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* The intros for the first episode of AvatarTheLastAirbender has a slight variant in Katara's exposition, since she had yet to meet Aang.
** Its sequel, TheLegendOfKorra, has Tenzin relate to the audience the basics of what has happened since the end of the original series, providing the necessary backstory. All other episodes have him simply recite the basic lore of the Avatar.
* {{Victorious}} forgoes the theme song altogether, since Tori has yet to actually perform it.
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* ''DoctorWho'' first episode in 1963 features an extended version of the opening theme which runs over the first scene of the episode (normally it gets faded out). The rejected pilot version of the first episode, which was not aired until the 1990s, adds a thunderclap sound effect to the opening credits, which is not heard thereafter.

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* ''DoctorWho'' ''Series/DoctorWho'''s first episode in 1963 features an extended version of the opening theme which runs over the first scene of the episode (normally it gets faded out). The rejected pilot version of the first episode, which was not aired until the 1990s, adds a thunderclap sound effect to the opening credits, which is not heard thereafter.
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* The first episode of ''CaptainScarlet'' features a unique opening monologue by Captain Blue which begins with the phrase "The finger is on the trigger..." and ends by introducing Scarlet with "This will be our hero for fate will make him indestructible."

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* The end credits to the ''BuckRogersInThe25thCentury'' pilot feature the theme song's lyrics.

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* The end credits to the original pilot for ''BuckRogersInThe25thCentury'' pilot feature was originally released as a theatrical film. The opening credits featured not only a unique version of the theme song's lyrics.music with lyrics, but also Fanservice images of the female leads lounging about in swimsuits! The televised version of the pilot ditches the swimsuits, but retains the vocal version of the theme for the closing credits.


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* ''DoctorWho'' first episode in 1963 features an extended version of the opening theme which runs over the first scene of the episode (normally it gets faded out). The rejected pilot version of the first episode, which was not aired until the 1990s, adds a thunderclap sound effect to the opening credits, which is not heard thereafter.
* ''TheSixMillionDollarMan'' had three pilot movies before the weekly series began. The first had no real title sequence, just the credits played out over the opening scenes. The second and third films featured a recounting of Steve's accident (which differed completely from the first pilot!) and a theme ''song'' performed by Dusty Springfield. The famous "Steve Austin...astronaut" opening wasn't introduced until the weekly series began.
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* The opening credits of the first ''ThirtyRock'' episode feature Liz in a ''ThatGirl''[=/=]''TheMaryTylerMooreShow''-type opening, but this ends up as a LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn gag and actually they're singing about the ShowWithinTheShow character "Pam, the Overly-Confident Morbidly Obese Woman". The second episode introduces the regular opening credits.

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* The opening credits of the first ''ThirtyRock'' ''Series/ThirtyRock'' episode feature Liz in a ''ThatGirl''[=/=]''TheMaryTylerMooreShow''-type opening, but this ends up as a LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn gag and actually they're singing about the ShowWithinTheShow character "Pam, the Overly-Confident Morbidly Obese Woman". The second episode introduces the regular opening credits.

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** The opening of the first pilot is also completely different: the shots are solely the Enterprise on a starfield, Leonard Nimoy's name doesn't appear (although he plays a major part in the episode), the special guest's name ''does'' appear, and the credits themselves lack the typographic appearance of the later series.

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** The opening of the first pilot is also completely different: the shots are solely the Enterprise ''Enterprise'' on a starfield, Leonard Nimoy's name doesn't appear (although he plays a major part in the episode), the special guest's name ''does'' appear, and the credits themselves lack the typographic appearance of the later series.



* The pilot of {{Seinfeld}} originally had a very different tune than later episodes and the rest of the series. The pilot was rescored a few weeks later and resindicated. The pilot in its original form is no longer aired.

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* The pilot of {{Seinfeld}} ''{{Seinfeld}}'' originally had a very different tune than later episodes and the rest of the series. The pilot was rescored a few weeks later and resindicated. The pilot in its original form is no longer aired.



* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''[='=]s unaired pilot had [[Music/{{Primus}} Les Claypool]] walking across town as he sings a slow-tempo version of the theme song (in fact, the version played during the credits of almost every episode), with the boys popping up from the bottom of the screen long enough to sing their verses. The aired version is the same as the Season 1 opening, but the instrumention of the music has inferior quality -- this version is replaced with the more standard version a few episodes in.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''[='=]s unaired pilot had [[Music/{{Primus}} Les Claypool]] walking across town as he sings a slow-tempo version of the theme song (in fact, the version played during the credits of almost every episode), with the boys popping up from the bottom of the screen long enough to sing their verses. The aired version is the same as the Season 1 opening, but the instrumention instrumentation of the music has inferior quality -- this version is replaced with the more standard version a few episodes in.


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* For its pilot episode "Children of the Gods", ''StargateSG1'' used a variation on the title sequence of [[Film/{{Stargate}} the movie]]: A long pan over Ra's mask, then zooming out to show the whole thing, followed by fade-out. The rest of the series uses cut-together clips.
** Although oddly enough, the DVD versions of seasons 4 and 5 used the "Children of the Gods" title. This was probably a mistake.
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* The first episode of the 1990s ''IronMan'' animated series lacked the green wire bits in the beginning seen in the other episodes of the first season.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''[='=]s unaired pilot had [[Music/{{Primus}} Les Claypool]] walking across town as he sings a slow-tempo version of the theme song (in fact, the version played during the credits of almost every episode), with the boys popping up from the bottom of the screen long enough to sing their verses. The aired version is the same as the Season 1 opening, but the instrumention of the music has inferior quality -- this version is replaced with the more standard version a few episodes in.

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* ''TrapperJohnMD'' opened with Pernell Roberts dreaming via clips of ''Series/{{Mash}}'' and
a title sequence in the font of ''TheGreatestAmericanHero'' style type.

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* ''TrapperJohnMD'' opened with Pernell Roberts dreaming via clips of ''Series/{{Mash}}'' and
a title sequence in the font of ''TheGreatestAmericanHero'' style type.type and Pernell Roberts dreaming via clips of ''Series/{{Mash}}''
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* ''TrapperJohnMD'' opened with Pernell Roberts dreaming via clips of ''Series/{{Mash}}''
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* ''TrapperJohnMD'' opened with Pernell Roberts dreaming via clips of ''Series/{{Mash}}''
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* ''TrapperJohnMD'' opened with Pernell Roberts dreaming via clips of ''[[Series/{{Mash}}]]''

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* ''TrapperJohnMD'' opened with Pernell Roberts dreaming via clips of ''[[Series/{{Mash}}]]''''Series/{{Mash}}''
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* ''TrapperJohnMD'' opened with Pernell Roberts dreaming via clips of ''[[Series/{{Mash}}]]''
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* The pilot episode of ''{{The X-Files}}'' has no title or end credits and is the only X-Files episode (including the two movies) not to include the iconic theme song. The episode opens with a title card stating that the plot is based on real events and that's all.

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* The pilot episode of ''{{The X-Files}}'' has no title or end credits and is the only X-Files episode (including the two movies) not to include the iconic theme song. The episode opens with a title card stating that the plot is based on real events and that's all.all.
* The pilot of {{Seinfeld}} originally had a very different tune than later episodes and the rest of the series. The pilot was rescored a few weeks later and resindicated. The pilot in its original form is no longer aired.
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* The pilot episode of ''{{The X-Files}}'' has no title or end credits and is the only X-Files episode (including the two movies) not to include the iconic theme song. The episode opens with a title card stating that the plot is based on real events and that's all.
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** It could have been worse. The original concept for the titles lacked the typographic appearance now associated with this particular incarnation.
** The opening of the first pilot is also completely different: the shots are solely the Enterprise on a starfield, Leonard Nimoy's name doesn't appear (although he plays a major part in the episode), the special guest's name ''does'' appear, and the credits themselves lack the typographic appearance of the later series.
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* The opening credits for the reimagined ''[[BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Battlestar Galactica]]'' pilot begin with music by Richard Gibbs. The second episode, "33", begins with the now-familiar Bear McCreary theme. It also has the quick cuts of upcoming scenes from the episode after the theme music.

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* The opening credits for the reimagined ''[[BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Battlestar Galactica]]'' pilot begin with music by Richard Gibbs. The second episode, "33", begins with the now-familiar Bear McCreary [=McCreary=] theme. It also has the quick cuts of upcoming scenes from the episode after the theme music.
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* The opening credits for the BattlestarGalacticaReimagined pilot begins with music by Richard Gibbs. The second episode "33" begins with the now familiar Bear McCreary theme. It also has the quick cuts of upcoming scenes from the episode after the theme music.

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* The opening credits for the BattlestarGalacticaReimagined reimagined ''[[BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Battlestar Galactica]]'' pilot begins begin with music by Richard Gibbs. The second episode "33" episode, "33", begins with the now familiar now-familiar Bear McCreary theme. It also has the quick cuts of upcoming scenes from the episode after the theme music.
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* The opening credits for the BattlestarGalacticaReimagined pilot begins with music by Richard Gibbs. The second episode "33" begins with the now familiar Bear McCreary theme.

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* The opening credits for the BattlestarGalacticaReimagined pilot begins with music by Richard Gibbs. The second episode "33" begins with the now familiar Bear McCreary theme. It also has the quick cuts of upcoming scenes from the episode after the theme music.
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* The opening credits for the BattlestarGalacticaReimagined pilot begins with music by Richard Gibbs. The second episode "33" begins with the now familiar Bear McCreary theme.

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* The 2 hour pilot to ''StarTrek:DeepSpaceNine'' didn't feature the wormhole opening as it hadn't been introduced in the story yet. The syndicated two part version has no wormhole in the first half and the regular opening for the second.

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* The 2 hour pilot to ''StarTrek:DeepSpaceNine'' didn't ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' doesn't feature the wormhole opening as it hadn't been introduced in the story yet. The syndicated two part version has no wormhole in the first half and the regular opening for the second.



* The end credits to the ''BuckRogersInThe25thCentury'' pilot feature the theme song's lyrics.

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* The end credits to the ''BuckRogersInThe25thCentury'' pilot feature the theme song's lyrics.lyrics.
* The opening credits for the first episode of ''DowntonAbbey'' follow the news of the ''Titanic'' sinking toward the main characters; all the other episodes use a more domestic credit sequence.
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* The opening credits of the first ''ThirtyRock'' episode feature Liz in a ''ThatGirl''[=/=]''TheMaryTylerMooreShow''-type opening, but this ends up as a LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn gag and actually they're singing about the ShowWithinTheShow character "Pam, the Overly-Confident Morbidly Obese Woman". The second episode introduces the regular opening credits.

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* The opening credits of the first ''ThirtyRock'' episode feature Liz in a ''ThatGirl''[=/=]''TheMaryTylerMooreShow''-type opening, but this ends up as a LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn gag and actually they're singing about the ShowWithinTheShow character "Pam, the Overly-Confident Morbidly Obese Woman". The second episode introduces the regular opening credits.credits.
* The end credits to the ''BuckRogersInThe25thCentury'' pilot feature the theme song's lyrics.
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* The opening credits of the first ''ThirtyRock'' episode feature Liz in a ''ThatGirl''[=/=]''TheMaryTylerMooreShow''-type opening, but this ends up as a LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn gag and actually they're singing about the ''TGS'' character "Pam, the Overly-Confident Morbidly Obese Woman". The second episode introduces the regular opening credits.

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* The opening credits of the first ''ThirtyRock'' episode feature Liz in a ''ThatGirl''[=/=]''TheMaryTylerMooreShow''-type opening, but this ends up as a LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn gag and actually they're singing about the ''TGS'' ShowWithinTheShow character "Pam, the Overly-Confident Morbidly Obese Woman". The second episode introduces the regular opening credits.
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* The 2 hour pilot to ''StartTrekDeepSpaceNine'' didn't feature the wormhole opening as it hadn't been introduced in the story yet. The syndicated two part version has no wormhole in the first half and the regular opening for the second.

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* The 2 hour pilot to ''StartTrekDeepSpaceNine'' ''StarTrek:DeepSpaceNine'' didn't feature the wormhole opening as it hadn't been introduced in the story yet. The syndicated two part version has no wormhole in the first half and the regular opening for the second.
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* The 2 hour pilot to ''StartTrekDeepSpaceNine'' didn't feature the wormhole opening as it hadn't been introduced in the story yet. The syndicated two part version has no wormhole in the first half and the regular opening for the second.
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* The opening credits of the first ''ThirtyRock'' episode feature Liz in a ''ThatGirl''[=/=]''TheMaryTylerMooreShow''-type opening, but this ends up as a LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn gag and actually they're singing about the ''TGS'' character "Pam, the Overly-Confident Morbidly Obese Woman". The second episodes introduces the regular credits.

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* The opening credits of the first ''ThirtyRock'' episode feature Liz in a ''ThatGirl''[=/=]''TheMaryTylerMooreShow''-type opening, but this ends up as a LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn gag and actually they're singing about the ''TGS'' character "Pam, the Overly-Confident Morbidly Obese Woman". The second episodes episode introduces the regular opening credits.
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* The opening credits of the first ''ThirtyRock'' episode feature Liz in a ''ThatGirl''[=/=]''TheMaryTylerMooreShow''-type opening, but this ends up as a LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn gag. The second episodes introduces the regular credits.

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* The opening credits of the first ''ThirtyRock'' episode feature Liz in a ''ThatGirl''[=/=]''TheMaryTylerMooreShow''-type opening, but this ends up as a LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn gag.gag and actually they're singing about the ''TGS'' character "Pam, the Overly-Confident Morbidly Obese Woman". The second episodes introduces the regular credits.
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* The opening credits in the first ''ThirtyRock'' episode feature Liz in a ''ThatGirl''[=/=]''TheMaryTylerMooreShow''-type opening, but this ends up as a LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn gag. The second episodes introduces the regular credits.

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* The opening credits in of the first ''ThirtyRock'' episode feature Liz in a ''ThatGirl''[=/=]''TheMaryTylerMooreShow''-type opening, but this ends up as a LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn gag. The second episodes introduces the regular credits.

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* ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' second pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before" didn't have William Shatner's "Space, the final frontier" voiceover. This was 'corrected' for the HD remastered version of the episode.

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* ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' second pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before" didn't have William Shatner's "Space, the final frontier" voiceover. This was 'corrected' for the HD remastered version of the episode. episode.
* The opening credits in the first ''ThirtyRock'' episode feature Liz in a ''ThatGirl''[=/=]''TheMaryTylerMooreShow''-type opening, but this ends up as a LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn gag. The second episodes introduces the regular credits.

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* ''RemingtonSteele'' has Laura tell a slightly different story to since at this point she hasn't met the man who would take over Remington Steele's persona.

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* ''RemingtonSteele'' has Laura tell a slightly different story to since at this point she hasn't met the man who would take over Remington Steele's persona.persona.
* ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' second pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before" didn't have William Shatner's "Space, the final frontier" voiceover. This was 'corrected' for the HD remastered version of the episode.
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Often a pilot episode will have a different title credit sequence than the resulting show. This can be the result of many factors - Sometimes a pilot is presented as a tv movie with movie style credits, sometimes an element that will become common knowlege during the show is kept hidden to keep the surprise; sometimes an actor will be replaced between filming of the pilot and the series.

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Often a pilot episode will have a different title credit sequence than the resulting show. This can be the result of many factors - Sometimes a pilot is presented as a tv movie with movie style credits, sometimes an element that will become common knowlege during the show is kept hidden to keep the surprise; sometimes an actor will be replaced between filming of the pilot and the series.series.

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!!Shows with unique pilot title sequences:

* ''CharliesAngels'' started as a T.V. Movie with a different opening, as well as different bumpers showing the three Angels standing side by side.
* ''TheFlyingNun'' shows Sister Bertrille walking with her welcoming party back to the convent.
* ''Series/{{Mash}}'' starts with the title "Korea 1950 - 100 Years Ago" as Hawkeye and Trapper John play golf with "My Blue Heaven" playing in the background. Radar gets tossed a football and stops as he hears the choppers coming, which then leads into the standard opening.
* ''RemingtonSteele'' has Laura tell a slightly different story to since at this point she hasn't met the man who would take over Remington Steele's persona.

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