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A phrase for cutting between different storylines. The phrase itself probably originated in theater, then became common in radio drama, where all scene changes had to be signaled verbally. Also a very common Stock Phrase in Comic Books. From "Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch," the narrator's catchphrase announcing such a scene-change in Bonanza. A side effect of Two Lines, No Waiting. Meanwhile, in the Future… is a related trope. See also Meanwhile Scene, which only happens for a short scene rather than an entire plot thread. Sometimes brought home with an Establishing Shot. |
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Abused in The Town with No Name. MEANWHILE! | |
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Bonanza: The Season 14 premiere, "Forever," uses this very darkly. When Mr. Sloan, a ruthless gambler, is unable to convince Little Joe's wife, Alice, to give up her music box and she attempts to flee, Sloan sics his giant muscleman on her to brutally beat her up. Viewers are spared watching a one-sided beating; instead, we see the trope kick in with Joe, Candy and Ben at work on the Ponderosa, anticipating what they think will be a hearty supper and an evening of visiting and fellowship with family over at Joe's new home. | |
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Sex and the City: Meanwhile, across town... | |
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As suggested by the quote at the top of the page, played straight on Superfriends. And also its companion, "Meanwhile, at the Hall of Doom..." |
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The last post in Darwin's Soldiers: Ship of State starts with "Meanwhile, back at the bridge"... | |
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In The Secret Life of Dolls, Cleolinda Jones parodies this, linking to this trope page: | |
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In Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, the screen repeatedly cuts to LeChuck's fortress. Each time, the subtitles get more bored and snarkey sounding, ending in "Blah, Blah, Blah..." | |
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Also done in "Meanwhile Back at the Ranch" by the Clark Family Experience, a short-lived country music band composed of six brothers (who are also cousins to Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic). | |
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Meanwhile, near the galactic core... | |
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Dragon Ball Z Abridged: The narrator says the Bonanza line to cue a scene of the all the side characters talking about the earlier series when they actually, y'know, did things besides watch fights on TV and collect the corpses afterward. The subsequent scene shift is the narrator delivering a deadpan "Meanwhile, back at the plot..." Done a few other times, too, including the Hall of Justice version once. |
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Ultra Fast Pony. The very first words in the series are the narrator's "Meanwhile, in Equestria. Oh yeah..." Then the second episode opens with "Meanwhile, in the previous episode..." | |
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Parodied in the film Spaced Invaders as Blaznee spins through the radio dial while stuck on board the spaceship while it's hidden in the barn as "Meanwhile, elsewhere on the planet..." which lets him discover that the whole invasion was caused by misinterpreting the Orson Welles War of the Worlds Halloween radio broadcast being done by a local radio station. | |
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Slowbeef of Retsupurae is fond of parodying this trope, particularly when MSTing video games with silly or nonsensical plots. It's gotten to the point that, in "Resident Seavil 2," he mentions that several comments on the previous installment complained about his overuse of the joke. He subsequently spends the rest of the video trying not to say it, only to grow increasingly frustrated with himself as he repeatedly does so without meaning to. | |
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Bounty Hamster always starts with The Narrator saying: Meanwhile, on the other side of the Universe... | |
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Used as a one-liner in The Boys in the Band: | |
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Meanwhile, inside a nearby swordfish... (Yeah, it's that kind of comic.) Ethan has said that this is one of his favorite jokes. |
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Also parodied in M*A*S*H, when during a break in another character's long and serious speech, Hawkeye leans to Trapper and solemnly intones, "Meanwhile Aunt Martha, after taking a tramp through the woods, is lying in a ditch at the edge of town." | |
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The second book of A Series of Unfortunate Events repeats the Bonanza line several times - each time swearing to never use it again afterward. | |
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Parodied on Mystery Science Theater 3000: When a scene change results in an Establishing Shot characteristic of some other show, they'll mention it, as in "Meanwhile, on Trapper John, M.D.." And in High School Big Shot: |
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Used hilariously in the Hetalia: Axis Powers fanfiction Chasing an Empty Dream, when Prussia tries to get Germany to call Italy and tell him that Germany knows about his past as the Holy Roman Empire. | |
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All in the Family: "Edith's 50th Birthday" cuts between the attempted rape scene in the Bunkers' living room and the Stivic house, where Archie and Mike are arguing over the whereabouts of a punchbowl for the surprise party they've got planned for Edith. | |
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Lampshaded on the original run of Danger Mouse on at least one episode: | |
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Parodied in Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Movie: "Meanwhile, thousands of miles away" was stated at almost every scene change, even when the scene was shifting between two rooms in a building. This is alleged (anonymously) to be yet another Monty Python reference, but the closest actual Monty Python's Flying Circus quote would be "Meanwhile, not very far away..." | |
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In Silent Hill, Rose's husband is seen wandering the non-Dark version of Silent Hill as Rose descends further and further into the Dark version. | |
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E.V.O.: Search for Eden: You barely escaped. However, at that time the world of Dinosaurs was... | |
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South Park parodied this (and of course Superfriends) in the episode "Super Best Friends", including "Meanwhile, at the exact same location..." | |
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The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob! has taken to using "Meanwhilst..." | |
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And in High School Big Shot: | |
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Family Guy did this in the episode "Perfect Castaways" with a Frank Welker soundalike dating Meg. "Meanwhile, under Meg Griffin's bra..." | |
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Frequently played with in The Goon Show, often cutting away to places that hadn't been seen before and wouldn't be seen again: | |
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Yu-Gi-Oh! GX: The Abridged Series has the reoccurring joke of showing Slifer Red's small and unimpressive dorm, a narrator goes, "Meanwhile at the tool-shed!" At one point the narrator quits because he's sick of the joke, but comes back later when he's bought with every time he says "tool-shed" he gets a watermelon. | |
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One Mountain Time episode demonstrates the importance of the "Back At The" portion of this trope. | |
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