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== [[Anime]] ==

* Pretty much most [[Anime]] series that aren't [[Twelve-Episode Anime|kinda short]]. Many [[Shonen]] shows are notorious for this.

** But especially ''[[~~One Piece (Manga)|~~One Piece]]''. Seriously, you'll likely end up debating with yourself whether the sheer amount of time you'll have to wait for the end of the story (which is only about two thirds of the way done) and the time it takes to tie up loose ends is worth the emotional investment.

** But especially ''[[One Piece]]''. Seriously, you'll likely end up debating with yourself whether the sheer amount of time you'll have to wait for the end of the story (which is only about two thirds of the way done) and the time it takes to tie up loose ends is worth the emotional investment.

** ''[[Naruto]]'' is a funny instance. Sure, the series pre-timeskip is about 200 episodes long... but barely over half of them are actually canon. This is an example where it's faster to just read the manga to get caught up on the main plot. And there's a good reason many fans referred to the second half of the first series as the [[Filler]] Hell.

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* ''[[Twin Peaks]]''

* ''[[Lost]]''

* ''[[The X Files]]''

* ''[[The X-Files]]''

* ''[[~~Babylon Five|~~Babylon 5]]''

* ''[[Babylon 5]]''

* ''[[The Wire]]'' HBO series, notorious for being nigh-impossible to follow if you didn't start from the beginning.

* ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]''

* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]''

* Ron Moore has cited fear of this syndrome as being behind the [[Breather Episode|Breather Episodes]] on the new ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]''.

* ''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'' for most of its run. Seasons one and two were rather diligent about sticking to [[Star Trek ~~the~~ Next Generation]]'s [[Monster of the Week]] Formula with the Gamma-quadrant and Bajor-Cardassia back stories being secondary to what ever conflict came through the wormhole that week. Once [[The Empire|The Dominion]] was introduced, every episode had to start with a recap.

* ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' for most of its run. Seasons one and two were rather diligent about sticking to [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'s [[Monster of the Week]] Formula with the Gamma-quadrant and Bajor-Cardassia back stories being secondary to what ever conflict came through the wormhole that week. Once [[The Empire|The Dominion]] was introduced, every episode had to start with a recap.

* ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' was doomed after two seasons by its interesting but "narratively inhospitable" (to new viewers) tight story arc.

* ''[[Veronica Mars]]'', which abandoned the season-long mystery arc in season three, but never made it to season four.

* ''[[Flash Forward (TV)|Flash Forward]]'', which avoided this by inserting a special episode just before it came back from its mid-season hiatus. That's ''one whole hour'' for just thirteen episodes.

* ''[[Flash Forward (TV series)|Flash Forward]]'', which avoided this by inserting a special episode just before it came back from its mid-season hiatus. That's ''one whole hour'' for just thirteen episodes.

* ''[[Arrested Development (TV)|Arrested Development]]'' was a rare [[~~Sit Com~~]] example for the time. The lengthy continuity may have contributed to [[Too Good to Last|its untimely demise]].

* ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'' was a rare [[Sitcom]] example for the time. The lengthy continuity may have contributed to [[Too Good to Last|its untimely demise]].