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* In ''[[Discworld/Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]]'', the non-too-bright Trev wants to ask Juliet out, and he plans to do so by sending her a letter saying, "I think you're really fit. I really fancy you. How about a date? No hanky-panky, I promise." His more literate friend Nutt suggests that something more might be needed, and helpfully composes a long love poem for Trev to give to Juliet. However, Juliet - who isn't all too clever either - can't understand a word of Nutt's overly articulate poem, and so asks ''her'' more literate friend, Glenda, to explain it to her. Glenda reads the poem, thinks for a bit, and then translates it as, "he thinks you're really fit, he really fancies you, how about a date, no hanky-panky, he promises." (she later admits that it wasn't that hard to figure out - one way or another, that's what ''every'' love poem is trying to say)

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** In the third ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'' game, ''Justice for All'', Gumshoe makes a comment likening the witness' seeing the murder to him (hypothetically) watching Edgeworth stab Phoenix in the middle of the courtroom. The Judge later uses a near-identical comparison involving Franziska killing Edgeworth with her [[Whip It Good|whip]], and Edgeworth notes the similarity.

** In a part ifof ''Ace Attorney: Investigations'', Edgeworth examines a specific item and thinks about it in his inner monologue. Each time he finishes a thought, Gumshoe will say the same thing aloud, only in simpler words. Eventually, Edgeworth is creeped out.

*** The same conversation appears in ''[[Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney]]'' between Apollo and Trucy, but it's justified here because Trucy is Phoenix's adopted daughter and he's apparently taught her the difference.

* ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' -: In the prologue, when Rin reveals that she doesn't want to have a wish for the Holy Grail (all she wants to do is win the war), Archer, shocked, fills in possibilities that she could try, like [[Take Over the World|taking over the world]]. Later, in the Fate Route, when Shirou finds out what Saber's wish is, he's relieved that it's not something like what he expects Rin to try, like taking over the world. This is justifiable, as {{spoiler|Archer is a [[Future Badass]] version of Shirou}}.

* This is an almost-constant part of the humor in the ''Mother'' series (''[[MOTHER]]'', ''[[EarthBound]]'', and ''Mother3[[Mother 3]]''). For example, an item will be described by every character in the game by the same highly-specific description ("Here's a jar of Yummy Pickles, be careful, it's easy to drop and easy to roll". "We dropped the jar of Yummy Pickles! Well, I guess that's what happens with something that's easy to drop and easy to roll." "What's that? It looks easy to drop and easy to roll.") or puzzles will be solved via a ''highly'' specific item someone has lying around that another character happens to desperately want (like a machine that makes trout-flavored yogurt.). All played for laughs, of course; this ''is'' the ''Mother'' series, after all.

* This a bit of a running gag in ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]''. Tomoya continues to insist that there is no way a normal person could look at Fuuko's carvings and believe they are anything but a star. Unfortunately, he doesn't know any normal people so everyone apparently recognizes that the carvings are actually starfish. Except for Sunohara, who think that they're ''shurikens.''

* ''[[Guild Wars]] Nightfall'' has to do this a couple of times are mission splits, to bring the plot back together.

* In ''[[Golden Sun: Dark Dawn]]'', both [[Pirate|Eoleo]] and [[Never Mess with Granny|Obaba]], in their respective intro scenes, immediately notice that Kraden hasn't aged a day in the last thirty years. Once Kraden's immortality is explained, both immediately ''follow up'' by saying how much it must suck that [[Age Without Youth|he'll be seventy-plus forever]]. Apparently, Eoleo learned a ''lot'' from his great-grandma.

* In ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'', Jade is able to spot a small stone that the group needs beingto be carried by a monster. When one character remarks on Jade's luck in spotting it, [[Jerkass|Jade]] responds, "Heaven smiles upon me because of my good deeds." The other five members of the team immediately have the exact same thought.

* In ''[[A Profile]]'' when confronted with the declaration that there's no way Masayuki is ever going to marry his little sister Rizu, Rizu and her mother Riko both react with the exact same sequence of nonsense syllables. For Masayuki's sake, let us pray that Rizu does not grow up to be like Riko in her endings.

* In ''[[User Friendly]]'', a guy with what appears to be punk hair applies for a job [https://web.archive.org/web/20171006033031/http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20070502 here] and says the hair was due to an accident with a soldering iron and a ceiling fan. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200123213645/http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20070507 Later], two of the techs say that this was their first assumption.

* A ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'' comic has Donovan, whose OrkcshOrkish translations are all of [[My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels]] quality, say something about doing taxes in autumn, followed by the orc he's talking to saying "Close enough. Let's get moving." Meanwhile, an orc who's not too good with the Callanian language translates Dominic's rant as being something about taxes in autumn... prompting the same response. It turns out that Donovan and the orc had the same phrasebook.

* This may be a [[Real Life]] example, but once ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' and ''[[Erfworld]]'' (which then shared the same website) both included a joke about the restaurant Subways on the same day (which seems even odder since both comics take place in ''[[Standard Fantasy Setting|medieval fantasy worlds]],'' albeit ones with [[Anachronism Stew]] and little or [[No Fourth Wall]]). ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' author Rich Burlew insisted it wasn't intentional, though he took it as a sign about what he should have for lunch that day.

** Another ''[[Order of the Stick]]'' example: [[The Lancer|Haley]] says that Thanh has been "dominated" by [[The Dark Chick|Tsukiko]], and both [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0521.html Belkar] and [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0524.html a random cleric] assume she is referring to [[Casual Kink|consensual bondage]] rather than a [[Mind Control]] spell.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120502090519/http://www.blipcomic.com/329/ This strip] of ''[[Blip]]''. K, just before acting out her role as a pre-arranged [[Moment Killer|third wheel]], thinks to herself, "All right... Time to bust out my [[Cate Blanchett]] skills..." When K proceeds to over-act the part, Hester thinks to herself, "Fail, Ms. Blanchett... ''Fail.''"

** Also, when communications were disrupted, [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2015-01-17 Trevor was asked where he thinks their lost team is] and what he would do in their place. He has no clue, the only idea he can think of when seeing 4-km high buildings is that the place is great for base jumping. Cut to the team...

* ''[http://cass-cult.deviantart.com/gallery/ Cass Cult]'' has a number of mentions of Thor's severe hatred of trees. The authors swear they've never read ''[[The Order of the Stick]]''.

* When trying to shoo away a gaggle of tiny nuns following him, Grim of ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and& Mandy]]'' describes himself as "The exact opposite of a nun." Later, once he's decided to live with the nuns, and Billy and Mandy come looking for him, Billy says that Grim's "The exact opposite of a nun."

** Made even funnier when you realise that at the time it was broadcast England hasnhadn't had a king since the 50s.

* When [[Zero Punctuation|Yahtzee]] couldn't decide if ''[[Infamous (video game series)|Infamous]]'' or ''[[Prototype (video game)|Prototype]]'' is the better game, he challenged both developers to draw the rival game's main character "wearing women's lingerie;" the win would go to the better picture. The artists responsible for each company's entry both individually decided, for some reason, that [https://web.archive.org/web/20140111190240/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/extra-punctuation/6228-Yahtzees-Prototype-vs-InFamous-Challenge their nominated picture] should also include a rainbow, a unicorn, and [[Power Perversion Potential|creative applications of the character's powers]].