History Main / PastelChalkedFreezeFrame

* The Episode "Deep Six" of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' ends this way.

** Lastly, [[spoiler: when Heinel and Kenichi spar, and Heinel takes out his dagger, Kentaro/Gohl's face is coloured this way. He sees the twin doves on the dagger and realizes that it is the same dagger he gave to his first wife, Lozaria. Which means the boy that Lozaria [[DeathByChildbirth gave her life]] to have was the very same Prince who's been serving the cruel empire that he fled from, and terrorizing the Earth - a.k.a the same planet that brought him refuge from Boazan oppression. Once Heinel realizes that Gohl is his father, he has a MyGodWhatHaveIDoneMoment and begs his the Emperor to put an end to the war.]]

* As mentioned above, classic anime director Creator/OsamuDezaki is responsible for the popularity of these. Which he termed "Postcard Memories".

* Used at the end of the first episode of the 2003 version of ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' after Edward takes off his coat to [[spoiler:reveal his automail arm]] and Father Cornello pulls a TheNamesake.

* The 2012 anime adaptation of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood'' features this for [[spoiler:Jonathan's death]].

* The ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' episode "Arriving in Style!" uses this quite a bit. They seem to be using it for cool poses at the end of episodes or for dramatic effect during fights now. At any rate, its use is on the rise.

* The very last shot of ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' is a pastel chalked freeze frame, featuring [[spoiler: the lifeless (or [[ShrugOfGod unconscious]]) but serene body of Spike Spiegel]] as "Blue" by the Seatbelts plays, before the camera pans up into the sky, and then into space.

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Rather than animating a critical moment in a battle, and perhaps giving away a plot point too soon, some animators cut to or dissolve into a still image designed to look like an action shot, often blurry with motion, that shows the important hit, or dodge, or other action, without revealing anything crucial. The most attractive of these are made to look like they were done in pastel chalks, although simple black line-drawings are also used. TheKenBurnsEffect is frequently employed. These are also frequently used to emphasize especially dramatic moments, especially during cliffhangers.

* Subverted in one scene of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', where it looks like one of these happened at the end of an episode but when it zoom out you can see it just switched to a close view of a painting of that scene Sai made.

** There are also a few scene from Anime/GundamBuildFighters and it's sequel, Anime/GundamBuildFightersTRY, particularly for the eyecatch or just before the ending song.

* ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' ended one of its final episodes with this, showing the girls in the beginning of their StormingTheCastle attack.

* The obscure 80s teen movie ''Film/PrivateSchool'' does this in the opening, showing various scenes from later in the film drawn in this style. It's also how the movie ends.

* The ''Rocky'' example above is spoofed in ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' -- J.D. and Turk keep fighting to prove their manliness. They realize that they won't be able to settle it. They have a flash of inspiration, and wind up taking a photo of them both in boxing gear, and each telling the story of how they won.

* Some of the action shots in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' are replaced with slowly-sliding comicbook-like images. Its sequel has yet to use this effect, presumably trying to [[DarkerAndEdgier move away from the more light-hearted nature of the original]].

* Many episodes in ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' end with these.

* There is at least one in ''LightNovel/SisterPrincess'', at a climactic moment in the penultimate episode, although the moment is anything but an action shot.

* ''Anime/SteelAngelKurumi'' is rife with these.

* ''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear'' uses these instead of CallingYourAttacks, mostly because [[DiscoTech the protagonists' weapons only work while they are singing]]. The visual style and typeface vary by attacker.

* The ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' episode "Arriving in Style!" uses this quite a bit. They seem to be using it for cool poses at the end of episodes or for dramatic effect during fights now. At any rate, its use is on the rise.

* Similarly to the above example, the final shot of the ''Manga/AshitaNoJoe'' anime is done in this style, showing a zoom-out of [[spoiler:Joe's dead yet smiling body]] as the somber track "Joe Forever" plays. The scene is so iconic that it's become a StockShoutOut.

* In ''Videogame/{{Bayonetta}}'', each time a new enemy type appears (including bosses), a [[MookDebutCutscene mini cutscene]] plays with one of these, transitioning to a book (the Hierarchy of Laguna for angels, Lemegeton's Guidebook for demons in ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2'') as the name and rank/title of the enemy is given.

* ''VideoGame/{{Killer7}}'' has a few of these during the level where all the cutscenes are done in anime style.

* When Holy Roman Empire runs away from Italy during one rather suspenseful part of the ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'' anime, there are several of these shown from different angles. The story was not continued until several episodes later.

* ''VideoGame/{{Killer7}}'' has a few of these during the level where all the cutscenes are done in anime style.

* ''Videogame/ValkyriaChronicles'' inverts this by starting off with a sketch that begins to move. The entire art style of the game emulates a pastel chalk drawing.

* Parodied in ''[[Manga/NininGaShinobuden Ninja Nonsense]]'' (like everything else), when Onsokumaru fights himself.

The term of art for these is "Harmony Cel." The color is usually painted with guache like a background would be. (Although any media could potentially be used, chalk pastels or charcoal are messy and tend to cling to paper very loosely, increasing the likelihood of smearing during handling or photography. No matter what it looks like, they were almost certainly not used.) The lines might be done as they would on a normal cel, or they might be painted in as well.

* ''Manga/LuckyStar'' does this during [[spoiler:the ''Manga/InitialD'' spoof, going from ConspicuousCG to Pastel-Chalked Freeze Frame as Yui executes the gutter-wheel turn.]]

* Happens at the end of every part 1 of any episode in ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', accompanied with "To Be Continued..."

* The very last shot of ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' is a pastel chalked freeze frame, featuring [[spoiler: the lifeless (or [[ShrugOfGod unconscious]]) but serene body of Spike Spiegel]] as "Blue" by the Seatbelts plays.

* Spoofed, appropriately enough, in the [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Bad]] e-mail "[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail57.html Japanese cartoon]]". Many subsequent toons featuring the 20X6 characers also end with these.

* ''Webcomic/{{Paranatural}}'' parodies it [[http://www.paranatural.net/index.php?id=181 here]], just after Issac finishes [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome an offscreen sidequest.]] The use of this trope in a webcomic is also lampshaded.

Rather than animating a critical moment in a battle, and perhaps giving away a plot point too soon, some animators cut to or dissolve into a still image designed to look like an action shot, often blurry with motion, that shows the important hit, or dodge, or other action, without revealing anything crucial. The most attractive of these appear to be done in pastel chalks, although simple black line-drawings are also used. TheKenBurnsEffect is frequently employed. These are also frequently used to emphasize especially dramatic moments, especially during cliffhangers.

* ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' does this whenever something awesome or dramatic happens. It's also played for comedy on at least one occasion when [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/history_s_strongest_disciple_kenichi/c038/5.html the moment is so dramatic]] [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/history_s_strongest_disciple_kenichi/c038/6.html it causes Kenichi to faint]].

** ''Manga/OniisamaE'', as well.