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  2. Callback (comedy) - Wikipedia

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    In television, the term callback has come to mean a joke or line that refers to a previous episode (or sometimes, in rare cases, movies). Particularly in earlier sitcoms—though even until the early 1990s—callbacks were rare and often frowned upon by networks, because they threaten to alienate a viewer who is new to the series, or who has missed episodes, particularly if the callback is ...

  3. Episode - Wikipedia

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    An episode is a narrative unit within a larger dramatic work or documentary production, such as a series intended for radio, television or streaming consumption. The noun episode is derived from the Greek term epeisodion ( Ancient Greek : ἐπεισόδιον ). [ 1 ]

  4. Flashback (narrative) - Wikipedia

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    In literature, internal analepsis is a flashback to an earlier point in the narrative; external analepsis is a flashback to a time before the narrative started. [ 4 ] In film, flashbacks depict the subjective experience of a character by showing a memory of a previous event and they are often used to "resolve an enigma". [ 5 ]

  5. Three-act structure - Wikipedia

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    The first act is usually used for exposition, to establish the main characters, their relationships, and the world they live in.Later in the first act, a dynamic, on-screen incident occurs, known as the inciting incident, or catalyst, that confronts the main character (the protagonist), and whose attempts to deal with this incident lead to a second and more dramatic situation, known as the ...

  6. QI - Wikipedia

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    In other episodes, they were sometimes changed to suit the theme of an episode; for the Series D episode "Denial and Deprivation", the panellists had to use unique buzzers – two had bells, one flicked a ruler over the edge of a school desk, and Davies squeezed a toy chipmunk – while in the Series G episode "Green", the buzzers were replaced ...

  7. Episodes - Wikipedia

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    Episodes may refer to: Episode, a part of a dramatic work; Episodes, a British/American television sitcom which premiered in 2011; ...

  8. Internal - Wikipedia

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    Internal may refer to: Internality as a concept in behavioural economics; Neijia, internal styles of Chinese martial arts; Neigong or "internal skills", a type of ...

  9. Production code number - Wikipedia

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    Paramount Pictures format for weekly produced shows is SSSSS-EEE, where S is a five-digit show number and E is a three-digit episode number. Daily produced shows use SE, where S is the variable-letter show identifier and E is a variable sequential-digit episode count. Only the episode portion is used on internal marketing material and feed slates.