History Main / DejaVu

''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations2'': Claire starts off the beginning of this game the same way she started ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica''. Getting knocked unconscious, then thrown in a jail cell and having no weapons.

** Also, on his first day in the loop, Phil asks the same question of Mrs. Lancaster, who replies, [[IsItSomethingYouEat "No, but I could check with the kitchen"]].

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutron'', after managing to get back from the dinosaur era, a baby t-rex that was brought back presses Jimmy's time remote that causes a ResetButton back to the start of the episode, ending with Jimmy saying déjà vu.

* ''WesternAnimation/BrandyAndMrWhiskers'' discussed a situation that the rabbit had experience before in a video game, but he is unable to know the term of it, much to the dog's annoyance.

* ''Film/TheMatrix'': Neo experiences déjà vu after seeing the same cat go by twice. The rest of the cast go on alert, as d&eacutejà vu is a sign of a recent change made in the program, causing AGlitchInTheMatrix while the agents patched it.

Déjà Vu, literally "already seen" in French is a sensation of having already lived through what's currently happening. In real life, it's just a regular anomaly of memory recall. In fictionland, it's a sign that something isn't quite right.

Commonly experienced by characters who are starting to realize they are part of a GroundhogDayLoop. Occasionally appears in TimeTravel plots. TruthInTelevision and a source of ParanoiaFuel in RealLife. Related to AGlitchInTheMatrix, Deja Vu may be a symptom of encountering that trope. May be triggered by passing through a DoorToBefore. Sometimes used for an OhNoNotAgain gag.

* ''Manga/{{Mushishi}}'': One chapter involves Ginko meeting a man who is lured by a mushi, that causes him go through a GroundhogDayLoop over and over. The result being the man is constantly having a lingering feeling of deja vu, but since the loop begins at his childhood he doesn't remember what is causing it.

* In ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' ParodyFic "A Fistful of Mammary Gland", the Woman With No Name (just a number: 7 of 9) boards a spacecraft whose crew are split into two factions, Starfleet and Maquis, in a constant state of conflict. [[AFistfulOfRehashes She has the feeling that this scenario has been played out before.]]

* ''Film/TheMatrix'': Neo experiences deja vu after seeing the same cat go by twice. The rest of the cast go on alert, as deja vu is a sign of a recent change made in the program, causing AGlitchInTheMatrix while the agents patched it.
* ''Film/TopSecret'' Our hero is introduces to several members of the French Resistance, one of whom is named Deja Vu. Naturally he asks if they've met before.

* A ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' sketch involves a show exploring the concept of deja vu. Suddenly the sketch starts over, and by [[RuleOfThree the third time it happens]] the commentator starts to notice something is wrong.
* On episode 3x01 of ''Series/OnlyConnect'', one of the categories in the final round is "French phrases used in English." Deja vu is the both the first and the last answer in the category.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E18CauseAndEffect Cause And Effect]]", the crew are caught in a GroundhogDayLoop, Doctor Crusher begins to experience Deja Vu and so do the other crew members when she brings up the issue. The feeling gets more intense each time they pass through the loop, to the extent that the officers find they know a poker hand before it's been dealt.

* Last Unicorn Games' ''Star Trek RPG'' supplement ''All Our Yesterdays: The Time Travel Sourcebook''. When people are caught in a temporal loop (a GroundhogDayLoop where no one remembers that they've gone through it before), they will sometimes get a feeling of deja vu.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Penumbra}}: Black Plague'', feelings of deja vu are one of the early symptoms of infection by [[HiveMind the Tuurngait virus]]. The first time you learn this, this particular bit of info is repeated twice, presumably to [[ParanoiaFuel unnerve the player]]. [[spoiler:And it's fitting, as the player character is already infected.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'': In the episode "Seconds", Batman faces off against Francis Grey, a recently paroled convict who can turn back time. Batman begins experiencing Déjà Vu every time Grey resets the timeline, which allows him to eventually predict what Grey will say and do.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutron'', after managing to get back from the dinosaur era, a baby t-rex that was brought back presses Jimmy's time remote that causes a ResetButton back to the start of the episode, ending with Jimmy saying deja-vu.
* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': Grandpa Nat experiences this in "Grandpa's Drum". When Molly and Tooey sing and drum together, [[spoiler:he starts seeing visions of himself and his old friend when they were younger, doing the exact same thing]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', after Steven has another dream about Pink Diamond, Blue Diamond arrives and says the same words she said during the dream, making Steven mutter "deja-blue".

[[SelfDemonstratingArticle Commonly experienced by characters who are starting to realize they are part of a]] GroundhogDayLoop[[SelfDemonstratingArticle . Occasionally appears in ]]TimeTravel [[SelfDemonstratingArticle plots. ]]TruthInTelevision [[SelfDemonstratingArticle and a source of ]]ParanoiaFuel [[SelfDemonstratingArticle in ]]RealLife[[SelfDemonstratingArticle . Related to ]]AGlitchInTheMatrix[[SelfDemonstratingArticle , Deja Vu may be a symptom of encountering that trope. May be triggered by passing through a ]]DoorToBefore[[SelfDemonstratingArticle . Sometimes used for an ]]OhNoNotAgain [[SelfDemonstratingArticle gag.]]

''If you are looking for the album, [[Music/DejaVu1970 go here]]. If you are looking for the film, [[Film/DejaVu2006 go here]]. If you are looking for the game, [[VideoGame/DejaVu1985 go here]].''

->[[SelfDemonstratingArticle '''Orson:''' Roy, I have the strangest feeling that we've done this cartoon before.]]\\
[[SelfDemonstratingArticle '''Roy:''' Maybe it's a rerun?]]\\
[[SelfDemonstratingArticle '''Orson:''' No. When you get the feeling that you're doing things you've already done, do you know what that's called?]]\\
[[SelfDemonstratingArticle '''Roy:''' The writer running out of ideas?]]\\
[[SelfDemonstratingArticle '''Orson:''' No!]]\\
[[SelfDemonstratingArticle '''Roy:''' Because that happened halfway through the second season.]]\\
[[SelfDemonstratingArticle '''Orson:''' It's called déjà vu.]]

''[[SelfDemonstratingArticle If you are looking for the album,]] [[Music/DejaVu1970 go here]][[SelfDemonstratingArticle . If you are looking for the film, ]][[Film/DejaVu2006 go here]][[SelfDemonstratingArticle . If you are looking for the game, ]][[VideoGame/DejaVu1985 go here]][[SelfDemonstratingArticle .]]''

* ''Fanfic/ADiplomaticVisit'': In chapter 26, Twilight experiences a brief moment of this when her Equestrian friends unintentionally quote her Canterlot High friends (with Spike getting Rainbow Dash's line).

* ''Film/DejaVu2006'': Despite lending the movie its title, this doesn't occur until the end of the film [[spoiler:when Denzel Washington's character seems to recall the memories of his temporal duplicate who died just before he showed up.]]

* ''Film/CatWomenOfTheMoon''. Helen the navigator is able to guide the rocketship to the cave on the moon despite never having been there before, yet she feels otherwise because the evil Moon women are guiding her there.

* On ''Series/{{Fringe}}'', Walter claims that deja vu is the result of alternate universes: it happens when an alternate version of yourself has been in the same situation as you are now in.

* ''VideoGame/{{BioShock}}'': One of Andrew Ryan's taunts over the radio hints at [[PlayerCharacter Jack]] experiencing this. [[spoiler:Rapture is oddly familiar to Jack because he's a LaserGuidedTykeBomb grown in the city and sent to the surface, programmed to return and kill Ryan.]]
-->''"So far away from your family, from your friends, from everything you ever loved. But, for some reason you like it here. You feel something you can't quite put your finger on. Think about it for a second and maybe the word will come to you: nostalgia."''

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* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', after Steven has another dream about Pink Diamond, Blue Diamond arrives and says the same words she said during the dream, making Steven mutter "deja-blue".
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutron'', after managing to get back from the dinosaur era, a baby t-rex that was brought back presses Jimmy's time remote that causes a ResetButton back to the start of the episode, ending with Jimmy saying deja-vu.

->'''Danny:''' I'm going ghost!\\
'''Clockwork:''' Time-Stop. ''(rewinds Danny)''\\
'''Danny:''' I'm going ghost! ({{beat}}) Whoa... serious deja-vu.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'': In the episode "Seconds", Batman faces off against Francis Grey, a recently paroled convict who can turn back time. Batman begins experiencing Déjà Vu every time Grey resets the timeline, which allows him to eventually predict what Grey will say and do.

* ''Film/DejaVu'': Despite lending the movie its title, this doesn't occur until the end of the film [[spoiler:when Denzel Washington's character seems to recall the memories of his temporal duplicate who died just before he showed up.]]

''[[SelfDemonstratingArticle If you are looking for the album,]] [[Music/DejaVu go here]][[SelfDemonstratingArticle . If you are looking for the film, ]][[Film/DejaVu go here]][[SelfDemonstratingArticle . If you are looking for the game, ]][[VideoGame/DejaVu go here]][[SelfDemonstratingArticle .]]''

''If you are looking for the album, [[Music/DejaVu go here]]. If you are looking for the film, [[Film/DejaVu go here]]. If you are looking for the game, [[VideoGame/DejaVu go here]].''

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''If you are looking for the film, [[Film/DejaVu go here]]. If you are looking for the game, [[VideoGame/DejaVu go here]].''

'''Roy:''' [[LampshadeHanging Because that happened halfway through the second season.]]\\

->'''Orson''': Roy, I have the strangest feeling that we've done this cartoon before.\\
'''Roy''': Maybe it's a rerun?\\

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'', from the ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' segment "Déjà Vu".

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* Creator/GeorgeCarlin had a bit on what he called "[[InvertedTrope Vuja De]]," a sensation that what is going on has never happened before.
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* In ''WebComic/{{Homestuck}}'', this is a telltale symptom of entering a Dreambubble. The sense of Dejá Vu only increases until the dreamer realizes that they're merely recalling a memory.

* One ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' segment on ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' titled "Déjà Vu" was all about this, revolving around Orson, Roy, Wade and The Weasel reliving the same scene over and over.
** An earlier episode, "Orson's Diner", had a gag where Orson kept taking out and putting away a book on Déjà Vu he found on his bookshelf.

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* ''Film/TheMatrix'': Neo experiences deja vu after seeing the same cat go by twice. The rest of the cast go on alert, as deja vu is a sign of a recent change made in the program, causing AGlitchInTheMatrix while the agents patched it.
* ''Film/DejaVu'': Despite lending the movie its title, this doesn't occur until the end of the film [[spoiler:when Denzel Washington's character seems to recall the memories of his temporal duplicate who died just before he showed up.]]
* ''Film/TopSecret'' Our hero is introduces to several members of the French Resistance, one of whom is named Deja Vu. Naturally he asks if they've met before.

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* On episode 3x01 of ''Series/OnlyConnect'', one of the categories in the final round is "French phrases used in English." Deja vu is the both the first and the last answer in the category.
* On ''Series/{{Fringe}}'', Walter claims that deja vu is the result of alternate universes: it happens when an alternate version of yourself has been in the same situation as you are now in.

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* ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide''. A hippie stops at a house to ask for directions; upon noticing that the person he's speaking with is an elephant-bird-giraffe-man, he says, "Oh, wow, deja vu."

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* Creator/GeorgeCarlin had a bit on what he called "[[InvertedTrope Vuja De]]," a sensation that what is going on has never happened before.
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