History Main / IntroOnlyPointOfView

* In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', the prologue chapter is told through the point of view of Tohsake Rin, instead of the protagonist Emiya Shirou. In the actual first chapter you see some of the events that took place in the prologue chapter from Shirou's point of view.

* Trigun is another example; interestingly, it takes several episodes before the show actually focuses more on the point of view of the true protagonist.\

* Episode 20 of ''[[Anime/CodeGeass Code Geass: R2]]'' opens with an inner monologue from Suzaku Kururugi.\
* Trigun is another example; interestingly, it takes several episodes before the show actually focuses more on the point of view of the true protagonist.

* Episode 20 of ''[[Anime/CodeGeass Code Geass: R2]]'' opens with an inner monologue from Suzaku Kururugi.

* ''HarryPotter/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'' opens with the POV of Vernon Dursley as he goes to work and witnesses the wizarding world celebrating Harry's survival and Voldemort's defeat, followed by Dumbledore's meeting with [=McGonagall=] and Hagrid about Harry's future (the film version opens with the latter scene).
** ''Goblet of Fire'' begins from the POV of Frank Bryce, a {{Muggle}} who accidentally eavesdrops on Voldemort, and becomes a SacrificialLamb in order to establish that Voldemort is at large again in Britain.
** ''Half-Blood Prince'' begins from the POV of an unnamed Prime Minister, the recipient of an InfoDump that sums up the series thus far; it then goes on, more distantly, to follow Narcissa Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange as they interrogate Snape, who gives an account of his actions so as to support the idea that he has been working for Voldemort all along.
** ''Deathly Hallows'' begins with a meeting of Voldemort and his Death Eaters, not from any specific POV, giving a general idea of what they are up to.

* Each of the ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' books start this way. The opening POV character almost always dies by the end of their section. If they aren't, they'll be dead shortly thereafter.

* Each of the ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' books start this way. The opening POV character almost always dies by the end of their section.

* The first three sequences of ''Videogame/AssassinsCreed3'' follows Haytham Kenway, father of protagonist Connor Kenway. At the end of the third sequence, Haytham is revealed to be a Templar and is a major antagonist for most of the game.

* In ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', the prequel chapter is told through the point of view of Tohsake Rin, instead of the protagonist Emiya Shirou. In the actual first chapter you see some of the events that took place in the prequel chapter from Shirou's point of view.

* In DanAbnett's TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} novel ''Literature/BrothersOfTheSnake'', the first undertaking is told not from the point of view of Priad, the SpaceMarine, but that of a woman on the planet to which he was summoned.

* In Creator/LMMontogomery's ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'', the opening scenes are from Mrs Rachel Lynde's POV.

The opening of a story is told from Tom's point of view, about how he saw Jack and what Jack did, and then the point of view shifts to Jack, the actual protagonist. -- exclusively, or predominately.

* Happens in the ''{{Mistborn}}'' books. Two-thirds of the prologue of the first book is in the POV of a random noblebman who gets killed offscreen between the second and last third of the prologue, and a peasant on said nobleman''s estate who shows up only once, very briefly, later in the book. The third book sort of uses it, the prologue is from the POV of a character that gets further point of view chapters later, but it's very short, and the beginning of the first chapter is from the point of view of the leader of a random settlement.
* Each of the ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' books start this way. The opening POV character almost always dies by the end of their section.

* ''SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows'' starts from Watson's narrative perspective before jumping into the Holmes-centric plot

* Each of the ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' books start this way. The opening POV character always dies by the end of their section.

* The opening sequence of ''Film/{{Halloween}}'' is a [[TheOner single]] POV shot from the perspective of Michael Myers, building up to TheReveal that Michael is a small child.

* ''[[Film/SherlockHolmes Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows]]'' starts from Watson's narrative perspective before jumping into the Holmes-centric plot

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* In DanAbnett's {{Warhammer 40000}} novel ''Literature/BrothersOfTheSnake'', the first undertaking is told not from the point of view of Priad, the SpaceMarine, but that of a woman on the planet to which he was summoned.

* In RobertEHoward's "Literature/{{The Devil in Iron}}", a fisherman goes into a ruin, takes up a knife, and dies. The rest of the story is how this collides with ConanTheBarbarian.
** In "Literature/{{Black Colossus}}", a thief breaks into a tomb, fights a great snake, and screams with horror with what he sees. Again, the rest of the story is how this collides with ConanTheBarbarian.

* An episode of ''{{House}}'' did this in the literal sense, for a patient with locked-in syndrome. The first fifteen minutes or so of the episode were shot through the patient's eyes, with his thoughts in voiceover.

* ''HarryPotter/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'' opens with the POV of Vernon Dursley as he goes to work and witnesses the wizarding world celebrating Harry's survival, followed by Dumbledore's meeting with [=McGonagall=] and Hagrid about Harry's future (the film version opens with the latter scene).

The opening of a story is told from Tom's point of view, about how he saw Jack and what Jack did, and then the point of view shifts to Jack, the actual protogonist. -- exclusively, or predominately.

This is a way to ease the audience into the story, because Jack is a very odd or outlandish character, and viewing him from the outside first makes the transition easier. It can cause problems if the opening doesn't rouse sufficient interest in Jack, and dislike the transition for that reason.

It can also be used to rouse interest in a crime by showing the victim's sufferings before we switch to the crime-solver.

* The opening sequence of ''{{Film/Halloween}}'' is a [[TheOner single]] POV shot from the perspective of Michael Myers, building up to TheReveal that Michael is a small child.

* In DanAbnett's {{Warhammer 40000}} novel ''Literature/BrothersOfTheSnake'', the first undertaking is told not from the point of view of Priad, the SpaceMarine, but of a woman on the planet that he was summoned to.

** ''Goblet Of Fire'' begins from the POV of Frank Bryce, a {{Muggle}} who accidentally eavesdrops on Voldemort, and becomes a SacrificialLamb in order to establish that Voldemort is at large again in Britain.

* Literature/InCryptid novel ''Discount Armageddon'' opens with the omniscient point of view to introduce the whole family watching Verity. After the prologue, the rest of the novel is first person point of view from Verity.
* Happens in the {{Mistborn}} books with 2/3 of the prologue of the first book being in the POV of a random noblebman who gets killed offscreen between the second and last third of the prologue, and a peasant on said nobleman''s estate who shows up only once, very briefly, later in the book. The third book sort of uses it, the prologue is from the POV of a character that gets further point of view chapters later, but it's very short, and the beginning of the first chapter is from the point of view of the leader of a random settlement.

* The introduction of Willa Cather's ''My Antonia'' is told from the point of view of a character who meets an old friend, Jim Burden, and the two of them reminisce about their youth in Nebraska and their friendship with Antonia. The rest of the book is a first person narrative from Jim.

* An episode of {{House}} did this in the literal sense, for a patient with locked-in syndrome. The first fifteen minutes or so of the episode were shot through the patient's eyes, with his thoughts in voiceover.

* Episode 20 of ''CodeGeass'' R2 opens with an inner monologue from Suzaku Kururugi.

* Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows starts from Watson's narrative perspective before jumping into the Holmes-centric plot

* Happens in the{{Mistborn}} books with 2/3 of the prologue of the first book being in the POV of a random noblebman who gets killed offscreen between the second and last third of the prologue, and a peasant on said nobleman''s estate who shows up only once, very briefly, later in the book. The third book sort of uses it, the prologue is from the POV of a character that gets further point of view chapters later, but it's very short, and the beginning of the first chapter is from the point of view of the leader of a random settlement.

* In their first episodes, both the old DoctorWho and the new focused on human characters -- Barbara and Ian, Rose -- who tracked down mysterious happenings and found the Doctor at the bottom of them.

* This happens a lot on ''{{Bones}}'' (and probably other crime dramas as well). About one out of three episodes opens with some random characters living their lives, then finding the VictimOfTheWeek. The POV then switches to the main characters for the rest of the show.

* In ''FateStayNight'', the prequel chapter is told through the point of view of Tohsake Rin, instead of the protagonist Emiya Shirou. In the actual first chapter you see some of the events that took place in the prequel chapter from Shirou's point of view.