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Often a show will have a situation that is repetition of something that happened previously within the show history. Almost always used as either a [[Running Gag]] or tragically.
There are some films where they deal with the world repeating over and over, e.g. ''[[
A common example will be for a show about kids to have the children experience something, and then have the adults in the show respond by reminiscing about when the exact same thing happened to them at that age. Sometimes there is a flashback. If the adults are the main characters and the same thing occurs, this becomes [[Generation Xerox]].
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* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' is shaping up to be this, with Negi and his [[Generation Xerox]] crew facing more or less the same scenario and villains that the last generation did.
* The ''[[Gundam]]'' series, according to ''[[Turn a Gundam (Anime)|Turn a Gundam]]'', is all one timeline with this going on. Mankind keeps making space colonies, having a civil war with them, getting a bit too violent and inventing gundams that are too powerful, and destroying said colonies, forgetting about it, then sending out new colonies, only to have a civil war with ''them''. Then gundams get too powerful... and each time, they progress a little further, with the destruction and casting back of mankind going further each time. By the time of ''[[Turn a Gundam (Anime)|Turn a Gundam]]'', they're at an early-1900s level of technology. And history repeats again ''anyway'', using [[Lost Technology]].
** This is also specifically the point of the ideological debate in ''[[
* In ''[[Code Geass]]'', Lelouch lost his mother to an assassin, which shattered his cozy, comfortable worldview and inspired him to change the world with [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Well Intentioned Extremism]] in order to give his beloved sister a better life. {{spoiler|His father the Emperor, who is the biggest obstacle on his quest, went through pretty much the exact same thing in his lifetime and is himself trying to change the world -- along with his wife, who's [[Not Quite Dead]]. You can imagine Lelouch's shock when he learns all this...}}
* ''[[Maison Ikkoku]]'' has an example where Kyoko romantically pursued her teacher, and when Godai gets a teaching job at her old school not only is he also romantically pursed by a student, but the several of the methods used are very similar. (Tagging the teacher with a heart on the back when he's not looking).
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== Literature ==
* [[Dichter Und Denker|German philosopher]] Oswald Spengler claimed in his non-fiction book ''[[
* ''[[Rudyard Kipling]]'' in '[http://www.kipling.org.uk/poems_copybook.htm The Gods of the Copybook Headings]' pointed out how political ploys of the time are less than fresh by mockingly attributing them to prehistoric times -- "When the Cambrian measures were forming..."
* Pretty much the entire moral of [[A Clockwork Orange (
* In ''[[A Canticle for Leibowitz]]'', the readers know the world had had a great nuclear sometime in the past (our present). Then there's The Simplification, which is another world-wide war, and a third war (nuclear again) in the third part. The book ends with what's left of humanity moving on to a new planet, to probably keep the cycle of stupidity going.
* Played straight, then [[Justified Trope|Justified]], in ''[[The Belgariad]]'' and its sequel series ''The Malloreon''.
** Indeed, cherished by the ''[[Belgariad|Mallorean]]''. Due to a mistake in the fabric of the universe, events recur with minor changes throughout history. By the end of the series, the heroes are actively noticing the recursion and using it to their advantage. The ultimate goal of the series is to fix this, so that time can finally move ahead.
* In ''[[
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* In ''[[Third Watch]]'', Ty's father is murdered years before the series starts. His partner Sully finds out the truth behind the murder (that the murderer was paid by a corrupt cop, CT Finney) but says nothing in order to protect Ty's family's police pension. Fast forward to 2004, where CT Finney is exposed and commits suicide. Ty ends up helping Finney's son to make it look like an accident - so that Mrs Finney can still get her police pension.
* ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'' "All of this has happened before. [[Arc Words|And all of it will happen again.]]" The series ends uncertain whether or not humanity is destined to fight yet another [[Robot War]].
* The ''[[
* ''[[Babylon 5]]''. The various incarnations of the Shadow/Vorlon War, up until the point where Sheridan [[Screw Destiny|punches History in the face]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|and throws it out of the galaxy]].
* In the series finale of HBO's ''[[The Wire]]'', several characters end up in situations that harken back to the pilot episode (in tandem with [[Call Back|Call Backs]]). Most notably, Detective Leander Sydnor goes to Judge Phelan and asks with his help investigating a major case (which Detective Jimmy McNulty did, in a conversation with the exact same character, five seasons prior). The [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]] insinuates that Baltimore is a cyclical place, and that characters will always end up in certain roles (e.g. {{spoiler|Michael}} becomes the new {{spoiler|Omar}}, {{spoiler|Dukie}} becomes the new {{spoiler|Bubbles}}, etc).
* ''[[
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== Video Games ==
* The ''[[
* ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'' being its [[Darker and Edgier|darkly]] [[Black Comedy|humorous]] self, its [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]] is very, very high and usually combined with [[Good Bad Bugs|exploits]]. So [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=91093.msg2532485#msg2532485 here]'s probably the best [[Epileptic Trees|fan theory]] on the origin of the... stuff usually mentioned in spoilers or by [[Fan Nickname]]. {{spoiler|If you start by raising children in cages with animals driven crazy just to make them tougher, then proceed to make [[Super Soldier]] squads by non-lethal fat scorching... ''[[Physical Hell|where]]'' exactly do you think this line eventually ends up?}}
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