Five-Year Plan: Difference between revisions

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* In ''[[Dollhouse]]'', the Actives are meant to be released with their original personalities after five years.

* In a subtle example, ''[[Smallville]]'' has Clark Kent saying it'll take him about five years to adjust to being an alien. It could be coincidence -- except the creators said that "100 episodes" would sound funny.

* In ''[[~~Cupid (TV)|~~Cupid]]'', the title character must unite 100 couples before being released from Earth.

* In ''[[Cupid]]'', the title character must unite 100 couples before being released from Earth.

* Averted in ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'': Judgement Day is only four years in the future when it could easily have been five.

* ''[[Star Trek ~~the~~ Original Series]]'' had its original "five-year mission", announced at the start of every show. Of course, [[Screwed By the Network|it never got that far]].

* ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' had its original "five-year mission", announced at the start of every show. Of course, [[Screwed by the Network|it never got that far]].

** [[Canon Dis Continuity|Unless you count]] ''[[Star Trek ~~the~~ Animated Series]]'', of course, which features the same USS Enterprise as the original series, the same crew (bar one) as the original series, and had two seasons... which would, technically, bump it up to a complete five year mission.

** [[Canon Dis Continuity|Unless you count]] ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series]]'', of course, which features the same USS Enterprise as the original series, the same crew (bar one) as the original series, and had two seasons... which would, technically, bump it up to a complete five year mission.

* ''[[Brimstone (TV)|Brimstone]]'' had 113 damned souls for Zeke to hunt down. [[Too Good to Last|It was canceled after a half-season]], so things didn't really work out as planned.

* ''[[Brimstone (TV series)|Brimstone]]'' had 113 damned souls for Zeke to hunt down. [[Too Good to Last|It was canceled after a half-season]], so things didn't really work out as planned.

* In ''[[Disney]] Presents The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage'' Black Jack (a ghost) and his live partner have to save 100 souls in order to compensate for the evils they have done. Since only 7 episodes got aired, I guess they're both roasting in [[Hell]] right about now.

** Unusually for an episodic show, every episode ended with a tally showing the viewer how many lives the duo had left to save. Some episodes had them saving multiple lives, in others they didn't get any. It probably would have taken them about 5 years worth of episodes to get to 100... if the show hadn't been canned.

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* [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] died (again) at the end of her 5th season (in a potential series finale, before the show was picked up again after the WB and UPN merged to become the CW).

** [[Word of God]] is they originally decided to blow up Sunnydale, but then realized it would be too expensive to do at that point. They used that one later on for the final finale of the series.

* The ''[[Merlin (TV)|Merlin]]'' writers have often stated that they have a five year plan, but that there's room for expansion if the show continues to be popular.

* The ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' writers have often stated that they have a five year plan, but that there's room for expansion if the show continues to be popular.

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* ''[[South Park]]'' had an episode that revolved around pro- and anti-war activists coming to violent protests, while the boys attempted to write a report about what the Founding Fathers would have thought about the Iraq War (simultaneously being pulled by people on either side)... that is resolved in a giant musical number, ending in ''for the war, against the war, WHO CARES? ONE HUNDRED EPISOOOODES!''

* If you take the original three seasons from ''[[Star Trek ~~the~~ Original Series]]'' and add the two (technically) seasons of ''[[Star Trek ~~the~~ Animated Series]]'' to their quota, you end up with the complete "five year mission" talked about in the opening credits.

* If you take the original three seasons from ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' and add the two (technically) seasons of ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series]]'' to their quota, you end up with the complete "five year mission" talked about in the opening credits.