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* In [[ModernWarfare Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]], when Price finds out Zakhaev is behind the game's plot, he decides to roll a flashback to explain the guy's background. Players know this as the "All ghillied up" mission.

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* On ''{{Jimmy Two-Shoes}}'', there have been a few flashbacks about Lucius' life under [[RoyallyScrewedUp his father]], including the one that made him a SelfMadeOrphan.

* {{Concerned}} has an mini-arc when Frohman flashes back to his days at Black Mesa, providing arguably the best LampshadeHanging of this trope ever as the quote for this page.

* [[VanVonHunter Van Von Hunter]] plays with this. [[http://www.vanvonhunter.com/vvh8.html "You have exceeded the maximum number of flashbacks allowed by the courtroom."]]
* Lampshaded with sarcasm in [[http://guildedage.net/webcomic/chapter-1/chapter-1-page-15/ here]] in ''{{Guilded Age}}''.

* In ''SlightlyDamned'', when Kieri reads through [[spoiler:Darius']] diary.
* Crop up at random intervals as "Reg's Lost Years" in ''RegularGuy''

* Lampshaded in [[http://booksdontworkhere.thecomicseries.com/comics/69/ this]] ''BooksDontWorkHere'' strip which starts a FlashBack which took place before the Flashback they are already in started.
* Webcomic/EvilDiva The trial sequence was littered with them, such as [[http://www.evildivacomics.com/?p=815 here]].
* {{Strays}} [[http://www.straysonline.com/comic/77.htm One panel Meela-induced flashback]]
* [[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/The_KAMics/4768099/ Shows]] [[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/The_KAMics/4771235/ up]] [[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/The_KAMics/4771236/ occasionally]] [[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/The_KAMics/4819814/ in]] ''{{The KAMics}}''
* In ''ImpureBlood'', [[http://www.impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/Chapter005/ib026.html Roan's recounting the past of his people has a flashback backdrop, of many scenes from the past.]]
* In ''NipAndTuck'', [[http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00570.html how Zelda got her job.]]
* In ''{{Endstone}}'' numerous: to when Jon tried to destroy the world, how he and Kyri met, facing down Drakyl -- etc.

* In ''Unforgettable'', the female lead is in the habit of replaying events that she witnessed earlier in the episode, often finding a clue from something she saw that didn't seem important at the time.
* [[http://wapsisquare.com/comic/10232002/ This]] ''WapsiSquare'' strip uses a single panel flashback to show what happened last time Fermented Banana played at a wedding.
* The entire third story arc of ''TheSenkari'' is basically an extended flashback where Natalie learns some of the titular characters history..

->''"I think I'll try extra hard to remember today's events and conversations, [[CrazyPrepared in case I someday want to]] recall them verbatim."''

* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland Total Drama]]'' story, ''Fanfic/{{Legacy}}'', chapter 2 and most of chapter 3 cover events from years before the main setting, but are told as if they were set in the same time frame.

* ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'', true to the ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' style it uses, has several of these, [[MonochromePast usually in monochrome]]. For example, both [[SimultaneousArcs Part 3 - Twilight and Part 3 - Phoenix]] include a flashback to a same scene of Part 2 (specifically the point where [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight]] touches [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Phoenix]]'s Magatama, [[WrongContextMagic causing it to react weirdly]]), both for different reasons.

* ''Literature/WarCrimes'' has in-universe flashbacks. For [[BigBad Garrosh Hellscream's]] trial, the court uses the [[TimeTravel Vision of Time]] to view past events, in order to avoid errors in the witness testimony.

* FlashbackWithinAFlashback: A flashback within a flashback occurs when a character recounts an event in which he/she also flashbacks into ANOTHER event within the first flashback.

* ''Literature/WarCrimes'' has in-universe flashbacks. For [[BigBad Garrosh Hellscream's]] trial, the court uses the [[TimeTravel Vision of Time]] to view past events, in order to avoid errors in the witness testimony.

* ''DangerMouse'': "The Return Of Count Duckula" uses footage of DM's first encounter with Duckula from "The Four Tasks Of Danger Mouse" as a flashback as he recounts the meeting to Colonel K.

* [[http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/4768099/ Shows]] [[http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/4771235/ up]] [[http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/4771236/ occasionally]] [[http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/4819814/ in]] ''{{The KAMics}}''

* Lance complains about having to [[http://www.goldcoincomics.com/?id=9 go through a flashback scene]] in Gold Coin Comics.

If you want the page about the game ''Flashback: Quest for Identity'', [[VideoGame/{{Flashback}} go here]].

Can be subverted with a flashback to something that didn't actually happen.

Often provides the added bonus of getting actors into period costumes.

* In the final book of the [[Literature/Sten]] series, the Emperor flashes back to his childhood and his steps on his rise to power.

* In the final book of the [[Sten]] series, the Emperor flashes back to his childhood and his steps on his rise to power.

* [[SimultaneousArcs Part 3 - Twilight and Part 3 - Phoenix]] of ''FanFic/TurnaboutStorm'' include a flashback to the beginning of Part 2, specifically the point where [[spoiler:[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight]] touched [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Phoenix]]'s [[WrongContextMagic Magatama]] and [[NewSuperpower gained the ability]] to [[LivingLieDetector see the same locks and chains Phoenix sees with it]].]] There's another flashback later on the latter video, this time to the point where [[spoiler:[[LargeHam Trixie]] drops her ThirdPersonPerson act during the trial.]]

* In ''TheDarkTower, Book One: The Gunslinger'', the first quarter of the novel is devoted to flashbacks to events just prior to the beginning of the novel, and flashbacks to Roland's childhood within those. In ''Book Four: Wizard and Glass'', [[WholeEpisodeFlashback the bulk of the story]] is a flashback to a formative event in Roland's early adulthood.