History Main / TheTeaser

* Both ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'' films have a brief scene culminating in [[ActionPrologue an intense action sequence]] before breaking into an opening credits sequence with [[OminousLatinChanting Ominous Japanese Chanting]]. They leave a pretty strong impression.

* Since ''Shippuuden'', ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' started using these. They kinda overused it in the very first episode, which began with a foreshadowing of episode 30 or so, a crucial moment to the plot.

* ''Film/Midsommar'' opens with firemen discovering a family dead from carbon monoxide poisoning and sets the tone
properly for the rest of the movie.

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* ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' used cold openings featuring Dr. Weird, who would create experiments that would wreck havoc for the Aqua Teens in the show. This lasted three episodes, until Dr. Weird became a nonsensical opening. He was later replaced by Spacecataz. The Dr. Weird openings are set to return, however.

* Impressively done with the NES game ''Vice: Project Doom'', as the first thing that happens upon powering up is a prompt to press start, followed by a story cutscene, a driving stage and another cutscene, before the title screen finally appears.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' has started every episode with one of these so far. One has been an actual LeadIn ("Terror on Dinosaur Island" has Plastic Man in both segments), but as often as not they seem to be used to have fun or introduce a hero we may see in a later episode. The other exception is "[[http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/animation/watch/v192822022sc45ehc Mayhem of the Music Meister!]]", which devoted all of the show's time to the main story.

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' sometimes has one of these before the TitleSequence, with frequency in usage increasing as the series went on.

* ''Series/Studio60OnTheSunsetStrip'' devoted its second episode to showcase the main characters working against the clock to create an effective cold open, eventually settling on a fourth-wall breaking rendition of "A Modern Major General" from ''Series/ThePiratesOfPenzance''.

* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' had one from ''[[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Turbo]]'' to ''[[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Time Force]]''. It was dropped starting with ''[[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Wild Force]]'', but has returned in ''[[Series/PowerRangersSamurai Samurai]]''.

* The DC Comics adaptation of ''Film/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie'' reserves its credits for the very last page.

* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' had one from Turbo to Time Force. It was dropped starting with Wild Force, but has returned in Samurai.

* The ''Film/JamesBond'' movies almost always start with an introductory sequence before the episode itself.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' always begins with a teaser that's about a minute long, usually with Arthur talking directly to the viewers, followed by a title card.

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* ''Anime/KaitouJoker'' uses cold openings only in a few episodes of Season 2, and so far the first episode of Season 3.

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' uses a cold open in all episodes ever since the series made the ChannelHop from Creator/{{FOX}} to Creator/{{TBS}}.

* ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia'' usually uses cold openings, aside from the 5th and 24th episode, where the opening sequence starts before any preceding clip.

* ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'' has a cold opening in every episode.

** Creator/ChrisChibnall's tenure mostly eschewed teasers, with Series 11 featuring none at all and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E1TheWomanWhoFellToEarth "The Woman Who Fell to Earth"]] and [[Recap/DoctorWho2019NYSResolution "Resolution"]] [[CloseOnTitle closing on their titles]] instead of having any TitleSequence at all. Series 12 began to have a few episodes with teasers (both parts of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E1E2Spyfall "Spyfall"]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E7CanYouHearMe "Can You Hear Me?"]]), but most still lacked them.