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* ''Manga/BlackButler'', for its OVA, performed Shakespeare's famed tragedy, Hamlet. Of course, the the professional theatre troupe couldn't make it, so all the characters have to put on the show. Of course, everyone has their own ideas on their "interpretation" of Hamlet, leading to some truly weird roles, such as the Undertaker as Queen Gertrude, Grell as a ''very'' over-enthusiastic Ophelia, and Lau's sister as... seaweed. On the other hand, Ciel and Sebastian made an excellent Hamlet and Laertes (respectively).
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* ''Manga/BlackButler'', for its OVA, performed Shakespeare's famed tragedy, Hamlet. Of course, the the professional theatre troupe couldn't make it, so all the characters have to put on the show. Of course, everyone has their own ideas on their "interpretation" of Hamlet, leading to some truly weird roles, such as the Undertaker as Queen Gertrude, Grell as a ''very'' over-enthusiastic Ophelia, and Lau's sister as... seaweed. On the other hand, Ciel and Sebastian made an excellent Hamlet and Laertes (respectively).
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* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' has ''Sodachi Riddle'' and ''Sodachi Lost'' which have '''no''' [[MonsterOfTheWeek oddities]] involved [[spoiler: discounting Ougi]] at all. This arguably makes things more horrifying considering just how [[BrokenBird broken]] and [[AbusiveParents damaged]] the titular Sodachi is. With her [[SarcasmMode completely ordinary]] circumstances with no oddities to blame, her backstory and the AwfulTruth hidden within becomes a true nightmare since the idea of it ''actually being possible'' in real life is not as impossible as the other stories.
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* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' ''Literature/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' has ''Sodachi Riddle'' and ''Sodachi Lost'' Lost'', which have '''no''' [[MonsterOfTheWeek oddities]] involved [[spoiler: discounting Ougi]] at all. This arguably makes things more horrifying considering just how [[BrokenBird broken]] and [[AbusiveParents damaged]] the titular Sodachi is. With her [[SarcasmMode completely ordinary]] circumstances with no oddities to blame, her backstory and the AwfulTruth hidden within becomes a true nightmare since the idea of it ''actually being possible'' in real life is not as impossible as the other stories.
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* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'':
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* Episode 7 of ''Anime/MayoiNekoOverrun!'' expands the ShowWithinAShow ''Yuusha Choujin Grand Braver'' into a full show, airing its fictional 26th episode. The characters, conveniently enough, mirror ''Mayoi Neko'''s cast, but it takes one off guard. Everything except the OnTheNext gives the impression that it really is a totally different show.
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* Episode 7 of ''Anime/MayoiNekoOverrun!'' ''Literature/MayoiNekoOverrun'' expands the ShowWithinAShow ''Yuusha Choujin Grand Braver'' into a full show, airing its fictional 26th episode. The characters, conveniently enough, mirror ''Mayoi Neko'''s cast, but it takes one off guard. Everything except the OnTheNext gives the impression that it really is a totally different show.
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* ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' did this more times than you can count. Including: An episode revolving around ordering lunch for the entire crew, another about hunting for pearls in the [[SewerGator albino alligator-infested sewers]], TWO stories about alternate reality versions of the crew, and a lower decks episode about a rebellion by the maintenance staff.
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* ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}'' did this more times than you can count. Including: An episode revolving around ordering lunch for the entire crew, another about hunting for pearls in the [[SewerGator albino alligator-infested sewers]], TWO ''two'' stories about alternate reality versions of the crew, and a lower decks episode about a rebellion by the maintenance staff.
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* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': The ''Pokémon Chronicles'' side series.
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** And of course, episode 00 "The Adventures Of Mikuru Asahina", which features the SOS Brigade's movie, complete with satirical narration by Kyon. In the original airing, [[InvertedTrope this was the first episode]].
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** And of course, episode 00 Episode 00, "The Adventures Of Mikuru Asahina", which features the SOS Brigade's movie, complete with satirical narration by Kyon. In the original airing, [[InvertedTrope this was the first episode]].episode]].
* ''Anime/HenkeiShoujo'': Rin's short breaks from the usual "girls transform to rescue Hiromi" plot and is mostly about Hiromi watching the spectacle unfolding in front of her.
* ''Anime/HenkeiShoujo'': Rin's short breaks from the usual "girls transform to rescue Hiromi" plot and is mostly about Hiromi watching the spectacle unfolding in front of her.
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* ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'': The original series is mostly Space Opera, but the last six episodes shift into the survivors of the near-destruction of Earth trying to restart civilization on a dead planet.
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* The non-canonical Episode 26 of ''Anime/TsukuyomiMoonPhase'' was so completely batshit insane that Seiji's SanitySlippage seemed very rational. (See also DerangedAnimation)
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* The non-canonical Episode 26 One chapter of ''Anime/TsukuyomiMoonPhase'' was so completely batshit insane that Seiji's SanitySlippage seemed very rational. (See also DerangedAnimation)''Manga/WitchWatch'' is a chapter of the [[StylisticSuck pretentious, incomprehensible]] [[ShowWithinAShow in-series manga]] ''Uron Mirage''.
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* ''Anime/OddTaxi'': Episode 4, "Tanaka's Revolution". Up until that point, the show is a dramedy with dry humor and SeinfeldianConversation about a taxi driver driving around a number of people and talking about various things over the backdrop of a mystery surrounding a missing girl. The episode in question ditches this and focuses on the life story of the titular Tanaka, showing how an event in his childhood and later his adulthood caused him to mentally break. The episode is basically void of comedy and everything that happens is played for drama and suspense.
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* ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'' has the students doing school work and studying while trying to kill Koro-Sensei. The [[spoiler:Assassination Island arc]] sees them [[spoiler: infiltrating a high security hotel and battling three professional assassins to save their classmates]].
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* ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'' has the students doing school work and studying while trying to kill Koro-Sensei. The [[spoiler:Assassination Island arc]] sees them [[spoiler: infiltrating [[spoiler:infiltrating a high security hotel and battling three professional assassins to save their classmates]].classmates]].
* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' has ''Sodachi Riddle'' and ''Sodachi Lost'' which have '''no''' [[MonsterOfTheWeek oddities]] involved [[spoiler: discounting Ougi]] at all. This arguably makes things more horrifying considering just how [[BrokenBird broken]] and [[AbusiveParents damaged]] the titular Sodachi is. With her [[SarcasmMode completely ordinary]] circumstances with no oddities to blame, her backstory and the AwfulTruth hidden within becomes a true nightmare since the idea of it ''actually being possible'' in real life is not as impossible as the other stories.
* ''Manga/BlackButler'', for its OVA, performed Shakespeare's famed tragedy, Hamlet. Of course, the the professional theatre troupe couldn't make it, so all the characters have to put on the show. Of course, everyone has their own ideas on their "interpretation" of Hamlet, leading to some truly weird roles, such as the Undertaker as Queen Gertrude, Grell as a ''very'' over-enthusiastic Ophelia, and Lau's sister as... seaweed. On the other hand, Ciel and Sebastian made an excellent Hamlet and Laertes (respectively).
* The Amagai and Muramasa arcs, and the two episode follow-up of the Amagai arc from the ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' anime may count as they are completely out of continuity when compared to other fillers. Also, every episode involving Don Kanonji, which are even better examples, since they are all canon. Episode 227, which is also canon and, chronologically takes place right before the first episode and the two following filler episodes are also completely out of place.
* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' has ''Sodachi Riddle'' and ''Sodachi Lost'' which have '''no''' [[MonsterOfTheWeek oddities]] involved [[spoiler: discounting Ougi]] at all. This arguably makes things more horrifying considering just how [[BrokenBird broken]] and [[AbusiveParents damaged]] the titular Sodachi is. With her [[SarcasmMode completely ordinary]] circumstances with no oddities to blame, her backstory and the AwfulTruth hidden within becomes a true nightmare since the idea of it ''actually being possible'' in real life is not as impossible as the other stories.
* ''Manga/BlackButler'', for its OVA, performed Shakespeare's famed tragedy, Hamlet. Of course, the the professional theatre troupe couldn't make it, so all the characters have to put on the show. Of course, everyone has their own ideas on their "interpretation" of Hamlet, leading to some truly weird roles, such as the Undertaker as Queen Gertrude, Grell as a ''very'' over-enthusiastic Ophelia, and Lau's sister as... seaweed. On the other hand, Ciel and Sebastian made an excellent Hamlet and Laertes (respectively).
* The Amagai and Muramasa arcs, and the two episode follow-up of the Amagai arc from the ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' anime may count as they are completely out of continuity when compared to other fillers. Also, every episode involving Don Kanonji, which are even better examples, since they are all canon. Episode 227, which is also canon and, chronologically takes place right before the first episode and the two following filler episodes are also completely out of place.
* An early chapter of ''Manga/CountCain'' inexplicably takes place in modern America (as opposed to the [[PurelyAestheticEra mostly-Victorian]] England of the rest of the series) and has nothing to do with any of the recurring characters or plotlines. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment It is never mentioned again.]]
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* ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' did this more times than you can count. Including: An episode revolving around ordering lunch for the entire crew, another about hunting for pearls in the [[SewerGator albino alligator-infested sewers]], TWO stories about alternate reality versions of the crew, and a lower decks episode about a rebellion by the maintenance staff.
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': The ''Pokémon Chronicles'' side series.
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': The ''Pokémon Chronicles'' side series.
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* ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' did this ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' changed theme more times than you can count. Including: An or less OnceAnEpisode, but two notable episodes are the third last one ([[MoodWhiplash no jokes]]) and the final episode revolving around ordering lunch for (titled ''[[CrossingTheLineTwice Going Too Far]]'', also not canon).
** [[Manga/ExcelSaga The manga]] had two chapters that turned theentire crew, another about hunting for pearls series into a high school drama, and one that turned the series into a hospital drama.
* ''Manga/FrankenFran'':
** In general, there's the occasional chapter wherein Fran and company get into situations that have little-to-no relation to the manga's usual medical horror, such as Veronica and Gavrill's more action and gore-heavy plots.
** The "Sentinel" chapters in the[[SewerGator albino alligator-infested sewers]], TWO original run are parodies of Showa-era entries in the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series. Fran does briefly appear in each, but the stories focus on {{tokusatsu}} adventures and exploits.
** Two chapters in ''Frantic'' shift completely to focus on two teenagers named Alice and Bunny, who live in a desolate seaside town [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere that's prone to weirdness]]. While still horror stories, these chapters deal with more general oddness akin to an M-rated ''Series/EerieIndiana'', and Fran doesn't receive a single mention.
* Episode nine of ''Anime/TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughSpace'' is aboutalternate reality versions of the crew, and a lower decks episode about a rebellion by the maintenance staff.
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': The ''Pokémon Chronicles'' side series.superpowered baseball. Not in continuity. ([[spoiler:probably...]])
** [[Manga/ExcelSaga The manga]] had two chapters that turned the
* ''Manga/FrankenFran'':
** In general, there's the occasional chapter wherein Fran and company get into situations that have little-to-no relation to the manga's usual medical horror, such as Veronica and Gavrill's more action and gore-heavy plots.
** The "Sentinel" chapters in the
** Two chapters in ''Frantic'' shift completely to focus on two teenagers named Alice and Bunny, who live in a desolate seaside town [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere that's prone to weirdness]]. While still horror stories, these chapters deal with more general oddness akin to an M-rated ''Series/EerieIndiana'', and Fran doesn't receive a single mention.
* Episode nine of ''Anime/TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughSpace'' is about
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': The ''Pokémon Chronicles'' side series.
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* The first half of ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'' episode "Infornography" eschewed narrative altogether and combined a RecapEpisode with a non-linear collage of images and moments from previous episodes, at rapid speed.
** "Protocol" alternates between a "normal" episode and documentary segments, which describe various real-world concepts that are somewhat related to the themes of the story.
* The non-canonical Episode 26 of ''[[Anime/TsukuyomiMoonPhase Moon Phase]]'' was so completely batshit insane that Seiji's SanitySlippage seemed very rational. (See also DerangedAnimation)
* ''Manga/{{Sketchbook}}'' has an episode devouted to the cats.
* In the first half of episode 2 of ''[[Anime/SayonaraZetsubouSensei Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei]]'', everyone speaks in total gibberish, which is subtitled both in English and Japanese differently.
** In fact, ''Zetsubou Sensei'' has done a lot of these, including one episode that was a murder mystery with Nozomu as a detective, one episode which opened with a MagicalGirl parody, and one episode that was essentially a RadioDrama being played while Fujiyoshi Harumi draws one of her doujins.
* ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' changed theme more or less OnceAnEpisode, but two notable episodes are the third last one ([[MoodWhiplash no jokes]]) and the final episode (titled ''[[CrossingTheLineTwice Going Too Far]]'', also not canon).
** [[Manga/ExcelSaga The manga]] had two chapters that turned the series into a high school drama, and one that turned the series into a hospital drama.
* ''Manga/FrankenFran'':
** In general, there's the occasional chapter wherein Fran and company get into situations that have little-to-no relation to the manga's usual medical horror, such as Veronica and Gavrill's more action and gore-heavy plots.
** The "Sentinel" chapters in the original run are parodies of Showa-era entries in the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series. Fran does briefly appear in each, but the stories focus on {{tokusatsu}} adventures and exploits.
** Two chapters in ''Frantic'' shift completely to focus on two teenagers named Alice and Bunny, who live in a desolate seaside town [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere that's prone to weirdness]]. While still horror stories, these chapters deal with more general oddness akin to an M-rated ''Series/EerieIndiana'', and Fran doesn't receive a single mention.
* Episode nine of ''Anime/TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughSpace'' is about superpowered baseball. Not in continuity. ([[spoiler:probably...]])
** "Protocol" alternates between a "normal" episode and documentary segments, which describe various real-world concepts that are somewhat related to the themes of the story.
* The non-canonical Episode 26 of ''[[Anime/TsukuyomiMoonPhase Moon Phase]]'' was so completely batshit insane that Seiji's SanitySlippage seemed very rational. (See also DerangedAnimation)
* ''Manga/{{Sketchbook}}'' has an episode devouted to the cats.
* In the first half of episode 2 of ''[[Anime/SayonaraZetsubouSensei Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei]]'', everyone speaks in total gibberish, which is subtitled both in English and Japanese differently.
** In fact, ''Zetsubou Sensei'' has done a lot of these, including one episode that was a murder mystery with Nozomu as a detective, one episode which opened with a MagicalGirl parody, and one episode that was essentially a RadioDrama being played while Fujiyoshi Harumi draws one of her doujins.
* ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' changed theme more or less OnceAnEpisode, but two notable episodes are the third last one ([[MoodWhiplash no jokes]]) and the final episode (titled ''[[CrossingTheLineTwice Going Too Far]]'', also not canon).
** [[Manga/ExcelSaga The manga]] had two chapters that turned the series into a high school drama, and one that turned the series into a hospital drama.
* ''Manga/FrankenFran'':
** In general, there's the occasional chapter wherein Fran and company get into situations that have little-to-no relation to the manga's usual medical horror, such as Veronica and Gavrill's more action and gore-heavy plots.
** The "Sentinel" chapters in the original run are parodies of Showa-era entries in the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series. Fran does briefly appear in each, but the stories focus on {{tokusatsu}} adventures and exploits.
** Two chapters in ''Frantic'' shift completely to focus on two teenagers named Alice and Bunny, who live in a desolate seaside town [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere that's prone to weirdness]]. While still horror stories, these chapters deal with more general oddness akin to an M-rated ''Series/EerieIndiana'', and Fran doesn't receive a single mention.
* Episode nine of ''Anime/TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughSpace'' is about superpowered baseball. Not in continuity. ([[spoiler:probably...]])
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* ''[[Manga/{{Naruto}} Naruto Shippuuden]]'' episode 82 takes the traditionally shounen tone and style of the series and runs over it with a tank. Most people who watch the first thirty seconds alone will begin to wonder if they accidentally found the wrong show, and it only continues from there. However, despite this, fan response to this particular episode is generally positive, due in large part to the fact that said episode focused on [[EnsembleDarkHorse Shikamaru]] and greatly developed his character. And the fact that it was awesome.
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* ''[[Manga/{{Naruto}} Naruto Shippuuden]]'' Happens occasionally in the ''Franchise/LupinIII'' anime, but this trope really shines in the original manga, with a chapter narrated in FilmNoir style, one with the reader as the main character, many {{No Dialogue Episode}}s, spotlights on characters that aren't Lupin, ect.
* Episode 7 of ''Anime/MayoiNekoOverrun!'' expands the ShowWithinAShow ''Yuusha Choujin Grand Braver'' into a full show, airing its fictional 26th episode. The characters, conveniently enough, mirror ''Mayoi Neko'''s cast, but it takes one off guard. Everything except the OnTheNext gives the impression that it really is a totally different show.
* ''Anime/{{Mitsudomoe}}'' also gets in on the ShowWithinAShow act by starting its second season with an episode of ''[[{{Tokusatsu}} Honki Sentai Gachiranger]]''. The episode is dedicated to the heroes'... somewhat amoral heroics, only cutting back to the Marui house twice.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}} Shippuuden''
** Episode 82 takes the traditionally shounen tone and style of the series and runs over it with a tank. Most people who watch the first thirty seconds alone will begin to wonder if they accidentally found the wrong show, and it only continues from there. However, despite this, fan response to this particular episode is generally positive, due in large part to the fact that said episode focused on [[EnsembleDarkHorse Shikamaru]] and greatly developed his character. And the fact that it was awesome.
* Episode 7 of ''Anime/MayoiNekoOverrun!'' expands the ShowWithinAShow ''Yuusha Choujin Grand Braver'' into a full show, airing its fictional 26th episode. The characters, conveniently enough, mirror ''Mayoi Neko'''s cast, but it takes one off guard. Everything except the OnTheNext gives the impression that it really is a totally different show.
* ''Anime/{{Mitsudomoe}}'' also gets in on the ShowWithinAShow act by starting its second season with an episode of ''[[{{Tokusatsu}} Honki Sentai Gachiranger]]''. The episode is dedicated to the heroes'... somewhat amoral heroics, only cutting back to the Marui house twice.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}} Shippuuden''
** Episode 82 takes the traditionally shounen tone and style of the series and runs over it with a tank. Most people who watch the first thirty seconds alone will begin to wonder if they accidentally found the wrong show, and it only continues from there. However, despite this, fan response to this particular episode is generally positive, due in large part to the fact that said episode focused on [[EnsembleDarkHorse Shikamaru]] and greatly developed his character. And the fact that it was awesome.
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* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' goes from a cliffhanger about [[spoiler:Asuna being captured and having a spell canceler targeted on her memory wipe activate]] while the next chapter introduces the [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment infamous]] [[FuroScene furo]] [[SkinshipGrope groping]] scene. After the fanservice quota had been met for the next six years or so the plot returned to training from hell, a not-quite-a-tournament arc (only one important fight) a new new bad guy and a ball.
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* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' goes from a cliffhanger about [[spoiler:Asuna being captured and having a spell canceler targeted on her memory wipe activate]] while the next chapter introduces the [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment infamous]] [[FuroScene furo]] [[SkinshipGrope groping]] scene. After the fanservice quota had been met for the next six years or so the plot returned to training from hell, a not-quite-a-tournament arc (only one important fight) a new new bad guy and a ball.
* ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' did this more times than you can count. Including: An episode revolving around ordering lunch for the entire crew, another about hunting for pearls in the [[SewerGator albino alligator-infested sewers]], TWO stories about alternate reality versions of the crew, and a lower decks episode about a rebellion by the maintenance staff.
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': The ''Pokémon Chronicles'' side series.
* In the first half of episode 2 of ''Anime/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' season 2, everyone speaks in total gibberish, which is subtitled both in English and Japanese differently.
** In fact, ''Zetsubou Sensei'' has done a lot of these, including one episode that was a murder mystery with Nozomu as a detective, one episode which opened with a MagicalGirl parody, and one episode that was essentially a RadioDrama being played while Fujiyoshi Harumi draws one of her doujins.
* The first half of ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'' episode "Infornography" eschewed narrative altogether and combined a RecapEpisode with a non-linear collage of images and moments from previous episodes, at rapid speed.
** "Protocol" alternates between a "normal" episode and documentary segments, which describe various real-world concepts that are somewhat related to the themes of the story.
* Similarly, episode 20 of ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' takes its own ShowWithinAShow, ''Flame Girl Magical Kyouko'' and creates an entire episode out of it, complete with its own opening.
%%* ''Manga/{{Sketchbook}}'' has an episode devoted to the cats.
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': The ''Pokémon Chronicles'' side series.
* In the first half of episode 2 of ''Anime/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' season 2, everyone speaks in total gibberish, which is subtitled both in English and Japanese differently.
** In fact, ''Zetsubou Sensei'' has done a lot of these, including one episode that was a murder mystery with Nozomu as a detective, one episode which opened with a MagicalGirl parody, and one episode that was essentially a RadioDrama being played while Fujiyoshi Harumi draws one of her doujins.
* The first half of ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'' episode "Infornography" eschewed narrative altogether and combined a RecapEpisode with a non-linear collage of images and moments from previous episodes, at rapid speed.
** "Protocol" alternates between a "normal" episode and documentary segments, which describe various real-world concepts that are somewhat related to the themes of the story.
* Similarly, episode 20 of ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' takes its own ShowWithinAShow, ''Flame Girl Magical Kyouko'' and creates an entire episode out of it, complete with its own opening.
%%* ''Manga/{{Sketchbook}}'' has an episode devoted to the cats.
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* The Amagai and Muramasa arcs, and the two episode follow-up of the Amagai arc from the ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' anime may count as they are completely out of continuity when compared to other fillers. Also, every episode involving Don Kanonji, which are even better examples, since they are all canon. Episode 227, which is also canon and, chronologically takes place right before the first episode and the two following filler episodes are also completely out of place.
* Episode 7 of ''Anime/MayoiNekoOverrun!'' expands the ShowWithinAShow ''Yuusha Choujin Grand Braver'' into a full show, airing its fictional 26th episode. The characters, conveniently enough, mirror ''Mayoi Neko'''s cast, but it takes one off guard. Everything except the OnTheNext gives the impression that it really is a totally different show.
* Similarly, episode 20 of ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' takes its own ShowWithinAShow, ''Flame Girl Magical Kyouko'' and creates an entire episode out of it, complete with its own opening.
* ''Manga/BlackButler'', for its OVA, performed Shakespeare's famed tragedy, Hamlet. Of course, the the professional theatre troupe couldn't make it, so all the characters have to put on the show. Of course, everyone has their own ideas on their "interpretation" of Hamlet, leading to some truly weird roles, such as the Undertaker as Queen Gertrude, Grell as a ''very'' over-enthusiastic Ophelia, and Lau's sister as... seaweed. On the other hand, Ciel and Sebastian made an excellent Hamlet and Laertes (respectively).
* ''Anime/{{Mitsudomoe}}'' also gets in on the ShowWithinAShow act by starting its second season with an episode of ''[[{{Tokusatsu}} Honki Sentai Gachiranger]]''. The episode is dedicated to the heroes'... somewhat amoral heroics, only cutting back to the Marui house twice.
* Happens occasionally in the ''Franchise/LupinIII'' anime, but this trope really shines in the original manga, with a chapter narrated in FilmNoir style, one with the reader as the main character, many {{No Dialogue Episode}}s, spotlights on characters that aren't Lupin, ect.
* An early chapter of ''Manga/CountCain'' inexplicably takes place in modern America (as opposed to the [[PurelyAestheticEra mostly-Victorian]] England of the rest of the series) and has nothing to do with any of the recurring characters or plotlines. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment It is never mentioned again.]]
* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' has ''Sodachi Riddle'' and ''Sodachi Lost'' which have '''no''' [[MonsterOfTheWeek oddities]] involved [[spoiler: discounting Ougi]] at all. This arguably makes things more horrifying considering just how [[BrokenBird broken]] and [[AbusiveParents damaged]] the titular Sodachi is. With her [[SarcasmMode completely ordinary]] circumstances with no oddities to blame, her backstory and the AwfulTruth hidden within becomes a true nightmare since the idea of it ''actually being possible'' in real life is not as impossible as the other stories.
* Episode 7 of ''Anime/MayoiNekoOverrun!'' expands the ShowWithinAShow ''Yuusha Choujin Grand Braver'' into a full show, airing its fictional 26th episode. The characters, conveniently enough, mirror ''Mayoi Neko'''s cast, but it takes one off guard. Everything except the OnTheNext gives the impression that it really is a totally different show.
* Similarly, episode 20 of ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' takes its own ShowWithinAShow, ''Flame Girl Magical Kyouko'' and creates an entire episode out of it, complete with its own opening.
* ''Manga/BlackButler'', for its OVA, performed Shakespeare's famed tragedy, Hamlet. Of course, the the professional theatre troupe couldn't make it, so all the characters have to put on the show. Of course, everyone has their own ideas on their "interpretation" of Hamlet, leading to some truly weird roles, such as the Undertaker as Queen Gertrude, Grell as a ''very'' over-enthusiastic Ophelia, and Lau's sister as... seaweed. On the other hand, Ciel and Sebastian made an excellent Hamlet and Laertes (respectively).
* ''Anime/{{Mitsudomoe}}'' also gets in on the ShowWithinAShow act by starting its second season with an episode of ''[[{{Tokusatsu}} Honki Sentai Gachiranger]]''. The episode is dedicated to the heroes'... somewhat amoral heroics, only cutting back to the Marui house twice.
* Happens occasionally in the ''Franchise/LupinIII'' anime, but this trope really shines in the original manga, with a chapter narrated in FilmNoir style, one with the reader as the main character, many {{No Dialogue Episode}}s, spotlights on characters that aren't Lupin, ect.
* An early chapter of ''Manga/CountCain'' inexplicably takes place in modern America (as opposed to the [[PurelyAestheticEra mostly-Victorian]] England of the rest of the series) and has nothing to do with any of the recurring characters or plotlines. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment It is never mentioned again.]]
* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' has ''Sodachi Riddle'' and ''Sodachi Lost'' which have '''no''' [[MonsterOfTheWeek oddities]] involved [[spoiler: discounting Ougi]] at all. This arguably makes things more horrifying considering just how [[BrokenBird broken]] and [[AbusiveParents damaged]] the titular Sodachi is. With her [[SarcasmMode completely ordinary]] circumstances with no oddities to blame, her backstory and the AwfulTruth hidden within becomes a true nightmare since the idea of it ''actually being possible'' in real life is not as impossible as the other stories.
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* The Amagai and Muramasa arcs, and the two episode follow-up non-canonical Episode 26 of the Amagai arc from the ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' anime may count as they are ''Anime/TsukuyomiMoonPhase'' was so completely out of continuity when compared to other fillers. Also, every episode involving Don Kanonji, which are even better examples, since they are all canon. Episode 227, which is batshit insane that Seiji's SanitySlippage seemed very rational. (See also canon and, chronologically takes place right before the first episode and the two following filler episodes are also completely out of place.
* Episode 7 of ''Anime/MayoiNekoOverrun!'' expands the ShowWithinAShow ''Yuusha Choujin Grand Braver'' into a full show, airing its fictional 26th episode. The characters, conveniently enough, mirror ''Mayoi Neko'''s cast, but it takes one off guard. Everything except the OnTheNext gives the impression that it really is a totally different show.
* Similarly, episode 20 of ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' takes its own ShowWithinAShow, ''Flame Girl Magical Kyouko'' and creates an entire episode out of it, complete with its own opening.
* ''Manga/BlackButler'', for its OVA, performed Shakespeare's famed tragedy, Hamlet. Of course, the the professional theatre troupe couldn't make it, so all the characters have to put on the show. Of course, everyone has their own ideas on their "interpretation" of Hamlet, leading to some truly weird roles, such as the Undertaker as Queen Gertrude, Grell as a ''very'' over-enthusiastic Ophelia, and Lau's sister as... seaweed. On the other hand, Ciel and Sebastian made an excellent Hamlet and Laertes (respectively).
* ''Anime/{{Mitsudomoe}}'' also gets in on the ShowWithinAShow act by starting its second season with an episode of ''[[{{Tokusatsu}} Honki Sentai Gachiranger]]''. The episode is dedicated to the heroes'... somewhat amoral heroics, only cutting back to the Marui house twice.
* Happens occasionally in the ''Franchise/LupinIII'' anime, but this trope really shines in the original manga, with a chapter narrated in FilmNoir style, one with the reader as the main character, many {{No Dialogue Episode}}s, spotlights on characters that aren't Lupin, ect.
* An early chapter of ''Manga/CountCain'' inexplicably takes place in modern America (as opposed to the [[PurelyAestheticEra mostly-Victorian]] England of the rest of the series) and has nothing to do with any of the recurring characters or plotlines. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment It is never mentioned again.]]
* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' has ''Sodachi Riddle'' and ''Sodachi Lost'' which have '''no''' [[MonsterOfTheWeek oddities]] involved [[spoiler: discounting Ougi]] at all. This arguably makes things more horrifying considering just how [[BrokenBird broken]] and [[AbusiveParents damaged]] the titular Sodachi is. With her [[SarcasmMode completely ordinary]] circumstances with no oddities to blame, her backstory and the AwfulTruth hidden within becomes a true nightmare since the idea of it ''actually being possible'' in real life is not as impossible as the other stories.DerangedAnimation)
* Episode 7 of ''Anime/MayoiNekoOverrun!'' expands the ShowWithinAShow ''Yuusha Choujin Grand Braver'' into a full show, airing its fictional 26th episode. The characters, conveniently enough, mirror ''Mayoi Neko'''s cast, but it takes one off guard. Everything except the OnTheNext gives the impression that it really is a totally different show.
* Similarly, episode 20 of ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' takes its own ShowWithinAShow, ''Flame Girl Magical Kyouko'' and creates an entire episode out of it, complete with its own opening.
* ''Manga/BlackButler'', for its OVA, performed Shakespeare's famed tragedy, Hamlet. Of course, the the professional theatre troupe couldn't make it, so all the characters have to put on the show. Of course, everyone has their own ideas on their "interpretation" of Hamlet, leading to some truly weird roles, such as the Undertaker as Queen Gertrude, Grell as a ''very'' over-enthusiastic Ophelia, and Lau's sister as... seaweed. On the other hand, Ciel and Sebastian made an excellent Hamlet and Laertes (respectively).
* ''Anime/{{Mitsudomoe}}'' also gets in on the ShowWithinAShow act by starting its second season with an episode of ''[[{{Tokusatsu}} Honki Sentai Gachiranger]]''. The episode is dedicated to the heroes'... somewhat amoral heroics, only cutting back to the Marui house twice.
* Happens occasionally in the ''Franchise/LupinIII'' anime, but this trope really shines in the original manga, with a chapter narrated in FilmNoir style, one with the reader as the main character, many {{No Dialogue Episode}}s, spotlights on characters that aren't Lupin, ect.
* An early chapter of ''Manga/CountCain'' inexplicably takes place in modern America (as opposed to the [[PurelyAestheticEra mostly-Victorian]] England of the rest of the series) and has nothing to do with any of the recurring characters or plotlines. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment It is never mentioned again.]]
* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' has ''Sodachi Riddle'' and ''Sodachi Lost'' which have '''no''' [[MonsterOfTheWeek oddities]] involved [[spoiler: discounting Ougi]] at all. This arguably makes things more horrifying considering just how [[BrokenBird broken]] and [[AbusiveParents damaged]] the titular Sodachi is. With her [[SarcasmMode completely ordinary]] circumstances with no oddities to blame, her backstory and the AwfulTruth hidden within becomes a true nightmare since the idea of it ''actually being possible'' in real life is not as impossible as the other stories.
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* ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}'' had just about got to a bad ending, halfway through the series -- then it cuts to a few episodes of {{backstory}} in the [[JidaiGeki feudal era]], and after that, tells the whole story again from before Yukito came to after the show cut off, from the point of view of the crow. [[spoiler:It's all the story of Yukito and Misuzu all along, though, in their different incarnations -- yes, even the crow]].
* ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'' has the students doing school work and studying while trying to kill Koro-Sensei. The [[spoiler:Assassination Island arc]] sees them [[spoiler: infiltrating a high security hotel and battling three professional assassins to save their classmates]].
* With all the gory and tragic H-games and animes from the Franchise/{{Nasuverse}}, no one was expecting a silly and zany OVA like ''Anime/CarnivalPhantasm''.
* For one whole episode in ''Manga/CromartieHighSchool'' (and its equivalent three-part manga arc) the tale of Gorilla Sushi is presented, in which the Gorilla of Cromartie uses his banana sushi to bring order to a broken father-son relationship in the Sushi restaurant.
** Almost all of the final episode was spent on recreating most of the first episode... only with the entire cast genderbent as females.
* ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' did this more times than you can count. Including: An episode revolving around ordering lunch for the entire crew, another about hunting for pearls in the [[SewerGator albino alligator-infested sewers]], TWO stories about alternate reality versions of the crew, and a lower decks episode about a rebellion by the maintenance staff.
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': The ''Pokémon Chronicles'' side series.
* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'':
** The anime ends its chronological last episode with "Someday in the Rain," an episode the original novels' author wrote for the series. The episode is just a slow, meandering look at the activities of the SOS Brigade while narrator (and DeadpanSnarker) Kyon is out of the room. The main theme of the episode was "The SOS Brigade without Kyon", and therefore [[LeaveTheCameraRunning quite a lot of camera time is spent in one position, watching Yuki read]]. The reason for how this episode was done was to distinguish from usual shows that end after a dramatic and tense climax.
** And of course, episode 00 "The Adventures Of Mikuru Asahina", which features the SOS Brigade's movie, complete with satirical narration by Kyon. In the original airing, [[InvertedTrope this was the first episode]].
* The first half of ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'' episode "Infornography" eschewed narrative altogether and combined a RecapEpisode with a non-linear collage of images and moments from previous episodes, at rapid speed.
** "Protocol" alternates between a "normal" episode and documentary segments, which describe various real-world concepts that are somewhat related to the themes of the story.
* The non-canonical Episode 26 of ''[[Anime/TsukuyomiMoonPhase Moon Phase]]'' was so completely batshit insane that Seiji's SanitySlippage seemed very rational. (See also DerangedAnimation)
* ''Manga/{{Sketchbook}}'' has an episode devouted to the cats.
* In the first half of episode 2 of ''[[Anime/SayonaraZetsubouSensei Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei]]'', everyone speaks in total gibberish, which is subtitled both in English and Japanese differently.
** In fact, ''Zetsubou Sensei'' has done a lot of these, including one episode that was a murder mystery with Nozomu as a detective, one episode which opened with a MagicalGirl parody, and one episode that was essentially a RadioDrama being played while Fujiyoshi Harumi draws one of her doujins.
* ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' changed theme more or less OnceAnEpisode, but two notable episodes are the third last one ([[MoodWhiplash no jokes]]) and the final episode (titled ''[[CrossingTheLineTwice Going Too Far]]'', also not canon).
** [[Manga/ExcelSaga The manga]] had two chapters that turned the series into a high school drama, and one that turned the series into a hospital drama.
* ''Manga/FrankenFran'':
** In general, there's the occasional chapter wherein Fran and company get into situations that have little-to-no relation to the manga's usual medical horror, such as Veronica and Gavrill's more action and gore-heavy plots.
** The "Sentinel" chapters in the original run are parodies of Showa-era entries in the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series. Fran does briefly appear in each, but the stories focus on {{tokusatsu}} adventures and exploits.
** Two chapters in ''Frantic'' shift completely to focus on two teenagers named Alice and Bunny, who live in a desolate seaside town [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere that's prone to weirdness]]. While still horror stories, these chapters deal with more general oddness akin to an M-rated ''Series/EerieIndiana'', and Fran doesn't receive a single mention.
* Episode nine of ''Anime/TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughSpace'' is about superpowered baseball. Not in continuity. ([[spoiler:probably...]])
* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' is normally a psychological horror series, with some comedy at times. The first episode of season 3 is entirely comedy, and revolves around the characters attempting to get Keichii's briefs off. Normally serious characters who were shown dying horribly in other episodes do things like having a bullet proof chest and throwing syringes at someone to get their magical swim trunks, to the point where it's more like a well written crack fic than an actual episode of the show.
* ''[[Manga/{{Naruto}} Naruto Shippuuden]]'' episode 82 takes the traditionally shounen tone and style of the series and runs over it with a tank. Most people who watch the first thirty seconds alone will begin to wonder if they accidentally found the wrong show, and it only continues from there. However, despite this, fan response to this particular episode is generally positive, due in large part to the fact that said episode focused on [[EnsembleDarkHorse Shikamaru]] and greatly developed his character. And the fact that it was awesome.
** The first actual filler arc of Naruto is essentially a breather after three long and tiring arcs. It then gets abused in the last 90+ episodes.
** The manga had a chapter that look a break from ninja missions, training sessions, and character drama, and instead had a series of gags centered around Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke trying to see what Kakashi looks like underneath his mask, ending on a hilarious AntiClimax. When adapted for the anime, however, an encounter with some enemy ninja was added to pad out the run time and make it not so completely different.
* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' goes from a cliffhanger about [[spoiler:Asuna being captured and having a spell canceler targeted on her memory wipe activate]] while the next chapter introduces the [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment infamous]] [[FuroScene furo]] [[SkinshipGrope groping]] scene. After the fanservice quota had been met for the next six years or so the plot returned to training from hell, a not-quite-a-tournament arc (only one important fight) a new new bad guy and a ball.
** The manga as a whole can qualify due to the extreme GenreShift; the first chapters were a {{Fan Service}}y [[UnwantedHarem harem comedy]] about a young boy going to Japan to teacher a junior high class. Fast forward to the later chapters, which feature this same boy and half the class trapped in a magical world on Mars which is in danger of collapsing, planning to invade the lair of a BigBad [[spoiler:who plans to "save" the inhabitants of the magic world by erasing them from existence]].
** A special mention goes to episode 5 of the ''Mou Hitotsu no Sekai'' OVA, (and to a lesser extent the chapter it's based on) which borders on HostileShowTakeover: following the intense ''shonen'' action, the focus shifts entirely to Yue and her adventures at a WizardingSchool, complete with it's own theme song, presenting the whole affair as a MagicalGirl[=/=]SchoolgirlSeries. Especially notable in that it's basically a regression to the genre the series started out as, thowing the massive amounts of GenreShift into relief.
* In the ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' anime adaption, there was a filler episode in which the main characters (except Mokona) were all stuck inside a storybook world, which Mokona had to write them out of. This is referred to as "the episode on crack" and also features an ArtShift, being that everything in the book is drawn in a cutesy/chibi style.
* The Amagai and Muramasa arcs, and the two episode follow-up of the Amagai arc from the ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' anime may count as they are completely out of continuity when compared to other fillers. Also, every episode involving Don Kanonji, which are even better examples, since they are all canon. Episode 227, which is also canon and, chronologically takes place right before the first episode and the two following filler episodes are also completely out of place.
* Episode 7 of ''Anime/MayoiNekoOverrun!'' expands the ShowWithinAShow ''Yuusha Choujin Grand Braver'' into a full show, airing its fictional 26th episode. The characters, conveniently enough, mirror ''Mayoi Neko'''s cast, but it takes one off guard. Everything except the OnTheNext gives the impression that it really is a totally different show.
* Similarly, episode 20 of ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' takes its own ShowWithinAShow, ''Flame Girl Magical Kyouko'' and creates an entire episode out of it, complete with its own opening.
* ''Manga/BlackButler'', for its OVA, performed Shakespeare's famed tragedy, Hamlet. Of course, the the professional theatre troupe couldn't make it, so all the characters have to put on the show. Of course, everyone has their own ideas on their "interpretation" of Hamlet, leading to some truly weird roles, such as the Undertaker as Queen Gertrude, Grell as a ''very'' over-enthusiastic Ophelia, and Lau's sister as... seaweed. On the other hand, Ciel and Sebastian made an excellent Hamlet and Laertes (respectively).
* ''Anime/{{Mitsudomoe}}'' also gets in on the ShowWithinAShow act by starting its second season with an episode of ''[[{{Tokusatsu}} Honki Sentai Gachiranger]]''. The episode is dedicated to the heroes'... somewhat amoral heroics, only cutting back to the Marui house twice.
* Happens occasionally in the ''Franchise/LupinIII'' anime, but this trope really shines in the original manga, with a chapter narrated in FilmNoir style, one with the reader as the main character, many {{No Dialogue Episode}}s, spotlights on characters that aren't Lupin, ect.
* An early chapter of ''Manga/CountCain'' inexplicably takes place in modern America (as opposed to the [[PurelyAestheticEra mostly-Victorian]] England of the rest of the series) and has nothing to do with any of the recurring characters or plotlines. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment It is never mentioned again.]]
* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' has ''Sodachi Riddle'' and ''Sodachi Lost'' which have '''no''' [[MonsterOfTheWeek oddities]] involved [[spoiler: discounting Ougi]] at all. This arguably makes things more horrifying considering just how [[BrokenBird broken]] and [[AbusiveParents damaged]] the titular Sodachi is. With her [[SarcasmMode completely ordinary]] circumstances with no oddities to blame, her backstory and the AwfulTruth hidden within becomes a true nightmare since the idea of it ''actually being possible'' in real life is not as impossible as the other stories.
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* ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'' has the students doing school work and studying while trying to kill Koro-Sensei. The [[spoiler:Assassination Island arc]] sees them [[spoiler: infiltrating a high security hotel and battling three professional assassins to save their classmates]].
* With all the gory and tragic H-games and animes from the Franchise/{{Nasuverse}}, no one was expecting a silly and zany OVA like ''Anime/CarnivalPhantasm''.
* For one whole episode in ''Manga/CromartieHighSchool'' (and its equivalent three-part manga arc) the tale of Gorilla Sushi is presented, in which the Gorilla of Cromartie uses his banana sushi to bring order to a broken father-son relationship in the Sushi restaurant.
** Almost all of the final episode was spent on recreating most of the first episode... only with the entire cast genderbent as females.
* ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' did this more times than you can count. Including: An episode revolving around ordering lunch for the entire crew, another about hunting for pearls in the [[SewerGator albino alligator-infested sewers]], TWO stories about alternate reality versions of the crew, and a lower decks episode about a rebellion by the maintenance staff.
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': The ''Pokémon Chronicles'' side series.
* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'':
** The anime ends its chronological last episode with "Someday in the Rain," an episode the original novels' author wrote for the series. The episode is just a slow, meandering look at the activities of the SOS Brigade while narrator (and DeadpanSnarker) Kyon is out of the room. The main theme of the episode was "The SOS Brigade without Kyon", and therefore [[LeaveTheCameraRunning quite a lot of camera time is spent in one position, watching Yuki read]]. The reason for how this episode was done was to distinguish from usual shows that end after a dramatic and tense climax.
** And of course, episode 00 "The Adventures Of Mikuru Asahina", which features the SOS Brigade's movie, complete with satirical narration by Kyon. In the original airing, [[InvertedTrope this was the first episode]].
* The first half of ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'' episode "Infornography" eschewed narrative altogether and combined a RecapEpisode with a non-linear collage of images and moments from previous episodes, at rapid speed.
** "Protocol" alternates between a "normal" episode and documentary segments, which describe various real-world concepts that are somewhat related to the themes of the story.
* The non-canonical Episode 26 of ''[[Anime/TsukuyomiMoonPhase Moon Phase]]'' was so completely batshit insane that Seiji's SanitySlippage seemed very rational. (See also DerangedAnimation)
* ''Manga/{{Sketchbook}}'' has an episode devouted to the cats.
* In the first half of episode 2 of ''[[Anime/SayonaraZetsubouSensei Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei]]'', everyone speaks in total gibberish, which is subtitled both in English and Japanese differently.
** In fact, ''Zetsubou Sensei'' has done a lot of these, including one episode that was a murder mystery with Nozomu as a detective, one episode which opened with a MagicalGirl parody, and one episode that was essentially a RadioDrama being played while Fujiyoshi Harumi draws one of her doujins.
* ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' changed theme more or less OnceAnEpisode, but two notable episodes are the third last one ([[MoodWhiplash no jokes]]) and the final episode (titled ''[[CrossingTheLineTwice Going Too Far]]'', also not canon).
** [[Manga/ExcelSaga The manga]] had two chapters that turned the series into a high school drama, and one that turned the series into a hospital drama.
* ''Manga/FrankenFran'':
** In general, there's the occasional chapter wherein Fran and company get into situations that have little-to-no relation to the manga's usual medical horror, such as Veronica and Gavrill's more action and gore-heavy plots.
** The "Sentinel" chapters in the original run are parodies of Showa-era entries in the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series. Fran does briefly appear in each, but the stories focus on {{tokusatsu}} adventures and exploits.
** Two chapters in ''Frantic'' shift completely to focus on two teenagers named Alice and Bunny, who live in a desolate seaside town [[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere that's prone to weirdness]]. While still horror stories, these chapters deal with more general oddness akin to an M-rated ''Series/EerieIndiana'', and Fran doesn't receive a single mention.
* Episode nine of ''Anime/TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughSpace'' is about superpowered baseball. Not in continuity. ([[spoiler:probably...]])
* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' is normally a psychological horror series, with some comedy at times. The first episode of season 3 is entirely comedy, and revolves around the characters attempting to get Keichii's briefs off. Normally serious characters who were shown dying horribly in other episodes do things like having a bullet proof chest and throwing syringes at someone to get their magical swim trunks, to the point where it's more like a well written crack fic than an actual episode of the show.
* ''[[Manga/{{Naruto}} Naruto Shippuuden]]'' episode 82 takes the traditionally shounen tone and style of the series and runs over it with a tank. Most people who watch the first thirty seconds alone will begin to wonder if they accidentally found the wrong show, and it only continues from there. However, despite this, fan response to this particular episode is generally positive, due in large part to the fact that said episode focused on [[EnsembleDarkHorse Shikamaru]] and greatly developed his character. And the fact that it was awesome.
** The first actual filler arc of Naruto is essentially a breather after three long and tiring arcs. It then gets abused in the last 90+ episodes.
** The manga had a chapter that look a break from ninja missions, training sessions, and character drama, and instead had a series of gags centered around Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke trying to see what Kakashi looks like underneath his mask, ending on a hilarious AntiClimax. When adapted for the anime, however, an encounter with some enemy ninja was added to pad out the run time and make it not so completely different.
* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' goes from a cliffhanger about [[spoiler:Asuna being captured and having a spell canceler targeted on her memory wipe activate]] while the next chapter introduces the [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment infamous]] [[FuroScene furo]] [[SkinshipGrope groping]] scene. After the fanservice quota had been met for the next six years or so the plot returned to training from hell, a not-quite-a-tournament arc (only one important fight) a new new bad guy and a ball.
** The manga as a whole can qualify due to the extreme GenreShift; the first chapters were a {{Fan Service}}y [[UnwantedHarem harem comedy]] about a young boy going to Japan to teacher a junior high class. Fast forward to the later chapters, which feature this same boy and half the class trapped in a magical world on Mars which is in danger of collapsing, planning to invade the lair of a BigBad [[spoiler:who plans to "save" the inhabitants of the magic world by erasing them from existence]].
** A special mention goes to episode 5 of the ''Mou Hitotsu no Sekai'' OVA, (and to a lesser extent the chapter it's based on) which borders on HostileShowTakeover: following the intense ''shonen'' action, the focus shifts entirely to Yue and her adventures at a WizardingSchool, complete with it's own theme song, presenting the whole affair as a MagicalGirl[=/=]SchoolgirlSeries. Especially notable in that it's basically a regression to the genre the series started out as, thowing the massive amounts of GenreShift into relief.
* In the ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' anime adaption, there was a filler episode in which the main characters (except Mokona) were all stuck inside a storybook world, which Mokona had to write them out of. This is referred to as "the episode on crack" and also features an ArtShift, being that everything in the book is drawn in a cutesy/chibi style.
* The Amagai and Muramasa arcs, and the two episode follow-up of the Amagai arc from the ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' anime may count as they are completely out of continuity when compared to other fillers. Also, every episode involving Don Kanonji, which are even better examples, since they are all canon. Episode 227, which is also canon and, chronologically takes place right before the first episode and the two following filler episodes are also completely out of place.
* Episode 7 of ''Anime/MayoiNekoOverrun!'' expands the ShowWithinAShow ''Yuusha Choujin Grand Braver'' into a full show, airing its fictional 26th episode. The characters, conveniently enough, mirror ''Mayoi Neko'''s cast, but it takes one off guard. Everything except the OnTheNext gives the impression that it really is a totally different show.
* Similarly, episode 20 of ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' takes its own ShowWithinAShow, ''Flame Girl Magical Kyouko'' and creates an entire episode out of it, complete with its own opening.
* ''Manga/BlackButler'', for its OVA, performed Shakespeare's famed tragedy, Hamlet. Of course, the the professional theatre troupe couldn't make it, so all the characters have to put on the show. Of course, everyone has their own ideas on their "interpretation" of Hamlet, leading to some truly weird roles, such as the Undertaker as Queen Gertrude, Grell as a ''very'' over-enthusiastic Ophelia, and Lau's sister as... seaweed. On the other hand, Ciel and Sebastian made an excellent Hamlet and Laertes (respectively).
* ''Anime/{{Mitsudomoe}}'' also gets in on the ShowWithinAShow act by starting its second season with an episode of ''[[{{Tokusatsu}} Honki Sentai Gachiranger]]''. The episode is dedicated to the heroes'... somewhat amoral heroics, only cutting back to the Marui house twice.
* Happens occasionally in the ''Franchise/LupinIII'' anime, but this trope really shines in the original manga, with a chapter narrated in FilmNoir style, one with the reader as the main character, many {{No Dialogue Episode}}s, spotlights on characters that aren't Lupin, ect.
* An early chapter of ''Manga/CountCain'' inexplicably takes place in modern America (as opposed to the [[PurelyAestheticEra mostly-Victorian]] England of the rest of the series) and has nothing to do with any of the recurring characters or plotlines. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment It is never mentioned again.]]
* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' has ''Sodachi Riddle'' and ''Sodachi Lost'' which have '''no''' [[MonsterOfTheWeek oddities]] involved [[spoiler: discounting Ougi]] at all. This arguably makes things more horrifying considering just how [[BrokenBird broken]] and [[AbusiveParents damaged]] the titular Sodachi is. With her [[SarcasmMode completely ordinary]] circumstances with no oddities to blame, her backstory and the AwfulTruth hidden within becomes a true nightmare since the idea of it ''actually being possible'' in real life is not as impossible as the other stories.
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