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[[caption-width-right:350:Flight safety, [[Film/TheHobbit Middle-Earth style!]]]]

If you would please direct your attention to your computer screen, we will take a few minutes to go over the safety features of these tropes.

If you've been on a commercial flight, you've heard it: the whole spiel explaining the safety features of your aircraft. It's important information and you simply have ''got'' to know it but...it's boring. And frequent fliers have a tendency to tune it out if they've heard it already. So what are airlines to do?

In an attempt to make sure people pay attention, many airlines are actually attempting to make the safety spiel ''entertaining''. Few have gone as far as Air UsefulNotes/NewZealand has in their series of safety videos, which comprise of celebrity cameos, [[ShoutOut Shout outs]], sports, aerobics and {{Fanservice}}. Bet you're paying attention now, aren't you?

Some of the videos are:

* "Bare Essentials of Safety". ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Mq9HAE62Y 737-300 version]])
* "Crazy About Rugby" with the New Zealand All Blacks. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ_kMrDmlQY 777-200ER version]])
* "Mile-High Madness" with Richard Simmons. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iaTEgoezNQ 737-300 version]])
* "An Unexpected Briefing", for the release of ''Film/TheHobbit''. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBlRbrB_Gnc 777-300ER version]])
* "The Bear Essentials" with Bear Grylls. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJheoLUtX_Q A320 version]])
* "Safety Old School Style" with Creator/BettyWhite. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-5gjkh4r3g A320 version]])
* "Safety in Paradise" featuring ''Magazine/SportsIllustrated'' swimsuit models for the 50th anniversary of the swimsuit issue. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQDip9V49U0 A320 version]])
* "The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made" again for ''Film/TheHobbit''. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOw44VFNk8Y 777-300 version]]).
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dZEUo4bx_M Safety in Hollywood]]"
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEnlEVLyD1s Summer of Safety]]"

!!Please note these tropes in preparation for your flight:
* BeachEpisode: "Safety in Paradise".
* BodyPaint: In "Bare Essentials" none of the people are wearing anything, but they do have their uniforms painted on.
* ButNotTooGay: In "Crazy About Rugby", a female fight attendant requests a kiss on the cheek from an All Black, and gets one. When a male flight attendant requests the same, the All Black chickens out.
* CreatorCameo: Creator/PeterJackson appears briefly in "An Unexpected Briefing".
* DeadpanSnarker: More so in the regular videos.
-->'''Crewmember:''' During the flight, if an oxygen mask falls down in front of you ... [[AskAStupidQuestion don't stop to ask why.]]
* DistractedByTheSexy: The guys demonstrating the brace positions in a canoe in "Safety in Paradise" keep sneaking glances at the model in the bikini on the beach.
* DonutMessWithACop: "Safety in Hollywood" starts with Anna and Rhys in a cop movie with "official police donuts".
* {{Fanservice}}: Part of the reason for "Bare Essentials", and definitely the reason for "Safety in Paradise".
* FanDisservice: The streaking grandma at the end of "Crazy About Rugby".
* HotWind: "An Unexpected Briefing" has a moment where an Mr. Fanservice passenger does this with his long black Aragorn-like hair...until the elvish flight attendant takes the hair dryer off him.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: The other reason for "Bare Essentials".
* {{Pun}}: At the end of "An Unexpected Briefing", the pilot, dressed as Gandalf, says, "Fly you fools!" as they take off.
* SceneryPorn: "Safety In Paradise": If you've never heard of the Cook Islands before, you'll want to go there after seeing the white beaches and turquoise water.
* ShowdownAtHighNoon:
* SpecialGuest:
** Creator/BettyWhite in "Safety Old School Style".
** Richard Simmons in "Mile-High Madness". There are also cameos from ''Series/TheAmazingRace'' host Phil Keoghan, international netballer Temepara George, outspoken television presenter Paul Henry, and even Air New Zealand CEO Rob Fyfe.[[note]]He kicks down one of the cigarettes.[[/note]]
** The All Blacks in "Crazy About Rugby".
** The ''Magazine/SportsIllustrated'' swimsuit models.
** In addition to the CreatorCameo above, Creator/PeterJackson features in "The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made", along with Creator/ElijahWood, Sylvester [=McCoy=], Creator/TaikaWaititi, Dean O'Gorman, and Sir Richard Taylor.
** Creator/AnnaFaris and Creator/RhysDarby in "Safety in Hollywood".
** Rachel Hunter, Creator/ZoeBell, Scott Dixon, Jayden Daniels, Joe Naufahu, Eliza [=McCartney=] and Ladyhawke in "Summer of Safety".
* StealthPun: In "Crazy About Rugby", All Black captain Richie [=McCaw=] is sitting in the cockpit, in the captain's seat.
* WalkingSwimsuitScene: The ''SI ''models one.
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