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* Three times near the end of ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', first with [[spoiler: a crystallized Kida]] having fused with the Heart of Atlantis being forced into a metal crate by [[spoiler: Rourke]] and his mercenaries, resulting in Milo calling out Vinny, Audrey, Cookie, Packard, and Mole (Dr. Sweet is too busy suddenly realizing that [[spoiler: Rourke]] injury on the King was proven to be fatal), causing them to finally come to the senses and turn against [[spoiler: Rourke and Helga]] and side with Milo and the Atlanteans instead, and at the end everyone gets their photo taken before the explorers return to the surface, while Milo [[IChoosetoStay chooses to remain in Atlantis with Kida]], followed by those explorers back in Whitmore's mansion, all dressed in formal attire. Then, Whitmore receives a crystal necklace from Milo after his teammates have returned from their journey; the scene cuts to the crystal necklace worn by [[spoiler:Kida, newly made]] the [[TheHighQueen Queen]] as she takes it off and kisses it to make a stone face representing [[spoiler: her late father, [[Creator/LeonardNimoy Kashekhim Nedakh]]]], causing it fly away into the sky.

* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', everyone gets their photo taken before the explorers return to the surface, while Milo [[IChoosetoStay chooses to remain in Atlantis with Kida]], followed by those explorers back in Whitmore's mansion, all dressed in formal attire. Then, Whitmore receives a crystal necklace from Milo after his teammates have returned from their journey; the scene cuts to the crystal necklace worn by [[spoiler:Kida, newly made]] the [[TheHighQueen Queen]] as she takes it off and kisses it to make a stone face representing [[spoiler: her late father, [[Creator/LeonardNimoy Kashekhim Nedakh]]]], causing it fly away into the sky.

* Towards the end of ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', Whitmore receives a crystal necklace from Milo after his teammates have returned from their journey; the scene cuts to the crystal necklace worn by [[spoiler:Kida, newly made]] the [[TheHighQueen Queen]] as she takes it off and blows on it to make a stone face representing [[spoiler: her late father, [[Creator/LeonardNimoy Kashekhim Nedakh]]]], causing it fly away into the sky.

* Just about every other scene in ''Film/TheLovelyBones''.

* ''Film/{{Sirens}}'' has a blasphemous Norman Lindsay painting which includes a Rasputin-like figure; which cuts to the inspiration of that figure, the stationmaster in the town where the artist resides.

* The Netflix adaptation of ''Series/TheHauntingOfHillHouse'' uses match cuts to transition between time periods, usually involving the same character in both times, and in many cases, they're doing the same thing in both periods as well. The series is quite clever about it too, hiding the match cut in such a way that it takes a moment to realize that the viewer is watching a younger (or older) version of the character finishing the action that the previous version started. It also helps that many of the cuts take place in similar locations (such as kitchens, bedrooms etc.), allowing the action to flow seamlessly.

* In ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'', this trope is used to show how Hiccup uses what he learned interacting with Toothless to disable the training dragons, most notably with the dragonnip grass.

*** When Buzz's rousing speech to the toys has the environment around Buzz fade to the American flag waving behind him. He then exits off-screen, before the flag becomes black and white and the camera pulls back to reveal it was a television sign-off on Al's TV. The picture then goes to static. Internationally, the film has the flag replaced by a globe spinning with fireworks exploding.

* Near the end of the song "Colors of the Wind" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'', an overhead shot of Pocahontas and John Smith laying on a round patch of grass cuts to the eye of one of two hawks they both let go into the sky. The shot of the hawks on the tree they then fly up to cut back to Pocahontas and Smith.

** As Hook tells the children about the TimeBomb he laid in Pan's hideout, the scene focus on the clock attached to the bomb, then it dissolves to Smee describing the clock with his arms in the same position as its "arms".

* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'', when Ariel and Eric kiss after former has been turned back into a human, Ariel's [[MagicPants sparkly dress]] and Eric's sailor suit actually turn into [[GiantPoofySleeves a wedding dress]] and a royal admiral suit when we see their wedding, respectively.

* The ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "Do No Harm" uses several of these when transitioning between scenes of Finn working in the hospital and scenes of Grass Finn off on an adventure with Jake; all of these cuts visually match Finn with Grass Finn. These cuts serve to emphasize how similar the characters' problems are while they try to fill roles which don't quite suit them, as well as Grass Finn's status as [[CloningBlues a copy of Finn]].

* The ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "Do No Harm" uses several of these when transitioning between scenes of Finn working in the hospital and scenes of Grass Finn off on an adventure with Jake, emphasizing how similar their problems are as they try to fill roles which don't quite suit them.