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* The intro sequences for the first episode of both ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and its sequel ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' have Katara and Tenzin, respectively, give more detailed history about the history of the world (Katara talks about the beginning of the Hundred Year War, while Tenzin its aftermath), while all other episodes have them recite the basic lore.

* The intros for the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has a slight variant in Katara's exposition, since she had yet to meet Aang.
* Its sequel, ''WesternAnimation/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.

* The pilot for ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' had no opening titles sequence, only title captions over the first PresentDay scene. These also come in very late, after a long pre-titles sequence showing the day of Clark's arrival as a baby and the accompanying meteor shower, introducing all of the main characters except Pete and Chloe.

* ''Series/TheGreatestAmericanHero'' shows the murder of Bill's partner by skinheads, then leads into the credits over a number of night shots of (presumably) LA.

* The pilot for ''Series/FamilyMatters'' was very different from the standard first season opening. The credit segment for Kellie Shanygne Williams was longer; the [=IDs=] for several other cast members were slightly longer than the final cut. There's a should of Carl greeting a colleague upon his arrival at work. The ID for Rosetta [=LeNoire=] saw her wearing a different dress, and after Jaimee Foxworth was cast as Judy, most of the scenes featuring her predecessor, Valerie Jones, were reshot. The title sequence also opens with a clip of Chicago at sunrise, and the whole thing is set to "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong.

* The opening credits for ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' 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.

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

** Although oddly enough, the DVD versions of seasons 4 and 5 used the "Children of the Gods" title. This was probably a mistake.
*** Actually, that's the credits it had in the TV show, at least when those seasons first aired in Australia.

* The pilot for ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone" doesn't have the "Once more we travel to the Land of Nightmares, etc" opening, as this is the first time the audience is seeing Zordrak and the Urpneys.

The pilot movie for ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'' has opening and closing credits not seen in later movies. The pilot movie starts with narration briefly explaining the backstory and ends with a live action music video inter spliced with clips and the end credits. The actual series and future movies use a regular theme song and 30 second end credits. Another change comes in season 4 where the executive producer, writing, story boarding, and directing credits come right after the theme song instead of in the end credits.

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

* While every Episode of ''[[Series/Thunderbirds]]'' begins with a preview montage; for the Pilot Episode; "Trapped In The Sky", the sound from those Scenes (such as Kyran's Screams or the Tire Sounds of the Elevator Cars) are audible too, unlike the other Episodes of the Show?

* While every Episode of '']]Series/Thunderbirds]]'' begins with a preview montage; for the Pilot Episode; "Trapped In The Sky", the sound from those Scenes (such as Kyran's Screams or the Tire Sounds of the Elevator Cars) are audible too, unlike the other Episodes of the Show?

* While every Episode of ''Series/Thunderbirds'' begins with a preview montage; for the Pilot Episode; "Trapped In The Sky", the sound from those Scenes (such as Kyran's Screams or the Tire Sounds of the Elevator Cars) are audible too, unlike the other Episodes of the Show?

* The pilot for ''Series/FamilyMatters'' was very different from the standard first season opening. The credit segment for Kellie Shanygne Williams was longer; the IDs for several other cast members were slightly longer than the final cut. There's a should of Carl greeting a colleague upon his arrival at work. The ID for Rosetta [=LeNoire=] saw her wearing a different dress, and after Jaimee Foxworth was cast as Judy, most of the scenes featuring her predecessor, Valerie Jones, were reshot. The title sequence also opens with a clip of Chicago at sunrise, and the whole thing is set to "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong.

* The pilot for ''Series/FamilyMatters'' was very different from the standard first season opening. The credit segment for Kellie Shanygne Williams was longer; the IDs for several other cast members were slightly longer than the final cut. the ID for Rosetta [=LeNoire=] saw her wearing a different dress, and after Jaimee Foxworth was cast as Judy, most of the scenes featuring her predecessor, Valerie Jones, were reshot. The title sequence also opens with a clip of Chicago at sunrise, and the whole thing is set to "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong.

* The pilot for ''Series/FamilyMatters'' was very different from the standard first season opening. The credit segment for Kellie Shanygne Williams was longer; the one for Reginald [=VelJohnson=] was slightly longer than the final cut. the ID for Rosetta [=LeNoire=] saw her wearing a different dress, and after Jaimee Foxworth was cast as Judy, most of the scenes featuring her predecessor, Valerie Jones, were reshot. The title sequence also opens with a clip of Chicago at sunrise, and the whole thing is set to "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong.

* The pilot for ''Series/FamilyMatters'' was very different from the standard first season opening. The credit segment for Kellie Shanygne Williams was much longer; the one for Reginald [=VelJohnson=] was slightly longer than the final cut. the ID for Rosetta [=LeNoire=] saw her wearing a different dress, and after Jaimee Foxworth was cast as Judy, most of the scenes featuring her predecessor, Valerie Jones, were reshot. The title sequence also opens with a clip of Chicago at sunrise, and the whole thing is set to "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong.

* ''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 instrumentation of the music has inferior quality -- this version is replaced with the more standard version a few episodes in.
* The first episode of the 1990s ''WesternAnimation/IronMan'' animated series lacked the green wire bits in the beginning seen in the other episodes of the first season.

* The intros for the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has a slight variant in Katara's exposition, since she had yet to meet Aang.
* Its sequel, ''WesternAnimation/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.

* The first episode of ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget''--"Winter Olympics"--had at least ''three'' variations, each with its own unique "edit" of the main title sequence. Also, the episode had unique closing credits!
* If you listen closely in the opening of the pilot of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', you can hear that the main theme has a flute added during the newspaper CouchGag that gets dropped in the second episode.
* During the FiveEpisodePilot of ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'', before Adora does her HeelFaceTurn and becomes the titular herione, a male announcer reads the OpeningNarration. After Adora becomes She-Ra, she reads a new version of the narration.
* ''WebAnimation/GEOWeasel'''s pilot has a theme song accompanied by Polaroid-style photographs of the main characters and framed pictures of the supporting characters, while the main episodes of the first season have a different theme song accompanied by scenes that never occur in the series itself.

* ''WebAnimation/GEOWeasel'''s pilot has a theme song accompanied by polaroid-style photographs of the main characters and framed pictures of the supporting characters, while the main episodes of the first season have a different theme song accompanied by scenes that never occur in the series itself.
* The original pilot episode of ''Series/LoisAndClark,'' aired as a two-hour TV movie, starts with the credits playing on top of a Superman s-shield logo on a black background. There are no shots of the cast or anything from the episode. In syndication, it was split into two parts and featured opening credits that matched the rest of the first season.

* The first episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' lists Creator/KevinConroy as "Bruce Wayne/Batman" and Creator/WillFriedle as "Terry [=McGinnis=]", since the episode began with [[DistantPrologue Bruce Wayne's final battle as Batman]] and Terry didn't [[LegacyCharacter take up the mantle]] until the second episode (where the credits permanantly change to "Bruce Wayne" and "Terry [=McGinnis=]/Batman").

* ''Series/{{Charmed}}'s'' title sequence for its pilot episode omits the footage if the girls using their powers so as not to spoil it for first time viewers as to what exact abilities each of them. The pilot was also the only episode in which ''only'' the original set of Charmed Ones / Halliwell Sisters appear in the episode opening.

* The opening credits for the reimagined ''[[Series/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.

* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' - not the pilot, but the two parter "In A Mirror, Darkly" from Season 4 featured a much darker opening credits sequence that represented the evolution of the mirror universe.