History Main / ThinkingTheSameThought

** One Sunday strip has Kell and her brother Ralph angsting about how they're working for the people they hate most- Kell's husband's ex-wife Angelique and Ralph's brother-in-law Kevin, and [[DramaticIrony fear that the other sees them as an embarrassment to the family]](although Kell was the one who asked Kevin to hire Ralph). They then become determined to do something about their present situation, only to fail miserably.

* Used for HypocriticalHumor in ''Literature/GuardsGuards'': When Wonse is explaining to the Guild leaders about the dragon king's [[DragonsPreferPrincesses preferred diet]], every one of them thinks that one of the others is going to say something, at which point they will make a vague noise of possible agreement. This is shortly followed by them all thinking that all the others are cowards.

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': Usually played straight whenever Phineas and Ferb get an idea, but double subverted in the episode "Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!".
-->'''Phineas''': Ferb, are you thinking what I'm thinking?
-->''(Ferb hands Phineas a blueprint. Phineas studies it for a second)''
-->'''Phineas''': As usual, we're...Oh! Ugh! Man, no, that's not at all what I was thinking! Oh! Dude!

* At the start of ''Manga/WalkToDeath'', Miyuki Kurosu, the eldest of the Kurosu siblings, tells investigators that while her adopted sister Tokiko is acting unnaturally calm about their father's death, she's always been that way, and shouldn't be suspected. Her two younger brothers and younger sister think, "[[UsefulNotes/JapaneseSiblingTerminology Nee-san]]'s scary as usual."

Not related to AreYouPonderingWhatIAmPondering.

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* In the ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' parody of ''Film/BatmanReturns'', both Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle decide not to get undressed in front of each other, both realizing if the other sees their injuries from the Batman vs. Catwoman fight, their secret identities will be revealed. Alfred mentally remarks on how they're sharing thought bubbles.

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* In ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell''

* ''Webcomic/{{XKCD}}'': [[https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/610:_Sheeple Sheeple]] features five people in a subway thinking the exact same thing as the other four, namely that they're the only person who thinks differently than everyone else around them.

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* Played for laughs in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''. When Patrick starts copying everything [=SpongeBob=] does, he has a thought that Patrick can't copy what he is thinking only for Patrick to think exactly what he is word for word which [=SpongeBob=] somehow manages to hear.

-->'''Patrick:''' ''(also thinking)'' At least I'm safe inside my mind.

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Compare StrangeMindsThinkAlike, in which two(or more) characters come to the same improbable conclusion. Also compare FinishingEachOthersSentences, SharedDream(in which two people literally have the same thoughts when they sleep) TwinBanter (the tendency for twins to speak in unison and finish each other's sentences), and TwinTelepathy (the MaybeMagicMaybeMundane tendency for twins to know what the other is thinking).

** One Sunday strip has Kell and her brother Ralph angstng about how they're working for the people they hate most- Kell's husband's ex-wife Angelique and Ralph's brother-in-law Kevin, and [[DramaticIrony fear that the other sees them as an embarrassment to the family]](although Kell was the one who asked Kevin to hire Ralph). They then become determined to do something about their present situation, only to fail miserably.

* ''Webcomic/{{XKCD}}'': Sheeple features five people in a subway thinking the exact same thing as the other four, namely that they're the only person who thinks differently than everyone else around them.