Finishing Each Other's Sentences: Difference between revisions

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{{quote| Alice: Superman will--

Bob: Rescue you? I think not. }}

* [[Last-Second Word Swap]] ([[Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion|especially when]] the audience was expecting it to [[Rhymes On a Dime|rhyme]]):

* [[Last-Second Word Swap]] ([[Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion|especially when]] the audience was expecting it to [[Rhymes on a Dime|rhyme]]):

{{quote| Alice: That sexy young farmer has an enormous--

Bob: Potato gun! }}

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== Anime and Manga ==

* The twins Hikaru and Kaoru in ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' do this sometimes. In Haruhi's ''[[~~Alice in Wonderland (Literature)|~~Alice in Wonderland]]'' dream, they played the Cheshire Cat and appeared alternatingly from different sides, finishing each other's sentences as they talked to Haruhi.

* The twins Hikaru and Kaoru in ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' do this sometimes. In Haruhi's ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' dream, they played the Cheshire Cat and appeared alternatingly from different sides, finishing each other's sentences as they talked to Haruhi.

* Happens in the finale of ''[[Stellvia of the Universe]]'' between Richard James and Carl Hutter when the two are having a few drinks on a desolate space station deck. James raises a toast, starting with "To the future...", and Hutter completes the sentence instantly, in the same tone: "...of humanity!" This is especially poignant, considering how {{spoiler|Hutter is a shape-shifting [[Starfish Alien]] in disguise... and James knows it}}.

* While not the most typical example of twins, in ''[[~~Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|~~Cardcaptor Sakura]]'', Yue and Cerberus pick a climactic moment during the final judgment to suddenly start finishing each other's sentences--with multiple clauses, no less. In fact, despite their apparent hostility toward each other at the time, it becomes nearly impossible to distinguish exactly ''who'' is speaking at some points.

* While not the most typical example of twins, in ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'', Yue and Cerberus pick a climactic moment during the final judgment to suddenly start finishing each other's sentences--with multiple clauses, no less. In fact, despite their apparent hostility toward each other at the time, it becomes nearly impossible to distinguish exactly ''who'' is speaking at some points.

* ''[[Gunslinger Girl]]''. Cyborg technician Louis Duvalier has beautiful twin assistants who do this. They even move in unison.

* Koizumi and Otani from ''[[Lovely Complex]]'' are so (unintentionally) good at this that they (again, unintentionally) become a comedy sensation at their school.

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== Fanfic ==

* The Weasley Twins, from ''[[Harry Potter (~~Literature~~)|Harry Potter]]'' are '''''not''''' an example, even though they are popularly portrayed that way in Fan Fiction. They don't complete each other's sentences in the books; rather, one will follow the other with the next appropriate sentence - they do not share a single mind, but simply think very much alike.

* The Weasley Twins, from ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' are '''''not''''' an example, even though they are popularly portrayed that way in Fan Fiction. They don't complete each other's sentences in the books; rather, one will follow the other with the next appropriate sentence - they do not share a single mind, but simply think very much alike.

** The ideal is Lampshaded in [[Harry Potter and The Methods of Rationality]], which features a sections focusing on the Twins, and indicating something magical is at work. They don't actually share one mind, but come to the same conclusions when they have the same information. When one of them thinks differently than the other, they both feel uncomfortable until they share what they know and snap back.

== Film--Animation ==

* The Fates from Disney's ''[[Hercules (Disney)|Hercules]]'' do this, most noticeably in their introduction, when they're giving Hades the prophecy.

* The Fates from Disney's ''[[Hercules (Disney film)|Hercules]]'' do this, most noticeably in their introduction, when they're giving Hades the prophecy.

* Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee in Disney's ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Disney)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (but not in the original book).

* Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee in Disney's ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Disney film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (but not in the original book).

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* The twins from ''[[Snatch]]'' do this.

* In ''[[Stuart Little]]'', Mr. and Mrs. Little do this so frequently that they panic when they ''don't''. Stuart cutely lampshades this as he hears his future adoptive parents do this for the first time.

* From ''[[~~Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (Film)|~~Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid]]'':

* From ''[[Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid]]'':

{{quote| '''Field Marshal Von Kluck:''' We were able to dupe Dr. Forrest by posing as a humanitary organization, who planned to wipe out hunger, by ageing cheese faster.

'''Rigby Reardon:''' But when your father finally saw what they were doing...

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* [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s Lapis Lazuli Long and Lorelei Lee Long are clone sisters who do this. They first appear in his novel ''[[Time Enough for Love]]'' and show up in his later novels.

* There is a [[James Thurber]] short story about this, called "The Curb in the Sky," where the trope has harrowing consequences.

* Harry and Hermione do this sometimes in ''[[Harry Potter (~~Literature~~)|Harry Potter]]'', such as in ''[[Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows|Deathly Hallows]]'' when they discover what happened to {{spoiler|Gryffindor's sword}}.

* Harry and Hermione do this sometimes in ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'', such as in ''[[Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows|Deathly Hallows]]'' when they discover what happened to {{spoiler|Gryffindor's sword}}.

** In [[Fanon]], [[Single-Minded Twins]] Fred and George Weasley are often written as doing this. In the books it only happened a couple of times and was more like collaborative interrupting. The movies were much more guilty of playing this trope straight with them.

* The twins Beltira and Belkira from the ''[[Belgariad]]'' and prequels.

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* In Spindle's End by [[Robin McKinley]], Rosie and her best friend Peony take this one step further.

{{quote| You finish each other's sentences half the time -- or sometimes, if you think no one else is listening, you don't bother to finish them because you both know what you were going to say.}}

* [[Lampshaded]] in ''[[~~Artemis Fowl (Literature)|~~Artemis Fowl]] and the Opal Deception''. Mervall and Descant are twins, which are very rare among fairies.

* [[Lampshaded]] in ''[[Artemis Fowl]] and the Opal Deception''. Mervall and Descant are twins, which are very rare among fairies.

{{quote| "We're thinking of writing a book, aren't we, Merv? All about how we..."

"Finish each other's sentences," completed Merv, though he knew it would cost him.

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== Live Action TV ==

* Played with in (something like) this exchange in ''[[~~Community (TV)|~~Community]]'':

* Played with in (something like) this exchange in ''[[Community]]'':

{{quote| '''Abed''': I hope they're not twins. Twins freak me out. They always know what the other one is...

'''Troy''': Thinking?

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'''Stuart:''' ...so close that you finish each other's sentences. And the problem with that is that people like that inevitably end up...

'''Carter:''' ...romantically involved. }}

* A ''[[~~Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV)|~~Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' sketch had a housewife receive a visit from a doorman who helped her finish sentences by first finishing them for her, then starting them so that she'd have to finish them.

* A ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' sketch had a housewife receive a visit from a doorman who helped her finish sentences by first finishing them for her, then starting them so that she'd have to finish them.

** Another ''Python'' sketch had an interview show with the host interviewing three men: one who only said the beginnnings of words, one who said the middles, and one who said the ends. After each said their own version of "Good evening," he had them all say "Good evening" together.

{{quote| First man: G--

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Second man: --eni--

Third man: --ng. }}

* Similar to the ''[[~~Community (TV)|~~Community]]'' example, ''[[Arrested Development (TV)/Recap/S3 E11 Family Ties|Arrested Development]]'' had this exchange:

* Similar to the ''[[Community]]'' example, ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)/Recap/S3 E11 Family Ties|Arrested Development]]'' had this exchange:

{{quote| '''Michael:''' It's like we finish each others'-

'''Lindsay:''' sandwiches?

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'''Michael:''' ''That'' time I was going to say "sandwiches". }}

* In ''[[Broken News]]'', the newscasters for PVS News routinely complete each others' sentences, or even words.

* Lampshaded by Brian in a season five episode of ''[[Queer As Folk]]'' after Justin has told him to stop being cynical:

* Lampshaded by Brian in a season five episode of ''[[Queer as Folk]]'' after Justin has told him to stop being cynical:

{{quote| '''Brian:''' "I'm not being cynical, I'm being-"

'''Justin:''' "-realistic."

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''(Long pause)''

'''Gary:''' ...finish each others' sentences? }}

* It happens so frequently on ''[[~~Castle (TV)|~~Castle]]'' between Castle and Beckett that fellow detectives overhearing their conversation had to Lampshade it:

* It happens so frequently on ''[[Castle]]'' between Castle and Beckett that fellow detectives overhearing their conversation had to Lampshade it:

{{quote| '''Ryan''': Do they ''know'' that they're finishing each other's sentences?

'''Esposito''': ''(just shakes his head)'' }}

** Another time, Ryan asks if they practice doing it when he and Esposito aren't around.

* ''[[NCIS Los Angeles]]'' has Nell annoying the hell out of everyone by doing this on her first episode. [[Characterization Marches On]], though, and now she's just doing it to Eric. It's played for laughs, and incredibly cute. Other partners on the show tend to do this as well.

* ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]'' has Nell annoying the hell out of everyone by doing this on her first episode. [[Characterization Marches On]], though, and now she's just doing it to Eric. It's played for laughs, and incredibly cute. Other partners on the show tend to do this as well.

* All over the place on ''[[~~NCIS (TV)|~~NCIS]]''. McGee/Abby, any partners, any time the field agents brief Gibbs, any time Gibbs gives orders and the others anticipate him . . .

* All over the place on ''[[NCIS]]''. McGee/Abby, any partners, any time the field agents brief Gibbs, any time Gibbs gives orders and the others anticipate him . . .

* Gem and Gemma from ''[[~~Power Rangers RPM (TV)|~~Power Rangers RPM]]'' do this habitually; they don't speak ([[Single-Minded Twins|or think]]) as individuals much if at all until Gemma gets a boyfriend. After that, while they show signs of not being a [[Hive Mind]], but still do this frequently. Just not ''all the time''.

* Gem and Gemma from ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]'' do this habitually; they don't speak ([[Single-Minded Twins|or think]]) as individuals much if at all until Gemma gets a boyfriend. After that, while they show signs of not being a [[Hive Mind]], but still do this frequently. Just not ''all the time''.

* Kirk and Spock do this occasionally in ''[[Star Trek ~~the~~ Original Series ~~(TV)~~|Star Trek the Original Series]]''.

* Kirk and Spock do this occasionally in ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek the Original Series]]''.

** In ''[[Star Trek ~~the~~ Next Generation ~~(TV)~~|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' there is a whole race known as the Binars who talk this way because of their binary/pair based culture and biology.

** In ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' there is a whole race known as the Binars who talk this way because of their binary/pair based culture and biology.

* ''[[Noah's Arc]]'': Subverted in the movie where Noah and Wade seem to start to give the same answers to relationship questions, but end with completely different ones. This is the first major sign they're have deeper relationship issues.

* A recurring sketch on ''[[The Two Ronnies]]'' featured Corbett's character trying to tell a story, and Barker's character attempting to finish his sentences and getting it wrong.

* On ''[[~~The West Wing (TV)|~~The West Wing]]'', Will Bailey and Kate Harper do this in front of C.J., while trying to hide the fact that {{spoiler|they're a couple}}. Both lampshade how bad they are at it.

* On ''[[The West Wing]]'', Will Bailey and Kate Harper do this in front of C.J., while trying to hide the fact that {{spoiler|they're a couple}}. Both lampshade how bad they are at it.

* In the episode ''Sateda'' of ''[[~~Stargate Atlantis (TV)|~~Stargate Atlantis]]'' Teyla attempts to do this with Sheppard; however it takes her three guesses to figure out what he's saying, and at one point she offends him by saying he has no friends.

* In the episode ''Sateda'' of ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' Teyla attempts to do this with Sheppard; however it takes her three guesses to figure out what he's saying, and at one point she offends him by saying he has no friends.

{{quote| '''Sheppard''': Look, Teyla... I'm not really good at, uh... actually, I'm... I'm terrible at expressing... I don't know what you'd call it, uh...

'''Teyla''': Feelings?

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'''Mimi:''' Dripping. I like it, between my--

'''Roger:''' Fingers. }}

* In ''The Serpent'', a dark version of the [[The Bible ~~(Literature)~~|Adam and Eve]] [[Adam and Eve Plot|story]] the Serpent manages to do this to ''itself'' [[Evil Gloating|every time it speaks]]. The Serpents' lines often also [[Meaningful Echo|overlap words]] and start before the previous line finishes.

* In ''The Serpent'', a dark version of the [[The Bible|Adam and Eve]] [[Adam and Eve Plot|story]] the Serpent manages to do this to ''itself'' [[Evil Gloating|every time it speaks]]. The Serpents' lines often also [[Meaningful Echo|overlap words]] and start before the previous line finishes.

{{quote| '''Serpent 3:''' You might

'''Serpent 4:''' Might do it if God didn't know?

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== Video Games ==

* ''[[~~Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game)|~~Final Fantasy VIII]]'' has one between Quistis and Squall in the beginning of the game. Rinoa joins in once she gets to know Squall well enough.

* ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' has one between Quistis and Squall in the beginning of the game. Rinoa joins in once she gets to know Squall well enough.

* Liza and Tate from ''[[~~Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (Video Game)|~~Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire]]''.

* Liza and Tate from ''[[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire]]''.

* Alphamon and Omegamon in ''[[Digimon World Dawn Dusk]]'', a non-romantic or sibling variant which plays instead on their [[Theme Naming]] ("[[God|alpha and omega]]").

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''(Cut to Nostalgia Chick)''

'''Nostalgia Chick''': ...got to be...

''(Cut to [[Todd in ~~The~~ Shadows]])''

''(Cut to [[Todd in the Shadows]])''

'''[[Todd in ~~The~~ Shadows]]''': ...fucking...

'''[[Todd in the Shadows]]''': ...fucking...

''(Cut to The Nostalgia Critic)''

'''NC''': ...KIDDING ME!!

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== Western Animation ==

* Part of the creepy effect used by the three Weird Sisters in ''[[~~Gargoyles (Animation)|~~Gargoyles]]''

* Part of the creepy effect used by the three Weird Sisters in ''[[Gargoyles]]''

* Twins Jim and Tim do this sometimes on ''[[Kim Possible]]''.

* Twins Tessa and Vanessa on ''[[Pepper Ann]]''.

* Happened in ''[[Family Guy]]'' when [[The Bible ~~(Literature)~~|Judas and Pontius Pilate]] first met.

* Happened in ''[[Family Guy]]'' when [[The Bible|Judas and Pontius Pilate]] first met.

* ''[[The Simpsons]]'': Agnes Skinner says this trope complementing her relationship with Comic Book Guy in "Worst Episode Ever" when they meet Homer and Marge.

** In a recent episode, Homer tries desperately to make a connection with the new security guard:

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'''Wayne''': ...

'''Homer''': Each other's...? Sen...? Ten...? Ces? }}

* <s>Iggy and Lemmy</s> Hip and Hop in the [[Super Mario Bros (~~Animation~~)|Mario cartoons]].

* <s>Iggy and Lemmy</s> Hip and Hop in the [[Super Mario Bros. (animation)|Mario cartoons]].

* Dash and Bash from ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]''.

* The Interesting Twins From Beneath The Mountain in ''[[Codename Kids Next Door]]''.

* The Interesting Twins From Beneath The Mountain in ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]''.

* Happens with Bulkhead and Arcee in an episode of ''[[Transformers Prime]]'', to Miko's disgust.