History Main / VanillaEdition

* The DVD release of ''LastActionHero'' is not only as threadbare as they come, but also, maddeningly, is only available in PanAndScan format. Not only are there no featurettes, deleted scenes or anything else, you're also deprived of about a third of the picture, too.

* Although more a case of the Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox executives [[TheyJustDidntCare simply not caring]] about the film than a quest for more sales, all three releases of ''Film/WingCommander'' (non-anamorphic DVD, anamorphic DVD, and BluRay) have nothing more than a fairly barebones menu and the theatrical trailer included.

** This trend sometimes gets inverted for 2-Movie Collection Blu-Ray/DVD combo packs, including only the two movies on the Blu-Ray, and a few bonus features on the enclosed DVD copies. Examples include ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' and ''Disney/LiloAndStitch''.

** This trend sometimes gets inverted for 2-Movie Collection Blu-Ray/DVD combo packs, including only the two movies on the Blu-Ray, and a few bonus features on the enclosed DVD copies.

* Disney's two-movie Blu-ray sets for ''LiloAndStitch'' and ''TheEmperorsNewGroove'' have no bonus features, which is odd, as the earlier [=DVDs=] had tons.

** Their [=DVDs=] for ''Film/TheTerminator'', ''Film/RoboCop1987'', and ''Film/{{UHF}}'' definitely make up for it.

** Their [=DVDs=] for ''Film/TheTerminator'', ''Film/RoboCop'', and ''Film/{{UHF}}'' definitely make up for it.

* All of the DVDs exclusive to the Disney Movie Club are these, such as ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheWeekenders''.

* Due to a sudden shift of the rights to ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' from Creator/ADVFilms to Bandai right before the former was about to start their release, Bandai has decided they will quickly release a version that has only the subbed episodes in three volumes, while the full release (dual-audio, {{feelies}}, and really cool box) was finished in 2009.

*** 2009 Re-release of Terminator 1 Says hi. 25 years and MGM couldn't give less of a damn.

* The Warner Archive Collection is an on-demand version of this. The collection consists of a large archive of films from the Warner, MGM, and RKO vaults that haven't been published on DVD but are available on a made-to-order basis. If you order a copy of a film from the Warner Archive, you will receive a DVD of the film and nothing else (not even chapter breaks).

[[caption-width-right:350:Wow, you couldn't even give us a menu with Creator/HarrisonFord?[[note]]It should be noted that this, along with ''Film/{{Twister}}'', was one of ''the first'' [[FairForItsDay DVD releases ever]]. [[TechnologyMarchesOn The cast-related trivia and Warner Bros. logo are the only special features]].[[/note]]]]

* TheManFromEarth is of the 'likely won't sell well' variety, as it features little action to speak of and is very cerebral. The dvd is also generally only available online and features four brief featurettes and two commentaries.

[[caption-width-right:350:Wow, you couldn't even give us a menu with Creator/HarrisonFord?[[note]]It should be noted that this, along with ''Film/{{Twister}}'', was one of ''the first'' [[FairForItsDay DVD releases ever]]. [[TechnologyMarchesOn The Warner Bros. logo is the only special feature]].[[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Wow, you couldn't even give us a menu with Creator/HarrisonFord?[[note]]It should be noted that this, along with ''Film/{{Twister}}'', was one of ''the first'' [[FairForItsDay DVD releases ever]]. [[TechMarchesOn The WarnerBros logo is the only special feature]].[[/note]]]]

Furthermore, this is becoming a standard marketing strategy to get customers to purchase blu-ray versions of films by largely creating a vanilla edition for the DVD version and having the special features in the blu-ray instead.

* Fans are especially upset over the dvd releases of the first live action TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles it's been released twice the second time for the 25th anniversary of the franchise, both have no special features except for a maze game in the original release, however the release in Germany features a few deleted scenes and a commentary by the director Steve Barron.

* The dvd releases of the {{ErnestPWorrell}} films have no special features, probably because by the time they were released Jim Varney had passed away.

** InvaderZim, anyone? There have been a few DVD releases, actually, but the latest one, Operation: Doom was the least appealing of the bunch. No special features at all, (not even subtitles) and the footage wasn't the entire series. the only redeeming quality was the [[UnCancelled prospect of the show being revived]] by the Nickelodeon execs.

* Creator/{{Disney}}'s thing now is to make most of the bonus features only available in the Blu-Ray and Digital Copy versions, making the [=DVDs=] vanilla or very close to it. It should be noted that Disney was Blu-Ray exclusive during the format war with HD-DVD, so that may have been a factor in their decision to push it so hard.

* Suprisingly zig-zagged with recent DVD releases of ThomasTheTankEngine in the UK. After a season's aired, [=DVDs=] containing four to eight episodes of the season and special features are released. Then a single-disc release of the entire season is released, devoid of the special features.

* ''KingdomHearts'', in the same vein as NoExportForYou, is notorious for this. You get the bare bones game, which is fine up until it's released in the states, where they typically include extra bosses. Then it's rereleased in Japan as the LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition.
** Actually, ''KH'' is a strange example. First is the barest Japanese release, then the American which has a few more bits and the European usually has a few more changes too. Then the ''Final Mix+'' goes out in Japan.

* ''Film/IronMan1'' originally came to home video as a one-disc DVD, a two-disc DVD set, and a two-disc Blu-Ray set. A few years later, Creator/{{Paramount}}[=/=]Creator/{{Marvel}} stopped selling the Blu-Ray with the second disc. In another surprising move, the two-disc DVD did ''not'' go out of print the same time this happened.

* Made all the more annoying with ''Battleship'' since the disc menus are the same for the rental and full versions, but selecting any of the Special Features entries brings up a warning box informing you that your copy is a Rental version and to use a Full version to access those features.

* Several anime companies (I'm looking at you, Creator/ADVFilms) initially release a series as individual [=DVDs=] with a plethora of bonus features, and then much later release the same series as Vanilla Edition boxed sets. It wouldn't be so bad if certain bonus features, such as pop-up trivia tracks, didn't actually explain some of the more obscure jokes that would otherwise go completely under western viewers' radar...

* Like the early [=DVDs=], the first wave of CD reissues in TheEighties simply duplicated the original album releases without any extra material.