Flashback
Flashback noun - A transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story.
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Recall and flashback are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Recall" instead a noun "Flashback".
Nearby Word: flash
Recall
Recall noun - A particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered.
Usage example: his recall of the events of that turbulent time is significantly different from the accounts of other eyewitnesses
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The setup is very unusual compared to normal episodes with a flashback in another flashback where the Mane Six recall giving interviews to a newspony in a diner, where they retell the event of the episode.
Source: Bizarro Episode -
Flashback: Used frequently to recall key clues during a case, or to reference events from past games or cases.
Source: Franchise / Ace Attorney -
In the first episode of Doctor Who with the Eleventh Doctor, The Eleventh Hour, when The Doctor attempts to recall what he just saw that was odd, the camera zooms into his eye and shows a flashback of a few minutes ago filmed with stop-motion photography.
Source: Eye Recall
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