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{{quote|''What? You want to know ''my'' secret origins? Well...maybe another time...''|'''[[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]]'''}}
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The tenth episode of ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' is dedicated to [[Dark Magical Girl|Homura]]'s backstory, finally explicitly explaining her mysterious powers, behavior, and motivations.
* The last chapter in the fourth volume of ''[[Hidamari Sketch]]''
* ''[[Bleach]]'' anime
** Episode 32 "Stars and the Stray" told the story of Rukia Kuchiki's origin, as remembered by Renji Abarai.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Many fans of [[Wonder Woman|Donna Troy]] feel that she has had too many of these.
* ''[[Elf Quest]]'' T.O.S. #13: "[https://web.archive.org/web/20131004193435/http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/OnlineComics/OQ/OQ13/DisplayOQ13.html The Secret of the Wolfriders]"
* [[Judge Dredd]] has had two very well received ones. First was ''Judge Death: Boyhood of a Superfiend'', commissioned for the launch of the ''[[Judge Dredd]] Megazine''. In it Judge Death employs a journalist to interview him and spread his message, to explain to the people of the world why they are better off dead. Death was a creepy little boy. Later there was ''Origins'' to mark the 30th anniversary of Judge Dredd where Dredd explains the secrets and history of the Dredd universe (straightening up the continuity along the way) whilst on a mission to recover something that might unravel those secrets.
* [[X-Men]]: The ''Wolverine Origin'' comic. And [[The Movie]], for that matter.
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* Notably averted in ''[[Burn Notice]]'': the made-for-TV-movie "The Fall of Sam Axe" pointedly showed how Sam managed to get his honorable discharge from the Navy SEALs despite his womanizing attitude, but in the timeline of the movie, he already knows [[Super Spy]] Michael Westen, seeking advice with his personal problems. Throughout the entire series, it's never been revealed exactly how a CIA spy and a Navy SEAL met and became best friends.
* ''[[White Collar]]'' has an episode dedicated to how Peter and Neal first met.
* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' has the episode "How I Met Everyone Else", which showcases how the core group (except Robin, who joined the group in the pilot) met and became friends.<ref>
* On ''[[Doctor Who]]'' it only took 11 years and four Doctors battling the Daleks before we finally got to see how they were created by Davros, after which point he became a recurring villain in Dalek stories.
** A group of [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul|Cybermen]] from a parallel universe (no real relation from the ones that appeared before from the Doctor's universe) have their origins in the two-parter "Rise of the Cybermen" / "The Age of Steel".
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Gargoyles]]'' has both this and a conventional first episode origins set up. The first five episodes established the main characters (heros and villains) and their situation. Later MacBeth was introduced, and they then combined a multi-episode arc with telling the origin of MacBeth (he really ''is'' [[Macbeth]]) and his history with Demona.
* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]] Movie'' didn't originally set out for
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' "[[Avatar: The Last Airbender/Recap/Book 1/12 The Storm|The Storm]]" gives the backstories of Aang and Zuko via [[Flash Back]].
* This was the plot point of the ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' episode "Seems Like Old Crimes", which focused on Aladdin telling everyone the story of how he and Abu first met, long before the events of the first movie.
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