Follow TV Tropes

Following

History ContinuityCavalcade / LiveActionTV

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'': "And the Winner is..." begins with Earl and Fran taking Baby to the Chief Elder to have him given a proper name one year after his birth. When Earl asks Fran why they didn't do it sooner, she tells him it's been a busy year for them, citing the events of previous episodes. First, Earl had to learn the Mating Dance ("The Mating Dance"), then Ethyl moved in ("Hurling Day"), then their kids got a pet caveman ("Employee of the Month"), then Robbie had his howling ("The Howling"), then Charlene's tail grew in ("Charlene's Tale"), then they all went on a game show ("Family Challenge").
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ''Series/JourneyToTheWest1996'' have the ImposterExposingTest moment when the Centipede Demon, a powerful shapeshifter and strongest villain in season 1, turns into Tang Sanzhang. After Sun Wukong's X-Ray vision fails to reveal the imposter, the three pilgrims then quizzes the two Tang Sanzhangs with a dozen questions that Calls-back on past events, including who's Wukong's brother-in-arms, where Bajie became a rich nobleman, what Sanzhang wrote on Wujing's hand in their first encounter, which country did Bajie become a prince, which villain defeats Wukong and reverts him to feral form, and so on and forth.

to:

* ''Series/JourneyToTheWest1996'' have has the ImposterExposingTest moment when the Centipede Demon, a powerful shapeshifter and strongest villain in season 1, turns into Tang Sanzhang. After Sun Wukong's X-Ray vision fails to reveal the imposter, the three pilgrims then quizzes the two Tang Sanzhangs with a dozen questions that Calls-back on past events, including who's Wukong's brother-in-arms, where Bajie became a rich nobleman, what Sanzhang wrote on Wujing's hand in their first encounter, which country did Bajie become a prince, which villain defeats Wukong and reverts him to feral form, and so on and forth.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


*** In a later scene, when the Doctor is listing his victories against them, he mopntions Telos, [[Recap/DoctorWhos28e12ArmyofGhosts Canary]] [[Recap/DoctorWhos28e13Doomsday Wharf]], [[Recap/DoctorWhos12e5RevengeOfTheCybermen Voga]], Planet 14, and [[Recap/DoctorWhos4e6TheMoonbase the Moon]].

to:

*** In a later scene, when the Doctor is listing his victories against them, he mopntions mentions Telos, [[Recap/DoctorWhos28e12ArmyofGhosts Canary]] [[Recap/DoctorWhos28e13Doomsday Wharf]], [[Recap/DoctorWhos12e5RevengeOfTheCybermen Voga]], Planet 14, and [[Recap/DoctorWhos4e6TheMoonbase the Moon]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': In "The Great Wave", Halbrand lists all the things Galadriel did since she arrived in Numenor, which includes acting entitled, demanding ships, insulting the Numenorians, defying the Queen's orders. He wonders how none of those things quickened Miriel's pulse. Galadriel remembers that only after demanding to talk to the King of Numenor, Miriel sent her in prison for sedition.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

*** In a later scene, when the Doctor is listing his victories against them, he mopntions Telos, [[Recap/DoctorWhos28e12ArmyofGhosts Canary]] [[Recap/DoctorWhos28e13Doomsday Wharf]], [[Recap/DoctorWhos12e5RevengeOfTheCybermen Voga]], Planet 14, and [[Recap/DoctorWhos4e6TheMoonbase the Moon]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** In [[Recap/DoctorWhos36e12TheDoctorFalls The Doctor Falls]], while discussing the Cybermen's MultipleChoicePast, the Doctor claims them to all be the result of "Parallel Evolution", listing [[Recap/DoctorWhos4e2TheTenthPlanet Mondas]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5e1TheTombOfTheCybermen Telos]], [[Recap/DoctorWhos28e5RiseOfTheCybermen Earth]], [[Recap/DoctorWhos6e3TheInvasion Planet 14]], along with Marinus from the comic ''The World Shapers''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** An episode of ''Series/UltramanDecker'' is set on a long-abandoned TPU Moon Base, which contains prototype models of numerous robotic kaiju from previous shows. A quick glance and one can see a [[Series/UltraSeven King Joe]], a [[Franchise/UltramanZero Legionoid]], a [[Series/UltramanOrb Galactron]], and if one knows where to look - a severed [[Series/UltramanX Rudian]] arm.

to:

** An episode of ''Series/UltramanDecker'' is set on a long-abandoned TPU Moon Base, which contains deactivated prototype models of numerous robotic kaiju from previous shows. A quick glance and one can see a [[Series/UltramanDyna Lovemos]], a [[Series/UltraSeven King Joe]], a [[Franchise/UltramanZero Legionoid]], a [[Series/UltramanOrb Galactron]], and if one knows where to look - a severed [[Series/UltramanX Rudian]] arm.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** An episode of ''Series/UltramanDecker'' is set on a long-abandoned TPU Moon Base, which contains prototype models of numerous robotic kaiju from previous shows. A quick glance and one can see a [[Series/UltraSeven King Joe]], a [[Franchise/UltramanZero Legionoid]], a [[Series/UltramanOrb Galactron]], and if one knows where to look - a severed [[Series/UltramanX Rudian]] arm.

Added: 447

Changed: 359

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


Examples of ContinuityCavalcade on Live-Action TV.

to:

%%%
%%
%% This page has been alphabetized. Please add new examples in the correct order. Thanks!
%%
%%%
Examples of ContinuityCavalcade on Live-Action TV.in LiveActionTV series.



* ''Series/{{BreakingBad}} In the Season 5 midseason premier, after Hank discovers that Walt is the mysterious Heisenberg, he goes through an old evidence box that contains pictures of people and items from previous episodes all the way back to Season 1.
* In the first episode of the final season of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E1Lessons Lessons]]", where a shape-shifting villain takes, in quick succession, the form of every BigBad from the past six seasons (barring Angelus and Willow in favor of Drusilla and Warren), and finally, Buffy herself.

to:

* ''Series/{{BreakingBad}} ''Series/BreakingBad'': In the Season 5 midseason premier, after Hank discovers that Walt is the mysterious Heisenberg, he goes through an old evidence box that contains pictures of people and items from previous episodes all the way back to Season 1.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
**
In the first episode of the final season of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' season, "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E1Lessons Lessons]]", where a shape-shifting villain takes, in quick succession, the form of every BigBad from the past six seasons (barring Angelus and Willow in favor of Drusilla and Warren), and finally, Buffy herself.



* A lot of spells the Russos have used over the course of ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' come back in the GrandFinale, either as an answer to a quiz question or a spell that they use in the competition.

to:

* A lot of spells the Russos have used over the course of ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' come back in the GrandFinale, either as an answer to a quiz question or a spell that they use in the competition.competition.

----
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** One episode of season 9 ("[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS9E16GaruBlauman Gary Blauman]]") has a "where are they now" sequence for many of the characters throughout the series.

to:

** One episode of season 9 ("[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS9E16GaruBlauman ("[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS9E21GaryBlauman Gary Blauman]]") has a "where are they now" sequence for many of the characters throughout the series.

Added: 173

Changed: 599

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* The final episode of season 6 of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' has references throughout to a variety of gags, such as Lily's body-pillow of Marshall and the return of the driver, Ranjit.
** One episode of Season 9 has a "where are they now" sequence for many of the characters throughout the series.

to:

* The final episode of season 6 of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', "[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS6E24ChallengeAccepted Challenge Accepted]]", has references throughout to a variety of gags, such as Lily's body-pillow of Marshall and the return of the driver, Ranjit.
** One episode of Season season 7 ("[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS7E03DuckyTie Ducky Tie]]") has Barney, Lily and Marshall rattle off a list of six women Ted has dated or flirted with who have appeared on the show up to that point. CBS released an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpXFxb3Eqbg&t=0s extended cut]] which lists 26 additional women Ted has flirted or slept with (who have all also appeared on the show), inspiring a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBd9YZx2cjM fan edit]] revealing the total number by the finale to be 87.
** One episode of season
9 ("[[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS9E16GaruBlauman Gary Blauman]]") has a "where are they now" sequence for many of the characters throughout the series.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime "The End of Time"]]: The bar scene in Creator/RussellTDavies' last episode as producer, head writer and writer contains eight alien species from the show's history (two of whom are HumanAliens), four of whom have only made one full appearance. And the song playing is a cover of the one the ChorusGirls performed in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E4DaleksInManhattan "Daleks in Manhattan"]].

to:

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime "The End of Time"]]: The bar scene in Creator/RussellTDavies' last episode as producer, producer and head writer (before his departure and writer 2023 return) contains eight alien species from the show's history (two of whom are HumanAliens), four of whom have only made one full appearance. And the song playing is a cover of the one the ChorusGirls performed in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E4DaleksInManhattan "Daleks in Manhattan"]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ''Series/JourneyToTheWest1996'' have the ImposterExposingTest moment when the Centipede Demon, a powerful shapeshifter and strongest villain in season 1, turns into Tang Sanzhang. After Sun Wukong's X-Ray vision fails to reveal the imposter, the three pilgrims then quizzes the two Tang Sanzhangs with a dozen questions that Calls-back on past events, including who's Wukong's brother-in-arms, where Bajie became a rich nobleman, what Sanzhang wrote on Wujing's hand in their first encounter, which country did Bajie become a prince, which villain defeats WUkong and reverts him to feral form, and so on and forth.

to:

* ''Series/JourneyToTheWest1996'' have the ImposterExposingTest moment when the Centipede Demon, a powerful shapeshifter and strongest villain in season 1, turns into Tang Sanzhang. After Sun Wukong's X-Ray vision fails to reveal the imposter, the three pilgrims then quizzes the two Tang Sanzhangs with a dozen questions that Calls-back on past events, including who's Wukong's brother-in-arms, where Bajie became a rich nobleman, what Sanzhang wrote on Wujing's hand in their first encounter, which country did Bajie become a prince, which villain defeats WUkong Wukong and reverts him to feral form, and so on and forth.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ''Series/JourneyToTheWest1996'' have the ImposterExposingTest moment when the Centipede Demon, a powerful shapeshifter and strongest villain in season 1, turns into Tang Sanzhang. After Sun Wukong's X-Ray vision fails to reveal the imposter, the three pilgrims then quizzes the two Tang Sanzhangs with a dozen questions that Calls-back on past events, including who's Wukong's brother-in-arms, where Bajie became a rich nobleman, what Sanzhang wrote on Wujing's hand in their first encounter, which country did Bajie become a prince, which villain defeats WUkong and reverts him to feral form, and so on and forth.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Up To Eleven is being dewicked.


** In season 6 premiere there's a shot from Paul Young's earlier life filled with this. It's then taken UpToEleven in a brief scene of a garden party, where practically everyone from season 1 is present despite of some of them not being seen in the series in six years. This means they hired several actors years past ''to sit in a garden chair for three seconds''.

to:

** In season 6 premiere there's a shot from Paul Young's earlier life filled with this. It's then taken UpToEleven up to eleven in a brief scene of a garden party, where practically everyone from season 1 is present despite of some of them not being seen in the series in six years. This means they hired several actors years past ''to sit in a garden chair for three seconds''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ''Series/{{BreakingBad}} In the Season 5 midseason premier, after Hank discovers that Walt is the mysterious Heisenberg, he goes through an old evidence box that contains pictures of people and items from previous episodes all the way back to Season 1.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** ''Series/UltramanTaro'' have a brief history lesson of the war against Alien Empera in the 25th episode, with an illustration of Empera's monster army depicting over a dozen different monsters from the previous shows.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** ''Series/UltramanTaiga'' have an episode featuring an Alien Chibull MadScientist whose kidnapped captives, as shown in a shot of his laboratory's interiors, includes [[Series/HeiseiUltraseven Alien Galo]], [[Series/UltramanTiga Dethmon]], [[Series/NeoUltraQ Purana]], [[Series/UltramanX Baby Samekujira]], [[Series/UltramanMebius Lim. Eleking]] and [[Series/UltramanCosmos Baby Vadata]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** There's also the series' 300th episode, "Frame by Frame," which - in addition to bringing back Marg Helgenberger at Catherine for a series of flashbacks - ends with a long pan over of distinctive pieces of evidence from past cases, all while The Who's "Best I Ever Had" plays.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** ''Series/UltraGalaxyMegaMonsterBattle'', being set decades after the extinction of the kaiju, has the ZAP SPACY computer displaying data and info from various past monsters from the show. Right in the first episode, a quick glimpse of the database reveals [[Series/{{Ultraman}} Chandora, Alien Mefilas]], [[Series/ReturnOfUltraman Twin Tail, Gudon]], [[Series/UltramanTaro Birdon]] and [[Series/UltramanEighty Saramandora]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** Another member of the same race appears in the very next series, ''Series/UltramanTriggerNewGenerationTiga'', and once again this Alien Barossa gets to show off his stolen treasures against the series' other Treasure Raider, Ignis, where their assorted stolen goods include [[Series/UltramanOrb a Maga-basser feather]], [[Series/{{Ultraman}} Alien Zarab's portable electric brain]], [[Series/UltramanEighty an Okorin Ball parasite]], [[Series/UltramanMax a Bugdalas scale]], [[Series/UltramanTiga a miniature Desimonia]], [[Series/UltramanMebius Kodaigon The Other's Sea Bream companion]] and [[Series/UltramanTaiga a Gorothunder club]].

to:

** Another member of the same race appears in the very next series, ''Series/UltramanTriggerNewGenerationTiga'', and once again this Alien Barossa gets to show off his stolen treasures against the series' other Treasure Raider, Ignis, where their assorted stolen goods include [[Series/UltramanOrb a Maga-basser feather]], [[Series/{{Ultraman}} Alien Zarab's portable electric brain]], [[Series/UltramanEighty an Okorin Ball parasite]], [[Series/UltramanMax a Bugdalas scale]], scale, Gilfa's head blade]], [[Series/UltramanTiga a miniature Desimonia]], [[Series/UltramanMebius Kodaigon The Other's Sea Bream companion]] and [[Series/UltramanTaiga a Gorothunder club]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** Another member of the same race appears in the very next series, ''Series/UltramanTriggerNewGenerationTiga'', and once again this Alien Barossa gets to show off his stolen treasures against the series' other Treasure Raider, Ignis, where their stolen goods include [[Series/{{Ultraman}} Alien Zarab's portable electric brain]], [[Series/UltramanEighty an Okorin Ball parasite]], [[Series/UltramanMax a Bugdalas scale]], [[Series/UltramanTiga a miniature Desimonia]], [[Series/UltramanMebius Kodaigon The Other's Sea Bream companion]] and [[Series/UltramanTaiga a Gorothunder club]].

to:

** Another member of the same race appears in the very next series, ''Series/UltramanTriggerNewGenerationTiga'', and once again this Alien Barossa gets to show off his stolen treasures against the series' other Treasure Raider, Ignis, where their assorted stolen goods include [[Series/UltramanOrb a Maga-basser feather]], [[Series/{{Ultraman}} Alien Zarab's portable electric brain]], [[Series/UltramanEighty an Okorin Ball parasite]], [[Series/UltramanMax a Bugdalas scale]], [[Series/UltramanTiga a miniature Desimonia]], [[Series/UltramanMebius Kodaigon The Other's Sea Bream companion]] and [[Series/UltramanTaiga a Gorothunder club]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** ''Series/UltramanMebius'' have their resident defense force, Team GUYS, utilizing documents compiled from all past Showa Era teams, labelled under [[Series/{{Ultraman}}Document SSP]], [[Series/{{Ultraseven}} Document TDF]], [[Series/ReturnOfUltraman Document MAT]], [[Series/UltramanAce Document TAC]], [[Series/UltramanTaro Document ZAT]], [[Series/UltramanLeo Document MAC]] and [[Series/UltramanEighty Document UGM]].

to:

** ''Series/UltramanMebius'' have their resident defense force, Team GUYS, utilizing documents compiled from all past Showa Era teams, labelled under [[Series/{{Ultraman}}Document [[Series/{{Ultraman}} Document SSP]], [[Series/{{Ultraseven}} Document TDF]], [[Series/ReturnOfUltraman Document MAT]], [[Series/UltramanAce Document TAC]], [[Series/UltramanTaro Document ZAT]], [[Series/UltramanLeo Document MAC]] and [[Series/UltramanEighty Document UGM]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** ''Series/UltramanMebius'' have their resident defense force, Team GUYS, utilizing documents compiled from all past Showa Era teams, labelled under [[Series/{{Ultraman}}Document SSP]], [[Series/{{Ultraseven}} Document TDF]], [[Series/ReturnOfUltraman Document MAT]], [[Series/UltramanAce Document TAC]], [[Series/UltramanTaro Document ZAT]], [[[[Series/UltramanLeo Document MAC]] and [[Series/UltramanEighty Document UGM]].

to:

** ''Series/UltramanMebius'' have their resident defense force, Team GUYS, utilizing documents compiled from all past Showa Era teams, labelled under [[Series/{{Ultraman}}Document SSP]], [[Series/{{Ultraseven}} Document TDF]], [[Series/ReturnOfUltraman Document MAT]], [[Series/UltramanAce Document TAC]], [[Series/UltramanTaro Document ZAT]], [[[[Series/UltramanLeo [[Series/UltramanLeo Document MAC]] and [[Series/UltramanEighty Document UGM]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* The ''Franchise/UltraSeries'', being a {{Toku}} long-runner, tends to have these:
** An episode of ''Series/UltramanEighty'' have the UGM crossing the Monster Graveyard, and seeing the various souls of kaiju defeated by past Ultramen, including [[Series/{{Ultraman}} Goldon]], [[Series/ReturnOfUltraman Arstron, Kingsaurus III]], [[Series/UltramanAce Vakishim]], [[Series/{{Ultraseven}} Eleking, Alien Icarus]] and [[Series/UltramanTaro Tyrant]].
** ''Series/UltramanMebius'' have their resident defense force, Team GUYS, utilizing documents compiled from all past Showa Era teams, labelled under [[Series/{{Ultraman}}Document SSP]], [[Series/{{Ultraseven}} Document TDF]], [[Series/ReturnOfUltraman Document MAT]], [[Series/UltramanAce Document TAC]], [[Series/UltramanTaro Document ZAT]], [[[[Series/UltramanLeo Document MAC]] and [[Series/UltramanEighty Document UGM]].
** ''Series/UltramanZ'' introduces a SpacePirate enemy named Alien Barossa whose arsenal consists entirely of pilfered weapons, including [[Series/ReturnOfUltraman a cape made of Sartan fur]], [[Series/{{Ultraman}} Dada's shrink gun]], [[Series/UltraQ seeds from the Juran plant]], [[Series/UltraFightVictory Juda Specter's Bat Caliber]], [[Series/UltramanX Mold Specter's Bat Axe]], [[Series/UltramanLeo Alien Magma's Magma Saber, Alien Babalou's Babalou Stick]], [[Series/UltramanMebius Zamusha's Hoshikirimaru]], [[Series/UltramanMebiusGaiden Mecha Zamu's Sword Zamber]], [[Series/UltramanTaiga Alien Gapiya Abel's machete]] and [[Film/UltramanGeedTheMovieConnectThemTheWishes Raiding Swords belonging to Valis Raiders]].
** Another member of the same race appears in the very next series, ''Series/UltramanTriggerNewGenerationTiga'', and once again this Alien Barossa gets to show off his stolen treasures against the series' other Treasure Raider, Ignis, where their stolen goods include [[Series/{{Ultraman}} Alien Zarab's portable electric brain]], [[Series/UltramanEighty an Okorin Ball parasite]], [[Series/UltramanMax a Bugdalas scale]], [[Series/UltramanTiga a miniature Desimonia]], [[Series/UltramanMebius Kodaigon The Other's Sea Bream companion]] and [[Series/UltramanTaiga a Gorothunder club]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


Examples of ContinutyCavalcade on Live-Action TV.

to:

Examples of ContinutyCavalcade ContinuityCavalcade on Live-Action TV.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

Examples of ContinutyCavalcade on Live-Action TV.
----
* In the premiere of ''[[Series/TwentyFour 24: Live Another Day]]'', when Mark Bodreau, the White House Chief of Staff, opens Jack's file we briefly see a list of confirmed kills Jack's made throughout the course of the original series.
* ''Series/{{Bones}}'': Season 11, Episode 18, "[[Recap/BonesS11E18TheMovieInTheMaking The Movie in the Making]]". A television crew is following the cast around, documenting the relationship between the Jeffersonian and the FBI, and this provides plenty of opportunities for everyone to reminisce about past plots and deceased characters.
* In the first episode of the final season of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E1Lessons Lessons]]", where a shape-shifting villain takes, in quick succession, the form of every BigBad from the past six seasons (barring Angelus and Willow in favor of Drusilla and Warren), and finally, Buffy herself.
** Season 5 finale "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E22TheGift The Gift]]"'s PreviouslyOn turns into a rapid-fire clip show of the entire series up until this point.
* "[[Recap/CharmedS7E22SomethingWiccaThisWayGoes Something Wicca This Way Goes]]", the SeriesFauxnale of ''Series/Charmed1998'' has the girls discuss several of their past adventures as they try to come up with a way to defeat [[FinalBoss Zankou]], and in particular has several references to [[KilledOffForReal Prue]].
* The entire series finale of ''Series/{{Chuck}}'' is one big parade of {{Continuity Nod}}s, bringing back: Fulcrum, the Ring, the Wienerlicious, Jeffster!, Casey's Desert Eagle, and Mama B, and heavily focuses on the entire history of the Intersect mythology including references to Bryce, Stephen, Ted Roark (virtually unmentioned since Season 2) and Hartley/[[spoiler: Volkoff]]. In fact, much of the entire final season ''itself'' serves the purpose including appearances by [[spoiler: Daniel Shaw, Director Graham and Sarah's adopted little sister who was mentioned ''once'' in the series's fourth episode, and was never brought up again prior to that point!]].
* The ''Series/{{CSI}}'' final-season episode "Merchants of Menace" heavily featured the trade of 'murderobilia' (memorobilia connected to serial killers), allowing the writers to make [[ContinuityNod Continuity Nods]] to multiple serial killers previously featured in the series. The first scene alone makes mention of the Strip Strangler (a somewhat forgettable serial killer from the first SeasonFinale), the Blue Paint Killer (who hadn't even been mentioned for several seasons), and Nate Haskell, and one of the Miniature Killer's miniatures plays an important role later in the episode.
* ''Series/DesperateHousewives'':
** In season 6 premiere there's a shot from Paul Young's earlier life filled with this. It's then taken UpToEleven in a brief scene of a garden party, where practically everyone from season 1 is present despite of some of them not being seen in the series in six years. This means they hired several actors years past ''to sit in a garden chair for three seconds''.
** Shows up again in the series finale -- the very last scene shows the ghosts of many of the major and supporting characters who have died over the course of the show, watching as [[spoiler:Susan moves away from Wisteria Lane]].
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** An early example: at the end of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E5TheMassacre "The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve"]], Steven, after a very severe WhatTheHellHero moment, announces that [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere he's leaving for good]]. In the TARDIS, the Doctor, now without companions, has a little ThinkingOutLoud in which he talks about his first three companions, all of whom had left. Then new companion Dodo shows up, along with Steven, who changes his mind, and the Doctor explains to Steven [[ReplacementGoldfish how much she looks like his granddaughter]].
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot "Robot"]]: Upon first regenerating, the Fourth Doctor starts [[TalkativeLoon enthusiastically babbling lines out of context]] from various Third Doctor stories ("The brontosaurus is large, and placid.") before [[NonSequiturThud passing out again]].
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E7Logopolis "Logopolis"]] has the Fourth Doctor flashing back to all that particular Doctor's companions and several of his major villains.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva "Castrovalva"]]: The Fifth Doctor, newly regenerated, runs through the personalities of the First, Second and Third Doctors before settling on his own.[[note]]A testament to Creator/PeterDavison's acting abilities.[[/note]] He even finds Two's recorder.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks "Resurrection of the Daleks"]]: When the Doctor's being mindscanned, decreasingly distinct pictures of every one of his companions from 1963 onwards appear on the screen, running in backwards order (although they forget Leela).
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E6TheCavesOfAndrozani "The Caves of Androzani"]]: As Fifth Doctor dies, he hallucinates all his companions (of that incarnation) gathering around encouraging him to regenerate. [[spoiler: And the Master encouraging him to give up and die.)]]
** Upon [[Recap/DoctorWhoS24E1TimeAndTheRani regenerating from Six to Seven]], the Doctor tries on the outfits of five previous regenerations before settling on the outfit Sylvester [=McCoy=] would wear for the remainder of the Classic series.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks "Remembrance of the Daleks"]] has Coal Hill School (mere weeks after the departure of Susan and One), the book on the French Revolution Barbara pulls out in the first series, the Dalek Emperor, references to Omega and Rassilon, and has a precursor to UNIT, including a Liz Shaw {{Expy}}.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E3SchoolReunion "School Reunion"]] has the Tenth Doctor and Rose meet former companion Sarah Jane Smith. Rose and Sarah Jane, each trying to prove herself to the other, take turns naming the strangest things they've seen during their travels. The two manage to reference over a dozen storylines in about half a minute.
** A few new series episodes have gone out of the way to reference the previous Doctors. They all appear as [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E8HumanNature sketches in a notebook]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E14TheNextDoctor projections from an alien data-storage device]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E11TheLodger a vision through a psychic headbutt]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour holograms shown when the Eleventh Doctor explains that Earth is under his protection]].
*** Similarly, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E5FleshAndStone "Meanwhile in the TARDIS Part 2"]] (a between-episodes bonus clip) features the TARDIS showing Amy photos of several previous companions, and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33ShortClaraAndTheTARDIS "Clara and the TARDIS"]] does the same with Clara.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia "Utopia"]]: TheReveal at the end links together the Chameleon Arch introduced in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E8HumanNature "Human Nature"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E9TheFamilyOfBlood "The Family of Blood"]], the Face of Boe's cryptic last words from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E3Gridlock "Gridlock"]], and the mysterious "Harold Saxon" folks have been mentioning all season as [[spoiler:the return of the Master]] from the classic series.
** For the Tenth Doctor's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth final regular episode]] (before the series of 4 one-off specials), all of that incarnation's companions and recurring associates returned: Rose Tyler (and her mother, Jackie), Mickey Smith, Sarah Jane Smith, K-9, Martha Jones (and her mother Francine), Captain Jack Harkness, Harriet Jones (ex-Prime Minister), and then-current companion Donna Noble (and her mother Silvia and grandfather Wilfred). The two parter also featured cameo appearances by characters of the contemporary SpinOff shows Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures (Luke Smith and the computer Mr. Smith) and Series/{{Torchwood}} (Ianto Jones and Gwen Cooper). Nearly all of these characters are seen in the opening moments of the episode, during the opening credits.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime "The End of Time"]]: The bar scene in Creator/RussellTDavies' last episode as producer, head writer and writer contains eight alien species from the show's history (two of whom are HumanAliens), four of whom have only made one full appearance. And the song playing is a cover of the one the ChorusGirls performed in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E4DaleksInManhattan "Daleks in Manhattan"]].
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens "The Pandorica Opens"]]: ''Many'' alien races are included as members of the LegionOfDoom, including one-off and little-seen species such as the [[Recap/DoctorWho2006CSTheRunawayBride Roboforms]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E10LoveAndMonsters Hoix]], ''Series/{{Torchwood}}''[='s=] Weevils, and the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour Atraxi]].
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E6TheAlmostPeople "The Almost People"]]: A Ganger duplicate of the Eleventh Doctor goes through impressions of the First, Third, Fourth and Tenth Doctors before catching up. For bonus points, it's actually Creator/TomBaker's voice asking "would you like a Jelly Baby?"
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar "A Good Man Goes to War"]]: The Battle of Demons Run has the Doctor assembling an army of one-off characters from previous episodes. In addition to the new characters [[PowerTrio Madame Vastra, Jenny and Strax]], his army included the pirates [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E3TheCurseoftheBlackSpot Henry and Toby Avery]], a squadron of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E3VictoryOfTheDaleks Dalek-enhanced Spitfire planes]], and the black marketeer [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens Dorium Maldovar]]. For bonus points, Rory went into battle in full costume as [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E13TheBigBang "The Last Centurion"]], and was introduced as such by Amy in the opening (the latter was lampshaded, as Rory wonders aloud why the Doctor had him do so and never gets an answer).
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E1AsylumOfTheDaleks "Asylum of the Daleks"]] boasts every Dalek model ever built, and recreations of some missing ones.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E3ATownCalledMercy "A Town Called Mercy"]] has the Doctor naming the last few major villains of the revived series.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor "The Name of the Doctor"]] has appearances by all eleven Doctors up to that point — the Eleventh obviously still played by Matt Smith, and the other ten using a mixture of body doubles and archive footage. [[spoiler:In actual fact, it's all ''twelve'' Doctors, as the story introduces John Hurt's War Doctor at the end.]] There's even a scene showing the First Doctor and Susan stealing the TARDIS, [[spoiler:with Clara's help]].
** [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor "The Day of the Doctor"]] [[spoiler:tops the Series 7 finale with all ''thirteen'' Doctors — since it includes the first official appearance of Creator/PeterCapaldi's Twelfth Doctor — charging into the fray during the climactic battle (again, via archive footage).]]
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E5TimeHeist "Time Heist"]]: Images are played of the [[Recap/TheSarahJaneAdventuresS3E1E2PrisonerOfTheJudoon Androvax]], a [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E7TheSensorites Sensorite]], [[{{Series/Torchwood}} Captain John Hart]], [[Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine Abslom Daak]], a [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E5WorldWarThree Slitheen]], a [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E4TheVisitation Terileptil]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E3ATownCalledMercy the Gunslinger]] and [[Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures the Trickster]]. In the case of Abslom Daak, this firmly cements him as a CanonImmigrant.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loGm3vT8EAQ This one-minute long trailer]] has over 60 ''Doctor Who'' references in it.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E1TheMagiciansApprentice "The Magician's Apprentice"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E2TheWitchsFamiliar "The Witch's Familiar"]]: The Skaro scenes include a vast number of older Dalek designs, including classic Daleks in their original blue and silver, a Special Weapons Dalek from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks "Remembrance of the Daleks"]], and the return of the "bracketed" Dalek Supreme design from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth "The Stolen Earth"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd "Journey's End"]].
* Likewise, the final episode of ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' served up a ContinuityCavalcade during it's "previouslyOn" segment, by showing clips of almost every one of the previous episodes in about five seconds.
* The ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' episode "Don Juan in Hell Part Two" has Frasier hallucinate that Lilith, Diane, his first wife Nanette and his mother are all giving him unhelpful advice about his love life. At one point he opens the door to escape and sees "every woman I ever dated!" as numerous previous [[GirlOfTheWeek Girls of the Week]] crowd in the doorway.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Tyrion's trial in "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS4E6TheLawsOfGodsAndMen The Laws of Gods and Men]]". In addition to being a DarkerAndEdgier echo of Tyrion's trial in Season 1, Ser Meryn Trant recalls how Tyrion "educated" his nephew in "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS2E4GardenOfBones Garden of Bones]]", Cersei recounts his threat to turn her joy to ashes in "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS2E8ThePrinceOfWinterfell The Prince of Winterfell]]", Varys brings up his threats to Joffrey in "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS3E10Mhysa Mhysa]]", Tyrion himself brings up Varys' reassurance that some men will never forget he saved the city, Shae brings up numerous details of their affair throughout the series, and Jaime brings up Tywin's thousand year dynasty speech from "[[Recap/GameOfThronesS1E7YouWinOrYouDie You Win or You Die]]".
* In the first mid-season finale of ''Series/{{Glee}}'', the kids do a performance for Mr. Schue after winning Sectionals - with all the choreography being a mashup of previous numbers. In the series GrandFinale "[[Recap/GleeS6E13DreamsComeTrue Dreams Come True]]", ''everyone'' who was a member of New Directions for more than an episode appears in the final number "I Lived" [[note]] with the exception of Melissa Benoist (Marley) and Damian [=McGinty=] (Rory) who cited schedule conflicts, Cory Monteith, who was dead, and the Warblers, who made up the super choir and allowed the New Directions to compete their final year and were then promptly forgotten[[/note]].
* ''Series/GossipGirl'''s finale "New York I Love You XOXO" features cameos by nearly every major recurring character (plus Hilary Duff shot a poster), most during the reveal of Gossip Girl's identity.
* One scene in the ''Series/{{House}}'' finale featured several familiar faces from the past. The episode as a whole saw the return of every former team member plus Stacy. That's every significant character who appeared in a double digit number of episodes (plus Dominika, who appeared in 6), except Cuddy. They just couldn't get Lisa Edelstein.
* The final episode of season 6 of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' has references throughout to a variety of gags, such as Lily's body-pillow of Marshall and the return of the driver, Ranjit.
** One episode of Season 9 has a "where are they now" sequence for many of the characters throughout the series.
* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'':
** In "[[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS07E11ThunderGunExpress Thunder Gun Express]]", Frank commandeers a tour boat and begins regaling the {{Japanese Tourist}}s with plots from previous episodes.
** "The High School Reunion" features wall-to-wall references to past episodes, bringing back a lot of one-off characters and referencing things that happened previously in the series.
** "[[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS08E02TheGangRecyclesTheirTrash The Gang Recycles Their Trash]]" is entirely based on continuity nods. The gang starts rehashing their old jokes, causing Dee to keep asking, "Haven't we done this before?" In response, the gang starts actively recreating some of their past schemes. Many of the jokes from past episodes are recreated with a new twist.
** "[[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS11E02FrankFallsOutTheWindow Frank Falls Out the Window]]" features a range of references to previous episodes. Frank and Charlie make Grilled Charlies and Rum Ham before Frank falls out the window and thinks that the year is 2006. The gang tries to reenact scenes from early episodes with a new twist to convince Frank that it's still 2006 and get him to give them all his money. Frank has flashbacks to the original scenes until he finally figures out that it's the present day.
* ''Series/KamenRiderDouble''[='s=] summer movie ''Forever A to Z[=/=]The Gaia Memories of Fate'' has several of the people that W has helped (be they [[VictimOfTheWeek former Clients, Victims]], or reformed MonstersOfTheWeek) crowded together at the base of Fuuto Tower watching the FinalBattle. [[spoiler: Their belief in Double seems to be what helps unlock [[EleventhHourSuperpower CycloneJokerGoldXtreme.]]]]
* ''Series/KamenRiderFourze''[='s=] movie ''Everyone, It's Space Time!'' has a scene where [[TheHero Gentaro]] is getting [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] by the villains and his friends [[GondorCallsForAid reach out to all the people he's helped]] over the course of the series, using ThePowerOfFriendship to create the Fusion Switch.
* ''Series/MurdochMysteries''
** In the episode "Winston's Lost Night", UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill is surprised by the other names in Inspector Brackenreid's autograph book, all {{Historical Domain Character}}s from previous episodes.
** In the episode "Murdoch on the Corner", an EstablishingShot of Constable Crabtree's home includes his shares ("Who Killed the Electric Carriage?"), his Business Machines Co. stock ("Invention Convention") and his novel ''Curse of the Pharaohs''("The Evil Eye of Egypt").
** The episode "The Incurables" is really one long Continuity Cavalcade, as Murdoch and Dr Odgen try to solve a murder in the incurable women's wing of the local BedlamHouse. All the inmates are returning characters who were put there in previous episodes.
* In a 10th-season episode of ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', the team goes through a box of props and costumes from past undercover cases, calling back to at least three previous episodes. These include Tony and Ziva passing themselves as married assassins, Tony spying on arms dealers disguised as a street performer, and Abby briefly getting a tech support job for an online sex site.
** The Season 12 episode "House Rules" takes this further, as Gibbs's Rules are referenced repeatedly in [=McGee=]'s narration, and often accompanied by flashbacks to previous moments in which said rules were invoked, broken, or otherwise referenced.
* Every episode of ''Series/PoliceSquad'' ended with Frank listing all the other arrestees that that episode's culprit would be joining in prison, although this never got to very high levels as the show only had 6 episodes.
* The Legend War is one of the ''Gokaiger'' concepts brought over to ''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce'', which starts as an adaptation of ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger''. At first, it's seen only as Troy's dream, but it's yet to be seen (although very likely) if [[OrWasItADream it wasn't exactly a dream]]. Also, the small Power Ranger figures lining the walls of the team's base (which are modified Ranger Keys from the teams that were adapted for Western audiences) counts as this too, at least while the show is going about adapting ''Goseiger''.
* ''Series/RedDwarf'':
** ''[[Recap/RedDwarfBackToEarth Back to Earth]]'' featured a continuity cavalcade when the boys from the ''Dwarf'' are transported to the real world.
*** In the sci-fi shop They Walk Among Us, Rimmer finds a piece of artificial snake skin, "like the one the polymorph turned into", a reference to the Series 3 episode "[[Recap/{{Red Dwarf Season III Polymorph}} Polymorph]]". A moment later, when Kryten beams a photo of the ''Red Dwarf'' cast onto a nearby television screen, the TV is showing the iconic clip from "Polymorph" in which Kryten is removing Lister's rapidly shrinking boxer shorts (actually the polymorph) when Rimmer walks in on them.
*** Noddy, the clerk at They Walk Among Us, has a number of suggestions on how the crew can find propmaker Swallow's business establishment, Nose World:
---->'''Noddy:''' I know! Holly HOP Drive![[note]] Used in the Series 2 episode "[[Recap/{{Red Dwarf Season II Parallel Universe}} Parallel Universe]]".[[/note]]\\
'''Rimmer:''' Back on ''Red Dwarf''. ''(others ad-lib similar comments)''\\
'''Noddy:''' Er... matter paddle![[note]] Used in the Series 4 episode "Meltdown".[[/note]]\\
'''Lister / Rimmer:''' It's on the ''Dwarf''! / Back on ''Red Dwarf''!\\
'''Noddy:''' Timeslides, where you walk into a photograph and ''(makes slurping noise)''![[note]] Used in the Series 3 episode "Timeslides".[[/note]]\\
'''Kryten / Lister:''' It's on ''Red Dwarf'', sir. / Back - on - ''Red Dwarf''!\\
'''Noddy:''' Got it! Beam there!\\
''(the ''Red Dwarf'' crew groan)''\\
'''Lister, Rimmer:''' ''(in unison)'' That's ''Franchise/StarTrek!''\\
'''Cat:''' Yeah!\\
'''Kryten:''' That's not us, sir. We don't do that, sir.
** Earlier, the episode "Demons and Angels" had Lister refer to visiting a parallel universe (in "Parallel Universe"), seeing time run backwards (in "Backwards"), playing pool with planets (in "White Hole") and giving birth to twins (between "Parallel Universe" and "Backwards"). None of which is as amazing as an edible Pot Noodle.
* ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'', a {{spinoff}} of ''Series/DoctorWho'', shows and mentions many of Sarah Jane and Jo's prior adventures with the Doctor in "Death of the Doctor". The ending alludes to the status of many previous ''Doctor Who'' companions.
* The ending of the ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' episode "My Finale" has JD walking down a hallway full of every character who appeared in more than one episode, and a few that only appeared in one. Except Franklin.[[note]]The actor who played Franklin was in [=NBC=]'s ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' at the time, and wasn't allowed by NBC to guest star for the finale, as ''Scrubs'' was airing on [=ABC=] at the time. This was after [=ABC=] and [=NBC=] had fought over which channel would air season 8.[[/note]]
* The final episode of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' had a lot of minor characters on the show coming back to testify against the main four.
** And the season four finale featuring the culmination of the year-long story arc about the ShowWithinAShow featured various characters from the season watching the pilot.
** In the episode "[[Recap/SeinfeldS8E10TheAndreaDoria The Andrea Doria]]", George tries to prove that he's suffered more hardships in his life than Mr. Eldridge, an Andrea Doria survivor. He tells the stories of what happened to him in various earlier episodes.
* With the exceptions of Lana Lang, Pete Ross, and Whitney Fordman, just about every original cast member came back for the ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' series finale.
* In ''Series/StargateSG1'', one episode required every Stargate in the galaxy to be linked together. A dozen Stargates from various worlds that SG-1 had visited in the past, including Earth's main Stargate and the original Alpha Site, were then shown opening.
* The ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS7E10Shattered Shattered]]" is all about revisiting the events of previous episodes thanks to a NegativeSpaceWedgie.
* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'':
** In ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger'', there's a fight in the Precious bank, where every ArtifactOfDoom from the whole season is kept. Satoru and Ryuuwon do battle with many a MacGuffin of the Week that hadn't been mentioned since its original appearance.
** In the opening scene of ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' all the teams from the previous 34 series are shown (minus some {{Sixth Ranger}}s) creating a BadassArmy. The series itself is one big Continuity Cavalcade, as characters from the past 34 series makes a return practically every other episode. Between the actual episodes and the tie-in movies, all 34 have at least one returning character making an appearance.
* A lot of spells the Russos have used over the course of ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' come back in the GrandFinale, either as an answer to a quiz question or a spell that they use in the competition.

Top