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* ''Film/BeauIsAfraid'': The third act, which Beau spends with a traveling theater group called the Orphans of the Forest. It's the only time no one has any malicious intentions for him, and he spends most of the time engaging in a haunting but harmless fantasy as he loses himself in their play.
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* When it comes to the ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'' franchise, there's the relatively light sixth installment (''The Secret of Saurus Rock'', which mostly hinges on whether or not bad luck really exists) placed smack between ''The Mysterious Island'' (Involving a famine, kids getting stranded on an island, and providing hints of the cast's sharptooth friend Chomper turning against them when he grows up) and ''The Stone of Cold Fire'' (Likely the most philosophical entry in the series, namely discussing the outside universe in an adult manner, plus the fact that it deals with an antagonist who had been banished from the Great Valley for accidentally causing the deaths of several migrants).
** An earlier example would be ''The Time of The Great Giving'' (Bullying and a drought for most of the plot), which is low-stakes compared to its cohorts ''The Great Valley Adventure'' (The children wandering upon the aforementioned Chomper as a newborn and causing his disgruntled parents to almost kill Littlefoot's grandparents) and ''Journey Through The Mists'' (The kids are left for themselves to travel to the Mysterious Beyond to find a cure for a gravely-ill Grandpa Longneck).
** Furthermore, movie 9 (''Journey to Big Water'', a somewhat smooth affair in which Littlefoot and co try to escort an ''Ophthalmosaurus'' to the ocean whilst trying to return to the Great Valley) is gentle compared to ''The Big Freeze'' (A catastrophic blizzard takes the Great Valley by storm, and part of the plot involves a close examination of Ducky and Spike's relationship) and particularly ''The Great Longneck Migration'' (Littlefoot has a premonition about an eclipse-related disaster, one of the longnecks ''burns his foot'' in a lava-related accident, and Littlefoot finally meets his long lost father Bron.
** An earlier example would be ''The Time of The Great Giving'' (Bullying and a drought for most of the plot), which is low-stakes compared to its cohorts ''The Great Valley Adventure'' (The children wandering upon the aforementioned Chomper as a newborn and causing his disgruntled parents to almost kill Littlefoot's grandparents) and ''Journey Through The Mists'' (The kids are left for themselves to travel to the Mysterious Beyond to find a cure for a gravely-ill Grandpa Longneck).
** Furthermore, movie 9 (''Journey to Big Water'', a somewhat smooth affair in which Littlefoot and co try to escort an ''Ophthalmosaurus'' to the ocean whilst trying to return to the Great Valley) is gentle compared to ''The Big Freeze'' (A catastrophic blizzard takes the Great Valley by storm, and part of the plot involves a close examination of Ducky and Spike's relationship) and particularly ''The Great Longneck Migration'' (Littlefoot has a premonition about an eclipse-related disaster, one of the longnecks ''burns his foot'' in a lava-related accident, and Littlefoot finally meets his long lost father Bron.
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* When it comes to the ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'' franchise, there's the relatively light sixth installment (''The (''[[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeVITheSecretOfSaurusRock The Secret of Saurus Rock'', Rock]]'', which mostly hinges on whether or not bad luck really exists) placed smack between ''The ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeVTheMysteriousIsland The Mysterious Island'' Island]]'' (Involving a famine, kids getting stranded on an island, and providing hints of the cast's sharptooth friend Chomper turning against them when he grows up) and ''The ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeVIITheStoneOfColdFire The Stone of Cold Fire'' Fire]]'' (Likely the most philosophical entry in the series, namely discussing the outside universe in an adult manner, plus the fact that it deals with an antagonist who had been banished from the Great Valley for accidentally causing the deaths of several migrants).
** An earlier example would be''The ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeIIITheTimeOfTheGreatGiving The Time of The Great Giving'' Giving]]'' (Bullying and a drought for most of the plot), which is low-stakes compared to its cohorts ''The ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeIITheGreatValleyAdventure The Great Valley Adventure'' Adventure]]'' (The children wandering upon the aforementioned Chomper as a newborn and causing his disgruntled parents to almost kill Littlefoot's grandparents) and ''Journey ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeIVJourneyThroughTheMists Journey Through The Mists'' Mists]]'' (The kids are left for themselves to travel to the Mysterious Beyond to find a cure for a gravely-ill Grandpa Longneck).
** Furthermore, movie 9(''Journey (''[[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeIXJourneyToBigWater Journey to Big Water'', Water]]'', a somewhat smooth affair in which Littlefoot and co try to escort an ''Ophthalmosaurus'' to the ocean whilst trying to return to the Great Valley) is gentle compared to ''The ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeVIIITheBigFreeze The Big Freeze'' Freeze]]'' (A catastrophic blizzard takes the Great Valley by storm, and part of the plot involves a close examination of Ducky and Spike's relationship) and particularly ''The ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeXTheGreatLongneckMigration The Great Longneck Migration'' Migration]]'' (Littlefoot has a premonition about an eclipse-related disaster, one of the longnecks ''burns his foot'' in a lava-related accident, and Littlefoot finally meets his long lost father Bron.
** An earlier example would be
** Furthermore, movie 9
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' is this, sandwiched in the middle of some of Disney's DarkerAndEdgier Renaissance films - namely, ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' is this, sandwiched in the middle of some of Disney's DarkerAndEdgier Renaissance films - namely, ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}''.
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* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', a more straight-up comedy sandwiched by the intense ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' and ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''.
** ''Film/AntMan1'', which ends Phase 2 on an idealistic note right before ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', which deals with the fallout of ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' and has the Avengers fighting amongst themselves.
** The lighthearted ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' follows up on the universe-shattering ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''.
** The 2017 films (''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', ''Film/ThorRagnarok'') were all very comedic in focus compared to 2016's ''Civil War'' and ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'' and 2018's ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' (which, not as shattering as ''Infinity War'', deals with a lot of heavy and politically-loaded subject matters) and ''Infinity War''.
** ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' comes off the epic ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. This one is a fairly low stakes isolated incident that is likewise more light-hearted and comedic, while likewise acting as an epilogue of sorts to the two part Thanos storyline and Phase 3 as a whole.
** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', a more straight-up comedy sandwiched by the intense ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' and ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''.
** ''Film/AntMan1'', which ends Phase 2 on an idealistic note right before ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', which deals with the fallout of ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' and has the Avengers fighting amongst themselves.
** The lighthearted ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' follows up on the universe-shattering ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''.
** The 2017 films (''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', ''Film/ThorRagnarok'') were all very comedic in focus compared to 2016's ''Civil War'' and ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'' and 2018's ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' (which, not as shattering as ''Infinity War'', deals with a lot of heavy and politically-loaded subject matters) and ''Infinity War''.
** ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' comes off the epic ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. This one is a fairly low stakes isolated incident that is likewise more light-hearted and comedic, while likewise acting as an epilogue of sorts to the two part Thanos storyline and Phase 3 as a whole.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AllegroNonTroppo'' (a feature film composed of animated shorts, like ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'') has its most depressive short, ''Valse Triste'', followed by an hilarious short of a bee having her meal interrupted.
* ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'' is more or less this among Creator/{{Pixar}} films following 3 years of tearjerkerage from ''WesternAnimation/WallE'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''. It ended up being Pixar's first critical flop, mostly for this reason. %%** And next, we have ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}''.
** It also serves as a breather movie before the third, which came out 6 years later, focusing on Lightning's sudden downfall and fear of an imminent retirement from racing forever.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' is this, sandwiched in the middle of some of Disney's DarkerAndEdgier Renaissance films - namely, ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}''.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' may probably count as well. It was released some time after all of the following had been, but is an extremely comedic film that isn't exactly for the same audience of the aforementioned DarkerAndEdgier films.
** Similarly, for the modern era of animated Disney films, which have been dubbed the "Disney Revival" or the "Disney Resurgence," by some, the lighter and more comedic ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh2011'' was released right in between the much darker and very emotionally heavy films ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen 2013}}''.
* In the Dreamworks ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman'' film, there is a scene where the main characters time-travel to [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance Renaissance-era]] Florence, Italy. There they meet Leonardo Da Vinci, Mona Lisa, and overall their visit there was much more peaceful and relaxing than other time periods like UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution or UsefulNotes/TheTrojanWar.
* Creator/GoreVerbinski intended ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' to be this career-wise following his work on the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' trilogy. Of course, he underestimated how painstaking and time-consuming animation really was.
* ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania'' for Creator/GenndyTartakovsky, following the more dramatic ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'', ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars'', and ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''.
* When it comes to the ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'' franchise, there's the relatively light sixth installment (''The Secret of Saurus Rock'', which mostly hinges on whether or not bad luck really exists) placed smack between ''The Mysterious Island'' (Involving a famine, kids getting stranded on an island, and providing hints of the cast's sharptooth friend Chomper turning against them when he grows up) and ''The Stone of Cold Fire'' (Likely the most philosophical entry in the series, namely discussing the outside universe in an adult manner, plus the fact that it deals with an antagonist who had been banished from the Great Valley for accidentally causing the deaths of several migrants).
** An earlier example would be ''The Time of The Great Giving'' (Bullying and a drought for most of the plot), which is low-stakes compared to its cohorts ''The Great Valley Adventure'' (The children wandering upon the aforementioned Chomper as a newborn and causing his disgruntled parents to almost kill Littlefoot's grandparents) and ''Journey Through The Mists'' (The kids are left for themselves to travel to the Mysterious Beyond to find a cure for a gravely-ill Grandpa Longneck).
** Furthermore, movie 9 (''Journey to Big Water'', a somewhat smooth affair in which Littlefoot and co try to escort an ''Ophthalmosaurus'' to the ocean whilst trying to return to the Great Valley) is gentle compared to ''The Big Freeze'' (A catastrophic blizzard takes the Great Valley by storm, and part of the plot involves a close examination of Ducky and Spike's relationship) and particularly ''The Great Longneck Migration'' (Littlefoot has a premonition about an eclipse-related disaster, one of the longnecks ''burns his foot'' in a lava-related accident, and Littlefoot finally meets his long lost father Bron.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', a more straight-up comedy sandwiched by the intense ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' and ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''.
** ''Film/AntMan1'', which ends Phase 2 on an idealistic note right before ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', which deals with the fallout of ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' and has the Avengers fighting amongst themselves.
** The lighthearted ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' follows up on the universe-shattering ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''.
** The 2017 films (''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', ''Film/ThorRagnarok'') were all very comedic in focus compared to 2016's ''Civil War'' and ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'' and 2018's ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' (which, not as shattering as ''Infinity War'', deals with a lot of heavy and politically-loaded subject matters) and ''Infinity War''.
** ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' comes off the epic ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. This one is a fairly low stakes isolated incident that is likewise more light-hearted and comedic, while likewise acting as an epilogue of sorts to the two part Thanos storyline and Phase 3 as a whole.
* Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse:
** ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'' was noticeably lighter in tone and more straightforward after the heavy drama and action of ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''.
** ''[[Film/Shazam2019 SHAZAM!]]'' was smaller scale than the epic ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'' and the most overtly comedic film in the setting yet.
* ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'' is this (or appears to be this) for the Harry Potter movie series. It follows the angst ridden ''Order of the Phoenix'' and precedes the dark two part finale. The movie has a much heavier focus on comedy than the others, prominently features multiple light-hearted romance subplots, and though not without dark moments was the only post ''Prisoner of Azkaban'' movie to earn a PG rating rather than PG-13, however, viewers who had already read the 7th and final book and knew all the secrets ahead of time might argue that this movie is actually a first-class combination of a ''Wham Episode'', and an ''InnocuouslyImportantEpisode'', all cunningly disguised by J.K. Rowling as a Breather Episode to downplay the seriousness involving Snape and Dumbledore's storyline.
* The costume party in ''Film/MysteryTeam''.
* Creator/IngmarBergman added a film break to ''Film/{{Persona 1966}}'' to give viewers a break from the copious amounts of MindScrew.
* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'' is mostly less action-filled and has relatively less plot threads with lower stakes compared to previous installments in ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' franchise. The main characters eventually are not facing the same impact like in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest'' and ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd''.
* Co-writer and Director Creator/LeonardNimoy has acknowledged in interviews that ''Film/{{Star Trek IV|The Voyage Home}}'' was a breather episode after ''Film/{{Star Trek II|The Wrath of Khan}}'' and ''Film/{{Star Trek III|The Search for Spock}}''.
* And another face from ''Star Trek'', Creator/JonathanFrakes, said in the DVDCommentary for the infamous ''Film/{{Thunderbirds}}'' that the movie served as one of these for both Creator/BenKingsley- who wanted a less emotionally-taxing film to work on, and took the role of The Hood [[SoMyKidsCanWatch on the urging of his children]]- and Anthony Edwards, who- after so many seasons of ''Series/{{ER}}'' where things never went well for Dr. Mark Greene- ''needed'' a bright, optimistic project to boost his spirits.
* ''Film/CloudAtlas'': ''The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish'', while creepy in places, is funnier and more light-hearted than the other segments.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AllegroNonTroppo'' (a feature film composed of animated shorts, like ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'') has its most depressive short, ''Valse Triste'', followed by an hilarious short of a bee having her meal interrupted.
* ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'' is more or less this among Creator/{{Pixar}} films following 3 years of tearjerkerage from ''WesternAnimation/WallE'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''. It ended up being Pixar's first critical flop, mostly for this reason. %%** And next, we have ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}''.
** It also serves as a breather movie before the third, which came out 6 years later, focusing on Lightning's sudden downfall and fear of an imminent retirement from racing forever.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' is this, sandwiched in the middle of some of Disney's DarkerAndEdgier Renaissance films - namely, ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}''.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' may probably count as well. It was released some time after all of the following had been, but is an extremely comedic film that isn't exactly for the same audience of the aforementioned DarkerAndEdgier films.
** Similarly, for the modern era of animated Disney films, which have been dubbed the "Disney Revival" or the "Disney Resurgence," by some, the lighter and more comedic ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh2011'' was released right in between the much darker and very emotionally heavy films ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen 2013}}''.
* In the Dreamworks ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman'' film, there is a scene where the main characters time-travel to [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance Renaissance-era]] Florence, Italy. There they meet Leonardo Da Vinci, Mona Lisa, and overall their visit there was much more peaceful and relaxing than other time periods like UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution or UsefulNotes/TheTrojanWar.
* Creator/GoreVerbinski intended ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' to be this career-wise following his work on the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' trilogy. Of course, he underestimated how painstaking and time-consuming animation really was.
* ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania'' for Creator/GenndyTartakovsky, following the more dramatic ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'', ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars'', and ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''.
* When it comes to the ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'' franchise, there's the relatively light sixth installment (''The Secret of Saurus Rock'', which mostly hinges on whether or not bad luck really exists) placed smack between ''The Mysterious Island'' (Involving a famine, kids getting stranded on an island, and providing hints of the cast's sharptooth friend Chomper turning against them when he grows up) and ''The Stone of Cold Fire'' (Likely the most philosophical entry in the series, namely discussing the outside universe in an adult manner, plus the fact that it deals with an antagonist who had been banished from the Great Valley for accidentally causing the deaths of several migrants).
** An earlier example would be ''The Time of The Great Giving'' (Bullying and a drought for most of the plot), which is low-stakes compared to its cohorts ''The Great Valley Adventure'' (The children wandering upon the aforementioned Chomper as a newborn and causing his disgruntled parents to almost kill Littlefoot's grandparents) and ''Journey Through The Mists'' (The kids are left for themselves to travel to the Mysterious Beyond to find a cure for a gravely-ill Grandpa Longneck).
** Furthermore, movie 9 (''Journey to Big Water'', a somewhat smooth affair in which Littlefoot and co try to escort an ''Ophthalmosaurus'' to the ocean whilst trying to return to the Great Valley) is gentle compared to ''The Big Freeze'' (A catastrophic blizzard takes the Great Valley by storm, and part of the plot involves a close examination of Ducky and Spike's relationship) and particularly ''The Great Longneck Migration'' (Littlefoot has a premonition about an eclipse-related disaster, one of the longnecks ''burns his foot'' in a lava-related accident, and Littlefoot finally meets his long lost father Bron.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', a more straight-up comedy sandwiched by the intense ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' and ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''.
** ''Film/AntMan1'', which ends Phase 2 on an idealistic note right before ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', which deals with the fallout of ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' and has the Avengers fighting amongst themselves.
** The lighthearted ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' follows up on the universe-shattering ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''.
** The 2017 films (''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', ''Film/ThorRagnarok'') were all very comedic in focus compared to 2016's ''Civil War'' and ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'' and 2018's ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' (which, not as shattering as ''Infinity War'', deals with a lot of heavy and politically-loaded subject matters) and ''Infinity War''.
** ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' comes off the epic ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. This one is a fairly low stakes isolated incident that is likewise more light-hearted and comedic, while likewise acting as an epilogue of sorts to the two part Thanos storyline and Phase 3 as a whole.
* Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse:
** ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'' was noticeably lighter in tone and more straightforward after the heavy drama and action of ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''.
** ''[[Film/Shazam2019 SHAZAM!]]'' was smaller scale than the epic ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'' and the most overtly comedic film in the setting yet.
* ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'' is this (or appears to be this) for the Harry Potter movie series. It follows the angst ridden ''Order of the Phoenix'' and precedes the dark two part finale. The movie has a much heavier focus on comedy than the others, prominently features multiple light-hearted romance subplots, and though not without dark moments was the only post ''Prisoner of Azkaban'' movie to earn a PG rating rather than PG-13, however, viewers who had already read the 7th and final book and knew all the secrets ahead of time might argue that this movie is actually a first-class combination of a ''Wham Episode'', and an ''InnocuouslyImportantEpisode'', all cunningly disguised by J.K. Rowling as a Breather Episode to downplay the seriousness involving Snape and Dumbledore's storyline.
* The costume party in ''Film/MysteryTeam''.
* Creator/IngmarBergman added a film break to ''Film/{{Persona 1966}}'' to give viewers a break from the copious amounts of MindScrew.
* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'' is mostly less action-filled and has relatively less plot threads with lower stakes compared to previous installments in ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' franchise. The main characters eventually are not facing the same impact like in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest'' and ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd''.
* Co-writer and Director Creator/LeonardNimoy has acknowledged in interviews that ''Film/{{Star Trek IV|The Voyage Home}}'' was a breather episode after ''Film/{{Star Trek II|The Wrath of Khan}}'' and ''Film/{{Star Trek III|The Search for Spock}}''.
* And another face from ''Star Trek'', Creator/JonathanFrakes, said in the DVDCommentary for the infamous ''Film/{{Thunderbirds}}'' that the movie served as one of these for both Creator/BenKingsley- who wanted a less emotionally-taxing film to work on, and took the role of The Hood [[SoMyKidsCanWatch on the urging of his children]]- and Anthony Edwards, who- after so many seasons of ''Series/{{ER}}'' where things never went well for Dr. Mark Greene- ''needed'' a bright, optimistic project to boost his spirits.
* ''Film/CloudAtlas'': ''The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish'', while creepy in places, is funnier and more light-hearted than the other segments.
[[/folder]]
