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10	[[caption-width-right:350:The episode in question is "[[Recap/KimPossibleS2E23Partners Partners]]", which first appeared on this DVD, then aired on Creator/DisneyChannel three months later.]]
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12	When a bonus episode is included with the DVD release of a series, beyond simple BonusMaterial.
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14	This is most common with anime, where many shows (especially TwelveEpisodeAnime) will have a bonus [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]] episode or two released as part of the home release. Thanks to the lack of broadcasting standards needed for these, you can expect them to be of a loosely canonical, {{fanservice}}y nature benefitting from not having to deal with broadcast standards. In effect, an intentional MissingEpisode.
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16	Outside of anime, the bonus episode is usually a case of EarlyBirdRelease, wherein the episode simply premiered on home media a few months ahead of its television debut, though situations where a program never got to complete its television run and thus has its unaired episodes only made available this way is also common.
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18	A BannedEpisode can also sometimes end up being released exclusively on DVD.
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25	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
26	* ''Anime/AngelBeats'' has an additional episode included in the 7th Blu-ray release.
27	* ''Literature/{{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.
28	* ''Manga/BungoStrayDogs'': After two seasons of twelve episodes each, the episode "Walking Alone" was released the following year as an OVA, bundled with the manga's 13th volume. Unusually for a Bonus Episode, it is officially counted as episode 25 of the series and is fully integrated into the story, with plot developments and new characters who reappear in later seasons.
29	* ''Literature/CatPlanetCuties'' has a post-season episode where the main characters play a variety of "[[StripPoker strip]]" party games.
30	* Not a TwelveEpisodeAnime example, but the first season of ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' gave us [[EnsembleDarkhorse Tomoyo's]] OVA, her route in animated form.
31	** ''~After Story~'' gave us Kyou's OVA.
32	* The ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' movie ''Anime/CowboyBebopKnockinOnHeavensDoor'' could be considered to be a two-hour long bonus episode, as it takes place within the continuity of the series despite being made after the series had ended.
33	* The HotSpringsEpisode of ''Manga/DearS''. Labeled "Episode 9.5," it was an excuse for massive and gratuitous {{fanservice}} and LesYay.
34	* The final three episodes of ''Manga/DNA2'' never actually aired on television; they have only been part of the full continuity since the original video release.
35	* The home video release of ''VisualNovel/DramaticalMurder''[='s=] anime adaptation includes a thirteenth episode titled "Data_xx_Transitory" adapting all the bad endings from the original visual novel. It's quite a bit more graphic than the TV anime.
36	* ''Literature/{{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.)
37	* The DVD edition of ''Manga/ElfenLied'' features a 14th episode. [[spoiler:In this episode, the viewer can see how Lucy was caught.]]
38	* Although it wasn't a TwelveEpisodeAnime, the final episode of ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' (Episode 26: "Going Too Far!") was submitted to air on TV. True to the parody nature of the preceding 25 episodes, #26 was a parody of gimmicky, shock-value final episodes; in addition to content that could have never aired in its timeslot, the episode also runs exactly one minute longer than normal. It was added to the Japanese and overseas DVD releases because it'd never get past the censors (which was the whole point).
39	* ''Free!: Eternal Summer'', the second season of ''Anime/{{Free}}'', has a fourteenth episode OVA set after the main events of the season but before the finale's WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue. It's the first episode not to include any swimming at all, instead featuring the main characters having a competition with [[WaterGunsAndBalloons water guns]] at the SchoolFestival.
40	* ''Anime/GalaxyAngel'' used them, causing a bit of confusion in season one because the previous episode had the Angels [[NoFourthWall state]] that it was the last.
41	* ''Anime/GreenGreen'' had a 13th episode that upped the sexual content to straight-up {{hentai}}. This episode was not licensed for the dub.
42	* The ''Anime/DotHackSign'' platinum edition [=DVDs=] included additional episodes, including {{Recap Episode}}s, a skit that isn't {{canon}}, an episode about Mimiru's past, and a {{crossover}} episode entitled "Unison" that takes place after the video games, where both anime and video game characters meet. When ''.hack'' aired in Canada, these were shown on television after the regular storyline concluded.
43	* The fourteenth episode of ''Manga/HidamariSketch [[OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo X365]]'' is a DVD-only release.
44	* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' came with Nekogoroshi-hen (Cat Killing Chapter), a single episode scenario based on a light novel.
45	* ''Anime/TheIdolMaster'':
46	** The episode "Any time, anywhere, with Cinderella." was used as the bonus episode for the ''[[Anime/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls Cinderella Girls]]'' adaptation.
47	** The ''[[Anime/TheIdolmasterSideM SideM]]'' anime included the bonus "Made In Passion!" OVA in its final Blu-ray.
48	* ''Anime/DayBreakIllusion'''s bonus 14th episode serves as a prequel, showing more of the bond between Akari and Fuyuna, and how Luna got started as a magical girl.
49	* ''Anime/JewelpetTwinkle'''s 53rd episode is a 28 minute long OVA with new opening and ending sequences which are included in the Blu-ray box set release of the series. It's centered around the adaptation of a character, previously residing in Jewel Land, to the human world, and so it's less humorous and more of a character study than most other examples on this list.
50	* ''Anime/{{Kamichu}}'' has ''four'' bonus episodes. Yes.
51	* ''Manga/KashimashiGirlMeetsGirl'' - bonus episode that completely turned the tables on the conclusion of the twelfth episode.
52	** Although it is foreshadowed in the ending credits of episode 12.
53	* ''Manga/KOn'' gave us episode 14 in the final Blu-ray. It followed the girls New Year's Eve, but with a new twist not in the manga; They performed at a local Live Show. After all that was done, the episode shifted back to following the Manga at the end.
54	* ''Manga/MidnightOccultCivilServants'' has three bonus OVA episodes following its main 12-episode season. Unusually, episode 13 (bundled with a manga volume) was released ''after'' episodes 14 and 15 (a two-part story included with the Blu-ray).
55	* ''Manga/NanakaSixSeventeen'' has a bonus episode that doubles as ADayInTheLimelight for secondary character Amemiya, as it focuses almost entirely on Amemiya rather than either of the main characters.
56	* ''VisualNovel/OtobokuMaidensAreFallingForMe'' features a 13th episode in which the now-{{chibi}}fied cast act out the play '{{Tsundere}}lla'.
57	* The release of ''Anime/DualParallelTroubleAdventure'' has an extra episode tacked onto the end that partially undoes some of the events of the show's GrandFinale.
58	* ''Anime/PleaseTeacher'''s bonus episode references two characters' "new" physical relation, despite previous implication. Its SpinOff ''Anime/PleaseTwins'' also had a thirteenth episode OVA.
59	* ''Manga/PilotCandidate'' has a thirteenth episode OVA which retells the events of the TV series from the perspective of the Goddess candidate Ernest Cuore. Unlike the rest of the series, it was not released in the West until Creator/DiscotekMedia's 2016 DVD release.
60	* Though it is a manga, rather than an anime, ''Manga/PrettyFace'' took this to extremes in its final bonus issue. The dramatic climax had come and gone, and even though this opened up one previously absent (but vital) character to the possibility of epilogue development, it still managed to locate the epilogue at a {{Hot Spring\|sEpisode}}. This was used to display nude females in unprecedented numbers, whereas previously there had been very little uncensored nudity (despite plenty of other types of semi-harmless {{Fanservice}}).
61	* The DVD release of ''Anime/SaberMarionetteJ''[='s=] SequelSeries has a 26th episode that focuses on the Marionettes new lives [[spoiler:as humans]]. Notable in that it wasn't broadcast in Japan, but was broadcast in Latin America.
62	* ''Manga/SasakiAndMiyano'' has a thirteenth episode OVA set a few weeks before the end of the series.
63	* ''VisualNovel/{{Shuffle}} Memories'' came with an unrelated 13th episode that put the main cast in the World of Gods on a fishing trip.
64	* ''Manga/{{Sola}}'' was already thirteen episodes, but it still got two bonus episodes. Only one was fanservicey. The other was set before the first episode of the broadcast.
65	* ''Anime/SoundOfTheSky'' has two episodes exclusive to the [=DVDs=]. One of them involves the underage cast being UnsuspectinglySoused.
66	* ''Literature/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.
67	* ''Literature/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.
68	* ''Anime/UmiMonogatari'' got a bonus 13th episode when it was released on DVD, in which Marin and Kanon have a near-encounter after the series.
69	* The ''Anime/UtaKata'' bonus episode gave some added conclusion to the end of the series, as well as ending on a HereWeGoAgain note.
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73	* The DVD of ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' included 3 episodes that were not aired, making the grand total 14.
74	* Several Creator/DisneyChannel sitcoms have episodes that premiered on DVD, then aired on TV at least a few weeks later.
75	* ''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.
76	* The first season of ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'' was originally signed to thirteen episodes for the broadcast run as well as the DVD set. However, this included the pilot episode, which {{Creator/FOX}} decided was too confusing and didn't get into the action quickly enough, and so they didn't run it. Therefore, the episode count for the broadcast run was reduced to 12. However, delivering just twelve episodes would violate the contract they had with the company putting out the [=DVDs=], so a stand-alone thirteenth episode was created strictly for the DVD. As a result, the DVD set has fourteen episodes: the twelve episodes broadcast, the stand-alone thirteenth, and the original unaired pilot.
77	* Both the ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' and ''Series/{{Undeclared}}'' DVD sets contained unaired episodes.
78	* Two of ''Series/GregTheBunny'''s 13 episodes did not air before the show was cancelled, but appear in the DVD set.
79	* ''Franchise/KamenRider'':
80	** Starting in the early 2000s, certain issues of Magazine/TeleviKun would feature special exclusively packaged Franchise/KamenRider [=DVDs=] such as the Hyper Battle Videos which would feature a special movie and a promotional item only for subscribers.
81	** ''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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83	* 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.
84	* The [=DVD=] of ''Series/{{Wonderfalls}}'' mostly consisted of unaired episodes as the series was cancelled after only four broadcasts. Most of the remaining episodes were still in various stages of post-production and the SFX hadn't been completed when the series was scrapped. Workprints and versions or unaired episodes with incomplete SFX (low-resolution renders or wireframe-only) leaked onto the Internet where enough demand for a [=DVD=] release finally got someone to cough up the money to finish the post-production.
85	* The 1st season set of ''Series/Zoey101'' contained the season 3 episode "Quarantine" as a bonus over a month before it aired on TV.
86	* ''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.
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90	* ''VideoGame/TheIdolMaster'':
91	** The ''Live For You'' OVA came bundled with the ''Live For You'' version of the game.
92	** The ''Shiny Festa'' games came with an anime episode for each game ("Music of Love" for ''Groovy Tune'', "Music is a Friend" for ''Funky Note'', and "Music in the World" for ''Honey Sound''), depicting how different groups of idols prepared for the same concert.
93	* 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.
94	* 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]].
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98	* Creator/DougWalker, ''alongside'' him as the WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic, has several of all of his series/skits on his DVD's.
99	** Likewise his Website/ChannelAwesome Colleagues WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob and [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]. For Linkara it even provides with an OriginsEpisode in regards to his Magic Gun.
100	* Several episodes of ''WebAnimation/GreenyPhatom'' claim to be bonus episodes. As with most information about the series, this is [[BlatantLies far from the truth]].
101	* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' frequently does this in their [=DVDs=].
102	* ''Podcast/WithinTheWires''': As an advance incentive, patrons who donated $50 or more toward the production of the 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.
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106	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' has an episode, "Powerless!", that came directly to DVD in America and Canada. Creator/{{Netflix}} also made it available to stream.
107	* ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman'' had the last two episodes of season one available on the Season 1 DVD which came out months before the two aired in the U.S.
108	* The sole season of the animated cult series ''WesternAnimation/{{Downtown}}'' was eventually released on a two-disc set by the creators. The DVD included the "bonus" Halloween episode, which never got aired during the original run - but was shown in various non-US countries when it ran in syndication.
109	* The complete set of ''WesternAnimation/DrKatzProfessionalTherapist'' gives us three episodes that were unaired in the U.S.
110	* 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.
111	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy: Volume Nine'' contained a bonus episode of its spin-off ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'', "The Way the Cookie Crumbles".
112	** The standalone DVD of "It's a Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas" also featured the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "The Most Adequate Christmas Ever".
113	** The standalone DVD of "Road to the North Pole" also featured ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' episode "Murray Christmas".
114	* 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.
115	* 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".
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117	* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' and ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' each have some episodes that premiered on DVD, then aired on TV at least a few weeks later. Notably, Disney seemed to consider the unaired episode included on the first ''Kim Possible'' DVD ("Partners") the main feature, and the already-aired episodes extras.
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119	* 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.
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121	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' complete series DVD set has the never-seen-in-the-United-States episode "See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey".
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123	* 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".
124	** 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".
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126	* ''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.
127	* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanShazamTheReturnOfBlackAdam'' and the DC Showcase shorts include these episodes: "Chill of the Night!" (''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''), "Showdown" (''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''), "Initiation" and "Clash" (''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'').
128	* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''
129	** The show's first home release, ''Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies'' contained "Graveyard Shift" and "Club [=SpongeBob=]" before their TV premieres.
130	** The VHS/DVD compilation ''The Seascape Capers'' contained the episodes "[=SpongeBob=] Meets the Strangler" and "Pranks a Lot" months before they premiered on TV.
131	** The DVD release ''[=SpongeBob=]'s Frozen Face-Off'' contained two episodes each of ''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum'' ("The Last Strawberry Fun Finger" and "Power Out") and ''WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy'' ("Snappy Campers" and "Lucky Duck").
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133	* ''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''.
134	* ''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.
135	* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'':
136	** The laserdisc release ''The Art of Tom & Jerry: Volume II'' also featured the two ''Spike and Tyke'' spin-off shorts, as well as the non-''Tom and Jerry'' shorts Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera directed at MGM.
137	** The DVD release ''Tom and Jerry: Spotlight Collection, Vol. 3'' contained the 2005 short ''The Karateguard'' as a bonus feature.
138	* 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.
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