History Main / CreditsGag

* The second edition of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has the Monster Manual, which does not list individual artists for monster art, except two people are explicitly credited for the [[InvisibleMonster invisible stalker]]... [[spoiler:which has a blank picture as its arwork]]

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97OJFfTnrz8&feature=channel This]] CyanideAndHappiness short has such credits as "Better webcomic by Zack Weiner", "North by Northwest" and "Please by Our Book"

* In the only studio album of Brazilian comedy band Mamonas Assassinas, the liner notes are filled with jokes. Besides the credits, which include "Mixed in studio The Enterprise / Los Angeles, in the USA, Stardate 49872.6 by Jerry Napier (the one from Ozzy, ya know?)", there are "Thanks" to the flight crew "who served us food going to the US" and {{Ultraman}} "who killed that horrible monster".

* ''PulpFiction'' has a subtle example. Right as a name relating to sound production shows, the background music gets changed to static before changing to the next song. There are also characters credited as "Long Hair Yuppy Scum" and "Coffee Shop". The latter is the coffee shop owner who says "I'm only a coffee shop..."

** A quick example is "Ms. Calvello's wardrobe provided by Straight-Jackets R Us". And after an episode whose theme is that there are to be no gags, the credits are given straight with a comment reminding the viewers that it was the "no-gags" episode.

** The Middle East Special has their first names followed by the name of their hometown, e.g. ''"Jeremy of Doncaster"'', ''"Andrew of Glossop"''[[hottip:*:Executive Producer Andy Wilman]], etc...

* Done subtly in the opening credits of the ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "Paradise Lost". While the supporting cast is being listed, actors Bill [[AC: Dow]] and Gary [[AC:Jones]] are listed on screen at the same time, despite one of them playing a [[EngagingChevrons minor role]] in the episode.[[hottip:*:For those confused, Dow Jones is one of the main stock market indices in America]]

* GurrenLagann plays a trick with the credit for Makken, the "Cotton Hill"-look-a-like side character. He's credited as "Reo Kaminaga", which can be scrambled to instead spell "Ore ga Kamina", or "I am Kamina", as an allusion to his real voice actor who shares his voice with Kamina. [[spoiler:This was mainly done to not ruin the ending to Episode 26.]]

* LucasArts adventure games often did this, such as ''MonkeyIsland2'' crediting a "proofraeder", or ''FullThrottle'' crediting the game designers' cats.
** Not to mention ''FullThrottle'''s credits' "special biker haiku section."
** At the end of the credits for ''TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland'' the game tells the player to get off the computer and go to bed. ''MonkeyIsland2'' tells you to go do something constructive and even offers suggestions (e.g. run for president or teach basket weaving to clams). Monkey Island also includes "chocolate supply supervision" as a credited role.
** In ''TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland'' Guybrush drinks grog mixed with Head-B-Clear medicine, supposedly dying the first time. You then cut to a fake scoring system appearing, implying the player failed. The credits begin and you hear Guybrush in his coffin shouting that he is still alive. The credits suddenly stop and the player can continue the game.

* In the liner notes to TheFlamingLips' ''Transmissions From The Satellite Heart'', the members all have an irrelevant detail about themselves listed in addition to the instrument they play (shoe size, astrological sign, etc).

** "Smart and Smarter" has [[AmericanIdol Simon Cowell]], the guest star of that episode, riff over the ending credits. It ends with "Oh, shh yourself" in response to the Gracie Films logo.

* The {{Biopic}} ''Man on the Moon'' (1999) opens in black-and-white with AndyKaufman (JimCarrey), in character as Foreign Man, thanking the audience for coming to see the movie about him, and that he wishes it was better. He goes on to say that he isn't happy with the result because of all the changes made to his life "for dramatic purposes," so he recut it. "Now the movie is much shorter. In fact, this is the end of the movie. Tank you veddy much. [pause] I'm not fooling. Goodbye. [longer, more awkward pause] Go." Andy proceeds to put on a record of sappy music and the ''end'' credits cast list rolls. [[spoiler: This turns out to be Andy's way of driving people who "who just wouldn't understand me, and don't even want to try" out of the theater -- he's actually happy with the film.]] This was inspired by the opening of Andy's 1977 TV special, in which a similar gag was employed with Foreign Man.

* The ''StarWars'' prequel trilogy has the latter two credit "Michael Smith as Javva The Hutt", thanking the owner of [[IndustrialLightAndMagic ILM's]] coffee hut.

* {{Bayonetta}} does this - once you beat [[spoiler: [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Jubileus]]]], Bayonetta stands on a piece of debris falling from orbit towards the earth, and the credits start to roll. [[spoiler: Then Jeanne comes in, warning Bayonetta about how the remains of Jubileus will destroy the earth, and the credits immediately stop as the game continues]].

** The "65th Anniversary Special" (really the show's 65th episode) had a TON of fake credits, similar to the ones above. For example...