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3->''"Welcome to the Rooster Teeth Podcast! Starring Gus... [other members]... and Gus."''
4-->-- '''[[Creator/RoosterTeeth Gus Sorola]]''', ''The Rooster Teeth Podcast''
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6When the TitleSequence includes credits, there is a whole mess of jockeying for position that goes on. The dominant position within the credits sequence is either at the very beginning of the list, or at the very end.
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8As a way to draw special attention to the last actor on the list, their name will often be bracketed with an additional annotation, such as "With", "And", or "And Starring". Sometimes, this would be elaborated even further, giving the name of the character portrayed by the actor, although this type of credit may also be used to [[CharacterAsHimself hide the actor's name]]. In Hong Kong cinema, some films take this further by giving "Special Starring" credit to especially prominent actors.
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10In the past, this was reserved for either the star of the show, a cast member who is not part of the "primary" ensemble (e.g. villians and mentors), or a big name doing a cameo. Over time, as stars and their agents learned about the power of marketing, it has become an increasingly important bargaining point.
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12Although not done as often these days, "And Introducing" was a common credit on movies, indicating where the company felt they had a potential star on their hands and wanted to ensure everyone remembered that "you saw them here first" (even if it wasn't their first major role). Often, these people were never seen or heard from again, and the perception that an "and introducing" credit was a kind of "kiss of death" to a career may explain its disappearance.
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14The most extreme form of this is the FakeGuestStar. Compare BilledAboveTheTitle, when special attention is drawn to the ''first'' actor in the cast list. Very common in AllStarCast fare. Contrast with [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And Zoidberg]].
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17!!Examples with their own pages:
18[[index]]
19* AndStarring/LiveActionFilms
20* AndStarring/LiveActionTV
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22!!Other Examples
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25[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
26* The opening credits for the Creator/StreamlinePictures dub of ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'' have "and Joan-Carol O'Connell," who voiced Clarisse.
27* ''Manga/CromartieHighSchool'': "And Creator/JayHickman as Mechazawa" (Notably played in the Japanese version by Creator/NorioWakamoto).
28* Creator/ADVFilms also did that for Taylor Hannah's role in ''Anime/LeChevalierDEon''.
29* ''Anime/LegendOfTheGoldOfBabylon'' has "And Naoko Kawai as Young Rosetta" in Japanese, and the dub carries this over as "And Creator/LaurenLanda as Young Rosetta."
30* In ''Anime/MacrossZero'', Creator/AkiraKamiya, reprising his role as Roy Fokker from [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross the original series]], gets this treatment during the end credits.
31* Creator/ToruFuruya in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''. Furuya also voiced [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam the inaugural hero]] of the franchise.
32* Creator/ShuichiIkeda in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny''. Ikeda also voiced the BreakoutCharacter of the franchise. Said character is TheRival of Furuya's aforementioned character.
33* Creator/KenjiAkabane, who is the new voice of Kouji Kabuto in ''Anime/ShinMazinger'', also gets this treatment as well in the opening screen.
34* The official dub credits for ''[[Manga/GalaxyExpress999 Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy]]'': "And Creator/DavidMatranga as Anime/CaptainHarlock."
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37[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
38* ''WesternAnimation/TheAddamsFamily2019'': "With Creator/BetteMidler And Creator/AllisonJanney".
39** ''WesternAnimation/TheAddamsFamily2'' replaced Janney with Creator/BillHader
40* ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'' has "And Introducing Creator/KathrynBeaumont" at the beginning, although she ''had'' done a few small roles in other films for MGM. She is listed first at the end.
41* The 2009 film of ''WesternAnimation/AstroBoy'' has "and Creator/NicolasCage as Dr. Tenma".
42* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm'': "And Creator/MarkHamill as the Joker".
43* ''Westernanimation/DCLeagueOfSuperPets'' has "And Creator/KeanuReeves".
44* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe1'' and ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe3'' have "And Creator/JulieAndrews".
45** ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'' has "And Creator/GeoffreyRush''.
46** ''WesternAnimation/MinionsTheRiseOfGru'' has "With Creator/JulieAndrews and Creator/AlanArkin".
47* ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'' has "And Creator/IanMcKellen".
48* ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania2'' and ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania3SummerVacation'' have "And Creator/MelBrooks".
49* The second through fifth ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' movies have "And Music/QueenLatifah". The last two films also have her being preceded by "With Music/JenniferLopez".
50* Happens twice in ''WesternAnimation/KuboAndTheTwoStrings'', weirdly enough. We get "and Creator/RalphFiennes" followed later on with "with Creator/RooneyMara and Creator/MatthewMcConaughey".
51* Each of the first three ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' movies has "and Creator/JackieChan".
52* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'' had "With Creator/LiamNeeson and Creator/MorganFreeman".
53** ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'' has "And Creator/RalphFiennes".
54** ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGONinjagoMovie'' has "And Creator/JackieChan".
55** ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie2TheSecondPart'' has "And Creator/WillFerrell".
56* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'': "With [[Music/{{Beyonce}} Beyoncé Knowles-Carter]] and Creator/JamesEarlJones".
57* ''WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar'' had "And Creator/JohnMalkovich as Debbie... er, Dave".
58* ''WesternAnimation/{{Robots}}'' has "And Creator/RobinWilliams".
59* ''WesternAnimation/RonsGoneWrong'' has "And Creator/OliviaColman".
60* ''WesternAnimation/RubyGillmanTeenageKraken'' has "And Creator/JaneFonda".
61* ''WesternAnimation/RugratsGoWild'' has "And Creator/BruceWillis as Spike."
62* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'': "and [[Creator/AlbertBrooks A. Brooks]] as Russ Cargill".
63* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'': "With Creator/NicolasCage, Creator/KathrynHahn, and Creator/LievSchreiber."
64** ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'': "With Creator/DanielKaluuya, With Creator/MahershalaAli, and Creator/OscarIsaac."
65* Creator/SamuelLJackson, Creator/AnthonyDaniels, and Creator/ChristopherLee are billed in a special "Featuring the voices of" section in the ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' film, with Lee getting the "and".
66* Played for laughs in the credits of ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMutantMayhem'' when Creator/PaulRudd is given an "And Introducing" credit (since he's been famous for quite some time). Immediately before that, there's "With Creator/JackieChan and Music/IceCube".
67* ''WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}}'': "And Narrated by Creator/LaurenceFishburne".
68* The opening sequence for ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'' finishes with, "Co-starring Creator/JohnMoschitta as Blurr."
69* The opening credits for ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' has the billing "Starring Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
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72[[folder:Music]]
73* Before Clarence Clemons' death in 2011, Music/BruceSpringsteen would introduce the members of the E Street Band during his concerts, and would invariably introduce Clarence last, usually shouting "And last but not least..." In the DVD of one of the band's 2000 concerts in New York City, Bruce handled the band intros during an extended bridge before the third verse of "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out". When he got to Clarence, he shouted, "Do I have to say his name?" while the rest the of the band led the audience in chanting "CLAR-ence! CLAR-ence!", segueing seamlessly into the first line of the third verse, "The change was made uptown and the Big Man joined the band!"
74* Similarly to Springsteen, Music/MickJagger will introduce his fellow members of Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} culminating with Music/KeithRichards, and often right before a song or two [[StepUpToTheMicrophone where Richards sings lead]]; Mick's usual intro for him is "On guitar and now the vocals, Keith Richards!"
75* For some reason, the second (and final) album by short-lived CountryMusic duo The [=McCarters=] credited the group as "Jennifer [=McCarter=] and the [=McCarters=]".
76* Billy Dean and Suzy Bogguss's 2001 single "Keep Mom and Dad in Love" featured a new singer named Jillian (full name: Jillian Jacqueline); it was credited on the charts as "Billy Dean and Suzy Bogguss Introducing Jillian".
77* {{Music/Pavement}} put an "...and" before the last song title on their album ''Terror Twilight'' in this style. Because the trope is usually only applied to people, it led to confusion as to whether the song was officially titled "...And Carrot Rope". It was later released as a single as just "Carrot Rope".
78* {{Disco}} OneHitWonder Santa Esmeralda ("Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood") gave their lead singer special notice by officially billing themselves as "Santa Esmeralda starring Leroy Gomez"
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81[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
82* An April 2012 episode of ''Wrestling/WWERaw'' was titled "WWE Raw Supershow Starring Wrestling/BrockLesnar". Wrestling/TripleH protests it the following week.
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85[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
86* On ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'', Creator/BradGarrett and Creator/GilbertGottfried received a "with" credit for voicing possums in the second half of "Welcome to Woodland Valley," while Creator/WhoopiGoldberg received an "and" credit for voicing "The Great Bandini." Regular cast members Creator/LynneThigpen and Tara Mooney (Luna and Shadow) also normally received a "with" credit, though in the second half of "Welcome to Woodland Valley," they received an "and" credit, despite being billed before Garrett and Gottfried.
87* ''Series/TheChicaShow'': Chica, Kelly, Stitches, Bunji, Mrs. C, and Mr. C.
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90[[folder:Radio]]
91* ''Radio/HamishAndDougal'' has 'and Sir Creator/IanMcKellen' credited as Jolly Mick the Undertaker. A parody, as this is radio and Jolly Mick doesn't actually say anything.
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94[[folder:Theatre]]
95* The 2011 Broadway revival of ''Theatre/{{Follies}}'' had "Starring Elaine Paige as Carlotta." Billed above her and the title are the players of the four principal characters.
96* The original production of ''Theatre/ByeByeBirdie'' had "and Kay Medford" (who played Mae).
97* ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' had "and Creator/JoelGrey as the Wizard."
98* The original production of ''Theatre/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum'' ended the list of principal cast members with "also '''Raymond Walburn''' / and / '''Creator/JohnCarradine'''." (They played Erronius and Lycus, respectively.)
99* The Broadway production of ''Film/ThoroughlyModernMillie'' had "and introducing Creator/SuttonFoster as Millie."
100* ''Theatre/CityOfAngels'' had a boxed final credit for "and Creator/ReneAuberjonois" (playing Buddy Fidler).
101* ''Theatre/ItsABirdItsAPlaneItsSuperman''[='s=] principal cast listing included "Patricia Marand as Lois Lane" and culminated with "and Bob Holiday as Superman."
102* The back cover for the 1984 composer-conducted recording of ''Theatre/WestSideStory'' credits the four principal singers with the names of their roles, followed by "and Marilyn Horne singing 'Somewhere'" because that song is performed in the show by a nameless character who does nothing else.
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105[[folder:Video Games]]
106* Parodied in the game box cover art for ''VideoGame/BrainDead13'', which says, "Starring Fritz".
107* The first credit after the main title of ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland'' says, "STARRING: Dominic Armato as Guybrush Threepwood".
108* Creator/NolanNorth gets the "And Starring" version for his role as David in ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''. Likely because he's a major name in video game voice acting, but plays a supporting [[spoiler: villainous]] role toward the end of the game.
109** The ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'' also does this for Creator/LauraBailey with the "And" version, who voices Abby [[spoiler:and is a major villain in the story]].
110* The voice actor credits of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' end with "And Richard Doyle as [[spoiler: Big Boss]]" (who had not yet appeared in the story). An extra scene then plays out with this character before the general credits roll.
111* Creator/ZapDramatic[='=]s ''Move or Die'' does this with Jackie Burroughs, who plays Mrs. Grimm.
112* ''VideoGame/TheSims2'': In the GBA version of the game, where you’re an actor in a TrumanShowPlot, each episode begins with an opening sequence for the Strangetown show you’re a part of, and the last part of the opening is you getting the “And introducing” credit.
113* In ''VideoGame/WingCommander III'' and ''IV'', rounding out the AllStarCast was "And Creator/MalcolmMcDowell as Tolwyn". Also in ''IV'', "With [[Creator/ThomasFWilson Tom Wilson]] as Maniac" was the first credit after the title, a promotion from the last game. In ''Wing Commander Prophecy'', it was "With Ginger Lynn Allen As Chief Technician Rachael Coriolis, And Creator/MarkHamill As Commodore Christopher Blair". Hamill, the lead in the two earlier games, had been first-billed in ''III'', and BilledAboveTheTitle in ''IV''. Wilson, who also returned for ''Prophecy'', remained second-billed, after the unknown who played the new lead, but lost his "with" designation.
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116[[folder:Web Videos]]
117* ''WebVideo/TheTwilightChronicles'' at one point credited Gen Borg with "and Gen Borg as Jacob" (she is in the credits as two different characters). As of Episode 8, Jamie Kathleen is credited with "And".
118* This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuEfGbj9qS4 awesome 80s-retro Firefly intro sequence]] has "And Introducing Creator/SummerGlau as River Tam"
119* This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMiMCMWp4bw Buffy-style interpretation of the Doctor Who credits]] gives us "and Creator/AlexKingston as River Song".
120* Singer Olivia Thai in season one of ''WebVideo/PrettyDudes'' and Power Ranger Yoshi Sudarso in season two.
121* In the first ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'' live show, "Condos," the credits at the end with "And introducing Dylan Marron as Carlos." This was the first time that Marron voiced the character, after the show's co-writer Jeffery Cranor voiced him for a single episode, "The Phone Call." Cranor decided that he would give the part up since he, as a straight white man, felt uncomfortable playing a gay Latino man when the role could instead be given to a Latino or Hispanic man.
122* The name of the SpecialGuest of certain ''WebVideo/{{React}}'' episodes is usually listed below the episode's title with a "Featuring" citation.
123* ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'' has "With Bhargav Dronamraju, Rob Walker, and Kevin Baugh as the President."
124* ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights'' has "With Brian Heinz, Rob Walker, Bhargav Dronamraju, and Orlando Belisle Jr."
125* ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'' has "With Elisa Hansen, Antonella Inserra, Jim Trokan, Orlando Belisle, and Rob Walker as The Executor."
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128[[folder:Western Animation]]
129* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'': Episodes featuring Rita and Runt end their cast list with "and Creator/BernadettePeters as Rita"
130* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'': "And Creator/JessicaWalter"
131* ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'' has "And Creator/FinnWolfhard as Player".
132* ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' has "And Creator/SethMacFarlane" everytime any of his characters appear.
133* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' "And Creator/AaronPaul"
134** InUniverse, the ShowWithinAShow ''Philbert'' has "And Mr Peanutbutter as Fritz"
135* The ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' SitcomHomageEpisode "Quack Pack!" gave Della an "Introducing" in the SpecialEditionTitle as she was the only main character who wasn't part of the original 1987 series (or any animated work, for that matter).
136* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Parodied in "Family Guy Through the Years", where the 1956 version of the show has an announcer saying "And introducing Doodles Weaver as Brian the Dog!"
137* ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'': "And Weena Mercatur as The Hopping Woman"
138* ''WesternAnimation/InsideJob2021'': "And Creator/BrettGelman"
139* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': "And Toby Huss"
140* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'': For the main cast credits (the main six kids and the three main teachers; the rest of the cast was listed separately as {{Unspecified Role Credit}}s), Dabney Coleman (Principal Prickly) got the "And" most of the time. When Prickly only appeared in the background or didn't appear at all, the "and" went to Allyce Beasley (Miss Grotke). If Grotke didn't appear in the episode, had a background role, or it was a season one episode (before gaining AscendedExtra status), the "And" went to Creator/AprilWinchell (Miss Finster).
141* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': On the series, Creator/HarryShearer gets the "And", while Creator/MarciaWallace and Creator/PhilHartman, despite being near-regulars (at least until their deaths), always get "Special Guest Star". In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', Shearer is credited last out of the regular show cast, Creator/AlbertBrooks gets the "And", followed by assorted smaller roles, and Creator/TomHanks gets the final cast credit for his cameo.
142* ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'': "and Bill Freiberger as Comedy Chimp and Lady Walrus", with the rest of the characters' voices apart from the main cast being listed under a generic "Additional Voices" heading. It probably helps that Freiberger [[DescendedCreator is better known as the executive producer and head writer for the first two seasons]].
143* Before he quit the show, ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' always had the credit "and Music/IsaacHayes as Chef" after all the other actors were listed, even in episodes where he didn't appear. He's also the only one who has the character he plays listed, while all the other characters' voices are {{unspecified|RoleCredit}}.
144* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
145** "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E43MaximumCapacity Maximum Capacity]]" has an in-universe example, with the credits for ''[[ShowWithinAShow Li'l Butler]]'' ending with "and introducing Randy Anderson as Li'l Butler".
146** "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E6LastOneOutOfBeachCity Last One Out of Beach City]]" closes with a faux credits sequence, finishing with "and introducing Mystery Girl as herself".
147* ''WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol'': "and Creator/LongJohnBaldry as Mistle Toad".
148* Many ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' projects through the years had the credit "and Creator/PaulWinchell as Tigger" until his retirement in the 1990s.
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