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When the show has this many episodes, yet is successful, that's [[British Brevity]]. When the show ends naturally with this many episodes, that's a [[Twelve-Episode Anime]].
When the show has this many episodes, yet is successful, that's [[British Brevity]]. When the show ends naturally with this many episodes, that's a [[Twelve-Episode Anime]].


This is the supertrope of [[Too Good to Last]], [[Second Season Downfall]], [[One-Episode Wonder]], [[Short Lived Big Impact]], and [[Twelve-Episode Anime]] but is distinctly different from [[Too Good to Last]] — Too Good To Last shows may have lasted much longer than a Short Runner, and are required to have a fandom; some '''Short Runners''' may be [[Justified]] because of universal panning.
This is the supertrope of [[Too Good to Last]], [[Second Season Downfall]], [[One-Episode Wonder]], [[Short-Lived, Big Impact]], and [[Twelve-Episode Anime]] but is distinctly different from [[Too Good to Last]] — Too Good To Last shows may have lasted much longer than a Short Runner, and are required to have a fandom; some '''Short Runners''' may be [[Justified]] because of universal panning.


The Wikipedia tab above links to a list of shows canceled within two episodes.
The Wikipedia tab above links to a list of shows canceled within two episodes.
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=== A-C ===
=== A-C ===
* ''[[The Adventures of Superpup]]''
* ''[[The Adventures of Superpup]]''
* ''[[All Star Blitz]]''
* ''[[All-Star Blitz]]''
* ''[[Animorphs (TV series)|Animorphs]]''
* ''[[Animorphs (TV series)|Animorphs]]''
* ''[[Arthur of the Britons]]''
* ''[[Arthur of the Britons]]''
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* ''[[Blank Check (TV series)|Blank Check]]''
* ''[[Blank Check (TV series)|Blank Check]]''
* ''[[Blood Ties]]''
* ''[[Blood Ties]]''
* ''[[Bob]]''
* ''[[Bob!]]''
* ''[[The Bradys]]''
* ''[[The Bradys]]''
* ''[[Break the Bank (1985 game show)|Break the Bank 1985]]''
* ''[[Break the Bank (1985 game show)|Break the Bank 1985]]''
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* ''[[Caesars Challenge]]''
* ''[[Caesars Challenge]]''
* ''[[Caprica]]''
* ''[[Caprica]]''
* ''[[Catchphrase]]'' (American version)
* ''[[Catchphrase (game show)|Catchphrase]]'' (American version)
* ''[[Central Park West]]''
* ''[[Central Park West]]''
* ''[[The Chair]]'' (American version)
* ''[[The Chair]]'' (American version)
* ''[[The Challengers]]''
* ''[[The Challengers]]''
* ''[[The Cheap Show]]''
* ''[[The Cheap Show]]''
* ''[[Child's Play|Childs Play]]''
* ''[[Child's Play (TV series)||Childs Play]]''
* ''[[The Chronicle]]''
* ''[[The Chronicle]]''
* ''[[The Class (TV series)|The Class]]''
* ''[[The Class (TV series)|The Class]]''
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* ''[[Fortune Hunter]]''
* ''[[Fortune Hunter]]''
* ''[[Gemini Man]]''
* ''[[Gemini Man]]''
* ''[[Gigantic]]''
* ''[[Gigantic (TV series)|Gigantic]]''
* ''[[Give-N-Take]]''
* ''[[Give-N-Take]]''
* ''[[Go (TV series)|Go]]''
* ''[[Go (TV series)|Go]]''
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* ''[[Harsh Realm]]''
* ''[[Harsh Realm]]''
* ''[[Heil Honey I'm Home!|Heil Honey I'm Home]]''
* ''[[Heil Honey I'm Home!|Heil Honey I'm Home]]''
* ''[[He Said She Said]]''
* ''[[He Said, She Said (series)|He Said, She Said]]''
* ''[[Homeboys in Outer Space]]''
* ''[[Homeboys in Outer Space]]''
* ''[[Hot Potato (TV series)|Hot Potato]]''
* ''[[Hot Potato (TV series)|Hot Potato]]''
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* ''[[Pictureka]]''
* ''[[Pictureka]]''
* ''[[Pitfall (TV series)|Pitfall]]''
* ''[[Pitfall (TV series)|Pitfall]]''
* ''[[Pink Lady and Jeff]]''
* ''[[Pink Lady ...And Jeff]]''
* ''[[Police Squad!]]''
* ''[[Police Squad!]]''
* ''The Playboy Club''
* ''The Playboy Club''
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* ''[[Emilys Reasons Why Not]]''
* ''[[Emilys Reasons Why Not]]''
* ''[[Flying Blind]]''
* ''[[Flying Blind]]''
* ''[[The Henry And June Show]]'' (a failed spin-off of ''[[Ka Blam!]]'')
* ''[[The Henry And June Show]]'' (a failed spin-off of ''[[KaBlam!]]'')
* ''[[Lawless]]''
* ''[[Lawless]]''
* ''[[Little Muppet Monsters]]'' (only three episodes aired, after ''[[Muppet Babies]]'')
* ''[[Little Muppet Monsters]]'' (only three episodes aired, after ''[[Muppet Babies]]'')

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The polar opposite to Long Runners are, as you may expect, shows that were canned so quickly that few people remember them. They may have lasted one season, two at most, but no matter how much they were advertised are eventually forgotten. Some of the more unfortunate ones don't even last one episode. The Ur Example is the 1969 program Turn On which was so bad a number of affiliates dropped it at the first commercial break and was effectively cancelled before the first episode even finished airing.

They may have not gotten a TV Tropes or All The Tropes page until someone suddenly remembered it existed. They may or may not have been Too Good to Last; they also could've been mediocre. Sometimes, they have a promising Season 1 but suffer a Second Season Downfall; sometimes they are a One-Episode Wonder. Whatever the case, very little Wiki Magic gets to these pages.

When the show has this many episodes, yet is successful, that's British Brevity. When the show ends naturally with this many episodes, that's a Twelve-Episode Anime.

This is the supertrope of Too Good to Last, Second Season Downfall, One-Episode Wonder, Short-Lived, Big Impact, and Twelve-Episode Anime but is distinctly different from Too Good to Last — Too Good To Last shows may have lasted much longer than a Short Runner, and are required to have a fandom; some Short Runners may be Justified because of universal panning.

The Wikipedia tab above links to a list of shows canceled within two episodes.

Examples of Short Runners include:

Live-Action TV Short Runners

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D-J

K-P

Q-Z

Western Animation Short Runners

Comic Books Short Runners

Short Runners Without an All The Tropes Page

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