Opacity fade leaves black frame when removed

I have been using fades in opacity under a clip's Video Animation option. What has me frustrated is that, if I try to remove the fade by pushing the opacity slider back to the end (or beginning) of a clip, it leaves one black frame. Cutting the frame off is impossible because FCP thinks it's helping me by maintaining my "fade." My solution up to this point has been to reinsert the clip, but that is just too silly for words. Any insight, help or commiserations? Thanks, guys!

What are the specs of the media? What are the project properties? Is the clip retimed?

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