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* ''ComicBook/TheTransformers TransformersMarvel'': Flashbacks were frequent in early issues, with a page or more of some issues used to recreate scenes from previous issues an an apparent attempt to fill space.

* Flashbacks were abused in early issues of the Marvel ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformers Transformers Generation 1]]'' comic, with a page or more of some issues used to recreate scenes from previous issues an an apparent [[{{Padding}} attempt to fill space]].

g ''VideoGame/ToyStory3'’: The story mode is told in this form.

* The protagonist’s breakup with Rachel is shown with one of these. In the same flashback, he realizes exactly how he first met Dennis.

* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'' employs flashbacks fairly often, with Season 8 containing a few specifically to earlier episodes prominently featuring Kalo since Careful S. is remembering him [[spoiler:since the HeroicSacrifice he performed in Season 7]]. Interestingly, the episodes from Season 10 onwards with the new art style that flashback to pre-art shift episodes keep the footage in the old art style, with Season 12 episode 35 and its flashbacks to pre-art shift episodes featuring Zelia (as well as the theatrical film ''Happy Heroes 2: The Battle of Planet Qiyuan'', which was also from before the new visual style was first used) being one example.

* Common in ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf''. For example, in episode 173, Wolffy has a flashback to when he ate the disgusting cookies earlier.

* In ''ComicBook/LastDaysOfTheJusticeSociety'', Dr. Fate shares with the modern Justice Society a flashback sequence of events that happened on the day of President UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt's funeral in 1945, to show how history has been changed when UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler has used the [[PublicDomainArtifact Spear Of Destiny]] to destroy the universe, tapping into the mystical energies of the Spectre to make it happen.

* ''Literature/FunnyBusiness'' has a flashback right in the middle of the story that manages to double its overall length, and making what would otherwise be an ordinary PlotTwist into a ShockingSwerve.

* ''Comics/TheTaleOfOneBadRat'': Flashbacks are used several times in the story, especially the first half, to show significant events in Helen's life before she ran away. One example is how she adopted her pet rat.

* The ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' FanFic ''FanFic/TheJoyOfBattle'' uses flashbacks in the same way that ''Series/{{Lost}}'' does to tell [[HowWeGotHere how the characters ended up at the point of the story's beginning]] and also to reveal BackStory through characterizing scenes.
* Several in FanFic/TheTaintedGrimoire:

* True to the series, the ''FanFic/CalvinAtCamp'' Series/{{LOST}} parody features some... troubling... flashbacks for the kids.

* Chapter 18 of ''Super FanFic/PaperMarioX'' starts with [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]], as always, scared of going in the water ([[SuperDrowningSkills since he can't swim and will drown in the water, after all]]). When he is informed that this was not the first time the group had to go through water, Sonic says to "name the times", followed by a flashback to the first Paper Mario X ({{lampshade|Hanging}}d by Mario). When Sonic says there was no way it happened twice, a flashback to Paper Mario X 2 follows.

* In the ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'' AU story [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8340339/1/The-Quiet-Fox The Quiet Fox]], virtually every other chapter is a flashback, each one narrated by a different character. The one narrated by Sasuke is quite notable, yet Naruto himself doesn't provide any narration.

* In Minori's route in ''VisualNovel/BrassRestoration'', flashbacks are used much more frequently than needed, often to recap something that happened half a scene ago. Thankfully not as prevalent in other routes.

* ''VisualNovel/MajiDeWatashiNiKoiShinasai'' has flashbacks interspersed between routes as necessary; no single path gives a complete background on the family, with each person's pertinent set of flashbacks happening in their own storyline.

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* [[Webcomic/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."]]

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

* Animated updates of ''[[{{Webcomic/Morphe}} morphE]]'' typically flashback to how one of the seedlings ended up in a crate at the start of the story. The [[http://morphe.thewebcomic.com/comics/1790280/chapter-2-page-19-sweet-dreams/ first flashback]] shows each seedling in torment, [[http://morphe.thewebcomic.com/comics/1901549/chapter-3-page-18-open-your-eyes/ the second]] focuses on one specific seedling and [[http://morphe.thewebcomic.com/comics/2084108/chapter-5-page-1-misery-loves-company/ the third]] shows how they ended up in captivity in the first place.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': "The Legend of Rainbow and Stardust!" starts with the framing device of sitting around a campfire with Hard Candy telling how Rainbow went from circus performer to local Texan legend, with Rainbow's final performance and escape with Stardust shown in flashback. The last half of the story involves Rainbow and Stardust helping Wondy, the Heyday triplets and the Candy family and ranch hands fight off some hustlers in the present.

* ''ComicBook/SecretPath'': A number of flashbacks occur in the comic about [[TheProtagonist Wenjack's]] life, mostly from his time in the residential school.

* All of the interludes in ''VideoGame/TheReconstruction''. Subverted in that all but one of them are flashbacks to [[AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent the prologue's cast]].
* In ''[[VideoGame/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.
* In ''VideoGame/FredbearAndFriends'', the player gets to see two flashbacks to a security guard working during the pizzeria's heyday. While the first is playable, the other is just a short cutscene.

* In Minori's route in ''VisualNovel/BrassRestoration'', flashbacks are used much more frequently than needed, often to recap something that happened half a scene ago. Thankfully not as prevalent in other routes.
* In ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile'', flashbacks are often used to show the events leading up to the Einherjar's deaths.

* FlashbackBPlot: A linear secondary story is told through flashbacks alongside the main story, both involving the same character(s).

* TwoLinesDifferentTimes: A linear secondary story is told through flashbacks alongside the main story, both involving the same character(s).

-->'''Zim:''' * shrugs*

* TwoLinesDifferentTimes: A linear secondary story is told through flashbacks alongside the main story.