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8The standard {{Premiere}} plot, which makes up about 75% of TV premieres and {{pilot}}s, in which a single new member [[JustForFun/HowToGatherCharacters comes into an established group]]. This gives the writers an easy way to introduce the characters and all the most relevant facts about them as the new member, as ignorant as we are, gathers information. If the group is a workplace, more often than not the new member is a NaiveNewcomer.
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10See also RookieRedRanger, EveryoneMeetsEveryone, InMediasRes or DebutQueue.
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13!!Examples:
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16[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
17%%* Ranma Saotome in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
18* Yukito in ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}'' comes into town and meets everyone in the first episode.
19%%* Sasahara and Kosaka in ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
20%%* Linna in ''[[Anime/BubblegumCrisis Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040]]''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
21* NaiveNewcomer Ai Tanabe in the ''Anime/{{Planetes}}'' anime. The manga starts several months before her arrival.
22%%* Noa Izumi of ''Manga/MobilePolicePatlabor''. Heck, Planetes is Patlabor [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!!]]. (Zero-Context: Entry is just "Trope is here")
23* Guts in the ''second'' episode of ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'', as the entire anime series is set up as a HowWeGotHere for the very first episode where Guts is the Black Swordsman, a DemonSlaying, {{BFS}}-wielding [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge out for revenge]] against [[FaceHeelTurn his former best friend]].
24* Ebisu from ''Manga/EbisuSanAndHoteiSan'' is introduced this way when Ebisu transfers from a corporate city head office to a local suburban branch office.
25* In the very first episode of the ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'', Kirby crash-lands in Dream Land and is introduced to Cappy Town by Tiff, Tuff, Fololo and Falala and welcomed to it by the Cappies. They even build him a new house for him to live in in the second episode.
26* ''Manga/HanaukyoMaidTeam''. The first episode of each series, as Taro becomes the new head of the Hanaukyo family and meets the mansion's maids.
27* ''Anime/SoundOfTheSky'''s first episode is about the main character meeting pretty much everyone and walking around the setting.
28* The second episode of ''Manga/FairyTail'' starts with Natsu introducing Lucy to the rest of the guild members and their quirky behavior.
29* The first episode of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' features Shinji Ikari first arriving in Tokyo-3 to join NERV at the behest of his father and finding himself immediately thrust into the battle with the Angels
30* In episode 2 of ''Anime/EurekaSeven'', newcomer Renton Thurston becomes part of the Gekkostate. Unfortunately, the entire crew save Eureka seems to be locked into asshole mode and screw around with him for the next few episodes... until a handful of episodes later, it becomes clear pushing Renton will get you '' seriously'' [[BodyHorror messed]] [[UnstoppableRage up]], just like the KLF squadrons found out the hard way.
31* ''Anime/HaibaneRenmei'''s early episodes have Rakka's cocoon dream, then her hatching, getting to know the other Haibane, and getting her wings and halo.
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34[[folder:Comic Books]]
35%%* Clark Kent in ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
36%%* Toybox in the first issue of ''ComicBook/TopTen''. Later played very differently when Joe Pi joins the team. (Zero-Context: Entry is just "Trope is here")
37* In the very first issue of ''ComicBook/SunnyvilleStories'', Rusty Duncan and his family are welcomed by Sam's family; Sam even introduces Rusty to many of the other children in town.
38* ''ComicBook/XMen'' debuted with Jean Grey being added to the previously all male team.
39[[/folder]]
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41%%[[folder:Fan Works]]
42%%* Calvin and Hobbes in ''FanFic/CalvinAtCamp''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
43%%* Branson on ''FanFic/LovesJourney''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
44%%* Sybil on ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8614204/1/Love-s-Continuing-Journey Love's Continuing Journey.]]'' (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
45%%* Chapter 2 of ''[[FanFic/HotspringSouls Slice of Souls!]]'' has Lady Maria join the Soulsborne Gang. Initially, she's a FishOutOfWater but Solaire helps her fit in. (Zero-Context: Entry is just "Trope is here")
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48%%[[folder:Film]]
49%%* J in ''Film/MenInBlack''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
50%%* Myers in ''Film/{{Hellboy|2004}}''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
51%%* Duke and Ripcord in the ''Film/GIJoe'' LiveActionAdaptation. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
52%%* Wolverine and Rogue in ''Film/XMen1''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
53%%* Brian O'Conner in ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious''. Sean Boswell in ''Film/TheFastAndTheFuriousTokyoDrift''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just names)
54%%* Gabriella Montez in ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
55%%[[/folder]]
56
57[[folder:Literature]]
58* The first several chapters of ''Literature/TheMazeRunner'' start with Thomas having amnesia and being unkindly welcomed by the surviving group in the maze.
59* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
60** ''Literature/GuardsGuards'', the first City Watch novel, has NaiveNewcomer Carrot arrive in the city and meet the rest of the Watch.
61** ''Literature/GoingPostal'', the first Moist von Lipwig novel, has Moist become the Postmaster and meet the rest of the team at the Ankh-Morpork Post Office. The second Moist novel, ''Literature/MakingMoney'', while it features characters from ''Going Postal'', would involve him becoming Master of the Mint and be introduced to an entirely different team at the Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork. (He changes jobs again in ''Literature/RaisingSteam'', but that involves the invention of an entirely new industry, so there isn't a pre-existing team.)
62%%* ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' going to Hogwarts. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
63%%* In the Literature/WhateleyUniverse, the intro stories for Sara Waite (Carmilla), and then Chou Lee (Bladedancer), as they meet the rest of Team Kimba. (Zero-Context: Entry is just "Trope is here")
64* ''Literature/{{Tigana}}'': The rebel group trying to take down Brandin and Alberico is introduced through Devin accidentally finding out about their actions and getting invited to join.
65* ''Literature/{{Worm}}'': The first arc sees protagonist Taylor being invited to join the Undersiders, a supervillain group which already has four members.
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68[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
69%%* Mr Parker in ''Series/McHalesNavy'' (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
70%%* Kyle in ''Series/KyleXY''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
71%%* Sally in ''Series/SesameStreet.'' (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
72%%* PC Carver in ''Series/TheBill''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
73%%* ''Series/{{ER}}'':
74%%** Carter (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
75%%** The reboot of sorts with Lucy Knight at the start of season 5. (Zero-Context: Entry is just "Trope is here")
76* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' moves to California and meets Willow, Xander, Giles and Cordelia.
77* Rachel in ''Series/{{Friends}}'' (although she already knew Monica and Ross -- [[RetCon and was subsequently revealed to have already met Chandler a few times as well.]])
78%%* Elaine Nardo and John Burns in ''Series/{{Taxi}}''. Oddly enough, John only sticks around for one season. (Zero-Context: Entry is just "Trope is here")
79* Captain Holt in ''Series/BrooklynNineNine''. He's a new commanding officer of the 99th Precinct of New Work Police Department in Brooklyn. Sergeant Jeffords introduces his squad of detectives.
80* The first episode of ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' sees Diane Chambers enter the bar for the very first time, initially as a patron but, as it soon becomes clear that she's been dumped by her (ex-)fiance and is out of a job (as she was working as his assistant), the bar's owner Sam Malone takes pity on her and offers her a job as a barmaid. During the time she spends at Cheers waiting for the hammer to drop, she meets all of the regulars and witnesses their dynamic. Much of the first season focuses on (and much of the comedy is generated from) Diane acclimating to her new surroundings.
81* Jeff from ''Series/{{Community}}'' tries to hook up with Britta so he befriends the rest of the study group.
82* The first episode of ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' centers around rookie detective Tim Bayliss joining Giardello's unit. [[JumpedAtTheCall While Bayliss is initially excited to be joining Homicide]], he quickly finds himself disillusioned when he both has to deal with his colleagues's mockery and a series of brutal cases, which culminates in him being assigned as the primary to the investigation of a young girl's brutal rape and murder.
83%%* Jenny in ''Series/TheLWord.'' (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
84* Maya in ''Series/JustShootMe''is hired by her estranged father to work in his fashion magazine Blush.
85* Ryan Howard is hired as a temp at failing paper supply company Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch in the first episode of ''Series/TheOfficeUS'', and we see his first day on the job as he (and the documentary crew) meets all of his new co-workers.
86%%* Ricky in ''Series/TheOfficeUK''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
87%%* Dave in ''Series/NewsRadio''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
88%%* Lacey in ''Series/CornerGas''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
89%%* Dr. Fleischman in ''Series/NorthernExposure''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
90%%* Carter in ''Series/SpinCity''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
91%%* Mary in ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
92%%* Jeremy in ''Series/SportsNight''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
93* ''Franchise/CSIVerse'':
94** ''Series/{{CSI}}'': Subverted in a major way by having a Welcome Episode premiere which ended with NaiveNewcomer Holly Gribbs getting shot dead.
95** ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': When Jo joins the team in the season 7 opener, she arrives at the lab while everyone else is attending Lindsay's medal ceremony and finds a dead body in the lobby. She's standing over the young woman when Mac walks in:
96--->'''Jo:''' My first thought was it's a practical joke. You know, "Welcome to the New York Crime Lab."\
97'''Mac:''' We usually sabotage a pair of latex gloves or have a tech pose as a dead body in Autopsy, then suddenly pop to life. But murder? Not our style.\
98'''Jo:''' Good to know.
99%%*** Played straight when Sara Sidle is brought in to replace her/act as an independent investigator. (Zero-Context: Entry is just "Trope is here", Part of CSI, moved to bottom to maintain formatting)
100%%*** Played straight again when Ray Langston joined the team. (Zero-Context: Entry is just "Trope is here", Part of CSI, moved to bottom to maintain formatting)
101%%*** First with Lindsay. She kept getting all the messy jobs, even after her first ep, and eventually remarked to Mac that it was getting a little old. (Low-Context: Entry is "Trope is here" with information unrelated to the trope itself, part of CSINY, kept on the bottom to maintain formatting)
102%%* Jack Carter in ''{{Series/Eureka}}''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
103%%* Ty Davis and Carlos Nieto join the NYPD and FDNY respectively in the first episode of ''Series/ThirdWatch''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just "Trope s here")
104%%* Beecher in ''Series/{{Oz}}'' (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
105* Ian and Barbara in ''Series/DoctorWho'' and Rose in the 2005 relaunch. How they get introduced differs though. Ian and Barbara find the TARDIS at the beginning of the episode and immediately get introduced to time travel as the Doctor tries to run away. Rose slowly gets introduced to aliens and the Doctor and makes the decision herself to travel with him in the TARDIS at the end of the episode, setting up the time travel elements for the next episode.
106%%* Gwen in ''Series/{{Torchwood}}''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
107* Simon, Book and River in ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. They are just passengers in the pilot but decide to join the crew of Captain Mal's ship ''Serenity''.
108%%* Dr. Caroline Todd in ''Series/GreenWing''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
109%%* Vorlon Ambassador Kosh in ''Series/BabylonFive'' (Technically Lyta Alexander as well, but her character disappears for two seasons). (Zero-Context: Entry is just names)
110%%* Steve and Marcy Rhoades in ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
111%%* KC in ''Series/VengeanceUnlimited''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
112%%* Agent Cooper in ''Series/TwinPeaks''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
113%%* Betty Suarez in ''Series/UglyBetty''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
114%%* Andy Travis in ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
115* ''Series/{{Newhart}}'': Dick and Joanna move from New York City to rural Vermont to run an inn and meet the strange inhabitants of the town.
116* The first episode of ''Series/ThirtyRock'' featured both Jack Donaghy and Tracy Jordan meeting everyone else. This is a bit of an untraditional example in that Jack and Tracy are about the most insane characters on the show and everything was (relatively) pleasant before they came along.
117%%* The eponymous {{Series/Merlin|2008}}. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
118* ''Series/BeingHumanUK'': The pilot for ''Being Human'' is a classic WelcomeEpisode. George and Mitchell, who already know each other, move into the flat and meet its resident ghost, Annie. But, while the pilot was broadcast, it was not within the main run of the show and employs different actors for two of the main three characters. The programme creators made the perhaps unusual decision not to refilm or rewrite the pilot or write a new introductory story for the series itself, but to treat it as canon. The actual first episode of ''Being Human'' has the cast already established in their relationship to each other and settled in the flat, their jobs etc. Surprisingly, it works well as a first episode whether or not you were previously familiar with the pilot.
119%%* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' uses this tactic with their {{Rookie Red Ranger}}s in seasons 10 (''[[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Wild Force]]'') and 13 (''[[Series/PowerRangersSPD S.P.D.]]'', with slight modifications to the formula). (Zero-Context: Entry is just multiple "Trope is heres")
120%%* Chuck in ''Series/PushingDaisies''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
121* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Robin is introduced to the existing group, but the kids are the ones who are getting the information about everyone. Robin herself doesn't really ''join'' their group until a few episodes later after she rebuffs Ted's advances a couple times and asks if they can just be friends instead.
122%%* Will in the BritCom ''Series/TheInbetweeners''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
123%%* Amy in ''Series/TheATeam'' (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
124* Castle, the eponymous writer in ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}''. He's a part of police investigation and because he knows how to pull strings, he's allowed to tag along and shadow the team during their investigation of open cases.
125%%* Elle in ''Series/{{Criminal Minds}}''. She only lasted one season and couple of episodes into season two, Prentiss was introduced in this manner. (Zero-Context: Entry is just "Trope is here")
126%%* Dr. Will Zimmerman in ''Series/{{Sanctuary}}''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
127%%* Josie in ''[[Series/BlackHoleHigh Strange Days At Blake Holsey High/Black Hole High]]''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
128%%* Frank in ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
129* Penny in ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''. She's a new neighbour who moves across the hall and meets a group of geeky friends who know each other from university.
130* Jess from ''Series/NewGirl'' moves in with three guys who are already friends and roommates.
131%%* Kate in ''Series/{{NCIS}}''. Only around for the first two seasons. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
132* Fran from ''Series/TheNanny'' becomes a nanny at the Sheffields.
133* Winnie Goodwin in ''Series/FreeSpirit1989''. She meets Gene Harper in order to grant his wish for more attention, then ends up becoming his father's housekeeper and all three kids' caregiver.
134* Alex from ''Series/{{Nikita}}'' infiltrates Division.
135%%* Todd on ''Series/{{Outsourced}}''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
136* Bates and Matthew in the first and second episodes of ''Series/DowntonAbbey''. Bates is a new servant starting to work in the titular BigFancyHouse, and the formerly middle-class Matthew has just become its heir after the previous heir and his son perished aboard the ''Titanic''.
137%%* Josie in ''Series/LondonsBurning'' (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
138%%* Skye and Grant on ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
139%%* Emma on ''Series/OnceUponATime''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
140* George in ''Series/DeadLikeMe'' dies and becomes a grim reaper.
141%%* Det. Lily Rush in ''Series/ColdCase''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
142* Michael in ''Series/BurnNotice'' gets blacklisted and dumped back in his hometown in Miami where he must reconnect with his mother, brother, ex-lover Fiona and friend Sam.
143* Reddington in ''Series/TheBlacklist'' surrendering to the FBI.
144%%* Cookie in ''Series/{{Empire}}''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
145%%* Wallace in ''Series/VeronicaMars''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
146%%* ''Series/AquiNoHayQuienViva'' starts with Roberto and LucĂ­a moving to apartment 3A. (Zero-Context: Entry is just "Trope is here")
147* ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'' has Aria coming back to Rosewood after a year away.
148%%* Stephanie and, separately, Sportacus, in ''Series/LazyTown''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
149%%* Deborah in ''Series/MenBehavingBadly''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
150* ''{{Series/Probe}}'''s "[[Recap/ProbeComputerLogic Computer Logic]]": Michelle Castle is newly hired for Serendip to be Austin James' secretary. Being sent to his warehouse/home/[[MadScientistLaboratory laboratory]] kicks off the two-character {{Ensemble|s}} series.
151%%* Geraldine Granger, the titular ''[[Series/TheVicarOfDibley Vicar of Dibley]]''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
152* Kate and DJ explore ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' in its' first episode. They discover two boxes that [[spoiler: unleash the goblins and contain dolls of the characters in the ''WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures'' segments.]]
153* ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan'' starts with Bambang, a CountryMouse from Wonosari, first arriving in the city of Jakarta. The first episode shows how he finds a dorm to live and how he, one by one, meets Alan, Melani, Prima and Mami Bibir who already knew each other and has lived in Jakarta for months or years.
154* ''Series/IsItLegal'': The first episode ("Death in Hounslow") is about Colin becoming a junior partner and meeting his new fellow employees.
155* Creator/DisneyChannel:
156** ''Series/AustinAndAlly'': Austin and Dez already knew each other at the beginning of the show, as did Ally and Trish, but the two groups combined for the first time in the pilot.
157** ''Series/CrashAndBernstein'': Crash, as he has yet to even be created by Wyatt at the beginning of the first episode.
158** ''Series/HannahMontana'': While he did know them, Oliver was not exactly a close friend to Miley and Lilly when the show began.
159** ''Series/ImInTheBand'': For Tripp, who joins Iron Weasel after winning a contest and has them live in his house.
160** The title character of ''Series/{{Jessie}}'', when she is hired as a nanny for the Ross children.
161** ''Series/KCUndercover'': Judy in the second episode, as she is a robot who is delivered to stay with the Coopers.
162** ''Series/KickinIt'': Jack is a new student at the Bobby Wasabi dojo, whereas Jerry, Eddie, and Milton are long-time members. Kim also joins at the end of the episode after quitting the Black Dragons in disgust of their cheating.
163** ''Series/LabRats'': Leo is just moving into the Davenport mansion after his mother Tasha married Donald. While he first met Donald some point before the show began, he meets Adam, Bree, and Chase for the first time in this episode.
164** ''Series/MightyMed'': The pilot episode has Kaz and Oliver hired by the titular hospital, and thus meet Skylar, Alan, and Horace for the first time.
165** ''Series/SonnyWithAChance'': Sonny, the main character, meets the other ''So Random!'' cast members in the first episode after moving to Hollywood, and meets Chad in the second episode.
166* Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}:
167** ''Series/HenryDanger'' with Henry meeting Ray/Captain Man for the first time.
168** ''Series/{{iCarly}}'': At the beginning of the show, Freddie is Carly's next-door neighbor who has a crush on her, but he's not yet a close friend of Carly and Sam.
169** ''Series/Zoey101'': This episode focuses on Zoey's first day at Pacific Coast Academy, and she obviously does not know any of the other main characters on the show aside from her brother Dustin.
170* ''Series/OddSquad'':
171** Subverted in the Season 1 premiere. Everyone is already well familiar with each other, and Otto even explicitly states that he and Olive have been working together for a while.
172** The Season 2 premiere, "First Day", has Otis and Olympia meet each other and become partners, going on their first case together and becoming close friends.
173** "Back to the Past" has Oona meeting Olympia and Otis for the first time, as Oscar explains that she is his new Lab assistant. She later ends up becoming part of the core group by the end of "Oscar Strikes Back".
174** The "Odd Beginnings" two-parter averts this for Opal and Omar, as they are both an already-established partner pair, but plays it straight with Oswald and Orla, as both Opal and Omar meet them and they tag along with them on their adventure, eventually becoming part of the Odd Squad Mobile Unit.
175* ''Series/Severance2022'': We are introduced to the severed floor of Lumon through Helly waking up at Lumon with her memories of life outside of work temporarily erased (as is the case for all the employees) and being shown how things work by the other employees.
176* The first episode of ''Series/CoppersEnd'', "Enter W.P.S. Pringle", sees the arrival of Sergeant Pringle at the titular Coppers End, much to the annoyance of the police force already there once they realise she intends to ''actually'' get work done, unlike themselves.
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179[[folder:Theatre]]
180* In both the movie and the original Broadway production of ''[[Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix 1776]]'', Dr. Lyman Hall of Georgia is only a supporting character, but his arrival in Philadelphia provides an excuse for the rest of the cast to introduce themselves to him (and to the audience).
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183[[folder:Web Comics]]
184* The first issue of ''Webcomic/BatmanWayneFamilyAdventures''. Bruce and Damian welcome Duke to Wayne Manor.
185* Chapter One of ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'', where Mr. Mighty and family meet the neighbors. Also in Chapter Three, where he finally gets around to meeting the rest of his teammates.
186%%* Willow, new arrival to Webcomic/{{Earthsong}}. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
187* ''WebComic/MyImpossibleSoulmate'' begins with Chiaki meeting Redge and Nara for the first time, before she signs up as a student at the Grand Arcane Library and is introduced to much of the main cast there..
188* Downplayed in ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': The story starts out with the original crew of five meeting each other, and establishing a working dynamic on their first actual mission in Chapter 5. Chapter 6 gets entirely dedicated to them getting an unexpected addition in the form of a young sheep herder who hid in one of the food crates that got delivered to them by boat, and that they have to keep around because he's not TheImmune and considered in a ContaminationSituation merely from being in the ThePlague-ridden ForbiddenZone they are exploring.
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191[[folder:Western Animation]]
192%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheodoreTugboat''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
193%%* Sam Dullard in ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
194%%* Doug Funnie in ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
195%%* Blaze and AJ in ''WesternAnimation/BlazeAndTheMonsterMachines''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
196%%* ''Franchise/{{XMen}}'': With the exception of a PoorlyDisguisedPilot episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'', the various animated incarnations of ''ComicBook/XMen'' invariably use this technique: (Not necessarily Zero-Context itself, but all its sub entries are "Just a Name" [=ZCE=]s)
197%%** Kitty Pryde in the abortive animated pilot ''WesternAnimation/PrydeOfTheXMen''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
198%%** Jubilee in the [[WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries 1992 series]]. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
199%%** Kurt "Nightcrawler" Wagner in ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution''. A new character was introduced in each of the first five episodes, making this a DebutQueue. (Zero-Context: Entry is just "Trope is here")
200* Fry in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' had 2 episodes worth of welcome: The first introduces him to the trio of other central characters while the second introduces the rest--Amy, Hermes, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Zoidberg]].
201%%* Firestorm in ''[[{{WesternAnimation/Superfriends}} The Legendary Super Powers Team]]'' (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
202%%* Cyborg in ''[[{{WesternAnimation/Superfriends}} Galactic Guardians]]'' (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
203%%* Green Arrow on ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
204%%* Kevin in ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'' (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
205* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'''s PilotMovie ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfBloos'' involves Mac and Bloo seeing the titular foster home for the first time and meeting all the friends at the home.
206%%* Dipper and Mabel Pines in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
207%%* Caitlin Cooke in ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
208* [[Franchise/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]] especially in the animated adaptation, introduces the audience to the Green Lantern Corps this way.
209* Twilight Sparkle in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. This gets coupled with Twilight and her newly formed friends gathering the elements and defeating Nightmare Moon.
210%%* Dudley Puppy in ''WesternAnimation/TuffPuppy''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
211* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' pilot "Meat Fuzzy Lumkins" has narrator Creator/ErnieAnderson entreating us to say hello to Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup.
212* Gus Griswald in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' episode, "The New Kid". What's different is that it's episode 1B (following a [[ThreeShorts Two Shorts]] format) instead of episode 1A.
213%%* Willy Zilla in ''WesternAnimation/MyDadTheRockStar''. Sure, the whole family obviously suffered this but, since Willy is the main character, the effects on him are what we see the most. (Zero-Context: Entry is just "Trope is here")
214* ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'''s pilot, "Forever Goof" (which is made up of the two episodes "Everything's Coming Up Goofy" and "Good Neighbor Goof") involves the Goof family moving to Spoonerville next door to Goofy's high school classmates, Pete and Peg (and their children).
215%%* Tim Drake in ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The New Batman Adventures]]''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
216%%* Emma, Reef and Fin in ''WesternAnimation/{{Stoked}}.'' (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
217%%* Blythe in ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
218* Though he was a one-shot character rather than part of the main cast, Yipper fulfilled this role in "The Yipper Caper", the premiere episode of ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies2010''. After ending up at Shelter 17, he meets Lucky, who introduces him to the rest of the Pound Puppies and fills him in on the Pound Puppies' mission of ensuring that every dog has an owner and a loving home.
219%%* Zack Underwood in ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
220* The first episode of ''WesternAnimation/GalaxyHigh'' had Milo de Venus give Doyle and Aimee a tour of the high school while also introducing them to the other characters. The episode was even titled "Welcome to Galaxy High".
221* The first episode of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' has [[KidHero Ezra Bridger]] joining the crew of the ''Ghost'' and becoming Kanan Jarrus' padawan.
222%%* Daria and Quinn in ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just names)
223* The first episode of ''WesternAnimation/TimeSquad'' has orphan from 2001 Otto Osworth beg to be kidnapped by [[TimePolice Buck Tuddrussel and Larry 3000]] after they explain who they are and what Time Squad is. They even give him a tour of their space station.
224* ''WesternAnimation/MonsterFarm'' had this occur in the first episode "Back to the Roots", where Jack Haylee first met the monster animals after inheriting the farm from his great uncle. Count Cluckula is the first of the monsters Jack encounters, with the rest of them being introduced to Jack by Cluckula afterwards.
225* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': "Help Wanted", the pilot episode of the show, can count. While [=SpongeBob=] did know who Mr. Krabs was before the episode, this is considered the first time the two have actually met. "Tea at the Treedome" meanwhile serves as this for Sandy.
226* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': The pilot episode from the ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons'' era is about the day Timmy first met Cosmo and Wanda.
227%%* Mayhem in ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''. Granted, he's a [[TeamPet pet]], but still counts. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
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