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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''"Having characters repeat stuff we already read in the captions was a joke he got mileage out of for 45 years."''
|'''[http://zvbxrpl.blogspot.com/2010/12/jon-dagostino.html Jaime J. Weinman]''' on Frank Doyle of '''''[[Archie Comics]]'''''}}
A character repeats what was just said by the narrator, word-for-word (or very nearly) for [[Rule of Funny|comedic effect]].
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Similar to [[Ironic Echo Cut]], but with the [[Fourth Wall]] instead of actual cutting. Can involve [[That Makes Me Feel Angry]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In the dub of episode 15 of ''[[Sgt Frog]]'', when the others imagine Keroro and [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Dark Momoka]] teaming up to [[Take Over the World|conquer the world]], the narrator warns, "But their dark union was not that simple." Cut to Dark Momoka informing the platoon, "Our dark union's not that simple."
** Used again in episode 22:
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'''Keroro''': Why has Tamama dropped me down this previously unseen well? }}
** And in the first beach episode.
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'''Momoka''': Look at them... and here I am ''stewing in the juices of my own anger''... }}
** This is obviously one of their favorite gags. In episode 3, the narrator talks about "the foulest of funks emanating from the Hinatas' basement". Natsumi complains by saying "Man, that is one foul funk."
* In an early episode of ''[[Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu]]'', we see a one of the animals kids put on their cell phone straps lying on the ground, and the narrator gives a quick explanation of what it is and who would have it. [[Idiot Hero|Yoshii]] picks it up and starts saying the same thing, at which point the narrator angrily points out he already said that.
* [[Inverted]] in an early episode of [[Dragon Ball]]:
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'''Narrator''': It would seem that our heroes haven't seen the last of Yamcha... }}
* Used in the dub of ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia|Chibitalia]]'':
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'''Austria''': I am very strict about rules und discipline. }}
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Inverted in [http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyoqxdtwNg1ro8oc0o1_400.jpg this panel] of ''[[Justice League]]''.
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== [[Film]] ==
* Reversed in ''[[Plan 9 from Outer Space]]'', where one of the characters says of the aliens, "I wonder what their next move will be?" and the narrator says "What will their next move be?"
* Something similar happens at the beginning of ''[[Magical Mystery Tour]]'':
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'''Ringo, narrating:''' ... said Richard. "Good afternoon," said the bus driver. }}
* ''[[The Rutles]]: All You Need Is Cash'':
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'''Dirk McQuickly:''' Well, we're shocked.
'''Ron Nasty:''' Yeah, shocked.
'''Barry Wom:''' Shocked.
'''Dirk McQuickly:''' And stunned.
'''Ron Nasty''': Yeah, stunned.
'''Barry Wom:''' Very stunned. }}
* Done several times in ''[[Forrest Gump]]''.
* Done in ''[[George of the Jungle (film)|George of the Jungle]]'':
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'''Cast:''' Awwwww...
'''Narrator:''' No. I said awe. A-W-E.
'''Cast:''' Oooooh...
'''Narrator:''' That's better. }}
** Also:
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'''Ursula:''' Here I am, lost in the wilderness with a jungle man. }}
== [[Literature]] ==▼
▲== Literature ==
* ''[[Bored of the Rings]]'' does this, then [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] it, near the beginning of the book.
* ''Blessed are the Cheesemakers'':
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* In the short story "Rough Hew Them How We Will" in [[P. G. Wodehouse]]'s ''The Man Upstairs'', the narrator says, "Bredin [a ''restaurateur''] was a pig. He looked like a pig; he ate like a pig; he grunted like a pig. He had the lavish ''embonpoint'' of a pig. Also a porcine soul. If you had tied a bit of blue ribbon round his neck you could have won prizes with him at a show." Later, when a policeman enters the story: "It was at about five minutes after one that afternoon that Constable Thomas Parsons, patrolling his beat, was aware of a man motioning to him from the doorway of Bredin's Parisian Cafe and Restaurant. The man looked like a pig. He grunted like a pig. He had the lavish ''embonpoint'' of a pig. Constable Parsons suspected that he had a porcine soul. Indeed, the thought flitted across Constable Parsons' mind that, if he were to tie a bit of blue ribbon round his neck, he could win prizes with him at a show.
* Christopher Moore's ''[[A Dirty Job]]'' has a sort of delayed version: the first line of the chapter "A Fucked-Up Day" is the narrator saying "It was a fucked-up day." The first line of the following chapter is a character saying (of the day described in the previous chapter) "That was a fucked-up day."
* The Prince from ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'' has this as his shtick in ''There's A Princess In The Palace''. [[Lampshaded]] by a pair of mice who have been commenting on each story.
* Used a couple of times in ''The Scrambled States of America'', narrated by Uncle Sam:
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'''Kansas''': I'M NOT FEELING HAPPY AT ALL!
* Later, after the states have all switched places*
"And worst of all, Kansas, who had switched places with Hawaii because he was sick of being stuck in the middle of the country, was now stuck in the middle of NOWHERE, feeling lonesome and seasick."
'''Kansas''': *singing* In the middle of nowhere, feeling lonesome and seasick, my guitar is soggy and I feel so blue... }}
* ''[[The Middleman]]'' has a tendency to invert this with its [[Scene Shift Caption
▲== Live Action TV ==
▲* ''[[The Middleman]]'' has a tendency to invert this with its [[Scene Shift Caption|Scene Shift Captions]]. For example, one episode ends with Ida smugly announcing the address she's discovered they have to go to:
▲{{quote| '''Ida''': 8660 Hawkins Lane, Apt 9. God am I underpaid.}}
:: And the caption for the next scene is<nowiki>:</nowiki>
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God am I underpaid. }}
* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''. A milkman psychiatrist performs an odd psychological test on a <s>doctor</s> gynecologist.
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[Cut to the office of a real psychiatrist]
'''Dr. Cream''': I would like to take this opportunity of complaining about the way in which these shows are continually portraying psychiatrists who make pat diagnoses of patients' problems without first obtaining their full medical history.
[Cut back to milkman and gynecologist]
'''Milkman''': Mind you, that's just a pat diagnosis made without first obtaining your full medical history. }}
* In the ''[[That '70s Show]]'' episode "I Can't Quit You Baby", when Hyde tells the (false) story of how he got together with Jackie:
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''(fantasy clip, Hyde is in the basement, Jackie walks in)''
'''Jackie:''' I want you.
'''Hyde:''' It's obvious. }}
* One example in ''[[Penn
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'''Biographer''': He's sleeping naked with the girls and the girls are naked too!
'''Penn (narrating)''': Cool! }}
* ''Pushing Daisies'' was fond of this.
== Music Video ==
* The music video for the Men At Work song "Down Under" has this... sort of, by always showing the events described in the song as literally as possible. The song talks about a guy who is 6'4" and full of muscles, and shazam, a man fitting this description appears. In [[VH-1]]'s ''I Love the 80s'', this was joked on by Patton Oswalt. "Is this just for deaf people who can't hear the song?"
== [[Theatre]] ==▼
▲== Theatre ==
* At the start of Act Two of ''[[Spamalot]]'', the Historian recaps the end of Act One, ending with, "King Arthur and his knights fled for their lives and were instantly scattered and lost in a dark, and [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall|very expensive]], forest." Soon after, King Arthur moans, "This is a total bloody disaster. All my knights have fled, and we're lost in a dark, and very expensive, forest."
* Michael Frayn's ''Afterlife'' inverts the variety with stage directions.
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▲{{quote| ''Sound effects''}}
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Portal 2]]'', to the point of overlapping with [[Department of Redundancy Department]]:
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{{spoiler|'''Wheatley:''' Hello! This is the part where I kill you!}}
{{spoiler|''Chapter 9: The Part Where He Kills You.''}}
{{spoiler|Achievement Unlocked: The Part Where He Kills You}}
And on the PC, {{spoiler|the achievement's subtitle: [[Up to Eleven|"This is that part"]].}} }}
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Homestuck]]'': When Aradia's true nature is revealed, the narrator declares that "We are all completely blown away by this stunning revelation. Wow. {{spoiler|Dead.}} Really? {{spoiler|Like a ghost?}} Huh." And, on the chat log on [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004093 the very next page...] j▼
* Used in a ''[[Femmegasm]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20120903142915/http://www.aorange.com/?p=37 strip] parodying ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'' and ''[[Dragonball Z]]''.▼
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▲* ''[[Homestuck]]'': When Aradia's true nature is revealed, the narrator declares that "We are all completely blown away by this stunning revelation. Wow. {{spoiler|Dead.}} Really? {{spoiler|Like a ghost?}} Huh." And, on the chat log on [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004093 the very next page...]j
▲* Used in a ''[[Femmegasm]]'' [http://www.aorange.com/?p=37 strip] parodying ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'' and ''[[Dragonball Z]]''.
* The ''[[Word Girl]]'' episode "Mecha-Mouse" is narrated by the usual [[Interactive Narrator]] and his [[Darker and Grittier]] twin brother. At one point, they muse, "Will [[Word Girl]] be able to stop Dr. Two-Brain's plan to buy his own private island?" "Or will Two-Brains Island become the center of evil and villainy for all eternity?" Later on, as Dr. Two-Brains goes to buy his island, he cackles to himself, "Two-Brains Island will become the center of evil and villainy for all eternity! [[Lampshade Hanging|The narrator told me so]]."
* Happened a lot in the ''[[Lucky Luke]]'' cartoon. Most of the time, it was Luke himself repeating the narration, but now and then, some other character would do it for him...
* Happens in the [[Merrie Melodies]] short, "[[The Scarlet Pumpernickel]]"; the Narrator (Daffy Duck), announces, "The Lord High Chamberlain was simply furious."
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'''Narrator''': But Milady Melissa was simply delighted.
'''Melissa:''' I'm simply delighted! }}
* The ''[[Histeria!]]'' sketch about the Boston Tea Party contains this:
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'''Charity Bazaar''': We're not happy.
'''Pule Houser''': Hey, this tax is unfair!
'''Froggo''': We won't pay! ''[Redcoats surround them with their guns.]'' Unless they make us.
'''George Washington''': Then in 1767, Parliament passed the Townend act, which taxed tea, paper, glass, and lots of other items. Now the colonists were even less happy.
''[The Redcoats surround Froggo, Charity, and Pule with their guns again.]''
'''Charity Bazaar''': Now we're even less happy. }}
* The script for the unproduced ''[[Invader Zim]]'' episode "The Trial" includes this:
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'''Skoodge''': ''(terrified but okay)'' Sounds terrifying, but okay! }}
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