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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 ''[[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 (
* [[
** "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 (
* The [[Screamer Trailer]] for ''Suspiria'', which told you nothing about the plot of the movie itself.
* ''[[The Fly]]''. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
* The trailer for ''[[Taken (
* 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.
* When ''[[Alvin and The Chipmunks]]'' got [[Alvin and the Chipmunks
* 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 ''[[
* 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
** 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 trailer for ''[[Star Trek (
* [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.
* The ''[[Toys (
* 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 Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy (
* 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.
* 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
== [[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 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
* 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 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
* 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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