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* ''WesternAnimation/ArloTheAlligatorBoy'': The New Yorkers have a habit of repeating "I'm walkin' here! I'm walkin' here! I'm walkin' here! I'm walkin' here! I'm walkin' here!"
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* ''WesternAnimation/ArloTheAlligatorBoy'': The New Yorkers have a habit of repeating "I'm "[[Film/MidnightCowboy I'm walkin' here! I'm walkin' here! I'm walkin' here! I'm walkin' here! I'm walkin' here!"here!]]"
* Some Creator/DingoPictures films play a short background music loop throughout the film even when other music plays, such as the jungle music in ''WesternAnimation/AnimalSoccerWorld'' and the CreepyCircusMusic in ''Wabuu the Cheeky Raccoon''. In the latter, the background track even plays ''over itself'' in one scene.
* Some Creator/DingoPictures films play a short background music loop throughout the film even when other music plays, such as the jungle music in ''WesternAnimation/AnimalSoccerWorld'' and the CreepyCircusMusic in ''Wabuu the Cheeky Raccoon''. In the latter, the background track even plays ''over itself'' in one scene.
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* The seagulls in ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' have a very one-track mind: "MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE!"
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Igor}}'': After Eva's failed {{Brainwash}}ing, Igor laments, "It's just failure after failure." Scamper continues, "...after failure after failure after failure." When Igor shoots him a look, he just replies, "I thought we were counting off all your failures." Igor takes up the line again himself after Eva [[ThePrimaDonna demands a bigger trailer]] but stops once Scamper starts doing it, too.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Igor}}'': After Eva's failed {{Brainwash}}ing, {{brainwash|ed}}ing, Igor laments, "It's just failure after failure." Scamper continues, "...after failure after failure after failure." When Igor shoots him a look, he just replies, "I thought we were counting off all your failures." Igor takes up the line again himself after Eva [[ThePrimaDonna demands a bigger trailer]] but stops once Scamper starts doing it, too.
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* The seagulls in ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' have a very one-track mind: MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE!
* Some Creator/DingoPictures films play a short background music loop throughout the film even when other music plays, such as the jungle music in ''WesternAnimation/AnimalSoccerWorld'' and the CreepyCircusMusic in ''Wabuu the Cheeky Raccoon''. In the latter, the background track even plays ''over itself'' in one scene.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'', Woody gets into a fight with Buzz and hits his main speech button several times before the whole recording can come out, resulting in him saying "Buzz--Buzz--Buzz--Lightyear to the rescue!" The LGM's in the claw machine are also very repetitive, saying things like "The Claw!" and "You have saved our lives! We are eternally grateful!" over and over.
* Some Creator/DingoPictures films play a short background music loop throughout the film even when other music plays, such as the jungle music in ''WesternAnimation/AnimalSoccerWorld'' and the CreepyCircusMusic in ''Wabuu the Cheeky Raccoon''. In the latter, the background track even plays ''over itself'' in one scene.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'', Woody gets into a fight with Buzz and hits his main speech button several times before the whole recording can come out, resulting in him saying "Buzz--Buzz--Buzz--Lightyear to the rescue!" The LGM's in the claw machine are also very repetitive, saying things like "The Claw!" and "You have saved our lives! We are eternally grateful!" over and over.
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* Some Creator/DingoPictures films play a short background music loop throughout the film even when other music plays, such as the jungle music in ''WesternAnimation/AnimalSoccerWorld'' and the CreepyCircusMusic in ''Wabuu the Cheeky Raccoon''. In the latter, the background track even plays ''over itself'' in one scene.
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* A very nasty example in the movie ''Spun'', where the protagonist leaves a girl tied to his bed, blindfolded, for a full day, with a stereo at full volume playing the first two seconds of her favorite song as a broken record.
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* A very nasty example One of the manifestations of Creator/HowardHughes' mental illness in ''Film/TheAviator'' is a tendency to repeat a sentence over and over, in an uncontrolled fashion. It's quite chilling to see Hughes sitting in a car with his hands clapped over his mouth, eyes squeezed shut as he fights with himself to stop.
* "You see what happens, Larry?!" -- InterrogationByVandalism scene in themovie ''Spun'', ''Film/TheBigLebowski''.
* Lindsay Anderson's ''Film/BritanniaHospital'' ends with the villainous Professor Millar unveiling his vision of humanity's future; [[BrainInAJar a brain housed in a plastic pyramid]]. As a demonstration of its intellect, Millar has the brain recite ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'''s "What a piece of work is a man" speech, but it gets hung up on the final words, repeating "how like a God!" until the film ends.
* ''Film/Bug1975'' has a scene where a woman comes looking for theprotagonist leaves a girl tied to main character. Hearing his bed, blindfolded, for a full day, voice coming from his cabin, she steps inside. What she finds is the place swarming with a stereo the killer bugs he has managed to breed, and his recorder repeating the phrase "[[GoneHorriblyRight I have gone too far. I have gone too far. I have gone too far. I have gone too far...]]"
* In ''Film/DudeWheresMyCar'', atfull volume the drive-through: "And then?"
* ''Film/DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThieves'': While sneaking into Forge's castle, Simon creates an illusion of Edgin playing the lute to distract the guards. But his foot gets stuck, breaking his concentration. What follows is the Edgin illusion being stuck on the verse "Celebrate lasses" before devolving to "Brate, brate, brate, brate, brate". Once the illusion breaks down to the guards' utter confusion and worry, the illusion just starts spouting what suspiciously sounds like a rapid-fire F-bomb.
* Henrietta's last words in ''Film/EvilDead2'' are "Hey! I'll swallow your soul! I'll swallow your soul! I'll swallow your soul!" before Ash stomps on her severed head and [[PreMortemOneLiner replies with]] "[[VerbThis Swallow this]]" before [[BoomHeadshot blowing her head clean off]].
* ''Film/FightClub'': "His name is Robert Paulson."
* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'', Rocket sums up Groot's situation.
-->'''Rocket:''' Well, he ain't talking good like me and you, so his vocabulistics is limited to 'I' and 'am' and 'Groot'. Exclusively in that order.
* In ''Series/HannahMontana: TheMovie'', during the filming of the video for "The Best of Both Worlds", the CD that they're lip-syncing to keeps repeating, "Best of both, best of both, best of both..." until the CD player gets smacked, and it finally ends, "Best of both worlds."
* ''Film/{{JFK}}'' gives us Jim Garrison explaining that the shot that killed Kennedy could not have come from behind him since his head recoils to his back and to the left. Back, and to the left. Back, and to the left. Back, ''and to the left''.
* In ''Film/JoeVersusTheVolcano'', Joe's MeanBoss is firsttwo seconds of her favorite song as encountered in an interminable phone call repeating the same few phrases: "He can get the job, but can he do the job? ... I am not arguing that with you!"
* ''Film/TheLittleRascals'': In the short "The Pinch Singer", the gang auditions for abroken record.talent show. During Buckwheat's act, he pretends to whistle to a prerecorded tune on a record, but [[ThatSyncingFeeling it gets stuck at one point, and he has to pretend to go along with it]] for a long time until Porky finally hits the record, allowing him to finish the song.
* "You see what happens, Larry?!" -- InterrogationByVandalism scene in the
* Lindsay Anderson's ''Film/BritanniaHospital'' ends with the villainous Professor Millar unveiling his vision of humanity's future; [[BrainInAJar a brain housed in a plastic pyramid]]. As a demonstration of its intellect, Millar has the brain recite ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'''s "What a piece of work is a man" speech, but it gets hung up on the final words, repeating "how like a God!" until the film ends.
* ''Film/Bug1975'' has a scene where a woman comes looking for the
* In ''Film/DudeWheresMyCar'', at
* ''Film/DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThieves'': While sneaking into Forge's castle, Simon creates an illusion of Edgin playing the lute to distract the guards. But his foot gets stuck, breaking his concentration. What follows is the Edgin illusion being stuck on the verse "Celebrate lasses" before devolving to "Brate, brate, brate, brate, brate". Once the illusion breaks down to the guards' utter confusion and worry, the illusion just starts spouting what suspiciously sounds like a rapid-fire F-bomb.
* Henrietta's last words in ''Film/EvilDead2'' are "Hey! I'll swallow your soul! I'll swallow your soul! I'll swallow your soul!" before Ash stomps on her severed head and [[PreMortemOneLiner replies with]] "[[VerbThis Swallow this]]" before [[BoomHeadshot blowing her head clean off]].
* ''Film/FightClub'': "His name is Robert Paulson."
* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'', Rocket sums up Groot's situation.
-->'''Rocket:''' Well, he ain't talking good like me and you, so his vocabulistics is limited to 'I' and 'am' and 'Groot'. Exclusively in that order.
* In ''Series/HannahMontana: TheMovie'', during the filming of the video for "The Best of Both Worlds", the CD that they're lip-syncing to keeps repeating, "Best of both, best of both, best of both..." until the CD player gets smacked, and it finally ends, "Best of both worlds."
* ''Film/{{JFK}}'' gives us Jim Garrison explaining that the shot that killed Kennedy could not have come from behind him since his head recoils to his back and to the left. Back, and to the left. Back, and to the left. Back, ''and to the left''.
* In ''Film/JoeVersusTheVolcano'', Joe's MeanBoss is first
* ''Film/TheLittleRascals'': In the short "The Pinch Singer", the gang auditions for a
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* One of the manifestations of Howard Hughes' mental illness in ''Film/TheAviator'' is a tendency to repeat a sentence over and over, in an uncontrolled fashion. It's quite chilling to see Hughes sitting in a car with his hands clapped over his mouth, eyes squeezed shut as he fights with himself to stop.
* ''Film/RainMan''. "I'm an excellent driver."
* In the 1975 film, ''Film/TheStepfordWives'' tended to do this when something went wrong.
* In ''Film/JoeVersusTheVolcano'', Joe's BadBoss is first encountered in an interminable phone call repeating the same few phrases: "He can get the job, but can he do the job? ... I am not arguing that with you!"
* This was the cover copy for the published script for ''Film/{{Westworld}}'': "Nothing can possibly go wrong... go wrong... go wrong... go wrong..."
* Lindsay Anderson's ''Film/BritanniaHospital'' ends with the villainous Professor Millar unveiling his vision of humanity's future; a brain housed in a plastic pyramid. As a demonstration of its intellect, Millar has the brain recite Hamlet's "What a piece of work is a man" speech, but it gets hung up on the final words, repeating "how like a God!" until the film ends.
* The little known 1978 British/Polish film ''Film/TheWaterBabies'': "Stop thief! Stop thief! Stop thief! Stop thief! Stop thief!..."
* In ''Film/HannahMontanaTheMovie'', during the filming of the video for "The Best of Both Worlds", the CD that they're lip-syncing to keeps repeating, "Best of both, best of both, best of both..." until the CD player gets smacked, and it finally ends, "Best of both worlds."
* This is used very chillingly in ''Film/TheStrangers'' with a looped segment of "My First Lover" by Gillian Welch. The very same loop was used in the horror short ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08rj_ioKNSo No Through Road]]''.
* "You see what happens, Larry?!?" InterrogationByVandalism scene in the ''Film/TheBigLebowski''.
* "Are you an effective team?". One of the first signs that [[StepfordSmiler something is pretty wrong]] in ''Film/{{Oblivion 2013}}''.
* ''Film/Bug1975'' has a scene where a woman comes looking for the main character. Hearing his voice coming from his cabin, she steps inside. What she finds is the place swarming with the killer bugs he has managed to breed, and his recorder repeating the phrase "[[GoneHorriblyRight I have gone too far. I have gone too far. I have gone too far. I have gone too far....]]"
* ''Film/{{JFK}}'' gives us Jim Garrison explaining that the shot that killed Kennedy could not have come from behind him since his head recoils to his back and to the left. Back, and to the left. Back, and to the left. Back, ''and to the left''.
* ''Film/RainMan''. "I'm an excellent driver."
* In the 1975 film, ''Film/TheStepfordWives'' tended to do this when something went wrong.
* In ''Film/JoeVersusTheVolcano'', Joe's BadBoss is first encountered in an interminable phone call repeating the same few phrases: "He can get the job, but can he do the job? ... I am not arguing that with you!"
* This was the cover copy for the published script for ''Film/{{Westworld}}'': "Nothing can possibly go wrong... go wrong... go wrong... go wrong..."
* Lindsay Anderson's ''Film/BritanniaHospital'' ends with the villainous Professor Millar unveiling his vision of humanity's future; a brain housed in a plastic pyramid. As a demonstration of its intellect, Millar has the brain recite Hamlet's "What a piece of work is a man" speech, but it gets hung up on the final words, repeating "how like a God!" until the film ends.
* The little known 1978 British/Polish film ''Film/TheWaterBabies'': "Stop thief! Stop thief! Stop thief! Stop thief! Stop thief!..."
* In ''Film/HannahMontanaTheMovie'', during the filming of the video for "The Best of Both Worlds", the CD that they're lip-syncing to keeps repeating, "Best of both, best of both, best of both..." until the CD player gets smacked, and it finally ends, "Best of both worlds."
* This is used very chillingly in ''Film/TheStrangers'' with a looped segment of "My First Lover" by Gillian Welch. The very same loop was used in the horror short ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08rj_ioKNSo No Through Road]]''.
* "You see what happens, Larry?!?" InterrogationByVandalism scene in the ''Film/TheBigLebowski''.
* "Are you an effective team?". One of the first signs that [[StepfordSmiler something is pretty wrong]] in ''Film/{{Oblivion 2013}}''.
* ''Film/Bug1975'' has a scene where a woman comes looking for the main character. Hearing his voice coming from his cabin, she steps inside. What she finds is the place swarming with the killer bugs he has managed to breed, and his recorder repeating the phrase "[[GoneHorriblyRight I have gone too far. I have gone too far. I have gone too far. I have gone too far....]]"
* ''Film/{{JFK}}'' gives us Jim Garrison explaining that the shot that killed Kennedy could not have come from behind him since his head recoils to his back and to the left. Back, and to the left. Back, and to the left. Back, ''and to the left''.
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* One In ''Film/MechanicalViolatorHakaider'', [[TheDragon Michael]] [[spoiler:(a corrupted version of Kikaider)]] devolves into this as he dies.
-->''"I am justice, I am justice, I am justice, I am justice..."''
* In ''Film/MidwinterNightsDream'', Jovana's echolalia causes her to sound like one sometimes. At one point, she repeats the same word over and over again during an entire conversation.
* Chuy the autistic kid from ''Film/{{Mimic}}'', after spotting one of themanifestations Judas breed cockroaches which had grown to the size of Howard Hughes' mental illness in ''Film/TheAviator'' is a human being, mistakes the sounds it makes for the squeaking of shoes. He repeats "such funny, funny shoes", over and over.
* In ''Film/Molly1999'', Molly has a tendency to repeata sentence over and over, any swear words people say in front of her.
* "Are you anuncontrolled fashion. It's quite chilling effective team?" -- one of the first signs that [[StepfordSmiler something is pretty wrong]] in ''Film/Oblivion2013''.
* ''Film/OfficeSpace'' has the "Corporate Accounts Payable Nina speaking... just a moment!" greeting from one of Peter's coworkers, used tosee Hughes sitting in a car with his hands clapped over his mouth, eyes squeezed shut as he fights with himself underscore just how annoying it is to stop.
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*''Film/RainMan''. ''Film/RainMan'': "I'm an excellent driver."
*In the 1975 film, ''Film/TheStepfordWives'' tended to do this when something went wrong.
* In ''Film/JoeVersusTheVolcano'', Joe's BadBoss is first encounteredUsed several times in an interminable phone call repeating the same few phrases: "He can get the job, but can he do the job? ... I am not arguing that with ''Film/RoboCop1987'':
** "Hahaha! I'd buy '''that''' for a dollar!"
** "I know you. You're dead. We killed you. We killed you!" (''[=RoboCop=] records and plays back'') "You're dead. We killed you!"
* This was the cover copy for the published script for ''Film/{{Westworld}}'': "Nothing can possibly go wrong... go wrong... go wrong... go wrong..."
* Lindsay Anderson's ''Film/BritanniaHospital'' ends with the villainous Professor Millar unveiling his vision of humanity's future;** ''"Murphy, it's you... Murphy, it's you..."''
** "I had to kill Bob Morton because he made abrain housed in a plastic pyramid. As a demonstration of its intellect, Millar has the brain recite Hamlet's "What a piece of work is a man" speech, but it gets hung up on the final words, repeating "how like a God!" until the film ends.
* The little known 1978 British/Polish film ''Film/TheWaterBabies'': "Stop thief! Stop thief! Stop thief! Stop thief! Stop thief!..."
* In ''Film/HannahMontanaTheMovie'', during the filming of the video for "The Best of Both Worlds", the CDmistake. Now it's time to erase that they're lip-syncing mistake. I had to keeps repeating, "Best of both, best of both, best of both..." until the CD player gets smacked, and it finally ends, "Best of both worlds."
* This is used very chillingly in ''Film/TheStrangers'' withkill Bob Morton because he made a looped segment of "My First Lover" by Gillian Welch. The very same loop was used in the horror short ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08rj_ioKNSo No Through Road]]''.
* "You see what happens, Larry?!?" InterrogationByVandalism scene in the ''Film/TheBigLebowski''.
* "Are you an effective team?". One of the first signsmistake. Now it's time to erase that [[StepfordSmiler something is pretty wrong]] in ''Film/{{Oblivion 2013}}''.
* ''Film/Bug1975'' has a scene where a woman comes looking for the main character. Hearing his voice coming from his cabin, she steps inside. What she finds is the place swarming with the killer bugs he has managed to breed, and his recorder repeating the phrase "[[GoneHorriblyRight I have gone too far. I have gone too far. I have gone too far. I have gone too far....]]"
* ''Film/{{JFK}}'' gives us Jim Garrison explaining that the shot that killed Kennedy could not have come from behind him since his head recoils to his back and to the left. Back, and to the left. Back, and to the left. Back, ''and to the left''.mistake..."
-->''"I am justice, I am justice, I am justice, I am justice..."''
* In ''Film/MidwinterNightsDream'', Jovana's echolalia causes her to sound like one sometimes. At one point, she repeats the same word over and over again during an entire conversation.
* Chuy the autistic kid from ''Film/{{Mimic}}'', after spotting one of the
* In ''Film/Molly1999'', Molly has a tendency to repeat
* "Are you an
* ''Film/OfficeSpace'' has the "Corporate Accounts Payable Nina speaking... just a moment!" greeting from one of Peter's coworkers, used to
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* In ''Film/JoeVersusTheVolcano'', Joe's BadBoss is first encountered
** "Hahaha! I'd buy '''that''' for a dollar!"
** "I know you. You're dead. We killed you. We killed you!" (''[=RoboCop=] records and plays back'') "You're dead. We killed you!"
* Lindsay Anderson's ''Film/BritanniaHospital'' ends with the villainous Professor Millar unveiling his vision of humanity's future;
** "I had to kill Bob Morton because he made a
* The little known 1978 British/Polish film ''Film/TheWaterBabies'': "Stop thief! Stop thief! Stop thief! Stop thief! Stop thief!..."
* In ''Film/HannahMontanaTheMovie'', during the filming of the video for "The Best of Both Worlds", the CD
* This is used very chillingly in ''Film/TheStrangers'' with
* "You see what happens, Larry?!?" InterrogationByVandalism scene in the ''Film/TheBigLebowski''.
* "Are you an effective team?". One of the first signs
* ''Film/Bug1975'' has a scene where a woman comes looking for the main character. Hearing his voice coming from his cabin, she steps inside. What she finds is the place swarming with the killer bugs he has managed to breed, and his recorder repeating the phrase "[[GoneHorriblyRight I have gone too far. I have gone too far. I have gone too far. I have gone too far....]]"
* ''Film/{{JFK}}'' gives us Jim Garrison explaining that the shot that killed Kennedy could not have come from behind him since his head recoils to his back and to the left. Back, and to the left. Back, and to the left. Back, ''and to the left''.
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* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' when Roger does a song and dance routine for the bar patrons set to the tune of "The Merry Go Round Broke Down", at one point in the song he sings about how as a toon he [[FeelNoPain feels no pain]] as he smashes a plate over his head, the record gets stuck at that part and he repeats "No pain" seven times while smashing the plates before Eddie stops him.
* In ''Film/DudeWheresMyCar'', at the drive-through: "And then?"
* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'', Rocket sums up Groot's situation.
-->'''Rocket:''' Well, he ain't talking good like me and you. So his vocabulistics is limited 'I' and 'am' and 'Groot'. Exclusively in that order.
* The ''Series/{{Kikaider}}'' spinoff "Mechanical Violator Hakaider" has one happen with [[TheDragon Michael]] [[spoiler: a corrupted version of the franchise's hero]] devolve into this as he dies.
--> "I am justice, I am justice, I am justice, I am justice" (repeat ad infinity,)
* In ''Film/TheLittleRascals'' short "The Pinch Singer" the gang auditions for a talent show and during Buckwheat's act he pretends to whistle to a prerecorded tune on a record but it gets stuck at one point and he has to pretend to go along with it for a long time until Porky finally hits the record allowing him to finish the song.
* Henrietta's last words in ''Film/EvilDead2'' were "Hey! I'll swallow your soul! I'll swallow your soul! I'll swallow your soul!" before Ash stomps on her severed head and replies with "[[VerbThis Swallow this.]]" [[PreMortemOneLiner before]] [[BoomHeadshot blowing her head clean off]].
* In ''Film/StandClearOfTheClosingDoors'', Ricky mutters "A Train" to himself over and over again, then "G Train" and "I Train."
* In ''Film/MidwinterNightsDream'', Jovana's echolalia causes her to sound like one sometimes. At one point she repeats the same word over and over again during an entire conversation.
* In ''Film/Molly1999'', Molly has a tendency to repeat any swear words people say in front of her.
* [[Film/TheShining All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play...]]
* ''Film/OfficeSpace'' has "Corporate Accounts Payable Nina speaking... just a moment!" greeting from one of Peter's coworkers, used to underscore just how annoying it is to work at Initech.
* Used several times in ''Film/RoboCop1987'':
** "Hahaha! I'd buy '''that''' for a dollar!!"
** "I know you. You're dead. We killed you. We killed you!" (''[=RoboCop=] records and plays back'') "You're dead. We killed you!"
** ''"Murphy, it's you... Murphy, it's you..."''
** "I had to kill Bob Morton because he made a mistake. Now it's time to erase that mistake. I had to kill Bob Morton because he made a mistake. Now it's time to erase that mistake..."
* In ''Film/DudeWheresMyCar'', at the drive-through: "And then?"
* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'', Rocket sums up Groot's situation.
-->'''Rocket:''' Well, he ain't talking good like me and you. So his vocabulistics is limited 'I' and 'am' and 'Groot'. Exclusively in that order.
* The ''Series/{{Kikaider}}'' spinoff "Mechanical Violator Hakaider" has one happen with [[TheDragon Michael]] [[spoiler: a corrupted version of the franchise's hero]] devolve into this as he dies.
--> "I am justice, I am justice, I am justice, I am justice" (repeat ad infinity,)
* In ''Film/TheLittleRascals'' short "The Pinch Singer" the gang auditions for a talent show and during Buckwheat's act he pretends to whistle to a prerecorded tune on a record but it gets stuck at one point and he has to pretend to go along with it for a long time until Porky finally hits the record allowing him to finish the song.
* Henrietta's last words in ''Film/EvilDead2'' were "Hey! I'll swallow your soul! I'll swallow your soul! I'll swallow your soul!" before Ash stomps on her severed head and replies with "[[VerbThis Swallow this.]]" [[PreMortemOneLiner before]] [[BoomHeadshot blowing her head clean off]].
* In ''Film/StandClearOfTheClosingDoors'', Ricky mutters "A Train" to himself over and over again, then "G Train" and "I Train."
* In ''Film/MidwinterNightsDream'', Jovana's echolalia causes her to sound like one sometimes. At one point she repeats the same word over and over again during an entire conversation.
* In ''Film/Molly1999'', Molly has a tendency to repeat any swear words people say in front of her.
* [[Film/TheShining All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play...]]
* ''Film/OfficeSpace'' has "Corporate Accounts Payable Nina speaking... just a moment!" greeting from one of Peter's coworkers, used to underscore just how annoying it is to work at Initech.
* Used several times in ''Film/RoboCop1987'':
** "Hahaha! I'd buy '''that''' for a dollar!!"
** "I know you. You're dead. We killed you. We killed you!" (''[=RoboCop=] records and plays back'') "You're dead. We killed you!"
** ''"Murphy, it's you... Murphy, it's you..."''
** "I had to kill Bob Morton because he made a mistake. Now it's time to erase that mistake. I had to kill Bob Morton because he made a mistake. Now it's time to erase that mistake..."
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* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' when Roger does a song and dance routine for the bar patrons set to the tune of "The Merry Go Round Broke Down", at one point in the song he sings about how as a toon he [[FeelNoPain feels no pain]] as he smashes a plate over his head, the record gets stuck at that part and he repeats "No pain" seven times while smashing the plates before Eddie stops him.
* In ''Film/DudeWheresMyCar'', at the drive-through: "And then?"
* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'', Rocket sums up Groot's situation.
-->'''Rocket:''' Well, he ain't talking good like me and you. So his vocabulistics is limited 'I' and 'am' and 'Groot'. Exclusively in that order.
* The ''Series/{{Kikaider}}'' spinoff "Mechanical Violator Hakaider" has one happen with [[TheDragon Michael]] [[spoiler: a corrupted version of the franchise's hero]] devolve into this as he dies.
--> "I am justice, I am justice, I am justice, I am justice" (repeat ad infinity,)
* In ''Film/TheLittleRascals'' short "The Pinch Singer" the gang auditions for a talent show and during Buckwheat's act he pretends to whistle to a prerecorded tune on a record but it gets stuck at one point and he has to pretend to go along with it for a long time until Porky finally hits the record allowing him to finish the song.
* Henrietta's last words in ''Film/EvilDead2'' were "Hey! I'll swallow your soul! I'll swallow your soul! I'll swallow your soul!" before Ash stomps on her severed head and replies with "[[VerbThis Swallow this.]]" [[PreMortemOneLiner before]] [[BoomHeadshot blowing her head clean off]].
* In ''Film/StandClearOfTheClosingDoors'', Ricky mutters "A Train" to himself over and over again, then "G Train" and "I Train."
* In ''Film/MidwinterNightsDream'', Jovana's echolalia causes her to sound like one sometimes. At one point she repeats the same word over and over again during an entire conversation.
* In ''Film/Molly1999'', Molly has a tendency to repeat any swear words people say in front of her.
* [[Film/TheShining''Film/TheShining'': All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play...]]
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*''Film/OfficeSpace'' has "Corporate Accounts Payable Nina speaking... just a moment!" greeting from one of Peter's coworkers, used In ''Film/SonOfTheStars'', Xinxin repeatedly chants "Noodles" while his mother takes him to underscore just how annoying it is a restaurant to work at Initech.
* Used several times in ''Film/RoboCop1987'':
** "Hahaha! I'd buy '''that''' for a dollar!!"
** "I know you. You're dead. We killed you. We killed you!" (''[=RoboCop=] records and plays back'') "You're dead. We killed you!"
** ''"Murphy, it's you... Murphy, it's you..."''
** "I had to kill Bob Morton because he made a mistake. Now it's time to erase that mistake. I had to kill Bob Morton because he made a mistake. Now it's time to erase that mistake..."get pork noodles.
* In ''Film/DudeWheresMyCar'', at the drive-through: "And then?"
* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'', Rocket sums up Groot's situation.
-->'''Rocket:''' Well, he ain't talking good like me and you. So his vocabulistics is limited 'I' and 'am' and 'Groot'. Exclusively in that order.
* The ''Series/{{Kikaider}}'' spinoff "Mechanical Violator Hakaider" has one happen with [[TheDragon Michael]] [[spoiler: a corrupted version of the franchise's hero]] devolve into this as he dies.
--> "I am justice, I am justice, I am justice, I am justice" (repeat ad infinity,)
* In ''Film/TheLittleRascals'' short "The Pinch Singer" the gang auditions for a talent show and during Buckwheat's act he pretends to whistle to a prerecorded tune on a record but it gets stuck at one point and he has to pretend to go along with it for a long time until Porky finally hits the record allowing him to finish the song.
* Henrietta's last words in ''Film/EvilDead2'' were "Hey! I'll swallow your soul! I'll swallow your soul! I'll swallow your soul!" before Ash stomps on her severed head and replies with "[[VerbThis Swallow this.]]" [[PreMortemOneLiner before]] [[BoomHeadshot blowing her head clean off]].
* In ''Film/StandClearOfTheClosingDoors'', Ricky mutters "A Train" to himself over and over again, then "G Train" and "I Train."
* In ''Film/MidwinterNightsDream'', Jovana's echolalia causes her to sound like one sometimes. At one point she repeats the same word over and over again during an entire conversation.
* In ''Film/Molly1999'', Molly has a tendency to repeat any swear words people say in front of her.
* [[Film/TheShining
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* Used several times in ''Film/RoboCop1987'':
** "Hahaha! I'd buy '''that''' for a dollar!!"
** "I know you. You're dead. We killed you. We killed you!" (''[=RoboCop=] records and plays back'') "You're dead. We killed you!"
** ''"Murphy, it's you... Murphy, it's you..."''
** "I had to kill Bob Morton because he made a mistake. Now it's time to erase that mistake. I had to kill Bob Morton because he made a mistake. Now it's time to erase that mistake..."
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* In ''Film/SonOfTheStars'', Xinxin repeatedly chants "Noodles" while his mother takes him to a restaurant to get pork noodles.
* [[Film/FightClub Fight Club]]: "His name is Robert Paulson."
-->'''Al G.:''' Uh, they should be tuning into the livestream right about... right about... right about... Ugh! Buffering, it's so embarrassing. Right about now!
* In ''Film/SonOfTheStars'', Xinxin repeatedly chants "Noodles" while his mother takes him to a restaurant to get pork noodles.
* [[Film/FightClub Fight Club]]: "His name is Robert Paulson."
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'''Al G.:''' Uh, they should be tuning into the livestream right about... right about... right about... Ugh! Buffering, it's so embarrassing. Right about now!
* A very nasty example appears in the movie ''Film/{{Spun}}'' when the protagonist leaves a girl tied to his bed, blindfolded, for a full day, with a stereo at full volume playing the first two seconds of her favorite song as a broken record.
* In''Film/SonOfTheStars'', Xinxin repeatedly chants "Noodles" ''Film/StandClearOfTheClosingDoors'', Ricky mutters "A-Train" to himself over and over again, then "G-Train" and "I-Train".
* In the 1975 film, ''Literature/TheStepfordWives'' tend to do this when something goes wrong.
* This is used very chillingly in ''Film/TheStrangers'' with a looped segment of "My First Lover" by Gillian Welch. The very same loop was used in the horror short ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08rj_ioKNSo No Through Road]]''.
* The little-known 1978 British/Polish film ''Film/TheWaterBabies'': "Stop, thief! Stop, thief! Stop, thief! Stop, thief! Stop, thief!..."
* This was the cover copy for the published script for ''Film/{{Westworld}}'': "Nothing can possibly go wrong... go wrong... go wrong... go wrong..."
* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', when Roger does a song and dance routine for the bar patrons set to the tune of "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down", at one point in the song he sings about how as a toon he [[FeelNoPain feels no pain]] as he smashes a plate over his head, the record gets stuck at that part and he repeats "No pain" seven times whilehis mother takes him to a restaurant to get pork noodles.
* [[Film/FightClub Fight Club]]: "His name is Robert Paulson."smashing the plates before Eddie stops him.
-->'''Al
'''Al G.:''' Uh, they should be tuning into the livestream right about... right about... right about... Ugh! Buffering, it's so embarrassing. Right about now!
* A very nasty example appears in the movie ''Film/{{Spun}}'' when the protagonist leaves a girl tied to his bed, blindfolded, for a full day, with a stereo at full volume playing the first two seconds of her favorite song as a broken record.
* In
* In the 1975 film, ''Literature/TheStepfordWives'' tend to do this when something goes wrong.
* This is used very chillingly in ''Film/TheStrangers'' with a looped segment of "My First Lover" by Gillian Welch. The very same loop was used in the horror short ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08rj_ioKNSo No Through Road]]''.
* The little-known 1978 British/Polish film ''Film/TheWaterBabies'': "Stop, thief! Stop, thief! Stop, thief! Stop, thief! Stop, thief!..."
* This was the cover copy for the published script for ''Film/{{Westworld}}'': "Nothing can possibly go wrong... go wrong... go wrong... go wrong..."
* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', when Roger does a song and dance routine for the bar patrons set to the tune of "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down", at one point in the song he sings about how as a toon he [[FeelNoPain feels no pain]] as he smashes a plate over his head, the record gets stuck at that part and he repeats "No pain" seven times while
* [[Film/FightClub Fight Club]]: "His name is Robert Paulson."
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* Chuy the autistic kid from ''Film/{{Mimic}}'', after spotting one of the Judas breed cockroaches which had grown to the size of a human being, mistakes the sounds it makes for the squeaking of shoes. He repeats "such funny, funny shoes", over and over.
* ''Film/DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThieves:'' While sneaking into Forge's castle, Simon creates an illusion of Edgin playing the lute to distract the guards. But his foot gets stuck, breaking his concentration. What follows is the Edgin illusion being stuck on the verse "Celebrate lasses" before devolving to "Brate, brate, brate, brate, brate". Once the illusion breaks down to the guards' utter confusion and worry, the illusion just starts spouting what suspiciously sounds like a rapid fire F-bomb.
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* Chuy the autistic kid from ''Film/{{Mimic}}'', after spotting one of the Judas breed cockroaches which had grown to the size of a human being, mistakes the sounds it makes for the squeaking of shoes. He repeats "such funny, funny shoes", over and over.
* ''Film/DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThieves:'' While sneaking into Forge's castle, Simon creates an illusion of Edgin playing the lute to distract the guards. But his foot gets stuck, breaking his concentration. What follows is the Edgin illusion being stuck on the verse "Celebrate lasses" before devolving to "Brate, brate, brate, brate, brate". Once the illusion breaks down to the guards' utter confusion and worry, the illusion just starts spouting what suspiciously sounds like a rapid fire F-bomb.
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* Chuy the autistic kid from ''Film/{{Mimic}}'', after spotting one of the Judas breed cockroaches which had grown to the size of a human being, mistakes the sounds it makes for the squeaking of shoes. He repeats "such funny, funny shoes", over and over.
* ''Film/DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThieves:'' While sneaking into Forge's castle, Simon creates an illusion of Edgin playing the lute to distract the guards. But his foot gets stuck, breaking his concentration. What follows is the Edgin illusion being stuck on the verse "Celebrate lasses" before devolving to "Brate, brate, brate, brate, brate". Once the illusion breaks down to the guards' utter confusion and worry, the illusion just starts spouting what suspiciously sounds like a rapid fire F-bomb.
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* Chuy the autistic kid from Film/{{Mimic}} after spotting one of the Judas breed cockroaches which had grown to the size of a human being, he mistakes the sounds it makes for squeaking of shoes, he repeats “such funny, funny shoes”, over and over.
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* Chuy the autistic kid from Film/{{Mimic}} ''Film/{{Mimic}}'', after spotting one of the Judas breed cockroaches which had grown to the size of a human being, he mistakes the sounds it makes for the squeaking of shoes, he shoes. He repeats “such funny, funny shoes”, over and over.
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* Two scenes in ''Film/TheRoom'' get repeated about five times each: Lisa has a conversation with her mother in which she says she no longer loves Johnny, and Lisa seduces Mark with him being completely surprised each time.
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* Two scenes in ''Film/TheRoom'' ''Film/TheRoom2003'' get repeated about five times each: Lisa has a conversation with her mother in which she says she no longer loves Johnny, and Lisa seduces Mark with him being completely surprised each time.
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* The KillerRobot from ''Film/{{Zathura}}'' only ever speaks the following five words:
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* "Are you an effective team?". One of the first signs that [[StepfordSmiler something]] [[UncannyValley is pretty wrong]] in ''Film/{{Oblivion 2013}}''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ArloTheAlligatorBoy'': The New Yorkers have a habit of repeating "I'm walkin' here! I'm walkin' here! I'm walkin' here! I'm walkin' here! I'm walkin' here!"
* From ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': "I don't think you're really my great aunt. I think you're my great great great great great (cut away scene, cut back) great great great great ([[DeathGlare Yzma shoots him a look]]), great great aunt."
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'', the heroes are strapped into a DeathTrap driven by a record player. Fortunately, the record starts skipping, pausing the countdown. Unfortunately, Basil is too busy having a HeroicBSOD to take advantage of it. When Dr. Dawson shouts at Basil, the record skips across the record to near the end.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Igor}}'': After Eva's failed {{Brainwash}}ing, Igor laments, "It's just failure after failure." Scamper continues, "...after failure after failure after failure." When Igor shoots him a look, he just replies, "I thought we were counting off all your failures." Igor takes up the line again himself after Eva [[ThePrimaDonna demands a bigger trailer]] but stops once Scamper starts doing it, too.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' has Simba wake up Mufasa by repeatedly saying "Dad!" over and over.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePolarExpress''
** '''Steven:''' "I didn't do it!" (rewind) "I didn't do it!" (rewind) "I didn't do it!" (rewind) "I didn't do it!" (rewind) "I didn't do it!" (rewind) "I didn't do it!" (rewind) "I didn't do it!" (etc.)
** There's also a literal broken record that skips during the "ring-a-ling" part of "Silver Bells".
* ''WesternAnimation/ShrekForeverAfter'' has a kid incessantly asking: "Do the roar!"
* The seagulls in ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' have a very one-track mind: MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE!
* Some Creator/DingoPictures films play a short background music loop throughout the film even when other music plays, such as the jungle music in ''WesternAnimation/AnimalSoccerWorld'' and the CreepyCircusMusic in ''Wabuu the Cheeky Raccoon''. In the latter, the background track even plays ''over itself'' in one scene.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'', Woody gets into a fight with Buzz and hits his main speech button several times before the whole recording can come out, resulting in him saying "Buzz--Buzz--Buzz--Lightyear to the rescue!" The LGM's in the claw machine are also very repetitive, saying things like "The Claw!" and "You have saved our lives! We are eternally grateful!" over and over.
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* A very nasty example in the movie ''Spun'', where the protagonist leaves a girl tied to his bed, blindfolded, for a full day, with a stereo at full volume playing the first two seconds of her favorite song as a broken record.
* Half the dialogue in ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate'' is this. It's a bad movie. We all think so. It's a bad movie. It will be dark soon...
* One of the manifestations of Howard Hughes' mental illness in ''Film/TheAviator'' is a tendency to repeat a sentence over and over, in an uncontrolled fashion. It's quite chilling to see Hughes sitting in a car with his hands clapped over his mouth, eyes squeezed shut as he fights with himself to stop.
* ''Film/RainMan''. "I'm an excellent driver."
* In the 1975 film, ''Film/TheStepfordWives'' tended to do this when something went wrong.
* In ''Film/JoeVersusTheVolcano'', Joe's BadBoss is first encountered in an interminable phone call repeating the same few phrases: "He can get the job, but can he do the job? ... I am not arguing that with you!"
* This was the cover copy for the published script for ''Film/{{Westworld}}'': "Nothing can possibly go wrong... go wrong... go wrong... go wrong..."
* Lindsay Anderson's ''Film/BritanniaHospital'' ends with the villainous Professor Millar unveiling his vision of humanity's future; a brain housed in a plastic pyramid. As a demonstration of its intellect, Millar has the brain recite Hamlet's "What a piece of work is a man" speech, but it gets hung up on the final words, repeating "how like a God!" until the film ends.
* The little known 1978 British/Polish film ''Film/TheWaterBabies'': "Stop thief! Stop thief! Stop thief! Stop thief! Stop thief!..."
* In ''Film/HannahMontanaTheMovie'', during the filming of the video for "The Best of Both Worlds", the CD that they're lip-syncing to keeps repeating, "Best of both, best of both, best of both..." until the CD player gets smacked, and it finally ends, "Best of both worlds."
* This is used very chillingly in ''Film/TheStrangers'' with a looped segment of "My First Lover" by Gillian Welch. The very same loop was used in the horror short ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08rj_ioKNSo No Through Road]]''.
* "You see what happens, Larry?!?" InterrogationByVandalism scene in the ''Film/TheBigLebowski''.
* "Are you an effective team?". One of the first signs that [[StepfordSmiler something]] [[UncannyValley is pretty wrong]] in ''Film/{{Oblivion 2013}}''.
* ''Film/Bug1975'' has a scene where a woman comes looking for the main character. Hearing his voice coming from his cabin, she steps inside. What she finds is the place swarming with the killer bugs he has managed to breed, and his recorder repeating the phrase "[[GoneHorriblyRight I have gone too far. I have gone too far. I have gone too far. I have gone too far....]]"
* ''Film/{{JFK}}'' gives us Jim Garrison explaining that the shot that killed Kennedy could not have come from behind him since his head recoils to his back and to the left. Back, and to the left. Back, and to the left. Back, ''and to the left''.
* Two scenes in ''Film/TheRoom'' get repeated about five times each: Lisa has a conversation with her mother in which she says she no longer loves Johnny, and Lisa seduces Mark with him being completely surprised each time.
* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' when Roger does a song and dance routine for the bar patrons set to the tune of "The Merry Go Round Broke Down", at one point in the song he sings about how as a toon he [[FeelNoPain feels no pain]] as he smashes a plate over his head, the record gets stuck at that part and he repeats "No pain" seven times while smashing the plates before Eddie stops him.
* In ''Film/DudeWheresMyCar'', at the drive-through: "And then?"
* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', Rocket sums up Groot's situation.
-->'''Rocket:''' Well, he ain't talking good like me and you. So his vocabulistics is limited 'I' and 'am' and 'Groot'. Exclusively in that order.
* The ''Series/{{Kikaider}}'' spinoff “Mechanical Violator Hakaider” has one happen with [[TheDragon Michael]] [[spoiler: a corrupted version of the franchise’s hero]] devolve into this as he dies.
--> “I am justice, I am justice, I am justice, I am justice” (repeat ad infinity,)
* In ''Film/TheLittleRascals'' short "The Pinch Singer" the gang auditions for a talent show and during Buckwheat's act he pretends to whistle to a prerecorded tune on a record but it gets stuck at one point and he has to pretend to go along with it for a long time until Porky finally hits the record allowing him to finish the song.
* Henrietta's last words in ''Film/EvilDead2'' were "Hey! I'll swallow your soul! I'll swallow your soul! I'll swallow your soul!" before Ash stomps on her severed head and replies with "[[VerbThis Swallow this.]]" [[PreMortemOneLiner before]] [[BoomHeadshot blowing her head clean off]].
* In ''Film/StandClearOfTheClosingDoors'', Ricky mutters "A Train" to himself over and over again, then "G Train" and "I Train."
* In ''Film/MidwinterNightsDream'', Jovana's echolalia causes her to sound like one sometimes. At one point she repeats the same word over and over again during an entire conversation.
* In ''Film/Molly1999'', Molly has a tendency to repeat any swear words people say in front of her.
* [[Film/TheShining All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play...]]
* ''Film/OfficeSpace'' has "Corporate Accounts Payable Nina speaking... just a moment!" greeting from one of Peter's coworkers, used to underscore just how annoying it is to work at Initech.
* Used several times in ''Film/RoboCop1987'':
** "Hahaha! I'd buy '''that''' for a dollar!!"
** "I know you. You're dead. We killed you. We killed you!" (''[=RoboCop=] records and plays back'') "You're dead. We killed you!"
** ''"Murphy, it's you... Murphy, it's you..."''
** "I had to kill Bob Morton because he made a mistake. Now it's time to erase that mistake. I had to kill Bob Morton because he made a mistake. Now it's time to erase that mistake..."
* ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'': This briefly happens to [[AIIsACrapshoot Al G. Rhythm]] as a result of a minor glitch.
-->'''Elmer:''' Where's the other half of the cwowd?
-->'''Al G.:''' Uh, they should be tuning into the livestream right about... right about... right about... Ugh! Buffering, it's so embarrassing. Right about now!
* In ''Film/SonOfTheStars'', Xinxin repeatedly chants "Noodles" while his mother takes him to a restaurant to get pork noodles.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ArloTheAlligatorBoy'': The New Yorkers have a habit of repeating "I'm walkin' here! I'm walkin' here! I'm walkin' here! I'm walkin' here! I'm walkin' here!"
* From ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': "I don't think you're really my great aunt. I think you're my great great great great great (cut away scene, cut back) great great great great ([[DeathGlare Yzma shoots him a look]]), great great aunt."
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'', the heroes are strapped into a DeathTrap driven by a record player. Fortunately, the record starts skipping, pausing the countdown. Unfortunately, Basil is too busy having a HeroicBSOD to take advantage of it. When Dr. Dawson shouts at Basil, the record skips across the record to near the end.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Igor}}'': After Eva's failed {{Brainwash}}ing, Igor laments, "It's just failure after failure." Scamper continues, "...after failure after failure after failure." When Igor shoots him a look, he just replies, "I thought we were counting off all your failures." Igor takes up the line again himself after Eva [[ThePrimaDonna demands a bigger trailer]] but stops once Scamper starts doing it, too.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' has Simba wake up Mufasa by repeatedly saying "Dad!" over and over.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePolarExpress''
** '''Steven:''' "I didn't do it!" (rewind) "I didn't do it!" (rewind) "I didn't do it!" (rewind) "I didn't do it!" (rewind) "I didn't do it!" (rewind) "I didn't do it!" (rewind) "I didn't do it!" (etc.)
** There's also a literal broken record that skips during the "ring-a-ling" part of "Silver Bells".
* ''WesternAnimation/ShrekForeverAfter'' has a kid incessantly asking: "Do the roar!"
* The seagulls in ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' have a very one-track mind: MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE!
* Some Creator/DingoPictures films play a short background music loop throughout the film even when other music plays, such as the jungle music in ''WesternAnimation/AnimalSoccerWorld'' and the CreepyCircusMusic in ''Wabuu the Cheeky Raccoon''. In the latter, the background track even plays ''over itself'' in one scene.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'', Woody gets into a fight with Buzz and hits his main speech button several times before the whole recording can come out, resulting in him saying "Buzz--Buzz--Buzz--Lightyear to the rescue!" The LGM's in the claw machine are also very repetitive, saying things like "The Claw!" and "You have saved our lives! We are eternally grateful!" over and over.
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* A very nasty example in the movie ''Spun'', where the protagonist leaves a girl tied to his bed, blindfolded, for a full day, with a stereo at full volume playing the first two seconds of her favorite song as a broken record.
* Half the dialogue in ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate'' is this. It's a bad movie. We all think so. It's a bad movie. It will be dark soon...
* One of the manifestations of Howard Hughes' mental illness in ''Film/TheAviator'' is a tendency to repeat a sentence over and over, in an uncontrolled fashion. It's quite chilling to see Hughes sitting in a car with his hands clapped over his mouth, eyes squeezed shut as he fights with himself to stop.
* ''Film/RainMan''. "I'm an excellent driver."
* In the 1975 film, ''Film/TheStepfordWives'' tended to do this when something went wrong.
* In ''Film/JoeVersusTheVolcano'', Joe's BadBoss is first encountered in an interminable phone call repeating the same few phrases: "He can get the job, but can he do the job? ... I am not arguing that with you!"
* This was the cover copy for the published script for ''Film/{{Westworld}}'': "Nothing can possibly go wrong... go wrong... go wrong... go wrong..."
* Lindsay Anderson's ''Film/BritanniaHospital'' ends with the villainous Professor Millar unveiling his vision of humanity's future; a brain housed in a plastic pyramid. As a demonstration of its intellect, Millar has the brain recite Hamlet's "What a piece of work is a man" speech, but it gets hung up on the final words, repeating "how like a God!" until the film ends.
* The little known 1978 British/Polish film ''Film/TheWaterBabies'': "Stop thief! Stop thief! Stop thief! Stop thief! Stop thief!..."
* In ''Film/HannahMontanaTheMovie'', during the filming of the video for "The Best of Both Worlds", the CD that they're lip-syncing to keeps repeating, "Best of both, best of both, best of both..." until the CD player gets smacked, and it finally ends, "Best of both worlds."
* This is used very chillingly in ''Film/TheStrangers'' with a looped segment of "My First Lover" by Gillian Welch. The very same loop was used in the horror short ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08rj_ioKNSo No Through Road]]''.
* "You see what happens, Larry?!?" InterrogationByVandalism scene in the ''Film/TheBigLebowski''.
* "Are you an effective team?". One of the first signs that [[StepfordSmiler something]] [[UncannyValley is pretty wrong]] in ''Film/{{Oblivion 2013}}''.
* ''Film/Bug1975'' has a scene where a woman comes looking for the main character. Hearing his voice coming from his cabin, she steps inside. What she finds is the place swarming with the killer bugs he has managed to breed, and his recorder repeating the phrase "[[GoneHorriblyRight I have gone too far. I have gone too far. I have gone too far. I have gone too far....]]"
* ''Film/{{JFK}}'' gives us Jim Garrison explaining that the shot that killed Kennedy could not have come from behind him since his head recoils to his back and to the left. Back, and to the left. Back, and to the left. Back, ''and to the left''.
* Two scenes in ''Film/TheRoom'' get repeated about five times each: Lisa has a conversation with her mother in which she says she no longer loves Johnny, and Lisa seduces Mark with him being completely surprised each time.
* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' when Roger does a song and dance routine for the bar patrons set to the tune of "The Merry Go Round Broke Down", at one point in the song he sings about how as a toon he [[FeelNoPain feels no pain]] as he smashes a plate over his head, the record gets stuck at that part and he repeats "No pain" seven times while smashing the plates before Eddie stops him.
* In ''Film/DudeWheresMyCar'', at the drive-through: "And then?"
* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', Rocket sums up Groot's situation.
-->'''Rocket:''' Well, he ain't talking good like me and you. So his vocabulistics is limited 'I' and 'am' and 'Groot'. Exclusively in that order.
* The ''Series/{{Kikaider}}'' spinoff “Mechanical Violator Hakaider” has one happen with [[TheDragon Michael]] [[spoiler: a corrupted version of the franchise’s hero]] devolve into this as he dies.
--> “I am justice, I am justice, I am justice, I am justice” (repeat ad infinity,)
* In ''Film/TheLittleRascals'' short "The Pinch Singer" the gang auditions for a talent show and during Buckwheat's act he pretends to whistle to a prerecorded tune on a record but it gets stuck at one point and he has to pretend to go along with it for a long time until Porky finally hits the record allowing him to finish the song.
* Henrietta's last words in ''Film/EvilDead2'' were "Hey! I'll swallow your soul! I'll swallow your soul! I'll swallow your soul!" before Ash stomps on her severed head and replies with "[[VerbThis Swallow this.]]" [[PreMortemOneLiner before]] [[BoomHeadshot blowing her head clean off]].
* In ''Film/StandClearOfTheClosingDoors'', Ricky mutters "A Train" to himself over and over again, then "G Train" and "I Train."
* In ''Film/MidwinterNightsDream'', Jovana's echolalia causes her to sound like one sometimes. At one point she repeats the same word over and over again during an entire conversation.
* In ''Film/Molly1999'', Molly has a tendency to repeat any swear words people say in front of her.
* [[Film/TheShining All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play...]]
* ''Film/OfficeSpace'' has "Corporate Accounts Payable Nina speaking... just a moment!" greeting from one of Peter's coworkers, used to underscore just how annoying it is to work at Initech.
* Used several times in ''Film/RoboCop1987'':
** "Hahaha! I'd buy '''that''' for a dollar!!"
** "I know you. You're dead. We killed you. We killed you!" (''[=RoboCop=] records and plays back'') "You're dead. We killed you!"
** ''"Murphy, it's you... Murphy, it's you..."''
** "I had to kill Bob Morton because he made a mistake. Now it's time to erase that mistake. I had to kill Bob Morton because he made a mistake. Now it's time to erase that mistake..."
* ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'': This briefly happens to [[AIIsACrapshoot Al G. Rhythm]] as a result of a minor glitch.
-->'''Elmer:''' Where's the other half of the cwowd?
-->'''Al G.:''' Uh, they should be tuning into the livestream right about... right about... right about... Ugh! Buffering, it's so embarrassing. Right about now!
* In ''Film/SonOfTheStars'', Xinxin repeatedly chants "Noodles" while his mother takes him to a restaurant to get pork noodles.
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