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* Sort of parodied in ''[[Darker Than Black]]''. When a [[Clueless Detective]] accidentally stumbles onto the edges of a case involving [[The Masquerade]], he runs into someone who [[Satchel Switcheroo|wants his trenchcoat back]]. They have a conversation that involves a lot of repeating things back at each other- ''because they have no idea what the hell the other one is talking about''.
* [[The Slayers]] frequently uses Gourry Gabriev as a [[Dumb Blonde]] or even an outright [[Idiot Hero]] in order to use this trope to manage info dumps about mystical stuff (powerful spells, monster society, magical items, etc) that the other characters (all being powerful, well-studied magic-users) would know, but the audience doesn't.
* Countless ''[[Ranma
** A lot of humor manga use this variation on the trope to get stories moving quickly, and Takahashi herself popularized it in her earlier series [[Urusei Yatsura]] (though it wasn't used nearly as much as it is in Ranma.) Even her more serious works will use it on occasion.
* Speaking of Takahashi, she modifies the above approach for ''[[Inuyasha]]'', which likes to pick itself up from cliffhangers this way. A chapter will end with a character delivering a shock revelation ("Kikyo's alive!") Then the next chapter will start with everyone else parroting it back ("What? Kikyo's Alive?!") which handily puts the reader back in the moment and brings them up to speed. Then the character who dropped the bombshell will proceed to explain the details.
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