Buffyverse
1997–2004 · 2 series · 12 sequences
Two shows sharing a world and almost nothing else about their openings — one recut its titles every year around a punk guitar riff, the other held a single brooding sequence and let the cast cards do the changing.
In order of first broadcast
7 sequencesBuffy the Vampire Slayer
1997–2003The WB / UPNHorror
An organ sting, a shot of the moon, and then Nerf Herder's surf-punk theme over black-and-white monster-movie footage that bursts into colour. The design never changed in seven years; the fifty seconds behind it were re-cut every one of them.
- Season 1
- Season 2
- Season 3
- and 4 more
5 sequencesAngel
1999–2004The WBHorror
The spinoff takes the parent show's structure and drops the jokes: Darling Violetta's 'Sanctuary' instead of surf-punk, city at night instead of monster movies. Like Buffy, the design holds for five years while the names in front of it keep moving.
- Season 1
- Season 2
- Season 3
- and 2 more