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== Straight Uses ==

* Each episode of ''[[The Mysterious Cities of Gold]]'' starts with a recap of the previous episode.

* The makers of ''[[Bleach]]'' has realised that this is a brilliant way of keeping production costs down: once the [[Anime Theme Song|main theme]] finishes, viewers are treated to a lengthy expository narration explaining the plot so far. This usually takes up over 10% of the episode.

* Similarly, the final ''[[Farscape]]'' has a [[Blipvert]] showing a scene from every prior episode. Also, most (if not all) of the episodes in Seasons 3 and 4 (when Farscape fully transitioned from being episodic to continuous) begin with one of these.

* ''[[Prison Break]]'' was one of many shows guilty of giving away a character's reappearance, which is something the show liked to do with characters from its past it hadn't killed and some it had.

** Often descends into spoiler territory, much like the Buffy example—especially since, whenever [[Anyone Can Die|a major character dies]], the Previouslys are about them and they do the voiceover. (And, just to frak with your head, the opening credits contain [[Blipvert]]s of the coming episodes which are even worse than the [[Trailers Always Spoil|ever-spoiling commercials]].)

* Most [[Professional Wrestling]] pay-per-view broadcasts open with a video recap of the feuds and storylines that have led to the matches about to take place. [[WWE]], in particular, [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|produces extremely dramatic packages]], with big symphonic music stings and a deep-voiced [[Opening Narration]] that talks about power, money, greed, glory, history, or whatever the overriding theme of the past month has been.

== Parodies ==

 

* ''[[Puni Puni Poemi]]'' starts out with a recap of previous episodes that were never produced - which also gives the impression that the show is a lot more serious than it is.

* ''[[Bobobo-Bo Bo-bobo]]'' had a recap of the previous episode in the ''series premiere'', though as Beauty points out the narrator is reading the wrong script. Sadly, the joke was removed from the TV showing of the English dub.

* Parodied in ''Zan [[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]''. Every episode of the third seasons opens on a "previously on" presented in storybook format. Except that none of the stories being presented ''happened'', and don't make a whole lot of sense.