History Main / ExtremelyShortIntroSequence

* The intro for the ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'' pilot is only about three seconds long, featuring the title and creator names flashing in bright text with fast, dissonant music.

* Normally, ''WebAnimation/TheDailyObjectShow'''s intro is precisely 6 seconds but the extended version is just over 20 seceonds.

* ''Series/GhostsUS'': The opening is only several seconds long, which is a contrast to the much longer [[Series/{{Ghosts}} British version]].

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' originally had a twenty second intro. Season 2, ''Invasion'', outright [[TruncatedThemeTune removed it]].

* The intro for the ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'' pilot is only a few seconds long, featuring the title flashing in bright text with fast, dissonant music.

** The open changed in January 2019, now featuring a fast, sepia-colored "flipbook" of cast photos. In May 2019, the show introduced slightly longer and slower theme music with a revision of the same intro (allowing the aforementioned "flipbook" to run at a more manageable pace).

* There exists a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbvC9Xtpm_8 full version]] of the opening of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016'', but the televised version only lasts 25 seconds. The [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998 original series]] had a nearly 70 second-long intro with a narration. Though, unlike other contemporary Creator/CartoonNetwork cartoons, at least the ending theme is shown on TV.

* There exists a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbvC9Xtpm_8 full version]] of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016'' opening, but the televised version only lasts 25 seconds. The [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls original]] had a nearly 70 seconds long intro with a narration. Though, unlike other contemporary Creator/CartoonNetwork cartoons, at least the ending theme is shown on TV.

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* The intro used in Season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/PurnoDePurno'' is about 15 seconds long.

* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': The syndicated opening sequence for Our Miss Brooks [[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Rr1i9hp-3w is only 13-seconds long]]. Notable in that the syndicated version dates back to the 1950's. The theme itself dates to the 1948 radio premier, when it was played briefly at the start and end of the radio episodes. A much longer version of the tune plays over the closing credits.

This is due to multiple reasons. Namely that a shorter intro costs less money to produce and leaves more time for advertisements. But it also gives the writers more room to work with, as the average runtime for a half-hour television show has shrunk over the years[[note]]from around 25 minutes in the 80s to around 21 minutes by the end of the 00s[[/note]], meaning a long intro will only reduce your storytelling time down even more. With cartoons, the decrease is also in direct correlation with the increase of {{Quarter Hour Short}}s. More and more cartoons are being treated as singular 11-minute episodes in production, instead of the traditional TwoShorts format, which leaves less time for opening sequences.

* ''Series/{{Bunkd}}'': Starting in Season 3, the theme song is cut down to ''less than five seconds''.

* The theme song to ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' is 30 seconds long.

* ''Series/Bunkd'': Starting in Season 3, the theme song is cut down to ''less than five seconds''.

Similarly, the CreditsPushback is the reason why a lot of shows don't have their endings shown. All shows ''do'' have outros which can be seen on digital or home video releases, but on television, the outro will either share screen time with commercials via pushback or voiceover, or the credits will be overlayed onto the final minute of the show itself to make space for advertising.

This is due to multiple reasons. A shorter intro costs less money to produce and leaves more time for advertisements. It also gives the writers more room to work with, as the average runtime for a half-hour television show has only continued to shrink over the years[[note]]from around 25 minutes in the 80s to around 21 minutes by the end of the 00s[[/note]], meaning a long intro will only shrink your storytelling time down even more. With cartoons, the decrease is also in direct correlation with the increase of {{Quarter Hour Short}}s. More and more cartoons are being treated as singular 11-minute episodes in production, instead of the traditional TwoShorts format, which leaves less time for opening sequences.

This is due to multiple reasons. A shorter intro costs less money to produce and leaves more time for both the actual show, as well as advertisements. With cartoons, the decrease is also in direct correlation with the increase of {{Quarter Hour Short}}s. More and more cartoons are being treated as singular 11-minute episodes in production, instead of the traditional TwoShorts format, which leaves less time for opening sequences.

Starting with the early 2010s this trend has changed, at least on American television. Cartoons and live action shows both began shortening their intros.

This is due to multiple reasons. A shorter intro costs less money to produce, a shorter intro leaves more time for the show, and a shorter intro leaves more time for advertisements. With cartoons, the decrease in intro length is in direct correlation with the increase of {{Quarter Hour Short}}s. More and more cartoons are being treated as singular 11-minute episodes in production, instead of the traditional TwoShorts format, which leaves less time for opening sequences.