History Main / FastForwardGag

* A time-lapse montage in ''WesternAnimation/SurfsUp'' is set to an increasingly speeding-up recording of a song. At the end, one of the characters says "I feel light-headed" in a chipmunk voice.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'', [=GLaDOS=] says that she has to tell you something important about the testing chamber you're in. Being [=GLaDOS=], she skips through the warning quite quickly. [[spoiler: Slowed down, she's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaYurdD3Q8M&feature=player_embedded reciting a passage from]] ''Literature/MobyDick''.]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Island'' episode "If You Can't Take the Heat...", Courtney rants about Duncan in the confessional for so long, that the camera has to fast forward it a bit.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Turbo}} F.A.S.T.'' features one that references its status as a Creator/{{Netflix}} exclusive, as the fast forward effect is depicted as someone skipping forward through the video in a Netflix playback interface.

* In ''VideoGame/PaRappaTheRapper'', Joe Chin's dialogue speeds up as soon as his speeches become so long-winded that it just shocks everyone he encounters.
** By the end of the first level, he's still yapping away at an uncontrollable speed, and then slows himself back down to say "Put up your fists, you evil crusaders, let me knock you out!" And then the two thugs drop to the ground, unconscious and shocked.

This is where a television show or film will speed up the film and the comedy comes from the actions you see the actors perform. Audio is similarly sped up and is unintelligible and the action that occurs on screen will often go from somewhat logical to outright absurd.

* In the first episode of ''LightNovel/HaiyoreNyarkoSan'', Nyarko's explanation for why she's on Earth gets fast-forwarded almost immediately, complete with VHS-style distortion. Slowing the sequence down to half speed reveals that her dialog directly quotes the exact same scene from the original light novel, except that there, she went on for much, ''[[MotorMouth much]]'' longer.

Not to be confused with the GilliganCut. The {{Inverted}} version of this trope would be RewindGag.

[[folder:Anime and Manga]]

* ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu''. The art teacher is asked to explain the "Humans and Nature" project to the class. After [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible rambling incomprehensibly]] for several minutes, he's asked to sum things up. His 'summary' is the same speech, sped up. The trope is repeated whenever someone asks the teacher about art.
** Kaname explaining to ChasteHero Sousake how to pick up girls.

[[folder:Commercials]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYUqZdJSmiQ These]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYKeJ_vrIyw two commercials for Lanacane anti-itch gel]] start off with a family member saying that they have an itch and then the mother asks if it's a grocery list of causes to the point where she rapidly-speeds-up-to-chipmunk voice and hilarity insues, but then to drive the point home, the musical cue hits and the male announcer says "The only medicine you need is Lanacane."
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6eMQ8j8-CE During this commercial for "My Pal 2000"]] midway through, the male announcer lists off what the toy robot can do to the point where his voice is fast-forwarded to chipmunk voice until the toy robot interrupts and says "Easy. Easy."
* An old commercial for Creator/NickAtNite featured the miracle of comedy that was "Fast Motion", replete with clips from classic shows (primarily ''Series/TheMunsters'') in which this trope was invoked.

[[folder:Films -- Animated]]

* Used in the film version of ''Film/VForVendetta'', complete with "Yakety Sax."

* In ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'', after the two HowWeGotHere {{flashback}}s, the film arrives at the taxi scene, and Deadpool fast forwards the scene -- though he briefly ''rewinds'' it instead.

* ''Series/TheBennyHillShow'' used this trope a few times per episode. It's infamous for its use for chase scenes, often with the music "Yakety Sax"

[[folder:Web Original]]

* This trope is used to great effect anytime someone takes a video of something and speeds up to Yakkety Sax, A.K.A. The Benny Hill Theme.

* ''[[WebAnimation/AwesomeSeries Metal Gear Awesome]]'' uses this as a quick joke, skipping over the scene where Otacon narrates his backstory...and pausing halfway to find Snake and Otacon about to make out.
* In ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedSeries'', Kakashi uses a remote to fast forward over the Wave Country {{filler}}, but ends up breaking it right before the opening.
* Happens twice at the end of "[[WebAnimation/{{Siblings}} Not-the-]][[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII FFXII]] [[WebAnimation/{{Siblings}} Extras]]", complete with a MotorMouth {{Narrator}}.
--> [[FightScene "ONEPATHETICALLYSHORTBATTLELATER!"]][[note]]:The heroes fight Vayne in a ridiculously short battle.[[/note]]
--> [[OneWingedAngel "ONEFIERYTRANSFORMATIONLATER!"]][[note]]Vayne transforms into a giant with wings.[[/note]]

[[quoteright:350:[[WebAnimation/TheDementedCartoonMovie https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/you_fast_forwarded_wrong_legible.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Cue [[EarthShatteringKaboom Mars-Shattering Kaboom]].]]

* A rare PlayedForDrama version in ''Film/Click'': the remote that Michael receives allows him to fast-forward through parts of his life, but this has the consequence of not only causing him to miss important events, but those around him taking TheSlowPath perceive him as being brusque and distant, which causes his relationships with his family to deteriorate.

* A rare PlayedForDrama version in ''Film/Click'': the remote that Michael receives allows him to fast-forward through parts of his life, but this has the consequence of not only causing him to miss important events, but those around him taking TheLongPath perceive him as being brusque and distant, which causes his relationships with his family to deteriorate.

* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'': The manga underwent a ChannelHop and moved to a new magazine after 10 chapters; as such, the beginning of Chapter 11 is almost identical to the beginning of Chapter 1 in order to introduce new readers to the series' core premise. Episode 3 of the AnimatedAdaptation (which covers Chapter 11) starts off the same as Episode 1, [[BaitAndSwitch as if it's also going to rehash the same information]], but then fast-forwards through it to get to the new material.

[[quoteright:500:[[WebAnimation/TheDementedCartoonMovie https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/you_fast_forwarded_wrong.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:500:Cue [[EarthShatteringKaboom Mars-Shattering Kaboom]].]]

[[quoteright:350:[[WebAnimation/TheDementedCartoonMovie https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/you_fast_forwarded_wrong.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Cue [[EarthShatteringKaboom Mars-Shattering Kaboom]].]]

* The first two episodes of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' have a minute long segment explaining the premise of the series before the opening credits (the second time being an adaptation of a joke from when the manga changed magazines). The third episode [[BaitAndSwitch starts off looking like it would repeat the segment again]]... before fast forwarding about ten seconds in and dropping it altogether for the remainder of the series.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode [[Recap/StevenUniverseS2E29LogDate7152 "Log Date 7 15 2"]], Steven fast forwards through Peridot's long explanation on her preferred pairing in [[ShowWithinAShow "Camp Pining Hearts",]] as he's heard it before. During the sequence, Peridot is bouncing all over the place, has produced pages of notes, and finally, Steven falls asleep near the end while Garnet joined in.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': An episode where Peter and Lois considered buying [=TiVo=] had the salesman fast forward through their argument to get to the point where they agreed. In the middle of the argument, Chris enters choking on something and Lois gives him the Heimlich Maneuver.
* Used a lot in ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool''.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' has Steve wanting to tell his father something important, but he's not home, so we get a fast-forward of him patiently waiting for Stan. When Stan does show up, he insists on reading the mail first, giving us a second fast-forward as he does so, randomly laughing or cursing at the letters he's reading.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Island'' episode "If You Can't Take the Heat...", Courtney rants about Duncan in the confessional for so long, that the camera has to fast forward it a bit.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' episode "Measure for Measure", while Jet is measuring how many astronomical units Neptune is from the Sun, a video progress bar appears. Sunspot appears behind the bar and fast forwards, speeding up the process.

* The first two episodes of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' had a minute long segment explaining the premise of the series before the opening credits (the second time being an adaptation of a joke from when the manga changed magazines). The third episode starts off looking like it would repeat the segment again... before fast forwarding about ten seconds in and dropping it altogether for the remainder of the series.

[[folder: Anime And Manga]]

[[folder: Commercials]]

[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
* At the beginning of ''WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}}'', Poppy is telling the story about the trolls and the Bergens, and says that the trolls loved nothing more than to sing, and dance, and hug and repeats herself until her voice is sped up to chipmunk voice until one of the trolls in the scrapbook story pants in a chipmunk voice and then passes out from exhaustion.
* A time-lapse montage in ''WesternAnimation/SurfsUp'' is set to an increasingly speeding-up recording of a song. At the end, one of the characters says "I feel light-headed" in a chipmunk voice.
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[[folder: Video Games]]

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[[folder: Western Animation]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "Log Date 7-15-2", Steven fast forwards through Peridot's long explanation on her preferred pairing in [[ShowWithinAShow "Camp Pining Hearts",]] as he's heard it before. During the sequence, Peridot is bouncing all over the place, has produced pages of notes, and finally, Steven falls asleep near the end while Garnet joined in.

* LetsPlay/{{raocow}} frequently fast-forwards portions of his Let's Play videos if the content is relatively unimportant. This was originally done due to Website/YouTube's video length limits, but he kept it in because of RuleOfFunny.

* In ''SonicRiders'', Wave's dialogue speeds up when Jet starts tuning out her lecture. It stays sped up until Jet sees Sonic and gives chase.