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** The new human Death Note user, Sakura Aoi, as well as the Shinigami Bepo, are seen and hyped up in promotional material such as stills or posters for ''[[Film/DeathNoteLightUpTheNewWorld Death Note: Light Up the New World]]''. Ironically enough however, [[spoiler:Sakura is killled off in the film's first act]] whereas Bepo is seen in only one scene.* Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} advertised ''Series/DrakeAndJosh Go Hollywood'' with "Don't miss Creator/MirandaCosgrove in the Drake & Josh movie". Miranda's character isn't a protagonist in the movie.

* Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} advertised ''Series/DrakeAndJosh Go Hollywood'' with "Don't miss Creator/MirandaCosgrove in the Drake & Josh movie". Miranda's character isn't a protagonist in the movie.

** Due to the massive success of [[Film/BlackPanther2018 his solo movie just a few months prior]], T'Challa and his supporting cast were heavily featured in most of the later marketing for ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''. In the actual film, they don't really get to do much until the last act. ComicBook/{{Shuri}} in particular (who was very prominent in the print advertisements) only gets about two scenes before she disappears from the movie. This led to ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'' jokingly speculating that Marvel did not expect the ''Black Panther'' film to be nearly as popular as it ended up being back when they were planning ''Infinity War''.

** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': [[Characters/XMen90sMembers Jubilee]] got a fair amount of focus in the advertising along with the co-stars who played the new recruits Cyclops, Jean, and Storm. In the middle of the movie, it looks like she's going to be on the same squad of rookies with Cyclops, Jean, and Nightcrawler, even going with them on their teen rebel mall trip as a heroic team of four to contrast the Horsemen. Then she gets knocked out and left behind at the mansion in the next scene, leaving the others as a PowerTrio instead.

* ''Film/AHauntingInVenice'' places a masked gondolier prominently in its movie poster, standing just behind the lead Kenneth Branagh. This seems to the gondolier will play a role, likely as a disguise for the murderer, but their only role is to transport the various characters through Venice.

* Luchino Visconti's ''The Damned'' gives Florinda Bolkan a featured [[AndStarring and]] credit in the opening credits. Bolkan's role amounts to a two minute, wordless cameo as Martin's escort in the wedding scene.

* ''Film/TheTwinsEffect'' features Creator/JackieChan in a 5-minute cameo. WHile the original Hong Kong DVD averts the trope by leaving Chan entirely out of all promotional materials, the same can't be said for the [[https://d3tvwjfge35btc.cloudfront.net/Assets/26/245/L_p1002924526.jpg South Korean DVD release]] plastering Chan all over the cover.

** The trailers and TV spots for ''Film/Deadpool2'' heavily played up the introduction of ComicBook/XForce, complete with most of the team getting their own Twitter Emojis. [[spoiler:Domino is the only member of the team to actually get significant screentime, as Shatterstar, Bedlam, Zeitgeist, Peter and Vanisher are all KilledOffForReal very shortly after being introduced. The film's marketing was deliberately misleading to make their deaths come out of nowhere.]]

* The official Netflix title card for ''Film/Da5Bloods'' prominently features Creator/ChadwickBoseman, likely due to the popularity of ''Film/BlackPanther''. In the actual movie, he plays a PosthumousCharacter who, while extremely important to the plot, only shows up in a few {{Flashback}}s [[spoiler:and as a ghost/hallucination near the end]].

* ''[[{{Film/TwentyTwelve}} 2012]]'s'' Lama Rinpoche is the '''only''' character to be featured on any of the film's [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dd/2012_Poster.jpg posters]] and he's only in a couple of scenes in the film.

* The ''Film/{{Wings}}'' poster gives fourth billing to Gary Cooper. His character, Cadet White only appears for three minutes at most [[spoiler:before he dies performing stunts]].