History Main / InstructionalFilm

* Before taking Driver's Education classes, KimPossible and classmates watch an instructional video on safe driving that's both remarkably out of date (mentioning sock-hops and soda bars) and incredibly graphic ([[TakeOurWordForIt judging by]] [[ReactionShot their reactions]]).
** Re-education sessions in the "A Sitch in Time" BadFuture begin with a short instructional/propaganda film clip of The Supreme One (Shego) describing how she took over the world.

* The perky Japanese girl who explains the rules in ''Literature/BattleRoyale''.

* The perky Japanese girl who explains the rules in ''BattleRoyale''.

* Trailers and intros for the ''{{Fallout}}'' games, which cheerily promote Vault-Tec bunkers and the Atom Age life, before revealing the post-apocalyptic world it became.

* Following the aftermath of the [[ReassignmentBackfire chemical cleanup incident]] that ends his tour of duty at [[ReassignedToAntarctica Camp Permafrost]], [[VorkosiganSaga Miles Vorkosigan]] finds himself in quasi-exile assigned to [=ImpSec=] Headquarters. As a combination of spiritual exercise and stir-crazyness, he decides to view every training video in the military library in strictly alphabetical order during his off-duty hours. He is bemused at the 30-minute program under "H: Hygiene" which covers how to take a shower -- presumably targeted at rural back-country draftees without previous exposure to indoor plumbing. After a month he manages to reach "L: Laser-rifle Model D-67; power-pack circuitry, maintenance, and repair" when the plot advances to the next stage of his adventure

* ''{{Paranoia}}'' adventure ''Vapors Don't Shoot Back''. While the Troubleshooters are being transported in the flybot, they're shown an Old Reckoning U.S. Army parachute training film which will hopefully teach them enough to use the parachutes they've been given.

* The ''DuckAndCover'' US government films for dealing with nuclear attack.

* Driving school videos.

* The authors of ''YesMinister'' had previously collaborated on [[http://www.videoarts.com/ management training videos]] with JohnCleese.

* Trailers and intros for the ''{{Fallout}}'' games, which cheerily promote Vault-Tec bunkers and the Atom Age life, before revealing the post-apocalyptic world it became.
* ''MetalArmsGlitchInTheSystem'' features a Fifties-style film where the narrator cheerfully details the history of their planet and the Droids rebellion against a tyrannical regime of slavery and genocide.

* When {{Angel}} took over Wolfram & Hart they made a new training video for employees, basically saying "Don't be evil and we won't kill you."

* ''[[MetalArmsGlitchInTheSystem]]'' features a Fifties-style film where the narrator cheerfully details the history of their planet and the Droids rebellion against a tyrannical regime of slavery and genocide.

* ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "Hurricane Fluttershy" has an amusingly dated-looking one that [[{{Infodump}} explains how the pegasi use "tornado power" to get water to the weather factory in Cloudsdale for the rainy season]].

* Following the aftermath of the [[ReassignmentBackfire chemical cleanup incident]] that ends his tour of duty at [[ReassignedToAntarctica Camp Permafrost]], [[VorkosiganSaga Miles Vorkosigan]] finds himself in quasi-exile assigned to [=ImpSec=] Headquarters. As a combination of spiritual exercise and stir-crazyness, he decides to view every training vid in the military library in strictly alphabetical order during his off-duty hours. He is bemused at the 30-minute program under "H: Hygiene" which covers how to take a shower -- presumably targeted at rural back-country draftees without previous exposure to indoor plumbing. After a month he manages to reach "L: Laser-rifle Model D-67; power-pack circuitry, maintenance, and repair" when the plot advances to the next stage of his adventure

* ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode Hurrican Fluttershy has one explaining how to create a huricane.

* Before taking Driver's Education classes, KimPossible and classmates watch an instructional video on safe driving that's both remarkably out of date (mentioning sock-hops and soda bars) and incredibly graphic ([[TakeOurWordForIt judging by their reactions]]).

* Following the aftermath of the [[ReassignmentBackfire chemical cleanup incident]] that ends his tour of duty at [[ReassignedToAntarctica Camp Permafrost]], [[VorkosiganSaga Miles Vorkosigan]] finds himself in quasi-exile assigned to [=ImpSec=] Headquarters. As a combination of spiritual exercise and stir-crazyness, he decides to view every training vid in the military library in strictly alphabetical order during his off-duty hours. He is bemused at the 30-minute program under "H: Hygiene" which covers how to take a shower -- presumably targeted at rural back-country draftees without previous exposure to indoor plumbing. After a month he manages to reach "L: Laser-rifle Model D-67; power-pack circuitry, maintenance, and repair" when the plot advances to the next stage of his adventure.

* ''TeamFortress2'': The original release maps (as well as a few more recent maps) are introduced with a black-and-white instructional film explaining the map's objective and, sometimes, unique elements of its topology.

* ''TrainingWithHinako'' is an animated fitness video which a girl named Hinako supposed to give the viewers exercise instructions, though its more of an excuse to [[MaleGaze show]] a sweaty girl exercising with a [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean "bouncy package"]].

* ''{{Hired}}''

Because of the need to educate the young and/or presumably ignorant, the intellectual level is often pitched very low indeed, leading to many of these films having a deeply condescending tone. They are also often vehicles for propaganda or contain the unconscious attitudes and biases of their producers.

* The DuckAndCover US government film for dealing with nuclear attack.
* We see the new employee orientation video in {{Waiting}}, with complete with {{Description Cut}}s between how the video ''says'' the employees should behave and how we see them ''actually'' behaving.

* This was the basic premise of PrivateSnafu, in a "Don't do what Snafu does" way.
* Western Comics: Will Eisner's, of Spirit comics fame, "PS" army instructional comics.

-->[[http://network.civilservicelive.com/pg/pages/view/262861/ “Actually, these comedy training films were the background to Yes Minister, which is a kind of training film,” Jay smiles. “The comedy in those videos was people in business doing it wrong, and the comedy in government is ministers doing it wrong.”]]

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* the SpongebobSquarepants Krusty Krab training video
* The perky japanese girl who explains the rules in ''BattleRoyale''.

They are rarely kept updated to current fashions; literal, intellectual, or cultural. Parodies usually have films in the style of filmreels from somtime between the 1930's and 1950's.

The user-friendly way to impart information and training and a prime target for parody, the instructional film is a short presentation that has generally been created by a government department or a business to impart training or information on a specific area... cheese making, avoiding nuclear attack, understanding the dewey decimal system, care and maintainance of the IBM System/360 mainframe... the list is endless.

They are rarely kept updated to current fashions; literal, intellectual, or cultural.

A prime target for parody is the specific sub-type,the fast-food training video.

* The DHARMA Initiative orientation films from {{Lost}}.

* The perky japanese girl who explains the rules in BattleRoyale.

* TheSimpsons [[TheSimpsonsDidIt have]] a few of these. All are parodies.

* TrainingWithHinako is an animated fitness video which a girl named Hinako supposed to give the viewers exercise instructions, though its more of an excuse to [[MaleGaze show]] a sweaty girl exercising with a [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean "bouncy package"]].
* When {{Angel}} took over Wolfram & Hart they made a new training video for empolyees, basically saying "Don't be evil and we won't kill you."
* DespicableMe has one as a DVD bonus feature.

* Walt Disney's Goofy starred in a long - running seriesd of instructional video parodies on such subjects as:

* {{BeingJohnMalkovich}} has a very funny employee orientation film.

They are rarely kept updated to current fashions, literal, intellectual, or cultural.

* the Spongebob Squarepants Krusty Krab training video