History Main / TrailerSpoof

** [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCswSONYFKJSuLKiAss5cn_Q Mr Bamason]] has done some excellent recuts of movie trailers InTheStyleOf other trailers. There's ''Film/KongSkullIsland'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROV2NOmDnJ4 as]] ''Series/TheBoys'' season 2, ''Film/Joker2019'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq2UUs-bseY as]]
''Film/{{Logan}}'', and ''Film/TheShining'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wstvv9myMbs as]] ''Film/TheLighthouse''.

* Fanmade trailers will often go this route. For example, Mitchell Movie Productions [[https://youtu.be/paYiF3fZbYI made a trailer]] for ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' to make it look like ''Film/ManOfSteel''. They also [[https://youtu.be/fykr5hzyI4s remade]] the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' trailer with different characters.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvFeWRpeU1Y teaser trailer]] for ''VideoGame/MouseHunt'' starts off with a happy, Disney-like mood, but then gets weird.

* A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYehEp9eaBE trailer]] for ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' exactly duplicates Creator/{{ABC}}'s own ''Series/{{V|2009}}''... until the spaceship shows J.D.'s face instead of Anna's. He announces ''Scrubs'' is back to general rejoicing, then adds "By the way, these people are [[TheReptilians lizards]]."

*** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?=cr7M7VlENwY reveal trailer]] for VideoGame/BanjoKazooie's inclusion in ''Ultimate'' is likewise a parody of [[Franchise/DonkeyKong King K. Rool]]'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?=0-gfC1upmoA own reveal trailer]], complete with VideoGame/DuckHunt in [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} King Dedede]]'s role of the [[DoubleSubversion double fake-out]].

* The initial E3 reveal trailer for the upcoming ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes 3'' started off looking like a trailer for a mecha game, one where you had to stop an extraterrestrial threat. Then the man in the armor does the famous pose from the first game and reveals himself to be Travis Touchdown.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DEwgLEUFPw The Game Awards trailer]] started off seemingly to announce a cute game about a boy named Damon meeting and trying to bring back to its home planet an alien named FU. Cut to fifteen years later, where the two reunite... only for the alien and his friends to destroy the world around him, revealing "Goddamn Superhero" to the world... only for a motorcycle to be heard after the logo and the screen shattering revealing Travis again on his bike, revealing the trailer to actually be an announcement that ''No More Heroes 3'' would be coming next year.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAbsyxYZV9U This trailer]] for ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie'', which appeared to be for a horror movie along the lines of ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'' or ''Film/{{Poltergeist}}''.

* The 2011 ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh'' movie came out the same weekend as ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', and thus some Pooh ads started out with lighting text on a cloudy sky (like the Harry Potter movies) with taglines such as "Get ready for the final battle" and "How do you spell adventure?"... with cuts to Pooh running from bees and inverting a set of blocks from "[[TakeThat POTR]]" to "POOH". Once the film's logo appears, there's a clip of Pooh saying, "Were you expecting someone else?". However, in some cases, they have already shown the Walt Disney logo, which somewhat ruins the effect.

* A trailer for the [[LiveActionAdaptation live-action]] ''Film/{{Thunderbirds}}'' movie baited audiences with the idea of a ''[[Film/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] 2'' teaser by having citizens scream and shout and the sight of something big and green before cutting to a number "2" on a green background. The camera pulled back, revealing that it was the hull of Thunderbird 2.

So you're in the movie theatre, the house lights are coming down, and the screen lights up with the previews of coming attractions. After the standard green MPAA Trailer Approved To Accompany This Feature slate, the screen shows a dark city full of foreboding, while the announcer intones about heady topics like crime running rampant or a city [[HoldingOutForAHero crying out for help]]. On a rooftop, a shadowy figure emerges. It could only be a certain Dark Knight...and then the figure is revealed!

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** An early trailer pretended to be for ''Film/{{Superman}} Returns'', but it was just Homer wearing a ''Comicbook/{{Superman}}'' shirt.
** A later ''Simpsons'' trailer used the ''Film/SpiderMan1'' [[UsefulNotes/{{Fonts}} font]] before revealing... Spider-Pig.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAbsyxYZV9U This trailer]] for ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie'', which appeared to be for a horror movie along the lines of ''{{Film/Gremlins}}'' or ''Film/{{Poltergeist}}''.
* The 2011 ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh'' movie came out the same weekend as ''[[Film/HarryPotter Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', and thus some Pooh ads started out with lighting text on a cloudy sky (like the Harry Potter movies) with taglines such as "Get ready for the final battle" and "How do you spell adventure?"...with cuts to Pooh running from bees and inverting a set of blocks from "[[TakeThat POTR]]" to "POOH". Once the film's logo appears, there's a clip of Pooh saying, "Were you expecting someone else?". However, in some cases, they have already shown the Walt Disney logo, which somewhat ruins the effect.

* In a teaser trailer for ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobSquarepantsMovie'', it shows the Paramount logo (which the Nickelodeon movie was distributed by), then cuts to several live-action men in a submarine, using footage from ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'' - making the movie look like a sea epic. But then we hear the trademark laugh, and see the silhouette on a radar-tracker...and it turns out that the "submarine" is a toy that [=SpongeBob=] is playing with in the bathtub.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF6D0YNROc0 A teaser trailer]] had a dark Franchise/{{Tarzan}}-like feel...until near the end.
-->"Deep in the African jungle lives a mysterious figure. His name is legendary. His strength is remarkable. And his theme song...is pretty good, too." ''(cue'' [[spoiler: Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle]] ''theme)''

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* A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYehEp9eaBE trailer]] for ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' exactly duplicates Creator/{{ABC}}'s own ''Series/{{V 2009}}'' ... until the spaceship shows J.D.'s face instead of Anna's. He announces ''Scrubs'' is back to general rejoicing, then adds "By the way, these people are [[TheReptilians lizards]]."

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* Several trailers for ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros for Nintendo 3DS[=/=]Wii U'' pulled this off in different ways:
** The first trailer starts by showing the ''Super Smash Bros.'' logo in view before flashing to a scene from ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''. The Villager is seen picking up his mail, and upon reading the letter, rushes across town, leaving the letter behind. It then reveals that the letter has a ''Super Smash Bros.'' icon on it before the trailer really kicks off.

** The reveal trailer for Robin starts with Lucina (also playable) dueling with Captain Falcon, who has laid Chrom out like a floor mat. Chrom laments, "Guess I'll get my chance...another day..." shortly before it's revealed that he's in, too, as part of Robin's Final Smash.
** ''Ultimate'''s initial trailer was a recreation of the original ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' trailer, before it suddenly goes dark. As the female Inkling looks over her shoulder in confusion, the Smash logo is seen reflecting in her eye, which is revealed to be a giant flaming Smash logo with a number of veteran characters in front of it.

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'''Narrator:''' [[InAWorld In a time]] when computer animation brings us [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome worlds of unsurpassed beauty]], one film dares to be ugly.\\

* The trailer for ''Disney/ChickenLittle'' opened with the exact same sequence used in the teaser trailer for ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', another Disney production.

* Nearly every trailer for the first ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'' appeared to be a trailer for some other Disney movie at first, only to be interrupted by Stitch, partly to make it clear it was a lighter, wackier film than the company's usual output. Which was [[NeverTrustATrailer kind of misleading, really]]; [[TearJerker/LiloAndStitch this movie has some pretty heart-rending moments]].

* The 2011 ''Disney/WinnieThePooh'' movie came out the same weekend as ''[[Film/HarryPotter Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', and thus some Pooh ads started out with lighting text on a cloudy sky (like the Harry Potter movies) with taglines such as "Get ready for the final battle" and "How do you spell adventure?"...with cuts to Pooh running from bees and inverting a set of blocks from "[[TakeThat POTR]]" to "POOH". Once the film's logo appears, there's a clip of Pooh saying, "Were you expecting someone else?". However, in some cases, they have already shown the Walt Disney logo, which somewhat ruins the effect.

* The trailer for the 2002 film adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TeachersPet'' appears to start as another trailer for Disney's classic ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'', not minding the fact that it is animated in the former's style, until it is revealed that the figure the Blue Fairy has just transformed is Spot.

* In a teaser trailer for ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobSquarepantsMovie'', it shows the Paramount logo (which the Nickelodeon movie was distributed by), then cuts to several live-action men in a submarine - making the movie look like a sea epic. But then we hear the trademark laugh, and see the silhouette on a radar-tracker...and it turns out that the "submarine" is a toy that [=SpongeBob=] is playing with in the bathtub.
** The trailer uses actual footage from ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober''.

-->"Deep in the African jungle lives a mysterious figure. His name is legendary. His strength is remarkable. And his theme song...[[EarWorm is pretty good, too.]]" ''(cue'' [[spoiler: Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle]] ''theme)''

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoLW88edtyA This YTV promo]] talks about [[Anime/DragonBallZ Goku]] and how awesome he is. But it also adds that [[spoiler:you won't find him on ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks''.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF6D0YNROc0 A teaser trailer]] had a dark {{Tarzan}}-like feel...until near the end.

* A trailer for ''TheHustle'' imitated an ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' trailer by starting out very dark, with black-and-white footage similar to that of the ''Endgame'' flashbacks, and using the infamous dust effect.

* An unusual version is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZYcoeqzxVI this]] trailer shown in UK cinemas in 2019, which appears to be a trailer for a film adaptation of ''Literature/TheWindInTheWillows'', based visually on [[WesternAnimation/TheWindInTheWillows1983 the Cosgrove Hall series]], and for the first couple of scenes, closely following the book. Then Toad gets a motorbike instead of a motorcar, and suddenly the animals are having to deal with pollution and habitat loss. It's actually an awareness campaign by the Wildlife Trusts.

* Commercials for ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}: [[VideoGame/BattlefieldBadCompany Bad Company]]'' spoofed ''VideoGame/RainbowSix'', ''Franchise/GearsOfWar'', and ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' franchises. Usually they led the viewer on for a few moments before switching to the more "goofy" ''Bad Company'' style.

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