History Main / MissingTrailerScene

** [[https://i.imgur.com/xH0Qi7c.mp4 A brief clip]] that was part of a promo that was released in the summer of 2022 of Lestat standing on his balcony and suddenly turning his head to face the camera with a concerned expression was never used in the first season.

* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Meapless in Seattle". The fake trailer at the end of the earlier episode "The Chronicles of Meap" features a fight scene between Meap and Suzie. No such scene happens in "Meapless in Seattle", and the fake trailer for "Meap Me in St. Louis" features ''the exact same fight scene''.
-->'''Doofenshmirtz:''' [[LampshadeHanging Hey wait, wasn't that Suzie stuff supposed to be in this one?]]

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-HvFSdIj7Y SDCC trailer]] has dialogue whispered by Lestat de Lioncourt which wasn't included in Season 1: "You don't fear me, Louis. You fear yourself." It may have originally been part of his LoveConfession in the pilot, so if that's the case, it was either left on the cutting room floor, or we can't hear it in the final version because Louis de Pointe du Lac's narration drowns out Lestat's voice.

* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Meapless in Seattle". The fake trailer at the end of the earlier episode "The Chronicles of Meap" features a fight scene between Meap and Suzie. No such scene happens in "Meapless in Seattle", but the fake trailer for "Meap Me in St. Louis" features ''the exact same fight scene''.

** There are some deleted scenes for the italian trailers for two ''Total Drama Pahkitew Island'' episodes:

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Gil-galad has a line in the promos for Season 1 that is never heard in the show never: "There is good in this world, we have the strength to protect it".

* Almost all ''Film/{{Pokemon}}'' movie trailers have scenes not in the finished movie. In fact, most of the original trailers were composed of nothing but early production footage:

** A promo clip for "World War Zimmerman" featured Cartman wearing his normal clothes, whereas the episode itself had him wearing a rapper outfit (which he wore in in the scene before it).

** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCPGowtf74g original promo]] for the post-Election 2016 episode featured an unused scene from the original plot. The episode was called "The Very First Gentleman" and had Bill Clinton visiting South Park Elementary after his wife Hillary was elected president. When it turned out that Donald Trump was elected president, the episode was quickly reworked into "Oh Jeez".

* Almost all ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' movie trailers have scenes not in the finished movie. In fact, most of the original trailers were composed of nothing but early production footage:

-->'''Homer:''' It's like you hate me, your own husband, whom you're contractually obligated to like!

-->'''Ralph''': You're the clown from TV! Sometimes, when I see you, I laugh so much I throw up!\\

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCPGowtf74g original promo]] for the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' post-Election 2016 episode featured an unused scene from the original plot. The episode was called "The Very First Gentleman" and had Bill Clinton visiting South Park Elementary after his wife Hillary was elected president. When it turned out that Donald Trump was elected president, the episode was quickly reworked into "Oh Jeez".

NeverTrustATrailer taken to the logical extreme: trailers that are ''so'' untrustworthy they include scenes that have been cut from the film itself. Or even worse, filmed just for the trailer. This happens more often than not: almost every movie with a sufficient amount of promotional material will feature at least some shots not in the final movie. Sometimes they end up released later as the DeletedScene on the Home Release or included as part of a Recut for the LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-HvFSdIj7Y SDCC trailer]] has dialogue whispered by Lestat de Lioncourt which wasn't included in Season 1: "You don't fear me, Louis. You fear yourself." It may have originally been part of his LoveConfession in the pilot, so it was either left on the cutting room floor, or we can't hear it in the final version because Louis de Pointe du Lac's narration drowns out Lestat's voice.

** In the trailer for ''Total Drama World Tour'', [[https://youtu.be/guPGVPTY_bA?t=89 there was a scene where Owen's butt was stuck at the side of the jumbo jet]] which ended up getting cut from the final version. However, the scene most likely would've been in "Super Happy Crazy Fun Time Japan" judging by how Owen's butt got stuck in the side of the plane in said episode.

* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic did a trailer for a ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' review that had almost completely different footage to said review. People ''enjoyed'' it (Rob calls it his favorite episode), but that was never explained. Those trailer-exclusive scenes include Malcolm-as-Finn unmasking and saying ''"wow, a black guy"'', Kylo's three-bladed lightsaber with many messages against complaining fans and BB-8 with many messages describing it as a cutesy Merchandise-Driven character.

The reasons for this vary. Usually the trailers are released while the film itself is still being edited, so the Trailer footage may end becoming a DeletedScene or replaced by an alternate take in the final cut. Also, most trailers are put together by third-party companies that often have no idea what is or is not going to end up in the film, working only with the footage available to them. Finally, in the era of digital filmmaking, the VFX get continuously tweaked up until release, so almost all big-budget blockbusters will have unfinished effects in the trailers. This also makes it easier for the studios to make deliberate changes to the trailer footage to obscure the true plot of the movie.