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* A flashback in ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' that shows why Velma is afraid of clowns is done in the art style of ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo''.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "A Friend in Deed", Cranky Doodle Donkey's flashback is rendered in the style of a silent film.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''
** In the episode "Back to the Pilot", Brian and Stewie time-travel back to the pilot episode, which is rendered in standard definition and uses the first season's art style.
** "Brian: Portrait of a Dog" has "Peter and Brian in Fixin' the Shed", a flashback to happier times done in the style of silent-era animation.

* In the ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E78OnceUponATime Once Upon a Time]], involving time-travel between 1890 and 1962, 1890 is presented as a silent movie.

* In the ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E78OnceUponATime, involving time-travel between 1890 and 1962, 1890 is presented as a silent movie.

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* ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' features an episode shortly before Phoebe and Cole's wedding where Phoebe puts on Gram's old wedding ring, only to discover that it is cursed. She ends up losing all her color and looking black and white, as if she was from a 50's tv show.

* The 2005 Taiwanese movie ''Film/ThreeTimes'' had three stories set in different time periods, all about the relationships between two character who were always played by Shu Qi and Creator/ChangChen. The middle segment, set in 1911, is styled as a silent movie, with title cards and no audible dialogue.

* Creator/MarvelComics will often use a style which approximates the old four-color style when presenting flashbacks to the stories originally presented in the 1960s-80s, or new stories which take place in that time frame. Additionally the characters who were around then will frequently be drawn in the style of Creator/JackKirby, the artist who drew most of them at that time (or Creator/SteveDitko if it's a {{Franchise/SpiderMan}} story).

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[[caption-width-right:350:B.J remembers the [[VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D good old days.]]]]

* ''Series/PushingDaisies'' would do flashbacks to a sufficiently distant period (before the main characters' childhood) with the film style of that era.
* ''Series/ColdCase'' went nuts with this. Their tribute episode to ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' ''brilliantly'' parodied the movie's style, color scheme, and...distinct acting style.

* One of the special features on the DVD of the ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial "[[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS12E5RevengeOfTheCybermen}} Revenge of the Cybermen]]" is a segment called "Cheques, Lies and Videotape", about ''Doctor Who'' fans' efforts to see older stories in the days before home videos were widely available. One aspect of this era it discusses is the degradation of videotape quality after several generations of copying, with 10th-generation (and beyond) copies being almost unwatchable, with some accompanying footage demonstrating this. Then the end credits for the segment briefly take on the appearance of one of these poor copies.

* In ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2'', the normal missions set in 2025 have a futuristic HUD with elements suggesting it's diegetic (particularly, primary protagonist "Section" having them part of his CoolShades). For the flashback missions set in the 1980s, the HUD is instead shown in the exact same form as it was in the 1960s-set ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps''.

* In the WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy episode "Back to the Pilot", Brian and Stewie time-travel back to the pilot episode, which is rendered in standard definition and uses the first season's art style.

* In ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2'', the normal missions set in 2025 have a futuristic HUD with elements suggesting it's {{diegetic|HUD}} (particularly, primary protagonist "Section" having them part of his CoolShades). For the flashback missions set in the 1980s, the HUD is instead shown in the exact same form as it was in the 1960s-set ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps''.

See also MonochromePast.

* [[PaintingTheMedium Making fun of the medium]] and being nostalgic about the previous games, the ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' series shows flashbacks and even photos of scenes from the previous games always rendered in the original game engine. In the 4th game, Sunny has a photo of her dead mother [[spoiler:Olga]], which is a screenshot from ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Solid 2|Sons of Liberty}}''.
** In ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Solid 4|Guns of the Patriots}}'', [[spoiler:when returning to Shadow Moses Island, you start in the second area of ''[=MGS1=]'' with the original game engine, before Snake wakes up from a dream as the helicopter is about to land.]]
** Much like ''Metal Gear Solid'', there exists a DummiedOut picture in ''VideoGame/SilentHill3'' of Heather standing next to her dad, [[spoiler: Harry]] who is rendered in [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation PS1]] style (His actual in-game model is a reskinned [[VideoGame/SilentHill2 James]]).

* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2'' Any mission set in the 1980s has the more traditional [=COD=] [=HUD=].

* In ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'', the history of the Hand of Primus is drawn as a Marvel comic from the '80s.

** In "How I Wet Your Mother," Marge, Bart and Lisa enter one of Homer's dreams and look like how they appeared on ''The Tracey Ullman Show''.

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* In the ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'' episode "The Big Producer", a former silent-movie director who is to be arrested for making pornos reminisces on his better days, depicted as a silent movie, bookended with IrisOut s.
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* In the ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'' episode "The Big Producer", a former silent-movie director who is to be arrested for making pornos reminisces on his better days, depicted as a silent movie, bookende with IrisOuts.

* In the ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'' episode "The Big Producer", a former silent-movie director who is to be arrested for making pornos reminisces on his better days, depicted as a silent movie, complete with IrisIn and IrisOut.

* In the ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode Recap/OnceUponATime, involving time-travel between 1890 and 1962, 1890 is presented as a silent movie.

* In the ''Series/TwilightZone1959'' episode Recap/OnceUponATime, involving time-travel between 1890 and 1962, 1890 is presented as a silent movie.

* In the ''TwilightZone1959'' episode Recap/Once Upon a Time, involving time-travel between 1890 and 1962, 1890 is presented as a silent movie.