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| 5 | * EarlyGameHell: [[invoked]] The Honest Game Trailer for ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' describes learning how to play the game as "learning how to swim by getting thrown into a shark tank with a lifevest made of ham". |
| 6 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: |
| 7 | ** Their Honest Trailer for ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' is spoken with much more enthusiasm than we'd see later, and it was narrated by comedian Ptolemy Slocum, instead of Gannon Nickell or Jon Bailey. It also doesn't have the "Starring" part at the end. And expectedly, it doesn't have the "something to say with my awesome voice" bit. |
| 8 | ** The first musical-based Honest Trailers for ''Film/LesMiserables2012'' doesn't have lyrics appearing on the bottom of the screen, and was performed by the Honest Trailer crew instead of guest performers. |
| 9 | ** The first couple years kept the name of the movie at the end of the trailer. Later trailers would have it changed to a pun based on the film. |
| 10 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008'' points out how, despite technically being the second entry in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, it lacks many of the cinematic universe entry tropes that became [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] movie staples, such as only making vague references to the comics and only making slight [[SequelHook hints at future sequels]] instead of blatant ones. |
| 11 | * EarWorm: |
| 12 | ** They criticize the song "My Heart Will Go On" in ''Titanic'', that "stupid f***ing song that briefly tricked you into thinking Music/CelineDion was hot." |
| 13 | --->'''Celine Dion:''' Near... Far... whereever you are...\ |
| 14 | '''Narrator:''' Good luck getting ''that'' out of your head! |
| 15 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'''s "Let It Go", or as they sung it "Get it ouuut, get it ouuut, get this song out of my head!" |
| 16 | ** Similarly, "Under the Sea" from ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'': "You'll never get it out your head, you'll sing the words until you are dead! Even when you sleep, it plays on repeat, it's so catchy!" |
| 17 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' credits it with turning "All Star" by Music/SmashMouth into this. |
| 18 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/AStarIsBorn2018'', during the song parody segment: |
| 19 | --->'''Narrator:''' ...in a story that really drives home the destructive power... of having the same two songs from the soundtrack stuck in your head for months. ''["Shallow" begins to play]'' Oh no, don't do the music! No! It's almost gone! Stop! |
| 20 | * EasilyForgiven: The Honest Trailer for ''Film/BlackWidow2021'' suggests that [[Creator/RachelWeisz Malina]] gets forgiven too easily for her part in [[spoiler:forcibly recruiting a multitude of young girls into becoming assassins]]. |
| 21 | * EndingFatigue: [[invoked]] |
| 22 | ** {{Parodied|Trope}} at the end of their ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' trailer, which [[OverlyLongGag ends three times]]. |
| 23 | *** Second ending: "A film that took so much of Peter Jackson's life, he didn't want it to end, prompting ''five'' completely separate endings that go on and on forever, making it really hard to hold in your pee." |
| 24 | *** Third ending: "A film with such fake emotional states, Gandalf will sacrifice himself for his friends, only to [[UnexplainedRecovery somehow come back to life]], making it not really a sacrifice. And a story where the protagonists can't win their own battles without [[DeusExMachina convenient]] ghost armies, living trees, and magical eagles. |
| 25 | ---->'''Narrator:''' Ugh, I can't believe we're only halfway through with this Peter Jackson nerdgasm. |
| 26 | ** Also parodied in the ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' Honest Trailer, which is exceptionally long at 9 minutes and 24 seconds(including the parts about the sponsors and reading comments). The narrator lets out an "Aw, c'mon!" after realizing that it's not over at the start of Part 6, and at the start of Part 7, complains that Part 6 would have been a good place to end it. A little over seven minutes in, the narrator has a compilation of all the times the characters say "mother box" so he can take a bathroom break. |
| 27 | * EnragedByIdiocy: |
| 28 | ** The {{plot hole}}s and bad writing of ''Film/AfterEarth'' infuriates the narrator so much he [[RageQuit refuses to continue reading the script and leaves]]. |
| 29 | ** The narrator descends into this after listing all the plot holes in ''Film/TheMazeRunner2014''. |
| 30 | ** In TheStinger of the Honest Trailer for ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'', the narrator becomes this when musing about the Internet's reaction to it: |
| 31 | --->'''Narrator:''' Man, how did a ''Ghostbusters'' movie become ''the most political thing in America'' '''''DURING AN ELECTION YEAR??!!!''''' '''I FEEL LIKE I'M TAKING CRAZY PILLS!!!''' |
| 32 | * EpilepticTrees: |
| 33 | ** [[invoked]] In the Honest Trailer for ''Film/{{Split}}'', TheReveal that [[spoiler:the movie is a Stealth Sequel to ''Unbreakable'']] makes the narrator wonder if [[spoiler:this means ''all'' the M. Night Shyamalan movies take place in the same universe, even ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'']]. |
| 34 | ** [[invoked]] The Honest Trailer for ''Series/WandaVision'' pokes fun at the insane, sprawling fan theories that kept cropping up like weeds before the series premiered and between episodes, many of which turned out to be wrong, such as [[spoiler:Mephisto turning out to be the villain behind it all]] and [[spoiler:Evan Peters appearing as Quicksilver again heralding the multiverse with the X-Men]]. |
| 35 | * EsotericHappyEnding: [[invoked]] |
| 36 | ** In ''Film/GoneGirl'', "Creator/BenAffleck will get his revenge [on [[spoiler:his vicious sociopath of a wife]]] by [[spoiler: staying with her to start a family]]?" |
| 37 | --->'''Narrator:''' What!? Why would he ''do'' that!? Run, dude! |
| 38 | ** In ''{{Film/Gravity}}'', even though the heroine survives and makes it back to Earth alive, the rest of the world is still undergoing a Kessler Syndrome which has already destroyed multiple low-earth orbit space stations, destroyed any and all forms of long-range satellite communication including website stability, render GPS tracking useless, and ultimately keep humanity trapped on Earth for centuries ''at best.'' |
| 39 | --->'''Narrator:''' ...Guess we won't be going to Mars anytime soon. |
| 40 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' points out how [[spoiler:the villains being turned good artificially]] probably won't work out since [[spoiler:they get sent back to a universe where they've already ruined their lives]]. |
| 41 | --->'''Narrator:''' [[SarcasmMode Thanks, Spider-Man!]] Norman Osborne may have [[spoiler:lost his son, company and reputation]], but now he'll be able to [[spoiler:feel crippling regret over it]]. |
| 42 | * EthnicScrappy: [[invoked]] In the trailer for ''Film/Aladdin2019'', the Narrator expresses disdain for the character of Prince Anders, a ridiculously stereotypical Scandinavian who only exists seemingly to give a white actor a part in the film. |
| 43 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The Honest Trailer for ''Series/TheBoys2019'' points out how the show likes to give evil characters children to evoke a sense of sympathy from the audience. |
| 44 | -->'''Narrator:''' I hear Season 2 has a literal Nazi join the team. But don't worry; I'm sure she wants to have kids some day! |
| 45 | * EvenTheGuysWantHim: |
| 46 | ** Both narrators ''really'' wanted [[Film/TheHungerGames Katniss to choose Gale instead of Peeta]]. |
| 47 | --->'''Gannon Nickell:''' I mean, [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday I'm not gay]], but I would totally [[CensoredForComedy s*** Gale's d***!]]\ |
| 48 | '''Jon Bailey:''' I would totally choose Gale... ah, I mean, if I were Katniss... ah, screw it! Gale is hot and I would make out with that face in a heartbeat! |
| 49 | ** Also, [[Film/TheForceAwakens Poe Dameron]], [[spoiler:who both agree has a beautiful face and that is a high point of the movie.]] |
| 50 | ** The narrator clearly has a thing for Captain America, as evidenced by the trailer for ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''. |
| 51 | ---> '''Narrator:''' Ninety years old and this guy is still a virgin? Someone please have sex with Captain America already. Hell, you know what? I'll do it! I'll bend over right now! |
| 52 | * EvenNerdsHaveStandards: In the Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheLastJedi'' both the Epic Voice Guys, despite being big ''Franchise/StarWars'' fans, completely diss ''Film/{{Solo}}'' (though the current Epic Voice Guy later did an Honest Trailer for it anyway). |
| 53 | * EveryoneHasStandards: |
| 54 | ** The Narrator will read even the most embarrassing comments (such as "I wear poopy pants!") absolutely deadpan, but comments that screw with his taste in movies ("I LIKED ''Film/{{Fantastic Four|2015}}''", "Creator/MNightShyamalan is the greatest director of all time", "Jar-Jar Binks is the greatest ''Franchise/StarWars'' character") will cause him noticeable cringe and he will sometimes even refuse to read them. |
| 55 | ** When having trouble finding anything to make fun about ''Film/{{Logan}}'', Epic Voice Guy calls Film/Deadpool2016 for some help. Deadpool ends up refusing to "shit on ''Logan''". |
| 56 | ** In the trailer for ''Film/AfterEarth'', The Narrator gets so outraged with the absurdity of the plot that he [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere quits narrating mid-way through the trailer]]. |
| 57 | * EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: {{Invoked}} |
| 58 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheShining'' invokes this, with the narrator going through a long list of things the movie could be an allegory for.[[note]]The treatment of Native Americans, alcoholism, [[SlidingScaleOfFreeWillVsFate fate versus free will]], alienation, writers block, [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Theseus and the minotaur]], TheIlluminati, [[AllJustADream it's all a dream]], [[MoonLandingHoax Kubrick confession for faking the moon landing]], [=MKultra=], They're in hell and Jack is the devil, the Holocaust, The Patriarchy, The destruction of Kubrick's old neighborhood, a warning about staying in the bath too long, or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the importance of regular Snowcat maintenance]].[[/note]] |
| 59 | ** In the Honest Trailer for the 2021 [[MediaNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]], the entry for ''Film/{{Minari}}'' describes its production company, Creator/{{A24}}, as "the studio who brings you horror films that turn out to be elaborate metaphors about the notion of family, or whatever". |
| 60 | * EvilLaugh: In the ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' trailer, while explaining the first two games' NintendoHard difficulty: |
| 61 | -->'''Narrator:''' ...because masochism is what video games were about in UsefulNotes/TheNineties. No big deal if you die, though. You could always just respawn at the last checkpoint... AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE LEVEL! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! |
| 62 | * EvilLawyerJoke: The title of "most inherently evil main character you've ever played" of course goes to ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''. |
| 63 | * ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Honest Trailer for ''Film/WorldWarZ'' finds it so painfully generic it's simply retitled ''Creator/BradPitt Zombie Movie''. |
| 64 | * ExactWords: |
| 65 | ** In the ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' Honest Trailer, they read the title as one single phrase instead of pausing between the title and subtitle. |
| 66 | --->'''Narrator:''' Are we ''sure'' we don't want to put a colon in there? |
| 67 | ** In the closing section of the ''Film/{{Taken}}'' video, when performing fan-requested lines, he responds to a comment asking "say you're a smelly pirate hooker in your next video" by saying "You're a smelly pirate hooker in your next video." |
| 68 | ** At times he'll even say exactly what they request, but also add a little something extra. For example, in the ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' trailer, the last request is "I liked ''Film/{{Fantastic Four|2015}}''!" He says it, but immediately adds "Uh, no, I didn't!", and later he responds to a request that tells him to say "''Anime/FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin'' is one of the best sci-fi movies ever made" by saying just that... while adding on "[[TakeThat said no one ever]]." And eventually, a request for "Creator/MNightShyamalan is the greatest director ever" has the narrator struggling to say it, and retching upon conclusion. A similar request for "Jar Jar Binks is the best ''Star Wars'' character" has the narrator struggling to say it again, but in that case he refused to finish it. |
| 69 | ** In the ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' trailer, a user named [=DeathBySausage=] left a request saying "Say my username". So the narrator says "my username". |
| 70 | ** In the Honest Trailer for ''Film/{{M3gan}}'', the narrator pronounces the title as "Muh-THREE-gan" instead of "Megan", like it is in the movie. |
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| 75 | * FailedASpotCheck: |
| 76 | ** In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', the narrator makes note that Bruce Wayne apparently "never conducts background checks on his maids or his board members." |
| 77 | ** In ''Series/BreakingBad'', Hank Schrader is Walter White's "brother-in-law cop [[CannotTellAJoke who's terrible at telling jokes]], and even worse at recognizing that his own family is running a crystal meth empire." |
| 78 | ** In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', the narrator notes a "racially unbiased police force" as one of the more unrealistic aspects of the city... while showing as an example a black guy wandering around with a ''rocket launcher'' in hand in front of a cop while said cop does nothing. Apparently, the city has no gun control laws or even weapons ordinances either, and it never occurs to the police to worry about seeing people carrying military-grade weapons around unless they actually start using them. |
| 79 | * FakeNationality: [[invoked]] |
| 80 | ** Pointed out in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', "journey to 1970s Canada, [[AnachronismStew where everyone dresses like it's 2009]], and ''[[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent no one]]'' [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent has a Canadian accent]]." |
| 81 | ** The trailer for ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' refers to Jean Luc Picard as " the most British Frenchman in the galaxy". |
| 82 | ** The trailer for ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' points out how all the supposed Scotsmen are played by Australians. |
| 83 | * FanDisservice: |
| 84 | ** The narrator's love for boobs finally catches up to him in the second ''Series/GameOfThrones'' trailer, where Cersei's public shaming removes pretty much any titillation seeing her naked might have had. And then he sees Melisandre's boobs. [[spoiler:After she's revealed to actually be a ''really'' old woman.]] |
| 85 | --->'''Narrator:''' AH! My eyes! [[BrainBleach They burn!]] |
| 86 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'' points out how unsexy it is, despite being about strippers and full of intended {{Fanservice}}: |
| 87 | --->'''Narrator:''' Do you like sex? Well, not for long. Thrill as ''Showgirls'' teases you with nudity, then beats you over the head with it until everyone has the appeal of raw meat. In a film that robs boobs of all their mystery, treats sex as a cheap commodity to be bought and sold, and depicts love as something that happens between a man and a particularly aggressive fish.\ |
| 88 | ''[shows a clip from [[IdealizedSex the infamous swimming pool sex scene]]]''\ |
| 89 | '''Narrator:''' Be careful, kids; that's not how sex works. But it's exactly how you get [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome a yeast infection]]. |
| 90 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Series/GameOfThrones'' Vol. 3 once again brings up some of its nude scenes that are less pleasant for the eyes, such as (again) real, old Melisandre naked and Creator/MaisieWilliams' nude scene: |
| 91 | --->'''Narrator:''' We've known her since she was 14, you sickos! |
| 92 | * FanonDiscontinuity: [[invoked]] At [[TheStinger the very, very end]] (as in, ''five seconds'' before the end of the video) of the Honest Trailer for ''[[Film/TheBourneSeries The Bourne Trilogy]]'' (''[[Film/TheBourneIdentity Identity]]'', ''[[Film/TheBourneSupremacy Supremacy]]'', and ''[[Film/TheBourneUltimatum Ultimatum]]''), the narrator realizes they forgot that there was [[Film/TheBourneLegacy a fourth movie]] starring Creator/JeremyRenner ("admit it, you did too"). |
| 93 | * FatComicRelief: |
| 94 | ** Sums up Kevin James in ''Film/GrownUps''. |
| 95 | --->'''Narrator:''' [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Fat Kevin James is fat!]] ''[montage of Kevin James making fat jokes]'' Did we mention he's totally ''fat''? |
| 96 | ** Also Fat Amy in ''Film/PitchPerfect''. |
| 97 | --->'''Narrator:''' If it seems mean-spirited and lazy to laugh at a girl for being fat, don't worry! She does it to herself, so it's totally okay! ''[montage of Fat Amy making fat jokes]'' Hehe! Get it? She's ''fat''! |
| 98 | * FauxActionGirl: |
| 99 | ** The description of Chase Meridian (Creator/NicoleKidman) in the ''Film/BatmanForever'' Honest Trailer: |
| 100 | --->'''Narrator:''' She's got brains, brawn, and she's not using either of them, because all she does is perv out on a stranger in a rubber suit.\ |
| 101 | ''[montage of Meridian trying to seduce Batman]'' |
| 102 | ** The Honest Trailer for the first three ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' movies notes how Marion Ravenwood in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', despite being set up as being as tough and smart as Indy, keeps [[DamselInDistress getting captured]] throughout the movie. |
| 103 | * FauxHorrific: |
| 104 | ** In the Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheConjuring'' [[Film/TheConjuringUniverse movie franchise]], the narrator laments that, unlike the movie versions, the actual Ed and Lorraine Warren probably were fakes and wonders if ghost hunters on TV today are as full of it - and then starts screaming in horror upon seeing footage from ''Series/GhostAdventures'': |
| 105 | -->'''Narrator:''' It's horrible! Make it stop, please! [[Film/TheNun Nun]], take me away! |
| 106 | ** In the Honest Trailer for ''Film/BirdBox'', the narrator thinks the movie's monsters, which are [[NothingIsScarier never seen shown on screen]], are underwhelming and that the film makers should have stuck to the original design - then changes his mind when early designs of the monsters are shown and remind him of his greatest terror: the dancing old guy from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU2yt6wOoK0 the Six Flags commercial]]. |
| 107 | * FemaleGaze: Referring to Lewis who "can't resist male nudity" in ''Film/RoboCop1987'': "Baaawllz!" |
| 108 | * FightSceneFailure: [[invoked]] |
| 109 | ** The ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'' Honest Trailer mocks the movie for the ridiculously filmed fight scenes between Superman and Nuclear Man, describing them as "some of the most poorly executed sissy fights ever put to celluloid". |
| 110 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Series/{{Iron Fist|2017}}'' shows ways the show masked Creator/FinnJones' lack of martial arts training when the show was made, making the use of [[StuntDouble stunt doubles]] pretty obvious, like setting fight scenes in the dark, having Danny wear some sort of mask during them, use weird camera angles that either don't really show Danny or show him from above, or just having Danny use his fist power to overpower his opponents or giving some of the bigger fight scenes to the co-stars. |
| 111 | * FirstWorldProblems: |
| 112 | ** In ''Film/GrownUps'', "Adam Sandler has Adam Sandler problems: he's too rich, and his wife is too hot." |
| 113 | ** Also done with Jasmine in ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', who has "the ultimate first world problem." |
| 114 | * FiveTokenBand: The honest trailer for the ''Film/{{XXX}} Franchise'' remarks how protagonist Xander teams up with a team of multi-ethic world celebrities, to increase worldwide ticket sales. |
| 115 | * {{Flanderization}}: |
| 116 | ** The Narrator notes that, as the ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' franchise continued, the "cool, well-thought-out traps" of the [[Film/SawI first movie]] "turned into complete parodies of themselves", and "[[GoryDiscretionShot horrific violence happening offscreen]]" became "the star of the franchise". |
| 117 | ** 'In the trailer for ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', the narrator points out how in the show Homer started as a flawed, but caring father, but by the time the movie got made he had evolved into an irredeemable jerkass crossed with [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner Wile E Coyote]]. |
| 118 | * FlameWar: Due to how divisive the film was, the Honest Trailer for ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' defied it and turned off the comments ("You brought this to yourselves!"). |
| 119 | * FlatCharacter: [[invoked]] ''Film/{{The Maze Runner|2014}}'' has Thomas, "the handsome, brave protagonist... and that's really all there is to say about him." |
| 120 | * FlatEarthAtheist: The Honest Trailer for the first three ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' movies point out how strange it is that, despite living in a world where Christianity, Judaism and (an offensive version of) Hinduism are all shown to be real, Indy says he doesn't believe in magic or "superstitious hocus-pocus". |
| 121 | * FoldThePageFoldTheSpace: Described in the "Starring" part of the Honest Trailer for the first season of ''Series/StrangerThings'' as "The Only Way Pop Culture Knows How To Explain Alternate Dimensions". |
| 122 | * FollowTheLeader: [[invoked]] |
| 123 | ** ''Film/WorldWarZ'' arrives "InAWorld where zombies have already infected every facet of pop culture, comes... another zombie movie. But this time... it's got Creator/BradPitt!" |
| 124 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/LoveActually'' points out how its success lead to the creation of countless, lesser romantic comedies with huge ensemble casts [[AllStarCast of celebrity actors]] taking place on famous holidays, such as ''Film/NewYearsEve'' and ''Film/ValentinesDay''. |
| 125 | ** The Epic Voice Guy stops the trailer of ''Film/{{Divergent}}'' ''twice'' to remark how similar the plot is to ''Film/TheHungerGames''. |
| 126 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/DieHard'' points out how the film {{Inverted|Trope}} this by casting Creator/BruceWillis, "who looks like your dad", as the lead of an action movie in an age when other movies of the genre usually starred [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger huge]], [[Creator/DolphLundgren muscular]] [[Creator/SylvesterStallone giants]]. |
| 127 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'' points out how this movie made the SwordAndSandal genre popular again, leading to films like ''Film/{{Troy}}'', the ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans|2010}}'' remake, and yet another ''[[Film/BenHur2016 Ben-Hur]]''. |
| 128 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' points out how much it resembles movies from the Disney Renaissance. It has: a reluctant ugly hero who thinks no one can love him, the no nonsence princess, the creepy horny government official who wants to be king, and the lovable animal sidekick. |
| 129 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/It2017'' worries that the movie's popularity will lead to greenlights for remakes of worse Creator/StephenKing movies, like ''Film/MaximumOverdrive'' and ''Film/TheMangler''. |
| 130 | --->'''Narrator:''' I don't know if I'm ready for another Stephen King-assaince, guys. It's gonna be a bumpy ride. |
| 131 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/BladeTrilogy'' points out how the movies started as an action franchise with a unique look, but then abandoned that in order to look as much as ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' as possible. |
| 132 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/Halloween1978'' points out how this movie ended up becomming either the TropeMaker or TropeCodifier for pretty much every horror movie cliche of the next 40 years, like: the BigBad wearing a spooky mask, making creepy phone calls to his victims before attacking them, only targeting suburban teenagers, and only letting the final virgin girl survive. |
| 133 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/Venom2018'' points out how [[BigBad Carlton Drake's]] plan to destroy humanity in order to save it, has been done numerous times before. |
| 134 | ** The Honest Trailer for the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' point out how, in the wake of the MCU's unexpected succes, multiple other studios tried their hands at a shared universe, with often bad or awkward results. |
| 135 | ** The Honest Trailer for "Every Creator/QuentinTarantino Movie" notes how his movies and their distinctive style inspired countless mediocre movies that tried to copy it.[[note]]Included examples: ''Film/SmokinAces'', ''Film/EightHeadsInADuffelBag'', ''Film/ThingsToDoInDenverWhenYoureDead'', ''2 Days in the Valley'', ''American Strays'', ''Film/TheWayOfTheGun'', ''Film/SuicideKings'' and ''Film/ReindeerGames''[[/note]] |
| 136 | ** The trailer for ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' repeatedly compares the movie to it's most infamous rip-off ''Film/MacAndMe'', and notices both movies are identical in story, but only ET is actually good. |
| 137 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheGrayMan2022'' points out how Creator/{{Netflix}} clearly drew inspiration from the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] movies, having it directed by [[Creator/TheRussoBrothers two of Marvel's biggest directors]], writers[[note]]Christopher Markus and Stephen [=McFeely=][[/note]] [[Creator/ChrisEvans and]] [[Creator/JessicaHenwick actors]] and the movie having a similar [[DeadpanSnarker snarky sense of humor]]. |
| 138 | * ForgotAboutHisPowers: The Honest Trailer for ''Film/PacificRim'' claims that the pilots of Gipsy Danger forgot about their {{game break|er}}ing [[{{BFS}} sword]]. |
| 139 | * FourLinesAllWaiting: |
| 140 | ** Because ''Film/Watchmen2009'' tries to adapt the whole [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} 12-issue graphic novel]] as one single movie, it gets so many plotlines that its Honest Trailer describes watching it as feeling like binge-watching an entire season of ''Series/{{Lost}}'' by watching every episode all at once. |
| 141 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/ThePredator'' complains that the movie has no less than ''five'' different plotlines, which bogs down the story. |
| 142 | -->'''Narrator:''' Did you love the razor-focused intensity of [[Film/{{Predator}} the first]] [[FirstInstallmentWins and only good one]]? Well, too bad, because this is about a team of outcasts being hunted by an alien, and a Predator rebelling against his own people to save the Earth, and an autistic boy's unlikely gifts, and one soldier's quest to [[ClearMyName clear his name]], [[OverlyLongGag and a biologist]] unravelling the mystery of human-Predator evolution - ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis all. At the same. Time.]]''. |
| 143 | * FranchiseKiller: [[invoked]] |
| 144 | ** Namedropped in ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', which killed off the campier, lighter Creator/JoelSchumacher Batman films and prompted [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy a darker and more grounded reboot]]. |
| 145 | ** The ending of ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' is "an extended dinosaur money shot that we all thought had killed the franchise. But we had ''no idea'' what was coming." Cue Grant's nightmare on the plane in [[Film/JurassicParkIII the next film]] when a raptor addresses him by name. |
| 146 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' calls it "the chapter that made these movies go extinct for fifteen years". |
| 147 | ** The ''VideoGame/StarFoxZero'' trailer calls it "the final nail in the coffin for [[VideoGame/StarFox a beloved franchise]]'', citing the difficult control scheme that makes the game really hard to play. |
| 148 | * FranchiseOriginalSin: |
| 149 | ** Invoked regarding ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', "an amazing film with horrible consequences", namely, the overvaluing of sequels, stars and CGI that has only incrementally improved since then, rather than the story that made all those things work. |
| 150 | ** In the ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars]]'' trailer, the narrator points out the similarities in {{Wangst}} between Mark Hamill's role as Luke Skywalker and Hayden Christensen's [[AngstDissonance controversial]] portrayal as Anakin. In the same video, he points out that the movie turned Hollwood towards similar special effect-filled action blockbusters, which were a huge deal at the time but are now released every single year. |
| 151 | ** The Honest Game Trailer for ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' remarks how the games established several first person shooter gameplay features that some feel nerfed the genre by making the games too easy, such as regenerating health and frequent checkpoints. |
| 152 | --->'''Narrator:''' [[WhenIWasYourAge Back in my day,]] when we died, we played the whole level all over again. It was super-boring and we liked it! |
| 153 | ** The Honest Game Trailer for ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' shows how the game set the tone for several later third person shooter games with huge, muscular protagonists and brownish color filters. |
| 154 | ** While the Honest Trailer for ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' is very positive about it, it also points out how the film became an early example of [[{{Sequelitis}} great movies getting unnecessary sequels]] [[FranchiseZombie that just keep coming whether viewers want them or not]] and [[FollowTheLeader inspired countless crappy shark horror movies]]. |
| 155 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' mentions its viral marketing made of Missing Persons posters that accidentally had people believing ''the actors'' were missing and inspired the viral marketing tactics used today. |
| 156 | --->'''Narrator:''' This movie basically invented catfishing, good job. |
| 157 | ** While the Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' is very positive about the movie, it points out how its [[DarkerAndEdgier somewhat darker and more serious tone]] has resulted in the title being used to describe ''any'' movie sequel that's darker than the predecessor. Similar to the {{Wangst}} of Hamill and Christensen described above, the Narrator gets his mind blown again when he realizes how similar the jumping and flipping Yoda trains Luke to do is to Yoda's lightsaber fight in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''. |
| 158 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' suggests that the movie is to blame for various issues fans have with the franchise, such as cementing the movies' habit of [[RecurringElement recycling the plot points of Rebels attacking an evil space station and people walking through deserts]] from ''Film/ANewHope'', permanently making the franchise [[LighterAndSofter more childfriendly overall]] and placing emphasis on the Skywalker family drama. |
| 159 | ** The trailer for ''Film/BatmanReturns'' points out how this movie is in fact guilty of several of the things that made its two sequels by Creator/JoelSchumacher, ''Film/BatmanForever'' and ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', so universally hated, like kinky characters, cheesy dialogue, and [[{{Camp}} campiness]] (like the Penguin using an army of pinguins to bombard Gotham). |
| 160 | * FranchiseZombie: [[invoked]] |
| 161 | ** The ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' trailer describes the series' transition into this: |
| 162 | --->'''Narrator:''' Buckle your swash for ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl Curse of the Black Pearl]]'', a straightforward adventure romp [[FirstInstallmentWins that everyone loved]]. Then ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest Dead Man's Chest]]'', that everyone [[SoOkayItsAverage was sort of on board for]], [...] ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd At World's End]]'', that everyone was totally fed up with, [...]. And ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides On Stranger Tides]]'', that finally got- [[DoubleTake Wait, they made a fourth one?!]] ''[sighs]'' How many of these things can they do? [[AdaptationExpansion They're based on a theme park ride, for fuck's sake]]. |
| 163 | ** The narrator's opinion of the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' games in general, to the point where the Honest Game Trailer of [[Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3 the third game]] has a DescriptionCut of "[[WebVideo/{{Markiplier}} the franchise's own Jesus]]" ranting that he doesn't think there should be a fourth game. |
| 164 | ** The ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' games, which started out with good games, but has since produced countless lesser ones ranging from mediocre to bad and which the narrator describes as the result of "beating a dead horse for two decades". |
| 165 | --->'''Narrator:''' Seriously, you know your franchise has a problem when [[VideoGame/SonicAndSegaAllStarsRacing the car-racing spinoffs]] are the high point. |
| 166 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/AlienCovenant'' suggests that the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' franchise has become this, having had [[Film/{{Alien}} two awesome]] [[Film/{{Aliens}} first movies]] with every other entry being worse, especially with the reports that Creator/RidleyScott is ready to make as many as six more movies. |
| 167 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/ThePredator'' laments how the ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'' franchise has joined the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' and ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' franchises as once awesome franchises that have gone sour [[Film/TerminatorGenisys as a result of their]] [[Film/AlienCovenant lackluster sequels]]. |
| 168 | ** The Honest Trailer for the ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' trilogy bemoans that the series kept going after [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade the third movie]] even though it was a perfectly good ending to it, not just making the [[invoked]][[{{Sequelitis}} lesser fourth movie]] ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'', but also having a ''fifth'' [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheDialOfDestiny movie]] in the works. |
| 169 | * FreezeFrameBonus: |
| 170 | ** All of Lex Luthor's MissingStepsPlan from ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', finishing with: |
| 171 | --->24. Hopefully Batman kills Superman.\ |
| 172 | 25. If Batman doesn't kill Superman, hopefully Doomsday kills Superman.\ |
| 173 | 26. Sit back and run the company until daddy comes back. |
| 174 | --->a. If Superman survives, I'm screwed.\ |
| 175 | b. If Lois Lane survives, I'm screwed.\ |
| 176 | [[DidNotThinkThisThrough c. If Doomsday survives, I'm screwed and so is the planet.]]\ |
| 177 | [[ComplexityAddiction d. If any one thing in this impossibly intricate plan over which I have almost no control over anyone's actions goes wrong, I'm screwed.]]\ |
| 178 | e. DON'T FORGET THE JOLLY RANCHERS!!! |
| 179 | ** Repeated with Zemo's MissingStepsPlan from ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' with such steps as: |
| 180 | --->7. Obtain a Bucky Barnes mask and wig (Halloween store?).\ |
| 181 | and\ |
| 182 | 10. Build a homemade EMP device -- I can do that, right?\ |
| 183 | and\ |
| 184 | 24. Delete dead wife's voice mail. Kill myself. Hopefully no one stops me.\ |
| 185 | '''Narrator:''' This is dumber than Luthor's (plan)! |
| 186 | ** As a RunningGag, just about every episode after ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' has [[https://honest-trailers.fandom.com/wiki/The_Alan_raptor#Hidden_Alan a hidden "Alan" raptor]]. |
| 187 | * FreudianSlip: In the ''Film/TopGun'' trailer, the narrator tries to impersonate an easily impressionable consumer of military propaganda after mentioning all the things "you love about present-day America", but his attempt doesn't go as smoothly as he'd hoped. |
| 188 | -->'''Narrator:''' Hell yeah! Let's go kiss some dudes! I mean, kiss some ass! I, I mean, buy some planes! Yeah, that's what I meant. |
| 189 | * FreudWasRight: {{Invoked|Trope}} in the Honest Trailer for ''Film/ManOfSteel'' about the Kryptonian ships, which the narrator describes as "shaped like wangs," and this delightfully twisted punch line: |
| 190 | --> '''Lois:''' It (the Kryptonian Key) won't go all the way in!\ |
| 191 | '''Narrator:''' [[HehHehYouSaidX Heh heh heh...]] That's what she said! |
| 192 | * FridgeLogic: Invoked often. |
| 193 | ** In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'': "Wait, why didn't they just blame the Joker for all these deaths? He's been killing people for the entire movie!" |
| 194 | ** In ''Film/{{Inception}}'': "If Cobb couldn't enter the country, couldn't Michael Caine just fly the kids out to him? Oh, whatever." |
| 195 | ** In ''Film/TheNotebook'': "So wait, he wrote her hundreds of letters but couldn't just call her once?" |
| 196 | ** In ''Film/HarryPotter'': "If magic is supposed to be secret, why is there a doorway in the most highly-trafficked subway station in London? Why are all the bad boys in one house? Why don't they just expel them? And why isn't it disturbing that this rat on Ron's lap is actually [[spoiler:a grown man]]?" |
| 197 | ** And in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' video, [[spoiler:WebVideo/RedLetterMedia appears to pick apart its plot holes just like they did with ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'']]. |
| 198 | ** Done in the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' with the fact that keeping the doors closed takes more energy than keeping them open, only for Bonnie to JumpScare him ''([[RunningGag again]])''. |
| 199 | ** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', they point out that [[spoiler:despite having infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. all the way to the upper ranks]], HYDRA made no attempt to stop Fury from reviving Captain America and forming the Avengers, despite the fact that this would pose a threat to their future plans. |
| 200 | ** In ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', they wonder who took the time and effort to design logos for video clips of the future Justice League members. |
| 201 | ** In ''Film/{{Memento}}'', they wonder how the main character, Leonard, can't remember anything since the death of his wife, but can still remember the details of his amnesiac condition. |
| 202 | ** In the Honest Trailer for ''Film/{{Us}}'', they list several questions concerning the logistics and existence of The Tethered, though they first acknowledge that it works very well as an {{allegory}}. |
| 203 | * FriendsRentControl: Brought up, appropriately enough, in the Honest Trailer for ''Series/{{Friends}}''. |
| 204 | -->'''Narrator''': Watch these sporadically unemployed 20-somethings live in multi-million dollar apartments. |
| 205 | * FromBadToWorse: The Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheKillingJoke'' describes the adaptation's failed attempts to address some of the rather controversial parts of [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke the graphic novel]]; more specifically, its bad treatment of Barbara Gordon. Unfortunately, the way they "fixed" it meant giving the story a long, unnecessary prologue with more and worse sexist implications than the original story that ultimately contributes nothing to the story people actually came to see. |
| 206 | -->'''Narrator:''' Fans loved ''The Killing Joke'' comic for its twisted Batman-Joker storyline, and criticized it for glossing over Barbara Gordon's victimization and torture. Now, Warner Brothers is fighting fire... with gasoline. [...] So... problem solved. By creating many, ''many'' more problems. |
| 207 | * FurryConfusion: brought up in the honest trailer for ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'': |
| 208 | -->'''Narrator''': Welcome to the world of Goofy. Where the fish are fish, the birds are birds, and everyone else is somewhere on the spectrum between dog, cat and man. |
| 209 | [[/folder]] |
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| 211 | [[folder:G]] |
| 212 | * GRatedSex: The IntercourseWithYou song and "Do Me Eyes" in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''. |
| 213 | * GagCensor: |
| 214 | ** During the trailer for ''Film/Titanic1997'', Rose's breast during the nude scene is censored by Creator/JamesCameron's face. |
| 215 | ** During the Honest Trailer for ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'', nipples are censored by Hal Rudnick's face. |
| 216 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Series/TheWitcher2019'', when suggesting that Creator/AnyaChalotra got a "[[Series/GameOfThrones Daenerys]] post-Season 1 'my eyes are up here' contract", show a scene from Season 1 when her breasts were displayed, but censor them with the headline of an article about why there was less sex and nudity in Season 2. |
| 217 | * GambitRoulette: |
| 218 | ** The trailer for ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' neatly lampshades that Lex Luthor's evil plan is very much this trope, to the point the narrator asks for a list to recount its steps. |
| 219 | --->If any one thing in this impossibly intricate plan over which I have almost no control over anyone's actions goes wrong, I'm screwed. |
| 220 | ** Zemo's plan in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' is just as much, complete with the narrator asking for a similar list to the above. |
| 221 | ** In the trailer for ''Film/TotalRecall1990'', Cohaagen's plan is relatively simple compared to the above two (to the point that no outline is needed), but the trailer points out that it relies on rather improbable events that are outside of Cohaagen's control. Cohaagen lampshades it by saying, "Frankly, I'm amazed it worked." |
| 222 | * GameBreaker: [[invoked]] The Honest Game Trailer for ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard'' argues that the game is only at its most terrifying and suspenseful until you get access to more powerful weapons, at which point all that goes out the window. |
| 223 | * GenericDoomsdayVillain: |
| 224 | ** The description of Steppenwolf in ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'': |
| 225 | --->'''Narrator:''' He's got a generic look, a generic motivation, and super-generic dialogue [...] How is it possible they ripped off everything from ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' ''except'' the good villain? Come on, Creator/{{Joss|Whedon}}; it's not stealing if you do it from yourself. |
| 226 | ** The trailer for the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' draws attention to how a lot of the villains from the movies in this franchise tend to be rather bland, underdeveloped, or just an evil copy of the hero. And the few that are memorable are promptly killed off. |
| 227 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/Shazam2019'' points out how the Seven Deadly Sins could have been very interesting villains, with each one of them representing a different flaw of humanity, but instead we got seven pretty much indistinguishable monsters that are just interested in eating people. |
| 228 | ** The MCU suffering this is brought up again in the trailer for ''Film/TheMarvels2023'', which doesn't even mention the villain until the stinger, when the narrator realizes he forgot to cover her. And his description of her goes: "Big hammer, makes this dumb face a lot, dies, never to be seen again. Classic MCU". |
| 229 | * GenreBlind: In the Honest Trailer for ''Film/AlienCovenant'', a list of idiotic decisions made by the movie's characters includes [[SexSignalsDeath having shower sex in the middle of a horror movie]]. |
| 230 | * GenreBusting: |
| 231 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'', pretty accurately, describes it as a kid's movie[=/=][[FilmNoir noir]] crime thriller. |
| 232 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/{{Cruella}}'' describes it as "the world's first reimagined [[PeriodDrama period]] satirical coming-of-age revenge heist comedy drama... thriller, that's also a {{prequel}}". |
| 233 | * GenreRelaunch: The Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheConjuring'' films credits them with being a return to more competently made horror after years of mediocre FoundFootage horror movies. |
| 234 | * GenreThrowback: ''Film/TheExpendables'', "the only [[TheEighties 80s]] action movie to come out in 2010". |
| 235 | * GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: [[invoked]] |
| 236 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/WarCraft2016'' mentions that the movie was somehow hugely successful in China: |
| 237 | --->'''Narrator:''' So if you love the ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' games for their plot, but hate the sense of humor that made them so endearing, or if you just love to watch a bunch of dudes looking at maps, horses getting wrecked, and magic guys covered in swirly stuff, then according to the box office, you're probably Chinese. |
| 238 | ** The Double Feature Honest Trailer for ''Film/PacificRimUprising'' and ''Film/TombRaider2018'' suggests that the former was only made because [[Film/PacificRim the preceding movie]] overperformed in China. |
| 239 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'' suggests that the franchise is so big, with [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 two]] [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3 sequels]], five shorts, eight video games, two [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness animated]] [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaThePawsOfDestiny series]] and a theme park ride, because it's so popular in China. |
| 240 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' suggests that the movie became such a hit in China because [[spoiler:the big final battle destroys a big part of Hong Kong]]. |
| 241 | * GilliganCut: |
| 242 | ** For ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', we have this: |
| 243 | --->'''Narrator:''' So traverse the light, and fulfill your destiny... as one of the A-holes who won't shut up about beating the game. Oh, good for you, do it with a Rockband controller, then we'll talk.\ |
| 244 | ''[shows actual footage of a player beating the Darklurker with a Rockband guitar controller]''\ |
| 245 | '''Narrator:''' Okay, wow. |
| 246 | ** In the ''VideoGame/Starcraft2'' Honest Trailer, the narrator describes the combat system as being marking the units and right-clicking on the enemy. |
| 247 | --->'''Narrator:''' Pssht, how hard can that be?\ |
| 248 | ''[video clip of a guy playing the game and typing at ''lightning-fast'' speed]''\ |
| 249 | '''Narrator:''' Uuuhhh... ''yikes''. |
| 250 | * GirlOnGirlIsHot: The narrator's take on ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'' redefining the original story's concept of "true love's kiss" as being between Maleficent and Aurora: |
| 251 | -->'''Narrator:''' If your movie comes after ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'', true love only exists between two girls. ''[{{beat}}]'' Aw yeah. |
| 252 | * GirlShowGhetto: [[invoked]] The Honest Trailer for ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' draws attention to this problem: |
| 253 | -->'''Narrator:''' Dive into the film that every kid is guaranteed to love, with a title that every boy is guaranteed to hate. |
| 254 | * GratuitousIambicPentameter: The Honest Trailer for ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet'' is written mostly in iambic pentameter. |
| 255 | * GroinAttack: The Honest Trailer for ''Film/TotalRecall1990'' calls Lori "a highly skilled crotch assassin" while showing clips of her elbowing, kicking and stomping Quaid below the belt. |
| 256 | * GrowingTheBeard: [[invoked]] |
| 257 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' finds it a vast improvement over [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger its predecessor]], eventually retitling it ''Captain America: He's Cool Now.'' |
| 258 | ** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' gets retitled ''The Legend of Zelda: Breath of Fresh Air.'' |
| 259 | * GunPorn: |
| 260 | ** Rather than give characters funny nicknames, the Starring part of the Honest Trailer for ''VideoGame/TheDivision'' lists a bunch of pimped-out firearms and, at the end of the list, just calls the bland, non-descript characters in the game "Whatever". |
| 261 | ** The ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'' Honest Trailer lists the many kinds of cartoonish guns featured in the games. |
| 262 | * SugarWiki/GushingAboutShowsYouLike: [[invoked]] |
| 263 | ** While there were cases in which the narrator admitted that he liked a movie before, he really has almost nothing but good things to say about ''Film/DieHard'': |
| 264 | --->'''Narrator:''' What, you thought we were gonna crap on ''Die Hard''? The guy's tank top is in the Smithsonian, for crying out loud! This movie is frickin' perfect! |
| 265 | ** Invoked and parodied in their April Fools' Day video of 2015, when they did a gushingly positive Honest Game Trailer for the long awaited and [[{{Vaporware}} non-existing]] ''VideoGame/HalfLife 3'', describing it as a gamer's wet dream featuring [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover massive crossovers]] with other franchises such as ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'', ''Series/GameOfThrones'', ''Franchise/DragonBall'' and [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]], and features like Oculus Rift support, a mechanic allowing players to record their own dialogue, and long awaited sequels to ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' and ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''. |
| 266 | ** The Narrator goes into total {{Squee}} mode during the physical stunts of ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''. |
| 267 | ** The Narrator likes ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' so much that he has trouble coming up with nitpicks for it. |
| 268 | ** The writers love ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' so much Jon has to resort to nitpicking. Even after the nitpicking, he says it's "still great though!" |
| 269 | ** Jon also had a hard time criticizing ''Film/{{Logan}}'' and calls up ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} looking for someone who'd have "something edgy or mean to say". Deadpool won't do it. |
| 270 | ---> '''Deadpool:''' Are you high? I'm not gonna shit on "Logan." That film's a fucking masterpiece! If [[AwardSnub Jackman doesn't get an Oscar nom,]] [[TakeThat I'm setting every VHS copy of "Crash" on fire!]] |
| 271 | |
| 272 | [[/folder]] |
| 273 | |
| 274 | [[folder:H]] |
| 275 | * HairTodayGoneTomorrow: The credits to the ''Film/{{XXX}} Franchise'' trailer namedrops the trope when crediting ''Creator/SamuelLJackson''. |
| 276 | * HalfwayPlotSwitch: |
| 277 | ** The ''Film/LaLaLand'' trailer becomes a ''Film/Moonlight2016'' one close to the end, inspired by the Best Picture mix-up. |
| 278 | ** [[invoked]] A little over a minute into the Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'', they realize that it's [[SoOkayItsAverage pretty okay]] and doesn't have a lot to make fun of. So instead, they rewind the trailer to the beginning and make it about its [[{{Sequelitis}} crappy sequel]], ''WesternAnimation/Cars2''. |
| 279 | ** [[invoked]] The Honest Trailer for ''Film/ReeferMadness'' and ''Film/TheBigLebowski'' starts as one purely about the former, but eventually it starts feeling so dated that they make it about the latter instead. |
| 280 | * HallwayFight: The Honest Trailer for the ''Film/BladeTrilogy'' credits the trilogy for featuring the first Marvel hallway fight scene, years before being featured in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse in its movie ''Film/IronMan2'' and its Creator/{{Netflix}} TV series ''Series/Daredevil2015''. |
| 281 | * HamAndCheese: [[invoked]] In ''Film/Morbius2022'', Creator/MattSmith is "acting with the freedom of someone who realizes they're in a trainwreck, so they might as well have some fun while it goes totally off the rails." |
| 282 | * HamToHamCombat: The trailer for ''Film/BatmanForever'' remarks how Creator/JimCarrey and Creator/TommyLeeJones are clearly trying to one-up each other as the hammy Riddler and Two-Face respectively. |
| 283 | * HarsherInHindsight: |
| 284 | ** Pointed out InUniverse in the trailer for ''Film/{{Godzilla 1998}}'' when it talks about [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece how 90's the movie is]]. |
| 285 | --->'''Narrator:''' Uncomfortable... twin... tower references...\ |
| 286 | '''Reporter:''' The worst act of destruction since the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_World_Trade_Center_bombing World Trade Center bombing]].\ |
| 287 | '''Narrator:''' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks Uhh... umm...]] Le- Let's just get to starring. |
| 288 | ** In ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'', "Mouse" explains just how vicious the herd of albino rhinoceroses that were chasing after them really are. This accompanied by a news article of how the last male white rhino in existence had passed away not even a full week before the release of that Honest Trailer, and the species was literally on the brink of extinction. |
| 289 | --->'''Narrator:''' Good news, Creator/{{Kev|inHart}}. Looks like we have them on the ropes. Um... Yay? |
| 290 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/BabyDriver'' points out how some of Doc's lines and interactions with Baby come off as pretty creepy as a result of the wave of accusations of sexual assaults of young men and teenage boys against Creator/KevinSpacey after the movie was made. It gets so bad that, for the rest of the Honest Trailer, they [[Film/AllTheMoneyInTheWorld replace his face with that of]] Creator/ChristopherPlummer. |
| 291 | ** ''Film/IndependenceDay'', "the film that made blowing up American landmarks cool....until 9/11." |
| 292 | * HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial "I mean I'm not gay]], [[IfItsYouItsOkay but I'd totally suck Gale's dick."]] |
| 293 | * HeAlsoDid: [[invoked]] |
| 294 | ** In the trailer for ''Film/ManOfSteel'', where Creator/ZackSnyder is introduced as "The guy who directed ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGaHoole''" as opposed to his more famous films like ''Film/ThreeHundred'' or ''Film/{{Watchmen}}''. |
| 295 | ** Similarly, in their ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' trailer, rather than as creator of ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'', director David Jaffe gets credited for his work on ''VideoGame/MickeyMania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse''. |
| 296 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/StarTrek2009'' credits Creator/JJAbrams as the maker of the then-unreleased seventh ''Star Wars'' movie (''Film/TheForceAwakens'') and ''Series/{{Felicity}}''. |
| 297 | ** The trailer for ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' helpfully reminds us that the songwriting duo of this Disney film were the minds behind "[[Theatre/TheBookOfMormon Hasa Diga Eebowai]]."[[note]]"Fuck You, God"[[/note]] |
| 298 | ** The trailer for ''Film/TheExpendables'' credits Creator/SylvesterStallone as the star of ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'', ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' and ''The Italian Stallion'', the last of which is [[IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney a softcore porn movie he did]] years before his mainstream acting career took off.[[note]]It was originally titled ''The Party at Kitty and Stud's'', but was retitled to reference Stallone to capitalize on the success of ''Rocky''[[/note]] |
| 299 | ** The ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' Honest Trailer mentions that Creator/GeorgeMiller, the director of this hardcore, gritty action movie, also directed the considerably cuddlier ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeet'' and ''Film/BabePigInTheCity''. |
| 300 | ** Averted in the Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'', in which the directors and writers of the film, Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez, are credited as the directors and writers of said film, "and not much else," while showing their [=IMDb=] credits page, that shows that beside ''Blair Witch''-related media, they've thus far only wrote for relatively unknown films. |
| 301 | ** In the Honest Trailer for the 2017 [[MediaNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]], the narrator is surprised that the writer and director of ''Film/ManchesterByTheSea'', Kenneth Lonergan, previously wrote ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkle''. |
| 302 | ** During the Starring part of the ''Film/{{Predator}}'' Honest Trailer, the narrator is surprised to learn that three of the lead actors went on to either serve as or run for state governor later in their lives.[[note]]Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger was governor of California for two terms, Creator/JesseVentura was governor of Minnesota for a single term, and Creator/SonnyLandham ran for governor of Kentucky once[[/note]] |
| 303 | ** In TheStinger for "Every Creator/QuentinTarantino Movie", it's revealed that he once directed an episode of ''Series/{{ER}}''. |
| 304 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/{{Scream}}'' opens by remarking on how the director, Creator/WesCraven, is famous for his work in horror -- except for the considerably softer Creator/MerylStreep movie ''Film/MusicOfTheHeart'', [[invoked]][[CreatorsOddball which he also directed]]. |
| 305 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' says its director, Frank Darabont, also "made the first few episodes of ''Series/TheWalkingDead''", referring to him having been the show's showrunner during the first season. |
| 306 | * HereWeGoAgain: In the Honest Trailer for ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', the narrator starts talking about how, now that Creator/ZackSnyder's most rabid fans have finally got his version of the movie released after a long time of "[=#ReleaseTheSnyderCut=]" campaigning, [[TemptingFate their obsession should die down]]... only to then start talking about how those megafans have started ''another'' campaign to have future DC movies continue the [[invoked]][[SequelHook sequel teases]] made in the movie. |
| 307 | * HesBack: ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' Honest Trailer sees the return of the original Epic Voice Guy Gannon Nickell. [[spoiler: During TheStinger, the one-off Epic Voice Guys from the ''Avatar'' and ''The Phantom Menance'' trailers also appear.]] |
| 308 | * SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: [[invoked]] |
| 309 | ** During the Honest Trailer of ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', Epic Voice Guy takes some time to praise Creator/{{Zoe Saldana}}'s excellent performance as Gamora, and [[SincerityMode even calls Saldana the best actor in the entire film]]. |
| 310 | -->'''Narrator:''' ''(while listing off the film's numerous side characters)'' ...Gamora, [[TheHeart the emotional center]] of the whole story, and the...''(sounding genuinely surprised)'' best...actor? ''(impressed}'' Huh. [[DidNotSeeThatComing Didn't see that one coming]]. |
| 311 | ** Relatedly, while he didn't like ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', he was impressed by how Creator/JaiCourtney (who is otherwise considered to be Honest Trailers' SitcomArchNemesis due to him typically being seen as [[DullSurprise a poor actor]] by Screen Junkies) was one of the three main actors [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously who actually gave a great performance]] in the film (the other two being Creator/WillSmith and Creator/MargotRobbie). |
| 312 | * HeelRealization: In the Honest Game Trailer for ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'': "Wait... am ''I'' the ''bad guy''?!" |
| 313 | * HeroAntagonist: In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' trailer, Elsa leads the list of people Anna teams up with to save the day ''and'' the list of villains Anna must defeat in her journey. |
| 314 | * HeroInsurance: Batman, "[[Film/TheDarkKnight a silent guardian]] who doesn't give a [[CensoredForComedy f*ck]](!) about racking up millions of dollars in peoples' personal damages." |
| 315 | * HeroicBSOD: |
| 316 | ** The Narrator completely despairs upon seeing [[Film/SpiderMan3 Emo Peter dancing]]. |
| 317 | ** In the ''Film/AWrinkleInTime2018'' Honest Trailer, the narrator starts talking about how it was adored by critics and made a huge profit - until it's pointed out to him that the movie was a flop with both critics and audiences and a financial disappointment and he starts freaking out. |
| 318 | * HijackedByGanon: The Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm'' comments on how ComicBook/TheJoker joins the plot midway through: |
| 319 | -->'''Narrator:''' What would the Batman be without the Joker? Unprofitable. So Creator/MarkHamill shows up halfway through this one.\ |
| 320 | ''[...]''\ |
| 321 | '''Narrator:''' Come on, you really think they'd do the first animated Batman movie with an ''original'' villain? We live in an infinite universe, with an infinite capacity for more Joker stuff.\ |
| 322 | ''[shows headlines of articles about a sequel for ''Film/Joker2019'' and speculations on potential future Joker actors]'' |
| 323 | * HilariousInHindsight: [[invoked]] |
| 324 | ** In the Honest Trailer for ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'', referencing Marvel's less than stellar attempts at live-action in the 70s-80s at the end, with the narrator commenting on how they'll never figure out how to make [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse decent adaptations]]. The same joke is invoked in their later Honest Trailer for ''Film/CaptainAmerica1990''. |
| 325 | ** The stinger for ''Film/{{Predator}}'' features a scene of Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger angrily shouting that his men are not expendable, to which the narrator remarks that [[Film/TheExpendables Arnold really has changed]]. |
| 326 | * HollywoodHacking: The trailer for the Emmys praises ''Series/MrRobot'' for showing one of the most realistic displays of computer hacking ever, but admits that this isn't really saying much considering that the bar wasn't really high, followed by scenes from several other series such as ''Series/{{Chuck}}'', ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', and ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'', that play this trope ridiculously straight. |
| 327 | * HollywoodHistory: "[[UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic Based on the tragedy]] that inspired thousands of heartbreaking true stories comes [[Film/{{Titanic 1997}} this fake one]]." |
| 328 | * HollywoodHomely: [[invoked]] For ''Film/Catwoman2004'': "She's supposed to be a frumpy nerd. But since Creator/HalleBerry is the exact opposite of that, they'll just bury her in plus-size clothes and make her super clumsy." |
| 329 | * HostileShowTakeover: |
| 330 | ** Two thirds of the way through the ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'' trailer, the narrator suddenly wonders why the rest of the script is in Chinese... only for a Chinese spokeswoman to hijack his role and narrate the rest of the trailer with English subtitles. |
| 331 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/Deadpool2'' gets hijacked by [[Creator/RyanReynolds Deadpool himself]], who then does an Honest Trailer about Honest Trailers. |
| 332 | * HowIsThatEvenPossible: The narrator's comment about Batman's cell phone surveillance system in ''The Dark Knight'', which downloads an infinite amount of data that's instantly transmitted wirelessly to Batman's eyes. "Hhmph, how is that possible? It takes me five minutes to download ''VideoGame/AngryBirds''." |
| 333 | * HoYay: [[invoked]] |
| 334 | ** ''The Lord of the Rings'' has so much manly compassion that you'll think you're watching ''[[Film/BrokebackMountain Brokeback]] [[{{Pun}} Mount Doom]]''. |
| 335 | ** The narrator's opinion of the friendship in ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' between Morpheus and Neo, calling Morpheus "the other love of Neo's life". |
| 336 | ** The ''Film/TopGun'' trailer mentions how much the movie "cranks up the homosexual undertones, as every other dude in the movie tries to make hot steamy love to each other". Cue several lines and scenes from the film that could be interpreted as such. |
| 337 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' trailer calls Timon and Pumbaa a same-sex couple. "[[NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat Not that there's a problem with that...]]" |
| 338 | ** The ''[[Film/XMenFilmSeries X-Men Trilogy]]'' trailer refers to several of the handsome young fellows there as "[[TheTwink Twiiinks!]]" |
| 339 | ** In ''Film/ThreeHundred'' they point things like: "Men wearing thongs, men getting speared with phallic objetcs, men holding hands, men holding men tenderly from behind, men letting it hang, men getting all wet in the rain, men getting all sweaty on the beach, men playing two flutes at the same time". |
| 340 | ** ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious Fast Five]]'' is said to include, as any other film in the series, overt homoeroticism (shows Dom and Hobbs staring at each other, romantic music playing in the background). |
| 341 | ** In ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'': "So experience a more modern take on ''Literature/SleepingBeauty'', where we learn the most important lesson of all: If your movie comes out after ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'', true love only exists between two girls. ''[shows Maleficent kissing a sleeping Aurora in the forehead in Aurora's chamber]'' ''Awww yeah.''" |
| 342 | ** The ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' trailer describes the games as "three homoerotic bro-fest pain trains".[[note]]The narrator doesn't consider ''Gears of War: Judgment'' a real part of the series.[[/note]] |
| 343 | ** The ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' trailer refers to Bucky and Steve's friendship as the "greatest love story of all" and notes that he spends time "pining" over Bucky while ignoring that both Sam and Tony would make "perfectly good boyfriends". |
| 344 | * HulkSpeak: The whole of the ''Film/{{Moonfall}}'' trailer is [[TakeThat delivered in this]] (and was apparently written in crayon). |
| 345 | -->Director Creator/RolandEmmerich hate world. His movies make everything explode. But with nothing left on Earth to boom, now he blow up... MOON! |
| 346 | * HumansAreTheRealMonsters: |
| 347 | ** The Narrator comes to realize this with the hero in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''. |
| 348 | --->'''Narrator:''' ...a story about a little blue man who punches a tree, then punches some dirt, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick then ravages the countryside of a peaceful land and steals all of its natural resources to satisfy his unquenchable thirst for pointless construction]]. Wait... Am I the bad guy? |
| 349 | ** In the honest trailer for ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'', the Narrator expresses his annoyance at the overuse of this trope, describing the film as "the millionth modern action movie, where the villain wants to destroy humanity in order to save the Earth". |
| 350 | * HumorDissonance: [[invoked]] In the trailer for ''Film/GrownUps'', there's a montage of the characters laughing at jokes the narrator doesn't find funny at all. |
| 351 | * HurricaneOfPuns: |
| 352 | ** The narrator rattles off a series of [[BoobBasedGag breast-related puns]] during the ''Franchise/TombRaider'' trailer: |
| 353 | --->'''Narrator:''' Squeeze into the giant beeewbssss of Lara Croft, the TIT-tular character of this swollen series, that the developers can't stop milking. |
| 354 | ** In the trailer for ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'', he rattles off a bunch of puns related to the various 90's stuff seen in the movie, before concluding all these 90's references are rather forced. |
| 355 | --->'''Narrator''': Are you ready for a blockbuster? It won't take Alta Vista to find one. Because Captain Marvel is a Franchise/StreetFighter too, and she's onto your [[Platform/GameBoy game, boy]]. So back off trolls, and go back to the [[Film/{{Mallrats}} Mall Rats]]. |
| 356 | * HypocriticalHumor: |
| 357 | ** The Narrator criticizes ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'', ''Film/{{Transformers|2007}}'', and ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' for exploiting SexSells. Yet the thumbnails for those videos are the same criticized sexy shots... {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in the ''Star Trek Into Darkness'' trailer when Creator/AliceEve, who plays Carol Marcus, is credited as "Thumbnail." |
| 358 | ** In ''Film/TheNotebook'', "when Allie and Noah find each other, he'll criticize her for being a pushover, and then constantly tell her what to do. And she will abandon him on numerous occasions." |
| 359 | --->'''Narrator:''' Together, they'll be [[WillTheyOrWontThey so indecisive]], you'll wonder why they're even trying. |
| 360 | ** ''Film/PacificRim'' comes from "a completely original sci-fi universe that doesn't rely on any preexisting franchise, as long as you don't count ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'', ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'', ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'', Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, [[Film/RealSteel that stupid Hugh Jackman robot boxing movie]], or every {{Anime}} ever made." |
| 361 | ** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'': |
| 362 | --->'''Narrator:''' From Rockstar Games, the company that glorifies [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking bullying... murder... and ping pong]] comes [[MurderSimulators the game old people claim is turning us into violent sociopaths]]... WHICH IS '''NOT''' TRUE, AND I'll '''F***ING KILL YOU''' IF YOU SAY ANY DIFFERENT!!! |
| 363 | ** In the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' the narrator calls the JumpScare the least original horror trope that you really shouldn't be afraid of in spite of constantly falling for it. |
| 364 | [[/folder]] |
| 365 | |
| 366 | [[folder:I]] |
| 367 | * IAmNotShazam: [[invoked]] |
| 368 | ** "Meet [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Link]], the iconic hero idiots still refer to as Zelda." Ironically, the narrator still credits him as Zelda in both the ''Ocarina of Time'' trailer and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' trailer. |
| 369 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Series/DoctorWho'' (Classic) addresses the [[invoked]]FandomEnragingMisconception of referring to the Doctor as "Doctor Who", pointing out that it's not so odd to do so since the character was actually credited as such for several years. |
| 370 | * ICantBelieveImSayingThis: |
| 371 | ** At the end of the ''Film/GoneGirl'' Honest Trailer, the narrator remarks that the movie could have used more Creator/TylerPerry, a.k.a. "Madea A Good Movie For Once", and is surprised that he actually said that. |
| 372 | ** During the ''Film/TheSocialNetwork'' Honest Trailer, the narrator wishes for another Facebook movie and is surprised that he said that. |
| 373 | * IResembleThatRemark: In the Honest Game Trailer for ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', the narrator flies into rage when denying that games like this turn people into violent sociopaths. |
| 374 | * IdenticalStranger: Characters from one film are often credited as similar characters from another film. |
| 375 | ** In ''Film/{{Inception}}'', Creator/KenWatanabe as "Creator/GeorgeTakei". |
| 376 | ** [[Film/{{Prometheus}} The Engineer]] as "[[Film/{{Watchmen}} Dr. Manhattan]]". |
| 377 | ** In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', ComicBook/TheJoker (in his red hair wig) as "Series/NurseJackie", and Creator/AaronEckhart as ComicBook/TwoFace is "[[Series/BreakingBad Los Pollos Hermanos]]". |
| 378 | ** [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gimli]] as "Creator/ZachGalifianakis", Merry and Pippin are "Film/HaroldAndKumar", Legolas as "Creator/GwynethPaltrow", and Gollum as Creator/LindsayLohan. |
| 379 | ** [[Film/{{Skyfall}} Judi Dench]] as Lindsay Lohan, and Creator/JavierBardem as "Fred from ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''" (in normal form) and also as [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]] (with shot of Silva showing off the effects of cyanide poisoning on him). |
| 380 | ** The ''Film/HarryPotter'' trailer has a lot of examples, like referring to Dumbledore as "[[Creator/IanMcKellen Gandalf the Gay]]". It also mistakes Dobby for UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin and Kreacher for Creator/LarryKing. |
| 381 | ** The ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' trailer has Creator/AliciaSilverstone as "90's Creator/EmmaStone" |
| 382 | ** ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' credits Sif as [[VideoGame/{{Okami}} Amaterasu]], Frampt as Creator/SteveBuscemi, the Bed of Chaos as [[Franchise/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Groot]], Smough and Ornstein as [[Creator/ChrisFarley Farley]] and [[Creator/DavidSpade Spade]], Shalquoir as Franchise/HelloKitty, the Ancient Dragon as [[Film/TheHobbit Smaug]], and the old Fire Keeper as Creator/LindsayLohan. |
| 383 | * IdiotHero: The remastered ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' derides Jake Sully as stupid, includes a brief montage of people calling him stupid, and says that if he let the Na'vi get curb-stomped in their first battle and got "bailed out by birds in the end," he's "an extremely dumb hero, even by [[TheChosenOne chosen one]] standards." |
| 384 | * IdiotPlot: [[invoked]] |
| 385 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/AlienCovenant'' lists off several questionable or stupid decisions made by the characters: |
| 386 | --->'''Narrator:''' You know, maybe these ''aren't'' colonists? Maybe the Earth has a secret program to deport the world's biggest morons? |
| 387 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/ThePurge'' movies suggests that the main characters of some of them would probably have been a lot safer if they had taken some basic safety precautions, such as [[Film/ThePurgeAnarchy not driving around at the last minute before Purge Night begins]] or [[Film/ThePurgeElectionYear going to the more secure and available other location]]. |
| 388 | * IgnoredExpert: The Honest Trailer for ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' points out how many characters don't find Ripley's advice credible even though she has survived an encounter with the Xenomorphs already. |
| 389 | * ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: "To get back his children, [[Film/{{Inception}} Cobb]]'s team will have to fight anonymous dream soldiers who have no idea how to hit anything with an automatic weapon, or duck." |
| 390 | * InAWorld: Most trailers start with variants of this, along with describing the source book or director. |
| 391 | ** For instance, ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' starts with "In a world created by fat computer programmers, comes a film so epic it increased ticket prices three whole dollars." |
| 392 | ** ''Film/WorldWarZ'' arrives "In a world where zombies have already infected [[BaitAndSwitchComment every facet of pop culture]]..." |
| 393 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' contains almost all the cliches from movie trailers: |
| 394 | ---> ''In a World of wall-to wall CGI, where practical action is a thing of the past, a masterpiece of handcrafted death and destruction will rise...''\ |
| 395 | ''...one woman will rise against him.''\ |
| 396 | ''Together, they'll embark on a two-hour game of ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' from hell...''\ |
| 397 | ''Journey to a wasteland...'' |
| 398 | ** The ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' trailer tweaks it starting with "In a year with four different [[Film/KingsmanTheSecretService blockbuster]] [[Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation spy]] [[Film/{{Spy}} films]], the great granddaddy of them all is back, and it's bringing absolutely nothing new to the table." They also bring their own version of the "If you only see one movie this year..." line: |
| 399 | --->'''Narrator:''' If you only see one movie this year about a hero who belongs to a different era, battling a sleeper cell inside his own organization, with their own octopus logo, against a former that was presumed dead in the snow... you should probably just rewatch ''[[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier The Winter Soldier]]''. It's way better anyway. |
| 400 | ** The opening for the Honest Trailer for ''Film/ThePurge'' movies: |
| 401 | --->'''Narrator:''' In a world full of senseless violence, political strife and corporate greed, [[BaitAndSwitch three movies about those things also exist]]. |
| 402 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/ItChapterTwo'' opens with "In a world going through its second Creator/StephenKing-assaince", referring to how his books have become a such a hot source for adaptations lately. |
| 403 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'' opens by pointing out how Creator/WarnerBrothers have started moving away from the story set up by ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'': |
| 404 | --->'''Narrator:''' In a world where Warner Bros. wishes Creator/JaredLeto [[Film/Joker2019 never existed]]...\ |
| 405 | ''[displays article about how the upcoming Creator/JamesGunn ''Suicide Squad'' movie looks better than the previous one]''\ |
| 406 | '''Narrator:''' In fact, where ''all'' of ''Suicide Squad'' was a lie, [[CanonDiscontinuity forget it ever happened]]. |
| 407 | ** The opening for the ''Series/TigerKing'' Honest Trailer: |
| 408 | --->'''Narrator:''' In a world where [[UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic the quarantined masses]] cry out for entertainment... |
| 409 | * IndecisiveMedium: The trailer for ''Film/{{Cats}}'' has the narrator wonder why the movie choose to keep the constraints of a stage production, rather than embrace the new medium and make full use of it. |
| 410 | * IneffectualSympatheticVillain: The trailer for ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' points out how Sonny Burch, a normal guy with no superpowers, is hopelessly outclassed by the superpowered heroes and his also superpowered rival villain Ghost. |
| 411 | -->'''Narrator:''' He's going after four of the smartest people in the MCU with nothing but a cell phone and a dream. Oh, come on, Series/{{Iron Fist|2017}} could beat this guy. ''[shows an article about ''Iron Fist'' being cancelled after two seasons]'' ''Iron Fist''. |
| 412 | * ImprobableInfantSurvival: In ''Film/JurassicPark'', relive the "electrifying excitement of watching a child in constant peril, who cannot die." |
| 413 | * IncurableCoughOfDeath: In ''Series/BreakingBad'', meet chemistry teacher Walter White. "He's got the kind of cancer that makes you cough '''a lot'''." ''[Cue an [[OverlyLongGag Overly Long montage]] of every instance where Walter White explodes in a coughing fit]'' |
| 414 | * InformedAbility: |
| 415 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Series/WandaVision'' points out how, contrary to what [[spoiler:Agatha's theme song "Agatha All Along"]] claims, [[spoiler:she really wasn't that clued in on what was happening]]: |
| 416 | --->'''Narrator:''' ''[to the tune of [[spoiler:"Agatha All Along"]]]'' ♫ "It's been [[spoiler:Wanda's repressed trauma all along, but Agatha kinda nudged her in that direction]]" ♫ ''[normal speech]'' doesn't exactly top the charts though, huh? |
| 417 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings'' remarks that Shang-Chi, despite being set up as a martial arts master, keeps getting defeated by other fighters throughout the movie. |
| 418 | * InformedDeformity: Invoked again in ''Film/ReadyPlayerOne2018'', which takes quite a jab at Samantha's supposedly ugly birthmark: |
| 419 | -->'''Narrator''': But she's got a birthmark. A faint discoloration on her face, and you can barely see it in most lighting? [[OhTheHumanity No, the humanity!]] [[FauxHorrific No look away, it's so horrible]]! |
| 420 | * InkSuitActor: The Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' describes Maui as "an all-powerful, charismatic, brawling, tattooed demi-god. So, pretty much [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]]". |
| 421 | * InNameOnly: |
| 422 | ** In ''Film/WorldWarZ'', "get ready for the big screen adaptation of [[Literature/WorldWarZ the best-selling novel]] that's got everything you loved about... the title, and [absolutely] nothing else." Later on in the video, a list scrolls by of all the book's awesome moments that were left out of the film. |
| 423 | ** The trailer for ''Series/SpiderManJapan'' points out how it has virtually nothing in common with the American Spider-Man, other than the suit, name and basic powers of the hero. |
| 424 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/MastersOfTheUniverse'' points out how, despite being a movie adaptation of WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983, pretty much all hero characters besides He-Man himself, as well as several villains, are AdaptedOut, the setting is changed to present day Earth, and half the movie is about two new characters and their romantic subplot. The narrator openly wonders if it’s even a He-Man movie at all. |
| 425 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheShining'' opens with the Narrator stating how Creator/StanleyKubrick threw [[Literature/TheShining the novel]] into the trash. |
| 426 | ** The opening of the Honest Trailer for ''Film/StarshipTroopers'': |
| 427 | --->'''Narrator:''' Not at all based on [[Literature/StarshipTroopers the classic sci-fi novel]]... |
| 428 | ** The trailer for ''Film/StreetFighter'' points out how, despite having characters that share the names of the characters from the video games, the movie turns the fighting game into a war movie that barely has any one on one fights. |
| 429 | --->'''Narrator''': Look, no-one's expecting you to do the bonus level where you fight a car or whatever, but could you maybe put some ''street fights'' in your ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' movie? You had one job! |
| 430 | * InsaneTrollLogic: The ''Honest Game Trailer'' stinger for ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' uses weird math formulas to deduce a sequel, in a parody of the "''Half-Life 3'' confirmed" meme. |
| 431 | -->'''Narraror:''' ''[at the end of the ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' trailer]'' "Team Fortress" has twelve letters in it, and has nine character classes in the game. Twelve minus nine equals three... ''Team Fortress 3'' is confirmed, you guys! |
| 432 | * InsistentTerminology: In the Honest Trailer for ''Film/ANewHope'', they insist on referring to it as ''Star Wars'' ("the first one"), likely because the subtitle was added later (though later Honest Trailers refer to it as ''A New Hope''). |
| 433 | * InstantExpert: In the ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' trailer, the original Epic Voice Guy accuses Rey of being one, and that it makes her less interesting. Even calling her a [[{{Pun}} MaRey Sue]] during the Starring section. |
| 434 | --> '''Epic Voice Guy:''' She's a multilingual, expert mechanic, ace pilot, force-using badass--\ |
| 435 | '''Original Epic Voice Guy:''' --Who's so good at everything, it makes her character completely un-compelling. |
| 436 | * IntercourseWithYou: |
| 437 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'''s Honest Trailer rewrites: |
| 438 | *** "Love Is An Open Door" as: |
| 439 | ---->''"We are about to poooooooorrrrk\ |
| 440 | Totally gonna pooooooork"'' |
| 441 | *** "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People" gets rewritten as: |
| 442 | ---->''"[[BestialityIsDepraved I'm kinda turned on by reindeer]]..."'' |
| 443 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'''s Honest Trailer has this "slow jam" to remix "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?": |
| 444 | --->''"We are going to pork tonight (Lions are gonna pork!)\ |
| 445 | Yeah, we are totally gonna pooooooork\ |
| 446 | It was nice to be childhood friends with ya,\ |
| 447 | But now it's time to pooooooork"'' |
| 448 | ** And then there's ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', where "Kiss the Girl" is rewritten as: |
| 449 | ---> ''"Sha la la la, go for it dude\ |
| 450 | Her fish friends set the mood\ |
| 451 | For you to pork the girl\ |
| 452 | Sha la la la, why not raise the stakes?\ |
| 453 | Do carpet match the drapes?\ |
| 454 | Find out and pork the girl."'' |
| 455 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'''s "A Whole New World" becomes an "I'll Pork This Girl." |
| 456 | * InvincibleHero: The Honest Trailer for ''Film/{{Black Adam|2022}}'' remarks on how the character's incredible power and indestructability takes away all the tension from the movie since he clearly can't be defeated and describes him as "a video game character with infinite health and five stars on ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto GTA]]''": |
| 457 | -->'''Black Adam:''' No point in fighting. We both know no-one can stop me.\ |
| 458 | '''Narrator:''' ''[bored]'' Yeah, we know. Can we just end the movie, then? |
| 459 | * ItsBeenDone: |
| 460 | ** The {{Stinger}} ([[BackToFront i.e. the beginning]]) of the ''Film/{{Memento}}'' Honest Trailer points out how the movie's concept is similar to the 1994 Creator/DanaCarvey comedy ''Film/CleanSlate'', which also featured a main character who suffered from amnesia on a regular basis. |
| 461 | ** The introduction of ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'' remarks on how common [[CapePunk grounded and realistic superhero shows]] have gotten recently: |
| 462 | --->'''Narrator:''' [[TakeThat From]] [[ComicBook/LexLuthor Lexcorp]] (Creator/{{Amazon}}) comes [[Film/ManOfSteel another grim story]] about how superheroes would behave if they were real.\ |
| 463 | ''[clip of ''Series/TheBoys2019'']''\ |
| 464 | '''Narrator:''' No, the other one.\ |
| 465 | ''[titles of similar shows and movies, such as ''Series/JupitersLegacy'', ''Series/DoomPatrol2019'' and ''Series/Preacher2016'', appear]''\ |
| 466 | '''Narrator:''' No, the other one on [[Creator/PrimeVideo Amazon]]! |
| 467 | ** The Honest Trailer for Season 1 of ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'' has the narrator mix up his script with those about other prequel series to big franchises because of how many other series like that are going on at the same time: |
| 468 | --->'''Narrator:''' Witness the second age of Middle Earth, a time of relative peace, [[Series/{{Andor}} but when rebel spy Cassian Andor]]... ''[stops reading and flips through the pages]'' Whoops, sorry. Scripts got mixed up. ''A lot'' of prequels to cover. ''[starts reading again over scenes of ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'']''. Witness the second age of Middle Earth- ''[stops reading again]'' Nope, no, [[{{Foreshadowing}} that's next week's prequel]]. |
| 469 | * ItsEasySoItSucks: [[invoked]] ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperHeroes'' and ''VideoGame/LegoBatman'' both get mocked for being purposely made so easy to play since they're made for small children. |
| 470 | * ItsTheSameNowItSucks: [[invoked]] |
| 471 | ** In the videos for the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' games, the narrator gets increasingly annoyed by how similar the games are since they use pretty much the exact same basic mechanics every game, with the exception of [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4 the fourth one]], where you can finally move. |
| 472 | --->'''Narrator:''' Security cameras, furries, {{jump scare}}s, blah blah blah blah blah, you get it by now. |
| 473 | ** In the ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' video, the narrator dully lists all the standard Film/JamesBond tropes, like gadgets and cool cars. |
| 474 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' jabs at it for recycling so many elements from the previous X-Men movies, like [[Film/XMenOriginsWolverine another]] Wolverine origin story, [[Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast another]] Quicksilver sequence and [[spoiler:[[Film/XMenTheLastStand another]] [[ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga Dark Phoenix story]]]]. |
| 475 | ** In addition to complaining how ''VideoGame/DeadRising4'' [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks has lost many of the things that made the series unique]], the Honest Trailer notes that the game is set in the same town ''in the same mall'' as the last game, with the same main character, pretty much the same gameplay and a similar plot. |
| 476 | ** After pointing out all the many, many things that are [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute essentially the same]] in ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'' as in the original trilogy, despite it being set in a whole different galaxy, the narrator says that the best thing you can say for the game is that, well... it sure is another ''Mass Effect'' game. |
| 477 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'' points out how it doesn't do anything new compared to [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 the 1994 original]], and has none of the charm from that movie to boot. |
| 478 | ** TheStinger in the Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' laments how same-y movies have gotten now that [[Creator/{{Disney}} the same company]] are producing most of the big movies being released, showing how the movie and the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse movies feature similar tones and major story beats; specifically, the fast talking of ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'' and [[spoiler:the portals scene]] from ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' (compared to the scene where [[spoiler:several ships appear in the nick of time to fight the First Order]]).[[note]]Also, while the Honest Trailer doesn't mention it, some commenters noted similarities between ''Endgame's'' [[spoiler:"I am inevitable", "I am Iron Man" exchange between Thanos and Tony Stark]] and ''Rise of Skywalker's'' [[spoiler:"I am all the Sith", "I am all the Jedi" exchange between Rey and Palpatine]][[/note]] |
| 479 | ** The narrator points out that ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' has the same plot, setting, characters and themes as Joss Whedon's cut. Considering how much the narrator dislikes Joss Whedon's cut, this is not a compliment. |
| 480 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings'' points out how [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] movies tend to feature big, special effects-heavy final battles even though the novelty value is pretty much gone: |
| 481 | --->'''Narrator:''' Because while [[spoiler:an emotional, expertly choreographed martial arts showdown between father and son]] is cool, isn't it way cooler when a bunch of weightless polygons smash into each other? [[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder No?]] ''Then why does it keep happening?'' |
| 482 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Series/MoonKnight2022'' remarks on how it recycles plot elements from other MCU movies and TV series that came out within the last year, making it all feel repetitive. Specifically, a [[spoiler:final battle involving giant monsters]], previously done in ''Film/{{Eternals}}'' and ''Shang-Chi'', and a scene where the hero meets an alternate version of himself (also done in ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'', ''Series/Loki2021'' and ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''): |
| 483 | --->'''Narrator:''' I mean, who says they're running out of ideas and the genre's eating itself? [[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder Me. I say that]]. |
| 484 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/BlueBeetle2023'' calls out the movie for recycling all the SuperheroOrigin tropes and plots that so many superhero movies before it already used, to the point that the only new element the movie brings is it's references to Latino culture. It also criticezes the movie for using a climax in which the hero fights a villains with similar powers or a similar suit as him; something that has also been done to death at this point. |
| 485 | --->'''Narrator''': Look, it's not a bad film, but we just watched 30 superhero origins in the last 10 years. |
| 486 | * ItWillNeverCatchOn: |
| 487 | ** At the end of the ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'' trailer, from the 1980s, the narrator decides at least it isn't a Marvel film, because (showing images from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Spider-Man_(TV_series) The Amazing Spider-Man TV series of 1977-1979]] and ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'') "they'll never figure out how to make movies. [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Right?]]" |
| 488 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''[[Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977 The Incredible Hulk Returns]]'' (a.k.a. ''Hulk vs. Thor (1988)''), which would be followed by more TV movies, has the narrator optimistic about its attempt to create an interconnected Marvel universe, figuring that [[Creator/DCComics DC's]] [[Film/Batman1989 upcoming Batman movie]] is already doomed: |
| 489 | --->'''Narrator:''' Can you believe they gave it to [[Creator/TimBurton the guy who made]] ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure''? And [[Creator/MichaelKeaton it stars]] ''Film/MrMom''? [[HashtagForLaughs 1-800-NOT-MY-BATMAN]]! |
| 490 | * IWarnedYou: The voice asks if people really want to see an Honest Trailer for ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''. He follows it up with "Don't say I didn't warn you." The Honest Trailer eventually gives away a huge spoiler for the game. |
| 491 | * ItWasHisSled: [[invoked]] The Honest Trailer from ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' notes how the reveal that [[spoiler:Mysterio is actually evil]] won't really surprise anyone who knows that [[spoiler:he is a prominent villain and member of the Sinister Six in the comics]]. |
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| 493 | |
| 494 | [[folder:J]] |
| 495 | * JerksAreWorseThanVillains: [[invoked]] The trailer for ''Film/FiveNightsAtFreddys2023'' asserts that the real "ridiculous, over-the-top villain" is not Freddy or [[spoiler:William Afton]], but Mike and Abby's Aunt Jane. |
| 496 | * JigsawPuzzlePlot: A third of the ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' trailer is trying to summarize the premise but having to speed up the video to get through all of it. |
| 497 | * JitterCam: |
| 498 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheHungerGames'' states that in it "the poor struggle for survival in unnecessary shaky-cam, but can still somehow afford futuristic [[BuffySpeak projection thingies]]." |
| 499 | ** The Honest Trailer for the ''Film/MissionImpossible'' film series cites "shaky cam" as what Creator/JJAbrams brought to ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII''. |
| 500 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheBourneSeries'' describes the intense, up-close and shaky photography of the fight scenes as "strapping a [=GoPro=] to a meth head": |
| 501 | --->'''Narrator:''' Man, that is shaky. This is really hard to follow, guys. I'm getting kinda dizzy. Eugh, why did I think it was a good idea to sit in the front row? Oh, I think I'm gonna be sick! ''[chokes]'' |
| 502 | ** ''Film/JohnWick'' is praised for ''not'' relying on this or quick cuts to make good action scenes; as contrast, they show a clip of ''Film/Taken3'' using both shaky camerawork and several cuts and camera angles just for a shot of Brian Mills jumping over a fence. |
| 503 | --->'''Narrator:''' Man, that must have ''[[{{Pun}} taken]]'' them a while. ''[chuckles]'' [[SincerityMode I mean, seriously,]] that was, like, 14 different camera angles. |
| 504 | * JokeExhaustion: In the trailer for ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', the "Starring" section begins with a string of six different punny names for the main character -- one punning on "James Bond", followed by puns on each of Daniel Craig's predecessors in the role, and all riffing on the fact that he didn't seem to be enjoying being James Bond very much anymore. |
| 505 | * JumpScare: Used as a RunningGag in the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' trailer. |
| 506 | * JustHereForGodzilla: [[invoked]] |
| 507 | ** In the Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheGreatestShowman'', the narrator gets bored with the "talky parts" and just fast-forwards to the next song. |
| 508 | ** During the Creator/HBOMax segment of the Honest Trailer for "Every Streaming Service", the narrator laments that, even though the service has all of Creator/{{HBO}}'s acclaimed dramas, great shows from Creator/AdultSwim and several movies in Creator/TheCriterionCollection, a lot of its customers are probably only using it to rewatch ''Series/{{Friends}}'' "[[SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes for the nine-hundredth time]]". |
| 509 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'', after first ranting about the inconsistenties about the human characters between the various movies of the Franchise/MonsterVerse, the narrator claims to not even care about those humans; watching the titular monsters is much more interesting. |
| 510 | ** In the Honest Trailer for Season 2 of ''Series/TheWitcher2019'', the narrator is disappointed by how the season focused more on CharacterDevelopment and deepening relationships than the previous season's MonsterOfTheWeek stories: |
| 511 | --->'''Narrator:''' Sorry, can't relate; haven't grown since the eighth grade. Now go fight something I used to doodle in my notebook margins! ''[scene of Geralt fighting a monster]'' Oh yeah, that's the stuff! |
| 512 | * JustKeepDriving / SeenItAll: In ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', the opening action scene is described as being so action-packed, you'll forget to ask yourself, "Why didn't the conductor stop this train when its entire back carriage '''was ripped off'''? And why aren't these people scared?" |
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| 515 | [[folder:K – L]] |
| 516 | * KarmaHoudini: |
| 517 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' describes Peter's newest power: never facing consequences for his actions: |
| 518 | --->'''Narrator:''' ...[w]hether he's getting away with ditching detention, quitting on his team, falsely imprisoning people, wrecking a car, wrecking a store, wrecking a ferry, or wrecking [[spoiler:his girlfriend's entire life]], you can be sure this webslinger will get off with no more than a stern talking-to. |
| 519 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheGreatestShowman'' describes P.T. Barnum as this, due to him starting his freak show with money earned through fraud, leaves behind his wife and children, abandons the freakshow performers when he gets accepted into high society and still gets forgiven and finds huge success and happiness. |
| 520 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/BirdBox'' points out how the movie tends to punish everyone who tries to be a good person, while the jerks go scott free. |
| 521 | * KissingCousins: TheStinger of ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' has the narrator realize something in horror about [[OfficialCouple Simba and Nala]]: |
| 522 | -->'''Narrator:''' Wait, if Mufasa [Simba's father] and Scar [Mufasa's brother] are the only male lions in the pride, then Nala's dad is probably... oh no. |
| 523 | * KitchenSinkIncluded: During the ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' Honest Trailer, the narrator bemoans how much material was jammed into the movie: |
| 524 | -->'''Narrator:''' You didn't have to throw everything but the kitchen sink in there!\ |
| 525 | ''[clip of Batman bashing Superman with an actual sink]''\ |
| 526 | '''Narrator:''' Aaand there's the sink. |
| 527 | * LadySwearsalot: In the ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' video, the narrator describes the female protagonist Ellie as having "the mouth of a salty truck driver", showing a montage of her swearing. |
| 528 | * LargeHam: |
| 529 | ** The announcer. Even more when he's actually shown onscreen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RXhcqdewf0#t=200s ("What a spray! What a lovely spray!")]]. |
| 530 | ** ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' 3D Edition Narrator, in spades. |
| 531 | --->'''Narrator: IN 3D!!!''' |
| 532 | ** Their description of Creator/ElizabethBerkley in ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'': |
| 533 | --->'''Narrator:''' You remember Elizabeth Berkley from ''Series/SavedByTheBell''. Now she's all grown up, and she's bringing the same energy she brought to the caffeine pills episode. ''[shows the infamous "I'm so excited" bit from said episode]'' Watch her act balls-to-the-wall no matter what's happening in the scene, whether it's dancing, dancing even harder, eating, speaking, or just anything, really. |
| 534 | * LastMinuteHookup: The Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' points out how Sally's love for Jack is [[AllLoveIsUnrequited unrequited]] until literally, at the last moment, he finally notices her. |
| 535 | * LastSecondWordSwap: Happens in the ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'' trailer with the Indians. Thanks to so much ValuesDissonance, what should be "The Washington Redskins" quickly becomes "The Washington Re-- uh, D.C. Football Team." |
| 536 | * LatexPerfection: In the ''Film/MissionImpossible'' trailer, "one thing is for sure: ''everyone'' is wearing a Franchise/ScoobyDoo mask." |
| 537 | -->'''Narrator:''' ''[after a montage of characters unmasking themselves, while Scooby-Doo noises are dubbed over]'' And I would've gotten away with it too if it weren't for [[YouMeddlingKids that meddling Tom Cruise]]! |
| 538 | * LaughingAtYourOwnJokes: The Honest Trailer for ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' points out how, while the jokes are genuinely funny, the movie's characters tend to laugh a bit too much at them, showing a montage of characters laughing hysterically. |
| 539 | * LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: |
| 540 | ** The ''Film/FiveHundredDaysOfSummer'' trailer does this after describing Summer as "a woman." |
| 541 | ** The music for the ''Series/{{Iron Fist|2017}}'' honest trailer peters out after one too many "Fist" [[invoked]]{{Accidental Innuendo}}s. |
| 542 | * LetsSeeYouDoBetter: Inverted. In the ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' trailer, after Anakin's infamous "I hate sand" line, the narrator says "Come on Creator/{{JJ|Abrams}}, [[Film/TheForceAwakens there's no way you can do any worse than this!]]" |
| 543 | * LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek: ''Film/GoneGirl'', according to the narrator: |
| 544 | -->'''Narrator:''' Based on the book everyone's mom read on the beach... comes the best-acted, coolest-looking, most well-written ''Creator/{{Lifetime}}'' Movie ever made." |
| 545 | * LighterAndSofter: The Honest Trailer for ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'' and ''Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation'' points out how they adapted pretty much everything from the games ''except'' for the [[{{Gorn}} brutal, bloody violence]] the games were best known for. |
| 546 | * LipServiceCrossover: The Honest Trailer for ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' pokes fun at the fact that plenty of characters namedrop members of the Avengers [[OverlyLongGag every now and then]] [[TheGhost without them actually appearing]]. |
| 547 | * LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: |
| 548 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' is retitled ''Loading Screen'' in reference to the long loading times: |
| 549 | --->'''Narrator:''' Okay... Should be done loading soon. Any second now. Is this for real? Seriously? ''Stop f*cking loading!!!'' |
| 550 | ** ''VideoGame/ReCore'' is also mocked for its long loading times. First, when the request comments appear, a loading icon appears before the last comment appears. The "Starring" section is a long list of things you could do while waiting for the game to load, like "Making a Sandwich", "Doing Your Taxes" or [[TakeThat "Playing Other Video Games"]]. |
| 551 | * LongList: |
| 552 | ** In ''Film/WorldWarZ'', "meet Gerry Lane. He's just your average, everyday super-attractive, scarf-wearing, Spanish-speaking, airplane-piloting, sharp-shooting, skull-bashing, armor-crafting, arm-chopping, prisoner-interrogating, surgery-doing, slo-mo vision-having, antidote-making, eagle-eyed stay-at-home dad." |
| 553 | ** The Starring section for ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' has the narrator giving nicknames for all the Gen I Pokemon, including [[SecretCharacter Mew]] and [[GlitchEntity Missingno]]. This continues into the Honest Trailers for ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'', ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'', ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'', ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', and ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY''. |
| 554 | ** The ''Franchise/MegaMan'' trailer lists all important characters from all sub-series, and also lists ALL the Robot Masters. And like in the case of the ''Pokemon'' trailers, the Robot Masters are given nicknames. |
| 555 | * LoveItOrHateIt: [[invoked]] |
| 556 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/Mother2017'' describes it as "the esoteric film audiences either loved, hated, or '''really''' hated", showing its "F" rating on Cinemascore. |
| 557 | ** This is brought up in the Honest Trailers for ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' and ''Film/TheLastJedi'', but ''especially'' for the latter, where the current Epic Voice Guy and the previous Epic Voice Guy, Gannon Nickell, are on opposite ends of the spectrum, with the former loving them and the latter hating them (''The Force Awakens'' because of its similarities to ''Film/ANewHope'', and ''The Last Jedi'' because of it discarding certain plot threads from ''The Force Awakens'' and characterization from previous films). |
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| 561 | [[folder:M]] |
| 562 | * MadeOfIron: The Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheBatman2022'' describes Batman as "both psychologically vulnerable and physically invincible," before showing him crash into an overpass, bounce off a bus and a car and roll on the ground before getting up practically unharmed. |
| 563 | * MadnessMantra: TheStinger for ''VideoGame/SkullIslandRiseOfKong'''s Honest Trailer is just the Epic Voice Guy repeating "Forty US dollars!" over and over again in an increasingly despairing tone, unable to comprehend how such a terrible game costs that much. |
| 564 | * MaleGaze: |
| 565 | ** ''Film/{{Avatar}}'': "Blue-bs!" |
| 566 | ** As they introduce Creator/AnneHathaway [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises as Catwoman]], the shot zooms in to her butt, while the narrator calls her "[[Film/ThePrincessDiaries The Prince-ASS Diaries]]". |
| 567 | ** In ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'', it's pointed out that Carol Marcus (shown wearing only her underwear) is only there [[MsFanservice for one reason]]... then the camera zooms in on her cleavage. |
| 568 | --->'''Narrator:''' Make that two reasons. |
| 569 | ** In ''Franchise/TheMatrix'', Monica Belucci is credited as "BEWBS". |
| 570 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' points out how it has "the priorities of Creator/BrettRatner's production company", referring to how the movie unnecessarily worked Wonder Woman's rear into so many shots. |
| 571 | * MaliciousMisnaming: |
| 572 | ** Apparently, [[spoiler:Deadpool]] has the Narrator's number in his contacts listed as "Fat Betsy [[KickTheDog (Don't Pick Up)]]". |
| 573 | ** The ''Film/IronMan3'' trailer repeatedly calls Tony Stark "Regular Man" due to disappointment at how little time he spends inside the Iron Man suit in the film. |
| 574 | * MagicVersusScience: The Honest Trailer for the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' lampshades how the movies make a point of explaining magic as science, but the science is so advanced it's basically magic. |
| 575 | * ManipulativeEditing: They're not always so honest and sometimes will adjust elements of shots. |
| 576 | ** For instance, when they complain that first half hour of ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' is surprisingly boring, they use a seeming casual shot of [[ComicBook/BlackWidow Natasha Romanoff]], [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]], and [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]] on a quiet dock, when in the actual film the audio in the background is of [[spoiler:''the Helicarrier taking flight'']]. |
| 577 | ** This is particularly bad on ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''. To elaborate: they say that Heimdall can see ''everything'' (which is true). "Except for this spy", "Thor's girlfriend" and "this gigantic ship directly above him". While it is true, the spy is, well, ''a spy''. The fact that Jane can't be seen is treated as something extremely suspicious and Thor immediately sets out to find her. And for the ship, well that's because he was distracted taking down another, equally gigantic, ''invisible'' ship. On foot. With a dagger. |
| 578 | ** A minor one in the ''Videogame/UntilDawn'' Honest Trailer, which names zombies as one of the horror movie tropes that appears in the game and shows a shot of a dead, rotten body with a rat crawling out of its mouth. In the actual game, that's not a zombie at all; it's just a plain, dead body with a rat inside it. |
| 579 | ** In the Honest Trailer for ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'', the narrator mocked the idea of the ''Harry Potter'' franchise going to America, yet still having many of their actors be British. Many of the actors shown are not British but actually Irish (Ronan Raftery and Colin Farrell). Katherine Waterston was born in Britain from American parents, but is a dual US/UK citizen educated in New York and with a mostly Hollywood career. Carmen Ejogo was born in Scotland and is a Scottish actress but she has a mostly Hollywood career since 2000 and currently resides in New York. |
| 580 | ** Invoked in the Honest Trailer for ''Series/ObiWanKenobi'', which suggests that it's only able to make the ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequel trilogy movies look good by cutting just the highlights into a three minute long recap montage. |
| 581 | * ManlyTears: The Honest Trailer for ''Series/TheFlash2014'' mentions Creator/KevinSmith's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_lGaBPbJLM being driven to tears]] by the series' [[TearJerker/TheFlash2014 emotional first season finale]]. The narrator also struggles to hold back tears about the same scene. |
| 582 | * MedalOfDishonor: |
| 583 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'' and ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'' points out that the latter became some less than thrilling "firsts" for Creator/{{Pixar}}, like their first movie ''not'' to get nominated for the Best Animated Feature MediaNotes/AcademyAward and their first movie to get a "Rotten" score on Website/RottenTomatoes. |
| 584 | ** ''Film/AfterEarth'' is such a bad movie that its Honest Trailer is the only one Epic Voice Guy doesn't finish narrating and rage-quits halfway through. |
| 585 | * MediumShiftGag: ''Superman IV'' and ''Top Gun'' are made to look like they were taped on an old video cassette, and ''Series/BreakingBad'', ''Series/GameOfThrones'', ''Series/{{Entourage}}'', and ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' are formatted in the style of a television preview. |
| 586 | * MeltingFilmEffect: Seen OncePerEpisode during the "The following is an Honest Movie Trailer" part. |
| 587 | * MemeAcknowledgment[[invoked]]: |
| 588 | ** Given [[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2013/02/25/oscars-2013-life-of-pies-claudio-miranda-wizard-hair-trend/ lots of jokes were made about long-haired winners at the 2013 Oscars,]] Lucius Malfoy's actor is credited as [[http://www.crushable.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/MALFOY-4.png "Claudio Miranda."]] |
| 589 | ** "Leo Squint" was acknowledged in the ''Inception'' trailer, as seen in the JapaneseRanguage entry. |
| 590 | ** The quotes narrated at the end of each vid usually are popular memes. |
| 591 | ** The ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' trailer credits Idina Menzel as Elsa as "the wickedly talented [[AccidentalMisnaming Adele]] [[EpicFail Dazeem]]," acknowledging John Travolta's famous 2014 Academy Awards gaffe. |
| 592 | ** For ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', Captain Falcon was credited as "[[MondegreenGag Show Me Your Bewbs]]!" |
| 593 | ** The trailer for ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'', of course, references the infamous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t0uCWjQ6Og "SHAUN!"]] glitch. |
| 594 | ** The trailer for ''Film/Godzilla2014'' names Godzilla as "Real Kaiju Have Curves", a reference to the fact that some who saw the actual trailers complained that the incarnation looked too fat. |
| 595 | ** The ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' trailer renames the "arrow to the knee" guard as "Played Out Meme". And then shows footage of the player [[TakeThat beating the crap out of the guy]]. |
| 596 | * MemeticLoser: [[invoked]] In the Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'', the "Starring" section includes "[[KillerRobot Sentinels]] Sucking At Their Jobs", showing clips of the Sentinels being trashed by X-Men or being klutzes. |
| 597 | * MerchandiseDriven: |
| 598 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'', though it's not treated as inherently negative or hurting the film -- just inevitable. |
| 599 | ** Mocked to hell and back, of course, with the trailer for ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'', which even draws parallels to ''The LEGO Movie'' -- while the latter was at least "fun" despite its "shameless marketing", ''Minions'' is nothing but "a cynical studio branding exercise" for Creator/{{Universal}} and [[Creator/IlluminationEntertainment Illumination]], and more of an expensive promotional campaign than a genuine film. |
| 600 | ** The "Starring" part of "WesternAnimation/FrozenFever" lists "the reasons Disney needs to keep ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' relevant", such as [[Theatre/Frozen2018 an upcoming Broadway musical]] and [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks a theme park]] as well as a ton of ordinary groceries and other goods with the ''Frozen'' brand slapped onto them, such as vitamins, canned soup and duct tape. |
| 601 | ** ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity'', which they describe as "the biggest clusterf*ck of brand synergy since ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''", except all the characters are "sold separately". They proceed to chew the game out for the high cost of characters and in-game objects. |
| 602 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/SpaceJam'' mocks it for apparently having been made mostly to market ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and Air Jordans. [[Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy Its sequel]], meanwhile, gets reamed for its ''ridiculous'' amount of product placement both within and outside of [[Creator/WarnerBros its production company]], to the point where its "Honest Title" is even listed as ''It's Not TV, It's an Ad for Creator/{{HBO}}''. |
| 603 | ** For ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'', the biggest complaint is how the movie is obviously meant to be one big advertisement, with things like plot and character development being considered less important and being degraded to last place. |
| 604 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' states that the Ewoks were inspired by puppy dogs, bear cubs, and toy sales. |
| 605 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'' draws attention to how the movie killed off [[spoiler:several major Transformers, including Optimus Prime]], mainly to just wipe out the existing toy line and make room for the new one. |
| 606 | * MilestoneCelebration: |
| 607 | ** Lampshaded in-universe on the ''Film/ThreeHundred'' trailer. |
| 608 | --->'''Narrator:''' Can you believe it? We made 50 of these dumb things. |
| 609 | ** They celebrated reaching 100 Honest Trailers with the trailer for ''Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey'' with a special opening that followed the comment flooding at the beginning. |
| 610 | ** For the 200th Honest Trailer (''Film/{{Logan}}''), there is also a special opening that followed the comment flooding at the beginning, a new title card, and the return of ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} (incidentally whose first appearance, the Honest Trailer for [[Film/Deadpool2016 his film]], was the 150th Honest Trailer). |
| 611 | ** For the 300th Honest Trailer, they tackled the entire ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse''. |
| 612 | ** For the 400th Honest Trailer, they made a similar video covering the ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse''. |
| 613 | * MinimalistCast: |
| 614 | ** While the Narrator is too busy [[RageQuit rage quitting]] to read the "Starring", they are seen to be "Son of a Film/{{Hitch}}" (Jaden Smith), "[[Film/ThePursuitOfHappyness The Pursuit of Crappiness]]" (Creator/WillSmith), "and No One Else". |
| 615 | ** The "Starring" of ''VideoGame/TheLastGuardian'' just lists [[PlayerCharacter the Boy]], [[CuteMonster Trico]] "and... that's it, I guess?" |
| 616 | * MisaimedMarketing: [[invoked]] |
| 617 | ** As the opening of the ''Film/TheHungerGamesCatchingFire'' trailer points out, "From [[Creator/LionsGate the company]] that owns a monopoly on [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga teenage]] [[Film/TheHungerGames girl]] [[Film/{{Divergent}} fantasies]], comes the only film about starving children... with its own delicious sandwich tie-in! Subway. Be bold. Eat fresh." |
| 618 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' remarks how odd it was that the movie was made into action figures for kids when it's so violent and unchildfriendly, showing a clip of a commercial. The trailer for ''Film/RoboCop1987'' does the same. |
| 619 | ** [[invoked]]The Honest Trailer for ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'' questions the movie's choice of other Creator/WarnerBros properties to advertise; specifically ''Series/GameOfThrones'' after [[SeasonalRot its last two seasons tarnished it for many]], ''Film/TheMatrix'' when its [[Film/TheMatrixReloaded last two]] [[Film/TheMatrixRevolutions bad entries]] [[{{Sequelitis}} ruined the franchise for some]], and ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' despite Creator/JKRowling's views on transgender issues. Not to mention the appearances of "Rapists" ([[Film/AClockworkOrange the Droogs]]), "Child Murderers" (the 2017 version of [[Film/It2017 Pennywise]]), and "A Woman Who Tortures and Imprisons Her Disabled Sister" ([[Film/WhateverHappenedToBabyJane Baby Jane Hudson]]), in a movie meant for ''children and families''. |
| 620 | --->'''Narrator:''' Good thing they cut Pepé Le Pew out of this movie. [[SarcasmMode Whew... that would've been problematic.]] |
| 621 | * MissingMom: In the ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'' trailer, the narrator wonders where Max’s mom is after first praising the movie for having a protagonist with an actually alive parent. |
| 622 | * MissingTrailerScene: [[invoked]] The Honest Trailers for ''Film/RogueOne'' and ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' have a "Not Starring" bit showing some of the scenes that ended up on the cutting room floor but still appeared in the trailers. |
| 623 | * MoneyDearBoy: [[invoked]] Sometimes used as an explanation for why good, respectable actors take roles in bad or mediocre movies. |
| 624 | ** In the ''Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjayPart1'' "Starring": "Creator/ElizabethBanks on This Part to Pay Her Mortgage". |
| 625 | ** In the ''Film/{{Pixels}}'' Honest Trailer, Creator/PeterDinklage is credited as, [[Series/GameOfThrones "A Lannister Must Have Needed to Pay His Debts"]]. |
| 626 | ** In the ''Film/IndependenceDayResurgence'' Honest Trailer, Creator/JeffGoldblum is credited as "[[ActorAllusion Must Cash Paycheck]], [[Film/JurassicPark Must Cash Paycheck]]!" |
| 627 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'' suggests this must have been Sir Creator/PatrickStewart's main motivation to voice the poop-emoji: |
| 628 | --->'''Narrator:''' Prove that you can give a man talent, awards, and a knighthood, but it's nothing compared to the power of a paycheck. |
| 629 | ** The Honest Trailer for the ''Film/XxX'' movies credits Creator/ToniCollette as "Tony[sic] Colletting a Paycheck". |
| 630 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021'' suggests that the bigger name actors only reprised their roles on the show because they wanted an extra paycheck during [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic the pandemic]]. |
| 631 | * MonochromeCasting: |
| 632 | ** ''The Lord of the Rings'' "will strive to prove that people of all walks of life can work together, as long as they're all white (''Seriously'', even when they die, they come back whiter)." |
| 633 | ** ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' has "really, really, really white people". |
| 634 | ** In ''Series/{{Entourage}}'', "almost everyone [in Los Angeles] is white". |
| 635 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/HomeAlone'' invites viewers to "Travel to the all white part of Chicago". |
| 636 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheKissingBooth'' and ''Film/TheKissingBooth2'' points out how their version of Los Angeles is "so white, you'll swear you're actually in South Africa", because [[invoked]][[CaliforniaDoubling that's where the movies were filmed]]. |
| 637 | * MoodWhiplash: |
| 638 | ** The opening for the Honest Game Trailer for ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'': |
| 639 | --->'''Narrator:''' ''[footage of a Mickey Mouse game, told in a happy voice]'' From David Jaffe, one of the developers behind Disney's ''VideoGame/MickeyMania''...\ |
| 640 | ''[sudden cut to gory footage of ''God of War'', normal epic voice]''\ |
| 641 | '''Narrator:''' ...comes a game of sex, violence and betrayal that's absolutely nothing like Disney's ''Mickey Mania''. |
| 642 | ** "From the company that owns a monopoly on teenage girl fantasies comes the only film about starving children... with its own delicious sandwich diet!" from the ''Film/TheHungerGamesCatchingFire'' trailer. |
| 643 | ** The Honest Game Trailer for ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' and ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'': |
| 644 | --->'''Narrator:''' ''[speaks in a lighthearted tone and shows clips from cuddly-looking games]'' Some people play games to relax. Some play for fun. ''[switches to his usual epic voice and shows clips from Dark Souls]'' Others just want a game to f*ck them 'til they love it. |
| 645 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' opens with describing it as "another adorable [[ABoyAndHisX kid and their pet robot]] story" in the vein of [=R2-D2=] in ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' and ''Film/ShortCircuit'', before cutting to scenes of the T-800 tearing flesh off of his arm to expose his android skeleton and noting "only this one's [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] [[DarkerAndEdgier intense]]!" |
| 646 | ** The beginning of the Honest Trailer for ''Film/MagicMike'' rapidly cuts between the flashy performance scenes and the darker, more dramatic plot points. |
| 647 | --->'''Narrator:''' ''[upbeat]'' Meet Magic Mike! He may not be a wizard but he is a hot dude with all the right moves. ''[somberly]'' Who struggles to overcome social stigmas about his job and can't seem to raise enough money to start his dream business no matter how hard he tries. |
| 648 | ** Lampshaded in ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious Furious 7]]'', where they go straight from talking about how touching and heartfelt Paul Walker's sendoff was to the [[HurricaneOfPuns puntastic]] "Starring..." credits. |
| 649 | --->'''Narrator:''' I honestly never expected a ''Fast and Furious'' movie to make me cry. That was really well-done. So... This is an awkward transition, but... who's ready for some car puns? |
| 650 | ** The trailer for the 2016 Emmys does a major one from dark and depressing to bright and uplifting when describing ''Series/UnbreakableKimmySchmidt'', a.k.a. ''Wacky Literature/{{Room}}'': |
| 651 | --->'''Narrator:''' ''[black and white footage, serious tone]'' She was abducted by a sexually abusive cult leader. She was trapped in a bunker for years. Now she's out, and she's looking for... ''[color footage, happy tone]'' a job and a boyfriend! |
| 652 | ** Similar to the ''Magic Mike'' example above, the Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' quickly swings between happy and depressed when listing elements of the movie: |
| 653 | --->'''Narrator:''' ''[uplifting tone]'' Experience a film that's got a little bit of everything, from [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] comic book heroes, ''[somber tone]'' to a dark snapshot of a dying marriage, ''[uplifting]'' slick, retro Franchise/JamesBond style ''[somber]'' to the portrait of a midlife crisis, ''[uplifting]'' the warm glow of familial love ''[somber]'' to the soul-crushing, modern-day workplace. Once again, you'll pay Creator/{{Pixar}} to yank your heart around like an emotional yo-yo. |
| 654 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/It1990'' opens with the narrator announcing ABC's programms of November 18, 1990. It's mostly sitcoms and other funny shows, but in between are parts 1 and 2 of "the miniseries about the clown that eats your children". The narrator notibly switches from a cheery voice to a creepy one when announcing "IT", and the background music also suddenly changes. |
| 655 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' points out how the movie constantly switches between a grim war story, and the hijinks of a G-rated ''Creator/EddieMurphy''. |
| 656 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/BlackPantherWakandaForever'' opens by lampooning how the movie gives the late Creator/ChadwickBoseman a dignified sendoff while also squeezing in [[SequelHook setups for upcoming spinoffs and sequels]]: |
| 657 | --->'''Narrator:''' In a universe full of characters [[Film/ThorLoveAndThunder past their prime]], [[Film/AvengersEndgame gone for good]], [[TakeThat or just 'No']],[[note]]''Series/{{Moon Knight|2022}}'', ''Series/SheHulkAttorneyAtLaw'', ''Film/{{Eternals}}''[[/note]] the MCU will mourn the loss of a real-life hero... ''[upbeat]'' between setting up ''Ironheart'' on Creator/DisneyPlus, ''Thunderbolts'' in theaters next year, ''Black Panther 3'', coming soon, and screw it why not? ''Black Panther 4: [[spoiler:Son of Black Panther]]''. You can't be sure of anything in this life, except for death and Disney sequels. |
| 658 | * MotiveDecay: Commented on in the ''Series/GameOfThrones'' trailer. |
| 659 | -->'''Narrator:''' ...and Daenerys Targaryen, a super-hot queen obsessed with her dragons ("WHERE ARE MY DRAGONS?!"). She's out for vengeance against the people who killed her family. Eventually... one of these days... can we just fast forward to that part? |
| 660 | * MotorMouth: |
| 661 | ** The narrator does this in the Honest Trailer for ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' when describing the movie's setup. |
| 662 | ** In the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'' video, the narrator gives a LongList of plot holes and questions the game never properly answers, his speech being more and more sped up as he goes. |
| 663 | * MovesetClone: The Honest Game Trailer for ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' credits such playable characters, such as Link's counterparts [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Young Link]] and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker Link]], as "Film/AttackOfTheClones". |
| 664 | * MrExposition: |
| 665 | ** In ''Film/{{Inception}}'', Arthur is "a sidekick whose only job is to explain the plot." |
| 666 | ** In ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'', Rick Flagg is "a chicken chomping exposition machine who blurts out whatever the plot needs him to." |
| 667 | ** In ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'', Mordo "is just kinda there to explain things". |
| 668 | ** In ''Film/PowerRangers2017'', Zordon "is there to do two things: dump loads of exposition on the audience, and... Okay, he's only here to do ''one'' thing." |
| 669 | * MrFanservice: |
| 670 | ** In ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'', Jack is "an unrealistically sexy peasant." |
| 671 | ** "In ''Film/JurassicPark'', "And re-witness ''the [[Creator/JeffGoldblum GOLDBLUM]].''" (Steamy music plays over shots of Malcolm lounging around with his shirt ripped open.) |
| 672 | ** In ''Film/ManOfSteel'', the narrator first calls out Creator/HenryCavill for [[DullSurprise his uninteresting acting]], but then sees him shirtless and forgoes his criticisms. |
| 673 | --->'''Narrator:''' My god, what a beefcake. |
| 674 | ** ''Film/TheHungerGames'' films have a RunningGag of the narrator finding Gale hot. |
| 675 | --->'''Narrator:''' I mean, I'm not gay, but I would totally s*** Gale's d***! |
| 676 | ** In ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', "Poe Dameron's beautiful face" is credited as one of the highlights of the movie. |
| 677 | ** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', Creator/ChrisEvans is referred to as a beefcake and the narrator volunteers to have sex with Captain America. |
| 678 | ---> '''Narrator:''' Ninety years old and this guy is still a virgin? Someone please have sex with Captain America already! Hell, you know what? I'll do it! I'll bend over right now! |
| 679 | * MsFanservice: |
| 680 | ** In ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'', Rose is "a first class [[TroubledButCute suicidal pair of boobs]]." |
| 681 | ** In ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', "Meet Neytiri, but more importantly, meet her {{side|boob}} [[{{Portmanteau}} bluebs]]." |
| 682 | ** In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', Catwoman (Creator/AnneHathaway) doesn't escape their oogles either. |
| 683 | ** Black Widow in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' is referred to as "Leather Boobs", mocking her tight-fitting leather SpyCatsuit. |
| 684 | ** Creator/EmmaWatson is credited as "your first erection" while playing [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hermione]]. |
| 685 | ** Mystique: "Wait, is she naked? She's totally naked, right? Man, somebody got to paint that on her BEWBS, to make them, you know, BLEWBS... [{{Beat}}] I am so lonely." |
| 686 | ** Refers to both Daenerys/Emilia Clarke and Margaery/Natalie Dormer in ''Series/GameOfThrones'' as "super hot". |
| 687 | ** In ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'', 2B is noted for her "bigger android butts" and "thick, thick robo-thighs". |
| 688 | ** The Honest Trailer for ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' describes [[Franchise/WonderWoman the title character]] as this, but also stresses that's far from her only good quality: |
| 689 | --->'''Narrator:''' She's optimistic, confident, [[{{Determinator}} iron-willed]], vulnerable, uncompromising, [[MoodWhiplash and just... so]] ''[[MoodWhiplash hot!]]'' I-I can say that, right? I mean, [[TakeThat I don't wanna come off as]] Creator/JamesCameron,[[note]]A reference to an infamous interview Cameron made where he criticized Wonder Woman as "an objectified icon" and considered her a step backwards for female action movie heroes compared to darker, more troubled ones like [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Sarah Connor]][[/note]] cuz it's definitely not the only thing that she's got going for, but ''damn''! |
| 690 | * MST3KMantra: [[invoked]] {{Invoked|Trope}} by ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} in his Honest Trailer for Honest Trailers (during the ''Film/Deadpool2'' Honest Trailer), where he makes fun of their habit of nitpicking logic points: |
| 691 | -->'''Deadpool:''' Well, actually, if ComicBook/{{Cable}} changed the future, [[TemporalParadox he wouldn't have to travel back in the first place]].\ |
| 692 | '''Narrator:''' Yeah, good point.\ |
| 693 | '''Deadpool:''' No, you pedantic horsec*ck! It's a movie about a cyborg cartoon [[Creator/RobLiefeld with huge pouches]] [[CreatorThumbprint and tiny feet]]; stop pretending it's the real world! |
| 694 | * MundaneMadeAwesome: |
| 695 | ** At the end of the video, viewers can submit comments of quotes they'd like hear the narrator say in his awesome voice. They're often random things, like "poop fiddles". |
| 696 | ** The ''[[OverlyLongGag STARES]]'' in ''Twilight'', which are put to epic music.[[note]]"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPPzcXCCPeU Great Ambitions]]" from 0:24 to 0:49[[/note]] They later make a return in the ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' Honest Trailer in the form of [[FunWithAcronyms S.T.A.R.E.S.]],[[note]]'''S'''lowly '''T'''urning, '''A'''cting, '''R'''eacting and '''E'''moting '''S'''ilently[[/note]] even using the same epic music. |
| 697 | ** In ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', Bond uses the latest technological gadgets, which include a gun, a knife, a shotgun, an old-timey gun (a revolver), and a tracking device "larger than the one Bond used in the 60s'." Averted, however, in the trailer for the next Bond film, ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', where the narrator couldn't sound more bored while he "checks all the old tropes off the list." |
| 698 | --->'''Narrator:''' ''[with half-hearted amazement]'' The car! The gadgets! The catchphrases! Aaand underdeveloped female sex objects. |
| 699 | ** ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad:'' "A two hour chase scene ensues when they '''dare... to turn... ''left''!'''" |
| 700 | ** ''Film/TheSocialNetwork'' gets praised for taking scenes that could have turned out really boring and made them cool: |
| 701 | --->'''Narrator:''' ...[i]n this masterpiece of crap that proves Creator/AaronSorkin could making boring litigation exciting, Creator/DavidFincher could make applying for an internship look awesome, and [[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor]] could make rowing down a calm river feel epic.[[note]]Referring to Reznor's remix of "In the Hall of the Mountain King" played during a rowboat race[[/note]] |
| 702 | * MusicalEpisode: ''Film/LesMiserables2012'', the narrator lampshades how annoying it is that the characters convey things in song that would be done perfectly well with normal dialogue. |
| 703 | -->'''Narrator:''' Seriously, they sing ''everything''. So to hit that point even harder, we thought we'd sing the rest of the trailer. ''[And they do]'' |
| 704 | * MyFriendsAndZoidberg: |
| 705 | ** The ''Film/GrownUps'' trailer describes the actors as "an AllStarCast of comedic actors... and Creator/RobSchneider." |
| 706 | ** The ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' trailer features "some of Creator/{{Disney}}'s most beloved characters... and also [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Quasimodo]]" and "your favourite ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' heroes... and also [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Vivi]]". |
| 707 | ** The segment for ''Film/TheMartian'' in the Honest Trailer for the Oscars names Creator/RidleyScott as "the director of all your favorite science ficion movies... and also ''Film/{{Prometheus}}''". |
| 708 | ** The ''Film/SoundOfMetal'' segment from the Oscars 2021 video begins: "Meet Ruben, a hardcore rocker who loses his hearing, which is a nightmare scenario for a musician... and, I guess, pretty bad for drummers, too." |
| 709 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The narrator realizes with mounting horror that the Sonic franchise hasn't just produced [[SeasonalRot an increasing number of mediocre-to-terrible games]], but indirectly created the "terrifying hell-pit" that is its fandom, including [[Webcomic/{{Sonichu}} Chris-Chan]]. |
| 710 | * MysteriousStranger: Funnily invoked with ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': "A mysterious stranger appears from the sky, a mysterious stranger appears at sea, a mysterious stranger appears on land, and three mysterious strangers go looking for the other mysterious strangers." |
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