Line #31 Main/StylisticCallback


1	Somewhere between MythologyGag, DevelopmentGag, ContinuityNod and ProductionThrowback. This is when a work references stylistic changes since prior works in the same series.
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3	When this is used to refer to events that happened at the time of the referenced style, it's a RetrauxFlashback. Compare NostalgiaLevel.
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6	!!Examples:
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10	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
11	* The 2017 ''Franchise/{{Tamagotchi}}'' short film ''Anime/EigaTamagotchiHimitsuNoOtodokeDaiSakusen'', being made to celebrate the ''Tamagotchi'' franchise's 20th anniversary, features a few throwbacks to earlier installments of the franchise. In particular, the short has a unique art style combining the original virtual pets' modern blue-outline art style introduced in 2004 and the more detailed art style of [[Anime/{{Tamagotchi}} the 2009 TV show]] (Creator/OLMIncorporated animated both the TV show and the short).
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14	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
15	* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' marked its 25th anniversary with a StoryArc where 2003 Garfield meets 1978 Garfield.
16	* A ''ComicStrip/{{Luann}}'' [[http://www.gocomics.com/luann/2010/03/14 strip that ran several days before its 25th anniversary]] has the 2010 main characters commenting on their 1985 designs. "I'm glad WE [[{{Irony}} never looked that dumb...]]"
17	* In one "Ginger Meggs" strip, Ginger has a caricature done and says it looks nothing like him. The caricature is the original, when-your-grandparents-were-young artwork.
18	* There is an ''ComicStrip/AlleyOop'' story arc where Alley's no-good cousin Early Oop shows up in Moo and makes trouble by impersonating Alley, despite Alley's insistence that they look nothing alike. Early is designed to look like Alley's original appearance.
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22	* ''Fanfic/{{Jessica}}'' gives an in-universe one. After [[spoiler:Jessica leaves for Celestial Tower and bids Cameron to follow her]], all of the Pokémon sprites in Cameron's Pokémon Black game become static, 8-bit ones, just like in Pokémon Yellow.
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25	[[folder:Music]]
26	* Music/{{Eminem}}:
27	** "Without Me" from ''Music/TheEminemShow'' was intended by Eminem to sound like a track that could have been on ''Music/TheMarshallMathersLP''. It's less ClassicRock in sound than the rest of the album, Eminem performs it in a higher-pitched voice than he uses elsewhere (pastiching his older delivery), and the lyrical content follows ''MMLP'' themes of the [[TheNewRockAndRoll moral panic]] around Eminem, [[TheDissTrack dissing]] [[SitcomArchNemesis pop stars]], and Slim's drug abuse (the rest of ''The Eminem Show'' is KinderAndCleaner). It also contains the album's only non-quoted use of a homophobic slur.
28	** ''The Marshall Mathers LP 2'':
29	*** At the end of both "Asshole" and "Evil Twin", Eminem raps in an impression of his delivery in 2000 - first to reintroduce the 2000s Slim Shady, then to acknowledge that Slim Shady was always just Eminem all along.
30	*** In "So Far...", while describing the harassment he's getting at his house, the beat switches briefly to "I'm Back" (to describe a dead cat someone left in his mailbox) and "The Real Slim Shady" (to describe [[BurgerFool Burger King workers]] spitting in his onion rings). Em also returns to an impression of the vocal delivery he used on those songs.
31	** In "SHADYXV", Slim briefly reverts to his [[VocalEvolution 1999-era squeaky voice]] - "''Yoooo! Why does it always sound like I'm [[NerdyNasalness grabbin' my nostrils?]]''"
32	** ''Revival'':
33	*** "Tragic Endings" is a callback to Eminem's ''Recovery'' style, in particular "Love The Way You Lie", featuring the same hook writer (Skylar Grey), Eminem imitating his ''Recovery'' rapping style, and similar concept of being about an abusive relationship (with the gimmick being the genders are flipped, so the woman is now the abuser). Reviewers found it similar [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks to a fault.]]
34	*** "Castle" uses the same epistolary conceit, production style, soft bassline and female sung hook as Eminem's iconic "Stan".
35	** "Stepping Stone" from ''Kamikaze'' is written, produced and performed in a slightly-updated version of Eminem's 2002-4 ballad style, such as on songs like "Sing For The Moment" and "Like Toy Soldiers", to reflect the time when D12 (who it is a BreakupSong with) were big.
36	** ''Music To Be Murdered By: Side B:''
37	*** "Key (Skit)" is a huge love letter to the novelty songs Eminem made in 2003-2004. It's based around Slim singing an [[SoUnfunnyItsFunny extremely stupid]] [[{{improv}} off-the-dome freestyle]] about hot chicks in the gurgling scream voice he used in parts of ''Encore'', like the intro to "Big Weenie" and the "''ah-ah-ah-ah-ah!''" adlibs in "Just Lose It". He then switches to a high-pitched voice with a [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent silly accent]] reminiscent of the one used in the "my salsa" outro to "My Band". The piano instrumental is based on a sample of Obie Trice's "Cheers", a song produced by Eminem in 2003.
38	*** "Discombobulated" opens with Slim briefly rapping in his ''Relapse''-era accent and singing style, over a beat reminiscent of ''Relapse''. He also sings the hook as ''Relapse'' Shady.
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42	* At one point in the original ''VideoGame/PaperMario'', there's a pot Mario can jump into. If he does, he comes back out as his sprite from ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong''.
43	** There's a similar curtain that does this in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG''.
44	** In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', There's a curtain in an area near the end of the game that does this to Mario ''and'' all of his partners.
45	** Mario's blue-clothes-red-overalls PaletteSwap in the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' games is the color scheme he used in his first VideoGame appearance as the protagonist in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' which was also famously featured on the cover of the first issue of ''Nintendo Power''.
46	* The Timeless River in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' is one big one to black and white Creator/{{Disney}} shorts. Also in the same game, at the start as well as in the Timeless River Sora wears his outfit from the original game.
47	* The "1st gen ring" from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames''.
48	* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' is full of these, starting with flashbacks to the Platform/PlayStation-era graphics of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', up to and including [[spoiler:a fully playable flashback sequence with graphics and gameplay straight out of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'']].
49	* The final level in ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'' is an abridged recreation of the original Kirby's Dream Land complete with the Game Boy's black and grey color pallet.
50	** The Kirby Fighters sub-game in ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'' features mostly retro inspired stages. However 3 in particular really stand out. First is Butter Building, which even retains its NES graphics for the stage itself and the enemies on it. Second is Coo's Forest, which emulates the coloring book style of ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand3''. Finally the Fountain of Dreams takes on it's GBA visuals if played on the hardest difficulty.
51	* Many of the structures used throughout the original ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' were deliberate callbacks to equivalent buildings featured in the previous RTS games, and occasionally a zone will make a stab at depicting the old-school units as well. For instance, in [[http://www.wowhead.com/npc=46676/joanna-blueheart#comments the Swamp of Sorrows]] a short quest chain stars the [=WC2=] armies with Footmen, Knights, and Mages stacked up against Grunts and Ogres (and [=WC1=] Warlocks subbing for Death Knights), while [[http://www.wowhead.com/npc=67631/marshal-troteman#starts the Krasarang Wilds]] have references to [=WC=] units, heroes, and even tactics and metagame terms.
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55	* In the WebAnimation/HomestarRunner cartoon [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/deck.html No Hands On Deck!,]] Homestar undergoes a brief shift in art and voice when Bubs brings up "melonade".
56	-->'''Homestar Runner''': Yeah, melonade! We haven't talked about that much lately! Maybe we can eat some... (''his head turns into that of his design from 2000, and his voice changes to match'') marshmallows (''his head and voice turn back to normal'') too!
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60	* A LeaningOnTheFourthWall version appears in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': the flashbacks are all presented in sepia tones, making them appear to be old print comics that have faded and browned. Surprisingly effective at conveying the point though.
61	* ''Webcomic/SheldonTheTinyDinosaur'' has a strip where Sheldon looks at a picture of his pre-ArtEvolution self and thinks that the camera had put an extra 10 grams on him (the older art style gives him a larger body and smaller head).
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65	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Homerazzi" there is one scene where Marge is taking a picture of Homer, Bart, and Lisa as they appeared on ''Series/TheTraceyUllmanShow''' under a banner saying "Happy 1987". After the picture is taken, they fix their hair to become the normal versions.
66	* In ''WesternAnimation/RunawayBrain'', after the mind swap, Julius finds some photos in Mickey's wallet. One of them is of Mickey as he looked in ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie''.
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