History Main / EveryoneMeetsEveryone

Compare WelcomeEpisode, InMediasRes. YouAllMeetInAnInn is an equivalent trope common (to the point of being a DeadHorseTrope) in {{Tabletop RPG}}s. For a sequel, or where the characters already have a shared {{backstory}}, see PuttingTheBandBackTogether.

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* In the 2nd episode of Season 2, aptly named "Mission: Orientation", Ali joins MATA Academy, and the senior teacher agents and young student agents introduce themselves to him one by one. Each of them state their name, get a FreezeFrameIntroduction, and demonstrate their special skill or gadget as an agent (except for Zass, who Moon says the name of and that he doesn't talk). Last of all is Rudy... who huffs and coldly says "Just call me Rudy." and walks off.

* The first episode of ''Series/{{Stargirl}}'' has Courtney go to a new school and sit down at the table of losers during lunch. Courtney and the other three students will eventually become the new Justice Society of America (specifically, Stargirl, Wildcat, Doctor Mid-Nite, and Hourman), although it'll take several episodes for them to actually become superheroes. And, of course, she already knows her step-father Pat, although she learns that he has a suit of PoweredArmor in episode 2 and comes up with the name S.T.R.I.P.E. for him (he used to be called Stripesey back when he was the sidekick to the original Starman). In addition, many of the villains will show up in the first two episodes, even though they [[VillainWithGoodPublicity aren't introduced as villains]].

* Aversion: ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' didn't do this till the very last episode of the first season, and even then some characters ended up being left out, simply because the series has a huge cast, with more on the way. An example: Hiro, a main character, did not meet the Haitian (a recurring character from season one) until season three IN THE PRESENT. They meet in the future and Hiro assumes present Haitian is just as bad as future Haitian. This was [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in season 2, when Hiro Nakamura encounters Matt Parkman and Nathan Petrelli. Hiro immediately shouts his (second) {{catchphrase}}: "Flying man!". Parkman's reaction is: "And who's this?" This was Lampshaded when a couple of [[AscendedFanboy comic geeks]] start arguing about whether or not Hiro and Claire had ever met.

* In every season of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' that introduces a new cast (''Island (2007)'', ''Revenge of the Island'', ''Pahkitew Island'', and ''Island (2023)''), the first episode has all the campers meeting each other for the first time (with the exceptions of Katie and Sadie and Wayne and Raj who were already best friends before the show, Amy and Samey who are twins, and Emma and Chase who are exes). It takes up about the first 11 minutes of the very first episode of the series for this to get done, seeing how it's 22 contestants.

* In every season of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' that introduces a new cast ''(Island (2007)'', ''Revenge of the Island'', ''Pahkitew Island'', and ''Island (2023)''), the first episode has all the campers meeting each other for the first time (with the exceptions of Katie and Sadie and Wayne and Raj who were already best friends before the show, Amy and Samey who are twins, and Emma and Chase who are exes). It takes up about the first 11 minutes of the very first episode of the series for this to get done, seeing how it's 22 contestants.

* In every season of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'', the first episode has all the campers meeting each other for the first time (with the exceptions of Katie and Sadie and Wayne and Raj who were already best friends before the show, Amy and Samey who are twins, and Emma and Chase who are exes). It takes up about the first 11 minutes of the very first episode of the series for this to get done, seeing how it's 22 contestants.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama's'' first episode has all the campers meeting each other for the first time (with the exception of Katie and Sadie who were already [=BFFFLs=] before the show). It takes up about the first 11 minutes of the first episode for this to get done, seeing how it's 22 contestants.