Bait and Switch Credits: Difference between revisions

** Not to mention the song itself. While the upbeat, peppy melody isn't necessarily odd, as ''NGE'' is rather [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw5acgqIHQE notorious] for [[Lyrical Dissonance]], the [http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/eva/ngetnshi.htm lyrics themselves] ''also'' seem to point to a more upbeat, standard [[Humongous Mecha]] anime.

* The credits of ''[[El-Hazard: The Magnificent World]]'' show a number of things that never come to pass, most notably Makoto flying over the lands of El-Hazard (when flight is ''not'' the power he gains from the transit between worlds), and giggly pacifist nymphomaniac Allielle wielding a nasty-looking sickle as a weapon.

** Also, {{spoiler|despite being a main character, Claire goes unnamed in the intro to avoid spoiling the surprise -- though he's there for a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment.}}

* The ''[[Mai-HiME]]'' opening presents the show as a light-hearted school drama with three [[Magical Girl|Magical Girls]] thrown into the equation, as well as presenting Mai, Natsuki and Mikoto as a strong-willed, determined [[Sentai|team]] (which is, of course, not at all as it seems). As the series gets darker, both the optimistic opening and the upbeat "Shining Days" theme song become progressively ironic, causing [[Soundtrack Dissonance]].

* The opening to ''[[Paranoia Agent]]'' consists of brightly lit shots of most of the ensemble cast laughing insanely as they [[No Fourth Wall|look directly at the "camera"]], and even as things like mushroom clouds (in direct defiance of the [[Nuclear Weapons Taboo]]) appear in the background. Throughout the series, said characters rarely if ever smile, much less ''laugh'', and the song that plays over the credits is also loud, tribal, and cheerful, albeit with [[Lyrical Dissonance|lyrics that mix cheerful and apocalyptic themes]] -- the combination is surreal and twisted, more so once you've seen enough of the series to realize just how ''wrong'' it really is.

** According to an interview with the director, [[Satoshi Kon]], the tone of the opening theme was because the show was to appear on an unusually late time slot. He wanted a theme that was loud and bombastic so that it would wake the viewers' brains up a little bit.

* ''[[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.

* ''[[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.

** 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]].}}

* 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.

* ''[[Keroro Gunso]]'' uses this in episode 150. After spending the entire episode getting ready to leave (He'd been promoted) Giroro gives a heartfelt (for him) goodbye at the train station. Cue a special ending sequence, complete with sad music and a "Goodbye Giroro" card...only for Giroro to literally shoot through them and grab Keroro by the neck. That promotion letter? Turns out it was a month old. Cue the regular ending sequence.

* ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]''. The opening? Standard cute [[Magical Girl]] song, images (including [[Shout-Out|references]] to Sailor Moon, CCS, and even Pretty Cure), the works. The problem? [[Gen Urobuchi]] is writing -- The series is a rather savage deconstruction. The monsters aren't harmless, people can (and do) die, the aspects of a bunch of young girls fighting horrific [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Abominations]] are fully explored... and oh yeah, the [[Cute Mascot]] appears to be [[Faust|Faustian]]. Notably, the first two episodes didn't have an ending sequence, episode 3 was a [[Wham! Episode]] and is officially [[Nightmare Fuel]] from the climax on, culminating in the main character floating ''in the mask of Mephistopheles'' during the ending sequence (which is not remotely a standard [[Magical Girl]] song).

* [[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 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]]...