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{{quote|''"...and I was like '[[Unusual Euphemism|Shit up my nose!]] What right does this game have to suddenly kick arse?'"''|'''[[Zero Punctuation|Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw]]''', [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1433-Dark-Void commenting on the surprising improvement in gameplay quality] found in ''[[Dark Void]]''}}

{{quote|''"...and I was like '[[Unusual Euphemism|Shit up my nose!]] What right does this game have to suddenly kick arse?'"''

|'''[[Zero Punctuation|Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw]]''', [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/1433-Dark-Void commenting on the surprising improvement in gameplay quality] found in ''[[Dark Void]]''}}

A pacing problem that occurs when the beginning of a story is so front-loaded with [[Exposition]] and details about the world contained within, taking forever to get to the good parts and putting all of that exposition to good use. In other words, this is a specific type of [[Info Dump]] that occurs at the beginning of a story.

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== Anime and Manga ==

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== Anime & Manga ==

* [[Legend of Galactic Heroes]]

* [[Digimon Tamers]] starts like a [[Slice of Life]] show with mons, battling the [[Monster of the Week]] and exploring the character's lives and personalities. Then they go to the Digital World with lots of hopes and dream. THEN, [[Wham! Episode|Episode 34]] happens and [[Trauma Conga Line|everything]] [[Break the Cutie|gets]] [[Cosmic Horror Story|weird]]. The difference is quite shocking, to say the least. [[Word of God]] says this was intentional.

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* Dingo's ranting in the deleted scene from ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'' (the scene is sometimes shown on TV and on the DVD) is interrupted by: The three-headed knight, Dennis, some characters from later in the film {{spoiler|(the old man from Scene 24, Tim the Enchanter, and the English army)}}, and [[God]], the latter four entries all just shouting "Get on with it!"

* Both the ending ''and'' the beginning of the horror movie ''[[The Strangers]]'': at the beginning we get a text explaining how many American citizens are estimated to be involved in violent crimes a year, a voiceover, in wannabe ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'' style, explaining what had happened, and ''shots from the freaking end''. And at the end they make it pretty obvious that {{spoiler|Kristen is going to let out a huge scream and [[The Reveal|turn out]] to be [[Not Quite Dead]]}}.

* Similar, obviously, to the Literature example, the film version of ''[[Lord of the Rings]]'' takes ''thirty minutes'' to just get the hobbits out of the Shire. The extended edition takes ''almost fifty''.

* Similar, obviously, to the Literature example, the film version of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' takes ''thirty minutes'' to just get the hobbits out of the Shire. The extended edition takes ''almost fifty''.

* ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]''. Half an hour of deserts and apes before we get to outer space exploration.

* [[Sergio Leone]] has said ''[[Once Upon a Time in the West]]'' is supposed to reflect the process of death, slow-paced with breaths of amazing (usually duels). Well, some people can get bored.