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* [[Firesign Theatre]]'s ''The Further Adventures of Nick Danger''. "No, no, no, no, no, no! You don't understand how radio works. Now, this is my flashback -- all I have to do to return us to the present is fade my voice out like this and cue the organist!" |
* [[Firesign Theatre]]'s ''The Further Adventures of Nick Danger''. "No, no, no, no, no, no! You don't understand how radio works. Now, this is my flashback -- all I have to do to return us to the present is fade my voice out like this and cue the organist!" |
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* In ''[[Nebulous]]'', the Professor's frequent flashbacks to his childhood at the circus are heralded by an echo of him saying "I'm not a clown". Lampshaded when at one point, a character asks why he was lying on the floor muttering the world "clown", and at another time when the word "cloud" sets him off instead. |
* In ''[[Nebulous]]'', the Professor's frequent flashbacks to his childhood at the circus are heralded by an echo of him saying "I'm not a clown". Lampshaded when at one point, a character asks why he was lying on the floor muttering the world "clown", and at another time when the word "cloud" sets him off instead. |
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{{quote|'''Nebulous''': Did you say...''clown?'' |
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'''Sir Ronald''': No! I said "cloud"! |
'''Sir Ronald''': No! I said "cloud"! |
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'''Nebulous''': ''[flashback beginning]'' I don't want to be a clown...clown...clown... |
'''Nebulous''': ''[flashback beginning]'' I don't want to be a clown...clown...clown... |
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'''Sir Ronald''': ''[voice fading into the background]'' I said cloud! }} |
'''Sir Ronald''': ''[voice fading into the background]'' I said cloud! }} |
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* The musical variation is parodied in ''[[Son of Cliche]]'', in the first of the recurring sketches "Asso, Spanish Detective". |
* The musical variation is parodied in ''[[Son of Cliche]]'', in the first of the recurring sketches "Asso, Spanish Detective". |
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{{quote|'''Asso''': I started to think back. Back to the beginning of this case... |
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[''sting of harp music''] |
[''sting of harp music''] |
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'''Asso''': I was in my office, playing my harp. }} |
'''Asso''': I was in my office, playing my harp. }} |
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* Parodied in [[Duckman]]. An episode begins with Duckman waking up tied to a table and wondering how he got there. He thinks "Think back, back, back..." and flashes back...to him waking up tied to a table just a few seconds ago. This time he thinks "Think back, back back...must think back a little farther, farther, farther...". He flashes back to waking up again. Rinse and repeat, but this time he adds "Maybe volunteering for [[Mushroom Samba|LSD research]] wasn't the the best way out of the Marines" and finally succeeds in flashing back. |
* Parodied in [[Duckman]]. An episode begins with Duckman waking up tied to a table and wondering how he got there. He thinks "Think back, back, back..." and flashes back...to him waking up tied to a table just a few seconds ago. This time he thinks "Think back, back back...must think back a little farther, farther, farther...". He flashes back to waking up again. Rinse and repeat, but this time he adds "Maybe volunteering for [[Mushroom Samba|LSD research]] wasn't the the best way out of the Marines" and finally succeeds in flashing back. |
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* Invoked in [[Earthworm Jim]]; |
* Invoked in [[Earthworm Jim]]; |
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{{quote|'''Professor Monkey-For-A-Head:''' I remember it as if it were yesterday...yesterday...yesterday... |
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'''Psycrow:''' It ''was''' yesterday. |
'''Psycrow:''' It ''was''' yesterday. |
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'''Professor Monkey-For-A-Head:''' Quiet! I am setting up a flashback! Yesterday...yesterday...yesterday... }} |
'''Professor Monkey-For-A-Head:''' Quiet! I am setting up a flashback! Yesterday...yesterday...yesterday... }} |
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