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* ''[[To Aru Majutsu no Index]]'': When Touma returns home with MISAKA 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 MISAKA 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 />
'''Kagura:''' Errr, same as what? }}
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*** Note, too, Osaka doesn't have her "Chiyo's dad" dream until ''after'' Chiyo's 11th birthday, when Osaka gave her a (stuffed) "orange cat thing," which Sakaki immediately identified as Chiyo's father (having seen him in her New Year's dream a few weeks or months prior).
** At one point in the manga, Yukari stops in the middle of a lesson to muse about a tongue twister (in the English version, it's "She sells seashells"). Everyone looks confused... except Osaka, who nods knowingly.
* ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' -- during their tennis match, Light and L have almost identical internal monologues, without communicating.
* In one episode of [[Widget Series]] ''Ippatsu Kiki Musume'', Kunyan wakes up with her hair caught in the drain of a bathtub filled with water, unable to free herself and facing imminent drowning. She "realizes" that since people take in air through their mouths and release it through their butts, she should be able to reverse the process (of course it doesn't work). Her friend Linda enters, realizes what's happening and...attempts CPR on Kunyan's butt, having come to the same conclusion. Soon after, their friend Naja enters and, you guessed it, comes to the exact same conclusion, running off to get an enema in order to help save Kunyan.
* ''[[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."
** [[Justified Trope|Of course]], they ''had'' just been up late the previous night watching the horror movie, ''I Gave Birth to Puppies''.
* 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.
** Later in the chapter, Nabeshima manages to get the upperhand (while [[Ironic Echo|twisting one of Myouga's taunts]]), and Myouga exclaims "You damn cheater!" One of Nabeshima's classmates asks Medaka (who learned how to translate Myouga's language) if Myouga just said "You cheater!", simply because [[Justified Trope|everyone who fights Nabeshima says that]] at some point.
* 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]].
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* In the first arc of [[Grant Morrison]]'s ''[[Doom Patrol]]'', an imaginary world has taken over this dimension. Professor Caulder [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique|persuades]] the philosopher who created it to tell him the way to shut the world down: By confronting its leaders with a paradox that will prove they don't exist. Meanwhile, Rebis, who is trapped in the imaginary world with no outside contact, looks around and decides the only way to stop it from existing is to confront its leaders with that paradox.
* In ''[[Marvel Adventures]]: The Avengers'' A.I.M.'s secret base were in the sewer, because that was the most secret place that existed. And the Leader also had a secret base, in the sewer, right next to A.I.M. Thank you Karl!
* 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 Appeal|"Fundra", because that would have sounded cool]].<br />
'''[[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 (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!"
 
 
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"That punk is either in love with that guy's daughter, or he has a newfound respect for life." }}
* ''[[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!"
** A recent [[USA Today]] story revealed that the most common password for computers is '123456' with '12345' being 2nd.
* ''[[Repo Man]]'': Just about ''every line''. Either [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] or [[Justified Trope|Justified]], depending on how coherent you find Miller's ramblings.
* ''[[Ghost Dog]]: Way of the Samurai'' does this (not always for comedy) with Ghost Dog and Remy -- 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 />
"It's the saddest part of my day, leaving you." }}
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* Invoked rather violently in ''[[The Departed]]'': [[Jerkass|Billy's]] in a bar trying to get in with the [[The Irish Mob|mob]]. He orders a cranberry juice, whereupon the guy sitting next to him says its a diuretic and asks if [[Menstrual Menace|he's on his period.]] Billy smashes his mug against the guy's head and is about to beat the crap out of him before mob lieutenant Mr. French separates them. He asks what's he's drinking: "What, is it your period?"
** 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]]'', 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.
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* In ''The Science of [[Discworld]] 2: The Globe'', Hex instructs Rincewind and Ponder Stibbons to disguise the Librarian (an ape) with a dress while standing on the Luggage (a chest) when going to Elizabethan England, because the English will think that he is a Spanish lady. When they find the wizards that had gotten stuck in England, the first question they ask is "Who is the Spanish lady?".
* [[Terry Pratchett]] uses this trope again in ''[[Johnny and The Dead]]''. When asked who invented the telephone, Bigmac replies "Sir Humphrey Telephone?" Completely unrelated, the Dead discuss the telephone, and one of them mentions thinking it was invented by Sir Humphrey Telephone.
* 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)
* In ''[[Airborn|Starclimber]]'', the first time James Sanderson is mentioned, Matt says "Let me guess: the heir to the Sanderson fortune." Throughout the book, nearly every time Sanderson is mentioned, a ''different'' character will refer to him as "the heir to the Sanderson fortune".
* 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".
* In ''[[The Little Prince]]'', the narrator recalls trying to draw a giant boa constrictor that had swallowed an elephant as a child, and all the adults [[Playing Pictionary|mistaking it for a hat]]. When he reproduces the drawing for the titular Little Prince, the Prince manages to recognize what it's supposed to be without being told.
* In the [[Amelia Peabody]] mystery book ''The Deeds of the Disturber'', Emerson examines a threatening note and proclaims (in a very Sherlock Holmes-esque way) that he can tell from the handwriting it was written 'by a man of education with a pen that needed mending'. Amelia understandably writes this off as complete nonsense. Enter their son Ramses...who then proceeds to make exactly the same comment, much to Amelia's annoyance.
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== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[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.
** When told that the punishment for not climbing the rope was to sit with the girls, both also failed to see how this qualified as punishment, and questioned the sexuality of the gym teacher.
** [[Justified Trope|Justified]] by the fact that Tommy and Dick are both secretly aliens studying humanity, so if one of them misunderstands Earth logic, there's a good chance the other would be similarly confused.
** Tommy, Sally, and Harry's plans to rob a bank involved distracting a teller by bringing one of the bank's pens up to her and telling her it's out of ink. They fail when they discover the pens are chained down. When they later tell Dick they tried to rob a bank, he says, "You can't do that- their pens are chained down."
* 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."
** Yet another ''ALF'' example: in one episode, ALF develops chronic ennui and, inspired by the Tanner's psychiatrist friend Larry praising the advice he gave regarding some of the family's issues, decides to study psychiatry as well. This ends up greatly annoying the Tanners, due to ALF suddenly spouting psycho babble at random intervals and at one point, bursting into Willie and Kate's bedroom shouting "Carl Jung was a big weenie head!" and claiming he has proved that Jung's theories are bogus. Eventually, the Tanners with the help of Larry manage to make him realize what he's been doing, and ALF shows this by claiming to now understand a Carl Jung quote relevant to the situation at hand. At which point, Larry says, "Huh. And I always thought Carl Jung was a big weenie head."
* In the 38th season finale of ''[[Sesame Street]]'', when Oscar visits María's bathroom as a reporter for Grouch News Network, he remarks that the only way to get the elephant out of her bathtub is to offer him peanuts. Seconds later, Bob shows up (in his only new appearance that season) with a sack of peanuts.
* ''[[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!")}}.
* Happens all the time in ''[[The Middleman]]'', and we do mean ''all'' the time. Lacey calling Wendy "Dub-Dub" and the Middleman giving her the nickname "Dubbie," "My plan is sheer elegance in its simplicity", "the icy waters of the North Atlantic", and of course:
{{quote| "The pirate-themed sports bar with the scantily clad waitresses?"<br />
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* In an episode of ''[[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 (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 />
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'''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..."
* ''[[30 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?"
** Justified in one episode, after Kenneth and Liz both independently mention ''The Pelican Brief'' as an example of dirty dealing:
{{quote| '''Jack''': Why is everyone talking about that movie?<br />
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** And twice in another fourth season episode: When Jack and Danny need a name for their prank crew, they both simultaneously pick the "most handsome animal on Earth: The Silver Panthers." Jenna and Tracy simultaneously decide to deal with their Kenneth nightmares: "We have to [[Nightmare On Elm Street|Elm Street]] this. We have to go to sleep and kill Kenneth in our dreams!"
* 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."
* This happened frequently on ''[[Green Acres]]'', with Lisa spouting some nonsense early on in the episode (often involving a [[Perfectly Cromulent Word]]), and another character referencing it again later on, to Oliver's alarm. Just another typical day in [[Cloudcuckooland]], but even Mr. Drucker, the [[Only Sane Man|only sane native]], was known to get in on this one.
* In the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' episode "The Zeppo", Xander makes a sarcastic remark about feeling like [[Jimmy Olsen]] to Giles. Later, Cordelia mocks him by saying that, with everyone he knows having superpowers, he must feel like...Jimmy Olsen. Xander starts lampshading this, but then cuts himself off with "Mind your own business!"
* 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!"
* From ''[[Bottom]]'', when Richie and Eddie attempt to rub together their one brain cell each by solving a crossword puzzle.
{{quote| '''Eddie:''' Erm... all right, two down... "Fish", four letters, now begins with "X".<br />
'''Richie:''' "X"? --Xylophone, xylophone fish. ([[Beat]])<br />
'''Both simultaneously:''' Nah, it'd sink, wouldn't it. }}
* 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 />
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'''Nick:''' I built one of those once. First place should've been mine...<br />
'''Grissom:''' Gotta let it go, Nick. }}
* ''[[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."
** In "Mac and Charlie Write a Movie," it is common knowledge that the most underrated actor is Dolph Lundgren.
* 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".
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** Both Abed and Jeff independently tell Britta she looks like Elizabeth Shue (which [[Celebrity Resemblance|she totally does]]).
** 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.
* On ''[[Burn Notice]]'', Mike and Fiona are in the garage working on Mike's car when Maddie comes in and mentions that Barry's brother is there to see Mike for a job. Fiona looks startled at Mike; "There's ''two'' of them?". Later, when Fiona tells Sam about Barry's brother, he says the same thing.
* [[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 />
'''Oscar:''' See? Now that's a plan. Or maybe get cloaks and sacrifice him for the crops. }}
* 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.
 
 
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** Later still, Mrs Naughtie herself serves up grated pie at a picnic.
** In "Inverurie Jones and the Thimble of Doom", Hamish sarcastically says "Brad bloody Pitt!" when Dougal asks who's at the door. For the rest of the episode, ''everyone'' mistakes Hamish for Brad Pitt, for no reason at all.
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in a [[Who'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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{{quote| '''Edgeworth''': Detective Gumshoe, please be quiet for a moment. You're frightening me.}}
** Also, the [[Running Gag|ladder/step-ladder]] argument shows up in I-5, between Miles and Kay, and again in I2-3 between Gregory Edgeworth and Tyrell Badd.
*** 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 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]]'', ''[[Earthbound]]'', and ''Mother3''). 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 (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 if Poghan Passage, after which Margrid reveals the Corsairs also know about the passage.
** After both the Nundu Bay and Jennur's horde missions, which take place in two regions of the world, the player character gets a suggestion from one of two different people to find a way to cross the Desolation.
* 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 being 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...)"}}
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== [[Visual Novels]] ==
* 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.
 
 
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* ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' teaches us about [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2002/06/19/ Claw Shrimp].
* ''[[Least I Could Do]]'' has Rayne attempting to popularize the word "vagoo" as a more casual synonym for the vagina. When a co-worker uses it in a later storyline, he says "I knew that term would catch on."
** 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 ''[[A Modest Destiny]]'', Gustav and Lucille agree that the same-sex marriage between Maureen and Lucille (which exists only to avoid a curse on Lucille; Maureen does not, at this point, identify as a lesbian) lacks mayonnaise, to Maureen's bewilderment. Maureen is frustrated when Fluffy repeats the same line later independently.
** There's also a [[Running Gag]] in which various characters suggest brightening up dismal rooms (such as prison cells) with throw pillows.
* In ''[[WIGU]]'', some church folk accuse Wigu of being a wizard, after which a policeman shows up to arrest him and have him buried up to the neck in the town square, due to a law that's been on the books since 1695. When Wigu's mother finds out her son has been arrested, her response is, "Charged with being a wizard? What is this, 1695?".
* 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.
** Later Grace reassures Tedd that it's okay for him to be more weirded out by a male version of her than by her transforming into him because "It feels different to be with one's own self ... and couples switching bodies is number thirty-seven on your list of weird things you like. It's also possible that you're just that girly, but I don't think you're a narcissist."
** Also, toward the beginning of the "Night Out" arc, Nanase uses her fairy doll spell to talk to Ellen. When she first uses it, Elliot says to Justin, "Do you want to be the one to make a wise-crack about them inventing telephones when she snaps out of this, or shall I?" A few comics later, while [[It Makes Sense in Context|Nanase is hanging out of Ellen's bra]], Ellen informs Nanase that there is a ''lovely'' new invention called the telephone.
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** Also, near the beginning of the comic's run, Sigfried meets both Lady Tavoria and Dominic. Both are hung up on his name, and ask him if they can just call him "Siggy."
* In ''Yahtzee Takes on the World'', multiple characters independently base their decisions on consulting magic 8-balls. When one asks about Yahtzee's odd behaviour, the ball answers "[[Evil Counterpart|He's the Anti-Yahtzee]], dumbass," so maybe they know something we don't.
* "Randall, get out of my head!" is a frequently posted statement on the [[Xkcd (Webcomic)|Xkcd]] forums.
** And, of course, [http://xkcd.com/858/ this] (possibly NSFW).
* This may be a [[Real Life]] example, but once ''[[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]]). ''[[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.
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* ''[[Holy Bibble]]'' used to have a bit of this. Anyone baking anything tended to add "a few pastries for variety", despite being centuries and often miles apart. It's unknown if this will show up in the current reboot, though.
* [http://wondermark.com/620/ This strip] of ''[[Wondermark]]''.
* 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 Ain'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.
* ''[[Bad Machinery]]:'' [http://scarygoround.com/?date=20110831 This page.]
{{quote| '''Shauna's interior monologue:''' Oh my God, nuff cutlery. Do I just use the ones I like the look of best?<br />
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** This one might actually be subconscious [[Fridge Brilliance]] at work: Thor is the god of, among other things, ''lightning''. So he must be ''aiming'' for all those trees.
* In ''[[A Very Potter Musical]]'', when Dumbledore is totally outed, he states that he would suck the snake-poison out of Snape, even it it was in his wiener. Later, after {{spoiler|Dumbledore dies}}, Bellatrix casts an "attach-snake-to-wiener" spell on Snape, who comments that he wishes that Dumbledore was there.
* Used in ''[[Avatar: theThe Abridged Series]]'' to explain the [[Human Popsicle]].
{{quote| '''Sokka''': In ancient times, people would put giant pieces of chocolate shaped like people in giant blocks of ice. And then, you'd take a funny stick and break it open, and eat the chocolate people like chocolate cannibals.<br />
(...)<br />
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'''Nail''': Yes, Lord Guru.<br />
'''Super Kami Guru''': Good work, Nail. }}
* Subverted in ''[[Pokémon: theThe Abridged Series (Web Video)|Pokémon the Abridged Series]]''. When Brock takes too long to find Ash and Misty when they are trapped in a net, Ash concludes that Brock Must've been kidnapped by pirates. When Brock rescues them, he starts to tell them he was abducted by pirates, then says he was just kidding.
* [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: theThe Abridged Series]] has a few examples. In episode 53, Noah challenges Kaiba to really prove that he loves Mokuba by daring him to sing the theme song to [[SpongebobSpongeBob SquarePants|Mokuba's favorite cartoon]]. Kaiba improvises wildly with, "Spongepants... Squarebob... He's a friendly little guy..." ("Is that it am I close?" "No." "Dammit."). Later, Joey tries to cheer up his friends with a singalong, opening up with the lyrics "Spongepants Squarebob, he's a friendly little guy!"
* [[Damn You Autocorrect]] has examples thanks to autocorrect dictionaries and sheer numbers. Seriously, [http://damnyouautocorrect.com/10457/free-slurpee-day-at-7-11/ slutpies]?
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* 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."
* In one ''[[South Park]]'' episode, the CIA makes an unpleasant discovery:
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** Or the episode where the town is set upon by rich people (who just so happen to be black), and the rank-and-file residents try to get rid of them. Mr. Garrison proposes two plans that ''look'' terribly racist: burning "lower-case Ts", for "Time to leave", on their lawns, and dressing up like ghosts (that look like Klansmen). In both cases, the rich people see these displays as exactly what Garrison intended them to be.
* In the ''[[Chowder]]'' episode "Brain Grub", Chowder stops paying attention at one point while Mung is lecturing him and has a daydream about filling the kitchen with chocolate pudding and swimming around in it. After Mung snaps him out of his fantasy and asks him to repeat what he was telling him about, Chowder pitches the idea to Mung, who responds with "...lucky guess."
* 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?"
* In the ''[[Simpsons]]'' episode "The Cartridge Family", this happens with references to the King of England:
{{quote| '''Homer:''' But I have to have a gun. It's in the Constitution.<br />
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'''Shego:''' Dr. D, I can't believe you're just now getting cable. Eh! Ah.<br />
'''Drakken:''' I thought it was just a fad. }}
* 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 />
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* Done constantly in ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'', 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.
* Many times on ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', where everyone seems in on the [[Running Gag]].
* In ''[[Darkstalkers (Video Game)|Darkstalkers]]'' several characters see Rikuo the merman and say "You're strangely attractive for a fishman" or some permutation thereof.
* In ''[[Finding Nemo]]'', the fish eagerly watch the dentist drilling a patient's tooth and try to figure out what drill is being used. When they finally determine the brand, they note that he's been favoring that kind recently. Later, when a pelican shows up {{spoiler|to tell Nemo his dad is coming to save him}}, he is [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny|momentarily distracted]] by hearing what sort of drill is being used and comments that the dentist has been favoring it as of late.
* ''[[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]].}}
* In an episode of ''[[Total Drama Action]]'', Duncan, who didn't get any sleep, wishes that this week's theme was "Guy in a Coma" movies. Later on in the confessional, Chris said that it was either [[Loyal Animal Companion|Animal Buddy]] movies or "Guy in a Coma" movies (Chris picked the first one.)
* In "[[The Penguins of Madagascar]] in a Christmas Caper," after Private runs off, Skipper tells his men to think about the Penguin Credo. Kowalski thinks that he is referring to "Never bathe in hot oil and bisquick." Later, when the penguins find Private again, Skipper tells him to remember the Penguin Credo, and he replies "What does swimming in bisquick have to do with anything?"
* 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.
* ''[[Archer]]'':
** In the pilot, Malory is lecturing Sterling on his irresponsible use of company expense accounts:
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* In an episode of ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'', when a [[Our Ghosts Are Different|ghost]] wakes Beezy up, he mutters "I've got to stop falling asleep to Ghoul FM." Later, his father is woken up the same manner, and he mutters the same line.
** In another, when Beezy dresses up in a chicken suit, Lucius complains that he's not causing misery like he told him. Beezy replies "Misery? You told me to cause anguish." "Anguish? That's barely worse than worry". Later, when Grandpa Heinous is unfrozen, he complains about how his son isn't causing any real misery. Lucius points out the anguish on his worker's faces, but Grandpa replies with "Anguish? That's barely worse than worry!".
* ''[[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."
** In "A Smith in the Hand," Francine goes to get plastic surgery done. The surgeon offers a number of weird procedures, including one where he would combine both of her breasts into a single huge one. When she refuses, he sighs and says no one goes for "The Superboob." Later when she goes home with Botox injections, Klaus says "Why didn't you tell me you were getting work done? I'd gladly have gone halfsies on the Superboob!"
** In "Camp Refoogee", Francine is growing a garden. Klaus says she should plant some...whatever they're called in English...Hitlermelons? Later, Stan is in a refugee camp (which he is trying to treat as a summer camp)
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* In ''[[Mulan]]'', both Mulan's father and the Emperor call her "the rarest and most beautiful flower of all."
** 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 />
'''Mikey''': Yeah. We thought so too. }}
* In an episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', Fry inadvertently brings back the common cold, which, due to people losing their immunity, creates a plague throughout [[New Neo City|New New York]]. At a meeting with President Nixon, Zapp Brannigan suggests Protocol 62, which Nixon shoots down, saying "Impossible, we don't have nearly enough piranhas!". Brannigan then decides on Protocol 63 instead. Later all of Manhattan is sealed in a dome, pulled it off the planet, and [[Hurl It Into the Sun|launched towards the sun]]. When he realises what's happening, Zoidberg remarks "They must have been outta piranhas!"
* 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 an episode of ''[[The Critic]]'', during a [[Scrabble Babble]] moment, Duke invents the word "Quzybuk" (meaning, "a big problem") which he pays Webster to add that word in the dictionary. Later, a research scientist uses that newly invented word.
* 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!"
* In an early episode of ''[[King of the Hill]]'', Bobby accidentally hits Willie Nelson in the head with a golf club. When Hank asks if he's okay, Nelson says "Am I bleeding from the ears?"; when Hank says no, he responds "Then I'm probably alright". In the next scene, Hank is telling Peggy about the incident and the first thing she says is "Was he bleeding from the ears? Well he must be okay then."
* In ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]'' episode "Eligible Bachelor", Daffy and Lola both think "literacy" has something to do with litter.
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* An apparent real-life example is documented [http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/010764.html here] at [[Overheard]].
** My guess: George and Martha.
* 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.]]
* Newton and Leibniz both independently came up with modern calculus (and, in fact, other mathematicians were toying with the idea as well), resulting in Newton accusing Leibniz of plagiarizing his work.
** Though they did arrive on the theory from opposite directions (Newton started with derivatives and Leibniz started with integrals), so today we give them both credit.
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** Those are nothing. For a while, typing "what are" gave as the top result "what are these strawberries doing on my nipples i need them for the fruit salad". Although apparently, this is the title of a book.
** Also, one of the examples on the link, "Is God A Mathematician", is the name of a book.
* 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 ''[[InInfamous Famous(video (Videogame Gameseries)|In Famous]]'' 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 [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]].
** Y'know, if they think this much alike, it explains why they made [[Dueling Games]] (released too close together for [[Follow the Leader]] to be a plausible explanation) in the first place.
* Pyramids. Unless you believe the [[Ancient Astronauts]] theory.
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