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* ''Technologic'' by Music/DaftPunk is a ListSong giving a long list of verbs, all followed by the word "it".
-->''Buy it, use it, break it, fix it''
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If there's one thing I've learned, bitch, this game is about mother fucking money!

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If there's one thing I've learned, bitch, this game is about mother fucking money!money!\\
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* ''Fanfic/ACertainDrollHivemind'': When the blood construct explodes, it covers everyone in blood, except for Touma. When Mikoto asks what that's about, he just shrugs and says it was magic blood. Even the Sisters find that explanation odd. "at Kamijou Touma."
-->I stare at Kamijou Touma. Misaka-10032 stares at Kamijou Touma. Misaka Mikoto stares at Kamijou Touma.\\
"... hate you so much," Misaka Mikoto mutters.
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* ''VideoGame/RiverCityGirls'': The end credits song ends with talking about "River City Girls":
--> I can't quit these River City Girls\\
Will I survive these River City Girls?\\
I might just die from River City Girls
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* ''VideoGame/SunsetOverdrive'': The last bit of fine print on the [[http://web.archive.org/web/20140508210731/http://www.overchargedrink.com http://www.overchargedrink.com]] website used to promote the game, is this list of [=OverCharge=] Delirium XT symptoms, and at the end, it notes that "your own risk" is in your hands:
--> Fizzco is also not responsible for any illnesses or problems that may occur from drinking [=OverCharge=] Delirium XT, including, but not limited to: urinary tract infections, tummy aches, gross burping, water intoxication, acid reflux, heart attack, depression, tripping embarrassingly, urinating, urinating a lot, urinating way too much, gastrointestinal reaction, brain aneurisms, disturbing fantasies, assault and battery, poor judgment, pregnancy, itching, aggression, uncoordinated dancing, and death. Drink at your own risk. Love at your own risk.
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* ''VideoGame/RuphandAnApothecarysAdventure'': The FlavorText of Ashes, for a comparison of "most people":
--> '''Ashes:''' Completely useless to most people. Brill isn't most people.

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* ''Fanfic/ThePalaververse'': From ''Treasures'':
** In the second chapter, Daring's thrilled after passing "her first trap":
---> She'd found her first trap. She'd outwitted her first trap.
** In the fifth chapter, one of Old Chestnut's many objections about foal Daring's presence in the "ruin" where they meet for the second time:

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* ''Fanfic/ThePalaververse'': ''Fanfic/ThePalaververse'':
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From ''Treasures'':
** In the second chapter, Daring's thrilled after passing "her first trap":
---> She'd found her first trap. She'd outwitted her first trap.
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''Treasures'': In the fifth chapter, one of Old Chestnut's many objections about foal Daring's presence in the "ruin" where they meet for the second time:


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** From ''The First Stitch'', when Rarity resolves to do something:
--> Oh, stars take it,” I said aloud. “I can do something. I’ll do ''something''.
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'''Edward Verres:''' This early on, tired is good. Mundane is good. You'll be doing stuff that makes me glad it's not my job to cover this stuff anymore in no time.\\

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'''Edward Verres:''' This early on, tired is good. Mundane is good. You'll be doing stuff that makes me glad it's not my job to cover this stuff up anymore in no time.\\

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-->We're coming to the end of the first verse
-->Then comes the breakdown, a pretty chorus and then the second verse
-->I know I just rhymed "verse" with "verse"
-->That's because [[HeavyMeta I'm so metal]], [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]], where's your fucking purse?

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-->We're coming to the end of the first verse
-->Then
verse\\
Then
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-->I
verse\\
I
know I just rhymed "verse" with "verse"
-->That's
"verse"\\
That's
because [[HeavyMeta I'm so metal]], [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]], where's your fucking purse?



* ''Film/Arthur1981'': "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" rhymes "time" with itself in two consecutive lines: "Living his life one day at a time/He's showing himself a really good time". It's easy to miss this because there's no real pause between the lines and for that matter the next one, which isn't meant to rhyme.



* [[Film/Arthur1981 "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"]] rhymes "time" with itself in two consecutive lines: "Living his life one day at a time/He's showing himself a really good time". It's easy to miss this because there's no real pause between the lines and for that matter the next one, which isn't meant to rhyme.

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* [[Film/Arthur1981 "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"]] rhymes "time" with itself in two consecutive lines: "Living his life one day at a time/He's showing himself a really good time". It's easy to miss this ''Film/{{Ted}}'': Ted's boss promoting him because there's no real pause between of his outrageous actions, emphasizing the lines and for that matter the next one, which isn't meant to rhyme."guts":
--> Boss: That took guts. We need guts. I'm promoting you.
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* ''Literature/PrincessesOfThePizzaParlor'': In ''Grandmothers and Other Fearsome Encounters'' when talking about how "dangerous" the {{Magic Misfire}}s from non-standard spell enhancement can be:
--> '''Uncle:''' Piling up spells like that is dangerous. Adding heroic effort to spells is also dangerous.
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* Music/{{Queen|Band}}: Near the end of [[Music/HotSpace "Under Pressure"]], Music/FreddieMercury sings "Can't we give ourselves '''one more chance'''? Why can't we give love that '''one more chance?'''"
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* Music/{{Yello}}: "Oh Yeah" features a minor epiphora with the lines "such a '''good time''', a really '''good time'''."
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* A symploce example in the chorus of "[[Music/{{Nevermind}} Lithium]]" by Music/{{Nirvana}}:
-->''I like it, '''I'm not gonna crack'''''
-->''I miss you, '''I'm not gonna crack'''''
-->''I love you, '''I'm not gonna crack'''''
-->''I [[BreadEggsMilkSquick killed you]]'', '''''I'm not gonna crack'''''



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* ''WebOriginal/TwentyThousandTwenty'': At the end of Nine's speech about Eugene Jennings, combined with {{Anaphora}} and resulting in a symploce:
-->'' '''It's all''' he '''ever wanted'''. '''It's all''' we '''ever wanted'''.''
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The opposite of an epiphora is an {{Anaphora}}. Combining the two gives us a symploce (example: "'''I'll buy''' this wine '''for my wife today'''. '''I'll buy''' this book '''for my wife today'''"). A case of LoopedLyrics or MadnessMantra doesn't count as an epiphora since the string of words needs to be the same while the rest of the text is different from sentence to sentence. The earliest epiphora was found in Literature/TheBible and makes this trope OlderThanFeudalism.

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The opposite of an epiphora is an {{Anaphora}}. Combining the two gives us a symploce {{symploce}} (example: "'''I'll buy''' this wine '''for my wife today'''. '''I'll buy''' this book '''for my wife today'''"). A case of LoopedLyrics or MadnessMantra doesn't count as an epiphora since the string of words needs to be the same while the rest of the text is different from sentence to sentence. The earliest epiphora was found in Literature/TheBible and makes this trope OlderThanFeudalism.
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* ''Webcomics/ElGoonishShive'': From [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/balance-116 balance-116]]: Talking about magic training
--> '''Ashley:''' It was surprisingly tiring for how mundane it was.

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* ''Webcomics/ElGoonishShive'': ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': From [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/balance-116 balance-116]]: Talking about magic training
--> '''Ashley:''' It was surprisingly tiring for how mundane it was.\\
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* ''Webcomics/ElGoonishShive'': From [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/balance-116 balance-116]]: Talking about magic training
--> '''Ashley:''' It was surprisingly tiring for how mundane it was.
'''Edward Verres:''' This early on, tired is good. Mundane is good. You'll be doing stuff that makes me glad it's not my job to cover this stuff anymore in no time.\\
'''Ashley:''' Thanks?
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* ''Literature/PrincessesOfThePizzaParlor'': From ''Princesses in the Darkest Depths'', as part of an example of symploce:
--> "There are wonders in this world," the cook explained, "things that were brought to life by this secret [Spice of Life] and roam the world still. I have met with them; I have studied them and been instructed by them.



-->Why is there a rapper here?
-->Why exactly am I here?

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-->Why is there a rapper here?
-->Why
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Why
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The poem that was used in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar "A Good Man Goes to War"]] and its promotional material:
--> Demons run '''[[TitleDrop when a good man goes to war]]'''.\\

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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** ''Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot'': When the K1 Robot is warning people trying to invade to the bomb shelter he just exited:
---> '''K1 Robot:''' You must go. The soldiers must go.
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The poem that was used in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar "A Good Man Goes to War"]] and its promotional material:
--> ---> Demons run '''[[TitleDrop when a good man goes to war]]'''.\\
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* ''VideoGame/{{Potionomics}}'': Sylvia being emphatic in the face of adversity in the opening cutscene:
--> '''Sylvia:''' But this could still work! I can make this work.

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* In Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/TheTempest'', Juno sings one during the first scene of Act 4:
-->Hourly joys be still upon '''you'''!\\

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* In Creator/WilliamShakespeare's Creator/WilliamShakespeare:
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''Theatre/TheTempest'', Juno sings one during the first scene of Act 4:
-->Hourly --->Hourly joys be still upon '''you'''!\\


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** ''Theatre/KingHenryVI'':
---> Be round impaled with a glorious crown.
And yet I know not how to get the crown,
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* ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'': "Steven Spielberg vs Alfred Hitchcock": Michael Bay appears and raps a lot about money.
--> '''Michael Bay''':\\
If there's one thing I've learned, bitch, this game is about mother fucking money!
I make that dollar, y'all, mother fucking money!\\
Even make Mark Wahlberg make some mother fucking money!\\
I set up shop and got a few drops of that Got Milk money!\\
Rose to The Rock, now I got that socks made of silk money!
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Importing from Rhyming With Itself.


Overlaps with RepeatedForEmphasis. Compare with EveryEpisodeEnding which is more of a visual fiction-specific trope. Epiphoras may be similar to RhymingWithItself, but Identity rhymes don't necessarily end with an AABB rhyming scheme. Not to be confused with the {{Epigraph}} which is a quote appearing at the beginning or the end of a fiction. Sure, all movies or episodes from a same series end with a similar [[CreditsTropes credits sequence]], but that doesn't mean it's an epiphora (as credits sequences are pretty much common for any {{Film}}/[[{{Series}} TV series]]).

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Overlaps with RepeatedForEmphasis. Compare with EveryEpisodeEnding which is more of a visual fiction-specific trope. Epiphoras may be similar to also be RhymingWithItself, but Identity rhymes don't necessarily not if they're like using different end with an AABB rhyming scheme.words like "seasick" and "sick", instead of just "sick" by itself. Not to be confused with the {{Epigraph}} which is a quote appearing at the beginning or the end of a fiction. Sure, all movies or episodes from a same series end with a similar [[CreditsTropes credits sequence]], but that doesn't mean it's an epiphora (as credits sequences are pretty much common for any {{Film}}/[[{{Series}} TV series]]).


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* The jingle for Education Connection (basically an online directory of colleges) does this right from the beginning:
--> Feels like my life's passing me by
--> With the cash I'm making, I'll never get by
* The [[Creator/ChuckECheese Chuck E. Cheese's]] jingle "Follow Me To Fun" contains these lines:
--> Pick your partner, pick your game.
--> Every token plays one game.


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* Creator/BrianPosehn in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chiVMrWMHko Metal By Numbers]]:
-->We're coming to the end of the first verse
-->Then comes the breakdown, a pretty chorus and then the second verse
-->I know I just rhymed "verse" with "verse"
-->That's because [[HeavyMeta I'm so metal]], [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]], where's your fucking purse?
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* During ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' we have this line in "Let it Go":
--> Don't let them know.\\
Well now they know!
* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'', when the gargoyles are encouraging Quasimodo:
--> She will discover, guy\\
You're one heck of a guy
* In the theme song to the animated film ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius'', Music/BowlingForSoup rhyme "time" with "time" (in the chorus lyrics "We've got to save the Earth and get to school on time/So many things to do and not much time!") three separate times.
* The cast of ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' had a version of "Twelve Days of Christmas" that goes "My true love gave to me / a fire-breathing dragon just for me!"
* Used multiple times in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' score:
** "Where You Are" rhymes "inside" with "inside" two separate times (the first time referring to "the water sweet inside" and "meat inside" coconuts).
** "How Far I'll Go": The second verse twice uses 3 lines in a row ending with the word "island".
** "Shiny" rhymes "anything that glitters" with "thing that glitters" (and also "beginners").


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* Music/ChrisCornell:
** Soundgarden's "Live to Rise" that plays during the end credits of ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' rhymes "again" and "again," and "face" and "face."
** ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' has an opening song that constantly rhymes "you" with "you."
* [[Film/Arthur1981 "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"]] rhymes "time" with itself in two consecutive lines: "Living his life one day at a time/He's showing himself a really good time". It's easy to miss this because there's no real pause between the lines and for that matter the next one, which isn't meant to rhyme.
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* OlderThanPrint, as ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales'' has this pair of lines:
-->''The holy blisful martir for to seke''\\
''That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seke.''


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* Conan O'Brien's "Thursday", a parody of Rebecca Black's "Friday", featured a rapper with the following lyrics:
-->Why is there a rapper here?
-->Why exactly am I here?
-->Did I just rhyme "here" with "here"?
-->I am getting out of here!
* In ''Series/DropTheDeadDonkey'' Joy composes a {{Limerick}} about Sir Royston. The first, second and fifth lines all end in "bastard".


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* In the ''Film/{{Reptilicus}}'' episode of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', during the song "Every Country Has a Monster", Tom Servo and Crow rhyme "Luxembourg" with itself for [[LeastRhymableWord four]] [[InherentlyFunnyWord lines]].
-->'''Tom:''' Kropermann is a monster from Luxembourg\\
'''Crow:''' Who's actually the size of Luxembourg\\
'''Tom:''' He crushed the whole country of Luxembourg\\
'''All:''' Because he is the size of Luxembourg!

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* "Flood: A Romance of Our Time" by Creator/RobertPennWarren: "was gone":
--> The big sycamore by the creek was gone.\\
The willow tangle was gone.\\
The little enclave of untrodden bluegrass was gone.\\
The clump of dogwood on the little rise across the creek — now that, too, was gone

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-->Hourly joys be still upon '''you'''!
-->Juno sings her blessings on '''you'''.
-->Scarcity and want shall shun '''you''',
-->Ceres' blessing so is on '''you'''.

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-->Hourly joys be still upon '''you'''!
-->Juno
'''you'''!\\
Juno
sings her blessings on '''you'''.
-->Scarcity
'''you'''.\\
Scarcity
and want shall shun '''you''',
-->Ceres'
'''you''',\\
Ceres'
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* ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaVictory'': In ''[=Re;Birth3=]'', when Neptune is yelling at her friends to think of her safety, "Are you" {{Anaphora}}, transitioning to "me" Epiphora:
--> Are you gabbing gals even listening?!\\
Are you lippy ladies ignoring me?!\\
Can't you flippant females hear me?!
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* [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Epistrophe.png This birthday card]] which also serves as a simple and effective image for this page.
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