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** Iroh as well. He just wants to finish his game and drink some tea.
** The titular character of ''[[The Legend of Korra (Animation)|The Legend of Korra]]'' is introduced as a four-year-old, breaking through a wall and screaming [[Badass Adorable|"I'm the Avatar, YOU GOTTA DEAL WITH IT!"]]
*** Ikki was introduced as asking "[[Are We There Yet?]]" ad nauseum, while her little brother Meelo chews his father's head.
** [[The Charmer|Bo]][[Big Fun|lin]] introduces himself this way via a [[Funny Background Event]] where he spots [[Hot Amazon|Korra]] and decides, after some [[Casanova Wannabe|preening]], to [[The Dulcinea Effect|help her out of an argument]] with his earthbending teacher.
** [[Iron Lady|Chief Lin Bei Fong]]. She's introduced by grilling {{spoiler|Korra}} in the interrogation room. [[Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist|She's dead serious, pissed off, and 100% focused on her job.]] [[Lawful Neutral|Even though the one in custody is none other than]] {{spoiler|The Avatar}}. We've got a hardass over here, folks.
* Terry McGinnis' first scene in ''[[Batman Beyond (Animation)|Batman Beyond]]'' had him defending monorail passengers from a Jokerz gang member harassing them. Later scenes showed him with a bad attitude and temper, but [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold|established his character arc]] for the first few episodes.
* ''[[Invader Zim (Animation)|Invader Zim]]'''s first appearance has the [[The Napoleon|vertically-challenged megalomaniac]] recalling how he single-handedly thwarted his species' previous attempts at universal conquest by directing his [[Humongous Mecha]] on a planet-wide rampage ''[[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds|while he was still on his own planet]]''. Though what really establishes his personality is that he brings this up ''proudly'' and doesn't seem to understand why his bosses aren't pleased with him about it.
{{quote| '''Zim''': I put the fires out.<br />
'''Tallest Red''': You made them ''worse!''<br />
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'''Quagmire''': ''(wearing a lecherous grin)'' And I have a question for you: ''why are you still here?'' }}
* The first episode of ''[[Total Drama Island (Animation)|Total Drama Island]]'' was full of this. Some memorable ones were Owen's excitement, Cody's [[Casanova Wannabe]] entrance, Leshawna starting a fight with Harold, and Tyler and Bridgette's [[Dojikko]] behavior. Courtney's adherence to rules and order, strategic [[Alpha Bitch]] status were also partly revealed in the second episode.
* After being played up as [[The Ace]] by Eddy throughout ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy (Animation)|Ed, Edd n Eddy]]'''s run, Eddy's brother's first act in [[The Movie]] is [[Comedic Sociopathy|to beat up Eddy and Edd]]. So instead of the great guy Eddy's portrayed him as, Eddy's brother is a monster who tortures children for fun. [[Fridge Horror|And he works at an amusement park]]. {{spoiler|[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|He's defeated by Ed.]]}}
* The [[Transformers]] franchise has plenty of these:
** Dinobot enters ''[[Beast Wars (Animation)|Beast Wars]]'' by [[Defector From Decadence|defecting from the Predacons]] and challenging the Maximals' leader, Optimus Primal, to a duel to the death for leadership. Up to now, he's been portrayed as a back-stabbing villain, fully subscribing to his race's [[The Starscream|tradition of treachery and dishonor]]. Then, when Optimus Primal slips and nearly falls off the narrow bridge they're fighting on, Dinobot helps him up, revealing himself to be a decent, honorable guy, for all that it's worth. This quote illustrates it;
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'''Lisa:''' Well, I wish you wouldn't because, aside from the fact that he has the same frailties as all human beings, he's the only father I have. Therefore, he is my model of manhood, and my estimation of him will govern the prospects of my adult relationships. So I hope you bear in mind that any knock at him is a knock at me, and I am far too young to defend myself against such onslaughts.<br />
'''Patty:''' Mm hm. Go watch your cartoon show, dear. }}
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'': When we first meet Twilight in "Friendship is Magic Pt 1", she's studying with her friend/assistant Spike, who's trying to get her to relax. After being sent to Ponyville, she meets the rest of the main cast through a series of these. Pinkie Pie jumps in the air and promptly runs away. Applejack invites her to brunch with her large family. Rainbow Dash crashes into Twilight and sends her into a mud puddle, tries and fails to clean her up, proudly declares her ambition to join an elite aerial team, and clears the sky in ten seconds. Rarity is decorating for the Summer Sun festival and gives Twilight a makeover. Fluttershy is helping small animals and is painfully shy. And Pinkie Pie wasn't scared of Twilight; she just left to throw her a party. Yes, ''the second they met''.
** In "Luna Eclipsed", we finally get to see how Princess Luna normally acts. The answer? '''[[Incoming Ham|VERY LOUD]]'''!
** In "Return of Harmony Part 1", Discord first appears in the stained glass windows, demonstrating a sense of humour and mystery, as well as great knowledge of the Mane Six.
{{quote| '''Discord:''' Make sense? Oh, what fun is there in making sense? }}
*** Another part of this that helps establish him is Princess Celestia's (the only one present that actually knows him) reaction to Discord in the scene. She takes him dead seriously and tries her best to stop his [[Hannibal Lecture|Hannibal Lectures]] from getting started, showing him to be a very serious threat.
* [[Black Widow (Comic Book)|Black Widow]] briefly appears in the ''[[The Avengers:
** Similarly, on that show, [[Iron Man]] first appears in "Breakout" (following some scenes in promotional shorts and a compilation of those shorts) as he effortlessly breaks up a weapons sale, tells off [[Doctor Doom]]'s representative, blows off [[Nick Fury]] and SHIELD, and dismisses a request that soon comes back to massively bite him (and everyone else) in the ass.
*** If you ''do'' count the shorts and their compilations, Iron Man's establishing moments come when he fights a giant robot and shrugs off advice that he'd be better off making weapons than fighting evil directly and alone.
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'''Leo''': Ninja dropout!<br />
'''Mikey & Don''': [[Do Not Taunt Cthulhu|Oooooooh!]] }}
* Although a well-established character in other media and previous shows, even if you didn't know anything about the character, the opening theme for ''[[Batman:
* In ''[[Drawn Together]]'', a few happen in the first episode.
** Clara, upon meeting Foxxy for the first time, assumes she's a servant and asks her to fetch her bags, which Foxxy does not take well.
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