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The first gag is always a set-up for whatever will happen later, though ideally it doesn't seem that way at first. If it isn't, then it's a regular [[Running Gag]]. If the setup isn't funny, then it's a [[Brick Joke]], but if not, the joke may turn out not to be so innocuous. A type of [[Call Back]]. Sometimes, the connection is given a form of [[Fridge Brilliance]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* At one point in ''[[Calvin and Hobbes The Series (Fanfic)|Calvin and Hobbes The Series]]'', Calvin uses the MTM to contain some lightning in an attempt to stop a storm from doing any further damage. {{spoiler|He later uses it for revenge on Socrates.}}
** Also, the lady with the clipboard recording anything related to Dr. Brainstorm in "Robot's Day Out".
* Surprisingly [[Played for Drama]] in the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' fanfiction ''[[Its a Dangerous Business Going Out Your Door (Fanfic)|Its a Dangerous Business Going Out Your Door]]''. At the beginning of the journey, Pinkie makes some off-hoof jokes at the kind of monsters that Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash might run into. {{spoiler|When they finally reach the end of their quest, the World Serpent is their final challenge. After a description that makes said creature about as big as an island nation, Pinkie is given lip service in one of the biggest [[Oh Crap]] jokes ever.}}
 
 
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* [http://www.explosm.net/comics/2661/ The 2012 New Year] comic on ''[[Cyanide and Happiness]]'' is one to their 2010 New Year strip, [http://www.explosm.net/comics/1907/ seen here]
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'': [http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=020408 Emergency Pants] and [http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=020417 Emergency Pants strike back].
* ''[[Eight 8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'' had {{spoiler|an issue of Nintendo Power}}, first appearing in the {{spoiler|[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/03/20/episode-007-kamehameha-or-something/ seventh]}} comic. {{spoiler|("Four white mages? It'll never work.")}} Reappearing in {{spoiler|[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2010/02/20/episode-1221-longest-set-up-in-webcomic-history/ 1221]}}, when {{spoiler|four white mages defeat Chaos}}, over ''1000'' comics and almost a ''decade'' later, which is probably ''the'' longest set-up in webcomic history (or perhaps ''any'' history).
** There's also [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/08/26/episode-455-self-fulfilling-stupidity/ this] strip, where Blackbelt unwittingly predicts {{spoiler|who history remembers in terms of the heroes. The fact that he was referring to the Light Warriors makes it all the more ironic.}}
* In ''[[Ménage à 3]]'', several throw-away gags come back for those who pay attention to it:
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