inception flashback

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Etymology

Possibly from the device of a "dream within a dream" in the motion picture Inception (2010).

Noun

inception flashback (plural inception flashbacks)

  1. (possibly nonstandard) In a narrative, especially a motion picture or television storyline, a flashback that takes place within a flashback.
    • 2012 June 28, “Flashback Within a Flashback”, in tvtropes.org, retrieved 4 November 2018:
      Also known as "Inception Flashback", a flashback within a flashback occurs when a character recounts an event in which he/she also flashbacks into an even earlier event within the flashback.
    • 2017 December 25, Melody Bertrile, “When making a story, what are some dos and don’ts when it comes to writing flashbacks?”, in quora.com, retrieved 4 November 2018:
      Don’t try to do an Inception flashback. One flashback inside another. I have seen so many people try to do it, and it never works.
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