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Comes in two major flavors: words on a solid background, usually black (a milder and less [[Anvilicious]] take on the [[Opening Scroll]]), or text shown at the bottom of the screen as the camera shows an [[Establishing Shot]] of the location. The latter can appear on the screen all at once or one letter at a time, as if typed with a typewriter (bonus points for a fixed-width font).
This is very common in shows taking place [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]] or [[Exty Years From Now]] (in either direction) and [[Thriller
Also known as [[Scene Shift Caption]]. The closest term the industry has for it seems to be [[wikipedia:Lower third#Terminology|chyron]].
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== Comic Books ==
* ''[[Y: The Last Man]]'' is a rare comic book example. It gets played with in one issue where Yorick is drugged and the
* [[Scott Pilgrim]] has such titles that feels like they were wrote by teenagers. Little gems like "So Yeah", after Scott asks Ramona out; "24 Hours Later", after announcing that they were gonna play in, yeah, 24 hours; and "So Anyway", after {{spoiler|Scott defeats Gideon and rescues Ramona, and they talk about making it work again}}.
== [[Film]] ==
* In the 2001 remake of ''[[Ocean's Eleven]]'', Danny tells Tess he should be out of jail for his parole violation in three to six months. There's a blackout, and then we
* Spoofed in ''Star Wreck: In The Pirkinning'', which makes a typo in the title and backs up a bit to remove it.
* The [[Star Trek (film)|2009 Star Trek movie]] has Iowa or Vulcan tucked away in a corner for a part of the movie, then "Three years later" in the center.
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* Used in ''[[Team America: World Police]]'', where it shows the name of the country and its distance to the U.S. (specifically New York) in miles.
* ''[[Un Chien Andalou]]'' kinda parodies this with meaningless and contradictory days and times.
* Can be taken too far, as the ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger|Captain America]]'' movie does.
* In ''[[Mr. and Mrs. Smith]]'', after the couple has their first therapy session and disagree how long they've been married (5 or 6 years), the movie flashbacks to their first meeting and says, "5 or 6 years ago." At the end of the flashback there's another caption reading "5 or 6 years later."
* The Ringo Starr comedy ''[[Caveman]]'' starts with these two captions:
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October 9th }}
* Played with in ''[[Johnny Dangerously]]''. The caption "1910" appears at the bottom of the screen, and we see a car drive by behind it. Then another car drives into frame and ''crashes into the 1910'', breaking the digits into pieces.
* Parodied in the opening of [[Orgazmo]], where the caption "Hollywood" helpfully appears under an [[Establishing Shot]] of the Hollywood sign.
* The captions in ''[[The Hunt for Red October]]'' go all-out: bright green monospaced font, printed letter by letter with computerised teletype noises as they appear.
* ''[[Adams Rib|Adam's Rib]]'' uses some fancier-than-usual intertitle cards. "That Evening" is the most common caption.
* The ''[[Logan's Run]]'' movie begins with a surprisingly large amount of backstory on the screen all at once:
{{quote|"Sometime in the 23rd century ... the survivors of war, overpopulation and pollution are living in a great domed city, sealed away from the forgotten world outside. Here, in an ecologically balanced world, mankind lives only for pleasure, freed by the servo-mechanisms which provide everything. There's just one catch: Life must end at thirty unless reborn in the fiery ritual of carrousel." }}
== Literature ==
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* Happened regularly in episodes of ''[[JAG]]'', with the current time (given in military time, e.g. "0400 Zulu") and location.
* Used in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' epsiode "Midnight" to show how much time had passed between scenes. Also used in the season 4 finale "The Stolen Earth" when we hopped from across the galaxy to where the Doctor's other companions were.
** Also used quite a lot in the Fnarg season finale due to all the time jumps involved.
* Used in early seasons of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' to identify the name and location of another person with abilities.
** To varying degrees of accuracy.
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* Can be seen at the beginning of every level in ''[[Mirror's Edge]]''.
* This happens in ''[[Sonic Adventure 2]]''.
* ''[[
* Done on the (short) [[Loading Screen
* ''Left 4 Dead'': "2 WEEKS AFTER FIRST INFECTION"
* Used at the beginning of every mission in the ''[[Call of Duty]]'' series starting with ''2'', except for one occasion: You begin the mission (Of Their Own Accord, ''[[Modern Warfare]] 2'') in a bunker, evidently being shelled, wounded everywhere around you. You go outside and around a corner to see {{spoiler|[[The Reveal|Washington DC in flames]]}}. ''Then'' the
* The same as ''[[Modern Warfare]]'' for ''[[Portal 2]]'', where every chapter is titled-in... except the last one:
{{quote|'''[[
'''Wheatley''': Hello! [[Parrot Exposition|This is the part where
'''{{smallcaps|CHAPTER 9: [[Department of Redundancy Department|The Part Where]]}} {{spoiler|{{smallcaps|[[Department of Redundancy Department|He Kills You]]}}}}'''
[[Cosmetic Award|Achievement Unlocked]]!: [[Overly Long Gag|The Part Where]] {{spoiler|[[Overly Long Gag|He Kills You]]}}
Description: [[Captain Obvious|This is that part]]. }}
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