Forum:SH:Theme song appearances

OK, so while working on this guy, I noticed that he features in the opening animation sequence for Star Wars: Ewoks during the entirety of the first season. Technically, this means that he appears in every episode of the show's first season. However, currently, we're only listing as appearances those stories in which he appears during the story proper, not simply the credits. I do have the question, though: Should we be counting the credits sequences of cartoons like Star Wars: Ewoks and Star Wars: Droids as appearances, maybe with a Opening credits only for stuff that only features in the credits but not the episode itself? Or should we assume our counting of appearances only begins once the theme song stops?

Note that the opening credits to the first season of Ewoks just reuses footage from the episodes, strung together. However, the theme for the second season of Ewoks features unique animation, including some battles and monsters that appear nowhere else. How should we account for their appearances if we decide not to include appearances of Paploo, Gorneesh, etc. in the theme song animation? I can honestly see both sides. On the one hand, we include as appearances stuff featured in the Clone Wars newsreels, and the beginning theme song is technically part of the episode itself. However, it seems odd to list Phlogs as appearing in every episode of Season One of Ewoks simply because a scene featuring one was clipped out and reused to fill out the animation of the opening theme. Thoughts? ~ Savage  23:37, October 4, 2012 (UTC)