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{{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
Bob makes a totally random, out-of-the-blue statement. Later on, Alice, who never heard him make the original statement, repeats it or makes reference to it. How did she know it? Apparently they somehow managed to follow the same, bizarre line of [[Insane Troll Logic|"logic".]]
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* In ''[[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!
'''She-Hulk:''' Too bad her name isn't [[Alliteration|"Fundra", because that would have sounded cool]].
'''[[Fantastic Four|Sue Richards:]]''' I was just thinking that ... which scares me a little bit. }}
* ''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 (comics)|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.
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** Given that French observed the entire exchange, it seems more likely that his repeating the same line that triggered Billy's initial outburst is intended both to emphasize French's authority and to give Billy a chance to demonstrate his acceptance of that authority.
* ''[[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."
* In [[Babe]], the narrator highlighted this conversation between Fly and the sheep.
{{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.}}
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** Later in the episode, Dorothy finally comes back after the other girl has left. Dorothy asks him how the night went.
{{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?"
** That's more a case of Al knowing that Wilson prized the mucus cup, so it would be the worst thing for him to lose.
* ''[[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!"
'''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."
(Later, when they encounter a murderous secret policeman)
'''Kryten''' (whips out his badge): "Bullet, Cybernautics!"
'''Secret Policeman''': "That's ''traffic control''."|{{spoiler|However the whole "Back to Reality" scenario is a collective hallucination of the Dwarfers caused by the despair squid, so it's really Kryten who's calling himself a traffic warden rather than a cowboy cop}}}}
** In "Back To Earth", the sci-fi shop owner is unphazed to have [[Refugee From TV Land|fictional characters]] walk into his shop, because reality incursions are very common this time of year (Rimmer: "Oh good, he's a nutter"). He phones the head of the Red Dwarf Fan Club for them and says "Yeah, reality incursion ... Yeah, that's what I said..."
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'''Both simultaneously:''' Nah, it'd sink, wouldn't it. }}
* From the first season of ''[[Blackadder]]'', 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?
'''Messenger''': ''(checks the message)'' Yes.
'''[[Brian Blessed|KING RICHARD]]''': As I thought! }}
** In ''Blackadder Goes Forth'', Captain Blackadder, General Melchet ''and'' Field Marshall Haig all have the same idea to feign insanity: {{spoiler|Put your underpants on your head and stick a pencil up each nostril.}}
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* ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' - In the prologue, when Rin reveals that she doesn't want 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}}.
* A variation occurs in one of the Telltale ''[[Sam and Max]]'' games. (Season 2, episode 4 in fact.) Sam, Max, and Flint are looking for the missing Bosco and theorize he may have hidden in his bunker. Sam finds the keypad to open the bunker and Max says "Ooh, let's make it say 'BOOBIES'!" Shortly, Sam finds the code and it turns out to be 5318008...or 'BOOBIES' upside-down. Sam even [[Lampshade Hanging|comments on the similarity.]]
* This is an almost-constant part of the humor in the ''Mother'' series (''[[MOTHER]]'', ''[[
* In ''[[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 (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 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 in Poghan Passage, after which Margrid reveals the Corsairs also know about the passage.
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''yet later''
'''Strong Bad:''' Hey, The Cheat. We catch anything in the Death Hole today?
'''The Cheat:''' [[The Unintelligible|* The Cheat noises*]]
'''Strong Bad:'''What? There's no way he could've been in there. He moved away after fifth grade! }}
** The usage of "DNA Evidence" started out like this, but eventually became [[Arc Words]].
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** In "Simpson and Delilah", Lenny convinces Homer to use his medical insurance to pay for hair tonic, sarcastically saying that Mr. Burns wouldn't miss the money since for him it would just mean "one less ivory backscratcher". When Mr. Burns later finds out about the charges, he's furious because he was planning on buying an ivory backscratcher.
** In the episode where Homer gets a new assistant who turns on him and takes his job, he uses a secret Flanders told him to turn the tables. When asked where he learnt the secret, he declines to say, but states the initials are S.F. She immediately recognizes this as Stupid Flanders.
** While Halloween episodes [[A Day
{{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?
'''Mrs. Krabappel:''' (gasps) Are you saying you ''killed'' Jimbo, processed his carcass and served him for lunch?!
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** From the same episode, Squidward asks the pirates what flavor pie it is, and three different pirates say "cherry" "apple" and "raspberry". Later, when the "pie" reaches Spongebob's lower intestine, Spongebob says "Something just hit my lower intestine. Tastes like...cherry...no maybe grape...blueberry?". Though possibly subverted in that he never ate the pie bomb at all.
** Also done in the episode where Spongebob runs rampant with Mermaid Man's shrink ray.
{{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]]!
'''Spongebob''': Patrick, I don't think Wumbo is a real word...
'''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!
'''Squidward''': (In between Patrick's rant) I wonder if a fall from this height will be enough to kill me.
'''Spongebob''': Patrick, I'm sorry I doubted you.
* Later, Spongebob asks Mermaidman*
'''Mermaid Man:''' Did you try setting it to wumbo? }}
* Done constantly in ''[[The Fairly
* There was an episode of ''[[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.
* Many times on ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', where everyone seems in on the [[Running Gag]].
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