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* The ''SonicTheHedgehog'' series has had a three-game StoryArc dealing with Shadow. It started in ''SonicAdventure 2'', continued in ''SonicHeroes'' and resolved in ''ShadowTheHedgehog''.

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* The ''SonicTheHedgehog'' series has had a three-game StoryArc dealing with Shadow. It started in ''SonicAdventure 2'', continued in ''SonicHeroes'' ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' and resolved in ''ShadowTheHedgehog''.
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** Each season of ''RoundTheTwist'' has a different arc. The first two seasons contained different [[UnfinishedBusiness ghost stories]], [[WidgetSeries for Season 3 it was a Viking Love Book]], and Season five concerned a mysterious knight [[spoiler:from Atlantis]].
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* The ''Series/{{X-Men}}'' cartoon of the 90s did this as well, going through a number of arcs that were featured in the comic books, including the Phoenix and Dark Phoenix sagas.

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* The ''Series/{{X-Men}}'' ''WesternAnimation/{{X-Men}}'' cartoon of the 90s did this as well, going through a number of arcs that were featured in the comic books, including the Phoenix and Dark Phoenix sagas.
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* ''{{Alias}}'' -- So heavily, in fact, that there was significant ContinuityLockout experienced by casual viewers.

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* ''{{Alias}}'' ''Series/{{Alias}}'' -- So heavily, in fact, that there was significant ContinuityLockout experienced by casual viewers.
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* The ''Kirby'' series had a StoryArc nicknamed the "Dark Matter Trilogy" consisting of ''Kirby's Dream Land 2'', ''Kirby's Dream Land 3'', and ''Kirby64TheCrystalShards'' because all three deal with Kirby and his animal friends dealing with the threat of Dark Matter on Popstar and its solar system. It should be noted that these games were not produced by Masahiro Sakurai but Shinichi Shimomura. This is noticeable because all three share a puzzle-solving structure instead of the more combat-oriented structure of the other games.
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** Season 3: The "Chronicles of Moises" arc, which dealt with Justin becoming a monster hunter, and Max releasing his conscience. This arc ended with Juliet being captured by the mummy. The next arc in Season 3 was the "Wizards vs. Werewolves" saga, which detailed Alex's growing relationship with Mason, and eventually tied itself with the "Chronicles of Moises" arc. The "Wizards Exposed" arc came next, where the Russo's are captured and taken to a government facility.

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** Season 3: The "Chronicles of Moises" arc, which dealt with Justin becoming a monster hunter, and Max releasing his conscience. This arc ended with Juliet being captured by the mummy. The next arc in Season 3 was the "Wizards vs. Werewolves" saga, which detailed Alex's growing relationship with Mason, and eventually tied itself with the "Chronicles of Moises" arc. The "Stevie" arc followed, and dealt with Stevie's arrival in New York and her wizard revolution. The "Wizards Exposed" arc came next, where the Russo's are captured and taken to a government facility.

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* ''WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' is known for it's many story arcs. Each season had quite a few of them, most of them running concurrently.
** Season 2: The "Wizards vs. Vampires" arc, which dealt with Justin's relationship with Juliet and her parents.
** Season 3: The "Chronicles of Moises" arc, which dealt with Justin becoming a monster hunter, and Max releasing his conscience. This arc ended with Juliet being captured by the mummy. The next arc in Season 3 was the "Wizards vs. Werewolves" saga, which detailed Alex's growing relationship with Mason, and eventually tied itself with the "Chronicles of Moises" arc. The "Wizards Exposed" arc came next, where the Russo's are captured and taken to a government facility.
** Season 4: The beginning of Season 4 continued the "Wizards Exposed" arc, which ended with Alex and Justin having to start over in the wizard competition, and Alex deciding to get back in so she could be with Mason. The next arc was the "Maxine" arc, where Max was transformed into a little girl named Maxine. It began with "Three Maxes and a Little Lady", and concluded with "Back To Max". The "Maxine" arc ran concurrently with the next major arc, the "Wizards vs. Angels" saga, which dealt with the Angels of Darkness. The last major arc was the "Apartment 13B" arc, starting with "Wizards of Apartment 13B" and ending with "Wizards vs. Everything". The last arc merges the "Wizards vs. Angels" arc with the "Wizards vs. Werewolves" arc.
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* ''StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'', ''StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'' and ''StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'' form a story arc within the larger ''StarTrek'' movie series centered around the Genesis device and the consequences of its use. All other ''StarTrek'' movies have self-contained plots.

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While the SoapOpera has been exclusively arc-based since the beginning of television and before, the recent popularity of arcs doesn't seem to come from soaps. Back in the 90's when half-funny SitCom reruns and poorly constructed Saturday morning cartoons ruled with an iron fist, the consensus among writers was [[SeasonFluidity that casual viewers wouldn't be able to get into the show]]. ''HillStreetBlues'' was the first American prime-time drama to rely on arcs, and is probably when the term came into the American TV vernacular. British Shows have a longer-standing tradition of arcs (See ''DoctorWho'').

According to ''DoctorWho'' producer RussellTDavies, the term is not used by UK TV writers. However, it is becoming increasingly well known by UK ''viewers'', and UK ComicBook writers certainly use the term.

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While the SoapOpera has been exclusively arc-based since the beginning of television and before, the recent popularity of arcs doesn't seem to come from soaps. Back in the 90's when half-funny SitCom reruns and poorly constructed Saturday morning cartoons ruled with an iron fist, the consensus among writers was [[SeasonFluidity that casual viewers wouldn't be able to get into the show]]. ''HillStreetBlues'' was the first American prime-time drama to rely on arcs, and is probably when the term came into the American TV vernacular. British Shows have a longer-standing tradition of arcs (See ''DoctorWho'').

''Series/DoctorWho'').

According to ''DoctorWho'' ''Series/DoctorWho'' producer RussellTDavies, the term is not used by UK TV writers. However, it is becoming increasingly well known by UK ''viewers'', and UK ComicBook writers certainly use the term.



* ''DoctorWho'' has a few, used for combo DVD sets, when a clear follow-on is present.

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* ''DoctorWho'' ''Series/DoctorWho'' has a few, used for combo DVD sets, when a clear follow-on is present.
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*** Season 6: [[spoiler:The Doctors Death and Amy Ponds pregnancy. The mystery of Amy's pregnancy was bought to our attention at some point in every episode in series one; either by her mentioning it or the doctor scanning her to see if she was positive or negative. The series finale should make the mystery surrounding his pre-seen death clear.]]

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*** Season 6: [[spoiler:The Doctors Death and Amy Ponds pregnancy.the identity of River Song. The mystery of Amy's pregnancy was bought to our attention at some point in every episode in series one; either by her mentioning it or the doctor scanning her to see if she was positive or negative. It turns out she was taken hostage by Madame Kovarian to give birth to a Time Lord hybrid to defeat the Doctor, and the Amy that has been travelling with them is a Ganger. The season also tells us that River Song is a Time Lord hybrid and Amy and Rory's daughter, who may or may not have killed the Doctor. The series finale should make the mystery surrounding his pre-seen death clear.]]
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** Season Two focuses on Beast Boy and even moreso on [[spoiler:{{SixthRangerTraitor}} Terra, who is [[spoiler:manipulated by Slade to become TheMole and ultimately TheDragon]].

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** Season Two focuses on Beast Boy and even moreso on [[spoiler:{{SixthRangerTraitor}} [[spoiler:{{Sixth Ranger Traitor}}]] Terra, who is [[spoiler:manipulated by Slade to become TheMole and ultimately TheDragon]].
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** Season 3: The Mayor's plans to become a pure demon, and [[DarkActionGirl Faith's]] [[FallenHero fall from good]] and her eventual FaceHeelTurn.

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** Season 3: The Mayor's plans to become a pure demon, and [[DarkActionGirl Faith's]] [[FallenHero [[spoiler:[[FallenHero fall from good]] and her eventual FaceHeelTurn.FaceHeelTurn]].



** Season Two focuses on Beast Boy and even moreso on SixthRangerTraitor Terra, who is manipulated by Slade to become TheMole and ultimately TheDragon.

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** Season Two focuses on Beast Boy and even moreso on SixthRangerTraitor [[spoiler:{{SixthRangerTraitor}} Terra, who is manipulated [[spoiler:manipulated by Slade to become TheMole and ultimately TheDragon.TheDragon]].
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* ''{{Gargoyles}}'' had a subtle arc about Brooklyn's coming of age that became a flaring beacon of story awesomeness in the episode, "Kingdom," when you realize this is what the previous Brooklyn stories have been building toward. Also, there are multi-episode arcs that are more blatant, most infamously the "Avalon World Tour".

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* ''{{Gargoyles}}'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' had a subtle arc about Brooklyn's coming of age that became a flaring beacon of story awesomeness in the episode, "Kingdom," when you realize this is what the previous Brooklyn stories have been building toward. Also, there are multi-episode arcs that are more blatant, most infamously the "Avalon World Tour".



* [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar: The Last Airbender's]] MythArc is divided by it's three seasons, which are titled "books". Book 1 is Water, Book 2 is Earth, and Book 3 is Fire. As the names suggest, each arc deals heavily with Aang mastering the elements involved.

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* [[AvatarTheLastAirbender [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar: The Last Airbender's]] MythArc is divided by it's three seasons, which are titled "books". Book 1 is Water, Book 2 is Earth, and Book 3 is Fire. As the names suggest, each arc deals heavily with Aang mastering the elements involved.

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* Suprisingly, ''TheBeverlyHillbillies'' used story arcs in a Network SitCom all the way back in the early 1960s.

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*** Season 1: [[spoiler:'Bad Wolf' was either mentioned or written in the background in every episode. It was discovered that this was a link between The Doctor and Rose, written through time and space; by the time vortex itself.]]
*** Season 2: [[spoiler:'Torcwood', like bad wolf, was subtly incorporated into each episode, unbeknown to the main characters. It was discovered in the finale double bill that Torchwood was in fact an organisation devoted to anything alien, but fuelled by their eagerness to catch the Doctor.]]
*** Season 3: [[spoiler:Mr Saxon was mentioned in most episodes, once again, not to the attention of the main characters. Mr Saxon was the new, present prime minister; who is also on of the doctors greatest enimies - The Master]]
*** Season 4: [[spoiler: Doctor Donna. Though this arc did not appear as frequently as previous seasons, it was no less important. The Ood, are the first, and only (until it's meaning is later revealed) to use the term 'Doctor Donna'; however this was just brushed off as the duo assuming the race believed they were a couple. We discover that it is infact forshadowing a Human Time Lord metacrisis between the two.]]
*** Season 5: [[spoiler: It was much clearer, compared to earlier seasons, that the arc was based around the phrase 'The Pandorica will open'/'Silence will fall' from the very beginning. It was spoken as a warning from many of his foes/friends. The Pandorica was revealed to be a giant box designed by 'the Alliance' to contain the Eleventh Doctor. It is not entirely clear what 'Silence will fall means yet' due to this being the first NuWho arc to spread over two seasons; we do know it has something to do with an enigmatic religious order called 'The Silence'.]]
*** Season 6: [[spoiler:The Doctors Death and Amy Ponds pregnancy. The mystery of Amy's pregnancy was bought to our attention at some point in every episode in series one; either by her mentioning it or the doctor scanning her to see if she was positive or negative. The series finale should make the mystery surrounding his pre-seen death clear.]]
* Suprisingly, Surprisingly, ''TheBeverlyHillbillies'' used story arcs in a Network SitCom all the way back in the early 1960s.

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* According to a fansite's unofficial commentary, ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' can be divided into four arcs:
** Prologue Arc, from the beginning to the Jet Alone {{filler}}.
** Action Arc, ending with Iruel. Focus is on humor; this part is just like any other mecha series.
** Descent Arc, ending with Zeruel. MindScrew kicks into high gear in this part and the viewer starts having an inkling things are not what they seem to be.
** The site named the final arc "Bitter End". [[ItGotWorse Kinda apt, considering what happens here.]] Even more MindScrew with a side order of HighOctaneNightmareFuel. Basically, the part that made the franchise famous.
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** Not entirely true. Braga wanted The Year of Hell to actually take a year, but UPN wouldn't allow it, so it was condensed into a two-parter, the most that the network would allow.
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* SpongeBobSquarePants, [[StatusQuoIsGod surp]][[ThreeShorts risin]][[RuleOfFunny gly]], recently had one concerning Mr. Krabs getting [[MoralEventHorizon worse and worse]] until his [[AwesomeMoments commupance]] and redemption. There were lots of breather episodes. The episodes were Greasy Bufoons, One Coarse Meal, and The Scent of Money.
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** There are also some sub-arcs, such as Zuko and Iroh's journeys in Book 2, the journey to Ba Sing Se (overlapping with the loss of Appa), and various long-running sub-plots in Book 3.

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** There are also some sub-arcs, such as Zuko and Iroh's journeys in Also, while Book 2, 1 was more or less one whole arc, each half of Book 2 and Book 3 could be divided into arcs: the journey to Earthbending Training arc, the Ba Sing Se (overlapping with arc, the loss of Appa), pre-Solar Eclipse Invasion arc, and various long-running sub-plots in Book 3.the pre-Sozin's Comet / Firebending Training arc.
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* Each season of ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' has an arc.

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* Each season of ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' has an arc.arc spanning [[HalfArcSeason half it's run.]]
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* Each TeenTitans season has an overarching plotline, related to one of the core characters:

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* Each TeenTitans ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' season has an overarching plotline, related to one of the core characters:
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* JackieChanAdventures and its seasonal arcs.

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* JackieChanAdventures ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' and its seasonal arcs.

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* ''{{The King of Fighters}}'' splits up its ongoing, [[ContinuityCreep sometimes confusing]] plot into arcs, each with rotating [[TheProtagonist protagonist]] duties. ''[='94=]'' was a stand-alone title meant to kick off this MascotFighter, but is now commonly referred to as "The [[StarterVillain Rugal]] Saga". ''[='95=]'' simultaneously ends this story with [[BloodKnight Rugal's]] KarmicDeath via SuperpowerMeltdown and begins "The {{Orochi}} Saga", which climaxes in ''[='97=]'' when [[TheHero Kyo Kusanagi]] [[MegatonPunch literally]] [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu punches out Orochi]] with help from [[TheRival Iori Yagami]] and [[BarrierMaiden Chizuru Kagura]]. ''[='99=]''-''2001'' was "The [[NebulousEvilOrganisation NESTS]] Chronicles", chronicling an evil cartel's [[TakeOverTheWorld plans for world domination]] using the DNA of a captured Kyo to create human bioweapons. One of these [[hottip:"Kyo clones":[[CloningBlues Clones]] in this case referring to regular humans injected with the DNA of another person; there ''are'' more atypical clones in the series, but most adhere to the former definition.]] is [[AntiheroSubstitute K']], a [[TheStoic stoic]] KnightInSourArmor who ends NESTS' ambitions by defeating their top-ranked executives. ''2003'' started "The Tales of [[TricksterArchetype Ash]]", detailing Ash Crimson, [[HiddenAgendaVillain a enigmatic man]] [[ManipulativeBastard who uses others for his own purposes]], and [[GenericEvilOrganizationSquad Those From the Past]], a mysterious cult intent on [[SealedEvilInACan unsealing]] Orochi. ''XIII'' seems to be the conclusion of this part of the story, as [[spoiler:Ash, [[GoodAllAlong really a]] GuileHero, enacts a [[CosmicRetcon time-rewriting]] HeroicSacrifice to stop Those From the Past and [[BigBad their leader Saiki]].]] Fans can generally expect a new arc to pick up if the last title was a DreamMatchGame (''[[ObviousBeta XII]]'' [[InNameOnly notwithstanding]]).
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** Season Four: Finding the Shadowkhan masks

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** Season Four: Finding the Shadowkhan masksmasks.
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* ''{{Seinfeld}}'', despite being a "show about nothing", did have a few plotlines that ran in the background of several seasons: Kramer writing and publishing a coffee table book ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin about coffee tables]]), Jerry and George writing a [[ShowWithinAShow TV pilot]], George's engagement to Susan, etc.

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* ''{{iCarly}}'' has an arc that started from the final episode of Season 4, titled ''iOMG'' and continues in the first four episodes of Season 5, dealing with Sam's feelings for Freddie.

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* ''{{iCarly}}'' has an arc that started from the final episode of Season 4, titled ''iOMG'' and continues in the first four episodes of Season 5, dealing with Sam's feelings for Freddie.
Freddie. Notable in being one of the only examples of a KidCom having a StoryArc, especially for the big two of DisneyChannel and {{Nickelodeon}}.

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* ''{{iCarly}}'' has an arc that started from the final episode of Season 4, titled ''iOMG'' and continues in the first four episodes of Season 5, dealing with Sam's feelings for Freddie.
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* ''ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' is notably for being a ScoobyDoo series that actually ''has'' a StoryArc; specifically, the gang's investigation of the mystery involving the original Mystery Inc. and the supposed "curse" of Crystal Cove.

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* Although the setting in Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars is easily changed with some effective roleplaying, some longer arcs have been implemented. After the move to Role-playing, there's always been one.
** Also, an Alternate Universe resolution to the final conflict of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Striker S tied in to @/{{Mapi}}'s Mega Crossover fanfic.
** A truly epic arc concerning vampires, which began with the introduction of an Alternate Universe Future Badass version of Flandre Scarlet and came to its conclusion with the defeat of none other than The Lord of Evil, Dracula himself.
** Not to mention the more over-arcing Are machines sentient? arc, which began with the freeing of Dee and her sister Bit.
** One of the largest involved [[FullmetalAlchemist Father]]'s attemps to remake the multiverse, and destroy the Fourth Wall.
** Anyone who wants to can usually kick off an arc, and several plots sometimes run at once. Fortunately, this doesn't seem to have become too confusing.

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* Although the setting in Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars is easily changed with some effective roleplaying, some longer arcs have been implemented. After the move to Role-playing, there's always been one.
** Also, an Alternate Universe resolution to the final conflict of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Striker S tied in to @/{{Mapi}}'s Mega Crossover fanfic.
** A truly epic arc concerning vampires, which began with the introduction of an Alternate Universe Future Badass version of Flandre Scarlet and came to its conclusion with the defeat of none other than The Lord of Evil, Dracula himself.
** Not to mention the more over-arcing Are machines sentient? arc, which began with the freeing of Dee and her sister Bit.
** One of the largest involved [[FullmetalAlchemist Father]]'s attemps to remake the multiverse, and destroy the Fourth Wall.
** Anyone who wants to can usually kick off an arc, and several plots sometimes run at once. Fortunately, this doesn't seem to have become too confusing.

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