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The forces of good and the armies of darkness have gathered on opposite ends of the battlefield. Weapons have been drawn, [[Rousing Speech
The [[Charge Into Combat Cut]] is a [[Camera Tricks|Camera Trick]] that is used when a fight is about to start, but the camera cuts away to another scene immediately beforehand or shortly after the fighting begins. This can be done to build drama as the audience have to wait to see the outcome of the battle, or it may simply be used to pad time before the finale. While in many cases the narrative will return to the fight with the action already in progress, this can sometimes lead to a [[Fight Unscene]] if the audience only get to see the aftermath of the combat. If done poorly, this can end up being an [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]] for some viewers.
Compare [[Commercial Break Cliffhanger]], when a show cuts to a commercial just before a pivotal moment, and [[Anticlimax Cut]], when a scene turns out not nearly as dramatic as it was originally made out to be. Also compare [[Battle Discretion Shot]], where instead of jumping to a different scene, the camera just focuses on something else so that the audience cannot see the gory details of the battle.
The [[Charge Into Combat Cut]] may involve [[Two Lines, No Waiting]]. It can also overlap with the [[Bolivian Army Ending]] when the Charge Into Combat Cut also heralds the end of the work in question.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* This happens with the first Angel in Episode 1 of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. We only find out how the first battle went through flashbacks in Episode 2.
** Averted in the manga adaptation, where we see the whole fight.
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* Present a few times in the anime series version of [[Fate/stay night]], mostly to account for fights that weren't narrated within the visual novel. Most notably, it happens for Archer's [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|last stand]] against Berserker.
== Film ==
* ''[[Undead or Alive]]'' uses this as part of the finale, when Sue is about to square off against the zombie-fied pair of {{spoiler|her former companions, Elmer and Luke}}. She charges at the pair with her sabre in hand before the camera cuts away, and only the aftermath is later shown.
* In the movie ''[[Pink Floyd the Wall]]'', we see the charging soldiers at the [[World War II|Battle of Anzio]], cutting back and forth between a young Pink years later, whose father died in the battle.
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== Live Action TV ==
* The [[Grand Finale]] of ''[[Angel]]'' ends with the main heroes ([[Anyone Can Die|or what's let of them]]) about to face down an army of demons sent to kill them. The eponymous protagonist delivers the first blow, [[Bolivian Army Ending|and...]] (However, a canon sixth season exists in the form of a comic book, picking up from where the show ended.)
* One of the most famous and poignant examples comes from ''[[Blackadder Goes Forth]]'', which cuts from Blackadder and company charging over the trench to {{spoiler|a field full of poppies}}.
== Radio ==
* In ''[[The Goon Show]]'' episode "Dishonoured" (remade as "Dishonoured Again"), Neddie Seagoon goes off to fight, and we only learn what happens next from Bloodnok's narration.
{{quote|'''Bloodnok''': How that battle raged - I watched it all on television, you know. Seagoon fought like a madman - how else? But alas... On that spot is now a little white stone. Once a year, Min lays flowers on it. The stone bears a simple inscription in Hindi - I haven't the heart to tell her that, roughly translated, it says "Bombay, 49 miles". }}
== Web Original ==
* This is fairly commonplace in ''[[Homestuck]]'', although the author is always kind enough to cut back to the fight in time for it to begin...eventually.
* In ''[[Naruto the Abridged Series]]'' Episode 9, Sasuke gets cut off in this manner twice before going into a fit of profanity and later refusing to do the scene.
== Western Animation ==
* In the finale of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', this trick is used a few times to cut between Aang's battle with Ozai and Zuko's battle with Azula.
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'': In a far far future epilogue, two factions of Bart followers wage [[Holy War]].
{{quote|"Bart" Soldier: "We believe that God's last prophet, Bart Simpson, preached a message of tolerance and love."
"Bartman" Soldier: "'''We''' believe the holy [[Something Person|Bartman]] preached a message of understanding and peace, before he was betrayed by his follower, Milhouse! And pulled apart by snow-mobiles, until he died."
"Bart" Soldiers: "Eat my shorts!!!"
"Bartman" Soldiers: "Cowabunga!!!"
''fade to black as they charge each other'' }}
* In the episode "Flash and Substance" of ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'', this takes place when Batman [[Dual-Wielding]] batarangs is about to face Captain Boomerang [[Department of Redundancy Department|dual wielding boomerangs]].
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