History HilariousInHindsight / HonestTrailers

* In the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' Honest Trailer, the narrator complains about the series rehashing too many classic Disney worlds, and wonders aloud why it hasn't featured any levels from Creator/{{Pixar}} movies yet ("Hold on, doesn't Disney own Pixar?! Where's ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' world? ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc''? Anything new? Come on!"). A few years after that video was released, it was confirmed that the long-awaited ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' would feature a ''Franchise/ToyStory'' level and a ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' level, complete with Sora and co. getting plastic toy forms and monster forms.

* The ''VideoGame/MarioParty 10'' Honest Trailer gripes that the UsefulNotes/WiiU went at least three years without next-gen ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Super Mario]]'', ''[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]]'', or ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' games, and begins its stinger with the narrator hoping, "Maybe Nintendo will get it right with the next console." The Wii U's successor, the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, had a new ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Zelda]]'' game among its launch titles, received a ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey Super Mario]]'' title before the end of the year, and had a new ''Metroid'' game, ''Metroid Prime 4'', announced at that year's E3. Additionally, the Switch sold more units within its first year than the Wii U did in its entire lifetime.

* The Honest Trailer for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch has the console referred to as "Wii 3: $300 PSP". Come July 2019, and there's an announcement for the Nintendo Switch Lite, which hovers close to the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable in terms of portability and is $100 cheaper.

* At one point during the trailer for ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog'', the narrator dreads a recreation of Sonic drowning from the Sonic games in [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022 the sequel]]. That's pretty much what happens.

** Also, Epic Voice Guy concedes that the Marvel Netflix shows [[DamnedByFaintPraise at the very least allow time for sex scenes]], because "Marvel won't do them anymore"... that is, until ''Film/{{Eternals|2021}}'', which features a sex scene between Ikaris and Sersi in the opening minutes of the film.

* In the episode for ''Series/CobraKai'', on Miguel Diaz's entry, the narrator says "Franchise/{{Marvel|CinematicUniverse}}, cast this boy as Nova immediately." It ended up being the opposite, as his actor, Xolo Maridueña, was cast as ComicBook/BlueBeetle for a [[Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse DCEU]] Creator/HBOMax series.

* In the episode for ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'', Epic Voice Guy expresses some anger at the Skrull's AdaptationalHeroism and says that this means that there won't be an adaptation of ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' in the MCU. In late 2020 it was announced that actually that storyline is being adapted into a Disney+ TV show in the MCU.

* In the episode for ''Series/{{Iron Fist|2017}}'', the narrator mentions none of the Marvel-Netflix shows are canon to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, due to Creator/KevinFeige rarely mentioning about them and how those characters never appear in the movies and TV shows produced by Marvel Studios. The narrator would be later proven wrong when both Matt "Daredevil" Murdock and Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk appear in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' and ''Series/{{Hawkeye|2021}}'' respectively, confirming the Marvel Netflix shows are still canon, followed by the announcement that Daredevil's story would even be continued in the limited series ''Daredevil: Born Again''.

* In their Honest Game Trailer for ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'', they suggest Creator/JaredLeto as a Killer, but AsHimself. In May 2023, Behavior announced that Creator/NicolasCage will be a Survivor and AsHimself.

* In the Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheGreatestShowman'', Lettie Lutz (the Bearded Lady) appears in the Honest Credits as "Hairy [[Franchise/{{Frozen}} Elsa]]". After the acquisition of Fox's entertainment media by Disney, one of the dozens of jokes that arose was about making Lettie an official Disney Princess, ''alongside the real Elsa.''

* When they did their trailer for ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' in 2014, they threw a shot at ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', saying it was three years since the last Disney musical, and eighteen years since the last ''[[StealthInsult good]]'' [[WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}} Disney musical]]. When they finally did a trailer for ''Tangled'' proper in 2019, they open on saying it's better than ''Frozen'' (albeit admitting that ''Tangled'' doesn't have much memorable music).

* The Honest Game Trailer for ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' has the narrator [[ViewerPronunciationConfusion struggling to pronounce]] Hwoarang's name, and settling on "Howard". And then Tekken got a Howard, [[VideoGame/FatalFury Geese]] [[Franchise/TheKingOfFighters Howard]], that is.

* The Honest Game Trailer for ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' has the narrator [[ViewerPronunciationConfusion struggling to pronounce]] Hwoarang's name, and settling on "Howard". And then Tekken got a Howard, [[VideoGame/FatalFury Geese]] [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Howard]], that is.

* The ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' trailer calls [[VideoGame/StarFox Wolf]] "Fatal Furry". ''Fatal Fury'''s own protagonist, Terry Bogard, was announced as DLC for the game on September 4, 2019.

* There was an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Si9qKzkn-g Honest Trailer parody]] of ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' before [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykF0mxJqZEs an official Honest Trailer for the game was made.]]

* In the trailer for ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid'', Sebastian is described as "the closest thing this movie has to a black person". This was a few years before Halle Bailey was cast as Ariel for the live-action remake.

* In the episode for ''Film/{{Inception}}'', the narrator refers to Ariadne as "[[LadyLooksLikeADude this small boy]]". [[Creator/ElliotPage The actor formerly known as Ellen Page]], who portrayed Ariadne, would come out as a trans man in 2020.