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* Creator/TheBBC's Series/TopOfThePops 2 which mostly focused on selected archive performances from the show's history, as well as showcasing the odd bit of new music.

* [[{{Music/GIDLE}} (G)I-DLE]]'s "Blow Your Mind" music video is produced from footage the members took of each other on a trip to San Francisco

* Music/{{Queen}}: The video to "The Show Must Go On" is made up of clips from earlier Queen videos, due to Freddie Mercury's terminal illness.
* The Music/TheRollingStones video compilation, ''Video Rewind'', which is a compilation of some of their videos and archival footage. The clips are framed with footage of Bill Wyman working as a security guard in a museum and is in a back room labeled "Exhibit Of Ancient Antiques". Among the "antiques" is Mick Jagger, in a glass case wearing one of his 1973 stage outfits. The two comment on the clips as they are shown playing on Wyman's computer. In the end, ItWasAllADream as Mick wakes up Bill before a show - or was it?
* {{Music/GFRIEND}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRp0GIiwUmk "A Tale of the Glass Bead"]] uses parts of previous music videos to introduce the lore surrounding their fictional universe, also showing the story present in their videos like a recap.
* The video for {{Music/Eminem}}'s "Sing For The Moment" is a compilation of vignettes from The Anger Management Tour along with cameos various fellow rappers, including Dr. Dre, the members of D12, 50 Cent, Ludacris and Ras Kass.
* Ditto with Music/FiftyCent's "If I Can't", whose video also comprised of concert clips and previosly-filmed documentary footage.
* The music video, ''Music/NewCenturyUltramanLegend'', was released in conjunction with the 35th Anniversary of the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'', and is composed mainly of clips from various TV series and movies existing in the franchise at the time - intersect between scenes of various Ultramen performing an impromptu aerobic dance and tap-dance for the audience.

* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': When Justine Bateman hosted, they did a "Family Ties" skit. The Keatons would reminisce about a previous episode which was another clip show which would flash back to '''another''' episode. Which then flashbacked into an episode of ''Series/TheJeffersons'' which was itself a clip show...

** In Japan, there was the "Summer Vacation" Special that played with the trope by applying it to the movies: Goku, Gohan and friends are dressing up for the 1992 premiere of ''Anime/DragonBallZSuperAndroidThirteen'', and spend their time reminiscing about all six previous DBZ movies and the three ''Dragon Ball'' movies before them.

* ''Series/QueenOfSwords'': "End of Days", with the standard-issue LockedInARoom framing device. And quite a bit of FoeYay, too.

* 1974's ''That's Entertainment!'' is a collection of highlights from MGM musicals, hosted by performers who had appeared in those films. Released as a MilestoneCelebration for MGM's 50th anniversary, it was a surprise box-office hit. There would be two follow-ups: 1976's ''Part 2'' included scenes from musicals and non-musicals, and 1993's ''Part III'' included DeletedScenes and rehearsal/test footage from musicals along with finished scenes. The 1985 SpinOff ''That's Dancing!'' didn't restrict itself to MGM movies. On top of all this, [[Main/FollowTheLeader several variations]] were made well into TheEighties, such as:

** "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" (Season 7): A take on sitcom retrospective episodes of the 1970s (like the ''Series/ThreesCompany'' example mentioned above). It had Troy [=McClure=] hosting a retrospective of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', showing viewers the show's early years as animated filler on ''Series/TheTraceyUllmanShow'', deleted scenes from popular episodes (all of which are real, according to WordOfGod), including the infamous "Robotic Richard Simmons" scene from season 5's "Burns' Heir" and the AlternateEnding to "Who Shot Mr. Burns?: Part 2", portraying Matt Groening as a bald, drunken gun nut (instead of a bearded, bespectacled nerd), and, of course, "[[NakedPeopleAreFunny hard-core nudity]]!". Interestingly, this is the only Simpsons episode animated entirely in the United States. Usually considered the best clip-show of the series, thanks to some sharp writing and the fact that the material shown was very difficult to find otherwise prior to the release of the DVD boxsets.

When previous clips of a single character's line or action are played out in rapid succession (such as Homer's "D'oh" sequence in ''So It's Come To This: A Simpsons Clip Show''), that's a FullyAutomaticClipShow.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' (like many other sitcoms) has clip shows, only theirs are a little different:
** "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons' Clip Show" (Season 4): It's April Fools' Day and Bart has had it with [[AprilFoolsPlot Homer's pranks]], so Bart shakes a can of beer up so much that it explodes (using a paint shaker at a local hardware store), putting Homer in a coma. While Homer is in a coma, the rest of the family (and Mr. Burns) reminisces about all the wacky adventures the Simpsons have had from seasons 1 through the first half of 4. Includes a self-referential joke where Bart remembers an "Itchy and Scratchy" cartoon and says, "It was an amusing episode...[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall of our lives]]."
** "Another Simpsons Clip Show" (Season 6): After reading ''Literature/TheBridgesOfMadisonCounty'', Marge decides to gather the family in the kitchen so they can discuss their love lives (most of which ended in tragedy [Bart getting his heart broken by Laura from "New Kid on the Block" and Lisa yelling at Ralph in "I Love Lisa") or near-infidelity (Homer almost sleeping with his coworker Mindy in "The Last Temptation of Homer" and Marge almost driving to Jacques the French bowler's house in "Life in the Fast Lane"). Notable for intentionally taking the concept to its extreme by having next to no new footage for its framing scenes: the kitchen sequence used for most of the episode was reused from Season 2's "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish", and one of the only other scenes was similarly recycled from Season 1's "Krusty Gets Busted" (meaning it looks notably less polished than the surrounding footage), with only the very first scene featuring new animation. (Even the couch gag was recycled.) It's also notable for making a joke about how the cel-animated cartoons of old recycled clips to make new scenes and episodes that would only be seen as new in the eyes of naive viewers ([[TakeThat much like]] ''[[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow Ren & Stimpy]]'').
** "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" (Season 7): A take on sitcom retrospective episodes of the 1970s (like the ''Series/ThreesCompany'' example mentioned above). It had Troy [=McClure=] hosting a retrospective of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', showing viewers the show's early years as animated filler on ''Series/TheTraceyUllmanShow'', deleted scenes from popular episodes (all of which are real, according to WordOfGod), including the infamous "Robotic Richard Simmons" scene from season 5's "Burns' Heir" and the AlternateEnding to "Who Shot Mr. Burns?: Part 2", portraying Matt Groening as a bald, drunken gun nut (instead of a bearded, bespectacled nerd), and, of course, "[[NakedPeopleAreFunny hard-core nudity]]!". Interestingly, this is the only Simpsons episode animated entirely in the United States.

** In "The Journey" Ra'jel speaks to Renee, using clips to try and convince her to join him on the mothership as he explores the universe.

* ''Series/StargateSG1'' has several {{clipshow}}s, usually in the context of one of SG-1's political enemies trying to convince their superiors to fire SG-1. These were, sometimes the penultimate episodes of their respective seasons, done to save the budget for the finale.

** "Like Brothers", which focused on Leonardo and Raphael fighting, each one using clips to show the other's foibles.

** "Like Brothers", which focused on Leonardo and Raphael.

* ''Series/EarthFinalConflict'' had several. Usually the episode did have a story to tell outside of simply showing clips. Of the four clip shows, three were in Season 5.
** "Interview" was about a news reporter intervieweing Zo'or, and this was used to ow clips from previous episodes.

** In "Subversion," Renee was put on trial for opening the Atavus chamber. Clips were used by bth the prosecution and the defense.
** In "The Journey" Ra'jel speaks to Renee, using clips to try and convince her to join him on the mothership as he explores the universe.t

* In ''Series/EarthFinalConflict'', the Season 5 episode "The Art of War" was a clip show, showing Howlyn interrogating Sandoval and Ra'Jel, looking for a way to subjugate humanity, and being shown previous attampts by the Taelons to do just that.

* In ''Series/EarthFinalConflict'', the Season 5 episode "The Art of War" was a clip show, showing Howlyn using mind reading technology to interogate Sandoval, looking for a way to subjugate humanity, and being shown previous attampts by the Taelons to do just that.

* ''Series/StargateSG1'' has several {{clipshow}}s, usually in the context of one of SG-1's political enemies trying to convince their superiors to fire SG-1. These were, as noted above, the penultimate episodes of their respective seasons, done to save the budget for the finale.

** The second episode of season 5, Threshold, is something of a "fake-out". The setup of the show is that the characters have to stay awake with Teal'c, talking to him. Just when the viewer is certain it's going to be a boring clip-show, it turns out every one of Teal'c's past memories is brand-new footage containing tons of character development.

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** The episode, "Best Day Ever", has Arthur's friends remembering their favorite days, and Arthur trying to come up with one for himself. Even though video clips from older episodes are used, they are [[Main/FlashbackWithTheOtherDarrin dubbed with the show's current voice actors]].

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has six of these. The episodes take place before Twilight's coronation as ruler of Equestria, and her friends make her a memory book as a gift. Despite being made during production of Season 9, [[Main/MissingEpisode none of the clip shows have ever aired in the US within 2019 or 2020]].

* The second episode of ''Manga/MiamiGuns'' was a ClipShow that reviewed episodes from an imaginary first season.

* One or two entries in the ''Guinea Pig'' series of gore films.

* Oddly enough, this is OlderThanTelevision; there are [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation old animated theatrical shorts]] composed mainly of footage from ''other'' shorts. ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' is very guilty of this, having seven[[note]]"Jerry's Diary", "Smitten Kitten", "Cruise Cat", "Life with Tom", "Smarty Cat", "Matinee Mouse" and "Shutter Bugged Cat"[[/note]] shorts composed mainly of footage from earlier T&J cartoons. The last one, "Shutter Bugged Cat", goes even further: after the usual schtick of having Tom watch older T&J cartoons, it then uses the first and last scenes of the short "Designs on Jerry"[[note]]the one where Tom designs an over-detailed trap to catch Jerry and when he leaves the chalk drawings of the cat and mice become live, and Jerry haves to help chalk!Jerry to avoid being caught by chalk!Tom[[/note]] as ''part of the short's actual story''.

* ''Manga/KareKano'' had a clip show that actually lasted one and 1/2 episodes of its 26 episode run.

Compare this to the use of the MagicalSecurityCam. Also, the VoiceoverClipShow, which is simply a cheap/lazy way of making factual entertainment shows.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has six of these. The episodes take place before Twilight's coronation as ruler of Equestria, and her friends make her a memory book as a gift. Despite being made during production of Season 9, [[Main/MissingEpisode none of the clip shows have been released in the US as of September 2020]].