Strange Minds Think Alike: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''"Real buttercream icing! Nobody makes this from scratch anymore! There's only one explanation: Turner must have ignored Tootie's multiple birthday invitations, thus ruining her birthday. Feeling guilty, he impulsively loans her his FAIRY GODPARENTS!"''|'''Mr. Crocker''', ''[[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents]]'', [[The Cuckoolander Was Right|getting it right as usual]]}}

Not quite related to [[Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?]].

* ''[[ToA AruCertain Majutsu noMagical Index]]'': When Touma returns home with MISAKAMisaka Imouto in tow, carrying a slew of cans, Index [[Clingy Jealous Girl|gets more than a bit jealous]]. Aisa Himegami suggests, "Perhaps that is his fate. He [[Dating Sim|raises flags with other people]] and goes down their story routes." Later, after saving MISAKAMisaka Imouto from the insane psychic known as Accelerator, Touma wakes up with his hand on her chest:

{{quote| '''Touma:''' "Why am I experiencing such a happy event? I don't remember raising any flags like this at all."}}

* ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]'': Yukari-sensei's 2nd-year students are discussing what to do for the Culture Fest, and Osaka suggests that they do a haunted house that's like a café, inverting an idea expressed earlier. Shortly, Kagura arrives and suggests the same thing, thinking it would be a "killer idea".

{{quote| '''Osaka:''' Ooh, the same wavelength!<br />

* ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' -- during—during their tennis match, Light and L have almost identical internal monologues, without communicating.

* ''[[Toradora (Light Novel)|Toradora!]]'' has, at the start of an episode, Ryuji having a [[Catapult Nightmare]] in which Taiga agrees to marry him. However, because Taiga refers to him as "her dog" much of the time, the dream features him getting a dog house, while his mother (dressed as a dog) shows off all of Taiga's puppies. Taiga, also dressed as a dog, tells Ryuji they're his, which is when he wakes up. Moments later, Taiga tells Ryuji "I had an unpleasant dream. You were a dog, and the dog was my husband. Anyway, it was the worst dream ever."

* In one chapter of ''[[Medaka Box]]'', Nabeshima is fighting Myouga Unzen, a character who can only speak and understand a numbers-based language. At one point, Nabeshima comments that Myouga is going to "pull a [[DragonballDragon Ball]]" and get a speed boost by dropping her weights. Myouga picks out the word "dragonball" and guesses that Nabeshima thinks she's going to get a speed boost.

* In all of ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'', the only person who actually seems to think alike and see eye-to-eye with Sousuke seems to be Atsunobu Hayashimizu, the president of the Student Council. The guy agrees with Sousuke's weird, [[Cloudcuckoolander|outlandish conclusions]], and supports his [[Trigger Happy|violent]], [[Person of Mass Destruction|destructive ways]].

** In the series proper, the fact that Kogoro and Eri actually are more alike then they're willing to admit (both preferring the same food, liking the same color, remembering their first date by dressing up in the clothes they wore etc) is used to show [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]].

* At the beginning of one episode of ''[[Di Gi Charat]]'', Dejiko is plotting to make a naughty doujinshi using two of the store's customers (both [[NamesName's the Same|named Takuro]]. Gema, seeing the look on her face, tells her that if she's thinking of making a naughty doujinshi featuring those two, she'd better not. Dejiko is thoroughly pissed that he was able to read her thoughts so exactly.

* In ''[[Cable (Comic Book)|Cable]] & [[Deadpool]]'', everyone who meets suave superthief the Cat immediately asks if they can see the tattoo on his stomach. ''How'', exactly, any of them even knows that he ''has'' one is never really explained.

* In ''[[She Hulk|She-Hulk]]'', She-Hulk and four other female superheroines suddenly find themselves trapped in an alternate dimension by a mysterious entity:

{{quote| '''Thundra:''' SHOW YOURSELF, COWARD! FACE THE UNFETTERED FISTS OF THUNDRA!<br />

'''She-Hulk:''' Too bad her name isn't [[Added Alliterative AppealAlliteration|"Fundra", because that would have sounded cool]].<br />

* ''Everyone'' who meets [[Batman]] comments on his height, it seems, usually to the effect of "I thought you'd be taller." (for the record, he's 6'2") This even extends to other members of the Bat-family, although it's often at least somewhat justified (Dick Grayson is a good four inches shorter than Bruce Wayne, so when he takes on the role of Batman it's obvious to anyone familiar with Batman that it's a different person; Tim Drake has his height remarked on in ''[[Young Justice (Comic Bookcomics)|Young Justice]]'', but he's only about 14 and hasn't reached his full height yet). At this point, it's gone far beyond merely [[Strange Minds Think Alike]] to full-blown [[Running Gag]] territory.

** [[Depending Onon the Writer]], this applies to [[Batman]] and [[Superman]]. in a issue of ''No Man's Land'' they have a short talk, before they see something they have to deal with, saying that they will come back soon, going to opposite sides at the same time ''and'' coming back at the same time apologizing for making the other wait.

* In ''[[Asterix]] in Corsica'', a young Roman soldier eager for his career prospects volunteers for duty in Corsica - which has "good chances for promotion" due to most of the Romans there being [[Reassigned to Antarctica|hopeless cases sent to Corsica as punishment]], is compared to Salamix, a Corsican who [[Tap Onon the Head|hit his head and was never quite right again]] by some old Corsicans discussing things. Later, when trying to capture the heroes, he orders his men to "search the Maquis", leading one of them to say "He's as crazy as that nut Salamix!"

{{quote| "I'm in love with your daughter and I have a newfound respect for life."<br />

''cut to other car''<br />

* ''[[Spaceballs (Film)|Spaceballs]]'': Upon discovering that the [[The Password Is Always Swordfish|combination]] to the air shield is "1, 2, 3, 4, 5", Dark Helmet says "That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! That's the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!" President Skroob enters and, after he is told the combination, he says "That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage!"

** AVarious recentcomputer-security [[USAstudies Today]]consistently story revealedshow that the most common password for computers is '123456' with '12345' being 2nd.

* ''[[Ghost Dog]]: Way of the Samurai'' does this (not always for comedy) with Ghost Dog and Remy -- neitherRemy—neither speak the other's language, but they are always talking about the same thing.

* Used in ''[[Love Actually]]'' to show that the couple who don't speak the same language are well matched. After a book manuscript flies into the lake they are both swimming to collect the paper and he says "I hope there aren't any [[My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels|eels]], I hate eels," and she says, "Don't splash too much, [[The Princess Bride (Filmfilm)|you'll disturb the eels]]". When they get out, she suggests he should name a character after her and give her 50% of the profits, while he suggests that he should name a character after her and give her 5% of the profits.

{{quote| "It's the happiest part of my day, driving you."<br />

{{quote| {{spoiler|''Oh my god, I shot my eye out!''}}}}

* In ''[[Heathers]]'', the psychotic J.D. plants a bottle of mineral water next to the two [[Jerk Jock|Jerk Jocks]]s he just murdered to suggest that they died in a gay suicide pact. Veronica thinks the idea is completely stupid. Three guesses what the cops say when they find the bottle.

* In ''[[Back to The Future]]'', the orange windbreakerdown vest that Marty is wearing shortly after arriving in 1955 is mistaken for a life preserver (which means he must be a sailor) by Doc, one of Biff's lackeys, the soda parlour guy, and Lorraine's mom.

* ''[[Die Hard With a Vengeance]]'' has McClane and [[Samuel L. Jackson]] successfully disarm a puzzle-bomb, after which they elect to hand it over to the authorities, to prevent some kid from picking it up. Unfortunately the [[Big Bad]] has fake cops stationed all over the place, and our heroes unknowingly hand the bomb over to them. Then the fake cops switch to their native German and agree to hold on to the bomb... [[Even Evil Has Standards|because some kid might pick it up.]]

* In ''[[The Santa Clause (film series)|The Santa Clause]]'', Tim Allen's character reads his son "A Visit from St. Nicholas" and the boy [[Mondegreen|mishears]] "arose such a clatter" as "a Rose Suchack ladder". Shortly thereafter they hear a noise and run outside to find a ladder leaning against the house, a sign hanging off one rung that reads "Rose Suchack Ladder Co."

{{quote| '''Narrator''': Fly decided to speak very slowly for it was a cold fact of nature that sheep were stupid and no one would ever persuade her otherwise.}}

{{quote| '''Narrator''': The sheep spoke very slowly for it was a cold fact of nature that wolves were ignorant and nothing would convince them otherwise.}}

* In ''[[Discworld (Literature)/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)

* At several points in the ''[[JasonFriday Xthe 13th (film)]]'' novelization characters think something along the lines of "And then I won't be the only one not getting laid".

* ''[[3rd Rock Fromfrom the Sun]]'' was also quite fond of this. In one example, Tommy's PE teacher told him to climb a rope and Tommy asked what was at the top of the rope. Later on, the teacher complained about this to Tommy's father Dick, who replied by asking the same question.

* In an episode of ''[[ALF (TV)|ALF]]'', ALF thinks the Tanners' neighbor, Mr Ochmonek, [[Mistaken for Murderer|killed his wife]]. Naturally, the Tanners don't believe him, and say, "Remember the time you thought Mr. Litvak down the street was building an atomic bomb in his basement?" (It was actually a pool heater.) After a series of misunderstandings, the episode culminates with a police officer arriving and Mrs. Ochmonek being alive and well. A few clarifications later, as the policeman leaves, Mr. Ochmonek says, "By the way, as long as you're here, officer, there's something I want to report. There's this guy down the street called Litvak... I think he's building an A-bomb in his basement."

* ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'' lives and breathes this trope. Sometimes it even stretches out the connected references several episodes or even ''seasons'' apart. Often you have to [[Better Onon DVD|go back and re-watch old episodes to even realize that this trope is being used]]; Characters often say the exact same thing independently ("I've made a huge mistake", referring to sex as "pop-pop") or say things that are absurdly prophetic {{spoiler|("You won't be hand-fed any more!")}}.

{{quote| "The pirate-themed sports bar with the scantily clad waitresses?"<br />

{{quote| '''Dorothy:''' Well, either he's passed out on the sofa, or he's sleeping with another woman.}}

{{quote| '''Gary:''' Oh, Tony was sleeping with a girl he picked up and I was passed out on the sofa.}}

* In an episode of ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'', Wilson's house is broken into. The thing he's most upset about losing is his African mucus cup, much to Tim's bewilderment. When Tim later tells Al about the break-in, Al's first response is "Oh, no. Did they take his mucus cup?"

* ''[[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]]'', "Back to Reality". Kryten discovers that he's actually Cybernautics Division cop Jake Bullet.

{{quote|'''Kryten''': "Jake Bullet: Cybernautic Detective." I like that! That sounds like the kind of hard-living flatfoot who gets the job done by [[Cowboy Cop|cutting corners and bucking authority]], and if those [[Internal Affairs|pen pushers up at City Hall]] don't like it, well, they can [[Bring It|park their overpaid fat asses on this mid digit and swivel]] -- swivel 'til they squeal like pigs on a honeymoon!"<br />

'''Rimmer''': "On the other hand, 'Mr. Bullet', perhaps the Cybernautics division is in charge of traffic control, and you just happen to have a rather silly macho name."<br />

(Later, when they encounter a murderous secret policeman)<br />

'''Kryten''' (whips out his badge): "Bullet, Cybernautics!"<br />

* ''[[Thirty30 Rock (TV)|Thirty Rock]]'' does this continually. In the episode "SeinfeldVision", Liz defends wearing a wedding dress saying "I don't need society's permission to buy a white dress. Who says this is a wedding dress anyway? In Korea they wear white to funerals." Later on, Tracy sees her in the dress and says "Oh, no! Did a Korean person die?"

{{quote| '''Jack''': Why is everyone talking about that movie?<br />

{{quote| '''Paul/Jenna''': ''(in unison)''I/you [referring to Paul] dress as Natalie Portman from the movie Black Swan. And I/you [referring to Jenna] dress as former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver and Pennsylvania gubernatorial nominee Lynn Swann. We're Two Black Swans!}}

* In the ''[[Police Squad!]]!'' episode "Rendezvous at Big Gulch (Terror in the Neighborhood)", Detective Drebin asks Dr. Olsen if he can trace a rock that was thrown through a window, and Dr. Olsen proceeds to give a geology lesson. Drebin later confronts the criminals who threw the rock, asking them, "Oh yeah, where did ''this'' come from?" They start to give exactly the same geology spiel.

* In an episode of ''[[Scrubs (TV)|Scrubs]]'', Dr. Cox is irritated by Molly's relentlessly optimistic worldview. After she expresses it with an increasingly strained metaphor comparing people to chocolates, he responds that people are actually "bastard-coated bastards with bastard filling." Later, Dr. Cox mentions Molly's attitudes to Dr. Kelso; he doesn't bring up the chocolate metaphor, but Kelso still responds that "people are bastard-coated bastards with bastard filling."

* In the ''[[Amazing Stories (TV series)|Amazing Stories]]'' episode "The Family Dog", Ms. Lestrange promises to turn the dog into "a quivering, snarling, white-hot ball of canine terror." Later, when the dog attacks burglars, one exclaims, "He's turned into a quivering, snarling, white-hot ball of canine terror!"

{{quote| '''Eddie:''' Erm... all right, two down... "Fish", four letters, now begins with "X".<br />

'''Richie:''' "X"? --Xylophone, xylophone fish. ([[Beat]])<br />

* From the first season of ''[[Black AdderBlackadder]]'', a messenger arrives with dire news:

{{quote| '''[[Brian Blessed|KING RICHARD]]''': What?! Have the Swiss and French made sudden peace with each other at the mountain pass rendezvous, then forged a clandestine alliance with Spain, thus leaving us without friends in Europe unless, by chance, we make an immediate pact with Hungary?<br />

'''Messenger''': ''(checks the message)'' Yes.<br />

{{quote| '''Cody''': Why would there be leaves in a hotel suite?<br />

'''Zack''': ... I'll open up the window so they'll think it blew in from the park across the street!<br />

{{quote| '''Thief 1''': ... Why are there leaves on the floor?<br />

'''Thief 2''': ''(looks at window)'' It must've blown in from the park across the street.<br />

** Grissom comments he got one of those when he was nine, and that he "nearly blew up the house." Nick comes in, saying as he did that he'd gotten one of them when he was nine and "nearly blew up the house."

{{quote| '''Catherine:''' I built one of these when I was in fourth grade. First place should've been mine. Ended up losing to a kid with some lame red ant farm. ... ''(looks at Grissom)'' That was you! <br />

'''Grissom:''' Something I learned, insects always win. <br />

''[A couple of scenes later]''<br />

'''Nick:''' I built one of those once. First place should've been mine...<br />

* ''[[ItsIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'' uses this a few times. In the episode "The Gang Gets Extreme: Home Makeover Edition," Charlie, in his quest to make a girl a taco-themed bed for which he already has all the supplies for, asks Dennis "What does a little Mexican girl love more than anything in the world?" Dennis immediately responds "Tacos."

* This seems to have become a trend on ''[[Family Feud (TV)|Family Feud]]'' ever since Steve Harvey became host in 2010. A contestant gives a slightly off-kilter answer to a question (e.g. "Name something that gets passed around." "A joint."), Steve lays into the contestant with a "[[What the Hell, Player?]]" attiude, then is taken aback when said answer is on the board.

** This happens throughout the show's run. Richard Dawson responded to one by saying "If that answer's up there, I'm quitting." When it was, [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|he threw up his hands and started off the stage]].

** From the British version, ''[[Family Fortunes]]'': the question was to name a way of toasting someone. One woman said "over a fire", to which the host replied he'd give her the money himself if it was up there. It turned out twelve people said "grill".

* From ''[[Community]]''"

** In "Documentary Filmmaking: Redux", Abed justifies his documentary by claiming that the documentary ''Hearts of Darkness'' was way better than the source material ''[[Apocalypse Now]]''. When [[Special Guest]] Luis Guzman shows up later, he also says "''Hearts of Darkness'' was way better than ''Apocalypse Now''".

* In one episode of ''[[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (TV)|Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger]]'', two of the heroes infiltrate an enemy ship by dressing up in really terrible [[Mook]] costumes. When they get caught and everything looks bad, the other three [[Big Damn Heroes|come to the rescue]] in the exact same kind of outfits.

* [[Corner Gas (TV)|Corner Gas]] does this on occasion. In the episode where Lacey's ex-fiance comes to visit, Hank is suspicious of him and tries thinking of ways to get rid of him.

{{quote| '''Hank:''' Look, I was just gonna suggest a good old fashioned beating. Or we put on cloaks and pretend to sacrifice him for the crops. You know, scare him off.<br />

''Later, when Oscar and Emma stop by Corner Gas''<br />

'''Hank:''' I just wanted to beat this Steven guy up. <br />

* In the ''[[Boy Meets World (TV)|Boy Meets World]]'' episode "Train of Fools", Cory sends away the last cab in the city because he thinks the driver was an imposter and says, "For all I know, he was gonna take us to some warehouse, and cut out our livers!". At the end of the episode, Mr. Feeny returns from vacation in that same cab and also becomes suspicious of the driver and doesn't want to stay in the cab and "risk his liver".

* If you really think about it, the only explanation for why the 1960's TV version of [[Batman (TV series)|Batman]] was so reliably able to decipher The Riddler's riddles.

{{quote| '''Laird''': What are you doing with my Christmas present to Mrs Naughtie?<br />

'''Dougal''': No, it's a novelty thermos.<br />

* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in a [[WhosWho's Onon First?|famous episode]] of the old ''[[Abbott and Costello]]'' show, vis-a-vis "the Feller that pitches for the Cleveland Indians."

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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.

{{quote| '''Edgeworth''': Detective Gumshoe, please be quiet for a moment. You're frightening me.}}

*** 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 Stay Nightnight]]'' -: 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]]'', ''[[EarthboundEarthBound]]'', 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.

* In ''[[Psychonauts (Video Game)|Psychonauts]]'' when [[Kid Hero|Raz]] first tells [[Little Miss Snarker|Lili]] that [[Butt Monkey|Dogen]]'s brain has been stolen, she replies "No, he's just like that." Later Raz tells [[Disco Dan|Milla]] and gets the same response. Though really, this is more a case of ''[[Your Mileage May Vary|normal]]'' minds thinking alike about someone ''strange...''

* This a bit of a running gag in ''[[Clannad (Visualvisual Novelnovel)|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.

** After the player completes Rihlon Refuge, the Master of Whispers reveals a secret passage to Vabbi behind the waterworks. Its complementary mission ifin Poghan Passage, after which Margrid reveals the Corsairs also know about the passage.

* In ''[[Golden Sun: Dark Dawn]]'', both [[Pirate|Eoleo]] and [[Never Mess Withwith 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.

{{quote| '''Luke, Tear, Guy, Anise, and Natalia:''' "(That can't possibly be true...)"}}

* In ''[[A Profile (Visual Novel)|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.

{{quote| '''Homestar:''' (Wearing a pair of shades covered in yellow paint) Oh, hello, Dripping Yellow Madness!<br />

'''Strong Sad:''' What? I'm Strong Sad! Dripping Yellow Madness moved away after fifth grade!<br />

''later''<br />

'''Homestar:'''The sales representative I dealt with gave them to me... free of charge. I believe... his name was Stan.<br />

'''Bubs:''' Stan?! I fired that guy after the fifth grade!<br />

''yet later''<br />

'''Strong Bad:''' Hey, The Cheat. We catch anything in the Death Hole today?<br />

'''The Cheat:''' [[The Unintelligible|* The Cheat noises* ]]<br />

{{quote| '''Homestar:''' (walks up to Strong Bad, Strong Mad and The Cheat, who were previously talking about tattoos) Hey guys! H'whatcha teekenbot?<br />

'''Strong Bad:''' We're talking about something cool and interesting. You wouldn't understand.<br />

* ''[[Eight Bit Theater (Webcomic)|8-Bit Theater]]''. Used straight frequently, and played with in the case of the "Cold Fusion Reactor". Set up [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/02/17/episode-516-liberally-bleeding-heart/ here] and [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/02/19/episode-517-ice-capades/ here], with the punchline occurring [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/02/26/episode-520-a-cave-inn/ here]

** Note that the term originated in a ''[[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight]]'' doujin that censored "penis" to "ponos" and "vagina" to "vagooo". [[Image Boards]] latched onto it.

* In ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'', Tedd wonders why he's creeped out thinking about Grace becoming a guy at her [[Gender Bender]]-themed birthday party when he was fine with seeing her in his form before. He concludes that it's because he's either a narcissist or just that girly. Later, at the birthday party after everyone has changed gender, Grace asks Susan and Sarah why Tedd seems uncomfortable with her in male form when he's already seen her as himself. Susan theorizes that Tedd's a narcissist, and Sarah adds the "Or he's just that girly" comment.

*** Also, both Ellen and Elliot have had a scene where they told Nanase in her fairy form that normally they would hug her but don't want to crush her.

* 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.

* In ''[[Cheer|The Wotch: Cheer!]]'', there are the recurring set of [[Noodle Implements]]: Two geese, a roll of duct tape, 23 toothpicks, and some sodium benzoate. [https://web.archive.org/web/20141227045901/http://www.cheercomic.com/?date=2005-10-27 First used by Tamara], then later by [[Cloudcuckoolander|Jo]] and [[No Name Given|Agent 32]].

* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'', when Queen Valerie asks Torg his name, thinking he's a random peasant, he goes for the really lame [[Line -of -Sight Name]] Pheasant the Peasant. A short while later Zoe is about to be eaten by the demon K'Z'K, and in wild desperation she claims she's not Zoe but "her twin sister...um...Pheasant".

* 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.

* "Randall, get out of my head!" is a frequently posted statement on the [[Xkcd (Webcomic)|Xkcd]] forums.

* 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.''"

* The ''[[Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic)|Schlock Mercenary]]'' arc "Massively Parallel" is full of moments like this, since it's an extended storyline with several separated groups of characters and various repeated jokes cropping up. Of note are at least four characters asking [[What Would X Do?|What Would Schlock Do?]] in unrelated circumstances, and one group of characters saying [[This AintAin't Rocket Surgery|It's not rocket science]] while performing impromptu brain surgery, and later another group saying "It's not brain surgery" while performing rocket science.

{{quote| '''Shauna's interior monologue:''' Oh my God, nuff cutlery. Do I just use the ones I like the look of best?<br />

* ''[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]]''.

* In the ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Animationanimation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' pilot, Monty takes them to meet with Gadget (actually to meet with Gadget's father) and they encounter a series of deadly booby-traps. Monty assures them (rather weakly) that they're not intended for him ("He couldn't still be holding a grudge, could he?") and are probably for something else. "Maybe he has a thing about door-to-door salesmen." When they actually meet with Gadget her first response (with pencil crossbow to their heads), "You're not door-to-door salesmen, are you? That's why I set up all these traps in the first place."

* 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."

{{quote| '''Agent Thompson:''' We have reason to believe that Mrs. Clinton may have a nuclear device up her snatch. ...A snatch. It's the technical term for vagina.<br />

'''Agent Waters:''' It's a suitcase nuke, designed to fit in a woman's snizz. It's called a snuke.<br />

Later, Cartman is contacted.<br />

'''Mr. Thompson:''' Well, we've just arrived in your town.<br />

'''Cartman:''' Why? Did you find something?<br />

'''Mr. Thompson:''' Yes. There's a suitcase nuke in Ms. Clinton's snizz.<br />

* In the ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' episode "Dueling Eds", Eddy accidentally offends Rolf, and while Edd tries to convince Eddy to apologize, Ed randomly suggests "Why don't you bake cupcakes?" Later, Eddy further provokes Rolf, to the point that Rolf challenges him to [[Cooking Duel|a fish-slapping duel]], and after getting slapped around a bit Eddy finally admits he's sorry, to which Rolf responds "If this is true, have you brought the Cupcakes of Sorriness?"

{{quote| '''Homer:''' But I have to have a gun. It's in the Constitution.<br />

'''Lisa:''' Dad, the 2nd Amendment is just a remnant from revolutionary days. It has no meaning today.<br />

'''Homer:''' You couldn't be more wrong, Lisa. If I didn't have this gun, the King of England could just walk in here any time he wants and start shoving you around. <shoving her repeatedly> Do you want that? Huh? Do ya!?<br />

''Later on, at the NRA meeting:''<br />

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

{{quote| '''Homer:''' * after being questioned that he likes ballet* ''Please''. I enjoy ''all'' the meats of our cultural stew.<br />

'''Homer's Mind:''' * pictures a scene at the circus, where a bear is driving a tiny car*<br />

''At the nuclear plant...''<br />

'''Homer:''' * angrily* Can't, guys. Marge is taking me to the ''ballet''.<br />

{{quote| '''Moe:''' Hey, Barney! What'll it be?<br />

'''Barney:''' I'd like a beer, Moe!<br />

'''Yoko:''' I'd like a single plum floating in perfume served in a man's hat.<br />

** While Halloween episodes [[A Day Atat the Bizarro|aren't canon]], there's this exchange from when the school cafeteria suddenly starts serving delicious food:

{{quote| '''Principal Skinner:''' Mmm, well perhaps I ought to let you folks in on a secret! Do you remember me telling Jimbo Jones that I would "make something of him" one day?<br />

'''Mrs. Krabappel:''' (gasps) Are you saying you ''killed'' Jimbo, processed his carcass and served him for lunch?!<br />

(''Skinner points at his nose'')<br />

'''Mrs. Krabappel:''' Ha! <br />

{{quote| '''Shego:''' I don't get it. If you're such an evil genius, shouldn't you invent your own stuff? I mean, what's up with the stealing?<br />

'''Drakken:''' It's called outsourcing, Shego. Besides, why reinvent the wheel? Or in this case... The electron magneto accelerator! With this, I can increase the power of any electrical device to evil proportions!<br />

[Enter Kim and Ron]<br />

'''Kim:''' Stealing again, Drakken?<br />

'''Ron:''' Whatever happened to inventing your own stuff?<br />

{{quote| '''Kim: '''Wait... You have cable? Your dad finally gave in?<br />

'''Ron:''' I thought it was just a fad? So many channels.<br />

[Later]<br />

'''Shego:''' Dr. D, I can't believe you're just now getting cable. Eh! Ah.<br />

* In the ''[[SpongebobSpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode ''Dying for pie'', this exchange takes place concerning the fact that Spongebob has eaten an immensely powerful bomb (shaped like a pie).

{{quote| '''Squidward:''' We've got to do something!<br />

'''Mr. Krabs:''' It won't do any good; I've seen this before. When that bomb goes out- I mean, hits his lower intestine, BOOM.<br />

'''Squidward:''' You've seen this before!?<br />

'''Mr. Krabs:''' Eleven times as a matter of fact.<br />

* Squidward rushes off screen to a telephone* <br />

{{quote| '''Patrick''': You had it set to M for Mini, [turns the M upside-down], when it should be set to W for [[Neologism|Wumbo]]!<br />

'''Spongebob''': Patrick, I don't think Wumbo is a real word...<br />

'''Patrick''': Come on... you know! I wumbo. You wumbo. He- she- me... wumbo. Wumbo; Wumboing; We'll have the wumbo; Wumborama; Wumbology: the study of Wumbo. It's first grade, Spongebob! <br />

'''Squidward''': (In between Patrick's rant) I wonder if a fall from this height will be enough to kill me. <br />

'''Spongebob''': Patrick, I'm sorry I doubted you.<br />

* Later, Spongebob asks Mermaidman* <br />

* Done constantly in ''[[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents]]'', especially by Timmy's Dad.

* There was an episode of ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'' where Dr. Scratchansnif is on a date at the movies when Yakko, Wakko, and Dot end up tagging along. Scratchansnif is sent to buy popcorn, and the guy at the counter asks "Would you like fries with that?" The doctor's response is to boggle at this question because no one orders french fries with popcorn. Of course, the Warners ''and'' Scratchansnif's date all ask if he got fries with the popcorn.

* In ''[[Darkstalkers (Video Game)|Darkstalkers]]'' several characters see Rikuo the merman and say "You're strangely attractive for a fishman" or some permutation thereof.

* ''[[Bolt (Disney)|Bolt]]'': At Hollywood, two pigeons pitch Bolt the idea of putting aliens on his show. At the end of the movie, Penny and Bolt are abducted by aliens in the show. Bear in mind that, as a dog, Bolt has no say on how his show is ran, and besides, {{spoiler|this was after both Penny and Bolt quit and [[The Other Darrin|were replaced]].}}

* Two examples in [[Codename: Kids Next Door|Codename KND]]. The first one, which plays it straight, starts when Numbuh 1 and Numbuh 2 suspect Bras to be deadly weapons named [[Fun Withwith Acronyms|Battle Ready Armor]], which Cree and Numbuh 5 deny. Later in the episode, it turns out to be [[I Knew It!|exactly what Numbuh 1 and Numbuh 2 thought it would be]]. Now, the second example is a LITERAL example - the [[Creepy Child|DCFDTL]] literally think alike.

{{quote| '''Malory:''' ISIS isn't your personal travel agency! It doesn't exist just so you can jet off to...Whore Island!<br />

'''Archer:''' That's...not really a place.<br />

''(In "Job Offer", '''eight episodes later''')''<br />

'''Malory:''' Did you freeze all his accounts?<br />

'''Cheryl:''' Yes, including the one in the Isle of Man. Ohmygod, is that like Whore Island but for women?<br />

* ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'': In one episode, Stan is offered a helicopter as a reward for completing a mission. Bullock mentions offhandedly that Leonardo Da Vinci, in his early diagrams referred to his hypothetical device as an "aerial screw." Later, Stan is talking to Roger and shows him a picture of his helicopter, to which Roger says, "An aerial screw?"

** In another episode, Stan gets past the security checkpoint on the Fox studio lot by claiming to be [[3rd Rock Fromfrom the Sun|Kristen Johnson]]. Later, when he breaks into the set of Francine's sitcom, the director asks who he is and Roger responds "I dunno, Kristen Johnson."

{{quote| '''Villager:''' Is it food?<br />

'''Stan:''' Better.<br />

'''Villager:''' Malaria pills?<br />

'''Stan:''' Better. (opens a box of tetherbals)<br />

'''Villager:''' They look like fruit.<br />

{{quote| "When "three" sees "fun" walking down the street, three grabs fun's face and—"}}

{{quote| '''Peter:''' Well, Richard my family seems to think "money" is the way to go, so I'm going to go with "The flute Captain Picard played first in his imagination and then in real life in the episode 'The Inner Light' from ''[[Star Trek]]: The Next Generation''."<br />

'''Lois:''' What?!? You idiot!<br />

'''Richard:''' Show me Picard's flute!<br />

''("Picard's Flute" appears on the board)''<br />

'''Lois:''' Peter, how did you...<br />

** Justified somewhat in that Mulan's name means "wood orchid", a type of flower.

* In ''[[Dan Vs.]]'' "Elise's Parents," Dan tries to get Elise's parents arrested by [[Manipulative Editing|editing a conversation with them]] to make it sound like they're in the mafia, ending with Don threatening to "cupcake" the local crime syndicate. Dan explains to the cops that "cupcake" is mafia slang for "kill." Later in the episode, Dan overhears the actual mafia boss use the term in exactly that way.

* In ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 (Animation)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003]]'', in the episode "The Shredder Strikes Back, Part 2", Michelangelo says to the Foot Elite ninjas "Nice hats!". Seconds later, Donatello says the same thing. Then another minute later, Raphael shows up and says the same thing.

{{quote| '''Raph''': [to the ninjas] Nice hats.<br />

* In the ''[[Arthur (Animationanimation)|Arthur]]'' episode "The Chips are Down", after DW ate a green potato chip which Arthur and Buster were sorting out, the two trick her out by saying the green chip is poisonous hoping she will confess. Later, DW asks Timmy and Tommy what they know about green potato chips, they respond, "you mean the poison ones?" She faints before knowing Binky ate one too.

** This is based in truth, however. The green spots on a potato contain solanine and chaconine, both glycoalkanloid toxins. Deep frying tends to leach these toxins out of the potato, and it would take fairly excessive number of green chips to make one ill.

* In the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "Party of One", Pinkie invites the others to Gummy's after-Birthday party that afternoon. Twilight, Applejack and Rarity all have the same response: "''This'' afternoon? As in, 'This afternoon' this afternoon?" Pinkie [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] it for Applejack and Rarity ("It's so strange. Everypony keep saying that.") and interrupts Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash, saying "Yes! As in '''This'' afternoon,' this afternoon!"

{{quote| '''Peri''': He'll be fine. He's got chicken wings.<br />

* This is used a lot in ''[[Hey Arnold!]]''. For example, in the episode "Downtown as Fruits", Arnold and Gerald say "Boy, people downtown sure are friendly." when they receive a bag full of cash. They later give the rest to a family stranded with a broken-down car, who then say the same thing.

*** A myth about an otherworldly shapeshifter woman who transforms from her natural form to that of a beautiful maiden through the use of her garment exists. A young male passerby spies her bathing and (eventually or immediately) steals her garment, hiding it away and forcing her to marry him and bear his children. After many years, she discovers her garment (sometimes herself, sometimes because her husband permits her to see it, and sometimes because of her unknowning child finding it) and, taking it, departs forever, leaving husband and children. Now, am I describing the Orkney and Shetland selkie, the Japanese Tennyo, the Swedish Swan Maiden, the German Three Swans, or one of several other similar stories together classified as [[Aa Thw:Aarne–Thompson_classification_systems|AaTh400]] 400?

* The authors of both ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja (Webcomic)|The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'' and ''[[Excalibur (Comic Book)|Captain Britain and MI 13]]'' deciding, apparently independently, that Dracula should have a moon base. [[Department of Redundancy Department|On the moon.]]

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121210135854/http://www.interbent.com/images/bizarre-online-search-suggestions.png These Google search suggestions] show that some very odd questions have run through the minds of presumably thousands of people.

* Directors Alex Proyas and [[Darren Aronofsky]] both independently thought up the [http://www.head-fi.org/t/423593/jennifer-connelly-on-a-pier almost identical] striking image of [[Jennifer Connelly]] standing at the edge of a pier for their respective movies ''[[Dark City]]'' (1998) and ''[[Requiem for Aa Dream]]'' (2000). ''[[House of Sand and Fog (Literature)|House of Sand and Fog]]'' (2003) did it too only a few years later, by which time you might start to suspect that Connelly puts a "pier clause" in her movie contracts.

* When [[Zero Punctuation|Yahtzee]] couldn't decide if ''[[In FamousInfamous (Videovideo Gamegame series)|In FamousInfamous]]'' or ''[[Prototype (Videovideo Gamegame)|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]].

* [[Warhammer Fantasy Battle|Malekith the Witch King, cursed ruler of the Dark Elves]] and [[Marvel|Malekith the Accursed, witch and king of the Dark Elves]]. At least, there's no acknowledged connection between the two, and they debuted about a decade apart in different countries.