History Main / RetrauxFlashback

* Much like ''Metal Gear Solid'', there exists a DummiedOut picture in ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'' of Heather standing next to her dad, [[spoiler:Harry]], who is rendered in [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation PS1]] style (his actual in-game model is a reskinned [[VideoGame/SilentHill2 James]]).

* In the ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E78OnceUponATime Once Upon a Time]]", involving time-travel between 1890 and 1962, 1890 is presented as a silent movie.

** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E2TheWitchsFamiliar The Witch’s Familiar]]", Missy tells a story about the Doctor. It is represented in high-contrast black-and-white footage with a scanline overlay. The laser beams shown in the flashback are also noticeably made with a 2D rotoscope, instead of CGI. Those elements make the scene appear very similar to a First or Second Doctor episode. To hammer the point further, [[FakeShemp Fake Shemps]] of the First and Third Doctors appear in the beginning of this scene.

* ''WebAnimation/BattleForBFDI'': In BFB 22, when Firey and Leafy are having an argument, we see a flashback which is a clip of the final episode of the original BFDI. The same thing happened in BFB 29 when Announcer explains what happened to him at the end of the final episode.

* "WebAnimation/BattleForBFDI": In the episode Who Stole Donut's Diary, when Firey and Leafy are having an argument, we see a flashback which is a clip of the final episode of the original BFDI. The same thing happened in S.O.S. when Announcer explains what happened to him at the end of the final episode.

* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' has had flashback sequences that use the art style of [[Literature/TheHomestarRunnerEntersTheStrongestManInTheWorldContest the original children's book that the characters came from]], or occasionally the site's earliest animations, "[[Recap/HomestarRunnerMarshmallowsLastStand Marshmallow's Last Stand]]" and "[[Recap/HomestarRunnerAJumpingJackContest A Jumping Jack Contest]]". There's also the 1936 universe, modeled on Depression-era animation, which crops up every now and then for historical segments.

[[folder:Anime and Manga]]

* In the ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' OVA, the art style for the ending animation shifts to the author, Creator/KojiKumeta's original art style.

* In the anime adaptation of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind'', the group photo on Jotaro's desk is in the ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'' art style, lifted straight from the scene where the photo was taken during that season.

* Creator/MarvelComics will often use a style which approximates the old four-color style when presenting flashbacks to the stories originally presented in the 1960s-80s, or new stories which take place in that time frame. Additionally the characters who were around then will frequently be drawn in the style of Creator/JackKirby, the artist who drew most of them at that time (or Creator/SteveDitko if it's a ComicBook/SpiderMan story).

* In ''{{ComicBook/Supreme}}'', all of Supreme's flashbacks to different eras feature era-appropriate art and storytelling. When harkening back to adventures that would have happened in the Golden or Silver age, he mentions how it seems so long ago and everything seemed so simple back then, accounting for the less detailed artwork and plain, no-nonsense dialogue.

* The issue of ''{{ComicBook/Stormwatch}}'' where old superheroine [[ComicBook/TheAuthority Jenny Sparks]] reveals her history as "The Spirit of the 20th Century" has her flashbacks of each era drawn (and lettered) in the style of major comics of said era, such as ''ComicBook/TheSpirit'', ''ComicStrip/DanDare'', and ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' for the flashback to TheEighties. In a later issue, BadBoss Henry Bendix's flashback of when he first found Rose Tatoo ([[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Spirit of Murder]]) was drawn a la Creator/JackKirby.

[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
** The flashback case in ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'' uses the first game's graphics and music.
** Oddly {{inverted|Trope}} in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies''. At one point in Case 2, we see a still image of Phoenix with his laid-back, hobo look in ''Apollo Justice''. But because the courthouse was redesigned between that game and ''Dual Destinies'', it's very obvious that the game uses the new defendant lobby while showing Hobo Phoenix back in ''Apollo Justice''. Similarly inverted in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'', where Apollo flashes back to confronting Klavier Gavin in court... but again, the courthouse doesn't look like it used to in ''Apollo Justice'', so it feels jarring to see them in the new and rebuilt courtroom. To top it all off, ''AJ'' used 2D graphics, while ''Dual Destinies'' and ''Spirit of Justice'' use 3D.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Webcomics]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'': In seasons 8 and 9, Cole, Zane, and Jay have flashbacks to how they met Wu.[[note]]The flashbacks take place in "[[Recap/NinjagoS8E76TheJadePrincess The Jade Princess]]", "[[Recap/NinjagoS8E78SnakeJaguar Snake Jaguar]]", and "[[Recap/NinjagoS9E88HowToBuildADragon How to Build a Dragon]]" respectively.[[/note]] Despite the main cast getting redesigned in Season 8 to match their [[WesternAnimation/TheLEGONinjagoMovie movie counterparts]], they sport their original designs in these flashbacks. This makes less sense when you consider the explanation given [[Recap/NinjagoS8E75TheMaskOfDeception earlier]] that [[ForWantOfANail time travel effects]] from the previous season may have been what changed their appearances.

* ''WebAnimation/TheOmoriboyChronicles'': [[spoiler:When Omoriboy is sent back to 2012 by [[VideoGame/{{Omori}} the game's]] Omori, everyone there takes on the art style of the comic. The only exception is Omoriboy himself, who already looked like that despite living in the same present as Omori.]]

* Pretty much the entire point behind ''Webcomic/AttackOfTheSuperWizards''.
* Subverted in ''Webcomic/{{Adventurers}}'': a flashback [[http://adventurers.keenspot.com/d/20050115.html near the beginning of the final battle]] starts like this, but the character being narrated to complains.
* Occurs in [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/9/8/ this]] ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' strip, as a flashback to a wager about ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' [[CueTheFlyingPigs coming out]]. Done again in [[http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/03/14 this strip]] concerning TechnologyMarchesOn. Tycho comments in TheRant: ''"In my my mind, they have always looked like the first two panels."''

* Creator/MarvelComics will often use a style which approximates the old four-color style when presenting flashbacks to the stories originally presented in the 1960s-80s, or new stories which take place in that time frame. Additionally the characters who were around then will frequently be drawn in the style of Creator/JackKirby, the artist who drew most of them at that time (or Creator/SteveDitko if it's a Franchise/SpiderMan story).

* ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland'': Guybrush can peep out of a hole into a location from [[VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland the first game]] before being chased back by an unseen "pack of stunningly-rendered rabid jaguars".

* ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'':
** For ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty4ModernWarfare'''s flashback mission in Pripyat, the satellite overview is replaced with a traditional paper map. The in-game graphics are more [[MonochromePast desaturated]] than usual and have a sepia tint and grainy overlay.
** In ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII'', the normal missions [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture set in 2025]] have a futuristic HeadsUpDisplay with elements suggesting that it's diegetic (particularly, primary protagonist "Section" having them part of his CoolShades). For the flashback missions set in the 1980s, the HUD is instead shown in the exact same form as it was in the 1960s-set ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps''.

** ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRequiemOfTheWreckers'': The old Marvel-comics style comes back once again when Springer reminisces of his training with Kup and recruitment into the Wreckers.

* At one point in ''VideoGame/DiscworldII: Missing Presumed...'', Rincewind travels back in time to meet himself, just prior to the events of the first game. The past is an exact duplicate of the much more blocky sprites of the original.
** The same effect appears in ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland'', where Guybrush can peep out of a hole into a location from the first game before being chased back by an unseen "pack of stunningly-rendered rabid jaguars".
* [[PaintingTheMedium Making fun of the medium]] and being nostalgic about the previous games, the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series shows flashbacks and even photos of scenes from the previous games always rendered in the original game engine. In the 4th game, Sunny has a photo of her dead mother [[spoiler:Olga]], which is a screenshot from ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Solid 2|Sons of Liberty}}''.
** In ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Solid 4|Guns of the Patriots}}'', [[spoiler:when returning to Shadow Moses Island, you start in the second area of ''[=MGS1=]'' with the original game engine, before Snake wakes up from a dream as the helicopter is about to land. You also get a [=FaceCamo=] option after playing through that flashback to let you turn Old Snake into [=PS1=] Snake, complete with being able to count the polygons on his head and the pixels on its texture.]]
* Much like ''Metal Gear Solid'', there exists a DummiedOut picture in ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'' of Heather standing next to her dad, [[spoiler: Harry]] who is rendered in [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation PS1]] style (His actual in-game model is a reskinned [[VideoGame/SilentHill2 James]]).
* Invoked hilariously in ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIV'' when Roger travels back in time to Ulence Flats from the [[VideoGame/SpaceQuestI first game]]. The whole place is rendered in EGA coloring and style.

* For ''[[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Call of Duty 4]]'''s flashback mission in Pripyat, the satellite overview is replaced with a traditional paper map. The in-game graphics are more [[MonochromePast desaturated]] than usual and have a sepia tint and grainy overlay.
* In ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII'', the normal missions set in 2025 have a futuristic HUD with elements suggesting it's diegetic (particularly, primary protagonist "Section" having them part of his CoolShades). For the flashback missions set in the 1980s, the HUD is instead shown in the exact same form as it was in the 1960s-set ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps''.

* ''VideoGame/MonsterBoyAndTheCursedKingdom'' has a hidden bonus area in which you re-enact the prologue of ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap''(and by extension the finale of ''VideoGame/WonderBoyInMonsterLand'') with old-school graphics and sound.

[[quoteright:300:[[VideoGame/SpaceQuestIV https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/download_1_50.png]]]]

* In ''Anime/YourName'', the flashbacks shown [[spoiler:when Taki drinks Mitsuha's ''kuchikamizake'']] have faux-VHS effects, including deliberate fuzziness and scan lines.

* The 2005 Taiwanese movie ''Film/ThreeTimes'' had three stories set in different time periods, all about the relationships between two character who were always played by Creator/ShuQi and Creator/ChangChen. The middle segment, set in 1911, is styled as a silent movie, with title cards and no audible dialogue.

* ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' features an episode shortly before Phoebe and Cole's wedding where Phoebe puts on Gram's old wedding ring, only to discover that it is cursed. She ends up losing all her color and looking black and white, as if she was from a 50's TV show.