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{{quote|''"I wasn't the best because I could kill quickly. I was the best because the crowd loved me. Win the crowd, and you win your freedom."''|'''Proximo (Oliver Reed)''', ''[[Gladiator (
So the [[Coming Attractions]] got lots of people to watch the first episode of a new show. But is that enough to keep them watching?
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Plus the opening of the show is often crucial for this. That's why the first two to three minutes of a show almost invariably are either has a hook for the rest of the show, has a large percentage of the best jokes/tensest moments/biggest explosions, or has a combination of those. This is almost always where you will find the [[Quip to Black]].
Regardless, it's important to keep the viewers liking your show. Even [[Growing the Beard|it isn't immediate]], you can still make the show work eventually [[Network to
Also beware of [[Pandering to
Compare with [[Growing the Beard]] (which can also win viewers), [[Killer App]] (which wins the crowd for a system), [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]], and [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].
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* Many people don't like the first episode of ''[[Code Geass]]'' until the [[Anti-Hero|final]] [[Psychotic Smirk|few]] [[Magnificent Bastard|moments]].
* It gets a lot easier to get people into ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro
* Assuming you don't [[Late Arrival Spoiler|already know how it goes]], let's just say you should watch ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' until the third episode before you decide whether or not to drop it.
* Many ''[[Gundam]]'' fans didn't start to enjoy ''[[Gundam AGE]]'' until they got to the last three episodes of the First Generation (that's [[Animation Bump|episodes]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|13]], [[Tear Jerker|14]], and [[Wham! Episode|15.]])
* Thanks to the [[Compressed Adaptation]], ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (
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== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Star Trek:
{{quote| Riker:''Mr. Worf, fire.''}}
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' achieved this when introducing the Daleks, resulting in a series that was originally going to run for just 13 weeks lasting for 26 years.
** Then, after 16 years of being off the air, ''came back'' and became even more ridiculously popular than it was during the old series and has been on for 5 years already.
* The first few episodes of ''[[
* The end of the second episode of ''[[Lost]]''.
== Web Comics ==
* It's been noted by both [[Schlock Mercenary
== Video Games ==
* An [[In
* In Chapter 3 of ''[[
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