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* The FAQ for ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'' [[BlatantLies claims]] it's a ROMHack of ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}'', and when [[VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuyGaiden the sequel]] was made, the same FAQ claimed it was a ROMHack of ''[[VideoGame/{{Action 52}} Cheetahmen]]''.
** In the game itself, at the end of the second level you meet the boss [[VudeiGane/SuperMarioBros over a bridge with an axe on the other side.]] If you played the first game, you should know [[LudicrousGibs what happens]] if you jump on the axe… if you don't, you get a trophy called "No pattern recognition".

* In Literature/SpocksWorld, numerous references are made to the episode "Amok Time"

* In Literature/SpocksWorld

* Melina Perez faced [[Wrestling/LayCool Michelle McCool]] at ''Night of Champions'' 2009 and Michelle dropkicked her off the apron while she was doing the splits as part of her entrance. They faced each other again at the next ''Night of Champions'' event and Michelle tried to do the same thing again. This time however, Melina was ready for her and lifted herself out of the way.

* A similar segment happened with Wrestling/{{Lita}} and Wrestling/{{Kane}} at the Raw 15th Anniversary where they had an awkward conversation backstage (before Wrestling/RonSimmons came in to say "Damn!"). They had been in a lengthy storyline where Lita had Kane's baby and married him.
* In VickieGuerrero's match at ''Wrestle Mania 26'' she went to the top rope and performed a Frog Splash as a tribute to her late husband Wrestling/EddieGuerrero (she had been introduced on WWE TV during Eddie's feud with {{Rey Mysterio|Jr}}) and danced like he used to in his victory poses.
* Santino Marella started a romance angle with WWE diva Tamina which was quite similar to his pairing with Wrestling/BethPhoenix. On a Christmas episode of Smackdown Santino cornered Beth under the mistletoe and suggested they kiss for old time's sake. She kissed his tag team partner Vladimir Kozlov instead.

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** A number of plot points from ''Film/StarTrek'' play a major role in ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness''.

** In fact, there are at best a small handful of episodes of Buffy that either don't feature a Call Back or are not called back to in a future episode.* ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'' In the pilot episode, Marie and Raymond have a discussion of the 'Fruit of the Month' club that Raymond has bought a membership for his parents. His parents see it as a cult that continually gives them more fruit than they know what to do with. This is referenced often throughout the series.

** In fact, there are at best a small handful of episodes of Buffy that either don't feature a Call Back or are not called back to in a future episode.
* ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'' In the pilot episode, Marie and Raymond have a discussion of the 'Fruit of the Month' club that Raymond has bought a membership for his parents. His parents see it as a cult that continually gives them more fruit than they know what to do with. This is referenced often throughout the series.

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* In the series finale of Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch, the bracelet Harvey gave her during the first season's soap opera episode happens to be the bracelet Morgan pulled out of Sabrina's jewelry box to be the "something old" at Sabrina's wedding to Aaron. It serves as one more reminder that she and Aaron aren't quite meant to be.

* In the penultimate episode of ''{{Nichijou}}'', Mio and Yūko are confronted by the police officer Mio assaulted in episode 16 (a full nine episodes ago). The cop let's it slide after seeing that Mio saved the life of a [[HollywoodDrowning drowning child]].

* In the penultimate episode of ''{{Nichijou}}'', Mio and Yūko are confronted by a cop that Mio had assaulted in episode 16 (a full nine episodes ago). The cop let's it slide after seeing that Mio saved the life of a [[HollywoodDrowning drowning child]].

* ''Manga/DragonBall''
** The Majin Buu saga in ''Dragon Ball Z'' is full of Call Backs to events all the way back to ''Dragon Ball'', usually in the form of characters reminiscing about the old days. In one episode, nearly every single villain, no matter how minor, the main characters fought in ''Dragon Ball Z'' appears briefly in Hell, cheering on the current BigBad... except Babidi, who's still angry that Buu killed ''him''.

-->'''''[=TCotRWB=]''''s speech:''' "YOU'RE LUCKY I DON'T THROW YOU OUT ON YOUR FURRY BUTT ON THE SIDEWALK FOR THIS!"\\
'''''Thunderstorm''''s speech:''' '''''"I SHOULD'VE KICKED YOU OUT ON YOUR SORRY FURRY BUTT YEARS AGO!"'''''"
** Then there's a CallBack to earlier in the same ''episode'' - "Camping Trip Part 2" opens with a dream sequence where Calvin and Hobbes have resorted to [[ExtremeOmnivores eating tires]]. Later, the non-dream Calvin contemplates eating a tire.

-->'''''[=TCotRWB=]''''s speech:''' YOU'RE LUCKY I DON'T THROW YOU OUT ON YOUR FURRY BUTT ON THE SIDEWALK FOR THIS!\\
'''''Thunderstorm''''s speech:''' '''''I SHOULD'VE KICKED YOU OUT ON YOUR SORRY FURRY BUTT YEARS AGO!'''''"

* The Cracks of Doom being visited twice in TheLordOfTheRings, each time with one character urging another to destroy the Ring, and the other [[spoiler: deciding not to]]. First [[spoiler: Elrond]] and [[spoiler: Isildur]], and two and a half films later, [[spoiler: Sam]] and [[spoiler: Frodo]].

** And [[MetaGuy uu]] ''hates'' the frequent {{Call Back}}s and gets pissed off when Dirk notices that he's repeating phrases that other characters have used, which is a sort of meta-commentary on readers who find this practice irritating.

* A more administrative version, the first episode of ''{{Charmed}}'' is called Something Wicca This Way Comes, and the last episode of the seventh season is called Something Wicca This Way goes. This, and the events of the episode, imply that it was meant to be the final episode before the show got extended fore another season.[[/folder]]

* One infamous scene in Roleplay/DinoAttackRPG was intended to be a call back to an earlier, rather strange moment from the LEGO Island arc. The incident in question involved Zenna and an unnamed doctor attempting surgery on Kate (who had taken ''a bullet through the neck''). For the call back this was handled more realistically, when a stressed Pierce attempted to perform CPR on [[spoiler:Amanda's]] corpse only for Shaw to point she was already dead. Unfortunately this scene had to be retconned into CanonDiscontinuity because for whatever reason Atton Rand failed to realize she wasn't in a position for her body to be recovered at the time.