2001 Match Cut

 Editing isn't always invisible.

The most famous edit of all time is without doubt the match cut in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey that cuts from a bone thrown into the air by an ape in prehistoric times to a spaceship, propelling the audience forward millions of years in a single frame - a transition that represents the evolution of the human being.

There is brilliant scene in Goodbye Lenin where Alex's aspiring filmmaker friend Denis shows him a wedding video he has edited in which he's slowed down a shot of the bouquet being thrown and match cut it with a shot of the wedding cake in homage to the 2001 cut. I can't think of any other edits in the history of cinema that have been referenced in this way.