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* ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea'': During Saoirse's birthday party in an early scene, her [[BigBrotherBully older brother Ben]] smashes her face into the cake, and is clearly mean-spirited about it. At the end of the film, Ben's own birthday is celebrated and Saoirse gets her revenge with the same action, but the tone is much more light-hearted with both siblings laughing and Ben taking it in good humor, showcasing how their sibling relationship has changed for the better after the events of the movie.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea'': During Saoirse's birthday party in an early scene, her [[BigBrotherBully older brother Ben]] smashes her face into the cake, and is clearly mean-spirited about it. [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue At the end of the film, film]], Ben's own birthday is celebrated and Saoirse gets her revenge with the same action, but the tone is much more light-hearted with both siblings laughing and Ben taking it in good humor, showcasing how their sibling relationship has changed for the better after the events of the movie.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea'': During Saoirse's birthday party in an early scene, her [[BigBrotherBully older brother Ben]] smashes her face into the cake, and is clearly mean-spirited about it. At the end of the film, Ben's own birthday is celebrated and Saoirse gets her revenge with the same action, but the tone is much more light-hearted with both siblings laughing and Ben taking it in good humor, showcasing how their sibling relationship has changed for the better after the events of the movie.
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** Helen says "I don't think so!" when rejecting the idea that she should leave the heroics to the men. She repeats the line when Bob insists on saving the day alone.

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'''Lightning:''' Ah, this grumpy old racecar once told me something: It's just an empty cup.

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'''Lightning:''' Ah, this grumpy old racecar I know once told me something: It's just an empty cup.cup.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'' has Mirabel telling Abuela Alma that things happened "because of you." [[spoiler: First, she says it [[CallingTheOldManOut in a furious, confrontational tone]] when accusing her of tearing the family apart. A little later, she says it to her [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre in a warmer, more encouraging tone]] to get to her see that she managed to raise a wonderful family in spite of everything she went through.]]
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** "You just gestured/pointed to all of me." Said by Hiccup, first in response Gobber, then Stoick, each saying he needs to stop with "this". And finally at the end after Stoick saying that the Vikings need a little ''more'' "this."

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** "You just gestured/pointed to all of me." Said by Hiccup, first in response Gobber, then Stoick, each saying he needs to stop with "this". And finally at the end after Stoick saying says that the Vikings need a little ''more'' "this."
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** "...this." "You just gestured/pointed to all of me." Said by Hiccup, first in response Gobber, then Stoick, each saying he needs to stop with "this". And finally at the end after Stoick saying that the Vikings need a little ''more'' "this."

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** "...this." "You just gestured/pointed to all of me." Said by Hiccup, first in response Gobber, then Stoick, each saying he needs to stop with "this". And finally at the end after Stoick saying that the Vikings need a little ''more'' "this."
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** "...this." "You just gestured/pointed to all of me." Said by Hiccup, first in response Gobber, then Stoick, each saying he needs to stop with "this". And finally at the end after Stoick saying that the Vikings need a little _more_ "this."

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** "...this." "You just gestured/pointed to all of me." Said by Hiccup, first in response Gobber, then Stoick, each saying he needs to stop with "this". And finally at the end after Stoick saying that the Vikings need a little _more_ ''more'' "this."
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** When [[spoiler:Hiro]] is having their breakdown and raging at [[spoiler:Baymax]].
--->'''[[spoiler:Baymax:''' Is this what Tadashi would have wanted?]]\\
'''[[spoiler:Hiro:''' TADASHI]] IS GONE!

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** When [[spoiler:Hiro]] is having their breakdown and raging at [[spoiler:Baymax]].
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Baymax.
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Is this what Tadashi [[spoiler:Tadashi]] would have wanted?]]\\
'''[[spoiler:Hiro:''' TADASHI]]
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'''[[spoiler:Hiro]]:''' [[spoiler:TADASHI]]
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--->'''[[spoiler:Hiro]]:''' [[spoiler:Is this what Abigail would have wanted?]]\\

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--->'''[[spoiler:Hiro]]:''' [[spoiler:Is Is this what Abigail [[spoiler:Abigail]] would have wanted?]]\\wanted?\\
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--->'''[[spoiler:Baymax]]:''' [[spoiler:Is this what Tadashi would have wanted?]]\\
'''[[spoiler:Hiro]]:''' [[spoiler:TADASHI]] IS GONE!

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--->'''[[spoiler:Baymax]]:''' [[spoiler:Is --->'''[[spoiler:Baymax:''' Is this what Tadashi would have wanted?]]\\
'''[[spoiler:Hiro]]:''' [[spoiler:TADASHI]] '''[[spoiler:Hiro:''' TADASHI]] IS GONE!
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** "...this." "You just gestured/pointed to all of me." Said by Hiccup, first in response Gobber, then Stoick, each saying he needs to stop with "this". And finally at the end after Stoick saying that the Vikings need a little _more_ "this."
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--->"I'm bad and that's good. I'll never be good, but that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me."

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--->"I'm -->"I'm bad and that's good. I'll never be good, but that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me."

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* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', Peter B. tells Miles to make a "leap of faith" regarding his superpowers. [[TookALevelInBadass After Miles does]], he tells Peter B. that he needs to make a "leap of faith" about fixing his relationship with Mary Jane and putting his life back together.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'':
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Peter B. tells Miles to make a "leap of faith" regarding his superpowers. [[TookALevelInBadass After Miles does]], he tells Peter B. that he needs to make a "leap of faith" about fixing his relationship with Mary Jane and putting his life back together.together.
** Early in the movie, Miles' uncle Aaron gives him advice for picking up girls. He tells him to put his hand on her shoulder and go, "Hey." [[spoiler:Miles brings an end to the final fight by putting his hand on the Kingpin's shoulder, going "Hey." and zapping him with his spider shocker powers, honoring Aaron after his death at Kingpin's hands.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/ArloTheAlligatorBoy'': "Sing it," which in turn cues the respective song number. Shortly before the "Follow Me Home" sequence, Arlo says this to Bertie to tell more about her backstory as TheDrifter; Bertie then says the same thing to Arlo just before "Something's Missing", allowing Arlo to gather the confidence to confront Ansel at the Met Gala and demand the truth.
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--->"I'm bad and that's good. I'll never be good, but that's not bad. There's no-one more I'd rather be than me."

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--->"I'm bad and that's good. I'll never be good, but that's not bad. There's no-one more no one I'd rather be than me."
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* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': Has the motto of Bad Anon. When this is first said, Ralph doesn't join in and the villains there are trying to tell him to accept who he is. At the end of the movie, [[spoiler:Ralph recites it as he's attempting to perform a HeroicSacrifice]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': Has ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' has the motto of Bad Anon. When this is first said, Ralph doesn't join in and the villains there are trying to tell him to accept who he is. At the end of the movie, [[spoiler:Ralph recites it as he's attempting to perform a HeroicSacrifice]].

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* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', Peter B. tells Miles to make a "leap of faith" regarding his superpowers. [[TookALevelInBadass After Miles does]], he tells Peter B. that he needs to make a "leap of faith" about fixing his relationship with Mary Jane and putting his life back together.



* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', Peter B. tells Miles to make a "leap of faith" regarding his superpowers. [[TookALevelInBadass After Miles does]], he tells Peter B. that he needs to make a "leap of faith" about fixing his relationship with Mary Jane and putting his life back together.
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* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' -- "'Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten." Said first by Lilo, stopping Nani from taking Stitch back to the shelter and, without realizing it, saving his life. And then later, said by Stitch when he breaks Lilo out of Gantu's prison case.

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* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' -- "'Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten." Said first by Lilo, stopping Nani from taking Stitch back to the shelter and, without realizing it, saving his life. Later, Stitch says this to Nani as a way to comfort her when Gantu kidnaps Lilo, with the two finishing it this time. And then later, said by Stitch when he breaks Lilo out of Gantu's prison case.
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* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbTheMovieCandaceAgainstTheUniverse'': After a recent failed bust attempt by Candace, Vanessa questions if maybe the fact that she's obsessed with busting is because she constantly feels in the shadow of [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb her brothers]]. [[spoiler:During the climax, Candace uses this exact method on Super Super Big Doctor, questioning if her obsession with imposing control over others is because she constantly feels in the shadow of ''her'' brothers.]]
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'''Panic:''' '''If'''. "If" is good.

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'''Panic:''' Of course he's gonna f-- '''If'''. "If" is good.
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* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'': "A chief protects his own."
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* ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'':

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** In the sequel ''Disney/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'', when Jafar shows himself for the first time to Genie and Abu, Genie tries to reassure Abu by saying that he's still a genie, "and genies can't kill anyone." Jafar, in response, turns his arms into dragons and blasts Genie, whereupon he revises his earlier statement: "But you'd be surprised what you can live through."

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** In the sequel ''Disney/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'', ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'', when Jafar shows himself for the first time to Genie and Abu, Genie tries to reassure Abu by saying that he's still a genie, "and genies can't kill anyone." Jafar, in response, turns his arms into dragons and blasts Genie, whereupon he revises his earlier statement: "But you'd be surprised what you can live through."



* ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'': "Please, let me go! I'll do anything!" Belle says it the first time, pleading for her father's life. Gaston says it the second time, pleading for his own life.
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* ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'': ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'': "Please, let me go! I'll do anything!" Belle says it the first time, pleading for her father's life. Gaston says it the second time, pleading for his own life.
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%%* ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'': "Only an act of true love can thaw a frozen heart."
* ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'':

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%%* ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'': ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'': "Only an act of true love can thaw a frozen heart."
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* ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'' -- "'Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten." Said first by Lilo, stopping Nani from taking Stitch back to the shelter and, without realizing it, saving his life. And then later, said by Stitch when he breaks Lilo out of Gantu's prison case.

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* ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'' ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' -- "'Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten." Said first by Lilo, stopping Nani from taking Stitch back to the shelter and, without realizing it, saving his life. And then later, said by Stitch when he breaks Lilo out of Gantu's prison case.



* In ''Disney/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'' Kiara quotes Simba's previous 'we are one' speech back to him to make him understand that the outlanders are no different from them.

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* In ''Disney/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'' ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'' Kiara quotes Simba's previous 'we are one' speech back to him to make him understand that the outlanders are no different from them.



* In ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'', there was a nice callback when the Emperor calmly told [[BigBad Shan Yu]] that "No matter how the wind howls, the mountain cannot bow to it" and after Mulan had stopped Shan Yu, the Emperor himself and everyone else ''bowed'' down towards her in gratitude.
* ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'': "Prove yourself brave, truthful and unselfish, and someday, you will be a real boy."
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* In ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', there was a nice callback when the Emperor calmly told [[BigBad Shan Yu]] that "No matter how the wind howls, the mountain cannot bow to it" and after Mulan had stopped Shan Yu, the Emperor himself and everyone else ''bowed'' down towards her in gratitude.
* ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'': ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'': "Prove yourself brave, truthful and unselfish, and someday, you will be a real boy."
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* ''Disney/{{Tarzan}}'':

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* ''Disney/{{Tarzan}}'':''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'':



* ''Disney/WreckItRalph'': Has the motto of Bad Anon. When this is first said, Ralph doesn't join in and the villains there are trying to tell him to accept who he is. At the end of the movie, [[spoiler:Ralph recites it as he's attempting to perform a HeroicSacrifice]].

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* ''Disney/WreckItRalph'': ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': Has the motto of Bad Anon. When this is first said, Ralph doesn't join in and the villains there are trying to tell him to accept who he is. At the end of the movie, [[spoiler:Ralph recites it as he's attempting to perform a HeroicSacrifice]].
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** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory4'': Early in the movie, Bonnie takes off Woody's badge and gives it to Jessie since Woody's not one of her favourites. [[spoiler:As Woody's leaving to join Bo Peep, he makes sure to give Jessie the badge before he goes.]]
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--->'''Hercules''': Meg, why did you? You didn't have to.

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--->'''Hercules''': Meg, why did you? You didn't have to.\\



--->'''Meg''': Wonder Boy, why did you?

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--->'''Meg''': Wonder Boy, why did you?you?\\
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** When Meg saved Hercules from being crushed by a pillar:
--->'''Hercules''': Meg, why did you? You didn't have to.
'''Meg''': People always do crazy things... when they're in love.
** Then when Hercules, in godly form, brings Meg's soul back to her body:
--->'''Meg''': Wonder Boy, why did you?
'''Hercules''': People always do crazy things... when they're in love.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLittlePrince2015'' there is the phrase "You're going to make a wonderful grownup." It's first said to the Girl by the Mother, who means that she will be a perfect adult, crafted from birth to be ready to become busy with matters of consequence. Later on, the Aviator repeats it to the Girl, now referring to her newly kindled resolve to grow up while holding onto her childhood memories, creativity, and the understanding that the superficial does not hold lasing happiness.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLittlePrince2015'' there is the phrase "You're going to make a wonderful grownup." It's first said to the Girl by the Mother, who means that she will be a perfect adult, crafted from birth to be ready to become busy with matters of consequence. Later on, the Aviator repeats it to the Girl, now referring to her newly kindled resolve to grow up while holding onto her childhood memories, creativity, and the understanding that the superficial does not hold lasing lasting happiness.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', Peter B. tells Miles to make a "leap of faith" regarding his superpowers. [[TookALevelInBadass After Miles does]], he tells Peter B. that he needs to make a "leap of faith" about fixing his relationship with Mary Jane and putting his life back together.

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* ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'': When Ruber suggest that he should be the new king of Camelot, only for Sir Lionel to tell him "I will not serve a false king!" just before the mad knight launches into attack. Later, towards the climax, as Ruber is attempting to kill an injured Arthur with Excalibur that is attached to his arm, Kayley draws Ruber's attention to her by saying the same words before swinging down on a wooden beam and knocks the villain out of the castle.

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Later, towards the climax, as Ruber is attempting to kill an injured Arthur with Excalibur that is attached to his arm, Kayley draws Ruber's attention to her by saying the same words before swinging down on a wooden beam and knocks the villain out of the castle.
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* ''WesterAnimation/QuestForCamelot'': When Ruber suggest that he should be the new king of Camelot, only for Sir Lionel to tell him "I will not serve a false king!" just before the mad knight launches into attack. Later, towards the climax, as Ruber is attempting to kill an injured Arthur with Excalibur that is attached to his arm, Kayley draws Ruber's attention to her by saying the same words before swinging down on a wooden beam and knocks the villain out of the castle.

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* ''WesterAnimation/QuestForCamelot'': ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'': When Ruber suggest that he should be the new king of Camelot, only for Sir Lionel to tell him "I will not serve a false king!" just before the mad knight launches into attack. Later, towards the climax, as Ruber is attempting to kill an injured Arthur with Excalibur that is attached to his arm, Kayley draws Ruber's attention to her by saying the same words before swinging down on a wooden beam and knocks the villain out of the castle.
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* ''WesterAnimation/QuestForCamelot'': When Ruber suggest that he should be the new king of Camelot, only for Sir Lionel to tell him "I will not serve a false king!" just before the mad knight launches into attack. Later, towards the climax, as Ruber is attempting to kill an injured Arthur with Excalibur that is attached to his arm, Kayley draws Ruber's attention to her by saying the same words before swinging down on a wooden beam and knocks the villain out of the castle.
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%%* ''WesternAnimation/{{Nine}}'': "Sometimes, one must be [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed]] for the good of many..."
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin'':
-->'''Tintin:''' What was it you said, Captain? You hit a wall...\\
'''Captain Haddock:''' You push through it.
* ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'':
** When Genie confides in Aladdin his desire for freedom, he mentions that he has "phenomenal cosmic power", but is bound to the magic lamp, an "itty-bitty living space". Aladdin uses this against Jafar in the climax when he tricks the power-mad tyrant into wishing to become a genie, himself.
--->'''Aladdin''': You want to be a genie?! You got it [...] ''[[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor and everything that goes with it!]]'' Phenomenal cosmic power...''itty-bitty living space''.
** In the sequel ''Disney/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'', when Jafar shows himself for the first time to Genie and Abu, Genie tries to reassure Abu by saying that he's still a genie, "and genies can't kill anyone." Jafar, in response, turns his arms into dragons and blasts Genie, whereupon he revises his earlier statement: "But you'd be surprised what you can live through."
** Jafar tells Jasmine to do what he wants, "if she wants her father to remain healthy". When prompted with the "genies can't kill" line, he reminds her "you'd be surprised what you can live through."
** The line is used again when Jafar attempts to convince Abis Mal to use his last wish to free him from the lamp, providing him with all the treasure he could ever wish for as persuasion. Abis Mal is about to make the wish, but then asks how he can be sure the treasure won't disappear when he does. Jafar threatens his life in response, and when Abis Mal reminds him that genies can't kill, Jafar replies "You'd be surprised what you can live through."
** And the last instance, when the heroes mourn Iago's HeroicSacrifice, Aladdin mentions that he thought genies couldn't kill anybody. Cue Iago coughing up the Genie's earlier line, [[DisneyDeath "You'd be surprised what you can live through."]]
* ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'': "Please, let me go! I'll do anything!" Belle says it the first time, pleading for her father's life. Gaston says it the second time, pleading for his own life.
* ''Disney/BigHero6'':
** Two characters at two different times exclaim that someone they loved is gone, to show how they've become corrupted by their own grief and rage.
** When [[spoiler:Hiro]] is having their breakdown and raging at [[spoiler:Baymax]].
--->'''[[spoiler:Baymax]]:''' [[spoiler:Is this what Tadashi would have wanted?]]\\
'''[[spoiler:Hiro]]:''' [[spoiler:TADASHI]] IS GONE!
** When [[spoiler:Callaghan]] is confronting [[spoiler:Krei]].
--->'''[[spoiler:Hiro]]:''' [[spoiler:Is this what Abigail would have wanted?]]\\
'''[[spoiler:Callaghan]]:''' [[spoiler:ABIGAIL]] IS GONE!
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}''
** When Lightning discovers that the reclusive Doc Hudson is really a legendary racecar, the Hudson Hornet.
--->'''Lightning:''' But you won the championship three times! Look at those trophies!\\
'''Doc Hudson:''' ''You'' look. All I see is a bunch of empty cups.
** And near the end of the climax, when Lightning forfeits the cup to help The King finish the race.
--->'''The King:''' You just gave up the Piston Cup, you know that?\\
'''Lightning:''' Ah, this grumpy old racecar once told me something: It's just an empty cup.
%%* ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'': "Only an act of true love can thaw a frozen heart."
* ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'':
** After Pain and Panic botch their job to kill the hero when he's still a baby:
--->'''Panic:''' Hades is gonna kill us when he finds out what happened.\\
'''Pain:''' You mean, ''if'' he finds out.\\
'''Panic:''' '''If'''. "If" is good.
** Then when Hercules knocks Hades into the River Styx where the souls inside drag him to the depths[=:=]
--->'''Panic:''' He's not gonna be happy when he gets out of there.\\
'''Pain:''' You mean, ''if'' he gets out of there.\\
'''Panic:''' '''If'''. "If" is good.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Home}}'', when Tip and Oh first meet, she locks him in a freezer and tells him "No, you cannot come into the out!" when he asks. [[spoiler:In the climax, Oh locks Tip and Lucy in her car (to protect them from being crushed by the Gorg mothership) and tells her "Tip can't come into the out now."]]
* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'':
** "I did this..." -- said first by Hiccup, then said again by his father [[spoiler:after the final battle, when he finds Toothless without Hiccup, and believes his son is dead.]]
** "We're Vikings. It's an occupational hazard." said first by Stoick, then again by Hiccup [[spoiler:right before fighting the BigBad]]. Even though he did not overhear his father say it, he quotes [[LikeFatherLikeSon his exact words]].
* ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'': The first movie has the line "That's what you do in a herd." It's first said by Manny when he saves Diego's life, and later by Diego when he saves Manny's life. Also, both instances happened in near-death situations, and in fact, Diego is apparently ''dying'' when he makes the same reply back to Manny, but somewhat differently, as their situations are reversed.
-->'''Manny:''' You didn't have to do that.\\
'''Diego:''' That's what you do in a herd.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''.
-->'''Helen:''' Everyone's special, Dash.\\
'''Dash:''' Which is another way of saying ''no one'' is.
** Paraphrased by Syndrome later on:
--->'''Syndrome:''' And when I'm old and I've had my fun, I'll sell my inventions so that ''everyone'' can have powers! ''Everyone'' can be super! And when everyone's super... ''[{{evil laugh}}]'' ...''no-one'' will be.
** Syndrome reenacts his "I'm your biggest fan" confession to Mr. Incredible as a call back to the time when Syndrome was just an excited boy, who wanted nothing but to be Mr. Incredible's sidekick and who was spurned by his idol and thus turned to evil.
** "We're superheroes. What could happen?"
* ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'':
** The line "I go... you stay. No following!". Hogarth says it when he has to go home for dinner (and he obviously can't take a giant robot home with him). The Giant says it to Hogarth just before [[spoiler:he saves the town via an explosive HeroicSacrifice]].
** There's also Dean's advice to Hogart, "You are who you choose to be." Hogarth then tells it to the Giant to stop his rampage. And then it literally echoes in the Giant's memory as he [[spoiler:heads off to his HeroicSacrifice.]]
** One word: "Superman"
* In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'', the "Your story may not have such a happy beginning..." line is said twice, with a different ending each time. The first time it's "...but look at how it turned out!" and the second, more poignant version, is "...but that doesn't make you who you are. It is the ''rest'' of your story, who you ''choose'' to be."
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'': "See ya later, alligator." First time, Wyldstyle says this to Emmet as she leaves to access the control room in Lord Business' tower. Second time, Emmet says this to Wyldstyle as he forces himself to jump out of the tower, because it'll be the only way to disconnect the battery - that he's tied to - from the self-destructing mechanism that Lord Business had planned to electrocute everyone in the Think Tank. Role reversal, plus a drastic change of situation
* ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'' -- "'Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten." Said first by Lilo, stopping Nani from taking Stitch back to the shelter and, without realizing it, saving his life. And then later, said by Stitch when he breaks Lilo out of Gantu's prison case.
-->"You came back..."\\
"Nobody gets left behind."
* In ''Disney/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'' Kiara quotes Simba's previous 'we are one' speech back to him to make him understand that the outlanders are no different from them.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLittlePrince2015'' there is the phrase "You're going to make a wonderful grownup." It's first said to the Girl by the Mother, who means that she will be a perfect adult, crafted from birth to be ready to become busy with matters of consequence. Later on, the Aviator repeats it to the Girl, now referring to her newly kindled resolve to grow up while holding onto her childhood memories, creativity, and the understanding that the superficial does not hold lasing happiness.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'':
** "I'm thinkin' of a song."
** ''Europe's Most Wanted'': "Balloons for the children of the world."
* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'':
** Albeit with a reversal:
--->'''Roz:''' And I ''don't'' want to see any paperwork on this.
** ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity''
--->[[spoiler:"They're always hiring in the mail room."]]
* In ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'', there was a nice callback when the Emperor calmly told [[BigBad Shan Yu]] that "No matter how the wind howls, the mountain cannot bow to it" and after Mulan had stopped Shan Yu, the Emperor himself and everyone else ''bowed'' down towards her in gratitude.
* ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'': "Prove yourself brave, truthful and unselfish, and someday, you will be a real boy."
* ''{{Disney/Pocahontas}}'':
** The following exchange occurs between the title character and her love interest, John Smith, after the latter is arrested and sentenced to death by Pocahontas' father:
--->'''Pocahontas:''' I can't leave you.\\
'''John:''' You never will. No matter what happens to me, I'll always be with you. Forever.
** Later, when John must return to England to recover from his gunshot wound and Pocahontas tearfully tells him that she has to remain with her village, she insists that he still return to England to recover.
--->'''John:''' But I can't leave you.\\
'''Pocahontas:''' You never will. No matter what happens, I'll always be with you. Forever.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'':
** {{Subverted}} When Homer is trying to convince Marge to move to Alaska, he says, in a rather poignant scene, that in a marriage everyone gets one chance to say "I need you to do this with me" and have their spouse trust them. Later Marge repeats the line when they need to save Springfield, only for Homer to scoff. "That's the stupidest thing I ever heard!"
** PlayedStraight: "Worst day/Best kiss of your life ''so far!''"
* Early on in ''WesternAnimation/{{Sing}}'', Eddie tells Buster he should just accept that he's hit rock bottom and can't save his theatre, to which the eternally optimistic Buster responds "You know what's great about hitting rock bottom? There's only one way left to go, and that's up!" Later on, when Buster is in a HeroicBSOD after [[spoiler:the theatre's [[TrashTheSet literal collapse]]]], Eddie repeats the line to him in order to lift his spirits.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOutOfWater'':
** When Plankton is fighting with [=SpongeBob=] over the formula bottle, we hear this:
--->'''Plankton:''' Come on, [=SpongeBob=]! Join me! And we'll be rich and powerful! Until I eventually betray you... Uhh... JOIN ME!\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' No! Never! I'm on Team Krabs for life!
** And later at the climax[=:=]
--->[[spoiler:'''Burger-Beard:''' Come on, team up with me! We'll be rich and powerful! Huh?\\
'''Plankton:''' No, thanks. I'm already part of a teamwork.]]
* ''Disney/{{Tarzan}}'':
** The first time it's said, Tarzan is mistaking Clayton's name as a term for gunshot, with Clayton being confused by it. The second time [[spoiler:Tarzan is calling out to Clayton for help, whereupon Clayton shows his true treacherous colors]].
--->'''Tarzan:''' Clayton!\\
'''Clayton:''' ...Have we met?
** Jane says "Jane stay with Tarzan" in Ape twice in the movie. The first time because Tarzan taught her to say it without telling her what it meant. The second, she knows full well what it means.
* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'':
** In the first movie: "This isn't flying -- it's falling with style!"
** In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'', Buzz tells Woody "You are a toy!", referring back to the first film where Woody says this to Buzz multiple times. Specifically, he shouts back Woody's exact line, with one minor change. "You aren't a collectible, you are a child's plaything!"
** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'': As a CallBack to the second film, Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head exclaim, "[[spoiler:You have saved our lives! We are eternally grateful.]]" after [[spoiler:the aliens save them and the other main characters from a fiery death]].
** "The Claaaw..." in the first movie, the [[LittleGreenMen LGMs]] in the crane game have a religious reverence for said crane. In the third movie, the [[LittleGreenMen LGMs]] that have joined the group say it after [[spoiler:using the giant crane at the dump to save everyone from falling into the incinerator.]]
%%* ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' -- "Directive."
* ''Disney/WreckItRalph'': Has the motto of Bad Anon. When this is first said, Ralph doesn't join in and the villains there are trying to tell him to accept who he is. At the end of the movie, [[spoiler:Ralph recites it as he's attempting to perform a HeroicSacrifice]].
--->"I'm bad and that's good. I'll never be good, but that's not bad. There's no-one more I'd rather be than me."

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