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Welcome Titles are Title Sequences done in the same format as the show itself. Original footage is created to showcase elements of the show's world. Often, this takes the form of a main character walking though his neighborhood, greeting other characters on their way to work.

Fairly common in animation, but rare otherwise, probably due to the cost of creating such footage.

Examples of Welcome Titles include:

Anime and Manga

At least one season of Ranma ½ had a brief segment after the Anime Theme Song titles introducing the main characters.
- The Viz release of several of the later OVA episodes began with a song called "Where Do We Go From Here", during which the various cast members were shown around the neighborhood and/or on their way to school.
Nagasarete Airantou

Live-Action TV

Coupling (US version)
Everybody Loves Raymond had the family introduced while passing by on a conveyor belt for a while.

Professional Wrestling

Monday Night Raw had titles like this for a while, featuring Steve Austin. Oh, and the supporting cast were all fighting. And "neighbourhood" was a disused factory on fire.

Puppet Shows

Western Animation

The Simpsons
The "TV Funhouse" in Saturday Night Live
Transformers openings tend to use this, except for the series that animate the Transformers in CGI.

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-A [[Title Sequence]] done in the same format as the show itself. Original footage is created to showcase elements of the show's world. Often, this takes the form of a main character walking though his neighborhood, greeting other characters on their way to work.
+'''Welcome Titles''' are [[Title Sequence]]s done in the same format as the show itself. Original footage is created to showcase elements of the show's world. Often, this takes the form of a main character walking though his neighborhood, greeting other characters on their way to work.
 Fairly common in animation, but rare otherwise, probably due to the cost of creating such footage.
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+== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
-* ''[[Coupling]]'' (US version)
-* ''[[Sesame Street]]''
-* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''
-* ''[[TV Funhouse]]''
-* ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'' had the family introduced while passing by on a conveyor belt for a while.
 * At least one season of ''[[Ranma ½]]'' had a brief segment after the [[Anime Theme Song]] titles introducing the main characters.
-** Several of the later [[OVA]] episodes began with a song called "Where Do We Go From Here", during which the various cast members were shown around the neighborhood and/or on their way to school.
+** The Viz release of several of the later [[OVA]] episodes began with a song called "Where Do We Go From Here", during which the various cast members were shown around the neighborhood and/or on their way to school.
 * ''[[Nagasarete Airantou]]''
-* ''[[Bear in the Big Blue House]]''
+== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
+* ''[[Coupling]]'' (US version)
+* ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'' had the family introduced while passing by on a conveyor belt for a while.
+== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
 * ''Monday Night Raw'' had titles like this for a while, featuring Steve Austin. Oh, and the supporting cast were all fighting. And "neighbourhood" was a disused factory on fire.
+== [[Puppet Shows]] ==
+* ''[[Sesame Street]]''
+* ''[[Bear in the Big Blue House]]''
+== [[Western Animation]] ==
+* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''
+* The "TV Funhouse" in ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''
 * ''[[Transformers]]'' openings tend to use this, except for the series that animate the Transformers in [[CGI]].
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 [[Category:Title Sequence]]
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-[[Category:Welcome Titles]]