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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]]'''''}}

== [[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."

{{quote| '''Narrator''': ''*coming back from the [[Eyecatch]]*'' Ten seconds ago on ''[[Sgt Frog]]'', Tamama became leader of the platoon and banished the Sarge down a previously unseen well.<br />

{{quote| '''Narrator''': And so they splashed, while Momoka stewed in the juices of her own anger.<br />

* In an early episode of ''[[Baka to Test Toto 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 [[DragonballDragon Ball]]:

{{quote| '''Yamcha''': Those fools have not heard the last of Yamcha!<br />

{{quote| '''Narrator''': Stuffy Mr. Austria is very strict about rules and discipline.<br />

{{quote| '''[[The Flash]]''': SUPERMAN! Dammit, I can't fly.<ref>The Flash cannot fly--The Editor</ref>}}

== [[Film]] ==

* Reversed in ''[[Plan Nine9 Fromfrom 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 (Film)|Magical Mystery Tour]]'':

{{quote| '''Ringo on screen:''' Good afternoon.<br />

{{quote| '''Narrator:''' It was a bombshell for the Rutles. They were shocked... and stunned.<br />

'''Dirk McQuickly:''' Well, we're shocked.<br />

'''Ron Nasty:''' Yeah, shocked.<br />

'''Barry Wom:''' Shocked.<br />

'''Dirk McQuickly:''' And stunned.<br />

'''Ron Nasty''': Yeah, stunned.<br />

* Done in ''[[George of the Jungle (Filmfilm)|George of the Jungle]]'':

{{quote| '''Narrator:''' And they responded with awe.<br />

'''Cast:''' Awwwww...<br />

'''Narrator:''' No. I said awe. A-W-E.<br />

'''Cast:''' Oooooh...<br />

{{quote| '''Narrator:''' Ursula was amazed that she was lost in the wilderness with a jungle man.<br />

{{quote| She knew that Corrie and Fee made cheese...but Lucy assumed the cheese was made with machines, in big vats, with milk from a factory. "I thought cheese was made with machines, in big vats, with milk from a factory," she said.}}

* In the short story "Rough Hew Them How We Will" in [[PG Wodehouse (Creator)|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 (Literature)|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."

{{quote| "Well, it was just your basic, ordinary day in the good old U.S. of A. States all over the country were waking up, having their first cups of coffee, reading the morning paper, and enjoying the beautiful sunrise. All the states, that is, except for Kansas. He was not feeling happy at all. How do I know this? Because he said,"<br />

'''Kansas''': I'M NOT FEELING HAPPY AT ALL!<br />

* Later, after the states have all switched places*<br />

"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."<br />

{{quote| 8660 Hawkins Lane, Apt 9.<br />

{{quote| '''Milkman''': Right...well I should definitely say you're suffering from a severe personality disorder, sir, sublimating itself in a lactic obsession which could get worse depending on how much money you've got.<br />

[Cut to the office of a real psychiatrist]<br />

'''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.<br />

[Cut back to milkman and gynecologist]<br />

* 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:

{{quote| '''Hyde:''' So, I'm hangin' out in the basement like I usually do, when Jackie showed up. It was obvious she wanted me.<br />

''(fantasy clip, Hyde is in the basement, Jackie walks in)''<br />

'''Jackie:''' I want you.<br />

* One example in ''[[Penn and& Teller: Bullshit!]],'' while discussing Gandhi:

{{quote| '''Penn (narrating)''': Wait a minute! He's sleeping naked with the girls? And the girls are naked too?<br />

'''Biographer''': He's sleeping naked with the girls and the girls are naked too!<br />

* 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?"

{{quote| '''Reinhardt:''' [...] And here, on the cathedral square in Salzburg, we shall [act out parts in a play] as simply and naturally as children do in their games. No sound effects. Only the cathedral bells. Only the distant sound of traffic in the streets.}}

* ''[[Portal 2 (Video Game)|Portal 2]]'', to the point of overlapping with [[Department of Redundancy Department]]:

{{quote| {{spoiler|1='''GLaDOS:''' Well, this is the part where he kills us!}}<br />

{{spoiler|'''Wheatley:''' Hello! This is the part where I kill you!}}<br />

{{spoiler|''Chapter 9: The Part Where He Kills You.''}}<br />

{{spoiler|Achievement Unlocked: The Part Where He Kills You}}<br />

== Webcomics[[Western Animation]] ==

{{quote| '''Lord High Chamberlain (Porky Pig):''' I'm simply furious!<br />

'''Narrator''': But Milady Melissa was simply delighted.<br />

* The ''[[Histeria (Animation)|Histeria!]]'' sketch about the Boston Tea Party contains this:

{{quote| '''George Washington''': And so the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which taxed newspapers, playing cards, and all printed material imported by the colonies. The American colonists were not happy.<br />

'''Charity Bazaar''': We're not happy.<br />

'''Pule Houser''': Hey, this tax is unfair!<br />

'''Froggo''': We won't pay! ''[Redcoats surround them with their guns.]'' Unless they make us.<br />

'''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.<br />

''[The Redcoats surround Froggo, Charity, and Pule with their guns again.]''<br />

{{quote| '''Zim''': Escape with me to the surface!<br />