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* In ''VisualNovel/TheLabyrinthOfGrisaia'' Yuuji's friend Danny was really looking forward to meeting the presumably badass communications officer Immortal Robbie only to find out he was actually an OccidentalOtaku who was actually being called ''Imouto'' Robbie because of his obsession with, well, [[LittleSisterHeroine imouto characters.]] In ''VisualNovel/GrisaiaNoRakuen'' Yumiko heads to a small cafe hoping to meet a retired intelligence officer and figures she'll find some sleek professional badass, but nope! Robbie again. You can see her dreams dying.

* In ''VisualNovel/GrisaiaNoMeikyuu'' Yuuji's friend Danny was really looking forward to meeting the presumably badass communications officer Immortal Robbie only to find out he was actually an OccidentalOtaku who was actually being called ''Imouto'' Robbie because of his obsession with, well, [[LittleSisterHeroine imouto characters.]] In ''VisualNovel/GrisaiaNoRakuen'' Yumiko heads to a small cafe hoping to meet a retired intelligence officer and figures she'll find some sleek professional badass, but nope! Robbie again. You can see her dreams dying.

->'''[[ComicBook/IronMan Tony]]:''' Anybody remember when I carried a nuke through a wormhole?\\
'''[[ComicBook/WarMachine Rhodey]]:''' No, it’s never come up.\\

-->-- [[Characters/MCUAvengersAndAllies Characters]] discussing events of ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''

* For another TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness example, one of the first pieces of fiction in the ''World of Darkness'' corebook was a sermon by Marco Singe, the Pain Prophet of New Delhi, and introduced the concept of "the God-Machine" to the gameline. Come ''TabletopGame/DemonTheDescent'', it's revealed that Singe's family runs a MegaCorp that has a special connection to the God-Machine, gaining proprietary knowledge of occult physics from its work.

** ''CallBack/One Piece''

-->'''Anna''': Excuse me, I climbed the North Mountain, survived a frozen heart, and saved you from my ex-boyfriend, and I did it all without powers.

-->-- [[Characters/MCUAvengersAndAllies Characters]] discussing the events of ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''

** * ''CallBack/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball''

->''"Remember how that happened? That didn't stop being a thing that happened or anything."''
-->-- ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', (referencing an event from ''thousands'' of pages ago)

** During the Demolition Derby, Lightning tells Cruz to "turn right to go left", a teaching Doc gave him in the first film.[[MasterApprenticeChain Much like Lightning at that time]], Cruz doesn't see any sense in his words.

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* ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' utilizes a ton of these as part of it's MO of taking the major plot points and themes from the first game and turning them on their head. One such CallBack in particular is used to rather excruciating effect during [[spoiler: Chiaki's execution, which occurs at the same point and under similar circumstances as Naegi's foiled execution in the first game, only this time the game throws numerous {{Hope Spot}}s at the player before finally killing her off instead.]]

* ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' utilizes a ton of these as part of it's MO of taking the major plot points and themes from the first game and turning them on their head. One such CallBack in particular is used to rather excruciating effect during [[spoiler: Chiaki's execution, which occurs at the same point and under similar circumstances as Naegi's foiled execution in the first game, only this time the game throws numerous {{Hope Spot}}s at the player before finally killing her off instead.]]
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* ''VisualNovel/SuperDanganRonpa2'' utilizes a ton of these as part of it's MO of taking the major plot points and themes from the first game and turning them on their head. One such CallBack in particular is used to rather excruciating effect during [[spoiler: Chiaki's execution, which occurs at the same point and under similar circumstances as Naegi's foiled execution in the first game, only this time the game throws numerous {{Hope Spot}}s at the player before finally killing her off instead.]]

* ''Disney/FrozenII'':

A relevant reference to an event taking place earlier than the timeline of the present story. One type of call back is a RunningGag. This is often used to remind viewers that there ''is'' an ongoing storyline. More or less a ShoutOut to itself -- but if that's ''all'' that it's doing, then it's a ContinuityNod; a Call-Back brings back an element that is '''actually relevant again'''.

!!Examples

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* Frequently used between ''VisualNovel/{{Narcissu}}'' and its {{prequel}}, ''Narcissu ~ side 2nd''
** Setsumi's last words from the original game are identical to the last thing Himeko said to Setsumi in ''Side 2nd''
** Atou's last question for Setsumi in the original [[note]]"Do you want me to stop you, this time? Or do you want me to give you a push off?"[[/note]] is echoed in Setsumi's narration towards the end of side 2nd
** There are several phrases that reoccur in the narration of ''Side 2nd''

* ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'': Several quick clips from earlier episodes showing the docs catching Lamput play in quick succession at the beginning of "Fracture". All the times they caught him ultimately culminated in him fracturing the one bone in his skeleton.

The opposite of this is either {{Foreshadowing}} (a forward reference done in a previous episode) or CallForward (a "fake" forward reference in a flashback or prequel). See also ChekhovsGun, ChekhovsBoomerang, BrickJoke, {{Bookends}}, MythologyGag, SequelEpisode and InternalHomage.

* [[Characters/WWEDivas 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.

* In Wrestling/VickieGuerrero's match at ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} 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 Wrestling/{{Rey Mysterio|Jr}}) and danced like he used to in his victory poses.

* CallBack/WebComics

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