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* ''[[Criminal]]: Last of the Innocent'' sees the art shift from a gritty, realistic-noir style for the protagonist's present life and a colourful ''[[Archie Comics]]'' style for when he has flashbacks to his teenage years, which were supposedly more innocent. The [[Nostalgia Filter]] is gradually punctured by the gradual realisation that events in his teenage years weren't exactly rosy even if he wasn't aware of it.

* In "Hounded" in ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]'' #183, Sara has a dream about the Untouchable Trio Plus One. The dream is illustrated using art from ''Knights of the Dinner Table: Illustrated'' by the Fraim Brothers.

== Film ==

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== Literature ==

* Mervyn Grant illustrates ''[[~~Discworld/Where's My Cow|~~Where's My Cow]]'' with three different art styles. Sam and Young Sam (and the later scenes featuring Ankh-Morporkians) are realistic; the world of the [[Show Within a Show|book within the book]] is all pastels, and the third, Young Sam's imagination, is cartoony. Then they start to blend together...

* Mervyn Grant illustrates ''[[Where's My Cow?]]'' with three different art styles. Sam and Young Sam (and the later scenes featuring Ankh-Morporkians) are realistic; the world of the [[Show Within a Show|book within the book]] is all pastels, and the third, Young Sam's imagination, is cartoony. Then they start to blend together...

* Used in ''[[The Heroes of Olympus]]'' series via book cover art to highlight and visually accentuate the cultural differences between the Greek and Roman demigods.

* [[David Macaulay]] won a Caldecott medal for his picture book ''Black And White,'' which tells four overlapping stories simultaneously, [[Everything's Better with Cows|mostly about cows]], using four markedly different styles of illustration.

* In [[David Weisner]]'s picture book retelling of [[Three Little Pigs|The Three Pigs]], the pigs realize partway through the story that they can escape their book and visit characters in other stories, all of which are illustrated in different styles. This one also received a Caldecott medal.

== Live-Action TV ==

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* ''[[Hustle]]'' does this for certain exposition scenes. A description of a very old con trick is done via a B&W silent movie, and an explanation of fugu fish preperation is done via anime.

* ''Eureka'' used this in their latest (Christmas) episode. A machine in town malfunctioned and turned everyone into various animated styles. They used everything from Peanuts to claymation.

== Newspaper Comics ==

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** Similarly, Suzie Derkins's fantasies (seen on the rare occasions that Calvin plays with her) are illustrated in the style of a soap opera comic strip. One excerpt from Calvin's comic book collection is shown in a similar style.

* This ''[[Mad|Mad Magazine]]'' parody of the classic comic ''[[Bringing Up Father]]'', pictured [http://pics.livejournal.com/dr_hermes/pic/000e3gaw/s640x480 here] and [http://pics.livejournal.com/dr_hermes/pic/000e2ezx/s640x480 here] (courtesy of [http://therainer.blogspot.com/2008_11_01_archive.html here]).

== Video Games ==

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* The Darkspawn visibly changed their look from ''[[Dragon Age|Dragon Age Origins]]'' to ''[[Dragon Age 2]]''.

* ''[[Golden Sun: Dark Dawn]]'' has the "''Sun Saga''" [[Show Within a Show|books-within-a-game]], retelling the events of the original ''[[Golden Sun]]'' games with simplistic 2d figures instead of the rest of the game's lush cel-shaded 3d animation.

== Web Animation ==

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** The scene where Hal fought Donkey Kong in episode 6 was 8-bit. Hal and Jeff used sprites rom the orginal [[Super Mario Bros.]], while [[Donkey Kong]] used the orginal [[Donkey Kong]] sprites.

** The story in episode 9. Everyone was drawn in Flash.

== Web Comics ==

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** 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 ==