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{{quote|''"Previously on All The Tropes, we said..."''}}
A clip [[Montages|montage]] at the beginning of an episode with a voiceover, or a slide, saying "Previously on (show name)" (or a variation, "Last time on [show name]") that serves to get the viewer up to speed on the parts of the arc relevant to the episode in question. The majority of [[Arc]]-based series use these. Outside of those, usually only used if it's the beginning of a continuing part of a multi-parter. It's also known as "The Previously", or just the recap.
On shows that make regular use of them, it's common for responsibility for the voiceover to rotate through the main cast members, generally without much regard to the content of the episode.
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* Brilliantly exploited in the last episode of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' to appear on [[The WB]] (at the end of season five): clips or images from nearly all 99 previous episodes appear in an accelerating, rapid-fire montage.
** This was then followed up with an extended "Previously" for the sixth season's premiere, summarizing all previous seasons for the benefit of [[UPN]] viewers who had never seen the show before.
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* ''[[Veronica Mars]]'': Used these to good effect--usually the Previouslys would help with something that had emotional pay-off that episode instead of making it blatantly obvious what clue in the A Plot was going to be revealed next.
* Famously, the original ''[[Star Trek]]'' handled its only Previously ("The Menagerie, Part II") by shooting stark new footage of the principals lined up in profile against a black background as Kirk muses about the events leading up to Spock's court martial for mutiny.
* ''[[WandaVision]]'': In an interesting variation on [[Evolving Credits]], Elizabeth Olsen's [[Once Per Episode]] delivery of "Previously on ''WandaVision''" changes with each episode, starting out perky and excited, and losing energy and growing flatter and more angry sounding with each episode.
** It's also the name of episode eight, which is built mostly of [[Flashback (trope)|flashbacks]].
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