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* In WesternAnimation/SharkTale When after spending most of the movie as Oscar the "Sharklsayer's" manager, and making lots of money off it, Sykes is horrified to discover that Oscar is a phony, particularly after...

* In WesternAnimation/OpenSeason when Ranger Beth and Sheriff Gordy confront [[EgomaniacHunter Shaw]] of illegally having Elliot the mule deer on the hood of his truck

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hoodwinked}}'' does one in the first conversation between Red Puckett and Nicky Flippers:
-->'''Red Puckett:''' Why do they call you "Flippers"?
-->''[Cuts to Flippers on the dance floor at a disco club, wearing a flashy white suit; as someone chants "Go Flippers!" in the background, he does a backflip and lands in a split]''
-->'''Nicky Flippers:''' Uh, [[BlatantLies no reason]].

* The picture above shows the trumpet playing alligator Louis from ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' is a CutawayGag, flashing back to when he first tried to play that trumpet for humans. [[ATeamFiring The response]] [[MoreDakka that he got]] wasn't quite the applause he was expecting.
* In WesternAnimation/SharkTale When after spending most of the movie as Oscar the "Sharklsayer's" manager, and making lots of money off it, Sykes is horrified to discover that Oscar is a phony, particularly after...
-->'''Sykes'''[laughs uneasilly]: This is a joke right? 'cause I told Lino...[sudden OhCrap face]\\
[flashback]\\
'''Sykes'''[Over phone] Shut up, Lino! Shut up!\\
'''Lino:'''[growls]\\
[End flashback, Sykes inflates in a fit of panic]]

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* A dramatic example in ''ComicBook/InnocenceLost''. When ComicBook/{{X-23}} goes to work on Zander Rice, frames of her [[CurbStompBattle pummeling him into a bloody, misshapen pulp]] are intercut with her memories of the ColdBloodedTorture he inflicted on her, making it clear that killing him is not just a mission. ItsPersonal.

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* PlayedForDrama near the end of ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', where [[spoiler:Marlin [[DisneyDeath believes Nemo to be dead]] after saving Dory and the scene briefly cuts back to when Marlin found Nemo's egg the night it survived the barracuda attack that killed his family.]]

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* In WesternAnimation/SharkTale When after spending most of the movie as Oscar's manager, and making lots of money off it, Sykes is horrified to discover that Oscar is a phony, particularly after...

* In WesternAnimation/SharkTale When after spending most of the movie as Oscar's manager, and making lots of money off it, Sykes is horrified to discover Oscar is a phony, particularly after...

* In WesternAnimation/SharkTale When after spending most of the movie as Oscar's manager, and making lots of money off it, Sykes is horrified to discover Oscar is a phony, particularly after...

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* * In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E20WhatIsAndWhatShouldNeverBe "What Is And What Should Never Be" (S02, Ep20)]], there is another dramatic example where when Dean finds the bodies hanging from their wrists in the warehouse and brief cuts show the figures he saw in the closet and the reappearing woman in white, revealing that these figures were reality interrupting his fantasy.

* Tucker's brief flashback in the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "The Prom" shows why he wants to unleash hellhounds on the prom.

-->'''Girl: No.

* Tucker's brief flashback in the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "The Prom" shows why he wants to sabotage the prom.
-->''"Do you wanna go to the prom with me?"''
-->''"No."''

-->I get it. You went shopping. I don't need a montage.
-->--'''Liz Lemon''', ''Series/ThirtyRock''

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' [[Chours Civil War Machinima/RedVsBlueTheChorusCivilWar]], each of the team members have a flash back on how they messed with the ship they were on, and how it contributed to it crashing.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=4308 from an injudicious gesture, Fuschia flashes back to her diabolic past.]]

* More seriously, in the SonicTheHedgehog FanFic ''FanFic/PrisonIslandBreak,'' Shadow has brief flashbacks - notable because they are used in a similar manner as in the games - integrated around the dialogue as if they happen very briefly.

* More seriously, in the SonicTheHedgehog FanFic FanFic/PrisonIslandBreak, Shadow has brief flashbacks - notable because they are used in a similar manner as in the games - integrated around the dialogue as if they happen very briefly.

* Used multiple times in nearly every episode of ''Series/ThirtyRock''.
** So much so, that in the Live Episode, [[Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus Julia Louis-Dreyfus]] played Liz Lemon in flashbacks, while Tina Fey continued to play the role in the main narrative.
** They averted the trope when Liz mentioned she couldn't believe they had been doing TGS for three years to Jack. The both looked off like they were reminiscing but the clip never played.
--> '''Liz:''' We've sure had a lot of crazy times (''beat'') I'm thinking about some of them now...
--> '''Jack:''' Me too...

* In one episode of ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', [[TransparentCloset Tobias]] is [[ItMakesSenseInContext covered in blue paint]] and tells Michael, [[AccidentalInnuendo "I just blue myself."]] Later, after he gets hit by a car and ends up in the hospital, his wife Lindsay asks Michael what the last thing he said was. Cue flashback to "I just blue myself."

* In ''Webcomic/BlueYonder'' [[http://www.blueyondercomic.net/comics/1207702/blue-yonder-chapter-1-page-14/ Lena grabs his arm, and Jared has a one panel flashback to his now-disappeared sister doing it, too.]]

* The picture above shows the trumpet playing alligator Louis from ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' is a CutawayGag, flashing back to when he first tried to play that trumpet for humans. [[ATeamFiring The response]] [[MoreDakka that he got]] wasn't quite the applause he was expecting.

* Also used (and, some would say, [[OverusedRunningGag overused]]) in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''.
** This is played with in an episode in Season 2, when Peter flashes back to ''something that happened ten minutes ago.'' Ten minutes ago in their time. We saw it happen closer to one minute ago.
** This was also played with in a later episode when Stewie is sucked into a portal in his closet by a malevolent poltergeist, and says something that appears to be setting up a flashback, but is interrupted as he enters the portal, and the flashback doesn't happen.
** And again when Stewie said something expecting a flashback to happen, but [[BreakingTheFourthWall they didn't have a clip to show]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'', Alice asks Jay when was the last time he was dressed by a woman, citing his wardrobe as the source of his unpopularity. We see Jay as a child, being dressed in a little Lord Fauntleroy outfit by his mother for summer camp, only to get on the bus for Attica Prison. "In ever boy's life, there's a summer of '76."

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* In one episode of ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', [[TransparentCloset Tobias]] is [[ItMakesSenseInContext covered in blue paint]] and tells Michael, [[AccidentalInnuendo "I just blue myself."]] Later, after he gets hit by a car and ends up in the hospital, his wife Lindsay asks Michael what the last thing he said was. Cue flaskback to "I just blue myself."

** So much so, that in the Live Episode, Julia Louis-Dreyfus played Liz Lemon in flashbacks, while Tina Fey continued to play the role in the main narrative.

* The picture above shows the trumpet playing alligator Louis from ''ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' is a CutawayGag, flashing back to when he first tried to play that trumpet for humans. [[ATeamFiring The response]] [[MoreDakka that he got]] wasn't quite the applause he was expecting.
* ''Main/{{Hoodwinked}}'' does one in the first conversation between Red Puckett and Nicky Flippers:
-->'''Red Puckett:''' Why do they call you "Flippers"?
-->''[Cuts to Flippers on the dance floor at a disco club, wearing a flashy white suit; as someone chants "Go Flippers!" in the background, he does a backflip and lands in a split]''
-->'''Nicky Flippers:''' Uh, [[BlatantLies no reason]].

* Also used (and, some would say, [[OverusedRunningGag overused]]) in ''FamilyGuy''.
** This is played with in an episode in Season 2, when Peter flashes back to ''something that happened ten minutes ago.'' Ten minutes ago in their time. We saw it happen closer to one minute ago.
** This was also played with in a later episode when Stewie is sucked into a portal in his closet by a malevolent poltergeist, and says something that appears to be setting up a flashback, but is interrupted as he enters the portal, and the flashback doesn't happen.
** And again when Stewie said something expecting a flashback to happen, but [[BreakingTheFourthWall they didn't have a clip to show]].
* Tucker's brief flashback in the ''[=BtVS=]'' episode "The Prom" shows why he wants to sabotage the prom.

* Used for comedic effect in the 2008 film version of ''Film/GetSmart''.
* Non-comedic example in ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha [=StrikerS=]'': When Vita gets [[spoiler: [[NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow stabbed through her chest]]]] by a [[spoiler: [[InvisibleMonsters cloaked]]]] [[MechaMooks Gadget Drone]], there's a quick Flashback to a more complete version of the SnowMeansDeath incident, which revealed that one of those things was what [[spoiler: almost killed Nanoha]].
** There's also the famous scene in which Nanoha defeats Quattro:
-->'''Quattro:''' She's going to just blast through the walls? Oh dear Mother of God!
--> [cut to Nanoha doing just that in episode 1]
-->'''Nanoha:''' Blaster-3 ... Divine ... Buster!!!
** Another flashback occurs just after Nanoha saves Vivio.

* ''SpyHard'': Agent Dick Steele is testing a golf club until his old buddy shows up. "We go back a long way, huh?" (Cuts to a flashback just happened few seconds ago.)
* A literally painful (yet perfectly comedically timed one) happens in this Let's Play of Megaman Legends 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaNFu8A4Ack#t=8m55s It's probably even more amusing if you didn't see what happened the first time.

* In ''BlueYonder'' [[http://www.blueyondercomic.net/comics/1207702/blue-yonder-chapter-1-page-14/ Lena grabs his arm, and Jared has a one panel flashback to his now-disappeared sister doing it, too.]]

* ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' reveals that Calvin ''[[CriticalPsychoanalysisFailure once drove his school psychiatrist mad]]'' this way.
* In ''{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=4308 from an injudicious gesture, Fuschia flashes back to her diabolic past.]]

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[[caption-width:445: [[CaptainObvious It didn't end well]].]]