History Main / OnTheNext

* In a rare film example, ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'' ends with a montage of clips from ''[[Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII Part III]]'', as well as a "To be continued..." This was included because Creator/RobertZemeckis wanted to make it clear that the next installment was already well into production, and audiences wouldn't have to wait years for it to come out.

* ''Series/AndiMack'' ends every episode with such.'

* ''Series/Gladiators2024'': Each episode ends with clips of the next episode's challenges. Early in the season, it'll also highlight any new Gladiators who are making their debut in the next episode.

* ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'': "To begin...a haiku-like MindScrew consisting of FauxlosophicNarration that will somehow all make sense once you've actually seen the next episode. And then... [[DropTheHammer *WHAM*]]"

** There was also the time Jennifer and Etna tried selling Thursday to raise money only for him to comment that they didn't do a preview. Flonne tries to steal and gets shot for it, Gordon repeatedly tries to steal one and gets beaten to an inch of his life, and the final one is entirely serious and not at all out landish, only for the cast to exclaim things MUST be getting serious if Etna's telling the truth.
** The anime also used Etna for equally nonsensical trailers. It subverts it for the last one, just like with the games.
** ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2|Cursed Memories}}'' plays with the concept by having its post-chapter trailers be summary news stories of the previous chapter and its impact, rather than previews of the next.
*** And almost all of them were in-universe examples of CowboyBebopAtHisComputer as well.
** The third game returned to the old system, this time with a different character narrating each "on the next"-segment, most of them parodies of different animes, every episode is also referred to as the final one.
*** Also the preview for the post-game chapter is narrated by Etna, who has had no role until this point. The cast makes a point to be in aw of her experience in previews.
** ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 4|A Promise Unforgotten}}'' continues the tradtion, however this time they mostly devolve into conversations about sardines and the japanese language that deals with fish, followed by a sardine themed title. [[ShooOutTheClowns Once again, the other characters manage to keep Valvatorez from derailing the final episode preview with his obsession with sardines...]] [[DoubleSubversion only for him to pop in at the end with one last obscure sardine fact.]]

* The NES version of ''Manga/{{Strider}}'' plays this straight whenever the game is quit.
* ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'', which just adds to the Tokusatsu-like feel of the series.
* ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarUniverse'' not only has a Next Time sequence for ''every'' 'episode' in the plot, it also has a prologue, an intro sequence, and a credits sequence too. The narrator actually says 'Next time on Phantasy Star Universe'.
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidV'' has a preview for the game's second major act after defeating the first chapter's FinalBoss, hinting at [[spoiler:Quiet's true importance, Eli's rebellion, and the truth behind the identity of Venom Snake.]]
* ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'': After earning endings A and B, a preview plays for the endings C and D route, with the [=YoRHa=] commander giving a speech to her subordinates before launching the FinalBattle against the machine lifeforms juxtaposed over pivotal scenes in the story to come.

* ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'' does this at the save points. Considering that some of the shown futures include the Prince dying, they might be interpreted as the Prince getting a glimpse at the games in which you reverted to the save point...
* ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' did this as well, when one story mode was completed, it would have a preview of the other one, and once both had been beaten, finishing either would set up a preview of the "last episode" (aka the Last story).
** This also had the side effect of making it so that if you want to see both trailers, you have to go through the game on two separate files--once beating Hero first to see the Dark trailer and once beating Dark first to see the Hero trailer.
** And there is something very interesting that happens with these trailers. In the original Dreamcast version, whichever story you beat first would still play the opposing trailer upon beating the story a second time. In the Gamecube version, once both stories have been beaten, the Last Story trailer will play for both of them.
* ''VideoGame/{{Super Robot Wars Original Generation}}s'' has the bonus section called OG 2.5 which is a post-game trailer for ''Original Generation Gaiden.''

* ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' has one at the end of each episode (except for episodes 18 and 22). they each have an instrumental of the games main theme song, "In Your Belief." Here's a memorable one:
-->'''Asura and Yasha. They are like Oil and Water, Fire and Ice. Yet their paths never fail to cross one another. [[spoiler: [[TearJerker Their long journey together, comes to an end.]]]]'''

* ''VideoGame/{{SkullGirls}}'': Parodied in Squigly's joke story mode ending, where Filia gives a deliberately vague preview of Squigly's ''actual'' story mode, with a couple of quips from Samson here and there.
-->'''Samson''': Don't miss it, or I'll knock your teeth out!\\
'''Filia''': Samson, be nice...
* A SignatureStyle of Creator/TelltaleGames' episodic adventure titles, to keep you buying the seasons in their entirety.
* The credits for the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' [[CompilationRerelease HD Remixes]] does this in a way. 1.5 featured scenes from the games that would be in 2.5, while 2.5 featured scenes from ''Kingdom Hearts 3D'' and the announcement trailer for ''Kingdom Hearts III''.
* ''VideoGame/EvilZone'' follows each fight with a narrated preview of the next episode or round or [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming whatever this character's scenario calls it]].
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has this with the Manderville Quest Lines, which were released as "episodes" on a patch-by-patch basis. Completing an episode gives you a teaser preview of the next episode with out-of-context clips that typically don't actually appear exactly as they do in the actual quest, a note that "HILDIBRAND WILL RETURN IN <name of next episode>", and then [[TheStinger a stinger]] where Nashu addresses the camera directly while shenanigans, always involving Hildibrand, Gilgamesh's pet rooster Enkidu, and a Coblyn (even, or perhaps especially, when it takes place in an area a Coblyn has no reason to show up in), [[FunnyBackgroundEvent unfold in the background]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'': {{Parodied}} in "Return to the House of Mummies Part II", where the five minute PreviouslyOn is all that exists of Part I. Ends with an On the Next preview for a Part III which never happens.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': With the exception of the Season 1 finale, each episode on the Creator/{{AMC}}+ streaming service includes a preview for the next episode. However, this doesn't apply to the Creator/{{AMC}} channel's telecasts.

* Many of the issues of ''ComicBook/TheLoudHouse'' have a sneak peak at the end that gives a preview to one of the stories from the next issue.

** [[{{Parody}} Parodied]] on the episode "Chronicles of Meap." At the beginning of the episode, it makes it look like the episode is actually an episode of a show called "Chronicles of Meap" (and that the episode is actually called [[{{Transformers}} "More Than Meaps the Eye"]]). At the end of the episode, they do a fake preview for another episode of "Chronicles of Meap" called [[Film/SleeplessInSeattle "Meapless in Seattle"]] featuring multiple action movie cliches such as [[TurnInYourBadge Major Monogram ordering Agent P to turn in his hat]], Perry throwing his chair at the screen in retort, Candace expressing shock at Jeremy attending something, and Suzy and Meap fighting.

* Most comics will have something akin to this on the last page. "Next: [something happens]!"

* Happens in the Japanese version of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':

** From the ''Best Wishes'' series onwards, Ash usually introduces them. It translates to "Our next adventure is...!" while he throws a Poke ball. Most of them are also narrated by Ash but sometimes other characters do them. On one occassion we weirdly got May and James narrating the preview together.

* ''Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar'' featured an amusing twist on this, inserted by the voice actor (Creator/ShigeruChiba) who did the narration. Over the course of the series, the narrator's tone of voice grows increasingly hammy and HotBlooded, until by the final episode previews he is almost literally screaming his lungs out ("Almost literally" because Chiba was genuinely afraid of giving himself an aneurysm if he kept it up too long). On a slightly more trivial note, each trailer ends with Kenshiro telling the audience that [[CatchPhrase "[They] are]] [[YouAreAlreadyDead already dead"]] or some variation thereof.

* ''Manga/LuckyStar'' features main characters... talking about absolutely nothing related to the next episode. Or occasionally, guest voice actors, acting like their characters from ''other shows''. Followed by their {{catch phrase}}: "Look forward to it!". This phrase was especially common in anime made "back in the day" (i.e., 60s, 70s, and 80s), although not all anime did this.

* ''Anime/PhantomQuestCorp'': Each episode ends with a preview segment of the next Incident File, during which, Ayaka provides a summation set to the accompaniment of [[{{leitmotif}} the show's theme tune.]] Followed by Karino's CatchPhrase:

* ''Manga/OnePiece'' episode previews feature Luffy, narrating what will happen next ([[IdiotHero or just messing around]]), usually with other characters chiming in, as the first opening instrumental ''We Are'' plays in the background. Then, Luffy says "On the next... One Piece!" and gives the next episode's title. At the very end, Luffy yells [[CatchPhrase "I'm gonna be king of the pirates!"]]

* ''Webcomic/PMDTheRogueTeam'' features an anime-styled next episode preview as the last page of a chapter, complete with a catchphrase, panels from the following chapter and dialogue where characters discuss the chapter's content.

On the Next used to be fairly common, but has been largely phased out except in Japan except for most {{Tokusatsu}} aired (More common these days is a commercial for the next episode over the credits). {{Anime}} still makes extensive use of this trope, where it's become increasingly common to add {{omake}} gags, chitchat between the characters, and other nonsense which doesn't really tell you anything "serious" about the next episode. They can also become a good excuse for NoFourthWall jokes. This may explain why shows tend to have very short trailers nowadays.

->''"A new evil has revealed its face. Who are these mysterious enemies, and do Gohan and Krillin stand a chance? The answer to these questions will be revealed... ''[{{beat}}]'' ...Right now: Zarbon, Dodoria, Freeza, and Oh my, no."''

** The [[Recap/Analog1939 July 1939 issue]] advertises the upcoming Creator/LesterDelRey's "LiteratureTheLuckOfIgnatz", which will be represented on the magazine's cover with art by Creator/VirgilFinlay. Next issue will also contain Creator/EESmith's "Literature/GrayLensman", Creator/PSchuylerMiller's "Literature/PleasureTrove", and new writers, Creator/FrederickEngelhardt and Creator/LeeGregor.
** The [[Recap/Analog1939 October 1939 issue]] advertises the continuation of Creator/EEDocSmith's ''Literature/GrayLensman'', the appearance of Creator/LesterDelRey's story "{{Literature/Habit}}", Creator/RobertAHeinlein's story "{{Literature/Misfit}}", and a NonFiction article by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp; ''There Ain't No Such!''.

* ''LightNovel/HarukaNogizakasSecret'''s Post Episode Trailer starts out kind of normally. But by the end of the trailer, it always ends with another show's OnTheNextEpisodeOfCatchPhrase, including ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion "And we promise more fanservice!"]], [[Anime/GaoGaiGar "Final Fusion approved!"]], [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico "Everyone, watch it!"]], [[Anime/{{Gunbuster}} Inazuma Kiiick!]], [[Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes "Another page turns in the history of the galaxy."]]''

* ''LightNovel/LadiesVersusButlers'' has the preview delivered by any two characters. ''At the same time''. The viewer must keep up with overlapping dialogue that may or may not be related to what the actual preview is showing.

* The LightNovel/DisgaeaNovels pull this the same way as they do in the game section below, complete with a picture to further demonstrate the insanity.

* The episode previews at the end of each episode of ''Anime/CapRevolutionBottleman'' are usually delivered by Natsu and Momo, the [=AIs=] that officiate Bottleman battles, and completed with their catchphrase, "Bottle battle go!" Later, they are given by other characters, in a very intentionally cruddy art style.

* The episode previews at the end of each episode of ''Anime/CapRevolutionBottleman'' are usually delivered by Natsu and Momo, the [=AIs=] that officiate Bottleman battles, and completed with their catchphrase, "Bottle battle go!"

* ''The Melancholy of LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya''. In the show's Japanese run, the trailer consisted of Haruhi and Kyon arguing over the number of the next episode due to the AnachronicOrder. The English and Russian dubs released the episodes in chronological order, rather than broadcast order, and so the previews were changed to the typical montage of scenes, but the dialog is nothing more than [[EmotionlessGirl Yuki]] "Next time, on ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, episode ''N''. Watch it." The UsefulNotes/{{DVD}}s included the original trailers as special features.

* ''LightNovel/MariaWatchesOverUs'' [[PlayingWithATrope plays with]] its Post Episode Trailer quite a bit, with Yumi and Sachiko adopting a myriad of different styles, random jokes, and so forth. See [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uV5MWr-hZQ this one]] for a particularly epic example.

* The episode previews of ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' feature [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Isaac and Miria]] misinterpreting the otherwise [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin straightforward episode titles]].

* ''LightNovel/ScrappedPrincess'' differs by doing their 'next episode' preview segment ''before'' the end credits of the current one. Raquel's VA gives a brief summary, set to a montage that ends with a still frame along with the next episode's title.

* The episode previews at the end of each episode of ''Anime/CapRevolutionBottleman'', are usually delivered by Natsu and Momo, the [=AIs=] that officiate Bottleman battles, and completed with their catchphrase, "Bottle battle go!"

* The episode previews at the end of each episode of ''Anime/CapRevolutionBottleman'' are delivered by Natsu and Momo, the [=AIs=] that officiate Bottleman battles, and completed with their catchphrase, "Bottle battle go!"