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* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': Fiora's OriginsEpisode is also a story-long flashback to her years growing up in a shifter clan in the barrens.
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* ''WesternAnimation/RazzberryJazzberryJam'': "Join The Jam" consists mostly of a flashback to how the Jazzberries met each other and decided to form a band, with a FramingDevice of the Jazzberries considering breaking up due to ConflictBall and RC trying to prevent them from doing so by reminding them of why they decided to play together in the first place.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'': ''Housepets Babies!'' is taken up primarily by flashbacks illuminating the childhood of Grape and Peanut, narrated by Peanut, including their meeting each other for the first time.
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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E41TheHowlingMan The Howling Man]]", David Ellington tells a maid the story of his visit to Wolfring Castle and releasing the Devil from his confinement in the 1920s.

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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E41TheHowlingMan "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S2E5TheHowlingMan The Howling Man]]", David Ellington tells a maid the story of his visit to Wolfring Castle and releasing the Devil from his confinement in the 1920s.

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* An entire episode of ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' is dedicated to Eli Scruggs (Creator/BeauBridges), a local repairman of Wisteria Lane who dies of a heart attack in the opening. Despite [[RememberTheNewGuy never having appeared onscreen previously]], everyone knew him and his presence had a positive impact on the life of several of the housewives, which the episode details.


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* An entire episode of ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' is dedicated to Eli Scruggs (Creator/BeauBridges), a local repairman of Wisteria Lane who dies of a heart attack in TheStinger. Despite [[RememberTheNewGuy never having appeared onscreen previously]], everyone knew him and his presence had a positive impact on the life of several of the housewives, which the episode details as he meets each housewife.
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* An entire episode of ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' is dedicated to Eli Scruggs (Creator/BeauBridges), a local repairman of Wisteria Lane who dies of a heart attack in the opening. Despite [[RememberTheNewGuy never having appeared onscreen previously]], everyone knew him and his presence had a positive impact on the life of several of the housewives, which the episode details.
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* Episode 3 of ''Literature/TheWeakestTamer'' shows the life of Femicia (pre-series Ivy) before her status as a [[IneptMage starless]] is revealed, as well as the three years she spent learning how to survive before running away.
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* In ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' ''and The Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers'', most of the book showcases how George and Harold first met in kindergarten.

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* In ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' ''and The the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers'', most of the book showcases how George and Harold first met in kindergarten.
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* In ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' ''and The Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers'', most of the book showcases how George and Harold first met in kindergarten.
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* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' has a lot of flashback-only chapters, and even [[NestedStory flashbacks-within-flashbacks]], in order to show characters' backstory. Barring singular ones, the original has several flashback arcs, while the anime adds so much more in order to pad out the story. Some of the notable flashback arcs from the manga include:

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* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' has a lot of flashback-only chapters, and even [[NestedStory flashbacks-within-flashbacks]], in order to show characters' backstory. Barring singular ones, the original manga has several flashback arcs, while the anime adds so much more in order to pad out the story. Some of the notable flashback arcs from the manga include:

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* ''Manga/{{Naruto}} Shippuden'' not only has whole episode flashbacks, there are sometimes multi-episode flashbacks about things we already know, and let's not forget the filler arc that consisted of flashbacks. Also, how about Sasuke having multi-episode flashbacks to the same flashback multiple times!

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* ''Manga/{{Naruto}} Shippuden'' not only ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' has whole episode flashbacks, there are sometimes multi-episode flashbacks about things we already know, a lot of flashback-only chapters, and let's not forget even [[NestedStory flashbacks-within-flashbacks]], in order to show characters' backstory. Barring singular ones, the filler arc that consisted of flashbacks. Also, how about Sasuke having multi-episode flashbacks to the same original has several flashback multiple times!arcs, while the anime adds so much more in order to pad out the story. Some of the notable flashback arcs from the manga include:
** Kakashi Gaiden Arc, detailing Kakashi Hatake's mission with his team, Obito Uchiha, Rin Nohara, and Minato Namikaze, during the Third Ninja World War which led to Kakashi gaining his Sharingan [[spoiler:and set up Obito to become Tobi]]. In the manga, the chapters are wedged between Part I and Part II (chapters 239 to 244, to be precise), but thanks to the infamous Filler Hell, the anime decided to delay it so it could properly set up ''Shippuden'', with the episodes being aired during the Itachi Pursuit Arc.
** The Confining the Jinchuriki Arc has five back-to-back chapters detailing the events around Naruto Uzumaki's birth.
** The Warring States Arc, which expands on Hashirama Senju's friendship with Madara Uchiha when they were still alive.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' episode "Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Hooty's Door" is mostly a flashback of Hooty trying to help out King, Eda, and Luz with their problems, interspersed with a FramingDevice of him relaying the details to [[spoiler:Lilith]] in a letter after the fact.

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episode "Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Hooty's Door" is mostly a flashback of Hooty trying to help out King, Eda, and Luz with their problems, interspersed with a FramingDevice of him relaying the details to [[spoiler:Lilith]] in a letter after the fact.fact.
** Most of the episode "Them's the Break, Kid" is a flashback to how Eda met [[spoiler:Raine]].
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* The first post-series special for ''Series/CriminologistHimuraAndMysteryWriterArisugawa'' is a flashback episode showing how Himura and Arisugawa first met, years before the start of the series. At the end it's revealed to be a story told by Arisugawa to Tokie, chronologically set just before the end of the series finale.
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* Creator/MarvelComics' Flashback Month, [[FollowTheLeader three years after DC' Zero Month]], added a {{Retraux}} feel with 1960s-style covers, and all books being numbered "-1".

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* Creator/MarvelComics' Flashback Month, [[FollowTheLeader three years after DC' DC's Zero Month]], added a {{Retraux}} feel with 1960s-style covers, and all books being numbered "-1".
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* ''Fanfic/AlwaysVisible'': In fact, the entire zero act is a detailed analysis of the events described in the second, with the only difference being that if in the latter case the reader followed Jordan Thurlow, then in the zero act the actions are described on behalf of Delia herself.
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* ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperheroes'' has an episode about how the team was first formed.

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* ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperheroes'' ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes2006'' has an episode about how the team was first formed.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' had "Angelica's Moving Away" which showed how the babies first met. There's also "Sour Pickles", which flashbacks back to when Stu and Drew were babies — Baby Stu is notably voiced by the same [[Creator/ElizabethDaily voice actress]] as Tommy.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' had "Angelica's Moving Away" which ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991'':
** The Season 3 finale, "Moving Away",
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There's also "Sour Pickles", which flashbacks back to when Stu and Drew were babies — Baby Stu is notably voiced by the same [[Creator/ElizabethDaily voice actress]] as Tommy.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'': The Season 11 episode "[[Recap/NinjagoS11E125Corruption Corruption]]" takes place before many of the previous episodes, showing what happened [[spoiler:to Zane after he was banished to the Never-Realm in "Vengeance is Mine!"]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'': ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' has featured a few of these:
** "Never Trust a Human" is a flashback to when Wu was a child.
The Season 11 episode flashbacks depict his first meeting with Aspheera, [[spoiler:and how he "betrayed" her and led her to be imprisoned]].
** "The Last of the Formlings" is dedicated to a flashback that depicts Akita discovering her animal form, [[spoiler:before witnessing the Ice Emperor attack the other Formlings]].
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"[[Recap/NinjagoS11E125Corruption Corruption]]" takes place before many of the previous episodes, showing what happened [[spoiler:to Zane after he was banished to the Never-Realm in "Vengeance is Mine!"]]Mine!"]]
** "Dungeon Party!" details how [[spoiler:the Lowly were tricked by King Vangelis into retrieving the Skull of Hazza D'ur for him, before being banished into the mountains]], where Cole and the others meet them in the present.
** "The Tale of Benthomaar" details Bentho trying to connect with his adopted brother Kalmaar as he was growing up, which ultimately leads to Kalmaar discovering the Temple of Wojira.
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* The ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2011/11/11/the-star-wars-saga-suggested-viewing-order/ Machete Order]] (IV - V - II - III - VI) treats ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' as an extended flashback sequence [[HowWeGotHere answering the audience's questions]] about [[LukeIAmYourFather the reveal]] at the end of ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', while dismissing ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' (which takes place before ''Attack of the Clones'' and depicts Anakin's childhood before he became Obi-Wan's apprentice) as nonessential {{filler}}.
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* In ''Manga/SpyXFamily'', Chapters 62 until 62.5 focus on the past of protagonist Twilight and showing his childhood, the beginning of the war between Ostania and Westalis, as well as how he came to become a spy.
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** ''Naru-Hina Chronicles Mini-sodes'': The story told from the 205th through the 213th Mini-sodes is about how Naruko and Hinata from the Yuri-verse fell in love with each other and got married, taking place before these two were introduced in the 200th Mini-sode.



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* ''Series/TheRighteousGemstones'' has one in the middle of each season (episode 5 of each 9-episode season) titled "Interlude", "Interlude II", and "Interlude III".

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* Episode 6 of ''Manga/YouAndMe'' is a flashback to [[UnwantedGlassesPlot Kaname getting his glasses]] in middle school.

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* Episode 6 of ''Manga/YouAndMe'' ''Manga/YouAndMe'': The sixth episode is a flashback to [[UnwantedGlassesPlot Kaname getting his glasses]] in middle school.


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** "ComicBook/TheUnknownLegionnaire" starts with Superboy showing everyone the Unknown Legionnaire statue and asking if they remember how they met the nameless, masked hero. Superboy's flashback lasts until the second-to-last page of the issue.
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* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'': The story mostly happens on the 15th of June, a month after the heroes are effortlessly defeated by Urizen in the Prologue chapter. Mission 10 revisits and elaborates what happened in said prologue from the perspective of Dante.

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