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* ''{{Series/CSINY}}'' did it with Lindsay. She kept getting all the messy jobs, even after her first ep, and eventually remarked to Mac that it was getting a little old.

* ''PowerRangers'' uses this tactic with their {{Rookie Red Ranger}}s in seasons 10 (Wild Force) and 13 (S.P.D., with slight modifications to the formula).

** ''Discworld/GuardsGuards'', the first City Watch novel, has NaiveNewcomer Carrot arrive in the city and meet the rest of the Watch.
** ''Discworld/GoingPostal'', the first Moist von Lipwig novel, has Moist become the Postmaster and meet the rest of the team at the Ankh-Morpork Post Office. The second Moist novel, ''Discworld/MakingMoney'', while it features characters from ''Going Postal'', would involve him becoming Master of the Mint and be introduced to an entirely different team at the Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork. (He changes jobs again in ''Discworld/RaisingSteam'', but that involves the invention of an entirely new industry, so there isn't a pre-existing team.)

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-->'''Jo:''' My first thought was it's a practical joke. You know, "Welcome to the New York Crime Cab."

* ''{{Series/CSI NY}}'' did it with Lindsay. She kept getting all the messy jobs, even after the first ep,and eventually remarked to Mac that it was getting a little old.

* Fry in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' (2 episodes worth of welcome! The first introduces him to the trio of other central characters while the second introduces the rest-Amy, Hermes, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Zoidberg]])

* In the very first episode of the ''Anime/{{Kirby|OfTheStars}}'' anime, Kirby crash-lands in Dreamland and is introduced to Cappy Town by Tiff, Tuff, Lololo and Lalala and welcomed to it by the Cappies. They even build him a new house for him to live in in the second episode.

* Duke and Ripcord in the ''GIJoe'' LiveActionAdaptation.

* Another: Myers in ''Film/{{Hellboy}}''.

* Linna in ''Anime/BubblegumCrisisTokyo2040''.

* Carter in ''Series/{{ER}}''.
** Also the reboot of sorts with Lucy Knight at the start of season 5.

* Captain Holt in ''Series/BrooklynNineNine''.

** Ricky in ''Series/TheOfficeUK''.

* Simon, Book and River in ''Series/{{Firefly}}''

* Done in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', with whom is somewhat up to debate, with Robin being introduced to the existing group, but the kids being the ones who are getting the information about everyone. Robin herself doesn't really ''join'' their group until a few episodes later after she rebuffs Ted's advances a couple times and asks if they can just be friends instead.

* The eponymous writer in ''Series/{{Castle}}''

* Penny in ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''.
* Jess in ''Series/NewGirl''.

* Fran in ''Series/TheNanny''.

* Bates in ''Series/DowntonAbbey''.

* Jeff on ''Series/{{Community}}''.

* The eponymous {{Series/Merlin}}.

* Captain Holt in ''Series/Brooklyn99''.

* The first episode of ''WesternAnimation/GalaxyHigh'' had Milo de Venus give Doyle and Aimee a tour of the high school while also introducing them to the other characters.

* The second episode of ''Manga/FairyTail'' starts with Natsu introducing Lucy to the rest of the Guild members and their quirky behavior.

** Wolverine '''''and''''' Rogue in the first [[Film/XMen1 movie]]...
** ...and even Jean "Marvel Girl" Grey in the first issue of the [[Comicbook/XMen original comic]]. The introduction of the "All-New, All-Different" team in the '70s, however, was EveryoneMeetsEveryone.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' pilot "Meat Fuzzy Lumkins" has narrator Ernie Anderson entreating us to say hello to Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup.

** Kitty Pryde in the abortive animated pilot "Pryde of the X-Men".