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* ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'':
** ''VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStorm2'': The English Dub of the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' anime was still around the 2nd arc of ''Shippuden'' when this game came out (October 14th, 2010), meaning this was the English debut for some characters:
*** Hidan, Kakuzu, Konan and Pain appear in this game outside of sillhouetes.
*** [[spoiler:Nagato]] appears in the cutscene after the final boss.
*** Tobi's [[spoiler:Madara persona]] debuts as part of his Awakening.
*** Other characters first debuting in English are Sasuke's Hebi[=/=]Taka team (Suigetsu, Karin and Juugo), Sage Mode Naruto, Killer Bee and [[spoiler:the Eight Tails]].
** ''VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStormGenerations'': Onoki and Mei Terumi debut in this game before the English dub reached the Five Kage Summit arc.
** ''VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStorm4'':
*** Kaguya Otsutsuki is this for people who have only followed the anime.
*** In Latin America, besides Kaguya, half of the new cast from ''Shippuden'' plus Boruto and Sarada[[note]]This is especially relevant with those two characters, because ''Anime/BorutoNarutoTheMovie'' will probably never be dubbed in Spanish, since only one of the movies and one special were dubbed to Spanish, nor anything beyond the second half of ''Shippuden'', as the Latin American dub stopped when the voice acting studio who dubbed the series went bankrupt. The same goes with Mecha-Naruto.[[/note]], as the series only recently debuted in Latin America in 2015, after a long hiatus when the rest of the series was cancelled from Creator/CartoonNetwork's Latin American feed in 2006.

** In ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'', we have ComicBook/{{Nova}}'s {{D|ownloadableContent}}LC [[http://x.annihil.us/u/prod/marvel/i/mg/8/c0/4ecab2670714a.jpg costume]]. The preview of this costume took place on November 16, 2011. Both Marvel and Capcom executives weren't allowed to tell the public were it originated from, as it was from a new project that Marvel wanted to keep under wraps at the time. On February 21, 2012, the costume was finally made downloadable to the public, but there was still no word about its origin. Then, on March 2, 2012, Marvel gives us a preview of Sam Alexander, the new Nova as seen in ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'' (which later aired on April 1, 2012). Sam's costume is the DLC costume of Nova in ''[=UMvC3=]''.

* Sukapon, the main character of Nintendo's Japanese-only NES fighting game ''VideoGame/JoyMechFight'', was first seen in the West as a sticker in ''Brawl'', before becoming an assist trophy in ''Ultimate''.

* Peter Griffin is referenced in ''Film/{{Ted}}'', which was the first of Creator/SethMacFarlane's works to be shown in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, since none of his shows were aired there.

* Before the translation of ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'' in some countries, Tangle the Lemur and Whisper the Wolf debuted in ''VideoGame/SonicForcesSpeedBattle'.

* Since ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' didn't receive an official release there, the first official appearance in China of the characters from the series was the CCTV-6 premiere of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies''. It is also the first official Chinese appearance of [[BigBad Slade]] and [[spoiler:the original ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003''.]]
* In an odd case that combines this trope and ShortRunInPeru, ''WesternAnimation/ThundercatsRoar'' first appeared in Canada in the CrossOver with ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo''.
* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaRama''

** The TropeNamer is Marth, the star of the first ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' game (''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight''), who made his and his' series Western debut in ''Melee''. Well, ''gaming'' debut, if we want to be precise.[[note]]A two-episode ''Fire Emblem'' OVA, also starring Marth, was the series' true Western debut in April 1998.[[/note]] His presence and popularity motivated Nintendo to release all future games in the franchise internationally, but it wasn't until the Nintendo DS remake of his game in 2009 that Marth himself would finally appear outside the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series in the West, and [[https://youtu.be/8xNUYS-tJZQ Nintendo themselves]] lampshaded this trope when announcing the localization of the original NES game for the series' 30th anniversary.

* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' was never released in Hungary (except, oddly, as a picture book); therefore the character's animated debut in the country was in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017''.

* In Italy, the two main characters from ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' appeared first in the CouchGag for the ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E22MathletesFeat "Mathlete's Feat"]].

** One of the DLC costumes Ludger can get in ''Xillia 2'' is on based on Luca Milda ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS localized as Ruca]]) from ''VideoGame/TalesOfInnocence'', which neither the original Nintendo DS version nor the PS Vita remake ever left Japan.

** ''Videogame/KingdomHeartsII'' offers sort of a cross-media case; the first Summon the player has access to in the game is WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle, whose film debuted in America on October 30th, 2005. almost ''two months'' before the game came out on December 22nd. As a result, Chicken Little's appearance in ''Kingdom Hearts II" predates the Japanese release of the movie, December 23rd, '''by a single day'''.

** ''Videogame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'' offers sort of a cross-media case: the {{Superboss}} is Julius from ''Westernanimation/RunawayBrain'', making the first time in almost twenty years that Disney acknowledged the existence of this 1995 Mickey Mouse short [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes of very limited availability]], and possibly the first time many gamers had learned about it.

* ''WesternAnimation/UnGalloConMuchosHuevos'' is actually the third in a series of animated films and the only to be released outside Mexico and to have an English dub.
** Even more with ''WeaternAnimation/UnRescateDeHuevitos'', as it was the first in the franchise to be released in parts of Europe, Asia, and Australia.

** Due to its lack of Christian messages, ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnythingAVeggieTalesMovie'' was the only piece of ''[=VeggieTales=]'' media to be released and dubbed in many countries.

* The Nintendo 64 game ''Doubutsu no Mori'' debuted in the West through some of its characters, specifically Tom Nook, Mr. Resetti and K.K. Slider/Totakeke, appearing as trophies in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee''. The characters would show up within their own series shortly after when the [=GameCube=] {{updated rerelease}} of the game, ''Doubutsu no Mori [=e+=]'', was localized as ''VideoGame/{{Animal Crossing|2001}}'' the following year.