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Alice mentions Bob. Carol has an extreme reaction (usually rage or dread), or asks a very uncomplimentary question about Bob. Alice asks "Ah... so you ''know him''?", or "Ah, you two met before", or something to this end.

The variant with Carol actually running into Bob [[Show, Don't Tell|and reacting directly]] seems to happen less often, but works exactly the same way, except usually it's also awkward for Bob. See also: "[[You!]]"

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== [[Literature]] ==
* [[Chris Hadfield]]'s memoir ''An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth'' has a [[Real Life]] example in chapter 5. (The person's name was left out of the book, for obvious reasons.)
{{quote|Once, flying up to Washington in a NASA jet, I stopped to refuel and a military guy I'd never met before noticed the plane and said "Hey, do you know _____? What an asshole!" It was striking: of all the things he might have said to me on first meeting, his low opinion of that astronaut was the most pressing. I just said, "Wow. You've met him."}}

== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Chasing the Sunset]]'' has a [https://web.archive.org/web/20171001083603/http://www.fantasycomic.com/index.php?p=c52 shopkeeper] who confirms Feiht's traits... and promptly faints.
* ''[[Exterminatus Now]]'' - [http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2014-12-20/comic/tangled-web/mo-redheads-mo-problems/ apparently], for some there are [[My Friends and Zoidberg|"brother inquisitors"... and then there's Eastwood]]. "''She'' obviously knows you well".
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' has Gil jumping up when Agatha mentions Tarvek... [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090805 That smug condescending ''snake''].
** The reaction to the name of Martellus is [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20131111 quite telling]. An [[Information Broker]] on black market in [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20151019 Paris]. Sparafucile (his sister's Smoke Knight bodyguard) [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20190726 knows him too].
** And [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20151016 Gil] (being hotly defended).
** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20160413 Corbettite monks] made themselves a bit of reputation, too.
** In case of [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20181128 Dr. Sutton], she didn't know him, [[Subverted Trope|just guessed]].
* ''[[Vexxarr]]'' had a pirate bot [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=110712 discussing its captain]. And another AI [http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=071414 discussing its captain], of course.

== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''[[(The Customer is) Not Always Right]]'' had a geographical version: "[http://notalwaysright.com/driving-a-hard-bargain-3/79528/ You have been here before, sir!]"

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