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| 6 | ->''"[Pom Pom will] spend a 30 million dollar budget, trying as hard as he can to make it look like he only spent a few hundred thousand. The first step is to spend millions on a hand-drawn title sequence that looks like it was made by some Junior High kid during Pre-Algebra."'' |
| 7 | -->-- '''[[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad]]''', WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail #203, [[Recap/StrongBadEmailE203Independent "independent"]] |
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| 9 | A live-action movie or TV show has an animated ArtisticTitle sequence with all sorts of wacky hijinks. It may foreshadow the plot, set up the backstory, or just be emblematic of the story's theme. An Animated Credits Opening ''sometimes'' means the film will be a comedy or at least a family movie, [[CoversAlwaysLie but not always]]. |
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| 11 | Very popular in the films and television series of The60s, with a nostalgic, Retro revival in The80s & the early 90's. Since the mid 90's, filmmakers' desire to get to the action as quickly as possible has resulted in this trope largely being discarded in favor of CreativeClosingCredits. |
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| 13 | A subtrope of MediumBlending. Compare BaitAndSwitchCredits. |
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| 15 | !!Examples |
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| 19 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 20 | %%* ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein'' |
| 21 | * ''Film/AfterTheFox'' (Oddly like Peter Sellers' [[Franchise/ThePinkPanther other famous film series]], only this time he is a cartoon fox being chased by cartoon police.) |
| 22 | * ''Series/AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall2020'': The {{title sequence}} features a gorgeously illustrated rendering of the drive into Darrowby, featuring many wild and domesticated animals on the way. |
| 23 | * In ''Film/AquamanTheCastOfTheAngler'', Aquaman's origin story is told in animated comic book-style panels. |
| 24 | %%* ''Are We Done Yet?'' |
| 25 | %%* ''Film/AutoFocus'' |
| 26 | * ''[[http://www.watchthetitles.com/articles/00177-The_Back_up_Plan The Back-Up Plan]]'' |
| 27 | * ''Animation/BalalaTheFairies'': The otherwise mostly live-action/CGI first and second movies have 2D-animated openings featuring the characters. While the second one just shows artwork of the 2D characters, the first one actually does show them doing stuff. |
| 28 | * ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks'' begins with an animation based on Art/TheBayeuxTapestry. |
| 29 | %%* ''Film/BetterOffDead'' |
| 30 | * ''Film/BigMommasHouse'' was originally supposed to have one, but it was dropped after test audiences found it too cheesy. |
| 31 | * ''Film/{{Birds of Prey|2020}}'' begins with an animated prologue explaining the origins of Harley and her abusive relationship with the Joker. |
| 32 | %%* ''Film/{{Blacula}}'' |
| 33 | %%* ''Film/TheBlueIguana'' |
| 34 | %%* ''Film/{{Casino Royale|1967}}'' (1967) |
| 35 | * ''Film/CatalinaCaper'', riffed on in an [=MST3K=] episode. Joel and the Bots seemed to prefer the animation to the rest of the movie. |
| 36 | * ''Film/CatchMeIfYouCan'' has retro animated credits that evoke the stylings of Saul Bass, who was designing film credits in the 1960s, the time frame of the film. |
| 37 | * ''Film/TheChargeOfTheLightBrigade'' |
| 38 | %%* ''Film/TheChristmasThatAlmostWasnt'' |
| 39 | * ''Film/CitySlickers'' starts out with the main characters, including Mitch, participating in the annual bull run through Pamplona, and when one of the bulls sticks Mitch in the ass, he screams into an EatTheCamera moment, which leads to animated opening titles of a cowboy trying (and often failing) to lasso credit names, a bull, cactus, and a cow. At the end of the credits, the cowboy is [[ArtisticLicenseGunSafety playing around with his gun until he accidentally shoots himself in the foot]]. The cowboy starts to walk away, [[DelayedReaction but then starts screaming]], which leads back to live-action footage of Mitch in a doctor's office. |
| 40 | ** The sequel, ''City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold'', has the same animated cowboy recreating the scene from the first movie where Mitch helped a dying cow give birth to Norman, and then the cowboy chases around a ghost after he pulls the word "gold" out of the title. |
| 41 | %%* ''C.H.O.M.P.S.'' |
| 42 | %%* ''Film/{{Condorman}}'' |
| 43 | * The opening credits of ''Film/CryOfTheBanshee'' use ClipArtAnimation animated by Creator/TerryGilliam. |
| 44 | * ''Film/CrystalFairyAndTheMagicalCactus'' opens with a black and white animation involving stars, a fairy turning cacti into crystal, and various elements from the movie. |
| 45 | * The 2004 retro-style live-action ''Anime/CuteyHoney'' movie. These credits were actually later used as part of the opening for the ''Anime/ReCutieHoney'' anime. |
| 46 | * ''Film/DaveMadeAMaze'': The intro to the film shows an animated Dave trying and failing at a variety of different hobbies. It doesn't only serve to entertain, but also [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduces Dave]] as someone who is very creative, but struggles to stay focused on one thing and can't finish what he starts. |
| 47 | * ''Film/DemonOfTheLute'', being a ''wuxia'' fantasy-parody movie, have its opening credits animated to the tune of a jazzy, anachronistic 80s riff. |
| 48 | * ''Film/DontTellMomTheBabysittersDead'' featured an animated version of the babysitter getting crushed to death by the title of the movie. |
| 49 | * ''Film/DownWithLove'', [[http://www.watchthetitles.com/articles/0052-Down_With_Love in keeping with]] the {{Retraux}} style. |
| 50 | * The Creator/VincentPrice comedy ''Film/DrGoldfootAndTheBikiniMachine'' had part of its opening credits animated by [[WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}} Art Clokey]]. |
| 51 | * ''Film/DropDeadFred'' |
| 52 | * The live-action ''WesternAnimation/DudleyDoRight'' movie has an animated intro done in the style of the original cartoon it was based on. |
| 53 | * ''Film/{{Elf}}'' establishes its whimsical fantasy setting with a cartoon elf opening credits sequence. |
| 54 | * ''Film/EscapeToWitchMountain'' shows a cartoon of two kids fleeing from attack dogs over the opening credits. Sure enough, later in the movie the villain does in fact send dogs chasing after Tony and Tia. |
| 55 | %%* ''Film/EuroTrip'' |
| 56 | * ''Film/FantasticFour2005'' had an extended cut where a cartoon of the team is shown during the opening credits. |
| 57 | * ''[[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xey8ho_fantomas-se-dechaine-intro-generiqu_shortfilms Fantômas Unleashed]]'' -- does double duty as a PreviouslyOn, since it summarizes the previous movie, ''Film/{{Fantomas}}''. |
| 58 | * ''Film/TheFirstWivesClub'' features Creator/RoyLichtenstein-inspired drawings. |
| 59 | * ''Film/FourRooms'' -- interesting for containing references to the cut fifth story. |
| 60 | * All three Film/DollarsTrilogy movies have some form of animation for their opening credits. |
| 61 | ** ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars''' is totally animated. |
| 62 | ** ''Film/ForAFewDollarsMore'' has animated words on a live-action background. |
| 63 | ** ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' has a mix of animation and still photos with various filters applied to make them look somewhat hand-drawn. |
| 64 | %%* ''Film/{{Freaked}}'' |
| 65 | %%* ''Film/FreakyFriday1976'' |
| 66 | %%* ''[[Film/{{Friday}} Friday After Next]]'' |
| 67 | * Being themselves inspired by a cartoon, both ''Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle'' [[https://youtu.be/bcLFHC1yjNw?si=8v7XTz7MyojN3KkA The Movie]] and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0csGHvZfyMM direct-to-video Part 2]] have animated credits, although in wildly different style. |
| 68 | * ''Film/{{Gambit}}''. A 2012 movie, but with a nostalgic feel evoking older heist movies, like ''The Pink Panther''. |
| 69 | %%* ''Film/GoingOverboard'' |
| 70 | * ''Film/{{Grease}}'' has one which features Danny and Sandy starting their days. |
| 71 | * ''Film/TheHairyBird'' has a mix of still photos and animation, including a cartoon bird. |
| 72 | * ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' opens with two cartoon children running from oversized credits. |
| 73 | ** Its sequel, ''Film/HoneyIBlewUpTheKid'' also has an animated opening, which is just about as entertaining as the film itself ([[FirstInstallmentWins which isn't saying much]]). |
| 74 | %%* ''Honeymoon in Vegas'' |
| 75 | %%* ''How to Beat the High Co$t of Living.'' It starred Jane Curtin, Susan St. James (that's both stars of "Series/KateAndAllie"), & Jessica Lange. |
| 76 | * ''Film/TheIronyOfFate'' is a Russian TV movie that starts out with an animated sequence in which an architect sees his inventive design turned by the authorities into a drab rectangular apartment building. Identical buildings go up everywhere. This becomes plot-relevant in the live-action film, when the protagonist gets really drunk at the airport, is bundled onto a flight by mistake, and fails to recognize that he is not only in the wrong apartment in the wrong building, but in the wrong city. |
| 77 | * ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld'', in its opening titles, plays with a ball/globe symbol in every conceivable way. The uncredited lead animator of this Creator/SaulBass-designed sequence was [[Creator/BillMelendez Bill "J.C." Melendez]]. |
| 78 | * ''Film/JamesBond'': most of the films famously opened with one of these, usually featuring an animated silhouette of Bond running around and being badass. The Creator/DanielCraig films in particular (''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'', ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' and ''Film/NoTimeToDie'') have fully animated silhouettes. |
| 79 | %%* ''Film/JimmyTheKid'' (1983), a comedy starring Creator/GaryColeman. |
| 80 | %%* ''Film/{{Juno}}'' (although it was more rotoscoped than actually animated). |
| 81 | * ''Film/KennyAndCompany'' has a jack-o-lantern that opens and closes its mouth to reveal different names. |
| 82 | * ''Film/KidnappingGrannyK'' is a wacky StupidCrooks comedy about three young people that bungle a kidnapping. The animated credits opening both sets the general tone and provides some foreshadowing when it shows assorted characters chasing after money. |
| 83 | * ''Film/KissKissBangBang'', probably as an homage to ''Anatomy of a Murder'' and other noir classics. |
| 84 | * ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}''. Notable as one of the first such sequences to be made with CGI. The animated barn owl that sweeps above and around the credits becomes a live-action one as the film proper starts, and not long after is revealed to be the shapeshifted form of the villain. |
| 85 | %%* ''Film/TheLadyEve'' |
| 86 | * ''Film/LandOfTheLost'': [[http://www.watchthetitles.com/articles/00137-Land_of_the_Lost Another case of creative closing credits.]] |
| 87 | %%* ''Loverboy'' (1989) |
| 88 | %%* ''Madhouse'' (1990) |
| 89 | * ''Film/MajorGromPlagueDoctor'' has heart-rending animated opening credits ''and'' comedic animated closing credits. |
| 90 | * ''Film/{{Mannequin}}'' has an animated sequence by Sally Cruikshank that shows a cartoon Emmy going through different historical eras. This sequence is set to “In My Wildest Dreams” by Music/BelindaCarlisle. |
| 91 | * ''Film/TheMillionDollarDuck'' has a cartoon of a duck lining up six eggs that form the zeros in "$1,000,000." |
| 92 | * ''Film/TheMisadventuresOfMerlinJones'' |
| 93 | * The ''Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries'' homages its TV roots by featuring an opening credits sequence set to the iconic theme song. The title sequence and title track vary with each film. |
| 94 | * ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'' and ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife'' have animated credits by Terry Gilliam. |
| 95 | * ''Film/MoonZeroTwo'' Riffed on the first season of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' and like Catalina Caper they seemed to like it more than the movie. |
| 96 | * The live-action version of ''Film/MrMagoo'' opens with an animated Magoo interacting with the credits. |
| 97 | * ''[[http://www.watchthetitles.com/articles/0078-Mr_Magoriums_Wonder_Emporium Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium]]'' |
| 98 | %%* ''Film/NannyMcPhee'' |
| 99 | * ''Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation'' depicts a cartoon Santa Claus meeting with a [[ButtMonkey series of unfortunate events]] while delivering presents. The sequence, intended to mirror the mishaps that fall upon Clark Griswold, is set to the song “Christmas Vacation” sung by Mavis Staples. |
| 100 | * ''Film/NeverGiveASuckerAnEvenBreak'': Starts with a cartoon of star Creator/WCFields, bulbous alcoholic red nose and all. His prodigious belly bursts out of his suit and forms the background for the title. |
| 101 | %%* ''Film/NoDepositNoReturn'' |
| 102 | %%* ''Not With My Wife, You Don’t!'' (1966) |
| 103 | * ''Film/OneCrazySummer'' is a semi-example: not strictly credits, and [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the main character being a cartoonist. |
| 104 | * ''Film/{{The Parent Trap|1961}}'' (the original, not the remake) features a stop-motion animation sequence during its opening credits. |
| 105 | * ''Film/{{The Pink Panther|1963}}'' (1963), whose titles spawned its own series of animated shorts, which themselves inspired a TV show (which, ironically enough, used live-action credits in its first season). |
| 106 | ** One film, ''A Shot In the Dark'', was different in that it had the Inspector as a cartoon; this title sequence inspired a series of Inspector shorts. |
| 107 | ** Its franchise: ''Inspector Clouseau'', ''The Return of the Pink Panther'', ''The Pink Panther Strikes Again'', ''Revenge of the Pink Panther'', ''Trail of the Pink Panther'', ''Curse of the Pink Panther'', ''Son of the Pink Panther'', ''The Pink Panther (2006)'', & ''The Pink Panther 2'' as well. |
| 108 | * ''Film/{{Placido}}'': With ClipArtAnimation, as a cut-out of a homeless man is seated at a table and continually taunted with food that he never gets to eat. |
| 109 | * ''Film/ThePrivateEyes'', an early 1980s comedy starring Don Knotts and Tim Conway. |
| 110 | %%* ''Film/RatRace'' |
| 111 | * ''Film/RunLolaRun'' |
| 112 | %%* ''Film/RuthlessPeople'' |
| 113 | * ''Film/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents2004'' has animated closing credits that run so long it's almost a mini-film in itself. And a creepily gothic one, too. |
| 114 | %%* ''Film/TheSevenYearItch'' |
| 115 | %%* ''Film/SexAndTheSingleGirl'' |
| 116 | * The second ''Film/ShaolinTemple'' movie, ''Film/KidsFromShaolin'' starts off as an animated film, before seguing into the live action scenes, to emphasize how the sequel is LighterAndSofter. |
| 117 | * ''Film/ShipOfFools'': The pictures of the castmembers form the shape of a ship, which sails away...and then dissolves to live action footage of the ship sailing away. |
| 118 | * ''Film/ShortcutToHappiness'' features an animated Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt wrecking havoc on the opening titles, and the titles fighting back. |
| 119 | * ''Film/TheSingingNun'' is a movie loosely based on the real life of the real Singing Nun (Sœur Sourire) and has this for its opening. |
| 120 | %%* ''Film/{{Soapdish}}'' |
| 121 | %%* ''Smiley Face'' (2007) |
| 122 | %%* ''Film/TheStrongestManInTheWorld'' |
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| 124 | * ''Film/{{Super}}'' has its opening credits done in the style of Frank's terrible art, where every character, minor and major, gets featured. |
| 125 | * ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'' begins with footage of pixelated dinosaurs as it recounts how the meteor that 'destroyed' them instead shunted them to a parallel dimension. |
| 126 | %%* ''Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny'' |
| 127 | %%* ''Film/ThoseMagnificentMenInTheirFlyingMachines'' |
| 128 | %%** Sequel ''Film/MonteCarloOrBust'' |
| 129 | %%* Film/{{Tomcats}} |
| 130 | * The opening parallel of the man before the gate to the Law in ''Film/TheTrial'' is presented as a series of "pin-screen" pictures in which pins are stuck through a screen and lit. Technically it isn't animation as there's no illusion of motion, with the sequence being a series of stills, but the effect is the same. |
| 131 | * ''Film/TroopBeverlyHills'' opens with a sequence animated by Creator/JohnKricfalusi showing the Beverly Hills Wilderness Girls troop and their leader Phyllis Nefler (Creator/ShelleyLong) facing down hardships in nature with hygiene and beauty products, setting the tone for the film. |
| 132 | * The film adaptation of ''Film/{{Underdog}}'' starts off with clips from the cartoon set to the credits and to [[Creator/JasonLee Jason Lee's]] voiceover exposition. |
| 133 | * ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'' was actually the first film to utilize a digitally crafted title sequence (designed by Creator/SaulBass), as the effects in the sequence were done on a computer converted from an old anti-aircraft locator by effects artist John Whitney. |
| 134 | %%* ''[[Film/WeekendAtBernies Weekend at Bernie's II]]'' |
| 135 | * ''Film/{{West Side Story|1961}}'' has an animated panoramic view of NYC during its opening overture. |
| 136 | %%* ''Film/WhatsNewPussycat'' |
| 137 | %%* ''Film/WhosThatGirl'' |
| 138 | %%* ''Film/YouthInRevolt'' |
| 139 | * The Jackie Chan film The Fearless Hyena had an animated credits intro created for the Japanese audience, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwKPMCUrUBg here]]. It was done by Lupin III creator Monkey Punch. |
| 140 | * The feature-film version of ''Series/TheSaint'''s two-parter episode, "The Fiction Makers" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO8P1U6uMls has one]], featuring a animated version of The Saint stick figure. |
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| 143 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 144 | * Simon Brett's detective novel ''Situation Tragedy'', about a series of murders among the cast and crew of a British TV sitcom, has an in-canon example for the in-universe sitcom in question, ''The Strutters''. The narrator explains that the expense of an animated credit sequence means that the TV channel expects the show to be a hit. |
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| 147 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 148 | * The British GameShow ''3-2-1'' opens with an animated sequence in which [[LogoJoke the chevron in the Yorshire Television logo]] flies off and lands in an ordinary dustbin, transforming it into the show's mascot and {{Zonk}}, Dusty Bin. |
| 149 | * ''Series/AliensInTheFamily'': The intro is a short cartoon of Cookie and Doug meeting each other, falling in love, and getting married. |
| 150 | * ''Series/TheAmandaShow'' for the first season |
| 151 | %%* The French wildlife show ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z-898DVHUU Les Animaux du monde]]''. |
| 152 | * A Chinese show called ''Animation/BalalaTheFairies'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI0NRWhG62k an anime-esque ending theme]]. |
| 153 | * ''Series/Batman1966'''s opening credits were an animated short of the Dynamic Duo (with Batgirl joining in Season 3) beating up thugs and villains in an art-style similar to that of Golden Age comics. |
| 154 | * The 1979 reboot of ''Series/BeatTheClock''. The original used animated opening titles for a while as well. |
| 155 | * ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'': animated by Creator/HannaBarbera. |
| 156 | * Creator/TheBBC {{Dramedy}} MiniSeries ''Blott on the Landscape'', based on Creator/TomSharpe's novel. The style resembles Sharpe's UK paperback covers of the time, and the credits basically sum up the entire plot in about 30 seconds with plenty of {{FreezeFrameBonus}}es. |
| 157 | * ''Series/BullseyeUK'' |
| 158 | * ''Series/CanadasWorstDriver'', which also utilized several scenes from it for its commercial bumpers. |
| 159 | * ''Series/Candy2022'' features things falling apart: dominoes falling, the last one the 'l' in Creator/JessicaBiel's name; Creator/MelanieLynskey's name falling into a meat grinder; the thread going through a needle becomes the cutting guide to cut apart a female figure; and the lines in a measuring cup falling. |
| 160 | * ''Series/TheCarolBurnettShow'' |
| 161 | * The late 1960s/early 1970s kids' fantasy series ''Catweazle''. |
| 162 | * ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'' used stop-motion versions of the characters and vecindad for its final seasons. |
| 163 | * ''Series/TheChevyChaseShow'' featured a stop-motion title sequence where Creator/ChevyChase runs around the rooftops of Hollywood, stealing letters from various buildings and assembling them for his show's logo. |
| 164 | * ''Series/{{Chuck}}'' |
| 165 | * The original ''Series/{{Concentration}}'', from 1961 to its 1973 finale. |
| 166 | * The opening for ''Series/DaughterFromAnotherMother'' covers the general premise of the story. It introduces the main leads, their personalities and most importantly their motherly traits and sets the overall tone of their dynamic. By the second and third seasons there are [[EvolvingCredits subtle changes]] in Ana and Mariana's attitude that correspond to their character development. |
| 167 | * ''[[Literature/TrainMan2004 Densha Otoko]]'' |
| 168 | * ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' |
| 169 | * ''Series/DragonsWagonsAndWax'' uses an animated ActionHoggingOpening to introduce a rather low-key live-action program. |
| 170 | * ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'': The first season used an animated character logo of Drew Carey's face singing "Moon Over Parma". |
| 171 | * ''Series/TheDurrells'' has an animated montage representing events from the series, [[EvolvingCredits different for each season]]. |
| 172 | * ''Series/EvenStevens'', using StopMotion plasticine versions of the actors |
| 173 | * ''Series/TheFabulousShowWithFayAndFluffy'': After the live-action Fay and Fluffy make their announcement at the beginning of each episode, we see a flash-animated intro of them driving into the studio and walking on-stage when prompted. Then we see the title of the show, followed by the episode title, which are also animated. |
| 174 | * ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' has a line drawing of the Seattle skyline. Variations feature lightning and a helicopter. |
| 175 | * ''Series/GrangeHill'' originally had partly-animated comic book style titles. This was replaced with live action scenes at the same time as they ReplacedTheThemeTune. |
| 176 | * ''Series/GuillermoDelTorosCabinetOfCuriosities'': The title sequence appears in a sequence of cabinets and their curiosities. |
| 177 | * ''Series/{{Harrow}}'': Rather arty credits which transform from scenery to pathology. For instance the Brisbane River becomes a blood vessel on a human heart and the grooves on a record change into a fingerprint. |
| 178 | * ''Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou'' uses animated opening titles that keep a few key points (always opening on a shot of Big Ben and closing on the title displayed as a newspaper headline or broadcast, for example) but are periodically updated to reflect current events. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruUT6wKPKV8 A few variations can be seen here.]] |
| 179 | * ''Series/HiFive''. The intro features animated versions of the cast. |
| 180 | * ''Series/HisDarkMaterials'': The opening is a zoom out, starting from particles of Dust at atomic level and zooming out to show the various multiversal locations within the story and the objects/people/vehicles within these multiverses (which varies depending on the season) before concluding the zoom out to reveal the series title. |
| 181 | * ''Series/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' |
| 182 | * ''Series/{{Hustle}}'', possibly as a ShoutOut to ''Catch Me if You Can''. |
| 183 | * ''Series/IDreamOfJeannie'': animated by Creator/FrizFreleng |
| 184 | * ''Series/ILoveLucy'' (although these were replaced in syndication). |
| 185 | * ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': The Season 1 title sequence is a computer-generated animation which features the black silhouette of two cityscapes against a sunset-red sky: the top upside-down one is New Orleans (temporarily changed to San Francisco for "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E6LikeAngelsPutInHellByGod Like Angels Put in Hell by God]]") while the bottom right-side up one is Dubai. As the cityscapes move away from each other, the tallest buildings vaguely resemble vampire fangs. |
| 186 | * ''Series/ItsAboutTime'' |
| 187 | * About half the game shows and pilots from producer Creator/JayWolpert have had these- his first show, ''Series/{{Whew}}'' had one provided by Creator/HannaBarbera; his failed 1986-87 adaptation of ''TabletopGame/TrivialPursuit''; ''Series/{{Blackout}}'', Bob Goen's first network game show; and finally ''Series/ShoppingSpree'' (his [[ShortRunners longest running game show]], at [[SarcasmMode a season-and-a-half!]]). |
| 188 | * ''Series/JeevesAndWooster'' |
| 189 | * ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' during the entire Creator/AlexTrebek era (1984-2020) and beyond. The original version was a spinning globe with the show's logo. Later they switched to a CGI rendition of Sony Pictures Studios, and then since the TurnOfTheMillennium they have used various pop culture and trivia-related graphics which change out every season. |
| 190 | * ''Jeux Sans Frontières'' (a.k.a. ''It's a Knockout''), a wacky European athletics show. |
| 191 | * ''Lame Ducks'', an eighties Britcom, had an animated opening that portrayed the characters as actual ducks. |
| 192 | * ''Series/LandOfTheGiants'' (first season) |
| 193 | * ''Last Call with Carson Daly'' |
| 194 | * The first ''[[Creator/ConanOBrien Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'' opening ended with a cartoon of a nervous and sweating Conan adjusting his tie. |
| 195 | * ''Series/LifeWithBoys'' started off as a stop-motion sequence but it then morphs to live-action in the last ten seconds. |
| 196 | * ''Series/LostInSpace'' |
| 197 | * ''Series/LoveConnection'': Originally, Two slot machines of animated cartoon character expressing different reactions while seeing each other. Then from 1988 to 1994, It was replaced with animated hearts, A female heart comes out on the second "O" in the word "Connection" but was to frightened by the mean male heart on the first "O" in the word "Connection" but finds a nice male heart on the "O" in the word "Love" and they kiss each other. |
| 198 | * ''Series/MadMen'' shows a cartoon man in a suit, whose frame suggests star Creator/JonHamm, in a tall office building, which then collapses, leaving him to take a long fall before he winds up in an easy chair with a cocktail. The sequence suggests how the cozy life of WASP businessmen in the early 1960s was going to be disrupted by social change. |
| 199 | * ''Series/TheManyLovesOfDobieGillis'', in the first couple of seasons |
| 200 | * ''Series/TheMickeyMouseClub'' |
| 201 | * ''Series/MindYourLanguage'' opens with a cartoon featuring the main cast members; ESL teacher Jeremy Brown writes the series' title on a chalkboard, but is distracted by the arrival of French student Danielle, who inspires various levels of arousal and disapproval in the other students (split down gender lines), at least until they notice headmistress Miss Courtney glaring at them from the doorway. In Series 2, Danielle is pushed aside by Swedish student Ingrid, who is then the one to distract the others. |
| 202 | * ''Series/{{Misfits}}'' |
| 203 | * ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'', with a different title animation for each series. |
| 204 | * ''Series/MrsAmerica'' showcases cartoons with Seventies style graphics and of both the racially and ethnic diverse feminists and mostly white and traditional looking anti-feminists. |
| 205 | * ''Series/MrsBrownsBoys'' |
| 206 | * ''Mr. Terrific,'' a comic take on superheroes in the summer of 1966 on CBS. |
| 207 | * ''Series/MyParentsAreAliens'' |
| 208 | * ''Series/MyThreeSons'' |
| 209 | * The first three episodes of ''Series/MyTwoDads'', as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7pifFWVqt0 here.]] |
| 210 | * ''Series/{{Mystery}}'' had two different animated openings designed by Edward Gorey, both of which were memorable [[NightmareFuel but also very creepy]]. |
| 211 | * ''Series/TheNamesTheSame'', which ran from 1951 to 1955. |
| 212 | * ''Series/TheNanny'', as an intentional retro throwback; the series also got an animated ChristmasSpecial that used the same style. |
| 213 | * The Japanese live-action serial ''Natsuzora'', which told the tale of Natsu Okuhara, a farm girl who comes to Tokyo in 60s Japan and becomes an animator (based on Reiko Okuyama, one of the first Japanese female animators.), had an animated opening in Ghibli's charming artwork, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGWGW23j1ac here]]. |
| 214 | * ''[[http://www.watchthetitles.com/articles/0095-The_No_1_Ladies_Detective_Agency The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency]]'' |
| 215 | * ''Series/TheOddCouple2015'' |
| 216 | * ''Series/OnTheBuses'', 1960s-70s BritCom. |
| 217 | * ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': In the program's original primetime run, the last (1955-1956) season featured the animated opening [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiULeQTwaJQ seen here]] |
| 218 | * ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily'' |
| 219 | * ''Series/ThePhilSilversShow'' |
| 220 | * ''Series/PunkyBrewster'': Certain episodes during the first season. The second season used animation from Ruby-Spears, the studio that made the ''WesternAnimation/PunkyBrewster'' cartoon for NBC on Saturday mornings. |
| 221 | * ''Series/{{Raggs}}'': The opening titles and credits feature the dogs in CGI. However there are also short animated segments in the same style. As of recent the live action seems to have been ditched in favor of complete CGI for their Platform/YouTube shorts and promotional artwork, with the actual costumed dogs only used to promote the live shows. |
| 222 | * ''Series/ReadingRainbow'': Used until Season 16 (1998-1999) |
| 223 | * ''Series/TheRedGreenShow'' used these for the first seven seasons. |
| 224 | * A special case with ''Series/{{Rome}}'', whose credits feature animated graffiti and paintings over the walls of AncientRome. |
| 225 | * Played straight in ''Series/SisterSister'' when the first four seasons' opening credits have stop motion effects and animation sequences as the original version of the theme song is played in the background. This, however, was abandoned for the last two seasons, seasons five and six, to make room for a music video style sequence. |
| 226 | * ''Series/SoAwkward'' was done in the style of a scrapbook montage, with an animated phone playing clips from past episodes. |
| 227 | * ''Series/SoulTrain'' |
| 228 | * ''[[http://www.watchthetitles.com/articles/0021-The_Starter_Wife The Starter Wife]]'' |
| 229 | * ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' |
| 230 | * ''Series/StartUp'': The opening titles are presented with abstract animation meant to suggest the parts of computer chips and circuit boards. The series is about start-up companies in the Korean tech industry. |
| 231 | * The first season of the PAX TV era of ''Series/SupermarketSweep'' opens with a computer-animated graphic of three shopping carts racing through a supermarket filling up on everything they come across. |
| 232 | * The 1979-1980 Japanese series, "The Super Girl" has its intro feature [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRCNCBE80ns a very sexualized anthropomorphic cat girl.]] |
| 233 | * The UK children's show ''Series/SuperGran'' had an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtymNiYlSD4 animated opening that recapped the title character's superhero origin]]. |
| 234 | * ''Series/{{Temps de chien|2023}}'': The intro is animated and shows its main character Antoine Meilleur on a beach alongside his family. However, it eventually starts raining, [[UmbrellasAreLightningRods causing Antoine to open his umbrella only to be stricken by a lightning]]. |
| 235 | * ''Series/TheTimeTunnel'' |
| 236 | * ''To Say the Least'' |
| 237 | * ''Series/TVsBloopersAndPracticalJokes'', by none other than [[Magazine/{{MAD}} Mad Magazine]] artist Creator/SergioAragones. |
| 238 | * ''Franchise/UltraSeries'': Early Ultra shows' opening credits would feature black silhouettes, such as those of the titular Ultras, the attack team and some of the kaiju, animated on top of colorful backgrounds. While these types of credits would fade out with ''Series/UltramanTaro'', they've been homaged in shorter bursts in the openings of some of the later shows. |
| 239 | * ''Series/{{Unfabulous}}'', done in the style of ''WesternAnimation/AngelaAnaconda''. |
| 240 | * ''Series/WandaVision'' did this for its second episode, which was a tribute to the 1960s fantasy sitcoms. |
| 241 | * ''Series/TheWeirdAlShow'' divides its theme song into three segments, each of which is represented by a different animation style - hand-drawn for the first, CGI for the second and stop-motion for the third. Then there's a brief bit of live-action at the end. |
| 242 | * ''Series/WhatsMyLine'', in the late 1960s. |
| 243 | * ''Series/WheelOfFortune'': |
| 244 | ** Some were used in the 1990s, including anthropomorphic Wheel wedges dancing down a staircase, then one of Pat and Vanna parachuting, then a CGI shot of the Sony Pictures Studios similarly to what sister show ''Jeopardy!'' was using at the time. |
| 245 | ** In 2010, the opening sequence featured Miis of Pat and Vanna to promote the then-upcoming HomeGame for Nintendo's Wii and DS, some of which have been recycled or updated in later seasons. |
| 246 | ** Three different 2D animated ones existed solely in Season 23: one featuring a man getting ready for a "date" which is really just watching ''Wheel'' with his cat; one with a woman anxiously rushing home to watch the show; and one featuring an African-American family rushing through dinner to watch the show. The last one was used again several seasons later. |
| 247 | ** Since Season 35, the show uses a cityscape which pans up to the show's logo on a building. |
| 248 | * ''Series/WhenTheCamelliaBlooms'': The opening credits for each episode start with a live-action shot of Dong-baek driving to Ongsan, which transitions to animation of all the major characters juxtaposed with blooming camellias. |
| 249 | * The short-lived 1979 game show ''Series/{{Whew}}'' had this, with a woman casually avoiding the "gauntlet of villains" on her way to a pot of gold (or $25,000 in cash) guarded by the villains. |
| 250 | * The British version of ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' featured [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tisjk7CqNsQ this title sequence]] in its later seasons, which was evidently inspired by a series of Italian animated shorts, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skb2gKR7rOk La Linea]]". |
| 251 | * ''Series/TheWildWildWest'' |
| 252 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx2JdJhAL94 The first two]] credits opening for ''Series/WonderWoman1975'' uses animation in a style straight out of the comics. |
| 253 | [[/folder]] |
| 254 | |
| 255 | [[folder:Puppet Shows]] |
| 256 | * ''Series/TheLetterPeople'' began with an animated sequence of kids and a dog skipping through the archway to Letter People Land. |
| 257 | * ''Series/SesameStreet'': |
| 258 | ** ''Series/MySesameStreetHomeVideo'' |
| 259 | ** The special ''Film/WhenYouWishUponaPickle'' features animated opening titles. |
| 260 | [[/folder]] |
| 261 | |
| 262 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 263 | * ''VideoGame/{{Jazzpunk}}'' opens with a sequence in duotone heavily inspired by the works of Saul Bass, with likely influence from ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' as well. |
| 264 | [[/folder]] |
| 265 | |
| 266 | [[folder:Web Video]] |
| 267 | * ''WebVideo/{{Economy Watch}}'': Both Christmas specials have this. "A Very Hoarder Christmas" has Lego versions of scenes from Season 1 and "It's An Economic Snowfall" showcases elements around a festive living room based off the characters. |
| 268 | [[/folder]] |
| 269 | |
| 270 | [[folder:WesternAnimation]] |
| 271 | * It's become something of a tradition for CG films in the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon or by Creator/{{Pixar}} to have traditionally-animated end credits sequences done in an outline-less style. This has included ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'', ''WesternAnimation/WallE'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'', so far. |
| 272 | * Before this, there was the sequence at the beginning of ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'', which was added because test screenings showed that the actual first scene set too scary of a tone. |
| 273 | * Despite being in the exact same style as the film proper, the elaborate opening credits sequence for ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' fits right in with the rest of these examples (particularly its contemporaries) for its abstract nature. |
| 274 | * Many of the WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooDirectToVideoFilmSeries titles since 2010 often open with a more flashy, flat and stylized animated opening credits sequence, looking very different from the actual movies being animated with a realistic darker look where everyone is [[{{Retraux}} drawn in the classic Iwao Takamoto style]] ala the original Creator/HannaBarbera -era shows. The "13 Spooky Tales" half-hour mini-movies also open in the same fashion. |
| 275 | * When ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' did a spoof of ''Series/MyMotherTheCar'', it used much flatter and more stylized animation for the parody's intro, in a clear reference to this trope and its popularity in the 60s. |
| 276 | * It's become something of a tradition for CG films in the Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation to have traditionally-animated end credits sequences done in an outline-less style. This has included ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'', ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania'', ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs2'', ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania2'', and ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania3SummerVacation'', so far. |
| 277 | * ''WesternAnimation/ZootopiaPlus'' has a traditionally animated opening sequence showing a sillouetted crowd of assorted mammals taking the Zootopia Express. |
| 278 | [[/folder]] |
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| 280 | -->''[After watching an animated opening credits for ''Even Stevens'' or ''Sister, Sister''...]'' |
| 281 | -->'''JustForFun/{{Statler|AndWaldorf}}:''' Well, what do you think of that for an entrance?\ |
| 282 | '''[[TheStinger Waldorf]]:''' I don't know. But maybe they can use that technique again for their preschool counterpart.\ |
| 283 | '''[[SignatureLaugh Both]]:''' Do-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-hoh! |
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