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** Part of the 2nd opening, "Believe" has clips of the show's previous episodes as a background to the main characters showing off their fighting moves.

** The 2nd opening, "Believe" has clips of the show's previous episodes as a background to the main characters showing off their fighting moves.

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* ''Manga/TheGirlILikeForgotHerGlasses'' has an intro that's mostly original footage, but with a few [[RapidFireMontage Rapid-Fire Montages]] of clips from the show mixed in.

* ''[[Film/TheFastandTheFurious Fast and Furious 6]]''
* ''Film/TheWizard''
* The credits for ''Film/SpiderMan2'' and ''Film/SpiderMan3'' featured stills from the previous film(s) intercut with the 3D spider-web motif, which functioned effectively as a PreviouslyOn. In ''Spider-Man 2'' especially an effort was made to make all of the Peter-related stills look like graphic-novel-style artwork

* ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd''

** ''WesternAnimation/MummiesAlive'', ''WesternAnimation/AlienatorsEvolutionContinues'' and ''WesternAnimation/SuperDuperSumos'' combined episode clips with original footage or for Mummies and Sumos, the Main/TransformationSequence[=s=].
** DIC's earlier shows, and some later ones (''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground'', ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'', ''Mary-Kate & Ashley in Action!'', Series 4 of ''Strawberry Shortcake'' and Series 1 of ''Sushi Pack'') averted this trope, instead going for entirely original footage.

* The credits for ''Film/SpiderMan2'' and ''Film/SpiderMan3'' featured stills from the previous film(s) intercut with the 3D spider-web motif, which functioned effectively as a PreviouslyOn. In ''Spider-Man 2'' especially an effort was made to make all of the Peter-related stills look like graphic-novel style artwork

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' updated post TheMovie for Season 4 including The SealedWithAKiss.

** ''WesternAnimation/StreetSharks'', ''WesternAnimation/SherlockHolmesInTheTwentySecondCentury'', ''WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries'', ''Gadget & the Gadgetinis'', ''Liberty's Kids'', ''WesternAnimation/StargateInfinity'', ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake'' (Excluding Series 4), ''Sabrina's Secret Life'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollz}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Horseland}}'', ''WesternAnimation/DinoSquad'' and ''WesternAnimation/SushiPack'' all played this trope straight.

** DIC's earlier shows, and some later ones (''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground'', ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'', ''Mary-Kate & Ashley in Action!'', and Series 4 of ''Strawberry Shortcake'') averted this trope, instead going for entirely original footage.

Often, the montage will be updated from time to time with new material, making them EvolvingCredits. In an ActionSeries, it is traditional for the sequence to end with a PowerWalk (This usage is sometimes called a "Hero Shot").

* ''Series/StargateSG1'' (except for seasons 4-5 and the beginning of season 9). Starting with season 6, the sequence ends with a PowerWalk into the SGC's Stargate. Likewise ''Series/StargateAtlantis''.

* Most of ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries''[='=]s opening sequence, particularly from the moment when [=Jump5=] starts singing "Aloha, e Komo Mai" up to just before Stitch sings his Tantalog call and response bridge, uses clips taken from the show's episodes and even (in one variant of the sequence) its PilotMovie ''WesternAnimation/StitchTheMovie''. These are joined by tropical-themed colored bars featuring stylized depictions of [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments the experiments]] (their icons from Jumba's computer and the experiment pod container that Gantu took after the pilot with added animation) along the sides that usually show Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, and/or Pleakley chasing down said experiments with Stitch appearing in during these clips for transitions, including an EatTheCamera fake-out transition.

* Most of ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries''[='=]s opening sequence, particularly from the moment when [=Jump5=] starts singing "Aloha, e Komo Mai" up to just before Stitch sings his Tantalog call and response bridge, uses clips taken from the show's episodes and even (in one variant of the sequence) its PilotMovie ''WesternAnimation/StitchTheMovie''. These are joined by colored bars along the sides that usually show Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, and/or Pleakley chasing down [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments experiments]], and sometimes Stitch appears during these clips for transitions, including one EatTheCamera fake-out transition.

* Most, if not all, of the opening of ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsWelcomeToCareALot'' was this. It's sequel series ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsandCousins'' also fulfilled this trope, and so was the 2019 series ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsUnlockTheMagic''.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Franklin}}'' used this. Because Otter moved away a couple of episodes in, the opening was edited for the second season with an entirely new set of clips, none with Otter. The same set continued to be used for the remainder of the show's six season run, despite significant changes that included the addition of Franklin's sister Harriet.

** ''WesternAnimation/StreetSharks'', ''WesternAnimation/SherlockHolmesInTheTwentySecondCentury'', ''WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries'', ''WesternAnimation/StargateInfinity'', ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake'' (Excluding Series 4), ''Sabrina's Secret Life'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollz}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Horseland}}'', ''WesternAnimation/DinoSquad'' and ''WesternAnimation/SushiPack'' all played this trope straight.

** DIC's earlier shows, and some later ones (''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground'', ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' and Series 4 of ''Strawberry Shortcake'') averted this trope, instead going for entirely original footage.

* The dub openings of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' mix the Japanese openings (which are all original animation) with clips from episodes from that season.

** ''WesternAnimation/SherlockHolmesInTheTwentySecondCentury'', ''WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries'', ''WesternAnimation/StargateInfinity'', ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake'' (Excluding Series 4), ''Sabrina's Secret Life'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollz}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Horseland}}'', ''WesternAnimation/DinoSquad'' and ''WesternAnimation/SushiPack'' all played this trope straight.

* ''Series/OneDayAtATime1975'' transitioned from a backstory-style, specually-filmed rendition of the family's post-divorce move from house to apartment (season 1 and the start of season 2) to montages of clips from the show illustrating typical interactions (seasons 2 through 9). At first they segued the clips (cast member A, cast member A interacts with cast member B, cast member B), but by the end the cast was too large and each cast member just got two clips each. Exception: the initial season 5 credits showed shifting still photos of each cast member inset over helicopter shots of various Indianapolis landmarks, before they reverted to using clips from the show again later that season.

** Straight examples of this include ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', ''Series/FamilyTies'', ''Series/HoneyIShrunkTheKids: [[RecycledTheSeries The Series]]''.
** ''Series/LoisAndClark'': the pilot's opening titles just had captions over the flapping cape, as the closing credits continued to feature throughout the show. The first regular episode had a title montage featuring clips from the pilot and a couple of other very early episodes.

* Some shows use a different style of TitleSequence for their first season (or first episode), then switch to a TitleMontage later as they accumulate a stockpile of footage to use. Examples: ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', ''Series/FamilyTies'', ''Series/HoneyIShrunkTheKids:[[RecycledTheSeries The Series]]''.

* ''Series/{{Space 1999}}'' famously had "This Episode" scenes cut into the credits every week, along with a montage of the original disaster that sent the Moon hurtling away from Earth.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' does this. It updated each season to incorporate the new season's footage as well as to bump or demote characters in the introduction. Although it uses mostly new footage, some favorite shots show up consistently throughout the new seasons (most notably Buffy holding the hell-axe from season 3 pilot is used as a Hero Shot, and Giles wielding a chainsaw, from season 4. [[spoiler:This shot is so popular it remains even after Giles left the show and is removed from the lead character profiles.]]

* ''Series/TheBill'' moved to doing this in its second series (with the clips interspersed with a seizure-inducing flashing blue police light) and continued to use variations of it for the following 12 years.

* ''Series/StargateSG1'' (except for seasons 4-5 and the beginning of season 9). Starting with season 6, the sequence ends with a PowerWalk into the SGC's Stargate.
** And ''Series/StargateAtlantis''.

* ''Series/OneDayAtATime1975'' transitioned from a backstory-style rendition of the family's post-divorce move from house to apartment (season 1 and the start of season 2) to montages of clips from the show illustrating typical interactions (seasons 2 through 9). At first they segued the clips (cast member A, cast member A interacts with cast member B, cast member B), but by the end the cast was too large and each cast member just got two clips each. Exception: the initial season 5 credits showed shifting still photos of each cast member inset over helicopter shots of various Indianapolis landmarks, before they reverted to using clips from the show again later that season.
* The opening title sequence of ''Series/{{Yellowjackets}}'', "No Return," is largely a montage of clips from the show itself. By the sixth episode, most of the clips have been seen on the series itself, though viewers are still left to puzzle over certain clips and the significance of certain ones.

* Most, if not all, of the opening of ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsWelcomeToCareALot'' was this.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Franklin}}'' used this. Because Skunk moved away a couple of episodes in, the opening was edited for the second season with an entirely new set of clips, none with Skunk. The same set continued to be used for the remainder of the show's six season run, despite significant changes that included the addition of Franklin's sister Harriet.

* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated''
** Averted with the Japanese opening, however, since it instead used completely original animation.

* Some shows use a different style of TitleSequence for their first season (or first episode), then switch to a TitleMontage later as they accumulate a stockpile of footage to use. Examples: ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', ''Series/FamilyTies'', ''Series/HoneyIShrunkTheKids:[[RecycledTheSeries The Series]]'', ''Series/LoisAndClark''.

A TitleSequence composed primarily of clips from the series, sometimes intercut with [[ArtisticTitle artistic elements]]. Probably the most common form of TitleSequence for American shows, particularly [[SitCom sitcoms]], but relatively rare in British series.

The content of a TitleMontage is similar to that of PreviouslyOn, but is closer in format to a {{Blipvert}}.

Sister trope to CreditsMontage, which involves doing something similar for the closing credits. Compare PlaceholderTitles, which are similar in execution, but done because the real opening isn't ready.