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12A single shot, scene, line or panel full of {{Continuity Nod}}s. This gives long-time viewers satisfaction that the previous exploits they saw are in this entry's {{canon}}, and encourages newer readers to ArchiveBinge to see what they missed, without getting in the way of the current plot too much.
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14Sometimes shows up as an extreme form of BackForTheFinale, where ''everybody'' in the show comes back for the GrandFinale.
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16When a work is made primarily of these, or is driven by continuity concerns, it's known as ContinuityPorn.
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18SuperheroTrophyShelf is a sub-trope. FullyAutomaticClipShow is a SisterTrope, where previous events are shown, instead of referenced, in rapid succession. This is one way an author can [[PanderingToTheBase Pander To The Base]]. May be driven by a FightingAcrossTimeAndSpace sequence where several previous locations are revisited. Compare CameoCluster, which is instead rapid-fire [[TheCameo cameos]]. See AllTheWorldsAreAStage for a video game version of this concept.
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23* ContinuityCavalcade/LiveActionTV
24* ContinuityCavalcade/WesternAnimation
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27!!Other Examples:
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31* A 2017 [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disneyland]] commercial, which promoted the return of the Main Street Electrical Parade, takes place in a warehouse filled with remnants of various former attractions, including the original park entrance sign, Skyway cabins, RX-12 from the original ''Ride/StarTours'', and Sam the Eagle from ''America Sings''.
32* The opening for Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} Home Video features nods from older commercials.
33* A Toys R Us commercial in 1996 showed all the kids (except one, who was played by Jaleel White) from a 1982 commercial (now 14 years older) doing the same stuff they did in the original, showing that growing up doesn't mean you grow out of Toys R Us.
34* One of the "What Happens In Vegas...." commercials shows a bus leaving the city. All the riders are characters from previous commercials in the series.
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38* In ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'', nearly every minor character from previous mini-arcs (who wasn't a major Arc Villain) shows up at Class E's cafe at the school festival: the high school punks from the Kyoto field trip, old rivals from the main building, Yuuji and the assassins from the island hotel, and the old man and his daycare kids, to name a few.
39* In episode 25 of ''Anime/BestStudentCouncil'', almost every one-shot character from the previous episodes shows up to act as a distraction when the Student Council storms the Jinguuji Conglomerate.
40* A chapter of ''Manga/BlackJack'' (possibly intended to be the series finale, but eventually new chapters were written) has the titular Black Jack board a train and meet every recurring character he's come across during the series.
41* In the ''Manga/CrayonShinChan'' episodes [[WholePlotReference based on]] ''Franchise/StarWars'', the Cantina scene has appearances of many characters from the {{Big Damn Movie}}s, who otherwise never appear on the series proper.
42* In ''Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubLove'''s second-to-last episode (which began a two-part finale) of season 1 gave a cameo to each student who had been [[BrainwashedAndCrazy transformed]] into a MonsterOfTheWeek in a previous episode. Other than that they were each a OneShotCharacter.
43* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'':
44** A mini cavalcade occurs at the end of the first arc of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', with a bunch of characters from across the arc showing up to help the chosen children build a raft.
45** Almost all the one-shot characters from ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'', and more, can be seen helping in episode 47.
46** In ''Anime/DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersWhoLeaptThroughTime'', characters from all the previous seasons' universes return to help in the last two episodes.
47* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'':
48** ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheRobotKingdom'' have Nobita's attempts at buying his own RobotDog, only to teleport a few dozen robots into Tokyo by accident, most of them being from earlier manga shorts. Including the Moodmaker Orchestra, Gonsuke from another Fujiko Fujio manga ''Manga/TwentyOneEmon'', the Knock-Down Hitman, Art Critic Robot, Tax Bird, Matador Robots (last seen in ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheBirthOfJapan'') and a robotic clone of ''Manga/LittleGhostQTaro'' (who even wished Doraemon "Good day" in the anime film!).
49** Each and every display in ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasSecretGadgetMuseum'' are filled with dozens and dozens of gadgets that references the manga's stories and various past movies.
50** ''Anime/DoraemonGreatAdventureInTheAntarcticKachiKochi'' have an extended shot in Doraemon's closet space, which displays numerous photos depicting scenes from the manga itself, from photos of minor characters to the faked UFO picture featuring Nobita from one of the manga stories.
51* A series of reaction shots over the multi-episode finale of ''Anime/FairyMusketeers'' eventually features everyone ever seen in the series that's still alive and not an enemy.
52* The second OVA of ''Manga/FairyTail'' has snippets of the series in a High School AU setting.
53* The final chapter of ''Manga/FrankenFran'' features Fran's DyingDream (almost), in which she dreams to attend a party where the guests are every single character who ever appeared during the manga. When she's about to meet her "father", [[TheGhost Professor Madaraki]]... [[TheUnreveal she is saved]] and wakes up.
54* ''Anime/GundamBuildFighters'' is filled with references to previous ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' series, with main characters from previous shows making cameos in the background of scenes, every robot in the series being based on mobile suits from older ''Gundam'' shows, and numerous characters repeating quotes from previous series. This is justified in part by ''Gundam'' being a popular media franchise in-universe, and the premise of the show meaning every character involved is a ''Gundam'' fan — you’d get a similar experience if you attended a ''Gundam'' convention in real life.
55* In ''Literature/HeavyObject'', the GrandFinale sees the [[BackForTheFinale return of nearly every side character]] who had survived their previous appearance, most of them joining the Together By Chance unit to [[spoiler:avert a world war]].
56* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'':
57** In chapter 100, Kaguya thinks back to all the photos that were lost when her phone was destroyed. Every single one of them had been previously seen by the reader. And when the rest of the student council forms a group album so she has photos to put on her new smartphone in the following chapter, every single one of them is new, but they can all be identified at a glance for which chapter they came from and (for all but one) who took them.
58** The ending for episode 3 of the anime is a song sung by Fujiwara with most of her poses and lines [[https://i.redd.it/gtpmflmf32d21.jpg taken directly from the manga.]]
59** The opening for the TV version of the movie takes this even further. Not only does it directly reference all of the past openings and endings, but it also features every character who appeared at some point in the show (almost fifty in total), recreates iconic scenes from four chapters that were previously unadapted, and makes subtle refereces to events that happen much later in the manga's timeline.
60* ''Manga/MedakaBox'' has had the various one off characters or defeated villains show up every so often in a neat example of the creator remembering the entirety of the story, but chapter 187-189 have every single named character, no matter how small, show up. Chapter 190 goes a step further [[spoiler:and shows each one of them left individualized well wishes for Medaka. A true accomplishment for the creator, to have made and juggled the personalities, no matter how shallow, of all of these characters.]] For those not in the know, this totals to a stupendous one hundred individual and [[CastOfSnowflakes easily recognizable characters]].
61* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' features Kabuto resurrecting nearly every deceased character in the series, along with nearly every living character fighting in the Shinobi War.
62* ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'', like the VideoGame example below, has a scene in episode 15 filled with callbacks to ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}''.
63* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
64** The ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhite Pokémon Best Wishes]]'' ending theme, "Te o Tsunagō" (lit. "Let's Join Hands"), has nearly every major character and nearly all their Pokémon making an appearance.
65** [[MilestoneCelebration The 20th anniversary movie]], ''Anime/PokemonIChooseYou'', while taking place in an AlternateUniverse via ContinuityReboot, [[spoiler:had a montage showing Ash's previous partners from the main anime in the movie's end credits]].
66** For a canon one, the second ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries'' episode "[[Recap/PokemonS23E2LegendGoFriendsGo Legend? Go! Friends? Go!]]" opens with a scene showing [[Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries the Indigo League badge, the Orange League trophy]], all the gym badges from [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire Hoenn (as well as symbols the from Battle Frontier)]], [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl Sinnoh]], [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhite Unova]], and [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY Kalos]], [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon a Z-Ring, the Alolan League trophy, and an exhibition match trophy from a battle with Professor Kukui]].
67* As Yahiko prepares to face off against Kenshin in the final chapter of ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', he is instructed to "think back to all the battles he's fought" before striking; this of course is an excuse for a two-page spread with portraits of nearly every villain and supporting character to have appeared in the series (even ones Yahiko never met).
68* In ''Anime/{{Trigun}} Maximum'', right before Vash heads out for the final battle against Legato and Knives, he has a brief 3-page flashback to '''everyone''' he's met over the course of the series... [[CanonImmigrant and even some characters]] [[CanonForeigner that only appeared in the anime]]!
69* In the ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' franchise, old cards may be used as "extras" in crowd shots of duels, and any other situation where random cards would be shown. The last OP of ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', for example, begins with a bunch of cards flying across the screen, all of which are famous cards from the first two series.
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73* ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'': In "The Screaming Skull" from the ''UNIT: Tales From the Vault'' subseries, on Captain Yates' first visit to the Vault he recognises various things from his own UNIT career including [[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E1TerrorOfTheAutons plastic daffodils]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E5TheDaemons the Devil's End gargoyle]]. There's also things he ''doesn't'' recognise, including [[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E3TheCurseOfFenric a chess set that plays by itself]]. He also mentions that the Vault [[Literature/PastDoctorAdventures used to be run]] by [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E7TimeFlight C19]] and that it's a sister site to [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor the Black Archive]]. There's another rundown of his UNIT career when Rees attempts to take over his mind, which also mentions Mrs. Wibbsey and Nest Cottage, confirming that the [=AudioGO=] Fourth Doctor stories are still canon.
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77* An issue of ''ComicBook/AdventureTimeCandyCapers'' has Peppermint Butler recruiting a ridiculously large number of Z-list characters from different episodes of the TV show to go on a quest [[spoiler:which turns out to be to [[ShaggyDogStory reclaim Princess Bubblegum's dry-cleaning]]]].
78* The celebration in the first part of ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}} in Corsica'' brings back friends from a wide range of earlier ''Asterix'' adventures, and includes numerous references to those stories. In order of arrival:
79** Petitsuix, the Helvetian innkeeper from ''Asterix in Switzerland''.
80** Huevos y Bacon, father and son, leaders of the lone Hispanian holdout village against the Romans from ''Asterix in Spain''.
81** Instantmix, the Rome-based Gaulish restaurateur from ''Asterix the Gladiator''.
82** From ''Asterix in Britain'', Asterix' cousin once removed Anticlimax, Hibernian chieftain O'Veroptimistix, Caledonian chieftain [=McAnix=], Anticlimax' village chieftain Mykingdomforanos, and British innkeeper Dipsomaniax.
83** From ''Asterix and the Banquet'', resistance leader Jellibabix from Lugdunum (Lyon), innkeeper Drinklikafix from Massilia (Marseilles), and boat captain Seniorservix from Gesocribatum (Le Conquet).
84** Winesanspirix, the Arvernian innkeeper from ''Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield''.
85* The cover for issue #24 of ''ComicBook/Batgirl2009'', the final issue before the DC relaunch in September 2011, contains ''every single character'' to ever appear in the series. This includes villains, allies, civilians and people who only appeared in individual issues.
86* ''ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison'' takes this to new heights in every panoramic shot of the Batcave, showing almost every Batmobile, numerous helicopters, and trophy cases with outfits worn for only a few comics (including Stephanie's Robin outfit).
87* The comic for ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' restarted with issue #51. The storyline ''Note From The Underground'', running from #47 to #50, brought nearly everyone BackForTheFinale. Angel and Faith played major parts and the rest of Angel Investigations got cameos. There were references to Riley Finn, Spike and Maggie Walsh, and a splash page of former foes included the Mayor, the Master, former Slayer Yuki, the Gentlemen and Glory. A vampire from the first issue of the comic was brought back from the dead to fight Buffy again, which was acknowledged in-universe but not explained. Kendra and the First Slayer appear as part of a vision sequence also featuring the historical Slayers from Tales of the Slayers, and there's a flashback recap of the TV show. There's even the return of [[spoiler:Pike]] as a major character, and the BigBad leading the Scourge turns out to be [[spoiler: Adam]].
88* In the ''ComicBook/FearItself'' tie-in, ''The Deep'', ComicBook/DoctorStrange summons a two-page spread of "[[ComicBook/TheDefenders Defenders]], Secret Defenders, even those who were only Defenders-for-a-Day" to stop Attuma from crushing [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]] and his allies.
89* The cover of ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers'' #3 shows everyone who had ever been an Avenger or [=JLAer=] to that point, even if they're not otherwise involved in that particular IntercontinuityCrossover. Although the plot was as such that every one of them was technically involved in the conflicts of issues 3 and 4. Especially 4, which is filled with these -- it's Creator/GeorgePerez drawing a battle that involves every Avenger, every Leaguer, and possibly every supervillain ''ever'' culled from the timestream.
90* ''ComicBook/KaykoAndKokosh'': One story introduces a barkeeper who collects wanted posters. When he shows the protagonists his collection, it includes posters of almost all of the one-shot villains who had appeared throughout the series, as he asks if they've ever seen such a ''[[StealthPun Rogues Gallery]]'' before.
91* ''ComicBook/LittleAnnieFanny'' from ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' had an installment celebrating the strip's 20th anniversary, which featured appearances by many minor and back-ground characters from previous strips.
92* The first volume of ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'' has a scene where Morpheus goes to an old storage room of the JLA to recover one of his missing regalia. It is full of references to other JLA adventures.
93* Having previously established that ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' villain Dominus has the power to create pocket universes around Superman (in his first appearance, he created four, homaging MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, MediaNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks, and Superman-of-the-Future Imaginary Tales), their final battle in ''Superman: King of the World'' is an AlternateContinuity Cavalcade, in which Superman briefly becomes ComicBook/KingdomCome Superman, ComicBook/DCOneMillion Superman, and others.
94* The climactic scene in the first issue of ''[[ComicBook/SaturdayMorningAdventures Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures]]'' has the Turtles confront an impressive number of their RoguesGallery from the first seven seasons of the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 '87 show]], while they're trapped in a VR simulation game. This ranges from established mainstays like Shredder, Krang, Baxter Stockman, Bebop and Rocksteady, to minor recurring villains like Tempestra, Groundchuck and Dirtbag, to obscure one-shots like Smash, Alpha-One and Turtle Terminator.
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98* ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'': "The Stockbridge Showdown" in issue [[MilestoneCelebration #500]] has the Doctor reunite almost all the DWM strip's original companions (the exception being Fey Truscott-Sade) to finally take down the strip's best known recurring villain, whose inital arc was [[AbortedArc aborted]] in 1984.
99* The [[MilestoneCelebration tenth-anniversary]] ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' SundayStrip (running on June 19, 1988, exactly ten years to the day) opened with Garfield's tenth birthday party being attended by almost every primary and secondary character who'd ever appeared in the strip - including Jon Arbuckle's old roommate Lyman, who had not been seen in years. [[ItsAllAboutMe "If you brought me any presents," Garfield tells the crowd, "you may stay."]]
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103* ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'': The scene where the MTM uses the MindProbe to search Calvin's mind is filled with one-off characters from previous episodes. Also, when Calvin finally gets his memories back in "Invasion", the resulting paragraph basically recaps the entire [[Fanfic/Swing123AndGarfieldodiesCalvinverse Calvinverse]] up to that point:
104-->Suddenly a rush hit Calvin like a thunderbolt. In an instant he relived every single moment over from the point [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes he and Hobbes flew into the pond on that winter day]] to the present moment. [[Fanfic/CanYouImagineThat Retro Griffin reaching for him and Hobbes in the wagon with the claw car.]] [[Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheMovie Rupert firing his ray gun at him, Hobbes, Stupendous Man, Tracer Bullet and Spaceman Spiff.]] [[Fanfic/AttackOfTheTeacherCreature Him, Hobbes, Andy and Sherman running, terrified away from the Teacher Creature.]] The TV coming to life and attacking him and Hobbes. Yellowstone erupting. Dr Brainstorm arguing viciously with Jack, who remains bored. Holographic Retro attacking Calvin. Sheila holding up a chainsaw and laughing insanely. Jacqueline waving in a friendly hello. A disturbed ghost gasping desperately and crawling upwards towards him and Socrates. Installing the MTM's voice chip. Dr Thunderstorm releasing an army of Shadow duplicates onto the planet. The big prank Socrates was planning. It all came back to Calvin and hit him like a freight train.
105* 'Hearts and Minds' of the ''Fanfic/FacingTheFutureSeries'' is a big one of these as it delves into nearly every moment of [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Danny and Sam's]] relationship up to that story.
106* ''Webcomic/ScarletLady'': When Chloé learns that Clara's music video tribute to the heroes of Paris ''won't'' be featuring her alter ego, she angrily demands to know why Scarlet Lady is being excluded. Cue Lila stepping up and providing a lengthy list of receipts, rattling off various akumas and all the ways Scarlet Lady has proven herself to be nothing more than a {{Nominal Hero}}ine over the course of the series up to that point. Chloé can only sputter and demand "''Why do you have these prepared?!''"
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110* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin2011'', which was based on the ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' comic books, the walls of Tintin's room are covered with newspaper clippings referencing his previous adventures, and the opening credits are animated into a sequence referencing many characters and landmarks from the books.
111* Po's room in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'' is ''filled'' with references to the previous films, including the old dummy from the training hall, the Furious Five action figures, the drawings of Tigress and the Five from Po's old room, and a painting of Master Thundering Rhino and the Tower of Sacred Flame, among others.
112* The 1981 featurette ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1VgLX-qxUA Once Upon a Mouse]]'' features all kinds of {{Call Back}}s to previous Disney efforts from the 1920's upward, culminating in a parade of characters and clips from Disney cartoons from WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse up until ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound''.
113* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' has quite a few scenes filled with hardly anything but references to the first two movies. Most notably, the opening scene consisted of a combination of ''Toy Story's'' "Andy playing with toys"-themed opening and ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2's'' fake-out action opening, with references to another short scene in ''Toy Story 2'' where Andy played with his toys.
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117* At the beginning of ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'', the audience explores the 1955 Doc's home from the [[Film/BackToTheFuture1 first film]], seeing many props once again, including his mind-reader and the scale model used to explain their plan for the lightning strike. It makes sense since that scene technically happens the day after the thunderstorm that sent Marty back to 1985.
118* Similarly, the movie version of ''Film/GetSmart'' shows a museum exhibit for CONTROL, including gadgets from the portable Cone of Silence to Max's car.
119* ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' is a rollercoaster of more than (at the time) ''50 years'' of Big G.
120* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep The Collector]]'s headquarters in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' is essentially one big treasure trove of {{Continuity Nod}}s to previous films in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. In addition to displaying holograms of the previous two Infinity Stones revealed so far -- the Tesseract from ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' and ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' and the Aether from ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' -- the Collector can be seen keeping a [[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld Dark Elf]] and a [[Film/TheAvengers2012 Chitauri soldier]] in two of his cages.
121* ''Film/JamesBond'':
122** When Bond takes his leave in ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'', he opens a drawer containing objects from his previous adventures, and snippets of the themes from the earlier films are even used as leitmotifs.
123** In ''Film/DieAnotherDay'', Bond visits the new Q's secret lab and discovers many of the old Q's inventions from the previous films.
124* [[Film/{{Clerks}} Dante Hicks, Randal Graves, Willam Black]], [[Film/{{Mallrats}} Steve-Dave Pulasti, Walt the Fanboy, Tricia Jones]], [[Film/ChasingAmy Alicia Jones, Banky Edwards, and Hooper LaMante]] all come out of the premiere of the ''[[Film/ChasingAmy Bluntman and Chronic]]'' film premiere in ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack''. All but Dante, Randal and Banky are making their first appearances in the film.
125* ''Film/{{Sahara|2005}}'' used one of these as an EstablishingCharacterMoment for Dirk Pitt, with the camera zooming around a TrophyRoom and/or ShrineToSelf full of framed news clippings about the cool things Dirk and his sidekick Al Giordino have got up to in the past, most of them directly referencing the plots of other books in the series.
126* The SURVIVE meeting in ''Film/Saw3D''. Almost every survivor from the previous ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' films, brought together for one brief scene.
127* The Coolsonian Criminology Museum in ''Film/ScoobyDooMonstersUnleashed'' has the costumes of many villains from ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'', ''WesternAnimation/TheScoobyDooShow'', and ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'' on display. With the exception of the [[CanonForeigner Cotton Candy Glob]], every costume brought to life by the BigBad is a monster faced in one of the original Scooby-Doo cartoons.
128* ''Franchise/StarWars'': In ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'', the ''Millennium Falcon'' leads an enormous Resistance fleet into battle composed of ships from all over the history of the franchise, including the original trilogy, ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Rebels]]'', ''Film/RogueOne'', the prequel trilogy and ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]''.
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132* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'': ''Literature/TheLastBattle'' features appearances from every single significant character of the previous six books (the exception is Susan, who is mentioned but doesn't appear).
133* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain'': In the final book, ''The High King'', almost every character that's appeared in the series comes back, a few characters that have only been spoken of up to that point actually appear, and almost every dead character is referenced in some way. Everyone that comes back does something, except for Glew, who comes back and does nothing.
134* All the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' witches from previous books (and a few other major characters from other lines like Ridcully and Vetinari) react to [[spoiler:the death of Granny Weatherwax]] in ''Literature/TheShepherdsCrown'' and most of them return for the final battle against the elves.
135* ''Literature/{{Dragaera}}'': Practically every friend, ally, or frenemy Vlad Taltos has ''ever met'' in the previous books plays a role in ''Literature/{{Hawk}}'', whether by taking direct action, providing necessary equipment and materials, or by inspiring Vlad's plan through something they'd taught him years ago.
136* ''Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse'': Near the start of the ''Time Lord Victorious'' novel ''All Flesh is Grass'', it's mentioned that Brian the Ood has made various modifications to the flagship of the Vinctis Fleet, each one salvaged from a different Dark Times race. These include a [[Recap/DoctorWho2006CSTheRunawayBride Racnoss]] web-gun, a [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E2CityOfDeath Jagaroth]] warp thruster, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E4ColonyInSpace Uxaerian]] doomsday particles and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E5TheDaemons Daemon]] shielding. And the Soul Orbs of Grelsh, which ''might'' be a reference to a throwaway line in a ''Literature/BerniceSummerfield'' audio.
137* ''Literature/FrannyKStein'':
138** The fourth book ''The Fran That Time Forgot'' had Franny see glimpses of the Pumpkin-Crab Monster, the 50-Ft. Cupid and the two-headed robot from the previous three books when she goes back in time to change her EmbarrassingMiddleName.
139** In the eighth book ''Bad Hair Day'', Franny's mom hears about Franny's pigtails (having come to life and grown gigantic from engorging themselves on Franny's growth formula) from a news report on TV and asks her daughter if she knows anything about this. Franny answers that of course she does because rampaging creatures are her thing. The accompanying illustration shows Franny remembering her encounters with the Pumpkin-Crab Monster, the 50-Ft. Cupid and the two-headed robot like in ''The Fran That Time Forgot'', with the addition of the titular creature from the seventh book ''The Frandidate''.
140* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
141** The final task of the Triwizard Tournament in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'' featured an obstacle course / maze in which Harry was forced to recall many different spells and creatures he'd been shown to have learned about in the previous three books.
142** In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', every single surviving character from previous books comes back and does something. The most major exception is Gabrielle Delacour, who comes back but does nothing. The audiobook broke the world record for "most characters performed by one voice actor in an audio book".
143* ''Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing'':
144** In the ending of ''The Sword in the Stone'', all the animals Wart had met during his lessons under Merlin show up to advise him on pulling out the sword.
145** The ending of ''The Ill-Made Knight'' has all the knights from the novel react and cheer as Lancelot manages to pull off a miracle after all.
146* Every book in the series ''Literature/RickyRicottasMightyRobot'' ends with the villain getting thrown in jail next to the villains from the previous books.
147* The ''Literature/RottenRalph'' book ''The Nine Lives of Rotten Ralph'' has Ralph reference the events of several previous books when he explains to his owner Sarah how he lost [[CatsHaveNineLives eight of his nine lives]].
148* The final trilogy in ''Literature/TheSwordOfTruth'' brings back a significant number of characters from throughout the series in major and minor roles. Even dead characters and some that barely got a mention after their book play a part.
149* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', during the big battle in the then-GrandFinale ''The Last Hope'', most characters from the original series, several minor characters who hadn't appeared for a while, and a ton of other characters from the backstory of the series, all show up as BackupFromOtherworld.
150* In the final book of ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' series, [[TheChosenOne Rand]] and [[BornLucky Mat]] reunite after spending many books apart, and almost immediately begin bragging to each other about all of their accomplishments since they'd last met. [[spoiler:Rand's feats are certainly more impressive in the grand scheme of things ("I cleansed ''saidin'', I win."), but Mat's the one who gets the last word ("By the way, I'm the one who rescued Moiraine.").]]
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154* Music/TheBeatles' song "Glass Onion" is full of references to previous Beatles numbers.
155* Music/{{Eminem}}'s ''The Marshall Mathers LP 2'':
156** "Bad Guy" is a SequelSong that first appears to be a sequel to "Kim" but is actually one to "Stan". Around the time the real story is revealed, there is a passage where the increasingly deranged Matthew starts WaxingLyrical [[ShiftingVoiceOfMadness in various turn-of-the-Millennium-era Eminem flows]].
157** One verse of "So Far..." switches briefly to the beats (and voices) of "I'm Back" and "The Real Slim Shady" to underscore the tortures his fans inflict on him - shoving a dead cat in his mailbox (Slim did this as a kid to a neighbourhood bully in "I'm Back"), and spitting on his onion rings ([[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou Slim claimed another Slim Shady might be working at Burger King and doing this]] in "The Real Slim Shady").
158* Music/FrankZappa was fond of doing this. He made a ContinuityNod to his previous albums on the album covers and lyrics of most of his later albums.
159* Music/KatyPerry's "Wide Awake" video is a cavalcade of callbacks to her previous videos, including "California Gurls", "One of the Boys", "Firework", "The One that Got Away", "ET", "Hot & Cold", and "Teenage Dream".
160* Music/OrigamiAngel: In ''Music/SomewhereCity'', near the end of "[[AlbumClosure The Air Up Here]]", verses from almost every previous song on the album are played in succession, sometimes overlapping, finishing on a reprise of "[[AlbumIntroTrack Welcome to...]]"'s opening.
161* Music/PinkFloyd has had two of them:
162** The front and back cover photos of their "Best Of" collection, ''Echoes''.
163** The "Back Catalog" poster, depicting their album covers painted on the backs of models.
164* It's common for the CD booklets of {{Greatest Hits Album}}s to have lists of an artists other albums to entice more back catalog purchases.
165* Music/TaylorSwift crammed a lot of references to her older events, appearances, and music videos in her "Look What You Made Me Do". Not even the most diehard Swiftie could catch them all on the first viewing.
166* Music/{{Yes}}' "Tempus Fugit" from ''Drama'', the first album not to feature Jon Anderson on lead vocals, nevertheless contains lots of references to previous Yes songs.
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170* Wrestling/{{Kane}} gives a delightful speech about his past while in an anger management class on the August 27, 2012 edition of ''[[Wrestling/WWERaw Raw]]''. HilarityEnsues.
171-->'''Kane:''' I grew up locked in a basement, suffering severe psychological and emotional scarring when [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker my brother]] set my parents on fire. From there, I shifted around among a series of mental institutions until I was grown, at which point I buried my brother alive ... twice. Since then, I've set a couple of people on fire and abducted various co-workers. Oh, and I, uh, once electrocuted [[Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon a man's]] [[GroinAttack testicles]]. Years ago, [[DiscontinuityNod I had a girlfriend named Katie]] but [[OldShame let's just say that didn't turn out too well]].[[note]] Referring to the Katie Vick storyline, one of the most infamous in wrestling history, and winner of Website/WrestleCrap's Gooker Award as the worst wrestling storyline of 2002.[[/note]] My real father is a guy named Wrestling/PaulBearer, who I recently trapped in a meat locker. I've been [[Wrestling/{{Lita}} married]], divorced, broke up my ex-wife's [[Wrestling/EdgeWrestler wedding]] and tombstoned the priest. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And, for reasons never quite explained, I have an unhealthy obsession with torturing]] [[UsefulNotes/HistoricalPeopleToKnowInMLB Pete Rose]].[[note]] At three consecutive ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}}'' events (XIV through XVI), the baseball great had a storyline run-in with Kane, each time ending up on the receiving end of one of Kane's finishing moves.[[/note]]
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175* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'''s ''Time Spiral'' expansion. Nearly every card in the set contains a reference to one or more famous (or not-so-famous) older cards. Its sequel ''Planar Chaos'' could also count, though it instead focuses on AlternateUniverse versions of things. Even the third set in the block, ''Future Sight'', built on the theme of exploring possible futures, managed to get in on the act. All three sets are themselves named after cards from earlier sets.
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179* The Collector's Fortress in ''Ride/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyMissionBreakout''. It features references to [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 the movie that inspired it]] in the form of Astro the Dog, other [=MCU=] movies (an [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron Ultron drone]] can be seen in the queue), and other Ride/DisneyThemeParks, as the Abominable Snowman from the Matterhorn, [[Ride/JourneyIntoImagination Figment]], and a [[Ride/TheTwilightZoneTowerOfTerror bellhop's hat]] are on display.
180** The various versions of ''Ride/TheTwilightZoneTowerOfTerror'' had numerous [[MythologyGag references to the show]], which can be found on the ride's main page. This is apparently due to the fact that the Imagineers who designed the ride, in preparation, [[ShownTheirWork watched every episode of]] ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' twice, and couldn't resist sticking in references.
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184* ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation'': A flashback scene midway through the game provides references to the [[Film/{{Alien}} first film]]. Specifically, it involves a ScenicTourLevel playing as Marlow where the crew of the ''Anesidora'' visit the alien derelict on LV-426, both following and noting the original's story beats.
185* The GCPD evidence room in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' holds most of the gadgets/weapons/other personal items of the various villains of the previous games.
186* ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheDarkRevival'': The Cyclebreakers wing of the old Gent building contains a bunch of references to the [[VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine first game]]. You can find the head of the Projectionist (and it screams its signature scream if you hit it), Sammy Lawrence playing his banjo, the severed head of Bertrum Piedmont (whose eye still follows you around), a cell heavily implied to have contained Twisted Alice, and of course, [[spoiler:Henry Stein himself, the previous main character]].
187* In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin'', the "Greatest Five" Dual Crush attack summons the five Belmonts: [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Richter]], [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence Leon]], [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse Trevor]], [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaHarmonyOfDissonance Juste]], and [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaI Simon]] to attack all enemies. Occasionally, Trevor and Simon would appear in [[{{Retraux}} their original NES sprites.]]
188* ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive6'': The "Unforgettable" stage is a MuseumLevel whose exhibits are portions of stages from older parts of the series. Playable areas of the stage include the original Danger Zone, The Miyama from ''2'', Gambler's Paradise and the staircase from Eternal Helix from ''4'', and Fuel and Hot Zone from ''5''. The corridor linking the exhibits together looks like the top level of the Hong Kong DOATEC Headquarters from ''3''. Cameos in pictures include the following:
189** From ''2'': Two fighters in Danger Zone 2 and Tengu in Sacred Miyama.
190** From ''3'': Kasumi and Lei Fang fighting in Snow and Omega in Hellfire.
191** From ''4'': Alpha-152 in Biolab Core.
192** From ''5'': Fighting Entertainment, Street, The Tiger Show, and [[ButtMonkey Zack]] being fired out of the clown nose cannon from The Show.
193* ''Franchise/DragonAge'' is fond of this trope.
194** The final battle of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' includes this; [[spoiler: several of the characters you met earlier in the game will show up to help you kick the Archdemon's ass, in addition to the many unnamed RedShirt members of your army.]]
195** Depending on choices made throughout ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', a number of characters you encountered earlier in the game will show up to fight at your side during the final battle, possibly including [[spoiler:Nathaniel Howe, Zevran, and Hawke's surviving sibling]].
196** As the heroes prepare to march on the Arbor Wilds in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', the player is treated to an extensive cutscene which shows various allies preparing to participate. This includes dozens of the Inquisition's own soldiers and scouts, masked soldiers in the Orlesian army, and members of the Blades of Hessarian (a warrior cult who consider the Inquisitor their leader).
197** The second and third games contain a slew of references to the first and second games, which seasoned players will recognize, including many cameos by and letters from familiar characters.
198* ''VideoGame/DragonFable'': There's a quest in which you can get into Zorbak's attic, which includes all the items he has owned during the game.
199* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'':
200** The Twinning in ''Shadowbringers'' is the culmination of a number of previous plot arcs, with the common thread being the involvement of [[spoiler:the Garlond Ironworks]]. It reveals how exactly the Crystal Tower was able to come to Norvrandt: [[spoiler:the Ironworks of the BadFuture took Cid's notes and research on Alexander and Omega to enable the tower to traverse through time and space.]] The dungeon's music even emphasises this, with its main theme combining [[spoiler: the Crystal Tower theme and Omega's theme ''eScape'' with the bass line from Alexander's ''Rise'']], and the final boss's theme [[spoiler:being a rock cover of ''Locus'', the first boss theme from the Alexander raids.]]
201** ''Endwalker'':
202*** Early in the expansion, a volunteer contingient is formed to march into Garlemald as part of a humanitarian mission and part to stop the machinations of the Telophoroi. The scene that introduces them is a crowd shot featuring, among the characters named and voiced in the main storyline, characters from the various Class and Job quests, such as members of the Marauders', Thaumaturges' and Pugilists' guilds and your partners during the Bard, Dragoon, Scholar, and Machinist quests. If you've completed these quests, talking to them independently will have them all reference your past exploits together.
203*** To secure Sharlayan's aid, the Scions of the Seventh Dawn call out for aid to procure a rare substance needed for the ship the Sharlayans are preparing for their Great Exodus. In so doing, every major side storyline completed by the player makes itself known upon delivery, as the characters from the various Raid and Trial storylines appear or otherwise send their own resources to aid the Scions' and Sharlayans' goals.
204* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'': The secret room on Night 5 has this for every game in the series.
205** ''[[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys1 FNAF 1]]'': Limited battery and a door on either side which can be closed.
206** ''[[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 FNAF 2]]'': Three separate entrances, one of which is a vent.
207** ''[[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3 FNAF 3]]'': Only one animatronic after you, but has several different angles of attack and multiple jumpscares.
208** ''[[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4 FNAF 4]]'': A Fredbear plush can be seen on the desk wearing a purple hat and bowtie. Also, if you input "[[WildMassGuessing 1983]]" into the keypad, you get ''[[WhamShot footage of the Child's bedroom from the fourth game!]]''
209** Also, [[spoiler:[[RunningGag you get fired again]] in the room's given ending, though your character's name is not given.]]
210* In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', you can visit a recreation of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which lists almost every in-universe entertainment personality from the entire series.
211* ''VideoGame/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' features several references and callbacks to characters and events from [[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy the series]], such as Billy's dad Harold being playable as his Mogar persona from "Battle of the Bands" and the tree from "The Taking Tree" appearing as a background hazard in the level taking place at Billy's house. In addition, Boogey's Mojo Meltdown, his alternate costumes, the Boogey Bay level, and the alternate costumes Billy and Mandy get from completing two of the missions in mission mode allude to the TVMovie ''Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure'' ([[EarlyBirdCameo even though the movie was released less than a year after the game]]).
212* ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'':
213** At the end of the tutorial in ''VideoGame/Hitman2016'', we're treated to a montage of various targets from [[VideoGame/HitmanCodename47 the]] [[VideoGame/Hitman2SilentAssassin past]] [[VideoGame/HitmanBloodMoney four]] [[VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution games]], being assassinated in the most popular ways, while narration talks about 47's past success.
214** The ''VideoGame/Hitman3'' mission "End of an Era" has you go through the ICA's files [[spoiler:and dissolve the ICA]], and you're treated to a slideshow of pretty much every previous target from ''VideoGame/Hitman2016'' and ''VideoGame/Hitman2'', including the ''2016'' games' Elusive Target roster, which finally cemented those as canon contracts.
215* ''VideoGame/HoloCure'': The television in the Holo-Office stage features stills of [[https://youtu.be/_sSc0NCHqDU various videos across hololive]], particularly the talents MV's and episodes of ''[[WebAnimation/HololiveHoloNoGraffiti Holo No Graffiti]]''.
216* ''VideoGame/HorizonsGate'': There are a significant number of references to the events of VideoGame/VoidspireTactics. Places that had chunks stolent from them are shown being repaired, and there are a few dialog lines that allude to what happened. Ekrast, notably, is [[{{Unperson}} not mentioned by name]], only being referred to as "some mad mage."[[spoiler:The Admiral's plan is even born out of the fallout of Ekrast's actions- he's trying to make another Voidspire.]]
217* The pawn shop in ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVI'' contains loads of items that reference puzzles from the previous games--and would have easily solved them had you come here first.
218* ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'': The FinalBoss, [[spoiler:[[EldritchAbomination Void Termina]], the [[DestroyerDeity Destroyer of Worlds]]]], is absolutely ''loaded'' with references to previous villains from the series. For example, the boss's [[WombLevel insides]] have the same honeycomb-like floor from [[VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards Dark Star]], it can summon [[VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand copies of the Master Crown]] to shoot laser beams at Kirby and friends, and its ultimate form turns out to be [[spoiler:a bizarre mix of [[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand3 Zero]] and ''[[TomatoInTheMirror Kirby himself]]'', with attack patterns borrowed from [[VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards Miracle Matter]], [[VideoGame/KirbyCanvasCurse Drawcia Soul]], [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror Dark Mind]], and a host of other final bosses.]]
219* ''Franchise/MassEffect'' dove head-first in this direction, judging by all the effects of importing your OldSaveBonus from the first game into the second, which then pass into the third.
220** From major decisions affecting the overall plot, to receiving emails from one-off characters who were previously {{Quest Giver}}s, you have a very good reason to continue a given version of Commander Shepard in his/her quest to save the galaxy. Unfortunately, bugs or designer oversight do tend to show up in these situations. In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', regardless of how you handled him in ''Mass Effect'', [[StalkerWithACrush Conrad]] [[AscendedFanboy Verner]] will claim that you shoved a gun in his face. Other than that and a few other examples the writers have been very diligent about transferring your decisions from the first game to the second and third. Some bugs in the first two games have since been addressed in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''. If in the original ''Mass Effect'' you did not threaten Conrad, he will apologize about making the claim that you did.
221** There's the instance just before the final battle sequence in ''Mass Effect 3'', where you can call up all of your former party members and chat with them about their role in the upcoming fight.
222** The final DLC, ''Citadel'' (set before the finale), climaxes with Shepard and every surviving party member from the series getting together and throwing a party. The rest consists almost entirely of CallBack jokes and LampshadeHanging.
223* In ''VideoGame/MaxPayne3'', one of the {{Nostalgia Level}}s takes Max through a cemetery where four dead characters from previous games are buried. In addition, the title of every achievement is a quote from the first two games.
224* ''VideoGame/MOTHER3'' features a boat ride through a museum of sorts filled with items from the previous game (''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'').
225* In ''VideoGame/MrSaitou'', several characters from [[VideoGame/{{Rakuen}} the previous game]] are hanging out inside the Kinoko Matsuri Club. Most notably, NO HOLDS BARD!!! is now a famous band that performs there regularly, and Tony and Christina are sitting together at the same table.
226* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' has the characters go on a trip to Tatsumi Port Island, including a jaunt to [[VideoGame/{{Persona 3}} Gekkoukan High School]].
227* ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'' brings back almost every Gym Leader and Champion up to that point as part of the Pokémon World Tournament.
228* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankIntoTheNexus'': In the last world, there's a museum that features not just some of the worlds visited and weapons used, but all the (canon) villains and even some animals from all the series.
229* Final Remixes in the ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven'' series are usually a FinalExamBoss in that they're made entirely of short moments in every stage in the game (excluding other remixes). The Final Remix of ''Rhythm Heaven Megamix'' becomes this trope in its latter half, with the music turning into a medley of the main themes of each ''Rhythm Heaven'' game in order of their release (including ''Megamix''), with stages from those games as the main themes play.
230* ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestVIRogerWilcoInTheSpinalFrontier'':
231** Roger's quarters on the SCS ''[=DeepShip=] 86'' features mementos from all his past adventures, including the Xenon Army Knife from [=SQ1=], the Labion Terror Beast Mating Whistle from [=SQ2=], and the [=SQ4=] Hintbook.
232** Another part features a database which has entries for all the races and creatures previously encountered in the other five games, no matter how minor they are.
233* In ''VideoGame/TombRaiderIII'', in Lara's mansion, there's a trophy room with several artifacts from the previous ''Franchise/TombRaider'' games.
234* The museum in ''VideoGame/UltimaIX'' is a repository for artifacts that had fallen from the Avatar's BagOfSpilling over the ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}'' series.
235* Upon beating the FinalBoss in ''VideoGame/YsIXMonstrumNox'', [[spoiler:six souls from series protagonist Adol Christin's memories appear to help him end the titular Grimwald Nox. While the game doesn't explicitly name these souls, WordOfGod states they are Feena, Reah and Dark Fact from ''Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished - Omen'', Eldeel from ''YsMemoriesOfCelceta'', Tia from ''VideoGame/YsSEVEN'' and Dana Iclucia from ''VideoGame/YsVIIILacrimosaOfDana'', all of whom are central characters from their respective installments]].
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239* In ''Webcomic/{{Adventurers}}'', [[http://web.archive.org/web/20151209132329/http://adventurers.keenspot.com:80/d/20050927.html most of the summons]] seen in the comic [[http://web.archive.org/web/20151209120708/http://adventurers.keenspot.com:80/d/20050929.html return]] when Ardam summons Pantheon.
240* In ''Webcomic/ArchieSonicOnline'', Mecha Sally taunts Sonic with all the times he personally failed Sally, referencing back to several of the [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics the original comic]]'s storylines, such as the Mecha Madness Arc, the Endgame Arc, and the lead-up to Mecha Sally's creation.
241* Panel two of [[http://www.scarygoround.com/index.php?date=20091202 this]] ''Webcomic/BadMachinery'' strip features no less than four characters from ''Webcomic/ScaryGoRound'', the comic which ''Webcomic/BadMachinery'' is a SpinOff of.
242* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', one of the author's goals is to build a [[ContinuityPorn heavily self-referential narrative]]. He pulls it off so well that to list the individual examples of this trope would take its own page, but the introduction of new characters in Act 6 is probably the most outstanding example of this [[spoiler:because they originate from the use of a ResetButton]].
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246* In the "''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' for the Platform/TurboGrafx16" review of ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'', the Nerd reveals his "Shit Scale", which measures how horrible a game is. All the examples represent his previous reviews. On the lowest end are debatably bad games (''VideoGame/MetalGear'' for Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem, ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1989'', and ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest''), followed by games that are horrible yet still playable (''ComicStrip/DickTracy'' for NES, ''VideoGame/SuperPitfall'', and ''Film/TopGun'' for NES), then the more traumatizingly horrible ones (most of the Creator/LJNToys lineup, the Platform/VirtualBoy, and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames Link: The Faces of Evil]]''), then games that he claims could kill a person (''VideoGame/{{Action 52}}'', ''VideoGame/DarkCastle'' for Platform/SegaGenesis, ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' for Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem, and the many handheld LCD games from Tiger Electronics), then a section dedicated solely to ''[[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' for the NES, and finally, games that don't even qualify as games (''Desert Bus'' from ''VideoGame/PennAndTellersSmokeAndMirrors'', ''VideoGame/CrazyBus'', ''VideoGame/{{Hong Kong 97}}'', and ''VisualNovel/PlumbersDontWearTies'').
247* The brief animated segment at the beginning of episode 6 of ''WebVideo/DontHugMeImScared'' is covered with items and characters from the previous episodes. The episode also features Red Guy reprising the "creative song" from episode 1. Additionally, [[spoiler:all of the previous teachers make short cameos near the end, as Red Guy is messing with a machine that controls them]].
248* ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'':
249** Near the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGN5xaQkFk0 "Bob Ross vs. Pablo Picasso"]], Pablo Picasso flips through the channels on his TV to bring up PBS, where Bob Ross is rapping from the TV screen. Along the way, we see him flip past Creator/BillyMays (from "Billy Mays vs. Creator/BenjaminFranklin"), [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Mr. Rogers]] (from "Creator/MrT vs. Mr. Rogers"), and [[Series/DoctorWho the Fourth Doctor]] (from "[[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]] vs. Doctor Who").
250** In the "Lewis and Clark vs. Franchise/BillAndTed" episode, most of the historical figures that Bill and Ted encountered on their adventure (Abraham Lincoln, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Napoleon Bonaparte, Genghis Kahn and Joan of Arc) had already been in at least one previous rap battle, so for the end of Bill and Ted's first verse, all five of them appear to support B&T.
251* In the ''WebAnimation/FatherTucker'' short "Judgment Day", several of the children Father Tucker has molested or shown interest in in the previous shorts can be seen in the background during his trial.
252* In ''Multiverse Mayhem'', the [[{{Gamebooks}} interactive]] first anniversary special of ''Website/TheCrewOfTheCopperColoredCupids'', the player character visits the locations of several previous stories, and basically all of the Cupids' allies introduced thus far (including ones from stories ''not'' otherwise referenced in the story) are mentioned to be present at the DancePartyEnding.
253* Burnie Burns describes the finale of ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue: Revelation'' as a scene where the protagonists "win by saying Red vs. Blue quotes to each other."
254** Happens again in the penultimate episode of season 10, with the references (ranging from the first to the current season) taken up a notch or two. It's quite effective.
255** Any time we see [[spoiler: Malcom Hargrove]]'s trophy room in Season 13. There are a number of items in there from past seasons, including the Grif Shot, the Monitor that Epsilon-Church inhabited in seasons 7 and 8, the magnum that [[spoiler: the Director killed himself with]], and [[spoiler: the Meta's armor]]. Turns into a massive ChekhovsGun come the season finale, with our heroes getting a LockAndLoadMontage in this room.
256* When Ruby tries to settle herself into the correct frame of mind for invoking the power of her silver eyes in the Volume 6 finale of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', she tries to think of her family and friends to evoke the feelings of the beauty and preciousness of life and how it must be protected. The images that flash across the screen cover family scenes that predate the show as well as happy or bonding scenes from the show itself, such as the Volume 2 food fight or when Teams RWBY and JNPR are eating noodles during the tournament. When she struggles to maintain the happier memories and begins drifting into unhappier moments, traumatic scenes from previous episodes also appear, such as [[spoiler:Pyrrha and Penny's deaths]].
257* ''[[WebAnimation/TacoMan Taco-Man Plays a Video Game]]'':
258** ''Taco-Man Plays Platform/{{Atari 2600}}'' begins with Taco-Man drinking at a bar populated by characters from previous episodes of ''Taco-Man Plays a Video Game'', as well as the girls from his ''VideoGame/NightTrap'' parody.
259** Taco-Man's 2015 Halloween special has characters who appeared in some of his other cartoons and reviews stop by while he waits for part two of the game (the aforementioned ''Night Trap'' parody) to load, and after he completes the game. He naturally {{Lampshade| Hanging}}s this, with FlatJoy, after Blobert from ''VideoGame/ABoyAndHisBlob'' pops up to request some jellybeans:
260--->'''Taco-Man:''' Oh, look. It's a character from a previous episode. [[SarcasmMode How original.]]
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264* On historical anniversaries, civic groups sometimes organize gatherings of all surviving holders of a particular office, many of whom may have not been seen in a public forum for many many years. For example, see [[http://www.gigr.com/ronlevyphoto/prints/photos/Alaska_Governors_50th_anniv.jpg this 2009 photo-op]] featuring all the surviving governors of Alaska. It became standard for the new President of the US to get a photo taken with all the living former presidents.
265* Other times, people do big group photos of related individuals simply because it's cool. The most notable is probably [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_day_in_harlem A Great Day in Harlem]], a 1958 image of 57 of the greatest Jazz musicians alive at the time.
266* [[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solvay_conference_1927.jpg This picture from the 1927 Solvey conference]] is a similarly gobsmacking collection of great physicists from Albert Einstein to Marie Curie.
267* At some sports Halls of Fame, they will introduce all the living Hall of Famers who made the trip. The most notable of these is the Baseball Hall of Fame, since they usually get the most people to show up, including some in poor health and others who rarely make public appearances.
268* At the Academy Awards ceremony in early 1998, the Academy celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Oscars by having all still-living Oscar-winning actors and actresses (including Best Supporting winners) stand on the stage together, with that year's winners taking their places last. Amusingly, Creator/JackNicholson won his third acting Oscar that year, so [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment he essentially joined...himself]].
269* Similarly, the 2010 Junior Eurovision Song Contest featured all of the previous winners performing a medley of their winning songs. These kids returned at the end of the night to hand the trophy to that year's winner, Vladimir Arzumanyan.
270* It is popular in the culture to portray Heaven this way, especially if it is a FluffyCloudHeaven (or Hell, for all of history's villains).
271* Photo albums.
272* The 50th Super Bowl, in 2016, began with a personal appearance of every previous Super Bowl MVP who was still alive and the NFL could get a hold of. Notably, when Tom Brady came out, the crowd booed him.
273* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC3PXKuFgLA The unveiling of the 2022]] UsefulNotes/FIFAWorldCup mascot La'eeb in 2022 had him go to an animated world where all the past mascots lived. [[https://youtu.be/dZO_k4YmKTk?t=887 The opening ceremony]] eight months later had something similar by bringing in floats of the mascots. (it should be noted that in the former La'eeb direct predecessor Zabivaka is absent, probably because [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents 2018 hosts Russia had just invaded Ukraine]])
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