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Fast Forward Gag
(permanent link) added: 2009-11-04 10:58:34 by witchdoctor (last reply: 2009-11-04 10:58:34)
This is where a television show or film will speed up the film and the comedy comes from the actions you see the actors perform. Audio is similarly sped up and is unintelligible and the action that occurs on screen will often go from somewhat logical to outright absurd.

Do We Have This? Should We Have This?

Examples:

Film

Live Action TV
  • Have I Got News For You: In this clip at the four minute mark the host mentions that since the show is on video you can fast forward through the boring bits. He goes on to explain the next game the panel will be playing and the film is sped up and his voice is made to sound like he is on helium and is unintelligible. He makes several odd hand gestures and eventually produces a fire extinguisher before the show returns to normal speed.
  • Benny Hill used this trope a few times per episode.
  • The Munsters, whenever someone meets the titular family and runs away.
  • Happened a few times on Gilligans Island. Once was when the castaways were performing a series of repetitive actions and the film sped up, showing them doing the things really fast.
  • Played with in The Big Bang Theory, when the main characters bought a Time Machine replica and played with it, they acted going in fast forward. Hilarity Ensues.

Video Games
  • No More Heroes has one late game conversation fast forwarded slowed down it reveals father-daughter incest. Initially one might think they fast forwarded through it to avoid a higher rating, but this isn't the case. Word Of God, read SUDA 51, states that it was actually sped up because it would be funny if they were sped up for being too boring.
  • Quest For Glory: The first game when you clean the stables, overlaid with a sped up version of the main theme.

Web Original
  • Used in The Demented Cartoon Movie, where two guys are trying to fly a rocketship to Mars. After a handful of failed attempts, one of them decides to spare the viewers the trouble of watching it all again and fast-forwards through it...only to go further than intended and wind up knee-deep in Zeeky bombs. .
  • This trope is used to great effect anytime someone takes a video of something and speeds up to Yakkety Sax, A.K.A. The Benny Hill Theme.
  • The Game Overthinker sometimes speeds up part of his voice-over in order to make the video fit the standard ~10-minute length while still including all the BIG WORDS he wants to use. It is usually accompanied by a graphic of a chipmunk and a cup of coffee.
  • Metal Gear Awesome uses this as a quick joke, skipping over the scene where Otacon narrates his backstory...and pausing halfway to find Snake and Otacon about to make out.

Western Animation
  • The opening to King Of The Hill is sped-up-film-style. As Hank & his friends stand in the alley and drink beer, an entire day passes.
  • Family Guy: An episode where the family argued over whether or not to get a Tivo was fast-forwarded Tivo style.
  • Used alot in The Emperors New School.
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