History Main / RewindGag

* ''Theatre/Hamilton'' plays with this trope. The song "Helpless" is sung showing a pivotal night from Alexander and Eliza's points of view. The very next song ''Satsified'' repeats the scene from Angelica's POV. The song even begins with the cast singing "Rewind! Rewind!" as the sound system makes an audible tape rewinding sound and the cast repeats their previous dance in reverse to reset the scene.

* A frequent gag on YouTubePoop videos.

* In ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', a running gag throughout the first three seasons is the "Krillin owned count", which appears onscreen with a "ding" and ticks up every time Krillen gets defeated, whether literally or metaphorically. In the season 3 finale, it counts all the way back down to zero over the course of his GladToBeAliveSex with Android 18. Complete with "gniD" in the subtitles.

''WesternAnimation/{{Underfist}}'': Nearly five minutes into the special, a FakeOutFadeOut starts after Irwin gives up on his evening, complete with fake credits. As soon as Mindy reveals that she wants Irwin's help, the credits rewind back to Irwin.

''WesternAnimation/Underfist'': Nearly five minutes into the special, a FakeOutFadeOut starts after Irwin gives up on his evening, complete with fake credits. As soon as Mindy reveals that she wants Irwin's help, the credits rewind back to Irwin.

* ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'': Happens with the FadeOutFakeOut credits after defeating King Dedede in Story Mode or Hyness in Guest Star, in which they roll super-fast as if you have beaten the game. Then they rewind before revealing what comes next

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': In [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldofGumballS1E29TheWand "The Wand"]], when Richard casts a rewind spell, Gumball pretends it works by saying the words of his previous sentence in reverse order, and Darwin corrects him by actually speaking backwards.

* ''Series/MyWorldAndWelcomeToIt'': In "The Mating Dance," John and Ellen reminisce about the circumstances under which they got engaged while attending a dance. John tells his version first, painting himself as having vanquished Ellen's [[TheBully bullying]] and JerkJock interloper Rick Feldspar with a punch to the face that floors him. Ellen then tells John that’s not how things happened at all, following which we see John's version of the tale run backwards in fast motion. When the action restarts, it's shown that John's punch to Rick's face had no effect at all — and when his rival floors John with a roundhouse right, Ellen runs to comfort John. She asked John to marry her shortly afterwards.

* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon'': In the first episode, the flashback montage of the "Ketchum family"[[note]]Who would just be "Satoshi's family" in the Japanese version, where he is just "Satoshi of Madara Town".[[/note]] winning their vacation and taking flight to Alola is a FastForwardGag. Which is then, mere seconds later, replayed in reverse to remind Ash of the egg they're supposed to deliver.
** Earlier in the series during the Orange Islands arc, Ash and Pikachu see a fruit basket on the road and run to it. Misty stops them saying that the basket a likely a bait trap and then the action of Ash and Pikachu running towards it is rewound.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': In the first episode of the ''Sun and Moon'' season, the flashback montage of the "Ketchum family"[[note]]Who would just be "Satoshi's family" in the Japanese version, where he is just "Satoshi of Madara Town".[[/note]] winning their vacation and taking flight to Alola is a FastForwardGag. Which is then, mere seconds later, replayed in reverse to remind Ash of the egg they're supposed to deliver.

!!Examples:

** Earlier in the series during the Orange Islands arc, Satoshi / Ash and Pikachu see a fruit basket on the road and run to it. Kasumi / Misty stops them saying that the basket a likely a bait trap and then the action of Satoshi / Ash and Pikachu running towards it is rewound.

* In ''WebVideo/DragonballZAbridged'', a running gag throughout the first three seasons is the "Krillin owned count", which appears onscreen with a "ding" and ticks up every time Krillen gets defeated, whether literally or metaphorically. In the season 3 finale, it counts all the way back down to zero over the course of his GladToBeAliveSex with Android 18. Complete with "gniD" in the subtitles.

* One of Dr. Pierce's hallucinatory conversations on ''Series/{{Perception}}'' had him riding a bicycle backwards.

* A frequent gag on WebAnimation/YouTubePoop videos.

* Another serious version in the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "Obsession" when the MonsterOfTheWeek first appears in its cloud-like form, moving stealthily towards Spock. However [[ItCanThink when Spock demonstrates that he's armed, it reverses out of sight.]]

* The video for Music/{{Coldplay}}'s "The Scientist" plays backwards from the singer lying on a mattress on a random British street, him walking through the countryside, him getting up and walking after a massive car crash (that killed the girl he was driving with and sent said car down a hill) leaves him uninjured, the crash itself, and the events up to it, leaving him back in the car on the road with the girl buckled up properly (she had unbuckled before the crash, and was through through the windshield during it).