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See also [[Sir Not Appearing in This Trailer]] and [[Character As Himself]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* ''[[Star Trek III the Search For Spock (Film)|Star Trek III the Search For Spock]]'' did not list [[Leonard Nimoy]] as an actor in the opening credits, though it did mention him as the director. What they did do in the opening credits was, since Nimoy's name had always directly followed Shatner's, simply leave a gap for several seconds where Leonard Nimoy would have been listed, showing no name at all before moving on to [[DeForest Kelley]] and the other cast members.
* In the movie ''[[Tropic Thunder (Film)|Tropic Thunder]]'', the heavily-made-up {{spoiler|[[Tom Cruise]]}} isn't mentioned anywhere until the final credits roll. Neither is {{spoiler|Nick Nolte}}.
* The 1931 film version of ''[[Frankenstein 1931|Frankenstein]]'' famously omitted [[Boris Karloff]]'s name in the opening credits. Instead, [[
** In turn, the 1935 ''[[Bride of Frankenstein (Film)|Bride of Frankenstein]]'' bills "The Monster's Mate" with a question mark, and only gives Elsa Lanchester credit for playing Mary Shelley in the prologue.
* ''[[From Russia With Love (Film)|From Russia With Love]]'' takes the cake on this one. Blofeld's debut as the [[Big Bad]] of the [[James Bond]] movies starts the tradition of [[The Faceless|keeping his face off-camera]], prompting the use of this trick to make sure ''nobody'' could be sure what he looked like. Furthermore, not only is there no hint as to who plays him in the opening credits, the character is never referred to by name (he is addressed as "Number One" exactly once) in the movie itself. Finally, the ending credits acknowledge his existence by crediting one Ernst Blofeld with a question mark in place of the actor, prompting the audience to keep coming back.
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* Inverted in the closing credits of Part 1 of of the two-part ''[[Are You Afraid of the Dark]]'' episode "The Tale of Cutter's Treasure". One mysterious in-story character's face was never shown to add suspense, but his name is revealed in the cast credits. This wouldn't be a problem if the character wasn't one of the two reoccurring ones. Fans of the show would likely recognize his voice, but it ruined the reveal in Part 2 for anyone who watched the credits.
* The ''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "Heart of Stone" did this for {{spoiler|Salome Jens}}, since {{spoiler|the Female Shapeshifter}} was {{spoiler|(unknown to both Odo and the audience) impersonating Kira}} until very near the end.
* Not necessarily a case of a surprise character but a series regular: William Devane was left out of the credits of the [[Too Good to Last|short-lived]] 1993-94 ABC sitcom ''Phenom'' at his request, after he campaigned to get starring credit in response to his [[Star
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