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{{quote|'''Q''': ''Do you particularly enjoy being deliberately vague?''

 

Sometimes you get the feeling that a series creator is having a little ''too'' much fun messing with their audience's collective heads.

Tends to be most popular in webcomics, since they're one of the few remaining mediums that can genuinely be kept under wraps, spoiler-free.

 

 

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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* [[Ken Akamatsu]] loves doing this, especially in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''. It's still impossible to tell it's a [[Harem Series]], a subversion thereof, a [[Double Subversion]], a parody, or whatever. Then there's the massive amount of [[Ship Tease]] in the story, much of which seems to exist solely to mess with the heads of the readers. Especially Negi/Asuna. Naturally {{spoiler|Asuna seems to be Negi's aunt.}}

** The best/worst example: In one interview during the Magic World arc, he stated that {{spoiler|Zazie's true form}} would be revealed in the final arc. Soon after, {{spoiler|Zazie shows up in Mundus Magicus}}, creating an ''enormous'' stir among the fans, who believed that the end of the manga was imminent. Then shortly after ''that'' it turns out that {{spoiler|it's actually her ''sister''}}. There's no way he didn't plan that. (And anyway, that statement doesn't mean [[The Reveal]] can't ''also'' happen ''before'' the final arc...)

** And it reached epic levels for ''[[Hetaween 2011]]'' with his [[Fan Nickname]] becoming "Himapapatrollking" and many people becoming convinced that he was secretly watching their posts about the event with how he suddenly introduced new characters without warning, brought back [[One-Scene Wonder]] characters, and still found time to mercilessly tease fans by deliberately avoiding showing the face of said new characters.

* [[Eiichiro Oda]] of ''[[One Piece]]'' fame certainly has some interesting answers when fans ask him questions, just to screw around with them. Given Oda's sense of humor and the generally odd nature of the ''[[One Piece]]'' world, it's sometimes hard to tell when his answers are serious and when they're just jokes.

* When asked if a particular plot point had some deeper meaning, the writer of ''[[Star Driver]]'' was quoted as saying "Everything is double--no, ''triple'' marinated with meaning!"

 

 

 

 

 

== [[Film]] ==

* This trope could apply to genre expectations as well as to fans of a series. If you look at the message board for any mystery, no matter how wild a twist it employs, there are always jaded fans who say "I saw the ending coming a mile away". ''[[A Perfect Getaway]]'' is written with great [[Genre Savvy|situational awareness]] regarding this tendency, and gives no indication as to which of three possible directions the film is going to go. Then it has multiple screenwriter characters, who lampshade the whole thing by discussing [[Red Herring|red herrings]], while awash in them.

 

== [[Literature]] ==

 

== Music ==

* [[Sound Horizon]]'s Revo has [http://sh-whitecrow.com/magazine/anisongmate01/ gone on record] saying that he sometimes puts something in a song simply because he knows that the fans will drive themselves crazy trying to figure out what it means.

{{quote|'''Revo:''' I’m even plotting to make you all suspicious and go “Maybe there’s something more to this?”.}}

* [[Square Enix]] and the much anticipated ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' remake. SE loves to tease the idea of the remake only to debunk again and again.

** ''[[Final Fantasy Versus XIII]]'' is their latest game they love to do this for. Imposing questions about the game will elicit a response completely unrelated to ''Versus XIII''.

'''Motomu Toriyama''': ''“First, please enjoy XIII-2 while you wait for additional information.”'' }}

* Ed Boon, co-creator and current executive producer of the ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' series, seems to be this [http://twitter.com/#!/noobde if one checks his Twitter updates.] For example, several fans wonder why the latest game (''[[Mortal Kombat 9|Mortal Kombat (2011)]]'') doesn't include the [[Prince|purple]] [[In Name Only|ninja]] [[Mortal Kombat 3|Rain]] (the game almost exclusively includes the characters from the original trilogy). One fan proclaims, "RAIN!!!!" on Boon's Twitter, requesting Rain to be added as [[Downloadable Content|DLC]]. Boon's reply? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rGA_rZxIV0 This.] Klassic.

* Tom Siddell, of ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', is very good at this, and can be rather acerbic with it as well. The recent ''City Face'' short demonstrates this rather nicely.

* Fred Gallagher of ''[[Megatokyo]]'' does this from time to time. Miho in particular was a figure of mystery for a long time.

* Brian Clevinger, creator of ''[[8-Bit Theater|Eight Bit Theater]]'' and ''[[Atomic Robo]]'' is one of those few Teasing Creators who actually ''are'' unfairly toying with their readership, but is still pretty beloved because he makes it funny. In this case, it's less [[Ship Tease|Ship Teasing]] and more 'changing the plot if you even try to guess what's going on, and hell why not have an [[Anticlimax]] instead of an awesome fight'. His most common quote is this:

{{quote|"My favourite joke is the one played on the reader."}}

* Aeire, author of ''[[Queen of Wands]]'', was notorious for this. Mostly avoiding regular boyfriends for Kestrel (the main character), the strip introduced many handsome, charming or interesting male characters for the sole purpose of getting the fanbase to Ship them with her.

* When told of an [[Epileptic Tree]], the author of ''[[Keychain of Creation]]'' will state that it is true, no matter how ridiculous it sounds, even if it contradicts established fact.

* [[MS Paint Adventures|Andrew Hussie]] has something of a widespread reputation with this, especially the farther things get in ''[[Homestuck]]''.

{{quote|''"I think I [[Ship Sinking|ruined a solid year's worth of perfectly good shipping]] with recent revelations. WHOOPSEE DAISEE"''}}

** Then, just for extra [[Trolling Creator|Trolliness]], when the fandom exploded over that picture, they posted another picture. What can you see in the background of the second picture? The post of the first picture. Yeah.

** A [http://youtu.be/jMi1JRvW9E4 recent commercial] showing previews of the fall lineup includes literally 2 seconds worth of footage from the show, including a bit with Princess Celestia that has fans wildly speculating as to the circumstances of the particular scene.

 

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