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** Additionally, the show's last opening shows {{spoiler|the Black Knights attacking Schneizel's flying fortress Damocles}}, when in the actual series, {{spoiler|Schneizel manipulates the Knights into betraying Lelouch/Zero, meaning that they fight to '''defend''' Damocles.}}
*** Also, it shows {{spoiler|the Ganymede armed with the same kind of nuclear sakuradite weapon from the end of the first season and the Sutherland Sieg in what seems to be space (?) shooting a barrage of missiles. These, of course, never happen.}}
*** Then there's [
* Both of ''[[The Tower of Druaga (Anime)|The Tower of Druaga]]'''s opening credit sequences seem to suggest some sort of [[Slice of Life]] show about school children, with subtle references to what actually happens in the show and most of the characters cleverly hidden in plain sight. The only things in the credits for ''The Aegis of Uruk'' that are at all reliable are the character pairings and various posters in the background, which show the truth of the show.
* 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.
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** It's [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|symbolic]].
* The eighth opening of ''[[One Piece (Manga)|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.}}
*** However, ''in the anime'' {{spoiler|we still see them a lot because of [[Filler]] episodes adapted from covers showing what the Strawhats besides Luffy where doing}}.
*** The twelfth opening pulls this too. The first half of it is devoted to the Straw Hats having crazy adventures together, then it abruptly cuts to the current storyline, {{spoiler|which features Luffy alone.}}
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* ''[[Durarara]]'s'' second opening introduces five new characters, three of which showed up briefly in the first half of the series. This means they're important, right? Not really. Only one was actually important, three of the others played bit parts, and one didn't show up ''at all.''
* ''[[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 (Anime)|Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]''. The opening? Standard cute [[Magical Girl]] song, images (including [[Shout
** By the time the series ends (and the viewers know what's really going on), it becomes obvious that it's a subverted trope. It's especially obvious each time the OP gets shifted to the end of the episode; it's the exact same song, but because of the episode we just saw, a new meaning is revealed.<ref>Yes, it's a [[Twelve-Episode Anime]]. Yes, it's pulled off more than once.</ref> In a series full of [[It Got Worse]], on a second viewing you can get [[Mood Whiplash]] because the actual episode is so ''light'' compared to the opening credits.
* ''[[Kamichama Karin]]'' sports a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7YUhKAZp9s rather dark-looking opening sequence] that, combined with the [[Non
* ''[[Naru Taru]]'''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 (Franchise)|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}}
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** 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 (Animation)|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 [[
* 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?).
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