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* ''Film/Scarface1983'': The song appears in the film in the montage sequence that demonstrates Tony Montana's rise in wealth and position after he kills Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia) and takes over as the head cocaine trafficker in Miami.
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* AvengersAssemble: The members of a hero team are signaled to come together and we see a montage of every individual member being summoned by the call and having to stop whatever they were currently doing.

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* AvengersAssemble: The members of a hero team are signaled to come together and we see a montage of every Each individual member of a hero team is shown being summoned by the call and having to stop whatever they were currently doing.deal with a situation.
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* {{Precap}}: A sneak peek of the episode you are about to watch, designed to prevent you from changing the channel.
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* UnguidedLabTour: Someone walks into a secret workplace and we get a montage of people obliviously working.

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* UnguidedLabTour: Someone walks into a secret A top-secret workplace and we get is introduced by having a montage of people obliviously working.character explore it unnoticed.
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* RecapByAudit: The aftermath of an event reveals or sums up what happened.
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* NecroCam: A FlashbackMontageRealization about how a character died.
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* ''Film/GhostLab2021'': At one point, we see a montage of Dr. Gla interviewing people about their encounters with ghosts, and going to supposedly haunted places looking for ghosts.
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* ''Film/ChristmasBlood'': There's a montage in the movie that cuts between the main group having fun at Julie's house, and Detective Terje investigating the Santa killer.
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* ''Film/PlayingWithDolls'': After settling into the house, [[TheProtagonist Cindy]] decides to try out the various outfits she finds in the closet (which she was told belonged to the houses previous caretaker).
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Note that it takes more than a lack of dialogue and some overlaid music to be a montage. Montage is generally considered to be the ''opposite'' of ContinuityEditing, so discontinuity is key. If the shots are short, but one flows into the next in real time, it's ''not'' a montage, it's just a tense scene.

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Note that it takes more than a lack of dialogue and some overlaid music to be a montage. Montage is generally considered to be the ''opposite'' of ContinuityEditing, [[VideoEditingTerminology continuity editing]], so discontinuity is key. If the shots are short, but one flows into the next in real time, it's ''not'' a montage, it's just a tense scene.
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* ''Film/MainStreetMeats'': Late in the movie, we're shown a montage of Neddy killing people, and their bodies being fed through a meat grinder.
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* The literal [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqQAPcuuiP0 Montage number]] from ''A Chorus Line'' ([[RefrainFromAssuming more commonly known as]] "Hello 12, Hello 13, Hello Love") stitches together 4 songs to tell 17 dancers' adolescences.

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* The literal [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqQAPcuuiP0 Montage number]] from ''A Chorus Line'' ([[RefrainFromAssuming more commonly known as]] "Hello 12, Hello 13, Hello Love") stitches together 4 songs to tell 17 dancers' adolescences.
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* AngerMontage
* AtrocityMontage
* ApocalypticMontage
* AspectMontage
* ATeamMontage

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* AngerMontage
AngerMontage: A montage that shows a very angry character smashing up a room.
* AtrocityMontage
ApocalypticMontage: A montage of places being destroyed.
* ApocalypticMontage
AspectMontage: Rather than show a whole scene to establish a setting, a montage of different parts of it is shown instead.
* AspectMontage
ATeamMontage: A montage that shows the characters one by one building something together.
* ATeamMontageAtrocityMontage: A montage of people suffering horribly.



* BingeMontage
* [[BladeOfGrassCut Blade-of-Grass Montage]]
* {{Blipvert}}
* BoredomMontage

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* BingeMontage
BingeMontage: A montage that shows a group of characters partying drunkenly.
* [[BladeOfGrassCut Blade-of-Grass Montage]]
BladeOfGrassCut: A screen cut to an object.
* {{Blipvert}}
{{Blipvert}}: A very fast montage, often of unrelated scenes.
* BoredomMontageBoredomMontage: A montage of a character starting off happy about something, but eventually growing bored of the monotony.



* ContrastMontage
* ConversationCut
* CostumeTestMontage
* CreationSequence
* CreditsMontage
* CrimeSpreeMontage

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* ContrastMontage
ContrastMontage: A montage that contrasts two characters.
* ConversationCut
ConversationCut: When there's a scene cut in the middle of a conversation, but the conversation continues as if no time had passed.
* CostumeTestMontage
CostumeTestMontage: A montage of a character trying on and rejecting different outfits.
* CreationSequence
CreationSequence: A scene of something being made (not always a montage, but usually is).
* CreditsMontage
CreditsMontage: The credits show a montage of scenes from the show/movie.
* CrimeSpreeMontageCrimeSpreeMontage: A montage of someone committing crimes.



* DrunkenMontage
* ExplodingCalendar
* FailureMontage
* FallingInLoveMontage
* FanEdit
* FashionShopFashionShow
* FlashbackMontageRealization
* FullyAutomaticClipShow

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* DrunkenMontage
DrunkenMontage: A montage focusing on a single, drunk character.
* ExplodingCalendar
ExplodingCalendar: Time is shown passing by having calendar pages flip, tear off, or days get crossed out.
* FailureMontage
FailureMontage: A montage of one or more characters trying to do a specific thing, but failing.
* FallingInLoveMontage
FallingInLoveMontage: A montage of two characters developing a romance.
* FanEdit
FanEdit: An unofficial edit of a work.
* FashionShopFashionShow
FashionShopFashionShow: A woman buys many new outfits with her friend or boyfriend and poses like a model in each one (not always a montage, but usually is).
* FlashbackMontageRealization
FlashbackMontageRealization: A montage of [[{{Flashback}} previous scenes]] is shown as a character realises something that puts those things in a new light.
* FullyAutomaticClipShowFullyAutomaticClipShow: A montage focusing on a single action or phrase.



* GluttonyMontage

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* GluttonyMontageGluttonyMontage: A montage of a character eating.



* HappierHomeMovie
* HardWorkMontage
* HouseHuntingMontage
* IndestructibilityMontage
* InterrogationMontage
* KuleshovEffect
* LipstickAndLoadMontage
* LockAndLoadMontage
* LostLoveMontage
* LovedOnesMontage
* MadnessMontage
* MakeoverMontage
* MontageEndsTheVHS
* MontageOut
* MugshotMontage
* MusicalSlapstickMontage
* NationsOfTheWorldMontage
* ObituaryMontage
* OdessaSteps
* OnPatrolMontage

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* HappierHomeMovie
HappierHomeMovie: A sad character watches a home movie of times they were happy.
* HardWorkMontage
HardWorkMontage: A montage of a character working home.
* HouseHuntingMontage
HouseHuntingMontage: A montage of a character looking for somewhere to live.
* IndestructibilityMontage
IndestructibilityMontage: A montage of someone trying, and failing, to kill a person or destroy a thing.
* InterrogationMontage
InterrogationMontage: Characters being interrogated or interviewed, and it cuts to a different character answering the question each time.
* KuleshovEffect
KuleshovEffect: The actor is making the same expression, but it conveys different emotions based on the context.
* LipstickAndLoadMontage
LipstickAndLoadMontage: A montage of a woman dressing and applying makeup.
* LockAndLoadMontage
LockAndLoadMontage: A montage of one or more characters preparing for a fight.
* LostLoveMontage
LostLoveMontage: A montage of scenes from a now-broken romance.
* LovedOnesMontage
LovedOnesMontage: A montage of a character's friends, family, lover, etc. that enables them to overcome an obstacle.
* MadnessMontage
MadnessMontage: A montage of an unhinged character.
* MakeoverMontage
MakeoverMontage: A montage of a (usually female) character being made over.
* MontageEndsTheVHS
MontageEndsTheVHS: A VHS tape that ends on either a montage or a series of ads.
* MontageOut
MontageOut: A montage that conveys everyone's emotions.
* MugshotMontage
MugshotMontage: A montage of photos taken after a character's arrest.
* MusicalSlapstickMontage
MusicalSlapstickMontage: A montage of AmusingInjuries, set to fast music.
* NationsOfTheWorldMontage
NationsOfTheWorldMontage: A montage of people in various countries doing the same thing.
* ObituaryMontage
ObituaryMontage: A montage of people who died the previous year.
* OdessaSteps
OdessaSteps: A violent montage on a staircase.
* OnPatrolMontageOnPatrolMontage: A montage of a character doing heroics.



* OpeningMonologue
* PhotoMontage
** PhotoBoothMontage

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* OpeningMonologue
OpeningMonologue: A monologue [[{{Exposition}} explaining]] the show's premise (doesn't require a montage, but one is usually present).
* PhotoMontage
** PhotoBoothMontage
PhotoBoothMontage: A montage of photos taken at a photo booth, usually by a couple.
* PhotoMontage: A montage of photos.



* ProgressiveEraMontage
* ReallyDeadMontage: After a character is killed off, a montage of scenes where they were still alive is played solely to emphasize that the character isn't coming back and that their death is permanent.
* RecoverySequence
* RightNowMontage
* RoboticAssemblyLines
* SadTimesMontage
* SexMontage
* ShoppingMontage
* SpinningClockHands

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* ProgressiveEraMontage
ProgressiveEraMontage: A montage that shows time changing from one era to another.
* ReallyDeadMontage: After a character is killed off, a montage of scenes where they were still alive is played solely to emphasize that the character [[KilledOffForReal isn't coming back back]] and that their death is permanent.
* RecoverySequence
RecoverySequence: A thing is shown being fixed, not always with a montage but often.
* RightNowMontage
RightNowMontage: A montage of several characters doing normal things.
* RoboticAssemblyLines
RoboticAssemblyLines: An assembly line made of robots (usually shown as a montage of it making something).
* SadTimesMontage
SadTimesMontage: A montage of a sad character.
* SexMontage
SexMontage: A montage showing many couples having sex, or a couple having a lot of sex.
* ShoppingMontage
ShoppingMontage: A woman taking a younger character, usually her daughter, clothes shopping, set to a montage.
* SpinningClockHandsSpinningClockHands: A spinning clock is seen while a montage plays.



* StoryboardingTheApocalypse

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* StoryboardingTheApocalypseStoryboardingTheApocalypse: Someone explains (usually over a montage but not necessarily) the horrors that'd happen if someone else didn't act.



* TimeCompressionMontage
* TimeLapse
* TimePassesMontage
* TitleMontage

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* TimeCompressionMontage
TimeCompressionMontage: A montage that happens to show the passage of time.
* TimeLapse
TimeLapse: An under-cranked shot.
* TimePassesMontage
TimePassesMontage: A montage where the position of the camera stays the same.
* TitleMontageTitleMontage: The opening intro shows a montage.



* TravellingSalesmanMontage
* TravelMontage
* UnfoldingPlanMontage
* UnguidedLabTour
* WritersBlockMontage

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* TravellingSalesmanMontage
TravellingSalesmanMontage: A FailureMontage of someone trying to date, sell things, etc.
* TravelMontage
TravelMontage: A montage of a journey.
* UnfoldingPlanMontage
UnfoldingPlanMontage: A montage that shows characters formulating, and acting out, a plan.
* UnguidedLabTour
UnguidedLabTour: Someone walks into a secret workplace and we get a montage of people obliviously working.
* WritersBlockMontageWritersBlockMontage: A montage of an [[WritersBlock uninspired writer]].
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* CrimeSpreeMontage
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* Creator/GuyRitchie's anachronistic take on the [[Film/KingArthurLegendOfTheSword legend of King Arthur]] has plenty of montages, including TrainingMontage, HardWorkMontage, TravelMontage, UnfoldingPlanMontage, and TimeCompressionMontage.

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