History IronicEcho / AnimeAndManga

-->'''Truth''': You'd be content to lower yourself to a mere human?
-->'''Edward''': That's all I've ever been; a tiny, insignificant human, who couldn't even save a little girl.

** Obito once told Kakashi that those who break the rules are trash, but those who disregard their comrades are even worse than trash, which lead to Kakashi's JerkassRealization. [[spoiler: Years later, Kakashi throws these words, adding that, "And those who don't have the decency to respect the memories of their comrades are the worst." Why is it impactful?]][[spoiler: The person who Kakashi says this to is Obito himself, who has become the BigBad and revealed to be one of the perpetrators of the miseries to the major characters, Kakashi included.]]

* At the end of ''[[{{LightNovel/Durarara}} Durarara X2]]'' 's first cours, Izaya receives a phone call from [[spoiler:[[TheYakuza Jinnai Yodogiri]]]]. At the very end of the phone call, [[spoiler:Jinnai]] asks "I'm sorry, but could you take a nap for a while?", at which point [[spoiler:he passes Izaya on the street and stabs him in the chest]]. At the end of ''X2'''s second cours, Izaya phones [[spoiler:Jinnai]] [[spoiler:(or rather, one of [[GenderReveal her]] many male decoys)]], and at the end of the conversation he says the exact same line before [[spoiler:a car drives up and slams into the decoy]].

* The phrase "with my own hands" ("kono te de") does this in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. Homura says it when declaring that she will kill all the witches and Walpurgis herself, and when she is about to kill [[spoiler:Sayaka to prevent her from becoming a witch. But she does not successfully do either of these things]]. Madoka uses the phrase at the end, while announcing her intent to [[spoiler:[[RetGone erase literally all the witches to have ever existed, including Walpurgis.]] Which she does. She also "kills" Sayaka and takes her to WarriorHeaven so she won't become a witch]]. [[SubbingVersusDubbing The English dub has no such echo.]]

** Another instance happens against Death 13 [[spoiler: where Kakyoin repeats Death 13's cathphrase after he managed to get his stand into the dream world, meaning, he can now fight back]].

* In ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' the resident {{Badass}}, demonic, [[{{Bishonen}} red-haired pretty boy]] [[TheChessmaster Kurama]] gets into a fight with a demonic bomber named Karasu. Early on in the fight Karasu seems to have the upper hand and as a result mimics putting a pistol to his head and saying ''bang,'' indicating to Kurama that he should just simply shoot himself rather then continue fighting Karasu. About ten seconds later Kurama transforms into his much more powerful true form and suddenly it's Karasu whose on the ropes. Guess what gesture Kurama decides to make at this time.

** In the penultimate episode, Vincento Vanetti

* ''Anime/NinetyOneDays'': In episode 1, when Corteo sheltered Angelo on the night his family was killed, he told him, "Starting now, you and I are brothers. And we always will be". Seven years later, in episode 7/8, Avilio tells Nero, "Starting today, I'll be your brother." This line, which Corteo just happens to overhear, shows how distant Avilio is growing from Corteo in pursuit of his revenge, and contrasts Corteo's sincerity when he said it to Avilio with the way that Avilio means it as an insidious lie to Nero.

* The song "Do You Remember Love?" from ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross''. Used by the humans against the [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Zentradi]] in the defense of Earth during the first series, only to later be used against them by [[spoiler:Ranka and]] the [[BeePeople Vajra]] in ''Anime/MacrossFrontier''. [[ChekhovsGunman Grace O'Connor]] even [[LampshadeHanging comments]] on the appropriateness of the song.

** Aizen will be forever known for subverting the ThemeMusicPowerUp by stopping Ichigo's sword with one finger, as well as cutting off Ichigo's theme song "Number One". Now [[spoiler: Ichigo returns the favor by stopping ''Aizen'''s theme song as well as being the one to do the asskicking.]]

** In a very long-term echo, Naruto repeats and has flashbacks to Iruka defending and praising him in the first chapter when [[spoiler: Kurama, the Kyuubi]] finally pulls a HeelFaceTurn.

*** The above happens when Naruto and Bee pull a prank on Yamato. Bee tells Yamato that using a clone is useless because "THIS IS A SACRED TEMPLE MOTHAFUCKA! The previous generations watch over this place, your bitch-ass tricks an't gonna fool no one!" when he suggests doing so to Naruto. (Yamato suggests this because he believes the headless statues are previous Jinchuuriki). Naruto puts his head in the hole and starts screaming. When Yamato pulls him out, his head is below his collar and Yamato is clearly horrified. Bee, however, knows that its just a joke and he and Naruto pull a laugh, while Bee admits he did the same thing and the statues are just broken. Cue Yamato getting pissed off and yelling "THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SACRED TEMPLE, 'MOTHERFUCKER'!", mostly at Bee, but Naruto too.

** Aizen will be forever known for subverting ThemeMusicPowerUp by stopping Ichigo's sword, as well as cutting off Ichigo's theme song "Number One". Now [[spoiler: Ichigo returns the favouring by stopping ''Aizen'''s theme song as well as being the one to do the asskicking.]]

** ''[[Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF Resurrection 'F']]'' has Frieza dish out the same ruthless punishment he gave Vegeta on Namek to Goku on Earth (even shooting him near the heart). In addition, where Goku originally triumphed over Frieza with a GoldenSuperMode, [[spoiler:Frieza beats him with one of his own]].

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* In an early episode of ''[[ChisSweetHome Chi's Sweet Home]]'', Mrs. Yamada keeps trying to housebreak Chi, but the confused kitten keeps peeing everywhere but where she should be, including on newly-clean laundry. When Mr. Yamada comes home and finds out, he jokingly says, "The laundry was left out over there, so it couldn't be helped.", much to his wife's annoyance. A few moments later, they discover that Chi peed on his favorite bag that was on the floor, and she tells him, "It was left out over there, so it couldn't be helped, right?"

* At the end of ''[[{{LightNovel/Durarara}} Durarara X2]]'''s first cours, Izaya receives a phone call from [[spoiler:[[TheYakuza Jinnai Yodogiri]]]]. At the very end of the phone call, [[spoiler:Jinnai]] asks "I'm sorry, but could you take a nap for a while?", at which point [[spoiler:he passes Izaya on the street and stabs him in the chest]]. At the end of ''X2'''s second cours, Izaya phones [[spoiler:Jinnai]] [[spoiler:(or rather, one of [[GenderReveal her]] many male decoys)]], and at the end of the conversation he says the exact same line before [[spoiler:a car drives up and slams into the decoy]].

* The finale of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikerS'' has two, both used for [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming heartwarming moments]].
** Shortly before splitting up to sabotage the Saint Cradle's engine, Vita tells Nanoha not to worry about her since she and [[DropTheHammer Graf Eisen]] specializes in smashing stuff and "There's nothing in this world we can't destroy". During the penultimate episode of the season, while Hayate cradles a heavily wounded Vita who thought she failed to break the engine, Hayate tells her that against such valiance that she and Graf Eisen had shown, "There is nothing in the world that they can't destroy", just as a portion of Graf Eisen that had lodged itself into the engine causes an explosive chain reaction.
** During an early episode, the six-year old Vivio trips while running to [[HasTwoMommies Nanoha-mama]], and instead of helping her up, Nanoha encourages her to try her best "to stand on your own", until a worried Fate-mama protests and helps Vivio up. Come the penultimate episode, a worried Nanoha runs to the crater where Vivio was [[spoiler:after Nanoha blasted her with [[BeamSpam five]] [[WaveMotionGun Starlight Breakers]] to free her from the control of the relic]], and as she reaches the edge of the crater, a very bruised Vivio tells her not to come, "I can stand on my own", after all, she promised Nanoha-mama that she'd be strong.

* In ''LightNovel/DateALive'', Kurumi Tokisaki encounters some assholes sadistically tormenting a cat by shooting at it with airsoft guns and angrily guns them down. When the last one begs for his life, she mocks him for hurting others and not expecting to be hurt himself and then kills him. Later, when Kurumi suffers a CurbStompBattle at the hands of Kotori Itsuka and is horrified, Kotori mocks her for killing others and not expecting to be killed herself (though Kotori doesn't succeed in killing her). This example may be a coincidence, since Kotori did not witness the earlier incident.
* During the ''Manga/KotouraSan'' anime's DownerBeginning, Kumiko harshly (and dramatically) pushes Haruka to the floor after the latter [[PleaseDoNotLeaveMe begs her not to leave]]. During the final episode, [[spoiler: the brief scuffle between the two ends with Haruka pushing Kumiko down in the exact same fashion]].

** And just before Luffy confronts Doflamingo, Bellamy is fighting Luffy again and is clearly heavily torn up about it. In a heart-rending echo of his line two years ago, he asks Luffy "Can you ''still'' throw a punch?" Much like last time, Luffy takes him down after that line, but the moment is anything but awesome and much more sad.

** And just before Luffy confronts Doflamingo, Bellamy is fighting Luffy again and is clearly heavily torn up about it. In a heart-rending echo of his line two years ago, he asks Luffy "Can you ''still'' throw a punch?" Much like last time, Luffy takes him down in one after that line, but the moment is anything but awesome and much more sad.