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Common in stories in which [[The Villain Makes the Plot|the villain and the plot are essentially synonymous]].

 

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* A lot of ''[[Detective Conan (Manga)|Detective Conan]]'' stories open this way as well.

* The first episode of ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' opens with Raditz landing on Earth and killing a farmer.

* The prologue of ''[[G.I. Joe the Rise of Cobra (Film)|G.I. Joe the Rise of Cobra]]'' shows "Destro" McCullen being arrested and sentenced for sedition against King Louis XIII. The first scene of the movie proper is of Mr. McCullen presenting his amazing nanomachine warheads to the military.

* ''[[Clash of the Titans (Film)|Clash of the Titans]]'' opens with ''a'' villain, King Acresius of Argos, crossing the [[Moral Event Horizon]] by sentencing his daughter and baby grandson Perseus to death by exposure in a sealed boat cast upon the waves. Of course, Acrisius dies only a few minutes later, so he's not the main villain of the film, but he is responsible for Perseus being raised as a commoner on an island rather than as a prince.

** Somewhat less ambiguously, ''[[Star Trek Nemesis (Film)|Star Trek Nemesis]]'' opens with Shinzon (or, in any case, one of his co-conspirators) wiping-out the Romulan Senate.

* ''[[Inglourious Basterds (Film)|Inglourious Basterds]]'' starts up with a meeting between Col. Hans Landa and a dairy farmer. [[Moral Event Horizon]], ahoy!

 

== Literature ==

** Although the Dursleys aren't all-out villains like Voldemort and company, ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone|Philosophers Stone]]'' opens with a whole chapter dedicated to Uncle Vernon's day at work, interspersed with occasional references to the magical world we now know and love.

** ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince|Half-Blood Prince]]'' opens with two Death Eaters visiting {{spoiler|Snape}}.

** He does this in the first as well, but he is revealed to be an illusion created by Cordelia.

* ''[[Onimusha]] 2'' begins with Nobunaga [[Doomed Hometown|razing Jubei Yagyu's home village]].

* {{spoiler|''[[Deus Ex (Video Game)|Deus Ex]]'' starts with [[Big Bad|Bob Page]] [[Evil Gloating|plotting]] while giving some exposition about how the Gray Death and Ambrosia work.}}

* ''[[Fur Fighters]]'' opens with General Viggo giving a monologue about the group as the camera pans over their village. He then attacks the village and steals their children and spouses.

* The first episode of ''[[Freakazoid]]'' begins with a news report on Cave Guy, a minor supervillain, wreaking havoc and confounding the police. The narrator then directs our attention to the [[Batman|one hero with a chance at stopping him]], adds that he's owned by another network, and settles for a nerdy teenager named Dexter. [[Incoming Ham|Or is he...?]]

* Aku from ''[[Samurai Jack]]''. He even narrates the opening credits every week.

* A couple of ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' episodes opened with [[Big Bad]] Vlad. The most devious one might be "Kindred Spirits" where the opening unfolded his plans to make a perfect clone.

* The first episode of ''[[Thunderbirds]]'' opens with a scene of the Hood monologuing to himself.