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* Suprisingly zig-zagged with DVD releases of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' in the UK. After a season's aired, [=DVDs=] containing four to eight episodes of the season and special features are released. Then a single-disc release of the entire season is released, devoid of the special features.
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* Suprisingly zig-zagged with DVD releases of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' in the UK. After a season's aired, [=DVDs=] containing four to eight episodes of the season and special features are released. Then a single-disc release of the entire season is released, devoid of the special features.
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** SimpleMinds intended Sons And Fascination / Sister Feelings Call as a double LP, but Virgin felt it wasn't cost-effective, so the compromise was reached - the two discs were released as a twinned limited edition in some countries, with Sons And Fascination also being available on its own. "Sons" was released on its own elsewhere. CD and Cassette reissues reunited the two albums.
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** SimpleMinds Music/SimpleMinds intended Sons ''Sons And Fascination / Sister Feelings Call Call'' to be released as a double LP, but Virgin felt it wasn't cost-effective, so the compromise was reached - the two discs were released as a twinned limited edition in some countries, with Sons ''Sons And Fascination Fascination'' also being available on its own. "Sons" ''Sons'' was released on its own elsewhere. CD and Cassette reissues reunited the two albums.
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* Creator/{{Capcom}} is ''infamous'' for this trope, thanks in part to CapcomSequelStagnation in regards to ''Franchise/StreetFighter''. ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII: The World Warrior'' would see four revisions, ending with ''Super Street Fighter II Turbo'' (which had about 3-4 remakes of its own). ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII: New Generation'' would later be followed up by ''Second Impact'', although ''Third Strike'' subverts this by being an actual sequel. ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' was given a ''Super'' rerelease, which would in turn be given its own arcade port (''Arcade Edition''), which then came to consoles. ''AE'' then proceeded to get its own update patch. (''Arcade Edition Ver. 2012''). And then ''that'' would be followed by an ''Ultra'' rerelease! Thank goodness [[VideoGame/StreetFighterV its sequel averts this trope]]...
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* Creator/{{Capcom}} is ''infamous'' for this trope, thanks in part to CapcomSequelStagnation in regards to ''Franchise/StreetFighter''. ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII: The World Warrior'' would see four revisions, ending with ''Super Street Fighter II Turbo'' (which had about 3-4 remakes of its own). ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII: New Generation'' would later be followed up by ''Second Impact'', although ''Third Strike'' subverts this by being an actual sequel. ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' was given a ''Super'' rerelease, which would in turn be given its own arcade port (''Arcade Edition''), which then came to consoles. ''AE'' then proceeded to get its own update patch. (''Arcade Edition Ver. 2012''). And then ''that'' would be followed by an ''Ultra'' rerelease! re-release! Thank goodness [[VideoGame/StreetFighterV its sequel ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'' averts this trope]]...trope...
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* Unfortunately, many classic cartoon shorts in the PublicDomain have the misfortune of being carelessly compiled onto many, many extremely bare-bones, low-budget DVD collections, usually with no extras and the prints used are usually in poor quality, and it's only once in a blue moon if they even try to go to the trouble of at least cleaning up the picture and sound quality.
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* Unfortunately, many classic cartoon shorts in the PublicDomain have the misfortune of being carelessly compiled onto many, many extremely bare-bones, low-budget DVD collections, usually with no extras and the prints used are usually being in poor quality, and it's only once in a blue moon if they even try to go to the trouble of at least cleaning up the picture and sound quality.quality.
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* Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} is notorious for giving any show that isn't [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants SpongeBob]] or [[Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar]]-related the most bare-bones home video releases conceivable. To wit:
** This was the only format that ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' had been released on until the early [=2010s=], and it took an outsourcing-production deal with Amazon.com to even make that happen. It was averted with the Shout! Factory release of seasons 2 onward and the complete series box set. Joe Murray was brought in to do new cover art, "How to Draw the Characters" featurettes, and a "select scene commentary", while Shout! also included the original "Trash-O-Madness" pilot and a recording of a 2012 live reading of the "Wacky Delly" script.
** This was the only format that ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' had been released on until the early [=2010s=], and it took an outsourcing-production deal with Amazon.com to even make that happen. It was averted with the Shout! Factory release of seasons 2 onward and the complete series box set. Joe Murray was brought in to do new cover art, "How to Draw the Characters" featurettes, and a "select scene commentary", while Shout! also included the original "Trash-O-Madness" pilot and a recording of a 2012 live reading of the "Wacky Delly" script.
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* Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} is notorious for giving any show that isn't [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants SpongeBob]] ''[[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants SpongeBob]]'' or [[Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar]]-related ''[[Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar]]''-related the most bare-bones home video releases conceivable. To wit:
** This was the only format that ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' had been released on until the early [=2010s=], and it took an outsourcing-production deal with Amazon.com to even make that happen. It was averted with the Shout! Factory release ofseasons Season 2 onward and the complete series box set. Joe Murray was brought in to do new cover art, "How to Draw the Characters" featurettes, and a "select scene commentary", while Shout! also included the original "Trash-O-Madness" pilot and a recording of a 2012 live reading of the "Wacky Delly" script.
** This was the only format that ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' had been released on until the early [=2010s=], and it took an outsourcing-production deal with Amazon.com to even make that happen. It was averted with the Shout! Factory release of
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** Creator/ButchHartman's first three shows--''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', and ''WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy''--got this treatment as well. ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' does have a complete series box set from Shout! Factory, albeit without bonus features and the episodes from the second season OutOfOrder, to the point that a villain's followup episode is placed immediately before his ''introduction'' episode.[[note]]''WesternAnimation/BunsenIsABeast'' hasn't received any DVD release.[[/note]]
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** Creator/ButchHartman's first three shows--''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', shows--''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', and ''WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy''--got this treatment as well. ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' ''Danny Phantom'' does have a complete series box set from Shout! Factory, albeit without bonus features and the episodes from the second season OutOfOrder, to the point that a villain's followup follow-up episode is may be placed immediately before his their ''introduction'' episode.[[note]]''WesternAnimation/BunsenIsABeast'' hasn't received any DVD release.[[/note]]
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** And now it's being done to ''WesternAnimation/{{Catdog}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys''. ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'' was supposed to get one for the 2009 holiday season, but it was scrapped (it was very disappointing for fans of it, since it's never been released on VHS tapes or [=DVDs=], but since 2021 it is available on Paramount+).
** ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' has had two distinct DVD releases. The first one, by Creator/MediaBlasters – which they picked up on the cheap because Nick had washed their hands of the series – was a lavish thing chock full of extras (including Irken subtitles); they also put out a LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition that had a box shaped like Zim's house. It was a massive hit...so massive, that Nick yanked the rights back the first chance they could, put Media Blasters' sets out of print (and as a result making used copies [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes insanely expensive]])...and immediately set out to give fans a ''much worse'' release. "Operation: Doom" is the least appealing of the bunch. No special features at all, no subtitles, and the footage wasn't the entire series. The only redeeming quality was the [[UnCancelled prospect of the show being revived]] by the Nickelodeon execs.
** ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' has had two distinct DVD releases. The first one, by Creator/MediaBlasters – which they picked up on the cheap because Nick had washed their hands of the series – was a lavish thing chock full of extras (including Irken subtitles); they also put out a LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition that had a box shaped like Zim's house. It was a massive hit...so massive, that Nick yanked the rights back the first chance they could, put Media Blasters' sets out of print (and as a result making used copies [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes insanely expensive]])...and immediately set out to give fans a ''much worse'' release. "Operation: Doom" is the least appealing of the bunch. No special features at all, no subtitles, and the footage wasn't the entire series. The only redeeming quality was the [[UnCancelled prospect of the show being revived]] by the Nickelodeon execs.
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** And now it's being done to ''WesternAnimation/{{Catdog}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys''. ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'' was supposed to get one for the 2009 holiday season, but it was scrapped (it was very disappointing for fans of it, since it's never been released on VHS tapes or [=DVDs=], but since 2021 it is it's available on Paramount+).
** ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' has had two distinct DVD releases. The first one, by Creator/MediaBlasters – which they picked up on the cheap because Nick had washed their hands of the series – was a lavish thing chock full of extras (including Irken subtitles); they also put out a LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition that had a box shaped like Zim's house. It was a massive hit... so massive, that Nick yanked the rights back the first chance they could, put Media Blasters' sets out of print (and as a result making used copies [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes insanelyexpensive]])...expensive]])... and immediately set out to give fans a ''much worse'' release. "Operation: Doom" is the least appealing of the bunch. No special features at all, no subtitles, and the footage wasn't the entire series. The only redeeming quality was the [[UnCancelled prospect of the show being revived]] by the Nickelodeon execs.
** ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' has had two distinct DVD releases. The first one, by Creator/MediaBlasters – which they picked up on the cheap because Nick had washed their hands of the series – was a lavish thing chock full of extras (including Irken subtitles); they also put out a LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition that had a box shaped like Zim's house. It was a massive hit... so massive, that Nick yanked the rights back the first chance they could, put Media Blasters' sets out of print (and as a result making used copies [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes insanely
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** ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'' got considerably got the WORST treatment yet, only featuring the 18 7-minute segments, adding up to around 2 hours of entertainment.
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* Whenever the studios start supporting a new home video format, they tend to give movies' releases on it the most bonus features, with releases on older formats having little to no extras by comparison. Justified in cases when the older mediums don't have enough memory for a ton of bonus features. Inverted for most Ultra HD UsefulNotes/BluRay releases; the UHD disc usually contains fewer extras than the 1080p disc or the 4K digital copy.
* [[http://shop.warnerarchive.com Warner Archive]] is an on-demand version of this. The collection consists of a large archive of films and TV shows from Warner Bros., MGM, and RKO, that haven't been published on mass-market DVD but are made available on a made-to-order basis. If you order a DVD of a film from Warner Archive, you will receive a DVD of the film and nothing else — sometimes not even chapter breaks — but most of the titles wouldn't make it out of KeepCirculatingTheTapes territory otherwise.
** Likewise, [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox Fox]], Creator/{{Sony|Pictures}}, [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]], and Creator/{{Universal}} all have similar services that operate the exact same way. However, Fox's service in particular sometimes doesn't even format films properly, going with old-fashioned "full frame" releases in TheNewTens… which at least makes sense if the films were ''made'' in full-frame to begin with, but if they weren't and are pan-&-scan…
* It's sad to be a fan of animated movies ''not'' made by Disney. MGM, Universal, and Fox are all guilty of placing their animated films in the five dollar bin at grocery stores and changing the original cover art to appeal to the AnimationAgeGhetto, even if the films weren't financial bombs to begin with. If they have any special features at all they'll be DVD games for very young children.
** Said DVD games usually are not ported over to the films' Blu-ray releases, meaning that those versions of the films are even more bare.
* The management of studio libraries under Shout! Entertainment have been suffering from this treatment. It applies mostly to the MGM and Universal libraries.
* Most of Creator/MillCreekEntertainment's releases are like this.
* The original Blu-ray release of ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' Blu-ray edition is almost completely bare bones and completely devoid of Arnold Schwarzenegger's infamous commentary track.
* Creator/TheCriterionCollection usually has the most packed discs anywhere, but there have been a few barebones releases in the main line. In the Laserdisc days, CLV versions of CAV Criterion titles (denoted by the letter A after the spine number) usually had no extras. The company also runs a separate entity called Eclipse, which releases film-only themed collections of mostly-obscure films that have artistic and/or historic merit but won't attract big sales. And Criterion's Essential Art House budget line consists of movie-only editions of Janus Films titles that have already received a proper Criterion release.
* The extended cuts of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' films scheduled to be released on DVD later on. If you were smart and patient, you waited for the boxed set that included both cuts of all three films. In fairness, it must be said the theatrical cut releases weren't barren, they came with short, half-hour long making-of documentaries and a few other short pieces.
** The initial 4K release of ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy and ''Film/TheHobbit'' Trilogy have no bonus features whatsoever.
* Put the single-disc release of ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' (2007) in your PC. It's actually NAMED "Transformers_Vanilla".
* The Creator/ADVFilms release of the ''Godzilla'' film ''Destroy All Monsters'' (considered one of the best in the series) does not have menus or scene selections. The movie just starts. And it is just the English dub. Then when they released the film again in 2004 it was an exact copy of the first release with a soundtrack included. Fortunately, Media Blasters released the film on DVD and Blu-ray in 2011, though there now seems to be some sort of [[ExecutiveMeddling problem with Toho regarding the extras]].
* ''Film/ColossusTheForbinProject'' has so far only been released on one DVD. It has no special features. It has no menu; it just loops when it's over. Worst of all, the aspect ratio was cut down from 2.35:1 (47:20) to 1.33:1 (4:3), meaning you can't see half the screen.
* The original release of ''Film/BladeRunner'' on DVD. It was so lightweight, Warner touted "scene selection" as a bonus feature (granted, it ''was'' the second title ever released on DVD after ''Film/{{Twister}}''). The scene select menu only allows you to select only every fifth scene bookmark. The rest you can only get to after starting the movie.
* The landmark March 25, 1997[[note]]''Blade Runner'' was released the day after[[/note]] release of ''Twister'' also has comparatively paltry extras by today's standards (the back of the box literally touts "language selection" and "interactive menus" as special features), but at least it had the theatrical trailer.
** Warner Bros. was notorious for treating most of its catalog titles this way for the first few years of the format. While some of them were revisited later with more elaborate editions, others never have been. A good example of this is 1981's ''Film/{{Arthur}}'', which never received a widescreen DVD release...even though the poorly-regarded sequel did. While the 2011 Blu-ray disc finally offers up the film in its proper aspect ratio, it's still vanilla otherwise, sharing disc space with said sequel. Likewise, ''Film/TrueStories'' got a PanAndScan DVD release in 1999, and eventually got a widescreen Blu-ray LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition (and DVD reissue) via Creator/TheCriterionCollection nearly ''twenty'' years later.
* One release of ''Film/LakePlacid'' on DVD saw it with "scene selection" as the only bonus feature. There were only two scenes listed - the beginning of the film and just before the credits.
* The first eight Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon movies that Creator/{{Disney}} released on DVD came in what was called the Limited Issue collection. The most packed entry, ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', contained nothing more than a partially-colored trailer and some music videos, while fans of the other movies released in this collection would have probably considered themselves lucky if they got so much as an old trailer. The Limited Issue [=DVDs=] featured so few bonus features, Disney tried to pad out the "special features" boxes on the back covers by [[http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/06/04/2741225b9da0bad526eac010.L.jpg boasting]] that the [=DVDs=] have labels with "full color character artwork." (This boast would become ironic when Disney started using gray and silver DVD labels for most of their movies.) Disney would gradually give these movies more-loaded 2-Disc [=DVDs=], except for ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', which had the same minuscule number of extras on its next DVD.
* The first DVD release of ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' from 1999 was basically the widescreen Laserdisc edition ported to DVD, with the audio commentary removed. The packaging also notes that the theatrical trailer is included as a special feature, but [[CoversAlwaysLie it is not on the actual disc!]] Fortunately for the film's 15th anniversary in 2003, it got a two-disc release in the "Vista Series", with tons of special features but was censored in scenes.
* The "[[MilestoneCelebration 20th Anniversary]]" Blu-ray of ''Film/TheRocketeer'' caused some frustration for containing no bonus features, except for the original trailer, which is presented in pan and scan to boot. It should also be noted that ''The Rocketeer'' is but one of a large amount of live-action Disney movies that came to DVD with no bonus features.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' launched a new era of home entertainment for Creator/{{Pixar}}. Each of the preceding movies got 2-disc Collector's Edition [=DVDs=] with hours of bonus features. By contrast, ''Cars'' got a DVD containing nothing more than three shorts, some deleted scenes, and a short interview with the director as bonus features. Nearly every Pixar movie onward received similarly lightweight platters on DVD. Fans would have to buy the Blu-ray discs for more comprehensive extras. Eventually, ''Cars 2'' became Pixar's first movie to come to 3-D Blu-ray. As a result, both the DVD ''and'' the Blu-ray received paltry selections of bonus features, with consumers having to buy the 3-D version to get all the extras! Fortunately, ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' each have 2-D and 3-D Blu-rays with identical or nearly-identical amounts of extras, giving this trend a quick death.
** The rental-only release of Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'' takes this to new extremes: even the most bare-bones retail DVD of the movie has interactive menus and subtitles, but the rental disc doesn't even have ''that'' because Disney considered them bonus features. (Clearly, deaf people and non-native speakers aren't supposed to rent movies...) Have fun when the used copies start floating around, since the cases are otherwise indistinguishable (and the rental version's case flat-out lies about the disc's features!).
* Disney has made the bonus discs for a few of their films retailer exclusives in the UK, making the wide releases a case of this and making the two-disc versions difficult to get hold of after their initial release. [[WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity Monsters University's]] bonus disc was exclusive to Sainsburys and the bonus disc for WesternAnimation/InsideOut with be exclusive to Zavvi's 3D steelbook.
* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Phase Two movies almost always have drastically smaller amounts of Blu-ray bonus features compared to Phase One pictures, apparently because Marvel planned to withhold certain extras for a box set of the whole phase--which includes a bonus disc containing ''166 minutes'' of exclusive extras. ''Film/{{The Avengers| 2012}}'', the first MCU Blu-ray released through Disney instead of Paramount or Universal, also feels lacking in the bonus department, despite capping off Phase One. The [=DVDs=] for all phases have even less content, and no box sets.
* Creator/{{Disney}} releases Blu-ray Discs of some of their least marketable live-action movies exclusively through the Disney Movie Club, without any bonus features (even those that ''did'' have extras on their [=LaserDisc=] and DVD releases undergo this treatment). Obscure animated movies, mostly from outside the Animated Canon, also receive barebones DMC exclusive Blu-ray Discs, although ones previously released widely on BD with extras retain those.
* The first time ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' and ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' came to DVD, fans could decide between a "2-Pack" containing the movies and three shorts, or the 3-Disc "Ultimate Toy Box" that added audio commentaries and five hours of extras. When the movies became available individually, copies from the 2-Packs were used.
* In the UK, the Blu-ray release of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' was only a single disc with only a small fraction of the features the US got.
** Made worse by a bit of (possibly) unintentional VeryFalseAdvertising. The UK's ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' Blu-ray and DVD features a trailer for the ''Incredibles'' Blu-ray, but uses the same trailer the US got, showing the American "2-Disc Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy" cover and bragging that it contains a ton of bonus features when actually the UK Blu-ray contains even less features than the original DVD release.
* For some reason, the UK version of ''Film/JurassicWorld'' 3D didn't include the 2D disc like the rest of the world did, the problem being that not only is the 3D disc locked to only play with 3D equipment, but it doesn't have any of the extras from the 2D disc. Universal did offer to send those who had complained a free 2D disc though.
* Most of [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]]'s [=DVDs=] hardly contain bonus features. Their releases of their most well-known films usually avert this.
** Strangely, some MGM-owned movies (such as ''Film/TheGraduate'', ''Film/TheTerminator'', and ''Film/ThePrincessBride'') have received home video re-releases with ''less'' bonus material than previous editions!
*** The Bond 50 DVD contains all the Franchise/JamesBond movies from ''Film/DrNo'' to ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', but lost 21 bonus discs included with the Ultimate Collector's Set (which also only goes up to ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', and arranges the movies out of chronological order to boot). Potentially justified as MGM released the Bond 50 DVD in conjunction with a jam-packed Blu-ray set that bears the same name, and also dominated the marketing materials.
** The ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'' series falls victim to the MGM curse as well. The [[Film/{{Rocky}} first movie]] has a nice two-disc DVD set and ''Film/RockyBalboa'' at least has a commentary and a few deleted scenes, but ''Film/RockyII'', ''[[Film/RockyIII III]]'', ''[[Film/RockyIV IV]]'' and ''[[Film/RockyV V]]'' have nothing.
** The 1997 [=DVDs=] of ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' and ''Film/SinginInTheRain'', among others, just have the theatrical trailers and production notes as bonus features, even though they both previously had VHS and especially [=LaserDisc=] releases with larger amounts of extras (at least some of which fortunately turned up on Warner's DVD re-releases).
** Their 2005 ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTheAmericanRabbit'' DVD contains only a 2:3 PanAndScan version and no extras. Luckily, the Amazon Creator/PrimeVideo release is the original widescreen version.
** ''Film/BattleOfBritain:'' The 2009 Blu-Ray release has language/subtitle selection and a chapter selector. That's it.
* The 2010 ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' box set, which dumps all the awesome special features the original box set had in exchange for ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' (which is also almost barebones).
* The Vanilla Edition of ''Film/SinCity'' was never intended to be released. Creator/RobertRodriguez and Creator/FrankMiller intended the Extended version, with about 20 minutes more footage in the film, as well as loads of bonus features (including Rodriguez's famous cooking school video), and even a pocket-sized copy of the first ComicBook/SinCity story (The Hard Goodbye) to be released with the theatrical cut in one package. The initial release did come with one bonus feature: a ten minute 'behind the scenes' that was most likely made to promote the film on movie channels in between programs.
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** When ''{{Film/Titanic|1997}}'' was first released on DVD in 1999, the only special feature was the theatrical trailer. Granted, DVD was just starting out so the idea of special features was a novel concept. It wasn't until 2005 that a comprehensive special edition was released (in fact, that edition had so much special features, the film had to be separated onto two discs like on its VHS release!).
** Fox released a bare-bones, zero-features DVD/Blu-ray release of ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' for [[GreenAesop Earth Day]] (April 2010), followed by a 'special edition' in 4Q 2010, and then a 3D LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition. Part of their justification for the Vanilla Edition was that with ''Avatar'' being so amazing visually, they wanted to use '''ALL''' the available space on the Blu-ray (and on DVD) to avoid compromising on quality in the basic edition (the collector's editions were three disks). Cameron once joked that he had an unwritten contract with Fox where "any time one of [his] movies makes more than a billion dollars we leave [[UsefulNotes/UserOperationProhibitFlag all the crap trailers off]]. I can't stand them any more than you can."
** One common practice by studios is re-releasing a movie on DVD with the second (occasionally 3rd or 4th) disc removed, giving a movie which once had a [[LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition Super Special Awesome Edition]] a vanilla release. One example is ''Film/TheAbyss''. When first released on DVD, it was a 2-disc set packed with extras. An hour-long documentary, textual commentary, trailers (including hidden trailers for ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' and ''Film/TrueLies''), a promotional featurette, the original story treatment and complete shooting script, clips involving the visual effects, and the highly informative and extensive [=LaserDisc=] supplemental pages. Then, a few years later, the DVD was rereleased with no second disc, with the only features being cast bios and the text commentary. The worst part: this is the most widely available version of the DVD.
* ''Film/TheManFromEarth'' is of the 'likely won't sell well' variety, as it features little action to speak of and is very cerebral. The DVD is also generally only available online and features four brief featurettes and two commentaries. The Blu-ray release is worse; no extras at all!
* The ''Film/SuperMarioBros'' movie has only had three releases in the United States: one on VHS and two on DVD. The first DVD was released in 2003 and features nothing other than the movie and a [[DigitalDestruction horrible transfer taken from the Laserdisc master]]. The second DVD release came in 2010 and is the ''same exact movie'', just with the logos re-arranged on the packaging. The UK release at least has the theatrical trailer.
** When Disney licensed the rights to Second Sight in 2014 for a Blu-ray release, it got a ''far better'' transfer from the original camera negative, and actually boasts plenty of extras such as deleted scenes and some behind-the-scenes featurettes. Too bad said release only came out in Region B, [[NoExportForYou and is unplayable outside said region]]. North American fans still have to deal with Disney's DVD release for the moment.
* Warner Bros. and Fox, among other companies, are known for releasing alternate "rental" editions of their movies which lack bonus features and come with [[UsefulNotes/UserOperationProhibitFlag long previews you can't skip]]. For one example, the Blockbuster rental copy of ''Film/CopOut'' just has "play movie" and "language selection" The only way you can tell them apart is if the cover says "Rental" or "Rental Exclusive".
* Fans are especially upset over the DVD releases of the first live-action ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990''; it's been released twice the second time for the 25th anniversary of the franchise, both have no special features except for a maze game in the original release, however the release in Germany features a few deleted scenes and a commentary by the director Steve Barron.
* Both 1-disc and 2-disc editions of ''Tous à l'Ouest: Une aventure de ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' (''Lucky Luke: Go West'') were released in Canada, but while both editions included an English language option for the main film, the features came in French only with no subtitles.
* The Australian Blu-ray release of ''Film/{{Heathers}}'' is the movie and nothing else. No menu, no credits page, ''nothing''.
** The 2011 DVD release by Image Entertainment only contains the movie, the theatrical trailer, and, strangely, a reel of trailers for other Lakeshore Entertainment titles presumably licensed to Image. Their Blu-ray is similarly barebones. The original DVD and Blu-ray releases, by Anchor Bay, included commentary and two featurettes, as well as the trailer.
* The DVD release of the film ''Magicians'' didn't even have a menu. It was basically a VHS tape burned onto a DVD and then released.
* With the last two ''Film/HarryPotter'' films, Creator/WarnerBros has opted to put all the bonus features on the Blu-ray version while the DVD version only has a few deleted scenes. Apparently, Warner Bros. really wants you to buy a Blu-ray player. There's something ironically "full circle" about this: The first ''Harry Potter'' film was released on DVD and VHS at a time when DVD was the new format and VHS was dying; the last ''Harry Potter'' film was released on DVD and Blu-ray at a time when Blu-ray is the new format and DVD is (possibly) dying.
** To confuse matters, single-disc Blu-ray versions of those movies also exist. Like the [=DVDs=], they contain no bonus features other than deleted scenes. You want some interviews and behind-the-scenes footage as well? You'll have to opt for the three-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo packs, then wonder what to do with two copies of each movie. Some non-''Harry Potter'' films also have releases like this.
* The "Superbit" [=DVDs=] released by Creator/SonyPictures' Columbia [=TriStar=] Home Entertainment division were designed to have above-average picture and sound quality, but at the cost of any bonus features.[[note]]One notable exception was the Superbit edition of ''Film/SpiderMan1'', which had an exclusive DVDCommentary with Creator/TobeyMaguire and Creator/JKSimmons that was not on the standard DVD and has since been included on later Blu-ray versions of the film.[[/note]] They would later release deluxe editions of Superbit titles (including ''Film/TheFifthElement'' and ''Film/HollowMan'', to name a few), which included a second disc with all the relevant bonus features. Similarly, Sony has their line of "Mastered in 4K" Blu-ray releases that feature better video quality, but no bonus features.
* Taken to an extreme with the DVD release of ''Film/TheWizard''. The only subtitles are in English, and there isn't even a ''chapter selection screen.'' One can jump to scenes in the movie, but the jumps are at random.
* The 2004 ''Film/{{Garfield}}'' movie was first released on DVD with an absolute lack of bonus features, with only an audio commentary, trailers at the beginning of the DVD and the Inside Look featurette as the bonus features. A two-disc special edition, dubbed ''The [[VisualPun Purr-fect]] Collectors' Edition'', was released on DVD two years later.
* The Follow-Along [=DVDs=] by Fox lack not only bonus features, but animation from the menu. The only bonus feature on the [=DVD=] is the kids' captioning.
* A vanilla version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'' exists on Blu-ray, containing the movie and nothing else. It doesn't even have a menu; it just has a static card before the movie saying that the movie is about to start. If one waits until the end of the credits, the disc just starts at the beginning with said screen.
* A [[SubvertedTrope 50/50]] example with ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''. To coincide with the home video release of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', a "limited edition giftset" of the entire trilogy was put out in time for Christmas 2012. It contained only the DVD/Blu-ray releases of all three movies (with ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' retaining their special features discs on the Blu-ray set, though) and a book excerpt featuring production art and stills. No collectibles or exclusives whatsoever. Warner also went out of their way to announce an "[[LimitedSpecialUltimateCollectorsEdition ultimate collector's edition]]" on Blu-ray for release the following year on ''the set's digital codes that came with each unit'', which seriously pissed off those who did buy it rather than wait as they felt Warner had duped them.
* The ''Literature/HortonHearsAWho'' DVD only has trailers different on each side and a commentary from the directors. The DVD bundled with the digital copy has special features.
* The DVD releases of the Film/ErnestPWorrell films have no special features, probably because by the time they were released Jim Varney had passed away.
* Creator/WoodyAllen just doesn't do supplements - he never really ''has''. [[Film/AnnieHall Most]] [[Film/{{Sleeper}} of]] [[Film/{{Manhattan}} his]] [[Film/HannahAndHerSisters films]] that are on Blu-ray will only have an HD trailer for the film because of this.
* [[http://bjc.uol.com.br A Brazilian blog]] on the home video market describes them as "Simplex", and is a BerserkButton of theirs (along with, for instance, changing the aspect ratio, not providing the best sound and image quality, not bringing bonus content seen in foreign releases, and abusive prices - [[BadExportForYou all fairly common practices of Brazilian distributors!]]), particularly regarding boxes which only put back previously released movies in a nice package, but no new content.
* Zig-zagged with ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie''. The US 2000 release was full-screen and some bonus features (including a ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' episode without its opening sequence, a trivia game, a storybook, an episode of Disneyland anthology series from 1955 focusing on Goofy, the fullscreen trailer and the "Disney's Mambo No. 5" music video), while the 1999 European release despite not having any bonus features (like many Disney movies released by Warner Home Video at the time) features the movie in its original widescreen ratio and seven additional language tracks besides the original English (depending on country those were German, Spanish (Spain), Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish and Portuguese (European) or French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Hungarian and Hebrew).
* Made all the more annoying with ''Film/{{Battleship}}'' since the disc menus are the same for the rental and full versions, but selecting any of the Special Features entries brings up a warning box informing you that your copy is a Rental version and to use a Full version to access those features.
* ''Film/IronMan1'' originally came to home video as a one-disc DVD, a two-disc DVD set, and a two-disc Blu-ray set. A few years later, Creator/{{Paramount}}[=/=]Creator/MarvelStudios unexpectedly stopped selling the Blu-ray with the second disc. In another surprising move, the two-disc DVD did ''not'' go out of print at the same time this happened. The ''Iron Man'' Ultra HD Blu-ray, released on the same day that ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' hit physical media, also lacks the original BD's bonus disc, despite the end of the Infinity Saga marking a prime opportunity to go all-out on the first installment's 4K debut. The ''Film/IronMan2'' UHD also lacks the bonus disc included with its Blu-ray/DVD/Digital combo pack, although that pack remained in print for longer than the 2-Disc ''Iron Man'' BD did.[[note]]Disney's MCU boxsets also lack the ''Iron Man'' and ''[=IM2=]'' bonus discs, though some boxsets do contain extras not included on either movie's individual releases.[[/note]]
* Although more a case of the Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox executives simply not caring about the film than a quest for more sales, all three releases of ''Film/WingCommander'' (non-anamorphic DVD in 1999, anamorphic DVD in 2011, and Blu-ray in 2013) have nothing more than a fairly barebones menu and the theatrical trailer included.
* ''Film/{{Matilda}}'' first came to DVD with PanAndScan picture and no bonus features. The so-called "Special Edition" added some extras, but still no widescreen option. Fans who didn't get to buy the [=LaserDisc=] had to wait until the movie's Blu-ray release to own it in its original aspect ratio. (Happily, the Blu-ray retains all of the Special Edition bonus features except for some set-top games.)
* If you are lucky enough to own a DVD created by Creator/{{Studio 100}} including Bonus Features, expect it to be a music video of the corresponding movie or TV series. An exception is the ''K3 Loves You'' DVD, which includes a music video and a complete documentary about the new K3 formation.
* When the Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox-produced Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein movie adaptations first came to DVD, only ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' received a two-disc set. The other four had to settle for non-anamorphic [=DVDs=] with only a few bonus features. Eventually, Fox re-released all five of them with remastered picture and more extras.
* The Lionsgate DVD of ''[[WesternAnimation/MagicAdventuresofMumfie Mumfie's Quest]]'' has no bonus features but previews for [=DVDs=] of ''WesternAnimation/LeapFrog'' and ''{{Toys/Lalaloopsy}}'', while the previous release from 2012 contains early storyboards and a deleted scene.
* Every edition of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000: TheMovie'' until Creator/ShoutFactory's Blu-ray/DVD release (which included a fair amount of bonus features) was a vanilla edition, containing the movie and nothing else, really.
* The original ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'' DVD contained only the film and some trailers, while some other editions had a MusicVideo for "What Would Brian Boitano Do?" The Blu-ray release is similarly bare-bones, but there's at least a commentary track from Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' initially received this kind of release, with the only special features it had being trailers and publicity material (at least the VHS came with a plastic toy). A proper Special Edition happened years later in 2004.
** After Warner premiered the 2015 {{Recut}} Signature Edition, it reached digital and DVD months before it did Blu-ray, because the studio needed extra time to prepare exclusive bonus features (the DVD mostly just cherry-picked extras from the two previous discs).
* The Disney Movie Club DVD of ''WesternAnimation/Dougs1stMovie'' had a pretty bad case. Not only did the DVD leave out any bonus features (Including the one of the video release back in 1999) and had picture quality similar to the VHS release, but Disney decided to use the Creator/ToonDisney edit with commercial fade-outs and sped-up credits instead of the original master!
* The earlier ''Animation/FantasticPlanet'' DVD doesn't even have a menu; it just launches straight into the movie. If you want subtitles, you'll have to use your TV remote.
* The back cover for the first ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou'' DVD instructs viewers to press the enter button on their remote to access special features. The disc, however, contained nothing of the like, until Touchstone re-released the movie as a 10th Anniversary Edition.
* ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' marks the first time a Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse movie or TV show has a DVD containing [[UpToEleven no bonus features at all]]. The Blu-ray and Digital HD versions make up for it with over an hour of extras.
* Creator/WesAnderson movies often receive this when they're first released to home video. The studios have an exclusivity window to issue such a release, but Anderson himself prefers to work with Creator/TheCriterionCollection, and they release a much improved and expanded set once that window expires. Most of his fans tend to skip the initial DVD or Blu-ray release of one of his films, because they know a Criterion will eventually be coming out in a few years.
* The ''Film/MiracleOn34thStreet'' double pack containing both the 1947 and 1994 films is the epitome of a Vanilla Edition. Its menu is literally '''two lines of white text on a black background''' and the only menu options are one button for each film. That's right, not even a scene selection or subtitles screen!
** In the early days of the format quite a few catalog titles were shoveled out as double features that slapped two movies on one disc with few if any extras beyond trailers. In 2000, Fox released both the [[Film/TheFly1958 1958]] and [[Film/TheFly1986 1986]] versions of ''Literature/TheFly'' as double features with their respective sequels. A few years later the two films were given proper standalone packages; as for the sequels, ''Film/TheFlyII'' warranted a 2-disc set of its own.
* Most [=TGG=] Direct [=DVDs=] are this trope. The only option on their double-feature release of ''Film/SuddenDeath'' and ''Film/TheQuest'' ''is to play the movies''.
* Creator/{{Universal}}'s 4-pack releases have to be a record in vanilla-ness. Four [[BoxOfficeBomb flop films]] in one package (one example: ''Film/McHalesNavy'', ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkle'', ''Film/JosieAndThePussycats'', and ''Film/{{Thunderbirds}}'') -- not, as you might expect, two flipper discs with one movie on each side (as Warner Bros. have done; this allowed for reusing of feature-laden releases) -- instead, you get ''two movies stuffed onto one disc each''. All you get is a basic menu allowing you to pick which movie you want to watch. There isn't even a chapter selection screen.
* ''Film/{{Ishtar}}'' got a Blu-ray release in this fashion in 2013, after years of avoiding a DVD release. You only get the movie (in okay visual and mediocre audio quality to boot) without any sort of special features beyond trailers--something that's rather disappointing given the film's reputation and history.
* The Blu-Ray of ''Film/{{Tenet}}'' only contains one bonus feature about the making of the movie. This is odd for a Christopher Nolan film, considering his films usually get two-disc sets.
* The American home video release of ''WesternAnimation/PlaymobilTheMovie'' not only came out only on DVD, but has no bonus features whatsoever.
* Disney seems to have little appreciation for non-franchise titles, as many of them are stuck on bare-bones DVD with nothing in regards to extras, and the few titles that ''do'' get a Blu-ray release get transfers that are decent at best. A noteworthy example of this is ''Literature/TheJoyLuckClub'', where all of its home video releases are zilch for extras. Even the Blu-ray, which has a surprisingly good transfer, lacks anything beyond a French and Spanish audio track (and the Spanish track is in stereo, to boot). Mind you, this film would go on to be inducted into the '''UsefulNotes/NationalFilmRegistry''', so you'd expect Disney to give it much more respect.
* The ''Film/TheMask'' and ''Film/SonOfTheMask'' double feature DVD gives the option to select a movie, and from there Play Movie, Set Up, Select A Scene, and Switch Movie.
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* Whenever the studios start supporting a new home video format, they tend to give movies' releases on it the most bonus features, with releases on older formats having little to no extras by comparison. Justified in cases when the older mediums don't have enough memory for a ton of bonus features. Inverted for most Ultra HD UsefulNotes/BluRay releases; the UHD disc usually contains fewer extras than the 1080p disc or the 4K digital copy.
* [[http://shop.warnerarchive.com Warner Archive]] is an on-demand version of this. The collection consists of a large archive of films and TV shows from Warner Bros., MGM, and RKO, that haven't been published on mass-market DVD but are made available on a made-to-order basis. If you order a DVD of a film from Warner Archive, you will receive a DVD of the film and nothing else — sometimes not even chapter breaks — but most of the titles wouldn't make it out of KeepCirculatingTheTapes territory otherwise.
** Likewise, [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox Fox]], Creator/{{Sony|Pictures}}, [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]], and Creator/{{Universal}} all have similar services that operate the exact same way. However, Fox's service in particular sometimes doesn't even format films properly, going with old-fashioned "full frame" releases in TheNewTens… which at least makes sense if the films were ''made'' in full-frame to begin with, but if they weren't and are pan-&-scan…
* It's sad to be a fan of animated movies ''not'' made by Disney. MGM, Universal, and Fox are all guilty of placing their animated films in the five dollar bin at grocery stores and changing the original cover art to appeal to the AnimationAgeGhetto, even if the films weren't financial bombs to begin with. If they have any special features at all they'll be DVD games for very young children.
** Said DVD games usually are not ported over to the films' Blu-ray releases, meaning that those versions of the films are even more bare.
* The management of studio libraries under Shout! Entertainment have been suffering from this treatment. It applies mostly to the MGM and Universal libraries.
* Most of Creator/MillCreekEntertainment's releases are like this.
* The original Blu-ray release of ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' Blu-ray edition is almost completely bare bones and completely devoid of Arnold Schwarzenegger's infamous commentary track.
* Creator/TheCriterionCollection usually has the most packed discs anywhere, but there have been a few barebones releases in the main line. In the Laserdisc days, CLV versions of CAV Criterion titles (denoted by the letter A after the spine number) usually had no extras. The company also runs a separate entity called Eclipse, which releases film-only themed collections of mostly-obscure films that have artistic and/or historic merit but won't attract big sales. And Criterion's Essential Art House budget line consists of movie-only editions of Janus Films titles that have already received a proper Criterion release.
* The extended cuts of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' films scheduled to be released on DVD later on. If you were smart and patient, you waited for the boxed set that included both cuts of all three films. In fairness, it must be said the theatrical cut releases weren't barren, they came with short, half-hour long making-of documentaries and a few other short pieces.
** The initial 4K release of ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy and ''Film/TheHobbit'' Trilogy have no bonus features whatsoever.
* Put the single-disc release of ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' (2007) in your PC. It's actually NAMED "Transformers_Vanilla".
* The Creator/ADVFilms release of the ''Godzilla'' film ''Destroy All Monsters'' (considered one of the best in the series) does not have menus or scene selections. The movie just starts. And it is just the English dub. Then when they released the film again in 2004 it was an exact copy of the first release with a soundtrack included. Fortunately, Media Blasters released the film on DVD and Blu-ray in 2011, though there now seems to be some sort of [[ExecutiveMeddling problem with Toho regarding the extras]].
* ''Film/ColossusTheForbinProject'' has so far only been released on one DVD. It has no special features. It has no menu; it just loops when it's over. Worst of all, the aspect ratio was cut down from 2.35:1 (47:20) to 1.33:1 (4:3), meaning you can't see half the screen.
* The original release of ''Film/BladeRunner'' on DVD. It was so lightweight, Warner touted "scene selection" as a bonus feature (granted, it ''was'' the second title ever released on DVD after ''Film/{{Twister}}''). The scene select menu only allows you to select only every fifth scene bookmark. The rest you can only get to after starting the movie.
* The landmark March 25, 1997[[note]]''Blade Runner'' was released the day after[[/note]] release of ''Twister'' also has comparatively paltry extras by today's standards (the back of the box literally touts "language selection" and "interactive menus" as special features), but at least it had the theatrical trailer.
** Warner Bros. was notorious for treating most of its catalog titles this way for the first few years of the format. While some of them were revisited later with more elaborate editions, others never have been. A good example of this is 1981's ''Film/{{Arthur}}'', which never received a widescreen DVD release...even though the poorly-regarded sequel did. While the 2011 Blu-ray disc finally offers up the film in its proper aspect ratio, it's still vanilla otherwise, sharing disc space with said sequel. Likewise, ''Film/TrueStories'' got a PanAndScan DVD release in 1999, and eventually got a widescreen Blu-ray LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition (and DVD reissue) via Creator/TheCriterionCollection nearly ''twenty'' years later.
* One release of ''Film/LakePlacid'' on DVD saw it with "scene selection" as the only bonus feature. There were only two scenes listed - the beginning of the film and just before the credits.
* The first eight Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon movies that Creator/{{Disney}} released on DVD came in what was called the Limited Issue collection. The most packed entry, ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', contained nothing more than a partially-colored trailer and some music videos, while fans of the other movies released in this collection would have probably considered themselves lucky if they got so much as an old trailer. The Limited Issue [=DVDs=] featured so few bonus features, Disney tried to pad out the "special features" boxes on the back covers by [[http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/06/04/2741225b9da0bad526eac010.L.jpg boasting]] that the [=DVDs=] have labels with "full color character artwork." (This boast would become ironic when Disney started using gray and silver DVD labels for most of their movies.) Disney would gradually give these movies more-loaded 2-Disc [=DVDs=], except for ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', which had the same minuscule number of extras on its next DVD.
* The first DVD release of ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' from 1999 was basically the widescreen Laserdisc edition ported to DVD, with the audio commentary removed. The packaging also notes that the theatrical trailer is included as a special feature, but [[CoversAlwaysLie it is not on the actual disc!]] Fortunately for the film's 15th anniversary in 2003, it got a two-disc release in the "Vista Series", with tons of special features but was censored in scenes.
* The "[[MilestoneCelebration 20th Anniversary]]" Blu-ray of ''Film/TheRocketeer'' caused some frustration for containing no bonus features, except for the original trailer, which is presented in pan and scan to boot. It should also be noted that ''The Rocketeer'' is but one of a large amount of live-action Disney movies that came to DVD with no bonus features.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' launched a new era of home entertainment for Creator/{{Pixar}}. Each of the preceding movies got 2-disc Collector's Edition [=DVDs=] with hours of bonus features. By contrast, ''Cars'' got a DVD containing nothing more than three shorts, some deleted scenes, and a short interview with the director as bonus features. Nearly every Pixar movie onward received similarly lightweight platters on DVD. Fans would have to buy the Blu-ray discs for more comprehensive extras. Eventually, ''Cars 2'' became Pixar's first movie to come to 3-D Blu-ray. As a result, both the DVD ''and'' the Blu-ray received paltry selections of bonus features, with consumers having to buy the 3-D version to get all the extras! Fortunately, ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' each have 2-D and 3-D Blu-rays with identical or nearly-identical amounts of extras, giving this trend a quick death.
** The rental-only release of Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'' takes this to new extremes: even the most bare-bones retail DVD of the movie has interactive menus and subtitles, but the rental disc doesn't even have ''that'' because Disney considered them bonus features. (Clearly, deaf people and non-native speakers aren't supposed to rent movies...) Have fun when the used copies start floating around, since the cases are otherwise indistinguishable (and the rental version's case flat-out lies about the disc's features!).
* Disney has made the bonus discs for a few of their films retailer exclusives in the UK, making the wide releases a case of this and making the two-disc versions difficult to get hold of after their initial release. [[WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity Monsters University's]] bonus disc was exclusive to Sainsburys and the bonus disc for WesternAnimation/InsideOut with be exclusive to Zavvi's 3D steelbook.
* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Phase Two movies almost always have drastically smaller amounts of Blu-ray bonus features compared to Phase One pictures, apparently because Marvel planned to withhold certain extras for a box set of the whole phase--which includes a bonus disc containing ''166 minutes'' of exclusive extras. ''Film/{{The Avengers| 2012}}'', the first MCU Blu-ray released through Disney instead of Paramount or Universal, also feels lacking in the bonus department, despite capping off Phase One. The [=DVDs=] for all phases have even less content, and no box sets.
* Creator/{{Disney}} releases Blu-ray Discs of some of their least marketable live-action movies exclusively through the Disney Movie Club, without any bonus features (even those that ''did'' have extras on their [=LaserDisc=] and DVD releases undergo this treatment). Obscure animated movies, mostly from outside the Animated Canon, also receive barebones DMC exclusive Blu-ray Discs, although ones previously released widely on BD with extras retain those.
* The first time ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' and ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' came to DVD, fans could decide between a "2-Pack" containing the movies and three shorts, or the 3-Disc "Ultimate Toy Box" that added audio commentaries and five hours of extras. When the movies became available individually, copies from the 2-Packs were used.
* In the UK, the Blu-ray release of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' was only a single disc with only a small fraction of the features the US got.
** Made worse by a bit of (possibly) unintentional VeryFalseAdvertising. The UK's ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' Blu-ray and DVD features a trailer for the ''Incredibles'' Blu-ray, but uses the same trailer the US got, showing the American "2-Disc Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy" cover and bragging that it contains a ton of bonus features when actually the UK Blu-ray contains even less features than the original DVD release.
* For some reason, the UK version of ''Film/JurassicWorld'' 3D didn't include the 2D disc like the rest of the world did, the problem being that not only is the 3D disc locked to only play with 3D equipment, but it doesn't have any of the extras from the 2D disc. Universal did offer to send those who had complained a free 2D disc though.
* Most of [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]]'s [=DVDs=] hardly contain bonus features. Their releases of their most well-known films usually avert this.
** Strangely, some MGM-owned movies (such as ''Film/TheGraduate'', ''Film/TheTerminator'', and ''Film/ThePrincessBride'') have received home video re-releases with ''less'' bonus material than previous editions!
*** The Bond 50 DVD contains all the Franchise/JamesBond movies from ''Film/DrNo'' to ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', but lost 21 bonus discs included with the Ultimate Collector's Set (which also only goes up to ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', and arranges the movies out of chronological order to boot). Potentially justified as MGM released the Bond 50 DVD in conjunction with a jam-packed Blu-ray set that bears the same name, and also dominated the marketing materials.
** The ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'' series falls victim to the MGM curse as well. The [[Film/{{Rocky}} first movie]] has a nice two-disc DVD set and ''Film/RockyBalboa'' at least has a commentary and a few deleted scenes, but ''Film/RockyII'', ''[[Film/RockyIII III]]'', ''[[Film/RockyIV IV]]'' and ''[[Film/RockyV V]]'' have nothing.
** The 1997 [=DVDs=] of ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' and ''Film/SinginInTheRain'', among others, just have the theatrical trailers and production notes as bonus features, even though they both previously had VHS and especially [=LaserDisc=] releases with larger amounts of extras (at least some of which fortunately turned up on Warner's DVD re-releases).
** Their 2005 ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTheAmericanRabbit'' DVD contains only a 2:3 PanAndScan version and no extras. Luckily, the Amazon Creator/PrimeVideo release is the original widescreen version.
** ''Film/BattleOfBritain:'' The 2009 Blu-Ray release has language/subtitle selection and a chapter selector. That's it.
* The 2010 ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' box set, which dumps all the awesome special features the original box set had in exchange for ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' (which is also almost barebones).
* The Vanilla Edition of ''Film/SinCity'' was never intended to be released. Creator/RobertRodriguez and Creator/FrankMiller intended the Extended version, with about 20 minutes more footage in the film, as well as loads of bonus features (including Rodriguez's famous cooking school video), and even a pocket-sized copy of the first ComicBook/SinCity story (The Hard Goodbye) to be released with the theatrical cut in one package. The initial release did come with one bonus feature: a ten minute 'behind the scenes' that was most likely made to promote the film on movie channels in between programs.
* Creator/JamesCameron
** When ''{{Film/Titanic|1997}}'' was first released on DVD in 1999, the only special feature was the theatrical trailer. Granted, DVD was just starting out so the idea of special features was a novel concept. It wasn't until 2005 that a comprehensive special edition was released (in fact, that edition had so much special features, the film had to be separated onto two discs like on its VHS release!).
** Fox released a bare-bones, zero-features DVD/Blu-ray release of ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' for [[GreenAesop Earth Day]] (April 2010), followed by a 'special edition' in 4Q 2010, and then a 3D LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition. Part of their justification for the Vanilla Edition was that with ''Avatar'' being so amazing visually, they wanted to use '''ALL''' the available space on the Blu-ray (and on DVD) to avoid compromising on quality in the basic edition (the collector's editions were three disks). Cameron once joked that he had an unwritten contract with Fox where "any time one of [his] movies makes more than a billion dollars we leave [[UsefulNotes/UserOperationProhibitFlag all the crap trailers off]]. I can't stand them any more than you can."
** One common practice by studios is re-releasing a movie on DVD with the second (occasionally 3rd or 4th) disc removed, giving a movie which once had a [[LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition Super Special Awesome Edition]] a vanilla release. One example is ''Film/TheAbyss''. When first released on DVD, it was a 2-disc set packed with extras. An hour-long documentary, textual commentary, trailers (including hidden trailers for ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' and ''Film/TrueLies''), a promotional featurette, the original story treatment and complete shooting script, clips involving the visual effects, and the highly informative and extensive [=LaserDisc=] supplemental pages. Then, a few years later, the DVD was rereleased with no second disc, with the only features being cast bios and the text commentary. The worst part: this is the most widely available version of the DVD.
* ''Film/TheManFromEarth'' is of the 'likely won't sell well' variety, as it features little action to speak of and is very cerebral. The DVD is also generally only available online and features four brief featurettes and two commentaries. The Blu-ray release is worse; no extras at all!
* The ''Film/SuperMarioBros'' movie has only had three releases in the United States: one on VHS and two on DVD. The first DVD was released in 2003 and features nothing other than the movie and a [[DigitalDestruction horrible transfer taken from the Laserdisc master]]. The second DVD release came in 2010 and is the ''same exact movie'', just with the logos re-arranged on the packaging. The UK release at least has the theatrical trailer.
** When Disney licensed the rights to Second Sight in 2014 for a Blu-ray release, it got a ''far better'' transfer from the original camera negative, and actually boasts plenty of extras such as deleted scenes and some behind-the-scenes featurettes. Too bad said release only came out in Region B, [[NoExportForYou and is unplayable outside said region]]. North American fans still have to deal with Disney's DVD release for the moment.
* Warner Bros. and Fox, among other companies, are known for releasing alternate "rental" editions of their movies which lack bonus features and come with [[UsefulNotes/UserOperationProhibitFlag long previews you can't skip]]. For one example, the Blockbuster rental copy of ''Film/CopOut'' just has "play movie" and "language selection" The only way you can tell them apart is if the cover says "Rental" or "Rental Exclusive".
* Fans are especially upset over the DVD releases of the first live-action ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990''; it's been released twice the second time for the 25th anniversary of the franchise, both have no special features except for a maze game in the original release, however the release in Germany features a few deleted scenes and a commentary by the director Steve Barron.
* Both 1-disc and 2-disc editions of ''Tous à l'Ouest: Une aventure de ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' (''Lucky Luke: Go West'') were released in Canada, but while both editions included an English language option for the main film, the features came in French only with no subtitles.
* The Australian Blu-ray release of ''Film/{{Heathers}}'' is the movie and nothing else. No menu, no credits page, ''nothing''.
** The 2011 DVD release by Image Entertainment only contains the movie, the theatrical trailer, and, strangely, a reel of trailers for other Lakeshore Entertainment titles presumably licensed to Image. Their Blu-ray is similarly barebones. The original DVD and Blu-ray releases, by Anchor Bay, included commentary and two featurettes, as well as the trailer.
* The DVD release of the film ''Magicians'' didn't even have a menu. It was basically a VHS tape burned onto a DVD and then released.
* With the last two ''Film/HarryPotter'' films, Creator/WarnerBros has opted to put all the bonus features on the Blu-ray version while the DVD version only has a few deleted scenes. Apparently, Warner Bros. really wants you to buy a Blu-ray player. There's something ironically "full circle" about this: The first ''Harry Potter'' film was released on DVD and VHS at a time when DVD was the new format and VHS was dying; the last ''Harry Potter'' film was released on DVD and Blu-ray at a time when Blu-ray is the new format and DVD is (possibly) dying.
** To confuse matters, single-disc Blu-ray versions of those movies also exist. Like the [=DVDs=], they contain no bonus features other than deleted scenes. You want some interviews and behind-the-scenes footage as well? You'll have to opt for the three-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo packs, then wonder what to do with two copies of each movie. Some non-''Harry Potter'' films also have releases like this.
* The "Superbit" [=DVDs=] released by Creator/SonyPictures' Columbia [=TriStar=] Home Entertainment division were designed to have above-average picture and sound quality, but at the cost of any bonus features.[[note]]One notable exception was the Superbit edition of ''Film/SpiderMan1'', which had an exclusive DVDCommentary with Creator/TobeyMaguire and Creator/JKSimmons that was not on the standard DVD and has since been included on later Blu-ray versions of the film.[[/note]] They would later release deluxe editions of Superbit titles (including ''Film/TheFifthElement'' and ''Film/HollowMan'', to name a few), which included a second disc with all the relevant bonus features. Similarly, Sony has their line of "Mastered in 4K" Blu-ray releases that feature better video quality, but no bonus features.
* Taken to an extreme with the DVD release of ''Film/TheWizard''. The only subtitles are in English, and there isn't even a ''chapter selection screen.'' One can jump to scenes in the movie, but the jumps are at random.
* The 2004 ''Film/{{Garfield}}'' movie was first released on DVD with an absolute lack of bonus features, with only an audio commentary, trailers at the beginning of the DVD and the Inside Look featurette as the bonus features. A two-disc special edition, dubbed ''The [[VisualPun Purr-fect]] Collectors' Edition'', was released on DVD two years later.
* The Follow-Along [=DVDs=] by Fox lack not only bonus features, but animation from the menu. The only bonus feature on the [=DVD=] is the kids' captioning.
* A vanilla version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'' exists on Blu-ray, containing the movie and nothing else. It doesn't even have a menu; it just has a static card before the movie saying that the movie is about to start. If one waits until the end of the credits, the disc just starts at the beginning with said screen.
* A [[SubvertedTrope 50/50]] example with ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''. To coincide with the home video release of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', a "limited edition giftset" of the entire trilogy was put out in time for Christmas 2012. It contained only the DVD/Blu-ray releases of all three movies (with ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' retaining their special features discs on the Blu-ray set, though) and a book excerpt featuring production art and stills. No collectibles or exclusives whatsoever. Warner also went out of their way to announce an "[[LimitedSpecialUltimateCollectorsEdition ultimate collector's edition]]" on Blu-ray for release the following year on ''the set's digital codes that came with each unit'', which seriously pissed off those who did buy it rather than wait as they felt Warner had duped them.
* The ''Literature/HortonHearsAWho'' DVD only has trailers different on each side and a commentary from the directors. The DVD bundled with the digital copy has special features.
* The DVD releases of the Film/ErnestPWorrell films have no special features, probably because by the time they were released Jim Varney had passed away.
* Creator/WoodyAllen just doesn't do supplements - he never really ''has''. [[Film/AnnieHall Most]] [[Film/{{Sleeper}} of]] [[Film/{{Manhattan}} his]] [[Film/HannahAndHerSisters films]] that are on Blu-ray will only have an HD trailer for the film because of this.
* [[http://bjc.uol.com.br A Brazilian blog]] on the home video market describes them as "Simplex", and is a BerserkButton of theirs (along with, for instance, changing the aspect ratio, not providing the best sound and image quality, not bringing bonus content seen in foreign releases, and abusive prices - [[BadExportForYou all fairly common practices of Brazilian distributors!]]), particularly regarding boxes which only put back previously released movies in a nice package, but no new content.
* Zig-zagged with ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie''. The US 2000 release was full-screen and some bonus features (including a ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' episode without its opening sequence, a trivia game, a storybook, an episode of Disneyland anthology series from 1955 focusing on Goofy, the fullscreen trailer and the "Disney's Mambo No. 5" music video), while the 1999 European release despite not having any bonus features (like many Disney movies released by Warner Home Video at the time) features the movie in its original widescreen ratio and seven additional language tracks besides the original English (depending on country those were German, Spanish (Spain), Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish and Portuguese (European) or French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Hungarian and Hebrew).
* Made all the more annoying with ''Film/{{Battleship}}'' since the disc menus are the same for the rental and full versions, but selecting any of the Special Features entries brings up a warning box informing you that your copy is a Rental version and to use a Full version to access those features.
* ''Film/IronMan1'' originally came to home video as a one-disc DVD, a two-disc DVD set, and a two-disc Blu-ray set. A few years later, Creator/{{Paramount}}[=/=]Creator/MarvelStudios unexpectedly stopped selling the Blu-ray with the second disc. In another surprising move, the two-disc DVD did ''not'' go out of print at the same time this happened. The ''Iron Man'' Ultra HD Blu-ray, released on the same day that ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' hit physical media, also lacks the original BD's bonus disc, despite the end of the Infinity Saga marking a prime opportunity to go all-out on the first installment's 4K debut. The ''Film/IronMan2'' UHD also lacks the bonus disc included with its Blu-ray/DVD/Digital combo pack, although that pack remained in print for longer than the 2-Disc ''Iron Man'' BD did.[[note]]Disney's MCU boxsets also lack the ''Iron Man'' and ''[=IM2=]'' bonus discs, though some boxsets do contain extras not included on either movie's individual releases.[[/note]]
* Although more a case of the Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox executives simply not caring about the film than a quest for more sales, all three releases of ''Film/WingCommander'' (non-anamorphic DVD in 1999, anamorphic DVD in 2011, and Blu-ray in 2013) have nothing more than a fairly barebones menu and the theatrical trailer included.
* ''Film/{{Matilda}}'' first came to DVD with PanAndScan picture and no bonus features. The so-called "Special Edition" added some extras, but still no widescreen option. Fans who didn't get to buy the [=LaserDisc=] had to wait until the movie's Blu-ray release to own it in its original aspect ratio. (Happily, the Blu-ray retains all of the Special Edition bonus features except for some set-top games.)
* If you are lucky enough to own a DVD created by Creator/{{Studio 100}} including Bonus Features, expect it to be a music video of the corresponding movie or TV series. An exception is the ''K3 Loves You'' DVD, which includes a music video and a complete documentary about the new K3 formation.
* When the Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox-produced Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein movie adaptations first came to DVD, only ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' received a two-disc set. The other four had to settle for non-anamorphic [=DVDs=] with only a few bonus features. Eventually, Fox re-released all five of them with remastered picture and more extras.
* The Lionsgate DVD of ''[[WesternAnimation/MagicAdventuresofMumfie Mumfie's Quest]]'' has no bonus features but previews for [=DVDs=] of ''WesternAnimation/LeapFrog'' and ''{{Toys/Lalaloopsy}}'', while the previous release from 2012 contains early storyboards and a deleted scene.
* Every edition of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000: TheMovie'' until Creator/ShoutFactory's Blu-ray/DVD release (which included a fair amount of bonus features) was a vanilla edition, containing the movie and nothing else, really.
* The original ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'' DVD contained only the film and some trailers, while some other editions had a MusicVideo for "What Would Brian Boitano Do?" The Blu-ray release is similarly bare-bones, but there's at least a commentary track from Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' initially received this kind of release, with the only special features it had being trailers and publicity material (at least the VHS came with a plastic toy). A proper Special Edition happened years later in 2004.
** After Warner premiered the 2015 {{Recut}} Signature Edition, it reached digital and DVD months before it did Blu-ray, because the studio needed extra time to prepare exclusive bonus features (the DVD mostly just cherry-picked extras from the two previous discs).
* The Disney Movie Club DVD of ''WesternAnimation/Dougs1stMovie'' had a pretty bad case. Not only did the DVD leave out any bonus features (Including the one of the video release back in 1999) and had picture quality similar to the VHS release, but Disney decided to use the Creator/ToonDisney edit with commercial fade-outs and sped-up credits instead of the original master!
* The earlier ''Animation/FantasticPlanet'' DVD doesn't even have a menu; it just launches straight into the movie. If you want subtitles, you'll have to use your TV remote.
* The back cover for the first ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou'' DVD instructs viewers to press the enter button on their remote to access special features. The disc, however, contained nothing of the like, until Touchstone re-released the movie as a 10th Anniversary Edition.
* ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' marks the first time a Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse movie or TV show has a DVD containing [[UpToEleven no bonus features at all]]. The Blu-ray and Digital HD versions make up for it with over an hour of extras.
* Creator/WesAnderson movies often receive this when they're first released to home video. The studios have an exclusivity window to issue such a release, but Anderson himself prefers to work with Creator/TheCriterionCollection, and they release a much improved and expanded set once that window expires. Most of his fans tend to skip the initial DVD or Blu-ray release of one of his films, because they know a Criterion will eventually be coming out in a few years.
* The ''Film/MiracleOn34thStreet'' double pack containing both the 1947 and 1994 films is the epitome of a Vanilla Edition. Its menu is literally '''two lines of white text on a black background''' and the only menu options are one button for each film. That's right, not even a scene selection or subtitles screen!
** In the early days of the format quite a few catalog titles were shoveled out as double features that slapped two movies on one disc with few if any extras beyond trailers. In 2000, Fox released both the [[Film/TheFly1958 1958]] and [[Film/TheFly1986 1986]] versions of ''Literature/TheFly'' as double features with their respective sequels. A few years later the two films were given proper standalone packages; as for the sequels, ''Film/TheFlyII'' warranted a 2-disc set of its own.
* Most [=TGG=] Direct [=DVDs=] are this trope. The only option on their double-feature release of ''Film/SuddenDeath'' and ''Film/TheQuest'' ''is to play the movies''.
* Creator/{{Universal}}'s 4-pack releases have to be a record in vanilla-ness. Four [[BoxOfficeBomb flop films]] in one package (one example: ''Film/McHalesNavy'', ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkle'', ''Film/JosieAndThePussycats'', and ''Film/{{Thunderbirds}}'') -- not, as you might expect, two flipper discs with one movie on each side (as Warner Bros. have done; this allowed for reusing of feature-laden releases) -- instead, you get ''two movies stuffed onto one disc each''. All you get is a basic menu allowing you to pick which movie you want to watch. There isn't even a chapter selection screen.
* ''Film/{{Ishtar}}'' got a Blu-ray release in this fashion in 2013, after years of avoiding a DVD release. You only get the movie (in okay visual and mediocre audio quality to boot) without any sort of special features beyond trailers--something that's rather disappointing given the film's reputation and history.
* The Blu-Ray of ''Film/{{Tenet}}'' only contains one bonus feature about the making of the movie. This is odd for a Christopher Nolan film, considering his films usually get two-disc sets.
* The American home video release of ''WesternAnimation/PlaymobilTheMovie'' not only came out only on DVD, but has no bonus features whatsoever.
* Disney seems to have little appreciation for non-franchise titles, as many of them are stuck on bare-bones DVD with nothing in regards to extras, and the few titles that ''do'' get a Blu-ray release get transfers that are decent at best. A noteworthy example of this is ''Literature/TheJoyLuckClub'', where all of its home video releases are zilch for extras. Even the Blu-ray, which has a surprisingly good transfer, lacks anything beyond a French and Spanish audio track (and the Spanish track is in stereo, to boot). Mind you, this film would go on to be inducted into the '''UsefulNotes/NationalFilmRegistry''', so you'd expect Disney to give it much more respect.
* The ''Film/TheMask'' and ''Film/SonOfTheMask'' double feature DVD gives the option to select a movie, and from there Play Movie, Set Up, Select A Scene, and Switch Movie.
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* Discotek Media has released ''Anime/LupinIIIGreenJacket'' on DVD twice, the second release being an example of this. The first release in 2012 contained a good amount of extras, including commentary on some of the episodes, as well as both versions of the ''Anime/LupinIIIPilotFilm''. The second release in 2014 is cheaper and uses different cover art, but has none of the extras from the previous release.
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** The first DVD of ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' was so barebones, it only had the episodes, and ''four'' of them at that.[[note]]Parts 1 and 2 of "Jet's First Halloween", "Diggin' Earth", and "Mindy's Mystery"[[/note]] So the DVD only lasts ''1 hour'' since each individual episode is 11-minutes.
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* Up unti the Yuuna-chan era, the [=DVDs=] of ''Series/InaiInaiBaa'' lacked any special features. For instance, the Fuuka-chan [=DVDs=] mainly only contain a narrated menu by Fuuka herself and a little section with character profiles, but that's it. However, one DVD, ''Uta Uta Daisuki'', contained a featurette about Pakupaku-san. [=DVDs=] released after the Yuuna-chan era often contain plenty of bonus features, including dance alongs and exclusive segments.
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** And now it's being done to ''WesternAnimation/{{Catdog}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys''. ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'' was supposed to get one for the 2009 holiday season, but it was scrapped (it was very disappointing for fans of it, since it's never been released on VHS tapes or [=DVDs=]).
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Furthermore, this is becoming a standard marketing strategy to get customers to purchase UsefulNotes/BluRay versions of films by largely creating a Vanilla Edition for the DVD version and having the special features in the Blu-ray instead. A similar method was used when VHS was being phased out.[[note]]VHS copies did sometimes have bonus footage, after the credits of the movie.[[/note]] Today, digital downloads such as [=iTunes=] Extras and the content available on {{Creator/Netflix}} are inherently the same thing.
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* This is prominent in Warner Brothers' season set releases of cartoons as of TheNewTens, including ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', ''WesternAnimation/GreenEggsAndHam'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020 Animaniacs]]''.
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* Creator/TheCriterionCollection usually has the most packed discs anywhere, but there have been a few barebones releases in the main line, such as the Laserdisc version of Film/{{Ikiru}}. The company also runs a separate entity called Eclipse, which releases film-only themed collections of mostly-obscure films that have artistic and/or historic merit but won't attract big sales. And Criterion's Essential Art House budget line consists of movie-only editions of Janus Films titles that have already received a proper Criterion release.
* When the fan clamoring for a non-special edition of ''Franchise/StarWars'' reached crisis levels, Creator/GeorgeLucas did in fact release the Original Trilogy without the additions of the various special editions… such as bonus features and remastered sound and video (they were simply transferred from the 1993 non-anamorphic UsefulNotes/LaserDisc release).
* When the fan clamoring for a non-special edition of ''Franchise/StarWars'' reached crisis levels, Creator/GeorgeLucas did in fact release the Original Trilogy without the additions of the various special editions… such as bonus features and remastered sound and video (they were simply transferred from the 1993 non-anamorphic UsefulNotes/LaserDisc release).
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* When the fan clamoring for a non-special edition of ''Franchise/StarWars'' reached crisis levels, Creator/GeorgeLucas did in fact release the Original Trilogy without the additions of the various special editions… such as bonus features and remastered sound and video (they were simply transferred from the 1993 non-anamorphic UsefulNotes/LaserDisc release).release.
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** The initial 4K release of ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy and ''Film/TheHobbit'' Trilogy have no bonus features whatsoever.
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* The first DVD release of ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' from 1999 was basically the widescreen Laserdisc edition ported to DVD, with the audio commentary removed. The packaging also notes that the theatrical trailer is included as a special feature, but [[CoversAlwaysLie it is not on the actual disc!]] Fortunately for the film's 15th anniversary in 2003, it got a better two-disc release in the "Vista Series", with tons of special features.
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* The first DVD release of ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' from 1999 was basically the widescreen Laserdisc edition ported to DVD, with the audio commentary removed. The packaging also notes that the theatrical trailer is included as a special feature, but [[CoversAlwaysLie it is not on the actual disc!]] Fortunately for the film's 15th anniversary in 2003, it got a better two-disc release in the "Vista Series", with tons of special features.features but was censored in scenes.
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* The page image features the menu from the original release of ''Film/BladeRunner'' on DVD. It was so lightweight, Warner touted "scene selection" as a bonus feature (granted, it ''was'' the second title ever released on DVD after ''Film/{{Twister}}''). The scene select menu only allows you to select only every fifth scene bookmark. The rest you can only get to after starting the movie.
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* The Lionsgate DVD of ''[[WesternAnimation/TheMagicAdventuresofMumfie Mumfie's Quest]]'' has no bonus features but previews for [=DVDs=] of ''WesternAnimation/LeapFrog'' and ''{{Toys/Lalaloopsy}}'', while the previous release from 2012 contains early storyboards and a deleted scene.
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** The [=SpongeBob=] season 12 DVD has only one special feature: a clip show called ''Patchy's Beach Bash!'' There are also English, Spanish, and French audio options, in addition to incredibly bland-looking menus.
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* Suprisingly zig-zagged with DVD releases of "WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine" in the UK. After a season's aired, [=DVDs=] containing four to eight episodes of the season and special features are released. Then a single-disc release of the entire season is released, devoid of the special features.
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** The 2-disc Complete Series DVD release of ''WesternAnimation/TheGetAlongGang'' from Mill Creek Entertainment. The first disc only has the episodes in English with ''no bonus features, alternate audio tracks or subtitles at all''. The second disc, on the other hand, is literally just a re-issue of a compilation DVD featuring the episodes of the show not on Disc 1, as well as episodes of other 80s cartoons [=DHX=] Media has the rights to.
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* The 2-disc Complete Series DVD release of ''WesternAnimation/TheGetAlongGang'' from Mill Creek Entertainment. The first disc only has the episodes in English with ''no bonus features, alternate audio tracks or subtitles at all''. The second disc, on the other hand, is literally just a re-issue of a compilation DVD featuring the episodes of the show not on Disc 1, as well as episodes of other 80s cartoons [=DHX=] Media has the rights to.
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** The release of ''Theatre/TheSpongeBobMusical'' only has the sing-along edition of the musical and a photo gallery as bonus features. This is unusual for a ''[=SpongeBob=]'' release, as they usually come with a lot of bonus features.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' had the first season released with rough animatics and the original ''Whoopass Girls'' short. They followed it up two years later by releasing the ''entire series'', including a never-before-seen episode, cast-and-crew commentary, animatics, and nearly every music video and commercial ever made.
** Zig-zagged with ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie''. The US release was pan and scan, but contained a decent amount of bonus features, while the UK release was widescreen, but contained much less bonus features.
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* Since record companies started producing Deluxe Editions, they have often produced a vanilla edition on the side. Understandable with remastered versions of classic albums, it is a little confusing when it's done with new albums and there's little to no difference in price. You wonder who would choose the shorter version.
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* Since record companies started producing Deluxe Editions, they have often produced a vanilla edition on the side. Understandable with remastered versions of classic albums, as you have to be a serious fan of an album or an artist to want an extended edition, but it is a little confusing when it's done with new albums and there's little to no difference in price. You wonder who would choose the shorter version.
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* Like the early [=DVDs=], the first wave of CD reissues in TheEighties simply duplicated the original album releases without any extra material. One notable exception was Music/{{Rykodisc}}, which started as something of a musical version of Creator/TheCriterionCollection, reissuing critically acclaimed titles with extra tracks and remastered sound. For example, Music/DavidBowie's 1969-80 back catalog got the Rykodisc treatment at the start of TheNineties, and similar special editions of those and both his earlier and latter work have been a constant ever since. Later, as CD manufacturing costs went down, vanilla edition CD reissues became commonplace once again, with deluxe/definitive/collector's edition releases typically including extra material on a second disc instead of as bonus tracks.
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* Like the early [=DVDs=], the first wave of CD reissues in TheEighties simply duplicated the original album releases without any extra material. One notable exception was Music/{{Rykodisc}}, Creator/{{Rykodisc}}, which started as something of a musical version of Creator/TheCriterionCollection, reissuing critically acclaimed titles with extra tracks and remastered sound. For example, Music/DavidBowie's 1969-80 back catalog got the Rykodisc treatment at the start of TheNineties, and similar special editions of those and both his earlier and latter work have been a constant ever since. Later, as CD manufacturing costs went down, vanilla edition CD reissues became commonplace once again, with deluxe/definitive/collector's edition releases typically including extra material on a second disc instead of as bonus tracks.
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* Like the early [=DVDs=], the first wave of CD reissues in TheEighties simply duplicated the original album releases without any extra material. One notable exception was Rykodisc, which started as something of a musical version of Creator/TheCriterionCollection, reissuing critically acclaimed titles with extra tracks and remastered sound, something that's now par for the course for classic albums. For example, Music/DavidBowie's 1969-80 back catalog got the Rykodisc treatment at the start of TheNineties, and similar special editions of those and both his earlier and latter work have been a constant ever since.
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* Like the early [=DVDs=], the first wave of CD reissues in TheEighties simply duplicated the original album releases without any extra material. One notable exception was Rykodisc, Music/{{Rykodisc}}, which started as something of a musical version of Creator/TheCriterionCollection, reissuing critically acclaimed titles with extra tracks and remastered sound, something that's now par for the course for classic albums.sound. For example, Music/DavidBowie's 1969-80 back catalog got the Rykodisc treatment at the start of TheNineties, and similar special editions of those and both his earlier and latter work have been a constant ever since. Later, as CD manufacturing costs went down, vanilla edition CD reissues became commonplace once again, with deluxe/definitive/collector's edition releases typically including extra material on a second disc instead of as bonus tracks.
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** The PBS Kids releases by Skiprope Entertainment are even worse, as most of them do not contain bonus features, save for trailers at the beginning of some releases. This also applies to non-PBS [=DVDs=] released by the company such as ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends''.
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Speculation; they could just be holding out for a two-disc deluxe collector's edition or something of the like (it has happened before with certain films).
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* The Blu-Ray of ''Film/{{Tenet}}'' only contains one bonus feature about the making of the movie. This is odd for a Christopher Nolan film, considering his films usually get two-disc sets. This may have happened due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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* The Blu-Ray of ''Film/{{Tenet}}'' only contains one bonus feature about the making of the movie. This is odd for a Christopher Nolan film, considering his films usually get two-disc sets. This may have happened due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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* The Blu-Ray of ''Film/{{Tenet}}'' only contains one bonus feature about the making of the movie. This is odd for a Christopher Nolan film, considering his films usually get two-disc sets. This may have happened due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
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* The Blu-Ray of ''Film/{{Tenet}}'' only contains one bonus feature about the making of the movie. This is odd for a Christopher Nolan film, considering his films usually get two-disc sets. This may have happened due to the Coronavirus coronavirus pandemic.
