History Main / TimeSkip

* Four years pass between the first and second volume of ''Literature/TheGoldenDemon'', after which the protagonist changes dramatically from dutiful high school student to ruthless and renowned LoanShark and the heroine has suffered from a disastrous marriage.

* The Literature/LeftBehind book ''Kingdom Come'' has a few time skips ''right in the story itself''. It starts off at the beginning of the Millennium, then jumps ahead to 93 years later where it stays for most of it, then jumps again to the end of the Millennium.

* ''Anime/BlackFox'' skips twice, with one passing from Rikka's [[AMinorKidroduction Minor Kidtroduction]] to her DangerousSixteenthBirthday, and then one more that moves to six months after, where the meat of the story takes place.

* ''Film/OnTheBuses'':
** After Stan and Jack play their first prank on Vera, the film cuts ahead by three weeks to when Bridget has been hired as the new canteen cook.
** After Stan takes Bridget home to have it off, the film cuts ahead by another three weeks.

* ''Film/DoctorInTheHouse1954'':
** After Simon's date with Rigor Mortis, the film cuts ahead to the start of his second year of medical school.
** After Simon asks Nurse Gibson on a date with the help of Mr. Briggs, the film cuts ahead to his final year.

* The second season of ''WebAnimation/MetaRunner'' takes place six months after the finale of the first.

* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' has a substantial time skip between the first and second chapters, to the tune of ''seventeen years'' while Gandalf is off page trying to track down Gollum. Knowing that, one has to wonder if Gollum is that good at hiding, or if Gandalf is that terrible at seeking. There's also a skip of a couple of years between the penultimate and final chapter of the last book.

* “WebAnimation/WolfSongTheMovie” has a few. The opening scene is Cerberus instructing his younger brother to find him 3 items needed for him to escape, it then immediately cuts to some time later where said brother of Cerberus reveals he is actually the BigBad and conducts a brutal massacre of two different packs, with Koda, a juvenile survivor of the massacre vowing revenge on the guy that killed those he knew. The film then cuts to a snowstorm several months or years later where the rest of the plot kicks off.

* ‘’WebAnimation/WolfSongTheMovie’’ has a few. The opening scene is Cerberus instructing his younger brother to find him 3 items needed for him to escape, it then immediately cuts to some time later where said brother of Cerberus reveals he is actually the BigBad and conducts a brutal massacre of two different packs, with Koda, a juvenile survivor of the massacre vowing revenge on the guy that killed those he knew. The film then cuts to a snowstorm several months or years later where the rest of the plot kicks off.

** ''Film/TheConjuringII'' opens in 1976, as the Warrens deal with the Amityville case, five years after [[Film/TheConjuring the previous film]]. It then jumps to a year later, the setting of the Enfield Poltergeist.

* Nickelodeon announced their intentions to launch a teenage ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'' series, where the main plots will often involve Dora going shopping at the mall and hanging out with the boys at school, maintaining her educational values from the original series by solving mysteries, and sport a slightly older character design. Interestingly, Nickelodeon did not intend to show off imagery of the new Dora until the fall toyline, releasing only a teaser silhouette of her. Some parents and children liked it, though some were worried about how much {{chickification}} Dora's about to go through. Nickelodeon properly unveiled her in attempt to settle the outcry.

A time skip may be used as well to link the OriginStory and the story itself, when the story does not take place immediately after the origin. Instead of using a {{Flashback}} within the main story, the story details the origin story at the beginning and provides a "many years later" screen to jump to the main story.

A Time Skip that doesn't get covered in enough detail tends to be prime FanficFuel.

** ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters'' is set five years after the first film.

* ''ComicBook/{{Avengers}}'' #35 and ''ComicBook/NewAvengers'' #24 take place eight months after their respective previous issues, additionally teasing different changes in the status quo of the Marvel Universe that would later come to be in other titles in the following months, including Superior Iron Man, Thor losing his arm, the Fantastic Four going back to blue costumes. To avoid spoiling some of these changes, special Superior Iron Man, Tony Stark didn't appear in ''Avengers'' or ''New Avengers'' until ''Superior Iron Man'' #1 was published.

* After issue 12, ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManRenewYourVows'' skips ahead eight years to have Annie May Parker as a teenager.

* ''FanFic/AIEchidnasFiveNightsAtFreddys'' does this with almost every new entry, ''Withered'' taking place four years after ''Nightmare'', ''Refurbished'' and ''Afton'' taking place 6 years after ''Withered'', ''Springlocked'' has two, the prelude taking place 12 years after ''Refurbished'' and the rest of the story taking place 18 years after ''that'', and ''Finale'' takes place 3 years after ''Springlocked''.