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** This was a result of changes to the author's original storyline rather than deliberate deception, not that someone watching the finished product has any way to tell the difference. Director Ikuhara later joked it was a scene he had thought up during his work on ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' and that it wouldn't make any sense ''there'' either.
* ''[[Muteki Kanban Musume]]'' (''Ramen Fighter Miki'' [[Market-Based Title|in the English release]]) has exactly this kind of opening, making one think the series is a serious fighting or drama type of series, when it's actually an incredibly over-the-top physical comedy show.
* ''[[Bleach]]'' is rife with these, showing characters in different costumes and situations than you would ever expect. The worst offender was the second opening, which promised many really cool battles in the Soul Society arc that never happened.
** The eighth opening shows filler captain Amagai fighting his third seat, Kifune after the latter's [[Face Heel Turn]]. It's misleading because Izuru ends up fighting Kifune and also because {{spoiler|Amagai is the real villain and was manipulating Kifune}}.
** The 10th opening is similar, as it's essentially just a music video featuring Rukia, Orihime, and Rangiku dancing, with a few shots of the Shinigami and Ichigo just to remind us that we're watching the right show.
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** The fifth and final ''Brotherhood'' opening features Winry turning into Truth, which has no relation to any event in canon and was probably a [[Red Herring]] to the ''real'' [[Spoiler Opening|spoiler]] of {{spoiler|Edward's Gate of Truth dissolving}}.
** In general, almost none of the fight scenes in Brotherhood's credits actually happen between those characters. About the only one that does, Ed vs Scar, happens at night in the credits and in broad daylight in the show!
** The third opening of [[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|the 2003 anime version]] features Edward and Alphonse fighting some dragon-looking monsters in a swamp. This never comes to pass in the series. Indeed, nothing even remotely close to these creatures appears in the series proper {{spoiler|until the very end, when Envy transforms into a very similar dragon on his way into the other world. He later appears, still as a dragon, in the [[Gecko Ending|movie]]}}.
*** The fourth opening of the 2003 series shows Ed and Al vs. Gluttony and Lust, and Ed and Al vs. Wrath, Envy and Sloth. {{spoiler|Ed and Al do fight Sloth and Wrath, but Lust is on their side in that fight and she and Sloth die in the fight while Wrath escapes. Envy abducts Al, preventing him from getting into any more fights, and Ed fights Envy in the finale, but loses, dies, gets better with Al's help and performs a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to save Al at the cost of being brought to the real world}}.
*** The fourth ending of the 2003 series shows Ed facing off against Envy and the rest of the homunculi except Greed and Pride in a graveyard. See the above spoiler for why this is a case of bait and switch.
* The opening sequences of ''[[Gundam Seed Destiny]]'' from the ''[[Gundam]]'' are mostly composed of scenes that never happen in the show. Also, the main characters taking their clothes off for no clear reason. A particularly noteworthy sequence shows the Freedom and Destiny Gundams joining forces to battle a Destroy Gundam -- when in fact, the Freedom and Destiny never once fought on the same side, even in "temporary truce for convenience" fashion.
** The first opening to ''[[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam|Victory Gundam]]'' is pretty upbeat and optimistic, with only a reaction shot or two from main character Uso to even hint at the bleak tone and setting of the series. The second opening is even more upbeat which furthers the separation as the end of the series gets even darker and bloodier.
** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' lies constantly in its openings. Most fans attribute this to the show's near-constant on-the-fly rewriting due to the production committee's ever-changing demands. Some images were also meant to be figurative but taken literally by most fans. Some of it was old-fashioned misdirection.
*** 2nd OP: The intro shows a [[Battle Royale With Cheese]] between Celestial Being and the combined military forces of all 3 prominent nations using their respective mobile suits, with almost each Gundam Meister squaring off against a rival mobile suit. The last part of the intro also shows the presence of three ominous-looking Gundams that the original Gundams from Celestial Being fight in space. In the actual show, {{spoiler|each Gundam Meister instead falls into a trap, are separated from one another by each nation that focused on targeting one of them at a time, and the three nations, despite cooperating with one another, were still opposed to working as one lumbering force. As for the three new Gundams that appear in the intro, not only did Celestial being not face them in space (or in Allelujah's case, ''[[Demoted to Extra|at all]]''), but they were not even the true antagonists for either the first season or second. The true antagonists were absent from the intro.}}
*** 3rd OP: This OP shows the mobile suits Arios and Cherudim engaging Louise on Earth, Seravee against Ali and Patrick in space, and Setsuna clashing blades with Mr. Bushido in space. In the actual show, {{spoiler|Arios and Cherudim never directly faced off against Louise (while Louise does a real bait and switch herself; she's eventually piloting the stronger mecha in the same scene). When Mr. Bushido finally encounters Setsuna in space its not until after the 4th OP premiered and he's piloting a different (superior) suit to the one seen here. No one has yet to engage Ali in space, and Seravee's weird red beams from his backpack are yet to be shown.}}
*** 4th OP: This OP shows a naked Tieria who regained his [[Eyes of Gold]] indicating the recapture of Veda, the 00-Raiser shooting the Regnant to bits showing Setsuna's Co-pilot Saji reaching for the Regnant's pilot Louise in agony and Seravee Gundam battling Arche Gundam in space, ending with both mobile suits clashing blades as red beams again appear from Seravee's backpack. In the actual show, {{spoiler|Tieria not only regained possession of Veda, but he also merged with it as Ribbons killed his physical body. Although Setsuna did shoot one of his comrade's girlfriend, it is not Saji's girlfriend Louise but instead Lyle's [[Manchurian Agent]] girlfriend Anew Returner. And the first and only time anyone battled Arche Gundam in space was in the 23rd and 24th episodes, where it was Cherudim that fought against it. The red beams shown emanating from Seravee's backpack was shown to be from Seraphim directly, when it first activated its TRIAL Field, an ability that was strictly Seraphim's own that needed Veda.}}
** ''[[Gundam Wing]]'''s very first opening ends with a climatic battle between Heero and Zechs in outer space. That does eventually happen very late in the show, but not in the way portrayed here. Also there's a shot of Relena walking around a destroyed city, where no cities were really destroyed during the series at all. The second opening doesn't have any misleading details like this, so the errors of the first OP are often attributed to rewrites that happened during Wing's troubled production.
* ''[[Ninin ga Shinobuden]]'' shows a dramatic battle involving most of the main cast against Shinobu's evil counterpart (see example image). Most of the final episode is in fact the characters complaining about this trope, as they scramble to end the show in a satisfactory way.
* A half-example with the second OP for ''[[Demashitaa Powerpuff Girls Z]]'', as the series delivered {{spoiler|Powerprof, Dynamo Z and the bit with the volcano, but didn't get round to the [[Beach Episode]] or the Super Zero costumes}}.
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* ''[[Super Robot Wars]] Original Generation Divine Wars'' shows Latooni battling in her [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]] outfit. She only uses that outfit for two episodes (and only one battle) and most of the time is given a regular uniform and [[Meganekko|glasses]].
** This is a shout-out to the original game series, where Latooni in fact wears said outfit the entire second game. Of course, in the remake that the TV show borrows from or vice versa, she always wears a normal uniform.
* The loving interaction between Kurau and Christmas dressed in cute summer attire in the opening credits of ''[[Kurau Phantom Memory]]'' doesn't appear anywhere in the anime.
* Given the amount of stuff that has actually come to pass from it, the opening for ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]] No Yuuutsu'' is probably an exception. What were originally simply random, half-second images took on new meaning the further we got through the story; furthermore, a few clips are direct from the Light Novels or interpretations of what happens on drama CDs. Maybe the entire thing is a [[Spoiler Opening]]...
* ''[[Neko Kawaigari]]'' is probably the ultimate example of this trope. It promises a light-hearted fun atmosphere involving [[Catgirl|catgirls]], and while it delivers... it completely hides the home stretch of the story, which is extremely dark and depressing.
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* The first ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' opening featured a Blastoise, Venusaur, and Charizard...of which only the latter was ever acquired by Ash, and shows him using a Pidgeot, which didn't happen until near the ending of the season. It also features several legendary Pokemon that he either never sees, or ends up seeing them in completely different seasons.
** Heck, Ash didn't even aquire Pidgeot until the episode the opening * changed* in Japan.
** A worse offender is the tenth opening, which starts off with a group shot of just about every Pokemon Ash has ever owned -- more than half of which don't appear again in the show. It goes on to show a series of battles of which only one (Pikachu vs. Aipom) actually happen in the show. This all makes sense when you realize it was made to celebrate the franchise's 10th anniversary.
* The opening credits of ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'' center on a man with scraggly hair and a hunted look. He glances around as if afraid of being followed; in one shot he's holding a gun. {{spoiler|This man is the ''hero'' of the show. (The real "monster" does appear, but only for a second.) It's a sneaky example because it's not dishonest -- Dr. Tenma is a murder suspect on the run, and his quest to kill [[Complete Monster|Johan]] takes a constant toll on him.}}
* The opening of ''[[Pretty Sammy|Magical Project S]]'' makes the show look like a fairly standard [[Cute Witch]] style of [[Magical Girl]] show, with Sasami actually appearing happy about her powers and Misao being in on the secret. Then you get to the actual show, which is a [[Magical Warrior]] show with Sasami not caring for her role and Misao most definitely not in on the secret. Since the show is meant as a parody of the [[Magical Girl]] genre, this was intentional.
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* Ran and Midori from ''[[Telepathy Shoujo Ran]]'' never fly around in the series as they do in the opening credits. Bummer.
* ''[[Mega Man Star Force|Ryuusei no Rockman]] Tribe''. Fans were disappointed in the lack of Ninja and Dinosaur transformations.
* The girls from ''[[Diamond Daydreams]]'' are shown in the opening credits as if they form a group of close friends. Although this would have offered some interesting possibilities, only some of them meet up shortly in the last episode.
* The credits of ''[[Darker Than Black]]'' shows falling stars scene and Amber cradling Hei's head, in the second version Hei fighting against several clones of himself -- neither happens in the series. In other respects though, the clones scene is pretty similar to one in the OVA.
** I always felt that scene was a flashback to the Heaven's Gate War.
** The cake goes to the second season OP, which barely has Hei in it at all, prominently has the schoolkids from the first episode playing at the beach, and has Suou travelling alone, save for her absurdly cute pet... squirrel... thing. It took a lot of flak for those reasons.{{spoiler|One classmate gets turned into a Contractor very early on and kills another one, the rest have their memories of Suou and said Contractor friend erased, Hei is still the real main character, Suou very rarely travels alone and that squirrel is actually Mao from S1 [[Back From the Dead]].}}
* The opening credits of ''[[Venus Versus Virus]]'' present the two female leads Lucia and Sumire lying in a field wearing pretty dresses, their [[Intertwined Fingers|fingers intertwined]] as they throw meaningful glances. It's very sweet and romantic -- and also [[Bait and Switch Lesbians|occurs nowhere in the anime itself]].
** It's [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|symbolic]].
* The eighth opening of ''[[One Piece]]'' shows the Straw Hats relaxing, going shopping, enjoying themselves on the beach and acting out covers from the manga, making it seem very relaxing. This opening plays during the Enies Lobby arc, where they're attacking one of the most heavily defended government installations in the world, to save Robin from being taken away from them forever.
** The eleventh opening becomes a bit of a retroactive bait and switch, since {{spoiler|the Straw Hats don't even appear or take part in the current storyline after the [[Wham! Episode]], save for Luffy.}}
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* In the (rather lovely) opening sequence of ''[[Aoi Hana]]'', Fumi and Akira are depicted as a cheery, loving couple, complete with full nudity. Sure, the girls are extremely close, but never get this far in the series.
* ''[[Hikaru no Go]]'' has a scene at the end of its last ending sequence which shows Hikaru and Sai playing against each other as equals, implying that someday Hikaru will reach Sai's level and be able to play against him in a fair match. Though Hikaru ''wants'' to do this, it never happens, and he's nowhere near Sai's level when {{spoiler|Sai disappears permanently.}}
* ''[[Red Garden]]'' has an opening that would make you think it's basically Sex and the City. The show's content goes in a [[Mind Screw|different direction]] however. The ending falls under this as well; it's an upbeat rap song with the characters having fun at a concert.
* Ren and Miu start the ''[[DearS]]'' opening off with an intensely [[Moe]] kiss. Ren in-series is completely fixated on Takeda and Miu doesn't particularly like her, though there's a moderate amount of [[Les Yay]] available.
* The opening for ''[[Welcome to The NHK]]'' features a cheery sounding duet for the theme, with pastel-colored, brightly lit scenes of cute girls frolicking, which gives the impression of a lighthearted romantic comedy of some sort. The series is actually about a young man with [[Hikikomori|extreme social anxiety]] struggling to deal with his psychological issues and addictions, being helped by a [[Blithe Spirit]] {{spoiler|that's actually as screwed up mentally as he is}}. There ''are'' some hints of the darker, [[Black Comedy]] tone of the show in the opening--the few times the main character is shown he's almost always shown having some sort of panic attack, the main heroine is shown looking lonely as she leans against a wall, and the other women in the opening are faceless (a probable nod to the issues the main character and his friend have with women)--but it still seems a little too upbeat.
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* ''[[Kamichama Karin]]'' sports a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7YUhKAZp9s rather dark-looking opening sequence] that, combined with the [[Non-Indicative First Episode|sombre first ep]], convinced some fans that the series was going to be a darker-and-edgier [[Magical Girl]]-slash-[[Moe|Moe Series]], ala Nanoha. [[Affectionate Parody|So wrong.]] {{spoiler|On the other hand, once the [[Cerebus Syndrome]] kicks in, the opening doesn't look quite as much out of place.}}
* ''[[Narutaru]]'''s opening treats us with an [[Soundtrack Dissonance|upbeat, cheerful opening song]] with the characters drawn in cute grade-school drawing, ending with Shiina and her [[Mon]] sleeping together in her bed. At first, it looks like just another adorable mon series in the vein of ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' and ''[[Digimon]]'', but [[Mohiro Kitoh]] being the creator and the series is a deconstruction of the genre, the actual series is [[Crap Saccharine World|nothing]] [[It Got Worse|like]] [[Kill'Em All|that]] ...
* ''[[Yu Gi Oh 5 D's]]'' does this with openings 2 and 5. In the second version of opening 2, we see Jack facing off against {{spoiler|Dark Carly}} in a ground duel, whilst the episode they duel in is a Riding Duel. Opening 5 does this at the very end by showing Yusei using Junk Warrior to attack Z-ONE. {{spoiler|Junk Warrior is never used in that duel, but he pops up in 154 to deal the finishing blow to Jack}}
* The third ''[[Slayers]]'' opening (''Slayers TRY'') has a humorous shot of Lina's sister, Luna, with a sign pointing at her reading, "sorry, opening only!" As for the song itself, it is less energetic and more mellow than the previous two openings, citing for a darker story, but while the overarching plot darkens later on, the overall tone of the show is as comedic as it had always been, creating some poorly timed [[Mood Whiplash]] during the comedic filler episodes. Also, in that opening, [[Holier Than Thou|Filia]] is portrayed as some demure [[Mysterious Waif|prophetic waif]]/DistressedDamsel, but in the show proper, she's an obnoxious, prissy, and loud (and very dead-on) variant of [[Holier Than Thou]].
* The opening of the ''[[Shamanic Princess]]'' OVA is standard, pastel-toned romance fanfare. The series itself is a dark tale of a powerful [[Cute Witch]] and her rivals as they try to search for {{spoiler|a holy item from their world, which turns out to be an [[Elditrich Abomination]] holding the sister of the protagonist's former love interest.}}
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** That scene was a ''double'' bait and switch, since {{spoiler|Archer was killed off just before this opening began airing. Thus the intro led viewers to believe that Archer would be brought back to life. He wasn't.}}
* [[Oniisama e...]]'s opening features many pretty dolls, [[Creepy Doll|some of them being quite creepy]]. They're seen in a rather luminous and jewelry-full environment, but in the series itself {{spoiler|one of them is actually in Rei's very dark [[Room Full of Crazy|apartment full of crazy]]. The other items are in Fukiko's own [[Room Full of Crazy|Madness Room]], which she has kept locked away from others ''for six years''.}}
* ''[[Twin Signal]]'s'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hjIORoPahA opening] shows scenes of a futuristic city, with the title character battling a slew of super-powered robots, running from [[Combat Tentacles]], and several unusual characters including what appears to be a fairy. The actual OVA is set in a [[Nothing Exciting Ever Happens Here|sleepy town in the countryside]], is comedy-oriented, and about half the characters in the intro don't even ''appear'' in the show proper.
* ''[[The Noozles]]'' does not involve dancing on rainbows with stars. The show does feature exciting adventures, but these get [[Cerebus Syndrome|darker as the series progresses.]] While the credits might make you think you are watching your typical "child has magical adventures and must hide them from parents" show, the show's actual plot is so strange that a [[Not Making This Up Disclaimer]] is often involved when describing it.
* The opening to the ''[[Rance]]'' OVA [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lnrIgCHSBY makes it look like a shoujo anime] with [[Happiness in Slavery|Sill]] as the protagonist and [[Designated Hero|Rance]] as a [[Knight in Shining Armor]]. The actual series is [[H-game|nothing]] [[Comedic Sociopathy|like]] [[Black Comedy Rape|that]].
* [[Master of Martial Hearts]] has a rather unappealing, but otherwise lighthearted and optimistic opening. It's ending features a quiet and somewhat romantic song featuring its lead females in some rather [[Les Yay|suggestive]] moments. [[Sarcasm Mode|There's no way it would have possibly the worst ending with the worst plot twist ever]]...
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* The live-action [[Popeye]] movie starts out like one of his old cartoon opening, then, where the title of the short is, Popeye sticks his head up and says, "Hey, what's this? One of Bluto's tricks? I'm in the wrong movie!" and we enter live-action.
* The ''Mr. Magoo film'', which is live-action, starts out with an animated Magoo, going through his usual near-sighted hijinks before we enter the main plot and live-action.
* ''[[Monty Python and
** Some editions of start out with several minutes of the 1961 film ''Dentist on the Job'' (starring a young Bob Monkhouse). This goes on far longer than most credit gags, to the point where one wonders if there was some bizarre mix-up before the projectionist sleepily grumbles about having put in the wrong reel and the credits proper start up. (This gag was carried over from the original cinema release.)
** The opening credits of the film proper feature pseudo-Swedish subtitles and references to things that have nothing to do with the movie.
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** Episode 39 took this still further by opening with the Thames TV ident<ref>Well known to international viewers of such programmes as ''[[Danger Mouse]]'' and ''[[Count Duckula]]''</ref> and a fake continuity link delivered by actual Thames continuity presenter David Hamilton, perhaps fooling early viewers into thinking their television was tuned to the wrong station until Hamilton announced, "But right now, here's a rotten old BBC programme!"
** One step further in the program for ''Spamalot.'' The main section of the play booklet describes a Finnish play that sounds like torture to the audience. Among the notes in the playbook are "There will be three intermissions -- one every two-and-a-half hours" and warnings not to speak Swedish in the theater. After this five-page section comes the real opening.
* ''[[Police Squad!]]'' made the bait-and-switch a [[Running Gag]], introducing and then instantly killing off a "Special Guest Star" during each episode's opening credits. There's also a scene where [[Abraham Lincoln]] (played by and credited to Rex Hamilton) foils his own assassination by pulling out a gun and shooting back. Obviously, that never happens in the show. There were plans to show Mahatma Gandhi wielding an assault rifle if the show had been picked up for a second season.
* ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]'' credits open with a sweeping view of the English countryside and singing of the 23rd Psalm, but end with a humorous scene poking fun at village life. However, when a major character died, this montage was played straight.
* The opening of the recent Spike TV reality show ''Murder'' shows car chases, the host firing weapons, ''CSI''-style graphics, and contestants observing what appear to be car explosions. The show is actually about contestants investigating realistic crime-scenes, and episodes mostly consist of people discussing the case in a conference room.
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* The opening credits for ''[[Dexter]]'' are an [[Affectionate Parody]] of this trope. The viewer sees shots in extreme closeup which appear to be violent and bloody {{spoiler|amusing and wrong because Dexter is a methodical serial killer}}...but turn out to be Dexter only going through his morning routine and having his breakfast.
** Something similar happens during the credits of ''[[Quincy, M.E.]]'' -- you see the main character (a forensic pathologist) examining what you think is a dead body, but it turns out to be a young woman in a bikini with whom he his sharing drinks on his houseboat. These credits became even more of a B&S after the character evolved as a more of an "everyman" type rather than a playboy, and it became even weirder when he got married.
* ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O]]'' begins its opening sequence with the narration: "The time-traveling train, Denliner. Will its next stop be in the past or the future?" The answer to this question is ALWAYS "the past." At no point in the TV series does Denliner visit the future.
* The opening of ''[[Ally McBeal]]'' promised a smiling and happy woman most of the time. However, during the episodes she was depressed/sad/angry nearly the whole series and only rarely seen in a happy mood.
* It was one of Joss Whedon's long standing dreams to give an actor initial credit and then kill him or in this case her off in that episode. In [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] {{spoiler|Amber Benson}} is credited for the first and last time in {{spoiler|"Seeing Red"}} and at the episode's end rather unceremoniously killed - {{spoiler|by a stray bullet no less}}.
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* During its title sequence, the Japanese-humor-filled comedy adventure game ''[[Touch Detective]] 2 1/2'' features music and scenes that imply that it's in the mold of serious detective anime. Fortunately, the prominently featured dancing mushroom and corn-husk-masked villain ''should'' keep anyone from being genuinely fooled.
** The original game, ''Touch Detective'' had a very similar intro, except slightly more believable; then, of course, the dancing mushroom appeared.
* The opening to ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]'' shows Master Big Star as an antagonist working (or at least hanging out) with Salvatore. In the game itself Master Big Star is a good guy who has a war with Salvatore, and is one of the more saner members of the cast.
* At first, ''[[Time Hollow]]'' seems like a story filled with the player spamming his ability to create time rifts, after it shows multiple prominent plot points in the character introduction part of the intro, as well as some parts of the story nicely animated. Your character cannot stop things already in motion in-game (like {{spoiler|the treehouse once it's already on fire -- the player needs to stop the firebomb from burning the tree in the first place}}), and we never get to see {{spoiler|Ethan diving and catching Kori, or Ethan saving the place his parents were trapped in from blowing up}}. Instead, in the story, {{spoiler|the place blows up ''anyway'', and it's actually Ethan's ''uncle'' who saves the girl from falling off the school building -- and even then, they don't even manage to prevent ''that'' -- instead, the uncle and the girl fall a few stories to the ground}}. Also, there's even a direct contradiction in the opening to actual fact in-story -- {{spoiler|a Hollow Pen user cannot go through a Hole without losing their ability to use the pen -- or even see or hold said pen}}.
** This was simple necessity. For a point-and-click game, especially one with no running timer or similar restriction, showing what you actually need do would constitute a MASSIVE spoiler. Plus [[Rule of Cool]].
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* ''[[Eversion]]'' has an adorable, sugary-sweet title screen that's a tad misleading. The quote and warning do hint at what's to come, though.
* One particular scene in the opening to ''[[Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana]]'' heavily implies that Norn is much more mysterious and important to the plot than she appears. Not so in the actual game.
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid|Metal Gear Solid 2]]'' did this rather infamously. The demo and subsequent real game opening showed a lot of scenes involving Snake, with a brief moment by [[Replacement Scrappy|Raiden]]. How little we really knew back then.
* ''[[Jays Journey|Jay's Journey]]'' starts with a scrolling crawl giving some backstory about a hero from a thousand years past defeating a demon... that, as the scroll eventually admits, has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the rest of the game, "but it's still a pretty cool story, don't you think?"
* ''[[Suikoden]]'' is guilty of this in a few videos. The most poignant would be the opening video of ''[[Suikoden III]]'', which has, among other things, Geddoe slicing up some flying creatures from a cliff-side, and Hugo fighting against Hallec, an ally who joins him without any sort of fight in-game.
* ''[[Warriors Orochi]] 2'' treats us with the opening consisting of Cao Pi, Date Masamune, Saika Magoichi and Tachibana Ginchiyo kicking the ass of Orochi army. Come to the game, however, you find out that Masamune still remains with Orochi, not even thinking about joining the heroes.
** Bait and Switch Credits seem to be a staple of the ''Warriors'' series in general, as you never quite get to play out the scenarios depicted in the opening sequences. (At least the [[Warriors Orochi]] opening was more of a [[How We Got Here]] prologue.)
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB_TXhfpQio opening] to ''[[Eternal Eyes]]'', in addition to prominently featuring Shillay (a character with maybe 5 minutes of screentime), also shows the main characters fighting [[Big Bad]] Vorless in a number of places that don't exist in the game, with strange [[Beam-O-War]] skills, and what the heck is that glowing blue skull anyway?
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* ''[[The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack]]'' has a minor example of this -- the credits seemingly frame Captain K'nuckles as a free-spirited adventurer and Bubbie as a stuffy, almost-antagonist figure who opposes adventure or risk of any kind. In the actual series, Captain K'nuckles is a lazy, shiftless, and greedy [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]] who manipulates the eponymous Flapjack's idolization of him to further whatever ill-advised and self-serving plan he's currently trying to enact, while Bubbie is the perpetual voice of reason and resident [[Reasonable Authority Figure]].
** Not to mention that the [[Art Shift|opening is in stop-motion]]
*** One popular fan interpretation for the art shift and the out-of-characterness is that the opening is showing the world from Flapjack's (rather skewed) way of seeing things.
* The first episode of ''Back to the Sewer'', ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''' seventh season, plays the intro for ''Fast Forward'', the series' sixth. While it makes sense in context -- the episode is a transitional one, taking the characters from one premise to the next, with the actual opening played in the end to reflect the change -- the fact that both seasons feature different characters, settings, premise, and art style, and that [[4Kids! Entertainment|4Kids]] had actually organized a contest to let the fans vote for the new theme song made the bait and switch ''very'' surprising -- and disconcerting.
* The opening credits to the [[Show Within a Show|Itchy and Scratchy cartoons]] in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' promises that 'they fight and bite' over animation of the two hitting each other with weapons. In fact in the vast majority episodes they don't ''fight'' at all: Scratchy is minding his own business when Itchy brutally attacks and kills him for no reason at all.
* The Japanese opening of ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' barely features Lugnut while prominently showing minor characters Arcee and Ironhide apparently on Earth and fighting alongside our heroes - indeed, Arcee is shown [[Designated Girl Fight|fighting Blackarachnia]] underwater (which, it should be noted, she is [[Did Not Do the Research|physically incapable of doing in-universe]], since she is part organic). It also shows various fight scenes around the world, when in fact all the scenes on Earth take place in an around Detroit. Despite all that, it's ''still'' [[Spoiler Opening|full of spoilers]]( {{spoiler|Longarm Prime,}} anyone?).
** It also features [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cloaked_mystery_villain Cloaked Mystery Villain], who doesn't look much like ''anybody'' in the show.
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