History Main / RecapEpisode

** The original anime has an number of recap episodes, in which [[InactionSequence the most repeatedly repeated flashbacks]] are repeated once more. They're mostly disguised as a dialogue between two characters, but it's not {{infodump}} since we (the audience) know everything already.

* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' had one, though the {{framing device}} included some plot-relevant new material and a notable example of FanDisService.

* The sequel to ''WesternAnimation/PoohsHeffalumpMovie'', ''WesternAnimation/PoohsHeffalumpHalloweenMovie'' is both a WholeEpisodeFlashback and a recap movie of "Boo To You, Too, Winnie the Pooh!"

* The sequel to Series/WinnieThe|Pooh's Heffalump Movie, Pooh's Heffalump Halloween is both a WholeReferenceFlashback and a recap movie of "Boo To You, Too, Winnie the Pooh!"

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* The sequel to Series/WinnieThe|Pooh's Heffalump Movie, Pooh's Heffalump Halloween is both a WholeReferenceFlashback and a recap movie of "Boo To You, Too, Winnie the Pooh!"

* ''WebVideo/OnCinema: A recap was posted after the end of season 8 that provides a general overview of all 8 seasons and the major plot developments throughout them.

* ''WebVideo/{{lonelygirl15}}'' has had several of these.
* ''Literature/FineStructure'' has "The Story So Far", which also ties together most of the threads of the HyperlinkStory up to that point.

-->'''Phil''': Remember that time we--\\
'''Joel''': NO! [Credits]

* ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'''s season 3 finale, "The Longest Recap", is a SelfParody rather than normal ClipShow. The bulk of it is devoted to extremely abbreviated versions of every prior episode, in order--but all the dialogue has been re-recorded, and most of the jokes are new, and several of the video clips didn't actually appear in the original episode, and some of the "recaps" directly contradict what happened in the original episode.
* ''WebVideo/TheBenHeckShow'' has several episodes with the title ''Rewind and Recap'', which revisits old failed projects to see what went wrong or if it can be improved.
* The 13th ''Toys/{{Bionicle 2015}}'' webisode ''Fallen Heroes'' offers a quick rundown on the preceding story. Since episodes were only one and a half minutes in length, they were literally flashing back to what happened minutes ago in videos that were only a few clicks away.
* The day before ''WebVideo/AshensAndThePolybiusHeist'' was released, WebVideo/StuartAshen's bonus channel on Website/YouTube posted [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6hFssSH068 a recap video]] summarizing the film it was following up on, ''WebVideo/AshensAndTheQuestForTheGameChild'', in one minute. Afterwards, it asks, "Still too long?" and [[ExaggeratedTrope recaps the movie again in thirty seconds]]. Again, it asks, "Still too long?" and ''does a third recap in two seconds''.
-->Man wants something.\\
Thinks he can't get it.\\
Then he does.
* ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' parodied ''Anime/YuGiOh'' doing a Recap Episode, in its own Recap Episode (Yes, a Recap Episode for an Abridged Series. [[RuleOfFunny Work with it]].) The video description on [=YouTube=] read "Did I just abridge my own series?"
---->'''Yami:''' Or we could flashback to previous episodes in an attempt to save the animators time and money. \\

* The ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' episode ''Blast From The Past'' features a reanimated version of the first episode, ''Spin Fun Knowin' Ya''.

* "The Ember Island Players", ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'''s final BreatherEpisode before the GrandFinale, rather than a ClipShow, is a recap episode where the characters [[LetsWatchOurShowPlot watch a play depicting their exploits of the three previous seasons]]. Actually it's not as much recap as it is [[SelfParody a parody]] - including the 'real' characters sinking through their seats in shame.
** It's a very meta parody, as well. Like Aang being played by a girl, some confusion as to whether Jet died, and the heroes' visit to the Great Divide being summarized with "Let's not go there". In fact, much of the parody actually comes from complaints of the fandom.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'''s equivalent to "The Ember Island Players", Book Four's "Remembrances", is a more traditional clip show (though the final third is a great deal DenserAndWackier). It has the characters reflect and comment on romance, friendship, past mistakes and the villains they've faced. Like its predecessor, it's largely a BreatherEpisode and contains a great deal of [[SelfDeprecation self-deprecating humor]], much of which is a reflection of fandom opinions. This episode, however, was not according to the original plan - a highly unwelcome [[ScrewedByTheNetwork budget cut]] left production short an episode's worth of funds, and they were forced to either make do largely with existing footage or fire several members of their staff a few weeks early.

* ''{{Series/Tracker}}'': ''Remember When'' recapped the season with the storyline of Cole losing his memory after a big electrical jolt.

* ''Excel Saga'' has a second episode that recapped only the B-plot. The main characters recapped it while drinking at a bar.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' didn't have its first full recap episode until right before Ash's eighth Gym battle in Hoenn, and there was another one in Sinnoh. Strangely, both episodes were skipped in the dub.
** Just had another one, although it was more of an introduction to Pokemon, and did show some scenes from future episodes.

->'''Lucrezia Noin''': Filler.\\
'''Zechs Marquise''': I'm sorry, Noin. It sounded like you just said "filler."\\
'''Noin''': I did.\\
'''Zechs''' But this is a ''GUNDAM'' series, we don't get fillers. We get crappy recap episodes which nobody likes.\\
'''Noin''': I know, where nothing ever happens until right at the end.

* The short-lived ''WesternAnimation/SilverSurfer'' cartoon, despite being [=AWESOME=] in most respects, inexplicably spoiled its second episode by devoting a huge chunk of it to recapping the events of the first episode in clips.

* The first two episodes of ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana II'' were essentially recaps of the first series, with a bit of plot to justify it.

* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnline'' has its recap as Episode 5.5. It's actually an in-universe recap where Pitohui and M review the footage of the Squad Jam tournament and provide constant commentary on it. The InsertSong from Episode 5 is even explained as Pito turning on appropriate background music. The final few minutes of the episode turn into total parody featuring fake outtakes and LLENN's voice actress making ridiculous sound effects for the gunshots. True to its nature as an in-universe recap, it only uses footage from Episodes 1, 4, and 5, as Episodes 2 and 3 are mostly focused on main character Karen's real-life background that Pito and M aren't privy to.
* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'':

* Season 2 of ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'' has an "Episode 0" titled ''Past and Future'', a recap of the first season. Justified as the first season [[SequelGap was aired more than 4 years prior]].

''Note:If you're seeking Website/TVTropes Recaps, go [[{{Recap}} here]].''

* While [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the first anime]] of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' avoids this trope entirely, ''Brotherhood'' starts the third season off with Hohenheim reminiscing over all the events of the past two seasons, most of which he wasn't even present for, while some surreal events, such as people dancing around a bonfire only to ''explode'', happen in the meantime. [[AllJustADream There's a logical explanation supplied, however.]] This episode was pure filler in the original run in Japan, where it aired a mere week after the previous episode; however, it was very helpful for the Creator/AdultSwim airing, as there was a several-month gap before it.

* ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' has one right before the climax of volume 2/episode 11, which sums up everything Catarina had ever done for her friends and how much she's changed their lives [[spoiler:(sans Maria, who was kidnapped at the time) while they're trying to cope with the possibility of her dying while in a magic induced coma.]] Unusually for this trope, it takes place near the end of the season without being a substitute for a delayed episode and was lifted directly from the light novel.

* ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'', ''Series/{{Beastmaster}}'' and ''Series/MutantX'' each included an episode where the framing for flashbacks was a trial of a major character (in at least two cases, the [[IncrediblyLamePun framing]] was [[KangarooCourt literal]]).

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'' episode "The Tickle Feather Machine", the first half of the first part of the story is spent recalling Simon Bar Sinister's past capers, all of which foiled by the titular caped canine: the Shrinking Water from "The Big Shrink", the Weather Machine from "Weathering the Storm", the Snow Gun from "Go Snow" and titular net in "The Forget-Me-Net". After the fact, it kicks off the plot for Simon to invent the titular diabolical machine that tickles people into submission so nobody can stop him from being elected dictator.