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{{trope}}
A [[Compilation Movie]] is created by editing together episodes of a television series to create a movie-length installment. Although this usually applies to home video releases, it can happen with broadcasts as well. How seamless the resulting movie is depends on how good the editor was, and what materials they had to work with (sometimes the opening credits or [[To Be Continued]] caption will be left in as the editor only had the complete version of each episode, or the end credits may only refer to the people who worked on the last episode). While the bulk of each episode is usually kept intact, some minor editing is usually made for time, continuity, or to make the new edit more seamless.
Back before home video recorders became widespread these would sometimes be released to cinemas as feature films. As home videos became more common, these were increasingly released as direct-to-video
A [[Compilation Movie]] can also be used in serialized TV to combine all the episodes of a serial into a single "movie", if the serial was very long then the resulting [[Compilation Movie]] may be essentially a feature length [[Clip Show]]. In the mecha anime genre, these movies are pretty much still par for the course. In the case of [[Soap Opera
In the 1970s and 80s, this was a not-uncommon method of making a [[Macekre]] of an imported Japanese anime series.
While the pacing of these movies are often quite suspect, especially in a series where there was originally a cliffhanger, new scenes are sometimes added to justify their release. ▼
▲While the pacing of these movies
This is sometimes inverted by editing an extended episode or [[Direct to Video]] movie into several episodes for [[Edited for Syndication|for Syndication]], leaving a several [["What?" Cliffhanger|odd cliffhangers]] [[Screwed by the Network|if this wasn't intended during production]].
Compare [[Five Episode Pilot]] and especially [[Patchwork Story]].
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== [[Anime]] ==
* Variation: The American release known as ''[[Digimon]]: [[The Movie]]'' was made by editing together the first three [[Short Anime Movie
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Evangelion: Death and Rebirth]]'' is kind of a corner case, containing parts of both the show and [[The Movie]].
** The reason why ''Death and Rebirth'' happened was because Hideaki Anno felt that the Japanese public's memory needed to be refreshed regarding the events of the series, considering ''End of Evangelion'' was due for release soon and the series had ended a year
** Then came ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion]]'', a remake of the old series in the form of four movies. The first simply covered the first six episodes, while giving Ramiel a serious [[Took a Level
* ''[[Gundam]]'' loves doing it. There were compilation movies of the [[Mobile Suit Gundam|original series]], [[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam|Zeta Gundam]], [[Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory]], [[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing|Endless Waltz]], [[Turn
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* ''[[RahXephon]]: The Movie'' edited together whole episodes with new scenes and had a different ending.
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* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' has two Compilation Movies, each around two hours in length. The first, ''Gurren-hen'' or ''Childhood's End'', covers the first half of the series, streamlining the plot and restructuring it after episode eight. The second, ''Lagann-hen'' or ''The Lights in the Sky Are Stars'', is a semi-aversion, containing more new film animation than it does recycled TV animation. It spans the invasion of Teppelin and battle with Lordgenome to the end of the series, {{spoiler|bringing the scale of the final battle to even greater heights}}. To the disappointment of some fans, the movies were never dubbed.
* When Funimation first aired ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' in the U.S., the five-episode Raditz arc that started the series was edited into a single movie released on home video titled ''Dragon Ball Z: Arrival''
** An inversion: the ''DBZ'' [[Short Anime Movie]] ''Tree of Might'' was initially shown in the U.S. as a three-part episode back when the series was syndicated.
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* One of the ''[[Stratos 4]]'' movies does this for the first season and the movies before it.
* ''[[Space Carrier Blue Noah]]'' was dubbed as ''Thundersub'' and the first four episodes were compiled to be released on VHS tape together after being shown altogether as one large movie pilot on American TV.
* ''[[Death Note]]'' got two compilations, the first supposedly a look at the first half of the anime from Ryuk's perspective with a bit of extra footage implying Light [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence|became a Shinigami]] after
* The movie edition of ''[[Macross Plus]]'' is arguably the only example of this in the Macross franchise as all others have been [[Alternate Continuity]] [[Non-Serial Movie|non-serial movies]].
* ''[[Inazuma Eleven]]'' had its first movie consist of mostly recycled footage of the first season, before finally swerving off to an [[Alternate Continuity]]. [[Broken Base|Some fans liked it, but others weren't impressed]].
* ''[[Uchuu Senkan Yamato]]'' is a strange tale. It originally started life as a 26 episode series that tanked. In an effort to make back some cash, producer Nishizaki edited the season into a 2.5 hour long movie using animation from the series, some test footage and some new stuff - and it took off like a rocket.
* ''[[Eden of the East]]'' had "Air Communication," a condensed-by-editing version of the series with [[Second Hand Storytelling|additional narration from the characters]], packaged with the first of the show's two [[The Movie|sequel movies]].
* ''[[Madoka Magica]]'' is getting two of these, followed by an actual sequel.
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== [[Film]] ==
* Many movie serials of the 30s, 40s and 50s were later
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* "Mission Impossible Versus the Mob" was created from a two-part episode of ''[[Mission: Impossible]]'' ("The Council," for the record).
* "The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West" was a compilation of episodes from the failed comedy ''Dusty's Trail.''
* "King Arthur, the Young Warlord" did a good job of editing together episodes of ''[[Arthur of the Britons]]'' into a single cohesive story
* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000|MST3K]]'' has featured several of these clunkers:
** "Cosmic Princess" was made from two episodes of ''[[Space: 1999]]'' (although the series only had one two-parter - "The Bringers Of Wonder," which itself was turned into the movie ''Destination Moonbase Alpha'').
** "[[Master Ninja]]" and "[[Master Ninja]] II" were each pieced together from two episodes of the obscure martial arts show ''[[Master Ninja|The Master]]''. Because the show's premise is "two guys travelling the country in a van [[They Fight Crime|fighting injustice]]," the two halves of each film take place in different cities with different villains and different guest stars, and pretty much no transition in between.
** "Riding with Death" came from two episodes of ''[[Gemini Man]]'' that featured country singer Jim Stafford as a guest star - never mind the fact that they were a good distance apart in the show's run, and [[The Chick]] had [[Put on a Bus|left the series]] by the time of the latter, requiring a clumsy cover-up.
** "Manhunt in Space" and "[[Rocky
** [[Fugitive Alien|"He triiiiiiied to kill me with a forklift! OLE!"]] "[[Fugitive Alien]]", from the ''Star Wolf'' series.
** "[[Time of the Apes]]", from ''SF Drama Army of the Apes''.
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** At least they're long enough to qualify as feature-length episodes, unlike "iStart A Fan War," "iPsycho," "iQuit iCarly," iAnd so on...
* ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'' had three 'movies' released on video, and later DVD, called "Robin Hood: The Movie", "Robin Hood: The Quest for the Crown" and "Robin Hood: Greatest Adventures" that were only way to get any of this classic show before the entire series was released on DVD.
* The original (1970s) ''[[Kolchak the Night Stalker]]'' had two pairs of episodes grafted together to form movies. "Firefall" and "The Energy Eater" became "Crackle of Death", and "Demon in Lace" and "Legacy of Terror" were joined to create "The Demon and the Mummy".
* The 1970s the ''[[Battlestar Galactica
* The ''[[Monty Python]]'' movie ''[[And Now for Something Completely Different]]''. This was in fact a compilation of completely re-filmed sketches made for theatrical release, since the originals a) were shot on video tape, b) had [[Laugh Track|laugh tracks]], and c) were only available for TV distribution (the movie could also be viewed in full colour, at a time when many british viewers owned only black-and-white television sets).
* One of the constituent serials of the NBC series ''[[Cliffhangers]]'', "Stop Susan Williams" was later re-edited into a telemovie, ''The Girl Who Saved The World''. Because the original serial's broadcast was [[Cut Short]] by cancellation, it ended up being the first time Americans saw that serial's ending. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070913234154/http://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/cliffhangers.php Details.]
* Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation series ''[[Stingray (1964 TV series)|Stingray]]'', ''[[Thunderbirds]]'' and ''[[Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons]]'' were subjected to this.
* Also applies to Anderson's live action ''[[UFO]]'' and ''[[Space: 1999]]''.
* ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'' may be the originator of this format, releasing most of its two-part episodes (with some new footage) as theatrical features (usually overseas first, because the show was not being aired in foreign markets). The films released were:
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* One of the oldest examples must be the 1955 movie ''[[Davy Crockett]], King of the Wild Frontier'', edited together from three episodes of ''[[Disneyland]]'': "Davy Crockett: Indian Figter", "Davy Crockett Goes to Congress" and "Davy Crockett at the Alamo".
** ''[[Davy Crockett]] and the River Pirates'' did the same thing with the remaining two episodes, "Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race" and "Davy Crockett and the River Pirates".
* The 1966 TV adaptation of ''[[The Green Hornet]]'' had two of these. In 1974 four episodes of the series--"The Hunter and the Hunted", "Invasion from Outer Space" (Parts 1 and 2), and "The Preying Mantis"
* During the 70s, the BBC would air a Compilation Movie of a previous ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial at Christmas, These would then be used as replacement programs if bad weather had canceled a live sports game.
** Some PBS stations used to show classic ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episodes in Compilation Movie format. The color used to [https://web.archive.org/web/20081207015923/http://www.purpleville.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rtwebsite/colouris.htm re-colorize] "The Daemons" came off such a compilation. BBC America has also done this with new series episodes, albeit quite badly by leaving the director and producer credits in half way through the movie.
*** ''The Five Doctors'' inverted the trope: it was made as a 90-minute movie, but intended to be cut into four episodes for syndication.
** Also done to a few classic serials for their DVD release, unlike many other examples these Compilation Movies are [[
* Two episodes of the live-action ''[[The Flash (TV
* ''[[Dead Set]]'' was originally aired as a 5-part mini series but has later been shown as a 2.5 hour movie.
* The 1936 ''[[Flash Gordon Serial|Flash Gordon]]'' serial was later condensed into a feature-length film called ''Rocket Ship''.
* ''[[Yor, the Hunter from the Future]]'' was compiled from 4 episodes of an Italian TV miniseries.
* For some reason, this is still being done where it shouldn't be. ''[[Parallax]]'' had one done that was a compilation of the first five episodes, which were largely stand-alone stories (although each did have some connection to the others.
* Also happened to ''[[H₂O: Just Add Water]]'' when it was shown on the Disney Channel. This time, they mixed the first few episodes with two episodes from later in the first season, meaning that one character came out of nowhere, did very little and just walked off. Technically not a [[
* ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' had a movie compiled from three episodes of the first season, but fear of competition with another Lucy/Desi movie, ''The Long, Long Trailer'', prevented a public release until it came to DVD in 2007.
* A [[Direct to Video]] ''[[Cruel Intentions]]'' [[Prequel]], "Manchester Prep", was actually a compilation of episodes produced for a never-aired TV series based on the movie.
* ''[[Babylon 5]]'' has an interesting case with ''In The Beginning'', which was basically recapping the established history of the Earth Minbari War, complete with whatever flashback footage they'd used to depict The War on the show (which took place
* While not a stitching together of TV episodes, many of the scenes in the ''[[On the Buses]]'' movies were lifted from TV episodes.
* Several episodes of ''[[Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot]]'' (the American version of the ''[[Giant Robo]]'' [[Toku]] series) were edited together into the movie "Voyage Into Space".
* ''[[Salvage 1]]'': The two part episodes "Golden Orbit" and "Hard Water" were combined in the late eighties and aired as "movies" on ''CBS Late Night''.
* In the UK, two [[Mr. Bean]] compilation DVDs have been released, 'Happy Birthday Mr Bean' and 'Mr Bean's Holiday Havoc' ([[I Thought It Meant|not to be confused with the similarly titled movie]]), lasting
** There was also a 'Best Of Mr Bean' Special with a newly recorded [[Framing Device]] of Mr Bean looking through his loft.
* Some of the UK [[Top Gear]] DVDs are compilations of the challanges that last up to three hours, and from 'The Challanges Three' onwards have even included bonus discs; there have been five of these compilations so far.
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** ''Daffy Duck's Quackbusters'' (1988)
* ''[[The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh]]'' combines Disney's first three theatrical ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]'' shorts with new linking material.
* [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] by ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]''. The movie compiling the first three-episodes story arc was released in theaters before the show itself debuted on Cartoon Network. The fourth episode that was later produced as a ''prequel'' to that arc, was included in the movie chronologically as well.
** It may have been an inversion, but all of the problems of the original form shine through. There are very obvious breaks between what would have been the stories of the separate episodes.
*** It seems more of a subversion as I caught an airing of the film on TV and cut out everything reffering to the Rotta arc via DVD Recorder and my cut is nearly half an hour long. That´s not even taking deleted scenes from the DVD and unreleased material into account. In case of the pilotmovie it is less a compilation movie and more an extended cut.
** The show now had a rerun of the first two seasons in Germany where the channel [[Super RTL]] cut together four episodes for one movie. They cut out the morals and titlescreens for all episodes except the first one of each movie. Newsreels stayed where they are, although they most of the time just explained what already happened.
* The first ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars]]'' miniseries aired on Cartoon Network with 4 minute episodes and was later released on DVD as an hour long movie. Inverted in some countries outside the US as this is the only form the episodes were available and TV-airings are in the same format.
* The ''[[South Park]]: Imaginationland'' movie is all three episodes of the "Imaginationland" arc of the TV show edited together in one movie,
** Similarly, a marathon of South Park's most notorious episodes concluded with the Season 1 cliffhanger and its resolution episode edited together as one, interspaced with "Great Destinations" segments from the creators in Snoqualmie, Washington.
** While not yet edited into a compilation movie, the three meteor shower episodes from Season 3 were edited into one [http://www.spscriptorium.com/Treats/TheMeteorShower.htm in script form] by a fan.
* The 1981 ''Spider-Man'' cartoon released most of the Doctor Doom [[Story Arc]] (four episodes, skipping one in the middle that didn't have much to do with him anyway) under the title ''Doctor Doom Conquers the World''.
* A variation, the ''[[
* The ''[[Futurama]]'' direct-to-video movies (''Bender's Big Score'', ''The Beast with a Billion Backs'', ''Bender's Game'', and ''Into the Wild Green Yonder'') are technically each about four TV episodes cut together. However, they were released as movies ''before'' being broadcast as individual episodes, making this something of an inversion.
* ''[[Family Guy]]: The Stewie Griffin Story'' is an inversion. It was conceived as a direct-to-video movie shortly before FOX decided to renew the series a few years after its earlier cancellation. The movie was written in a way that it could split into three episodes, all connected to a main story arc, and shown on television.
* Several direct-to-video Disney movies released between 1998 and 2003 that were based on TV shows and weren't sequels (and even some that ''were'', like ''[[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]] II'' and ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire|Atlantis: Milo's Return]]'') were basically really random episode compilations with linking material.
* This was the original plan for the each arc of ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]''; the resulting movies would include footage cut from the episodes for time and standards and practices reasons. However, this plan was scrapped after the release of the first such collection, "Attack of the Lizard".
* The [[Five Episode Pilot|two or three part pilot]] for any animated series is quickly dubbed as a "movie" when it hits shelves, in order to influence buying power: ''[[Justice League]]'', ''[[Transformers Animated]]'', ''[[Gargoyles]]'', ''[[Batman Beyond]]'', ''[[The Mighty Ducks (animation)|The Mighty Ducks]]'' Animated Series, etc.
** Unusually, ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' had ''another'' one at the beginning of it's third season.
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* The ''[[Spider-Man: The Animated Series]]'' compilation ''Secret Wars'' just barely qualifies as a stand-alone story, as it consists of the last five episodes (the three-part "Secret Wars" adaptation, followed by the two-part "Spider Wars") of a serialized TV series. However, it is particularly notable for cramming five half-hour episodes onto a single VHS tape.
* An unusual case happened for the [[Series Finale]] of ''[[Justice League]]''. For the US release, ''Starcrossed'' had it's three-part episodes edited together into one single long 60-minute (or so) movie for it's first DVD release, complete with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plDfvYO7npE an entirely new opening credits sequence] and was advertised as "Starcrossed: The Movie". When it was released in the UK, the cover of the DVD indicated that this is exactly what had been released there as well; but nope, it had all three episodes UNEDITED, playing in a continuous manner.
* ''[[Dennis the Menace
* The '' entirety'' of the first ''[[Redwall]]'' cartoon series got compiled into a single movie.
* ''[[Kim Possible]]'''s "A Sitch In Time" three part arc was billed as a movie when Disney aired it. It even got its own DVD.
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