History Main / ThroughTheYearsCredits

* ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'', which used morphing faces (including going from Lecy Goranson to Creator/SarahChalke and back)

* ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'', which used morphing faces (including going from Lecy Goranson to Sarah Chalke and back)

* ''Series/DiffrentStrokes'': During the final season (which aired on ABC), clips and photos from Season 1 were matched with the then-current photos of the regulars, including Conrad Bain, Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges and Dana Plato. One of the earliest shots of Danny Cooksey (from midway through Season 6) was also matched with his current video shot, even though the 9-year-old Cooksey hadn't aged that much.

* ''Series/StillGame'' had it from the beginning, in a similar manner to ''Birds of a Feather''. In this case it was done by first finding a pair of kids and teenagers who could [[TimeShiftedActor pass for a young Victor and Jack]], and then progressing the main actors' aging makeup from young adulthood to the characters' current ages.

While the intention is to evoke a sentimental "Awww, remember that? Look at how much they've changed!" reaction from viewers, they can also backfire and make us think "Wow, these are people are getting [[DawsonCasting way too old to still be playing adorable TV kids]]."

* Later seasons of ''Series/HomeImprovement'' would do this for the three sons as they grew from child to young adults over the show.

* ''Series/TheFactsOfLife'', as seen in the photo (or watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDHxM35Xg-A here]]) from Season 8.

* ''Birds Of A Feather'', even though it started with the main characters as adults, had a title sequence showing the two sisters growing up together. Conveniently, the actresses had been friends since childhood, so suitable photos existed.

* The opening credits of the fifth and final season of ''Series/BabylonFive'' consisted of a very fast recap of the highlights of the previous four seasons. The end credits of the very last episode credited the actors of all the regular and recurring characters with images of them in their first and last scenes, in order of internal chronology. (Uniquely, the "last" sequence for Jason Carter as Marcus Cole was a new shot of a labelled freezer draw, confirming the long-standing fan suspicion that he was NotQuiteDead.)

* The opening credits of the fifth and final season of ''Series/BabylonFive'' consisted of a very fast recap of the highlights of the previous four seasons. The end credits of the very last episode credited the actors of all the regular and recurring characters with images of them in their first and last scenes, in order of internal chronology.

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* The fifth and final season of ''Series/BabylonFive''

* ''DiffrentStrokes'': During the final season (which aired on ABC), clips and photos from Season 1 were matched with the then-current photos of the regulars, including Conrad Bain, Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges and Dana Plato. One of the earliest shots of Danny Cooksey (from midway through Season 6) was also matched with his current video shot, even though the 9-year-old Cooksey hadn't aged that much.
* ''TheFactsOfLife'', as seen in the photo (or watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDHxM35Xg-A here]]) from Season 8.
* ''FullHouse'': Starting in Season 6 and continuing to the rest of the series, a series of clips were shown of the six principal actors showing either, for the men, how their hairstyles and faces have changed through the years, and for the girls, how they had aged.
* ''HappyDays'': The 11th – and final – season's opening credits showed then-and-now clips of:

* ''GrowingPains'', which featured real photos at different stages of the actors' lives.

* ''{{Roseanne}}'', which used morphing faces (including going from Lecy Goranson to Sarah Chalke and back)
* ''StillStanding'', which features (badly) Photoshopped pictures on the family fridge
* The trailer for ''Film/HarryPotter and the GobletOfFire'' (see [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md83SeFG9VQ here]])

* ''BirdsOfAFeather'', even though it started with the main characters as adults, had a title sequence showing the two sisters growing up together. Conveniently, the actresses had been friends since childhood, so suitable photos existed.
* ''{{Friends}}'' changed the title sequence a few times, usually adding in the previous season's [[CrowningMomentOfFunny best gags]], but kept the early footage of the cast playing in a fountain.

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* The final episode of ''TheCosbyShow'', which edited together all previous versions of the credits
* Later seasons of ''HomeImprovement'' would do this for the three sons as they grew from child to young adults over the show.
* The fifth and final season of ''BabylonFive''

[[quoteright:317:[[TheFactsOfLife http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Blair.jpg]]]]

* Since ''{{Angel}}'' is a spin-off of ''{{Buffy}}'', some of the montage shots for Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia) were taken from ''Buffy''.

* ''TheFactsOfLife'', as seen in the photo (or watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDHxM35Xg-A here]])
* ''GrowingPains'', which featured real photos at different stages of the actors' lives

* ''FullHouse''

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* Later seasons of ''HomeImprovement''.

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* ''{{Friends}}'' changed the title sequence a few times, usually adding in the previous seasons' [[CrowningMomentOfFunny best gags]], but kept the early footage of the cast playing in a fountain.

* ''{{Friends}}'' changed the title sequence a few times, usually adding in the previous series' [[CrowningMomentOfFunny best gags]], but kept the early footage of the cast playing in a fountain.

* The trailer for ''HarryPotter and the Goblet of Fire''

* ''TwoWeeksNotice''

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Blair.jpg