Ad Break Double Take: Difference between revisions

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Sometimes the scenes on both sides of the break are identical, but some shows change the second part by giving the repeated line to another character, or having them rephrase it. To the outside observer, the Ad Break Double Take thus looks like the hero standing calmly waiting to be decapitated while saying "This doesn't look too good." followed by a pause and then "Man, this is baaad!". In extreme cases, the heroes may even be in less danger upon the return from break, in which case you have a [[Cliffhanger Copout]].

== [[Anime]] ==

* The DiC dub of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' had this added on occasion.

{{quote|Luna: I already said this line!}}

* [[Digimon Adventure]] did this a lot. Most of it was [[Casual Danger Dialogue]] and [[Lull Destruction]] that wasn't actually in the original version.

* The 4Kids dub of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' is notorious for this.

 

 

== [[Film]] ==

* ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' follows up its intermission with a replay of the scene preceding it.

 

* ''[[Project Runway]]'': during runway elimination.

* ''[[The Biggest Loser]]'': during weigh-ins, repeatedly.

* ''[[Ice Road Truckers]]'' exemplifies this trope.

 

* In ''[[Tales of Monkey Island]]'', at the end of episode 1 and beginning of episode 2, {{spoiler|Morgan Le Flay}} apparently says "Guybrush Threepwood! I've been waiting a long time for this!" twice, as his response is different in each episode.

 

* Parodied in ''[[Friendship Is Witchcraft]]'', when lightning strikes a tree next to Twilight's house (and Spike, who's on the roof holding the lightning rod in place).

{{quote|'''Spike (first time):''' Augh!

'''Spike (second time):''' Augh! Not again! }}

 

* ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' [[Lampshaded]] this in one episode when Robotnik declares that Sonic is trapped and "[[Take Over the World|Mobius is mine! All mine!]]" Fade to commercial break. When we return, Robotnik declares that Sonic is trapped and "Mobius is mine! Did I say that already?"

* ''[[The Simpsons]]'' season 3 episode ''Separate Vocations'' spoofs this when Bart is about to be run down by a car. After the break, the action returns with the announcement of "Act II: Death drives a stick" and Snakes cry of "See you in hell little dude" is repeated.

** Done again many times. One example is Simple Simpson, the ''[[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man]]'' parody in which, as soon as {{spoiler|Burns gets to unmask Homer}}, that moment gets repeated twice. In fact, especially in [[Western Animation]], this trope almost always rhymes with unmasking.

* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': Particularly obvious with Momo's introduction.

* Happens in several ''[[The Land Before Time]]'' movies, which is OK when you watch them on TV, but especially awkward when you watch them on video.

** Played straight in "Bridle Gossip" with "What if she's making Apple Bloom soup?".

 

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