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{{quote|'''Wait, wait, wait, stop! Is this [[Lampshade Hanging|another Muppet trailer parody?]]? Why don't we just show a real trailer? I mean, what are we hiding? Did we [[Trailers Always Lie|make the movie in Swedish]] or something?"''|'''Jason Segel''', ''[[The Muppets (Filmfilm)|The Muppets]]''}}

A relatively recent development in which a movie trailer makes you believe it is for a different movie, often from a different studio, until [[The Reveal]] near the end. Mostly used for comedies. Not quite the same as [[Real Trailer, Fake Movie]], in that those are (usually) made more for their own sake than to advertise a real film.

** An early trailer pretended to be for ''[[Superman (Filmfilm)|Superman]] Returns'', but it was just Homer wearing a ''[[Superman (Comic Book)|Superman]]'' shirt.

** A later ''Simpsons'' trailer used the ''[[Spider-Man (Filmfilm)|Spider-Man]]'' [[Useful Notes/Fonts|font]] before revealing... Spider-Pig.

{{quote| ''(Fully CGI sequence of a bunny [[Tastes Like Diabetes|dancing with flowers to the]] "[[Public Domain Soundtrack|Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy]]".)''<br />

'''Narrator:''' [[In a World|In a time]] when computer animation brings us [[Visual Effects of Awesome|worlds of unsurpassed beauty]], one film dares to be ugly.<br />

''(Moe abruptly comes down in the movie's logo, knocking out the bunny.)''<br />

* The trailer for ''[[Chicken Little (Disney)|Chicken Little]]'' opened with the exact same sequence used in the teaser trailer for ''[[The HitchhikersHitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (Filmfilm)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', another Disney production.

* The trailer for ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Animation)|Aqua Teen Hunger Force]] [[The Movie|Colon Movie Film for Theatres]]'' went so far to identify itself as ''[[Spider-Man (Filmfilm)|Spider-Man]] 2'' in the text crawl while the narrator reads the correct name.

* One trailer appeared to be for the next [[James Bond]] movie, showing 007 onscreen. Then it turned upside down and pulled back, revealing ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]''.

* The 2011 ''[[Winnie the Pooh (FilmDisney film)|Winnie The Pooh]]'' movie came out the same weekend as ''[[Harry Potter (Film)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2]]'', and thus some Pooh ads started out with lighting text on a cloudy sky (like the ''Harry Potter'' movies) with taglines such as "Get ready for the final battle" and "How do you spell adventure?"...with cuts to Pooh running from bees and inverting a set of blocks from "[[Take That|POTR]]" to "POOH". However, in some cases, they have already shown the Walt Disney logo, which somewhat ruins the effect.

== [[Film]]: Live Action ==

* A trailer for the ''[[Scooby-Doo (film)|first live-action ''Scooby-Doo]]'' [[Live Action Adaptationfilm]] pretended to be for a ''[[Batman (Comic Book)|Batman]]'' movie -- untilmovie—until the silhouette that looked like Batman turned out to be Scooby. Supposedly, a lot of ''Batman'' fans were pissed.

** The second movie came out the same year as ''[[Star Wars|The Phantom Menace]]'' and had a trailer that started by going through the Death Star with Darth Vader breathing in the background while closing in on a chair... until the [[Chair Reveal]] has Dr. Evil sitting in it. After that, the trailer goes in more typical Austin Powers style, including the narrator saying "If you see one movie this summer... see ''Star Wars''. But if you see two, then see ''Austin Powers: The Spy That Shagged Me!''" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65LjJMqHkoc Youtube link.]

** A trailer for ''Austin Powers in Goldmember'' began in a manner similar to the opening credits of ''[[Goldfinger (Film)|Goldfinger]]''. Which in turn led MGM to sue New Line for copyright infringement. The suit was settled and in exchange, the trailer to ''[[Die Another Day (Film)|Die Another Day]]'' was attached to all prints of ''Goldmember''.

* The trailer for ''[[Dumb and Dumber|Dumb and Dumberer]]er'' disguised itself as a trailer for ''[[The Hobbit]]'', leaving every member of the audience sorely pissed.

* One ''[[Star Wars]]: [[Attack of the Clones|Episode II]]'' commercial--notcommercial—not a trailer, because trailers are [[Serious Business]] to ''[[Star Wars]]'' fans, but a simple TV commercial--seemedcommercial—seemed to start out referring to ''[[Spider-Man (Filmfilm)|Spider-Man]]'', complete with metallic webbing and the ''[[Spider-Man (Filmfilm)|Spider-Man]]'' font: "Swing into action with the summer's newest action hero!" It then cut to... Yoda, who cut a pose and did one of his little [[Cool Old Guy]] growls. Then he starts jumping and fighting Count Dooku...

* Trailers for ''[[Garfield]]: The Movie'' and ''[[Stuart Little]] 2'' imitated moments from the first ''[[Spider-Man (Filmfilm)|Spider-Man]]'' movie.

{{quote| "Deep in the African jungle lives a mysterious figure. His name is legendary. His strength is remarkable. And his theme song...[[Ear Worm|is pretty good, too.]] {{spoiler|''(cue [[George of the Jungle (Filmfilm)|George of the Jungle]] theme)''}}}}

* A trailer for the [[Live Action Adaptation|live-action]] ''[[Thunderbirds]]'' movie baited audiences with the idea of a ''[[The Incredible Hulk|Hulk]] 2'' teaser by having citizens scream and shout and the sight of something big and green before cutting to a number "2" on a green background. The camera pulled back, revealing that it was the hull of Thunderbird 2.

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CloKbXtD28 Green With Envy]" is seemingly a cliché romantic comedy starring Jason Segel and Amy Adams. {{spoiler|Then halfway through, both the narrator and Segel are baffled that the actual film featured in the trailer is ''[[The Muppets (Filmfilm)|The Muppets]]'' (2011).}}

* Commercials for ''[[Battlefield (Video Gameseries)|Battlefield]]: [[Battlefield: Bad Company (Video Game)|Bad Company]]'' spoofed ''[[Rainbow Six]]'', ''[[Gears of War]]'', and ''[[Metal Gear]]'' franchises. Usually they led the viewer on for a few moments before switching to the more "goofy" ''Bad Company'' style.