History ClipShow / LiveActionTV

* ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' ended its first season with a clip show titled "[[Recap/WishboneS1E40PicksOfTheLitter Picks of the Litter]]." Wanda brings a female dog named Penny over to the Talbots' house, and Wishbone spends the whole episode telling her about stories that the show has previously adapted.

* ''Series/{{Tracker}}'' had 'Remember When' where Cole is zapped by his fugitive storage device and loses his memory. It returns by the end, but serves as a convenient ClipShow PlotDevice.

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'', "Still": Used to reminisce about Castle and Beckett while the latter is standing on a PressurePlate with a bomb attached.

** Each of the four series of [=''SClub''=] ends this way... which was very annoying as they often used clips used in previous series finale clip shows. Though, given that the rest of the series finales revolved around being as depressing as possible, it may not have been such a bad thing. They also did this when Paul left, if I recall correctly.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' has one of the most abysmal clip shows ever in its second-season finale, "Shades of Grey" It was almost literally, "Riker's got a fever and the only prescription is A CLIP SHOW!"

** InUniverse, Roz occasionally mentions having to switch to a pre-made ''Best of Frasier Crane'' compilation whenever Frasier is unavailable.

* ''Series/ICarly'': ''iBloop'' is a clip show of bloopers, which makes it easier to digest than a normal clip show.

* Many shows have a clip show as their series finale:
** ''Series/FullHouse'' used Michelle getting amnesia from a fall from a horse as a FramingDevice for the second half of the two-part finale "Michelle Rides Again". This was the only all-out clip show of the series, but several other episodes did have short montages looking back on certain characters' pasts to prove a point in the present, such as Jesse's less-than-stellar musical gigs in Part One of "Captain Video".
** ''Series/GrowingPains''
** ''Series/TheFactsOfLife''
** ''Series/HomeImprovement''
** ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver'' did it, pioneering not only many clip shows to come but setting an early precedent for [[GrandFinale series finales]] altogether.
** ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' aired a 70-minute retrospective on the series immediately preceding the finale, which mostly took the form of clips from previous episodes. The final episode itself also heavily featured clips and callbacks to previous episodes. Consequently, it was infamously poorly received.
** Each of the four series of [=''SClub''=] ends this way... which was very annoying as they often used clips used in previous series finale clip shows. Though, given that the rest of the series finales revolved around being as depressing as possible, it may not have been such a bad thing. They also did this when Paul left, if I recall correctly.
* ''Series/StuckInTheMiddle'': "Stuck in the Diaz Awards" is basically a clip show of moments from the past two seasons as the Diaz family celebrates their annual award show.

* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'' has quite a number of clip shows. Of course, being SciFi, and seeing as these clips usually involved aliens, TimeTravel or a potential [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt end of the world,]] the {{framing device}}s were slightly above average in uniqueness (they even had the near-obligatory CruelTwistEnding); but they were still clip shows.
* ''Series/{{Frasier}}''
** An unusual example occurs in the third act of the episode "Daphne Returns"; over the course of the episode, Niles and Daphne have been experiencing difficulties in their relationship, and in an effort to help, Frasier talks Niles through some of the significant moments in their relationship (their first meeting, their first dance, etc) -- however, both the current Frasier and Niles are [[PensieveFlashback inserted into the scenes with their past selves]], thus allowing the characters (and audience) to view the scenes in question from different perspectives. Not only are the clips worked into the episode in a logical and interesting fashion, but they only appear towards the end.
** "Crock Tales" also subverted the trope, in which new scenes depicting the cast in previous seasons were shot, with the cast recreating their mannerisms, and in some cases, wearing wigs.
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' tends to play it straight with its seasonal clip shows, generally either as a form of recap or an attempt by the Rangers to piece together several past clues they originally missed to try and figure out what the enemy is really planning.
** The "MissingEpisode" of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'', really a promotional video for the next season (''Series/PowerRangersSPD''), was composed as a ClipShow with characters being shown images from the future.
** Of particular note is the 500th episode, "Legacy of Power", in which the incumbent team (''Dino Thunder'') is caught up on the entire history of the Power Rangers in a series of archived videos narrated by Tommy Oliver. ''Dino Thunder'' later had its own clip show, "A Test of Trust", after an InternalReveal shook the team up a bit.
** ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' had two in its first year, both as holiday specials. The Halloween one consisted of previous [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the Week]] retelling their past battles against the heroes.

* ''Series/StargateAtlantis''
** The series has a clip show episode, "Letters from Pegasus". The characters record messages to be sent to Earth before they die, and footage from earlier in the season is aired again. It was mainly used to drive in the poignancy of that time in their lives as they were unable to describe all the things that had happened to them because the Stargate program is a secret. One memorable scene is footage of Atlantis rising from the ocean with an added voice-over entirely in Czech from Dr. Zelenka. However, the plot is still continued in-between the recorded messages.
** They have another clip show in the final season, in which the characters are put on trial by the inhabitants of the Pegasus Galaxy; the clips are flashbacks to the things they're accused of. They got off by basically saying "Yeah, well, we're still the only ones who can save your asses from the Wraith."

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' has one of the most abysmal clip shows ever in its second-season finale, "Shades of Grey" It was almost literally, "Riker's got a fever and the only prescription is A CLIP SHOW!"
* On the other hand, ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' has a two-part episode, "The Menagerie", which is often named as a clip show, although all of the clips were from the unaired {{Pilot}} episode. This fact is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in-universe due to the impossibility of things such as overhead shots of the Enterprise and alternating camera angles.

* ''{{Series/Lexx}}'''s ClipShow was also a WhamEpisode, with TheReveal ''and'' a major character's death.

* ''Series/{{Voyagers}}'': "The Trial of Phineas Bogg" is an unusually good instance of this. The clips are mostly explained in-universe as recordings from the omni of past adventures.
* Small part of ''Series/TheXFiles'' series finale, "The Truth," feels like a clip show. In the episode, the characters recap the series MythArc as part of Mulder's trial, and the clips accompany their recaps, but after the trial, there are new scenes.

** The most memorable is the bard one, which has Gabrielle at bard school, where she sings the praises of Xena. This clip show also uses footage from the Steve Reeves movie sung by the bard Stallonus (as an actor called Sylverster), and footage from ''Film/{{Spartacus}}'' sung by the bard Homer, who wins the competition by closing his eyes before singing (thus earning the nickname "the blind bard").
** Another Gabrielle-based clip show was very well done by going over the current arc, which had Xena and Gabby's relationship straining, and put a new spin on the events of a pivotal two-parter by exploring Gabrielle's motives. It also used cut footage to good effect AND served to close a PlotHole that had been hanging (namely, how did Gabby get to China before Xena?).

* ''Series/ThreesCompany'' has a "best of" clip show hosted by Creator/LucilleBall.
* The Season 7 ''Series/{{MASH}}'' episode "Our Finest Hour" has reporter Clete Roberts, previously used in the acclaimed Season 4 episode "The Interview", returning to the 4077th to interview the doctors and nurses for a black-and-white [[DocumentaryEpisode TV documentary]]. However, whereas the earlier episode featured all-new material and never broke from its concept, "Our Finest Hour" awkwardly inserts a large number of (color) clips from earlier episodes in a manner that destroys any kind of narrative flow in the Roberts segments. All of this goes a long way toward explaining why "Our Finest Hour" is regarded by many ''M*A*S*H'' fans as one of the weakest episodes in the show's run, making its title more than a little [[{{irony}} ironic]].
* In its very first season, ''Series/DiffrentStrokes'' has an episode where Mr. Drummond reminisces with Arnold and Willis while they prepare to celebrate their first Christmas together. That's right: not only did they give us a Clip Show a mere nine episodes into the show's run, they combined it with a ChristmasEpisode in the bargain! And it was a two-part episode, to boot. In the framing sequence, Mr. Drummond wakes up the kids in the middle of the night to remind them that it's the 8-week anniversary of their arrival.
* ''Series/ThePretender'' did three.
** "Amnesia" (Season 2): Confronting a drug trafficker responsible for a deadly hit-and-run, Jarod gets knocked out and left to freeze. He's saved by Argyle, but he can't remember who he is and experiences flashes of previous events. Meanwhile, the Centre Pursuit Team is put on trial for failing to catch Jarod, and their previous exploits are put under the microscope.
** "Mr. Lee" (Season 3): Mr. Lee tries to find Jarod by interviewing people from past episodes: Bernie Baxley ("Curious Jarod"), Susan Granger ("To Protect and Serve"), Rachel Newton ("Potato Head Blues"), Dr. Fein ("Back from the Dead"), and J.R. Miller ("Red Rock Jarod"); Mr. Lyle (a recurring character) is also interviewed. When the pursuit team learns of what he's doing, they track Lee's movements and intercept the list to talk to the same people. Notably, Jarod doesn't appear in new footage until the very end of the episode.
** "Ghosts from the Past" (Season 4): [[TheEmpath Angelo]] senses that a foe from Jarod's past is coming back for revenge. Looking over materials recovered from past episodes, Angelo experiences flashes of various prior one-off villains with sizable scores to settle.
* ''Series/ForeverKnight'', "Close Call": Schanke starts putting together all the strange things he's noticed about Nick (and comes ''this close'' to confirming that Nick is a vampire).
* The twelfth episode of ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'' is a recap of the events of the early episodes, using the frame of Rahl tapping into Richard's mind with a spell and trying to get information out of him. The second season has another one, this time the frame being [[{{God}} The Creator]] putting Richard on trial.
* ''Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight'' has a rare and completely ridiculous example of a clip show that flashes back to ''another clip show''. The show has a total of three. What's worse, the final battle and main resolution of the story takes place in the penultimate episodes, with the actual ''final episode being a clipshow of the whole series,'' which tied up some of the loose ends in passing. [[spoiler: "Kit's dad and Sting? Oh yeah, they got better."]] No wonder the series was [[ScrewedByTheNetwork cancelled before either of these got to air...]]
* [[PanelGame Panel Shows]] such as ''Series/MockTheWeek'', ''Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou'' and ''Series/WouldILieToYou?'' record upwards of 2 hours' footage for every programme, which is then edited down to half an hour. They thus get a lot of mileage out of clip shows showing highlights as well as some [[DeletedScene Deleted Scenes]]. The BBC often airs these as a ChristmasEpisode.
* ''Franchise/UltraSeries'': Due to budget concerns and being a long-running franchise, these kind of episodes have started to become more common place usually serving as the means of introducing newer fans into the franchise's many instalments. They are usually called "Special Episodes"
** ''Series/UltramanOrb'' and ''Series/UltramanGeed'' both did these for [[BreatherEpisode the halfway point]] of their series. In the former, the SSP clean up their apartment and reminisce about how far they've come as they dig up old treasures, while in the latter, Riku and Pega accidentally break [[BenevolentAI RE.M.]] and try to restore her memories. ''Series/UltramanMebius'' did a partial one ten years earlier. Like with ''Orb'' and ''Geed'', it serves as a midway recap, as GUYS looks over some of the kaiju they've fought so far when trying to decide which one would make for a good [[{{Mons}} Maquette Monster]]. However, at the halfway point, it switches out to bring in the MonsterOfTheWeek storyline when their new Maquette Zetton [[AIIsACrapshoot goes rogue]].
** ''Series/UltramanZ'' has 3 clip shows; 2 in the middle that detail past Ultras and Mechs, and the third one recapping the events of the series after the finale and revealing some small bits of lore. The three special episodes are hosted by Ultraman Zero, Beliarok and the STORAGE AI, respectively.
** ''Series/UltramanTriggerNewGenerationTiga'' has 2 Special Episodes, which are hosted by friendly alien, [[Series/UltramanTiga Deban]] in his in-universe show "Deban Channel" the first talks about the attack teams of the New Generation Series and the second deals with various Ultras and their accomplishments.
* ''Series/TheCosbyShow'' has some clip shows, including one that aired outtakes, bloopers, and deleted scenes.
* ''Series/FamilyTies'' had several of these. In one, the family members share stories with Alex's girlfriend Ellen; another has Alex's ''second'' girlfriend, Lauren, asking family members to relate past stories while working on a research paper ; still another has the men and women of the family rehashing past incidents while arguing at a restaurant; finally, there's one where everyone reminisces while Andy works on a time capsule he's planning to bury.
* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': There have been various themed compilation specials of popular sketches with a specific theme, such as a holiday (NBC ''always'' brings out Halloween and Christmas-themed specials, inevitably featuring classics such as the [[Creator/DanAykroyd Irwin Mainway]] "Consumer Probe" sketches, "[[Music/TheLonelyIsland Dick in a Box]]", and "[[BallsGag Schweddy Balls]]"), sports, commercial parodies, game show parodies, etc.
* ''Series/AllInTheFamily'':
** The 100th episode, aired in December 1974, was a "best of" clip show hosted by Creator/HenryFonda. Unlike many clip shows before or after, there was no plot per se; it was merely Fonda introducing clips and providing commentary.
** The 200th episode, which came in early 1979, was an updated "best of" clip show, this time hosted by series creator Creator/NormanLear. As was the case with the original, the plot was discarded in favor of a montage of clips and commentary from Lear.
* ''Series/TheJeffersons''' clip show came midway through the fourth season (1977-1978), when George and Louise – after interrupting a burglary at their apartment, are tied to chairs while the robbers get away – reminisce about their first three years in Manhattan. As a bonus, the show flashes back to their days on ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' and their conflicts with Archie Bunker.
* The season 6 episode of ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'', "The Banker". Though one of the first known [[{{Mockumentary}} mockumentaries]] to have a clip show, the episode followed a fairly standard clip show format, having characters recall past moments and grouping clips into accidents and injuries, Jim's pranks, romantic moments, etc. Though at least a third of the episode was new footage, the show got flack for being on hiatus for over a month and coming back to a clip show rather than a new episode.
* ''Series/NightCourt'' did a two-part clip show where a city auditor (played by [[Series/WKRPInCincinnati Les Nessman]]) demanded an explanation for the outrageous expenses filed by the people in Harry's court. Then Judge Harry's office is taken hostage by a clown with a gun played by [[Series/TheBobNewhartShow Mr. Carlin]].
* ''Series/TheSteveHarveyShow'' did this when Byron came to do a WhereAreTheyNow-esque show featuring Steve. Unfortunately, everyone wanted to talk about themselves. Byron became frustrated that Steve did not have any juicy secrets and when the show aired, all it said was that Steve was a music teacher.
* In the first season of ''Series/DeadLikeMe'' they had a clip show episode. But still managed to be interesting because it gave some insight on Daisy for the first time, and tried their best to make the time between the clips interesting to watch.
* The ''Series/{{Eureka}}'' episode "You Don't Know Jack", which centers around a memory-recording device that starts erasing people's memories.
* ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' actually titled its clips shows Clip Show, and Clip Show 2.
* The ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' episode "Seven Deadly Clips", in which the clips were loosely themed around the SevenDeadlySins. It includes [[CloudCuckoolander Harry]] mistakenly identifying "falling down" as a deadly sin so that they could show a bunch of {{Slapstick}} clips. Also, a clip of [[EvilTwin Evil Dick]] is included at one point, as though it were demonstrating the behavior of the "real" Dick.
* ''Series/HomeImprovement'' had two: "Tool Time After Dark", where Tim watches tapes of the ShowWithinAShow ''Tool Time'', and the second part of the three part finale, where Tim, Brad and Mark reminisce about their life in Detroit while preparing to move.
* The 3000th and 4000th episodes of ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' were clip shows giving glimpses at the show's history, also including some memorable moments (five words: "A group of pill-pushers"). Sister show ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' also did this for its 4000th.
* ''Series/HannahMontana'''s clip show was in the form of an interview, and not subtle at all.
* The series finale of ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'', although it had a plot going on at the same time.

* ''Series/SonsOfGuns'' had one -- ''Series/SonsOfGuns: Guns of Glory'' on Thanksgiving 2011 listed the crew's favorite projects from the previous episodes.
* ''Series/{{JAG}}'' had only one: "Lifeline" in season 6. Though there were a couple of brief clip-show-style moments in a few other episodes.
* The season ending episodes of seasons three and four of ''Series/PunkyBrewster'' when it went into first-run syndication were clip shows. "Remember When" (season three) featured clips as the gang dealt with a power outtage during a blizzard. while "Wedding Bells For Brandon" (season four and series finale) used clips from past episodes as a wedding for Punky's dog Brandon and a female golden retriever named Brenda was arranged.
* ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'':
** ''Pee Wee's Playhouse'' marks yet another series that used a clip show as its finale. Miss Yvonne mistakenly thinks that Pee-wee is selling the Playhouse and thinks back to all the fun everyone's had there in the past.
** There was another episode that was a clip show, as well: when Cowboy Curtis comes over to visit, the Playhouse characters think back to all the fun they had with Curtis in the past.
* ''Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless'' has had a number of these over the years, often involving Victor Newman reminiscing on his on-and-off romance with Nikki and/or the importance of family.
* "The Stoop Sessions" from ''Series/ImpracticalJokers'' comprised of this and some behind-the-scene footage.
* ''Series/{{Minder}}'' did one as a ChristmasEpisode, with the principals sitting around the pub remembering the events of the year.
* ''Series/HorribleHistories'' has ended each series after the first with a clip show of the ten best music videos (in chronological order) from that series under the title "Savage Songs".
** Some specials also count, notably the HalloweenEpisode.
* ''Series/MrShow'' had three mid-season specials that acted as this. The first was about them appearing on an infomercial, the second was them doing a press conference ([[KeepCirculatingTheTapes which wasn't include on any of the [=DVDs=]]]), the third was the cast dubbing over an old news program.
* ''Series/PairOfKings'' had one in the shape of a CourtroomEpisode. a magic stone showed memories of people holding it.
* ''Series/ImaginationMovers'' combined this with RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun in "Mouse Scouts Clip Show," in which the Movers remind Warehouse Mouse of various great things he's done in the past and clips of those things are shown.
* "HAL" in ''Series/{{Pixelface}}''. An incomplete update cause the Console to go insane. As she torments the characters, she keeps playing clips from her "archive" to illustrate her points.
* ''Series/{{Castle}}'', "Still": Used to reminisce about Castle and Beckett while the latter is standing on a PressurePlate with a bomb attached.
* In ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'', Earl was in a coma, and his [[ShowWithinAShow coma dream]] consisted of a DomCom where he was married to Billie Cunningham. A clip show (where Earl and Billie and all their friends [[GrowOldWithMe are now elderly]] and reminiscing) marks the episode where Earl finally comes out of the coma in the "real" world.
* ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' featured a clip show in every season between seasons 3 and 7 - and every one was a double episode! For added benefit, the vast majority of clips were new footage and ''not'' from previous episodes.
* ''Series/AirCrashInvestigation'': The "Science of Disaster" episodes can be counted as this, as it's usually half a recap of air disasters centering around a theme (ATC, bad weather, pilot errors, etc.) and half an explanation about the theme itself and how to prevent similar disasters in the future.
* The final episode of ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'' centers entirely on the Warehouse agents reliving their 'most defining Warehouse moment.' The best part? ''This is a complete subversion of the "reusing old footage" part of the trope''. All of the old footage that is used is only seen for a moment before the new content is introduced. All of the major flashback sequences were filmed '''especially''' for this episode, and actually end up being the most satisfying part.
* The '70s show ''Series/{{Emergency}}'' ended its run with a clip show, "The Greatest Rescues of Emergency!" as part of the two main characters reminiscing when they both get promoted to Captain. However, it was NOT a GrandFinale, as two further movies aired after it.
* ''Series/{{Tracker}}'' had 'Remember When' where Cole is zapped by his fugitive storage device and loses his memory. It returns by the end, but serves as a convenient ClipShow PlotDevice.
* The ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' season 12 episode "House Rules" is both this and a ChristmasEpisode.
* The ''Series/TimeTeam'' episode "Greatest Discoveries" is just the main presenters (Tony, Phil, Mick Aston, Helen Geake, and Tony) discussing past shows and clips thereof.
* ''Series/ThePinkertons'' episode "Review" has someone doing a performance review of the titular detectives as a pretext for showing clips.
* ''Series/{{Webster}}'' did at least two clips shows at the end of its run. One of these, "Webtrek", was a {{Crossover}} with ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' where Webster is somehow [[LightningCanDoAnything zapped]] on to the Enterprise and hangs out with Lt. Worf! [[http://www.agonybooth.com/tv/Star_Trek_TNG_Webster_Crossover.aspx Read all about it]] at Website/TheAgonyBooth.
* The ''Series/BuckRogersInThe25thCentury'' episode [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0533091/?ref_=ttmc_mc_tt A Blast for Buck]] frames clips from ten previous episodes in a new story about an object that mysteriously appears in Doc Huers office.
* The ''Series/PsiFactor'' episode "Tribunal" is another example. The team is questioned about the cases they investigated and their testimonies are accompanied by footage from earlier episodes.
* The first two series of ''Series/AnIdiotAbroad'' each ended with an episode called "Karl Comes Home". The framing device of Ricky and Steve asking Karl about his travels was similar in tone to their conversations on ''Radio/TheRickyGervaisShow''. The clips were also interspersed with unused footage from previous episodes.
* ''Series/WorldsDumbest'' has one in the form of a "bracket showdown," in which clips from previous episodes are stacked against each other, tournament-style. Some include new commentary from stars who joined after the clip in question originally aired, as well as NBA star Charles Barkley.
* In the ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'' episode, "[[EasyAmnesia Stacy Forgets Her Name]]", Stacy Jones loses her memory after she sniffs flowers Mr. Conductor had sprinkled with a potion intended to make bees forget they had to take nectar from the plants. Her nephew, Dan, and Mr. Conductor help jog her memory through clips from previous episodes.
* ''Series/MurdochMysteries''
** In the episode "The Devil Inside", a murderer who claims to be possessed by the spirit of James Gilles prompts William and Julia to relive their previous encounters with him.
** In the episode "Manual for Murder", a copycat killer is duplicating past cases based on Murdoch, Dr Odgen and Constable Crabtree's book ''Solving Murder''. Flashbacks from the relevant episodes are shown with the characters reading the book in voiceover.
** In the episode "The Trial of Terrence Myers'', Murdoch's testimony on his past encounters with Agent Myers is related through clips from the OnceASeason Myers episodes.
* An episode during the final season of ''Series/{{Sisters}}'' had the girls and their mother trapped during a snowstorm. They kept awake by reminiscing about past events.
* ''Series/DrQuinnMedicineWoman'' had several of these. Two were of Dr. Quinn and Sully reviewing their relationship (one during their premarital counseling, the other while he was trying to keep her awake after a head injury), the other was Dr. Quinn discussing her most interesting cases with daughter Colleen, who was preparing to go to medical school herself.
* The finale episode of ''Series/PlanetAjay'', "Highlights Show", is a clip show depicting some of the highlights of the series. In this episode, the main character Ajay packs up to leave on a ''very'' long trip around the universe (it's ''2,517'' years long, to be precise), and Chips the robot reminds Ajay of all the friends he has on Planet Ajay. Ajay remembering all that his friends did for him is used as the framing device for the clips, which are supposed to be Ajay's memories.
* ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'' has two that occur over the first half of their respective episodes before the main plot resumes during the second half. Interestingly, the clip shows are used by the heroes to make deductions that advance the plot. The first clip show is the heroes reviewing footage of previous battles and explaining how the TransformationTrinkets work in order to figure out a way to safely use the [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Hazzard Trigger]]. The deductions they make lead to the development of the MidSeasonUpgrade form. Later, the heroes do a more comprehensive recap of the series events in order to figure out what the BigBad is currently planning based on his plans thus far. They end up figuring out that his early attacks on the heroes all followed a pattern, except for one that seemingly didn't until they did some further digging and found it had a very important connection.
* The game show ''Series/SaveToWin'' had two clip shows to end out the run. Egregiously, one of the clips actually depicts something that never happened on the show. The blink-and-you-miss-it clip shows a team winning the $5,000, having picked products 8 and 12. That’s not how it went down on the actual episode; the team had really only won $1,700 by picking 4 and 16.
* ''Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation'' had two clip show episodes.
** "Like Brothers", which focused on Leonardo and Raphael fighting, each one using clips to show the other's foibles, and the other turtles using clips to try and stop the fighting.
** "Who Needs Her", where Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo reflect on their experiences with having Venus de Milo on their team.
* In the ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'' episode "Partners," Hutch develops amnesia after a car crash, leading Starsky to recount scenes from previous episodes in order to jog his memory. [[spoiler:In the end he admits he was faking it as revenge for Starsky's reckless driving.]]
* The ''Series/MiamiVice'' episode "A Bullet for Crockett" has most of the characters reminiscing about past missions when Crockett is shot during a drug bust gone bad.
* ''Series/DeadMansGun'': In the clip show based GrandFinale "A Just Reward", a criminal is hired to retrieve the gun for the enigmatic MrSmith, killing the guns' previous owners in the process. But his employer seems to know quite a great deal about the gun...and some of its previous owners.
* The ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode title "Clip Show" refers to this trope in a characteristically snarky way. The entire episode isn't built around preexisting clips, but enough are included to show why Sam and Dean are upset about the people Crowley is killing.
* The ''Series/OddSquad'' episode "Welcome to Odd Squad" is this, although in addition to the A-plot of Orpita needing to film a recruitment video for future Odd Squad agents, it also has a separate B-plot in the form of the Mobile Unit needing to stop a Sandbeast on the loose.

* Subverted with ''Series/DoctorWho'''s season 23, "The Trial of a Time Lord", which had a theme of the Doctor being put on trial. The four serials (or one, or three, depending on who you ask) are set out like a clip show but it's all new footage of adventures that the Doctor supposedly had after the end of the previous season, and a major plot point is whether the "evidence" seen in the flashbacks may have been altered by an unknown party to make the Doctor look worse. The "Terror of the Vervoids" section twists things even further, in that the clips shown are of events that have yet to happen, from the point of view of the characters in the courtroom.
* Parodied in ''Series/{{Community}}'' twice, in [[Recap/CommunityS2E21ParadigmsofHumanMemory "Paradigms of Human Memory"]] and [[Recap/CommunityS3E19CurriculumUnavailable "Curriculum Unavailable"]]. In both episodes, the study group recall past events in a similar set-up to a Clip Show, but all the clips are new scenes, resulting in more of a [[NoodleIncident Noodle Incident Show]]. In addition there are a couple segments that take place -- but not actually ''in'' -- a few episodes. One example in [[Recap/CommunityS2E21ParadigmsofHumanMemory "Paradigms of Human Memory"]] is them having a flashback to [[Recap/CommunityS2E11AbedsUncontrollableChristmas "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas"]] but not done in claymation, or an extra scene not shown in the episode, and in [[Recap/CommunityS3E19CurriculumUnavailable "Curriculum Unavailable"]] the whole [[spoiler: Greendale Asylum segment]]. Rather impressively, ''Paradigms of Human Memory' ends in a Jeff Winger speech that takes place during all of the events previously shown.

* Subverted in the ''Series/ThirtyRock'' episode "The Bubble" when Jack mentions that Tracy's contract is up and Liz responds that they sure do have some crazy memories of Tracy. They stand quietly for a moment with Liz remarking "I'm picturing them right now", but no clip starts and both characters shake it off and continue with the episode.

* The AprilFoolsDay episode of Series/ICarly starts out like a typical clip show episode...but soon turns into absolute madness.
* The season 1 finale of ''Series/{{Taxi}}'' had a standard clip show format with everyone reminiscing about their times driving a cab that's just been wrecked. However, it was entirely new material.
* In the penultimate episode of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' season eight (actually called "Clip Show"), Crowley starts killing people Sam and Dean have saved, threatening to destroy their entire lives' work unless they stand down. Clips from previous episodes are used so we know who all these people coming BackForTheDead are, but they actually don't take up a large part of the episode.
* One episode of the Disney show ''Series/KickinIt'' ended up with Jack getting amnesia, and the rest of the dojo having to jog his memory by reminding him of his life.
* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'': The season 13 episode "The Gang Does a Clip Show" has the gang sitting at the bar waiting for their cell phones to update ([[LeaningOnTheFourthWall which will take 30 minutes]]), so they decide to reminisce about their past shenanigans. After a few clip montages, the gang starts to misremember past events, and the altered history starts to change their current reality. One memory recreates the ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' episode "The Contest." Eventually they realize that they're getting "stuck" in each other's minds and have to figure out whose it is to get back to reality.

** They have another clip show in the final season, in which the characters are put on trial by the inhabitants of the Pegasus Galaxy; the clips are flashbacks to the things they're accused of. (See SGA's ''MoralDissonance'' section to find out ''just how much trouble'' they were in.) They got off by basically saying "Yeah, well, we're still the only ones who can save your asses from the Wraith."

** The first one was in Season 4, episode 21, where Ross's decision whether or not to invite Rachel and her decision whether or not to attend are accompanied by flashbacks of every memorable scene in their relationship over four seasons. There are about a total of four new scenes, period, including the two bookends.

* ''Series/BirdsOfAFeather had "The Chigwell Years", which featured Tracey, Sharon, and Dorien thinking back over the past six series as Tracey writes her memoirs.