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--->'''The UsefulNotes/PlayStation Blog''': ''“When will we finally be able to play ''Final Fantasy Versus XIII''? You know, [[ScheduleSlip the game has been in development for eons]]. Do you have anything to share at this time? Anything!”''\\

-->-- '''[[WebComic/GunnerkriggCourt Tom Siddell]]'s''' [[http://www.formspring.me/gunnerkrigg/q/831796547 typical Formspring answer.]]

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* The creators of ''[[{{Webcomic/Morphe}} morphE]]'' are very aware that there are fans who look through their Tumblr/Deviantart (not to mention the World of Darkness source books) to find out more about plot before it is revealed. One of the four in particular loves diving into the comments to encourage such behavior and warn that it is ultimately futile because they are changing the plot to such spoilers.

* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' fans often suspect Rooster Teeth (the producing company) of doing this. Fortunately, thus far annoyance has never outweighed addiction, and the balance of humor remains excellent.
* ''WebVideo/TheAutobiographyOfJaneEyre'': Mr. Rochester ,who has been anxiously anticipated since the beginning of the series, appeared in episode 10. Viewers were teased by one shot of his body with JitterCam from a long distance. His clothes (striped green and pink socks! skinny jeans!) were showed in detail, as well as his injured leg. In episode 11, viewers got torsoed and [[ShirtlessScene loose-shirted]], plus there was a lot of focus on his hands. It was revealed that he has a tattoo and that he reads geeky books. No such luck as seeing but half his face, though. In episode 12, Adele set up the camera to record their dinner, but alas, she pointed it at her father's back, and it recorded his head from the back and some half-profile shots. Episode 13 looked like the gentle trolling might continue, but Jane made him sit in front of her camera and his face was finally [[TheReveal revealed]]. Also, they credited his actor on their web-page which has pictures of cast and characters, but instead of Mr. Wright's photo, there were several pictures with aluminium products (Mr. Rochester owns a company specializing in aluminium).
* ''WebVideo/TheLizzieBennetDiaries'': Viewers kept telling Lizzie and other characters, as well as the creative team, that they really wanted to see Darcy. They begged at least to have a peek at his photo, because most characters had Twitters and Facebook pages and posted lots of stuff from their parties and gatherings. However, he was first shown very late in the story -- in episode 59 (out of 100) and to boot, only his body was seen while his head was outside the camera angle. The credits in the video description listed Darcy's actor as "?". At that point it was almost unbearable to some fans, but luckily, in the next episode, Darcy was revealed.

* Jeff Williams, composer for ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', put two songs on the official soundtrack for Volume 4 that almost certainly supported contradictory ships; "Bmblb" for Bumblebee ([[LesYay Blake-Yang]]), [[FanPreferredCouple the most popular ship in the show]], and "Like Morning Follows Night" for Black Sun (Blake-Sun), the main rival ship for Blake and the one largely supported by events in Vol. 4. It's pretty obvious that he's stirring the pot in the ShipToShipCombat.

* Wilbur Soot loves to tease fans of ''WebVideo/SBIRust''.
--> '''@sootupdate''': The SBI Rust server started a year ago today! (Jan 3rd) o7 \\
'''@[=WilburSoot=]''': 🤔🤔🤔 \\
'''@[=WilburSoot=]''': Okay fine

* The authors of ''Fanfic/{{Game Theory|LyricalNanoha}}'' are outright gleeful about dropping tantalizing hints about future plot threads, and answering questions in such a manner as to be [[HalfTruth technically truthful and utterly deceptive]].

* Ed Boon, co-creator and current executive producer of the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' series, seems to be this [[http://twitter.com/#!/noobde if one checks his Twitter updates.]] For example, several fans wondered why [[VideoGame/MortalKombat9 the 2011 installment]] didn't include the [[Music/{{Prince}} purple]] [[McNinja ninja]] [[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 Rain]], as the game almost exclusively features the characters from the original trilogy. One fan proclaimed "RAIN!!!!" on Boon's Twitter, requesting Rain to be added as [[DownloadableContent DLC]]. Boon's reply? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rGA_rZxIV0 This.]] Klassic. (That being said, Rain did eventually make it onto the roster and then reappeared in [[VideoGame/MortalKombatX the following entry]] as a fairly important NPC.)

* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'': On the official soundtrack, Creator/TobyFox included a BossRemix of Sans' theme that isn't in the game. The title is actually "Song That Might Play When You Fight Sans." [[spoiler: You only fight Sans in a "Genocide Run," and when you do, the track played is Fox's SignatureSong, "MEGALOVANIA."]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'': On the official soundtrack, Music/TobyFox included a BossRemix of Sans' theme that isn't in the game. The title is actually "Song That Might Play When You Fight Sans." [[spoiler: You only fight Sans in a "Genocide Run," and when you do, the track played is Fox's SignatureSong, "MEGALOVANIA."]]

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' fans often suspect Rooster Teeth (the producing company) of doing this. Fortunately, thus far annoyance has never outweighed addiction, and the balance of humor remains excellent.

The creator's pedigree can make this trope more or less effective - if you've [[ShipSinking sunk the ship]] or [[KilledOffForReal eliminated main characters]] before now, there's every chance you'll do it again... but then, if you make a habit of it, people will stop finding it suspenseful and simply give up on caring for your characters, knowing you're likely to KillEmAll or stick them with a DownerEnding.

** The Switch incarnation pulls a trailer out at the tail-end of the ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' portion of a Direct, disguising itself as a revamped trailer for [[VideoGame/{{Splatoon}} the first game]] while implying it would be remade for the system. Then the big flaming Smash symbol shows up behind the Inklings, revealing the silhouettes of several mainstays (and freaking out the Inkling Girl immensely).

** In response to a TV listing for the non-existent episode "Friendship Is Magic Part 1, Strawberry Elves", Meghan [=McCarthy=] tweeted that the elves were actually blueberry, and that "[[{{Fanfic/Cupcakes}} Pinkie Pie kills them all and bakes them into cupcakes]]".[[note]]The listing was actually a composite of the series premiere and a short feature aired between shows on Treehouse.[[/note]]