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"Hi, [[AliceAndBob Bob]], glad you could make it. Look, here come Ted and Sarah and Sean and Drew and Dan and Erin. You already know Ron and Jeremy and [[MarySue Mary and Sue]] and Peter and Ben and [[OneSteveLimit Steve]]. Come sit down next to Ken and Eric and Lee, and then Jim and Frank and Maxwell and [[AerithAndBob Aerith]] can call the meeting to order."

[[TropeNamers Named by]] [[{{Wiki/TFWikiDotNet}} TFWiki]], an Introdump is a type of {{Infodump}} specific to [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a large ensemble show]], in which hordes of characters are introduced and immediately all referred to by name. They may be new characters, they may be old characters being reintroduced after a break, but they're all standing in a line and they're all perfectly happy to say their own names.

IntroDump is a cross between DramatisPersonae and EveryoneMeetsEveryone in the middle of a scene. It's different than AvengersAssemble because everyone is already in one place. Sometimes each character will say their own name during a TrainingMontage. Other times, the head of their CastHerd segment will call everyone by name - and always by the order they're already standing in.

May be called as a sub-process during the bridge of an ExpositoryThemeTune. Also see ProductPromotionParade, ThemeTuneRollCall.

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!!Examples:

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[[folder: Anime and Manga ]]

* This happens in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' in the form of Negi's class register, including the class' clubs and special notes on certain students. The new teacher himself wonders how he'll remember all this. ([[WiseBeyondTheirYears he figures it out by the next volume]])
* The first episode of the second season of ''QueensBlade'' has Nanael looking through her magical book and listing off every major character from the first season to quickly get the audience back up to speed.
* This is parodied in episode 17 of ''SetoNoHanayome'' when a group of 8 gang leaders are introducing themselves to Akeno. After the third one, a card pops up explaining that they're just going to skip right to the last one.
* ''BannerOfTheStars'': The intro shows pictures of the various military commanders involved in the campaign, along with their name, rank, title, and fleet commanded
* In episode 7 of ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' when Kamina and Simon meet their soon to be allies.
* At the end of the English opening of ''[[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon Diamond and Pearl: Galactic Battles]]'', there is a scene dedicated to Ash's party Pokémon (of the time) suddenly shouting out their names. Later on, starting with the episode "The Lonely Snover!", said Introdump is removed in favor of a revised, updated opening that includes scenes from the Japanese openings of "High Touch!" and "Pillars of Friendship!".

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[[folder: Comic Books ]]

* ''GIJoe'' was particularly fond of this one, in both the comics and cartoons.
* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' did this [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Introdump_decepticons_marvelus01.jpg quite blatantly]] (and [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Introdump quite often]]) in the [[ComicBook/TheTransformers Marvel comics]], almost always as part of a ProductPromotionParade.
** In the live action movie has a scene where the Decepticons perform a roll-call for Megatron across America, and the scene in "exposition alley" where Prime introduces the other Autobots to Sam and Mikaela.
** This was even [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:PrimusAllGoodThings-introdump.jpg parodied]] by the [[TheTransformersIDW IDW book]] when it had a story done in the style of the Marvel series.
* ''ComicBook/{{X-Men}}'' comics usually averted this only by spreading it around: ChrisClaremont used TalkingIsAFreeAction to have everyone announce who they were and what they could do - just not all at once.
** ''ComicBook/{{Ultimate X-Men}}'', however, is not so successful. They do introdump with ''every other sentence,'' to the point where is becomes crossed with DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment.
* ''ElfQuest'' does this in the first issue; while the characters are in different areas, they're all called with "sending" (telepathy) and drawn in a single panel, each with their name. The only ones absent are the chief who calls them and the few characters who'd been introduced in the Universe''.

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[[folder: Fanfiction ]]

* Generally inevitably in stories taking place in other time-periods than the source material. A ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fic about his father's time at Hogwarts for example requires a [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters lot of new characters (students and teachers)]] to fill the world. Inexperienced authors also often introduce too many {{original character}}s at once.

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[[folder: Film ]]

* In ''TheSoundOfMusic'', Captain Von Trapp has trained his children to march around and {{Introdump}} themselves at the sound of a whistle: "Liesl! Friedrich! Louisa! Kurt! Brigitta! Marta! Gretel!"
* The opening credits of ''TheDirtyDozen'' has a roll call of all the "Dozen" as they stand before Major Reissman(Lee Marvin). An MP reads each members name and his prison sentence while his face is in closeup.
* ''Film/{{Serenity}}'' has a particularly elegant one introduce viewers unfamiliar with ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' to nine people with varied personalities and some significant [[{{Backstory}} backstories]] who already know each other and live in a star system distant from EarthThatWas with its own considerable history, including a GreatOffscreenWar. A lot to get through without resorting to something like an OpeningScroll.
* ''HarryPotter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I'' does this in the second scene in an {{infodump}} meant to cover {{plot hole}}s left by the previous movies; Bill Weasley in particular manages to claw his way out of the memory hole.
* The first ''ClashOfTheTitans'' movie has Zeus address all the gods by their name and what they are god of just so the audience won't be confused.

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[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

* ''Zoom'''s theme song is always one of these, dumping both the names of the revolving door cast and the show's mailing address.
* Cambot! Gypsy! Tom Servo! [[MysteryScienceTheatre3000 Crooooooooooooooow!]]
* [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus "Hello, Bruce!"]]
* [[MickeyMouseClub Mouseketeer Roll Call!]]
* The [=Gen2=] opener of ''{{Skins}}'' does this ''twice in the same episode''; first when everybody is allocated their classes in the gym hall, and then during the name-and-something-about-yourself bit in Sociology class.
* Series/{{Viper}} did this quite often, where a character would explain in length something mundane the other characters already knew, just to 'expose' it to the audience. It was often just awkward.
* "(Player 1) from (town) in (county), (Player 2) from (town) in (county), (Player 3) from (town) in (county), (Player 4) from (town) in (county), (Player 5) from (town) in (county), (Player 6) from (town) in (county), [[OverlyLongGag (Player 7) from (town) in (county), (Player 8) from (town) in (county), (Player 9) from (town) in (county)), (Player 10) from (town) in (county), (Player 11) from (town) in (county), (Player 12) from (town) in (county), (Player 13) from (town) in (county), (Player 14) from (town) in (county), and (Player 15) from (town) in (county)]] are all here to play ''FifteenToOne'', introduced by William G. Stewart."

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[[folder: Literature ]]

* The ''BabySittersClub'' does this in the beginning of each book, to the point where the first two chapters are completely formulaic- the first chapter will establish the main character and the plot, the second chapter will be a club meeting and will describe each character. It's easy to just skip the first two chapters and still comprehend what's going on.
* Ditto with ''Animorphs''. In fact, most serial Scholastic books probably begin with an introdump.
* In Chapter 3 of ''[[Literature/TheChroniclesOfAmber Nine Princes in Amber]]'', the amnesiac main character stumbles onto a deck of cards bearing the images of his 12 living siblings. This simultaneously jogs his memory and serves to allow the author to name each sibling, physically describe them, and tell the reader what the protagonist thinks about them.
* After the second book in the ''HouseOfNight'' series, this happens in every book. Usually with the same stock descriptors, such as describing Jack and Damien as gay, describing Erin and Shaunee being exactly alike except for their race, describing Zoey's best friend Stevie Rae, and in later books, describing Aphrodite.

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[[folder: Theatre ]]

* The first third of the musical ''StarlightExpress'' is one giant IntroDump, where each of the 20+ characters gets at least a verse to introduce themselves.
* In the original production of ''{{Starmites}}'', the eponymous band of heroes had four members aside from their leader, and they briefly introduced themselves to [[AscendedFanboy AscendedFangirl]] Eleanor in their [[IAmSong We Are Song]]. Four names, each followed by "At your service, miss!" isn't so bad and is a pretty concise introduction, but subsequent youth theater productions have expanded the mites' ranks to sometimes as many as ''twenty kids''. And they all say their names in the song. Every. Last. One of them.
* The song "Jacob & Sons" in ''JosephAndTheAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat'' (originally the opening number) introduces all 12 sons by name.
** An early song idea for JesusChristSuperstar would have done the same with the 12 Apostles.
* "It Sucks to Be Me" introduces the residents of ''Theatre/AvenueQ'' along with their various grievances.
* After the audition in ''AChorusLine'' is narrowed down to the principal cast, Zach has them go down the line and introduce themselves.
* The dress rehearsal at the beginning of ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' partially serves as an excuse to introduce the new managers to several other principal cast members (and vice versa).

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[[folder: Webcomics ]]

* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' plays it straight up in this comic where the main character is dumped in a magic school against his will. http://sluggy.com/daily.php?date=050828
* ''LastRes0rt'' doesn't do this immediately... until the eponymous Reality Show's Series Premiere, which [[http://www.lastres0rt.com/2007/08/there-will-not-be-a-pop-quiz-on-this/ introduces all the players in short order]]. Mostly justified in that, well, it's what Reality Shows DO, even if we already know a few of the players that were introduced earlier.
* [[http://www.scarygoround.com/scare/?date=20111121 This page]] of ''[[ScaryGoRound Murder She Writes]]''.

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* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' movie ''Bender's Big Score'' begins with a role call of the main cast - just in case viewers forgot who was who in the years since the show went off the air, or for the benefit of some poor schlub who bought the DVD without seeing the show first.
* In ''SuperFriends'', Lex Luthor would frequently introdump the Legion of Doom. This was memorably parodied in a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGQEAiZJMco Cartoon Network commercial.]]
* ''TheBackyardigans'' has an [[ExpositoryThemeTune expository]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAZn8iiChcM opening song]] which begins with the five main characters introducing themselves.
* ''SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo'' had an {{Introdump}} during its opening sequence as well, with the six members of the eponymous Hyperforce (if Chiro counts as one) shouting out their names.
* The first episode of ''{{Metalocalypse}}'' quotes the not-very ExpositoryThemeTune: "Gentlemen: Skwisgar Skwigelf, taller than a tree. Toki Wartooth, not a bumblebee. William Murderface Murderface Murderface.Pickles the Drummer, doodeley-doo, ding-dong, doodeley-doodeley-doo. Nathan Explosion. I'm afraid that's all we know, gentlemen."
* {{Transformers}}, as pictured above. Heck, [[Wiki/TFWikiDotNet their wiki]] [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Introdump has a page]] just for this.
** Any episode of the ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'' [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers cartoon]] introducing a new subgroup will have a scene where all of them gets a line or two and says their name (such as "Heavy Metal War" where Scrapper feels the need to call out all the Constructicons instead of just saying "We're all here.")
** ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' opening 2 parter has LOTS of this. First the Maximals picking their own new names (Based off their beast modes). Every transformation sequence in the two parter is also this, with a character being zoomed upon, saying his name and activation code as he transforms.
** ''TransformersAnimated'' has a scene in the first episode where most of the Decepticons are named and show off their personalities.
** ''Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'' does this in "Battle Protocol!" while the Autobot Brothers are responding to Optimus Prime.
** The ''opening sequence'' to every episode of ''TransformersCybertron'' has Optimus Prime announce six Autobots' names - these six only form the main team at the start of the series, meaning it gets less useful as time goes by.
* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode ''The Twisted World of Marge Simpson''. Cletus buys 300 pretzels to feed his children, and then proceeds to call them all out of the house by name... [[OverlyLongGag all twenty-six of them.]] Cletus' children, of course, aren't consistent from episode to episode, with only a few appearing more than once.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' begins its second season premiere with Dr. Doom's assistant delivering him information about the Avengers and their powers.

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