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* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'':
** In Chapter 5, an AxCrazy Alan Jonah, in the midst of SanitySlippage, at one point derides [[BackFromTheDead Vivienne]] as "a little bitch" whilst the human-turned-Titan is being tortured with napalm. In Chapter 13, Vivienne throws the same phrase right back at Jonah while trying to irk [[spoiler:TheAssimilator he's been assimilated into]].
** PlayedForDrama when it's revealed in Chapter 15 that Vivienne's words to Mariko earlier in the story ("Don't make a promise if you don't know you can keep it") are [[spoiler:what Vivienne's mother said to her almost word-for-word, before the events in Antarctica that saw Vivienne SwallowedWhole by Ghidorah and presumed dead]].
* ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'': When she was thirteen Asuka used to mock Misato and Kaji's relationship, calling them "two depressed grown-ups licking each other's wounds". In chapter 16 her nineteen-year-old self remembers her words and bitterly realizes that sentence describes her and Shinji now.
-->''‘You're just two depressed grown-ups licking each other's wounds.’ Her own ancient mockery of Misato’s erratic relationship with Kaji echoed harshly in her mind.''
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** ''FanFic/TheImmortalGame'':
*** [[TheDragon General Esteem]] says "titles are important" [[InsistentTerminology so much]] that it's practically his CatchPhrase -- considering the [[{{Narcissist}} character]], it's probably so he can constantly remind people that he's both a knight and a General. When they confront each other during the [[StormingTheCastle Battle of Canterlot]], Twilight throws this line back in his face, pointing out that [[spoiler: while he may be a General, she's a ''Master'' General]].
*** Another example with the same characters: when Esteem thinks that the villains have won, he gives Twilight a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech deriding her efforts and telling her that all she'll be remembered for is her failure. Shortly after, while Twilight is [[spoiler: giving him a KarmicDeath]], she gives him a similar speech, telling him that all ''he'll'' be remembered for is his treachery.
*** [[spoiler: After Celestia is BroughtDownToNormal, she refuses to answer to Terra's mocking nickname "Sunshine". After she regains her power, her reaction to Terra's stunned stuttering of her name is to smugly state, "Call me Sunshine".]]
*** When Terra is [[spoiler: depowered and imprisoned by the Mane Six]], she tells Fluttershy that she does cruel things because "It's what I do. It's who I am." Shortly after, Fluttershy performs an act of kindness for Terra and when asked why, she replies with the same line.
** In the ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeriesChaosVerse'', a couple of Discord's lines from canon get put into a new context here:
*** "A weighty choice is yours to make, the right selection or a big mistake", this time said by [[spoiler: Discord to himself when having to choose between letting [[BigBad Nightmare Phobia]] kill Fluttershy and risking Fluttercruel's life to save her.]]
*** "Make sense? Oh what fun is there in making sense?" Twice, first when [[spoiler: Fluttercruel says it to scare Fluttershy out of her nightmare]], the context making it a TearJerker, and second when [[spoiler: Discord realizes he's a Bearer of the Elements of Loyalty and Laughter during the FinalBattle]].
** Back in the original ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'', [[BadFuture Dark World]] Rarity/Rarigreed, well after her [[HeelFaceTurn redemption]], manages to turn her thousand-year CatchPhrase of "[[{{Greed}} MINE!]]" into a PreMortemOneLiner, when she says it right before [[spoiler: ripping out [[PsychopathicManChild Fluttercruel's]] Element of Chaos, which kills her]].
*** A little earlier, during the fight with [[TheStarscream the Valeyard]], he shoots down Derpy's [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight attempt to reach the Doctor]] by saying "I'm the Valeyard, the Doctor's out, and he's not coming back". Later, when he's [[VillainsWantMercy begging]] her not to [[spoiler: [[BewareTheNiceOnes beat him to death]] in an attempt to regenerate him back into the Doctor]] by saying she wouldn't hurt a friend, she points out that she's ''the Doctor's'' friend and "You're the Valeyard, the Doctor's out, [[spoiler: but he'll be back soon]]".
** ''FanFic/GettingBackOnYourHooves'': When Trixie is setting up [[BigBad Checker Monarch]] for her EngineeredPublicConfession, she takes the time to recreate the one chess match she ever beat her at when they were fillies, just so she can throw Checker's catch phrase of "Checkmate" back in her face.
** The story [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/143497/1/groomed-to-perfection/chapter-1-like-teacher-like-student Groomed To Perfection]] by Rainbow Bob has Discord implying that [[WifeHusbandry Celestia raised Twilight to be her mate in addition to her equal.]] Celestia states that she couldn't be any prouder of Twilight, or love her any more than she already does, which gets thrown back in her face shortly thereafter, with the implication that Discord himself had raised '''Celestia''' to be his own mate.
---> '''Discord:''' “I couldn’t be prouder of you, or love you anymore than I already do.”
** "[[FanFic/SonicGenerationsFriendshipIsTimeless I believe you had some good words of wisdom for this kind of situation. How did they go again? Oh yes, I remember:]] ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 You have a lot to think about]]''."
** ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'', an extended retelling of the second season finale, has a lot of these after [[ForWantOfANail Prince Jewelius takes over Equestria's throne following Queen Chrysalis' defeat]] and [[ManipulativeBastard turns the entire city of Canterlot and Twilight]] against [[HeroWithBadPublicity her brother and friends as well as the princesses]].
*** After Jewelius has sentenced the dishonored heroes and they're taken away, he uses the line Chrysalis used when she thought she was victorious: "This day has been just ''perfect''!" During the climax, [[spoiler:Chrysalis uses that line again after Jewelius [[DevouredByTheHorde has been eaten by the Changelings]] and she prepares to subdue the heroes who are exhausted from fighting his minions. Also, when Jewelius tries to beg for Chrysalis' help and calls her his love, she reminds the stallion who backstabbed her that he called her a despicable animal in the 11th chapter before she unleashes her Changelings on him]].
*** When Shining Armor's being taken away from Canterlot, he mulls over Twilight and says something similar to what she said after he and the others left her heartbroken at the rehearsal.
---->'''Twilight''': I could've gained a sister. But instead… I just lost a brother.\\
''[...]''\\
'''Shining Armor''': I could've gained a wife. But instead… I just lost a sister.
*** When Twilight mistakenly believes Cadance just became injured because her brother, former friends and Celestia secretly brought her to Canterlot, she gives them [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech an angry outlash]] which she finishes by throwing in their faces the words they used while leaving her at the rehearsal. After she has left, Jewelius appears and exchanges with Shining Armor exactly the same words Twilight exchanged with Chrysalis before being imprisoned by the latter.
---->'''Shining Armor''': Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go and comfort my bride. And you can forget about being my best mare. In fact, if I were you, I wouldn't show up to the wedding at all.\\
'''Applejack''': C'mon, y'all. Let's go check on the princess.\\
'''Twilight''': I was-\\
'''Celestia''': You have a lot to think about.\\
''[...]''\\
'''Shining Armor''': Twily-\\
'''Twilight''': And you can forget about me calling you my BBBFF anymore! In fact, [[IHaveNoSon I don't even have a brother]]. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go check on the princess.\\
'''Celestia''': Twilight, I-\\
'''Twilight''': ''You'' have a lot to think about.\\
''[after Twilight has left, Jewelius appears to reproach the captured heroes]''\\
'''Shining Armor''': I'm sorry.\\
'''Jewelius''': You ''will'' be! ''[[[EvilLaugh laughs wickedly]]]''
*** When Jewelius [[JustBetweenYouAndMe announces to the imprisoned heroes]] that [[spoiler:he and Twilight are engaged]], he mentions [[spoiler:the title of the "Love is in Bloom" song which they sung together in the second chapter]].
*** When [[spoiler:Jewelius finally reveals to Twilight that he's [[CassandraTruth just as evil as her former loved ones said]], he cruelly reminds the shocked mare of the reassurance she gave him in the second chapter while he was [[BitchInSheepsClothing playing nice with her]] and expressed sadness over the fact that he isn't well-known; 'ponies would surely recognize him if he did something spectacular'. She obviously didn't mean that spectacular to be all [[TyrantTakesTheHelm the despicable things]] he has done until that point]].
** ''Fanfic/ADiplomaticVisit'': During Twilight's talk with Princess Luna in chapter 21, in which she informs her that Chrysalis is present (and detained) in the Packlands, Luna points out that she ''really'' shouldn't have told them, since it would force them to act, and that it could cause trouble for both nations. Wise-Mind later tells her the same thing, not in the same words but with the same meaning.
* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', Luciano Bradley likes to ask "What do people value most? Their lives." as a PreMortemOneLiner. In ''Fanfic/CodePrime'', [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Cliffjumper]] turns this line on its head.
--> '''Cliffjumper:''' "Question... What does... the super cool... good looking... conversationist named Cliffjumper... value most? Answer... the lives of his friends... [[spoiler:more than even his own...]]
* In ''Fanfic/TheGhostMap'', Literature/SherlockHolmes and [[BigBad Colonel Moran]] face off in Camden House, [[ContinuityNod where Holmes trapped Moran some time ago.]] Now it's the other way around - Holmes acknowledges the irony.
* In ''Fanfic/LoveCoversAllSins'' (an AccusationFic for ''The Adventure of the Dying Detective''), while trying to keep Watson from discovering his "fatal illness" was faked, Holmes says that if Watson insists on him being doctored, he wants one in whom he can have "some confidence", directly before sending him off to fetch Culverton Smith. As Watson storms out, he tells Holmes that the next time he needs a gofer, he hopes he can find one in whom he has "some confidence."
* From ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'':
-->'''Calvin:''' Don't worry, Dad! [[MiseryBuildsCharacter Being in jail builds character!]]
* From "The Flynns Move To Springfield", [[AlphaBitch Lisa]] frames [[TheDragon Allison]] for the actions ''she'' committed. When Allison reacts with shock, shouting "I trusted you!", her reply is "You can't trust anyone these days." Later, when Lisa is screaming at Isabella that she was the cause of all the misfortune that had happened in the story so far, Allison appears, revealing everything Lisa said has been recorded. Her reaction:
-->'''Lisa:''' I trusted you!\\
'''Allison:''' You can't trust anyone these days.
* In ''Fanfic/{{Alex}}'', [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Marceline]] asks her opponent, [[BitchInSheepsClothing Alex]], of why is she doing all the plotting against her, her reply is her song, "I'm Just Your Problem".
* In ''Substitute Shinigami School: First Semester'' Tatsuki, Ishida, Sado and Orihime had their powers sealed by the Gotei 13 but go to Urahara to bypass the seals. Ichigo finds out and is not pleased. They tell him "It's not his business so he doesn't have to worry." Ichigo then goes [[StrawManHasAPoint and lists flaws (enough to get them killed) with the plan while they say he's being a hypocrite.]] This leaves them a little speechless. He leaves saying "...But you know what? It's not my business so I shouldn't worry."
* In ''VideoGame/HetaOni'' Italy tells America to learn to smile more naturally. This is repeated back to him later in the game.
* Happens in the space of three minutes in ''Fanfic/KitsuneNoKenFistOfTheFox'', during Naruto and Suigetsu's baseball game. Suigetsu throws the ball at Naruto's head and Naruto narrowly ducks aside to avoid it; Suigetsu gives an insincere apology and says "my aim must've been bad." Moments later, Naruto hits Suigetsu's next pitch back at him and [[GroinAttack into his balls]], then gives an insincere apology and says "my aim must've been bad."
* In ''Fanfic/NarutoTheSecretSongsOfTheNinja'', an old enemy of Kakashi's who Kakashi mutilated in battle during the last war but didn't get to finish off tells him "It's not smart to leave unfinished business" [[spoiler:after capturing him and Naruto]]. 2 chapters [[spoiler:featuring torture and an attempted framing and execution]] later, Kakashi throws those words back at him right before [[spoiler:[[PreMortemOneLiner cutting his throat]]]].
* In ''Fanfic/OpeningDangerousGates'', when Xiphias Gladius attempts to kill Lucy, he says he will give her a peaceful death, "Am I not kind?" A few minutes later, Harribel uses this line on him while kicking his ass and promising to give him a quick death.
* In ''Fanfic/TheEndOfEnds'', [[spoiler:Beast Boy, after being revealed, throws Terra's line, "Things change... the person you want me to be is no more." back in her face]].
* ''Fanfic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness Act IV'': In chapter 25, after his EvilPlan has exposed Tsukune and co. as monsters to the humans and said humans are instantly wary and scared of them, Hokuto outright tells Moka that this proves that his [[StrawNihilist nihilism]] is justified, stating that human/monster co-existence is a fool's dream and that "each side will kill the other without ever trying to reason with it." By the very next chapter, however, Tsukune and co. have successfully managed to win the humans' trust, and Moka is quick to throw Hokuto's own words back at him with a smirk on her face:
-->'''Moka:''' So, "each side will kill the other without ever trying to reason with it," huh?
* In the ''Captain America: The Winter Soldier'' fanfic ''Fanfic/OutOfTheDeadLand'', the WhamLine "Who the hell is [[spoiler:Bucky]]?" from the original film is repeated almost verbatim during the climax just before a familiar IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight ensues...except that the speaker and recipient of that line are in a [[SwappedRoles complete reversal of their canon roles]] here.
-->"Who the hell is [[spoiler:Steve]]?"\\
[[spoiler:Bucky]] stared at him. ''No'', he thought, flat denial. It couldn't be. Not [[spoiler:Steve]].
* ''Fanfic/SecondWind'': In [[Manga/OnePiece canon]], Zoro sternly encourages Luffy after his fight with Usopp in the Water 7 arc, saying, "If you falter, who can we rely on?" At the end of Chapter 10, Luffy repeats the line, paraphrased, back to him, after they make another hard decision.
* Used ''twice'' in the supercrossover fanfic "''Fanfic/TheTerminatorsArmyOfLegend''". In ''Volume VII'', the archangel [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Messorem]] says this to his son, [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Deitus]], [[spoiler: shortly before casting him down to Hell following Deitus' betrayal]]: "''I am not your father, and you are not my son''." Later, during the final fight against the immortal Deitus and [[spoiler: Alex]], who's the reincarnation of Messorem, Deitus' son is ordered by his father to kill [[spoiler: Alex]]. When he refuses, Deitus echoes this line to his son, shortly before beating him as punishment. Later in that same fight, Messorem says it ''again'' to the newly mortal Deitus [[spoiler: shortly before reaping his soul]].
** Also used to great effect between ''Volume V'' and the sidestory ''Requiem''. Before [[spoiler: Zack Dawson's]] final fight against Alex, he prophecies the monster Alex will become if he doesn't go off the path he's currently on in life...come ''Requiem'', [[spoiler: Alex's son, also named Zack,]] is given the ''same'' speech by his father, [[spoiler: having fulfilled Zack's prophecy,]] shortly before their final battle [[spoiler: in which Alex is slain]].
* A humourous example in the ''Series/{{Torchwood}}''/''Series/{{Angel}}'' crossover "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21090 Captain Spike]]"; after Angel, Spike and Illyria arrive in Cardiff and Spike is briefly mistaken for John Hart, when the three travellers are initially brought to Torchwood Three, Spike comments "No blonde, though; could really use a blonde", just as John Hart did when he initially arrived in the Hub.
* As a call back to Anakin's declaration that [[Film/StarWarsEpisodeIIIRevengeOfTheSith from his point of view the Jedi are evil]], in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3167157/1/Vader-s-diary Vader's Diary]]'', Darth Vader has a HeelRealization and states that from his point of view the Sith are evil.
* In ''Fanfic/TheStoryToEndAllStories'', the villain uses the phrase "No more", making the Doctor flinch.
* Several examples in ''Fanfic/TheSecondTry'':
** "Do not ask questions you don't really want to hear the answer to." Gendo told this to his son. Several months later, Shinji remembers his words when Gendo asked him a question he ''definitely'' didn't want to hear the answer to.
** "Cry when you feel sad. Laugh when you're happy..." Asuka originally told this to [[spoiler:Aki]] as a lesson about not hiding your feelings. After [[spoiler:Shinji is absorbed by Unit 01,]] she tells herself this since she can't show her feelings. Due to the anachronic nature of the story, we actually hear the echo before the original line.
--->'''Asuka:''' Who am I to ask for a promise that I can't keep myself?
* ''Fanfic/{{Quicken}}'': When several thugs captured her, Emma pleads: "Please – please, don't! Not my face! I'll do anything, please just let me go!" Later on, when she’s about to kill Yan, the gang member says those exact words.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'' fic ''Fanfic/HopeForTheHeartless'', Taran asks Dallben not to tell anyone what he and Eilonwy are about to tell him. Dallben is shocked to hear his apprentice saying to him something similar to what he told Taran when first using Hen-Wen's oracular powers.
** When Avalina is unsure how she should puncture an abscess in [[CoolHorse Mitternacht's]] frog, [[VillainProtagonist the Horned King]] tells her to trust her own judgement about what alternative would be best and not let doubt, second-guessing and the opinions of others hinder her decision-making. The Horned King himself first heard these words centuries ago from [[EvilMentor his former master Arawn]] who later becomes Avalina's sworn enemy. The advice helped the Horned King to become {{the dreaded}} and powerful warlord he's known as, though he deems it prudent not to tell [[MoralityPet Avalina]] that.
* ''Fanfic/OldWest'': The PreAsskickingOneLiner given by [[DeterminedHomesteader Grace Glossy]] to Bad Bill's gang in the 18th chapter is similar to what [[UnscrupulousHero Rattlesnake Jake]] says to [[StarterVillain Tomson]] and his mercenaries in the 2nd chapter.
-->'''Tomson''': ''[to Sheriff Rango]'' You're outnumbered Sheriff, and you're outgunned. We ain't afraid of you no more.\\
'''Jake''': It ain't him ya gotta worry about… ''[cue to the mercs [[OhCrap losing their cockiness]]]''\\
''[Later]''\\
'''One of Bad Bill's cohorts''': ''[[[OhCrap becomes terrified]] upon spotting Jake]'' The Grim Reaper…\\
'''Grace''': It's not him you should be afraid of… ''[[[MamaBear beats the gang up all by herself for hurting her son]]]''
* ''Fanfic/ErasedPotential'': Aizawa is quite fond of his '[[ILied logical ruses]]', justifying his usage of ExactWords and BlatantLies as a way of [[MotivationalLie motivating his students]]. [[TheStrategist Principal Nedzu]] decides to use similar tactics in a few {{Xanatos Gambit}}s he's got running, and when Aizawa learns the truth, Nedzu cheerfully throws his favorite line back in his face.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4590825/1/Treachery Treachery]]'' repeats the line "Treachery is the way of the Sith" throughout, a quote from the novelization of Film/RevengeOfTheSith after Count Dooku realizes Palpatine had always planned to betray him. The fic's final usage of the line refers instead to [[spoiler:Dooku revealing Palpatine's true identity to the Jedi in a final act of spite]].
* [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13094900/1/Practicing-Medicine Practicing Medicine]] has a [[NightmareFuel chilling]] throwback to Mercy's Ultimate line when Mercy finds out that [[spoiler: Medic was harvesting her body parts and then healing her so he could experiment on her forever]].
--->'''Medic''': "Don't be afraid Frau Ziegler. ''Heroes never die!''"
* ''[[Fanfic/TheHeartTrilogy Heart of Fire]]'': When Thorin Oakenshield refuses to listen to [[{{Seer}} Kathryn's]] pleas not to enter the Lonely Mountain to kill her soulmate [[VillainProtagonist Smaug]] and endanger countless innocent lives for the sake of his homeland and gold, she yells "May your greed be your doom!" as her last words to him. Thorin later says the same thing to Smaug (as the last words he says in the dragon's face) when he triggers a trap in an unsuccessful attempt to kill the dragon. Kathryn's curse to Thorin ends up fitting the canon events leading up to Thorin's canonical death. As for Smaug, [[SparedByTheAdaptation he survives thanks to Kathryn's interference]]. However, Thorin's somewhat [[NotSoDifferent hypocritical]] curse comes to play in the sequel known as ''Heart of Ashes'': Smaug ends up having a permanent nasty affliction that will enslave him to Sauron's will if he ever caves to his darkest urges, so he's forced to give up on his plans to take the Lonely Monutain and his treasure back. He's still fighting those fights in the third story, ''Heart of the Inferno''.
* ''Fanfic/TotalDramaEverything'': Several times during the first season, Nom Nom says "I always win" after succeeding in a plan or as a taunt. [[spoiler:After she beats him in the penultimate challenge of the season, takes the second spot in the finale and gives Nom Nom the boot, what does Lammy say?]]
-->[[spoiler:''"Sorry Nom Nom. I win."'']]
* ''Fanfic/TheNewAdventuresOfInvaderZim'': During the climax of Season 1, [[spoiler:[[TheStarscream Norlock]] uses his former status as Zim's EvilMentor as a PreMortemOneLiner by stating "Here ends the lesson" before trying to kill him. Shortly after, when Zim is leaving Norlock to die as [[LostSuperweapon Project Domination]] is about to explode, he throws the line back in his face]].
* In ''FanFic/LadyBugOut'', [[WesternAnimation/{{MiraculousLadybug}} Chat Noir]] challenges Ladybug to 'prove' that she's not in love with him by kissing him. When she refuses, he attempts to force her into one... and after she shoves him away, acts as though she's just proven his point -- [[InsaneTrollLogic in his mind]], she doesn't want to kiss him because she's afraid she won't be able to hide her feelings for him if they do. Much later on, after [[spoiler:Adrien has been stripped of the ring]], Marinette finally manages to help him see the flaw in his reasoning by acting like she wants to force the 'kiss test' onto him. Adrien realizes that it's not much fun [[ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine having someone pursue you over your objections]].
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' one-shot ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21138575 Who You Know]]'', Alya [[TitleDrop drops the title]] while lecturing Marinette about refusing an incredible opportunity just because [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lila]] was the one offering it. Much later, after Alya has realized too late that she gave up an incredible opportunity just because ''Marinette'' was trying to offer it to her, she watches her best friend say this about her:
-->'''Marinette:''' "She knows someone with a lot of [[CelebrityLie big connections]]. It's all about who you know, right?"
* In the second entry of [=ChaoticNeutral's=] ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/20689988/chapters/49524416 Salt Series]]'', Alya tunes into a web seminar hosted by one of her journalistic idols. Said idol name-drops the Ladyblog... as an example of how '''not''' to conduct oneself, before proceeding to pick apart the flaws in her methods in increasingly painful detail. Alya's breaking point comes when her idol declares that "''A good journalist always checks their sources''" -- something she'd previously told Marinette while blowing her off and proceeding to ''not'' do any fact-checking of her own.
* At the end of ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/20127637/chapters/47682838 The Babysitting Fiasco]]'', Alya laments posting Lila's 'bucket of lies' on her Ladyblog, [[NeverMyFault blaming her]] for all the trouble she's gotten into. Nora quips about her failure to do her own research, hearkening back to her sister's past declarations about how "good journalists always check their sources". Alya does ''not'' appreciate the CallBack.
-->'''Nora:''' "How ''very'' unfortunate that you lost the ability to, oh, ''fact-check'' things that went on your blog before posting them. And at the same time you lost your critical thinking skills, too!"
* ''WebAnimation/CabinetManCompleteEvilSpottedleafMAP'': The chorus is mainly used by Spottedleaf in a mocking tone. The MAP ends with Mapleshade "singing" the chorus back to Spottedleaf as she enacts revenge. This also echoes an earlier scene where Mapleshade repeated the chorus song at Spottedleaf.
* In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13603257/1/ A True Hero Of Paris]], [[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug Adrien Agreste]] is horrified when [[CompulsiveLiar Lila]] [[FalseRapeAccusation claims Gabriel sexually harassed her]] and asks Marinette to tell their classmates Lila is lying. Marinette blinks at him and says "I don't see why it matters. ''After all, lying never hurt anyone.''" Adrien is indignant at first but then realizes she's just parroting the "advice" he gave her about handling Lila.
* In ''[[https://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=11002&textsize=0&chapter=1 After Life]]'', the Ninth Doctor has been experiencing a JourneyToTheCentreOfTheMind as he regenerates, encountering his previous selves at various points in their personal memories as he bitterly confronts them with their failure to truly stop the Daleks, resulting in the SurvivorsGuilt he has been forced to live with. He encounters the Third Doctor as he is tied up while being experimented on during the events of "Day of the Daleks"; when the Third Doctor plaintively asks the Ninth Doctor if he could release him, the Ninth Doctor smilingly replies "Yes, but I don't think I will," and makes a rather cruel point of giving him TheReasonYouSuckSpeech while the Third Doctor is prone and forced to listen to him. Later in the story, the tables are turned, and the Ninth Doctor is forced to re-experience the rather painful events that led to the Third Doctor's regeneration. When he appears, the Third Doctor makes a point of asking the Ninth Doctor if he can help: "I'm never one to deny assistance to someone in need." The Ninth Doctor is unamused, and somewhat shamed.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8637502/6/Don-t-Look Don't Look]]'', Asuka sarcastically states "Thank god for nepotism!" when she learns Shinji, the commander's son, gets to wield a weapon after being the victim of an attack. A few minutes later, she repeats the line more sincerely because, due to the nature of the attack, Kaji will need to spend more time around Asuka, including living with her, in order to guard her.
* ''Fanfic/KingdomHeartsPsiTheSeekerOfDarkness'': In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/19482925/ Secret Weapon]]'', as part of a FakeDefector ploy, Vanitas hands Sora over to Saix, before saying, "You get to carry him, though" and claiming seniority. A minute later, Saix has been knocked unconscious and Sora tells Vanitas, “You get to carry him, though."
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However, this will also crop up with lines that were first made idly, innocently, and perhaps not even directed at Alice; in those cases the echo will simply be unexpected, and can be used for humor, shock value, or anything in between.

* Tim Smith, frontman of the band Cardiacs (originally Cardiac Arrest), was effectively paralysed via dystonia by a cardiac arrest and [[AuthorExistenceFailure later passed away]] after a second.

* In ''Fanfic/TheGhostMap'', SherlockHolmes and [[BigBad Colonel Moran]] face off in Camden House, [[ContinuityNod where Holmes trapped Moran some time ago.]] Now it's the other way around - Holmes acknowledges the irony.

* NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo is best known for taunting his opponents by wagging his finger at them after blocking a shot, but in one 1997 playoff game between his Atlanta Hawks and Michel Jordan's Chicago Bulls, Jordan dunked in Mutombo's face and taunted him with his own finger wag.

** This happens after he is convicted as [[spoiler:Mask☆[=DeMasque=]]]. Later, when it is revealed he is actually a murderer, he was trying to use his first conviction as an ''alibi'', and he was actually [[spoiler:blackmailing Ron [=DeLite=], the ''real'' Mask☆[=DeMasque=]]] he repeats this, only truthfully this time.
** The above line is immediately [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]]:
--->'''Judge''': ...That's the same line you gave yesterday.\\

* ComicBook/{{X 23}} gives Zander Rice an epic one in ''ComicBook/InnocenceLost''. Throughout the miniseries, Rice constantly berates and abuses Laura as RevengeByProxy against Franchise/{{Wolverine}} for killing his father while escaping the Weapon X project. His go-to insult is treating Laura as if she isn't even human, calling her an animal right to her face. When her mother finally has enough and sets her loose ''against'' the Facility, rather than killing Rice cleanly she puts up her claws and ''[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats the shit out of him]]''. As she walks out of the room where Rice lies dying, she looks over her shoulder and tells him off with one word: "Animal." Laura wasn't just carrying out her final mission, she came for ''payback''.

Compare FlashbackToCatchphrase, ExactWords, BookEnds, ExcuseBoomerang, AlternateCatchphraseInflection, and DialogueReversal. Subtrope of MeaningfulEcho. IronicEchoCut is when the echo comes immediately and the second speaker has ''not'' heard the first. Can be a form of HypocriticalHumor or a BrickJoke. Doing this [[RecycledInSPACE as a SONG]] is often a DarkReprise. May often result from a PerspectiveReversal. If the original use was innocent and amusing but the echo is bitter or shocking, this may result in a FunnyAneurysmMoment.

Related to this, a critic sardonically using a work's own words to characterize its flaws is a ReviewIronicEcho.

A critic sardonically using a work's own words to characterize its flaws is a ReviewIronicEcho.

* The question "How long, can you tread water?" from Creator/BillCosby's "Noah" trilogy. First said at the end of the second skit, "Noah: And the Neighbor", by an amused Noah to his next-door neighbor who wants a hint as to why Noah's building an ark. {{God}} asks Noah the same question in the third skit after the latter starts complaining about the task he's been given, but he keeps right on complaining, justifiably so. And in the first skit, Noah's initial reply to most of what God tells him is a sarcastic, "''Right!''" Then towards the end, he asks God how he's going to destroy the world:
-->'''God:''' I'm gonna make it rain for a thousand days and drown 'em right out.\\

* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', Luciano Bradley likes to ask "What do people value most? Their lives." as a PreMortemOneLiner. In ''Fanfic/CodePrimeR1Rebellion'', [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Cliffjumper]] turns this line on its head.

* Creator/AlanMoore uses this one a lot, but never more than in ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}''. A good example: advertisements for Ozymandias' training system promise "bodies beyond your wildest imagining". [[spoiler: When Ozymandias commits his attack on New York, the advertisements are liberally scattered around amidst the piles of corpses.]]

-->'''Hazel''': This is ''your'' business, not ''mine''.

* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', Luciano Bradley likes to ask "What do people value most? Their lives." as a PreMortemOneLiner. In ''Fanfic/CodePrimeR1Rebellion, [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Cliffjumper]] turns this line on its head.

* In 2019, Donald Trump mocked Greta Thunberg after she was named as Time Person of the Year. Fast forward to the 2020 Presidential election, wherein Greta trolls Trump by quoting his tweet nearly word for word in response to a call from Trump to stop the vote counting: "So ridiculous. Donald needs to work on his anger management problem, then go to a good old-fashioned movie with a friend! Chill, Donald, Chill!" On the day of Joe Biden's inauguration, Greta did it again by turning another of Trump's statements against him, saying, "He seems like a very happy old man looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see!"

* In 2019, Donald Trump mocked Greta Thunberg after she was named as Time Person of the Year. Fast forward to the 2020 Presidential election, wherein Greta trolls Trump by quoting his tweet nearly word for word in response to a call from Trump to stop the vote counting: "So ridiculous. Donald needs to work on his anger management problem, then go to a good old-fashioned movie with a friend! Chill, Donald, Chill!"

* In ''Anime/CodeGeaa'', Luciano Bradley likes to ask "What do people value most? Their lives." as a PreMortemOneLiner. In ''Fanfic/CodePrimeR1Rebellion, [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Cliffjumper]] turns this line on its head.