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== [[Literature]] ==

* Jim Butcher, author of ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', is this. It's like crack for wizar... ur, authors. After the ending of "Changes" where {{spoiler|Harry apparently died at the end}} he very promptly stated on his website that the next book will be called {{spoiler|Ghost Story. Yeah, while his many fans are consumed with debate over whether Harry is dead or not. Not to mention whether or not he'll be back in some form or another.}}

** Of course, he also said that {{spoiler|Harry is D-E-D Dead, so it isn't that much of a tease.}}

* [[Christopher Paolini]] regularly drops hints and "spoilers" regarding his future books. For example, before ''Brisingr'' came out, he stated that Eragon would meet a god, a terrifying new enemy that laughs will appear, and a character will become pregnant. He's currently doing similar things while working on Book IV, including dropping random details like, "I just wrote about a duel to the death," or "Eragon is chained up, bloody, with his shirt off, and in a dungeon."

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* [[Bryan Davis]] absolutely loves to interact with his fans, and is almost the patron saint of [[Exact Words]]. This results in a LOT of teaasing of the fans. The thing is, [[Tropes Are Not Bad|most of the fans love it.]]

* Similarly, [[J. K. Rowling]] had quite a bit of fun in her interviews over ''[[Harry Potter]]'', dropping teases such as tantalizing paragraphs and details from the [[Schedule Slip|long-awaited]] fifth book. These interview details were picked over as cleanly as any line in the books themselves when it came to plotting out the events of book seven. She was also quick to stamp out erroneous rumors (Mark Evans? ''[[Harry Potter]] and the Green Flame Torch,'' anyone?)

* [[Eoin Colfer|Eoin]] [[Trolling Creator|"Trollfer"]] [[Eoin Colfer|Colfer]]. Don't take anything he says in his interviews about a future book as final word. His hints are worth more than straight [[Lying Creator|answers]].

* Considering [[The Mortal Instruments|Cassandra Clare's]] posts on Tumblr, she is most certainly this. She deliberately gives out little snippets from her unreleased books that she ''knows'' will mess with her fans' heads.

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* [[Joss Whedon]] is notorious for this.

* [[Lost|Darlton]]. Their podcasts are infuriatingly hilarious.

* [[Russell T. Davies]] traditionally drops random words from upcoming ''[[Doctor Who]]'' stories in his ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' column, some of which could (he knows) spur on [[Epileptic Trees]]-type theories. (This apart from his [[Lying Creator|outright lying]] about future stories)

** Most notably, "The Next Doctor". The title was revealed around the time David Tennant was confirmed to be leaving the show, and fandom began guessing who the next Doctor would be, with the production team treating it as if the episode would be introducing the new actor. As it turned out, {{spoiler|the eponymous character wasn't the Doctor's next incarnation at all, the ruse being explained away halfway through the episode}}.

** The cliffhangers at the end of "Last of the Time Lords" {{spoiler|the Titanic crashes through the wall of the TARDIS}} and "The Stolen Earth" {{spoiler|the Doctor begins regenerating}} were both easily and effortlessly resolved within the first minute of the following episode, seemingly designed specifically to whip the audience into a frenzy in the meantime.

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== [[Video Games]] ==

* Oh Bungie, you've teased us with a reveal just made a few days ago. You teased us SINCE 2000! Actually, a whole bunch of them. And never trust a thing they say. They are not working on Halo 3. They are not working on another Halo game after Halo 3. Halo: Reach is definitely the last Halo game ever. Right.

** They've at least stopped teasing for the time being by announcing at E3 2011 that they planned on making a total of 10 Halo games, with the tenth being a reboot of Halo: CE.

* [[Hideo Kojima]] not only teases the audience, [[You Bastard|he openly mocks their pain.]] See the ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' entry in [[Fan Disservice]] for details.

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* Suda51's old game ''[[The Silver Case]]'' has been in development for a remake for the DS for several years. Early 2010 he showed off the DS port on an internet livestream, proving that it works... but there's no release date.

* The devs of ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]'' have said that at this point, they don't even know when they're teasing and when they're not. (For instance, their remark that the never-seen principal is a masked wrestler is both a joke, and canon, and it will continue to be canon until and unless he appears in the finished game and turns out not to be a masked wrestler.)

** He doesn't turn up in the finished game, and so can be assumed to be a masked wrestler.

* [[BioWare]] [http://www.tentonhammer.com/me3/news/twitter-posts-hint-at-more-possible-surprises-for-mass-effect-3%20?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss seems to be milking] the fan reaction to the [[Gainax Ending]] of ''[[Mass Effect 3]]''.

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

* Randy K. Milholland of ''[[Something Positive]]'' is known to do this. An example is his [http://somethingpositive.net/sp05312009.shtml admittance] that the continual [[Ship Tease]] between characters Davan and Pee Jee would never actually lead to anything, the result of an early promise he made to the woman that Pee Jee was based on, but he decided to "play with" the readership concerning the pairing.

* Brian Clevinger, creator of ''[[8-Bit Theater ~~(Webcomic)~~|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:

* 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:

** Once, he attempted what was perhaps his biggest joke on the readers at the time, when he appeared to end the ''entire comic'' on a [[All Just a Dream|horrible anticlimax]], expecting to get a ton of hate mail and rile up his fans. This backfired when he got a ton of mail sincerely ''thanking'' him for the years of great comics, and assuring him that the anticlamix was horrible, and thus, the perfect ending for the particular comic. He appreciated the irony; his favorite joke, a joke on the reader, [[Insult Backfire|whipped right back around]] [[Crowning Moment of Funny|and became a joke on HIM.]]

* 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.

** He probably delegates fitting these [[Epileptic Tree|Epileptic Trees]] in the weave of Creation to Pattern Spiders. He has been known to employ them at least on one account to retroactively vanish an Essence Cannon from the character, so...

* [[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"''}}

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* ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' writers Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick ''love'' to mess with the fans. They have claimed that third season [[The Scrappy|Scrappies]], The Murderous Moppets, will be getting [[Creator's Pet|more screentime]] in the next season just to spite the fans who don't like them ({{spoiler|which is the exact opposite of what happens in season 4, as so far one of their few roles is The Monarch telling them to quit bothering everyone}}). They also throw in [[Brick Joke]] references to episodes that nobody (including themselves) likes all that much and threaten ([[Rule of Funny|hilariously]]) to kill off popular characters. Oh, and the episode commentary for the first episode of season three spoils all of the twists in the season finale because, according to them, nobody should listen to the commentary before watching the episodes.

** Doc Hammer actually made it his personal mission to spoil the end of season 3 in '''every''' episode commentary for said season. In the first episode, he did it accidentally, then he decided that if you listen to the commentaries before finishing the season you deserve what you get.

* It's hard to decide if the people working on ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' are this or [[Trolling Creator]]. The fans have been working themselves into an absolute tizzy over season 2, and what do they send us? A picture of a single scene with Twilight reading a book. SPOILERZ GUIS!

** 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.