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-->'''Roy:''' Let's listen to the rest of the song. There might be more clues.
-->'''Elan:''' [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Then bold sir Thumb rode out to fight]]/ but 'gainst glass could not defend./ They struck him down, brave Digit Knight,/ 'Till he could neither draw nor bend!
-->'''Roy:''' Never mind. We're done here.

-->'''Phil''': Remember that time we-
-->'''Joel''': NO! [Credits]

* ''Anime/DennouCoil'' recapped the plot through the lenses of Akira's glasses for episode 14.

* The ''Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight'' episode "The Many Faces of Xaviax" was one of these, framed around scenes where the show's three leads briefed potential ally Chris Ramírez on what was really going on.

* Series/{{Andromeda}}, Series/{{Beastmaster}} and ''Series/MutantX'' each included an episode where the framing for flashbacks was a trial of a major character (in at least two cases, the [[IncrediblyLamePun framing]] was [[KangarooCourt literal]]).

* ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'' filled in [[RealLifeWritesThePlot a hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic]] by airing a series of recap specials in place of the usual episode durring its timeslot.

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** Later, "Patch" pretty much summarizes the exploits of Starscream throughout the series. That episode also stands out, as it has the immediate effect of sending one of the lesser villains on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge [[GoMadFromTheRevelation due to the fate of his brother]].

->'''Lucrezia Noin''': Filler.
->'''Zechs Marquise''': I'm sorry, Noin. It sounded like you just said "filler."
->'''Noin''': I did.
->'''Zechs''' But this is a ''GUNDAM'' series, we don't get fillers. We get crappy recap episodes which nobody likes.
->'''Noin''': I know, where nothing ever happens until right at the end.

Longer-running anime shows will sometimes have a recap episode, usually about halfway through the series, often combined with or immediately followed by a BeachEpisode in order to use FanService to keep the viewers coming back. However, in one- or two-cour shows[[note]]which can run from 12 to 26 episodes[[/note]], a Recap Episode is much less likely to happen, since there's less time available to spend to catch up the audience, and they're far less likely to forget something they saw just a few episodes ago anyways.

* Season 2 of ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'' has an "Episode 0" titled ''Past and Future'', a recap of the first season. Justified as the first season was aired more than 4 years ago.

* ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' has one right before the climax of volume 2/episode 11, which sums up everything Catarina had ever done for her friends and how much she's changed their lives [[spoiler:(sans Maria, who was kidnapped at the time) while they're trying to cope with the possibility of her dying while in a magic induced coma.]]

* Parodied in Manga/MobPsycho100 with the REIGEN: The Miraculous Unknown Psychic bonus OVA. Reigen writes a tell-all about about his psychic adventures with Mob recapping the anime's first season. Accompanying his many embellishments are scenes of that season deceptively edited to suggest he defeated the various evil spirits with his own powers. So what does he do for all the awesome psychic battles he wasn't present for during the third quarter of the season? Photoshop his head onto Teru's body, of course!

* ''Literature/FineStructure'' has "The Story So Far", which also ties together most of the threads of the HyperlinkSeries up to that point.

** The sixth installment, ''Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS'', contains three recap episodes in its first 30 episodes.

* InUniverse example in ''Anime/{{Shirobako}}''. ''Jiggly Jiggly Heaven'' was forced to air ''three'' such episodes as a result of its TroubledProduction, resulting in a severe blow to series director Kinoshita's reputation and confidence.

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** It's a very meta parody, as well. Like Aang being played by a girl, some confusion as to whether Jet died, and an entire arc being summarized with "Let's not go there". In fact, much of the parody actually comes from complaints of the fandom.

* ''PowerRangers'' usually has one right before the GrandFinale; once or twice the writers tried to give them a point by having the characters use all the reflections and remembrances to put together some kind of mystery or figure something out, but they're just an excuse to make a cheap, minimum effort episode right before the season goes out with a bang. However, the 500th episode was one big Recap Episode for the entire franchise, framed as a ranger history lesson Tommy left for Conner, Kira and Ethan. While it omitted certain details (the events of the ''Mighty Morphin' Alien Rangers'' mini-season, Karone's non-Astronema history, the events of ''Forever Red''), it was still a fun episode and firmly established that all of the PR seasons take place in the same continuity.

* Anime/GirlsUndPanzer was forced to include ''two'' recap episodes in a ''12'' episodes series, because of TroubledProduction and ScheduleSlip galore caused delays in finishing episodes 6 and 11 in time.

* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' season 2 had Episode 14.5 as a recap, covering the events of the Phantom Bullet arc. Its third season, ''Alicization'', also had 18.5 as a recap, but this time it was presented in-universe as Kirito [[spoiler: explaining to Alice Synthesis Thirty her forgotten childhood and kidnapping from Rulid Village, and the efforts he and Eugeo had gone to to bring her back home.]]

* The ''Series/{{Friends}}'' episode "The One with the Invitation" has Ross debating whether to invite Rachel to his upcoming wedding to Emily, and Ross and Rachel both reminisce about their past relationship and how it has evolved over the course of the series.

* ''Anime/CodeGeass'' is one of the few anime series to have the decency to number its recap episode differently from its "normal" episodes. In its case, the recap was numbered 17.5, with the actual story being continued in episode number 18. There was 8.5, too.