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** In ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]: [[The Movie|Love, Do You Remember?]]'', while Hikaru is flying through the [[Laser Hallway]] just before he reaches Bodolza, he fires several flights of missiles. One of the missiles is a can of 'Tako Hai'. One of the other missiles is a can of Budweiser.

* ''[[Project A-ko]]'' has several of these:

** The brief scene showing the interior of the Max 5000 mecha reveals that it contains a ''[[The Thing That Goes Doink|shishi odoshi]]''.

** In one scene where B-ko is in the background, she very briefly takes out some paper fans, waves them around, then puts them away.

** Ukyo holding the arms of a [[Voltron]]-like robot.

** Shampoo, naked.

* As do early seasons of ''[[Sailor Moon]]''. At least once, during a collision (Chibi-Usa landing onto Usagi) there was even a shot of Usagi ''naked'', "sadly" drawn in a [[Super-Deformed]] style that prevented any chance of [[Fan Service]]. See [http://www.sailorsystem.com/injokes/ here] (dub episode 109) along with other examples.

* Subliminal frames (A filmography term for frames that last well under a second while playing) were often done for slapstick moments in the earlier seasons of the ''[[Slayers]]'' anime. Some examples include a frame of [http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/9628/zelrose.png Zelgadis with a rose in his mouth] after Lina kicks him in the first season and a shot of a super-deformed Amelia after she gets hit in the head with a mace in the second.

* A lot of the [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] in ''[[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]'' are quick blink-and-miss freeze frames.

* In ''[[Metropolis]]'', after {{spoiler|the character Lamp}} is shot and killed, a candle appears by his head for a second or two.

* Episode 12 of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] StrikerS''. "When did Nanoha arrive in the nick of time?" you may wonder. Well, slow down the episode at the scene just before the commercial break, and you will see a single frame of Nanoha's [[Instant Runes]] appearing {{spoiler|[[Taking the Bullet|in the path of]] [[Small Girl, Big Gun|Dieci's massive beam attack]]}}.

* [[Death Note|L]] [http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm225/WeeWee2000/vlcsnap-1989132.png riding a bike] (among other ''[[Death Note]]'' characters) in an episode of ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'': The Second Raid.

* ''[[Fatal Fury]]: [[The Movie|The Motion Picture]]'', during some of [[Ms. Fanservice|Mai Shiranui]]'s fight scenes, particularly the last one, careful frame-by-frame viewing reveals several brief [[Wardrobe Malfunction|nipple slips]]. Considering Mai's [[Stripperiffic|outfit]], her [[Lightning Bruiser|fighting style]], and her sizable endowments, it's surprising this sort of thing [[Theiss Titillation Theory|never seems to happen]] in her other appearances.

* ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'' has fun putting in a number of freeze frame bonuses, from informative (Wild Tiger is a former holder of the King of Heroes title, and Mr. Legend was responsible for Jake Martinez's arrest) to amusing (Samantha's photo album included Barnaby's suggestive speedo pics, and someone managed to get an exclusive interview with ''[[Vigilante Man|Lunatic]]'').

* Episode 5 of ''[[Myself Yourself]]'' has a significant scene involving a [[wikipedia:Tanuki|tanuki.]] Two episodes later, a "Tanuki Express" truck zips across the screen.

* ''[[Shakugan no Shana]]'' - While lasting longer than most examples, in the third episode of season 1 of the anime when Shana trashes various teachers, one of them looks like [[Adolf Hitler]].

* ''[[The Idolmaster (anime)|THE iDOLM@STER]]'' - Haruka and Chihaya have a sleepover in an apartment building named "Mber". Haruka, Chihaya, and Imber were in a robomantic love triangle in [[Idolmaster: Xenoglossia|Idolmaster]] [[Mythology Gag|Xenoglossia.]]

* When [[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]] gains her magic ballroom gown from the Fairy Godmother for the very first time, if you pause at the right moment when she is spinning in her said gown, for a split-second you can actually see her in the very pose they used as stock clip-art for [[Disney Princess|her merchandise.]]

** Similarly, Princess Aurora was seen in her iconic pink dress (it's normally supposed to be colored blue) only for a spilt second at the end of ''[[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|Sleeping Beauty]]''.

* Disney's ''[[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Robin Hood]]'': "God forgive Prince John."

* That scene in ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'' where we see that Jessica Rabbit is [[Going Commando]]. ([http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/jessica.asp Maybe].)

** [[The Muppets|Kermit the Frog]] can also be seen in that scene.

* In ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', during Genie's rapid-fire transformations of Abu, one of them has a Mickey Mouse head for a split-second.

** Once in a while, though, something the creators intended as a joke was noticed and overanalyzed to death by crazy fans, like the Dharma Shark, who was then jokingly named "Ezra James Sharkington" by Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, and popped back up in a sixth-season episode, presumably as a [[Shout-Out]] to said crazy fans.

* In later episodes of ''[[Home Improvement]]'', the intro had "Watch Tool Time" flash quickly several times when the cast members were shown on screen. A screenshot of this can be found [http://www.eeggs.com/items/17809.html here.]

** In "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S32 E7 A Good Man Goes to War|A Good Man Goes To War]]" the soldiers who are being briefed about The Doctor are standing next to a display showing the Sonic Screwdriver and the text "1) Is not Sonic; 2) Is not a Screwdriver"

* In [[Charlie Brooker]]'s ''[[Newswipe]]'', there's a bit where a list of the G20 bodies scroll across the screen, too fast to read. Slowing it down reveals that it says "..SPAIN THE NETHERLANDS THE NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT BOTTOM LAND NO NOT REALLY WE MADE THAT ONE UP AND YOU BOTHERED TO PAUSE THIS TO READ THE PHRASE "BOTTOM LAND" WHAT A DISMAL LITTLE PRICK YOU ARE THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH EAST ASIAN NATIONS THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION..."

* In the season 1 ''[[Glee]]'' episode Hairography, Quinn Fabray and [[I'm a Man, I Can't Help It|Noah "Puck" Puckerman]] get into a fight over the fact that Puck was [[Ripped from the Headlines|sexting]] Santana Lopez during a babysitting gig with Quinn. The [http://videogum.com/img/thumbnails/photos/glee_1_12/8.jpg freeze-frame] of Quinn searching his phone for evidence reveals that Puck might be the worse sexter ever; one sent message features the creative and eloquent line, "You so hot and stuff and stuff."

* In an episode of ''[[Trailer Park Boys]]'', a character reads a written note aloud as the camera focuses on it. After he is done, the camera pans down slightly for a split second to reveal [[Unreadably Fast Text|extra text]], which says "If you're freeze-framing this on DVD, you're fucked!"

* In the opening sequence of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', as [[Visual Effects of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|the camera passes through a comet tail composed of shiny CG dust]], there are images of the [[Star Trek: The Original Series|Kirk-era crew]] formed by said dust. Spock is the easiest one to see (they are very hard to make out, but [http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Star_Trek/Deep_Space_Nine/Let_He_Who_Is_Without_Sin___.aspx?Page=2 but he's really there]).

* In the last episode of the first season of [[24]], as {{spoiler|Nina Myers}} attempts to escape CTU after being exposed and covers her tracks, some pictures of the cast and crew are shown.

* 30 Seconds To Mars' Attack [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acIU7yxzJ70 video], by way of superimposed writing and scribblings. Probably the only one in recorded history to use this to give a [[Shout-Out]] to their fanbase ''and'' equate the [[Jared Leto|lead singer]] to [[Satan]] within the same timespan.

** Another [[Shout-Out]] to Universal Horror flicks: at one point, the bassist and the drummer have the heads of [[Frankenstein's Monster]] and [[The Wolf Man]], respectively, drawn over their own.

* Specifically invoked in the [[Matthew Good]] video for ''Weapon''. Initially upset with what the video's director had done with it, Good took control of the project and inserted every-other-frame videos, very quick flashes of words, and actually lengthy diatribes that you ''have'' to pause to be able to read. The video [[Awesome Moment of Crowning|won a Juno]] (the Canadian Grammy), but because Good boycotts the Junos, the original director accepted the award...[[Jerkass|despite not really making it in the first place]].

* The All-American Rejects' "Dirty Little Secret" video features people who's faces are hidden by little cards that admit ''their'' dirty little secret, such as suspecting that their fiancee isn't [[One True Love|the One]] or exactly what happened at church camp...

* In the ending cinematic of ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' while {{spoiler|Snake is talking to Raiden}}, if you pause at the right point, and zoom into the crowd, a still-living {{spoiler|Vamp}} is clearly visible.

* In ''[[Super Robot Wars Z]]'', the enigmatic Asakim Dorwin's Ley Buster attack ends with a [[Mind Rape]] that's designed to fuel [[Wild Mass Guessing]]. Most of the images that flash across the screen are (probably) merely gothic artwork with [[Faux Symbolism|meaningless symbolism]], but if paused at just the right time, others show possible clues to his past and connection with other characters and plotlines. It doesn't help that he even tells his opponent that he'll show them "my past, my sins, my fate, and my despair".

** This resulted in a [[Good Bad Bug]] in the N64 game, where pausing at the right time after hitting her with Ness's PK Thunder would leave her like that.

* The ending of ''[[Dragon Age 2]]'' has one. Look at the book Varric and Cassandra are handling at just the right moment and you'll see {{spoiler|an illustration of a woman who looks an awful lot like [[Dragon Age Origins|Morrigan]].}}

* In the scene in ''[[Awesome Series|Metal Gear Awesome]]'' where the player skips the long cutscene, slowing it down reveals some very strange drawings, and a screen with the handwritten text 'I wish people could see these drawings, I think they're pretty funny'.

* The ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall]]'' [http://www.thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/new-guys/linkara/at4w/4302-newmen-1 episode on Newmen #1] has flashing "extreme!" text, at on the final repeat there also appears "if you can read this, you paused the video".

* The [[Ask That Guy With The Glasses]] [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/ask-thatguy/32841-episode-65 episode 65] has this:

{{quote|''"Really? You went to read this knowing it would lead you straight to hell? What the Ass-Puke is wrong with you? It's friggin' Hell! Fire, pain, the Devil, it's worth that to see what this said? That Guy With The Glasses was just kidding when he said you were going to Hell, but now that you've actually come back to pause it, we have no choice. You're going to Lem. It's a place like Hell but ten times worse. It's not written about in the Bible because every time some one tried writing about it, they'd cut their own head off. It's THAT bad. So I hope it was worth it, I hope it was worth pausing this video for that. See ya in Lem ya miserable piece of donkey rectum. En- friggin- joy!''"}}

* Too many [[Youtube Poop|YouTube Poops]] to count...

** The user avojaifnot specializes in this though...

* [[5 Second Films]] does a lot of "Blink and Your Miss It" jokes. For example in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbLYmvSdlug "Meanwhile, in Kansas",] the headline of the newspaper at the end reads, "Don't Enter Politics. It Can Turn Your Daughter Gay!"

 

* In the ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' episode "Two Face," it's easy to spot in normal viewing, but still cool to freeze frame Harvey Dent's gruesome half foreshadowed in a flash of lightning.

** At the end of the episode "The Grey Ghost", look at the top of the blown up People magazine cover when they pan up to show it clearly, and you'll see "Matt Hagen: Man of a Thousand Faces" across the top above the People logo.

* In the ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'' episode "Mxyzptlkated", Jimmy hands Clark a comic strip page featuring the titular Mr. Mxyzptlk. There are other comics on the page, Dini The Meany (parodying [[Calvin and Hobbes]] and [[Dennis the Menace US|Dennis the Menace]] and also referencing one of the show's producers, Paul Dini), Gleen (parodying [[Peanuts]]), Dan Danger (parodying [[Dick Tracy]]) and Zub Street (parodying Momma). You cannot read these strips without freeze framing. [http://i.imgur.com/XCuBa.jpg Check out the screengrab!]

** A less humorous one that's mentioned [[Word of God|in the commentary]] is in the episode where Lex Luthor makes a deal with Brainiac. If you freeze during the bright flash when Brainiac's ship opens, you can see Krypton. The commentary implies that it was a [[Throw It In]] moment.

* Besides the page picture, ''[[Family Guy]]'' also did [[media:Family_Guy_Newspaper_5135.jpg|this screengrab]]

* In the early ''[[Betty Boop]]'' cartoons some of them would contain a single frame of a nude Betty.

* In an episode of ''[[Regular Show]]'' called "But I Have A Receipt," Mordecai and Rigby are spreading the word about how terrible a RPG The Realm Of Darthon is. One scene they show people all the classes of the game, and Mordecai proceeds to flip through the game book. It looks like a blur after the first couple pages, but if you have a quick pause button finger, you can see classes such as Scorpion Lawyer, Goat-Legged Dude, and Space Colon in the book.

* Right at the end of Fluttershy's song in the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "Cutie Mark Chronicles", there is [[media:dashfreezeframe_916.png|a single frame showing Rainbow Dash]] darting downward from the corner of the screen {{spoiler|just before the sonic rainboom}}.

** [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Der]][[Memetic Bystander|py's]] [[The Cameo|cameos]] are sometimes this, for example in "May the Best Pet Win" and "Sweet and Elite".

* In ''[[South Park]]'' episode "Damien", when Damien makes things fly in the cafeteria, you can see Mr. Hankey flying across the screen.

* In ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' during the episode "Dexter's Rival", during a scene with Dexter at his school desk, if you pause before the camera zooms in on Dexter there is a [[The Simpsons (animation)|Bart Simpson]]-esque character at the desk to the left.

* [[The Beatles]] cartoon episode "Strawberry Fields" has the boys being pummeled by rocks and mudballs by a gang of frightened orphan children at a run-down orphanage. During the pummeling, a zoom-in of a cartoon rendition of Private Gripweed--John Lennon's character in the movie ''How I Won The War''--can be seen.

* In ''[[The Problem Solverz]]'' episode "Funny Facez", [http://i53.tinypic.com/2uxzpyb.png many characters] from past and future episodes appear in the audience at the funny face show.

* In the ''[[Adventure Time]]'' episode "The Real You", Finn puts on mind-enhancing magical glasses, and an [[Astronomic Zoom]] happens to establish his sudden understanding of the universe. When it zooms in on Ooo (the planet), you may not think that there's anything odd about it. But if you pause just as it flashes by, you can see that {{spoiler|the planet has an enormous crater in it. Like, a moon-sized crater}}.

** A snail makes a brief appearance in the background roughly [[Once Per Episode]] (complete list of appearances [http://adventuretime.wikia.com/wiki/Snail here]). {{spoiler|As of the season 2 finale, it has been possessed by [[Big Bad|The Lich]].}}

* In the ''[[Ren and Stimpy]]'' episode "Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen" when they give there victory cheer and throw their hats and kilts up in the air along with an intestine, right before it falls out of frame a turd wearing a kilt pops out of it.

* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'':

** If you slow down the scene in "The Waterbending Master" where Zuko's ship is blown up [[No One Could Survive That|with him in it]], you can actually see him creating a fire shield to protect himself.