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* ''FriendlyHostility'' fans have been kept on tenterhooks as the comic approaches its finale, since the status of [[spoiler:Fox and Collin's relationship, which has, until now, been unshakeable]] is far from certain. Reading the commentary may result in seasickness as Fuhr keeps the audience swinging from one conclusion to another. A good example of creator pedigree comes into play here - Fuhr previously [[ShipSinking sunk the ship]] of [[spoiler: Cyand Skids]] in ''BoyMeetsBoy'', and has issued firm statments that certain members of the cast [[spoiler:specifically Skids and Tybalt]] will never see the others again.

* SquareEnix and the much anticipated ''FinalFantasyVII'' remake. SE loves to tease the idea of the remake only to debunk again and again. Of course, the idea of a remake is FanDumb. FF7 is two hardware generations old, which means that effectively none of the art assets would be reusable, which is a problem, since asset production is by far the most expensive part of a modern game. Remaking all 70 hours would be hideously, monstrously expensive, and the completed game wouldn't have a hope of being profitable.

* SquareEnix and the much anticipated ''FinalFantasyVII'' remake. SE loves to tease the idea of the remake only to debunk again and again.

** Look AWAY if you don't want to know: [[spoiler:Confirmed. Leon/Collin shippers rejoiced, Fox/Collin advocates wept and followed the author's advice to declare "AlternateUniverse"]].

-->'''Q''': ''Do you particularly enjoy being deliberately vague?''
-->'''A''': ''Maybe?''
--->'''[[GunnerkriggCourt Tom Siddell]]'s''' [[http://www.formspring.me/gunnerkrigg/q/831796547 typical Formspring answer.]]

-->"[[EvilLaugh AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!]]"
--->'''[[MSPaintAdventures Andrew Hussie]]''', as his AuthorAvatar in {{Homestuck}} [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004397 literally trolls the readers.]]

This is a creator who loves to mess around with their audience, keeping them hanging for as long as humanly possible. They'll hint, contradict themselves, be deliberately vague and occasionally outright mock the EpilepticTrees offered... only to prove said Epileptic Trees right at the very moment the majority of the fandom gives up on them. It only really counts as a meta-trope though - all stories aim to keep their audience guessing, but this creator does so outside the story itself, be it in interviews, on a blog or at conventions. ShrugOfGod is their language of choice.

* KenAkamatsu loves doing this, especially in ''MahouSenseiNegima''. It's still impossible to tell if the series is an UnwantedHarem, a subversion thereof, a DoubleSubversion, a parody, or whatever. Then there's the massive amount of ShipTease in the story, much of which seems to exist solely to mess with the heads of the readers. Especially Negi/Asuna. Naturally [[spoiler:Asuna seems to be Negi's aunt. [[OrIsIt Or not.]] ]]
** The best/worst example: In a recent interview, he stated that [[spoiler: Zazie's true form would be revealed in the final arc. Soon after, Zazie apparently showed up in Mundus Magicus, creating an ''enormous'' stir among the fans, who believed that the end of the manga was imminent. Then shortly after ''that'' it turns out that it's actually her sister.]] There's no way he didn't plan that.

* Hi, [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Hideaki Anno]], we're looking at you! Not only in the original series, ''[[{{Film/RebuildOfEvangelion}} Rebuild Of Evangelion]]'' is practically one huge fan-tease in itself.
** This man is probably '''''THE''''' {{Most Triumphant Example}}, along with being widely known for his Mastery of the {{Shrug Of God}} much to the fans' dismay.
* Oh, Hidekazu Himaruya. The whole {{Hetalia}} [[HetaliaBloodbath2010 Christmas 2010 Event]] was a proof of how he likes interacting with the Hetalia fandom, both in Japan and the West.
* EiichiroOda of OnePiece fame certainly has some interesting answers when fans ask him questions, just to screw around with them.

* Vicky Holmes of the WarriorCats series.

** Also, the cliffhangers at the end of "Last of the Time Lords" [[spoiler:the Titanic crashes through the wall of the TARDIS]] and "The Stolen Earth" [[spoiler:the Doctor begins regenerating]] were both easily and effortlessly resolved within the first minute of the following episode, seemingly designed specifically to whip the audience into a frenzy in the meantime.
** Also also, everything about the episode "The Doctor's Daughter", beginning with the title and ending with the...ending. The resulting fandom rage was glorious.

* DanSchneider became this when he joined the internet fandom a season into the airing of {{iCarly}}. He's heavily pushed his 2 current shows {{iCarly}} and {{Victorious}} online and they have some of the best tie-in websites of any media, television or otherwise. But with joining the fandom, he's also become massively aware of how fandom works and it's almost exclusive {{shipping}} focus, and quickly turned what was a pretty chilled online community into a Sam/Freddie vs Carly/Freddie ShippingWars that are bigger than Kaatang/Zutara. You'd have to say it's worked, as the most recent ship-centric episode had nearly 15 million viewers in the US alone.

* ZUN, creator of the ''{{Touhou}}'' series, is known by the fanbase as its biggest troll.
* Valve are infamous for trolling their fans, particularly when there's a ''TeamFortress2'' update on the way. (Not to mention that they still refuse to actually confirm or deny any details of the Pyro's gender and nationality.)

* SquareEnix and the much anticipated FinalFantasyVII remake. SE loves to tease the idea of the remake only to debunk again and again.

---> ''"I think I [[ShipSinking ruined a solid year's worth of perfectly good shipping]] with recent revelations. WHOOPSEE DAISEE"''
* {{Misfile}} has been having this bad, lately. There are numerous places where we get a big build up to the resolution of a major subplot or the potential for some character development, when either someone barges in and interrupts the moment (Book ten was full of this), Emily drops the conversation (Can't remember any other character doing this), or the conversation suddenly changes. When [[http://www.misfile.com/index.php?page=1550 this scene]] ended, a lot of fans were [[{{Understatement}} not happy]].

** Someone did. A friend of his gave them an autographed picture of him at the next Comicon.
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* Oh, HidekazuHimaruya. The whole {{Hetalia}} [[HetaliaBloodbath Christmas 2010 Event]] was a proof of how he likes interacting with the Hetalia fandom, both in Japan and the West.

* ChristopherPaolini regularly drops hints and "spoilers" regarding his future books. For example, before ''Brisingr'' came out, he stated that Eragon would meet a god, a terrifying new enemy that laughs will appear, and a character will become pregnant. He's currently doing similar things while working on Book IV, including dropping random details like, "I just wrote about a duel to the death," or "Eragon is chained up, bloody, with his shirt off, and in a dungeon."
* Vicky Holmes of the WarriorCats series.

---> ''"I think I ruined a solid year's worth of perfectly good shipping with recent revelations. WHOOPSEE DAISEE"''
* {{Misfile}} has been having this bad, lately. There are numerous places where we get a big build up to the resolution of a major subplot or the potential for some character development, when either someone barges in and interrupts the moment (Book ten was full of this), Emily drops the conversation (Can't remember any other character doing this), or the conversation suddenly changes. When [[http://www.misfile.com/index.php?page=1550 this scene]] ended, a lot of fans were [[Understatement not happy]].

* [[MSPaintAdventures Andrew Hussie]] has something of a reputation for this.

* SquareEnix and the much anticipated FinalFatansyVII remake. SE loves to tease the idea of the remake only to debunk again and again.

* [[EightBitTheatre Brian]] [[AtomicRobo Clevinger]] is one of those few Teasing Creators who actually ''are'' unfairly toying with their readership, but is still pretty beloved because he makes it funny. In this case, it's less ShipTeasing and more 'changing the plot if you even try to guess what's going on, and hell why not have an AntiClimax instead of an awesome fight'. His most common quote is this:

* ''TheVentureBrothers'' writers Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick ''love'' to mess with the fans. They have claimed that third season [[TheScrappy Scrappies]], The Murderous Moppets, will be getting [[TheWesley more screentime]] in the next season just to spite the fans who don't like them ([[spoiler:which is the exact opposite of what happens in season 4, as so far one of their few roles is The Monarch telling them to quit bothering everyone]]). They also throw in BrickJoke references to episodes that nobody (including themselves) likes all that much and threaten ([[RuleOfFunny hilariously]]) to kill off popular characters. Oh, and the episode commentary for the first episode of season three [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready spoils all of the twists in the season finale because, according to them, nobody should listen to the commentary before watching the episodes]].

-->'''Q''':''Do you particulariliy enjoy being deliberatly vague?''
-->'''A''':''Maybe?''
--->'''[[GunnerkriggCourt Tom Siddell]]'s''' [[http://www.formspring.me/gunnerkrigg/q/831796547 typical formspring answer.]]

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** Of course, he also said that [[spoiler Harry is D-E-D Dead, so it isn't that much of a tease.]]

** The best/worst example: In a recent interview, he stated that [[spoiler: Zazie's true form would be revealed in the final arc. Soon after, Zazie apparently showed up in Mundus Magicus, creating an ''enormous'' stir among the fans, who believed that the end of the manga was imminent. Then shortly after ''that'' it turns out that it might not have actually been her.]] There's no way he didn't plan that.