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* The final episode of Series/Warehouse13 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 major flashback sequences were filmed '''especially''' for this episode, and actually end up being the most satisfying part.

* The final episode of Warehouse13 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 major flashback sequences were filmed '''especially''' for this episode, and actually end up being the most satisfying part.

* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' had a two-part clip show coming right after the emergence of Wing Zero. The first one is voiced over by Relena who just straight recaps the plot, and the second is by Trieze who babbles philosophically like always. There is slight plot development though, as you get a glimpse of the final Gundam, Epyon. Of course, as any fan can tell you, these episodes only exist because plans to animate vignettes from the Gundam Pilots' childhoods (collectively known as "Episode Zero") fell through.

* Parodied in ''Series/{{Community}}'' in [[Recap/CommunityS2E21ParadigmsofHumanMemory "Paradigms of Human Memory"]], and to some extent in [[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]].

* ''PeeWeesPlayhouse'' 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.

* ''TheXFiles'' series finale, "The Truth," is a Clip Show. In the episode, the characters recap the series MythArc as part of Mulder's trial, and the clips accompany their recaps.
* ''XenaWarriorPrincess'' has several. 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").

* 1982's ''Trail of ThePinkPanther'' is a variation that uses the format to make a movie starring PeterSellers ''two years after he had died''. The first half of the film uses then-unseen deleted scenes of Sellers as Inspector Clouseau from the series' 5th film (''The Pink Panther Strikes Again'') with new material filmed with the other actors to change the context and create a new storyline. When Clouseau goes missing at about the halfway mark, a reporter interviews people who knew him, triggering flashbacks to previously-seen clips from all of Sellers' previous PP films. The poor taste of the exercise led to a successful lawsuit by Sellers' widow against the studio and director/writer/producer Creator/BlakeEdwards.

* This is explicitly discussed in ''{{Miracleman}}'' #8. The editor of the book actually [[BreakingTheFourthWall breaks the fourth wall]] and comments on this trend, citing an issue of ''DoctorStrange'' where [[MarvelComics Marvel]] just reprinted an old SteveDitko story and had the gall to pass it off as a {{Flashback}}.

* This is explicitly discussed in ''{{Miracleman}}'' #8. The editor of the book actually breaks the fourth wall and comments on this trend, citing an issue of ''DoctorStrange'' where [[MarvelComics Marvel]] just reprinted an old SteveDitko story and had the gall to pass it off as a {{Flashback}}.
* ''CaptainAmerica and TheFalcon'' #155 contains a lengthy "flashback" made up of pages from ''Young Men Comics'', an issue that had been printed over two decades prior. To the book's credit, the editor included a caption acknowledging that the flashback was indeed recycled content.

* 1982's ''Trail of ThePinkPanther'' is a variation that uses the format to make a movie starring PeterSellers ''two years after he had died''. The first half of the film uses then-unseen deleted scenes of Sellers as Inspector Clouseau from the series' 5th film (''The Pink Panther Strikes Again'') with new material filmed with the other actors to change the context and create a new storyline. When Clouseau goes missing at about the halfway mark, a reporter interviews people who knew him, triggering flashbacks to previously-seen clips from all of Sellers' previous PP films. The poor taste of the exercise led to a successful lawsuit by Sellers' widow against the studio and director/writer/producer Blake Edwards.

* WesternAnimation/{{Clerks}} featured a clip show... as its second episode.

Phineas and Ferb also have the episode "This Is Your Backstory" which is a much more traditional clip show. Dr. Doofenschmirtz makes a device that will use all of his tragic backstories to make his more evil. It also comes off as a not-quite-successful attempt to organize his numerous backstories.

** A more traditional example can be found in the season one episode ''Gloval's Report,'' which is pretty much exactly what it sounds like: Captain Gloval reporting the major milestones of the series thus far to his superiors.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' held out for eight years before creating a clip show -- a mash of scenes from the current arc's important battles that wasn't even edited to make the music flow. The dub just skipped it, and its two later successors. Currently, a ''Best Wishes'' variant is upcoming.

* ''MythBusters'' has done at least two clip shows. The "Buster Special" blends several clips of Buster getting trashed with footage of the rebuild; the "Outtakes Special" is just what it says -- clips that didn't make it into the show. One could argue that "MythBusters Revealed" qualifies as well, with clips mixed in to interviews with the team.
** ''MythBusters'' has several clipshows in its first season(s), which combines several myths with similar themes (explosions, animals, etc.) into one episode, while sacrificing some of the "filler" material from the original segments.
** As part of Discovery Channel's 25th anniversary celebration, MythBusters did a two-hour "Top 25 Moments" ClipShow special.

* Parodied in Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger Episode 13. The Akibarangers are sent a DVD of there previous adventures in order to find out what they did wrong in order to get a second season. This episode features enough humorous commentary by the team to be a parody alone. Eventually they figure out it was just the producer's way to force a clip show episode.

* ''PeeWeesPlayhouse'' marks yet another series that used a clip show as its finale. Miss Yvonne mistakenly thinks that the Pee Wee is selling the Playhouse and thinks back to all the fun everyone's had there in the past.

* ''MalcolmInTheMiddle'' actually titled its clips shows Clip Show, Clip Show 2, Clip Show 3, etc.

* The season 6 episode of ''TheOffice'', "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.