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Often shows up on the [[IMDb|Internet Movie Database]] "memorable quotes" page for the show, with the label "repeated line".
Often shows up on the [[IMDb|Internet Movie Database]] "memorable quotes" page for the show, with the label "repeated line".


The high-browed, academic <ref>Read "[[All the Tropes Will Ruin Your Vocabulary|proper]]"</ref> term used for this is "Leitwort" from the German for "leading" or "guiding word."
The high-browed, academic<ref>Read "[[All the Tropes Will Ruin Your Vocabulary|proper]]"</ref> term used for this is "[[Leitwort]]" from the German for "leading" or "guiding word."


When this is a number instead of a phrase, it's [[Arc Number]], and [[Arc Symbol]] if it's an image. Compare with [[Dream Melody]]. Not to be confused with [[Iron Man|Arc Reactor Words]], which generally have to do with [[Memetic Mutation|caves and boxes of scraps.]]
When this is a number instead of a phrase, it's [[Arc Number]], and [[Arc Symbol]] if it's an image. Compare with [[Dream Melody]]. Not to be confused with [[Iron Man|Arc Reactor Words]], which generally have to do with [[Memetic Mutation|caves and boxes of scraps.]]