History Main / SpecialThanks

Special thanks is a a common phenomenon when people not directly involved making the film, video game etc. are listed. These are most often found at the end of [[ClosingCredits Closing Credits]].

* WeirdAlYankovic always kicks off his Special Thanks with the artists whose songs are parodied on it. More recently this list also includes artists his non-parodies are InTheStyleOf, such as Music/TheBeachBoys for "Pancreas" or TheDoors for "Craigslist."

* Both ''VideoGame/MightyNumberNine'' and ''VideoGame/YookaLaylee'' include a list of every single person who contributed to their crowdfunding campaigns, even at the very lowest tier. The result was two of the longest end credits in the history of any medium.

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* The apron for ''[[Pinball/BugsBunnysBirthdayBall Bugs Bunny's Birthday Ball]]'' has this just below the drain:
-->With special thanks to: Creator/ChuckJones, Creator/FrizFreleng, Creator/RobertMcKimson, Creator/BobClampett, Creator/TexAvery, Creator/MelBlanc, and all of the Warner Bros. animators who have brought so much happiness and laughter to the world throughout the years.

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* ''TabletopGame/IsaacAsimovsRobots'': The ClosingCredits ends by the producers thanking a long list of groups and people involved in designing and renting costume and set design.

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* Sculptured Software both played this straight ''and'' parodied it in their SNES port of ''VideoGame/MortalKombatII''. After a list or two of typical special thanks, they get to a list of "People We Owe No Thanks To". In addition to probably two more personal friends, they !thank Music/ElvisPresley, Creator/HowardHughes, and [[Music/TheDoors Jim Morrison]].

* ''WebAnimation/TheMarionetteTriesToListenToHisMusicbox'': The special thanks section in the end credits thanks [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys Foxy the Pirate]] for his role in TheStinger, the viewer of the video, the animator's deodorant, keyboard, and friends on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, and [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment "Special Thanks for Special Thanks"]].

* ''Film/NaturalBornKillers'': Navajo Nation.

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* ''Film/BicentennialMan'': The producers include a "wish to thank" section in the credits to express their appreciation for many of the sites they used to film the setting, such as Oracle Corporation and Eldorado National Forest, as well as to the family of Creator/KenJones.

* ''{{Film/Gravity}}'': A few notable names on the Special Thanks roster were fellow directors, including Creator/JamesCameron, Creator/DavidFincher and Creator/GuillermoDelToro.

Friends and family members often get special thanks because the creators of the work genuinely want to acknowledge their contribution to project morale, practical advice... ...or because they cooked the staff a particularly memorable meal during production. Executives may receive special thanks because the creators felt it was necessary to their careers, because it's really the network's pet project or because the executives were helpful in securing funding for the ''creator's'' pet project. Experts often appreciate acknowledgement for their advice in the same way as an actor or makeup assistant appreciates acknowledgement of their roles.

* ''Manga/SeiyusLife'' has an InUniverse example in Episode 9. Futaba read a submitted letter from Konno (using a pen name obviously), and thanked her during their radio show segment. The Earphones trio then proceeded in singing their thanks to all real-life voice actor managers for their work in their business.

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* In the magazine ''F1 Racing'', there has been a special thanks box on the editor's column page every month. Many of those featured in the box are press officers and senior team members who help the magazine get interviews but otherwise wouldn't be credited. Other thanks have gone to [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor Kate Middleton]], a local theatre, various artists... ...and [[Creator/SteveMcQueen Steve McQueen's watch]]. Occasionally, there is a "No Thanks" section at the end, which was most recently (as of August 2011) given to the office café oven.

* Family members of the makers of the work
** And their production babies

* ''VideoGame/StarWarsRacer'' thanks several pets, [[{{VideoGame/Pokemon}} Arcanine]] and [[WesternAnimation Blitz and Exile.]]

* ''VideoGame/StarWarsRacer'' thanks several pets, [[VideoGame/Pokemon Arcanine]] and [[WesternAnimation Blitz and Exile.]]

* In ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'', at the end of the regular credits are credits listing everything imaginable: things they ate, their family members, their pets, bands that made records they listened to...