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* ''[[Patlabor]]'' did this more times than you can count. Including: An episode revolving around ordering lunch for the entire crew, another about hunting for pearls in the albino alligator-infested sewers, TWO stories about alternate reality versions of the crew, and a lower decks episode about a rebellion by the maintenance staff.

* ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi|The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' ends its chronological line with "Someday in the Rain," an episode the original novels' author wrote for the series. The episode is just a slow, meandering look at the activities of the SOS Brigade while narrator (and [[Deadpan Snarker]]) Kyon is out of the room. The main theme of the episode was "The SOS Brigade without Kyon", and therefore [[Leave the Camera Running|quite a lot of camera time is spent in one position, watching Yuki read]]. The reason for how this episode was done was to distinguish from usual shows that end after a dramatic and tense climax.

** And of course, episode 00 "The Adventures Of Mikuru Asahina", which features the SOS Brigade's movie, complete with satirical narration by Kyon. In the original airing, [[Inverted Trope|this was the first episode]].

* The first half of ''[[Serial Experiments Lain]]'' episode "Infornography" eschewed narrative altogether and combined a [[Recap Episode]] with a non-linear collage of images and moments from previous episodes, at rapid speed.

* ''[[Sketchbook]]'' has an episode devouted to the cats.

** In fact, ''Zetsubou Sensei'' has done a lot of these, including one episode that was a murder mystery with Nozomu as a detective, and one episode which opened with a [[Magical Girl]] parody.

* For one whole episode in ''[[Cromartie High School]]'' (and its equivalent three-part manga arc) the tale of Gorilla Sushi is presented, in which the Gorilla of Cromartie uses his banana sushi to bring order to a broken father-son relationship in the Sushi restaurant.

** Almost all of the final episode was spent on recreating most of the first episode... only with the entire cast genderbent as females.

* Episode nine of ''[[Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo]]'' is about superpowered baseball. Not in continuity. ({{spoiler|probably...}})

* Every volume of ''[[Franken Fran]]'' has one chapter of Fran deciding to go to school. These tend to be more light-hearted than the usual fare of horror since the students treat Fran and her experiments as [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight|completely normal]].

** Even moreso "Cockroaches 2", which deals with Veronica's interaction with a civilization of sentient cockroaches, complete with superheroes.

* ''[[Naruto|Naruto Shippuuden]]'' episode 82 takes the traditionally shounen tone and style of the series and runs over it with a tank. Most people who watch the first thirty seconds alone will begin to wonder if they accidentally found the wrong show, and it only continues from there. However, despite this, fan response to this particular episode is generally positive, due in large part to the fact that said episode focused on [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Shikamaru]] and greatly developed his character. And the fact that it was awesome.

** The first actual filler arc of Naruto is essentially a breather after three long and tiring arcs. It then gets abused in the last 90+ episodes.

* In the [[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]] anime adaption, there was a filler episode in which the main characters (except Mokona) were all stuck inside a storybook world, which Mokona had to write them out of. This is referred to as "the episode on crack" and also features an [[Art Shift]], being that everything in the book is drawn in a cutesy/chibi style.

* ''[[Mitsudomoe]]'' also gets in on the [[Show Within a Show]] act by starting its second season with an episode of ''[[Tokusatsu|Honki Sentai Gachiranger]]''. The episode is dedicated to the heroes'... somewhat amoral heroics, only cutting back to the Marui house twice.

 

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