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* Early black-and-white horror films such as ''Film/TheWolfMan'' staged their transformation scenes like this, using progressive stages of makeup.

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* Early black-and-white horror films such as ''Film/TheWolfMan'' ''Film/TheWolfMan1941'' staged their transformation scenes like this, using progressive stages of makeup.
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* Also possibly part of how they do the "Vamping Out" effects on ''[[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' and ''{{Angel}}''.

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* Also possibly part of how they do the "Vamping Out" effects on ''[[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' and ''{{Angel}}''.''Series/{{Angel}}''.



* ''QuantumLeap'', whenever hologram Al appeared or disappeared.

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* This gimmick is used over and over again in the ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' "Confuse-A-Cat" sketch. It's better seen than described.
* Also used regularly in ''TheGoodies'', either to cut from the dummy that has just been thrown out of a window back to the actor lying on the ground, or (more convincingly) when the team walk into a wardrobe and immediately emerge from the other side wearing whatever outfit is suitable for that week's plot.

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* This gimmick is used over and over again in the ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' "Confuse-A-Cat" sketch. It's better seen than described.
* Also used regularly in ''TheGoodies'', ''Series/TheGoodies'', either to cut from the dummy that has just been thrown out of a window back to the actor lying on the ground, or (more convincingly) when the team walk into a wardrobe and immediately emerge from the other side wearing whatever outfit is suitable for that week's plot.
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** The Apollo 17 episode of ''{{Series/From the Earth to the Moon}}'' also pays homage to Méliès and his film ''Le Voyage Dans La Lune'', showing the director implementing the effect to cause telescopes to magically turn into stools.

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** The Apollo 17 episode of ''{{Series/From the Earth to the Moon}}'' ''Series/FromTheEarthToTheMoon'' also pays homage to Méliès and his film ''Le Voyage Dans La Lune'', showing the director implementing the effect to cause telescopes to magically turn into stools. stools.



** Lili Von Shtupp does it as well in ''BlazingSaddles'', when she changes into something "more comfortable".

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** Lili Von Shtupp does it as well in ''BlazingSaddles'', ''Film/BlazingSaddles'', when she changes into something "more comfortable".



* Watching ''TurkishStarWars'' [[DrinkingGame and drinking every time one of these happen]] will quickly lead to liver poisoning.

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* Watching ''TurkishStarWars'' [[DrinkingGame and drinking every time one of these happen]] will quickly lead to liver poisoning.



* This was used on ''[[MisterRogersNeighborhood Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]'' pretty extensively, as when Lady Elaine used her boomerang to turn things upside down or Purple Panda travelling "The Purple Way".

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* This was used on ''[[MisterRogersNeighborhood Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]'' ''MisterRogersNeighborhood'' pretty extensively, as when Lady Elaine used her boomerang to turn things upside down or Purple Panda travelling "The Purple Way".
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* Early black-and-white horror films such as ''TheWolfMan'' staged their transformation scenes like this, using progressive stages of makeup.

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* Early black-and-white horror films such as ''TheWolfMan'' ''Film/TheWolfMan'' staged their transformation scenes like this, using progressive stages of makeup.
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* The original ''StarTrek'' series would do this whenever the SufficientlyAdvancedAlien needed to make stuff disappear.

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* The original ''StarTrek'' ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' series would do this whenever the SufficientlyAdvancedAlien needed to make stuff disappear.



** There is at least one episode of ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' where the crew gets frozen by the weird physics of the week — but you can see them not quite succeeding in holding still.

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** There is at least one episode of ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' where the crew gets frozen by the weird physics of the week — but you can see them not quite succeeding in holding still.
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* Used on every episode of ''TheMonkees'', generally accompanied by a 'pop' or 'boink' noise.
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* Used in ''RedDwarf'' to allow Rimmer to obtain holographic items out of thin air and change clothes/hair.

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* Used in ''RedDwarf'' ''Series/RedDwarf'' to allow Rimmer to obtain holographic items out of thin air and change clothes/hair.



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* Also used regularly in ''TheGoodies'', either to cut from the dummy that has just been thrown out of a window back to the actor lying on the ground, or (more convincingly) when the team walk into a wardrobe and immediately emerge from the other side wearing whatever outfit is suitable for that week's plot.
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* Spoofed on ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad''. After watching ''{{Bewitched}}'', Stan decides to live like he was in TheSixties and asks that Francine greet him home from work with a martini. Trouble is, Stan can't hold down liquor very well. After drinking one, he starts having blackouts, and notices that things change every time he blinks, and is thus convinced that Francine is a witch.

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* Spoofed on ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad''. After watching ''{{Bewitched}}'', ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'', Stan decides to live like he was in TheSixties and asks that Francine greet him home from work with a martini. Trouble is, Stan can't hold down liquor very well. After drinking one, he starts having blackouts, and notices that things change every time he blinks, and is thus convinced that Francine is a witch.
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* Used a lot on ''{{Bewitched}}'': Samantha would twitch her nose and "Fwing" something would change. Sometimes it would involve Samantha flinging up her arms instead of twitching. Elizabeth Montgomery would have to stand completely still with her arms sticking straight up while the set was adjusted. Not an easy task to say the least. Eventually, the producers came up with a special brace to aid her.

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* Used a lot on ''{{Bewitched}}'': ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'': Samantha would twitch her nose and "Fwing" something would change. Sometimes it would involve Samantha flinging up her arms instead of twitching. Elizabeth Montgomery would have to stand completely still with her arms sticking straight up while the set was adjusted. Not an easy task to say the least. Eventually, the producers came up with a special brace to aid her.
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* Similarly done in the film version of Bewitched, where we see the trick done from 'behind the scenes'.

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* Similarly done in the film version of Bewitched, ''Film/{{Bewitched}}'', where we see the trick done from 'behind the scenes'.
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* In ''ArrestedDevelopment'', GOB makes use of this very ineptly to perform illusions in a Bluth Company video. Due to him paying no attention to what was happening behind him, the cuts are obvious.

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* In ''ArrestedDevelopment'', ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', GOB makes use of this very ineptly to perform illusions in a Bluth Company video. Due to him paying no attention to what was happening behind him, the cuts are obvious.
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* Similarly done in the film version of Bewitched.

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Stop tricks were definitely used to show lightsabers igniting, but this entry is wrong o several facts. The first lightsaber ignited on screen is when Obi-Wan gives Luke his saber on Tatooine, and Obi-Wan then does it again facing Vader. That\'s two right there, with the \"first\" one mentioned in the note actually the second. This can be re-added once the info makes sense.


* According to the Making-Of footage for ''StarWars'', they had to do this for the first time a character (Obi-Wan, about to make his HeroicSacrifice) ignites his [[LaserSword lightsaber]] on-screen. (The logistics involved may explain why this was also the ''last'' time a character ever ignited his lightsaber on-screen, at least until the Prequel Trilogy.)
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* ''WelcomeToPoohCorner'' and ''DumbosCircus'' are two shows (which continued to be rerun until the channel's relaunch) from The (old) Disney Channel that reguarly did this for various special effects.
* Spoofed on ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad''. After watching ''{{Bewitched}}'', Stan decides to live like he was in TheSixties and asks that Francine greet her from work with a martini. Trouble is, Stan can't hold down liquor very well. After drinking one, he starts having blackouts, and notices that things change everytime he blinks, and is thus convinced that Francine is a witch.

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* ''WelcomeToPoohCorner'' and ''DumbosCircus'' are two shows (which continued to be rerun until the channel's relaunch) from The (old) Disney Channel that reguarly regularly did this for various special effects.
* Spoofed on ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad''. After watching ''{{Bewitched}}'', Stan decides to live like he was in TheSixties and asks that Francine greet her him home from work with a martini. Trouble is, Stan can't hold down liquor very well. After drinking one, he starts having blackouts, and notices that things change everytime every time he blinks, and is thus convinced that Francine is a witch.
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** The Apollo 17 episode of ''From The Earth To The Moon'' also pays homage to Méliès and his film ''La Voyage Dans La Lune'', showing the director implementing the effect to cause telescopes to magically turn into stools.

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** The Apollo 17 episode of ''From The ''{{Series/From the Earth To The Moon'' to the Moon}}'' also pays homage to Méliès and his film ''La ''Le Voyage Dans La Lune'', showing the director implementing the effect to cause telescopes to magically turn into stools.
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* Featured near the end of Akira Kurosawa's ''ThroneOfBlood'', when [[spoiler:Taketori Washizu is shot through the throat.]]

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* Featured near the end of Akira Kurosawa's ''ThroneOfBlood'', ''Film/ThroneOfBlood'', when [[spoiler:Taketori Washizu is shot through the throat.]]

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* In Aleksandr Ptushko's film ''Film/{{Sadko}}'' (''The Magic Voyage of Sinbad'' to ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]'' fans), the elderly yet wily Trifon persuades Sadko to take him on his voyage by blowing on an egg in the palm of his hand and turning it into a bird. The effect is somewhat diminished by the use of a StopTrick to achieve this change.

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* Used a lot on ''{{Bewitched}}'': Samantha would twitch her nose and "Fwing" something would change.
** Sometimes it would involve Samantha flinging up her arms instead of twitching. Elizabeth Montgomery would have to stand completely still with her arms sticking straight up while the set was adjusted. Not an easy task to say the least. Eventually, the producers came up with a special brace to aid her.

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* Used a lot on ''{{Bewitched}}'': Samantha would twitch her nose and "Fwing" something would change.
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change. Sometimes it would involve Samantha flinging up her arms instead of twitching. Elizabeth Montgomery would have to stand completely still with her arms sticking straight up while the set was adjusted. Not an easy task to say the least. Eventually, the producers came up with a special brace to aid her.



* The standard TARDIS materialisation method in ''Series/DoctorWho'' did this, with a dissolve instead of a jump cut.
** The Raston Warrior Robot in "The Five Doctors" disappeared and reappeared this way.

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cut. The Raston Warrior Robot in "The Five Doctors" disappeared and reappeared this way.



** And in "Out of Time", when Starbug hits pockets of unreality, causing Starbug to disappear (so the crew are flying through space on chairs) and everyone's heads to become animal heads.
* Noticeable in the early ''PowerRangers'' series, mostly in the giant monster fights when the enemy exploded. In fact, it's still being used in ''SuperSentai'' (and various other {{tokusatsu}}) ''today''.
** As shown in unused scenes from some ''KamenRider'' shows, this is how they handle transformations: a shot is taken with the actor, then one with the costumed stuntman in the same position, and finally the two shots are combined as a simultanious fade out/fade in with a CGI TransformationSequence covering up the transition.

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** And in In "Out of Time", when Starbug hits pockets of unreality, causing Starbug to disappear (so the crew are flying through space on chairs) and everyone's heads to become animal heads.
* Noticeable in the early ''PowerRangers'' series, mostly in the giant monster fights when the enemy exploded. In fact, it's still being used in ''SuperSentai'' (and various other {{tokusatsu}}) ''today''.
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''today''. As shown in unused scenes from some ''KamenRider'' shows, this is how they handle transformations: a shot is taken with the actor, then one with the costumed stuntman in the same position, and finally the two shots are combined as a simultanious fade out/fade in with a CGI TransformationSequence covering up the transition.



* This is the miracle that allows [[TheMuppetShow Muppets]] to pick up objects when their hands are clearly incapable of it.
** "Secrets of the Muppets", an episode of ''Series/TheJimHensonHour'', explained this technique at length (described as a "tape edit" effect). Gonzo denies that his hands are no more than useless pieces of fabric, and demonstrates by repeatedly picking up a telephone. Every time it rings, he places his hand on the receiver, the shot cuts to another angle, and he lifts the phone which is now attached to his hand. Once he realizes the audience has caught on, Gonzo flees the scene...with the phone still attached, so he gets yanked back. Kermit arrives and reminds him that you should never leave a room when your hand is still glued to the telephone.

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An early special effect in film--quite possibly the [[OlderThanTelevision earliest of them all]], and still quite useful for productions with NoBudget. The camera stops, something in the shot is changed, and the camera begins rolling again with everything else in the same positions.

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An early A camera trick used a great deal before more sophisticated special effect in film--quite possibly effects were contrived. They stop the [[OlderThanTelevision earliest of them all]], and still quite useful for productions with NoBudget. The camera stops, camera, change or add something in to the shot is changed, shot, and the camera begins rolling start it again with everything else in the same positions.
positions. It's entirely possible this was the very ''first'' special effect, used in films made in the first years of cinema, like J. Stuart Blackton's ''Enchanted Drawing'' , in which a vaudeville artist draws a glass of wine, and then, magically pulls a real glass, full of real wine off the page. Yes, standards were lower back then.



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*** There is at least one episode of ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' where the crew gets frozen by the weird physics of the week — but you can see them not quite succeeding in holding still.
*** The "Q flash" was used to cover up tiny movements that other actors made while John de Lancie moved into, or out of, camera view for Q's sudden appearances and disappearances while the cameras were stopped.

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*** ** There is at least one episode of ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' where the crew gets frozen by the weird physics of the week — but you can see them not quite succeeding in holding still.
*** ** The "Q flash" was used to cover up tiny movements that other actors made while John de Lancie moved into, or out of, camera view for Q's sudden appearances and disappearances while the cameras were stopped.
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An early special effect in film--quite possibly the [[OlderThanRadio earliest of them all]], and still quite useful for productions with NoBudget. The camera stops, something in the shot is changed, and the camera begins rolling again with everything else in the same positions.

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An early special effect in film--quite possibly the [[OlderThanRadio [[OlderThanTelevision earliest of them all]], and still quite useful for productions with NoBudget. The camera stops, something in the shot is changed, and the camera begins rolling again with everything else in the same positions.
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A camera trick used a great deal before more sophisticated special effects were contrived. They stop the camera, change or add something to the shot, and start it again with everything else in the same positions. It's entirely possible this was the very ''first'' special effect, used in films made in the first years of cinema, like J. Stuart Blackton's ''Enchanted Drawing'' , in which a vaudeville artist draws a glass of wine, and then, magically pulls a real glass, full of real wine off the page. Yes, standards were lower back then.

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A camera trick used a great deal before more sophisticated An early special effects were contrived. They stop effect in film--quite possibly the camera, change or add [[OlderThanRadio earliest of them all]], and still quite useful for productions with NoBudget. The camera stops, something to in the shot, shot is changed, and start it the camera begins rolling again with everything else in the same positions. It's entirely possible this was the very ''first'' special effect, used in films made in the first years of cinema, like J. Stuart Blackton's ''Enchanted Drawing'' , in which a vaudeville artist draws a glass of wine, and then, magically pulls a real glass, full of real wine off the page. Yes, standards were lower back then.
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* Accidentally developed by pioneering filmmaker George Méliès in 1896, making this OlderThanRadio (and the Ur Special Effect as well). According to the story, Méliès was filming a street when the camera jammed and had to stop filming to fix it. Watching the footage, he sees a streetcar suddenly turn into a hearse at the point the camera stopped. Used extensively in his groundbreaking ''ATripToTheMoon''.

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* Accidentally developed by pioneering filmmaker George Méliès in 1896, making this OlderThanRadio (and the Ur Special Effect as well). According to the story, Méliès was filming a street when the camera jammed jammed, and had to stop filming to fix it. Watching the footage, he sees saw a streetcar suddenly turn into a hearse at the point the camera stopped. Used extensively in his groundbreaking ''ATripToTheMoon''.




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* ''Film/{{Hugo}}'' shows a film shoot that uses this trick, letting us see how the shot is changed as well as how it looks in the finished scene.
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** Sort of, yeah. The vamping out involves taking two shots and having the first dissolve into the other; it's a teeny bit more sophisticated than a true JeannieCut where the scenes change within a split second and there's no transition between the two (a.k.a. a jump cut).
** The first ever on-screen vamp out (Darla in the pilot) used a JeannieCut.

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** Sort of, yeah. The vamping out involves taking two shots and having the first dissolve into the other; it's a teeny bit more sophisticated than a true JeannieCut StopTrick where the scenes change within a split second and there's no transition between the two (a.k.a. a jump cut).
** The first ever on-screen vamp out (Darla in the pilot) used a JeannieCut.StopTrick.



* Skits on ''MST3K'' (particularly any of those involving Observer) employ this cut a lot (usually accompanied with a little popping noise). This is probably partly due to the show's low budget, but it's also probably an homage to ''Star Trek's'' use of the Jeannie Cut.

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* Skits on ''MST3K'' (particularly any of those involving Observer) employ this cut a lot (usually accompanied with a little popping noise). This is probably partly due to the show's low budget, but it's also probably an homage to ''Star Trek's'' use of the Jeannie Cut.StopTrick.
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[[redirect:JeannieCut]]A camera trick used a great deal before more sophisticated special effects were contrived. They stop the camera, change or add something to the shot, and start it again with everything else in the same positions. It's entirely possible this was the very ''first'' special effect, used in films made in the first years of cinema, like J. Stuart Blackton's ''Enchanted Drawing'' , in which a vaudeville artist draws a glass of wine, and then, magically pulls a real glass, full of real wine off the page. Yes, standards were lower back then.

Also known as "locking off".

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* Accidentally developed by pioneering filmmaker George Méliès in 1896, making this OlderThanRadio (and the Ur Special Effect as well). According to the story, Méliès was filming a street when the camera jammed and had to stop filming to fix it. Watching the footage, he sees a streetcar suddenly turn into a hearse at the point the camera stopped. Used extensively in his groundbreaking ''ATripToTheMoon''.
** A century later, directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris used the same technique for Music/TheSmashingPumpkins' video "Tonight, Tonight", which was an homage to Méliès' film.
** The Apollo 17 episode of ''From The Earth To The Moon'' also pays homage to Méliès and his film ''La Voyage Dans La Lune'', showing the director implementing the effect to cause telescopes to magically turn into stools.
* This WAS the very first special effect in film. It was used in one of Edison's early films not long after the movie film was invented in the first place. The film depicted the execution of a historical queen. Many viewers thought the poor actress had actually been killed. (Dying for your art?)
* Featured near the end of Akira Kurosawa's ''ThroneOfBlood'', when [[spoiler:Taketori Washizu is shot through the throat.]]
* According to the Making-Of footage for ''StarWars'', they had to do this for the first time a character (Obi-Wan, about to make his HeroicSacrifice) ignites his [[LaserSword lightsaber]] on-screen. (The logistics involved may explain why this was also the ''last'' time a character ever ignited his lightsaber on-screen, at least until the Prequel Trilogy.)
* Used to hilarious effect in ''{{Anchorman}}''. A disheveled Ron Burgundy goes into the men's room...and comes out clean cut with superhuman speed.
** ''TommyBoy'' utilizes the same trick for Richard's split-second wardrobe change in the airplane restroom.
** Lili Von Shtupp does it as well in ''BlazingSaddles'', when she changes into something "more comfortable".
* Used in the beginning of ''SecretWindow'' to make it appear that Johnny Depp's character has driven through a parking lot with the camera on the hood and then backed away from said camera in the same shot.
* Watching ''TurkishStarWars'' [[DrinkingGame and drinking every time one of these happen]] will quickly lead to liver poisoning.
* Early black-and-white horror films such as ''TheWolfMan'' staged their transformation scenes like this, using progressive stages of makeup.
* This is how Morbius' protective shutters in ''ForbiddenPlanet'' open and close.
* Done in ''OhGod'' in the final courtroom scene, when God repeatedly makes a deck of cards appear and disappear.

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* Used a lot on ''{{Bewitched}}'': Samantha would twitch her nose and "Fwing" something would change.
** Sometimes it would involve Samantha flinging up her arms instead of twitching. Elizabeth Montgomery would have to stand completely still with her arms sticking straight up while the set was adjusted. Not an easy task to say the least. Eventually, the producers came up with a special brace to aid her.
* Similarly seen on ''IDreamOfJeannie''.
* And ''MyFavoriteMartian'', particularly when Uncle Martin turned invisible or visible.
* Also possibly part of how they do the "Vamping Out" effects on ''[[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' and ''{{Angel}}''.
** Sort of, yeah. The vamping out involves taking two shots and having the first dissolve into the other; it's a teeny bit more sophisticated than a true JeannieCut where the scenes change within a split second and there's no transition between the two (a.k.a. a jump cut).
** The first ever on-screen vamp out (Darla in the pilot) used a JeannieCut.
* The standard TARDIS materialisation method in ''Series/DoctorWho'' did this, with a dissolve instead of a jump cut.
** The Raston Warrior Robot in "The Five Doctors" disappeared and reappeared this way.
* The original ''StarTrek'' series would do this whenever the SufficientlyAdvancedAlien needed to make stuff disappear.
** Also the method used for the transporters. The memoirs point out that it's very hard to get actors to stay still long enough to film the effect properly without multiple takes.
*** There is at least one episode of ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' where the crew gets frozen by the weird physics of the week — but you can see them not quite succeeding in holding still.
*** The "Q flash" was used to cover up tiny movements that other actors made while John de Lancie moved into, or out of, camera view for Q's sudden appearances and disappearances while the cameras were stopped.
* Skits on ''MST3K'' (particularly any of those involving Observer) employ this cut a lot (usually accompanied with a little popping noise). This is probably partly due to the show's low budget, but it's also probably an homage to ''Star Trek's'' use of the Jeannie Cut.
** Used heavily in the ''Design for Dreaming'' short.
** As well as ''MrBNatural''.
* Used quite a bit to demonstrate Hiro's timestopping powers in ''Series/{{Heroes}}''.
* Used in ''RedDwarf'' to allow Rimmer to obtain holographic items out of thin air and change clothes/hair.
** Also used in the ad for Kryten's replacement, Hudzen, in the episode "The Last Day", when he demonstrates that he's "10x faster than any other droid" by "instantly" cooking a chicken (uncooked chicken + special FX beam + freeze = cooked chicken!)
** And in "Out of Time", when Starbug hits pockets of unreality, causing Starbug to disappear (so the crew are flying through space on chairs) and everyone's heads to become animal heads.
* Noticeable in the early ''PowerRangers'' series, mostly in the giant monster fights when the enemy exploded. In fact, it's still being used in ''SuperSentai'' (and various other {{tokusatsu}}) ''today''.
** As shown in unused scenes from some ''KamenRider'' shows, this is how they handle transformations: a shot is taken with the actor, then one with the costumed stuntman in the same position, and finally the two shots are combined as a simultanious fade out/fade in with a CGI TransformationSequence covering up the transition.
* Used a lot on ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'', especially whenever someone would magically change their clothes. Particularly obvious in some of the first-season episodes.
* This is the miracle that allows [[TheMuppetShow Muppets]] to pick up objects when their hands are clearly incapable of it.
** "Secrets of the Muppets", an episode of ''Series/TheJimHensonHour'', explained this technique at length (described as a "tape edit" effect). Gonzo denies that his hands are no more than useless pieces of fabric, and demonstrates by repeatedly picking up a telephone. Every time it rings, he places his hand on the receiver, the shot cuts to another angle, and he lifts the phone which is now attached to his hand. Once he realizes the audience has caught on, Gonzo flees the scene...with the phone still attached, so he gets yanked back. Kermit arrives and reminds him that you should never leave a room when your hand is still glued to the telephone.
* This gimmick is used over and over again in the ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' "Confuse-A-Cat" sketch. It's better seen than described.
* Happens a lot in ''LostInSpace'', always accompanied by a distinctive sound effect.
* This was used on ''[[MisterRogersNeighborhood Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]'' pretty extensively, as when Lady Elaine used her boomerang to turn things upside down or Purple Panda travelling "The Purple Way".
* In ''ArrestedDevelopment'', GOB makes use of this very ineptly to perform illusions in a Bluth Company video. Due to him paying no attention to what was happening behind him, the cuts are obvious.

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* Used in Adarah's ''UltimateUtopiaXXIII'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNzFE8rNPQU parody video]], to make slaves appear. Strangely though, they do have access to more advanced special effects techniques.
* ''QuantumLeap'', whenever hologram Al appeared or disappeared.
* http://www.youtube.com/user/Stalker2K7 [=Stalker2K7=] uses this in his Zoo Tycoon 2 videos.

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* Ghosts in ''WesternAnimation/FilmationsGhostbusters'' would appear and disappear in this manner.
* ''WelcomeToPoohCorner'' and ''DumbosCircus'' are two shows (which continued to be rerun until the channel's relaunch) from The (old) Disney Channel that reguarly did this for various special effects.
* Spoofed on ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad''. After watching ''{{Bewitched}}'', Stan decides to live like he was in TheSixties and asks that Francine greet her from work with a martini. Trouble is, Stan can't hold down liquor very well. After drinking one, he starts having blackouts, and notices that things change everytime he blinks, and is thus convinced that Francine is a witch.
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