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Scene in animation or print where the art suddenly and intentionally shifts into a different style, usually for homage or parody purposes. Frequently occurs [[Flashback Effects|during flashbacks]], particularly [[Rashomon Style]] sequences. Particularly abrupt shifts can be [[Nightmare Fuel|rather scary]].

* The stop-motion animated musical dream sequence with dancing hamburgers in ''Better Off Dead''. Yes, the whole movie is cartoonish, but otherwise as realistic as 80ies teenage comedies go.

* In the movie version of [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]], a stylised cartoon accompanies each of the Guide's definitions. As well, at one point the characters briefly turn into stop-motion-animated yarn puppets after the Infinite Improbability Drive has been used.

* ''[[Melancholia]]'': The opening montage is shot in a completely different style than the rest of the film.

* ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' may be one of the earliest and most in your face uses of this trope in film. The switch from the sepia tones of Dorothy's Kansas to the technicolor world of Oz is almost jarring.

** A presumably less deliberate example: some stylistic elements like the crayon-style outlines are used inconsistently from page to page.

* The majority of ''[[Black Adventures]]'' is done in a simplistic noodly cartoon style. However, certain scenes (such as transformation sequences) become more detailed and [[Animesque]], and at one point in-universe N tries graffiti and displays improbable spray-paint skills and a fondness for Alphonse Mucha. To say nothing of the parts that openly parody ''[[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]'', which is itself known for this trope (recursive art shifting?).

 

== Western Animation ==