History Main / FixItInPost

* Played straight near the beginning of ''HannahMontana: TheMovie'', where the director shooting Hannah's music video invokes the trope word for word.

* In ''{{Home Movies}}'', Jason once complains that Brendan is always saying this, even though Brendan never actually fixes anything in post. It's likely that Brendan doesn't actually know what this term means and that this is just one of the terms he throws around to sound like a real director (such as "print!" even though he's shooting on video).

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* PlayedForLaughs in MagicTheGathering with a particular card in the [[SelfParody joke set, Unhinged]]. The card in question, [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Granny%27s%20Payback Granny's Payback]], has artwork depicting an elderly woman slaughtering people despite the actual effect of the card being life-gaining. The flavor text is as follows:

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* Invoked during a Star Wars Q&A with George Lucas. A fan had asked Lucas what would happen to his body when he dies. Specifically whether his corpse would become one with The Force or just be a normal death. George Lucas replied to the awkward question by saying when he died he'd probably stay a dead body. Then Rick McCallum (who was sitting next to Lucas) made everyone laugh by stating they would fix it in post.

* In ''{{Home Movies}}'', Jason once complains that Brendan is always saying this, even though Brendan never actually fixes anything in post. It's likely that Brendan doesn't actually know what this term means and that this is just one of the terms he throws around to sound like a real director (such as "print!" even though he's shooting on video).
* This was supposed to happen with ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate'', but it never did.
* Parodied in ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople'' episode 4 "Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective", when Strong Bad complains about the Cheat forgetting to add a CGI monster over Strong Sad in the [[ShowWithinAShow movie-within-a-game]].
-->'''The Cheat:''' (''[[IntelligibleUnintelligible The Cheat noises]]'')\\
'''Strong Bad:''' [[RepeatingSoTheAudienceCanHear "Fix it in post"]]?! This ''is'' post!
* In ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2|CursedMemories}}'', [[GoldfishPoopGang recurring foe]] and fallen TV star Axel once blows off the idea that he'll probably lose to the party again with this line.
* In [[Film/{{Grindhouse}} Planet Terror]], a zombie ruins an otherwise perfect take by grabbing for Creator/{{Rose McGowan}} too soon, so Robert Rodriguez just fixed it by [[YourHeadAsplode blowing his head off]].
* [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] says this in one video review after he attempts to use one of his [[RunningGag Running Gags]], only to get an entirely different one.
* A RunningGag in ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland'' FanFic ''FanFic/TotalDramaChris'' is Chris's failed attempts to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] ManipulativeEditing by claiming they'll cut out anything that's too revealing/implicating/unflattering in post. [[AnthropicPrinciple Obviously, this didn't happen]].
* Played straight near the beginning of ''HannahMontana: TheMovie'', where the director shooting Hannah's music video invokes the trope word for word.

* From the ''Podcast/RiffTrax'' of ''Film/{{Birdemic}}'':
--> '''Mike''': We're going to make this look good in post, right?
--> '''Bill''': [[ThisIsReality The hell is post?]] Keep flailing!
* A group of Drexel 3D animation students called their team We'll Fix It In Post productions, poking fun at the phrase. Their animation was featured [[http://www.drexel.edu/westphal/creative/digm/ on Drexel's site]] for some years, but has since been removed in favor of newer works.

-->'''BB [Brandon Bozzi]''': Why does a life-gaining card show an old lady killing people?
-->'''MR [Mark Rosewater]''': We'll fix it in the flavor text.

* Invoked during a Star Wars Q&A with George Lucas. A fan had asked Lucas what would happen to his body when he dies. Specifically whether his corpse would become one with The Force or just be a normal death. George Lucas replied to the awkward question by saying when he died he'd probably stay a dead body. Then Rick McCallum (who was sitting next to Lucas) made everyone laugh by stating they would fix it in post.
* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' used this in a story arc where Jason and Marcus imagine themselves cast in the roles of Frodo and Sam for the then-upcoming ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' films. They react with awe to the armies of orcs and the balrog, then [[GirlsHaveCooties react with horror to Lady Galadriel]]. Director Peter Jackson facepalms at this, and the assistant director assures him that the editors can swap those reactions in post-production.
* On ''Series/TheColbertReport'', Stephen occasionally jokes that he'll edit out a guest's statements to make himself look better. At least once the show actually makes good on Colbert's promise, though the guest's statements were actually edited for time.
* A very common rescue joke in stand-up comedians' recorded shows is to claim that they will edit out unfunny sequences or add artificial laughs over unsuccessful jokes in post-production.

* ''FoxTrot'' used this in a story arc where Jason and Marcus imagine themselves cast in the roles of Frodo and Sam for the then-upcoming ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' films. They react with awe to the armies of orcs and the balrog, then [[GirlsHaveCooties react with horror to Lady Galadriel]]. Director Peter Jackson facepalms at this, and the assistant director assures him that the editors can swap those reactions in post-production.

* In [[Film/{{Grindhouse}} Planet Terror]], a zombie ruins an otherwise perfect take by grabbing for {{Rose McGowan}} too soon, so Robert Rodriguez just fixed it by [[YourHeadAsplode blowing his head off]].

* From the ''{{Rifftrax}}'' of ''Film/{{Birdemic}}'':

* From the ''{{Rifftrax}}'' of ''{{Birdemic}}'':

* A very common joke in stand-up comedians' albums is to claim that they will edit out unfunny sequences or add artificial laughs over unsuccessful jokes in post-production.

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

* In ''{{Disgaea}} 2'', [[GoldfishPoopGang recurring foe]] and fallen TV star Axel once blows off the idea that he'll probably lose to the party again with this line.

->"''The Cheat, what happened? You told me this was gonna look like kind of giant T-Rex with tentacle arms and laser beam eyes!''"\\

* Parodied in ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople'' episode 4 "Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]]", when Strong Bad complains about the Cheat forgetting to add a CGI monster over Strong Sad in the [[ShowWithinAShow movie-within-a-game]].

* In [[{{Grindhouse}} Planet Terror]], a zombie ruins an otherwise perfect take by grabbing for {{Rose McGowan}} too soon, so Robert Rodriguez just fixed it by [[YourHeadAsplode blowing his head off]].

* Spoofed in the extremely-fun "Wormhole X-Treme" episode of ''Series/StargateSG1''. A ''real'' alien spaceship comes down to pick up some stranded alien beings in the middle of a {{show within a show}} written by ''another'' alien, based upon hazy memories of the SGC. While two of the [[ShowWithinAShow show]]'s production crew (who actually are ''real'' production crew on ''Stargate SG-1'') are talking about it, they say that the special effects were a little weak, and that "We'll fix it in post." Then they go to play some golf.

* Seen in ''[[VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]]''. The Cheat's special effects were going to be put in the post. It never happened.

* Invoked during a Star Wars Q&A with George Lucas. A fan had asked Lucas what would happen to his body when he dies. Specifically whether his corpse would become one with The Force or just be a normal death. George Lucas replied to the awkward question by saying when he died he'd probably just be a dead body. Then Rick McCallum (who was sitting next to Lucas) made everyone laugh by stating they would fix it in post.

* Invoked during a Star Wars Q&A with George Lucas. A fan had asked Lucas what would happen to his body when he dies. Specifically whether his corpse would become one with The Force or just be a normal death. George Lucas replied to the awkward question by saying when he died he'd probably just be a dead body. Then Rick McCullum made everyone laugh by stating they would fix it in post.

** Invoked during a Star Wars Q&A with George Lucas. A fan had asked Lucas what would happen to his body when he dies. Specifically whether his corpse would become one with The Force or just be a normal death. George Lucas replied to the awkward question by saying when he died he'd probably just be a dead body. Then Rick McCullum made everyone laugh by stating they would fix it in post.