History Main / TitlePlease

* Since Summer 2018, any show that airs on [[Creator/DisneyChannel Disney Junior]] now does this for some reason, though one (or more) of the characters still announces the name of the episode as if the title still shows up on screen.

* In an odd inversion, [[WebSite/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses TGWTG]] reviewer WebVideo/{{Phelous}} doesn't have a title for his ''series''. Occasionally [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the videos, either by creating a WordSaladTitle or lifting one [[WordOfDante from IMDb]] (the most frequent being ''[[CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase Phelous and the Movies]]'').

%% * ''WesternAnimation/AllHailKingJulien'' takes this example.
%% * ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}''
%% * ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong''

%% * ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries''

%% * ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers''

%% * ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''

%% * ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''

** Averted with the German and Spanish dubs, where the episode titles are shown during the CouchGag.

%% ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Mysticons}}'' does the same thing.

%% * ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries''
%% * The entire ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' series.

* ''Franchise/KamenRider'' did this from 2001-2004 and 2006. ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'', ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'', ''Series/KamenRiderFaiz'', ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' and ''Series/KamenRiderKabuto'' all did not list episode titles on screen, but the titles were given on the official Web site.

** However, this only applies to shows made in-house. Imported shows such as ''WesternAnimation/PJMasks'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'' are exempt from this practice.

* All Disney Junior shows produced from 2018 onwards also do this. The only exception was WesternAnimation/{{Muppet Babies|2018}} which began production the year prior.

* Since Summer 2018, any show that airs on Creator/DisneyChannel's Disney Junior block now does this for some reason, though one (or more) of the characters still announces the name of the episode as if the title still shows up on screen.

** Played with in their ''WesternAnimation/PolePosition'' series. While it doesn't have on-screen title cards, Wheels[[note]]Played by Melvin Franklin, one of Music/TheTemptations.[[/note]] (one of the two cars' on-board computers) does give the episodes' titles as he narrates the "on today's episode" segments.

* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' was the first western ''Transformers'' series to not feature the title of the episode on-screen. The creators said they could never agree on a way to display the titles so they just decided not to. This ended up creating some issues in late Season 1 when episodes 21-23 aired early in Canada, since nobody knew what to call the episodes. Wiki/TFWikiDotNet went with calling them “''Transformers: Prime'' episode 21” and so forth until the episodes were listed on [=Zap2It=] a week later.

%% * ''Series/{{Millennium}}'' averted the trope in season two, but played it straight in seasons one and three.

* Every single episode of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' never had the episode titles shown offscreen.

%% * ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''

** Averted with the German dub, where the episode titles are shown during the CouchGag.

* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' plays with this. The episode titles never show up on screen, but because of the show's simplistic IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming (each episode being named after the subject of the episode, almost all of which are the [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments experiments]] featured in them) and a character (usually Lilo) giving them their names in the episode (making them a subtle TitleDrop), it's not necessary. This was even exploited by the show's producers for the episode "[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E8Yapper Yapper]]" in order to throw off kids of [[TurnOfTheMillennium the time the show was produced]] using ''Magazine/TVGuide'' from figuring out the new experiment early.[[note]]The experiment of this episode is actually Mertle's new "dog" Gigi, but Lilo and Stitch spend most of the episode trying to beat them at a dog show while Gantu spends most of his time wandering around Honolulu (where the dog show was being held) looking for the experiment. It isn't until Gantu finally arrives at the dog show and tries to take Gigi when it's revealed that she is the experiment. Lilo does call Gigi "the little yapper" in the {{Denouement}}, however.[[/note]] That said, there as been at least one instance where the experiment's new name is never mentioned by anyone ("[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E6Holio Holio]]").

* Some of the anime localized by Creator/FourKidsEntertainment, e.g. ''Anime/YuGiOh'' and ''Anime/UltimateMuscle'', suffered from this.

* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003''
* ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'' for its ninth season.
* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''
* ''Series/{{Cheers}}''
* ''[=CSI=]'' franchise
** ''Series/{{CSI}}''
** ''Series/{{CSINY}}''
** ''Series/CSIMiami''
** ''Series/CSICyber''
* ''Series/CriminalMinds''
* ''Series/{{Elementary}}''

* ''Series/{{Leverage}}''
* ''Series/{{Lost}}''
* ''Series/{{MASH}}''
* ''Series/{{Millennium}}'' averted the trope in season two, but played it straight in seasons one and three.
* ''Series/MissionImpossible'', as noted.
* ''Series/ThePinkertons''
* ''Series/{{Privileged}}''
* ''Series/TheRedGreenShow''
* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch''
* ''Series/SavedByTheBell''
* ''Series/{{Scorpion}}''

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* Done in ''Series/FraggleRock''.
* ''Series/ItsABigBigWorld'' applies to this.
* ''Series/TheWubbulousWorldOfDrSeuss'' for the show's second season.

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* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', until a 2020 redesign of the website, no title was displayed on the comic pages. The only way to know a specific comic's title was to look its number up in the archives (also, the last comic's name is displayed in the side bar). The names of each StoryArc aren't included anywhere in the online comic, only the print editions. Which, fortunately, also display the title of the individual strips at the bottom of every page. The redesign added this to the online versions.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AllHailKingJulien'' takes this example.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}''
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong''

* ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries''

* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers''

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''

* ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' does the same thing.

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Mysticons}}'' does the same thing.

* ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries''
* The entire ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' series.

Although the majority of modern scripted programs omit episode title cards, this isn't a new innovation, as sitcoms since the start of network TV have only rarely shown on-screen episode titles, and even in the 1950s and 1960s some drama TV series did not show titles, such as ''Series/MissionImpossible''.

** In 1972, TV Guide would have the episode titles for ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies'' in the listing's synopsis, but the titles were never displayed on the show (or any of Hanna-Barbera's shows between 1972 and 1977).

* ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' took advantage of this by making nearly every episode title [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar a vulgar pun on the name of main character Dick]].

* Some of the anime ''[[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]]'' localized, like ''Anime/YuGiOh'' and ''Anime/UltimateMuscle'', suffered from this.

* ''Series/TheAmazingRace'' derives its titles from contestants' quotes, so to those without a program guide, an episode's TitleDrop may not be recognized by viewers.

* ''WesternAnimation/DocMcStuffins'' does this starting with the 5th and final season, Pet Rescue.
* ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'', starting with its third season.
* ''WesternAnimation/FancyNancy'' lists the writer, storyboarders, and directors at the beginning of the episodes, but not the title of the episode, though Nancy announces such.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{TOTS}}'' does the same thing.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheRocketeer'' keeps the tradition alive as well.
** Ditto for ''WesternAnimation/MiraRoyalDetective''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'' for its third and final season.

* ''WesternAnimation/PuppyDogPals'' had title cards in the first season, but in the second season, it was dropped completely.
** ''WesternAnimation/MickeyAndTheRoadsterRacers'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Vampirina}}'' did the same thing.
** ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies2018'' used to have title cards before the episode begins in the first season, but starting with the second season onwards, they are omitted and rather cut to the actual episode, but the episode titles are still spoken when the episode starts.

* ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'', the first series in 50+ years of franchise history to employ this trope.