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Signature Series Arc

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Signature Series Arc	comment	We understand Signature Scene as that one scene everyone remembers about a film, either "No, I am your father" or King Kong atop the buildings fighting off against planes. A way for people to remember this scene is thanks to Popcultural Osmosis, Shout-Outs and countless parodies of said scenes. However, in long-running franchises, you can get something a bit more than this. Addition to singular moments that fans gush over, you get fans recommending an entire Story Arc as representing the pinnacle of the work. Maybe it's when the series starts to grow the beard and/or codify the things people know and love about it, and the transition was done masterfully. Maybe it's a fantastically written story that was just never topped afterwards. Maybe it isn't the greatest, but it's still the one that gets adapted into other mediums the most. Or maybe elements of that arc just happen to be the most merchandise-friendly, so even non-fans end up seeing it everywhere. The last one is the most probable. Note that this is not always be a good thing. Despite being a beloved segment of the saga, many of the work's future flaws could stem from this well-regarded storyline as a result of the writers trying to replicate its success, so watch out. Sub-Trope of Signature Scene, as this is more about an entire arc and not a single scene. After all, a particularly good scene may still be in a trainwreck of a story. When a series' Signature Series Arc is its first arc, you also have a case of First Installment Wins.
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Signature Series Arc / int_11bb0392	comment	Made in Abyss has the Idofront/Fifth Layer Arc, which isn't surprising considering this is the arc that features Bondrewd as its main antagonist and introduces the fan favorite Prushka, not to mention marking the Point of No Return for the heroes and therefore giving it a much more climactic edge.
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Signature Series Arc / int_13d84dd9	comment	Astro Boy: The Greatest Robot in the World is the most iconic arc of the manga due to its high stakes, moral philosophical themes, and introducing the fan favorite Anti-Villain Pluto. The arc has been adapted to all three anime adaptations of the manga as well as the Naoki Urasawa series Pluto, an expanded Perspective Flip reimagining the story arc.
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Signature Series Arc / int_1a12bbee	comment	The Mighty Thor: In the Lee-Kirby era, there was Tales of Asgard, Ego the Living Planet, and Mangog. In the Walt Simonson era, there are two major story arcs, The Ballad of Beta Ray Bill and The Surtur Saga.
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Signature Series Arc / int_1a289262	comment	The Unknown Supergirl was the first lengthy story arc in the Superman family of books (spanning nine issues), and changed irreversibly Supergirl's status quo in favor of giving Kara Zor-El her own setting and supporting cast, as well as her first nemesis. Metropolis holding a parade in honor of Supergirl is one of the most iconic moments in the character's decades-long history.
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Signature Series Arc / int_1bdeba5a	comment	X-Men: Giant Size X-Men by Len Wein is cited as the real beginning of the X-Men as we come to know it. This introduced an entire new team of mutants as the X-Men with brighter more individualistic costumes (over the bland two-color uniforms that preceded it) and greater diversity than before. The likes of Wolverine, Nightcrawler and others were introduced in a flash and despite coming in so late immediately became the Spotlight-Stealing Squad. Chris Claremont, who followed on from Wein's run, also wrote many of the central and defining moments of the franchise, working with both John Byrne and Dave Cockrum. This includes The Phoenix Saga and The Dark Phoenix Saga as well as Days of Future Past and The Brood Saga. Age of Apocalypse was likewise a defining X-Men story from The '90s and one of Marvel's most famous and iconic events. House of M is another defining story famous for its shocking ending which altered the status quo in a way that Marvel and X-Men have yet to recover from in the comics. (For the record, the story was released in 2005.)
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Signature Series Arc / int_1cc09117	comment	Bleach: The Soul Society Arc is the most famous and beloved arc of the series, and is generally seen as the moment where Bleach Grew the Beard. Not only did the arc introduce the Shikai and Bankai forms of Soul Reapers note technically, shikai was used by three characters, but here it was named and much more prominent, but featured genuinely nail-biting tension in the battles between the protagonists and the nigh-invincible Gotei 13. And to top it off, the finale of the arc revealed the Big Bad Aizen, who had one impressive villain debut.
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Signature Series Arc / int_1d1cc72d	comment	Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon: Both the Nebby arc, which served as a truncated but effective adaptation of the Sun & Moon games' plot, and the Alola League for being the League tournament that Ash finally won, to say nothing of the highly praised final battle between him and Kukui.
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Signature Series Arc / int_20e8e9bd	comment	Sonic 3 & Knuckles is well-known for the continuation of the Death Egg story from Sonic 2. The game also introduced Knuckles, who started off as The Rival to Sonic before joining his side near the end, and the Master Emerald, which can — in a locked-on playthrough — turn the Chaos Emeralds into Super Emeralds which can then turn Sonic into his Hyper Form. This two-game arc is one of the reasons why Sonic fans consider Sonic 3 & Knuckles the best game of the series.
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Signature Series Arc / int_2212773a	comment	Angel's is the Season 4 arc involving Cordelia being possessed by Jasmine, sleeping with Angel's teenage son and getting pregnant while the sun is blacked out. It's even more remembered due to the sheer controversy surrounding the treatment of Cordelia's actress Charisma Carpenter; her real-life pregnancy reportedly enraged Joss Whedon, exacerbating his already abusive tendencies towards her and leading her to be written out unceremoniously at the end of the season.
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Signature Series Arc / int_25f6f1a0	comment	Umineko: When They Cry: The very end of "Banquet of the Golden Witch" and its follow-up with "Alliance of the Golden Witch" and "End of the Golden Witch." The first is notable for the introduction of Ange Ushiromiya into the plot, the following for Ange's heartbreaking past and journey with the Seven Sisters of Purgatory, the additional backstory for Maria and introduction of Sakutaro, the all-out Red Truth VS Blue Truth battle between Beatrice and Battler at the end, and The Reveal that Bernkastel and Lambdadelta have been in cahoots as the true villains of the story, and the final for its particularly twisted Rokkenjima gameboard mystery thanks to Lambda taking over as Game Master, the debut of Erika Furudo and the Inquistion of Heresy, the lengthy trial sequence that results in Beatrice's titular end, and the extended aftermath where Battler learns the whole truth of everything and transforms into the Golden Sorcerer, taking ownership of the game from Erika after a thrilling battle.
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Signature Series Arc / int_2bbcacd9	comment	Looney Tunes has the Hunting Trilogy — Rabbit Fire, Rabbit Seasoning, and Duck! Rabbit! Duck! — which codified the relationship between its two biggest stars and finalized Daffy's Chuck Jones incarnation.
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Signature Series Arc / int_2e3e7ac2	comment	For the DCAU as a whole, it is either the Justice Lords two-parter of the original Justice League, or its more or less direct sequel, the Cadmus arc in Unlimited. The former pits prime universe's heroes against their eponymous unfettered AU counterparts and forces them to draw the line that separates heroism from extremism. The latter builds upon that by having The Government realize that the League going the Justice Lord route is the single biggest threat to humanity and pitting Good Versus Good in a Myth Arc spanning two seasons and culminating in one of the most epic finales of the whole DCAU.
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Signature Series Arc / int_2e9ef429	comment	For the Batman: Arkham Series, the second game, Batman: Arkham City, is the most remembered for being where the series transitioned to a full Wide-Open Sandbox and became its own lore separate from any previous continuity, expanded its cast with its own takes on both the Bat-Family and the greater Batman Rogues Gallery, and showed it wasn't afraid to leave the comfort zone of the status quo by enacting several big name changes, most famously killing the Joker off for real during the endgame.
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Signature Series Arc / int_30876163	comment	Blue Exorcist: The most beloved arc by fans is the Illuminati Arc, for The Reveal that Renzo is a double agent, its dive into Nightmare Fuel territory, a memorably detestable villain in Gedouin, and its Bittersweet Ending.
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Signature Series Arc / int_30a5ebfd	comment	The Chunin Exams arc of Naruto. It's an early arc that introduces several characters who would go on to become staples of the series (such as Rock Lee and Hinata), and sees a lot of character development for Sasuke and Sakura, before transitioning the ongoing plot of Naruto into the wider conflict between Konoha and Orochimaru, and then turning the focus onto Akatsuki.
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Signature Series Arc / int_30b255fb	comment	Supergirl: The Unknown Supergirl was the first lengthy story arc in the Superman family of books (spanning nine issues), and changed irreversibly Supergirl's status quo in favor of giving Kara Zor-El her own setting and supporting cast, as well as her first nemesis. Metropolis holding a parade in honor of Supergirl is one of the most iconic moments in the character's decades-long history. The Supergirl from Krypton (2004) was the storyline which reintroduced Kara Zor-El in the modern DC Universe after remained exiled from continuity for eighteen years. The story arc was popular enough to be adapted into an animated movie: Superman/Batman: Apocalypse.
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Signature Series Arc / int_31a8701b	comment	The Flash: Wally West has several signature arcs, largely stemming from the beloved runs by Mark Waid and Geoff Johns. From Waid, we have The Return of Barry Allen, where Wally was cemented as THE Flash for an entire generation and becomes a hero in his own right. Then there's Terminal Velocity, where the Flash's Signature Speed Force is fully introduced, Wally learns The Power of Friendship, and it serves as the beginning of the Flash Family with the introduction of Bart Allen as Impulse. From Johns, there's Blitz, where a new version of the Reverse-Flash known as Zoom debuts; he quickly becomes Wally's Arch-Enemy and nearly murders his wife Linda. Following that is Rogue War, where Flash's Rogues gallery goes to war with each other, and the Flash must find a way to stop them. For Barry Allen, Flashpoint was the first major story arc after he came Back from the Dead and depicted a radically changed take on the DC Universe on the verge of Armageddon with unique takes on characters such as Thomas Wayne being Batman and the Amazons and Atlanteans being at war. It served as the means to reboot the DC Universe into the New 52 as well as inspiring the animated movie that launched the DC Animated Movie Universe and is set to be revisited in the wake of Infinite Frontier, of which its iteration of Batman has been one of the main characters.
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Signature Series Arc / int_364cacd7	comment	Cookie Run Kingdom: The Frost Queen and the Lantern in the Snow is the most well-known storyline in the game due to its sentimentality and Bittersweet Ending in which Cotton Cookie is separated from her best friend, Sherbet Cookie in a retelling of The Snow Queen. It became so popular that a continuation premired a year later.
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Signature Series Arc / int_3717ea4a	comment	DC Animated Universe: For the DCAU as a whole, it is either the Justice Lords two-parter of the original Justice League, or its more or less direct sequel, the Cadmus arc in Unlimited. The former pits prime universe's heroes against their eponymous unfettered AU counterparts and forces them to draw the line that separates heroism from extremism. The latter builds upon that by having The Government realize that the League going the Justice Lord route is the single biggest threat to humanity and pitting Good Versus Good in a Myth Arc spanning two seasons and culminating in one of the most epic finales of the whole DCAU. For a character-specific example, Batman: The Animated Series has "Heart of Ice" (and its extension with "Deep Freeze" and Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero), which has gone on to influence every portrayal of Mr. Freeze ever since by recasting him as a Tragic Villain driven by a desire to cure his wife.
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Signature Series Arc / int_38974f2	comment	In The King of Fighters, the best known arc is the Orochi Saga that started with KOF '94 (also known as the Rugal Saga and prologue of the arc) and ended with KOF '97. note KOF '98, a Dream Match Game that brought back nearly all the characters featured in the previous four titles, is also lumped in with the Orochi Saga despite being non-canon. This arc is the base of the series where major characters of the series are presented (mainly Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami) and the most known not just by KOF/SNK fans, but Fighting Game fans in general, which also overlaps with First Installment Wins. When it came time to adapt the series to film, the Orochi Saga was unsurprisingly the arc adapted — even though by then the series was on its third story arc.
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Signature Series Arc / int_3ab9fc21	comment	Who Took the Super out of Superman?: One of its era's best remembered stories, it delved into the duality between Superman and Clark Kent.
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Signature Series Arc / int_3b4316b6	comment	Front Mission has Huffman Island, specifically the Second Huffman Conflict between the UCS and the OCU. Not only does it serve as the main plot of Front Mission 1st and Front Mission Online, but also as the backdrop for Act I of Front Mission 5. Its origins are also the focus of Front Mission 2089.
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Signature Series Arc / int_3e8c09b9	comment	Attack on Titan: While the Battle for Trost arc hooked fans on the premise, the following arc, the Female Titan and subsequent Clash of Titans arc, is what really solidified things and is most remembered for its shocking developments concerning other titan shifters who are deliberately causing harm to the walls. Character interactions, some truly triumphant and tragic moments, and the finale between two Titan shifters.
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Signature Series Arc / int_3eb3a36f	comment	Assassination Classroom: The Assassination Island arc, which serves the culmination of Class 3-E's development at this point as they reap the rewards of having passed their exams by visiting a resort island normally reserved for the school elites and staging their biggest attempt on Koro-sensei's life yet. It is equally memorable for the Halfway Plot Switch in the middle when the students have to infiltrate part of the resort in order to find out who poisoned the rest of their classmates all while Koro-sensei is unable to help them due to aforementioned assassination attempt, as well as Nagisa's infamous Dragged into Drag moment that has become memetic of his character. The Akari Yukimura arc was so much of a Wham Episode that the chapter it started on (Chapter 128) received a Pixiv tag dedicated to it. Not only does the arc completely turn over everything that the audience knows about Kayano upside down, but its aftermath leads Koro-sensei to finally tell Class 3-E the truth about his origins and motivations, as well as reveal who the Big Bad is and set up the last few arcs of the series. Perhaps just as memorable is the Big Damn Kiss between Nagisa and Kayano that resolves the climax of the arc, which made the shippers rejoice.
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Signature Series Arc / int_3ef1def5	comment	The Death of Superman: His best-selling and most famous storyline, featuring the first battle between Superman and the savage monster Doomsday.
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Signature Series Arc / int_41d722ed	comment	The Great Darkness Saga is considered the Legion's best storyline, as well as the story responsible for Darkseid becoming DC Universe's Big Bad.
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Signature Series Arc / int_42c17ca1	comment	Power Rangers in Space, which saved the franchise after the previous season's Audience-Alienating Era and Seasonal Rot, saw the former Turbo Rangers (sans Justin) returning and introduced fan-favourites like Andros, Zhane, Astronama/Karone, Ecliptor and Darkonda. The "Countdown to Destruction" finale marked the end of the Zordon Era that began with MMPR, culminating in Zordon himself enacting a Heroic Sacrifice to eradicate the forces of evil that were attacking the galaxy.
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Signature Series Arc / int_43576f5	comment	Supernatural is most well known for its "stop the apocalypse arc", which started in Season 4 and really came to a head in Season 5 — the introduction of biblical themes (after previously focusing on smaller-scale creatures such as cryptids) and fan-favourite characters like Castiel, Gabriel and Lucifer permanently changed the show, and are widely considered to be the best written seasons. It made such an impact that new viewers are often very surprised to find out that angels are treated as non-existent and dismissed as silly for the first three seasons.
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Signature Series Arc / int_44127c7c	comment	Power Rangers: Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers had the famous, well-known "Green With Evil" mini-series arc, which was the Growing the Beard moment of Season 1 which introduced the franchise's Sixth Ranger and Breakout Character Tommy Oliver, who would go on to become a recurring character and staple in three different seasons. Power Rangers in Space, which saved the franchise after the previous season's Audience-Alienating Era and Seasonal Rot, saw the former Turbo Rangers (sans Justin) returning and introduced fan-favourites like Andros, Zhane, Astronama/Karone, Ecliptor and Darkonda. The "Countdown to Destruction" finale marked the end of the Zordon Era that began with MMPR, culminating in Zordon himself enacting a Heroic Sacrifice to eradicate the forces of evil that were attacking the galaxy.
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Signature Series Arc / int_44715363	comment	For the original Yu-Gi-Oh!, it's the Duelist Kingdom arc, which officially transitioned the manga to a card battle series, directly tied the card game to Yami Yugi's past and expanded the series' lore, began its heavily serialized multi-chapter arcs, and introduced several characters, such as Pegasus, Mai, Weevil, Rex, and Bandit Keith, who would make reappearances in multiple series as well as video games, which subsequently adapt many elements from the arc. The fact that the better-known anime skipped directly to Duelist Kingdom for the beginning also helps contribute to this since it was many people's introduction to the franchise, allowing it to also mix some First Installment Wins for fans of the show.
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Signature Series Arc / int_457b671e	comment	24: The Nerve Gas Attacks from Day 5. The Storyline would have repercussions felt for the rest of the series. It forced Jack out of hiding and would end with him being abducted by the Chinese, involved the deaths of major players, David Palmer and Michelle Dessler, and near death of Tony Almeda, who would later pull a Heel–Face Turn due to the death of his wife, becoming a recurring villain, and some of the members of the conspiracy being revealed to be Jack's own family, his father Phillip and brother Graem, and even the President himself, Charles Logan, was involved and would become one of Jack's biggest nemesis. Overall Day 5 is universally acclaimed as one of the best storylines in television history, let alone the best of the series.
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Signature Series Arc / int_50bcf7a6	comment	Homestuck: Act 5 is the most famous part of the comic and it lead to a massive Newbie Boom of it and its parent series MS Paint Adventures. The two most standout "arcs" within Act 5 are the introduction of the trolls throughout Act 5 Act 1, part of the comic's sudden rise in popularity; and the "Murderstuck" arc late in Act 5 Act 2, where half of them are killed off.
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Signature Series Arc / int_553051f	comment	Green Lantern has Sinestro Corps War, which not only reestablished longtime villain Sinestro as a credible threat, but also marked the introduction of the multiple Lantern Corps which have remained a staple of the DC Universe ever since and led into the Blackest Night crossover event.
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Signature Series Arc / int_5779deb9	comment	Simon Belmont's battle against Dracula in 1691 not only was the story of the original game, it has been retold several times through the franchise, such as in Haunted Castle, Super Castlevania IV and Castlevania Chronicles.
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Signature Series Arc / int_57ad0c07	comment	Resident Evil has Raccoon City as its easily most well-known and remarkable setting. Despite being canonically destroyed at the end of the third game, the city has been revisited several times in spin-offs such as the the first Survivor, the Outbreak titles, Umbrella Chronicles, Darkside Chronicles and Operation Raccoon City. Furthermore, the remakes of the first three games once again put players back in the original plotline of Umbrella's zombie outbreaks in Raccoon City.
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Signature Series Arc / int_58808436	comment	Higurashi: When They Cry: Meakashi-Hen and Tsumihoroboshi-Hen. The former arc is infamous for Shion going on a revenge fueled killing spree as well as well some of the most emotional moments. Most notably three of Shion's fingernails being ripped off, Rika killing herself with a knife to avoid being tortured by her, Shion's brutal torture and murder of Satoko, and Shion killing herself after she realized what she did and imagining being part of the club and remembering Satoshi's promise to take care of Satoko. The latter arc is remembered for heavily emphasizing the theme of friendship, Rena slowly succumbing to Hinamizawa Syndrome, and the awesome and Tear Jerker rooftop fight between Rena and Keiichi as the latter tries and succeeds on bringing Rena back to her senses which is THE Signature Scene of the series.
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Signature Series Arc / int_59a835fb	comment	Sonic Adventure 2 is well remembered for the introduction of Sonic's arch-rival and dark counterpart Shadow (as well as resident Ms. Fanservice Rouge), and also Shadow's Character Development from a revenge-driven villain to a hero who ended up sacrificing himself to save the world. This in turn would make him so popular with the Sonic fandom that he was brought back in Sonic Heroes. The game is also remembered for the dark and complex storyline which is split in two perspectives — Hero (Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles) and Dark (Shadow, Dr. Eggman, and Rouge), with the Last Story being unlocked after clearing them.
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Signature Series Arc / int_59d04ad0	comment	Superman: Brainiac (also adapted as Superman Unbound) was the storyline which effectively defined Post-Crisis Brainiac, including his appearance, origin,note Previous comics had gone back and forth on whether he was an organic alien, a cyborg, or a pure machine, and adaptations did their own twists like Smallville and the DCAU both making him a Kryptonian AI. This version specified that he was an organic Coluan scientist who enhanced himself with cybernetics. power level,note Through the Silver Age Brainiac wasn't inherently superpowered and simply had a lot of powerful technology he could use, like his force field belt and the weapons on is ship, being able to invent basically whatever was convenient for that issue's story. Post-Crisis kept changing his power set by making him a disembodied intelligence who possessed different organic and synthetic bodies. This story arc established him as straight-up stronger than Superman in a physical brawl on top of mental control over technology (while boasting tech on par with his Silver Age incarnation, including his ship's weaponry and an army of Brainiac Probes). He's also fond of Combat Tentacles, usually attached to his ship. MO,note He always liked collecting cities by shrinking them and putting them in bottles, but this version specifically established his standard behavior as bottling one city and destroying the rest of the planet, with the eventual goal of exterminating all life outside of his bottles. He's already scoured galaxies by the time he shows up. and the overall aesthetic of his technology (taking inspiraton from HR Geiger). Every appearance of the villain Coluan in other media since 2008 has been influenced or based in this story, most notably Injustice 2, DC Universe Online, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, and Krypton.
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Signature Series Arc / int_5b344855	comment	Giant Size X-Men by Len Wein is cited as the real beginning of the X-Men as we come to know it. This introduced an entire new team of mutants as the X-Men with brighter more individualistic costumes (over the bland two-color uniforms that preceded it) and greater diversity than before. The likes of Wolverine, Nightcrawler and others were introduced in a flash and despite coming in so late immediately became the Spotlight-Stealing Squad.
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Signature Series Arc / int_5c4365d7	comment	The Infinity Gauntlet. While hardly the only major story involving Thanos or the rest of the Cosmic Marvel lineup, it is by far the most memorable largely because it allowed every character to shine, including every hero, the Big Bad Ensemble, and several cosmic deties. But it is an especially Establishing Character Moment for Thanos, who gets cemented as a Magnificent Bastard with complex motivations and interesting character flaws. This arc has been adapted to video games (perhaps most notably Marvel Super Heroes) and a big part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Signature Series Arc / int_5c600b17	comment	Digimon Adventure: The Tokyo/Eighth Child Arc, which stretches roughly from Episodes 21 to 39, is the most popular arc due to moving the action from the fantasy realm of the Digital World to modern Tokyo, leading to some thrilling moments as Digimon wreak chaos in "our" world, plus the seven Digidestined's frantic search for their eighth member before the Arc Villain Myotismon finds them himself. The arc's popularity may be why Myotismon was brought back in Digimon Adventure 02 as the Greater-Scope Villain responsible for everything bad that ever happened.
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Signature Series Arc / int_5e16d550	comment	Black Clover: The Elf Reincarnation Arc is the most loved arc of the story for being the culmination of the series's first saga, giving many members of its large cast moments to shine in fights against the reincarnated elves, and the many plot twists in the story.
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Signature Series Arc / int_5e17f6cd	comment	The Animals of Farthing Wood is especially remembered for the Season 1 journey from Farthing Wood to White Deer Park, with the opening even still depicting it when the characters settled in White Deer Park at the end of the season. It contains the most memorable character deaths, such as the hedgehogs on the road, the pheasants getting shot by farmers and the infamous scene of a butcher bird impaling baby mice on thorns.
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Signature Series Arc / int_62570927	comment	Marvel Universe: Civil War (2006) remains Marvel's biggest-selling event. It completely altered the status quo of the Marvel universe while also defining the characters and stories of several key players for more than a decade. The Infinity Gauntlet. While hardly the only major story involving Thanos or the rest of the Cosmic Marvel lineup, it is by far the most memorable largely because it allowed every character to shine, including every hero, the Big Bad Ensemble, and several cosmic deties. But it is an especially Establishing Character Moment for Thanos, who gets cemented as a Magnificent Bastard with complex motivations and interesting character flaws. This arc has been adapted to video games (perhaps most notably Marvel Super Heroes) and a big part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Secret Wars (1984). The first major event comics and best-seller. It provided many iconic story and character beats and likewise introduced elements such as the Symbiote costume of Spider-Man that led in turn to Venom—a character who has since become a major successful spin-off character. It also led in turn Secret Wars (2015), a spiritual sequel that was likewise a landmark storyline for Marvel in The New '10s.
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Signature Series Arc / int_62ceda02	comment	Sonichu: Issue #10 is the most notorious of the series by a landslide, for its initial status as a capstone for the comic, its sheer amount of Protagonist-Centered Morality and Walls of Text even by the comic's standards, and several infamous scenes such as the fall of 4-cent_garbage.com and the trial of the Asperpedia Four.
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Signature Series Arc / int_63ac9abf	comment	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is often remembered for the plot of the Dr. Eggman's Death Egg, the introduction of Sonic's sidekick and best friend Tails, and the debut of Super Sonic if you acquire the 7 Chaos Emeralds.
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Signature Series Arc / int_66abe7c6	comment	Fate Series: Fate/Grand Order has a Myth Arc that consists of several independent storylines, but when it comes to the most memorable Singularity, the fans would answer either Camelot or Babylonia, both mainly penned by Kinoko Nasu himself. The two chapters are where the main plot points of the Myth Arc take the front seat, reduced amount of filler battles that plagued previous chapters, boat load of awesome, funny, horrifying, sad, and heartwarming moments characteristic to the Fate series' prose give both veterans and newbies of the series alike a good look at the expanded universe that is the Nasuverse. In fact, those two Singularities were so popular with fans that when the creators held a survey over which ones fans wanted anime adaptations of, they received the most votes out of every Singularity. As a result, Babylonia would receive an anime called Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia in 2019 and Camelot would receive a movie duology called Fate/Grand Order - Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot, with the first movie releasing in 2020. Fate/Grand Order introduced a second Myth Arc a year after the first one concluded, again consisting of multiple small, independent storylines that form a greater narrative when put together. And like the previous Myth Arc, the fans favor one particular Lostbelt story above the rest — the sixth Lostbelt, Avalon le Fae. As was the case with Camelot and Babylonia before it, Avalon le Fae was primarily written by Nasu himself, and like Camelot, takes another approach to the Arthurian Legend, this time in an Alternate Universe Britain populated predominantly by The Fair Folk. This was Nasu's first chance to write a more standard fantasy story, and he delved far deeper into the world-building for this compared to the previous Lostbelts. The end result was a fascinating (albeit long) story with a fleshed-out setting, compelling new characters (especially Morgan, who became a Breakout Character in her own right), major Character Development for longtime characters, several shocking twists and turns, and many moments that made fans laugh, cry, and feel intensely for the characters involved.
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Signature Series Arc / int_6727ec29	comment	The Promised Neverland is usually described as a Genius Thriller of super-intelligent kids trying to escape from an evil orphanage with only their wits as weapons. But that part is only the first four-and-a-half volumes; after that the story moves to the outside world and the heroes' goals become much larger in scale, with more fantasy elements. Despite that, the first arc is generally considered the most memorable for its tension, numerous twists, and beloved antagonists (Isabella and Krone).
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Signature Series Arc / int_6a4c8f1b	comment	Before that, the Teruki Hanazawa Arc is often cited as the changing point from the series from being "One-Punch Man 2.0" to its own unique identity.
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Signature Series Arc / int_6b1e9070	comment	Pokémon the Series: Black & White: The Meloetta arc, for being a retooling of the Celebi arc that never was back in Johto, having the show transition to being Best Wishes Season 2 in Japan, bringing back Dawn and Cynthia from the previous series, the resolution of Trip's arc with Alder, its epic two-part finale where Ash and his friends faced off against Giovanni (and the anime's marketing team tested the waters for potentially dropping Team Rocket from the series altogether), and starting the trend of story arcs where a cute but special Pokémon temporarily tags along with the heroes.
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Signature Series Arc / int_6e1d5f36	comment	Farscape's second season is this, as it brought Scorpius to the front and center, introduced the Scarrans, and most importantly laid the foundations for the War Arc between the two.
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Signature Series Arc / int_701f0ece	comment	Ask any fans of Berserk which is the most famous saga in the series, and they will all respond to you with the following: "GRIFFITH!!!" — which of course refers to the Golden Age Arc. This is the saga that showed Guts's Dark and Troubled Past that fully developed him from the generic anti-hero he was to the complex character everybody loves, and it introduced Love Interest Casca and the master of the Moral Event Horizon Griffith. In addition, the finale of the Golden Age Arc, also known as the Eclipse, is still regarded as one of the most horrifying sequences in all of manga. This is the only consistent saga to be adapted in almost all adaptations.
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Signature Series Arc / int_74f7210c	comment	The Legend of Zelda has the "Hero of Time Saga", although the games that comprise this saga differ from person to person. In the strictest sense, the saga consists only of the first two 3D Zelda games: Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, both of which depict the Hero of Time's adventures and Coming of Age Story across two lands. In a looser sense, the arc consists of the two aforementioned installments plus Wind Waker and Twilight Princess, both of which deal with the consequences of the actions taken by the Hero of Time and the Princess Zelda of his generation across two Alternate Timelines. Either way, the Hero of Time Saga remains the definitive arc of the Zelda franchise for crystallizing the themes and lore built up by the games prior and building on top of that, to the point that the Soft Reboot Breath of the Wild has in-universe text and dialogue that makes direct reference to its events despite taking place in an ambiguous timeline and thousands of years later.
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Signature Series Arc / int_793c3360	comment	H₂O: Just Add Water gets the arc in the second half of Season 2 involving Charlotte discovering she's descended from the original mermaid trio from the 50s, becoming a mermaid and Lewis's girlfriend, and undergoing a proper Face–Heel Turn. Charlotte is easily the most memorable antagonist the show ever had, and there continue to be discussions about her character's motivations years later.
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Signature Series Arc / int_79b17f0f	comment	Then there's the story arc in Avengers #211-230 that shows the downfall of Hank Pym as he slaps his wife, humiliates himself, gets divorced, expelled from the Avengers, framed for a crime and imprisoned, and then framed again as an accomplice before overturning and defeating the Masters of Evil by himself, and taking responsibility for his actions. This story which was strongly serialized redefined the Avengers group dynamic, and made them flawed and conflicted heroes, and it is also for better and worse, the defining story of Hank Pym and Ant-Man.
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Signature Series Arc / int_7aaf9e41	comment	Batman: The Dark Knight has been defined and redefined multiple times in multiple styles by different artists and writers across the ages: "Strange Apparitions" by Steve Englehart was one of the first lengthy serialized arcs in a Batman title (very rare at DC at the time since they preferred one-and-done stories). It also deepened Bruce Wayne as a character, created a new dynamic with his Rogues Gallery and reinvigorated Gotham as an active background rather than static setting. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and Batman: Year One by Frank Miller. The former is an AU story that famously, according to the writer, "gave Batman his balls back", while the latter (which is in-continuity) is cited as Batman's definitive origin. Both comics produced some of Batman's most iconic images of the character, setting, supporting cast, rogues, and gadgets and were often reproduced in adaptations. Knightfall, Batman: No Man's Land and Batman: Hush were likewise era-defining story arcs, introducing a number of notable villains, character moments, plot threads, and story ideas cited by later authors and in adaptations.
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Signature Series Arc / int_7f39a041	comment	Gintama's version of this trope is the Benizakura arc, the series' first major serious arc in a mostly comedic series beforehand and the major introduction of Gintoki's archenemy Takasugi. This arc was so popular that it was the first thing done for the franchise's live-action debut.
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Signature Series Arc / int_80927ab2	comment	The Demon Bear Saga is the story everyone thinks of when they think of New Mutants.
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Signature Series Arc / int_82b3e020	comment	Planet Hulk and its direct sequel are this for post-David Hulk comics, throwing the Hulk into a crazy and inventive new status quo by sending him to space and making him a vengeful gladiator king who's become significantly more then a mere monster.
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Signature Series Arc / int_83d41855	comment	Gargoyles has the City of Stone four-parter. These episodes revealed the tragic backstories of Demona and Macbeth and why they hate each other so much. This was also the point in the show where the writing and storytelling greatly improved, in addition to the introduction of the The Weird Sisters and ending on one of the saddest moments in the series.
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Signature Series Arc / int_865ba491	comment	Age of Apocalypse was likewise a defining X-Men story from The '90s and one of Marvel's most famous and iconic events.
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Signature Series Arc / int_86c3beca	comment	Girl Genius: The Mechanicsburg Arc, wherein the heroine struggles to reclaim her heritage and then fights to drive a horde of mad scientists and an empire out of it, introduces the most iconic location in the series and is the best remembered storyline.
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Signature Series Arc / int_8727bf22	comment	Animal Man is forever defined by the Grant Morrison run, particularly its final arc in which Animal Man's family is murdered and he goes on a quest to revive them that leads to him meeting Morrison themself.
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Signature Series Arc / int_87e00d8e	comment	More for a character than a show, but Teen Titans has its take on The Judas Contract, which gave the previously irredeemable and sociopathic Terra a degree of Adaptational Heroism and Adaptational Sympathy that has gone on to influence every portrayal of the character going forward, in addition to giving her a heartbreaking romance with Beast Boy.
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Signature Series Arc / int_88aef33b	comment	Invincible: The revelation of Omni-Man's true origins, his murder of the original Guardians of the Globe, and his subsequent dramatic battle with Invincible, which really set the high-stakes, fast-paced, no-punches-pulled tone of the series. The Invincible War (a single issue Crisis Crossover) and Conquest's attack immediately after. The war with the Viltrumite Empire, culminating in Invincible and his allies waging a desperate and epic siege against the Viltrumite homeworld that ends in them securing victory by blowing said Planet up. Robot revealing himself to be the true Big Bad by betraying Invincible, murdering or imprisoning countless superheroes and villains, and functionally taking over the world in the single biggest Wham Episode in a series full of them.
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Signature Series Arc / int_89c29456	comment	To Your Eternity: The manga is better known for its opening arc, which follows the nameless immortal taking the form of a dog and befriending a boy who is the only one left in an empty village in an arctic zone, serving as the Series Establishing Moment for a series that is pretty heart-wrenching.
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Signature Series Arc / int_89fa77a	comment	Coronation Street is a true Long Runner (having been on the air since The '60s) and its most iconic storyline involved Richard Hillman marrying Gail Platt, becoming a serial killer, murdering Maxine Peacock and trying to drown the entire Platt family by driving their car into the canal.
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Signature Series Arc / int_8df5521b	comment	Superman: Kryptonite Nevermore was the storyline where Superman transitioned from the whacky Silver Age to the darker Bronze Age. The Neal Adams' cover where Superman breaks his chains has been reproduced and copied time and again. Who Took the Super out of Superman?: One of its era's best remembered stories, it delved into the duality between Superman and Clark Kent. Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?: Written by Alan Moore, it was the Grand Finale for the Pre-Crisis Superman, and one of his most iconic story arcs. The Death of Superman: His best-selling and most famous storyline, featuring the first battle between Superman and the savage monster Doomsday. All-Star Superman: A love letter to the Silver Age Superman, it has remained one of his most important and iconic stories since publication, to the point it was adapted into an animated movie. Superman: Brainiac (also adapted as Superman Unbound) was the storyline which effectively defined Post-Crisis Brainiac, including his appearance, origin,note Previous comics had gone back and forth on whether he was an organic alien, a cyborg, or a pure machine, and adaptations did their own twists like Smallville and the DCAU both making him a Kryptonian AI. This version specified that he was an organic Coluan scientist who enhanced himself with cybernetics. power level,note Through the Silver Age Brainiac wasn't inherently superpowered and simply had a lot of powerful technology he could use, like his force field belt and the weapons on is ship, being able to invent basically whatever was convenient for that issue's story. Post-Crisis kept changing his power set by making him a disembodied intelligence who possessed different organic and synthetic bodies. This story arc established him as straight-up stronger than Superman in a physical brawl on top of mental control over technology (while boasting tech on par with his Silver Age incarnation, including his ship's weaponry and an army of Brainiac Probes). He's also fond of Combat Tentacles, usually attached to his ship. MO,note He always liked collecting cities by shrinking them and putting them in bottles, but this version specifically established his standard behavior as bottling one city and destroying the rest of the planet, with the eventual goal of exterminating all life outside of his bottles. He's already scoured galaxies by the time he shows up. and the overall aesthetic of his technology (taking inspiraton from HR Geiger). Every appearance of the villain Coluan in other media since 2008 has been influenced or based in this story, most notably Injustice 2, DC Universe Online, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, and Krypton.
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Signature Series Arc / int_8f25225c	comment	Ask any Danganronpa fan what the best chapter of the series is, and a good amount will respond that it’s the fifth chapter of the second game. The chapter not only has the infamous scene where Nagito blows up the hotel, but has one of the most mind blowing murder schemes in the franchise, with Nagito’s body discovery that makes it abundantly clear how painful his death was, as well as going from thinking he was simply murdered, to the reveal that he essentially committed suicide, only for it to be further revealed that he had in fact been murdered but the killer had been tricked into delivering the final blow due to Nagito putting his Ultimate Luck into full swing, leaving it almost impossible to determine who the killer actually is. There’s also the reveal of Chiaki being both the traitor working for the Future Foundation, and also the one who had been tricked into killing Nagito, with Hajime being left to prove it to both the other students who are in denial, as well as himself, with Chiaki allowing herself to be executed so her friends can live. All of this results in the trial being seen as a top contender for the biggest gut punch of the whole series.
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Signature Series Arc / int_90b916ba	comment	For a character-specific example, Batman: The Animated Series has "Heart of Ice" (and its extension with "Deep Freeze" and Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero), which has gone on to influence every portrayal of Mr. Freeze ever since by recasting him as a Tragic Villain driven by a desire to cure his wife.
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Signature Series Arc / int_960062b7	comment	My Hero Academia: The Sports Festival Arc, which was considered the point where the series grew its beard by fleshing out Shoto and Ochako's characters and its well-done fights. The Hero Killer Arc, for introducing fan favorite villain Stain and being the first major battle Izuku fought and won. The Hideout Raid Arc, which is fondly remembered for the battle between All-Might and All For One, as well as being a major turning point in the story where All-Might retires.
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Signature Series Arc / int_980c3316	comment	Shazam! is defined by The Monster Society of Evil, the first serialized story arc in superhero comics which introduced the iconic villain Mister Mind.
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Signature Series Arc / int_992e16dc	comment	In Part 8, JoJolion, "Every Day is a Summer Vacation", also known by its Fan Nickname of "Beetle Tendency", is the most iconic arc due to its out-there premise of Stand users manipulating stag beetle fights instead of fighting directly.
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Signature Series Arc / int_9ac9d448	comment	For Ultimate Spider-Man, it's the opening 12 issues known as "Powers and Responsibility" and "Learning Curve". The other famous arc is "Death of Spider-Man" and its aftermath which led to the rise of Miles Morales.
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Signature Series Arc / int_9bb6c910	comment	For the Roy Thomas era, it's the Crimson Cowl/Ultron two-parter and The Kree/Skrull War. The former for introducing the major recurring villain of the Avengers, and the second being one of the first cosmic stories in Marvel that placed the Avengers at the center of it.
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Signature Series Arc / int_9db3a320	comment	Kryptonite Nevermore was the storyline where Superman transitioned from the whacky Silver Age to the darker Bronze Age. The Neal Adams' cover where Superman breaks his chains has been reproduced and copied time and again.
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Signature Series Arc / int_9e2f90f4	comment	One Piece: The Paramount War has everything; a massive expansion of the setting and lore, shocking answers to several long-running questions followed by all new ones, numerous new characters whose existence had only been vaguely hinted at before, outright deaths in a series once known for nobody dying outside of flashbacks, a massive reconfiguration of the status quo and the single biggest Darkest Hour in the entire series, as Luffy reaches just this side of the Despair Event Horizon over the disappearance of his entire crew, his utter and complete failure in his mission to attack Impel Down and Marineford, and the death of his brother Ace. This was the biggest sequence of Wham Episodes in the series and the repercussions continue to be felt into the present day, with the sheer high stakes having still not been topped despite taking place back in 2010. Before that was the Alabasta arc, which was the longest and had the highest stakes up to that point. There was an entire kingdom on the line, a cruel and memorable cast of villains in Sir Crocodile and Baroque Works, and scenes now considered iconic moments for the franchise, like the Straw Hat crew's secret salute to Vivi. Between them were the Water Seven and Enies Lobby arcs, together forming another fine candidate for "best arc in One Piece." Water Seven was the point when the series turned seriously Darker and Edgier, coming right off the heels of Luffy's battle with Aokiji, the first unqualified defeat for the Straw Hat Pirates since Zoro's duel with Mihawk back in East Blue. The arc itself has the greatest internal crisis of the crew until Sabaody, when an argument over the fate of the Going Merry leads to Usopp leaving the Straw Hats while at the same time Robin seems to have betrayed them for an opaque Government Conspiracy. Before Paramount War, Water Seven was seen as the series' Darkest Hour for a very good reason. The plot threads of Water Seven then culminated in Enies Lobby, a Rescue Arc bringing in major upgrades to most of the main characters' abilities. It gave us more iconic moments such as Luffy ordering for the World Government's flag to be shot, boasting that he's perfectly willing to take on the entire world to defend a single member of his crew. It also brought in some long-awaited Character Development for the until-then utterly mysterious Robin, with a flashback to her childhood that also revealed some horrific truths about the history of the world. In this, Enies Lobby caused the fandom's perception of the World Government and the Marines to shift from adversaries to enemies. And long before any of the above arcs, there was Arlong Park, the culmination of the East Blue Saga and rounding out the Debut Queue of our five main characters with this one focusing on Nami. It's the first time our fledgling crew is fighting together, not to mention it’s against the extremely Love to Hate Arlong. It's also the first time Oda ratchets up the tragedy in the backstory, with an extended flashback about Arlong killing Nami’s mother. There are also some absolutely heart-tugging moments with Nami's situation and Cocoyashi Village's desperation to be free from the Fishman Pirates, followed by one heck of a climax stuffed with memorable moments. The anime even added to it by including a scene of Nami talking with her deceased adopted mother and her both hilarious and heartwarming sendoff. To say this arc resonated and made a fan out of many viewers is an understatement.
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Signature Series Arc / int_a03824e8	comment	The DCU: DC is particularly famous for Crisis on Infinite Earths, the Trope Namer for Crisis Crossover and Red Skies Crossover. Never before had comics seen so many characters assembled (some even from other companies after they'd been acquired by DC), seen stakes so large, or had consequences so dire. By the end of the story, TRILLIONS of people are dead, including several fan-favorite heroes, and the entire history of the DC Universe had been forever altered. It's telling that this event is one that has had sequels or revisits several times, in stories like Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!, The Kingdom, Infinite Crisis, Final Crisis, Flashpoint, DC Rebirth and many, many others. The other defining series arc for DC in The '80s is from one of their lesser titles, Swamp Thing. This was Alan Moore's first ongoing gig for a major comics company and his extended run on the character was not only the definitive run for Swamp Thing but was also a watershed for DC since its Genre-Busting of supernatural, horror, crime, superhero, and environmental politics as well as its high literary appeal led to the development of Vertigo Comics. In Moore's Swamp Thing, significant story arcs include "The Anatomy Lesson" and "American Gothic" (which introduced John Constantine, who became a significant Breakout Character in his own right). 52, a year long miniseries that focused on the lesser known DC superheroes, a story arc that spanned all fifty two weeks a year (i.e. a new issue every week) is also cited as a landmark story for recent DC Comics.
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Signature Series Arc / int_a465e6bd	comment	Jujutsu Kaisen: The Shibuya Incident. With nearly sixty chapters, this arc is the culmination of the entire series. An all-out war breaks out between the sorcerers and villains, resulting in back-to-back memorable battles that continually escalate the power system to new heights. Emotions run equally high, with every side facing major casualties— with Yuji getting hit hardest. The sheer impact of Shibuya completely changed the course of the manga, and it’s universally considered to be the definitive arc of Jujutsu Kaisen.
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Signature Series Arc / int_a4ff8e01	comment	Fate/Grand Order has a Myth Arc that consists of several independent storylines, but when it comes to the most memorable Singularity, the fans would answer either Camelot or Babylonia, both mainly penned by Kinoko Nasu himself. The two chapters are where the main plot points of the Myth Arc take the front seat, reduced amount of filler battles that plagued previous chapters, boat load of awesome, funny, horrifying, sad, and heartwarming moments characteristic to the Fate series' prose give both veterans and newbies of the series alike a good look at the expanded universe that is the Nasuverse.
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Signature Series Arc / int_a5d56693	comment	In the Walt Simonson era, there are two major story arcs, The Ballad of Beta Ray Bill and The Surtur Saga.
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Signature Series Arc / int_a7bb29ae	comment	The very first game, which introduced many story and gameplay elements. The intro level in particular (the Highway Stage aka Central Highway) is iconic to the whole saga, and Vile, Zero and Sigma (major characters) are first established here.
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Signature Series Arc / int_a7bb29b1	comment	X4, which marked the jump to 32-bit graphics, Zero becoming fully playable for the first time, and the jump-in story becoming deeper, darker and more high-stakes.
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Signature Series Arc / int_a7bb29b2	comment	X5, which qualifies not only as the biggest Wham Episode in the X series but the biggest Wham Episode in the entire Mega Man mythos. The game sees Dr. Wily (presumably Back from the Dead as a Virtual Ghost) collaborate with Sigma from behind the scenes to restore Zero's "true self", thereby bringing the hints dropped in X2 and X4 about Zero's origins to the forefront — along with the battle between X and Zero that was foreshadowed as early as X3. This is also the one entry in which Sigma came the closest to succeeding (even more so than the previous game): the Sigma Virus is spread across the entire globe at the end of the intro stage and the space colony Eurasia is similarly hijacked and set on a collision course with Earth. Even though the Maverick Hunters manage to prevent an outright disaster, the resulting debris from the Eurasia's destruction causes major collateral damage. The aftereffects can be felt as far into the future as Mega Man Zero, which X5 was originally intended to lead into.
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Signature Series Arc / int_a8150af4	comment	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: For Season 1, the reveal that Halbrand is Sauron is the most iconic storyline because this is also the character's first Live Adaptation in his fair form before becoming just a giant big eye on fire.
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Signature Series Arc / int_aab02655	comment	Civil War (2006) remains Marvel's biggest-selling event. It completely altered the status quo of the Marvel universe while also defining the characters and stories of several key players for more than a decade.
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Signature Series Arc / int_ac731e5b	comment	The Death of Lightning Lad, wherein one of main characters die, prompting his friends to look for ways to bring him back to life, is maybe the most important storyline of the Jerry Siegel era, introducing many important Legionnaires like Lightning Lass.
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Signature Series Arc / int_b0028436	comment	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: For the series as a whole, the most famous Part is still Stardust Crusaders. Its reception is more middling in the West compared to Japan, but it's still the most well-known in both places. There are numerous reasons for this, such as its incredible amount of meme-worthy moments, its Memetic Badass protagonist and Big Bad, several famous catchphrases, the fact that it was the first JoJo arc to move outside the manga medium (with two OVAs and a video game), and it being the only Part released to the West for a long time. However, the most likely reason for its widespread fame is that it is the first Part of the series to include Stands, which later became the most iconic part of JoJo. In Stardust Crusaders itself, the most iconic arc is the final battle with DIO, due to being the source of most of the part's biggest memes and Signature Scenes. In Part 8, JoJolion, "Every Day is a Summer Vacation", also known by its Fan Nickname of "Beetle Tendency", is the most iconic arc due to its out-there premise of Stand users manipulating stag beetle fights instead of fighting directly.
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Signature Series Arc / int_b03029b8	comment	In fact, those two Singularities were so popular with fans that when the creators held a survey over which ones fans wanted anime adaptations of, they received the most votes out of every Singularity. As a result, Babylonia would receive an anime called Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia in 2019 and Camelot would receive a movie duology called Fate/Grand Order - Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot, with the first movie releasing in 2020.
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Signature Series Arc / int_b30ae4db	comment	Game of Thrones: Anything and everything leading up to the Red Wedding. To be specific, the War of the Five Kings that's kicked off in the finale of Season 1 and culminated in the penultimate episode of Season 3. The start of it is considered the show's Growing the Beard, with the wedding becoming one of the biggest WHAM Episodes in television history. Season 6, particularly near its end, has become sort of iconic due to marking the first major step the show took after it Overtook the Novels. In particular, "Battle of the Bastards" is iconic not just for the eponymous battle, but also its aftermath marking the Starks finally retaking their home of Winterfell and Ramsay Bolton getting a long overdue and very satisfying Karmic Death. The following episode and Season Finale, "The Winds of Winter" is also just as iconic due to having Cersei, Jon, and Daenerys consolidating their positions but also finally revealing the truth about Jon's parentage and confirming the long-standing "Rhaegar + Lyanna = Jon" theory that had been floating around the community for a long time.
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Signature Series Arc / int_b37304ba	comment	The Heroes of Olympus: The arc in The House of Hades where Percy and Annabeth are trapped in Tartarus is one of the most talked-about by fans. This is largely because it took the Official Couple of Percy Jackson and showed their commitment to one another by dragging them To Hell and Back both figuratively and literally.
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Signature Series Arc / int_b4967d43	comment	Sonic the Hedgehog: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is often remembered for the plot of the Dr. Eggman's Death Egg, the introduction of Sonic's sidekick and best friend Tails, and the debut of Super Sonic if you acquire the 7 Chaos Emeralds. Sonic 3 & Knuckles is well-known for the continuation of the Death Egg story from Sonic 2. The game also introduced Knuckles, who started off as The Rival to Sonic before joining his side near the end, and the Master Emerald, which can — in a locked-on playthrough — turn the Chaos Emeralds into Super Emeralds which can then turn Sonic into his Hyper Form. This two-game arc is one of the reasons why Sonic fans consider Sonic 3 & Knuckles the best game of the series. Sonic Adventure 2 is well remembered for the introduction of Sonic's arch-rival and dark counterpart Shadow (as well as resident Ms. Fanservice Rouge), and also Shadow's Character Development from a revenge-driven villain to a hero who ended up sacrificing himself to save the world. This in turn would make him so popular with the Sonic fandom that he was brought back in Sonic Heroes. The game is also remembered for the dark and complex storyline which is split in two perspectives — Hero (Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles) and Dark (Shadow, Dr. Eggman, and Rouge), with the Last Story being unlocked after clearing them.
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Signature Series Arc / int_b4996199	comment	Spider-Man, being a long-runner, has many iconic Story Arc across its publication history: During The '60s, and in The Amazing Spider-Man (Lee & Ditko), it was definitely If This Be My Destiny...! (ASM #31-33) where Spider-Man lifting tons of machinery is still one of the most oft-featured, oft-reproduced images across comics history. Then from The '70s, there's The Night Gwen Stacy Died, a story arc that is single-handedly credited with not only ushering in The Bronze Age of Comic Books, but in slowly introducing Darker and Edgier stories into comics in general. During The '80s, The Saga of the Symbiote, i.e. the lengthy story arc that spanned Spider-Man's acquisition of the Symbiote black costume to the first appearance of Venom in ASM #300 is also highly iconic. Other landmark stories include Kraven's Last Hunt, and, more controversially, The Clone Saga—not so much for its quality but for its proverbial impenetrability and confusion. For Ultimate Spider-Man, it's the opening 12 issues known as "Powers and Responsibility" and "Learning Curve". The other famous arc is "Death of Spider-Man" and its aftermath which led to the rise of Miles Morales.
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Signature Series Arc / int_b50cc7e6	comment	The Incredible Hulk: The Peter David run has plenty of them, like Jim Wilson's death from AIDS, the "Future Imperfect" arc, the Professor Hulk/Pantheon Saga, the wedding of Rick Jones, Joe Fixit's Las Vegas adventures, and more. David's run as a whole could count, as he's widely considered the definitive Hulk writer. Planet Hulk and its direct sequel are this for post-David Hulk comics, throwing the Hulk into a crazy and inventive new status quo by sending him to space and making him a vengeful gladiator king who's become significantly more then a mere monster. Al Ewing's acclaimed Immortal Hulk is another strong contender for the Hulk storyline, thanks to its spectacular storytelling that returns Hulk to his Atomic Age horror roots and welds together decades worth of stories into a single coherent epic.
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Signature Series Arc / int_b60b7a6b	comment	The Supergirl from Krypton (2004) was the storyline which reintroduced Kara Zor-El in the modern DC Universe after remained exiled from continuity for eighteen years. The story arc was popular enough to be adapted into an animated movie: Superman/Batman: Apocalypse.
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Signature Series Arc / int_b704a08a	comment	Reborn! (2004): The Varia arc is the most remembered of the series and where author's shift to action improves greatly with some unique villans and battles ending in very memorable climax.
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Signature Series Arc / int_b7b732a4	comment	Knightfall, Batman: No Man's Land and Batman: Hush were likewise era-defining story arcs, introducing a number of notable villains, character moments, plot threads, and story ideas cited by later authors and in adaptations.
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Signature Series Arc / int_b99da0d	comment	The Incredible Hercules: Herc has had plenty of adventures in the Marvel Universe's history, but the one everyone loves and remembers is Greg Pak's seminal run on the title, also known as the Chaos War Saga, in which Herc and his best bud Amadeus Cho go on an epic quest across the world to save the universe from the Shinto God of Evil.
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Signature Series Arc / int_bb1b8e8c	comment	The Briarwoods Arc is this for the first campaign of Critical Role, and for the show in general. Lasting from Episodes 24 to 36, dungeon master Matthew Mercer took a footnote in party member Percy's backstory (two aristocrats visited his home and brutally murdered his family) and spun it into the campaign's first character-focused, highly personal storyline with its most memorable Arc Villains yet: necromancer and vampire couple Sylas and Delilah Briarwood. Between Percy's descent into revenge-fueled insanity, cleric Pike and dorky druid Kelyeth taking several levels in badass and setting the stage for two of the show's Official Couples (Vax/Keyleth and Vex/Percy), it had a massive influence on the rest of the show and is often considered the point where it became a story first and "a bunch of nerdy-ass voice actors playing Dungeons & Dragons" second. When the Kickstarter for The Legend of Vox Machina unexpectedly made enough money to fund a full season, this was unsurprisingly the arc they chose to adapt.
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Signature Series Arc / int_bb55a676	comment	Legion of Super-Heroes: The Death of Lightning Lad, wherein one of main characters die, prompting his friends to look for ways to bring him back to life, is maybe the most important storyline of the Jerry Siegel era, introducing many important Legionnaires like Lightning Lass. The Great Darkness Saga is considered the Legion's best storyline, as well as the story responsible for Darkseid becoming DC Universe's Big Bad.
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Signature Series Arc / int_bc38b25f	comment	Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?: Written by Alan Moore, it was the Grand Finale for the Pre-Crisis Superman, and one of his most iconic story arcs.
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Signature Series Arc / int_bc810180	comment	52, a year long miniseries that focused on the lesser known DC superheroes, a story arc that spanned all fifty two weeks a year (i.e. a new issue every week) is also cited as a landmark story for recent DC Comics.
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Signature Series Arc / int_c1b44782	comment	Aquaman has Throne of Atlantis, which retold the story of how Arthur became King of Atlantis and his rivalry against his brother Orm for the New 52. It has gone on to inspire the origins of both the DC Animated Movie Universe and DC Extended Universe versions of the character.
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Signature Series Arc / int_c3c3dfc	comment	For the series as a whole, the most famous Part is still Stardust Crusaders. Its reception is more middling in the West compared to Japan, but it's still the most well-known in both places. There are numerous reasons for this, such as its incredible amount of meme-worthy moments, its Memetic Badass protagonist and Big Bad, several famous catchphrases, the fact that it was the first JoJo arc to move outside the manga medium (with two OVAs and a video game), and it being the only Part released to the West for a long time. However, the most likely reason for its widespread fame is that it is the first Part of the series to include Stands, which later became the most iconic part of JoJo.
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Signature Series Arc / int_c4282b71	comment	Season Four of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, to the point where the movie basically adapted the finale almost plot point for plot point (with a few world-building additions, as well as nixxing Discord).
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Signature Series Arc / int_c7f59f7d	comment	Teen Titans: When people think of the Titans' best storylines, they usually name either "The Judas Contract" or "The Terror of Trigon".
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Signature Series Arc / int_c97b081b	comment	Secret Wars (1984). The first major event comics and best-seller. It provided many iconic story and character beats and likewise introduced elements such as the Symbiote costume of Spider-Man that led in turn to Venom—a character who has since become a major successful spin-off character. It also led in turn Secret Wars (2015), a spiritual sequel that was likewise a landmark storyline for Marvel in The New '10s.
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Signature Series Arc / int_cae652c	comment	Hunter × Hunter: The Chimera Ant arc, which many consider the high point of the series in terms of action and storytelling, and even something of a modern classic when it comes to Shonen story arcs. It's known for its length, the complexity of its main villain, the twists and turns of its plot, the way it handles complex themes and adds a lot of moral ambiguity to both sides of the conflict, and its large cast of characters, most of whom receive extensive development over time. The Chimera Ant King Meruem in particular is considered one of the best villains in the series. The Yorknew City arc, which introduces the popular Phantom Troupe and gives Kurapika his signature Nen chain abilities. Much like the Chimera Ant arc, it's seen as a standout of the series.
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Signature Series Arc / int_cc1ec7ec	comment	Daredevil remains indelibly defined by Frank Miller's legendary run which produced many great stories such as The Elektra Saga and especially Born Again which is for many the Daredevil story and one of the greatest stories ever put out by Marvel.
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Signature Series Arc / int_ce50887e	comment	Dragon Ball: The Red Ribbon arc is usually touted as the most memorable of the original series, being the introduction of the first large scale villains Goku goes up against in the series combined with the adventure aspect of both sides trying to get the Dragon Balls for themselves. Likewise, this is the first time someone outside the tournament actually gives Goku trouble to boot.
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Signature Series Arc / int_d0744832	comment	The Avengers: For the Roy Thomas era, it's the Crimson Cowl/Ultron two-parter and The Kree/Skrull War. The former for introducing the major recurring villain of the Avengers, and the second being one of the first cosmic stories in Marvel that placed the Avengers at the center of it. Then there's the story arc in Avengers #211-230 that shows the downfall of Hank Pym as he slaps his wife, humiliates himself, gets divorced, expelled from the Avengers, framed for a crime and imprisoned, and then framed again as an accomplice before overturning and defeating the Masters of Evil by himself, and taking responsibility for his actions. This story which was strongly serialized redefined the Avengers group dynamic, and made them flawed and conflicted heroes, and it is also for better and worse, the defining story of Hank Pym and Ant-Man. In Roger Stern's lengthy run, it's definitely Under Siege, where the Masters of Evil go big like never before, infiltrate and take over Avengers mansion, and imprison and/or decommission many Avengers, making Earth's Mightiest Heroes the underdogs as they take back their headquarters. In the second millennium, important story arcs include New Avengers, Secret Invasion (2008) and in The Avengers (Jonathan Hickman) — Infinity and Time Runs Out.
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Signature Series Arc / int_d0d11190	comment	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and Batman: Year One by Frank Miller. The former is an AU story that famously, according to the writer, "gave Batman his balls back", while the latter (which is in-continuity) is cited as Batman's definitive origin. Both comics produced some of Batman's most iconic images of the character, setting, supporting cast, rogues, and gadgets and were often reproduced in adaptations.
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Signature Series Arc / int_d29994ae	comment	In Live A Live, the Middle Ages chapter is easily the most memorable. Not only because it's a massive Wham Episode that throws Player Punch after Player Punch, but because it ties the previous seven chapters together as multiple parts of the same narrative, while previously, outside a few small hints, they looked like they were standalone stories.
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Signature Series Arc / int_d5c33582	comment	Pokémon the Series: XY: The story arc for the third and final year, XYZ, for many good reasons (Zygarde, Ash-Greninja, the Master Class, Lysandre and Team Flare, the five-part "Save the World" Climax, etc.) and one not-so-good reason (Ash's notorious loss to Alain at the Kalos League).
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Signature Series Arc / int_d5ddd6c1	comment	For Pokémon, no matter how many sequel series get made, the original Kanto arc always remains the one that is most remembered. Combined with First Installment Wins, this also has to do with the franchise's well-known use of the original 151 Pokémon. For individual series: Pokémon the Series: Black & White: The Meloetta arc, for being a retooling of the Celebi arc that never was back in Johto, having the show transition to being Best Wishes Season 2 in Japan, bringing back Dawn and Cynthia from the previous series, the resolution of Trip's arc with Alder, its epic two-part finale where Ash and his friends faced off against Giovanni (and the anime's marketing team tested the waters for potentially dropping Team Rocket from the series altogether), and starting the trend of story arcs where a cute but special Pokémon temporarily tags along with the heroes. Pokémon the Series: XY: The story arc for the third and final year, XYZ, for many good reasons (Zygarde, Ash-Greninja, the Master Class, Lysandre and Team Flare, the five-part "Save the World" Climax, etc.) and one not-so-good reason (Ash's notorious loss to Alain at the Kalos League). Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon: Both the Nebby arc, which served as a truncated but effective adaptation of the Sun & Moon games' plot, and the Alola League for being the League tournament that Ash finally won, to say nothing of the highly praised final battle between him and Kukui. Pokémon Journeys: The Series: The Masters Eight Tournament, for the rather obvious reason that it's a tournament where Ash competes with Lance, Steven Stone, Cynthia, Iris, Diantha, Alain and Leon, and in the end he makes his way to the finals where he defeats Leon and becomes the World Champion.
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Signature Series Arc / int_d5e9a8ed	comment	The first two volumes of The Ultimates written by Mark Millar were a Tough Act to Follow for every writer who worked on the series afterward, including Mark Millar.
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Signature Series Arc / int_d5f41057	comment	Richter Belmont's arc starts in 1792 with Rondo of Blood and it concludes in 1797 with Symphony of the Night. The latter game is regarded as the best in the series, yielding one memorable (and memetic) retelling of Richter and Dracula's battle and popularizing the portrayal of Alucard as a blond Long-Haired Pretty Boy and Drac as a Tragic Villain and a Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds. Of the non-Belmonts, Alucard is easily the most popular and remembered Castlevania protagonist, and he owes his Breakout Character status largely to SotN.
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Signature Series Arc / int_d8afd410	comment	Unico: The Cat on the Broomstick, note introduces Chao/Katy/Chloe Black Clouds and White Feathers, A Hometown Visit, note introduces Unico's mother and siblings (most notably Unico's older sister Corn) The Tale of the Fangs of Athens, note introduces Piro/Marusu and The Night Wind and Unico and Solitude note introduces Mr. Demon/Akuma-kun/Beezle are considered to be one of the most iconic storylines in the manga, due to having a more emotional storyline between the protagonist's ability to spread happiness, his closer relationship with his friends, and upping the manga's stakes. The 1981 Sanrio film The Fantastic Adventures of Unico even combined the "Unico and Solitude" and "The Cat on the Broomstick" arcs into the movie, with Unico's mother and siblings from the "Hometown Visit" chapter making a brief appearance in the film's prologue. The upcoming Unico: Awakening manga, a Continuity Reboot of Osamu Tezuka's Unico, even used the "The Cat on the Broomstick" arc as the manga's basis, with influence from the 1981 film and its sequel.
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Signature Series Arc / int_dab32e3	comment	For the Mega Man X series, a handful of the games tend to stand out among the rest: The very first game, which introduced many story and gameplay elements. The intro level in particular (the Highway Stage aka Central Highway) is iconic to the whole saga, and Vile, Zero and Sigma (major characters) are first established here. X4, which marked the jump to 32-bit graphics, Zero becoming fully playable for the first time, and the jump-in story becoming deeper, darker and more high-stakes. X5, which qualifies not only as the biggest Wham Episode in the X series but the biggest Wham Episode in the entire Mega Man mythos. The game sees Dr. Wily (presumably Back from the Dead as a Virtual Ghost) collaborate with Sigma from behind the scenes to restore Zero's "true self", thereby bringing the hints dropped in X2 and X4 about Zero's origins to the forefront — along with the battle between X and Zero that was foreshadowed as early as X3. This is also the one entry in which Sigma came the closest to succeeding (even more so than the previous game): the Sigma Virus is spread across the entire globe at the end of the intro stage and the space colony Eurasia is similarly hijacked and set on a collision course with Earth. Even though the Maverick Hunters manage to prevent an outright disaster, the resulting debris from the Eurasia's destruction causes major collateral damage. The aftereffects can be felt as far into the future as Mega Man Zero, which X5 was originally intended to lead into.
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Signature Series Arc / int_db30cf92	comment	The original series of Warrior Cats combines this with First Installment Wins. It contains the most well-known characters and is highly influential in the fandom's fanon.
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Signature Series Arc / int_db8040cc	comment	From Waid, we have The Return of Barry Allen, where Wally was cemented as THE Flash for an entire generation and becomes a hero in his own right. Then there's Terminal Velocity, where the Flash's Signature Speed Force is fully introduced, Wally learns The Power of Friendship, and it serves as the beginning of the Flash Family with the introduction of Bart Allen as Impulse.
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Signature Series Arc / int_ddad77ae	comment	Astro City: "The Tarnished Angel" is frequently cited as the definitive storyline of Astro City, one which highlights everything that makes the series great with its complex and sympathetic characters, subversive but reconstructive take on superhero comic tropes, and experimenting with different genres (in this case, Film Noir).
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Signature Series Arc / int_de6659ec	comment	Once Upon a Time's most remembered arc is actually its first Season 3 one in Neverland, in which Peter Pan is the villain. It brought about Heel Face Turns for Hook and Regina that led to them becoming part of the main cast, also sowing the seeds to pair up Emma and Hook as the show's Official Couple.
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Signature Series Arc / int_df073316	comment	All-Star Superman: A love letter to the Silver Age Superman, it has remained one of his most important and iconic stories since publication, to the point it was adapted into an animated movie.
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Signature Series Arc / int_e293455a	comment	Buffy the Vampire Slayer has its "Evil Angel" story arc that comprised Season 2 and saw heroic vampire and love interest Angel end up losing his soul and become the main villain. It proved to be the show's Growing the Beard moment for turning the show's formula on its head, as well as introducing major characters, not the least of which included Spike, and planted seeds that would set up Angel's spin-off down the line.
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Signature Series Arc / int_e2cb4c1	comment	For Doctor Strange, it is The Eternity Saga which really defined the weird ethereal cosmic-mystic side of Stephen Strange.
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Signature Series Arc / int_e30b9261	comment	In the second millennium, important story arcs include New Avengers, Secret Invasion (2008) and in The Avengers (Jonathan Hickman) — Infinity and Time Runs Out.
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Signature Series Arc / int_e32a2c32	comment	House of M is another defining story famous for its shocking ending which altered the status quo in a way that Marvel and X-Men have yet to recover from in the comics. (For the record, the story was released in 2005.)
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Signature Series Arc / int_ec02633a	comment	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: The Bloody Baron series of missions in the Velen area is one of the most famous questlines in the game, for how it showcases the Dark Fantasy aspects and moral ambiguity. It features several choices with no definite right answer and the Baron in question is highly complex for a secondary character. The Arc Villains of the area, the Crones, also leave a memorable impression.
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Signature Series Arc / int_ec28245c	comment	The Namek Saga was already Dragon Ball Z's most iconic and influential saga, but it's doubly so for Dragon Ball Z Abridged thanks to it being the moment Team Four Star perfected the art of abridging anime.
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Signature Series Arc / int_ed2a7866	comment	For Sword Art Online, the Aincrad arc is easily the most iconic arc and the one the series is most heavily associated with, which is a case of overlapping with First Installment Wins.
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Signature Series Arc / int_ef7b3325	comment	Fantastic Four by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee had many notable stories, but the most famous arc is undoubtedly The Coming of Galactus.
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Signature Series Arc / int_f2041376	comment	Charmed (1998) has the Cole storyline in the first half of Season 3 — a half-human demon sent to infiltrate the sisters and then falling in love with Phoebe for real. It helps that it's the show's most popular season, and it became a Star-Making Role for Julian McMahon.
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Signature Series Arc / int_f3e1f424	comment	Merlin (2008) has the development towards Morgana's Face–Heel Turn in Season 2; starting with her realising that she has magic, her half-sister Morgause turning up and Merlin eventually poisoning her to save the rest of Camelot. The last part is especially controversial, and has been the subject of much discussion regarding the treatment of Morgana's character.
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Signature Series Arc / int_f4a1d45b	comment	DC is particularly famous for Crisis on Infinite Earths, the Trope Namer for Crisis Crossover and Red Skies Crossover. Never before had comics seen so many characters assembled (some even from other companies after they'd been acquired by DC), seen stakes so large, or had consequences so dire. By the end of the story, TRILLIONS of people are dead, including several fan-favorite heroes, and the entire history of the DC Universe had been forever altered. It's telling that this event is one that has had sequels or revisits several times, in stories like Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!, The Kingdom, Infinite Crisis, Final Crisis, Flashpoint, DC Rebirth and many, many others.
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Signature Series Arc / int_f6a54e75	comment	For Kingdom Hearts, it's the original "Organization XIII arc", spanning Chain of Memories, 358/2 Days and Kingdom Hearts II. Releasing between the original game and the long wait for Kingdom Hearts III, the fanbase was active and engaged, and the games themselves strike a fine balance between the original title's Disney-centric simplicity and the latter titles' OC-focused overwhelming complexity, with Kingdom Hearts II (specifically its Final Mix edition) still being widely regarded as the best game in the series.
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Signature Series Arc / int_f74b5f80	comment	Babylon 5 is generally remembered for or even as The Shadow War, its longest arc by far. The Shadow War arc stretched all the way from mid-season one "Signs and Portents" to early Season 4 "Into the Fire". With the Earth Alliance and Minbari Civil Wars sharing the remainder of Season 4, and various smaller arcs (many of which pertained to the aftermath of The Shadow War.) making up the remainder of the series.
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Signature Series Arc / int_fa738078	comment	Sailor Moon's is the Dark Kingdom Arc — involving Usagi discovering she's Sailor Moon and finding the other Sailor Guardians one-by-one as Queen Beryl is gathering energy to restore Queen Metalia, and then the big reveal that Usagi is actually the reincarnation of the Moon Princess. The live-action and Crystal reboot both adapted this first (not without justification, since it was the manga's first storyline). Queen Beryl is the most remembered Big Bad of the series, and pop culture sometimes imagines Usagi as eternally being like her pre-Character Development self across the entire franchise. The Death Busters/Infinity Arc is the next most iconic for introducing the fan favorite Sailor Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn. It is also among the most darkest and emotional arcs for the series across all versions.
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Signature Series Arc / int_fda9c8b	comment	Downton Abbey is remembered best for its Season 2 story arc involving Tom Branson the chauffeur falling in love with and eventually marrying Lady Sybil, the youngest Crawley daughter. Even the actors remember it most.
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Signature Series Arc / int_fe1b5414	comment	Mob Psycho 100: The Keiji Mogami Arc is widely regarded as the pinnacle of the series thanks to its much Darker and Edgier tone, massive amounts of Character Development for Mob, and a fantastic climactic battle against Keiji Mogami, who is probably the most popular villain in the series by a long shot. Not even the arc dealing with the Big Bad managed to be this popular. Before that, the Teruki Hanazawa Arc is often cited as the changing point from the series from being "One-Punch Man 2.0" to its own unique identity.
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