Flash
Flash noun - A sudden and usually temporary growth of activity.
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Both words in one sentence
- Team Darlton coined the trope's name, although they used it in the wide definition, to describe the idea of intercutting events in different universes (à la flash-forwards and flashbacks).
Source: Flash Sideways - Flash Fog: Well, Applejack drawled, the basic idea can be summed up in four words: Kill.
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Flash got the idea from Werewolf by Night, who is just another of the Queen's spider-minions by day, and his normal (but furry and fanged) self by night.
Source: Comic Book / Secret Wars (2015)
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