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This is becoming increasingly obvious in [[Anime]], but it may or may not carry over into the series' foreign broadcasts. Compare [[Evolving Music]].

* ''[[Naruto]]'' is particularly fond of this in its many openings.

** The fourth and fifth changed with the introductions of Tsunade, Shizune, Kimimaro, and so on, and certain characters disappeared after they "died".

** Technically, the scenes from when Asuma, Shikamaru, [[Those Two Guys|Izumo and Kotetsu]] fight Hidan and Kakuzu in the third opening were most likely supposed to be originally part of the fourth opening, given that they flow better with the fourth song and the animation, and were included to show that the show had moved past the filler arc.

** Later, the second version of the fifth ''Shippuden'' opening transitions from Orochimaru staring at Sasuke as the curse mark spreads at him to {{spoiler|Sasuke killing Orochimaru after he does}}, and now features the members of Team Snake.

** Sadly, the uncut DVD release of ''S'' and ''SuperS'' ignores this and uses the final versions of the opening sequences from the start, spoiling future characters' appearances. ''Stars'' was spared due to [[No Export for You|never getting an official release]].

* ''[[S-Cry-ed]]'' did this so much that there is perhaps one case of the title sequence being re-used ''without'' changes in the whole 26-episode series. (Apart from spoiler-based changes, there was also sepia-fading of deceased characters and 3 different main versions for three different verses of the theme tune depending on which of the main characters had the story focus that episode.)

* The first ending to ''[[Seto no Hanayome]]'' consists of a still shot of the characters in a karaoke booth that gradually zooms out. It starts out with only a few characters but gets increasingly crowded as more and more characters are introduced in the series and subsequently added to the mayhem.

* ''[[Sketchbook]]'' changes part of the OP and ED depending on the primary cast of the episode.

* The opening animation for ''[[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo|(Zoku)]] [[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei|Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei]]'' starts off as projected black-and-white film and gradually gets darker and lower-quality. Floating kanji and a border are also added to the falling sequence. Near the end of the series, the opening gains color during the falling sequence, but the film tears on the projector before getting any farther. The last episode finally has the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44r0jCd6PE4 entire opening] in full, gaudy Technicolor with added animation.

* ''[[Vampire Knight]]'''s first season does this twice despite the fact that it only runs for 13 episodes: {{spoiler|the first revision of the opening titles introduces Kurenai Maria, a second introduces her true form as Hio Shizuka}}.

* ''[[Prétear]]'''s symbolic [[Anime Theme Song]]'s standards are met in the final few episodes where the opening was touched up a bit, adding sound effects, and replacing one scene at a very specific part during the [[Theme Tune]] {{spoiler|revealing Mikage to become the Princess of Disaster and her ultimate connection with Himeno, as the former Pretear herself.}}

* ''[[GaoGaiGar|Gao Gai Gar]]''

** The original TV series changes its credits every time a new robot gets added to the heroes' lineup.

* ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' is a strange case. Its opening actually shows all five girls from the start, whereas in the series itself they are [[Debut Queue|introduced one by one]] over the course of eleven episodes (note though that the original manga shows all of them in the first chapter, albeit without revealing the names apart from [[The Hero|Ichigo's]]. When the opening does change in episode twelve, it simply reveals the girls' respective Red Data Animals, which weren't kept a secret anyway, and also offers a shot of Mew Ichigo performing a new attack. Oddly, the two new aliens, Pai and Taruto, introduced just an episode later, never appear in the opening, and neither does the [[Mysterious Protector]], so the credits' "evolution" in this case seems kind of pointless...

* ''[[One Piece]]''

** The [[So Bad It's Good]] 4Kids opening updated the song every time a new character was introduced in the crew. By the time Chopper was in, there was almost no space in the song for another character (as the last verse said "Sanji is cooking, Chopper is doctoring"). For the very few 4Kids episodes that had Robin in the crew, all they did was add a shot of Robin into it and reverted the song back to version one.

** And then they went ahead and [[Inverted Trope|inverted this trope]] with the third intro, which [[Spoiler Opening|spoils the fact that ]] {{spoiler|[[Spoiler Opening|Vivi leaves the crew and Robin joins them]]}} [[Spoiler Opening|a good 10 or so episodes before this happens]]. Somewhat justified in that most Japanese fans already knew this was coming from reading the manga, though.

** ''One Piece'' finally acted on this trope with the thirteenth opening, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JMpVYO-ZHw One Day], which, after {{spoiler|Blackbeard's new crewmembers were revealed}}, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P702SE6aJfI they are all briefly shown alongside him].

** The ending credits evolve with changes in the cast or relations among the characters, such as the removal of characters who move on, or a character who was revealed in that episode to be buff going [[Fan Service|shirtless]] in the credits.

** The opening credits evolve as well. Like the ending credits, characters are added or subtracted from the opening as they are introduced to the cast, or they move on. Both the opening and ending of the final episode credits include ALL of the characters, even those who moved on very early in the series.

* The anime of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' does this with the opening. Apart from the song change every 5 episodes or so, the girl's bathing suits occasionally change colours. ''Negima!?'' plays the trope straight in the ending. The further the show goes, the more characters appear at the bottom-right and play music instruments. A [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] happens when Setsuna joins in, since she sleeps in halfway into the song, only to wake near the end and become red like a hummer out of shame.

* Very common in the ''[[Pretty Cure]]'' franchise:

** They also did a variant credit sequence for the episode "The Corps Is Mother, The Corps Is Father", reflecting the episode's focus on Psi Corps.

* ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]''

** Additionally, they update the survivor count in the introduction every episode.

** There is also a variant opening with different clips and no survivor count during the New Caprica arc possibly to hide how bad things had really gotten on New Caprica, so the revelation to the characters themselves in show would have more impact, or more simply because the governing president wasn't updating the white board.'

* The opening credits for the pilot episode of ''[[Charmed]]'' did show the sisters casting a spell, but not their individual powers. Plus, starting from the second season, the title sequence was altered regularly to only show actors who appear in the episode.

* ''[[iCarly]]'' has a new credit sequence every season after the second, and added a new cast member to it in the most recent one.

** By contrast, British soap operas don't tend to use title sequences that show the show's characters. [[Coronation Street]] has an establishing shot of the titular street, Eastenders has a title screen of a map of the London area, and Emmerdale has establishing shots of the rural setting. ''[[Holly Oaks]]'' however, if this troper recalls correctly, ''does'' show images of its main cast. Unfortunately they only update the credits every so often, and with Hollyoaks being a quiet suburb with the mortality rate of a Mafia blood feud, it means that on occasion a good proportion of the characters in the montage are currently dead.

* ''[[Fringe]]'''s opening sequence was originally a series of fringe science-related words flashing on a blue background, some of which would relate to that season's themes. The season two finale, which took place on the "other side", introduced a new sequence with a red background; during the next season, the color of the intro indicated on which side the episode took place. The season three finale was set 15 years in the future and featured a silver background. Season four brings us a yellow sequence, signifying either {{spoiler|the new Peter-less timeline}} or {{spoiler|the fact that the two universes are bridged}}.

 

== Video Games ==

** The credits of the first two games won't show staff that was only involved with creating characters\locations that haven't been unlocked yet. Also, if someone worked on, for example, Mario and Luigi, it would say they worked on Mario and ???? if Luigi's locked.

* ''[[Wild Arms]]''

** In ''[[Wild Arms 2]]'', ''3'' and ''4'', whenever you load from a save it plays an opening credit sequence, and in ''[[Wild Arms 3]]'' whenever you save and quit it plays a closing sequence. The sequences change based on how far in the game you've gotten so far.

* In ''[[Silent Hill 1]]'', the opening movie changes when you finish a playthrough with a Good+ End: {{spoiler|in the part where Harry and his wife find baby Cheryl, Harry's wife is swapped with Cybil}}.

* In ''[[Soul Series|SoulBlade]]'', completing the game with all characters in Arcade Mode changes the title screen / main menu from a bland gray screen from a picture lining all characters.

* For a extremely rare case of a console's BIOS pulling this trope, look no further than the [[PlayStation 2]]'s booting screen. Turning on the system with a completely empty memory card would show you nothing more than "Sony Computer Entertainment" in a dark blue void. Subsequently, the memory card will log each seperate game you play on the system in a save file called "Your System Configuration", which has the effect of adding one white block per game on the startup screen. Furthermore, the more you play a specific game, the more its designated block will grow in height. And as you might have guessed by now, deleting the "Your System Configuration" file will devolve the screen back to an empty void.

* In ''[[Dead Space 2]]'' the further the player's progress in the main single player mode is, the more {{spoiler|pieces of the Black Marker congregate and take shape in the main menu. Completion of the game results in a fully assembled Black Marker drifting aloft the menu.}}

== Web Original ==

* ''[[The Twilight Chronicles]]'' features new opening credits for every episode, featuring only the series regulars who appear in that episode, as well as that episode's guest stars.