History Main / FauxToGuide

* [[http://u63r.deviantart.com/art/how-to-be-a-furry-31135582 How To Be a Furry]]

* ''TheZombieSurvivalGuide'' offers practical advice, albeit for a [[OrIsIt completely fictional]] [[ZombieApocalypse situation]].

* ''The [[strike:Seven Habits]] Seventy Maxims of [[strike:Highly Effective Pirates]] Maximally Effective Mercenaries''[[hottip:*:Recently [[ScrewedByTheLawyers retconned after a copyright claim by the people Tayler was parodying in the first place]]]] from SchlockMercenary, including such - admittedly sage - advice as "Pillage, THEN burn." and "A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head."

* [[MontyPython Monty Python's]] sketch 'How to Do It', which consisted of extremely vague instructions on how to do particular things, such as cure the world of all disease ('Well, first of all become a doctor and discover a marvelous cure for something, and then, when the medical profession really starts to take notice of you, you can jolly well tell them what to do and make sure they get everything right so there'll never be any diseases ever again.')

* ''The [[strike:Seven Habits]] Seventy Maxims of [[strike:Highly Effective Pirates]] Maximally Effective Mercenaries''[[hottip:*:Recently retconned after a copyright claim by the people Tayler was parodying in the first place]] from SchlockMercenary, including such - admittedly sage - advice as "Pillage, THEN burn." and "A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head."

* The Robert Benchley "How To" shorts from the 1930s and 1940s (''How to Eat,''
''How to Sleep'', etc.).

* {{Everything2}} has uite a few, including (but not limited to):
** A detailed [[FauxToGuide instructions]] of how to [[BlackComedy gather]] [[http://everything2.com/title/Pixie+dust#DonJaime pixie dust]].
** [[http://everything2.com/title/How+To+Become+a+Mighty+Pirate How to become a mighty pirate]]
** [[http://everything2.com/title/How+to+Write+Bad+Poetry How to write bad poetry]]

** EncyclopediaDramatica's "tips" on playing ''TeamFortress2'' follow a similar route, explaining exactly what ''not'' to do.

* ''How to Ruin Your Life'' by Ben Stein is a subversion, in that it actually describes [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin how people ruin their lives]] to help people avoid such pitfalls.

* ''The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates'' from SchlockMercenary, including such - admittedly sage - advice as "Pillage, THEN burn." and "A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head."

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW-5-1WK9dc How To Put Yourself Inside A Coat]], although the humor is more about making something no one should ''need'' an instruction video for seem complicated.

* The Robert Benchley "How To" shorts from the 1930s and 1940s (''How to Eat,'' ''How to Sleep'', etc.).

* {{Uncyclopedia}} has a series of these. Including how to saw your own head off with a chainsaw.

-->'''Guide:''' But first [[OhCrap remove the fuse.]]

* I would offer up [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/506191 Shamoozal's NES setup guide]], but does it count as faux to if it's still accurate?

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** According to the story, the narrator for the original "How to" cartoons wasn't told he was doing voicework for Goofy cartoons, but instead voicing serious how-to films (out of a fear that he'd reject doing voicework for comedy). He supposedly got quite angry when he found out what he'd done the work for.

**Goofy is not the only Disney character who has done this. Donald Duck appeared on "How to Have an Accident in the Home" and "How to Have an Accident at Work".