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** 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}}.

* ''[[The Coldfire Trilogy]]'' by C.S. Friedman begins with a scene with the villain (although it's from the viewpoint of his wife).

** Also somewhat subverted- {{spoiler|Tarrant}} is undeniably ''evil'', but he turns out not to be the main villain. {{spoiler|That's Calesta, who isn't introduced until the middle of the book}}.

* Any number of detective shows, e.g. ''[[Columbo (TV)|Columbo]]''.

* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'''s first episodes features [[Red Shirt]] soldiers getting attacked by Jaffas. Apophis' face is seen before Teal'c (and Teal'c is the first main character we get to see).

* Of course, the hundreds of episodes of shows with a [[Monster of the Week]] (e.g. ''[[The X-Files]]'', ''[[Supernatural (TV)|Supernatural]]'', ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]''), where the entire [[The Teaser]] involves said monster killing or attacking someone, and we don't see any main characters until after the opening credits.

* Many episodes of ''[[Ultraman Tiga]]'' have a [[Villain Opening Scene]] featuring the current [[Monster of the Week]].

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