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* Several Creator/DisneyChannel sitcoms have episodes that premiered on DVD, then aired on TV at least a few weeks later.

* ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'' also got its own bonus episode, ''[[Recap/ZyudenSentaiKyoryugerE33Point5 This is Brave! Battle Frontier]]'' (marked as Episode 33.5), produced and released four years following its conclusion, which served as a collaboration with the mobile game VideoGame/BraveFrontier 2.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': Since 2010, [=DVD=] and Blu-ray "complete season" releases of the series have included at least two direct-to-video "mini-episodes" or "minisodes" in addition to any that might have been broadcast or circulated online.
* Two of ''Series/GregTheBunny'''s 13 episodes did not air before the show was cancelled, but appear in the DVD set.
* Due to being CutShort, ''Series/UltramanNexus'' got some on its DVD release. The first is a two-parter [[ADayInTheLimelight centered on Shiori]] called "Lost Memories" (officially it's Episode 31.5), and the second was a DirectorsCut of Episode 29 "Calling", turning the singular episode into a two-parter.

* The Collector's Edition Blu-Ray bonus disc for ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' includes a "special episode" -- Mission 51, a.k.a. "Kingdom of the Flies". The "episode" in question addresses what happened to [[spoiler:Eli after he flew off with Sahelanthropus -- he recruits a cabal of child soldiers and takes up residence on a private island, and Snake destroys the mech once again before leaving Eli to die before napalming the island. Eli is rescued by Tretij Rebenok[=/=]Mantis and pledges to fight Snake in the future]]. Interestingly, the episode wasn't completed -- it was unfinished due to its TroubledProduction, and exists in a state of incomplete animatics, concept art and voiceovers.
* When ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' was originally released in Japan on the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, it only had four cases. Two games later, the trilogy was ported to the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS then localized, and the first game received an extra case titled Rise from the Ashes. Because it was written after the first three games were released, it contains [[CallForward several hidden references to the later games]].

* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' frequently does this in their [=DVDs=].

* As an advance incentive, patrons who donated $50 or more toward the production of ''Podcast/WithinTheWires''' second season were promised an exclusive prologue episode. Cassette #0 debuted two weeks prior to Season 2 proper, while a painting detailed in the episode, [[https://topatoco.com/products/wtw-damselfly-print "Child and Damselfly"]] was {{Defictionaliz|ation}}ed as official merchandise two months later.

* The last episode of ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'' aired was "Rock My World", which doesn't really have anything to do with the overall plot and just happened to be aired out of order. However, it seems that the producers realized it would be the very last episode instead of "End Game" and threw in an AnimationBump, SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic original to that episode, some light {{Fanservice}} by bringing back Holiday's little sister, and crafted the plot to be just 22 minutes of [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Rex being awesome]] to let the series end on a high note.
* The makers of ''WesternAnimation/TomGoesToTheMayor'' consider the 30th episode to be like a bonus episode, as both episode 29, which ends with Tom curled into the fetal position on the Mayor's floor, and episode 30, which ends with Tom and the Mayor soaring off into the skies on a motor scooter, are both fitting ends to the series in their own way.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' has a 15-minute "lost episode" that could be viewed on Postopia.com by entering a code from boxes of Post cereals. It was later included as an extra on the DVD release of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'' had a DVD release whose main attraction was the final arc with the Shredder and the third season finale. It was released at least a month before the beginning of the fourth season, and included three episodes from the next season well before their network premiere. Later the entire second half of the Fast Forward season was released on DVD, two months before its premiere. Finally, the infamous "Insane in the Membrane" was never aired, but was included in a DVD that contained the bulk of the fourth season.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' complete series DVD set has the never-seen-in-the-United-States episode "See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey".

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' has an episode, "Powerless!", that came directly to DVD in America and Canada. Creator/{{Netflix}} also made it available to stream.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' had its first seventeen seasons and its twentieth season made available on home media before production of further season boxsets ceased in order to focus on making the show available on streaming services. However, two episodes that aren't part of those seasons escaped this fate due to the virtue of this trope -- Season 23's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E9HolidaysOfFuturePassed Holidays of Future Passed]]" can be found on the Season 16 Blu-Ray, while Season 25's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E13TheManWhoGrewTooMuch The Man Who Grew Too Much]]" can be found on the Season 17 Blu-Ray.
* Many ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' VHS releases from the mid-90s and early 2000s included episodes months (and in the case of "Dil We Meet Again", two years) before they would debut on TV (some of the VHS promos even had tiny legalese referring to how the exclusive episodes would only air on TV after the video had been released). ''Dr. Tommy Pickles'' contained "Hiccups", "Autumn Leaves" and "Grandpa's Bad Bug", ''Angelica Knows Best'' contained "Word of the Day", and ''Make Room For Dil'' contained "Dil We Meet Again" and "Big Babies".
** Other tapes would include (at the time) unaired episodes as the main feature and the previously aired episodes as bonuses. ''A Rugrats Vacation'' included "Vacation", ''A Rugrats Thanksgiving'' included "The Turkey Who Came To Dinner". ''Runway Reptar'' included the titular special, ''I Think I Like You'' included "Be My Valentine", ''Discover America'' included the titular episode, ''Kwanzaa'' included "A Rugrats Kwanzaa", ''Easter'' contained "Bow Wow Wedding Vows", ''Halloween'' contained "Curse Of The Werewuff", ''Christmas'' contained "Babies In Toyland", and ''Mysteries'' contained "Murmur On The Ornery Express".
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy: Volume Nine'' contained a bonus episode of its spin-off ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'', "The Way the Cookie Crumbles".
** The standalone DVD of "It's a Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas" also featured the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "The Most Adequate Christmas Ever".
** The standalone DVD of "Road to the North Pole" also featured ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' episode "Murray Christmas".
* The DVD release of ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries''[='=]s [[GrandFinale finale film]] ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch'' contains the then unaired episode "[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS2E26Link Link]]" as a bonus feature. It aired as the final episode of the show the following month. This instance is also notable as this episode is one of only five episodes that were legally released for home video in the United States, and it is also the ''only'' one that is still available to purchase in [[Franchise/LiloAndStitch the franchise's]] home country to this day, although this is now negated by the whole show being available on Creator/DisneyPlus.
* The VHS/DVD release of ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'' contained the ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' episode "Calling All Goofs". The DVD edition also included the ''[[Series/WaltDisneyPresents Disneyland]]'' special "The Goofy Success Story".

* The ''WesternAnimation/DragonTales'' DVD and VHS release "Whenever I'm Afraid..." contained the episode "Cowboy Max", which would only see an airing in most of the United States a few months after its release.

* ''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'' got a "Special Chapter" DirectorsCut compilation of the first two episodes which also included some scenes not on the original broadcast. As this was released on DVD months after its final episode, this special is the first and only kind to use the original component masters, which means improved image quality over its broadcast version.

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* Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses (Read: Everything done by Creator/DougWalker ''alongside'' him as the WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic) has several of all of his series/skits on his DVD's.

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* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' is another thirteen episode series. It got three DVD-only episodes that, due to [[AnachronicOrder the nature of the series]], retroactively fit into the story.
* ''LightNovel/CatPlanetCuties'' has a post-season episode where the main characters play a variety of "[[StripPoker strip]]" party games.

* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' gets two extra chapters available only on DVD. One of them is episode 12.5, which features a wacky mix of red bags (and Mikado's group in a pretty ridiculous situation); while chapter 25 includes a full battle between Izaya and Shizuo. (Mikado and Anri end up in a pretty awkward situation, and Celty is chased once again by the cops.)

* ''LightNovel/SundayWithoutGod'''s bonus 13th episode is divided into three parts, with the first part taking place between episodes 9 and 10, and the second and third parts taking place before the series.

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* ''LightNovel/SpiceAndWolf'' had the 7th episode as a DVD-only release, which explains where Holo got her second outfit seen throughout the rest of the series.

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