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  • You may remember that earlier this week we pulled a monumental fakeout when the second "Clash of the Titans" trailer made a blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance here on MTV Movies Blog.

    New ‘Clash Of The Titans’ Trailer Arrives… For Real This Time » MTV Movies Blog 2009

  • That's not to say there aren't augmentations: their fourth album opens with an acoustic fakeout before a wall of noise swamps the listener; later, Sedatives could easily pass for a straight-up indie-rock song.

    Jesu: Ascension – review 2011

  • But that wasn't the episode's only fakeout: With the aid of the State Department's JJ Jareau returning fan fave A.J. Cook, Prentiss apparently duped at least some of her BAU coworkers into believing she died after getting impaled by Doyle.

    Cheers & Jeers: Criminal Minds' Games 2011

  • Tonight's episode ended with a big fakeout, leading us to believe that the young doctor had actually died at the hands of the assassin he indirectly helped foil.

    ‘Chuck’ Episode 3.03: ‘Chuck Versus The Angel De La Muerte’ » MTV Movies Blog 2010

  • Unless it was a fakeout, this seems to indicate we haven't met the mother yet, meaning it's not Zoe Jennifer Morrison, who's perhaps not coincidentally shooting an ABC drama pilot, Once Upon a Time, for next season.

    Cheers & Jeers: How We Met Barney's Father 2011

  • That's not to say there aren't augmentations: their fourth album opens with an acoustic fakeout before a wall of noise swamps the listener; later, Sedatives could easily pass for a straight-up indie-rock song.

    Jesu: Ascension – review 2011

  • John Stone D.J. Cotrona, but that was a fakeout in more ways than one.

    Cheers & Jeers: Detroit 1-8-7 Shoots and Scores 2011

  • Spielberg is apparently anxious to work again after last year's "Harvey" fakeout, and plans have reportedly progressed far enough for Quinto to already be meeting with accent and dialogue coaches.

    Zachary Quinto May Play George Gershwin For Steven Spielberg » MTV Movies Blog 2010

  • Fans of The Hills are divided between loving and hating the final ending scene – while it was no secret that part of the “reality” series was scripted, it caused many to wonder if the whole thing was a big fakeout.

    Lauren Conrad Says “The Hills” Is Real 2010

  • To make it all part of a secret cylon double-fakeout etc would upset the thematic balance – to sacrifice the emotional, character-driven element of the show for the mythological.

    A BSG Prediction 2009

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