History Main / ContrastMontage

** ''Rocky IV'': The TrainingMontage was all about this: Rocky's TrainingFromHell is contrasted with Ivan Drago's scientific, regimented, and all in all Soviet training regimen.

* A humorous version exists in the {{Mythbusters}} Demolition Derby Special, where Jamie and Adam are preparing a bus for a series of possibly dangerous stunt driving maneuvers. The show cuts back and forth between Jamie very calmly, meticulously putting together parts of a rollcage while Adam is frantically cutting pipe and tearing things up to make room for the cage.

* ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' had one contrasting how Christmastown and Halloweentown prepared for Christmas.

* ''RepoTheGeneticOpera'' has a great one during the song ''At The Opera Tonight.'' It cuts between the Repo Man suiting up and Blind Mag lamenting her future, while they sing similar lines in tandem.
* ''FromHell'' has a montage contrasting the life of Dr. William Gull (the Queen's surgeon) and Mary Jane Kelly (a prostitute), showing how unfair Victorian life is.

* In ''ForbiddenCityCop'', the Cop's peaceful picnic with his wife is contrasted with the brutal deaths of the other Cops. Especially jarring since the cops' demises are immediately followed by events at the picnic that mirror their deaths as a creepy form of RelaxOVision.

** Fou-lu, however, was a {{subverted}} KingInTheMountain, who was seen as an UnwantedRevival by the corrupted Fou Empire and was actively pursued to be killed by them. [[spoiler:He ultimately ''snaps'' after his love interest was tortured and sacrificed to [[HumanResources be used as fuel]] for the Hex Cannon against him]], upon which he decides to KillEmAll because HumansAreBastards.

* ''{{Smallville}}'': The season five finale, ''Vessel''. Ignoring the chaos and suffering in the city, Lana went to the top of the Daily Planet to meet Lex, possessed by Zod, and ended up kissing him; [[FanPreferredCouple Chloe and Clark]] on the other hand, shared a NowOrNeverKiss in the Daily Planet basement before they have to part as Clark must go and face Zod.

A specific kind of {{montage}} or montage element: the subject of the montage is contrasted with a different character or situation, to maximize the drama.

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* ''FromHell'' has a montage contrasting the life of Dr. William Gull (the Queen's surgeon) and Mary Jane Kelly (a prostitute), showing how unfair Victorian life is.

* In ''ForbiddenCityCop'', the Cop's peaceful picnic with his wife is contrasted with the brutal deaths of the other Cops. Especially jarring since the cops' demises are immediately followed by events at the picnic that mirror their deaths as a creepy form of RelaxOVision.

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* ''{{Misfits}}'':

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* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In a fourth-season episode we cut back and forth between Buffy's team and the Initiative, both planning to capture the same monster. Buffy's RagtagBunchOfMisfits brainstorms together, checks the books, and works things out, while the Initiative gives orders from superior to inferior, checks the (inaccurate) data files, and sticks to rigid orders.

* In ''Forbidden City Cop'', the Cop's peaceful picnic with his wife is contrasted with the brutal deaths of the other Cops. Especially jarring since the cops' demises are immediately followed by events at the picnic that mirror their deaths as a creepy form of RelaxOVision.

* ''Film/Titanic'' cuts between scenes of the fun and raucous party in steerage and the boring rich folks sitting around gossiping over brandy and cigars.

* ''{{Rocky}} III'': The opening montage explicitly contrasts Rocky's rich lifestyle with Clubber Lang's rough and tumble rise to the top.
* ''{{Rocky}} IV'': The TrainingMontage was all about this: Rocky's TrainingFromHell is contrasted with Ivan Drago's scientific, regimented, and all in all Soviet training regimen.

* In ''Forbidden City Cop'', the Cop's peaceful picnic with his wife is contrasted with the brutal deaths of the other Cops. Especially jarring since the cops' demises are immediately followed by events at the picnic that mirror their deaths as a creepy form of RelaxOVision.

* ''DeathNote''

Can be applied to another montage; in particular, a [[GoodTimesMontage Good]] and SadTimesMontage, an ATeamMontage, and a TrainingMontage[[hottip:*:Yes, we know that the training montage is actually found at GonnaFlyNowMontage, but for clarity, we'll just call it a TrainingMontage]]. The MedleyExit (aka MontageOut) is partly built on this.

* ''A Corner in Wheat'' offers a very early example. This 1909 film intercuts between poor people in a bread line and the lavish parties of the speculator who caused their misery.

* ''{{Downfall}}''. Eva Braun typing out her irrelevant and frivilous last will against a background of mass destruction and ChildSoldiers DrivenToSuicide.

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* ''{{Rocky}} III'': The opening montage explicitly contrasts Rocky's rich lifestyle with Clubber Lang's rough and tumble rise to the top.
* ''{{Rocky}} IV'': The TrainingMontage was all about this: Rocky's TrainingFromHell is contrasted with Ivan Drago's scientific, regimented, and all in all Soviet training regimen.
* ''TeamAmericaWorldPolice'': The "Montage" sequence, which is mainly a TrainingMontage, also features the BigBad's preparations to complete his evil scheme.
* ''A Corner in Wheat'': A very early example: this 1909 film intercuts between poor people in a bread line and the lavish parties of the speculator who caused their misery.
* ''TheSimpsons'' in "The President Wore Pearls" had Lisa preform a musical montage of her becoming popular and manipulated with Principal Skinner singing about his evil scheme to cut Music, Art and Gym.
* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In a fourth-season episode we cut back and forth between Buffy's team and the Initiative, both planning to capture the same monster. Buffy's RagtagBunchOfMisfits brainstorms together, checks the books, and works things out, while the Initiative gives orders from superior to inferior, checks the (inaccurate) data files, and sticks to rigid orders.
* ''RepoTheGeneticOpera'' has a great one during the song ''At The Opera Tonight.'' It cuts between the Repo Man suiting up and Blind Mag lamenting her future, while they sing similar lines in tandem.
* ''FromHell'' has a montage contrasting the life of Dr. William Gull (the Queen's surgeon) and Mary Jane Kelly (a prostitute), showing how unfair Victorian life is.

* ''DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog'': The song "So They Say" juxtaposes Captain Hammer and Dr. Horrible as they gear up for the events of Act 3.

** Also used in episode 5: the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcngcqA6zHw&feature=channel opening scene]] features a montage of the gang's reactions to Sally's interview about their community service programme, which highlights their different personalities - Simon is shy and terrified, Alisha ignores Sally altogether and starts texting, Kelly complains loudly, Curtis looks bored and aggravated, and Nathan says something sarcastic then breaks randomly into song.
* ''BreathOfFire IV'' have the contrasting experiences of both Ryu and his counterpart, Fou-lu.
** For Ryu, almost everything he saw have humanity being ''positive'' and a good influence from his TrueCompanions with ThePowerOfFriendship. This was shown when Nina gives him a CooldownHug [[spoiler:to calm down his UnstoppableRage and first transformation into the Kaiser Dragon]].
** Fou-lu, however, was an ''brutal'' {{subverted}} KingInTheMountain, who was seen as an UnwantedRevival by the corrupted Fou Empire and was actively pursued to be killed by them. [[spoiler:He ultimately ''snaps'' after his love interest was tortured and sacrificed to [[HumanResources be used as fuel]] for the Hex Cannon against him]], upon which he decides to KillEmAll because HumansAreBastards.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' 5x03 has one, juxtaposing the temporarily separated Dean and Sam, with Dean doing his usual business of icing monsters intercut with Sam's attempts to hold down a normal job and life.

* ''{{Downfall}}''. Eva Braun typing out her irrelevant and frivilous last will against a background of mass destruction and ChildSoldiers DrivenToSuicide.
* In ''Forbidden City Cop'', the Cop's peaceful picnic with his wife is contrasted with the brutal deaths of the other Cops. Especially jarring since the cops' demises are immediately followed by events at the picnic that mirror their deaths as a creepy form of RelaxOVision.

* ''TotalDramaIsland'' has one juxtaposing the Screaming Gophers' well co-ordinated teamwork as they build their team's hot tub with the Killer Bass' conflicts and problems as they try to build theirs.

* ''{{Supernatural}}'' 5x03 has one, juxtaposing the temporarily separated Dean and Sam, with Dean doing his usual business of icing monsters intercut with Sam's attempts to hold down a normal job and life.

* {{Rocky}} III's opening montage explicitly contrasts Rocky's rich lifestyle with Clubber Lang's rough and tumble rise to the top.
* {{Rocky}} IV's TrainingMontage was all about this: Rocky's TrainingFromHell is contrasted with Ivan Drago's scientific, regimented, and all in all Soviet training regimen.
* TeamAmericaWorldPolice's "Montage" sequence, which is mainly a TrainingMontage, also features the BigBad's preparations to complete his evil scheme.
* A very early example: the 1909 film A Corner in Wheat intercuts between poor people in a bread line and the lavish parties of the speculator who caused their misery.
* TheSimpsons in ''The President Wore Pearls'' had Lisa preform a musical montage of her becoming popular and manipulated with Principal Skinner singing about his evil scheme to cut Music, Art and Gym.
* In a fourth-season episode of ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', we cut back and forth between Buffy's team and the Initiative, both planning to capture the same monster. Buffy's RagtagBunchOfMisfits brainstorms together, checks the books, and works things out, while the Initiative gives orders from superior to inferior, checks the (inaccurate) data files, and sticks to rigid orders.
* RepoTheGeneticOpera has a great one during the song ''At The Opera Tonight.'' It cuts between the Repo Man suiting up and Blind Mag lamenting her future, while they sing similar lines in tandem.
* Possible ComicBook example: The graphic novel ''FromHell'' has a montage contrasting the life of Dr. William Gull (the Queen's surgeon) and Mary Jane Kelly (a prostitute), showing how unfair Victorian life is.
* The beginning of ''The Devil Wears Prada''.
* Episode 30 of ''DeathNote'' has a montage towards the beginning that highlights Kira's adverse effects on ordinary people - then we cut the sound early to Demegawa's "I am here to tell you that Kira is justice!"
** In fact, Demegawa's "Kira is justice!" comes over a TearJerker when [[spoiler:we see Sachiko collapse into tears after receiving Soichiro's ashes]].

* DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog, in the song "So They Say", juxtaposing Captain Hammer and Dr. Horrible as they gear up for the events of Act 3.
* Used in episode 1 of the sci-fi series ''{{Misfits}}'' to create a juxtaposition between a tense scene during which Kelly fights for her life against her AxCrazy zombie probation worker, and an entirely ridiculous scene in which Alisha performs oral sex on a bottle for her gawping male companions.

** For Ryu, almost everything he saw have humanity being ''positive'' and a good influence from his {{Nakama}} with ThePowerOfFriendship. This was shown when Nina gives him a CooldownHug [[spoiler:to calm down his UnstoppableRage and first transformation into the Kaiser Dragon]].

* In ''Forbidden City Cop'', the eponymous Cop's peaceful picnic with his wife is contrasted with the brutal deaths of the other Cops. Especially jarring since the cops' demises are immediately followed by events at the picnic that mirror their deaths as a creepy form of RelaxOVision.
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