History Main / RetrauxFlashback

* Whenever ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' characters remember about something, it's shot in the same game as the season it happened in. For example, during Relocated when Sarge reminisces about all of the times Grif nearly died that were "worth it", it shifts from ''VideoGame/{{Halo|Combat Evolved}}'' to ''VideoGame/Halo2'' and back to the (then current) ''VideoGame/Halo3''.

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** One of the special features on the DVD of "[[{{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.

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* Whenever ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' characters remember about something, it's shot in the same game as the season it happened in. For example, during Relocated when Sarge reminisces about all of the times Grif nearly died that were "worth it", it shifts from ''VideoGame/{{Halo|Combat Evolved}}'' to ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'' and back to the (then current) ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}''.

* During a ChristmasEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'', Spidey and the Enforcers are drawn in the classic John Romita, Sr. style with webslinging scenes done up like ''WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967''

* Occurs in [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/9/8/ this]] ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' strip, as a flashback to a wager about VideoGame/DukeNukemForever [[CueTheFlyingPigs coming out]]. Done again in [[http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/03/14 this strip]] concerning TechnologyMarchesOn. Tycho comments in TheRant: ''"In my my mind, they have always looked like the first two panels."''

* At one point in ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIV'', Roger travels back in time to Ulence Flats from ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestI'', in its original EGA graphics glory.

* ''VideoGame/MonsterBoyAndTheCursedKingdom'' has a hidden bonus area in which you re-enact the prologue of ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap'' with old-school graphics and sound.

* The ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'' episode "Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid" is the first one to be digitally painted, but a flashback showing how James caught his Victreebel (a Weepinbell back then) reuses the original cel-animated footage from that episode.

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

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'': In seasons 8 and 9, Cole, Zane, and Jay have flashbacks to how they met Wu in "[[Recap/NinjagoS8E76TheJadePrincess The Jade Princess]]", "[[Recap/NinjagoS8E78SnakeJaguar Snake Jaguar]]", and "[[Recap/NinjagoS9E88HowToBuildADragon How to Build a Dragon]]" respectively. Despite the main cast getting redesigned in Season 8 to match their [[WesternAnimation/TheLEGONinjagoMovie movie counterparts]], the flashbacks have them sporting their original designs. This makes less sense when you consider the explanation given [[Recap/NinjagoS8E75TheMaskOfDeception earlier]] that [[ForWantOfANail time travel effects]] from the previous season may have been what changed their appearances.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'': In Seasons 8 and 9, Cole, Zane, and Jay have flashbacks to how they met Wu.[[note]]The flashbacks happen in "The Jade Princess", "Snake Jaguar", and "How to Build a Dragon" respectively.[[/note]] Despite the main cast getting redesigned in Season 8 to match their [[WesternAnimation/TheLEGONinjagoMovie movie counterparts]], the flashbacks have them sporting their original designs. This makes less sense when you consider the explanation given [[Recap/NinjagoS8E75TheMaskOfDeception earlier]] that [[ForWantOfANail time travel effects]] from the previous season may have been what changed their appearances.

* Done for the ''ComicBook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}''' 30th anniversary in 1988 where old LSH artists were used in flashbacks to old stories. (The 25th anniversary is more famous for using old LSH artists in nostalgia segments, but these segments were not flashbacks, but alternate universes that diverged as of a particular era.)

See also MonochromePast and NostalgiaLevel.

* In ''{{Manga/Bleach}}'', flashbacks are in general lifted straight from past chapters, making Kubo's ArtEvolution all the more evident.

* The ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'' episode "Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid" is the first one digitally painted, but it briefly goes back to the old style for a flashback showing how James caught his Victreebel (a Weepinbell back then).

* ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' 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.

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* The flashback dream sequence in ''{{VideoGame/Plok}}'' uses grayscale graphics, an old-fashioned font, piano music, and silent film-style title cards.

* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' has had flashback sequences that use the art style of [[Literature/TheHomestarRunnerEntersTheStrongestManInTheWorldContest the original children's book that the characters came from]], or occasionally the site's earliest animations, "Marshmallow's Last Stand" and "A Jumping Jack Contest". There's also the 1936 universe, modeled on Depression-era animation, which crops up every now and then for historical segments.

* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' has occasionally had flashback sequences that use the art styles of the original children's book that the characters came from, or some other early part of the series' history. There's also the 1936 universe, modeled on Depression-era animation, which crops up every now and then for historical segments.

* A possible outfit in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' turns Mario back into his model from ''VideoGame/SuperMario64''. Later, you can also get a costume based off of Metal Mario from the same game.

* Invoked hilariously in ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest 4'' where Roger ends up traveling back to the first game. The whole place is rendered in EGA coloring and style.

When you have characters in a flashback appear the way they look in the story's present time, making their latest appearance a {{Retcon}} to the period of the flashback, it's BackportedDevelopment. If a scene from a previous installment is redone using a newer actor or animation style, it's FlashbackWithTheOtherDarrin.

When you have characters in a flashback appear the way they look in the story's present time, making their latest appearance a {{Retcon}} to the period of the flashback, it's BackportedDevelopment.