History Main / CreditsGag

* As of June 2007, BBC-made shows are not allowed to have anything happening in the end credits, since the credits may be squashed, stretched or talked over. In response to this, Charlie Brooker's satirical BBC series ''Series/{{Screenwipe}}'' ran the credits right at the start in full, then cut to a spoof documentary on "corners", hosted by Victoria Coren. Brooker then walked into Coren's scene halfway through, pushed Victoria off-camera and proceeded to rant about the state of British credits. At the end of the episode, Brooker pointed out that the credits had already been shown and unceremoniously -- and abruptly -- ended the show without anything, just cutting straight to the BBC continuity announcer.

* In the closing credits of ''Film/MaryPoppins'', Mr. Dawes Sr.'s actor is initially credited as Navckid Keyd before his SdrawkcabName gets unscrambled, revealing he's actually Creator/DickVanDyke, who also plays Bert. '"Film/MaryPoppinsReturns'' does something similar, with Dick Van Dyke playing Dawes Sr.'s son, Mr. Dawes Jr.

* In the closing credits of ''Film/MaryPoppins'', Mr. Dawes Sr.'s actor is initially credited as Navckid Keyd before his SkrawkcabName gets unscrambled, revealing he's actually Creator/DickVanDyke, who also plays Bert. '"Film/MaryPoppinsReturns'' does something similar, with Dick Van Dyke playing Dawes Sr.'s son, Mr. Dawes Jr.

* In the closing credits of ''Film/MaryPoppins'', Mr. Dawes Sr. is initially said to have been played by one Navckid Keyd. Then the actor's name is unscrambled to reveal that he's actually Creator/DickVanDyke.

* Website/CollegeHumor: At the end of the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reRTXJSyTjo Head of Skate]]" video, which parodies Sarah Palin as a hockey mom in a bad Disney movie, all the credited members of the movie's production team are in fact members of the Nazi Party.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'': At the end of the closing credits, there is an ofrenda to the deceased people who inspired the filmmakers of Coco, in the form of a mosaic made from photographs.

* The cover art of ''Totally Crushed Out'' by that dog. is styled after 80's novels aimed at pre-teen girls, with a drawing style similar to the covers of ''Literature/SweetValleyHigh'' books. To go with this theme, the track-list is written in the style of a blurb which works in all of the song titles in order, and the band members are credited in an "about the authors" section.

** Similarly, on the Music/BeastieBoys' ''Ill Communication'', Biz Markie appears "courtesy of his own damn self".

* ''VideoGame/{{Putty}}'' credits "Phil-Harmonic Sound Recording System" and "Filmed in SUPER[-DANNO-]RAMMA" on the title screen of the original UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}} game, as a colorful nod to head programmer Dan Phillips and sound man Phil Thornton.

* The UsefulNotes/{{Commodore 64}} version of ''[[VideoGame/NinjaGaiden Shadow Warriors]]'' has a "ninjas mugged by" credit.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Leander}}'' (and the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis port retitled ''Galahad''), for whatever reason, Andy Ingram receives credit for "MOVEQ.L #0,D0" (a M68000 assembly language instruction) as well as for graphics and art direction. Another credit reads: "Key Grip: What?"

* Early (pre-NBC) episodes of ''Series/{{SCTV}}'' featured Creator/DaveThomas breathlessly announcing the opening cast credits, ending with "And Dave Thomas as 'The Beaver!" (Everyone else had gone home and Thomas was stuck reading the credits, so he decided to give himself a special extra plug.) When Creator/JohnCandy actually ''did'' play The Beaver in a ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver'' spoof, the opening credits were changed to say "And John Candy as 'The Beaver!" for that one episode.

* Herb Tanney, an actor who starred in various Creator/BlakeEdwards films, was generally credited with a nickname relevant to his role in the film, whatever it was (e.g., in ''Film/{{Sunset|1988}}'' he played a train conductor and was credited as "Steem Tanney", in ''Film/VictorVictoria'' he played a detective and was credited as "Sherlock Tanney", etc.)

* Early (pre-NBC) episodes of ''Series/{{SCTV}}'' featured Creator/DaveThomas breathlessly annoucing the opening cast credits, ending with "And Dave Thomas as 'The Beaver!" (Everyone else had gone home and Thomas was stuck reading the credits, so he decided to give himself a special extra plug.) When Creator/JohnCandy actually ''did'' play The Beaver in a ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver'' spoof, the opening credits were changed to say "And John Candy as 'The Beaver!" for that one episode.

** ''CreditsGag/Freakazoid''

* Herb Tanney, an actor who starred in various Creator/BlakeEdwards films, was generally credited with a nickname relevant to his role in the film, whatever it was (e.g., in ''Film/{{Sunset}}'' he played a train conductor and was credited as "Steem Tanney", in ''Film/VictorVictoria'' he played a detective and was credited as "Sherlock Tanney", etc.)

** It features odd, colorful, and extremely active opening credits, with (among other things) one sequence being eaten by a monster (including the merciless hunting down of a quick-footed "e") and then being regurgitated into the title. This was added because the studio found that starting the movie with the "monster simulator" scared younger viewers; the cheery opening helps set the tone for the beginning of the film.

Not to be confused with CreativeClosingCredits or simply running credits over TheTag, TheStinger, or the HilariousOuttakes, a '''credits gag''' involves a show making jokes within, about or upon the credits themselves. These may be a form of CouchGag in a television series.

* During the ending credits to the ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' movie ''Jonah'', three characters interrupt midway through the credits to sing a meta-tastic song about how "this is the song that goes under the credits/these are the credits, so this is where it goes/it has nothing to do with the story" and so on. Eventually they all get bored and wander off to do something else.

** ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' featuring odd, colorful, and extremely active opening credits, with (among other things) one sequence being eaten by a monster (including the merciless hunting down of a quick-footed "e") and then being regurgitated into the title. This was added because the studio found that starting the movie with the "monster simulator" scared younger viewers; the cheery opening helps set the tone for the beginning of the film.

* ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures: ComicBook/TheAvengers'' #2 and #3 credits the staff as parts of a brain - Creator/JeffParker is the cranium, Manuel Garcia is the hypothalamus, Nathan Cosby is the gray matter, Creator/MarkPaniccia is the temporal lobe, Creator/JoeQuesada is [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers the overmind]], Creator/DanBuckley is the [[ComicBook/CaptainMarvel cosmic consciousness]]...

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfKyrandia, Book Two: The Hand of Fate'', the Narrator is credited as "His Royal Highness BRANDON, [[TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard King of Kyrandia, Defender of the Kyragem, Vanquisher of Malcolm, Patron of the Arts, Wearer of the Sandal]], and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Majority Stock Owner and CEO of Timbermist Casual Footwear, Inc.]]" Additionally, The Hand is listed in every section of the voice credits with a different actor each time, despite having [[TheVoiceless no lines]].

* The ending cast credits to ''Ten'' include one for Mervin Fly performing the role of "Fly" - "Mervin" was an actual dead housefly that was used as a prop during one scene. The credits also list a "Fly Handler", and more mysteriously a "Finding Uterus" - the latter turns out to be an in-joke about one of the crew, who claimed the women in her family were all good at finding lost items.

* The ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' has the film title appear from behind the corner of the sewer, just before the Turtles come around it and are fully seen for the first time.

* ''Cracking Up'', the last film Creator/JerryLewis wrote and directed, runs the opening credits over born loser Warren Nefron attempting to navigate his psychiatrist's office with its overwaxed floor and polished leather furniture. Lewis' own acting credit is given as "Jerry -- Who Else?", while the score alternates a duet between upright bass and cymbals with bursts of big band jazz with as each credit appears... except for composer Morton Stevens, for whose credit the music cuts out entirely for a few seconds. The "theme song" (which is purely instrumental) is also said to be sung by Creator/MarcelMarceau.

* ''Music for Pets'' by Z credits "sidemen" Bing Jang on rhythm guitar and backing vocals and Arkansas on bass - Bing Jang and Arkansas were the pet dogs of band members [[Music/FrankZappa Dweezil and Ahmet Zappa]]. According to one of the musicians who actually played those parts, this had roots in the album's TroubledProduction and was meant as a TakeThat - guitarist Mike Keneally was fired for starting a side project and bassist Bryan Beller quit in solidarity, so in retaliation Dweezil and Ahmet [[https://www.bryanbeller.com/music/zrap.html#10 replaced their credits and photos with the dogs]].

* ''Music for Pets'' by Z credits "sidemen" Bing Jang on rhythm guitar and backing vocals and Arkansas on bass - Bing Jang and Arkansas were the pet dogs of band members [[Music/FrankZappa Dweezil and Ahmet Zappa]]. According to one of the musicians who actually played those parts, this had roots in the album's TroubledProduction and was meant as a TakeThat - guitarist Mike Keneally was fired for starting a side project and bassist Bryan Beller quit in solidarity, so in retaliation Dweezil and Ahmet [[https://www.bryanbeller.com/music/zrap.html#9 replaced their credits and photos with the dogs]].

* Before the beginning of the sixth season of ''Series/{{Friends}}'', actress Courteney Cox got married and changed her name to Courteney Cox Arquette. During the opening credits of the first episode, all of the actors have "Arquette" added at the end of their name. Courteney and Jennifer Aniston (who was usually listed first) also switched positions in the credits to make the joke work.