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{{quote|'''Thetis:''' Why then, child, do you lament? What sorrow has come to your heart now? Tell me, do not hide it in your mind, and we shall both know.
'''Achilleus:''' You know; since you know why must I tell you all this?
|''[[The Iliad]]'', Book I}}
A form of [[Exposition]] where one character explains to another something that they both know, but the audience doesn't. It has been [http://www.sfwa.org/2009/06/turkey-city-lexicon-a-primer-for-sf-workshops/ described as] a "pernicious form of [[Info Dump]] through dialogue".
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* In the first chapter ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'', Sakura and Shaolan tell each other how they first met and for how long they've been friends, obviously to fill in the reader on their backstory.
* This way of recapping is constantly and irritatingly used in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' manga. A commander telling his fellow warriors about the great battle in which they all participated...
* There's a strange example from ''[[
* [[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]!, [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|GX]], [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's|and 5Ds]]. Every time an effect is activated, the player has to explain exactly what it does—sometimes more than once for the same card in the same duel in the same episode. [[Truth in Television|Of course, either this is caused by the fact that most players do this in real life, or it caused most players doing this in real life]]. The Chicken or the Egg?
** Given that the anime predates the game, it's probably the latter.
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