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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
* ''[[Ghost in The Shell Stand Alone Complex]] 2nd Gig'' includes an episode in which a woman who owns a shop tells the Major a story about a boy and a girl who were some of the first people to get cyborg bodies. It's implied that {{spoiler|the little girl is in fact the Major}}, which is all but confirmed at the the end of the episode when {{spoiler|the Major seems to know something about what happened that the woman didn't tell her}}. Also, {{spoiler|later episodes suggest that the boy was the season's [[Anti-Villain]] Kuze}}.
* ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]] 2nd Gig'' includes an episode in which a woman who owns a shop tells the Major a story about a boy and a girl who were some of the first people to get cyborg bodies. It's implied that {{spoiler|the little girl is in fact the Major}}, which is all but confirmed at the the end of the episode when {{spoiler|the Major seems to know something about what happened that the woman didn't tell her}}. Also, {{spoiler|later episodes suggest that the boy was the season's [[Anti-Villain]] Kuze}}.


== [[Comic Books]] ==
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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== Animated Film ==
== Animated Film ==
* ''[[Balto (Animation)|Balto]]'' begins with a grandmother telling her granddaughter the story of Balto and how he saved all of Nome to help a little girl who cared about him. At the end of the story, Rosie, the girl Balto saved, tells him she'd be lost without him. At the end of the film, the grandmother turns to the statue of Balto and quotes Rosie, the granddaughter calling to her as 'Grandma Rosie', revealing she was Rosie from the story.
* ''[[Balto]]'' begins with a grandmother telling her granddaughter the story of Balto and how he saved all of Nome to help a little girl who cared about him. At the end of the story, Rosie, the girl Balto saved, tells him she'd be lost without him. At the end of the film, the grandmother turns to the statue of Balto and quotes Rosie, the granddaughter calling to her as 'Grandma Rosie', revealing she was Rosie from the story.
* [[Bolt]] has Mittens telling Bolt how they cannot trust humans while inevitably revealing her past to him. While Mittens never outright says it was her, it was obvious that she was talking about herself.
* [[Bolt]] has Mittens telling Bolt how they cannot trust humans while inevitably revealing her past to him. While Mittens never outright says it was her, it was obvious that she was talking about herself.
{{quote| '''Mittens''': "[People] pretend they're going to always be there for you, and then one day {{spoiler|they pack up and move away and take their 'love' with them, and leave their declawed cat to fend for herself! They leave her, wondering what she did wrong...."}}}}
{{quote| '''Mittens''': "[People] pretend they're going to always be there for you, and then one day {{spoiler|they pack up and move away and take their 'love' with them, and leave their declawed cat to fend for herself! They leave her, wondering what she did wrong...."}}}}
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'''Ty:''' Ha ha... No, that guy was Mitch Comstein, my roommate. He was a good guy. }}
'''Ty:''' Ha ha... No, that guy was Mitch Comstein, my roommate. He was a good guy. }}
* The end of ''[[The Road Warrior]]'' reveals that the [[Narrator]] is none other than the Feral Kid.
* The end of ''[[The Road Warrior]]'' reveals that the [[Narrator]] is none other than the Feral Kid.
* In ''[[Matilda (Film)|Matilda]]'', the [[Reasonable Authority Figure]] describes how the [[Big Bad]] was her [[Evil Stepmother]] without mentioning either herself or the [[Big Bad]] by name. The [[Child Prodigy]] protagonist sees right through this, of course.
* In ''[[Matilda (film)|Matilda]]'', the [[Reasonable Authority Figure]] describes how the [[Big Bad]] was her [[Evil Stepmother]] without mentioning either herself or the [[Big Bad]] by name. The [[Child Prodigy]] protagonist sees right through this, of course.
** In the novel, she doesn't use the pretense of third person at all and upfront states that the little girl in the story was her when she starts.
** In the novel, she doesn't use the pretense of third person at all and upfront states that the little girl in the story was her when she starts.
** The musical offers a new twist, as the story is made up and told by Matilda, who is surprised to discover that her fiction is real.
** The musical offers a new twist, as the story is made up and told by Matilda, who is surprised to discover that her fiction is real.
* ''[[The Three Musketeers 1973 (Film)|The Four Musketeers]]'' (1974). Athos, when he tells d'Artagnan the story of the Comte de la Fere. d'Artagnan figures out that Athos was the Comte, and near the end of the film Athos admits it.
* ''[[The Three Musketeers (1973 film)|The Four Musketeers]]'' (1974). Athos, when he tells d'Artagnan the story of the Comte de la Fere. d'Artagnan figures out that Athos was the Comte, and near the end of the film Athos admits it.
** It plays out much the same in the original novel.
** It plays out much the same in the original novel.
* Fox tells a similar story to explain why she works for the Fraternity in ''[[Wanted]]''.
* Fox tells a similar story to explain why she works for the Fraternity in ''[[Wanted]]''.
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* In ''[[One Crazy Summer]]'' after Ack-Ack is kicked out of his dad's house, Egg starts telling him a story about "a little fat kid that nobody loved" that becomes more and more specifically about Egg as it goes along. Eventually Ack-Ack stops him and asks "Were you the little fat boy?" Egg replies [[Blatant Lies|no, but he used to beat that kid up]].
* In ''[[One Crazy Summer]]'' after Ack-Ack is kicked out of his dad's house, Egg starts telling him a story about "a little fat kid that nobody loved" that becomes more and more specifically about Egg as it goes along. Eventually Ack-Ack stops him and asks "Were you the little fat boy?" Egg replies [[Blatant Lies|no, but he used to beat that kid up]].
* Guess who {{spoiler|the narrator}} in ''[[Chocolat]]'' turns out to be?
* Guess who {{spoiler|the narrator}} in ''[[Chocolat]]'' turns out to be?
* In ''[[Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf]]'', George tells Nick the story about a boy he knew during his youth who accidentally killed both of his parents (his mother with a shotgun, and his father in a driving accident). When asked whatever came of the boy, George told him that as far as he knew, he was still in the asylum. This was not the case, of course- the boy was George.
* In ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]'', George tells Nick the story about a boy he knew during his youth who accidentally killed both of his parents (his mother with a shotgun, and his father in a driving accident). When asked whatever came of the boy, George told him that as far as he knew, he was still in the asylum. This was not the case, of course- the boy was George.
* In the opening of the first ''[[Spy Kids]]'' film, Ingrid (the mother) tells Carmen and Juni a bedtime story about two enemy spies who were [[In Love With the Mark|assigned to kill each other and fell in love instead]]. It is, of course, Ingrid and Gregorio's actual [[Backstory]].
* In the opening of the first ''[[Spy Kids]]'' film, Ingrid (the mother) tells Carmen and Juni a bedtime story about two enemy spies who were [[In Love with the Mark|assigned to kill each other and fell in love instead]]. It is, of course, Ingrid and Gregorio's actual [[Backstory]].


== [[Literature]] ==
== [[Literature]] ==
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* In ''[[Wizard Of The Pigeons]]'' by [[Megan Lindholm]], the female lead has a tendency toward conveying information like this. At one point, she tells the protagonist a story about a group of boys, and at the end it turns out he was one of the characters in the story (although not the one he was expecting). Later, she tells him a story about a little girl, and he sarcastically predicts the "And That Little Girl Was Me" ending (and is so busy being a smartass that he neglects to actually think about why he's been told the story, and fails to learn anything from it). There's also a point where she tells him an anecdote in ''first'' person, but ends by saying that it didn't actually happen to her; she just told it that way because that's how the story is traditionally told.
* In ''[[Wizard Of The Pigeons]]'' by [[Megan Lindholm]], the female lead has a tendency toward conveying information like this. At one point, she tells the protagonist a story about a group of boys, and at the end it turns out he was one of the characters in the story (although not the one he was expecting). Later, she tells him a story about a little girl, and he sarcastically predicts the "And That Little Girl Was Me" ending (and is so busy being a smartass that he neglects to actually think about why he's been told the story, and fails to learn anything from it). There's also a point where she tells him an anecdote in ''first'' person, but ends by saying that it didn't actually happen to her; she just told it that way because that's how the story is traditionally told.
* Near the end of the dystopian novel ''Devil On My Back'' by Monica Hughes, a character tells the protagonist a story that, although he is careful to disclaim it as a fairy story with no particular meaning or real-life relevance, doesn't take much imagination to interpret as a description and explanation of his own actions during the novel.
* Near the end of the dystopian novel ''Devil On My Back'' by Monica Hughes, a character tells the protagonist a story that, although he is careful to disclaim it as a fairy story with no particular meaning or real-life relevance, doesn't take much imagination to interpret as a description and explanation of his own actions during the novel.
* It looks like this trope is being subverted in ''[[The City of Dreaming Books (Literature)|The City of Dreaming Books]]'', when the protagonist (Optimus Yarnspinner) meets the Shadow King, who tells him a story about his friend, one of the few humans in Zamonia. About halfway through, Optimus stops him and asks if [[I Have This Friend|his "friend" is actually him]]. The Shadow King asks if he looks like a human, which he doesn't. However, as his story goes on, his friend was turned into a different creature, and he finally reveals that he is now that creature.
* It looks like this trope is being subverted in ''[[The City of Dreaming Books]]'', when the protagonist (Optimus Yarnspinner) meets the Shadow King, who tells him a story about his friend, one of the few humans in Zamonia. About halfway through, Optimus stops him and asks if [[I Have This Friend|his "friend" is actually him]]. The Shadow King asks if he looks like a human, which he doesn't. However, as his story goes on, his friend was turned into a different creature, and he finally reveals that he is now that creature.
* In Jack Vance's ''Throy'' - the heroes Glawen Clattuc and Eustace Chilke go in search of a businessman who can lead them to the source of a planetary conspiracy and are accompanied by his secretary. When in the course of rescuing the businessman they are attacked and wounded by hostile aliens, the secretary unloads on the aliens with a blaster and saves them all. In a slight subversion of the trope, it's not the secretary but her boss who later recounts the tale of a former employer whose house collapsed long ago in a storm, leaving only a terrified and badly wounded little girl at the mercy of those same xenomorphs... Possibly also qualifies as a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]].
* In Jack Vance's ''Throy'' - the heroes Glawen Clattuc and Eustace Chilke go in search of a businessman who can lead them to the source of a planetary conspiracy and are accompanied by his secretary. When in the course of rescuing the businessman they are attacked and wounded by hostile aliens, the secretary unloads on the aliens with a blaster and saves them all. In a slight subversion of the trope, it's not the secretary but her boss who later recounts the tale of a former employer whose house collapsed long ago in a storm, leaving only a terrified and badly wounded little girl at the mercy of those same xenomorphs... Possibly also qualifies as a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]].
* [[The Bible (Literature)|The Bible]] has an example of this with the [[Trope Namer]] of [[The Uriah Gambit]]. After the king sent Uriah to his death so he could take Uriah's wife (despite having several wives already), his wise adviser tells him a story about a man with many sheep stealing a sheep from someone who had only one. When the king is outraged and says that man should be punished, the wise adviser reveals that he was talking about wives, not sheep, and the king is that man.
* [[The Bible]] has an example of this with the [[Trope Namer]] of [[The Uriah Gambit]]. After the king sent Uriah to his death so he could take Uriah's wife (despite having several wives already), his wise adviser tells him a story about a man with many sheep stealing a sheep from someone who had only one. When the king is outraged and says that man should be punished, the wise adviser reveals that he was talking about wives, not sheep, and the king is that man.
* In Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's ''The Palace'', Roget tells a group of workers that his master Ragoczy is trustworthy because he once rescued an escaped bondsman at great risk to himself. When one worker scoffs that Ragoczy made the story up, Roget reveals that ''he'' was the escaped bondsman.
* In Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's ''The Palace'', Roget tells a group of workers that his master Ragoczy is trustworthy because he once rescued an escaped bondsman at great risk to himself. When one worker scoffs that Ragoczy made the story up, Roget reveals that ''he'' was the escaped bondsman.
* Played with in [[Fred Saberhagen]]'s ''The Holmes-Dracula File'', in which the Count narrates his first couple of chapters' events in the third person, before getting bored with the pretense and admitting that the "old man" he's been describing is himself. He even Lampshades the transparency of the ruse.
* Played with in [[Fred Saberhagen]]'s ''The Holmes-Dracula File'', in which the Count narrates his first couple of chapters' events in the third person, before getting bored with the pretense and admitting that the "old man" he's been describing is himself. He even Lampshades the transparency of the ruse.
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* In ''[[The Golden Girls]]'', Sophia often ends her "Picture it..." stories like this.
* In ''[[The Golden Girls]]'', Sophia often ends her "Picture it..." stories like this.
{{quote| "That beautiful young peasant girl was me. And that artist...was Pablo Picasso."}}
{{quote| "That beautiful young peasant girl was me. And that artist...was Pablo Picasso."}}
* The ''[[House (TV)|House]]'' episode "Three Stories": House tells a class of medical students three stories about diagnosing three different patients, all complaining of leg pain. The third story is revealed, at the end, to be the story of the aneurysm, and infarction that caused House's permanent leg injury, and continuing chronic pain.
* The ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' episode "Three Stories": House tells a class of medical students three stories about diagnosing three different patients, all complaining of leg pain. The third story is revealed, at the end, to be the story of the aneurysm, and infarction that caused House's permanent leg injury, and continuing chronic pain.
** Subverted, since he ''never'' tells the students the third patient was him. His colleagues, who're listening in, do figure it out.
** Subverted, since he ''never'' tells the students the third patient was him. His colleagues, who're listening in, do figure it out.
* Subverted in an episode of ''[[My Two Dads]]'': Nichole is worried about going to the prom, and Judge Margaret tells her about another teenage girl who was teased at her prom. When Nichole asks what the girl did, the judge says she destroyed the other girls with her psychic powers.
* Subverted in an episode of ''[[My Two Dads]]'': Nichole is worried about going to the prom, and Judge Margaret tells her about another teenage girl who was teased at her prom. When Nichole asks what the girl did, the judge says she destroyed the other girls with her psychic powers.
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== [[Music]] ==
== [[Music]] ==
* In [[Metallica (Music)|Metallica]]'s "The Unforgiven", the narrator switches between first (in the chorus) and third person. The last verse ends with:
* In [[Metallica]]'s "The Unforgiven", the narrator switches between first (in the chorus) and third person. The last verse ends with:
{{quote| The old man then prepares<br />
{{quote| The old man then prepares<br />
To die regretfully -<br />
To die regretfully -<br />
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That girl was me. }}
That girl was me. }}
* In Jim Croce's "Box #10", the narrator sings of "a down home country boy" who has a rough time of it in the [[Big Applesauce]]. The verse ends with, "Oh well [[Lampshade Hanging|it's easy for you to see]] that that country boy is me".
* In Jim Croce's "Box #10", the narrator sings of "a down home country boy" who has a rough time of it in the [[Big Applesauce]]. The verse ends with, "Oh well [[Lampshade Hanging|it's easy for you to see]] that that country boy is me".
* [[Mary J Blige|Mary J. Blige's]] song "Take Me As I Am" ends the second verse describing a girl's life before the bridge with "ask me how I know, cause she is me(eeeeeee)."
* [[Mary J. Blige|Mary J. Blige's]] song "Take Me As I Am" ends the second verse describing a girl's life before the bridge with "ask me how I know, cause she is me(eeeeeee)."


== [[Theatre]] ==
== [[Theatre]] ==
* Svetlana has a song like this in ''[[Chess (Theatre)|Chess]]''. Though everyone in the audience has figured it out by then, it ends:
* Svetlana has a song like this in ''[[Chess (theatre)|Chess]]''. Though everyone in the audience has figured it out by then, it ends:
{{quote| And if that girl I knew should ask my advice<br />
{{quote| And if that girl I knew should ask my advice<br />
While I wouldn't hesitate, she needn't ask me twice<br />
While I wouldn't hesitate, she needn't ask me twice<br />
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I'd tell her that for free<br />
I'd tell her that for free<br />
Trouble is, the girl is me. }}
Trouble is, the girl is me. }}
* "The Barber and his Wife" in ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Theatre)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]''.
* "The Barber and his Wife" in ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (theatre)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]''.
* In ''Phantom'', Gérard Carrière tells Christine all about the Phantom's childhood and his relationship with his father; when Christine asks him how he knows all this, he reveals that ''he'' is the Phantom's father.
* In ''Phantom'', Gérard Carrière tells Christine all about the Phantom's childhood and his relationship with his father; when Christine asks him how he knows all this, he reveals that ''he'' is the Phantom's father.


== [[Video Games]] ==
== [[Video Games]] ==
* A similar approach was taken in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yWAUNqJ-0k this] ''[[The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker (Video Game)|Wind Waker]]'' commercial.
* A similar approach was taken in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yWAUNqJ-0k this] ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|Wind Waker]]'' commercial.
* In ''[[Touhou (Video Game)|Cage in Lunatic Runagate]]'' Yukari explains what happened in her last attempt to invade the moon this way. Ran actually figures it out immediately, but Yukari denies this being the case.
* In ''[[Touhou|Cage in Lunatic Runagate]]'' Yukari explains what happened in her last attempt to invade the moon this way. Ran actually figures it out immediately, but Yukari denies this being the case.
* Jeremy tells a story about his childhood like this in ''[[Shadow of the Templar|Double Down]]''.
* Jeremy tells a story about his childhood like this in ''[[Shadow of the Templar|Double Down]]''.
* [[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]] short ''Meet the Medic'' combine this with [[Orphaned Punchline]]
* [[Team Fortress 2]] short ''Meet the Medic'' combine this with [[Orphaned Punchline]]
{{quote| '''Medic''': "It gets better! When the patient woke up, his ''skeleton'' was missing... and the doctor was never heard from again! *Laughs* Anyway, that is how I lost my medical license". }}
{{quote| '''Medic''': "It gets better! When the patient woke up, his ''skeleton'' was missing... and the doctor was never heard from again! *Laughs* Anyway, that is how I lost my medical license". }}
* Rosalina in the storybook from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''.
* Rosalina in the storybook from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''.


== [[Web Comics]] ==
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] by ''[[The Non Adventures of Wonderella]]'' [http://nonadventures.com/2011/08/05/w-for-wonderita/ here].
* [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] by ''[[The Non-Adventures of Wonderella]]'' [http://nonadventures.com/2011/08/05/w-for-wonderita/ here].
{{quote| '''Rita:''' Are you that young girl?<br />
{{quote| '''Rita:''' Are you that young girl?<br />
'''Dana:''' Nope, ''you'' are! Bye now! }}
'''Dana:''' Nope, ''you'' are! Bye now! }}


== [[Web Original]] ==
== [[Web Original]] ==
* In ''[[Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Web Video)|Doctor Horribles Sing Along Blog]]'', Penny's inspirational song begins "Here's the story of a girl...", but she realizes how silly it is to keep up the pretense by the end of the fourth line.
* In ''[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog|Doctor Horribles Sing Along Blog]]'', Penny's inspirational song begins "Here's the story of a girl...", but she realizes how silly it is to keep up the pretense by the end of the fourth line.


== [[Western Animation]] ==
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* On ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'', Roger uses this as part of a convoluted back story for his made-up detective persona.
* On ''[[American Dad]]'', Roger uses this as part of a convoluted back story for his made-up detective persona.
{{quote| '''Roger:''' My name is Braff Zeckland. I was an international race car driver. One day a baby carriage rolled onto the tracks, so I swerved into the retaining wall to avoid it. The car burst into flames, but the baby miraculously survived. ''I'' was that baby.}}
{{quote| '''Roger:''' My name is Braff Zeckland. I was an international race car driver. One day a baby carriage rolled onto the tracks, so I swerved into the retaining wall to avoid it. The car burst into flames, but the baby miraculously survived. ''I'' was that baby.}}
* In ''[[Recess]]'', Spinelli's ballet teacher tells her, "You remind me of little dancer known by me in old country." "Yeah? What's she doing now?" asks Spinelli. "That I am telling later," replies the teacher. After her big ballet recital, Spinelli asks what happened to the girl, and the teacher reveals that "little girl... was me."
* In ''[[Recess]]'', Spinelli's ballet teacher tells her, "You remind me of little dancer known by me in old country." "Yeah? What's she doing now?" asks Spinelli. "That I am telling later," replies the teacher. After her big ballet recital, Spinelli asks what happened to the girl, and the teacher reveals that "little girl... was me."
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** Gertie sounds like a nickname. Which means that maybe she isn't called by that by anyone except Phil anymore.
** Gertie sounds like a nickname. Which means that maybe she isn't called by that by anyone except Phil anymore.
* In an episode of the ''[[Madeline]]'' animated series, Madeline is humiliated when she messes up during a ballet recital. She's then told a story by a professional ballerina about another girl who messed up, but got back out there and kept trying. "That little girl...was me!"
* In an episode of the ''[[Madeline]]'' animated series, Madeline is humiliated when she messes up during a ballet recital. She's then told a story by a professional ballerina about another girl who messed up, but got back out there and kept trying. "That little girl...was me!"
* Inverted in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''. Katara goes to find the leader of the Fire Nation raiders that killed her mother. Yon Rha reveals via flashback that he was sent to kill the last waterbender of the tribe. Kya, seeking to protect the tribe and her daughter, who had interrupted the conversation moments before, falsely confesses to being that waterbender.
* Inverted in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''. Katara goes to find the leader of the Fire Nation raiders that killed her mother. Yon Rha reveals via flashback that he was sent to kill the last waterbender of the tribe. Kya, seeking to protect the tribe and her daughter, who had interrupted the conversation moments before, falsely confesses to being that waterbender.
{{quote| '''Katara:''' She lied to you. She was protecting the last waterbender.<br />
{{quote| '''Katara:''' She lied to you. She was protecting the last waterbender.<br />
'''Yon Rha:''' What? Who?<br />
'''Yon Rha:''' What? Who?<br />
'''Katara:''' ... '''ME!''' *cue badass yet terrifying display of using waterbending to suspend the rain* }}
'''Katara:''' ... '''ME!''' *cue badass yet terrifying display of using waterbending to suspend the rain* }}
* On ''[[Metalocalypse]]'', Pickles once took his bandmates on a tour of the sleaziest parts of [[Los Angeles]], in an attempt to teach them about the drug-fueled excesses of 80's glam rock (and why he thought they were awesome.) He concluded the tour in an alleyway where he once saw a famous male singer performing oral sex on a guy. "And that guy...was me," he says. The others are shocked, and then Pickles laughs at them and says he was just kidding.
* On ''[[Metalocalypse]]'', Pickles once took his bandmates on a tour of the sleaziest parts of [[Los Angeles]], in an attempt to teach them about the drug-fueled excesses of 80's glam rock (and why he thought they were awesome.) He concluded the tour in an alleyway where he once saw a famous male singer performing oral sex on a guy. "And that guy...was me," he says. The others are shocked, and then Pickles laughs at them and says he was just kidding.
* In the ''[[Thundercats 2011 (Western Animation)|Thundercats 2011]]'' episode "The Duelist and the Drifter", {{spoiler|the Drifter, aka Hattanzo the Swordmaker}} uses this technique to relate his past to Lion-O, warning the young hero that he'll inevitably duplicate his failure because they're [[Not So Different]].
* In the ''[[Thundercats 2011]]'' episode "The Duelist and the Drifter", {{spoiler|the Drifter, aka Hattanzo the Swordmaker}} uses this technique to relate his past to Lion-O, warning the young hero that he'll inevitably duplicate his failure because they're [[Not So Different]].
* In an episode of ''[[Transformers Prime]]'', Ratchet tells Raf how the field medic who saved Bumblebee after Megatron had tortured him wasn't able to fix Bumblebee's voice box. {{spoiler|He was speaking about his OWN inability to completely fix Bumblebee since he was that field medic.}}
* In an episode of ''[[Transformers Prime]]'', Ratchet tells Raf how the field medic who saved Bumblebee after Megatron had tortured him wasn't able to fix Bumblebee's voice box. {{spoiler|He was speaking about his OWN inability to completely fix Bumblebee since he was that field medic.}}
{{quote| '''Ratchet''': Yes, well... the medic could have done better.}}
{{quote| '''Ratchet''': Yes, well... the medic could have done better.}}
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