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Maybe they broke the bank on computer graphics or special effects. Maybe they got two hundred people dressed up in period costumes. Maybe they had to work for months to get a particular interview. Whatever it was, they suffered for that scene, and now they are going to make you watch that scene over and over and over again.

This trope is primarily associated with documentaries, where the budgets are usually small and the alternatives can be rather slim.

Examples:


 * Discovery's "Nefertiti Resurrected" has maybe ten minutes of re-enacted footage, played over and over for two hours. You can watch Nefertiti and Akhenaten blissfully join hands...about ten times.
 * Much of the history channel fits this trope, for obvious reasons.