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See also [[Gaslighting]], when characters do this to each other while the other is sleeping.
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== [[Comics]] ==
* An <s>Offscreen</s>Off-''Panel'' Reality Warp: [[Alan Moore]] once wrote a one-shot strip called "Dr. Dibworthy's Disappointing Day" for ''[[2000 AD]]''. In order to test whether a device designed to send small objects back in time really does just that, Dr. Dibworthy decides to send an object back to a point in time where its presence would actually change history and, by virtue, the present as well. He decides to send a flat-iron back to brain an obscure Turkish diplomat in the 11th century. The next panel reflects [[Godwin's Law of Time Travel]] while the Doc notes, "Nothing happened." Then, he decides to [[Anvil on Head|drop an anvil]] on King John just before the signing of the Magna Carta. Again, the next panel [[Butterfly of Doom|reflects striking changes to the present]] while the Doc notes, "Nothing happened." Finally, he decides to test his device by stopping the Primal Atom from exploding (i.e., preventing the Big Bang from happening). [[Cessation of Existence|Nothing happened.]]
* Lampshaded in a ''[[Garfield]]'' comic where Jon demonstrates that he can't even leave Garfield and Odie alone for a second. After he is outside for exactly one second, he returns to find his house completely trashed.
 
== [[Film]] ==
* One rather scary example in ''[[Poltergeist (film series)||Poltergeist]]'': When Diane and Carol Anne were in the kitchen, the chairs were around the dining room table as usual. The camera looks away for a moment, and when it returns, the chairs are all stacked up on the table — put there by the ghosts.
* Similar to the ''[[Poltergeist (film series)||Poltergeist]]'' example above, there is a scene in ''[[The Sixth Sense]]'' where Cole's mom turns to perform some brief task, and returns to find every single cabinet door open around Cole. Cole himself has not moved, but is visibly freaked out by the event.
** in both cases, the scene is done as a single [[Long Take]], to make it extra freaky to the viewers as well
* In one of the ''[[Scary Movie]]'' movies, a police officer's hat increases in size between shots. It's probably the best part of the movie.
* A [[Running Gag]] through ''[[The Great Race]]'' is that Maggie Dubois never wears the same outfit twice. Occasionally they take this to ridiculous extents as she'll have on an entirely new elaborate wardrobe about 5 seconds after we last saw her, in a scene which clearly has no time jumps.
* At the end of ''[[Dogma]]'', God looks over the carnage that Bartleby and Loki caused, then smiles, and (after a quick cut to a [[Reaction Shot]] from the others), everything is back to normal.
 
== Literature ==
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* A ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' bit was an infomercial for a microwave oven that, [[It Runs on Nonsensoleum|for some reason]], uses [[Faster-Than-Light Travel|tachyons]] to [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?|cook food]]. As one host puts a turkey into the oven, the other host wonders about the consequences of faster-than-light travel. The camera then cuts to an infographic while the announcer warns that the oven [[Butterfly of Doom|may cause time travel, and that if time travel occurs, not to change the past]]. The camera then cuts back to the hosts, who are now in different clothes and with different hairstyles. The bit continues along in this vein, and the reality warping gets worse (read: hilarious) each time.
* There was a ''[[Benny Hill]]'' sketch that was built around this. They were filming a movie with Benny as the romantic lead. Continuity errors abounded, including changing scenery, costumes and even actors (such as Benny being replaced for one [[Over the Shoulder]] shot by a greasy lothario type).
* There is an episode of ''[[Samantha Who?]]?'' where Sam gets a (badly-behaved) dog. She leaves the animal and her flatmate sitting on the sofa while she goes out. Realising she has forgotten something, she steps back through the door a second later and finds the pair sitting in exactly the same positions, only the sofa cushions have been torn to pieces and the apartment is covered in stuffing.
* The ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' episode "Selfless" has a flashback to a (previously-unseen) scene during the [[Musical Episode]], with Anya singing a song about getting married to Xander. Near the end of the song she steps through a doorway and comes out on the other side wearing a wedding dress.
* Lampshaded in an episode of ''[[A.N.T. Farm]]'' where Chyna notices a [[Lady Gaga]] parody changing her outfit to an equally ridiculous one every time she goes off and comes back on screen.
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** When Marge is in jail, Lisa says they can keep the house tidy if they all do their part. Homer and Bart are unenthusiastic. Cut to "Five minutes later", and the kitchen is absurdly messy, falling apart and ''occupied by alligators''.
* The ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode "Jellyfish Hunter" has Mr. Krabs send SpongeBob out to catch jellyfish. "And make it..." (SpongeBob has already returned with jellyfish) "...quick."
* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', all the time. Obviously, the title characters and Dr. Doofensmirtz do it withwhen creating their inventions, and sometimes Perry The Platypus does it in his battles with Doof, but everyone else (especially Candace) can pull off absurdly quick feats if it advances the story or is [[Rule of Funny|funny]].
* In one episode of ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]'', Billy, after unearthing and thawing out [[The Flintstones|Fred Flintstone]] who was [[Human Popsicle|encased in permafrost]], goes into his kitchen and asks Fred not to destroy the house while he's gone. He sticks his head out to ask Fred if he likes chili on his cereal, after which it is shown that Fred trashed the living room and is still in the exact same position he was when Billy left.
 
== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''[[DoctorDr. HorriblesHorrible's Sing -Along Blog]]'': The titular Doctor does this in Act I. He ducks behind a concrete wall with his duffel bag, while singing, and pops back up a half-second later, having changed from civvies to his supervillain outfit ''and'' continues the song on the same note he left it. The [[DVD Commentary]] notes that, in actual production, it took long enough for [[Neil Patrick Harris]] to change costume that there's a noticeable light shift in the set if you look closely.
 
== [[Real Life]] ==
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