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* ''[[HistorysKenichi: StrongestThe DiscipleMightiest KenichiDisciple]]'' takes this to the next level by showing a box with the name of any character who is showing up for the first time ''and'' any character who hasn't been seen in a while. Often with a brief description.

* The Dramatis Personae of [[Suehiro Maruo]]'s ''[[Mr. Arashis Amazing Freak Show|Mr. Arashi's Amazing Freak Show]]'' contains two real-life people who have no part in the story: Ikki Kita, a Japanese politician who was contemporary to when the story takes place; and Hibari Misora, a singer who rose to fame after World War II.

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' essentially starts off with one in the form of the class roster, introducing all of the girls in Negi's class. As the manga goes on, it also has brief character introductions at the beginning of each chapter.

* ''[[Durarara!!]]'' and ''[[Baccano!]]'' both throw a list of the characters over the opening. {{spoiler|They also play around with this a bit - certain important characters are shown, but the names are withheld.}} Baccano {{spoiler|gives [[Axe Crazy|Claire]] [[Crazy Awesome|Stanfield]] [[Badass Nickname|aka]] [[Heroic Sociopath|The]] [[Shrouded in Myth|Rail]] [[The Dreaded|Tracer]] [[I Have Many Names|aka]] [[Psycho for Hire|Vino]] [[Two Aliases, One Character|aka]] [[Sacrificial Lamb|The]] [[Beware the Nice Ones|Young Conductor]] the same amount of screen time as every other character, but withholds his name and successfully tricks the audience into assuming he's just an extra.}} Something similar is true for ''Durarara'''s first opening, which {{spoiler|withholds the name of another character, but this time it clearly shows that the character will be important - it does the same freeze frame that the other characters get, but leaves out the name. This is promptly subject to [[Fridge Brilliance]] followed by a [[Subverted Trope|subversion]]: At first we think her name isn't listed because it's already been shown for another character, then we realize that isn't actually true. The second opening shows her actual name.}}

* During the Silver Age, the [[Legion of Super-Heroes]] had the Legionnaire Roll Call so you'd know which of the many Legionnaires were starring in each particular story.

** Brought back in the post-''[[Zero Hour]]'' version, with occasional variants (the [[Elseworld]] in which they're typical 1950s teenagers has "class attendenceattendance", for instance).

** Brought back in different form in the post-''[[Final Crisis]]'' "deboot" Legion, where the first appearance of a character in an issue is accompanied by a caption giving name, codename, and powers. Becomes tedious in collected editions, where the same character will get introduced half-a-dozen times. (One must learn to ignore it.)

** During the 1980s, when Marvel placed a picture of a character in a box in the upper left-hand corner of the cover (Different,different but issue-specific pics of Spider-Man, for example, or the faces of each member of the X-Men), that box on an ''[[Alpha Flight]]'' cover only pictured the characters appearing in that issue (Mostmost of the John Byrne issues, especially No.s 1-11, focused on specific characters).

* After finishing a story, the Belgian/Dutch daily newspaper comic ''[[Suske en Wiske]]'' announces the following story with a short strip mentioning the main characters - which always includes the famous five (Suske, Wiske, Aunt Sidonia, Lambik and Jerom), and occasionally includes a few more important extras, though that is not always so. It also gives a short indication about the story to come, though it omits any twists and turns.

** Also ''[[Discworld/Wyrd Sisters|Wyrd Sisters]]'', in-story, with its parody of ''[[Macbeth]]''.

** The ''[[X Wing Series|X-Wing]]'' series, depending on the book, may also give the [[You Are Number Six|squad numbers]] of the pilots.

* Several books by [[Larry Niven]] and [[Jerry Pournelle]], including:

** ''[[The Mote Inin God's Eye]]''

** ''[[The Gripping Hand]]''

** ''[[Oath of Fealty]]''

** ''[[Lucifer's Hammer]]''

* The [[Warhammer 4000040,000]] [[Horus Heresy]] books include a list of all the people in it at the beginning to help keep track of who is part of what group.

* Pretty much any play ever made.; Seesee abovethe trope description.

* The playbill in the original production of ''[[Rent]]'' had a page listing the main charecterscharacters and their relationships to each other, in case anyone got confused.

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