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[[File:Heroes-S01E09-Special-cropped_7981.png|link=Heroes (TV series)|frame|Not really painted on, but it sure looks like it.]]
In the early days of TV the best way to display text to your viewers was to put a physical card in front of the camera with that text on it, hence the name [[Episode Title Card]]. Advances in production meant that later that text could be edited directly into the film rather than having a physical card, and further advances meant that you could even display the text on the screen overtop of a normal scene (an 'overlay'). The overlay text will act like it's stuck to the screen though--it won't move on the screen even if the camera angle changes.
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== Film ==
* The ''[[Watchmen (
* The rules in ''[[
* The opening credits of ''[[
* Used often in ''[[Stranger Than Fiction]]'' to represent the protagonist's OCD.
* The opening credits of ''[[
* Played with in ''[[Johnny Dangerously]]''. The opening scene has a subtitle reading "1935"... which is then run over by a car.
* The opening credits to ''[[Star Wars]]'' could be considered an example of this, since they're perspective-corrected and disappear into space.
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== Live action TV ==
* The [[Episode Title Card]] for ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' is very frequently done this way. See the gallery [http://www.nickkusters.com/Tv/Heroes/Creative-Titles/ here] and a Vimeo tutorial [http://vimeo.com/5169381 here].
* ''[[Fringe]]'' also does this frequently.
* The intro theme for ''[[The Chicago Code]]'' uses this for the main title card, but not the intro credits. ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81RRN9tvl10 This video] at 0:27)
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== Video Games ==
* The introductory cutscene to ''[[
* ''[[
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Scooby
* [[Older Than They Think]]: Many ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' shorts, such as "Wabbit Twouble", have the opening credits as part of the scene.
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