History Main / CreditsGag

* Some ''TabletopGame/{{Savage Worlds}}'' books by Pinnacle Entertainment Group list the credits in the beginning of the book as the names of the contributors, with a nickname for each one in the middle, similar to the ''Simpsons'' Halloween Specials, below. Often begins with John "Night Train" Goff (or "Night Rain", as of ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}} Deadlands Noir'').

* Some ''TabletopGame/{{Savage Worlds}}'' books by Pinnacle Entertainment Group list the credits in the beginning of the book as the names of the contributors, with a nickname for each one in the middle, similar to the Simpsons Halloween Specials listed under Western Animation, below. Often begins with John "Night Train" Goff (or "Night Rain", as of ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}} Deadlands Noir'').

*** Also starting with episode 6, the roles of Flapper Puller, Clipper Clapper, and Haberdasher are credited to some notable trio, usually a musical group. ([[Music/{{Rush}} Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart]] for example.)

* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' had the mother of all Credit Gags, more like a full-on Gag Credits. After defeating [[BigBad Medusa]], 8-bit credits roll, complete with matching music. [[spoiler:Suddenly, [[ManBehindTheMan Hades]] reaches in from behind the credits and ''tears them away'', revealing he was behind the Underworld attack and beginning the 16-level-long ''real'' storyline.]]

* In ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Suzumiya Haruhi no Heiretsu]]'' at the end [[spoiler:of the second chapter when the boat is sinking]], the credits suddenly glitch out and [[spoiler:start to rewind as Kyon and the others complain about the fact that they still haven't escaped the GroundhogDayLoop they're stuck in as the third chapter starts]].

* In ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', the credits include characters from the show among the production staff. For instance, in both the North American adaptation and the original Japanese the opening credits cite "The Ultra Director Haruhi Suzumiya" as being in charge of the program.

* After ''LightNovel/MySisterMyWriter'' became notorious for its consistently OffModel artwork, episode 6's credits listed one of the animators as "Shoujiki Komatta". That's not a real name - instead, it can be translated to mean, "[[CreatorBacklash We're in]] [[TroubledProduction serious trouble]]".

** Also counts as perhaps an AuthorFilibuster of sorts, as Donner is now known for his staunchly anti-fur views.

* ''Film/BeautyandtheBeast2017'': The main credits have a French subtitle to homage the fairytale's French roots.

* ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesOutOftheShadows'' has the film title appear with a comic symbol of the four Turtles and the number 2, representing the Turtles' comic origins and the film being the second installment.

* Herb Tanney, an actor who starred in various Blake Edwards films, was geenrally credited as a nickname regarding his role in the film, whatever it was. EG In Sunset he played a train conductor and was credited as Steem Tanney, in Victor/Victoria he played a detective and was credited as Sherlock Tanney.

* ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'' has a cheat code for a video game releasing at the time hidden in the closing credits.

* The opening sequence of the ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' [=DVDs=] tend to feature these as well, including one where they have a fake version of the FBI warning, followed by an even more fake Spanish version. That isn't even in Spanish.

* The credits for ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' begin with dark, dramatic, epic-style music... then [[GagSub faux-Swedish subtitles]] start showing up talking about moose, interspersed by notices that first state the people responsible for the fault in the subtitles had been "sacked", then that the people who were supposed to sack those responsible for the fault in subtitles were ''also'' sacked. The credits restart with lush, romantic music...with more credits revolving around moose. Eventually, we are told "The directors of the firm hired to continue the credits after the other people had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been sacked." Then the credits begin flashing in seizure-inducing colors, while [[EverythingsBetterWithLlamas credits related to llamas]] start appearing and Mexican music plays in the background. All this nonsense, and the movie hasn't started yet.

* ''The Queen Is Dead'' by Music/TheSmiths credits the backing vocals on the song "Bigmouth Strikes Again" to Ann Coates, which is a PunnyName referencing Ancoats, a district of Manchester. Morrissey was actually a SelfBackingVocalist on that song, they just used studio effects to make his backing vocals higher pitched.

* When Music/NineInchNails recorded their own version of "Suck", originally a Music/{{Pigface}} song Trent Reznor had appeared on, there was minor controversy over how the NIN version credited the songwriting - The Pigface version credited each musician who appeared on the song individually as songwriters, with Reznor's name appearing last, whereas the NIN version was credited to "t. reznor/pigface". In response, Pigface included a version of "Suck" on their live album ''Truth Will Out'' and credited the songwriting to "whatever trent says – really – no shit".

* Music/SteveAlbini would occasionally be credited on albums for his engineering under the name Fluss - Fluss was in fact Albini's cat, who was considered the unofficial mascot of the Electrical Audio studio. The practice was retired after 2003, when Fluss died.

* Instead of crediting the individual members, the liner notes of ''Heavy Petting Zoo'' by {{Music/NOFX}} merely state that "NOFX are: Same as last album but older and fatter (Erik's up to 178 lbs)". As a further reference to that aside, when crediting Fat Mike for songwriting, they note that he's "only 165 lbs". In a spoof of other artists including instrument company endorsements in their liner notes, there's the statement "NOFX used guitars, drums, and amps on this album, and other stuff too". And finally, alongside the typical "thanks" section is the following:

* In Music/DanielAmos’s ''Music/{{Doppelganger}}'', the liner notes credit Ed [=McTaggert=] with playing “skins, tubs, and traps (say that five time fast!)”. They also credit the background clapping on one song to “The Eric ‘Clap-Tons’”.

* The liner notes of Music/{{Chicago|Band}}'s eleventh album credit trombonist James Pankow with "lead vocals and Steinway(Sorry Bobby)."[[note]]keyboardist Robert Lamm[[/note]]

* Martin Newell's ''The Greatest Living Englishman'' credits producer/arranger [[{{Music/XTC}} Andy Partridge]] as "NewAndImproved Andy Partridge". This is actually an artifact of an early WorkingTitle and artwork concept for the album - at one point it was going to be called ''New Product'' and be [[PackagedAsOtherMedium designed to look like a box of laundry detergent]], and somehow the idea of crediting Andy as though he were a product stuck around even though it no longer made sense.

* The liner notes of Music/{{Wire}}'s ''Pink Flag'' list a physical feature of each member; for singer Colin (Newman), it's "black hair"; for drummer Robert Gotobed, it's "6 foot 3"; for guitarist B.C. Gilbert, it's "blue eyes"; for bass player (Graham) Lewis, it's "9st.6lbs" [[note]] That's 132lbs or 60kg[[/note]]

* Music/{{Melvins}}' ''Elecroretard'' includes a special thanks to "A. Hilter" - WordOfGod is it's a Creator/MontyPython ShoutOut, referring to a sketch in which Adolf Hitler is living in Somerset, England under the name of "Mr. Hilter".

* Music/TheDamned's "The History of the World (Part 1)" was labeled as "''Over''produced by Music/HansZimmer" on the original album cover for ''The Black Album''.

* ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon'' capped off it's credits with the note that [[NoAnimalsWereHarmed no sheep were hurt during development.]]

* The credits for ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk #467'' lists Peter David (who was leaving the book after that issue) as "Ex-writer" and artist Adam Kubert (who was moving on to ComicBook/XMen) as "X-artist".

[[caption-width-right:350:[[[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail We apologize for the fault in the subtitles.\\

[[caption-width-right:350:We apologize for the fault in the subtitles.\\
Those responsible have been sacked.]]

** The live EP ''The Lion And The Witch''' credits Rupert Peasley and E.O. Smith as {{Record Producer}}s - "Rupert Peasley" was the FanNickname for the man depicted on the cover art of the album ''Maladroit'', while E.O. Smith is a pseudonym for singer/guitarist Rivers Cuomo, who attended E.O. Smith High School.

* Blink and you miss it: in ''Kung Fu: the Legend Continues'' the pilot opens with an updated version of the ''Series/KungFu1972'' logo over a shot of David Carradine walking. When the second part of the title comes up, he looks back in surprise.

** Another episode showed footage of someone's rear, so it would like it was speaking instead of the continuity announcer -- a fact not lost on the announcer when he spoke.

** During the early days of Wheel's syndicated run, Sajak could sometimes be seen changing the tiles on the puzzle board to create an (often) nonsensical word.

** ''Series/{{Blackadder}} Goes Forth'' turned the crew credits into a pseudo-military rank listing, for instance makeup designer Caroline Noble becomes "M/U Dgr. 862641 Noble, C".

* ''The Series/BlackAdder'' had the cast credits in a different order every episode, parodying sitcoms which listed "Cast in Order of Appearance". The first episode had "Cast in Order of Precedence" starting with the kings, and then things like "Cast in Order of Reverence" for the episode where Edmund becomes an Archbishop.

** In the ''Blackadder the Third'' episode "Amy and Amiability", a running gag is squirrels being shot and hitting the ground. At the end of the credits, there's a sound of another squirrel getting shot.

* Garrison Keillor credits his writing on ''Radio/APrairieHomeCompanion'' to "Sarah Bellum" ([[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Not that one]]).

* Blink and you miss it: in ''Kung Fu: the Legend Continues'' the pilot opens with an updated version of the ''Series/KungFu'' logo over a shot of David Carradine walking. When the second part of the title comes up, he looks back in surprise.

* The opening credits to ''Film/AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes'' named one man for six different positions, each with a variation on his name (C.J. Dillon, Constantine James Dillon, etc). It also claimed the film included a special appearance by the "Royal Shakespeare Tomatoes", and was based on "The Tomatoes of Wrath" among other gags.