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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[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
* ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]'' and its related shows loved this trope and 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]]'' (1976-78). 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 Classic]]'' (1970's). 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:
** ''[[Star Trek:
* The most critically-acclaimed season finale of ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' was actually two episodes: "House's Head" and "Wilson's Heart."
* An interesting example is the two Epitaphs from ''[[Dollhouse]]''. They were conceived and produced separately, but together form a continuous two-part story.
* The second season finale of ''[[
* ''[[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]]''. 2 of the 3 two-parters ("Calderone's Return" and "Down For The Count") feature the death of the series' [[Big Bad]] (up to that point in the story) and a major supporting character, respectively.
* The [[CSI]] 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 sesaon 7 and 8's "Living Doll/Dead Doll" and season 9 and 10's "For Gedda/For Warrick" pairing. The original series has also had at least two notable season finale two parters, season 5's "Grave Danger 1 and 2", as well as the season 6 finale "A Bullet Runs Through It". Sesaon 7 then opened with the two part "Built To Kill". Season 10 had Grissom's departure in "19 Down"/"One to Go". Catherine's departure in season 12 had "Ms.Willows Regrets"/"Willows In The Wind".
* ''[[Series/Merlin''|Merlin'']] had four: 'Beauty and the Beast' 1 and 2,'The Tears of Uther Pendragon' 1 and 2, 'The Coming of Arthur' 1 and 2 and 'The Sword In The Stone' 1 and 2. The last two were the season 3 and 4 finales.
* ''[[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 eps were 'Comes a Horseman' and 'Revelation 6:8' and the series finale, 'To Be' and 'Not To Be'.
* 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.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[South Park]]'' has "Cartoon Wars" and "Pandemic".
* ''[[
* ''[[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
* ''[[Teen Titans (
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* ''[[Captain Planet and
* ''[[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, ''[[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.
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* 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...
* 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.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
* ''[[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 (
* Most of ''[[Beast Wars]]''' mutli-part episodes were two-parters, except for season 2's "The Agenda", which was a three-parter.
* ''[[Transformers Prime]]'' started with a [[Five Episode Pilot|five-parter]] ("Darkness Rising"), ended season 1 with a three-parter ("One Shall Rise"), started season 2 with a three-parter ("Orion Pax"), and followed that up right away with a two-parter ("Operation Bumblebee"). Of course, given that this series is very [[Story Arc]]-oriented, there are several other episodes that could be considered multi-part, even though they're separately titled ("Sick Mind"/"Out Of His Head"; "T.M.I."/"Stronger, Faster"; "One Shall Fall" leading right into "One Shall Rise", and that's just the first season).
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