procedure for most of Creator/QuinnMartin's other series.
179	* ''Series/{{Rentaghost}}'' in the British sitcom tradition, but not in the usual style of children's TV.
180	* ''Series/TopGear'' uses these at the end of their Burma Special as a parody of ''Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai'', complete with everyone credited as "[[Creator/AlecGuinness Sir Alec]] X" (where "X" is the last name of the given staff member).
181	* The original 70s run of ''Series/TheCrossWits'' had a screen showing the celebrities in that episode, with their names appearing crossword-style on all four sides; the screen would then show the credits for the producers and directors.
182	* In a variation, ''Series/BattlestarGalactica1978'' very unusually did video credits of its supporting cast at the start of the episode, rather than putting up captions over the first act as with most other series.
183	* ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'' followed [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse the movies]] and had the actors next to their pictures or of objects representing the characters.
184	* In a tip of the hat to [[Film/{{Mash}} the movie]], ''Series/{{Mash}}'' did this for a select few episodes. (The pilot, the first and second season closers, and the first part of the fourth-season two-part opener, that last one used the WhamShot of Colonel Potter riding into camp.)
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187	[[folder:Video Games]]
188	* The parody opening credits for the five main levels of ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooieNutsAndBolts'' each pay tribute to a specific TV series (''Series/{{Dallas}}'' for Nutty Acres, ''Series/BuckRogersInThe25thCentury'' for LOGBOX 720, ''Series/TheLoveBoat'' for Banjoland, ''Series/{{Dynasty}}'' for the Jiggosseum, and ''Series/LostInSpace'' for the Terrarium of Terror), including the use of video credits for the game's supporting characters and the roles they play in each level.
189	* ''VideoGame/SilentHill1'' did this in the blooper reel.
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