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Often a show will have a situation that is repetition of something that happened previously within the show history. Almost always used as either a [[Running Gag]] or tragically.
There are some films where they deal with the world repeating over and over, e.g. ''[[Groundhog Day]]'', the similar film ''12:01'', and the [[Eternal Recurrence]] phenomenon. But this trope happens when history repeats itself without a [[Groundhog Day Loop]].
A common example will be for a show about kids to have the children experience something, and then have the adults in the show respond by reminiscing about when the exact same thing happened to them at that age. Sometimes there is a flashback. If the adults are the main characters and the same thing occurs, this becomes [[Generation Xerox]].
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* In the past, Chrono of ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' (the manga version) was in love with a woman called {{spoiler|Mary Magdalene}}, who was {{spoiler|[[Body Surf|possessed]] by Pandaemonium, the demon's [[Hive Queen]]. This kicked off the events which led to her death.}} When Rosette is placed in a frighteningly similar situation, Aion feels the need to [[Lampshade Hanging|point out]] that history is repeating itself.
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' is shaping up to be this, with Negi and his [[Generation Xerox]] crew facing more or less the same scenario and villains that the last generation did.
* The ''[[Gundam]]'' series, according to ''[[Turn
** This is also specifically the point of the ideological debate in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing]]'''s [[The Movie|movie]], ''Endless Waltz''. The villainess argues that war is an inevitable part of human nature (the titular "endless waltz" of war, peace, and revolution), while the female lead says that lasting peace can happen if people are willing to put forth the effort to end the [[Vicious Cycle]]. Needless to say, at least in the ''[[Turn
* In ''[[Code Geass]]'', Lelouch lost his mother to an assassin, which shattered his cozy, comfortable worldview and inspired him to change the world with [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Well Intentioned Extremism]] in order to give his beloved sister a better life. {{spoiler|His father the Emperor, who is the biggest obstacle on his quest, went through pretty much the exact same thing in his lifetime and is himself trying to change the world -- along with his wife, who's [[Not Quite Dead]]. You can imagine Lelouch's shock when he learns all this...}}
* ''[[Maison Ikkoku]]'' has an example where Kyoko romantically pursued her teacher, and when Godai gets a teaching job at her old school not only is he also romantically pursed by a student, but the several of the methods used are very similar. (Tagging the teacher with a heart on the back when he's not looking).
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