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** In one episode, Mr. Burns plans to seal all of Springfield in a dome, until Lenny mentions that it's been done (specifically in [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie the movie]]).

'''Comic Book Guy:''' Excuse me, I believe [[ContinuityNod this family already had a horse]], and the expense forced Homer to work at the Kwik-E-Mart, with [[HilarityEnsues hilarious consequences]].\\
'''Homer:''' ''[pause]'' Anybody care what this guy thinks?\\
'''Crowd:''' No!
** Later in the same episode, Marge starts filling out a racing form. Lisa suggests that Marge might be developing a gambling problem, a nod to Marge getting hooked on slot machines in "$pringfield; or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling". Cue Comic Book Guy, wearing a "Worst Episode Ever" T-shirt: "Hey! I'm watching you."
** Similarly, during Apu's wedding in "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons", Bart wistfully watches the trained elephant and wishes that he had one as a pet. Lisa reminds him that this already happened.

* ''[[Film/AustinPowers Austin Powers in Goldmember]]'' features a rehash of a joke from ''Film/AustinPowersTheSpyWhoShaggedMe'' consisting of a hurricane of [[CurseCutShort Curses Cut Short]]. On the third cut, it swaps to ''Series/TheOsbournes'' as Ozzy Osbourne complains about the filmmakers reusing the joke.

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-->-- ''Film/AustinPowersInGoldmember''

* ''Film/AustinPowersInGoldmember'' features a rehash of a joke from ''Film/AustinPowersTheSpyWhoShaggedMe'' consisting of a hurricane of [[CurseCutShort Curses Cut Short]]. On the third cut, it swaps to ''Series/TheOsbournes'' as Ozzy Osbourne complains about the filmmakers reusing the joke.

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* Some of the collaborative logs for the ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' have this being called out, such as "Bohemian Rhapsody" being used twice for [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/experiment-log-423-a SCP-423]] and a few of [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/experiment-log-914 SCP-914's]] entries.

* In ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', Sarge first builds a robot (Lopez), then turns Simmons into a cyborg, then uses Simmons' leftover parts to save Grif after he's hit by the tank, then builds two robot bodies for Church and Tex (who are "ghosts") to inhabit. Unfortunately, by the time Tucker is half-blown up by a rocket, Sarge can't build Tucker a new body because, as Donut explains, they're out of parts because they overused that joke.

** In the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonsHowISpentMyVacation'' movie, a RunningGag has various amusing things happening to Plucky's tongue. By the last one, he acknowledges it as "Tongue joke number twelve".

** In the ''How I spent My Vacation'' movie, a RunningGag has various amusing things happening to Plucky's tongue. By the last one, he acknowledges it as "Tongue joke number twelve".

* Invoked in the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode ''Bismuth'', where the titular character uses her name as a pun twice. Amethyst complains about the trope, and Steven comments that maybe it will be funny again the third time. [[spoiler: It ''really'' isn't.]]

* Some of the collaborative logs for the Website/SCPFoundation have this being called out, such as "Bohemian Rhapsody" being used twice for [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/experiment-log-423-a SCP-423]] and a few of [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/experiment-log-914 SCP-914's]] entries.

** Taking the concept UpToEleven; one episode has two sketches ending with a cop attempting to arrest someone for impersonating an Italian film director. The last sketch of the episode ("The Argument Clinic") ends with a cop attempting to arrest a character for violating the "Strange Sketch" act. Then another cop arrives to arrest the whole show for, among other charges, "simply ending every bleedin' sketch by just having a policeman come in and... wait a minute..."

->'''Ozzy:''' These filmmakers are just ''[bleep]'' boobs!\\

* ''Film/AustinPowersInGoldmember'' features a rehash of a joke from ''Film/AustinPowersTheSpyWhoShaggedMe'' consisting of a hurricane of [[CurseCutShort Curses Cut Short]]. On the third cut, it swaps to Ozzy Osbourne complaining about the filmmakers reusing the joke.

* In episode 2 of ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'', an announcer says, "And now for something completely the same: a man with three buttocks," and gets a phone call pointing out that they did that already.

-->'''Interviewer''': Didn't we just do this already?\\

---> '''Jonah:''' Has anyone said "[[{{Film/Eegah}} Watch out]] [[CallBack for snakes" yet?]]
---> '''Crow:''' Yeah, I think we did that.
---> '''Jonah:''' Oh, we should have saved that for now.

* On ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Mr. Burns plans to seal all of Springfield in a dome, until Lenny mentions that it's been done (specifically in [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie the movie]]).
** Also from WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons, episode "Saddlesore Galactica":
-->'''Marge:''' Hmmm. Should the Simpsons get a horse?\\

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' parody of "Kon Tiki", this trope was utilized when the raft started to sink for a ''second'' time.
-->'''Plucky Duck''': It can't be! We did that gag already!\\