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There have been some notable trailers where the trailer was an accurate representation of the content of the film, and neither lied nor spoiled the film. And perhaps some are notable for either being tremendously better than the film, or being tremendously worse.
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* 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 [[
* 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.
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* [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 (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? [[
* 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].
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* 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
* 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]]''.
* 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 [[
* 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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