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%%* ''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" ZCEs)

%%* Buffy in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)

%%* Maya in ''Series/JustShootMe''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)

* Jess in ''Series/NewGirl''. She moves in with three guys who are already friends and roommates.

%%* Fran in ''Series/TheNanny''. Fran becomes a nanny at the Sheffields. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)

%%* Alex becoming a Division recruit on ''Series/{{Nikita}}''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)

%%* George in ''Series/DeadLikeMe''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)

%%* Michael in ''Series/BurnNotice''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)
%%* Reddington in ''Series/TheBlacklist'' (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)

* Ryan Howard is hired as a temp at 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.

%%* Ryan in ''Series/TheOfficeUS''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)

* 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), Sam 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.

%%* Diane in ''Series/{{Cheers}}''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)

%%* Noa Izumi of ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}''. Heck, Planetes is Patlabor [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!!]]. (Zero-Context: Entry is just "Trope is here")

** ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': When Jo joined 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:

* Castle, the eponymous writer in ''Series/{{Castle}}''. 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.

%%* Dick and Joanna in ''Series/{{Newhart}}''. (Zero-Context: Entry is just a name)

* Bates in ''Series/DowntonAbbey''. He's a new servant starting to work in the titular BigFancyHouse.

* The first episode of ''Series/CoppersEnd'', "Welcome to Coppers End", 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.

* The first episode of ''Series/CoppersEnd'', "Welcome to Copper's End", 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.