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A character talks to their reflection in the mirror. Usually, it's a male character giving himself a pep talk.
 
If the reflection talks back, it's a case of [[The Man in the Mirror Talks Back]]. If they're practicing a speech to someone else, it can be a [[Trick Dialogue]] -- and—and may feature [[Unaccustomed as I Am to Public Speaking]]. If it's delivered to some other object--aobject—a pet, a tombstone, a skull--itskull—it's a [[Surrogate Soliloquy]]. If the character winds up shattering the mirror in a fit of anger or sorrow, it's [[Rage Against the Reflection]]. If they say something along the lines of "[[You Talkin' to Me?]]", it's a reference to the famous scene from ''[[Taxi Driver]]''.
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** Later brought up again by his friend:
{{quote|'''Russell''': You've been talking to yourself in the mirror again, haven't you?}}
* Willem Defoe did a ''really'' good one in the first ''[[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man]]'' movie. He was [[TalkingInner to ThemselfDialogue|talking to his Goblin side]].
* Ash Williams in ''[[Evil Dead|Evil Dead 2]]'' tries to use a mirror to reassure himself that everything's going to be fine. Since evil spirits are running loose, however, his mirror image immediately comes to life, mocks him and tries to strangle him. He does the same thing at the start of the video game ''Hail to King'': in this case, his reflection not only responds, it emerges from the mirror to become his [[Evil Knockoff]].
* The intro to Montgomery Brogan's rant in [[Spike Lee]]'s ''[[25th Hour|Twenty Fifth Hour]]''.
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[Sinfest]]'',
** [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20140209164629/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3355 Fuschia stands before a mirror practicing things she can say to Crimney].
** [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20140209170618/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2095 Percy, similarly, for things to say to Sophia.]
 
 
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