supercut

A video mashup that shows examples of a particular meme, concept, image or theme from a variety of sources.

Supercuts.org: “A fast-paced montage of short video clips that obsessively isolates a single element from its source, usually a word, phrase, or cliche from film and TV.

Purpose: Typically humour, entertainment, homage, or celebration, but sometimes used with a  politicized, subversive, or surrealist intent.

A couple supercut examples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-vjbuodBEU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-JuE9esfUc