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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.
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
Compare [[Five Episode Pilot]] and especially [[Patchwork Story]].
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== [[Anime]] ==
* Variation: The American release known as ''[[
* ''[[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 ago. As well, there were scenes cut from the series (and re-added for the Director's Cut episodes) that would have been critical to understanding End of Evangelion; for example, the scene where {{spoiler|Gendo tries to merge Rei with the Adam embryo on his hand}} would be nearly incomprehensible without first knowing that {{spoiler|Gendo even HAD the embryo on his hand.}}
** 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 In Badass|badass upgrade]], the second started going [[Off the Rails]] at about the time {{spoiler|Asuka was substituted for Toji as the pilot of Unit 3, and instead of simply destroying and eating Zeruel, Unit 1 sort of merges with it, along with Shinji, and begins to ascend into godhood... or something. Before being [[Impaled
* ''[[Gundam]]'' loves doing it. There were compilation movies of the [[Mobile Suit Gundam
* "[[
* ''[[
* "Shogun Assassin" was a compilation and rewrite/redub of a few ''[[Lone Wolf and Cub]]'' movies
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' has two Compilation Movies, each around two hours. 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.
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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.
* ''[[
* 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]].
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* "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 ''[[
* ''[[Mystery Science
** "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 ''[[
** "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
** "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''.
** The [[So Bad It's Good|legendary]] ''[[Prince of Space]]'' was made from two films in the same series: ''Planet Prince'' and ''The Terrifying Spaceship''. This is why the plot seems so disjointed, and why the second "half" makes no mention of the rocket fuel formula stolen in the first.
* The ''[[
** 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 ''[[Battlestar Galactica Classic]]'' episodes "Living Legend" (parts 1 and 2) and "Fire in Space" were edited together to produce "Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack".
* 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. [http://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/cliffhangers.php Details.]
* Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation series ''[[Stingray (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
** ''To Trap a Spy'' (1964) (reedited version of "Solo", the original series pilot)
** ''The Spy with My Face'' (1965) (reedited version (with additional footage) of the first season episode "The Double Affair")
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*** ''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 [[Re Cut|special editions]] that add new special effects, put deleted scenes back in, or improve the pacing. With the exception of the [[Vanilla Edition|original DVD of The Five Doctors]] ([[Old Shame|which was later re-released with both versions]]), these are always bundled with the original episodic versions.
* Two episodes of the live-action ''[[The Flash (TV series)|The Flash]]'' TV series guest-starring [[Mark Hamill]] as The Trickster were released as a "movie" on VHS. In the original run they were episodes 13 & 22.
* ''[[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
* ''[[Yor, the Hunter
* 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 [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment]], as the same character later reappeared and came dangerously close to discovering Cleo, Emma and Rikki's [[Our Mermaids Are Different|big secret]].
* ''[[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. <ref>[[
* ''[[
* 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".
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** 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.
* Inverted with ''[[
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Metroid: Other M]]'' contains a collection of cutscenes compiled as a two-hour movie, linked with game footage. The end result can be a bit inconsistent, jumping from in-engine cutscenes, [[Animation Bump|lavishly-detailed CGI cutscenes]], to unaltered gameplay footage with a fixed camera angle.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* The various ''[[
** ''The [[Bugs Bunny]]/Road Runner Movie'' (1979)
** ''The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie'' (1981)
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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:
** 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 ''[[
** 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 ''[[Re Boot]]'' movies ''Daemon Rising'' and ''My Two Bobs'' were later split into separate episodes to be aired as episodes for the final season.
* The ''[[
* ''[[
* 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:
* 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]]'', ''[[
** Unusually, ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' had ''another'' one at the beginning of it's third season.
* The series ''[[Dogtanian and
* All of the ''[[Trollz]]'' DVDs are these.
* The [[Five Episode Pilot|five-part pilot]] for the '80s ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987
** Double [[Market-Based Title]]: Not only was the series renamed Teenage Mutant '''Hero''' Turtles in the UK, the pilot video was renamed too: ''How It All Began''.
* ''[[Samurai Jack]]'' had several. The first 3 episodes were originally aired as a movie, and there are at least two multi-part stories (Birth of Evil and The Scotsman Saves Jack) that got the same treatment.
* The ''[[Spider
* 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 US|Dennis the Menace: Memory Mayhem]]'' is a compilation of episodes from the 80s animated series linked together by a story about Mr. Wilson getting [[Easy Amnesia]].
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* ''[[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.
* The third (and final, for the time being) ''[[Recess]]'' movie, ''Recess: All Growed Down'', was just strung together with previous episodes, one unnaired episode, and linking material.
* ''[[Heathcliff and The Catillac Cats
* The first two episodes of ''[[Young Justice (
* Few episodes of ''[[Highlander the Animated Series]]'' were compiled together into video film ''Highlander: The Adventure Begins''.
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