Line #27 Main/SynchronousEpisodes


1	In which two episodes of a series, usually (but not always) right next to each other in broadcast order, are shown by overlapping scenes to occur at the same time. At times has subtle differences based on which character is the focus in which episode, relating it to TheRashomon.
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3	Compare AnotherSideAnotherStory, the video game equivalent of this trope where you unlock another character and their side of events after having played through them on the first character.
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5	A more precise version of SimultaneousArcs, as while that trope simply requires two stories to take place at the same time chronologically, ''this'' trope has said stories share the same scenes and/or related driving forces. Basically, a Simultaneous Arc story will have Alice and Bob doing something at the same time, but a Synchronous Episode story has things happen to either Alice or Bob based on the actions of the other (for example, Alice's plot is a BabysittingEpisode with Bob's baby cousin, because Bob's plot has him too busy with important job interview that day to watch him).
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12	* ''Manga/KOn'' does this in the second season, when the older girls go on a class trip, leaving Azusa behind.
13	* The end of episode 22 of ''Anime/MyHime'' is synchronous with events within the first few minutes of episode 23, with the former scene of the former repeating about four minutes into the latter.
14	* ''Anime/PersonaTrinitySoul'' uses three repeated scenes to establish episodes 9 and 10 as simultaneous; one follows the main protagonist, while the other follows what the other major characters did during that day.
15	* The '''entire fourth disk''' of ''Anime/WolfsRain'' is just four recap episodes, each rehashing the plot up to that point, each from the point of view of a different character. There ''are'' a few additional or revised scenes, so watching those episodes might not be a ''complete'' waste of time...
16	* The majority of ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' seasons have at least one set of these, owing to the demands of telling the story of a large group of heroes that is quite given to splitting up.
17	* Episodes of ''Manga/SgtFrog'' usually have two separate 11-minute stories, but episode 44 involved two concurrent stories. The first story has Keroro and Fuyuki competing in various winter sports while mysterious accidents occur, and the second shows that all the accidents were caused by Aki and Kululu testing out a [[HumongousMecha giant robot]].
18	* ''Every single episode'' of ''Anime/BoogiepopPhantom'' is this. Each episode is the story of the same events, told from the perspective of a different character. Since not everyone was present for every major event in the story, only by watching all the episodes can the viewer piece together what had actually happened.
19	* ''Anime/MekakucityActors'': Episodes 2 and 3 introduce and expand on the story of Shintaro's sister, Momo, and also explains the presence of Kano, Seto and Kido during the action sequence at the end of Episode 1. After [[spoiler:they're both shown alive... [[LookBothWays briefly]]]] at the end of Episode 5, it becomes clear that the events surrounding Hibiya and Hiyori in Episode 4's second half are happening off-screen while Ene is telling everyone else her back story in Episodes 6 and 7.
20	* The ''Anime/FateStayNightUnlimitedBladeWorks'' anime adaptation does this with its prologue and first episode, showing us events from Rin's and Shirou's perspective, respectively.
21	* ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'':
22	** Most of chapter 12 of ''Kanna's Daily Life'' happens at the same time as chapter 53 of the main series, showing what happened when Elma was sent to play with the kids.
23	** Another chapter in ''Kanna's Daily Life'', "Magic Time", takes place while Kobayashi and Shouta are taking the wizard exams.
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27	* ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'' does this with two entire subseries, Shards and the latter part of Hidden Years (featuring different characters and locations). The two series don't technically share scenes, but there is a lot of overlap, with characters in the one story learning about what happened to their friends in the other. In the European version, they were published together in extra thick comic books which contained one episode of each, happening simultaneously.
28	* Two issues of ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'' depict Omni-Man telling his son about where he came from. The first time, he'd lied to him, and said his home planet Viltrum was a peaceful place, and that he'd been sent to keep order on Earth. The second time, he told the truth: He's a GalacticConqueror, just one of millions in the Viltrumite horde. They both show the same setting (scenes on Viltrum share the same characters, but while they were all talking joyfully in the first story, they were fighting for supremacy in the second, etc.). In a neat bit of work with the medium, the second story is shown using basically the same page layouts as the first as well, making the distorted echo effect even more obvious.
29	* The short in issue #4 of ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'', "In the Interim" takes place while the events of issues #2 through #4 occur.
30	** In the short story in ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyMicroSeries'' Issue #3 Hayseed attempts to woo Rarity a second time right before the big Canterlot show from the main story of the same issue, as Rarity is in the same dress and preparing for the show.
31	* Issues 18, 20, and 21 of ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise'' all take place at about the same time and focus on the Autobot, Decepticon, and NAIL reaction to [[spoiler:Starscream's seizure of Iacon]].
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35	* The way ''Fanfic/CalamityWitches'' is set up implies that "[[Recap/AmphibiaS2E36TrueColors True Colors]]" and "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS1E19YoungBloodOldSouls Young Blood, Old Souls]]" took place at the same time.
36	* ''Fanfic/CodePrime - R2: Revolution'' does this a couple of times:
37	** The bulk of ''A Measure of Trust'' and ''Nerves of Steel'' (Chapters 2 and 3) happen simultaneously.
38	** Chapters 18 through 25 all take place at the same time, as the Autobots and Black Knights, and the Decepticons, divide their forces to search for the Iacon relics.
39	* ''Fanfic/TheNewAdventuresOfInvaderZim'':
40	** Episode 7 of Season 1 is about Dib and Steve investigating a crashed Meekrob ship and fighting the Irkens for control of it, while Viera stays behind to hold down the fort. Episode 8 shows what she was up to during that time (mainly getting into a rivalry with Gaz).
41	** Episodes 8 and 9 of Season 2 are stated to take place at the same time, the latter showing what Dib and his friends got up to on Earth while Gaz and Nyx were on their road trip in space.
42	* ''[[Fanfic/StarWarsVsWarhammer40K Star Wars vs Warhammer 40K]]'': Episodes 4 and 5 both cover the first major battle between the Galactic Republic and the Imperium of Man, known in-universe as the Battle of System K749, from two different perspectives. Episode 4 is largely told from the POV of Spikes, a clone naval captain who is commanding one of the Republic fleet's Venators and focuses on the actual SpaceBattle. Episode 5 is told from the perspective of Dr. Shina, a civilian scientist working aboard the flagship of the Republic fleet who barely escapes with her life after the ship is boarded by Space Marines during the battle.
43	** Episodes 7–8 cover the Battle of Anaxes, which happens in the same timeframe as Episodes 4 and 5. Episode 8 ends with Palpatine telling Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Mace Windu to leave Anaxes and travel to Rothana to meet with the survivors of the first contact battle. The trio's meeting with the survivors is shown at the end of Episodes 4 and 5.
44	* ''Fanfic/ThereWasOnceAnAvengerFromKrypton'': Chapters 18 and 19 of ''Changing of the Guard'' and Chapter 28 of ''The Girl Who Could Knock Out The Hulk'' take place at the same time, covering Vilgax's invasion of Arcadia. The former is from the POV of Ben and his friends, while the latter is from the POV of the Avengers, even sharing some scenes and dialogue from different perspectives. Meanwhile, the first chapter of ''From His Vantage Upon the Moon'' shows Strange and Thor's meeting with the Olympians that they were tied up with while the Avengers were first setting out for California, and the fourth chapter shows Charlie and Bumblebee's group's reactions to the attack on the town.
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48	* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'': The latter half of the movie overlaps the events of Part I that were set in 1955.
49	* ''Film/IronMan2'':
50	** Scenes from ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008'' can be seen on a TV news report. This establishes that the events of the two films take place during roughly the same time frame.
51	** The post credits scene places the first Act of ''Film/{{Thor}}'' as happening at the same time as both of the aforementioned films.
52	* ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'': ''Film/SawIII'' and the bulk of ''Film/SawIV'' are revealed at the end of the latter to have been taking place at the same time, when Rigg and Strahm enter the Gideon Meatpacking Plant, with the latter witnessing Jeff's trial.
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56	The various shows, books, comic books, and video games produced by Disney for the ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'' have overlapped heavily with the main films, as have some of the films themselves. In some cases, we have {{Prequel}}s, {{Sequel}}s, and {{Interquel}}s, with the occasional ImmediateSequel. However, thanks to a large cast and HeroOfAnotherStory, Disney has started showing us events happening to different characters at the same time, with Order 66 being quite popular as a story focus. This has always been true for the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' continuity, but Disney's reboot gives us a new continuity with new overlap.
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58	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': The GrandFinale Siege of Mandalore arc ([[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E9OldFriendsNotForgotten "Old Friends Not Forgotten"]], [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E10ThePhantomApprentice "The Phantom Apprentice"]], [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E11Shattered "Shattered"]], and [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E12VictoryAndDeath "Victory and Death"]]) overlaps with ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. This is shown in the first episode by Anakin and Obi-Wan being called away to participate in the movie's opening battle over Coruscant and further demonstrated by Obi-Wan giving Ahsoka a sit-rep regarding what's happening on Coruscant, Ahsoka dropping in on a Jedi Council meeting, and -- of course -- "Execute Order 66".
59	* The pilot episode of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch'' shows Order 66 taking place on Kaller, which is followed by the Clone Army watching Palpatine's NewEraSpeech.
60	* The playable flashbacks from ''VideoGame/StarWarsJediFallenOrder'' overlap with the Clone Wars and also show us a Jedi experiencing Order 66.
61	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance'':
62	** The last four episodes of Season 1 — [[Recap/StarWarsResistanceS1E17TheDisappeared "The Disappeared"]], [[Recap/StarWarsResistanceS1E18Descent "Descent"]], [[Recap/StarWarsResistanceS1E19NoEscapePartI "No Escape, Part I"]], [[Recap/StarWarsResistanceS1E20NoEscapePartII "No Escape, Part II"]] — overlap with the events of ''Film/TheForceAwakens''. At one point, Kaz and Torra spy on some stormtroopers watching a broadcast of the speech General Hux gives in the movie before Starkiller Base fires on the Hosnian System.
63	** The first episodes of Season 2, starting with [[Recap/StarWarsResistanceS2E1IntoTheUnknown "Into the Unknown"]], overlap with the Sequel Trilogy as well, continuing into the timeframe of ''Film/TheLastJedi''. [[Recap/StarWarsResistanceS2E2AQuickSalvageRun "A Quick Salvage Run"]] has the Colossus arrive at D'Qar and find the wreckage of the battle that opens the movie.
64	* ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' juggles two timelines. Flashbacks show Boba escaping from the Sarlaac Pit and befriending the Tuskens of the Dune Sea, making it synchronous with the events of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. The present day events take place after he recovers his armor from Din in the first season of ''Series/TheMandalorian'' and appears to overlap significantly with the second season of the latter show. The second half of the former essentially becomes season 2.5 of the latter.
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69	* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': ''Literature/{{Night Watch\|Discworld}}'' takes place during ''Literature/ThiefOfTime'', with Vimes and Carcer being sent back in time due to the TimeCrash in ''Thief of Time''.
70	* In the ''Literature/DragonridersOfPern'' series, ''Dragonsong'' and ''Dragonsinger'', the first two books in the Harpers subseries, are set simultaneous with ''Dragonquest'', the second book in the main series. ''Dragonsong'' shows the Hatching where Jaxon Impresses Ruth from Menolly's perspective, and ''Dragonsinger'' is connected to ''Dragonquest'''s climax.
71	* The ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' series and its two main spinoffs focused on the Talbott Quadrant and the planet Torch all run concurrently. Occasionally scenes from one book will be pasted in the others verbatim as a way of letting the reader know just where in the timeline a particular book or scene is occurring.
72	* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
73	** Two books -- ''A Feast For Crows'' and the first volume of ''A Dance with Dragons'' -- overlap in time, each following half of the POV character cast. George Martin initially drafted them as one single book but then it occurred to him he had written far too much for a single book; the two books are divided not chronologically but geographically.
74	** An author's note reveals that a less dramatic version of this was also the case with the second book, ''A Clash of Kings'', and the third, ''A Storm of Swords'': the beginning of ''Storm'' overlaps with the end of ''Clash''.
75	* In ''Literature/TheMoomins'', the last two novels, ''Moominpappa At Sea'' and ''Moominvalley In November'', take place simultaneously. The first has Moominpappa dragging the whole family away from their home to a lighthouse, while the second shows what happens in their usual neighbourhood when they aren't there.
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79	* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' episode 17 [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E17TurnTurnTurn ''Turn Turn Turn'']] occurs at around the same time or immediately after ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''.
80	* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica\|2003}}''. After [[spoiler:the basestar leaves with Roslin and Baltar on it]], we first see how the fleet reacts, focusing on [[spoiler:Lee Adama]]. The next episode takes place at the exact same time, but from the perspective of the people on the [[spoiler:Basestar]]. Notably, we see the aftermath of the Battle of [[spoiler:the Resurrection Hub]] before we see the actual ''battle''.
81	** The movies. ''Razor'' shows what the Pegasus crew were doing between the Cylon attack and meeting up with Galactica. ''The Plan'' shows the first two seasons from the perspective of the Cylons. Both movies and the series show different parts of the Cylon attack.
82	* Technically different shows, but one episode of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' showed Spike's victory over his first Slayer and Angel congratulating him. Then the episode of ''Series/{{Angel}}'' shown immediately afterward revealed that Angel had his soul at the time, and the tone of his congratulation took on a very different interpretation.
83	** The same two episodes also showed the day Spike was first sired. In the Buffy episode after being humiliated minutes earlier a pre-vamped Spike was shown running into trio of strangers and bitterly told them to watch where they were going, and then the Angel one revealed it was Angelus, Darla, and Drusilla he had run across, and, as they have at that very moment just agreed to let Dru sire a companion for herself, she almost immediately chose to turn him (as Angel mocks her for picking literally the first idiot to bump into her as her eternal companion).
84	* ''Series/DearWhitePeople'' does this pretty often. Frequently events will be shown from multiple characters' perspectives.
85	* ''Series/DoctorWho'', being a time travel series, occasionally has the TARDIS land in a time period the audience has already seen it land in before. A famous early example is [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E10TheWarMachines "The War Machines"]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E8TheFacelessOnes "The Faceless Ones"]] both taking place in London on the same day.
86	** The spinoff ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' gets into the act as well, with "End of Days" leading directly into the ''Doctor Who'' episode [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia "Utopia"]], and a flashback scene in "Fragments" taking place simultaneously with the 1996 ''Doctor Who'' [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie TV movie]]. Also, there were three simultaneous Jack Harknesses in the UK at a few points[[note]]2006 Jack, dead 2009 Jack, and Ninth Doctor companion Jack in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E11BoomTown "Boom Town"]]; 1941 Jack, 2006 Jack, and dead 2009 Jack in "Captain Jack Harkness"[[/note]], but sadly we never see Jack interact with himself because 21st century Jack is aware of the implications of meeting his past self.
87	** In the other spinoff ''Series/Class2016'', the episodes [[Recap/ClassS01E06Detained "Detained"]] and [[Recap/ClassS01E07TheMetaphysicalEngineOrWhatQuillDid "The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did"]] happen simultaneously, with the first following all the regular characters other than Quill and the second only featuring her.
88	* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'': "Mental as Anything" was a filler ep that focused on the male characters of the show visiting a psychic boot camp to prepare themselves to take on the Scarrans and their infamous heat torture; simultaneously, the girls of ''Farscape''- including the two female big bads at the time- had a particularly stand-out DayInTheLimeLight episode called "Bringing Home the Beacon", which involved them infiltrating and attempting to derail a secret negotiation between Scarran and Peacekeeper forces on a commerce planet.
89	* ''Series/EastEnders'' once depicted a two-hander featuring Peggy and Pat at Pat's house which ended with their fight being interrupted by a ringing doorbell. The following episode was another two-hander featuring Pat's husband Roy and Peggy's fiance Frank (who was also Pat's ex husband). The plots of the two episodes came together at the end when Frank and Roy returned to Pat's house and and rang the doorbell just as Peggy and Pat's fight from the previous episode was in full flow.
90	* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' does this a lot, but usually so subtly you don't catch it the first time. The most obvious is in season three with the episode "Ten Sessions" (with references to other episodes that already had or were going to happen during those ten weeks) but a particularly brilliant usage comes at the end of season two when [[spoiler:Ted and Robin secretly break up three episodes before the wedding, but decide not to tell anyone until after the wedding. The story of the breakup is told in flashback, but is obviously happening at the same time as a previous episode, with many references back and forth.]]
91	** The season 1 episode ''Life Among the Gorillas'' ends with Robin giving Ted what amounts to a booty call. The next episode ''Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M.'' starts with showing what she was up to during the previous episode, detailing the emotionally draining day (including coaching Ted on his girlfriend problems) that led to her making that call.
92	** Not actually ''different'' episodes, but there's one episode where the same central events are shown from the perspective of three different people in succession (in a non-RashomonStyle way). They frequently intersect, but each portion gives a little more context to the overall story, so that in the third retelling it finally becomes clear why a man in a flaming beekeeper's outfit runs through the party (and who it is), and the story continues forward from there.
93	* The ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' episodes "The Girls' Night Out Job" and "The Boys' Night Out Job" happen simultaneously, the former following Sophie, Parker, and [[SixthRanger Tara]] as they investigate a thief who's trying to steal secrets from the Venezuelan government and sell them to the highest bidder, the latter following Nathan, Hardison, and Eliot as they try to help out [[HeelFaceTurn a former mark turned good]] who's inadvertently gotten roped into what appears to be a drug smuggling plot (again).
94	** The finale season also included a pair of episodes where Elliot, Hardison, and Parker get drawn into foiling a terrorist plot in D.C. while Nate and Sophie are off taking care of some personal business (and end up having to match wits with Sterling again).
95	* The two ''Series/{{Lexx}}'' episodes "The Web" and "The Net" are particularly ingenious/egregious examples of this. The first episode sets up a mystery that's explained in the second, but in the process roughly 75% of the second episode consists of StockFootage from the first.
96	* The first few episodes of season 2 of ''Series/{{Lost}}'' did this, with Jack, Kate, and Locke's entrances into the hatch playing out over the course of three episodes. Other episodes focus on the goings-on at certain parts of the island, with adjacent episodes showing the same time periods in different locales.
97	** The flashbacks of "House of the Rising Sun" and "...In Translation" are also synchronous. Those episodes aired half a season apart.
98	** Been happening a lot during Season 5 with its [[spoiler:Time Travelling]]. Specifically in 'The Little Prince' and 'Do No Harm/Deus Ex Machina'. Recently 'Because You Left' and 'Follow the Leader' had the same scene from different perspectives too.
99	* The daytime soap ''Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless'' does this with a few scenes from the end of the previous episode played at the start of the next to keep the viewer current without disrupting flow.
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103	* Like most gaming groups on the site, the Whartson Hall Gamers at ''Podcast/RPGMP3'' usually play (and record for upload) one game at a time. However, they once played a pair of games (Cold City and Traveller) in two separate groups, with two separate recorders, in the same room. The games have nothing to do with each other, except for once in a while when an in-joke gets shouted across the room.
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107	* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowMirrorOfFate'' has Simon's and Alucard's stories occur at the same time, and there are moments in Simon's story where Alucard shows up, seemingly inexplicably. Alucard's story provides the context that reveals all three appearances were a coincidence, [[labelnote:In order...]](Alucard was knocked off a tower by the Daemon Lord Resurrected when Simon saw him on fire falling into the lake, he was doing his own thing when he saved Simon at the Theater, happened upon Simon struggling in the Toy Maker's Funfair and helped out of his own volition, finally he was collecting the Blood Orbs to open Dracula's Throne Room while Simon was fighting the Succubus.)[[/labelnote]] and that [[spoiler:Dracula was spying on their third meeting in the Toy Maker's Funfair]].
108	* The first chapter of ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar 3'' is split into two segments that happen concurrently and focus around defeating a [[DiscOneFinalBoss Lambent Leviathan]]. The first half is played by [[TheHero Marcus]], [[TheLancer Dom]], Anya, and [[CanonImmigrant Jace]] as they defend the ''Raven's Nest'' and use it to push the Leviathan under a bridge. The second half is played by [[TheBigGuy Cole]], [[TheSmartGuy Baird]], [[TookALevelInBadass Clayton Carmine]], and [[LoveInterest Sam]] as they locate and deploy a sufficient explosive at the Leviathan from atop the bridge to, as Cole puts it "blow its brains out its ass."
109	* The Swamp Camp section in ''VideoGame/DreamfallTheLongestJourney'' is seen through the eyes of all three protagonists, who arrive at different times but all come together by the time [[spoiler:the Azadi troopers storm the camp]]. The visual clue and the synchronization point is the flare signal seen by every protagonist as they approach the pier.
110	* Happens in the "Rebirth" mission in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'' You at first infiltrate the Soviet base as Mason, the main character in the game. After his portion is done, you then play as Hudson, who was also on the island, and what he did while Mason was storming the base.
111	** The sequel, ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII'', does this again for the level "Time and Fate". You first play as BigBad Raul Menendez, controlling him during his UnstoppableRage as he tries to race back to the hotel his sister is at to save her, then control shifts back to Mason as he, Woods and Hudson fight their way to the same location to catch up with him.
112	* In ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves'', Operation Thunder Beak, final mission of the first level, has this for the first half of the mission. While Sly knocks down a peacock sign on a nightclub, Bentley and Murray steal a tow car.
113	* Pretty much all over the place in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' as some of the character stories take place at the same time with some of the characters running into each other during their missions. For example: Chris and Piers are on a mission in a European country dealing with bio-hazards and run into Sherry and Jake who are in the area trying to escape some pursuers, the latter offering some aid in fighting a monster. Later in the games Chris and Leon get into a little scuffle while trying to pursue [[spoiler:who they think is]] Ada before being forced to split up. This is even shown from a gameplay perspective in whichever character's story you choose (which sadly is not skippable in certain gameplay parts).
114	* The "zapping" system in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' utilized this. Scenario A for Leon and Claire has them as SchrodingersPlayerCharacter, where each goes through an exclusive series of events starting from the same pathway to the Police Station's front entrance, while the character not chosen takes an alternate route and is occasionally encountered throughout by the player. Once you've beaten Scenario A, [[AnotherSideAnotherStory Scenario B]] is unlocked for the character you didn't pick, and you get to play through what they were experiencing at the same time (i.e. Claire finds Leon walking out from a dead-end hallway in her Scenario A, while his Scenario B shows that he had just watched Sherry escape through a crawlspace in that corridor right before Claire entered the room).
115	* ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' has its main Hero Mode campaign and the "Octo Expansion" DLC take place at the same time: the former has Marie allude to Agent 3 and her grandfather Cap'n Cuttlefish being away on a secret mission, while the latter has an unlockable chat log in which Marie and Cuttlefish have a brief conversation in which they assure each other that [[BlatantLies everything is perfectly fine]].
116	* TheReveal of ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' is that [[spoiler:it takes place simultaneously with ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'', with the latter game being in a parallel universe created by Professor Klaus' experiment with the Conduit. The experiment not only created said parallel universe, but also split Klaus [[LiteralSplitPersonality in half]], with his benevolent half remaining in the original universe as The Architect, while his malevolent half becomes the BigBad of the first game, Zanza. This is revealed to the cast of ''2'' minutes before the cast of the first game fight and kill Zanza, with Klaus/Zanza's upcoming death causing a RaceAgainstTheClock.]]
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120	* ''WebAnimation/DuckTalez'' has episodes 4 through 7, with the first three each focusing on one of the nephews, and the seventh focusing on Scrooge and Vegeta. A glipse at Scrooge and Vegeta's plot occasionally appears in the background of the nephews' episodes.
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124	* The "Emma and Lilith" find-the-difference games come in paired sets, one for each girl's perspective of the same story. The scenes in Lilith's games are highly detailed paintings with a dark-ish color palette, while Emma's resemble childrens' book drawings and are colored in bright pastels.
125	* The WebVideo/ShipwreckedComedy/WebVideo/TinCanBros crossover aired parallel on their separate channels: first the competing sketches that started the feud, then simultaneous livestreams, [[spoiler:during which the two groups switch locations so as to end up on each other's channels]], and then the finale, which was one video posted separately and simultaneously on the two channels.
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129	* ''WesternAnimation/TalesOfArcadia'' trilogy:
130	** A cross-series version has the first season of ''WesternAnimation/ThreeBelow'' take place during the events of the final season of ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}''. Several events from the latter take place and/or are referenced during ''[=3Below=]'' episodes, while Aja and Krel (two of the three protagonists) made an appearance in the ''Trollhunters'' episode "In Good Hands" as a PoorlyDisguisedPilot.
131	** ''Trollhunters'' itself had a pair of season two episodes, "Just Add Water" and "The Creepslayerz", take place at the same time. The former is from the perspective of the main characters, while the latter is from the perspective of [[LowerDeckEpisode supporting characters]] Steve and Eli.
132	* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'''s season four episode "BMO Noire" reveals one of the adventures the robot has at home when Finn and Jake aren't around, while the following season's "Princess Potluck" shows us where Finn and Jake were on that particular day.
133	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'':
134	** "Arthur's Baby" and "D.W.'s Baby" are paired episodes that both focus on [[BirthdayEpisode Kate's 1st birthday]]. In "Arthur's Baby", Arthur recalls how he thought having a baby sister around would be a pain but grew to like Kate, and "D.W.'s Baby" is a flashback where D.W. feels that Kate is getting more attention than her.
135	** Consecutive season 3 episodes "Sue Ellen and the Brainasaurus" and "Arthur Goes Crosswire" both take place on the same day at school, where two classmates are paired to work together on a project about an animal. "Arthur Goes Crosswire" focuses on Arthur beginning to act conceited like Muffy after spending so much time with her, and "Sue Ellen and the Brainasaurus" is about Brain [[TheBGrade fearing any grade lower than an A]] and insisting to do all the work himself, refusing to let Sue Ellen help on what is supposed to be a group project.
136	* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has "Appa's Lost Days", an episode which shows what the lost Appa was doing during the episodes between where he was kidnapped and the Gaang's arrival in Ba Sing Se.
137	* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' has "Mud is Thicker Than Water" and "OTTO Motives", the former showed Ben and Gwen teaming up with their cousin Lucy during a Plumber mission on Earth. The latter has Rook and Kevin going to an intergalactic auto show on a different planet that was occurring at the same time (they were seen in the beginning of the former leaving Earth) where they end up confronting OTTO, someone from Kevin's time in the Null Void.
138	* The final two episodes of ''WesternAnimation/BlazingTeam'' are in this fashion. "Three the Hard Way" has Maddie, Scott and Wilson go with Dr. Shaw to close the Dark Realm rifts, while "It Takes Two" has Parker and Vikki go to the Nexus to [[spoiler:free Lao Shi from the Light Realm]].
139	* ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'': Partway through "Say Anything", an ADayInTheLimelight episode for Princess Carolyn, [=BoJack=] ends their date early so he can visit his cancer-riddled former friend Herb and is later seen on his way home from the visit. The following episode, "The Telescope", shows us what had transpired during that visit.
140	* "The Wrong Address" and "The Wrong Customer" on ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}''. The former follows Chowder and Mung Daal as they go on a delivery, while the latter shows what happened at the kitchen while they were out.
141	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': The season 3 episode "The Big Scoop" concentrated on Timmy's friends investigating him during the events of the season one episode "A Wish Too Far", in which Timmy had been trying to become popular. There were overlapping scenes, and a partially overheard conversation, from the earlier episode, and [[FlashbackWithTheOtherDarrin Chester and AJ's lines were redubbed by their current voice actors]].
142	* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' has "The Little Peas", a retelling of the events of "The Big Cheese" from the perceptive of Peas, a character which was revealed to have an instrumental part in the events of the previous episode.
143	* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' season 4 episodes "Truth" and "Lies" take place around the same time, following Ladybug and Cat Noir respectively.
144	* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersAtWork'': The end of the first season finale takes place at the same time as the end of [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1 the original movie]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=gRdrhWlCmus&feature=youtu.be This video]] shows how the two line up.
145	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
146	** In Season 3, "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E8JustForSidekicks Just for Sidekicks]]" and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagics3E12GamesPoniesPlay Games Ponies Play]]". The former has Spike trying to watch the Mane Six's pets, while latter covers what the girls where doing at that time (going to the Crystal Empire to check on preparations for the Equestria Games).
147	** Happened again in season 5, with "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E17MadeInManehattan Made in Manehattan]]" and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E18BrotherhoovesSocial Brotherhooves Social]]". In the former, Applejack and Rarity are called to Manehattan and as such neither pony can take part in the Sisterhooves Social with their little sisters. The latter episode shows what happened during the Sisterhooves Social while Applejack and Rarity were absent.
148	* The ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'' episodes [[VillainEpisode "Villains' Night Out" and "Villains' Night In"]] take place on the same night, with the beginning of the former and the ending of the latter tying the story together. "Villains' Night Out" is about Lord Boxman and Professor Venomous going to a party. "Villains' Night In" is about Darrell and Shannon, two of Lord Boxman's robot minions/children, [[BabysittingEpisode babysitting]] Professor Venomous's minion/daughter, Fink, while Venomous and Boxman are at the party.
149	* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' has done a few episodes like this:
150	** In "Unfair Science Fair", Phineas and Ferb help Baljeet build a working portal to Mars for a science fair. In "Unfair Science Fair Redux", Candace walks through the portal while the boys are testing it and accidentally gets stranded when the portal breaks, forcing the boys to rescue her.
151	** "Bubble Boys" revolves around Phineas and Ferb making a super-durable bubble in which they and their friends can fly around, while "Isabella and the Temple of Sap" shows the crazy misadventures the Fireside Girls went through to get one of the ingredients for the bubble formula.
152	** "Bee Day" and [[LampshadeHanging "Bee Story"]] both take place at the same time, but the former mostly focuses on Dr. Doofenshmirtz's plot to control all the bees in the Tri-State Area, while the latter focuses on the Fireside Girls, who are off doing their own thing while Phineas and Ferb do their big project of the day.
153	* ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'': "Sticks and Amy's Excellent Staycation" shows what Amy and Sticks were up to while Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles were on their road trip in "Planes, Trains, and Dude-mobiles".
154	* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' had the three-part Meteor Shower Trilogy taking place on the same night: "Cat Orgy" had Cartman babysat by Stan's [[BigBrotherBully sister]] Shelly while his mom was at a party, dealing both with his cat being in heat and Shelly's obnoxious boyfriend; "Two Guys Naked In a Hot Tub" showed Stan with his parents at that party, which the government thought was a Heaven's Gate-style cult meeting, while Stan's dad Randy and Kyle's dad Gerald deal with an awkward moment; and "Jewbilee" had Kyle and Kenny at a camp for Jewish kids, where a villain tried to summon an EldritchAbomination BiblicalBadGuy.
155	* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': Done in season 12 episodes "Swamp Mates" and "One Trick Sponge." "Swamp Mates" has a scene with Bubble Bass and Patrick trying to escape from a pack of gators, while sister episode "One Trick Sponge" shows Sandy in an alternate dimension investigating the very same swamp, complete with Bubble Bass and Patrick in the background being chased. "Swamp Mates" was [[AllJustADream a dream]] that was also in a storybook, so the alternate dimension Sandy was exploring must have been some kind of 'dream' dimension.
156	* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'':
157	** "Starsitting" and "On the Job". The former recounts Star's adventures in babysitting for Buff Frog, while the latter shows what Buff Frog is up to in the meantime.
158	** "The Bogbeast of Boggabah" and "Total Eclipsa the Moon"; the former is purely comedic story that follows Star and her father King River on a hunting trip, while the latter has Queen Moon back at the castle following up on Star's wild claims about [[spoiler:Miss Heinous being Queen Eclipsa's long-lost daughter Meteora]].
159	* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E15TheNewCrystalGems "The New Crystal Gems"]] revolves around Connie telling Steven what was happening in Beach City while he and the Gems were off rescuing Greg from Homeworld's PeopleZoo during the previous four episodes ([[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E11AdventuresInLightDistortion "Adventures in Light Distortion"]], [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E12GemHeist "Gem Heist"]], [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E13TheZoo "The Zoo"]], and [[Recap/StevenUniverseS4E14ThatWillBeAll "That Will Be All"]]).
160	* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'' had a five-part storyline that focused on the turtles being sent to other realities that took place at the same time, with each episode spotlighting one turtle and the reality he'd been sent to. The first four even had the same opening scene, but taking place from the viewpoint of that episode's spotlight Turtle. [[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003S3E19RealityCheck The first]] focused on Michelangelo, [[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003S3E20AcrossTheUniverse the second]] on Raphael, [[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003S3E21SameAsItNeverWas the third]] on Donatello, and [[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003S3E22TheRealWorldPart1 the fourth]] on Leonardo, with [[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003S3E23TheRealWorldPart2 the fifth and final one]] showing the foursome getting back together and returning to their reality.
161	* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'':
162	** In Series 1, we first meet Toby the Tram Engine working on his branch line before it closes, then he gets a letter from Sir Topham Hatt. The next episode after this shows at the same time, Thomas was not allowed on the quarry tramroad because he doesn't have a cowcatcher nor sideplates, prompting Sir Topham Hatt to write said letter to Toby. This is based on [[Literature/TheRailwaySeries the books]], where these events happen in two separate chapters.
163	** In Series 19, despite airing in AnachronicOrder, "No Help at All" indicates that it takes place at the same time as three other episodes:
164	*** Salty is on loan to a dockyard on the mainland ("Salty All at Sea").
165	*** Mavis is under repairs at the Dieselworks, and Den is taking her place at the quarry ("Den & Dart").
166	*** Emily is under repair at the Steamworks ("Best Engine Ever").
167	* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' had ''four'' of these in the second season as portions of an epic FetchQuest:
168	** Tunnel Vision, following Arcee, Bumblebee, Jack, and Miko in the subway tunnels of [[BigApplesauce New York City]]
169	** Triangulation, where Optimus, Dreadwing, and Starscream race against each other in the Antarctic
170	** Triage, featuring the return of Wheeljack and his epic one-on-one with Soundwave
171	** and Toxicity, in which Bulkhead takes on a swarm of Insecticons lead by the vicious Hardshell
172	*** These all converge in episode 2-16, ''Hurt''.
173	** Season 3 had the episodes Project Predacon and Chain of Command which featured another fetch quest for Predacon bones.
174	* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'':
175	** "Everyone Comes To Hank's" and "Bright Lights, Dean City" each follow one of the titular brothers during a particular summer as Dean gets a science internship in New York while Hank solves the mystery of Dermott's parentage.
176	** The first episode of season 5, "What Color is Your Cleansuit?", takes place over the course of several months. The HalloweenEpisode "A Very Venture Halloween" takes place chronologically within the first "commercial break".
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