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Sometimes, an episode is so long that it has to split into multiple episodes via a [[Story Arc]]. Long [[Story Arc]]s are usually the perfect reason multiple parts would work. The episodes' titles are the same, except the phrases "Part 1" and "Part 2" will be added after them. For example:
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Also, at the end (probably a [[Cliff Hanger]]) of the first part, a message reading "[[To Be Continued]]" will appear on the screen. This means the rest of the story is saved for the second part. And the second part will always begin with a [["Previously On..."]] montage that contains footage from the first part.
A multi-part episode is used when a given plot development is, quite simply, too big for one time slot. It commonly shows up in the [[Pilot Episode]] because that has to establish the entire setting, and the [[Season Finale]] because producers like to make a given year go out with a bang to help secure financing for another year.
[[Five-Episode Pilot]] is a specialized subtrope. See also [[To Be Continued]].
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* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's]]'' had a two-parter "It Was a Small Wish" explaining the season's [[Anti-Villain]]s' origin story. ''[[
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* ''[[The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' has the 6-part "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya", two-part "Remote Island Syndrome", 8-part "Endless Eight", and five-part "The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya".▼
▲* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's]]'' had a two-parter explaining the season's [[Anti-Villain]]s' origin story. ''[[Nanoha Striker S]]'' contained two two-parter episodes, one introducing the seasons' [[MacGuffin Girl]] and one where she {{spoiler|is kidnapped, setting up the [[Final Battle]]}}.
* ''[[NCIS]]'' has quite a few of these for season finales, i.e. "Hiatus", "Kill Ari", etc.
* Case in point, although rarely dubbed "Part 1 & 2", the only two-or-more-parters in ''[[The X-Files]]'' were the ones that dealt with the [[Myth Arc]]. In fact, after season 1, standalone mythology episodes became very rare.
* ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]'' and its related shows loved this trope and [[I Want to Bear His Children|wanted to have its children]].
** ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]''. Of its 96 episodes, 20 were two-parters: "The Bionic Woman", "The Return of the Bionic Woman", "The Secret of Bigfoot", "The Return of Bigfoot", "Death Probe", "Sharks", "Deadly Countdown", "Dark Side of the Moon", "Return of the Death Probe" and "Date With Danger".
** ''[[The Bionic Woman (1976 series)|The Bionic Woman]]'' (1976–78). Of its 58 episodes, 14 were two parters: "Kill Oscar" parts 1 and 3 (part 2 was an episode of ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]''), "Jaime's Shield", "Doomsday is Tomorrow", "Deadly Ringer", "The Bionic Dog", "Fembots in Las Vegas", "Welcome Home, Jaime"
* [[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|The original 1970s ''Battlestar Galactica'']]. Of its 24 episodes, 8 were two-parters: "Lost Planet of the Gods", "Gun on Ice Planet Zero", "The Living Legend" and "War of the Gods".
* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' liked to do two-parters as season-ending [[Cliff Hanger|Cliffhangers]]: "The Best of Both Worlds" (seasons 3/4), "Redemption" (seasons 4/5), "Time's Arrow" (seasons 5/6) and "Descent" (seasons 6/7). It also had the two-parters "Unification" in Season 5, "Chain of Command" and "Birthright" in season 6 and "Gambit" in season 7.
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* The second season finale of ''[[Community]]'' was split into two parts.
* ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' was made of this for the first season.
* "Calderone's Return Part 1/2", "Golden Triangle Part 1/2" and "Down For The Count Part 1/2" from ''[[Miami Vice]]''.
* The [[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]] franchise LIVES on this trope for its season finales. The later seasons have nearly all ended on a dramatic note that audiences must wait until the next season to see resolved. Probably the most notable example were
* ''[[
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' had What's My Line 1 and 2, Bargaining 1 and 2,Becoming 1 and 2, and 'Graduation Day 1 and 2'.
* ''[[Highlander (TV series)|Highlander]]'' 'Counterfeit 1 and 2', 'Unholy Alliance 1 and 2' and 'Finale 1 and 2'. Two other sets also qualify, though they were not a 1 and 2 case. The
* This was frequent in ''[[The Lone Ranger]]'', usually ending with "Will the Lone Ranger triumph as he fights on for justice, law and order? Tune in next week when General Mills brings you another exciting episode of 'The Lone Ranger' "
* ''[[Tracker]]'' Fever Of The Hunt 1 and 2.
* ''[[The Golden Girls]]'' had a few, including 'We're Outta Here' 'the [[Very Special Episode]] 'Sick and Tired',and the series finale, 'One Flew Out Of The Cuckoo's Nest'.
* ''[[Law and Order]]'' had a two-part episode titled "The Torrents of Greed" in its first season and a three-part episode in season 7 ("D-Girl", "Turnaround", and "Showtime"), but otherwise avoided this trope.▼
* Before the 2005 revival, ''[[Doctor Who]]'' didn't have ''episodes'', it had ''serials'', mostly four- and six-parters. After the revival, it's had several two- and three-parters, though so far, only ''The End of Time'' has used Part 1 and 2 naming.▼
* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', especially on season transitions: The first two parts of a three-parter at the end of one season and the last part at the start of the next.▼
* The last season of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' had no less than '''three''' three-parters, along with '''four''' two-parters and four stand-alone episodes.▼
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''Angel'' had frequent arcs that were essentially one very long episode, each one picking up where the previous one left off.▼
* ''[[Highlander (TV series)|Highlander]]'' For more than two parts, there's the season 5 ending and sesaon 6 opener, the Archangel-Armageddon-Avatar arc▼
* ''[[CSI: NY]]'' had a three part arc at the end of season 7 with Peter Fonda as Mac's first partner.▼
* The original ''[[Hawaii
* ''[[South Park]]'' has "Cartoon Wars" and "Pandemic".
* ''[[American Dad]]'': "Stan of Arabia".
* ''[[Justice League (animation)|Justice League]]'' consisted almost entirely of these to allow for more epic and expansive plots. In fact, until ''Unlimited'', there was exactly ''one'' standalone episode produced.
* Major world-shaking villains got two-parters in both ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'' and ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]''.
* ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' season finales tend to have this format. Season 5 is the exception.
* ''[[My Little Pony:
* ''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]' had a few of these over its run.
* ''[[Jem]]'' had "The Music Awards" and "The Jem Jam" in the first season, "The Talent Search" and "Hollywood Jem" in the second season, and "The Stingers Hit Town" in the third season,
* To date,{{when}} ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' has only had one two-parter, "Who Shot Mr. Burns?", which was split over the end of Season 6 and the start of Season 7.
* The [[Grand Finale]] of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', ''Sozin's Comet'', is split up into four parts.
* ''[[Beast Machines]]'' featured a trio of three-part episodes, which all had individual subtitles in addition to their "Part" titles (e.g. "Revelations, Part I: Discovery", "Sparkwar Part III: The Siege").
* ''[[The Avengers: Earth's
* ''[[G.I. Joe]]'', in addition to having ''two'' [[Five
▲* ''[[The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' has the 6-part "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya", two-part "Remote Island Syndrome", 8-part "Endless Eight", and five-part "The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya".
▲* ''[[Law and Order]]'' had a two-part episode titled "The Torrents of Greed" in its first season and a three-part episode in season 7 ("D-Girl", "Turnaround", and "Showtime"), but otherwise avoided this trope.
▲* Before the 2005 revival, ''[[Doctor Who]]'' didn't have ''episodes'', it had ''serials'', mostly four- and six-parters. After the revival, it's had several two- and three-parters, though so far, only ''The End of Time'' has used Part 1 and 2 naming.
▲* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', especially on season transitions: The first two parts of a three-parter at the end of one season and the last part at the start of the next.
▲* [[Married... with Children]] has several two-parters, as well as 2 three-parters.
▲* The last season of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' had no less than '''three''' three-parters, along with '''four''' two-parters and four stand-alone episodes.
▲* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''Angel'' had frequent arcs that were essentially one very long episode, each one picking up where the previous one left off.
▲* ''[[Highlander (TV series)|Highlander]]'' For more than two parts, there's the season 5 ending and sesaon 6 opener, the Archangel-Armageddon-Avatar arc
▲* ''[[CSI: NY]]'' had a three part arc at the end of season 7 with Peter Fonda as Mac's first partner.
▲* The original ''[[Hawaii 5-0]]'' had a few multi-part episodes. The most notable was the several part "V for Vachon" arc.
▲* ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes|Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes]]'' has several. Two-part episodes include "Breakout Part 1/Breakout Part 2" (sixth and seventh episodes produced), "Gamma World Part 1/Gamma World Part 2" (episodes 12 and 13), and "Ultron-5/The Ultron Imperative" (episodes 22 and 23). Episodes with more than two parts include "The Man Who Stole Tomorrow/Come the Conqueror/The Kang Dynasty" (the 16th, 17th, and 18th episodes produced) and "This Hostage Earth/The Fall of Asgard/A Day Unlike Any Other" (episodes 24-26).
▲* ''[[G.I. Joe]]'', in addition to having ''two'' [[Five Episode Pilot|Five-Episode Pilots]], had five-episode miniseries to start each of three seasons, five two-parters in season 1, and five more two-parters in the [[DiC]] seasons.
* ''[[The Transformers (animation)|The Transformers]]'' featured two three-parters in the first season (including [[Five Episode Pilot|Three-Episode Pilot]] "More Than Meets The Eye"), several two-parters in the second season, a five-parter to open the post-[[Transformers: The Movie|movie]] season 3, a two-parter to close that season, and a three-parter to serve as the series-ending season 4.
* Most of ''[[Beast Wars]]''' mutli-part episodes were two-parters, except for season 2's "The Agenda", which was a three-parter.
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