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** "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E4LuckOfTheFryish The Luck of the Fryrish]]" has Fry track down his lucky seven-leaf clover from when he was a child, while also flashing back to his life growing up with his brother Yancy, who Fry suspects stole his clover and his identity after Fry went missing.

*** Inverted in Seasons 7 and 8, which alternates between the present and FlashForwards to the future, which follow [[spoiler:the children of the members of Team Arrow]].

* ''Series/CriminalMinds'': The series' present-day stories about detectives solving crimes are intertwined with flashbacks detailing the crime itself and the people involved.

** The ''Series/{{Constantine}}'' episode "Quid Pro Quo" uses this, with the A plot being Constantine trying to save Chas's daughter, and the B plot being a flashback to when Constantine accidentally made Chas [[Main/ResurrectiveImmortality semi-immortal.]]
* ''Series/CriminalMinds'': The series' present-day stories about detectives solving crimes are intertwined with flashbacks detailing the crime itself and the people involved.

** This is a big part of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', with the first five seasons alternating between the present day and Oliver's days on the island. Each episode divides its time between Oliver's activities in the present as the Hood and the events in his past (mostly on the island) that led up to him becoming a vigilante.

*** The episode "The Undertaking" didn't use the island at all but did focus on events surrounding [[spoiler:the sinking of the Queen's Gambit and Moira's involvement with Tempest]].

*** And in Season 3, these flashbacks focus on his [[spoiler:hitherto undisclosed training with A.R.G.U.S. in Hong Kong]].

* ''[[Film/TheGodfather The Godfather, Part II]'' tells the story of Michael Corleone as the new Don of the family. During the film we also get flashbacks to the first years of Vito Corleone, his father, in New York to show the difference on how they balanced their power and their families.

* ''[[Film/TheGodfather The Godfather, Part two]]'' tells the story of Michael Corleone as the new Don of the family. During the film we also get flashbacks to the first years of Vito Corleone, his father, in New York to show the difference on how they balanced their power and their families.

* ''WesternAnimation/TucaAndBertie'': "[[Recap/TucaAndBertieS2E07Sleepovers Sleepovers]]" juxtaposes the present story, where Tuca leaves Bertie home alone to hang out with her new girlfriend Kara, with a flashback to Bertie meeting Speckle and Tuca tagging along. This contrasts how Speckle was very accepting of Tuca as being part of his girlfriend's life, while Kara is possessive and wants Tuca to spend time with her instead of Bertie.

* The two plotlines in ''Literature/{{Nemesis}}'' by Creator/IsaacAsimov are separated in time as well as in space, and they alternate chapter by chapter and converge at the end, as the plotline that starts at an earlier date catches up to the one that takes place later. The differences in chronology are not immediately obvious at the beginning of the book.

The story of a character in the present day is interspersed with {{flashback}}s telling a linear story of past events of the same character's life, as a form of {{Backstory}}. The flashbacks [[MatchCut may be prompted]] by various related objects or situations in the present. This can be done with multiple characters as well, with each flashback focusing on their experience in the same time period.

* The TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Literature/ImperialGuard novel ''Baneblade'' alternates between "present-day" chapters and flashback ones, the latter also going backwards in time.

Unlike [[FramingDevice frame stories]], this trope does not involve anyone narrating the story InUniverse. Compare SanDimasTime, where due to TimeTravel, two plotlines in two different times occur "simultaneously". Subtrope to AnachronicOrder, MeanwhileInTheFuture, TwoLinesNoWaiting, and often FlashbackEcho. Can be considered a variation of HowWeGotHere. Transitions may involve AgeCut. Inverted when the B-plot is {{Flash Forward}}s instead of flashbacks. See also SimultaneousArcs and WholeEpisodeFlashback.

* The are spread out over the course of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' with each Autobot on the Spacebridge crew getting one or two episodes focused on their past and how they came to be on the team.

** ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra: [[spoiler:"[[Recap/TheLegendOfKorraS1E9OutOfThePast Out of the Past]]" has an imprisoned Korra flashing back to her past life of Aang's memories which show her the trial of Yakone the bloodbender, while in the present the other characters search for Korra and Lin's captured soldiers.]]

** ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra: [[spoiler:"[[Recap/TheLegendOfKorraS1E9OutOfThePast Out of the Past" has an imprisoned Korra flashing back to her past life of Aang's memories which show her the trial of Yakone the bloodbender, while in the present the other characters search for Korra and Lin's captured soldiers.]]