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Nov 6th 2022 at 12:15:16 AM

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* Spoofed in the first series of ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'': the cast appears under the headings "in geographical order", "in order of disappearance", "in order of witchiness", and others.

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[[folder:Western Animation]]* The credits of ''Franchise/MarvelRising'' animations list the voice casts in alphabetical order, major and minor roles alike.[[/folder]]

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[[folder:Film--Animated]]* The voice cast for ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 My Little Pony: The Movie (2017)]]'' is listed in alphabetical order. Both normally and in the CreativeClosingCredits for the major characters.[[/folder]]

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* ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' features a credit list showing the names behind the game in alphabetical order, found by interacting with a Creator/DigitalExtremes logo tucked away in friendly towns. The concourses in [[SpaceStation the relays]] also feature a monitor showing a long alphabetical list of "Honored Grand Masters", players who helped fund the game by purchasing the Founders Package early in the game's development.

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* ''Series/{{Lost}}'' has the main cast billed in alphabetical order, as the show features an EnsembleCast (the least amount of characters listed as "starring" at one time is 15), and aside from [[TheHero Jack]] being the clear protagonist, everyone else is relatively equal narratively.

Feb 19th 2021 at 4:55:18 PM

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* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' lists its credits in alphabetical order, and they're quite numerous.

Feb 19th 2021 at 4:51:16 PM

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[[/folder]][[folder:Video Games]]* This is standard practice for Creator/{{Valve}}, as seen in the extensive [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI credit sequence]] for ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''.

Feb 18th 2021 at 3:59:26 PM

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** ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' also followed the captain/1st officer/everyone else pattern, but was also in perfect alphabetical order since Creator/ScottBakula and Creator/JoleneBlalock were the alphabetically first actors.
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** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' and ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' both started with the captain (Creator/AveryBrooks and Creator/KateMulgrew, respectively), followed by the remainder of the cast in alphabetical order.** ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' also followed the captain/1st officer/everyone else pattern, but was also had its credits in perfect alphabetical order since Creator/ScottBakula and Creator/JoleneBlalock were order. Creator/ScottBakula, who played the alphabetically captain, was first actors.anyway, with the next two being doctor Creator/JohnBillingsley and first officer Creator/JoleneBlalock.

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* The credits of ''Series/TheCryOfMann'' and it's sequel are given in alphabetical order, as the show has an ensemble cast with characters of roughly-equal importance.

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->A. it's ambiguous who made the greatest contribution or,\B. you don't want to offend people by ranking them lower.In these cases, alphabetical order is your friend. The alphabet (Latin or otherwise) is a preexisting and widely-known standard, so if people are ordered in this way it doesn't appear to make any judgment about importance or prominence. A number of works make use of this evenhanded method.!Examples[[folder:Literature]]* Frequently seen in the cover copy of anthologies, i.e. authors are listed in alphabetical order irrespective of which stories/poems/etc. appear first inside.[[/folder]][[folder:Live-Action TV]]* ''Series/{{Friends}}'', being an ensemble show where the six leads are essentially considered equal, ran their names and faces in alphabetical order during the opening montage. By coincidence, this meant three females followed by three males.* Generally the rule on ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'', with the exception that Creator/NedBeatty got an AndStarring credit for the first three seasons.* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' announces its performers in alphabetical order. For most of its existence there's been a list of repertory/core cast members followed by another alphabetical list of featured performers, generally new hires still working on a trial basis.* Most ''Franchise/StarTrek'' shows have done this. ** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' averts/inverts it. First off only 2-3 actors were in the opening credits at all. And in Season 3 it ran Creator/WilliamShatner-Creator/LeonardNimoy-Creator/DeforestKelley, i.e. ''reverse'' alphabetical order.** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' had the captain's actor (Creator/PatrickStewart), then the first officer's actor (Creator/JonathanFrakes), followed by everyone else in alphabetical order.** ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' also followed the captain/1st officer/everyone else pattern, but was also in perfect alphabetical order since Creator/ScottBakula and Creator/JoleneBlalock were the alphabetically first actors.[[/folder]][[folder:Music]]* Often seen in songwriting credits:** If a Music/TheBeatles song was written by either Music/JohnLennon or Music/PaulMcCartney or a (progressively rarer) combination of the two it would be credited to "Lennon/[=McCartney=]". Post-breakup there was some wrangling about reversing the order on some songs, but nothing came of it.** The vast majority of songs by Music/TheRollingStones are credited to "Jagger/Richards".** Songs by the classic lineup of Music/{{REM}}'' are credited to "Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe", effectively giving AndStarring credit to majority lyricist and FaceOfTheBand Michael Stipe.
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->A. it's ambiguous who made the greatest contribution or,\or,B. you don't want to offend people by ranking them lower.lower.In these cases, alphabetical order is your friend. The alphabet (Latin or otherwise) is a preexisting and widely-known standard, so if people are ordered in this way it doesn't appear to make any judgment about importance or prominence. A number of works make use of this evenhanded method.!Examples[[folder:Literature]]method.!Examples[[foldercontrol]][[folder:Literature]]* Frequently seen in the cover copy of anthologies, i.e. authors are listed in alphabetical order irrespective of which stories/poems/etc. appear first inside.[[/folder]]inside.[[/folder]][[folder:Live-Action TV]]TV]]* ''Series/{{Friends}}'', being an ensemble show where the six leads are essentially considered equal, ran their names and faces in alphabetical order during the opening montage. By coincidence, this meant three females followed by three males.males.* Generally the rule on ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'', with the exception that Creator/NedBeatty got an AndStarring credit for the first three seasons.seasons.* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' announces its performers in alphabetical order. For most of its existence there's been a list of repertory/core cast members followed by another alphabetical list of featured performers, generally new hires still working on a trial basis.basis.* Most ''Franchise/StarTrek'' shows have done this. \r\n ** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' averts/inverts it. First off only 2-3 actors were in the opening credits at all. And in Season 3 it ran Creator/WilliamShatner-Creator/LeonardNimoy-Creator/DeforestKelley, i.e. ''reverse'' alphabetical order.order.** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' had the captain's actor (Creator/PatrickStewart), then the first officer's actor (Creator/JonathanFrakes), followed by everyone else in alphabetical order.order.** ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' also followed the captain/1st officer/everyone else pattern, but was also in perfect alphabetical order since Creator/ScottBakula and Creator/JoleneBlalock were the alphabetically first actors.[[/folder]][[folder:Music]]actors.[[/folder]][[folder:Music]]* Often seen in songwriting credits:credits:** If a Music/TheBeatles song was written by either Music/JohnLennon or Music/PaulMcCartney or a (progressively rarer) combination of the two it would be credited to "Lennon/[=McCartney=]". Post-breakup there was some wrangling about reversing the order on some songs, but nothing came of it.it.** The vast majority of songs by Music/TheRollingStones are credited to "Jagger/Richards"."Jagger/Richards".** Songs by the classic lineup of Music/{{REM}}'' are credited to "Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe", effectively giving AndStarring credit to majority lyricist and FaceOfTheBand Michael Stipe.Stipe.

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