History Main / CreditsGag

* The CD booklet accompanying heavy prog band Arena's 2006 album ''Pepper's Ghost'' includes a comic strip (owing something to ''TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'') which is credited to Tim Bisley. This is obviously a joke because Bisley is SimonPegg's character from ''{{Spaced}}''.

* In the closing credits to ''[[MysteryCaseFiles Escape From Ravenhearst]]'', some of the closing credits' names and headings shift back and forth between the real names and jokes. Also a MythologyGag, as part of the game itself involves picking out which objects in a number of scenes are shifting between two forms.

* Not technically a credits gag but very close in concept, when you first started up [[http://progressiveboink.com/archive/stooges.htm the Three Stooges game on the original NES]] you were greeted with the logo for Ghostbusters 2. Then the Stooges would wander in, and Curly announced, "Hey Fellas! We're in the wrong game!"

* When NineInchNails recorded their own version of "Suck", originally a 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".

* On NPR's ''Car Talk'', Click and Clack read an ever-increasing list of prank call names describing the extensive support staff of the radio show. For instance, the accounting firm of Dewey, Cheatum and Howe, the make up artist Bud Tugly, guest accommodations by the Horseshoe Road Inn, chauffeur Pikop Andropov, etc. They also give odd nicknames to their actual production staff, like producer Doug "The Subway Fugitive" "Not a Slave to Fashion" "Bongo Boy" Berman and Catherine "[[YoungFrankenstein Frau Blucher]]" Penalosa (complete with sound of horses whinnying and galloping).

* Similar to the ''Excel Saga'' example mentioned above, the ADV Films release of ''Lightnovel/FullMetalPanic!'' includes in-character voiceovers from the main cast to accompany the FBI warning. While the warning itself is standard, the voice-overs paraphrase in various ways; Kaname announces that she is setting out some rules as ClassRepresentative, while Sousuke warns against using the disc or its packaging as a weapon and makes sure to note that any HumongousMecha specifications the viewer may come across are strictly confidential. This is carried over from the similar voice-overs done for the piracy warnings on the Japanese [=DVDs=], which are included as extras on the ADV Films [=DVDs=].

* Similar to ''Phantasm'', ''Film/BubbaHoTep'' warns copyright violators that they will be punished with "the wrath of Bubba Ho Tep".
** Perhaps it should be noted that the entire ''Phantasm'' series and ''Film/BubbaHoTep'' were all directed by the same person.

** In "Superstar", the episode in which Jonathan turns himself into MarySue, the usual title sequence is interspersed with shots of Jonathan being heroic.

* On the Music/PDQBach album ''The Short-Tempered Clavier and other dysfunctional works for keyboard'', two "famous" performers are credited under Peter Schickele, followed by "David Robinson, whoever ''he'' is."

** In a similar vein, ''{{Starcraft}}'' assures us that "no pixels were harmed in the making of this game". No guarantees about animals, given that this was the game where clicking on a critter could eventually make it go up in a mushroom cloud.

* In ''[[VideoGame/ChoAniki Ai Cho Aniki]]'', all of the credits have "Aniki" in their titles.

* On the Music/PDQBach album ''The Short-Tempered Clavier and other dysfunctional works for keyboard'', two "famous" performs are credited under Peter Schickele, followed by "David Robinson, whoever ''he'' is."

* On the Music/PDQBach album ''The Short-Tempered Clavier and other dysfunctional works for keyboard'', the three people credited besides Peter Schickele include "David Robinson, whoever ''he'' is."

* The good folks at WhiteWolf have a [[strike: bad]] habit of leaving little odd things in their credits. For example, the Manual of Exalted Power: Lunars gave us references to the underwear of Gaia and the Celestial Incarnae, including the "Pantaloons of the Unconquered Sun."

* ''{{Freakazoid}}!'' had some fun with this. Ending credits in the first season gave a tally of the appearances of Emmitt Nervend, a character used entirely for momentary cameos. In season 2, this was replaced by SpoofAesop proverbs. Multiple episodes credit "Weena Mercator as the Hopping Woman", usually surrounded by fictional names. No such character ever appears.

* Every credits for ''Sealab2021'' ends with some anagram of Mike Lazzo, one of the executive producers.

-->'''Name Inadvertently Left Out of the Name Game:''' [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Plucky]]** The Tiny Toon movie takes this to extremes, with tons of gag credits spread throughout the real end credits. At one point, it tells us, "AND THAT'S THE LAST END CREDIT" at which point the credits scroll away and the screen is blank for about ten seconds. Then the words [[ILied "WE LIED"]] scroll up, and the credits continue for a few more minutes.

--> ''Since the making of this film in the late 1970s, a greater awareness has developed regarding the cruelty to animals in connection with the fur business, and the health risks associated with smoking and second hand smoke. Therefore, I do not condone the use of tobacco and fur products as depicted in this film. -Richard Donner''. Also counts as perhaps an AuthorFilibuster of sorts, as Donner is now known for his staunchly anti-fur views.

* In the closing credits of ''Film/MaryPoppins'', the name Navckid Keyd (credited as playing the part of Mr. Dawes Senior, the elderly banker) is unscrambled to reveal that it was DickVanDyke in disguise.

** The special thanks credit originally read "Chef's Band Thanks". After Chef's death, it was changed to the standard version, starting with "Smug Alert!".* Most Halloween episodes of ''TheSimpsons'' have all credits being given "Spooky names", and the Gracie Films VanityPlate being accompanied by OminousPipeOrgan music.

* Most Halloween episodes of ''TheSimpsons'' have all credits being given "Spooky names", and the Gracie Films VanityPlate being accompanied by OminousPipeOrgan music.

* ''TinyToonAdventures'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Histeria}}'', like the other Silver Age WB cartoons listed here, did this often.
** The Tiny Toon movie takes this to extremes, with tons of gag credits spread throughout the real end credits. At one point, it tells us, "AND THAT'S THE LAST END CREDIT" at which point the credits scroll away and the screen is blank for about ten seconds. Then the words [[ILied "WE LIED"]] scroll up, and the credits continue for a few more minutes.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'''s Hungarian credits, the voice actors and various other members of the dubbing studio are referred to by comical nicknames, save for the production manager, who has his actual, full name given. But since the most recent dubbing team doesn't have one, they simply end the credits with "Production Manager: there was none". Back when the dubbing was done by {{HBO}}, they also liked to pronounce it as "hábéó".
** The special thanks credit originally read "Chef's Band Thanks". After Chef's death, it was changed to the standard version, starting with "Smug Alert!".

* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' had one gag credit per episode. Some examples:
-->'''Istanbul:''' Not Constantinople
-->'''Abba Spelled Backwards:''' Is Abba
-->'''Quick Question:''' Those Babes Around Arnold-- [[CartoonCreature What Kind of Animals Were They]]?
-->'''Name Inadvertently Left Out of the Name Game:''' [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Plucky]]

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

* ''BambiMeetsGodzilla'', a short cartoon written by Marv Newland, with screenplay by Marv Newland, choreography by Marv Newland, Bambi's wardrobe by Marv Newland, and was produced by Marv Newland, who was produced by Mr. and Mrs. Newland, is an early example of this, being made way back in 1969.

* Happens regularly with {{Pixar}} movies:

* [[Creator/TheCoenBrothers Ethan Coen's]] 15-year-old son Buster was credited as [[MattDamon Mr. Damon's]] Ab Double in ''TrueGrit''. He actually was an assistant to the script supervisor.

* In the first two ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' games, Creator/TerryPratchett is credited as "Shouting At People" and "Throwing Rocks From Afar", respectively. In ''DiscworldNoir'' he is credited as "Far Too Much Interference".
* In ''FreddyPharkasFrontierPharmacist'', you can interact with the opening credits using the cursor. For example, using the hand on the job title gives, "You can't take the credit for something you haven't done!"
* Patapon 3 has in its credits "Astigmatic One Eyed Typography Institute". While they are real and make custom fonts, the decision to make their oddly relevant name their title (as opposed to something like "Font Designer") makes me believe this trope applies.