• Intro/Outro sequences are shorter in North America than in Japan to make room for more commercials. Many anime shows are shown with different and shorter opening and ending sequences on American broadcast television, even when they were dubbed uncut, though the home video releases usually have the original Japanese sequences.

• Dragon Ball originally used two opening animations and four ending animations, but the English dub andDVDs only use opening 1 and ending 2. This is apparently becauseToei only gave them a single clean opening and ending,and have not given any foreign dubs the other versions at all. Despite this, intro 2 is used in the obscure Harmony Gold dub.
• A variation: During the[adult swim] run ofthe 2003 anime adaptation ofFullmetal Alchemist, only two of the series' four opening sequences were shown, because the bands that performed those songs made a deal withCartoon Network in order to try and branch out into the North American market.
• Inverted withHamtaro. The second-season opening was only shown once due to an error on Cartoon Network's end in North America. Other times the second season opening was replaced with first-season opening, even though some fans thought the second-season song was better. Outside the continent, the second-season theme was aired properly.
• Due to music rights and cost issues,Funimation's DVD release of the first half ofKodocha used the second opening sequence for all episodes. And taking things one step further, they were forced to excise or change references to the song and the band, to the point ofcompletely muting the audio in some scenes (like the one in the first 16 episodes) where the song or some remix thereof was used. This only affected the Japanese audio track.
• Speed Racer, when it aired in the 90s, had a much more stylized logo than the one used in the original 1960s run. The Funimation Blu-Ray version uses the 1960s logo in the intro whereas the box art and marketing material use the more familiar 1990s logo.
• Sunrise usually has a few openings for each show (usually four per 50 episode series), but decided to have just two openings in the English version ofMobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, the second and fourth.
• One of theOne Piece endings was skipped for the North American version and replaced with the ending that followed it due tomusic rights issues.

• Many early sitcoms worked a sponsor into the open credits; these are cut short to remove the plug or (as inI Love Lucy below) replaced entirely.
  • Our Miss Brooks: adopted the short "blackboard" opening for syndication.
  • I Dream of Jeannie has done it, unfortunately.
  • Bewitched did it, too. Most of the prints used for reruns and home media releases of Seasons 2-5^note the last four to co-starDick York as Darrin Stephens also change the theme song to match Season 1, but the Season 2 Blu-ray andHulu releases instead use a sponsor-free edit of the 1965-'66 theme.
  • The rarely seen original title sequence ofI Love Lucy hadstick-figure cartoon caricatures of Lucy and Desi, ending with them enjoying a Philip Morris cigarette. This was replaced with the now-iconic "heart" opening for the show's syndication.

• Reruns of3-2-1 Contact's first season replaced the original title sequence with the 1983-1986 version. The show'sRe-Cut,Classroom Contact, used an edited version of the Season 6 & 7 sequence.
• The Bionic Woman (1976-1978). Themain title for the second season was markedly superior to that of thefirst season, so in reruns they went back and changed the first season's episodes' main titles to those of the second season.
• WhenBoy Meets World aired in syndication, and onDisney Channel, the season four opener was used in place of the old intros used in those previous three seasons, though, oddly, the season two and three openers are each much shorter than season four's. The sequences used in seasons 5-7 were kept intact for those respective seasons.
• Concentration first opened with a wall with thirteen trilons which turned in pairs showing matching letters until the show's name was displayed. In 1961, it changed to the animation of the "mystery logo" separating (via animation) until it formed the show's name. The title lettering was repurposed for the syndicated series.
• Onererun of theDoctor Who episode "Genesis of the Daleks" used the Seventh Doctor's opening credits, with the Fourth Doctor's face(poorly) superimposed over the Seventh's.
• The Drew Carey Show uses only the "Cleveland Rocks" opening on syndication.
• TBS uses anAwesome Music-robbing alternate opening when rerunningThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
• Lucille Ball's follow-up sitcomThe Lucy Show had a new opening sequence practically every season during its original run. Season 1 hadstick-figure cartoon caricatures of Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance, reminiscent of the originalI Love Lucy openings; season 2 had a montage of publicity stills; season 3 had a compilation of footage from the previous 2 seasons, and season 4 introduced the famous "kaleidoscope" opening. Season 5 began with a whimsical cartoon bouncing ball opening, with Lucy's head popping out of a jack-in-a-box, but Lucille reportedly did not care for it and the series reverted back to the kaleidoscope intro for the remainder of its run (albeit with re-orchestrated theme music underscoring it). The kaleidoscope intro was commonly used for every episode in syndication, with Vivian Vance's name cut-in instead of Gale Gordon's for the first 3 seasons.
• The Monkees' two openings are similar, but the second season version mixes newer episode clips with older ones. The second season version is the only one used in syndication.
• Phil of the Future: Since Season 2, reruns of Season 1 have the first opening removed and replaced with the second.
• Reruns ofQuantum Leap use the third season credits sequence exclusively, most noticeably replacing the fifth season's rearranged theme.
• When the originalRandall and Hopkirk (Deceased) series was first broadcast, some episodes had a different title sequence, as shownhere. Later reruns replaced it with the graphic titles seen on all modern broadcasts. It's not known why two different variants were made, but one possible explanation is that the previous opening sequence explained the premise of Marty Hopkirk being a ghost, which viewers would have eventually become familiar with.
• Reading Rainbow did this, to the disappointment of those who fondly remember the trippiness of the original intro. This resulted in some pretty awkward transitions, with the newer title sequences from 1999 and 2000 cutting to episodes from as early as 1983.
  • Interestingly, two replacement intros were made. Although the theme tunes were both seperate variations on the 1983 theme, the visuals were largely the same, with one notable difference: the first (which was only broadcast for a short time) featured a CGI dragon and butterfly, whereas the second (which 2000s viewers likely consider the definite intro) had host Levar Burton in place of the CGI creatures.
• Red Dwarf, whenThe BBC re-edited it to add more special effects (à la theStar Wars reissues), added a new title sequence for all the seasons.
• When the junior high episodes ofSaved by the Bell are rerun, they show an intro similar to the rest of the show. The junior high years were originally aired asGood Morning Miss Bliss and had entirely different music.
• Some syndication packages forSpace: 1999 dubbed the 2nd-season theme music over the opening credits for the 1st-season episodes, even though the 2nd-season theme didn't mesh at all well with the jump-cut credit sequences which were originally cut to fit Barry Grey's original theme. A few packages even replaced the entire opening-credit sequence, despite the fact that there were several significant cast changes between the two seasons. (Barry Morse [Professor Bergman], featured in the first-season credits, had left the show, while Tony Anholt [Tony Verdeschi] andCatherine Schell [Maya], both prominently featured in the 2nd-season credits, were never seen or even mentioned in the first season.)
• Stargate SG-1's original opening sequence consisted of the camera panning around an Ancient Egyptian statue while the credits displayed (this isStock Footage from the credits of theStargate movie). This was used for the entirety of its run onShowtime, with the exception of Season 3. Since moving to theSci-Fi Channel, all subsequent re-airings of Season 1-5 episodes use the Season 3 opening. Oddly, theDVDs use the Season 3 opening for Seasons 1-3, but the Egyptian statue opening for Seasons 4-5.
• For the two-hour series premiere ofStar Trek: The Next Generation, a version of the titles is used which lists the actors names without also listing who they play, as in every other episode of the show. This was intended to evoke a theatrical movie feel, but when the two-hour was split into separate episodes for syndication, the regular title sequence is used instead for both parts.
• In the original release ofThat '70s Show, the title sequence exclusive to the second half of Season 3 (after Lisa Robin Kelly as Laurie Forman left the cast) is shot slightly differently from the ones before and after it: it has a lower camera angle and more dynamic editing, but also a problem in that, unlike all other versions of the same title sequence that try to make the car look still while the people inside it move around, the camera visibly moves from one shot to another. In the widescreen remaster, this title sequence is replaced with an edited version from the rest of the season, with shots where Laurie is seated in the back digitally edited to remove her, leaving a conspicuous empty seat every time, and the shot where she is driving replaced with a previously unseen one where Bob, Eric, and Red are seated in the front and Red uncharacteristicallysmiles and sings.
• Viewers might not realize thatThat's So Raven had four seasons, since the opening for the second season was mysteriously deleted and that of the third took its place.Disney+ put it back, though.
• When you watch a syndicated rerun of a first-season episode ofThe Twilight Zone (1959), the odds are 50-50 that the original title sequence (with theBernard Herrmann music) will be replaced by the second season opening (the first one to use Marius Constant's more familiar theme).
• The pilot ofYes, Minister had adifferent title sequence from the other episodes, which was replaced by the normal one in reruns.

• In the 1990s, there was an alternative opening toJoe 90, which was almost identical to the original but inexplicably replaced the original animated logo with an inferior non-animated version.
• Reruns of Season One ofThe Muppet Show often used the second season's title sequence, where all the characters appear in arches, and Gonzo sticks his head out of the "O" playing a trumpet, rather than the actual title sequence, in which a handful of characters appear in rows, and then on a pyramid, and Gonzo bangs the "O" like a gong.
• When pre-season 25Sesame Street episodes were repackaged as part of later seasons, the original opening and closing credits (among other things) were replaced. Also, when recurring segments such as "Sesame Street News Flash" and "Monsterpiece Theater" had their title sequences updated, the newer openings often got applied to older segments. Also, in between seasons 30 and 31, some season 29 episodes were reran with the then-current opening replacing the season 24 opening.

• WhenCinar went out of business following a financial scandal, its successor,Cookie Jar Entertainment, replaced all mentions of Cinar's name with Cookie Jar in its opening and end credits.
• The broadcast syndicated reruns ofAmerican Dad! from seasons 1 to 4 replace the changing newspaper headlineCouch Gag to the opening where Roger appears in Stan's car and has on a different costume [i.e., his hockey player costume from "Return of the Bling", hisSassy Black Woman character from "Oedipal Panties", his Francine costume from "Best Little Horror House in Langley Falls", etc.] TheTBS and[adult swim] airings have the original openings for both the early episodes and the new ones.
• An unusual case forThe Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes: episodes 20-26 broadcast overseas before airing in North America, and boasted the same opening used in preceding episodes. However,Disney XD decided to tack recaps onto the beginning oftheir broadcasts, which resulted in the theme song becoming replaced by a short expository speech (which doubles as a promo for theMarvel Cinematic Universe). When the show became available for legal download, streaming, and home video purchase, the recaps and expository speeches got removed to make room for the original theme song.
• The Beatles changed their opening titles in each of its three first-run seasons as well as the song for it. "Can't Buy Me Love" was season one, "Help!" for season two and "And Your Bird Can Sing" for season three. When the cartoons were screened on Disney Channel, they were screened sans openings, closing and bumpers. When it ran on MTV, they applied the season three opening.
• Beetlejuice had two different title sequences—one for the ABC show Saturday mornings and the other for the weekday series on Fox (which ran concurrently with the ABC show during the 1991-92 season).
• Captain Flamingo originally used anExpository Theme Tune in the first season, but later airings of that season replaced the original intro with the one from the last two seasons. Despite this, the original intro for the first season was kept intact once the show briefly aired onJetix in the United States.
• Darkwing Duck had a different opening sequence when it originally ran on theDisney Channel, but the opening was changed when it went into syndication as part ofThe Disney Afternoon. The syndication opening is what's been used in airings since, as well as on theDVDs.
• Dora the Explorer:
  • Later remastered airings of Season 2 episodes "Whose Birthday is It" and "Super Spies", as well as all home media releases, used the Season 3-4 intro (with the Explorer Stars and Diego) in place of the original one, leading them to be confused as part of a newer season.
  • The first two Season 3 episodes, "Dora Had a Little Lamb" and "The Lost City", opened with the Season 1-2 intro on their DVD releases, while TV airings had them open with the Season 3-4 intro.
• Some reruns ofThe Fantastic Four (1967) remove theOpening Narration, which details the names and powers of each Fantastic Four member.
• The Flintstones' original title sequence (featuring entirely different animation and a different,Instrumental Theme Tune) was replaced with the now-familiar "Meet the Flintstones" opening in the show's third season, and was rarely seen untilCartoon Network came along.
• The original intro sequence toGarfield and Friends, used only in the show's first two seasons, was replaced in syndication by the second intro sequence from seasons 3-5. It then inverted the trope on theDVDs, when the third intro sequence was replaced by the second (the later seasons, which had the third intro sequence, were never syndicated), but kept the first intro sequence intact.
• When Jay Ward'sHoppity Hooper went into syndication as ''Uncle Waldo's Cartoon Show," it opened with a still shot of the title card with Uncle Waldo (one of the characters on the show) thrusting his cane like a fencing foil while the original HH theme ("Fight Fierce, Young Teddy!") plays. It was spliced onto the original title animation of the O's in Hoppity's name turning into Hoppity, Waldo and Fillmore.
• Current stream releases ofInspector Gadget has the second season intro replaced with the first season's and the ending sequence is shortened with a higher audio pitch.
• To match the '80s revival,The Jetsons' first season lost not only its original opening, but also its original end credits andLaugh Track, untilCartoon Network restored them.
• When Season 1 episodes ofJimmy Two-Shoes were reran on Teletoon separately as opposed to their originalTwo Shorts format, the original intro and closing credits were replaced with the ones from Season 2.
• When Teletoon aired the first season ofJohnny Test, which they normally don't have the rights to, in November 2013, the original theme song was replaced with the then-current one. Despite this, they had uploaded a video of the original intro to the Cartoon Network Canada website.
• When the originalJonny Quest series andthe 1986 revival were syndicated together onThe Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera, the original show's title sequence was replaced with the revival's. Even theEpisode Title Cards were redone in the new series' style, with the writers' names added.
• Nelvana's adaptation ofLittle Bear used the same animation for its intro sequence worldwide, but used different music depending on where you watched in. In international markets,Little Bear usedSchubert's Allegro Vivace in D Minor for its intro sequence while in the United States usedan original tune for itsNick Jr. airings.
• North America's Disney airings ofMadeline all had its original "I'm Madeline" opening replaced with the "Hats Off to Madeline" used inThe New Adventures of Madeline. Inverted with Disney Asia's airing of the second season ofThe New Adventures of Madeline though, in which they replaced the third opening, "Oh, Madeline", with "Hats Off to Madeline".
• WhenCBS broughtScooby-Doo, Where Are You! back in repeats in 1974 after a two-year breather, in mid-season they replaced the ending credits sequence with an edited celebrity-less and vocal-less sequence fromThe New Scooby-Doo Movies but with the credit list ofWhere Are You! over a static picture of Scooby. The "we'll be right back" bumpers fromMovies replaced the original bumper fromWhere Are You! The opening titles for season two were different from the season one openings.
• International airings ofPingu (including in Canada) replaced the original instrumental opening and closing titles with the ones set toDavid Hasselhoff's "Pingu Dance", which were introduced in the third season. When the first two seasons were remastered and had their soundtracks redone, the Season 3 opening was again used to replace the Season 1 opening, but new closing titles were made.
• The debut show of thePunky Brewster cartoon had a scene where after Glomer lands on Punky and she hugs him, he leaps out of Punky's arms as the rainbow gateway to his home is disappearing. The frames of him leaping out of Punky's arms were cut in the 12 other shows of the first season then restored throughout season two.
• While most airings ofRupert in syndication retainits usual instrumental theme music and intro sequence, the show'sNick Jr. airings uniquely gave the showa newer, more upbeat theme song that included a different arrangement of clips from the show, as well as lyrics where the original intro had none.
• The Simpsons episodes from seasons 1 to around 6 replaced the originalCouch Gags with the couch gag from the season five episode "Rosebud"^note The episode where Mr. Burns finds his long-lost teddy bear, Bobo where The Simpsons rush to the couch, only to find clones of themselves on the couch (unless the episode was aTreehouse of Horror episode, in which the original couch gag or opening is shown intact). When more episodes were put into syndication, the original couch gags were kept in (except for the season eight episode "The Itchy and Scratchy and Poochie Show". In the original airing, the couch gag was a repeat of the one from "Bart After Dark"^note The burlesque house episode where The Simpsons are part of a Simpsonized version ofThe Beatles'Sgt. Pepper album. In syndication, the Simpsons'Sgt. Pepper album couch gag is replaced with the one from "Kamp Krusty" in which The Simpsons rush to the couch and meetThe Flintstones. The reason behind this change was because "The Itchy and Scratchy and Poochie Show" is the episode that brokeThe Flintstones' record for longest-running animated prime-time show.)
• The syndicated version ofThe Smurfs (1981), known asSmurfs Adventures, uses a shortened version of the original show's Season 4 intro sequence, though with no Smurf hopping onto a mushroom at the end when the show's title (modified to read SMURFS ADVENTURES with the "created by Peyo" byline added) is displayed. However, two episodes from Season 6 use the original Season 6 intro instead.
  • For seasons 1 through 4, the Season 4 closing theme is also used for the closing credits, instead of the original respective NBC version arrangements. For season 1, the closing theme was shortened to match, while in seasons 2-4, the longer version of Season 4's closing theme was used. Starting with season 5, the original NBC closing themes are used, although the intro sequence above remains the same.
• South Park has a syndication-only version of the opening for seasons 1-9. It uses the same style of introduction as the first three seasons - showing the characters getting on the school bus while being surrounded by references to previous episodes - but adds on additional references up to Season 8, resulting in a rather chaotic scene.
• DuringSWAT Kats' original run, some first-season reruns used the second-season opening.
• Whenthe Sci-Fi Channel reranThe Transformers in the mid-90s, a new title sequence was crafted using the animation for the season 2 intro combined with the theme song used for seasons 3 and 4.

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