10 More Movie Openings That Totally Trolled Audiences

Though it of course wasn't a surprise to anyone that Team America: World Police was a political comedy shot entirely with puppets, the opening seconds of the movie surely gave many audience members pause to consider just how robust said puppets might be.

The story kicks off in Paris with a super-basic painted backdrop of the city, before a stereotypically French puppet waltzes into frame.

More to the point, the puppet and the entire scene looks insanely cheap - the lack of puppet articulation, rudimentary clothing, generally poor puppetry, and visible shadows from how badly the scene is lit.

But before viewers can start heading to the lobby in pursuit of a refund, the shot pulls out to reveal that we're actually watching a puppet being puppeteered by another, considerably more articulate puppet.

More to the point, the shot keeps pulling back to reveal a bustling Parisian street set packed with many other puppets, as matches the value promised by the film's uproarious trailers.

All the same, Matt Stone and Trey Parker really had everybody going with those low-fi initial moments.