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* ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]'' hammers this trope into the ground.
** [[Catch Phrase|"I'm in despair! Overuse of this trope in this anime has left me in despair!"]]
* Played straight and subverted in ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', as scenes like Vegeta's first transformation to Super Saiyan get this treatment... but so do some unspectacular punches or kicks (these often get just the same frame/animation repeated rather than a different angle shown).
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''. The creation of the titular mecha.
** ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' hammers this trope so far into the ground it shows up in China.
* This is used heavily in ''[[Oniisama e...]]'', mostly on still frames.
* ''[[Naruto]]'' has used this at times. One that stands out was during the Naruto vs. Haku fight, when a Fox-Demon-Possessed Naruto delivered a massive blow to Haku's head that sent him flying/rolling over 100 feet.
** Another one much later that stands out is {{spoiler|the Raikage putting Sasuke into a ground smashing suplex}} that is shown from three different angles.
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* This technique was popularized in contemporary Eastern Cinema by the [[Jackie Chan]] film ''Police Story'' back in 1985, wherein the stunt in which the hero slides down 4 stories of Christmas lights was so impressive that the editor could not bear to throw away ANY of the 3 angles at which it was shot.
* A rare Western feature film example is a moment in ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off|Ferris Buellers Day Off]]'', in which we see the antagonist getting kicked in the face from three different angles.
* In the [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]] experiment, ''[[Laserblast]]'', a gas station and car get blown up -- with the explosions repeatedly viewed from different angles. This gives a rather convincing impression to Mike, the bots, and the viewers at home that ''several different items'' are being blown up, not just the one featured in the scene.
* ''[[Ong Bak|Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior]]'' uses this for nearly every impressive stunt in the movie, showing the action from different angles and different speeds. Of course, given the damn impressive nature of the stunts, wouldn't you want to show them off as much as possible?
* [[Quentin Tarantino]]'s ''[[Death Proof]]'' shows the same collision multiple times, each time focusing on exactly how a different victim was mangled to death.
* Used quite blatantly in early Jean-Claude Van Damme movies. The end of his fights could pretty much be summed up as him doing a split when striking, and then showing the strike from twenty different angles.
* Used a few times on Tom Cruise's character in ''[[The Last Samurai]]''. In particular, one fight scene that was completely repeated in its entirety, albeit in black and white.
* In ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]'', the words "buried alive" in Khan's taunt are repeated as we switch to Kirk hearing it over the communicator. Then Kirk [[The Khan|yells Khan's name]], which is also repeated as we switch to a shot of the planet they're on, which officially turned the whole thing into [[Narm]].
* Famously done in ''[[The Shining]]'' with Jack going through the window.
* Used twice toward the end of ''[[Blue Thunder]]'' -- first, to show the explosion of {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Cochrane's]] helicopter}}, and again in the final sequence to show Blue Thunder {{spoiler|being smashed by a train}}. In both cases, the scene was shown from three different angles.
* The Ingmar Bergman film ''Persona'' does this with an entire ''scene'': first, we see a monologue with the camera looking at the speaker, and then we see the exact same monologue again, this time with the camera focusing on who the speaker is talking to. Bonus points: this isn't a simple shot-reverse shot, this is an entire sequence, with each shot being a perfect mirror of the opposite angle for each corresponding shot.
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* Used rather effectively towards the end of ''[[Joy Ride]]''.
* In ''[[Natural Born Killers]]'', one character mentions that "Repetition works!" [[Lampshade Hanging|We then see it again from another angle]].
* In ''[[Monty Python and
* In ''Tears of the Black Tiger'', after the hero kills someone using his [[Improbable Aiming Skills]], a text screen comes up: ''"Did you follow that? No? Okay, we'll show it again!"'' Then the action sequence is repeated, in more detail this time.
* In ''[[Commando (film)|Commando]]'', Arnold's character remote detonates the barracks of the [[Big Bad]]'s base, showing the explosion nine times from different angles.
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* [[Reality Show|Reality]] [[Game Show]] ''[[Fear Factor]]'' uses this trick to the point of irritation.
* Often used on the [[Action Series]] to emphasize the power or destruction of a chase, car crash or explosion sequence.
* Since much-reviled producer Bruce Kalish came along, ''[[Power Rangers]]'' has abused this to insane levels, to the point of anything in action scene, particularly [[Stuff Blowing Up]], being shown repeatedly and in extreme slow-mo. Sometimes, explosions occur without a source just to facilitate this (making it all the more ridiculous: at a random point during a fight scene, quite literally ''nothing'' will explode massively four times, slowly, from three or four angles. Oookay...)
* ''[[Beakman's World]]'' also liked to do this, either to emphasize [[Stuff Blowing Up]] or just to see Lester getting pied in the face over and over in rapid succession.
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' featured one in "Forest of the Dead" when the Doctor realised just why his future self gave River Song the [[Chekhov's Gun|sonic screwdriver]]...
** As well as in "The Waters of Mars" after he has a particularly crushing [[Heel Realization]]
* When something big happens (either good or bad) in particularly intense parts of [[Retro Game Master]], we're shown the mistake as Arino makes it onscreen, and then his reaction.
* Particularly common when American shows are shown in other countries. In children's shows, after the ad break, a repeat cut is shown of the action happening just before the ad break. In countries with different ad policies, the ads aren't shown. To the people watching these shows, there would be at least two repeat cuts each episode.
* Seen on ''[[The Office]]'' during [[Show Within a Show|Michael's home-made action movie]] ''Threat Level Midnight''. It's a scene of a character's head [[Your Head Asplode|exploding]] several times. Said character is played by [[Butt Monkey]] Toby.
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** Ditto in ''[[Mega Man X]] 5''. Ironically, the laser blast is [[Luck-Based Mission|almost never a success]].
* Spike's capture of Specter in the original ''Ape Escape''. "Gotcha!" "Gotcha!" "Gotcha!"
* In ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic Rush]]'', the last hit of every boss fight is displayed in this manner.
* In ''[[Devil May Cry]] 4'', if you defeat the final boss with a special grab move, a Repeat Cut replays the exact moment of the finishing blow.
* In ''[[Super Robot Wars]] Original Generations'', the SRX's [[Combination Attack|HTB Cannon/Tenjou Tenga Ichigeki Hissatsu Hou]] is shown this way.
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== Western Animation ==
* Perhaps in a reference to the anime example above, in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' "[[Avatar: The Last Airbender/Recap/Book 1/03 The Southern Air Temple
** Another example is the first time the Blue Spirit is shown, although this set of 3 shots is of the zooming in variety.
** Also done from 3 angles is the shot of Zuko's ship being blown up.
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* In ''[[Family Guy]]'' Brian and Stewie dive out of a house just before it explodes, and the explosion is -- along with their jump -- shown about thirty times from different angles.
* In ''[[Transformers Generation 1|Transformers: The Movie]]'', this happens when Rodimus Prime opens the Matrix of Leadership.
* In [[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'s Big Picture Show, this happens when the Eds escape Eddy's house in a car (flying out the roof), starting a huge chase sequence throughout the cul-de-sac and surrounding area.
* On ''[[Surf's Up]]'', Cody wiping out on his first wave at Pengu Island is repeated four times. It is shown [[Ironic Echo Cut|after a shot of him]] [[Tempting Fate|talking about how you'll want to see that first ride over and over and over again]].
* Used over and over in the first D.Y.N.A.M.O. episode of ''[[Powerpuff Girls]]''.
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