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18	A direction in the script to lay words on the screen. This could be a {{dateline}} such as "Amsterdam, 2026", or "Three Days Ago". Primarily used to fix the setting firmly in the minds of the audience. An EpistolaryNovel or diary will often provide the place and time for which the character wrote the entry.
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20	For visual mediums, it comes in two major flavors: words on a solid background, usually black (a milder and less {{Anvilicious}} take on the OpeningScroll), or text shown at the bottom of the screen as the camera shows an EstablishingShot of the location. The latter can appear on the screen all at once or one letter at a time, as if typed with a typewriter (bonus points for a fixed-width font).
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22	This is very common in shows taking place TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture or ExactlyExtyYearsAgo (in either direction) and {{Thriller}}s of any kind, particularly, SpyFiction. May exhibit the LondonEnglandSyndrome.
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24	Also known as Scene Shift Caption. The closest term the industry has for it seems to be [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_third#Terminology chyron]]. See also BossSubtitles and InSceneTitleText.
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26	!!Examples:
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28	[[foldercontrol]]
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30	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
31	* ''Manga/GingaTeikokuKouboushi'':
32	** When establishing locations, such as Gaal's arrival on the CityPlanet Trantor, or changing the scene to Anacreon, the location name usually appears in the upper-right of an EstablishingShot for that location.
33	** The introduction of MainCharacters is often, but not always, accompanied by a small {{narrator}} box giving their name and titles (if any), such as during the translation of "Literature/TheMayors", where Mayor Hardin and his assistant Lee appear at age 62 and 66, to indicate why the characters don't look quite the same anymore.
34	* ''Anime/{{Mnemosyne}}'' uses this OnceAnEpisode to establish the location (Shinjuku for the first four episodes), but more importantly the ''date'': the miniseries advances from 1990, to '91, to 2011, to 2025, and finally to 2055 for the two-part finale.
35	* ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' tends to use this kind of establishing shot constantly in the Anime, listing date, time, and location to establish the local setting as TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture. Literally ''always'' with an EstablishingShot to go along with it.
36	[[/folder]]
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38	[[folder:Comic Books]]
39	* ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' has such titles that feel like they were written by teenagers. Little gems like "So Yeah", after Scott asks Ramona out; "24 Hours Later", after announcing that they were gonna play in, yeah, 24 hours; and "So Anyway", after [[spoiler: Scott defeats Gideon and rescues Ramona, and they talk about making it work again]].
40	* ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan'' is a rare comic book example. It gets played with in one issue where Yorick is drugged and the title-in panel reads "Where The Fuck Am I?" It's also occasionally used for humor: Yorick complains that the last time he lost his monkey, it took him three hours to track him down, and then the title in reads "Four Hours Later".
41	[[/folder]]
42
43	[[folder:Fan Works]]
44	* ''Fanfic/CaseySteele'': From the first section:
45	--> Monday September 4th, 2006
46	* ''Fanfic/{{Domoverse}}'': ''Never'': Starts with:
47	--> '''November 5th, 2007\
48	Fresno, California'''
49	* ''Fanfic/Homecoming2026'': For example, the first lines:
50	--> Friday, 12:33 PM MST\
51	Homestake Paranormal Combat Training Academy, Lead, South Dakota
52	* ''Fanfic/{{Kitsune}}'': In the prologue:
53	--> ''Christmas Eve, 1987''\
54	''Hanford Nuclear Facility near the Tri Cities region, Washington State''
55	* ''Fanfic/{{Maat}}'': From the start of the first chapter:
56	--> '''Sunday, March 18, 2007\
57	Southbound road from Cairo to Inbw-hdj (Memphis)'''
58	* ''Fanfic/{{Metro}}'': For all sections, such as [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/content_page/item/1113-hammertime-1 "If I Had A Hammer (Part One)"]]:
59	--> Monday morning, August 27, 2007,\
60	Doyle Medical Center, Whateley Academy
61	* Parodied on ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'', where time cards are always "14 HOURS LATER", especially if that amount of time passing makes no sense. One episode is so egregious about it, using the card six times, that the characters started wondering how it was still the same day.
62	-->'''Spitfire:''' You all have ten minutes. Suit up and meet me on the training ground. Now!\
63	'''14 HOURS LATER'''\
64	'''Spitfire:''' I ''hate'' this job.
65	* ''Fanfic/SevenFavoursForHarryPotter'' has every new scene every scene begin with a time-and-place card that informs the reader of the place, date and time of day.
66	-->'''Sunday, 5th January 1992'''\
67	'''Gryffindor common room, early evening.'''
68	[[/folder]]
69
70	[[folder:Film -- Animated]]
71	* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' movie, which opens with a pan over the pyramids of Giza with a title crawl reading thusly;
72	-->Egypt\
73	Millions of years ago\
74	3 PM\
75	1492\
76	New York City
77	[[/folder]]
78
79	[[folder:Film — Live-Action]]
80	* ''Film/AdamsRib'' uses some fancier-than-usual intertitle cards. "That Evening" is the most common caption.
81	* ''Film/TheAirUpThere'': After Jimmy arrives in Africa, there's a caption saying, "Northern Frontier District - Kenya."
82	* ''Film/BicentennialMan'': On-screen captions appear in order to establish when the new scene takes place [[DashedPlotLine years/decades after the previous scene]].
83	* ''Film/BreakingPoint1976'': "TORONTO" appears over an establishing shot when Michael and his family go into WitnessProtection there.
84	* The Ringo Starr comedy ''Film/{{Caveman}}'' starts with these two captions:
85	-->One billion zillion B.C.\
86	October 9th
87	* ''Film/UnChienAndalou'' kinda parodies this with meaningless and contradictory days and times.
88	* ''Film/ChristmasBlood'': New scenes are introduces with the location name, and date, year included.
89	* In ''Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow'', all major locations are introduced with on-screen text.
90	* ''Film/{{Frieda}}'' opens with "POLAND-MARCH 1945 No man's land between the German and the Russian armies".
91	* ''Film/TheGreatFight'' opens with the beginning of Anthony's fight with Felix. The next scene opens with "Six months earlier."
92	* The date and time are shown each day of the mission in the film ''Film/TheGunsOfNavarone''.
93	* ''Film/TheHanoiHilton'' does this every so often to show the year and the season.
94	* ''Film/HenryAndVerlin'' has "Opeongo County, Population 531, 1935."
95	* In ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'', the callback auditions are rescheduled to the same day as Troy's big game and Gabriella's Scholastic Decathlon. As such, the following titles appear:
96	-->Game Day\
97	Callback Day\
98	Scholastic Decathlon Day\
99	HELP!
100	* ''Film/TheHitList'' opens with an AstronomicZoom into Seattle as 'SEATTLE,WA' is typed on to the screen. When the action jumps to Washington,D.C.','WASHINGTON, D.C.' is typed on the screen. The action then shifts back to Seattle for the rest of the film.
101	* The captions in ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'' go all-out: bright green monospaced font, printed letter by letter with computerized teletype noises as they appear.
102	* ''Film/IndependenceDay'': Locations are named via on-screen text accompanied by the typical sound effect.
103	* Played with in ''Film/JohnnyDangerously''. The caption "1910" appears at the bottom of the screen, and we see a car drive by behind it. Then another car drives into frame and ''crashes into the 1910'', breaking the digits into pieces.
104	* ''Film/LegendaryWeaponsOfChina'' is a film about StockWushuWeapons in martial arts movie, and in the final battle, '''every''' time a new wushu weapon is used, a title card will announce what kind of weapon is being wielded.
105	* "December 23" in the opening of ''Film/{{Legion}}''.
106	* Parodied in ''Film/LifeOfBrian'', which declares the main portion of its plot to be set in:
107	-->JUDEA A.D. 33\
108	SATURDAY AFTERNOON\
109	ABOUT TEA TIME
110	* The ''Film/LogansRun'' movie begins with a surprisingly large amount of backstory on the screen all at once:
111	-->"Sometime in the 23rd century... the survivors of war, overpopulation and pollution are living in a great domed city, sealed away from the forgotten world outside. Here, in an ecologically balanced world, mankind lives only for pleasure, freed by the servo-mechanisms which provide everything. There's just one catch: Life must end at thirty unless reborn in the fiery ritual of carrousel."
112	* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
113	** Most films use establishing shots and title cards when introducing new locations, or to notate {{Time Skip}}s. Became even more frequent from Phase 3 onwards.
114	** Some films such as ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' also provide a brief description of the location.
115	** ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' has been noted for having '''HUGE LOCATION TITLES''' in all caps across the entire screen for each new location. '''QUEENS. BERLIN. 1991.''' Notably, the film averts LondonEnglandSyndrome in a first for the franchise.
116	** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', on the other hand, exaggerates the LondonEnglandSyndrome with "Missouri, Earth" in the opening scene.
117	** ''Film/{{Black Panther\|2018}}'' shows all of its titles in a Wakandan script that is then swapped out for an English translation.
118	** Parodied in one instance in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': an establishing shot of the cosmos is labeled as, well... [[CaptainObvious SPACE.]]
119	** ''Film/{{Captain Marvel\|2019}}'' uses place labels, followed by a blurb (and perhaps some coordinates), to introduce viewers to a new location. Earth is called C-53 with the subtitle "Terran Homeworld".
120	* ''Film/Max2002'' has "Munich, Germany 1918" right after the OpeningScroll.
121	* The first shot of ''Film/MidwinterNightsDream'' is captioned "Serbia, winter 2004."
122	* In ''Film/MrAndMrsSmith2005'', after the couple has their first therapy session and disagree how long they've been married (5 or 6 years), the movie flashbacks to their first meeting and says, "5 or 6 years ago." At the end of the flashback there's another caption reading "5 or 6 years later."
123	* ''Film/MrsBrownYouveGotALovelyDaughter'' opens with an aerial shot of Manchester and the words "MANCHESTER, ENGLAND."
124	* ''Film/MyScienceProject'' has "1957" for the opening scene, and "[[TimeSkip 1985]]" for the scene after that.
125	* ''Film/NemesisGame'' opens with Jeff Novak questioning Emily Gray in a police interrogation room about an unspecified crime she is supposed to committed. The film then flashes back and the words "Two Weeks Earlier" appear on the screen.
126	* The InMediasRes opening of ''Film/NeverGrowOld'' ends with Patrick striding into the the church. As he disappears inside, the caption "Town of Garlow, The California Trail, 1849" appears, and then the opening credits roll.
127	* ''Film/Nightfall2000'':
128	** As the foreman of the archaeological dig enters the Temple of the Watchers, the location's name appears in blocky font across the bottom of the screen.
129	** As Sheerin enters the University of Scholars, the location's name appears in blocky font across the bottom of the screen.
130	* In the 2001 remake of ''Film/OceansEleven'', Danny tells Tess he should be out of jail for his parole violation in three to six months. There's a blackout, and then we come in with a card that reads "Three to six months later..."
131	* Parodied in the opening of ''Film/{{Orgazmo}}'', where the caption "Hollywood" helpfully appears under an EstablishingShot of the Hollywood sign.
132	* ''Film/PacificRim'': The first use defines "Kaiju" and "Jaeger" respectively, but the rest are used for times and locations.
133	* Unusually for a ''Franchise/StarWars'' movie, ''Film/RogueOne'' uses these for the planets seen throughout the movie, to set it apart from the usual ''Star Wars'' space opera fare as a war/heist movie. [[spoiler:With the sole exception of [[Film/StarWarsRevengeOfTheSith Mustafar]].]]
134	* ''Film/RelativeFear'''s second scene opens with "One Year Later".
135	* ''Film/{{ROTOR}}'' is jam-packed with this trope. Whenever a scene changes, we see a caption telling us the weekday and time, for example FRIDAY 7:30 P.M. This information is by no means required to follow the rather simple and straightforward plot.
136	-->'''Bill:''' Are we going to be tested on the specific times everything is happening?
137	* ''Film/SeasonOfMiracles'' has "Alabama, 1974."
138	* ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs''. When Clarice Starling went to the town of Belvedere, there was a subtitle with the town's name.
139	* The last scene of ''Film/SilentFall'' has "ONE YEAR LATER."
140	* ''Film/Snatched2017'' has large, transparent letters appear on the screen at different points, saying "Ecuador," "Washington, D.C.," "Bogota," and "[[spoiler:Kuala Lumpur]]."
141	* The opening shot of ''Film/TheSpiritOf76'' is captioned "AMERICA 2176."
142	* ''Film/SpyHard'' uses this as a RunningGag, where the person writing the caption commits misspellings and more with the text.
143	* ''Film/StarTrek2009'' has Iowa or Vulcan tucked away in a corner for a part of the movie, then "Three years later" in the center.
144	* Spoofed in ''Film/StarWreckInThePirkinning'', which makes a typo in the title and backs up a bit to remove it.
145	* The ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'' movie starts with the title:
146	-->Brooklyn\
147	20 million Years Ago
148	* ''Film/{{Superdome}}'': Every so often words will appear on the screen with typewriter sound effects, saying how many days or hours are left until the Super Bowl.
149	* Used in ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice'', where it shows the name of the country and its distance to the U.S. (specifically New York) in miles.
150	* ''Film/UnderThePiano'' does this every time it jumps around in time, with captions like "1937," "1955," and "Six Weeks Later."
151	* ''Film/WhenTheBoughBreaks1994'' starts with "Houston, Texas." After that, several scenes have a caption showing the date, from July 4 into the middle of the month.
152	* The opening shot of ''Film/WildAmerica'' has "Fort Smith, Arkansas 1967."
153	* ''Film/{{Zombieland}}'' plays with this one constantly. Columbus's Zombie Invasion Rules are placed on the screen during the introduction to the movie, each with examples of why one should follow that particular rule. During the movie itself, examples of characters following the rules are pointed out with one, usually set to feel like it is part of the environment (for example, the blinking "CARDIO" sign).
154	[[/folder]]
155
156	[[folder:Literature]]
157	* ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'': The prologue of ''The Arctic Incident'' starts with the words: "Murmansk, Northern Russia; two years before". Many of the scenes in the rest of the series follow suit.
158	* ''Literature/{{Blackout}} / All Clear'': The chapters don't have names; merely location and date, like "Oxford--April 2060" or "Saltram-on-Sea--29 May 1940".
159	* ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'': In the first book, George and Harold order the 3-D Hypno-Ring, which takes four to six weeks to arrive. The next chapter is titled "Four to Six Weeks Later".
160	* ''Literature/TheEvitableConflict'': Excepting for the first scene, each one is prefaced by a short title for the region, its land surface area, population, and capital city.
161	--> ''Earth (including the uninhabited Antarctic continent)''\
162	:: ''a--Area: ''54,000,000'' square miles''\
163	:: ''b--Population: ''3,300,000,000\
164	:: ''c--Capital: New York''
165	* ''Literature/InCryptid'' books frequently open chapters with a location and sometimes a date (more common in the AMinorKidroduction prologues).
166	--> ''A small survivalist compound about an hour's drive east of Portland, Oregon''\
167	''Nineteen years ago''
168	* ''Literature/{{Indexing}}'': Some sections, like the second one of "Musical Patchwork":
169	--> ATI Management Bureau Headquarters\
170	It's customary for the field team to take a break
171	[[/folder]]
172
173	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
174	* ''Series/{{Alias}}'' always does this, except rather than a subtitle, the camera zooms through the words and into the scene.
175	* ''Series/BobHeartsAbishola'' has titles in three-dimensional letters placed within the scene.
176	* ''Series/BurnNotice'' did this at the start of the pilot to tell us that Michael was in Nigeria, as well as to introduce characters.
177	* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
178	** Used in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight "Midnight"]] to show how much time has passed between scenes.
179	** Used in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth "The Stolen Earth"]] when we hop across the universe from where the Doctor and Donna are to the location of the relocated Earth, where several former companions are.
180	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens "The Pandorica Opens"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E13TheBigBang "The Big Bang"]] uses this repeatedly due to the amount of time jumping involved.
181	** Series 7 used these in several episodes, with the text done in-scene, e.g. ancient China in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E5TheAngelsTakeManhattan "The Angels Take Manhattan"]] and the Arctic Ocean in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E8ColdWar "Cold War"]].
182	** Used repeatedly in part 1 of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E1E2Spyfall Spyfall]]", establishing the globetrotting nature of the episode.
183	* Played for laughs in ''Series/DrunkHistory'', where the time/location caption is usually repeating what the narrator has just said -- ''exactly'' as the narrator said it.
184	-->'''Kyle Kinane:''' All right, they land 2000 kilometers off their mark, in Siberia, which is a real place...\
185	''[scene changes to show Siberia]''\
186	'''Title caption:''' Siberia (which is a real place)
187	* Australian comedy series ''Series/FastForward'' did a send-up of ''Series/{{JAG}}'' where the text writer starts with the time/location only to start rambling on about all kinds of things.
188	* Used in ''Series/{{Forever\|2014}}'' to identify the time (and sometimes place) of Henry's [[FlashBack flashbacks]].
189	* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' absolutely loves to play with these. The giant floating letters that mark locations are [[InSceneTitleText used pseudo-realistically]]. In one instance rain can be seen striking the letters and in another the letters are visible after the camera cuts to a location behind them, showing the letters in reverse.
190	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'' did this with major locations in the pilot, specifically Winterfell, Kings Landing and Pentos so as not to confuse viewers.
191	* ''Series/GreenAcres'': In one episode, we get a cut to an EstablishingShot of a UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity skyline, as well as the following subtitles:
192	-->"Can you guess what city this is?"\
193	* Blank*\
194	"If you guessed New York, you're right!"
195	* In ''Series/{{Helix}}'', which follows an outbreak of TheVirus at a research facility, the directions usually denote the number of days since the CDC's arrival on-site: "Day 1, Day 2", etc. in black font on a white background, though text also introduces an EstablishingShot of the CDC HQ.
196	* Used in early seasons of ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' to identify the name and location of another person with abilities. To varying degrees of accuracy:
197	--->'''Matt Parkman. Somewhere in Africa.'''
198	* ''Series/HeroesReborn2015'' uses subtitles whenever the scene changes to a new location and/or character.
199	* The ColdOpen to each episode of ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' begins with the opening dialogue playing over black title cards with "[Time]", "On a [day]", "Philadelphia, PA".
200	* At least OnceAnEpisode in ''Series/{{JAG}}'', with the current time (given in military time format, e.g. "0451 Zulu") and location.
201	* In ''Series/LawAndOrder'', they always sound the Doink-Doink and show the location and time in text at the bottom of the screen whenever the scene changes.
202	* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'' introduces the name of every important location like this. Done in an overly dramatic way with Mordor. When Adar is asked what is the new name of the newly terraformed Southlands, he just looks at Mount Doom, with the Southlands' letters fading from the screen and being replaced with Mordor, which appears in burning flames.
203	* The pilot episode of ''Series/{{MASH}}'' has a UniquePilotTitleSequence which announces the setting as:
204	-->KOREA, 1950\
205	a hundred years ago
206	* ''Series/TheMentalist'' frequently does this at the beginning of the episode to tell the viewers what part of California the CBI team has been called to.
207	* The ''Series/MiamiVice'' episode "Forgive Us Our Debts" opens with a flashback, with a caption saying "Miami, 1980." Crockett spends the scene wearing a hat to hide his mid-'80s haircut. After the flashback ends, another caption says "Miami, 1986."
208	* ''Series/TheMiddleman'' spoofs this practice constantly:
209	-->The illegal sublet Wendy shares with another young, photogenic artist.\
210	Middleman Headqua--WHOA! FREAKY!\
211	The Underworld. Time has no meaning.\
212	God, am I underpaid.
213	* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' parodied this with such captions as "One strawberry tart without so much rat in it later".
214	* ''Series/RobinHood'' frequently captions its changes of scene, nicknamed the 'arrow of exposition' because the caption flies in from the side of the screen with the sound of an arrow being fired. It does this even when it's already clear where the scene is in the first place ('Nottingham Castle', 'Sherwood Forest', and perhaps most infamously 'The Meadow', among others), and is even on occasion inaccurate.
215	* In the Creator/CirqueDuSoleil series ''Solstrum'', at the beginning of each episode the words "Epsilon Observatory 4:00 GMT" appear on the screen to let the audience know where the initial scene is talking place.
216	* ''Series/{{Spooks}}'' uses this every time there's a change of location, even ones we see every episode like MI-5 headquarters.
217	* The ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "Absolute Power" has a strange example: a "one year later" caption for a scene that later turns out to be AllJustADream, with considerably less time than that having passed. Apparently [[UnreliableNarrator the captioner lives inside Daniel's head...]]
218	* ''Series/Warehouse13'' does this, sometimes animating the text for emphasis.
219	* In ''Series/TheXFiles'', this usually happens on a bottom corner of the screen when Mulder and Scully first go somewhere for a case. Sometimes the name of the town and the state appears as a second line underneath a specific building they are going to such as a hotel, government building, business, etc. Amusingly, in the episode "Bad Blood" during Scully's recounting of the tale, the location name first appears incorrectly [[FunWithSubtitles until Mulder corrects her]], and then the screen display changes to show the correct location.
220	* ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' parodies this in the pilot episode "Demolition": "[[MeanwhileInTheFuture Meanwhile, the next day]]".
221	[[/folder]]
222
223	[[folder:Music]]
224	* Music/{{Noah\|Indonesia}}: At the beginning of "Kota Mati" music video, a text saying "2008" (the year "Tak Ada yang Abadi" was released[[note]]as part of ''Sebuah Nama, Sebuah Cerita'' album; the video itself was released in the next year[[/note]]) appears on the screen to establish that the video is a prequel to "Tak Ada yang Abadi" one.
225	[[/folder]]
226
227	[[folder:Theatre]]
228	* Each scene of ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}'' opens with a vaudeville-style sign describing the setting.
229	[[/folder]]
230
231	[[folder:Video Games]]
232	* Present in the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series. Played with at one point, when a character wakes up after being kidnapped (Location: ??? Date: ??? Time: ???).
233	* In ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'', each area is depicted on the screen upon first arrival.
234	* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'':
235	** At the start of each memory sequence in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'', the camera pans over the current city and its name and the current year are displayed. Also, whenever you synchronize with a view point, the camera does an OrbitalShot of the surrounding area, albeit without any subtitles.
236	** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII'' lets you know when you've entered a new area. As the Frontier is a single HUGE area, it's been subdivided into a number of regions so players can roughly identify where important things are. It also allows for a hunting sidequest.
237	* ''VideoGame/BanjoTooie'': Whenever you enter an area, not only will the screen tell you where you arrived, but also its specific part as a subtitle (unless you're in the starter area of a level or major zone, in which case you're only told you're in the level or zone as a whole). For example, the name "Isle O' Hags" (the HubLevel) is written in a large yellow font, and the word "Quagmire" is written right below in a smaller pink font to indicate you're in the swamp area hosting the entrance to Grunty Industries. This format is also used for BossSubtitles.
238	* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' does this occassionaly to establish the date events are occurring on. [[spoiler:And at one point gives a date 100 years in the game's past to indicate that TimeTravel has occurred.]]
239	* ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' uses this at the beginning of every mission in the series.
240	** One exception is the mission "Of Their Own Accord" from ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare2'', where you unceremoniously begin in a bunker, evidently being shelled, wounded everywhere around you. You go outside and around a corner [[spoiler:to see [[TheReveal Washington DC in flames]]]]. ''Then'' the title in happens. And thus begins one of the most chilling chapters in the ''Call of Duty'' series to date.
241	** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'' uses a variation combined with QuoteMine, where the text in the corner is much more descriptive, giving an overview of what you're doing, who you're with, and the like - and then, befitting [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar the time period]], everything except what would be found in the title-ins from any other game in the series (the general location, who you're playing as, and the date) is blacked out.
242	* ''Strider'''s SpiritualSequel ''VideoGame/CannonDancer'' (Osman) goes the extra length, indicating the location, day and time of the day in the intro for each stage. For the record, the whole game happens over the course of a week.
243	%% ZCE * Also done in ''VideoGame/DeusEx''.
244	* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'': The first time you enter a world, a supporting character's hangout area or shop, and every time you access a bonus minigame (excluding those of the prologue and Hideout Helm) or MonsterArena challenge, the game will proceed to write the location's name with yellow letters (also having green and orange hues), with the writing done via purple sparks. In the case of a world's name, an EstablishingShot is used as well.
245	* When you first visit a new landmark in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', the game displays "Discovered _______" across the top half of the screen. The area name appears again (much smaller, of course) in the upper corner when you reenter a previously visited area.
246	%%* The Bethesda ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' games also do this, ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' more prominently.
247	* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'': The first installment to show the name of areas when you first enter was [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX IX]]. Also seen in [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII the]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2 XIII]] [[VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII series]].
248	* In the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series, each time you enter a new zone, its name is displayed in the lower right corner.
249	* The ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' series letterboxes the player's view and displays the Chapter name in the bottom right corner when entering a new sub-level.
250	* In ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'', each scene begins with the time of day (though not the date) and, starting later in the game, the amount of rainfall in inches.
251	* ''VideoGame/JetForceGemini'': Upon entering a planet or vessel, the game's screen will identify its name, the name of the specific major area, and the number of continues (extra lives) available. The resulting font is displayed again when the player loses a life or reaches a different area (with the changing variable in question updated). The trope is averted when landing to Goldwood, SS Anubis or Mizar's Palace, due to their landing sites taking place within unnamed rest areas (but once the player reaches a named area, the font is used to play the trope straight).
252	* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'': "2 WEEKS AFTER FIRST INFECTION"
253	* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrails'' series presents a short text showing the name of a major area when visited for the first time.
254	* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': The 3D games, starting with ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', usually do this not just with towns but also new environments, such as Death Mountain or Hyrule Field, accompanied by an EstablishingShot. The same service extends to dungeons in both 2D and 3D games, as early as ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]]'' (the preceding game, ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'', would have to wait until its GBA port).
255	* ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorVanguard'': At the start of first mission of each operation, the date and time is displayed on the top left corner of the screen, in subsequent missions within each operation, the mission name and the time is displayed.
256	* Done on the (short) {{Loading Screen}}s of the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series to let you know what area you are entering. Once things start [[MindScrew getting strange]] in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'', they may occasionally show such unhelpful names as "New York 52nd Street", "Funabisha City" as you explore the guts of Arsenal Gear.
257	* ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy'' show the area names, and do a pan-out of the areas, when you first enter them.
258	* Can be seen at the beginning of every level in ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge''.
259	* The reboot of ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'' does this when loading a new room/area.
260	* Used extensively in the ''VideoGame/NoOneLivesForever'' series.
261	* ''VideoGame/PaperMario'': Both ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' and ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' does this too with a scroll showing the name of the location, also with no pan out.
262	* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' gives the town name but there's no pan out.
263	* The same as ''Modern Warfare'' for ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'', where every chapter is titled-in... except the last one:
264	-->'''[=GLaDOS=]:''' ''Well, [[ThisIsThePartWhere this is the part where]] he kills us.''
265	-->'''[[spoiler: Wheatley:]]''' Hello! [[ParrotExposition This is the part where I kill you]]! \
266	'''CHAPTER 9: [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment The Part Where He Kills You]]'''
267	-->[[CosmeticAward Achievement Unlocked]]!: [[OverlyLongGag The Part Where He Kills You]] \
268	Description: [[CaptainObvious This is that part]].
269	* ''VideoGame/SolatoroboRedTheHunter'' does this, but only the first time you enter a new location.
270	%% ZCE * This happens in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''.
271	* ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures'': Being an action-adventure inspired by the ''Zelda'' games, it identifies the area you're entering with a display of its name on the screen. Thanks to DynamicLoading, no cutscene is necessary for the areas located in Sauria.
272	* ''VideoGame/{{Strider}}'':
273	** [[VideoGame/StriderArcade The original arcade game]] has the location of each stage shown at the beginning using stylized text. As an interesting twist, however, each stage intro uses different languages: stages 1 and 2 are in Russian, stage 3 is in Hebrew, stage 4 is in English and the final stage is in ''Nordic runes''.
274	** ''VideoGame/Strider2014'' is a more straightforward example: the name of each section of the city appears right below the in-game radar/map as soon as Hiryu arrives at the area.
275	* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', this happens every time you enter a new area, with the added benefit of a short line describing the town. Such as the starting town, "The Village of Oracles--Iselia."
276	* ''VideoGame/AnUntitledStory'' displays name* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' does this every time you enter a new zone/subzone, along with different colored text to tell you whether the area is neutral, friendly or hostile to your faction. of area the player enters in top-right corner of the screen.
277	* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' not only shows the names when you first enter a new area, it also shows where there area is on the Bionis or Mechonis.
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281	* ''Webcomic/TheHeroOfThreeFaces'' parodies the ''Fringe'' example, by having Walter claim that he invented the floating signs everyone uses.
282	* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', players' planets are typically introduced by showing them in the environment, then progressively panning out to show the entire planet with a subtitle. Subsequent appearances of these subtitles, sometimes seen hanging over the characters' heads, suggest these subtitles are ''[[{{InSceneTitleText}} actually there]]'', floating out in space.
283	* ''Webcomics/{{Nebula}}'': Most comics begin with the intentionally vague "Really far away. Really long ago"[[note]]Or reversed-- "Really long ago. Really far away."[[/note]] over a shot of the main character(s) of that comic. Occasionally, this is changed:
284	** #9 and #17 have no opening at all and go straight to action.
285	** #12 is "Someday soon, [[FantasySequence one would hope]]"
286	** #15 is [[WhamEpisode "Right here. Right now."]]
287	** The comic with B and Virginis has "Even further away than normal"
288	* ''Webcomic/FoundationThePsychohistorians'': Gaal Dornick's arrival at the Luxor Hotel is shown by an EstablishingShot and the name clearly stated in a box at the upper left of the frame. The hotel's sign (Luxor Hotel) is somewhat visible in the lower-right corner, behind a taxi.
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291	[[folder:Western Animation]]
292	* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': In the episode "A Glitch is a Glitch", as Finn prepares to attack the virus, a title that reads "One second later" appears on screen. It stays there for much longer than one second.
293	* ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' has fun with this, particularly in its PilotMovie ''The Adventure Begins'' where it has certain scenes like the Little Green Men's homeworld being under attack titled as "Under Attack", followed by the text replaced with [[CaptainObvious "Obviously"]]; or with a later scene of Booster mopping up the floor of Star Command as "Star Command" and "Caution: Wet Floor" right as several Space Rangers run by.
294	* ''WesternAnimation/LloydInSpace'': Similarly, Lloyd Nebulon orders a helmet by mail order, and we have a caption saying "4 to 5 weeks later".
295	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' used this in certain episodes, such as "Two days later" or in the case of "Rainy Days", with the rain going on for several days, they used "Day One", "Day Two", etc.
296	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has done the same thing at least twice with "Six to eight weeks later". In "Simpson Tide", a caption reading "United Nations Building, New York City" appears on a scene showing a farmer selling corn. [[BreakingTheFourthWall The farmer says "It's over there", and the camera pans right to reveal the U.N. building]].
297	* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' occasionally plays with titles.
298	** "Can You Spare A Dime?": "So much later that the old narrator quit and they had to hire a new one."
299	** "Wet Painters": It is revealed that Patrick is holding the title cards, and he tells [=SpongeBob=] to hurry up because he's all out.
300	** "Rock-A-Bye Bivalve": [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick take care of a baby scallop. Only [=SpongeBob=] is the one taking care of it while Patrick goes to "work". [=SpongeBob=] keeps telling Patrick to take care of him and Patrick's responses are followed by a title ("Tomorrow for sure", "Uhh"). Finally, they agree on 6:00 PM, with them repeating it constantly as Patrick leaves. Cut to the title "12:00 Midnight".
301	* Used in every establishing shot in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010''.
302	** Also used very effectively to deliver a WhamLine. Season 2 starts right where the finale left off; we then transition to a scene of Superboy and M'gann taking down a villain in the sewers. There are subtle indications that something's not right, but it's only when the title in says [[spoiler:FIVE YEARS LATER]] you realize what, exactly.
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