History Main / EvolvingCredits

In hindsight, the ending credits have a stealth spoiler in the form of Charl who appears in the credits right after her introduction... even though it takes a few more episodes to reveal her real gender (and when that happens, her appearance in the credits changes accordingly). The spoiler comes from the fact that aside from Ichika, everyone else who appears in the credits is a girl.

* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' will change its opening sequence in its annual looks at TheCloneSaga, including updating the footage used in some areas!

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' added Mary Jane to the titles after her inevitable "jackpot" introduction. Also, during the second season, the intro changes OnceAnEpisode to indicate which supporting characters will play major roles.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' added Mary Jane to the titles after her inevitable "jackpot" introduction. Also, some of the characters later got replaced with Liz Allen and Flash Thompson when they played larger roles. Finally, after Gwen Stacy got a makeover, her picture in the intro underwent an update.

* In the third season of TheWorldGodOnlyKnows, the ending theme is sung by the girl who is revealed to be having one of the Goddess (except for [[spoiler: Tenri]] which is already revealed on the [[spoiler:Tenri Arc OVA]]) in that episode (except for Episodes 1,7 and 8 which have no ending themes and Episode 9 which has a different ending theme altogether)

* Every ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' cartoon does this:
** The [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 80's cartoon]] featured a completely brand-new animated intro during the fourth season when the show went from syndication [[ChannelHop to]] SaturdayMornings on CBS.
** The [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003]] cartoon incorporated a ThemeTuneRollCall during its third season. In the fourth season, due to Shredder being defeat, the part of the theme song that originally went "Watch out for Shredder!" changed to Michelangelo excitedly claiming "We shredded Shredder!" Then halfway through the season a [[LegacyCharacter new Shredder]] was introduced, causing the previous line to be reincorporated into the opening.
** The [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 2012 cartoon]] has incorporated new villains into the second season intro, as well as Casey Jones who can be see in the background at one point.

** The WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 2012 cartoon]] has incorporated new villains into the second season intro, as well as Casey Jones who can be see in the background at one point.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', the opening was changed in Season 2 episode 3 to include [[PromotionToOpeningTitles the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Big Macintosh, more background ponies]] and the Friendship Express Train, as well as an additional appearance of Canterlot and the mountains in the background. The opening was changed again starting with the Season 4 premiere; Princess Luna is beside her sister Princess Celestia when she receives a letter from Twilight Sparkle, and the picture of Twilight and her friends enclosed in said letter is seen being taken by [[EnsembleDarkhorse Photo Finish]] and includes [[CrowdedCastShot Spike, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Snips and Snails, Mr. and Mrs. Cake, Big McIntosh, Granny Smith, Mayor Mare, and Zecora]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', the opening was changed in Season 2 episode 3 to include [[PromotionToOpeningTitles the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Big Macintosh, more background ponies]] and the Friendship Express Train, as well as an additional appearance of Canterlot and the mountains in the background.

* The end credits for the 2012 JojosBizarreAdventure anime, which features a slow-pan over an Aztec mural filling with blood (Part 2 continues where Part 1's credits left off,) while shots of the characters appear in the foreground, with new ones appearing when new characters are introduced and old ones disappearing or updating when characters die, fade from relevancy in the current events or undergo a drastic change (like normal Dio becoming vampire Dio, or Stroheim becoming a cyborg.)

* ''KamenRiderRyuki''
** The series shows a few quick glimpses of the content of the episode at the beginning of each title sequence. ''[[KamenRiderFaiz Faiz]]'' and ''[[{{KamenRiderDen-O}} Den-O]]'' went on to show similar preview clips in their opening sequences. ''[[KamenRiderKabuto Kabuto]]'' shoehorned in new opening clips when [[spoiler:Gatack]] was introduced, and so did ''Den-O'' for [[spoiler:Zeronos]]. But for a classic example of this trope though, look no further than ''[[KamenRiderBlade Blade]]'': it entirely changed (including a brand new theme song) when [[spoiler:Leangle]] showed up.

** ''KamenRiderDecade'' evolved in three different ways: first, clips of Diend are added after his introduction, second, the opening narration is slightly changed when it becomes apparent that more worlds beyond the Heisei era Riders' will be visited and third, clips from the first movie (mainly from the really big battle at the end of it, and often spoiling several [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Crowning Moments of Awesome]] found there) are shoehorned in upon episode 26, the scenes changing each episode. [[spoiler:The abrupt switch to the regular opening sequence for the final episode hints at it not being the true finale of the series (The second movie serves that purpose).]]

** Additionally, high-ranking opponents in more recent seasons, such as Gym Leaders and the Elite Four, are shown in silhouette until Ash manages to meet and overcome them.

* The recent revival of the ''AmericanGladiators'' show adds the new gladiators to the title sequence only after they've actually appeared on the show. In addition, gladiators have been removed from the credits due to injury or being part of the reserves.

* ''Series/ICarly'' has a new credit sequence every season after the second, and added a new cast member to it in the most recent one.

* ''VideoGame/Hitman'': Blood Money has a title screen showing an audience inside a church. The audience changes as you progress through the missions, but with members disappearing as you kill them.

A way of avoiding a SpoilerOpening, gradually changing the opening or closing instead of showing everything at once. Characters who haven't been introduced may appear as silhouettes or not at all (until they get a PromotionToOpeningTitles), and certain scenes may change over time to reflect recent events in the story to demonstrate TheReveal.

** they did the similar thing with [[spoiler:kevin spacey]] when he played the serial killer in ''Film/{{Se7en}}''

** The original and ''Alter Code F'' have one generic clip used throughout the game. ''Wild [=ARMs=] 2'' and ''4'' have two different clips, which generally appear halfway through the game (on the second disk in the case of 2). ''Wild [=ARMs=] 3'' goes mad with this though, having no fewer than five variations of the opening credits, not counting the different songs which also play in the background which evolve independently of the video footage.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' added and fit every new character in the sequence as the series go on.

* The intro to ''[[WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes]]'' has a shot of the team that varies depending on how many members the Avengers have at the episode's start.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'', after switching animation studios in season 6, the title of the show was changed to ''The Chipmunks''. Initially, clips from the "Girls/Boys of Rock and Roll" scene from TheMovie were used, then shortly afterwards a newly animated sequence was introduced featuring the Chipmunks coming out of a limo and getting their makeup done. Both featured a new [[AutobotsRockOut harder rocking]] version of the theme, which was also used with the original opening animation on syndicated prints of season 6 episodes.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'', after The Chipettes were introduced the title of the show was changed to ''The Chipmunks'' and clips from the "Girls/Boys of Rock and Roll" scene from TheMovie were spliced in to include The Chipettes.