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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
* ''[[Nanoha As]]'' had a two-parter explaining the season's [[Anti -Villain|Anti Villains]]' 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]]}}.
 
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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* ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'': "Stan of Arabia".
* ''[[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: theThe Animated Series (Animation)|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: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' began with a two-part episode ([[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E1 Mare in The Moon|"Friendship]] [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S1 E2 Elements of Harmony|is Magic"]]) about the ponies becoming friends and saving the world from eternal darkness. The second season began with another two-parter ([[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E1 The Return of Harmony Part 1|"The Return]] [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E2 The Return of Harmony Part 2|of Harmony"]]) involving a new villain, Discord, and ended with a two-part [[Season Finale]] ([[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E25 A Canterlot Wedding Part 1|"A Canterlot]] [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E26 A Canterlot Wedding Part 2|Wedding"]]).
* ''[[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,
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[The Avengers: EarthsEarth's Mightiest Heroes (Animation)|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 [[Di C]] 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.
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