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** "Mind your surroundings."

** "Don't be afraid."

* In ''[[Snakes On a Plane]]'', the phrase, "Do what I say, and you'll live," is used twice. The first time, it is spoken by [[Samuel L Jackson]]'s character, advising a witness who is in mortal danger. The second time comes at the end, {{spoiler|by the witness himself, advising Jackson on how to really enjoy life}}.

* ''[[Being There]]'': "I understand." (Movie version only.)

* In ''[[The Crow]]: City of Angels'', Ashe Corven does this with several of the targets of his [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: "You're wasting your breath, Angelito! Nobody's up there listening!" "Nothing personal, sport." and for the Big Bad himself, "Pain is my power."

** In the original film ''[[The Crow]]'' Albrect confronts Eric, saying "you move and you're dead". Based on his current situation, Eric's reply is "I'm dead and I move".

{{quote| '''The Nome King:''' Why doesn't the sofa go first?<br />

''(after the Gump loses...)''<br />

'''Steve''': Well, that may be what happened, but it won't be what the people believe. People just love juicy gossip! }}

** Three guesses as to who won the election after that.

{{quote| '''Harriet Jones:''' Harriet Jones, former Prime Minister.<br />

'''{{spoiler|Dalek}}:''' Yes, we know who you are.<br />

** In "Army of Ghosts"/"Doomsday", Yvonne whispers "I did my duty for queen and country" when she is dragged off to be upgraded by Cybermen. The upgrade goes a bit wrong, and she appears later in Cyberman form killing other Cybermen in a [[You Shall Not Pass]] moment.

{{quote| '''Cyber-Yvonne:''' I did my duty. For queen. And country. I did my duty. For queen and country...}}

* The ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]'' episode "Vitas Mortis" has an [[Ironic Echo]] Type 1 exchange between Aeryn and Chiana: part one has Chiana doing the laundry in a knee-deep basin of Moya's amnexus fluids, refusing to wash Aeryn's clothes with the statement "Since when did I become your servant?" Part two has Chiana trapped in solidified amnexus fluid, and Aeryn gleefully refusing to help her, throwing "Since when did I become your servant?" back in her face.

** Type 2 example: in "Unrealised Reality", the [[Time Master]] Einstein introduces himself to Crichton by saying "Time" five or six times. Crichton mockingly responds with a [[Crowning Moment of Funny|game of "finish the sentence" before trying and failing to kill him]]. When they next meet in [[The Movie|"Peacekeeper Wars"]], Crichton's taken the advice Einstein gave him that episode to heart, and when they play the wordgame again, he acknowledges the possible [[The End of the World As We Know It|wormhole-induced disaster]] that he was warned of:

** Also, when J.D. feels responsible for a patient's death, and Dr. Cox explains it as a slippery slope and when you start going down that line, "you never come back." Later, when Cox's hasty actions kill three patients (one of which could've waited another month), J.D. states "Once you go down that road, you never come back." Cox then flatly states "Yeah... you're right," and walks out the door, not planning to come back.

* In the ''[[Star Wars]]'' episode of ''[[That 70s Show (TV)|That 70s Show]]'', Donna gets mad when Eric says David, the Vader character, has only been spending so much time with her talking to her, and listening and sharing ideas ("What's that about!?") because he wants to see her naked. In a later argument, Donna's trying to prove him wrong, and David gives the exact same examples Eric did, ending with "What's that about!?" in the same tone as Eric.

** "Is that an order?"

* In ''[[The Office (TV)|The Office]]'' (American version), when Michael is fired for starting {{spoiler|a competing company}} and tries to say his goodbyes, Charles tells him "No more, Michael. You're done." However, when {{spoiler|Michael gets his job back and Charles is sent back to corporate in the ensuing deal}}, Michael cuts off his goodbye with "No. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|You're done]]."

'''Lee:''' I wasn't talking to you, I was talking to God. }}

* ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'': The line Orson tells Bree about what people do who love each other is repeated by Bree to Karl as justification for cheating on Orson.

{{quote| "Did I fall asleep?"<br />

"For a little while."<br />

* From the ''[[Cold Case (TV)|Cold Case]]'' episode ''Stand Up And Holler'': "Don't move a muscle... bitch." First the killer says it to the victim as victim tries to leave, and then Lilly says this to the killer while the latter tries to walk away.

* Jeff at the beginning of the ''[[Community (TV)|Community]]'' [[Community (TV)/Recap/S1 E01 Pilot|pilot episode]] says to Abed (rather condescendingly) "I see your value now." Later, after demonstrating a moment of vulnerability to the group, Abed repeats this phrase to Jeff, without the condescension.

{{quote| '''William Boone''': It was ''you''. You killed my wife.<br />

'''Agent Ronald Sandoval''': You don't have to thank me.<br />

{{quote| You're a victim of your symptom<br />

You are your own worst enemy<br />

* ''Ghosts and Spirits'', a CD of songs based on [[CS Lewis (Creator)|CS Lewis]]' [[The Great Divorce]], has a song ("Bleeding Charity") that's an ironic echo. First, a ghost protests, "Can't you see that I'm only human?" and can't be expected to be perfect (as he thinks is necessary to enter Heaven), and refuses to accept any "bleeding charity"; in the second verse, a spirit explains he is not perfect either - "Can't you see that I'm only human?" and begs him to accept the [[The Bible|Bleeding Charity]].

* [[Tool (Music)|Tool]]'s song "Prison Sex" changes "I'm breathing so I guess I'm still alive" to "You're breathing so I guess you're still alive" when the song's subject, a rape victim himself, commits rape.

* [[Sublime (Music)|Sublime]]'s ''Date Rape'' is a story about a woman being bought a couple of drinks, before being offered a ride and raped in a car. {{spoiler|She then proceeds to take him to court, he gets a 25 year sentence and raped by an inmate.}}

* In ''[[Dungeon Siege]] II'', your player character sounds skeptical about the Dark Wizards, saying that it "sounds like something told to restrain wandering children" ([[Lampshade Hanging|ignoring the fact that your character worked for Valdis at one point]]). In ''Broken World'', the [[Ultimate Evil|Overmage of the Cinbri]] says something quite similar.

* In a subquest of ''[[Jade Empire (Video Game)|Jade Empire]]'', you meet a woman who, in the past, watched as her boyfriend knocked another child into a river and stopped her from saving him from drowning by saying, "If we help him, he'll only tell the others what we've done. We have to let him go." You can take her to the ex-boyfriend, whom she means to kill. He offers you silver to help him; if you refuse, you echo his words.

** To a lesser extent, something similar happens in ''[[The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker (Video Game)|The Wind Waker]]'': Tetra has a habit of winking with one eye when she's up to something. "Up to something" usually meaning that she's helping Link in a way that ends up being not to comfortable for him, since she does not care to much about his well-being. In the end of the game, however, Tetra {{spoiler|winks once again, before returning his sword to him, which he lost in the duel with Ganondorf. Once again, she is up to something and once again, it's not going to be a pleasant experience for Link , the difference being that she now ''does'' genuinely care about him. It's just that Tetra and Link have no other choice than to go with what they're about to do if they want to survive.}}

** An optional one occurs in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Video Game)|Skyward Sword]]'': After the second temple, Link {{spoiler|finds myself being derided by Impa for being late, as Zelda would have fallen prey to Ghirahim had she not come herself.}} After the third temple, when {{spoiler|Ghirahim attacks Zelda and Impa, Link has the option to say "Am I late?" when he steps in to buy them time to escape.}}

* ''[[Rugrats (Animation)|Rugrats]]'': When Angelica's parents send her to her room for refusing to eat her broccoli, her mother tells her, "We tried to reason with you, but you wouldn't listen." Later, [[Hilarity Ensues]] when Angelica sues her parents. When Charlotte tries to reason with her, Angelica tells her, "It's too late for talk now, Mommy. I tried to reason with you, but you wouldn't listen."

** Also, "And you'll never see your mom, or your dad or your dumb old dog ever again! [[Evil Laugh|Ah hahahahahahah!!!]]

{{quote| '''Danny:''' I'll give you a five-minute head start, Plasmius.<br />

'''Vlad:''' Really?<br />

'''Zelda:''' Thanks heaps! }}

* Occurs in the ''[[South Park (Animation)|South Park]]'' episode "Fishsticks," where Cartman "helped" Jimmy write a joke, then is concerned that he won't get proper credit, and asks Kyle for help. Kyle doesn't give him any, but tells Cartman:

** Later...

{{quote| '''Cartman:''' Jimmy, you really believe that you came up with it all on your own? Oh my God, wait. I totally get it now.<br />

'''Jimmy:''' What? I, I still don't get anything.<br />

'''Jimmy:''' Rih, r-r-really?<br />

'''Cartman:''' I thought you were just trying to Jew me out of my part of the credit, but now I realize that... some people just have egos that are so out of whack that no matter what people tell them, they can't accept the truth of who they are. Jimmy, I owe you an apology. I realize now you can't help believing you created the entire joke, because your ego won't let you think otherwise. I just have to accept that. }}

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