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* In ''Manga/ChainsawMan,'' during one of Aki's flashbacks, Himeno persuades him to smoke a cigarette for the first time and Aki swears that it will be "the first and last cigarette" he ever lights up. The very next panel cuts back to the present with Aki asking Himeno if she he has any cigarettes left.

* In ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', chapter 83, we follow Yue briefly after she sees Negi and Nodoka off on their date. In the last two panels of the page she bumps into someone and apologises. The scene then abruptly cuts back to Negi and Nodoka, and it's not until four chapters later that we return to this scene and find out that she bumped into [[spoiler:[[StableTimeLoop Negi himself]]]].
* In the ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' episode [[Recap/NeonGenesisEvangelionEpisode09MomentHeartTogether "Moment, Heart, Together"]], Asuka splits the episode's [[{{Robeast}} Angel]] into [[AsteroidsMonster two independently acting enemies]]. Shortly after, the episode abruptly cuts to her and Shinji in a NERV officer room, being debriefed via photographic slides on the comically ridiculously ways each was beaten by the Angel.

* Used in ''WesternAnimation/{{Planes}}'' when Dusty is flying inside a train tunnel just as the train is about to enter. As he exits, the train is just inches from his face, and then... smash cut to a white screen and no sound, and then Dusty appears to be flying in FluffyCloudHeaven (actually a misty valley in the Himalayas).

* ''Series/BetterCallSaul'': To demonstrate [[TripleShifter the kind of schedule]] Kim has working the Mesa Verde case solo, we're shown her setting a timer for five minutes to take a nap in her car. The instant Kim seems to fall asleep, the scene jumps to her being awoken by the timer, without the camera changing position. [[spoiler:This foreshadows a scene later in the season, after she's taken on even more work. A similar cut goes from her driving her car to [[SurpriseCarCrash the instant it impacts with a guard rail]].]]
* Yeah, Creator/JossWhedon loves these. A particularly heart wrenching example is in the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "Selfless" which goes from Anya singing an upbeat song about how much she loves Xander to [[spoiler: her with a sword through her chest after Buffy impaled her, she gets better quickly but the audience doesn't for a while]]

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E5TimeHeist "Time Heist"]]: When the Doctor picks up the TARDIS phone, the scene suddenly cuts to himself, Clara and two strangers all holding memory worms. This one is plot-relevant because a moment later we find out this is how they subjectively experienced it - they can't remember anything between picking up the phone and right now.

* ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' does this frequently. A notable occurrence was in an early episode at the school Francis goes to. He went up to a bunch of guys who acted like an organized cult and told them to stop harassing everyone, repeatedly saying "Just Stop." It cuts into Francis telling his roommate and bodyguard to "Just Stop Packing." as the roommate is packing his bags to leave for the weekend. Needless to say, the cult members start harassing Francis.
** Another example happens in Poker #2 when Hal is talking to his poker buddies about how love and trust are what keeps a relationship healthy, which cuts mid-sentence to Francis telling his friend Eric the same thing. It definitely goes steps towards showing that Hal and Francis have similar relationships with their wives.

-->'''Fran:''' You know, Jeffrey, this isn't such a bad date after all.
-->'''Jeffrey:''' Good. Marry me.
-->'''Fran:''' You're kidding, aren't you?
-->'''Jeffrey:''' Please.
-->'''Fran:''' Oh, Jeffrey, it's incredibly flattering and, well, I hope you don't take this the wrong way...
-->(''cut to Jeffrey standing on a ledge'')
-->'''Fran:''' Jeffrey, Jeffrey, don't jump!

'''Eli:''' ''[in the control room]'' All right, this is ridiculous. Jumping back and forth without any warning is completely--

'''Roy:''' Well, you have to remember that most of this was probably covered with illusions while the Draketooths were still alive. All these walls look the same, so I bet it was easy to get turned around with a few choice mirages until you walked into a deathtrap.\\

* ''WebVideo/CarmillaTheSeries'' does this more than once. As a general rule it is combined with a GilliganCut.
* ''WebVideo/CrossedLines'': In episode 6, The Mail Bag Snag, Benjamin is called away to help with the drains (Mr. Traverse's tunnel system) being flooded. The railway yard worker decides to draft Cojack to take over Banjamin's railway maintenance work. Cojack refuses, but is then told his alternative is work for Mr. Traverse. It then cuts to Cojack on the line helping with railway maintenance, much to his chagrin.

** An earlier one is played for laughs, when Dr. Horrible details (on his video blog) his plan for his next big attack. He signs off, and we immediately cut to his next blog, showing him battered and bruised, where he explains that his list of viewers evidently includes [[LooseLips Captain Hammer and the Los Angeles Police Department,]] and that he needs to be more careful about what he says on his blog in the future.

** Done again in the final scene of "Princess Spike". After everyone helps fixed the bejeweled statue, someone foolishly gives him a bouquet of flowers from the Dragon Sneeze trees, which [[SneezeOfDoom sets him off]] [[HereWeGoAgain again]], but right when he is about to destroy the statue once more, it cuts right to the end credits.
* ''WesternAnimation/PegPlusCat'' has no time for a FadeToBlack. Immediately after the last scene in the segment, it cuts to the stinger both for the first and second segment of the episode. After the second stinger for the second segment, guess how many seconds it took for the show to cut to the credits?

* ''Rock'n'Roll'': The text directly states that scene breaks should end in smash cuts. Scenes are followed by thirty to sixty seconds of music in a blackout, with 'sleeve notes' projected to accompany them. The next scene then launches immediately "without fades or builds", jumping straight in - light and sound both start at the same moment.

* ''Rock'n'Roll'': The text directly states that scene breaks should be smash cuts. Scenes are followed by thirty to sixty seconds of music in a blackout, with 'sleeve notes' projected to accompany them. The next scene then launches immediately "without fades or builds", jumping straight in - light and sound both start at the same moment.

* ''WesternAnimation/JorelsBrother'': Happens in scenes related to the RunningGag of never realing the titular character's real name. Usually, when he has gone missing, his dad Mr. Edson asks, with a slight stutter: "Hold up, where is..." and then immediately cuts to a scene of Jorel's brother wherever he actually is, just before Mr. Edson completes the sentence saying his son's name.

-->'''Dangeresque''': I solved the kidnapping case, Renaldo! She was kidnapped by a monster with a [[IncrediblyLamePun broken heart]]. \\

---->'''Fred:''' Mom, I'll be careful. Boring, even.\\

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''(smash cut to Bob doing [[GilliganCut whatever he was about to say he wouldn't do]])''\\

* In ''Manga/ChainsawMan,'' during one of Aki's flashbacks, Himeno pursuades him to smoke a cigarette for the first time and Aki swears that it will be "the first and last cigarette" he ever lights up. The very next panel cuts back to the present with Aki asking Himeno if she he has any cigarettes left.

* ''Film/WeWereSoldiers'': During one battle sequence, the frenzied noise of gunfire, explosions, and [[DeathFromAbove jet planes making bombing runs]] on the batlefield abruptly cuts to a close-up of a vacuum cleaner as Colonel Moore's wife tends to the housecleaning at home.

** In "Proposition Infinity", Amy and Bender have a torrid and illegal romance. They spearhead a campaign to make robot/human relationsihps legal, and actually win. Amy says now they can openly have a serious, monogomous relationship.

* StepfordSmiler: Blixemi references being one in the intro to several "Mouse Brained" episodes, such as cheerfully saying that she forgot what joy feels like, or that she smiles to hide the pain.

* Weaponized by the FinalBoss of the [[KillEmAll Genocide route]] in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' who, during his second phase, begins Smash Cutting you out of and into his various BulletHell patterns, giving you a split second to assess your ever-changing situation before he lays the smack down on you. It's just as unfair as it sounds and is not even the most unfair thing he pulls on you during the fight.

* A scene from ''Machinima/TheGmodIdiotBox'' uses one of these, when Coach suffers from a volatile form of gonorrhea.

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** In "The Heart", [[CrankyNeighbor Mr. Robinson]] types "How to Brainwash Kids" online. Cut to Rocky bailing him out of jail. It happens two more times - the second time it happens, he stalks Gumball and Darwin and brings them "more followers", and the next time when he accidentally violates 14 international peace agreements after getting out some of his old "[[MyLittlePanzer toys]]" for them.

** An earlier one is played for laughs, when Dr. Horrible details ([[WhatAnIdiot on his video blog]]) his plan for his next big attack. He signs off, and we immediately cut to his next blog, showing him battered and bruised, where he explains that his list of viewers evidently includes [[LooseLips Captain Hammer and the Los Angeles Police Department,]] and that he needs to be more careful about what he says on his blog in the future.