History StrangeMindsThinkAlike / Webcomics

** Both [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/balance-069 Agent Wolf]] and [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/balance-071 Dr. Germahn]] use the phrase "{{Scrub}} Trash" in phone calls to Arthur (the [[MenInBlack head of the FBI paranormal department]]) in rapid succession. In both cases, Arthur repeats this terminology, only for the original speaker to say, "It sounds weird when you say it."

** Another ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' example: [[TheLancer Haley]] says that Thanh has been "dominated" by [[DarkChick Tsukiko]], and both [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0521.html Belkar]] and [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0524.html a random cleric]] assume she is referring to [[CasualKink consensual bondage]] rather than a MindControl spell.

* In ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'', after Claire passes her exams, [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4258 Emily]], [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4259 Hannelore, and Clinton]] all independently decide to give her a build-your-own-theremin kit as a congratulatory gift. [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4260 Faye]] was also planning to get her one but forgot to order it in time.

* In ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'', after Claire passes her exams, [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4258 Emily]], [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4259 Hannelore, and Clinton]] all independently decide to give her a build-your-own-theremin kit as a congratulatory gift.

** [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4260 Faye]] was also planning to get her one but forgot to order it in time.

* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': In chapter 1, [[https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=6 Annie tries to figure out]] how to get [[LivingShadow Shadow 2]] across the bridge to the forest. Shadow 2 can only travel in shadow, but the bridge is bathed in light. While Annie can provide him cover using her own shadow, she is forbidden from leaving school grounds, so she cannot walk him across the bridge herself. She concludes that there is "only one sensible solution":

* ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' teaches us about [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2002/06/19/ Claw Shrimp]].
* ''Webcomic/LeastICouldDo'' has Rayne attempting to popularize the word "vagoo" as a more casual synonym for the vagina. When a co-worker uses it in a later storyline, he says "I knew that term would catch on." Note that the term originated in a ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' doujin that censored "penis" to "ponos" and "vagina" to "vagooo". ImageBoards latched onto it.
* ''Webcomic/AModestDestiny'':
** Gustav and Lucille agree that the same-sex marriage between Maureen and Lucille (which exists only to avoid a curse on Lucille; Maureen does not, at this point, identify as a lesbian) lacks mayonnaise, to Maureen's bewilderment. Maureen is frustrated when Fluffy repeats the same line later independently.
** There's also a RunningGag in which various characters suggest brightening up dismal rooms (such as prison cells) with throw pillows.
* In ''{{WIGU}}'', some church folk accuse Wigu of being a wizard, after which a policeman shows up to arrest him and have him buried up to the neck in the town square, due to a law that's been on the books since 1695. When Wigu's mother finds out her son has been arrested, her response is, "Charged with being a wizard? What is this, 1695?".

* In ''Webcomic/UserFriendly'', a guy with what appears to be punk hair applies for a job [[http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20070502 here]] and says the hair was due to an accident with a soldering iron and a ceiling fan. [[http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20070507 Later]], two of the techs say that this was their first assumption.
* In ''[[Webcomic/{{Cheer}} The Wotch: Cheer!]]'', there are the recurring set of NoodleImplements: Two geese, a roll of duct tape, 23 toothpicks, and some sodium benzoate. [[http://www.cheercomic.com/?date=2005-10-27 First used by Tamara]], then later by [[CloudCuckooLander Jo]] and [[NoNameGiven Agent 32]].
* In ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', when Queen Valerie asks Torg his name, thinking he's a random peasant, he goes for the really lame LineOfSightName Pheasant the Peasant. A short while later Zoe is about to be eaten by the demon K'Z'K, and in wild desperation she claims she's not Zoe but "her twin sister...um...Pheasant".
* A ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'' comic has Donovan, whose Orkcsh translations are all of MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels quality, say something about doing taxes in autumn, followed by the orc he's talking to saying "Close enough. Let's get moving." Meanwhile, an orc who's not too good with the Callanian language translates Dominic's rant as being something about taxes in autumn...prompting the same response. It turns out that Donovan and the orc had the same phrasebook.
** Also, near the beginning of the comic's run, Sigfried meets both Lady Tavoria and Dominic. Both are hung up on his name, and ask him if they can just call him "Siggy."
* In ''Webcomic/YahtzeeTakesOnTheWorld'', multiple characters independently base their decisions on consulting magic 8-balls. When one asks about Yahtzee's odd behaviour, the ball answers "[[EvilCounterpart He's the Anti-Yahtzee]], dumbass," so maybe they know something we don't.
* "Randall, get out of my head!" is a frequently posted statement on the ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' forums.
** And, of course, [[http://xkcd.com/858/ this]]. Amusingly enough, the alt-text [[AllMenArePerverts suggests an explanation]].
* This may be a RealLife example, but once ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' and ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'' (which then shared the same website) both included a joke about the restaurant Subway on the same day (which seems even odder since both comics take place in ''[[StandardFantasySetting medieval fantasy worlds]],'' albeit ones with AnachronismStew and little or NoFourthWall). ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' author Rich Burlew insisted it wasn't intentional, though he took it as a sign about what he should have for lunch that day.
** Another ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' example: [[TheLancer Haley]] says that Thanh has been "dominated" by [[DarkChick Tsukiko]], and both [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0521.html Belkar]] and [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0524.html a random cleric]] assume she is referring to [[CasualKink consensual bondage]] rather than a MindControl spell.
** One example was inadvertently created by making a reference to a RunningGag: in one of the Dragon magazine strips, when Belkar accidentally dispels Elan's clothes, Phil Rodriguez says, "He's invisible!" Since these strips don't take place in the same continuity, Phil must have in this continuity somehow reached the same "naked=low AC penalty" logic that Elan did in the main comic.
* [[http://rakugakiwall.com/blip/archive/329 This strip]] of ''Webcomic/{{Blip}}''. K, just before acting out her role as a pre-arranged [[MomentKiller third wheel]], thinks to herself, "All right...time to bust out my Creator/CateBlanchett skills..." When K proceeds to over-act the part, Hester thinks to herself, "Fail, Ms. Blanchett...''fail.''"
* ''Webcomic/HolyBibble'' used to have a bit of this. Anyone baking anything tended to add "a few pastries for variety", despite being centuries and often miles apart. It's unknown if this will show up in the current reboot, though.
* [[http://wondermark.com/620/ This strip]] of ''Webcomic/{{Wondermark}}''.
* The ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' arc "Massively Parallel" is full of moments like this, since it's an extended storyline with several separated groups of characters and various repeated jokes cropping up. Of note are at least four characters asking [[WhatWouldXDo What Would Schlock Do?]] in unrelated circumstances, and one group of characters saying [[ThisAintRocketSurgery It's not rocket science]] while performing impromptu brain surgery, and later another group saying "It's not brain surgery" while performing rocket science.
* ''Webcomic/BadMachinery:'' [[http://scarygoround.com/badmachinery/?date=20110831 This page.]]
-->'''Shauna's interior monologue:''' Oh my God, nuff cutlery. Do I just use the ones I like the look of best?\\
'''Mr. Corky:''' Oh, just use the ones you like the look of best, Shauna.
* In ''Webcomic/OzyAndMillie'', after music classes are cancelled to make way for standardized test, Mr. Larnblatt, the music teacher, starts shouting about how important music is using increasingly crazier metaphors, eventually getting to "Music is the nucleus of the cell! The avocado of death!" Later, after the music class has been restored, Millie expresses her joy to Mr. Larnblatt using the exact same phrasing. He answers "Yes, well, I did tell them that."

:::In chapter 30, [[https://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=763 Annie and Kat are trying]] to throw Annie's blinker stone into the ravine so that it lands on the shoreline on their side, but it keeps missing and landing in the water instead. As Kat puts it, the problem is that the ravine is so deep that only dropping it straight down from the edge will work, but they are not allowed to get close to the edge. Kat is struck by an idea[=:=]

* In ''Yahtzee Takes on the World'', multiple characters independently base their decisions on consulting magic 8-balls. When one asks about Yahtzee's odd behaviour, the ball answers "[[EvilCounterpart He's the Anti-Yahtzee]], dumbass," so maybe they know something we don't.

* In ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'', after Claire passes her exams, [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4258 Emily]], [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4259 Hannelore, and Clinton]] all indepenently decide to give her a build-your-own-theremin kit as a congratulatory gift.