Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 18 (click to see context) from:
** The [[PlotHole plot holes]] and bad writing of ''Film/AfterEarth'' infuriates the narrator so much he [[RageQuit refuses to continue reading the script and leaves]].
to:
** The [[PlotHole plot holes]] {{plot hole}}s and bad writing of ''Film/AfterEarth'' infuriates the narrator so much he [[RageQuit refuses to continue reading the script and leaves]].
Changed line(s) 162 (click to see context) from:
** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' names Creator/{{Disney}} as "the makers of everything you know and love", referring to their ownership of Creator/{{Marvel}}, Creator/{{Pixar}} and [=LucasFilm=].
to:
** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' names Creator/{{Disney}} as "the makers of everything you know and love", referring to their ownership of Creator/{{Marvel}}, Franchise/{{Marvel|CinematicUniverse}}, Creator/{{Pixar}} and [=LucasFilm=].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 290 (click to see context) from:
** ''VideoGame/Bloodborne'' is retitled ''Loading Screen'' in reference to the long loading times:
to:
** ''VideoGame/Bloodborne'' ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' is retitled ''Loading Screen'' in reference to the long loading times:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 289 (click to see context) from:
** LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading:
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading:
** ''VideoGame/Bloodborne'' is retitled ''Loading Screen'' in reference to the long loading times:
--->'''Narrator:''' Okay... Should be done loading soon. Any second now. Is this for real? Seriously? ''Stop f*cking loading!!!''
** ''VideoGame/ReCore'' is also mocked for its long loading times. First, when the request comments appear, a loading icon appears before the last comment appears. The "Starring" section is a long list of things you could do while waiting for the game to load, like "Making a Sandwich", "Doing Your Taxes" or [[TakeThat "Playing Other Video Games"]].
** ''VideoGame/Bloodborne'' is retitled ''Loading Screen'' in reference to the long loading times:
--->'''Narrator:''' Okay... Should be done loading soon. Any second now. Is this for real? Seriously? ''Stop f*cking loading!!!''
** ''VideoGame/ReCore'' is also mocked for its long loading times. First, when the request comments appear, a loading icon appears before the last comment appears. The "Starring" section is a long list of things you could do while waiting for the game to load, like "Making a Sandwich", "Doing Your Taxes" or [[TakeThat "Playing Other Video Games"]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 17 (click to see context) from:
* EnragedByIdiocy: The narrator descends into this after listing all the plot holes in ''Film/TheMazeRunner2014''.
to:
* EnragedByIdiocy: EnragedByIdiocy:
** The [[PlotHole plot holes]] and bad writing of ''Film/AfterEarth'' infuriates the narrator so much he [[RageQuit refuses to continue reading the script and leaves]].
** The narrator descends into this after listing all the plot holes in ''Film/TheMazeRunner2014''.
** The [[PlotHole plot holes]] and bad writing of ''Film/AfterEarth'' infuriates the narrator so much he [[RageQuit refuses to continue reading the script and leaves]].
** The narrator descends into this after listing all the plot holes in ''Film/TheMazeRunner2014''.
Added DiffLines:
** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' names Creator/{{Disney}} as "the makers of everything you know and love", referring to their ownership of Creator/{{Marvel}}, Creator/{{Pixar}} and [=LucasFilm=].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 209 (click to see context) from:
** ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' credits Sif as [[VideoGame/{{Okami}} Amaterasu]], Frampt as Creator/SteveBuscemi, the Bed of Chaos as [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Groot]], Smough and Ornstein as [[ChrisFarley Farley]] and [[Creator/DavidSpade Spade]], Shalquoir as Franchise/HelloKitty, the Ancient Dragon as [[Film/TheHobbit Smaug]], and the old Fire Keeper as Creator/LindsayLohan.
to:
** ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' credits Sif as [[VideoGame/{{Okami}} Amaterasu]], Frampt as Creator/SteveBuscemi, the Bed of Chaos as [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Groot]], Smough and Ornstein as [[ChrisFarley [[Creator/ChrisFarley Farley]] and [[Creator/DavidSpade Spade]], Shalquoir as Franchise/HelloKitty, the Ancient Dragon as [[Film/TheHobbit Smaug]], and the old Fire Keeper as Creator/LindsayLohan.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ManlyTears: The Honest Trailer for ''Series/TheFlash2014'' mentions Creator/KevinSmith's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_lGaBPbJLM being driven to tears]] by the series' [[Tearjerker/TheFlash2014 emotional first season finale]]. The narrator also struggles to hold back tears about the same scene.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* EvilLawyerJoke: The title of "most inherently evil main character you've ever played" of course goes to ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 112 (click to see context) from:
** The trailer for ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' neatly lampshades that Lex Luthor's evil plan is very much this trope.
to:
** The trailer for ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' neatly lampshades that Lex Luthor's evil plan is very much this trope.trope, to the point the narrator asks for a list to recount its steps.
Changed line(s) 114 (click to see context) from:
** Zemo's plan in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' is just as much a gambit roulette.
to:
** Zemo's plan in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' is just as much much, complete with the narrator asking for a gambit roulette.similar list to the above.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 111 (click to see context) from:
* GambitRoulette: The trailer for ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' neatly lampshades that Lex Luthor's evil plan is very much this trope.
to:
* GambitRoulette: The GambitRoulette:
**The trailer for ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' neatly lampshades that Lex Luthor's evil plan is very much this trope.
**The trailer for ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' neatly lampshades that Lex Luthor's evil plan is very much this trope.
Added DiffLines:
**Zemo's plan in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' is just as much a gambit roulette.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 171 (click to see context) from:
** ''The Lord of the Rings'' has so much manly compassion that you'll think you're watching ''[[Film/BrokebackMountain Brokeback]] [[IncrediblyLamePun Mount Doom]]''.
to:
** ''The Lord of the Rings'' has so much manly compassion that you'll think you're watching ''[[Film/BrokebackMountain Brokeback]] [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} Mount Doom]]''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** The narrator clearly has a thing for Captain America, as evidenced by the trailer for ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''.
---> '''Narrator:''' Ninety years old and this guy is still a virgin? Someone please have sex with Captain America already. Hell, you know what? I'll do it! I'll bend over right now!
---> '''Narrator:''' Ninety years old and this guy is still a virgin? Someone please have sex with Captain America already. Hell, you know what? I'll do it! I'll bend over right now!
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** The ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' trailer refers to Bucky and Steve's friendship as the "greatest love story of all" and notes that he spends time "pining" over Bucky while ignoring that both Sam and Tony would make "perfectly good boyfriends".
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 360 (click to see context) from:
** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', Creator/ChrisEvans is referred to as a beefcake and the narrator volunteers to finally take Captain America's virginity.
to:
** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', Creator/ChrisEvans is referred to as a beefcake and the narrator volunteers to finally take have sex with Captain America's virginity. America.
---> '''Narrator:''' Ninety years old and this guy is still a virgin? Someone please have sex with Captain America already. Hell, you know what? I'll do it! I'll bend over right now!
---> '''Narrator:''' Ninety years old and this guy is still a virgin? Someone please have sex with Captain America already. Hell, you know what? I'll do it! I'll bend over right now!
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', Creator/ChrisEvans is referred to as a beefcake and the narrator volunteers to finally take Captain America's virginity.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 17 (click to see context) from:
* EnragedByIdiocy: The narrator descends into this after listing all the plot holes in ''Film/TheMazeRunner''.
to:
* EnragedByIdiocy: The narrator descends into this after listing all the plot holes in ''Film/TheMazeRunner''.''Film/TheMazeRunner2014''.
Changed line(s) 57 (click to see context) from:
* FlatCharacter: [[invoked]] ''Film/TheMazeRunner'' has Thomas, "the handsome, brave protagonist... and that's really all there is to say about him."
to:
* FlatCharacter: [[invoked]] ''Film/TheMazeRunner'' ''Film/TheMazeRunner2014'' has Thomas, "the handsome, brave protagonist... and that's really all there is to say about him."
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* EnragedByIdiocy: The narrator descends into this after listing all the plot holes in ''Film/TheMazeRunner''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* FlatCharacter: [[invoked]] ''Film/TheMazeRunner'' has Thomas, "the handsome, brave protagonist... and that's really all there is to say about him."
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** Averted in the Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'', in which the directors and writers of the film, Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez, are credited as the directors and writers of said film, "and not much else," while showing their [=IMDb=] credits page, that shows that beside ''Blair Witch''-related media, they've thus far only wrote for relatively unknown films.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'' credits director Creator/EdgarWright as the director of [[Film/BloodAndIceCreamTrilogy the Cornetto Trilogy]] and "an unspecified amount of ''Film/AntMan''", referring to how Wright was replaced as director during the production.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 74 (click to see context) from:
--->'''Narrator: This movie basically invented catfishing, good job.'''
to:
Changed line(s) 112 (click to see context) from:
** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrothers'': In the Starring section, [[VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} Olimar]] is credited as "Salad Tosser".
to:
** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrothers'': ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'': In the Starring section, [[VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} Olimar]] is credited as "Salad Tosser".
Changed line(s) 340 (click to see context) from:
* MovesetClone: The Honest Game Trailer for ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrothers'' credits such playable characters, such as Link's counterparts [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Young Link]] and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker Link]], as "Film/AttackOfTheClones".
to:
* MovesetClone: The Honest Game Trailer for ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrothers'' ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' credits such playable characters, such as Link's counterparts [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Young Link]] and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker Link]], as "Film/AttackOfTheClones".
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' mentions its viral marketing made of Missing Persons posters that accidentally had people believing ''the actors'' were missing and inspired the viral marketing tactics used today.
--->'''Narrator: This movie basically invented catfishing, good job.'''
--->'''Narrator: This movie basically invented catfishing, good job.'''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 7 (click to see context) from:
* EarWorm[[invoked]]:
to:
* EarWorm[[invoked]]: EarWorm: [[invoked]]
Changed line(s) 247,248 (click to see context) from:
** ''The Hunger Games'' takes place in "a dystopian future, where the rich dress like second rate Music/{{Lady Gaga}}s in cities left over from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', while the poor struggle for survival in unnecessary shaky-cam, but can still somehow afford futuristic [[BuffySpeak projection thingies]]."
** The Honest Trailer for Film/TheBourneSeries describes the intense, up-close and shaky photography of the fight scenes as "strapping a [=GoPro=] to a meth head":
** The Honest Trailer for Film/TheBourneSeries describes the intense, up-close and shaky photography of the fight scenes as "strapping a [=GoPro=] to a meth head":
to:
** The Honest Trailer for ''The Hunger Games'' takes place states that in "a dystopian future, where the rich dress like second rate Music/{{Lady Gaga}}s in cities left over from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', while the it "the poor struggle for survival in unnecessary shaky-cam, but can still somehow afford futuristic [[BuffySpeak projection thingies]]."
** The Honest Trailer forFilm/TheBourneSeries the ''Film/MissionImpossible'' film series cites "shaky cam" as what Creator/JJAbrams brought to ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII''.
** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheBourneSeries'' describes the intense, up-close and shaky photography of the fight scenes as "strapping a [=GoPro=] to a meth head":
** The Honest Trailer for
** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheBourneSeries'' describes the intense, up-close and shaky photography of the fight scenes as "strapping a [=GoPro=] to a meth head":
Deleted line(s) 313 (click to see context) :
* MistakenForPedophile: the honest trailer for ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'' points out how child actor Neel Sethi spend a lot of time on the set dressed in only a loincloth while interacting with many adult men that served as stand ins for the CGI animals. While the trailer doesn’t explicitly accuse any of them of being pedophiles, it does tease with the idea.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 312 (click to see context) from:
** The trailer for ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' remarks how odd it was that the movie was made into action figures for kids when it's so violent and unchildfriendly, showing a clip of a commercial.
to:
** The trailer for ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' remarks how odd it was that the movie was made into action figures for kids when it's so violent and unchildfriendly, showing a clip of a commercial. The trailer for ''Film/RoboCop1987'' does the same.
* MistakenForPedophile: the honest trailer for ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'' points out how child actor Neel Sethi spend a lot of time on the set dressed in only a loincloth while interacting with many adult men that served as stand ins for the CGI animals. While the trailer doesn’t explicitly accuse any of them of being pedophiles, it does tease with the idea.
* MistakenForPedophile: the honest trailer for ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'' points out how child actor Neel Sethi spend a lot of time on the set dressed in only a loincloth while interacting with many adult men that served as stand ins for the CGI animals. While the trailer doesn’t explicitly accuse any of them of being pedophiles, it does tease with the idea.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 72 (click to see context) from:
** While the Honest Trailer for ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' is very positive about it, it also points out how the film became an early example of [[{{Sequelitis}} unnecessary sequels to great movies]] [[FranchiseZombie that just keep coming]] and [[FollowTheLeader crappy shark horror movies]].
to:
** While the Honest Trailer for ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' is very positive about it, it also points out how the film became an early example of [[{{Sequelitis}} great movies getting unnecessary sequels to great movies]] sequels]] [[FranchiseZombie that just keep coming]] coming whether viewers want them or not]] and [[FollowTheLeader inspired countless crappy shark horror movies]].
Changed line(s) 246 (click to see context) from:
* JitterCam: ''The Hunger Games'' takes place in "a dystopian future, where the rich dress like second rate Music/{{Lady Gaga}}s in cities left over from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', while the poor struggle for survival in unnecessary shaky-cam, but can still somehow afford futuristic [[BuffySpeak projection thingies]]."
to:
* JitterCam: JitterCam:
** ''The Hunger Games'' takes place in "a dystopian future, where the rich dress like second rate Music/{{Lady Gaga}}s in cities left over from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', while the poor struggle for survival in unnecessary shaky-cam, but can still somehow afford futuristic [[BuffySpeak projection thingies]].""
** The Honest Trailer for Film/TheBourneSeries describes the intense, up-close and shaky photography of the fight scenes as "strapping a [=GoPro=] to a meth head":
--->'''Narrator:''' Man, that is shaky. This is really hard to follow, guys. I'm getting kinda dizzy. Eugh, why did I think it was a good idea to sit in the front row? Oh, I think I'm gonna be sick! ''[chokes]''
** ''The Hunger Games'' takes place in "a dystopian future, where the rich dress like second rate Music/{{Lady Gaga}}s in cities left over from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', while the poor struggle for survival in unnecessary shaky-cam, but can still somehow afford futuristic [[BuffySpeak projection thingies]].
** The Honest Trailer for Film/TheBourneSeries describes the intense, up-close and shaky photography of the fight scenes as "strapping a [=GoPro=] to a meth head":
--->'''Narrator:''' Man, that is shaky. This is really hard to follow, guys. I'm getting kinda dizzy. Eugh, why did I think it was a good idea to sit in the front row? Oh, I think I'm gonna be sick! ''[chokes]''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1 (click to see context) from:
[[HonestTrailers/TropesAToD A – D]] | '''E – M''' | [[HonestTrailers/TropesNToR N – R]] | [[HonestTrailers/TropesSToZ S – Z]]
to:
[[WebVideo/HonestTrailers Main Page]] | [[HonestTrailers/TropesAToD A – D]] | '''E – M''' | [[HonestTrailers/TropesNToR N – R]] | [[HonestTrailers/TropesSToZ S – Z]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 157 (click to see context) from:
* HollywoodHacking: The trailer for the Emmy’s praises ''Series/MrRobot'' for showing one of the most realistic displays of computer hacking ever, but admits that this isn’t really saying much considering that the bar wasn’t really high, followed by scenes from several other series that play this trope ridiculously straight.
to:
* HollywoodHacking: The trailer for the Emmy’s Emmys praises ''Series/MrRobot'' for showing one of the most realistic displays of computer hacking ever, but admits that this isn’t isn't really saying much considering that the bar wasn’t wasn't really high, followed by scenes from several other series such as ''Series/{{Chuck}}'', ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', and ''Series/{{Castle}}'', that play this trope ridiculously straight.
Changed line(s) 175 (click to see context) from:
--->'''Narrator:''' Squeeze into the giant beeewbssss of Lara Croft, the TIT-tular character of this swollen series, that the developers can't stop milking.
to:
Changed line(s) 184 (click to see context) from:
* [[invoked]]IAmNotShazam: "Meet [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Link]], the iconic hero idiots still refer to as Zelda." Ironically, the narrator still credits him as Zelda.
to:
* [[invoked]]IAmNotShazam: IAmNotShazam: [[invoked]] "Meet [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Link]], the iconic hero idiots still refer to as Zelda." Ironically, the narrator still credits him as Zelda.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1 (click to see context) from:
[[HonestTrailers/TropesAToD A - D]] | '''E - M''' | [[HonestTrailers/TropesNToR N - R]] | [[HonestTrailers/TropesSToZ S - Z]]
to:
[[HonestTrailers/TropesAToD A - – D]] | '''E - – M''' | [[HonestTrailers/TropesNToR N - – R]] | [[HonestTrailers/TropesSToZ S - – Z]]
Changed line(s) 251 (click to see context) from:
[[folder:K - L]]
to:
[[folder:K - – L]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** The Honest Trailer for ''{{Film/Gladiator}}'' points out how this movie made the SwordAndSandal genre popular again, leading to films like ''{{Film/Troy}}'', the ''[[Film/ClashOfTheTitans2010 Clash of the Titans remake]]'', and yet another Ben Hur.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
[[HonestTrailers/TropesAToD A - D]] | '''E - M''' | [[HonestTrailers/TropesNToR N - R]] | [[HonestTrailers/TropesSToZ S - Z]]
----[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:E]]
* EarlyGameHell: [[invoked]] The Honest Game Trailer for ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' describes learning how to play the game as "learning how to swim by getting thrown into a shark tank with a lifevest made of ham".
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their trailer for ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' is spoken with much more enthusiasm than we'd see later, and it was narrated by comedian Ptolemy Slocum, instead of Gannon Nickell or Jon Bailey. It also doesn't have the "Starring" part at the end. And expectedly, it doesn't have the "something to say with my awesome voice" bit.
* EarWorm[[invoked]]:
** They criticize the song "My Heart Will Go On" in ''Titanic'', that "stupid f***ing song that briefly tricked you into thinking Music/CelineDion was hot."
--->'''Celine Dion:''' Near... Far... whereever you are...
--->'''Narrator:''' Good luck getting ''that'' out of your head!
** ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'s'' "Let It Go", or as they sung it "Get it ouuut, get it ouuut, get this song out of my head!"
** Similarly, 'Under the Sea" from ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'': "You'll never get it out your head, you'll sing the words until you are dead! Even when you sleep, it plays on repeat, it's so catchy!"
* EndingFatigue[[invoked]]: {{Parodied|Trope}} at the end of their ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' trailer, which [[OverlyLongGag ends three times]].
** Second ending: "A film that took so much of Peter Jackson's life, he didn't want it to end, prompting ''five'' completely separate endings that go on and on forever, making it really hard to hold in your pee."
** Third ending: "A film with such fake emotional states, Gandalf will sacrifice himself for his friends, only to [[UnexplainedRecovery somehow come back to life]], making it not really a sacrifice. And a story where the protagonists can't win their own battles without [[DeusExMachina convenient]] ghost armies, living trees, and magical eagles.
-->'''Narrator:''' Ugh, I can't believe we're only halfway through with this Peter Jackson nerdgasm.
* EsotericHappyEnding: [[invoked]] In ''Film/GoneGirl'', "Ben Affleck will get his revenge [on [[spoiler:his vicious sociopath of a wife]]] by [[spoiler: staying with her to start a family]]?"
-->'''Narrator:''' What!? Why would he ''do'' that!? Run, dude!
* EvenTheGuysWantHim:
** Both narrators ''really'' wanted [[Film/TheHungerGames Katniss to choose Gale instead of Peeta]].
--->'''Gannon Nickell:''' I mean, [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday I'm not gay]], but I would totally [[CensoredForComedy s*** Gale's d***!]]\\
'''Jon Bailey:''' I would totally choose Gale... ah, I mean, if I were Katniss... ah, screw it! Gale is hot and I would make out with that face in a heartbeat!
** Also, [[Film/TheForceAwakens Poe Dameron]], [[spoiler:who both agree has a beautiful face and that is a high point of the movie.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: The narrator will read even the most embarrassing comments (such as "I wear poopy pants!") absolutely deadpan, but comments that screw with his taste in movies ("I LIKED ''Film/{{Fantastic Four|2015}}''", "Creator/MNightShyamalan is the greatest director of all time", "Jar-Jar Binks is the greatest ''Franchise/StarWars'' character") will cause him noticeable cringe and he will sometimes even refuse to read them.
* EvilLaugh: In the ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' trailer, while explaining the first two games' NintendoHard difficulty:
-->'''Narrator:''' ...because masochism is what video games were about in UsefulNotes/TheNineties. No big deal if you die, though. You could always just respawn at the last checkpoint... AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE LEVEL! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Honest Trailer for ''Film/WorldWarZ'' finds it so painfully generic it's simply retitled ''Creator/BradPitt Zombie Movie''.
* ExactWords:
** In the closing section of the ''Film/{{Taken}}'' video, when performing fan-requested lines, he responds to a comment asking "say you're a smelly pirate hooker in your next video" by saying "You're a smelly pirate hooker in your next video."
** At times he'll even say exactly what they request, but also add a little something extra. For example, in the ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' trailer, the last request is "I liked ''Film/{{Fantastic Four|2015}}''!" He says it, but immediately adds "Uh, no, I didn't!", and later he responds to a request that tells him to say "''Anime/FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin'' is one of the best sci-fi movies ever made" by saying just that... while adding on "[[TakeThat said no one ever]]." And eventually, a request for "Creator/MNightShyamalan is the greatest director ever" has the narrator struggling to say it, and retching upon conclusion. A similar request for "Jar Jar Binks is the best ''Star Wars'' character" has the narrator struggling to say it again, but in that case he refused to finish it.
** In the ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' trailer, a user named [=DeathBySausage=] left a request saying "Say my username". So the narrator says "my username".
[[/folder]]
[[folder:F]]
* FailedASpotCheck:
** In ''The Dark Knight Rises'', the narrator makes note that Bruce Wayne apparently "never conducts background checks on his maids or his board members."
** In ''Series/BreakingBad'', Hank Schrader is Walter White's "brother-in-law cop [[CannotTellAJoke who's terrible at telling jokes]], and even worse at recognizing that his own family is running a crystal meth empire."
** In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', the narrator notes a "racially unbiased police force" as one of the more unrealistic aspects of the city... while showing as an example a black guy wandering around with a ''rocket launcher'' in hand in front of a cop while said cop does nothing. Apparently, the city has no gun control laws or even weapons ordinances either, and it never occurs to the police to worry about seeing people carrying military-grade weapons around unless they actually start using them.
* FakeNationality: [[invoked]] Pointed out in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', "journey to 1970s Canada, [[AnachronismStew where everyone dresses like it's 2009]], and ''[[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent no one]]'' [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent has a Canadian accent]]."
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: InUniverse, the trailer for ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' says the movie "teaches girls that they don't need a prince to rescue them because all men are disgusting loners (Kristoff), greedy murderers (the Duke of Weselton), or lying, manipulative, power-hungry sociopaths (Prince Hans)."
* FanDisservice: The narrator's love for boobs finally catches up to him in the second ''Series/GameOfThrones'' trailer, where Cersei's public shaming removes pretty much any titillation seeing her naked might have had. And then he sees [[spoiler:Melisandre]]'s boobs.
-->'''Narrator:''' AH! My eyes! [[BrainBleach They burn!]]
* FanonDiscontinuity: [[invoked]] At [[TheStinger the very, very end]] (as in, ''five seconds'' before the end of the video) of the Honest Trailer for ''[[Film/TheBourneSeries The Bourne Trilogy]]'' (''[[Film/TheBourneIdentity Identity]]'', ''[[Film/TheBourneSupremacy Supremacy]]'', and ''[[Film/TheBourneUltimatum Ultimatum]]''), the narrator realizes they forgot that there was [[Film/TheBourneLegacy a fourth movie]] starring Creator/JeremyRenner ("admit it, you did too").
* FatComicRelief:
** Sums up Kevin James in ''Film/GrownUps''.
--->'''Narrator:''' [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Fat Kevin James is fat!]] ''[montage of Kevin James making fat jokes]'' Did we mention he's totally ''fat''?
** Also Fat Amy in ''Film/PitchPerfect''.
--->'''Narrator:''' If it seems mean-spirited and lazy to laugh at a girl for being fat, don't worry! She does it to herself, so it's totally okay! ''[montage of Fat Amy making fat jokes]'' Hehe! Get it? She's ''fat''!
* FemaleGaze: Referring to Lewis who "can't resist male nudity" in ''Film/RoboCop1987'': "Baaawllz!"
* FightSceneFailure: [[invoked]] The ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'' video mocks the movie for the ridiculously filmed fight scenes between Superman and Nuclear Man, describing them as "some of the most poorly executed sissy fights ever put to celluloid".
* FirstWorldProblems: In ''Film/GrownUps'':
--> "Adam Sandler has Adam Sandler problems: he's too rich, and his wife is too hot."
** Also done with Jasmine in ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', who has "the ultimate first world problem."
* FiveManBand: In ''Fast Five'', "to pull off one last job, Dom will have to gather everyone's favorite heist movie stereotypes: [[TheAce The hunky mastermind]], [[TheSmartGuy the nerd]], the Creator/BernieMac, [[FunnyForeigner the guy who can't speak English]], and [[BigEater the guy who's constantly snacking]].
* {{Flanderization}}: The Narrator notes that, as the ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' franchise continued, the "cool, well-thought-out traps" of the [[Film/SawI first movie]] "turned into complete parodies of themselves", and "[[GoryDiscretionShot horrific violence happening offscreen]]" became "the star of the franchise".
* FollowTheLeader: [[invoked]]
** ''Film/WorldWarZ'' arrives "InAWorld where zombies have already infected every facet of pop culture, comes... another zombie movie. But this time... it's got Creator/BradPitt!"
** The Epic Voice Guy stops the trailer of ''Film/{{Divergent}}'' ''twice'' to remark how similar the plot is to ''Film/TheHungerGames''.
** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/DieHard'' points out how the film {{Inverted|Trope}} this by casting Creator/BruceWillis, "who looks like your dad", as the lead of an action movie in an age when other movies of the genre usually starred [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger huge]], [[Creator/DolphLundgren muscular]] [[Creator/SylvesterStallone giants]].
* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Or in the case of [[Film/PacificRim Gipsy Danger]], forgot about their {{game break|er}}ing [[{{BFS}} sword]].
* FranchiseKiller: [[invoked]]
** Namedropped in ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', which killed off the campier, lighter Creator/JoelSchumacher Batman films and prompted [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga a darker and more grounded reboot]].
** The ending of ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' is "an extended dinosaur money shot that we all thought had killed the franchise. But we had ''no idea'' what was coming." Cue Grant's nightmare on the plane in [[Film/JurassicParkIII the next film]] when a raptor addresses him by name.
** The ''VideoGame/StarFoxZero'' trailer calls it "the final nail in the coffin for [[VideoGame/StarFox a beloved franchise]]'', citing the difficult control scheme that makes the game really hard to play.
* FranchiseOriginalSin:
** Invoked regarding ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', "an amazing film with horrible consequences", namely, the overvaluing of sequels, stars and CGI that has only incrementally improved since then, rather than the story that made all those things work.
** In the ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]'' trailer, the narrator points out the similarities in {{Wangst}} between Mark Hamill's role as Luke Skywalker and Hayden Christensen's [[AngstDissonance controversial]] portrayal as Anakin. In the same video, he points out that the movie turned Hollwood towards similar special effect-filled action blockbusters, which were a huge deal at the time but are now released every single year.
** The Honest Game Trailer for ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' remarks how the games established several first person shooter gameplay features that some feel nerfed the genre by making the games too easy, such as regenerating health and frequent checkpoints.
--->'''Narrator:''' Back in my day, when we died, we played the whole level all over again. It was super-boring and we liked it!
** The Honest Game Trailer for ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' shows how the game set the tone for several later third person shooter games with huge, muscular protagonists and brownish color filters.
** While the Honest Trailer for ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' is very positive about it, it also points out how the film became an early example of [[{{Sequelitis}} unnecessary sequels to great movies]] [[FranchiseZombie that just keep coming]] and [[FollowTheLeader crappy shark horror movies]].
* FranchiseZombie: [[invoked]]
** The ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' trailer describes the series' transition into this:
--->'''Narrator:''' Buckle your swash for ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl Curse of the Black Pearl]]'', a straightforward adventure romp [[FirstInstallmentWins that everyone loved]]. Then ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest Dead Man's Chest]]'', that everyone [[SoOkayItsAverage was sort of on board for]], [...] ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd At World's End]]'', that everyone was totally fed up with, [...]. And ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides On Stranger Tides]]'', that finally got- [[DoubleTake Wait, they made a fourth one?!]] ''[sighs]'' How many of these things can they do? [[AdaptationExpansion They're based on a theme park ride, for fuck's sake]].
** The narrator's opinion of the ''Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' games in general, to the point where the Honest Game Trailer of [[Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3 the third game]] has a DescriptionCut of "[[LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}} the franchise's own Jesus]]" ranting that he doesn't think there should be a fourth game.
** The ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' games, which started out with good games, but has since produced countless lesser ones ranging from mediocre to bad and which the narrator describes as the result of "beating a dead horse for two decades".
--->'''Narrator:''' Seriously, you know your franchise has a problem when [[VideoGame/SonicAndSegaAllStarsRacing the car-racing spinoffs]] are the high point.
* FreezeFrameBonus: All of Lex Luthor's MissingStepsPlan from ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', finishing with:
-->24. Hopefully Batman kills Superman.\\
25. If Batman doesn't kill Superman, hopefully Doomsday kills Superman.\\
26. Sit back and run the company until daddy comes back.
--->a. If Superman survives, I'm screwed.\\
b. If Lois Lane survives, I'm screwed.\\
[[DidNotThinkThisThrough c. If Doomsday survives, I'm screwed and so is the planet.]]\\
[[ComplexityAddiction d. If any one thing in this impossibly intricate plan over which I have almost no control over anyone's actions goes wrong, I'm screwed.]]\\
e. DON'T FORGET THE JOLLY RANCHERS!!!
* FreudianSlip: In the ''Film/TopGun'' trailer, the narrator tries to impersonate an easily impressionable consumer of military propaganda after mentioning all the things "you love about present-day America", but his attempt doesn't go as smoothly as he'd hoped.
-->'''Narrator:''' Hell yeah! Let's go kiss some dudes! I mean, kiss some ass! I, I mean, buy some planes! Yeah, that's what I meant.
* FridgeLogic: Invoked often.
** "[[Film/TheDarkKnight Wait, why didn't they just blame the Joker for all these deaths?]] He's been killing people for the entire movie!"
** "[[Film/{{Inception}} If Cobb couldn't enter the country, couldn't Michael Caine just fly the kids out to him?]] Oh, whatever."
** "So wait, [[Film/TheNotebook he wrote her hundreds of letters]] but couldn't just call her once?"
** ''Harry Potter'': "If magic is supposed to be secret, why is there a doorway in the most highly-trafficked subway station in London? Why are all the bad boys in one house? Why don't they just expel them? And why isn't it disturbing that this rat on Ron's lap is actually [[spoiler:a grown man]]?"
** And in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' video, [[spoiler:WebVideo/RedLetterMedia appears to pick apart its plot holes just like they did with ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'']].
** Done in the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' with the fact that keeping the doors closed takes more energy than keeping them open, only for Bonnie to JumpScare him ''([[RunningGag again]])''.
** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'': They point out that [[spoiler:despite having infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. all the way to the upper ranks]], HYDRA made no attempt to stop Fury from reviving Captain America and forming the Avengers, despite the fact that this would pose a threat to their future plans.
* FreudWasRight: {{Invoked|Trope}} about the Kryptonian ships "shaped like wangs" from ''Film/ManOfSteel''.
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: [[invoked]] ''Film/IndependenceDay'', "the film that made blowing up American landmarks cool....until 9/11."
[[/folder]]
[[folder:G]]
* GRatedSex: The IntercourseWithYou song and "Do Me Eyes" in ''Disney/TheLionKing''.
* GagCensor: During the trailer for ''Titanic'', Rose's breast during the nude scene is censored by James Cameron's face.
* GambitRoulette: The trailer for ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' neatly lampshades that Lex Luthor's evil plan is very much this trope.
--->If any one thing in this impossibly intricate plan over which I have almost no control over anyone's actions goes wrong, I'm screwed.
* GenreThrowback: ''Film/TheExpendables'', "the only [=80s=] action movie to come out in 2010".
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'': "Bang you way through a children's game full of sexually ambiguous supporting characters like: this naked old troll man ''[shows Darunia]'', this little fish girl with her bluebs out ''[shows Ruto]'', this crossdressing princess ''[shows Sheik]'', this ButchLesbian ''[shows Impa]'', and whatever the hell these things are supposed to be ''[shows a Great Fairy]''... ughh."
** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrothers'': In the Starring section, [[VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} Olimar]] is credited as "Salad Tosser".
* GilliganCut:
** For ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', we have this:
--->'''Narrator:''' So traverse the light, and fulfill your destiny... as one of the A-holes who won't shut up about beating the game. Oh, good for you, do it with a Rockband controller, then we'll talk.\\
''[shows actual footage of a player beating the Darklurker with a Rockband guitar controller]''\\
'''Narrator:''' Okay, wow.
** In the ''VideoGame/Starcraft2'' Honest Trailer, the narrator describes the combat system as being marking the units and right-clicking on the enemy.
--->'''Narrator:''' Pssht, how hard can that be?\\
''[video clip of a guy playing the game and typing at ''lightning-fast'' speed]''\\
'''Narrator:''' Uuuhhh... ''yikes''.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: The narrator's take on ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'' redefining the original story's concept of "true love's kiss" as being between Maleficent and Aurora:
-->'''Narrator:''' If your movie comes after ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'', true love only exists between two girls. ''[{{beat}}]'' Aw yeah.
* GrowingTheBeard: [[invoked]] ''[[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier Captain America: He's Cool Now.]]''
* GunPorn:
** Rather than give characters funny nicknames, the Starring part of the Honest Trailer for ''VideoGame/TheDivision'' lists a bunch of pimped-out firearms and, at the end of the list, just calls the bland, non-descript characters in the game "Whatever".
** The ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'' Honest Trailer lists the many kinds of cartoonish guns featured in the games.
* GushingAboutShowsYouLike: [[invoked]]
** While there were cases in which the narrator admitted that he liked a movie before, he really has almost nothing but good things to say about ''Film/DieHard'':
--->'''Narrator:''' What, you thought we were gonna crap on ''Die Hard''? The guy's tank top is in the Smithsonian, for crying out loud! This movie is frickin' perfect!
** Invoked and parodied in their April Fools' Day video of 2015, when they did a gushingly positive Honest Game Trailer for the long awaited and [[{{Vaporware}} non-existing]] ''VideoGame/HalfLife 3'', describing it as a gamer's wet dream featuring [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover massive crossovers]] with other franchises such as ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'', ''Series/GameOfThrones'', ''Franchise/DragonBall'' and [[Creator/DwayneJohnson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]], and features like Oculus Rift support, a mechanic allowing players to record their own dialogue, and long awaited sequels to ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' and ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''.
** The Narrator goes into total {{Squee}} mode during the physical stunts of ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''.
* GutturalGrowler:
** ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' is described as "a gritty continuation of Batman....and his ongoing battle with throat cancer."
** In ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes'', the narrator describes Andy Serkis' performance as Caesar as "doing his best Creator/ChristianBale ''Batman'' impression".
[[/folder]]
[[folder:H]]
* HarsherInHindsight: Pointed out InUniverse in the trailer for ''Film/{{Godzilla 1998}}'' when it talks about [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece how 90's the movie is]].
-->'''Narrator:''' Uncomfortable... twin... tower references...\\
'''Reporter:''' The worst act of destruction since the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_World_Trade_Center_bombing World Trade Center bombing]].\\
'''Narrator:''' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks Uhh... umm...]] Le- Let's just get to starring.
* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial "I mean I'm not gay]], [[IfItsYouItsOkay but I'd totally suck Gale's dick."]]
* HeAlsoDid: [[invoked]]
** In the trailer for ''Man of Steel'', where Creator/ZackSnyder is introduced as "The guy who directed ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGaHoole''" as opposed to his more famous films like ''Film/ThreeHundred'' or ''Film/{{Watchmen}}''.
** Similarily, in their ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' trailer, rather than as creator of ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'', director David Jaffe gets credited for his work on ''VideoGame/MickeyMania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse''.
** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/StarTrek'' credits Creator/JJAbrams as the maker of the then-unreleased seventh ''Star Wars'' movie (''Film/TheForceAwakens'') and ''Series/{{Felicity}}''.
** The trailer for ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' helpfully reminds us that the songwriting duo of this Disney film were the minds behind "[[Theater/TheBookOfMormon Hasa Diga Eebowai]]."[[note]]"Fuck You, God"[[/note]]
** The trailer for ''Film/TheExpendables'' credits Creator/SylvesterStallone as the star of ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'', ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' and ''The Italian Stallion'', the last of which is [[IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney a softcore porn movie he did]] years before his mainstream acting career took off.[[note]]It was originally titled ''The Party at Kitty and Stud's'', but was retitled to reference Stallone to capitalize on the success of ''Rocky''[[/note]]
** The ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' Honest Trailer mentions that Creator/GeorgeMiller, the director of this hardcore, gritty action movie, also directed the considerably cuddlier ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeet'' and ''Film/BabePigInTheCity''.
** The ''[[Literature/{{Divergent}} The Divergent Series: Insurgent]]'' Honest Trailer names director Robert Schwenke and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman as the director of ''Film/{{RIPD}}'' and screenwriter of ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', respectively, instead of movies they were credited with that were much better received, such as Schwenke's ''Film/{{Red}}'' and Goldsman's ''Film/CinderellaMan''[[note]]Which was nominated for a [=BAFTA=] for best screenplay[[/note]] and ''Film/ABeautifulMind''.[[note]]Which won an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for best adapted screenplay[[/note]]
** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/FantasticFour2015'' names director Creator/JoshTrank as the director of ''Film/{{Chronicle}}'' and "a fantastic version of this movie you'll probably never see", referring to the infamous tweet Trank posted shortly before the movie's release.
* HesBack: ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' Honest Trailer sees the return of the original Epic Voice Guy Gannon Nickell. [[spoiler: During TheStinger, the one-off Epic Voice Guys from the ''Avatar'' and ''The Phantom Menance'' trailers also appear.]]
* HeelRealization: In the Honest Game Trailer for ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'': "Wait... am ''I'' the ''bad guy''?!"
* HeroAntagonist: In the ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' trailer, Elsa leads the list of people Anna teams up with to save the day ''and'' the list of villains Anna must defeat in her journey.
* HeroInsurance: Batman, "[[Film/TheDarkKnight a silent guardian]] who doesn't give a [[CensoredForComedy f*ck]](!) about racking up millions of dollars in peoples' personal damages."
* HeroicBSOD: The Narrator completely despairs upon seeing [[Film/SpiderMan3 Emo Peter dancing]].
* HilariousInHindsight: Invoked in the Honest Trailer for ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'', referencing Marvel's less than stellar attempts at live-action in the 70s-80s at the end, with the narrator commenting on how they'll never figure out how to make [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse decent adaptations]]. The same joke is invoked in their later Honest Trailer for ''Film/CaptainAmerica1990''.
* HollywoodHacking: The trailer for the Emmy’s praises ''Series/MrRobot'' for showing one of the most realistic displays of computer hacking ever, but admits that this isn’t really saying much considering that the bar wasn’t really high, followed by scenes from several other series that play this trope ridiculously straight.
* HollywoodHistory: "[[UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic Based on the tragedy]] that inspired thousands of heartbreaking true stories comes [[Film/{{Titanic 1997}} this fake one]]."
* HollywoodNerd: "[[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan Peter Parker]] was just an attractive, intelligent, likable, athletic, well-dressed teenage loser."
* HostileShowTakeover: Two thirds of the way through the ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'' trailer, the narrator suddenly wonders why the rest of the script is in Chinese... only for a Chinese spokeswoman to hijack his role and narrate the rest of the trailer with English subtitles.
* HowIsThatEvenPossible: The narrator's comment about Batman's cell phone surveillance system in ''The Dark Knight'', which downloads an infinite amount of data that's instantly transmitted wirelessly to Batman's eyes. "Hhmph, how is that possible? It takes me five minutes to download ''VideoGame/AngryBirds''."
* HoYay: [[invoked]]
** ''The Lord of the Rings'' has so much manly compassion that you'll think you're watching ''[[Film/BrokebackMountain Brokeback]] [[IncrediblyLamePun Mount Doom]]''.
** The narrator's opinion of the friendship in ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' between Morpheus and Neo, calling Morpheus "the other love of Neo's life"..
** The ''Film/TopGun'' trailer mentions how much the movie "cranks up the homosexual undertones, as every other dude in the movie tries to make hot steamy love to each other". Cue several lines and scenes from the film that could be interpreted as such.
** ''Disney/TheLionKing'' trailer calls Timon and Pumbaa a same-sex couple. "[[NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat Not that there's a problem with that...]]"
** The ''Film/XMen'' trailer refers to several of the handsome young fellows there as "[[TheTwink Twiiinks!]]"
** In ''Film/ThreeHundred'' they point things like: "Men wearing thongs, men getting speared with phallic objetcs, men holding hands, men holding men tenderly from behind, men letting it hang, men getting all wet in the rain, men getting all sweaty on the beach, men playing two flutes at the same time".
** ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious Fast Five]]'' is said to include, as any other film in the series, overt homoeroticism (shows Dom and Hobbs staring at each other, romantic music playing in the background).
** In ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'': "So experience a more modern take on ''Literature/SleepingBeauty'', where we learn the most important lesson of all: If your movie comes out after ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'', true love only exists between two girls. ''[shows Maleficent kissing a sleeping Aurora in the forehead in Aurora's chamber]'' ''Awww yeah.''"
** The ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' trailer describes the games as "three homoerotic bro-fest pain trains".[[note]]The narrator doesn't consider ''Gears of War: Judgment'' a real part of the series.[[/note]]
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: The Narrator comes to realize this with the hero in ''VideoGame/MineCraft''.
-->'''Narrator:''' ... a story about a little blue man who punches a tree, then punches some dirt, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick then ravages the countryside of a peaceful land and steals all of its natural resources to satisfy his unquenchable thirst for pointless construction]]. Wait... Am I the bad guy?
* HurricaneOfPuns: The narrator rattles off a series of [[BuxomIsBetter breast-related]] puns during the ''Franchise/TombRaider'' trailer:
--->'''Narrator:''' Squeeze into the giant beeewbssss of Lara Croft, the TIT-tular character of this swollen series, that the developers can't stop milking.
* HypocriticalHumor:
** The Narrator criticizes ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'', ''Film/{{Transformers}}'', and ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' for exploiting SexSells. Yet the thumbnails for those videos are the same criticized sexy shots... {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in the ''Star Trek Into Darkness'' trailer when Alice Eve, who plays Carol Marcus, is credited as "Thumbnail."
** In ''Film/TheNotebook'', "when Allie and Noah find each other, he'll criticize her for being a pushover, and then constantly tell her what to do. And she will abandon him on numerous occasions."
--->'''Narrator:''' Together, they'll be [[WillTheyOrWontThey so indecisive]], you'll wonder why they're even trying.
** ''Film/PacificRim'' comes from "a completely original sci-fi universe that doesn't rely on any preexisting franchise, as long as you don't count ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'', ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'', ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'', Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, [[Film/RealSteel that stupid Hugh Jackman robot boxing movie]], or every {{Anime}} ever made."
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'':
--->'''Narrator:''' From Rockstar Games, the company that glorifies [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking bullying... murder... and ping pong]] comes [[MurderSimulators the game old people claim is turning us into violent sociopaths]]... WHICH IS '''NOT''' TRUE, AND I'll '''F***ING KILL YOU''' IF YOU SAY ANY DIFFERENT!!!
** In the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' the narrator calls the JumpScare the least original horror trope that you really shouldn't be afraid of in spite of constantly falling for it.
* [[invoked]]IAmNotShazam: "Meet [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Link]], the iconic hero idiots still refer to as Zelda." Ironically, the narrator still credits him as Zelda.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:I]]
* ICantBelieveImSayingThis: At the end of the ''Film/GoneGirl'' Honest Trailer, the narrator remarks that the movie could have used more Creator/TylerPerry, a.k.a. "Madea A Good Movie For Once", and is surprised that he actually said that.
* IdenticalStranger: Characters from one film are often credited as similar characters from another film.
** In ''Inception'', Creator/KenWatanabe as "Creator/GeorgeTakei".
** [[Film/{{Prometheus}} The Engineer]] as "[[Film/{{Watchmen}} Dr. Manhattan]]".
** In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker (in his red hair wig) as "Series/NurseJackie", and Aaron Eckhart as Two-Face is "[[Series/BreakingBad Los Pollos Hermanos]]".
** [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gimli]] as "Zach Galifianakis", Merry and Pippin are "Film/HaroldAndKumar", Legolas as "Gwyneth Paltrow", and Gollum as Creator/LindsayLohan.
** [[Film/{{Skyfall}} Judi Dench]] as Lindsay Lohan, and Javier Bardem as "Fred from ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''" (in normal form) and also as [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]] (with shot of Silva showing off the effects of cyanide poisoning on him).
** The ''Film/HarryPotter'' trailer has a lot of examples, like referring to Dumbledore as "[[Creator/IanMcKellen Gandalf the Gay]]". It also mistakes Dobby for UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin and Kreacher for LarryKing.
** The ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' trailer has Alicia Silverstone as "90's Creator/EmmaStone"
** ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' credits Sif as [[VideoGame/{{Okami}} Amaterasu]], Frampt as Creator/SteveBuscemi, the Bed of Chaos as [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Groot]], Smough and Ornstein as [[ChrisFarley Farley]] and [[Creator/DavidSpade Spade]], Shalquoir as Franchise/HelloKitty, the Ancient Dragon as [[Film/TheHobbit Smaug]], and the old Fire Keeper as Creator/LindsayLohan.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: "To get back his children, [[Film/{{Inception}} Cobb]]'s team will have to fight anonymous dream soldiers who have no idea how to hit anything with an automatic weapon, or duck."
* InNameOnly: In ''Film/WorldWarZ'', "get ready for the big screen adaptation of [[Literature/WorldWarZ the best-selling novel]] that's got everything you loved about... the title, and [absolutely] nothing else." Later on in the video, a list scrolls by of all the book's awesome moments that were left out of the film.
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: In ''Series/BreakingBad'', meet chemistry teacher Walter White. "He's got the kind of cancer that makes you cough '''a lot'''." ''[Cue an [[OverlyLongGag Overly Long montage]] of every instance where Walter White explodes in a coughing fit]''
* InAWorld: Most trailers start with variants of this, along with describing the source book or director.
** For instance, ''Avatar'' starts with "In a world created by fat computer programmers, comes a film so epic it increased ticket prices three whole dollars."
** ''World War Z'' arrives "In a world where zombies have already infected [[BaitAndSwitchComment every facet of pop culture]]..."
** The Honest Trailer for ''Mad Max: Fury Road'' contains almost all the cliches from movie trailers:
---> ''In a World of wall-to wall CGI, where practical action is a thing of the past, a masterpiece of handcraft death and destruction will rise...''\\
''... one woman will rise against him.''\\
''Together, the'll embark on a two-hour game of Mario Kart...''\\
''Journey to a wasteland...''
** The ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' trailer tweaks it starting with "In a year with four different [[Film/KingsmanTheSecretService blockbuster]] [[Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation spy]] [[Film/{{Spy}} films]], the great granddaddy of them all is back, and it's bringing absolutely nothing new to the table." They also bring their own version of the "If you only see one movie this year..." line:
--->'''Narrator:''' If you only see one movie this year about a hero who belongs to a different era, battling a sleeper cell inside his own organization, with their own octopus logo, against a former that was presumed dead in the snow... you should probably just rewatch ''[[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier The Winter Soldier]]''. It's way better anyway.
* InfantImmortality: In ''Jurassic Park'', relive the "electrifying excitement of watching a child in constant peril, who cannot die."
* InsaneTrollLogic: The ''Honest Game Trailer'' stinger for ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' uses weird math formulas to deduce a sequel, in a parody of the "''Half-Life 3'' confirmed" meme.
-->'''Narraror:''' ''[at the end of the ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' trailer]'' "Team Fortress" has twelve letters in it, and has nine character classes in the game. Twelve minus nine equals three ... ''Team Fortress 3'' is confirmed, you guys!
* InstantExpert: In the ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' trailer, the original Epic Voice Guy accuses Rey of being one, and that it makes her less interesting. Even calling her a [[{{Pun}} MaRey Sue]] during the Starring section.
--> '''Epic Voice Guy:''' She's a multilingual, expert mechanic, ace pilot, force-using badass--\\
'''Original Epic Voice Guy:''' --Who's so good at everything, it makes her character completely un-compelling.
* IntercourseWithYou:
** ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'''s honest trailer rewrites "Love Is An Open Door" as:
-->We are about to poooooooorrrrk\\
Totally gonna pooooooork
** Also from the ''Frozen'' trailer, "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People" gets rewritten as:
-->[[BestialityIsDepraved I'm kinda turned on by reindeer]]....
** ''Disney/TheLionKing'''s honest trailer has this "slow jam" to remix "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?":
-->We are going to pork tonight(Lions are gonna pork!)\\
Yeah, we are totally gonna pooooooork\\
It was nice to be childhood friends with ya,\\
But now it's time to pooooooork
** And then there's ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', where "Kiss the Girl" is rewritten as:
--> Sha la la la, go for it dude\\
Her fish friends set the mood\\
For you to pork the girl\\
Sha la la la, why not raise the stakes?\\
Do carpet match the drapes?\\
Find out and pork the girl.
** ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'''s "A Whole New World" becomes an "I'll Pork This Girl."
* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: [[invoked]]
** In the videos for the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' games, the narrator gets increasingly annoyed by how similar the games are since they use pretty much the exact same basic mechanics every game, with the exception of [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4 the fourth one]], where you can finally move.
--->'''Narrator:''' Security cameras, furries, {{jump scare}}s, blah blah blah blah blah, you get it by now.
** In the ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' video, the narrator dully lists all the standard Franchise/JamesBond tropes, like gadgets and cool cars.
* ItWillNeverCatchOn: At the end of the ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'' trailer, from the 1980s, the narrator decides at least it isn't a Marvel film, because (showing images from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Spider-Man_(TV_series) The Amazing Spider-Man TV series of 1977-1979]] and ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'') "they'll never figure out how to make movies. [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Right?]]"
* IWarnedYou: The voice asks if people really want to see an Honest Trailer for Undertale. He follows it up with "Don't say I didn't warn you."
[[/folder]]
[[folder:J]]
* JigsawPuzzlePlot: A third of the ''Avatar'' trailer is trying to summarize the premise but having to speed up the video to get through all of it.
* JitterCam: ''The Hunger Games'' takes place in "a dystopian future, where the rich dress like second rate Music/{{Lady Gaga}}s in cities left over from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', while the poor struggle for survival in unnecessary shaky-cam, but can still somehow afford futuristic [[BuffySpeak projection thingies]]."
* JumpScare: Used as a RunningGag in the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' trailer.
* JustKeepDriving / SeenItAll: In ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', the opening action scene is described as being so action-packed, you'll forget to ask yourself, "Why didn't the conductor stop this train when its entire back carriage '''was ripped off'''? And why aren't these people scared?"
[[/folder]]
[[folder:K - L]]
* KissingCousins: TheStinger of ''Disney/TheLionKing'' has the narrator realize something in horror about [[OfficialCouple Simba and Nala]]:
-->'''Narrator:''' Wait, if Mufasa [Simba's father] and Scar [Mufasa's brother] are the only male lions in the pride, then Nala's dad is probably... oh no.
* LadySwearsalot: In the ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' video, the narrator describes the female protagonist Ellie as having "the mouth of a salty truck driver", showing a montage of her swearing.
* LargeHam:
** The announcer. Even more when he's actually shown onscreen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RXhcqdewf0#t=200s ("What a spray! What a lovely spray!")]].
** ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' 3D Edition Narrator, in spades.
--->'''Narrator: IN 3D!!!'''
* LastSecondWordSwap: Happens in the ''Disney/PeterPan'' trailer with the Indians. Thanks to so much ValuesDissonance, what should be "The Washington Redskins" quickly becomes "The Washington Re-- uh, D.C. Football Team."
* LatexPerfection: In the ''Franchise/MissionImpossible'' trailer, "one thing is for sure: ''everyone'' is wearing a Franchise/ScoobyDoo mask."
-->'''Narrator:''' ''[after a montage of characters unmasking themselves, while Scooby-Doo noises are dubbed over]'' And I would've gotten away with it too if it weren't for [[YouMeddlingKids that meddling Tom Cruise]]!
* LetsSeeYouDoBetter: Inverted. In the ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' trailer, after Anakin's infamous "I hate sand" line, the narrator says "Come on Creator/{{JJ|Abrams}}, [[Film/TheForceAwakens there's no way you can do any worse than this!]]"
* LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek: ''Film/GoneGirl'', according to the narrator:
-->"Based on the book everyone's mom read on the beach... comes the best-acted, coolest-looking, most well-written ''Creator/{{Lifetime}}'' Movie ever made."
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters:
** The narrator eventually gives up trying to name, or even remember, the characters in ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
-->"Starring...the ten characters whose names you actually remember [Daenerys Targaryen, Jon Snow, Robb Stark, Eddard Stark, Tyrion Lannister, Jaime Lannister, Cersei Lannister, Catelyn Stark, Joffrey Baratheon, Arya Stark]! And all these other characters whose names you actually don't remember [Jojen and Meera Reed, Yara Greyjoy, Gendry, Giantsbane and Orell]! Like: The Sneaky Guy [Littlefinger]; The Sneaky Bald Guy [Varys]; Carl Drago [Khal Drogo]; Those [[spoiler:Gay]] Dudes [Ser Loras Tyrell and Renly Baratheon]; Lord Friend Zone [Ser Jorah Mormont]; Grumpy Old Dad [Tywin Lannister]; The Same Person? [Stannis Baratheon]; Sand-San-Sansa? [Sansa]; Bronn? [Bran Stark]; Bran? [Bronn]; Bronn Again? [Robin Arryn]; Sam?/[[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Not Sam?]] [Sam]; The One Who [[spoiler:Had A Demon Baby]] [Melisandre]; The Guy That [[spoiler:Got His Dick Cut Off]] [Theon Greyjoy]; Super Hot [Margaery]; Tyrion's Hooker Girlfriend [Shae]; Hodor! [Hodor]; Uhh... [Xaro Xhoan Daxos]; Uhhhhh... [Commander Jeor Mormont]; Now You're Just Messing With Me [Walder Frey]; No Idea [Ser Davos]; Faceless Assassin[[note]]That Guy's Awesome[[/note]] [Jaqen H'ghar]; Not A Clue [Pycelle]; No [Rodrick]; Uh-uh [Osha]; Nope [Benjen]; Nope [Balon Greyjoy]; Nope [Syrio Forel]; Dunno [Luwin]; I Got Nothin' [Mance Rayder]; Not Ringing A Bell [Beric Dondarrion]; Go Make Up Your Own Names, Nerds! [Barristan Selmy]."
** Taken UpToEleven with the Pokemon games in the Honest Game Trailers. There are five trailers (''Red & Blue'', ''Gold & Silver'', ''Ruby & Sapphire'', ''Diamond & Pearl'', ''Black & White''). The narrator lists ALL the Pokemon at the starring part (not their actual names of course, but nicknames.)
** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' describes the additions of several new characters to a franchise that already has plenty as "the equivalent of emptying out your toy box and smashing all your action figures into each other."
* LooksLikeSheIsEnjoyingIt: In ''WesternAnimation/XMen'', the narrator refers to Jean Grey's rather suggestive crying and groaning while struggling or being tormented at certain moments as "X-gasms" while the trailer runs a remarkably long montage of them.
-->'''Narrator:''' Is it weird that this is... kinda turnin' me on?
* LongList:
** In ''Film/WorldWarZ'', "meet Gerry Lane. He's just your average, everyday super-attractive, scarf-wearing, Spanish-speaking, airplane piloting, sharp-shooting, skull-bashing, armor-crafting, arm-chopping, prisoner-interrogating, surgery-doing, slo-mo vision-having, antidote-making, eagle-eyed stay-at-home dad."
** The Starring section for ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' has the narrator giving nicknames for all the Gen I Pokemon, including [[SecretCharacter Mew]] and [[TheMissingno Missingno]]. This continues into the Honest Trailers for ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'', ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'', ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'', and ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:M]]
* MaleGaze:
** As they introduce Creator/AnneHathaway [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises as Catwoman]], the shot zooms in to her butt, while the narrator calls her "[[Film/ThePrincessDiaries The Prince-ASS Diaries]]".
** In ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'', it's pointed out that Carol Marcus (shown wearing only her underwear) is only there [[MsFanservice for one reason]]... then the camera zooms in on her cleavage.
--->'''Narrator:''' Make that two reasons.
** In ''Franchise/TheMatrix'', Monica Belucci is credited as "BEWBS".
* ManipulativeEditing: They're not always so honest and sometimes will adjust elements of shots.
** For instance, when they complain that first half hour of ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' is surprisingly boring, they use a seeming casual shot of [[ComicBook/BlackWidow Natasha Romanoff]], [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]], and [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]] on a quiet dock, when in the actual film the audio in the background is of [[spoiler:''the Helicarrier taking flight'']]
** This is particularly bad on ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''. To elaborate: they say that Heimdall can see ''everything'' (which is true). "Except for this spy", "Thor's girlfriend" and "this gigantic ship directly above him". While it is true, the spy is, well, ''a spy''. The fact that Jane can't be seen is treated as something extremely suspicious and Thor immediately sets out to find her. And for the ship, well that's because he was distracted taking down another, equally gigantic, ''invisible'' ship. On foot. With a dagger.
** A minor one in the ''Videogame/UntilDawn'' honest trailer, which names zombies as one of the horror movie tropes that appears in the game and shows a shot of a dead, rotten body with a rat crawling out of its mouth. In the actual game, that's not a zombie at all; it's just a plain, dead body with a rat inside it.
* MediumShiftGag: ''Superman IV'' and ''Top Gun'' are made to look like they were taped on an old video cassette, and ''Series/BreakingBad'', ''Series/GameOfThrones'', ''Series/{{Entourage}}'', and ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' are formatted in the style of a television preview.
* MeltingFilmEffect: Seen OncePerEpisode during the "The following is an Honest Movie Trailer" part.
* MemeAcknowledgment[[invoked]]:
** Given [[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2013/02/25/oscars-2013-life-of-pies-claudio-miranda-wizard-hair-trend/ lots of jokes were made about long-haired winners at the 2013 Oscars,]] Lucius Malfoy's actor is credited as [[http://www.crushable.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/MALFOY-4.png "Claudio Miranda."]]
** "Leo Squint" was acknowledged in the ''Inception'' trailer, as seen in the JapaneseRanguage entry.
** The quotes narrated at the end of each vid usually are popular memes.
** The ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' trailer credits Idina Menzel as Elsa as "the wickedly talented [[AccidentalMisnaming Adele]] [[EpicFail Dazeem]]," acknowledging John Travolta's famous 2014 Academy Awards gaffe.
** For ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', Captain Falcon was credited as "[[{{Mondegreen}} Show Me Your Bewbs]]!"
** The trailer for ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'', of course, references the infamous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t0uCWjQ6Og "SHAUN!"]] glitch.
** The trailer for ''Film/Godzilla2014'' names Godzilla as "Real Kaiju Have Curves", a reference to the fact that some who saw the actual trailers complained that the incarnation looked too fat.
** The ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' trailer renames the "arrow to the knee" guard as "Played Out Meme". And then shows footage of the player [[TakeThat beating the crap out of the guy]].
* MerchandiseDriven:
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'', though it's not treated as inherently negative or hurting the film -- just inevitable.
** Mocked to hell and back, of course, with the trailer for ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'', which even draws parallels to ''The LEGO Movie'' -- while the latter was at least "fun" despite its "shameless marketing", ''Minions'' is nothing but "a cynical studio branding exercise" for Universal and Illumination, and more of a expensive promotional campaign than a genuine film.
** The "Starring" part of ''Disney/FrozenFever'' lists "the reasons Disney needs to keep ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' relevant", such as an upcoming Broadway musical and a theme park as well as a ton of ordinary groceries and other goods with the ''Frozen'' brand slapped onto them, such as vitamins, canned soup and duct tape.
** ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity'', which they describe as "the biggest clusterf*ck of brand synergy since ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts''", except all the characters are "sold separately". They proceed to chew the game out for the high cost of characters and in-game objects.
* MilestoneCelebration:
** Lampshaded in-universe on the ''Film/ThreeHundred'' trailer.
--->'''Narrator:''' Can you believe it? We made 50 of these dumb things.
** They celebrated reaching 100 Honest Trailers with the trailer for ''Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey'' with a special opening that followed the comment flooding at the beginning.
* MisaimedMarketing: [[invoked]]
** As the opening of the ''Film/TheHungerGamesCatchingFire'' trailer points out, "From [[Creator/LionsGate the company]] that owns a monopoly on Literature/{{t|wilight}}eenage [[Film/TheHungerGames girl]] [[Film/{{Divergent}} fantasies]], comes the only film about starving children... with its own delicious sandwich tie-in! Subway. Be bold. Eat fresh."
** The trailer for ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' remarks how odd it was that the movie was made into action figures for kids when it's so violent and unchildfriendly, showing a clip of a commercial.
* MoneyDearBoy: [[invoked]] Sometimes used as an explanation for why good, respectable actors take roles in bad or mediocre movies.
** In the ''Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjayPart1'' "Starring": "Creator/ElizabethBanks on This Part to Pay Her Mortgage".
** In the ''Film/{{Pixels}}'' Honest Trailer, Creator/PeterDinklage is credited as, [[Series/GameOfThrones "A Lannister Must Have Needed to Pay His Debts"]].
* MonochromeCasting:
** ''The Lord of the Rings'' "will strive to prove that people of all walks of life can work together, as long as they're all white (''Seriously'', even when they die, they come back whiter)."
** ''Film/AliceInWonderland'' has "really, really, really white people".
** In ''Series/{{Entourage}}'', "almost everyone [in Los Angeles] is white".
* MoodWhiplash:
** The opening for the Honest Game Trailer for ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'':
--->'''Narrator:''' ''[footage of a Mickey Mouse game, told in a happy voice]'' From David Jaffe, one of the developers behind Disney's ''VideoGame/MickeyMania''...\\
''[sudden cut to gory footage of ''God of War'', normal epic voice]''\\
'''Narrator:''' ...comes a game of sex, violence and betrayal that's absolutely nothing like Disney's ''Mickey Mania''.
** "From the company that owns a monopoly on teenage girl fantasies comes the only film about starving children... with its own delicious sandwich diet!" from the ''Film/TheHungerGamesCatchingFire'' trailer.
** The Honest Game Trailer for ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' and ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'':
--->'''Narrator:''' ''[speaks in a lighthearted tone and shows clips from cuddly-looking games]'' Some people play games to relax. Some play for fun. ''[switches to his usual epic voice and shows clips from Dark Souls]'' Others just want a game to f*ck them 'til they love it.
** The beginning of the Honest Trailer for ''Film/MagicMike'' rapidly cuts between the flashy performance scenes and the darker, more dramatic plot points.
--->'''Narrator:''' ''[upbeat]'' Meet Magic Mike! He may not be a wizard but he is a hot dude with all the right moves. ''[somberly]'' Who struggles to overcome social stigmas about his job and can't seem to raise enough money to start his dream business no matter how hard he tries.
** Lampshaded in ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious Furious 7]]'', where they go straight from talking about how touching and heartfelt Paul Walker's sendoff was to the [[HurricaneOfPuns puntastic]] "Starring..." credits.
--->'''Narrator:''' I honestly never expected a ''Fast and Furious'' movie to make me cry. That was really well-done. So... This is an awkward transition, but... who's ready for some car puns?
** The trailer for the 2016 Emmys does a major one from dark and depressing to bright and uplifting when describing ''Series/UnbreakableKimmySchmidt'', a.k.a. ''Wacky Literature/{{Room}}'':
--->'''Narrator:''' ''[black and white footage, serious tone]'' She was abducted by a sexually abusive cult leader. She was trapped in a bunker for years. Now she's out, and she's looking for... ''[color footage, happy tone]'' a job and a boyfriend!
* MotiveDecay: Commented on in the ''Series/GameOfThrones'' trailer.
-->'''Narrator:''' ...and Daenerys Targaryen, a super-hot queen obsessed with her dragons ("WHERE ARE MY DRAGONS?!"). She's out for vengeance against the people who killed her family. Eventually...one of these days... can we just fast forward to that part?
* MotorMouth: In the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'' video, the narrator gives a LongList of plot holes and questions the game never properly answers, his speech being more and more sped up as he goes.
* MovesetClone: The Honest Game Trailer for ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrothers'' credits such playable characters, such as Link's counterparts [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Young Link]] and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker Link]], as "Film/AttackOfTheClones".
* MrExposition: In ''Inception'', Arthur is "a sidekick whose only job is to explain the plot."
* {{Mr|Fanservice}}. and MsFanservice:
** In ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'', "Jack is an unrealistically sexy peasant. And Rose is a first class [[TroubledButCute suicidal pair of boobs]]."
** In ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', "Meet Neytiri, but more importantly, meet her {{side|boob}} [[{{Portmanteau}} bluebs]]."
** In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', Catwoman (Creator/AnneHathaway) doesn't escape their oogles either.
** Black Widow in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' is referred to as "Leather Boobs", mocking her tight-fitting leather SpyCatsuit.
** "In ''Film/JurassicPark'', "And re-witness ''the [[Creator/JeffGoldblum GOLDBLUM]].''" (Steamy music plays over shots of Malcolm lounging around with his shirt ripped open.)
** Creator/EmmaWatson is credited as "your first erection" while playing [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hermione]].
** In ''Man of Steel'', the narrator first calls out Henry Cavill for [[DullSurprise his uninteresting acting]], but then sees him shirtless and forgoes his criticisms.
--->'''Narrator:''' My god, what a beefcake.
** ''Film/TheHungerGames'' films have a RunningGag of the narrator finding Gale hot.
--->'''Narrator:''' I mean, I'm not gay, but I would totally s*** Gale's d***!
** Mystique: "Wait, is she naked? She's totally naked, right? Man, somebody got to paint that on her BEWBS, to make them, you know, BLEWBS... [{{Beat}}] I am so lonely."
** Refers to both Daenerys/Emilia Clarke and Margaery/Natalie Dormer in ''Series/GameOfThrones'' as "super hot".
** In ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', "Poe Dameron's beautiful face" is credited as one of the highlights of the movie.
* MundaneMadeAwesome:
** At the end of the video, viewers can submit comments of quotes they'd like hear the narrator say in his awesome voice. They're often random things, like "poop fiddles".
** The ''[[OverlyLongGag STARES]]'' in ''Twilight'', which are put to epic music.[[note]]"[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPPzcXCCPeU Great Ambitions]]" from 0:24 to 0:49[[/note]] They later make a return in the ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' Honest Trailer in the form of [[FunWithAcronyms S.T.A.R.E.S.]],[[note]]'''S'''lowly '''T'''urning, '''A'''cting, '''R'''eacting and '''E'''moting '''S'''ilently[[/note]] even using the same epic music.
** In ''Skyfall'', Bond uses the latest technological gadgets, which include a gun, a knife, a shotgun, an old-timey gun (a revolver), and a tracking device "larger than the one Bond used in the 60s'." Averted, however, in the trailer for the next Bond film, ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', where the narrator couldn't sound more bored while he "checks all the old tropes off the list."
--->'''Narrator:''' ''[with half-hearted amazement]'' The car! The gadgets! The catchphrases! Aaand underdeveloped female sex objects.
** ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad:'' "A two hour chase scene ensues when they '''dare... to turn... ''left''!'''"
* MusicalEpisode: ''Film/LesMiserables2012'', the narrator lampshades how annoying it is that the characters convey things in song that would be done perfectly well with normal dialogue.
-->'''Narrator:''' Seriously, they sing ''everything''. So to hit that point even harder, we thought we'd sing the rest of the trailer. ''[And they do]''
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg:
** The ''Film/GrownUps'' trailer describes the actors as "an AllStarCast of comedic actors... and Rob Schneider."
** The ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' trailer features "some of Disney's most beloved characters... and also [[Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Quasimodo]]" and "your favourite ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' heroes... and also [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Vivi]]".
** The segment for ''Film/TheMartian'' in the Honest Trailer for the Oscars names Creator/RidleyScott as "the director of all your favorite science ficion movies... and also ''Film/{{Prometheus}}''".
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The narrator realizes with mounting horror that the Sonic franchise hasn't just produced [[SeasonalRot an increasing number of mediocre-to-terrible games]], but indirectly created the "terrifying hell-pit" that is its fandom, including [[Webcomic/{{Sonichu}} Chris-Chan]].
[[/folder]]
----[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:E]]
* EarlyGameHell: [[invoked]] The Honest Game Trailer for ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' describes learning how to play the game as "learning how to swim by getting thrown into a shark tank with a lifevest made of ham".
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their trailer for ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' is spoken with much more enthusiasm than we'd see later, and it was narrated by comedian Ptolemy Slocum, instead of Gannon Nickell or Jon Bailey. It also doesn't have the "Starring" part at the end. And expectedly, it doesn't have the "something to say with my awesome voice" bit.
* EarWorm[[invoked]]:
** They criticize the song "My Heart Will Go On" in ''Titanic'', that "stupid f***ing song that briefly tricked you into thinking Music/CelineDion was hot."
--->'''Celine Dion:''' Near... Far... whereever you are...
--->'''Narrator:''' Good luck getting ''that'' out of your head!
** ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'s'' "Let It Go", or as they sung it "Get it ouuut, get it ouuut, get this song out of my head!"
** Similarly, 'Under the Sea" from ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'': "You'll never get it out your head, you'll sing the words until you are dead! Even when you sleep, it plays on repeat, it's so catchy!"
* EndingFatigue[[invoked]]: {{Parodied|Trope}} at the end of their ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' trailer, which [[OverlyLongGag ends three times]].
** Second ending: "A film that took so much of Peter Jackson's life, he didn't want it to end, prompting ''five'' completely separate endings that go on and on forever, making it really hard to hold in your pee."
** Third ending: "A film with such fake emotional states, Gandalf will sacrifice himself for his friends, only to [[UnexplainedRecovery somehow come back to life]], making it not really a sacrifice. And a story where the protagonists can't win their own battles without [[DeusExMachina convenient]] ghost armies, living trees, and magical eagles.
-->'''Narrator:''' Ugh, I can't believe we're only halfway through with this Peter Jackson nerdgasm.
* EsotericHappyEnding: [[invoked]] In ''Film/GoneGirl'', "Ben Affleck will get his revenge [on [[spoiler:his vicious sociopath of a wife]]] by [[spoiler: staying with her to start a family]]?"
-->'''Narrator:''' What!? Why would he ''do'' that!? Run, dude!
* EvenTheGuysWantHim:
** Both narrators ''really'' wanted [[Film/TheHungerGames Katniss to choose Gale instead of Peeta]].
--->'''Gannon Nickell:''' I mean, [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday I'm not gay]], but I would totally [[CensoredForComedy s*** Gale's d***!]]\\
'''Jon Bailey:''' I would totally choose Gale... ah, I mean, if I were Katniss... ah, screw it! Gale is hot and I would make out with that face in a heartbeat!
** Also, [[Film/TheForceAwakens Poe Dameron]], [[spoiler:who both agree has a beautiful face and that is a high point of the movie.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: The narrator will read even the most embarrassing comments (such as "I wear poopy pants!") absolutely deadpan, but comments that screw with his taste in movies ("I LIKED ''Film/{{Fantastic Four|2015}}''", "Creator/MNightShyamalan is the greatest director of all time", "Jar-Jar Binks is the greatest ''Franchise/StarWars'' character") will cause him noticeable cringe and he will sometimes even refuse to read them.
* EvilLaugh: In the ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' trailer, while explaining the first two games' NintendoHard difficulty:
-->'''Narrator:''' ...because masochism is what video games were about in UsefulNotes/TheNineties. No big deal if you die, though. You could always just respawn at the last checkpoint... AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE LEVEL! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Honest Trailer for ''Film/WorldWarZ'' finds it so painfully generic it's simply retitled ''Creator/BradPitt Zombie Movie''.
* ExactWords:
** In the closing section of the ''Film/{{Taken}}'' video, when performing fan-requested lines, he responds to a comment asking "say you're a smelly pirate hooker in your next video" by saying "You're a smelly pirate hooker in your next video."
** At times he'll even say exactly what they request, but also add a little something extra. For example, in the ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' trailer, the last request is "I liked ''Film/{{Fantastic Four|2015}}''!" He says it, but immediately adds "Uh, no, I didn't!", and later he responds to a request that tells him to say "''Anime/FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin'' is one of the best sci-fi movies ever made" by saying just that... while adding on "[[TakeThat said no one ever]]." And eventually, a request for "Creator/MNightShyamalan is the greatest director ever" has the narrator struggling to say it, and retching upon conclusion. A similar request for "Jar Jar Binks is the best ''Star Wars'' character" has the narrator struggling to say it again, but in that case he refused to finish it.
** In the ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' trailer, a user named [=DeathBySausage=] left a request saying "Say my username". So the narrator says "my username".
[[/folder]]
[[folder:F]]
* FailedASpotCheck:
** In ''The Dark Knight Rises'', the narrator makes note that Bruce Wayne apparently "never conducts background checks on his maids or his board members."
** In ''Series/BreakingBad'', Hank Schrader is Walter White's "brother-in-law cop [[CannotTellAJoke who's terrible at telling jokes]], and even worse at recognizing that his own family is running a crystal meth empire."
** In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', the narrator notes a "racially unbiased police force" as one of the more unrealistic aspects of the city... while showing as an example a black guy wandering around with a ''rocket launcher'' in hand in front of a cop while said cop does nothing. Apparently, the city has no gun control laws or even weapons ordinances either, and it never occurs to the police to worry about seeing people carrying military-grade weapons around unless they actually start using them.
* FakeNationality: [[invoked]] Pointed out in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', "journey to 1970s Canada, [[AnachronismStew where everyone dresses like it's 2009]], and ''[[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent no one]]'' [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent has a Canadian accent]]."
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: InUniverse, the trailer for ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' says the movie "teaches girls that they don't need a prince to rescue them because all men are disgusting loners (Kristoff), greedy murderers (the Duke of Weselton), or lying, manipulative, power-hungry sociopaths (Prince Hans)."
* FanDisservice: The narrator's love for boobs finally catches up to him in the second ''Series/GameOfThrones'' trailer, where Cersei's public shaming removes pretty much any titillation seeing her naked might have had. And then he sees [[spoiler:Melisandre]]'s boobs.
-->'''Narrator:''' AH! My eyes! [[BrainBleach They burn!]]
* FanonDiscontinuity: [[invoked]] At [[TheStinger the very, very end]] (as in, ''five seconds'' before the end of the video) of the Honest Trailer for ''[[Film/TheBourneSeries The Bourne Trilogy]]'' (''[[Film/TheBourneIdentity Identity]]'', ''[[Film/TheBourneSupremacy Supremacy]]'', and ''[[Film/TheBourneUltimatum Ultimatum]]''), the narrator realizes they forgot that there was [[Film/TheBourneLegacy a fourth movie]] starring Creator/JeremyRenner ("admit it, you did too").
* FatComicRelief:
** Sums up Kevin James in ''Film/GrownUps''.
--->'''Narrator:''' [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Fat Kevin James is fat!]] ''[montage of Kevin James making fat jokes]'' Did we mention he's totally ''fat''?
** Also Fat Amy in ''Film/PitchPerfect''.
--->'''Narrator:''' If it seems mean-spirited and lazy to laugh at a girl for being fat, don't worry! She does it to herself, so it's totally okay! ''[montage of Fat Amy making fat jokes]'' Hehe! Get it? She's ''fat''!
* FemaleGaze: Referring to Lewis who "can't resist male nudity" in ''Film/RoboCop1987'': "Baaawllz!"
* FightSceneFailure: [[invoked]] The ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'' video mocks the movie for the ridiculously filmed fight scenes between Superman and Nuclear Man, describing them as "some of the most poorly executed sissy fights ever put to celluloid".
* FirstWorldProblems: In ''Film/GrownUps'':
--> "Adam Sandler has Adam Sandler problems: he's too rich, and his wife is too hot."
** Also done with Jasmine in ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', who has "the ultimate first world problem."
* FiveManBand: In ''Fast Five'', "to pull off one last job, Dom will have to gather everyone's favorite heist movie stereotypes: [[TheAce The hunky mastermind]], [[TheSmartGuy the nerd]], the Creator/BernieMac, [[FunnyForeigner the guy who can't speak English]], and [[BigEater the guy who's constantly snacking]].
* {{Flanderization}}: The Narrator notes that, as the ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' franchise continued, the "cool, well-thought-out traps" of the [[Film/SawI first movie]] "turned into complete parodies of themselves", and "[[GoryDiscretionShot horrific violence happening offscreen]]" became "the star of the franchise".
* FollowTheLeader: [[invoked]]
** ''Film/WorldWarZ'' arrives "InAWorld where zombies have already infected every facet of pop culture, comes... another zombie movie. But this time... it's got Creator/BradPitt!"
** The Epic Voice Guy stops the trailer of ''Film/{{Divergent}}'' ''twice'' to remark how similar the plot is to ''Film/TheHungerGames''.
** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/DieHard'' points out how the film {{Inverted|Trope}} this by casting Creator/BruceWillis, "who looks like your dad", as the lead of an action movie in an age when other movies of the genre usually starred [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger huge]], [[Creator/DolphLundgren muscular]] [[Creator/SylvesterStallone giants]].
* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Or in the case of [[Film/PacificRim Gipsy Danger]], forgot about their {{game break|er}}ing [[{{BFS}} sword]].
* FranchiseKiller: [[invoked]]
** Namedropped in ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', which killed off the campier, lighter Creator/JoelSchumacher Batman films and prompted [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga a darker and more grounded reboot]].
** The ending of ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' is "an extended dinosaur money shot that we all thought had killed the franchise. But we had ''no idea'' what was coming." Cue Grant's nightmare on the plane in [[Film/JurassicParkIII the next film]] when a raptor addresses him by name.
** The ''VideoGame/StarFoxZero'' trailer calls it "the final nail in the coffin for [[VideoGame/StarFox a beloved franchise]]'', citing the difficult control scheme that makes the game really hard to play.
* FranchiseOriginalSin:
** Invoked regarding ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', "an amazing film with horrible consequences", namely, the overvaluing of sequels, stars and CGI that has only incrementally improved since then, rather than the story that made all those things work.
** In the ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]'' trailer, the narrator points out the similarities in {{Wangst}} between Mark Hamill's role as Luke Skywalker and Hayden Christensen's [[AngstDissonance controversial]] portrayal as Anakin. In the same video, he points out that the movie turned Hollwood towards similar special effect-filled action blockbusters, which were a huge deal at the time but are now released every single year.
** The Honest Game Trailer for ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' remarks how the games established several first person shooter gameplay features that some feel nerfed the genre by making the games too easy, such as regenerating health and frequent checkpoints.
--->'''Narrator:''' Back in my day, when we died, we played the whole level all over again. It was super-boring and we liked it!
** The Honest Game Trailer for ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' shows how the game set the tone for several later third person shooter games with huge, muscular protagonists and brownish color filters.
** While the Honest Trailer for ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' is very positive about it, it also points out how the film became an early example of [[{{Sequelitis}} unnecessary sequels to great movies]] [[FranchiseZombie that just keep coming]] and [[FollowTheLeader crappy shark horror movies]].
* FranchiseZombie: [[invoked]]
** The ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' trailer describes the series' transition into this:
--->'''Narrator:''' Buckle your swash for ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl Curse of the Black Pearl]]'', a straightforward adventure romp [[FirstInstallmentWins that everyone loved]]. Then ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest Dead Man's Chest]]'', that everyone [[SoOkayItsAverage was sort of on board for]], [...] ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd At World's End]]'', that everyone was totally fed up with, [...]. And ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides On Stranger Tides]]'', that finally got- [[DoubleTake Wait, they made a fourth one?!]] ''[sighs]'' How many of these things can they do? [[AdaptationExpansion They're based on a theme park ride, for fuck's sake]].
** The narrator's opinion of the ''Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' games in general, to the point where the Honest Game Trailer of [[Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3 the third game]] has a DescriptionCut of "[[LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}} the franchise's own Jesus]]" ranting that he doesn't think there should be a fourth game.
** The ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' games, which started out with good games, but has since produced countless lesser ones ranging from mediocre to bad and which the narrator describes as the result of "beating a dead horse for two decades".
--->'''Narrator:''' Seriously, you know your franchise has a problem when [[VideoGame/SonicAndSegaAllStarsRacing the car-racing spinoffs]] are the high point.
* FreezeFrameBonus: All of Lex Luthor's MissingStepsPlan from ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', finishing with:
-->24. Hopefully Batman kills Superman.\\
25. If Batman doesn't kill Superman, hopefully Doomsday kills Superman.\\
26. Sit back and run the company until daddy comes back.
--->a. If Superman survives, I'm screwed.\\
b. If Lois Lane survives, I'm screwed.\\
[[DidNotThinkThisThrough c. If Doomsday survives, I'm screwed and so is the planet.]]\\
[[ComplexityAddiction d. If any one thing in this impossibly intricate plan over which I have almost no control over anyone's actions goes wrong, I'm screwed.]]\\
e. DON'T FORGET THE JOLLY RANCHERS!!!
* FreudianSlip: In the ''Film/TopGun'' trailer, the narrator tries to impersonate an easily impressionable consumer of military propaganda after mentioning all the things "you love about present-day America", but his attempt doesn't go as smoothly as he'd hoped.
-->'''Narrator:''' Hell yeah! Let's go kiss some dudes! I mean, kiss some ass! I, I mean, buy some planes! Yeah, that's what I meant.
* FridgeLogic: Invoked often.
** "[[Film/TheDarkKnight Wait, why didn't they just blame the Joker for all these deaths?]] He's been killing people for the entire movie!"
** "[[Film/{{Inception}} If Cobb couldn't enter the country, couldn't Michael Caine just fly the kids out to him?]] Oh, whatever."
** "So wait, [[Film/TheNotebook he wrote her hundreds of letters]] but couldn't just call her once?"
** ''Harry Potter'': "If magic is supposed to be secret, why is there a doorway in the most highly-trafficked subway station in London? Why are all the bad boys in one house? Why don't they just expel them? And why isn't it disturbing that this rat on Ron's lap is actually [[spoiler:a grown man]]?"
** And in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' video, [[spoiler:WebVideo/RedLetterMedia appears to pick apart its plot holes just like they did with ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'']].
** Done in the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' with the fact that keeping the doors closed takes more energy than keeping them open, only for Bonnie to JumpScare him ''([[RunningGag again]])''.
** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'': They point out that [[spoiler:despite having infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. all the way to the upper ranks]], HYDRA made no attempt to stop Fury from reviving Captain America and forming the Avengers, despite the fact that this would pose a threat to their future plans.
* FreudWasRight: {{Invoked|Trope}} about the Kryptonian ships "shaped like wangs" from ''Film/ManOfSteel''.
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: [[invoked]] ''Film/IndependenceDay'', "the film that made blowing up American landmarks cool....until 9/11."
[[/folder]]
[[folder:G]]
* GRatedSex: The IntercourseWithYou song and "Do Me Eyes" in ''Disney/TheLionKing''.
* GagCensor: During the trailer for ''Titanic'', Rose's breast during the nude scene is censored by James Cameron's face.
* GambitRoulette: The trailer for ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' neatly lampshades that Lex Luthor's evil plan is very much this trope.
--->If any one thing in this impossibly intricate plan over which I have almost no control over anyone's actions goes wrong, I'm screwed.
* GenreThrowback: ''Film/TheExpendables'', "the only [=80s=] action movie to come out in 2010".
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'': "Bang you way through a children's game full of sexually ambiguous supporting characters like: this naked old troll man ''[shows Darunia]'', this little fish girl with her bluebs out ''[shows Ruto]'', this crossdressing princess ''[shows Sheik]'', this ButchLesbian ''[shows Impa]'', and whatever the hell these things are supposed to be ''[shows a Great Fairy]''... ughh."
** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrothers'': In the Starring section, [[VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} Olimar]] is credited as "Salad Tosser".
* GilliganCut:
** For ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', we have this:
--->'''Narrator:''' So traverse the light, and fulfill your destiny... as one of the A-holes who won't shut up about beating the game. Oh, good for you, do it with a Rockband controller, then we'll talk.\\
''[shows actual footage of a player beating the Darklurker with a Rockband guitar controller]''\\
'''Narrator:''' Okay, wow.
** In the ''VideoGame/Starcraft2'' Honest Trailer, the narrator describes the combat system as being marking the units and right-clicking on the enemy.
--->'''Narrator:''' Pssht, how hard can that be?\\
''[video clip of a guy playing the game and typing at ''lightning-fast'' speed]''\\
'''Narrator:''' Uuuhhh... ''yikes''.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: The narrator's take on ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'' redefining the original story's concept of "true love's kiss" as being between Maleficent and Aurora:
-->'''Narrator:''' If your movie comes after ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'', true love only exists between two girls. ''[{{beat}}]'' Aw yeah.
* GrowingTheBeard: [[invoked]] ''[[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier Captain America: He's Cool Now.]]''
* GunPorn:
** Rather than give characters funny nicknames, the Starring part of the Honest Trailer for ''VideoGame/TheDivision'' lists a bunch of pimped-out firearms and, at the end of the list, just calls the bland, non-descript characters in the game "Whatever".
** The ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'' Honest Trailer lists the many kinds of cartoonish guns featured in the games.
* GushingAboutShowsYouLike: [[invoked]]
** While there were cases in which the narrator admitted that he liked a movie before, he really has almost nothing but good things to say about ''Film/DieHard'':
--->'''Narrator:''' What, you thought we were gonna crap on ''Die Hard''? The guy's tank top is in the Smithsonian, for crying out loud! This movie is frickin' perfect!
** Invoked and parodied in their April Fools' Day video of 2015, when they did a gushingly positive Honest Game Trailer for the long awaited and [[{{Vaporware}} non-existing]] ''VideoGame/HalfLife 3'', describing it as a gamer's wet dream featuring [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover massive crossovers]] with other franchises such as ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'', ''Series/GameOfThrones'', ''Franchise/DragonBall'' and [[Creator/DwayneJohnson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]], and features like Oculus Rift support, a mechanic allowing players to record their own dialogue, and long awaited sequels to ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' and ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''.
** The Narrator goes into total {{Squee}} mode during the physical stunts of ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''.
* GutturalGrowler:
** ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' is described as "a gritty continuation of Batman....and his ongoing battle with throat cancer."
** In ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes'', the narrator describes Andy Serkis' performance as Caesar as "doing his best Creator/ChristianBale ''Batman'' impression".
[[/folder]]
[[folder:H]]
* HarsherInHindsight: Pointed out InUniverse in the trailer for ''Film/{{Godzilla 1998}}'' when it talks about [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece how 90's the movie is]].
-->'''Narrator:''' Uncomfortable... twin... tower references...\\
'''Reporter:''' The worst act of destruction since the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_World_Trade_Center_bombing World Trade Center bombing]].\\
'''Narrator:''' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks Uhh... umm...]] Le- Let's just get to starring.
* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial "I mean I'm not gay]], [[IfItsYouItsOkay but I'd totally suck Gale's dick."]]
* HeAlsoDid: [[invoked]]
** In the trailer for ''Man of Steel'', where Creator/ZackSnyder is introduced as "The guy who directed ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGaHoole''" as opposed to his more famous films like ''Film/ThreeHundred'' or ''Film/{{Watchmen}}''.
** Similarily, in their ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' trailer, rather than as creator of ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'', director David Jaffe gets credited for his work on ''VideoGame/MickeyMania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse''.
** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/StarTrek'' credits Creator/JJAbrams as the maker of the then-unreleased seventh ''Star Wars'' movie (''Film/TheForceAwakens'') and ''Series/{{Felicity}}''.
** The trailer for ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' helpfully reminds us that the songwriting duo of this Disney film were the minds behind "[[Theater/TheBookOfMormon Hasa Diga Eebowai]]."[[note]]"Fuck You, God"[[/note]]
** The trailer for ''Film/TheExpendables'' credits Creator/SylvesterStallone as the star of ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'', ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' and ''The Italian Stallion'', the last of which is [[IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney a softcore porn movie he did]] years before his mainstream acting career took off.[[note]]It was originally titled ''The Party at Kitty and Stud's'', but was retitled to reference Stallone to capitalize on the success of ''Rocky''[[/note]]
** The ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' Honest Trailer mentions that Creator/GeorgeMiller, the director of this hardcore, gritty action movie, also directed the considerably cuddlier ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeet'' and ''Film/BabePigInTheCity''.
** The ''[[Literature/{{Divergent}} The Divergent Series: Insurgent]]'' Honest Trailer names director Robert Schwenke and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman as the director of ''Film/{{RIPD}}'' and screenwriter of ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', respectively, instead of movies they were credited with that were much better received, such as Schwenke's ''Film/{{Red}}'' and Goldsman's ''Film/CinderellaMan''[[note]]Which was nominated for a [=BAFTA=] for best screenplay[[/note]] and ''Film/ABeautifulMind''.[[note]]Which won an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for best adapted screenplay[[/note]]
** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/FantasticFour2015'' names director Creator/JoshTrank as the director of ''Film/{{Chronicle}}'' and "a fantastic version of this movie you'll probably never see", referring to the infamous tweet Trank posted shortly before the movie's release.
* HesBack: ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' Honest Trailer sees the return of the original Epic Voice Guy Gannon Nickell. [[spoiler: During TheStinger, the one-off Epic Voice Guys from the ''Avatar'' and ''The Phantom Menance'' trailers also appear.]]
* HeelRealization: In the Honest Game Trailer for ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'': "Wait... am ''I'' the ''bad guy''?!"
* HeroAntagonist: In the ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' trailer, Elsa leads the list of people Anna teams up with to save the day ''and'' the list of villains Anna must defeat in her journey.
* HeroInsurance: Batman, "[[Film/TheDarkKnight a silent guardian]] who doesn't give a [[CensoredForComedy f*ck]](!) about racking up millions of dollars in peoples' personal damages."
* HeroicBSOD: The Narrator completely despairs upon seeing [[Film/SpiderMan3 Emo Peter dancing]].
* HilariousInHindsight: Invoked in the Honest Trailer for ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'', referencing Marvel's less than stellar attempts at live-action in the 70s-80s at the end, with the narrator commenting on how they'll never figure out how to make [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse decent adaptations]]. The same joke is invoked in their later Honest Trailer for ''Film/CaptainAmerica1990''.
* HollywoodHacking: The trailer for the Emmy’s praises ''Series/MrRobot'' for showing one of the most realistic displays of computer hacking ever, but admits that this isn’t really saying much considering that the bar wasn’t really high, followed by scenes from several other series that play this trope ridiculously straight.
* HollywoodHistory: "[[UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic Based on the tragedy]] that inspired thousands of heartbreaking true stories comes [[Film/{{Titanic 1997}} this fake one]]."
* HollywoodNerd: "[[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan Peter Parker]] was just an attractive, intelligent, likable, athletic, well-dressed teenage loser."
* HostileShowTakeover: Two thirds of the way through the ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'' trailer, the narrator suddenly wonders why the rest of the script is in Chinese... only for a Chinese spokeswoman to hijack his role and narrate the rest of the trailer with English subtitles.
* HowIsThatEvenPossible: The narrator's comment about Batman's cell phone surveillance system in ''The Dark Knight'', which downloads an infinite amount of data that's instantly transmitted wirelessly to Batman's eyes. "Hhmph, how is that possible? It takes me five minutes to download ''VideoGame/AngryBirds''."
* HoYay: [[invoked]]
** ''The Lord of the Rings'' has so much manly compassion that you'll think you're watching ''[[Film/BrokebackMountain Brokeback]] [[IncrediblyLamePun Mount Doom]]''.
** The narrator's opinion of the friendship in ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' between Morpheus and Neo, calling Morpheus "the other love of Neo's life"..
** The ''Film/TopGun'' trailer mentions how much the movie "cranks up the homosexual undertones, as every other dude in the movie tries to make hot steamy love to each other". Cue several lines and scenes from the film that could be interpreted as such.
** ''Disney/TheLionKing'' trailer calls Timon and Pumbaa a same-sex couple. "[[NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat Not that there's a problem with that...]]"
** The ''Film/XMen'' trailer refers to several of the handsome young fellows there as "[[TheTwink Twiiinks!]]"
** In ''Film/ThreeHundred'' they point things like: "Men wearing thongs, men getting speared with phallic objetcs, men holding hands, men holding men tenderly from behind, men letting it hang, men getting all wet in the rain, men getting all sweaty on the beach, men playing two flutes at the same time".
** ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious Fast Five]]'' is said to include, as any other film in the series, overt homoeroticism (shows Dom and Hobbs staring at each other, romantic music playing in the background).
** In ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'': "So experience a more modern take on ''Literature/SleepingBeauty'', where we learn the most important lesson of all: If your movie comes out after ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'', true love only exists between two girls. ''[shows Maleficent kissing a sleeping Aurora in the forehead in Aurora's chamber]'' ''Awww yeah.''"
** The ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' trailer describes the games as "three homoerotic bro-fest pain trains".[[note]]The narrator doesn't consider ''Gears of War: Judgment'' a real part of the series.[[/note]]
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: The Narrator comes to realize this with the hero in ''VideoGame/MineCraft''.
-->'''Narrator:''' ... a story about a little blue man who punches a tree, then punches some dirt, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick then ravages the countryside of a peaceful land and steals all of its natural resources to satisfy his unquenchable thirst for pointless construction]]. Wait... Am I the bad guy?
* HurricaneOfPuns: The narrator rattles off a series of [[BuxomIsBetter breast-related]] puns during the ''Franchise/TombRaider'' trailer:
--->'''Narrator:''' Squeeze into the giant beeewbssss of Lara Croft, the TIT-tular character of this swollen series, that the developers can't stop milking.
* HypocriticalHumor:
** The Narrator criticizes ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'', ''Film/{{Transformers}}'', and ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' for exploiting SexSells. Yet the thumbnails for those videos are the same criticized sexy shots... {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in the ''Star Trek Into Darkness'' trailer when Alice Eve, who plays Carol Marcus, is credited as "Thumbnail."
** In ''Film/TheNotebook'', "when Allie and Noah find each other, he'll criticize her for being a pushover, and then constantly tell her what to do. And she will abandon him on numerous occasions."
--->'''Narrator:''' Together, they'll be [[WillTheyOrWontThey so indecisive]], you'll wonder why they're even trying.
** ''Film/PacificRim'' comes from "a completely original sci-fi universe that doesn't rely on any preexisting franchise, as long as you don't count ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'', ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'', ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'', Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, [[Film/RealSteel that stupid Hugh Jackman robot boxing movie]], or every {{Anime}} ever made."
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'':
--->'''Narrator:''' From Rockstar Games, the company that glorifies [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking bullying... murder... and ping pong]] comes [[MurderSimulators the game old people claim is turning us into violent sociopaths]]... WHICH IS '''NOT''' TRUE, AND I'll '''F***ING KILL YOU''' IF YOU SAY ANY DIFFERENT!!!
** In the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' the narrator calls the JumpScare the least original horror trope that you really shouldn't be afraid of in spite of constantly falling for it.
* [[invoked]]IAmNotShazam: "Meet [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Link]], the iconic hero idiots still refer to as Zelda." Ironically, the narrator still credits him as Zelda.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:I]]
* ICantBelieveImSayingThis: At the end of the ''Film/GoneGirl'' Honest Trailer, the narrator remarks that the movie could have used more Creator/TylerPerry, a.k.a. "Madea A Good Movie For Once", and is surprised that he actually said that.
* IdenticalStranger: Characters from one film are often credited as similar characters from another film.
** In ''Inception'', Creator/KenWatanabe as "Creator/GeorgeTakei".
** [[Film/{{Prometheus}} The Engineer]] as "[[Film/{{Watchmen}} Dr. Manhattan]]".
** In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker (in his red hair wig) as "Series/NurseJackie", and Aaron Eckhart as Two-Face is "[[Series/BreakingBad Los Pollos Hermanos]]".
** [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gimli]] as "Zach Galifianakis", Merry and Pippin are "Film/HaroldAndKumar", Legolas as "Gwyneth Paltrow", and Gollum as Creator/LindsayLohan.
** [[Film/{{Skyfall}} Judi Dench]] as Lindsay Lohan, and Javier Bardem as "Fred from ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''" (in normal form) and also as [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]] (with shot of Silva showing off the effects of cyanide poisoning on him).
** The ''Film/HarryPotter'' trailer has a lot of examples, like referring to Dumbledore as "[[Creator/IanMcKellen Gandalf the Gay]]". It also mistakes Dobby for UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin and Kreacher for LarryKing.
** The ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' trailer has Alicia Silverstone as "90's Creator/EmmaStone"
** ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' credits Sif as [[VideoGame/{{Okami}} Amaterasu]], Frampt as Creator/SteveBuscemi, the Bed of Chaos as [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Groot]], Smough and Ornstein as [[ChrisFarley Farley]] and [[Creator/DavidSpade Spade]], Shalquoir as Franchise/HelloKitty, the Ancient Dragon as [[Film/TheHobbit Smaug]], and the old Fire Keeper as Creator/LindsayLohan.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: "To get back his children, [[Film/{{Inception}} Cobb]]'s team will have to fight anonymous dream soldiers who have no idea how to hit anything with an automatic weapon, or duck."
* InNameOnly: In ''Film/WorldWarZ'', "get ready for the big screen adaptation of [[Literature/WorldWarZ the best-selling novel]] that's got everything you loved about... the title, and [absolutely] nothing else." Later on in the video, a list scrolls by of all the book's awesome moments that were left out of the film.
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: In ''Series/BreakingBad'', meet chemistry teacher Walter White. "He's got the kind of cancer that makes you cough '''a lot'''." ''[Cue an [[OverlyLongGag Overly Long montage]] of every instance where Walter White explodes in a coughing fit]''
* InAWorld: Most trailers start with variants of this, along with describing the source book or director.
** For instance, ''Avatar'' starts with "In a world created by fat computer programmers, comes a film so epic it increased ticket prices three whole dollars."
** ''World War Z'' arrives "In a world where zombies have already infected [[BaitAndSwitchComment every facet of pop culture]]..."
** The Honest Trailer for ''Mad Max: Fury Road'' contains almost all the cliches from movie trailers:
---> ''In a World of wall-to wall CGI, where practical action is a thing of the past, a masterpiece of handcraft death and destruction will rise...''\\
''... one woman will rise against him.''\\
''Together, the'll embark on a two-hour game of Mario Kart...''\\
''Journey to a wasteland...''
** The ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' trailer tweaks it starting with "In a year with four different [[Film/KingsmanTheSecretService blockbuster]] [[Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation spy]] [[Film/{{Spy}} films]], the great granddaddy of them all is back, and it's bringing absolutely nothing new to the table." They also bring their own version of the "If you only see one movie this year..." line:
--->'''Narrator:''' If you only see one movie this year about a hero who belongs to a different era, battling a sleeper cell inside his own organization, with their own octopus logo, against a former that was presumed dead in the snow... you should probably just rewatch ''[[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier The Winter Soldier]]''. It's way better anyway.
* InfantImmortality: In ''Jurassic Park'', relive the "electrifying excitement of watching a child in constant peril, who cannot die."
* InsaneTrollLogic: The ''Honest Game Trailer'' stinger for ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' uses weird math formulas to deduce a sequel, in a parody of the "''Half-Life 3'' confirmed" meme.
-->'''Narraror:''' ''[at the end of the ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' trailer]'' "Team Fortress" has twelve letters in it, and has nine character classes in the game. Twelve minus nine equals three ... ''Team Fortress 3'' is confirmed, you guys!
* InstantExpert: In the ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' trailer, the original Epic Voice Guy accuses Rey of being one, and that it makes her less interesting. Even calling her a [[{{Pun}} MaRey Sue]] during the Starring section.
--> '''Epic Voice Guy:''' She's a multilingual, expert mechanic, ace pilot, force-using badass--\\
'''Original Epic Voice Guy:''' --Who's so good at everything, it makes her character completely un-compelling.
* IntercourseWithYou:
** ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'''s honest trailer rewrites "Love Is An Open Door" as:
-->We are about to poooooooorrrrk\\
Totally gonna pooooooork
** Also from the ''Frozen'' trailer, "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People" gets rewritten as:
-->[[BestialityIsDepraved I'm kinda turned on by reindeer]]....
** ''Disney/TheLionKing'''s honest trailer has this "slow jam" to remix "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?":
-->We are going to pork tonight(Lions are gonna pork!)\\
Yeah, we are totally gonna pooooooork\\
It was nice to be childhood friends with ya,\\
But now it's time to pooooooork
** And then there's ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'', where "Kiss the Girl" is rewritten as:
--> Sha la la la, go for it dude\\
Her fish friends set the mood\\
For you to pork the girl\\
Sha la la la, why not raise the stakes?\\
Do carpet match the drapes?\\
Find out and pork the girl.
** ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'''s "A Whole New World" becomes an "I'll Pork This Girl."
* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: [[invoked]]
** In the videos for the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' games, the narrator gets increasingly annoyed by how similar the games are since they use pretty much the exact same basic mechanics every game, with the exception of [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4 the fourth one]], where you can finally move.
--->'''Narrator:''' Security cameras, furries, {{jump scare}}s, blah blah blah blah blah, you get it by now.
** In the ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' video, the narrator dully lists all the standard Franchise/JamesBond tropes, like gadgets and cool cars.
* ItWillNeverCatchOn: At the end of the ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'' trailer, from the 1980s, the narrator decides at least it isn't a Marvel film, because (showing images from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Spider-Man_(TV_series) The Amazing Spider-Man TV series of 1977-1979]] and ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'') "they'll never figure out how to make movies. [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Right?]]"
* IWarnedYou: The voice asks if people really want to see an Honest Trailer for Undertale. He follows it up with "Don't say I didn't warn you."
[[/folder]]
[[folder:J]]
* JigsawPuzzlePlot: A third of the ''Avatar'' trailer is trying to summarize the premise but having to speed up the video to get through all of it.
* JitterCam: ''The Hunger Games'' takes place in "a dystopian future, where the rich dress like second rate Music/{{Lady Gaga}}s in cities left over from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', while the poor struggle for survival in unnecessary shaky-cam, but can still somehow afford futuristic [[BuffySpeak projection thingies]]."
* JumpScare: Used as a RunningGag in the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' trailer.
* JustKeepDriving / SeenItAll: In ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', the opening action scene is described as being so action-packed, you'll forget to ask yourself, "Why didn't the conductor stop this train when its entire back carriage '''was ripped off'''? And why aren't these people scared?"
[[/folder]]
[[folder:K - L]]
* KissingCousins: TheStinger of ''Disney/TheLionKing'' has the narrator realize something in horror about [[OfficialCouple Simba and Nala]]:
-->'''Narrator:''' Wait, if Mufasa [Simba's father] and Scar [Mufasa's brother] are the only male lions in the pride, then Nala's dad is probably... oh no.
* LadySwearsalot: In the ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' video, the narrator describes the female protagonist Ellie as having "the mouth of a salty truck driver", showing a montage of her swearing.
* LargeHam:
** The announcer. Even more when he's actually shown onscreen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RXhcqdewf0#t=200s ("What a spray! What a lovely spray!")]].
** ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' 3D Edition Narrator, in spades.
--->'''Narrator: IN 3D!!!'''
* LastSecondWordSwap: Happens in the ''Disney/PeterPan'' trailer with the Indians. Thanks to so much ValuesDissonance, what should be "The Washington Redskins" quickly becomes "The Washington Re-- uh, D.C. Football Team."
* LatexPerfection: In the ''Franchise/MissionImpossible'' trailer, "one thing is for sure: ''everyone'' is wearing a Franchise/ScoobyDoo mask."
-->'''Narrator:''' ''[after a montage of characters unmasking themselves, while Scooby-Doo noises are dubbed over]'' And I would've gotten away with it too if it weren't for [[YouMeddlingKids that meddling Tom Cruise]]!
* LetsSeeYouDoBetter: Inverted. In the ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' trailer, after Anakin's infamous "I hate sand" line, the narrator says "Come on Creator/{{JJ|Abrams}}, [[Film/TheForceAwakens there's no way you can do any worse than this!]]"
* LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek: ''Film/GoneGirl'', according to the narrator:
-->"Based on the book everyone's mom read on the beach... comes the best-acted, coolest-looking, most well-written ''Creator/{{Lifetime}}'' Movie ever made."
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters:
** The narrator eventually gives up trying to name, or even remember, the characters in ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
-->"Starring...the ten characters whose names you actually remember [Daenerys Targaryen, Jon Snow, Robb Stark, Eddard Stark, Tyrion Lannister, Jaime Lannister, Cersei Lannister, Catelyn Stark, Joffrey Baratheon, Arya Stark]! And all these other characters whose names you actually don't remember [Jojen and Meera Reed, Yara Greyjoy, Gendry, Giantsbane and Orell]! Like: The Sneaky Guy [Littlefinger]; The Sneaky Bald Guy [Varys]; Carl Drago [Khal Drogo]; Those [[spoiler:Gay]] Dudes [Ser Loras Tyrell and Renly Baratheon]; Lord Friend Zone [Ser Jorah Mormont]; Grumpy Old Dad [Tywin Lannister]; The Same Person? [Stannis Baratheon]; Sand-San-Sansa? [Sansa]; Bronn? [Bran Stark]; Bran? [Bronn]; Bronn Again? [Robin Arryn]; Sam?/[[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Not Sam?]] [Sam]; The One Who [[spoiler:Had A Demon Baby]] [Melisandre]; The Guy That [[spoiler:Got His Dick Cut Off]] [Theon Greyjoy]; Super Hot [Margaery]; Tyrion's Hooker Girlfriend [Shae]; Hodor! [Hodor]; Uhh... [Xaro Xhoan Daxos]; Uhhhhh... [Commander Jeor Mormont]; Now You're Just Messing With Me [Walder Frey]; No Idea [Ser Davos]; Faceless Assassin[[note]]That Guy's Awesome[[/note]] [Jaqen H'ghar]; Not A Clue [Pycelle]; No [Rodrick]; Uh-uh [Osha]; Nope [Benjen]; Nope [Balon Greyjoy]; Nope [Syrio Forel]; Dunno [Luwin]; I Got Nothin' [Mance Rayder]; Not Ringing A Bell [Beric Dondarrion]; Go Make Up Your Own Names, Nerds! [Barristan Selmy]."
** Taken UpToEleven with the Pokemon games in the Honest Game Trailers. There are five trailers (''Red & Blue'', ''Gold & Silver'', ''Ruby & Sapphire'', ''Diamond & Pearl'', ''Black & White''). The narrator lists ALL the Pokemon at the starring part (not their actual names of course, but nicknames.)
** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' describes the additions of several new characters to a franchise that already has plenty as "the equivalent of emptying out your toy box and smashing all your action figures into each other."
* LooksLikeSheIsEnjoyingIt: In ''WesternAnimation/XMen'', the narrator refers to Jean Grey's rather suggestive crying and groaning while struggling or being tormented at certain moments as "X-gasms" while the trailer runs a remarkably long montage of them.
-->'''Narrator:''' Is it weird that this is... kinda turnin' me on?
* LongList:
** In ''Film/WorldWarZ'', "meet Gerry Lane. He's just your average, everyday super-attractive, scarf-wearing, Spanish-speaking, airplane piloting, sharp-shooting, skull-bashing, armor-crafting, arm-chopping, prisoner-interrogating, surgery-doing, slo-mo vision-having, antidote-making, eagle-eyed stay-at-home dad."
** The Starring section for ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' has the narrator giving nicknames for all the Gen I Pokemon, including [[SecretCharacter Mew]] and [[TheMissingno Missingno]]. This continues into the Honest Trailers for ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'', ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'', ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'', and ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:M]]
* MaleGaze:
** As they introduce Creator/AnneHathaway [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises as Catwoman]], the shot zooms in to her butt, while the narrator calls her "[[Film/ThePrincessDiaries The Prince-ASS Diaries]]".
** In ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'', it's pointed out that Carol Marcus (shown wearing only her underwear) is only there [[MsFanservice for one reason]]... then the camera zooms in on her cleavage.
--->'''Narrator:''' Make that two reasons.
** In ''Franchise/TheMatrix'', Monica Belucci is credited as "BEWBS".
* ManipulativeEditing: They're not always so honest and sometimes will adjust elements of shots.
** For instance, when they complain that first half hour of ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' is surprisingly boring, they use a seeming casual shot of [[ComicBook/BlackWidow Natasha Romanoff]], [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]], and [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]] on a quiet dock, when in the actual film the audio in the background is of [[spoiler:''the Helicarrier taking flight'']]
** This is particularly bad on ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''. To elaborate: they say that Heimdall can see ''everything'' (which is true). "Except for this spy", "Thor's girlfriend" and "this gigantic ship directly above him". While it is true, the spy is, well, ''a spy''. The fact that Jane can't be seen is treated as something extremely suspicious and Thor immediately sets out to find her. And for the ship, well that's because he was distracted taking down another, equally gigantic, ''invisible'' ship. On foot. With a dagger.
** A minor one in the ''Videogame/UntilDawn'' honest trailer, which names zombies as one of the horror movie tropes that appears in the game and shows a shot of a dead, rotten body with a rat crawling out of its mouth. In the actual game, that's not a zombie at all; it's just a plain, dead body with a rat inside it.
* MediumShiftGag: ''Superman IV'' and ''Top Gun'' are made to look like they were taped on an old video cassette, and ''Series/BreakingBad'', ''Series/GameOfThrones'', ''Series/{{Entourage}}'', and ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' are formatted in the style of a television preview.
* MeltingFilmEffect: Seen OncePerEpisode during the "The following is an Honest Movie Trailer" part.
* MemeAcknowledgment[[invoked]]:
** Given [[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2013/02/25/oscars-2013-life-of-pies-claudio-miranda-wizard-hair-trend/ lots of jokes were made about long-haired winners at the 2013 Oscars,]] Lucius Malfoy's actor is credited as [[http://www.crushable.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/MALFOY-4.png "Claudio Miranda."]]
** "Leo Squint" was acknowledged in the ''Inception'' trailer, as seen in the JapaneseRanguage entry.
** The quotes narrated at the end of each vid usually are popular memes.
** The ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' trailer credits Idina Menzel as Elsa as "the wickedly talented [[AccidentalMisnaming Adele]] [[EpicFail Dazeem]]," acknowledging John Travolta's famous 2014 Academy Awards gaffe.
** For ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', Captain Falcon was credited as "[[{{Mondegreen}} Show Me Your Bewbs]]!"
** The trailer for ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'', of course, references the infamous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t0uCWjQ6Og "SHAUN!"]] glitch.
** The trailer for ''Film/Godzilla2014'' names Godzilla as "Real Kaiju Have Curves", a reference to the fact that some who saw the actual trailers complained that the incarnation looked too fat.
** The ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' trailer renames the "arrow to the knee" guard as "Played Out Meme". And then shows footage of the player [[TakeThat beating the crap out of the guy]].
* MerchandiseDriven:
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'', though it's not treated as inherently negative or hurting the film -- just inevitable.
** Mocked to hell and back, of course, with the trailer for ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'', which even draws parallels to ''The LEGO Movie'' -- while the latter was at least "fun" despite its "shameless marketing", ''Minions'' is nothing but "a cynical studio branding exercise" for Universal and Illumination, and more of a expensive promotional campaign than a genuine film.
** The "Starring" part of ''Disney/FrozenFever'' lists "the reasons Disney needs to keep ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' relevant", such as an upcoming Broadway musical and a theme park as well as a ton of ordinary groceries and other goods with the ''Frozen'' brand slapped onto them, such as vitamins, canned soup and duct tape.
** ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity'', which they describe as "the biggest clusterf*ck of brand synergy since ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts''", except all the characters are "sold separately". They proceed to chew the game out for the high cost of characters and in-game objects.
* MilestoneCelebration:
** Lampshaded in-universe on the ''Film/ThreeHundred'' trailer.
--->'''Narrator:''' Can you believe it? We made 50 of these dumb things.
** They celebrated reaching 100 Honest Trailers with the trailer for ''Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey'' with a special opening that followed the comment flooding at the beginning.
* MisaimedMarketing: [[invoked]]
** As the opening of the ''Film/TheHungerGamesCatchingFire'' trailer points out, "From [[Creator/LionsGate the company]] that owns a monopoly on Literature/{{t|wilight}}eenage [[Film/TheHungerGames girl]] [[Film/{{Divergent}} fantasies]], comes the only film about starving children... with its own delicious sandwich tie-in! Subway. Be bold. Eat fresh."
** The trailer for ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' remarks how odd it was that the movie was made into action figures for kids when it's so violent and unchildfriendly, showing a clip of a commercial.
* MoneyDearBoy: [[invoked]] Sometimes used as an explanation for why good, respectable actors take roles in bad or mediocre movies.
** In the ''Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjayPart1'' "Starring": "Creator/ElizabethBanks on This Part to Pay Her Mortgage".
** In the ''Film/{{Pixels}}'' Honest Trailer, Creator/PeterDinklage is credited as, [[Series/GameOfThrones "A Lannister Must Have Needed to Pay His Debts"]].
* MonochromeCasting:
** ''The Lord of the Rings'' "will strive to prove that people of all walks of life can work together, as long as they're all white (''Seriously'', even when they die, they come back whiter)."
** ''Film/AliceInWonderland'' has "really, really, really white people".
** In ''Series/{{Entourage}}'', "almost everyone [in Los Angeles] is white".
* MoodWhiplash:
** The opening for the Honest Game Trailer for ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'':
--->'''Narrator:''' ''[footage of a Mickey Mouse game, told in a happy voice]'' From David Jaffe, one of the developers behind Disney's ''VideoGame/MickeyMania''...\\
''[sudden cut to gory footage of ''God of War'', normal epic voice]''\\
'''Narrator:''' ...comes a game of sex, violence and betrayal that's absolutely nothing like Disney's ''Mickey Mania''.
** "From the company that owns a monopoly on teenage girl fantasies comes the only film about starving children... with its own delicious sandwich diet!" from the ''Film/TheHungerGamesCatchingFire'' trailer.
** The Honest Game Trailer for ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' and ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'':
--->'''Narrator:''' ''[speaks in a lighthearted tone and shows clips from cuddly-looking games]'' Some people play games to relax. Some play for fun. ''[switches to his usual epic voice and shows clips from Dark Souls]'' Others just want a game to f*ck them 'til they love it.
** The beginning of the Honest Trailer for ''Film/MagicMike'' rapidly cuts between the flashy performance scenes and the darker, more dramatic plot points.
--->'''Narrator:''' ''[upbeat]'' Meet Magic Mike! He may not be a wizard but he is a hot dude with all the right moves. ''[somberly]'' Who struggles to overcome social stigmas about his job and can't seem to raise enough money to start his dream business no matter how hard he tries.
** Lampshaded in ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious Furious 7]]'', where they go straight from talking about how touching and heartfelt Paul Walker's sendoff was to the [[HurricaneOfPuns puntastic]] "Starring..." credits.
--->'''Narrator:''' I honestly never expected a ''Fast and Furious'' movie to make me cry. That was really well-done. So... This is an awkward transition, but... who's ready for some car puns?
** The trailer for the 2016 Emmys does a major one from dark and depressing to bright and uplifting when describing ''Series/UnbreakableKimmySchmidt'', a.k.a. ''Wacky Literature/{{Room}}'':
--->'''Narrator:''' ''[black and white footage, serious tone]'' She was abducted by a sexually abusive cult leader. She was trapped in a bunker for years. Now she's out, and she's looking for... ''[color footage, happy tone]'' a job and a boyfriend!
* MotiveDecay: Commented on in the ''Series/GameOfThrones'' trailer.
-->'''Narrator:''' ...and Daenerys Targaryen, a super-hot queen obsessed with her dragons ("WHERE ARE MY DRAGONS?!"). She's out for vengeance against the people who killed her family. Eventually...one of these days... can we just fast forward to that part?
* MotorMouth: In the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'' video, the narrator gives a LongList of plot holes and questions the game never properly answers, his speech being more and more sped up as he goes.
* MovesetClone: The Honest Game Trailer for ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrothers'' credits such playable characters, such as Link's counterparts [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Young Link]] and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker Link]], as "Film/AttackOfTheClones".
* MrExposition: In ''Inception'', Arthur is "a sidekick whose only job is to explain the plot."
* {{Mr|Fanservice}}. and MsFanservice:
** In ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'', "Jack is an unrealistically sexy peasant. And Rose is a first class [[TroubledButCute suicidal pair of boobs]]."
** In ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', "Meet Neytiri, but more importantly, meet her {{side|boob}} [[{{Portmanteau}} bluebs]]."
** In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', Catwoman (Creator/AnneHathaway) doesn't escape their oogles either.
** Black Widow in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' is referred to as "Leather Boobs", mocking her tight-fitting leather SpyCatsuit.
** "In ''Film/JurassicPark'', "And re-witness ''the [[Creator/JeffGoldblum GOLDBLUM]].''" (Steamy music plays over shots of Malcolm lounging around with his shirt ripped open.)
** Creator/EmmaWatson is credited as "your first erection" while playing [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hermione]].
** In ''Man of Steel'', the narrator first calls out Henry Cavill for [[DullSurprise his uninteresting acting]], but then sees him shirtless and forgoes his criticisms.
--->'''Narrator:''' My god, what a beefcake.
** ''Film/TheHungerGames'' films have a RunningGag of the narrator finding Gale hot.
--->'''Narrator:''' I mean, I'm not gay, but I would totally s*** Gale's d***!
** Mystique: "Wait, is she naked? She's totally naked, right? Man, somebody got to paint that on her BEWBS, to make them, you know, BLEWBS... [{{Beat}}] I am so lonely."
** Refers to both Daenerys/Emilia Clarke and Margaery/Natalie Dormer in ''Series/GameOfThrones'' as "super hot".
** In ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', "Poe Dameron's beautiful face" is credited as one of the highlights of the movie.
* MundaneMadeAwesome:
** At the end of the video, viewers can submit comments of quotes they'd like hear the narrator say in his awesome voice. They're often random things, like "poop fiddles".
** The ''[[OverlyLongGag STARES]]'' in ''Twilight'', which are put to epic music.[[note]]"[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPPzcXCCPeU Great Ambitions]]" from 0:24 to 0:49[[/note]] They later make a return in the ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' Honest Trailer in the form of [[FunWithAcronyms S.T.A.R.E.S.]],[[note]]'''S'''lowly '''T'''urning, '''A'''cting, '''R'''eacting and '''E'''moting '''S'''ilently[[/note]] even using the same epic music.
** In ''Skyfall'', Bond uses the latest technological gadgets, which include a gun, a knife, a shotgun, an old-timey gun (a revolver), and a tracking device "larger than the one Bond used in the 60s'." Averted, however, in the trailer for the next Bond film, ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', where the narrator couldn't sound more bored while he "checks all the old tropes off the list."
--->'''Narrator:''' ''[with half-hearted amazement]'' The car! The gadgets! The catchphrases! Aaand underdeveloped female sex objects.
** ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad:'' "A two hour chase scene ensues when they '''dare... to turn... ''left''!'''"
* MusicalEpisode: ''Film/LesMiserables2012'', the narrator lampshades how annoying it is that the characters convey things in song that would be done perfectly well with normal dialogue.
-->'''Narrator:''' Seriously, they sing ''everything''. So to hit that point even harder, we thought we'd sing the rest of the trailer. ''[And they do]''
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg:
** The ''Film/GrownUps'' trailer describes the actors as "an AllStarCast of comedic actors... and Rob Schneider."
** The ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' trailer features "some of Disney's most beloved characters... and also [[Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Quasimodo]]" and "your favourite ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' heroes... and also [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Vivi]]".
** The segment for ''Film/TheMartian'' in the Honest Trailer for the Oscars names Creator/RidleyScott as "the director of all your favorite science ficion movies... and also ''Film/{{Prometheus}}''".
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The narrator realizes with mounting horror that the Sonic franchise hasn't just produced [[SeasonalRot an increasing number of mediocre-to-terrible games]], but indirectly created the "terrifying hell-pit" that is its fandom, including [[Webcomic/{{Sonichu}} Chris-Chan]].
[[/folder]]
