"Post" naturally refers to "post-production", the part after principal photography where all the editing, [[SoundFXTropes sound-looping]], SpecialEffects etc. happen.

"Fix it in Post" is said when you goof, but decide you don't want to re-shoot. "Forget it, we'll fix it in post" they say and move on with their lives. In post-production they will edit out the mistake, loop dialog to cover it or digitally re-master the image so the mistake never happened.

----
!!Examples:

* Spoofed in the "Wormhole X-Treme" episode of ''{{Stargate SG-1}}''. A ''real'' alien spaceship comes down to pick up some stranded alien beings in the middle of a {{show within a show}} written by ''another'' alien, based upon hazy memories of the SGC. While two of the production crew (who actually are ''real'' production crew on ''Stargate'') are talking about it, they say that the special effects were a little weak, and that "We'll fix it in post." Then they go to play some golf. (One of the most fun episodes of SG-1, and you owe it to yourselves to watch it.)
* An [[HilariousOuttakes out-take]] from the fourth series of ''RedDwarf'': Cat (Danny John-Jules) and Lister (Craig Charles) are in a tight spot -- when Lister pulls out his lighter, they find themselves in what appears to be a small cave. Craig Charles taps the "stone wall," which sounds like a sheet of wood, and the audience immediately cracks up. Danny starts laughing as well, and Craig shouts to the audience: "They were gonna sort that out in the dub!"
* In ''{{Home Movies}}'', Jason once complains that Brendan is always saying this, even though Brendan never actually fixes anything in post. It's likely that Brendan doesn't actually know what this term means and that this is just one of the terms he throws around to sound like a real director (such as "print!" even though he's shooting on video).
* Averted (sort of) in ''[[ManosTheHandsOfFate Manos: The Hands of Fate]]'', almost every mistake was going to be [[FixItInPost Fixed In Post]], but never was.
* Seen in [[HomestarRunner Dangeresque 3]]. The Cheat's special effects were going to be put in the post. It never happened.
* In ''{{Disgaea}} 2'', [[GoldfishPoopGang recurring foe]] and fallen TV star Axel once blows off the idea that he'll probably lose to the party again with this line.
* In [[{{Grindhouse}} Planet Terror]], a zombie ruins an otherwise perfect take by grabbing for Rose McGowan too soon, so Robert Rodriguez just fixed it by [[YourHeadAsplode blowing his head off]].
----
<<|ScriptSpeak|>>