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* In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode [[Recap/SupernaturalS02E20WhatIsAndWhatShouldNeverBe "What Is And What Should Never Be" (S02, Ep20)]], there is another dramatic example where when Dean finds the bodies hanging from their wrists in the warehouse and brief cuts show the figures he saw in the closet and the reappearing woman in white, revealing that these figures were reality interrupting his fantasy.

Compare HilariousInFlashback. Can also be used dramatically in FlashbackMontageRealization.

Compare HilariousInFlashback.

* In ''Webcomic/BlueYonder'' [[http://www.blueyondercomic.net/comics/1207702/blue-yonder-chapter-1-page-14/ Lena grabs his arm, and Jared has a one panel flashback to his now-disappeared sister doing it, too.]]

* The trumpet playing alligator Louis from ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' is a CutawayGag, flashing back to when he first tried to play that trumpet for humans. The response that he got wasn't quite the applause he was expecting.

* ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'': Queen Elsa has a brief flashback of accidentally hurting Anna as a child when Anna shows up at the IcePalace with Olaf.
* At the press conference in ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'', Nick hears Judy talk about predators reverting back to their savage ways while the TV screens behind her show pictures of the various animals wearing muzzles. This triggers a brief cut to him as a junior ranger scout wearing the muzzle his childhood bullies shoved on him.

--> [cut to Nanoha doing just that in episode 1]

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' episode "[[Recap/TheLegendOfKorraS1E4TheVoiceInTheNight The Voice in the Night]]" this is PlayedForDrama: After Avatar Korra is knocked out, she's briefly DreamingOfTimesGoneBy, with split-second scenes of her previous [[{{reincarnation}} incarnation]] Aang, and his friends Sokka, and Toph as middle-aged adults.
** Happens again the episodes "[[Recap/TheLegendOfKorraS1E6AndTheWinnerIs And the Winner Is...]]" and "[[Recap/TheLegendOfKorraS1E8WhenExtremesMeet When Extremes Meet]]".
* Used in the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "The Bully".
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' I don't understand. Why would Flats want to kick my butt? I haven't said ''two words'' to the guy.
-->''(cut to earlier in the episode)''
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Hi, I'm [=SpongeBob=].
-->''(cut back to present)''
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' One...two...''(gasp)'' [[OhCrap Oh no, that's three!]]

* More seriously, in the SonicTheHedgehog DarkFic ''FanFic/PrisonIslandBreak,'' Shadow has brief flashbacks - notable because they are used in a similar manner as in the games - integrated around the dialogue as if they happen very briefly.

* Done on many episodes of ''Series/ColdCase'' to juxtapose between the suspect and the people in the [[GirlOfTheWeek victim's]] life in the past and present.

-->'''Sykes''': (''laughs uneasily'') This is a joke, right? 'Cause I told Lino...(''sudden [[OhCrap look of horror]] dawns on his face'')

{{Flashback Twist}}s usually use this kind of flashback, though they don't necessarily have to.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'' When after spending most of the movie as Oscar the "Sharkslayer's" manager, and making lots of money off of it, Sykes is horrified to discover that Oscar is a phony, particularly after...

--->'''Lino:''' [''growls'']

--->'''Sykes'''[''over phone'']: Shut up, Lino! Shut up!

-->'''Sykes'''(''laughs uneasily''): This is a joke right? 'Cause I told Lino...(''sudden look of horror dawns on his face'')

-->'''Beth''' (''storming into the police station''): CUFF HIM, GORDY!\\

'''Shaw''' [''chuckles'']: Sorta.\\

* Used multiple times in nearly every episode of ''Series/ThirtyRock''.
** So much so, that in the Live Episode, Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus played Liz Lemon in flashbacks, while Tina Fey continued to play the role in the main narrative.
** They averted the trope when Liz mentioned she couldn't believe they had been doing TGS for three years to Jack. The both looked off like they were reminiscing but the clip never played.
--> '''Liz:''' We've sure had a lot of crazy times (''beat'') I'm thinking about some of them now...
--> '''Jack:''' Me too...
* Used frequently in ''Series/NineteenTwo'', especially when Berrof/Barron is reminded of his former partner's shooting and his struggles to move on and do his job.

* ''Webcomic/LeveL'' has these to indicate telepathic contact - we see disjointed pictures of the person's past.
* In ''Webcomic/AutumnBay'', [[http://autumnbay.thecomicseries.com/comics/24/ we get a bit of Ghoul's history in one of these]].

* At the press conference in ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'', Nick hears Judy talk about the predators reverting back to their savages ways while behind her TV screens show pictures of the 14 animals with muzzles over their mouths. This triggers a brief flashback to him as a boy scout wearing that muzzle those bullies shoved on him.

* ''Film/XMen'':

* In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', two snippets of Raven from ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' appear when the Future Professor X discusses their sibling-like relationship to the other X-Men.