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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Synonyms for Flashback
Token and flashback are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Token" instead a noun "Flashback".
Nearby Word: flash
Token
Token noun - Something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event.
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Synonyms for Token
Flashback and token are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Flashback" instead a noun "Token".
Nearby Word: tokenism
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In the "Mysterious City" flashback, he was a token cutie, while in the present, he is clearly already broken.
Source: Western Animation / Code Lyoko -
Black Dude Dies First: The first member of Colqhoun's party to bite it in the flashback is the token black servant.
Source: Film / Ravenous - In a way Lelouch and Nunally's mother Marianne is like this as well; in the beginning she seemed to be a token "Kind Mother whose only purpose is to have died in a flashback just so main characters can have a sad backstory".
Source: Ascended Extra / Anime and Manga
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