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* Both ''[[Film/FXMurderByIllusion F/X]]'' films open with a shooting of a film. First opens with a gangster-revenge flick and the second one with [[TheresNoBInMovie a transexual alien on a rampage]].

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* ''Frankenstein 1970'' opens with a monster chasing a girl. It also turns out to be a shooting of a film.

Somewhat similar to FakeOutOpening but distinct, this is when the story starts with what appears to be a probably over-the-top ActionPrologue, but after it's been going on for a while, maybe PlayedForLaughs, it's cut short. It's then [[ProsceniumReveal revealed]] that this sequence was a DreamIntro, a [[FantasySequence daydream]], a ShowWithinAShow, [[DangerRoomColdOpen a simulated test]], or similar. Whatever the case, the beginning is revealed not to have been real, and the actual story now begins on a more restrained note. May be used among other things for when the main character is a loser who only dreams of becoming the kind of badass they're acting like in the imaginary prologue.

* ''Film/TheForbiddenKingdom'' starts with a scene of the Monkey King fighting a bunch of {{mooks}}, which looks something like "''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' [[XMeetsY meets]] WireFu", so it's easy to guess it's fake. It's actually a dream of the protagonist, but ironically it appears to be of events that have actually happened -- though the whole similar "fights mooks" flashback later serves no purpose in the backstory being told other than a backdrop for saying the Monkey King was not defeated by mooks (duh). Thankfully the other fights in the movie look a ''lot'' better.

* The ''Film/MortalKombat'' movie. It's not the opening scene of the film, but when Johnny Cage's is introduced, he's seen entering a warehouse, is approached by several sinister looking men, and they engage in a fight. He downs all of them and while fighting the last one, punches him several times. After being hit, the other man reacts as though nothing has happened. An irritated Cage looks at him and says "This is where you fall down." The man then falls back very unconvincingly. Cage turns around and yells "Where do you get these guys?" It's then revealed that he's on a movie set, and the fight was a scene being filmed.

* TheMelancholyOfHaruhiSuziha: Episode 1's first two minutes has you thinking this is an over-the-top, Gainax-level action fantasy parody. Then it sinks to a boring slice-of-life with supernatural periods.

* In the episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E18HollywoodBabylon "Hollywood Babylon"]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', a woman is left alone in the woods looking for her sister when she hears a noise and screams. It is then revealed that she is an actor on the set of a horror movie.

* A ''[[MickeyMouseComicUniverse Mickey Mouse]]'' comic that has Mickey as a professional detective solving a mystery in the superhero comics industry starts with two pages of a reptilian SuperHero fighting a MadScientist and his MechaMooks. Since it was already said the story is about superhero comics, you can probably guess [[ShowWithinAShow what that really is]].

Somewhat similar to FakeOutOpening but distinct, this is when the story starts with what appears to be a probably over-the-top ActionPrologue, but after it's been going on for a while, maybe PlayedForLaughs, it's cut short. It's then [[ProsceniumReveal revealed]] that this sequence was a DreamIntro, a [[FantasySequence daydream]], a ShowWithinAShow, [[DangerRoomColdOpen a simulated test]], or similar. Whatever the case, the beginning is revealed not to have been real, and the actual story now begins on a more restrained note. May be used among other things for when the main character is a loser who only dreams of becoming the kind of BadAss they're acting like in the imaginary prologue.

* A ''[[MickeyMouseComicUniverse Mickey Mouse]]'' comic that has Mickey as a professional detective solving a mystery in the superhero comics industry starts with two pages of a reptilian SuperHero fighting a MadScientist and his MechaMooks. Since it was already said the story is about superhero comics, you can probably guess what that really is.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' has one in the episode ''The Trial of the Monarch.'' Hank and Dean are dressed as IndianaJones and [[Series/MagnumPI Thomas Magnum]], exploring an ancient ruin. They then transform into "Mecha Shiva" to fight the Monarch, but it all turns out to be a story they are making up while on the witness stand.

* ''Boutalles'' starts with a party of four going off to confront [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Great Evil Sorcerer]] for a comedic HopelessBossFight. This turns out to be main character Blanc trying to demonstrate her new tabletop game idea with the aid of a reluctant Plumm, who insisted on having his character artificially boosted so that he could jump straight to the FinalBoss encounter.

* ''LawAndOrderSVU'': ''Obscene'' begins with a police dog being brought to follow a scent in a crime scene. It ignores it, prompting the "victim" and a film crew to say that the dog has ruined the take. However, the dog goes straight to a trailer car, where the actual victim of the episode is.