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* ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' has a split screen that is very memorable among fans. From when the hour-long format became permanent in November 1975 to sometime in 1996, when a contestant spun the Showcase Showdown wheel, a split screen would show as the wheel slowed down with a headshot of the contestant inside of an arrow graphic that pointed to the wheel on the left side, and the wheel on the right. The fact that they were able to set this kind of a shot up without any sort of computer technology (or with very little technology), at least, until the technology came in the 1980's, makes this camera shot a SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfAwesome for the production crew.
** ''Series/DoctorWho'' had been using chroma-keying for special effects since at least 1970, so the technology wasn't exactly ''that'' exotic!

* The 1975 revival of the game show ''You Don't Say!'' used a split screen when the celebrities gave clues and the contestants responding to them. Also effected in the bonus round with the contestants giving clues and the celebrities responding.

* ''Series/{{Sanctuary}}'' uses this quite frequently to compress sequences instead of using a {{montage}}. The split-screen method is somewhat similar to that used in Ang Lee's ''[[TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]'' (mentioned above), which gives these sequences a (possibly unintentional) comic book vibe.

* In the 2007 movie ''Film/TheTraceyFragments'' uses splitscreens to a nauseating degree in order to portray the fragmented memory and the mental instability of the title character. Every single scene in the hour-and-a-half movie is composed of splitscreens. And unlike conventional ''[[Series/TwentyFour 24]]''-style splitscreens, this movie's splitscreens seems manic and almost random, they come in all shapes and sizes, float in and out of the shot, cover and overlap each other, appear in the middle of each other, etc. In one particular shot, there are 14 screens on simultaneously, and for the majority of the film, there are always 2-4 on screen.

* Parodied in ''Series/SledgeHammer'', when Hammer has ring a pipe-smoking British cop for information; the cloud of smoke spills into the American half of the split screen from six thousand miles away [[note]]It's never explicitly said which city would accept Hammer as a cop; but even to Brits the location filming can only be in California[[/note]]. This leads to Hammer and Doreau coughing and spluttering uncontrollably.

* On ''Series/PressYourLuck'', when it was down to the final spin of the final player with spins still remaining, a splitscreen on the big board would show both that player and the player who would either be the winner if they whammied out, or who was in the lead if the player taking the spin wasn't in the lead. If they picked up an additional spin, then the splitscreen would continue into the next spin. Otherwise, the splitscreen would slide away to show only the contestant who had won. Also, the spinning contestant whammied, no whammy animation would be played; they would just clear away the splitscreen and go directly to the winner.

* The bonus chapter of ''Cadenza 2: Kiss of Death'' uses one when a cop calls the chapter's main character to report an apparent kidnapping, again when the kidnap victim's mother mentions finding blood in his room and finally when the "victim" tells how he faked the kidnapping to get away from his criminal mother.

* In the 2007 movie ''TheTraceyFragments'' uses splitscreens to a nauseating degree in order to portray the fragmented memory and the mental instability of the title character. Every single scene in the hour-and-a-half movie is composed of splitscreens. And unlike conventional ''[[Series/TwentyFour 24]]''-style splitscreens, this movie's splitscreens seems manic and almost random, they come in all shapes and sizes, float in and out of the shot, cover and overlap each other, appear in the middle of each other, etc. In one particular shot, there are 14 screens on simultaneously, and for the majority of the film, there are always 2-4 on screen.

* ''Film/APlaceToStand'': Besides the constantly shifting, irregularly shaped frames that make up the split screen, frames sometimes move around the screen. For example, a little frame showing a farmer on his tractor moves clear across the screen from left to right. Chapman's revolutionary use of split screen has been called the "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-dynamic_image_technique Multi-dynamic image technique]]."

* ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'' utilises this for the main cast, with a combination of SplitScreenReaction and SplitScreenPhoneCall (For voice communications with each other). It makes sense, as it ''is'' a show with many scenes where they are piloting mechanical lions that can combine into a HumungousMecha, and the use of split-screens is a good way to show the character's faces all at the same time. The animators like to have fun with this trope too, having the "Panels" slide into the scene at different times, sometimes with another one sliding in between them whenever a character who was previously quiet suddenly talks.

* In ''Maggie's Movies: Camera Action'' when Maggie is on the phone with her grandfather they're shown in separate spotlight-type ovals.

** Averted by lampooning the above in ''TheYoungOnes'' episode "Bambi". [[spoiler:No, it's not a split-screen camera-trick, the contestants are actually arranged one o' top the other. As Vyvyan proved by stamping on the contestant's head, below him.]]

* A rare VideoGame example in ''VideoGame/{{Fahrenheit}}'' (A.k.a. ''Indigo Prophecy''). Splitscreens were used usually whenever there was a scene where the main character had to do something quickly before a villain found them.

* The bonus chapter of ''Cadenza 2: Kiss of Death'' uses one when a cop calls the chapter's main character to report an apparent kidnapping, again when the kidnap victim's mother mentions finding blood in his room and for the final time when the "victim" tells how he faked the kidnapping to get away from his mother.
* ''Cadenza 3: Havana Nights'' uses one when the Havana police are entering the Club Diamante at the same time as the main character is escaping from it.

* Used on ''TopGear'', when two presenters (in separate cars) are on the phone to each other (if a HardCut from one to the other is not used instead)

* ''ThePriceIsRight'' has a split screen that is very memorable among fans. From when the hour-long format became permanent in November 1975 to sometime in 1996, when a contestant spun the Showcase Showdown wheel, a split screen would show as the wheel slowed down with a headshot of the contestant inside of an arrow graphic that pointed to the wheel on the left side, and the wheel on the right. The fact that they were able to set this kind of a shot up without any sort of computer technology (or with very little technology), at least, until the technology came in the 1980's, makes this camera shot a SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfAwesome for the production crew.

It's also a very common device in multiplayer console video games, particularly first or third person shooters, allowing each player to get their own view. ''VideoGame/GoldenEye1997'' on the Nintendo64 was one of the earlier and most successful implementations of this in a genre which, up to then, had relied mostly on linked systems for multiplayer.

* In one of the earlier episodes of ''LuckyStar'', they show a day in the life of the twins on SplitScreen. It gets a little disorienting when they're together...

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''. Used twice in "The Girl With The Dungeons And Dragons Tattoo" when Charlie Bradbury turns up for work, showing both her and the security guard watching her arrive. The first time, she's happily listening to the music on her headphones, the second time she's tense because she's infiltrating the BigBad's office, so there's SinisterSurveillance involved in the security guard's attentions (it's also used to show Sam and Dean waiting in a van as MissionControl).

* The video for Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald's duet "On My Own" is almost entirely split screen as the two singers are in different locations.

* Used extensively in the documentary about ''Woodstock''.

* Director Creator/BrianDePalma uses split screens in many of his movies( ''Film/{{Sisters}}'', ''Film/{{Carrie 1976}}'', ''Film/PhantomOfTheParadise''.)

* Also, almost goes without saying, but many multiplayer video games (particularly set-top games, which often lack networking capabilities) use a split screen.

* A rare VideoGame example (The only other one apparently being the VideoGame/MetalGearSolid example) in ''VideoGame/{{Fahrenheit}}'' (A.k.a. ''Indigo Prophecy''). Splitscreens were used usually whenever there was a scene where the main character had to do something quickly before a villain found them.

* The bonus chapter of ''Cadenza 2: Kiss of Death'' uses one when a cop calls the chapter's main character to report an apparent kidnapping, again when the kidnap victim's mother mentions finding blood in his room and for the final time when the victim tells how he faked the kidnapping to get away from his mother.

* The former ''Ride/TwisterRideItOut'' attraction at [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal Studios Florida]] used the split screen format entirely throughout its first pre-show, showing different scenes on each one.

** Along with this, ''HeavyRain'' utilises these extensively (Both games being made the same company), especially for tense scenes.

* A rare VideoGame example (The only other one apparently being the VideoGame/MetalGearSolid example) in ''{{Fahrenheit}}'' (A.k.a. ''Indigo Prophecy''). Splitscreens were used usually whenever there was a scene where the main character had to do something quickly before a villain found them.