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{{trope}}
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When a series deliberately references an event from its own past. This goes a bit deeper than a regular [[Call Back]] or [[Mythology Gag]]: An internal homage recreates images, lines, or even entire scenes from the franchise's past. These homages are generally not recognized by the characters in-story (save for, perhaps, a [[Deadpan Snarker]] or other [[Fourth Wall Observer]] [[Aside Glance|making it clear for the audience]]). Similarly, it's distinct from [[History Repeats]] in that the recreation of the scene isn't important to the plot (the scene itself may be important, but not the fact that it's happened before). In general, an internal homage is a treat for longtime fans of the series to catch.
[[Book Ends]] (and by extension, [[Here We Go Again]]) are a manifestation of '''Internal Homage'''. [[Expy|Expies]], especially of the [[Generation Xerox]] variety can be used to this end as well. [[Continuity Reboot]]s and otherwise alternate-continuity stories will often use Internal Homages to appease fans of the franchise's past. Extreme cases do this [[Once an Episode]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Digimon]]'' [[Sacrificial Lion|kills]] [[They Killed Kenny|off]] at least one Leomon or otherwise lionlike [[Mon]] in every continuity from ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'' onward (thus exempting the earlier ''[[Digimon V-Tamer 01]]''). The degree of relevance or tragedy varies.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Quite a few ''[[Superman]]'' covers reference the cover of the Action Comics issue in which Supes first appeared. (the page image is from ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'', with [[Alternate Universe|Superman from Earth-2/Kal-L]] striking regular Superman/Kal-El) ''[[Superman Returns]]'' even staged it in live action.
** Similarly, ''[[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]]'' #1's cover is homaged a lot at [[Marvel Comics]].
** As is the one for ''Amazing Fantasy #15'', [[Spider-Man]]'s first appearance.
*** And in ''Batgirl'', once.
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*** "''What a horrible night to have a curse''" and "''the morning sun has vanquished the horrible night''" from CV2 Simon's Quest might have something to do with that.
* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 video game)||Sonic the Hedgehog 2006]]'' had several of these. The game, however, was unredeemable, and as such is seen by some as a disgrace to those older moments.
** On the other hand, you can expect to find at least one of these in recent ''[[Super Mario
** ''[[Sonic Generations]]'', being another [[Milestone Celebration]], also features a healthy amount of these, though not the fact that the entire game is levels from previous games (the plot explicitly states this as time travel and is technically not an example). Instead, the levels get several redesigns, causing them to homage levels and songs from other games either by visual appearance or by recreating actual segments of gameplay and level design.
* The ''[[Metal Gear]] Solid'' games love doing this; ''Metal Gear Solid 2'' and ''4'' are full of them.
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