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* "King Arthur, the Young Warlord" did a good job of editing together episodes of ''[[Arthur of the Britons (TV)|Arthur of the Britons]]'' into a single cohesive story
* ''[[Mystery Science Theatre 3000|MST3K]]'' has featured several of these clunkers:
** "Cosmic Princess" was made from two episodes of ''[[
** "[[Master Ninja]]" and "[[Master Ninja]] II" were each pieced together from two episodes of the obscure martial arts show ''[[The Master (TV)|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.
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** [[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
* The ''[[I Carly]]'' 'movies' ''iGo To Japan'' and ''iParty With [[Victorious]]'' are setup like this, with each being aired as a full 1 and a half hour movie, but split into three parts when aired as part of a regular schedule.
** At least they're long enough to qualify as feature-length episodes, unlike "iStart A Fan War," "iPsycho," "iQuit iCarly," iAnd so on...
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* 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)|Stingray]]'', ''[[Thunderbirds]]'' and ''[[Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons]]'' were subjected to this.
* Also applies to Anderson's live action ''[[UFO]]'' and ''[[
* ''[[The Man From UNCLE]]'' 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:
** ''To Trap a Spy'' (1964) (reedited version of "Solo", the original series pilot)
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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"--were stitched together for overseas theatrical release. DVDs of this movie are noteworthy for its [[Spotlight
* During the 70s, the BBC would air a Compilation Movie of a previous ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|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 (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' episodes in Compilation Movie format. The color used to [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.
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* ''[[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 ''[[
* ''[[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>[[FOX]] was the would-be broadcaster, [[Screwed By the Network|of course]].</ref>
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* All of the ''[[Trollz]]'' DVDs are these.
* The [[Five Episode Pilot|five-part pilot]] for the '80s ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 (Animation)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' was edited into a movie titled "The Epic Begins", which was released on VHS by Family Home Entertainment.
** Double [[Market
* ''[[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 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.
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