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* The trailer for ''[[Independence Day]]'' had basically a terrific [[Money Making Shot]]: a scene of the alien mother ship vaporizing [[The White House]]. And in case that failed: "Welcome to Earth.[[Badass|*punch*]]"
* The trailer for ''[[Independence Day]]'' had basically a terrific [[Money Making Shot]]: a scene of the alien mother ship vaporizing [[The White House]]. And in case that failed: "Welcome to Earth.[[Badass|*punch*]]"
* The trailer for ''[[The Matrix]]'' shows Morpheus running across the roof, jumping the huge chasm and landing (heavily) on the other side.
* The trailer for ''[[The Matrix]]'' shows Morpheus running across the roof, jumping the huge chasm and landing (heavily) on the other side.
* The trailer for ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Film)|The Lord of the Rings]]: The Return of the King'' was excellent, wasn't it?
* The trailer for ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|The Lord of the Rings]]: The Return of the King'' was excellent, wasn't it?
* [[Three Hundred|"It's quiet now . . . they came from the blackness . . . "]]
* [[300|"It's quiet now . . . they came from the blackness . . . "]]
** "You threaten my people with slavery and death." "This is madness!" "Madness... ~This! Is! SPARTA!~" ''**[[Badass]] kick! Cue [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]!**''
** "You threaten my people with slavery and death." "This is madness!" "Madness... ~This! Is! SPARTA!~" ''**[[Badass]] kick! Cue [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]!**''
* The trailers for ''[[Watchmen (Film)|Watchmen]]'' have been consistently making nerds cream themselves since they began getting trickled out of Warner Brothers. For others, however, the trailer has been something of a turn off. Comments such as "lol suuuuuux looks liek a batman ripoff!" and "omg, that blue guy is just a silver surver ripoff..." have been all too common on the internet.
* The trailers for ''[[Watchmen (film)|Watchmen]]'' have been consistently making nerds cream themselves since they began getting trickled out of Warner Brothers. For others, however, the trailer has been something of a turn off. Comments such as "lol suuuuuux looks liek a batman ripoff!" and "omg, that blue guy is just a silver surver ripoff..." have been all too common on the internet.
* The [[Screamer Trailer]] for ''Suspiria'', which told you nothing about the plot of the movie itself.
* The [[Screamer Trailer]] for ''Suspiria'', which told you nothing about the plot of the movie itself.
* ''[[The Fly]]''. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
* ''[[The Fly]]''. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
* The trailer for ''[[Taken (Film)|Taken]]'' was mostly made up of the protagonist's [[Badass Boast]] to the kidnappers who had taken his daughter. It worked.
* The trailer for ''[[Taken (film)|Taken]]'' was mostly made up of the protagonist's [[Badass Boast]] to the kidnappers who had taken his daughter. It worked.
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la53nY41c9M teaser trailer] for ''[[Garden State]]'' was incredibly gorgeous and near perfect, and it signaled the rise of Pitchfork Media-beloved/hipster music in indie movies. The song used is "Let Go" by [[Frou Frou]], Imogen Heap's old band.
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la53nY41c9M teaser trailer] for ''[[Garden State]]'' was incredibly gorgeous and near perfect, and it signaled the rise of Pitchfork Media-beloved/hipster music in indie movies. The song used is "Let Go" by [[Frou Frou]], Imogen Heap's old band.
* ''[[Sin City]]'' had a incredibly memorable trailer that showed off the amazing art style, the motivations of the characters, the rough story and basically just told the viewer "yes, we are trying to make this as faithful to the material as possible". It also had an amazing song in the trailer, an instrumental version of "Cells" by The Servant. Demand for the song was so high that The Servant was forced to release the instrumental version. The music can also be heard on the special edition DVD menu.
* ''[[Sin City]]'' had a incredibly memorable trailer that showed off the amazing art style, the motivations of the characters, the rough story and basically just told the viewer "yes, we are trying to make this as faithful to the material as possible". It also had an amazing song in the trailer, an instrumental version of "Cells" by The Servant. Demand for the song was so high that The Servant was forced to release the instrumental version. The music can also be heard on the special edition DVD menu.
* When ''[[Alvin and The Chipmunks]]'' got [[Alvin and the Chipmunks (Film)|a live-action film]], it's a [[Foregone Conclusion]] that if it got a sequel, the [[Distaff Counterpart]] group the Chipettes would ''have'' to be in it too. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3ydELQlvT0 This trailer proves our assumptions are correct.]
* When ''[[Alvin and The Chipmunks]]'' got [[Alvin and the Chipmunks|a live-action film]], it's a [[Foregone Conclusion]] that if it got a sequel, the [[Distaff Counterpart]] group the Chipettes would ''have'' to be in it too. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3ydELQlvT0 This trailer proves our assumptions are correct.]
* The trailers for ''[[The Phantom Menace]]'' and ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'' were both massive hits, with many ''[[Star Wars]]'' fans purchasing tickets to ''[[Meet Joe Black]]'' for the mere opportunity to see TPM's trailer.
* The trailers for ''[[The Phantom Menace]]'' and ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'' were both massive hits, with many ''[[Star Wars]]'' fans purchasing tickets to ''[[Meet Joe Black]]'' for the mere opportunity to see TPM's trailer.
* The trailer for ''[[Citizen Kane (Film)|Citizen Kane]]'' is almost as distinctive as the movie itself. Starting with a startling shot of a microphone approaching the camera, [[Orson Welles]] discusses the main character in voiceover, accompanied by scenes of the supporting characters give their opinions on him, along with candid footage of the actors at play. Notably, there is almost no footage from the film itself, and the main character doesn't get so much as a glimpse.
* The trailer for ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' is almost as distinctive as the movie itself. Starting with a startling shot of a microphone approaching the camera, [[Orson Welles]] discusses the main character in voiceover, accompanied by scenes of the supporting characters give their opinions on him, along with candid footage of the actors at play. Notably, there is almost no footage from the film itself, and the main character doesn't get so much as a glimpse.
* Sometimes, [[Alfred Hitchcock]] would appear in his movies' trailers, and make tongue-in-cheek promotions of the films.
* Sometimes, [[Alfred Hitchcock]] would appear in his movies' trailers, and make tongue-in-cheek promotions of the films.
** Probably the earliest example involved Hitchcock suggesting the viewers take a vacation with ''[[North By Northwest]]'', promoting a [[Blatant Lies|peaceful]] cross-country tour against clips of the leads in peril.
** Probably the earliest example involved Hitchcock suggesting the viewers take a vacation with ''[[North by Northwest]]'', promoting a [[Blatant Lies|peaceful]] cross-country tour against clips of the leads in peril.
** The trailer for ''[[Psycho]]'' has Hitchcock giving the audience a tour of the Bates Motel, hinting at the horrible events within.
** The trailer for ''[[Psycho]]'' has Hitchcock giving the audience a tour of the Bates Motel, hinting at the horrible events within.
** ''[[The Birds]]'' had a trailer, showing Hitchcock giving the history of man's relationship with birds. He tells us the horrible things man did to birds in a deadpan manner, culminating with the bird in his cage biting his finger ("Now why did he do that?").
** ''[[The Birds]]'' had a trailer, showing Hitchcock giving the history of man's relationship with birds. He tells us the horrible things man did to birds in a deadpan manner, culminating with the bird in his cage biting his finger ("Now why did he do that?").
* The trailer for ''[[Star Trek (Film)|Star Trek]]'' not only featured no footage from the movie itself, it didn't reveal that it was a trailer for Star Trek until Leonard Nimoy's voiceover: "''Space...the final frontier...''"
* The trailer for ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'' not only featured no footage from the movie itself, it didn't reveal that it was a trailer for Star Trek until Leonard Nimoy's voiceover: "''Space...the final frontier...''"
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojhGdRSkiUw&feature=related The trailer] for ''[[Alien]]'' didn't reveal much of the plot, but everyone were too scared to notice.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojhGdRSkiUw&feature=related The trailer] for ''[[Alien]]'' didn't reveal much of the plot, but everyone were too scared to notice.
* Brian de Palma's ''Blow Out'' had a remarkably modern, fast-paced trailer for its time (1981) -- not to mention a really memorable one.
* Brian de Palma's ''Blow Out'' had a remarkably modern, fast-paced trailer for its time (1981) -- not to mention a really memorable one.
* The ''[[Toys (Film)|Toys]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwVqtzoBNSM trailer] had [[Robin Williams]] introducing himself and the wheatfield soundstage from the movie, then starts goofing off and not actually describing the film. "What's it about? [[Mathematician's Answer|It's about an hour and a half.]]"
* The ''[[Toys (film)|Toys]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwVqtzoBNSM trailer] had [[Robin Williams]] introducing himself and the wheatfield soundstage from the movie, then starts goofing off and not actually describing the film. "What's it about? [[Mathematician's Answer|It's about an hour and a half.]]"
* The teaser for ''[[Super 8]]'' consisted entirely of a truck smashing into a train, something breaking out of a boxcar, and a few frames to kick-start a viral marketing campaign. Because of its ambiguity, it spread across the Internet like wildfire.
* The teaser for ''[[Super 8]]'' consisted entirely of a truck smashing into a train, something breaking out of a boxcar, and a few frames to kick-start a viral marketing campaign. Because of its ambiguity, it spread across the Internet like wildfire.
* The teaser for the American version of [[The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo]] was a series of dark scenes with no dialogue and was scored to a [[Led Zeppelin]] song by [[Nine Inch Nails|Trent Reznor]] and [[The Yeah Yeah Yeahs|Karen O]]. It became one of the most iconic videos of 2011 and inspired numerous loving parodies and much admiration. It can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVLvMg62RPA here].
* The teaser for the American version of [[The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo]] was a series of dark scenes with no dialogue and was scored to a [[Led Zeppelin]] song by [[Nine Inch Nails|Trent Reznor]] and [[The Yeah Yeah Yeahs|Karen O]]. It became one of the most iconic videos of 2011 and inspired numerous loving parodies and much admiration. It can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVLvMg62RPA here].
* [[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy (Film)|The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]] goes [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbGNcoB2Y4I meta].
* [[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy (film)|The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]] goes [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbGNcoB2Y4I meta].
* Watch the first trailer for [[The Terminator|Terminator2]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUFXXB08RZk&feature=related and you just HAVE to see it the day it comes out in the summer...of 1991!] Note how it consists completely of footage made exclusively for the trailer without showing any actual movie scenes and only has one line of text. It definitely gets you pumped.
* Watch the first trailer for [[The Terminator|Terminator2]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUFXXB08RZk&feature=related and you just HAVE to see it the day it comes out in the summer...of 1991!] Note how it consists completely of footage made exclusively for the trailer without showing any actual movie scenes and only has one line of text. It definitely gets you pumped.


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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2O-0-fQOOs This] trailer for ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', composed entirely of clips from the game plus one or two extra lines. The [[Crowning Music of Awesome|music]] is one of the coolest things in existence.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2O-0-fQOOs This] trailer for ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', composed entirely of clips from the game plus one or two extra lines. The [[Crowning Music of Awesome|music]] is one of the coolest things in existence.
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlACgYHtWCI&ob=av3e Destiny traler] for ''[[Dragon Age 2]]'' is interesting, since it's a scene from the game re-imagined in a much more epic manner, with [[Cool Old Lady|Flemeth]] [[Cryptic Conversation|being Flemeth]] in the voice-over.
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlACgYHtWCI&ob=av3e Destiny traler] for ''[[Dragon Age 2]]'' is interesting, since it's a scene from the game re-imagined in a much more epic manner, with [[Cool Old Lady|Flemeth]] [[Cryptic Conversation|being Flemeth]] in the voice-over.
** Similar, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOWh142gBjA&feature=related this fan trailer] recreates the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ-xcgBL1mY rendered intro movie] of ''[[Free Space|FreeSpace]]'' by using the FreeSpace 2 ingame engine with all the graphic updates and mods they created. And it by far surpasses the original.
** Similar, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOWh142gBjA&feature=related this fan trailer] recreates the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ-xcgBL1mY rendered intro movie] of ''[[Free Space]]'' by using the FreeSpace 2 ingame engine with all the graphic updates and mods they created. And it by far surpasses the original.


== [[Western Animation]] ==
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* The ''[[Toy Story]] 3'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZhu818w2A8 teaser trailer] had Woody and the toys build a makeshift logo for the movie, but Buzz comes in and announces that he made a superior logo overnight.
* The ''[[Toy Story]] 3'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZhu818w2A8 teaser trailer] had Woody and the toys build a makeshift logo for the movie, but Buzz comes in and announces that he made a superior logo overnight.
** ''[[The Incredibles]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LASc8ewLaw teaser], with Mr. Incredible having some trouble with a belt. It even got to the TV spots, when it's not in the movie.
** ''[[The Incredibles]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LASc8ewLaw teaser], with Mr. Incredible having some trouble with a belt. It even got to the TV spots, when it's not in the movie.
*** [[Pixar]] has a long history of teaser trailers made with original material, starting with ''[[A Bug's Life (Animation)|A Bugs Life]]''.
*** [[Pixar]] has a long history of teaser trailers made with original material, starting with ''[[A Bug's Life|A Bugs Life]]''.
* The original trailer for ''[[The Lion King]]'' consisted of just the opening (musical) sequence, "Circle of Life". Disney would later try slight variations of this, with one ''[[Pocahontas]]'' trailer showcasing "Colors of the Wind", and a ''[[Dinosaur]]'' promo featuring the [[Silence Is Golden|silent opening]].
* The original trailer for ''[[The Lion King]]'' consisted of just the opening (musical) sequence, "Circle of Life". Disney would later try slight variations of this, with one ''[[Pocahontas]]'' trailer showcasing "Colors of the Wind", and a ''[[Dinosaur]]'' promo featuring the [[Silence Is Golden|silent opening]].
* ''[[Lilo and Stitch]]'' had a memorable ad campaign in which Stitch showed up uninvited in scenes from ''[[Beauty and The Beast]]'', ''[[Aladdin (Disney)|Aladdin]]'', ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'', and ''[[The Lion King]]''.
* ''[[Lilo and Stitch]]'' had a memorable ad campaign in which Stitch showed up uninvited in scenes from ''[[Beauty and The Beast]]'', ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'', and ''[[The Lion King]]''.
* The [[Super Bowl Special]] commercial for ''[[Rio]]'' played like an ordinary commercial until the end, where during a clip of Rafael knocking out the last of the [[Everything's Better With Monkeys|monkeys]], a hint for a ''Rio''-related ''[[Angry Birds]]'' contest is briefly shown on a box in the background.
* The [[Super Bowl Special]] commercial for ''[[Rio]]'' played like an ordinary commercial until the end, where during a clip of Rafael knocking out the last of the [[Everything's Better with Monkeys|monkeys]], a hint for a ''Rio''-related ''[[Angry Birds]]'' contest is briefly shown on a box in the background.
* Starting November 5, 2012, [[Rooster Teeth]] released four trailers promoting their upcoming web series ''[[RWBY]]''. Spaced eight to ten weeks apart, each of the trailers featured one of the four main characters. Combining beautiful animation, non-stop action, [[Foreshadowing]] and awesome music, they were responsible for generating a remarkable level of anticipation and speculation prior to the series' premiere in July 2013.
* Starting November 5, 2012, [[Rooster Teeth]] released four trailers promoting their upcoming web series ''[[RWBY]]''. Spaced eight to ten weeks apart, each of the trailers featured one of the four main characters. Combining beautiful animation, non-stop action, [[Foreshadowing]] and awesome music, they were responsible for generating a remarkable level of anticipation and speculation prior to the series' premiere in July 2013.


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