History Main / MontageEndsTheVHS

** The VHS releases of ''Film/TheCrow'' and its sequel ''Film/TheCrowCityOfAngels'' ended with Creator/BrandonLee's last interview and a tribute to him, respectively.

** The Classics re-release of "Lyle, The Kindly Viking" ended with the story reel for "My Share".

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': The American VHS and [=DVDs=] released throughout the Nineties through Creator/VIZMedia (then, Viz Video) and Pioneer Entertainment had trailers at the end of the tape to promote the still-young ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' games (featuring Creator/RachaelLillis as the voice of Pikachu as well as an evil bus driver -- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tTc8__lXkM no, seriously]]), as well as other anime Pioneer was distributing (''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion'', ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'') at the time. On some occasions, like prior to the release of ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'', they'd air the trailers (mostly just the trailer for ''Pokemon: The First Movie'') first.

** This was also done by U.S.A. Home Video, a non-family-friendly subsidiary of Family Home Entertainment which eventually overtook FHE, evolved into International Video Entertainment / IVE, then LIVE Entertainment (acquiring Vestron Video around this time), and finally Artisan Entertainment before being absorbed into Creator/{{Lionsgate}}, by adding movie trailers in its early tapes.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': The American VHS and DVDs released throughout the Nineties through Creator/VIZMedia (then, Viz Video) and Pioneer Entertainment had trailers at the end of the tape to promote the still-young ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' games (featuring Creator/RachaelLillis as the voice of Pikachu as well as an evil bus driver -- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tTc8__lXkM no, seriously]]), as well as other anime Pioneer was distributing (''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion'', ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'') at the time. On some occasions, like prior to the release of ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'', they'd air the trailers (mostly just the trailer for ''Pokemon: The First Movie'') first.

** Many Disney (and its other labels: Touchstone, Buena Vista, Hollywood, Miramax and Dimension) tapes had music videos, trailers and/or featurettes at the end. It was especially common on a majority of the ''Masterpiece Collection'' releases and titles from the late 1990s to early 2000s. Then there were the often-seen trailers at the beginning, which would often promote Creator/{{ABC}} programming following Disney's buyout of that network in 1996; in some cases (mostly kids videos), shows on the Creator/DisneyChannel or, following its purchase, [[Creator/{{Freeform}} ABC Family]] would appear too.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': The American VHS's released throughout the Nineties through Creator/VIZMedia (then, Viz Video) and Pioneer Entertainment had trailers at the end of the tape to promote the still-young ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' games (featuring Creator/RachaelLillis as the voice of Pikachu as well as an evil bus driver -- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tTc8__lXkM no, seriously]]), as well as other anime Pioneer was distributing (''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion'', ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'') at the time. On some occasions, like prior to the release of ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'', they'd air the trailers (mostly just the trailer for ''Pokemon: The First Movie'') first.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': The American VHS's released throughout the Nineties through Creator/VIZMedia (then, Viz Video) had trailers at the end of the tape to promote the still-young ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' games (featuring Creator/RachaelLillis as the voice of Pikachu as well as an evil bus driver -- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tTc8__lXkM no, seriously]]), as well as other anime it was distributing (''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion'', ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'') at the time. On some occasions, like prior to the release of ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'', they'd air the trailers (mostly just the trailer for ''Pokemon: The First Movie'') first.

One of the most common things UsefulNotes/HomeVideoDistributors did with movie and television releases in the 1970s, 80s and 90s was adding movie trailers, intros, or a compilation preview promoting other VHS or (in earlier years) Betamax tapes they sold. This was because a VHS tape and/or a Betamax tape in SP mode had room for two hours of material; since most movies clocked in at around 90 minutes, and four half-hour or two one-hour TV episodes (minus commercials) last about the same amount of time, the tapes had leftover space.

As the 80s progressed, trailers and promos began to appear at the ''beginnings'' of tapes; [[ProductPlacement commercials for products not directly related to the film or show]] (i.e. soda) began to appear as well -- often if there was some sort of tie-in with the movie or show on the tape. Throughout the '90s, plugs for products related to the tape's contents (such as soundtracks or books) also began to appear, and in some cases (mostly Disney's) promos for TV shows running on the label's sister broadcast networks or produced by the television wing of the studio (including RecycledTheSeries) would appear too. Music videos were also a common sight, typically for a song on the film's soundtrack.

* In the mid-'80s, Thorn EMI Video and its successor company Thorn EMI-Creator/{{HBO}} Video, had a habit of capping off tapes with a series of trailers; before HBO was added to the company's name, this usually ended with an extensive scroll listing a bunch of Thorn EMI tapes as easy listening music played. This habit was abandoned by the time it became HBO/[[Creator/TheCannonGroup Cannon]] Video and then simply HBO Video.

* Some ''[[Franchise/HelloKitty Hello Kitty to Issho]]'' tapes end with a preview for the entire collection of tapes in that series (which is just the theme song "Itazura Tenshi" set to clips from the videos as their names are shown) and a preview for [[Creator/{{Sanrio}} Sanrio Puroland]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvsbeNu5Qds&t=22s "Walt Disney and You"]], a compilation trailer seen at the end of [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney Home Video]] videocassettes from 1982 until a few months before the Walt Disney Classics premiere of ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', contains clips from various 1950s-1980s Disney films, mostly the live-action ones. (In 1982, only a few Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon titles were available for home viewing; this changed when the Classics line was created in 1984 with ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'' and began releasing films from the canon for the next 10 years.) It comes complete with a 1980s-style title song at the beginning and end as well as ''Film/{{Tron}}''-style graphics. Earlier videos just contain trailers for other Disney movies after the end of the actual movie. There was even a standalone release, 1985's ''The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue'', that consisted solely of a half-hour ClipShow of highlights from their library -- effectively meaning the Montage ''IS'' the VHS!

* ''Series/SesameStreet'' VHS tapes from Sony Wonder often had a trailer reel at the end. It would be preceded by a bumper that says, "Look for these great products from Sesame Street." It was followed by one that says, "Only from Sony Wonder, wherever children's videos, [=CD's=], cassettes, and book-and-tape sets are sold." These bumpers originally used the classic harmonica closing theme of the show, but they later used an instrumental of the song "Count With Me" instead. The VHS release of ''Series/ElmosWorld: Head to Toe with Elmo'' just says "Only from Sony Wonder," and omits the rest of the line, and later tapes replaced that bumper with the Sony Wonder website bumper.

* ''Series/SesameStreet'' VHS tapes from Sony Wonder often had a trailer reel at the end. It would be preceded by a bumper that says, "Look for these great products from Sesame Street." It was followed by one that says, "Only from Sony Wonder, wherever children's videos, [=CD's=], cassettes, and book-and-tape sets are sold." These bumpers originally used the classic harmonica closing theme of the show, but later versions use an instrumental of the song "Count With Me" instead. The VHS release of ''Series/ElmosWorld: Head to Toe with Elmo'' just says "Only from Sony Wonder," and omits the rest of the line, and later tapes replaced that bumper with the Sony Wonder website bumper.

* After the Parents Guide segment on ''WesternAnimation/OnceUponAPotty'' and before going to the credits, it has a promo sting for Once Upon A Potty.

One of the most common things UsefulNotes/HomeVideoDistributors did with movie and television releases in the 1970s and '80s was adding movie trailers, intros, or a compilation preview promoting other VHS or Betamax tapes they sold. This was because a VHS tape and/or a Betamax tape in SP mode had room for two hours of material; since most movies clocked in at around 90 minutes, and four half-hour or two one-hour TV episodes (minus commercials) last about the same amount of time, the tapes had leftover space.

As the '80s progressed, trailers and promos began to appear at the ''beginnings'' of tapes; [[ProductPlacement commercials for products not directly related to the film or show]] (i.e. soda) began to appear as well -- often if there was some sort of tie-in with the movie or show on the tape. Throughout the '90s, plugs for products related to the tape's contents (such as soundtracks or books) also began to appear, and in some cases (mostly Disney's) promos for TV shows running on the label's sister broadcast networks or produced by the television wing of the studio (including RecycledTheSeries) would appear too. Music videos were also a common sight, typically for a song on the film's soundtrack.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvsbeNu5Qds&t=22s "Walt Disney and You"]], a compilation trailer seen at the end of [[Creator/{{Disney}} Walt Disney Home Video]] videocassettes from 1982 until a few months before the Walt Disney Classics premiere of ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', contains clips from various 1950s-1980s Disney films, mostly the live-action ones. (In '82 only a few Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon titles were available for home viewing; this changed when the Classics line was created in 1984 with ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'' and began releasing films from the canon for the next 10 years) It comes complete with a 1980s-style title song at the beginning and end as well as ''Film/{{Tron}}''-style graphics. Earlier videos just contain trailers for other Disney movies after the end of the actual movie. There was even a standalone release, 1985's ''The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue'', that consisted solely of a half-hour ClipShow of highlights from their library -- effectively Montage ''IS'' the VHS!

** This was also done by U.S.A. Home Video, a non-family-friendly subsidiary of Family Home Entertainment which eventually overtook FHE, evolved into International Video Entertainment / IVE, then LIVE Entertainment (and acquiring Vestron Video around this time), and finally Artisan Entertainment before being absorbed into Creator/{{Lionsgate}}), by adding movie trailers in its early tapes.

** ''Disney Sing-Along Songs'' and ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh: Storybook Classics'' tapes often had these.

One of the most common things for home video companies to do in the 1970s and '80s was to add a series of movie trailers, intros, or just a compilation preview promoting their VHS tapes or Betamax tapes, at the end of a VHS tape or Betamax tape of theirs, mainly after a movie (or in some cases, television episode) is over. This was because a VHS tape and/or a Betamax tape in SP mode had room for two hours of material; most movies clock in at around 90 minutes, while four half-hour or two one-hour TV episodes, minus commercials, last about the same amount of time.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvsbeNu5Qds&t=22s "Walt Disney and You"]], a compilation trailer seen at the end of Creator/WaltDisneyHomeVideo videocassettes from 1982 until a few months before the Walt Disney Classics premiere of ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', contains clips from various 1950s-1980s Disney films, mostly the live-action ones. (In '82 only a few Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon titles were available for home viewing; this changed when the Classics line was created in 1984 with ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'' and began releasing films from the canon for the next 10 years) It comes complete with a 1980s-style title song at the beginning and end as well as ''Film/{{Tron}}''-style graphics. Earlier videos just contain trailers for other Disney movies after the end of the actual movie. There was even a standalone release, 1985's ''The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue'', that consisted solely of a half-hour ClipShow of highlights from their library -- effectively Montage ''IS'' the VHS!

** This was also done by U.S.A. Home Video, a non-family-friendly subsidiary of FHE (which eventually overtook FHE, evolving into Creator/InternationalVideoEntertainment / IVE, then Live Entertainment {acquiring Vestron Video around this time}, and finally Artisan Entertainment before being absorbed into Creator/{{Lionsgate}}), by adding movie trailers in its early tapes.

* [[Creator/TheCBSFoxCompany CBS/Fox Video]] had a whole-series preview follow each installment of ''Series/FaerieTaleTheatre''. Their Playhouse Video subsidiary would do the same thing with ''Jim Henson's Muppet Video'' (a series of [[ClipShow clip shows]] drawn from ''Series/TheMuppetShow'') and "The Creator/ShirleyTemple Collection" (her films).

* In the mid-'80s, Creator/ThornEMIVideo and its successor company Thorn EMI-Creator/{{HBO}} Video, had a habit of capping off tapes with a series of trailers; before HBO was added to the company's name, this usually ended with an extensive scroll listing a bunch of Thorn EMI tapes as easy listening music played. This habit was abandoned by the time it became HBO/[[Creator/TheCannonGroup Cannon]] Video and then simply HBO Video.

* Tapes distributed by Creator/LyrickStudios often ended with ads for other tapes by the company. There was usually [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2Ri_GJxPOE a bumper]] that would announce this beforehand.

* Videotapes released by Creator/ModernTimes (a Greek company that released [=DVDs=] and VHS of animated TV shows and children songs) and their subsidiary, Nextworks S.A., had a trailer for other tapes released by the company. DVD releases had trailers for them, as well as [=CDs=] and audio tapes for earlier releases, as special features.

* [=CBS/FOX=] had a whole-series preview follow each installment of ''Series/FaerieTaleTheatre''. Their Playhouse Video subsidiary would do the same thing with ''Jim Henson's Muppet Video'' (a series of [[ClipShow clip shows]] drawn from ''Series/TheMuppetShow'') and "The Creator/ShirleyTemple Collection" (her films).

As the '80s progressed, trailers and promos began to appear at the ''beginnings'' of tapes; [[ProductPlacement commercials for products not directly related to the film or show]] (i.e. soda) began to appear as well -- often if there was some sort of tie-in with the movie or show on the tape. Throughout the '90s, plugs for products related to the tape's contents (such as soundtracks or books) also began to appear, and in some cases (mostly Disney's) promos for TV shows running on the label's sister broadcast networks or produced by the television wing of the studio (including RecycledTheSeries) would appear too.

One of the most common things for home video companies to do in the 1970s and 1980s was to add a series of movie trailers, intros, or just a compilation preview promoting their VHS tapes or Betamax tapes, at the end of a VHS tape or Betamax tape of theirs, mainly after a movie (or in some cases, television episode) is over. This was because a VHS tape and/or a Betamax tape in SP mode had room for two hours of material; most movies clock in at around 90 minutes, while four half-hour or two one-hour TV episodes, minus commercials, last about the same amount of time. As the 80s progressed, trailers and promos began to appear the beginnings of tapes; on some occasions [[ProductPlacement commercials for products not directly related to the film or show]] (ie. soda) began to appear as well, often if there was some sort of tie-in with the movie or show on the tape. Throughout the 90s, plugs for products related to the tape's contents-- such as soundtracks or books-- also began to appear; in some cases (mostly Disney) promos for TV shows running on the label's sister broadcast networks or produced by the television wing of the studio (including RecycledTheSeries) would appear too.

** Many Disney (and its' other labels: Touchstone, Buena Vista, Hollywood, Miramax and Dimension) tapes had music videos, trailers and/or featurettes at the end. It was especially common on a majority of the ''Masterpiece Collection'' releases and titles from the late 1990s to early 2000s. Then there were the often-seen trailers at the beginning, which would often promote Creator/{{ABC}} programming following Disney's buyout of that network in 1996; in some cases (mostly kids videos), shows on the Creator/DisneyChannel or following its' purchase, [[Creator/{{Freeform}} ABC Family]] would appear too,

** The VHS releases of ''Film/TheCrow'' and its sequel ''Film/TheCrowCityOfAngels'' ended respectively with Creator/BrandonLee's last interview and a tribute to him.

** The [[MilestoneCelebration 50th Anniversary]] VHS of ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' had one consisting of a movie trailer, the Academy Award film, the MGM Newsreel, and three {{cut song}}s (in order: the Creator/BuddyEbsen [[TheOtherMarty version]] of "If I Only Had A Heart", "The Jitterbugs" and the complete version of "If I Only Had A Brain").
* Family Home Entertainment also did this in its early 1980s tapes. Depending on the feature attraction, they added a bunch of intros for anime dubbed by ZIV International, promos for other tapes in the series (''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}}'', etc.), or previews for thematically similar programs. If the "feature" had less than a half-hour running time, F.H.E. would often pad the tape out to an hour with previews, public domain [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation Golden Age of Animation]] shorts and/or, in the case of some of the ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake'' and ''Franchise/CareBears'' specials, storybook segments derived from their tie-in book lines. Similar companies such as Children's Video Library (from Vestron Video) and Wonderland Video often used previews and/or shorts to fill out their tapes as well.
** This was also done by U.S.A. Home Video, a non-family-friendly subsidiary of FHE (which eventually overtook FHE, evolving into Creator/InternationalVideoEntertainment or IVE for short, then Live Entertainment {acquiring Vestron Video around this time}, and finally Artisan Entertainment before being absorbed into Creator/{{Lionsgate}}), by adding movie trailers in its early tapes.
* A common feature on UK and Australian rental tapes.

* In the mid-'80s, Creator/ThornEMIVideo and its successor company, Thorn EMI-Creator/{{HBO}} Video, had a habit of capping off tapes with a series of trailers; before HBO was added to the company's name, this usually ended with an extensive scroll listing a bunch of Thorn EMI tapes as easy listening music played. This habit was abandoned by the time it became HBO/[[Creator/TheCannonGroup Cannon]] Video and then simply HBO Video.
* The UK VHS releases of ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'' and ''Film/GhostbustersII'' both managed to fit an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' after the film.

* Some ''[[Franchise/HelloKitty Hello Kitty to Issho]]'' tapes end with a preview for the entire collection of tapes in that series (which is just the theme song "Itazura Tenshi" set to clips from the videos as their names are shown) and a preview for Puroland.