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{{examples|Examples and various cases that are exemplifying the trope}}

 

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* In the ''[[Lucky Luke]]'' book "The Oklahoma Run", Luke encounters a traveling salesman who can sell him fresh water, whisky, fruit, whisky, (insert a lot more here) and whisky.

* The title of ''[[The Dandy (comics)|The Dandy]] Special'' issue 7: ''Desperate Dan in Dan in Japan''. So Dan's in himself then? [http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz257/jakob1978/cache_500_1__a1047453_mainpicJPG.jpg\]

* If anything remotely exciting is going on in [[Archie Comics Sonic the Hedgehog]], it's a near-certainty that the character/s involved will take it upon themselves to [[Self-Demonstrating Article|tell you what's happening by narrating it in real time as it happens]].

 

* An actual RPG session incident, when the GM wanted to make a particular detail very clear to the player: A female soldier with a rifle, pointed at you. She's wearing a green-camo uniform, complete with a rifle, which is pointed at you. The rifle appears to be a high-caliber automatic, and is pointed at you. The soldier is guarding this position, and is pointing her rifle at you. From a cursory study, she appears to be hostile—evidenced by the fact that she has a rifle pointed at you. She commands, in an aggressive tone, "Put your hands up! I have a rifle pointed at you!" Also, she has a rifle pointed at you.

** It doesn't always work though. In one recorded instance, a ''[[Shadowrun]]'' party crawling through an oil pipeline was subtly warned four times about all the oil in the oil pipeline, but that didn't stop them from lighting their blowtorch. (One character survived the explosion but was knocked out and drowned in the harbor outside.)

** The chant of the chaos marines "Blood for the Blood God" and "Skulls for the Skull throne".

* Due to some confusion when he first introduced himself, [[Ravenloft]]'s most infamous lich is referred to as "Azalin Rex" in official court documents of his domain of Darkon. Invokes this trope, as "Azalin" is actually a mangling of his old Oerth title of "Wizard-King", thus making him Darkon's "Wizard-King King".

 

** [[Frank Miller]] [[Signature Style|really loves repetition.]] [[Memetic Mutation|And whores.]]

** ''[[Xkcd]]'' once referenced [http://xkcd.com/609/ us].

** [[Chzo Mythos|it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts]]

** [[Fate/stay night|People die]] [[Captain Obvious|if they are killed.]]

* [http://cdc.comicgenesis.com/d/20050408.html This] ''Life on Forbez'' strip reveals that the ruling alien race, the Omnis, are very redundant about the Stray Particle Detectors used to located stolen components of machinery they designed, which are inside said machinery. If the first is stolen, they use the second, and if that's stolen, they use the third, and so on. It's never revealed just how many there are, just that if one values one's sanity, they shouldn't ask.

* [http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=16&issue=2 This] page from ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]''.

** [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/1/25/ Then again,] They've done this unironically and in a way that isn't supposed to mock or make fun of any game or anything else in particular that they can make fun of.

* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' brings us [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=167 creepy space aliens from outer space] threatening the Earth from [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=172 their moon base] '''on the moon'''!

{{quote|'''{{smallcaps|Ozbasic}}:''' Prepare for deadly laser death time..... {{smallcaps|WITH LASERS!}}}}

* According to the ''[[Girl Genius]]'' wiki, [http://girlgenius.wikia.com/wiki/Transylvania_Polygnostic_University Transylvania Polygnostic University] actually has one of these.

{{quote|"You're pregnant?!"

"Yes."

** Also from [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]], one of Marik's many [[Catch Phrase|catchphrases]]:

{{quote|'''Marik:''' Foolish fool!}}

{{quote|'''"One":''' Haha!! [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|You are mine and there is no escaping me!]] [[Say Your Prayers]] Cornelia, for I am going to shoot your robot, and then shoot you! After I shoot your robot, then I'm going to shoot you! After I shoot your robot I am going to shoot you. But first the robot, and then you, in that order. Not the whole thing, just the last part; that's the order that I meant. [[Overly Long Gag|Because that would mean I would kill yo]]-yeah you know what? It don't matter.

'''Cornelia:''' [[Get On With It Already|JUST DO IT ALREADY!]] }}

** The original has Draco's rant about "traversing the galaxy for intergalactic travels..."

* Go search "recursion" on Google. Right now. This very moment.

* In this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXVWiHEDe4M&t=3m8s Poundland Special] by [[Ashens]] he reviews a hat with a label that reads "Outdoor Hat."

* The Cocaine Energy Drink website posted a message from the FDA that explained to them, in great detail, why their product is not a dietary supplement or an alternative to the illicit drug. It included the sentence "As explained in greater detail below, dietary supplements are products that e ''(sic)'' intended to supplement the diet."

== Western Animation Animated by Westerners and geared towards Western audiences who enjoy Animation ==

* Walker to [[Danny Phantom|Danny]]: "I'm your judge, executioner, jury, executioner, jailer, and if necessary your executioner." When Danny pointed out Walker said "executioner" three times, Walker replied that he loved that part of the job.

* [[Mad Scientist|Dr. Doofenshmirtz]] of ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' once bought two pet crocodiles, each named Susan. He named them after each other.

** Professor Kevin Destructicon, to whom Doofenshmirtz was once apprentice to, intended to set the sun on fire. Even Doof understood the redundancy of this redundant idea.