Line #60 IronicEcho/AnimeAndManga


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9	* ''Anime/NinetyOneDays'':
10	** In Episode 1, when Corteo sheltered Angelo on the night his family was killed, he told him, "Starting now, you and I are brothers. And we always will be". Seven years later, in Episode 7/8, Avilio tells Nero, "Starting today, I'll be your brother." This line, which Corteo just happens to overhear, shows how distant Avilio is growing from Corteo in pursuit of his revenge, and contrasts Corteo's sincerity when he said it to Avilio with the way that Avilio means it as an insidious lie to Nero.
11	** In the penultimate episode, Vincento Vanetti [[spoiler:dies in his son's arms, his last words to him being that "It was all for nothing." In the following episode, Avilio Bruno/Angelo Lagusa repeats this same line to Nero during their confrontation at the campfire. The former was referring to all the sacrifices he made to ensure the survival of the Vanetti family, including murdering his best friend Testa Lagusa, Angelo's father. The latter was referring to him destroying the Vanetti family to avenge his own, because even after he avenged his family, he still couldn't find a reason to continue living and [[VengeanceFeelsEmpty remains an empty shell]]]].
12	* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', [[spoiler:Grisha Yeager]] is told, "You started this story, didn't you?" at two major points in his life. The first is when, after [[spoiler:Grisha's son Zeke betrays him, resulting in the deaths of the Eldian Restorationist cell]], Kruger tells him to carry on with his mission despite his regrets, saying he took an interest in [[spoiler:Grisha]] after the latter chose to go beyond the wall [[spoiler:of the Eldian internment zone]]. The second time is when [[spoiler:Grisha]] is hesitating to do his most horrific action -- [[spoiler:killing Frieda and her family to take the Founding Titan's power]] -- and [[spoiler:his son Eren comes from the future]] and gives him a BreakingLecture concluding with this phrase.
13	* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''
14	** In the Soul Society arc, Komamura protects his friend Tousen by taking a hit from Kenpachi. In Chapter 367, [[spoiler: he protects Shinji, a stranger, by taking a hit from his ex-friend Tousen.]] Komamura even {{lampshade\|Hanging}}s this, remarking it's the opposite of what happened before.
15	** When Omaeda is fighting Nirgge, he is surprised when the latter's [[OneWingedAngel Resurreccion]] [[MightyGlacier form]] is capable of jumping up the height of a building, and is told not to judge a book by its cover. Nirgge begins attacking him, mocking him for being too fat to dodge, and prepares a finishing blow... only for Omaeda to FlashStep on his head and slam him with his EpicFlail, repeating his line to not judge a book by its cover.
16	** After Ulquiorra uses [[spoiler:Segunda Etapa]], he briefly disappears from Ichigo's line of sight, grabs his face faster than the latter can react and tosses him around. Later, Ichigo [[spoiler:fully [[SuperpoweredEvilSide succumbs to his Inner Hollow]]]] and returns the gesture by disappearing from Ulquiorra's line of sight, grabbing his face and shoving him against the wall.
17	** Prior to [[spoiler: his power-up,]] Ichigo was keeping a distance from Aizen, who mocks him for his hesitance. After [[spoiler: his power-up,]] Ichigo asks Aizen why ''he'' is keeping ''his'' distance.
18	** Aizen will be forever known for subverting the ThemeMusicPowerUp by stopping Ichigo's sword with one finger, as well as cutting off Ichigo's theme song "Number One". Now [[spoiler: Ichigo returns the favor by stopping ''Aizen'''s theme song as well as being the one to do the asskicking. Though sadly while cutting off Aizen's theme song, Ichigo used his entire hand instead of one finger to block his sword.]]
19	* A heartwarming example from ''Manga/BunnyDrop''. An early chapter involved 6-year-old Rin wetting the bed. She futilely tries to tell her caretaker Daikichi "It's only sweat." Later, when Daikichi brings up the subject to Rin of legally adopting her, she refuses, wanting to keep the same name as her biological dad, and telling him "Daikichi, I like you just being my Daikichi." Daikichi is moved to tears by Rin's statement, and when she asks if he's crying he tells her "This is sweat!"
20	* ''[[Manga/CaptainTsubasa Captain Tsubasa: World Youth:]]'' On the Sao Paulo vs Flamengo match, Tsubasa deliberately falls after one of Santana's tackles to get a good kick-off and show him that referees are humans, and that he should stop considering himself a "soccer cyborg", finishing his tirade with "this is one of the funs things in soccer". A few minutes later, in a counter-attack near Sao Paulo's goals, Santana shoots the ball at Tsubasa's foot so that it counts as a Sao Paulo pass, thus not putting his Flamengo partner offside ''and'' putting him in an advantageous position to score the goal: as the goal is scored, Santana says to Tsubasa "this is one of the funs things in soccer" with an evil look and a SlasherSmile.
21	* In an early episode of ''Manga/ChisSweetHome'', Mrs. Yamada keeps trying to housebreak Chi, but the confused kitten keeps peeing everywhere but where she should be, including on newly-clean laundry. When Mr. Yamada comes home and finds out, he jokingly says, "The laundry was left out over there, so it couldn't be helped", much to his wife's annoyance. A few moments later, they discover that Chi peed on his favorite bag that was on the floor, and she tells him, "It was left out over there, so it couldn't be helped, right?"
22	* In ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'', when Aion is badly wounded in a fight, he's told by his opponent "If you had to pretend to be a big shot, you should never have come to the front lines." When Aion reveals that he ''purposefully'' lost and acted as a decoy, he [[EvilGloating gleefully repeats the line]] to his fallen opponent right before giving him the final blow.
23	* ''Manga/CityHunter'':
24	** When Kaori offers to disguise herself as one of the auditioners to help monitor the audition stage, Ryo dismisses her by asking what happens should her disguise as a woman fail[[note]] (Kaori responds by striking him with a hammer with the words "I'm a woman!" written on it)[[/note]]. On the day of the audition, Ryo takes a fancy with a woman he doesn't recognize (right down to his GagPenis ''literally acting up''), only for said woman to reveal herself to be Kaori with a wig. Cue Ryo nervously covering up his crotch.
25	--->'''Kaori''': What's wrong? Didn't you say I'm a girl with no sex appeal?
26	** Shortly after the scenario above, Kaori is getting ready for her audition and feels nervous, and the following exchange ensues:
27	--->'''Ryo''': Relax! There's no idiot here who will hire a transgender as their main star.
28	--->'''Kaori''': Then the one who's gotten a [[UnusualEuphemism mokkori]] from a transgender must be a bigger idiot.[[note]]It would become a BrickJoke at the end of the arc, as the studio manager who hires Ryo to bodyguard the auditioning women would suggest for Kaori to star in a movie, albeit in the role of a transvestite woman.[[/note]]
29	** After [[BigDamnHeroes Ryo fends off two thugs who try to take a woman by force]], he says to her "it looks like someone's out to get you" and suggests for them to discuss things elsewhere. She then says "it looks like someone's out to get you" to him as she sees Kaori behind Ryo, with a [[HyperspaceMallet hammer]] headed his way.
30	** On Omibozu's first day tending to Cat's Eye Cafe alongside Miki, Ryo pokes fun at him by claiming [[WifeHusbandry Omibozu set it all up, raising Miki while she was a child until she was old enough to fall in love with him]]. Shortly thereafter, Sara enters with her nanny in the hope of getting Ryo to protect them. When Ryo express no interest in helping them, Omibozu suggests for Ryo to take the job, arguing that [[WifeHusbandry Sara will grow into a beautiful woman in a few years and Ryo will be set for life with Sara's potential inheritance]][[note]]as she was born in a wealthy family[[/note]]. Ryo takes the job, even if not initially, but he's more fixated on the nanny.
31	** When Kaori expresses enthusiasm about getting Ryo into an airplane flight, her reasoning is: "If people found out that the famous City Hunter has this kind of weakness, you'll become a laughingstock in front of the whole world." Shortly thereafter, Kaori returns to the apartment she and Ryo share for a change of clothes, encounters a knife-brandishing burglar, and trips and falls to the floor while evading said burglar due to the debris within the room, only for Ryo to [[BigDamnHeroes save her]] before any harm can be done to her:
32	--->'''Ryo''': A professional must always keep a keen eye on their surroundings. If you, City Hunter's assistant, were beaten by a mere robber, you'll become the laughingstock of the whole world.
33	--->'''Kaori''': (holding a piece of broken concrete) Mind your own business! I was planning a counterattack!
34	* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', one of the last things Lelouch says to Suzaku before the final battle is "After all, we're friends, aren't we?" Suzaku pulls the IronicEcho just after [[spoiler:shooting Lelouch in the shoulder]].
35	** In the very first episode, right before killing a squadron of soldiers who have been slaughtering innocent people, Lelouch states his philosophy that "The only ones who should kill are those who are prepared to be killed"; the echo comes in the very last episode, where [[spoiler:he repeats the same line to justify his own death by HeroicSacrifice after spending the entire series [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans using increasingly underhanded tactics]] to [[WellIntentionedExtremist fight the Britannian Empire and establish peace]].]]
36	** And one more: After recovering his memories at the start of the second season, Lelouch declares "I am Zero, the man who destroys worlds and creates worlds!" They're also [[spoiler:his last words, and emphasize what precisely he expects will result from his death.]]
37	** And yet another: BloodKnight Luciano Bradley has a little spiel he goes through where he asks his opponents what's "really important" and concludes it with "That's right. Your life!" before killing them. Kallen throws it back in his face just before she kills him as part of the SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome that is the Guren SEITEN's debut battle.
38	** And still another: In episode 21, right after Lelouch [[spoiler:kills his parents,]] Suzaku remembers his [[spoiler:desire to avenge Euphemia's death,]] to which Lelouch replies "What of it?" Ironically, Charles tells Lelouch the same thing after Marianne is assassinated.
39	* In ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'', November 11's "I'm joking" CatchPhrase gets this treatment twice. Interestingly, it gets both variants, and both times it comes from Kirihara: the first variant at the end of the Havoc arc, and the second [[spoiler:when Kirihara speaks to her superior officer following November's death.]]
40	** Also happens with November 11's smoking rant.
41	* In ''Literature/DateALive'', Kurumi Tokisaki encounters some assholes sadistically tormenting a cat by shooting at it with airsoft guns and angrily guns them down. When the last one begs for his life, she mocks him for hurting others and not expecting to be hurt himself and then kills him. Later, when Kurumi suffers a CurbStompBattle at the hands of Kotori Itsuka and is horrified, Kotori mocks her for killing others and not expecting to be killed herself (though Kotori doesn't succeed in killing her). This example is a coincidence, since Kotori did not witness the earlier incident.
42	* Early in the GrandFinale episode of ''Manga/DeathNote'', "New World":
43	-->'''[[spoiler: Light]]:''' Well, [[spoiler: Near,]] looks like I win.
44	** Later, after things have GoneHorriblyWrong for the character quoted above:
45	--->'''[[spoiler: Ryuk]]:''' Well, [[spoiler: Light,]] it looks like you've lost.
46	** A lot of characters say, "Matsuda, you idiot!" whenever he does something stupid. Near the end of the series, Light yells the same thing when [[spoiler:Matsuda shoots him to stop him from writing Near's name in the Death Note]], showing his competence in the worst possible way for Light.
47	** In Chapter 107, the penultimate chapter of the manga, [[spoiler:Ryuk]] makes things even more clear, [[spoiler:throwing the line Light used on his many victims right back in his face]].
48	--->'''[[spoiler: Ryuk]]:''' Goodbye, [[spoiler:Light Yagami]].
49	* ''Literature/TheDevilIsAPartTimer'': While working at her helpline job, Emi gets an unwanted call from Maou, whom she tells she's working right now and he knows it, then asks him what he was doing. Maou explains that he bought a computer for Urushihara (Lucifer's identity on Earth) to discover he is a good hacker. Later on, while Maou is at his job, Emi storms in and demands to talk to him, where he feeds her the line she gave him not long ago.
50	--> '''Maou:''' I'm working right now and you know it. What do you think you're doing?\
51	'''Emi:''' You started it while I was-- shut up. I see what you did just there.
52	* In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', during the Frieza Saga, Frieza remarks that it's a good day to die, in reference to his opponents when deciding which one he will kill. Later on, when the Namekians have evacuated to Earth via the Namekian Dragon Balls due to Namek's destruction, Guru says the exact same thing when accepting that he is dying of old age.
53	** Much later in the manga when Gotenks uses his "Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack" against Buu, Piccolo comments on how the technique is really powerful but also really stupid. Later when Vegito curbstomps Buu, Buu wants to save himself by copying Gotenks' technique, leading Vegito to compliment him on how cool the technique was despite being utterly useless against Vegito's god-like powers.
54	** Earlier in that same saga, [[BullyingADragon Babidi heaps lots of abuse on Majin Buu,]] in particular calling him an idiot several times. When Buu completes his MistreatmentInducedBetrayal, he calls Babidi an idiot right before [[OffWithHisHead punching his head off.]]
55	* At the end of ''[[{{Literature/Durarara}} Durarara X2]]'' 's first cours, Izaya receives a phone call from [[spoiler:[[{{Yakuza}} Jinnai Yodogiri.]]]] At the very end of the phone call, [[spoiler:Jinnai]] asks "I'm sorry, but could you take a nap for a while?", at which point [[spoiler:he passes Izaya on the street and stabs him in the chest.]] At the end of ''X2'''s second cours, Izaya phones [[spoiler:Jinnai]] [[spoiler:(or rather, one of [[GenderReveal her]] many male decoys),]] and at the end of the conversation he says the exact same line before [[spoiler:a car drives up and slams into the decoy.]]
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57	* At the start of ''Manga/FailedPrincesses'', Hiro dumps his girlfriend Fujishiro, [[BreakTheHaughty a rather vain gyaru who's reduced to tears by the breakup]]. Immediately afterward, Kurokawa, the girl Fujishiro bullied, tells Fujishiro that "Anyone would feel sad when the person they love says such horrible things to them!" In Chapter 35, Kurokawa's words come back to her in a flashback, [[spoiler:helping her realize how much she hurt Fujishiro by pushing her away after Fujishiro made a LoveConfession to Kurokawa]].
58	* A nonverbal variant occurs in the first part of ''Anime/FiveCentimetersPerSecond''. Takaki had written a letter to Akari containing his compiled thoughts, [[spoiler:only to have it get accidentally blown away by the wind before he could pass it to her in person. As his train leaves Iwafune Station after their meeting, Akari takes out a letter of her own that she had written but didn't pass to him during the meeting.]]
59	* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', "A king is there for his people. Without people, there's no king!" then, "Yes, without people, there's no king. [[HeroicSacrifice But if the king is lost, then people will lose guidance.]]"
60	** [[spoiler:Father declares that the Truth gives "despair to the conceited" after Roy has his eyesight taken.]] Later, [[spoiler:Truth bounces the same line back at Father before [[AndIMustScream dragging him into the Gate.]]]]
61	** "You'll ''always'' be my role model." From [[spoiler:Pride.]]
62	** In the second episode of ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'', Edward tells a very distraught Rose, "Move forward. You've got a good strong pair of legs, Rose. Just get up and use them." He seems mad, seeing as how he only has one real leg. ''Much'', much later, Rose says to him, "You'll be able to come back on your own later, right? After all, you have perfect legs to walk with now." If, after forty-nine episodes, you remembered what Ed had said in the first place, then kudos to you.
63	*** Not so hard to remember, since Rose references it EVERY time she comes onto the screen. (Except for when she's mute.)
64	** Very odd series to series example. In the 2003 anime, Mustang and King Bradley fight at the climax [[spoiler:and Mustang declares 'There is no God,' right before defeating Bradley.]] In the manga and ''Brotherhood'', [[spoiler: Bradley and Scar have a climatic duel, and this time it's Bradley who says 'There is no God.' Ironically, Scar then kills Bradley, with what could even be seen as divine help.]]
65	** Similarly, after [[spoiler: Nina's death]] early in the 2003 anime, Edward gives a speech that culminates in the line, "We're tiny, insignificant humans, who couldn't even save a little girl." There, he's expressing his anger at his own powerlessness in the wake of [[MyGreatestFailure his greatest failure.]] In the climax of the 2009 anime, he spouts the exact same line to the Universe/Truth/God after he's [[spoiler: given up his alchemy and become willingly powerless in exchange for Al,]] and cites his humanity as the reason he's able to make his [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice.]]
66	--->'''Truth''': [[spoiler: You'd be content to lower yourself to a mere human?]]
67	--->'''Edward''': [[spoiler: That's all I've ever been; a tiny, insignificant human, who couldn't even save a little girl.]]
68	* In ''Anime/GaikingLegendOfDaikuMaryu'', we have Daiya telling his big bad opponent of the moment (Nouza) that "You don't win because you're strong. The ones that don't give up win in the end!". Near the series conclusion [[spoiler:Nouza]] proceeds to echo this in his one-on-one fight with Proist brilliantly.
69	* In ''Anime/GaroTheAnimation'' [[spoiler: In the past when Bernardo was acting as a decoy for German, when Anna escapes he says "Thank me when next we meet." After he turns evil, and is defeated by German, these are German's last words to him before he dies.]]
70	* Tsukumizu, the mangaka of ''Manga/GirlsLastTour'', often uses this. A particular example is when Chito and Yuuri get into an elevator with the map-maker Kanazawa, and acrophobic Chito becomes nervous as the elevator ascends, asking why the engineers didn't think to put a chain-link fence, as there are many open spots in the railings, to which Kanazawa comments that they probably thought it would be a waste of materials. Cue the elevator stalling, Kanazawa losing the maps he's spent his lifetime working on, subsequently breaking down, and asking why the engineers didn't think to put a chain-link fence on the elevator...
71	* In the second volume of ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', the Hellsing organisation's headquarters comes under attack by an army of ghouls and one of the vampires leading them calls the [[AncientConspiracy Convention of Twelve,]] telling them "I highly recommend pissing yourselves, followed by a round of praying to your impotent God." Later, [[BattleButler Walter]] confronts the vampire (flanked by dozens of ghouls) and echoes the same words right back at him after demonstrating that he can, and ''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome will]]'' [[RazorFloss cut every one of them down.]] The vampire's [[OhCrap reaction]] is priceless.
72	** There's also in Volume 7, where [[spoiler: Zorin kills Pip Bernodette, and then calls him an insect. This [[BerserkButton sends Seras into a mad frenzy,]] resulting in Zorin's over-the-top demise.]] Later, Schrodinger reports to The Major, "[[spoiler: Zorin]] died, Major. Like a '''bug'''."
73	* The climax of ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry: Matsuribayashi-hen'' was this. [[spoiler:Miyo Takano has one bullet left, aims at Hanyuu, shoots, and ''misses''. It's an IronicEcho of when she was younger, when she ran away from the orphanage during a thunderstorm, she stands under a tree and taunts God into striking her with a lightning bolt or to instead improve her life. A bolt does strike... the tree behind her.]]
74	** It's even more ironic when you recall that [[spoiler:Miyo]]'s motive for this whole tragic chain of events was ''to become a god''.
75	* In ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', Rubber Soul ends the explanation of Yellow Temperance's [[spoiler: invulnerability to attack]] with "[[GratuitousEnglish Do you understand?]]" As Jotaro is about to defeat Rubber Soul, he tells him [[spoiler: No matter how invincible that Stand may be, if I defeat the user, the Stand will die, too.]] Do you understand?"
76	** Another instance happens against Death 13 [[spoiler: where Kakyoin repeats Death 13's catchphrase after he managed to get his Stand into the dream world, meaning, he can now fight back.]]
77	--->'''Death 13''': Lali-...Ho?\
78	[[spoiler: '''Hierophant Green''']]: (amused) Lali-Ho.
79	** Also in the Death 13 episode, when Kakyoin encounters the Stand for the second time, [[spoiler:it says "I may be a baby, but I can still snap your neck". In the third and last encounter between these two, which is a situation where Kakyoin actually can fight back, he says to Death 13, "You may be a baby, but I can still snap your neck"]]
80	** In the FinalBattle, [[spoiler:when it looks like Jotaro has the upper hand, DIO thinks to himself that he'll win because he lives "for one reason, just one simple reason" -- to win and be the strongest. Then he pulls a surprise attack, but Jotaro manages to counter it and land the killing blow. Afterwards, he tells DIO's corpse that he lost "for one reason, just one simple reason...because you pissed me off".]]
81	** Also, Dio, back when he was just a normal teen, says to Erina, '[[MemeticMutation It was me, Dio]]!' [[note]]Kono Dio Da![[/note]], after forcing himself on Erina and stealing the first kiss from Jonathan, as proof of his superiority. In the FinalBattle after more than a hundred years after Dio regains his prime and is at his physical peak, [[spoiler: Jotaro manages to kill him with a well-aimed punch to his left leg, bewildering Dio so much that he begins to scream 'How could this be? It's impossible! I -- I am DIO! I -- I am DIO!' [[note]]K-Kono DIO da![[/note]], more confused about how Jotaro managed to defeat him despite his superiority, despite the fact that he's dying.]]
82	** Terunosuke Miyamoto of ''Manga/DiamondIsUnbreakable'' would, after discovering someone's tell for if they were afraid, would point it out and say, "That's a habit, right?" After Josuke was freed from his paper trap, he proceeded to use the exact same line on Terunosuke.
83	--->'''Josuke:''' There's something I realized after watching you...\
84	'''Terunosuke:''' Huh?\
85	'''Josuke:''' You have a habit of closing one eye when you get scared, don't you? That's a habit, right? But...when you're even more scared, you close both.\
86	''Crazy Diamond presses its fist to Terunosuke's chin, making him close both eyes, before fusing him with his own book''
87	* At the end of the first semester's final exams in ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'', the narrator describes Kaguya's comical temper tantrum at failing to beat Shirogane for the #1 spot is saying that she's so angry that she might start crying TearsOfBlood. This line would be repeated in the following semester's final exams, only this time it's being used to describe Ishigami's genuine frustration over his failure to live up to Kaguya's expectations of him getting in the top 50.
88	* During the ''Manga/KotouraSan'' anime's DownerBeginning, Kumiko harshly (and dramatically) pushes Haruka to the floor after the latter [[PleaseDontLeaveMe begs her not to leave]]. During the final episode, [[spoiler: the brief scuffle between the two ends with Haruka pushing Kumiko down in the exact same fashion]].
89	* ''Anime/{{Macross}}'': The song "Do You Remember Love?". Used by the humans against the [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Zentradi]] in the defense of Earth during ''Anime/MacrossDoYouRememberLove'', only to later be used against them by [[spoiler:Ranka and]] the [[BeePeople Vajra]] in ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'', with [[ChekhovsGunman Grace O'Connor]] even [[LampshadeHanging commenting]] on the appropriateness of the song.
90	* [[LittleMissSnarker Ruri]] in ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' has the catchphrase of commenting that she's SurroundedByIdiots. When things start getting darker in the series and the GovernmentConspiracy is revealed, she uses the variation "We're all idiots", and similarly, in a sad revelation about her past, comments, "I'm an idiot." There's also a humorous ironic echo in an episode where the crew watches a marathon of ''Gekeigan 3''. Another character, who doesn't like the show refers to the group as idiots, and Ruri, who is next to her, gives kind of a surprised look.
91	* In one chapter of ''Manga/MedakaBox'', during a fight between Myouga and Nabeshima, Myouga attacks from behind and says, "I love attacking people from behind like this. This is an attack that those who do martial arts, [[TakeThat especially judo,]] never taste." As the fight goes on, Nabeshima pulls the same attack and uses the same phrase, "I love attacking people from behind like this," but changes the second half to "But this is proper judo, so anyone can taste it." (Also a case of StrangeMindsThinkAlike, since Myouga was speaking in a language that Nabeshima didn't understand.)
92	* In the ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX Mega Man Maverick Hunter X]]'' OVA ''The Day of Sigma'', Sigma tells X that there are times that X should never hesitate to pull the trigger as words of encouragement and also a lecture after an incident where Sigma had to get involved in decommissioning the Maverick due to X hesitating after it used a captured soldier as a reploid-shield. Sigma later says that exact thing when he is strangling X after becoming Maverick, and unveiling that he's going to nuke Abel City to the ground as the start of his reploid rebellion.
93	* In ''My Friend's Abnormally Cute Little Sister'', the start of Chapter 2 shows a flashback in which Mizuki, the little sister of protagonist Yanagi's friend Momo, dives into a body of water to rescue a puppy. When Yanagi calls out Mizuki on her recklessness, Mizuki smiles confidently and says, "Hey... let's keep this a secret from my sister," which Yanagi recalls as the moment she fell in love with Mizuki. The story goes back to the present, after Yanagi found Mizuki's StalkerShrine to Momo, and Mizuki says, "Hey... let's keep this a secret from my sister," with a SlasherSmile on her face, while threatening a terrified Yanagi with a taser.
94	* ''Manga/MyGirlfriendGivesMeGoosebumps'': In chapter 10, when confronting a classmate that speaked negatively about Haruka online, Kisaki explains that she figured out his identity since he revealed too much online and tells him "phones are smart but you also have to be smart yourself". At the end of the chapter, Haruka tells the same words to Kisaki herself, when asking her to stop messaging him non-stop when he doesn't answer immediately. The irony makes Kisaki laugh.
95	* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'':
96	** During Midoriya's first conversation with Endeavor, the latter expresses the hope that his son Shoto, whom Endeavor groomed to be a hero who will surpass the #1 Hero All Might, will triumph over All Might's protege, Midoriya. Midoriya then replies that he isn't All Might, and Shoto isn't Endeavor. Much later, during the fight with [[spoiler:Dabi, who's just revealed that he's Endeavor's eldest son Toya]], Midoriya declares that Endeavor is trying to change, "And guess what?! You aren't Endeavor!"
97	** At the start of the series, Midoriya declares that this is the story of how he will become the world's greatest hero. Much later, in Chapter 297, as All For One [[spoiler:breaks his original body out of Tartarus Prison]], he declares, "This will be the story of how I became the greatest demon lord of all!"
98	** After defeating All For One in Kamino Ward, All Might declares, "You're next!", which sounds like a warning to the villains still at large, but is actually a way of telling Midoriya, his successor, that his time as the Symbol of Peace is over. In Chapter 316, All For One leaves a recording for Midoriya saying that he no longer has any interest in All Might, and has now moved on to Midoriya, concluding with the same phrase.
99	* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' tends to do this a lot:
100	** One of these triggers Sakura's first JerkassRealization. Naruto asks to have lunch with her, only for her to coldly brush him off with the line "You're annoying". Later, she makes the mistake of insulting Naruto's lack of parents in front of [[SoleSurvivor Sasuke,]] who coldly brushes her off with the line "You're annoying".
101	** Tsunade said that becoming Hokage was "a fool's game". Later, Orochimaru says the same thing when Tsunade protects Naruto.
102	** After their first battle, Sasuke coolly asked the frightened Naruto "You all right, scaredy cat?" And later, in the Forest of Death, when Sasuke was the one freaking out and about to be attacked by a giant snake (during a battle with [[BigBad Orochimaru,]] at the time by far the most powerful character yet introduced), Naruto stops the snake just in time and calmly asked Sasuke the same question.
103	** When Sasuke departs the village and receives his first power-up, he's told that in order to gain the power he must die (as in, taking a pill that puts him into a death-like state). Four years later when learning how to be a sage, Naruto is told he must die (although it turns out that the toad telling him this was MetaphoricallyTrue).
104	** "THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SACRED TEMPLE, MOTHERFUCKER!"
105	*** The above happens when Naruto and Bee pull a prank on Yamato. Bee tells Yamato that using a clone is useless because "THIS IS A SACRED TEMPLE, MOTHAFUCKA! The previous generations watch over this place, your bitch-ass tricks ain't gonna fool no one!" when he suggests doing so to Naruto. (Yamato suggests this because he believes the headless statues are previous Jinchuuriki). Naruto puts his head in the hole and starts screaming. When Yamato pulls him out, his head is below his collar and Yamato is clearly horrified. Bee, however, knows that it's just a joke and he and Naruto pull a laugh, while Bee admits he did the same thing and the statues are just broken. Cue Yamato getting pissed off and yelling "THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SACRED TEMPLE, 'MOTHERFUCKER'!", mostly at Bee, but at Naruto, too.
106	** During their fight in the Chuunin Exams, Neji asked why Naruto tried so hard to change his fate. Naruto responds, "Because I was called a failure." Fastforward over 400 chapters and Naruto asks Neji why [[spoiler: he sacrificed himself to save Naruto and Hinata.]] Neji responds, "Because I was called a genius."
107	** At the start of Part II/ ''Shippuden'', Naruto jumps to the top of a nearby building to look at the village and proclaims it hasn't changed at all. Much later, [[spoiler:Sasuke takes a similar location, only to muse the village has changed a lot.]]
108	** Obito once told Kakashi that those who break the rules are trash, but those who disregard their comrades are even worse than trash, which leads to Kakashi's JerkassRealization. Years later, Kakashi throws these words, adding that, "And those who don't have the decency to respect the memories of their comrades are the worst." Why is it impactful?[[spoiler: The person who Kakashi says this to is Obito himself, who has become the BigBad and revealed to be one of the perpetrators of the miseries to the major characters, Kakashi included.]]
109	* In ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', when Misato invites Shinji into her apartment, the place where he is assigned to live, he sheepishly says "I'm home", to which Misato responds "Welcome home". This appears a second time during Shinji's [[TenMinuteRetirement 10-Minute Retirement]] as a MeaningfulEcho. However, it becomes twisted the third time it is used during the final sequence of ''End of Evangelion'' [[spoiler:when Rei fuses with Lilith. She whispers "I'm home", to which Lilith responds "Welcome home", shown as text flashing across the screen, followed by the initiation of the [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Third Impact.]]]]
110	* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', minor villain Bellamy condescendingly asks Luffy (who he believes to have a 30 million belli bounty, as compared to Bellamy's 55 million) "Do you even know how to throw a punch?" Luffy, who doesn't care much what an idiot like that says, doesn't reply until Bellamy ''really'' pisses him off by further insulting the friends he'd already beaten up. In a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome (of the entire series), as Bellamy rockets around on his springs while dramatically taunting him, Luffy calmly lifts up one fist and echoes "Do I know how to throw a punch?" He then takes the guy out ''[[CurbStompBattle with one punch.]]''
111	** When Marshall D. "Blackbeard" Teach reveals the PowerNullifier aspect of his Devil Fruit powers, he states that all of the overconfident fruit users of the world will be powerless against him. He later tries this against [[spoiler: Whitebeard,]] and promptly gets a chunk gouged out of his shoulder for his trouble. [[spoiler: Whitebeard]] then notes that Blackbeard is too reliant on ''his'' Devil Fruit Power.
112	** Bellamy has yet another one. When he meets Luffy and finds out that Luffy is a dreamer, he taunts him and says "because you are busy chasing a dream, you don't notice the treasures lying right at your feet". Much later, when Bellamy talks to a guy named Tank Lepanto who has essentially betrayed his country by pretending to fight for it and then revealing himself to be allied with an evil tactician from another country. Bellamy asks why he's doing this and he replies that he was paid well. Tank follows up with: "I'd rather my pick up money right at my feet than I'd chase a dream". Bellamy comments that these words make his ears hurt, implying that he has now taken the same stance to dreams as Luffy.
113	** And just before Luffy confronts Doflamingo, Bellamy is fighting Luffy again and is clearly heavily torn up about it. Much like last time they fought, Luffy takes him down with one punch, but the moment is anything but awesome and much more sad.
114	** In Enies Lobby, the corrupt Chief of [=CP9=], Spandam, declares the war between the Government and Ohara, [[spoiler:an island that studied the Void Century, which is also the home island of Nico Robin]], is over as he nearly gets its last survivor eliminated, and that "Ohara lost". In Egghead, much, much later, [[spoiler:Dr. Vegapunk]] declares the opposite: [[DoomedMoralVictor Ohara won]] because while they were all killed, [[spoiler:they were able to preserve the documentation of the Void Century that the World Government was trying to destroy]].
115	* At the end of the Yellow Arc of ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'', Red notes that his Pika has grown close to Yellow and goodnaturedly jokes that they should all live together, not realizing that [[SamusIsAGirl Yellow is a girl.]] At the end of the GSC arc, when he ''does'' find out and Misty calls him, the three of them uncomfortably realize they're in a LoveTriangle. Blue then teasingly suggests the same thing, making them all sputter in embarrassment.
116	* In the Season 1 finale of ''Anime/PrincessTutu'', [[DarkMagicalGirl Kraehe]] says that Tutu's role was "just a little added flourish" to the original story. In the GrandFinale, Drosselmeier says that ''her'' fate is "just a little added flourish" to the DownerEnding.
117	* In ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'', Lady Eboshi warns her guards "cut off a wolf's head and it still has the power to bite" so they don't underestimate the seemingly unconscious San. At the end of the film [[spoiler:Moro's severed head bites off Eboshi's arm]], which Eboshi points out in shock.
118	* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'':
119	** Madoka's mother tells her to make mistakes when she's young, because the older you get, and the more responsibilities you have, the more important it is to not make mistakes, and recover quickly when you do. When Madoka observes that it'll hurt, her mother tells her adults are always in pain, and that's why adults can drink alcohol: when you're an adult, it's only as fun as it hurts! [[spoiler: Later on, we find out that Kyubey's contract demands that Magical Girls experience despair equal to the happiness gained by their wishes, and, drawing from most magical girl show tropes, it ties in Madoka's mother's words to a coming-of-age theme.]]
120	** In the hospital Kyosuke says he can't feel the pain anymore after smashing the CD Sayaka gave him in a fit of rage. [[spoiler:After Sayaka becomes AxCrazy and LaughingMad in her fight with Elsa Maria, she repeats this.]]
121	** The phrase "with my own hands" ("kono te de"). Homura says it when declaring that she will kill all the witches and Walpurgisnacht herself, and when she is about to kill [[spoiler:Sayaka to prevent her from becoming a witch. But she does not successfully do either of these things.]] Madoka uses the phrase at the end, while announcing her intent to [[spoiler:[[RetGone erase literally all the witches to have ever existed, including Walpurgisnacht.]] Which she does. She also "kills" Sayaka and takes her to WarriorHeaven so she won't become a witch.]] [[SubbingVersusDubbing The English dub has no such echo.]]
122	** [[spoiler: One of Kyubey's sales pitches to Madoka is that she can wish herself to become a god if she so desires because of her enormous magical potential. In Episode 12, Madoka's wish breaks the laws of causality, prompting Kyubey to ask if Madoka really is trying to become a god. Madoka simply states that he can call her whatever he wants, so long as her wish is fulfilled.]]
123	* ''Manga/TheQuintessentialQuintuplets'': At one point, [[{{Tsundere}} Nino]] condescendingly tells Fuutarou that there would probably be "at least one girl on this vast world" that will fall in love with a "[[BrutalHonesty guy with zero tact]]" like him, only to eventually end up falling for him herself. She repeats the same words during her LoveConfession in Chapter 60, and even adds "[[LampshadeHanging Well, that's me! Too bad, huh?]]"
124	* ''Anime/RahXephon'' has one, regarding the LostTechnology that lets [[TheHero Ayato Kamina]] teleport into the cockpit of the [[HumongousMecha RahXephon:]]
125	-->'''Megumi:''' So how does that thing work, anyway?\
126	'''Kim:''' No idea. Maybe [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist Dr. Kisaragi]] knows?\
127	'''Megumi:''' Yeah. That guy seems to know everything.\
128	''Cut to Kamina emerging from the artifact in a different room while Dr. Kisaragi watches.''\
129	'''Dr. Kisaragi:''' [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Really, I wonder how that thing works.]]
130	* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'':
131	** In "The Wrath of Happosai", Ranma literally tosses Genma in panda form at Happosai due to Happosai being a PantyThief, resulting in Happosai mocking them with "fool" while tossing Genma upwards. Ranma promptly douses himself with cold water to lure Happosai forward, which ends with Genma falling back into the house at that very moment and landing on Happosai.
132	--->'''Ranma''': Fool.
133	** PlayedForLaughs in the episode "Curse of the Scroll", where a scuffle between Ranma and Genma inadvertently causes a talisman come off from a scroll, releasing the entity drawn on it -- a badly-drawn female panda, which wishes for a night out with a "boyfriend" before going back into the scroll. Ranma eagerly volunteers Genma (in his panda form, natch) to Painting-panda, saying to Genma: "Don't you feel sorry for her, pop?" Painting-panda, however, rejects Genma at once and takes a liking to RANMA instead, prompting Genma to prevent Ranma from running away with one hand while [[TalkingWithSigns holding a sign with the words "Don't you feel sorry for her, boy?" with the other.]] Ranma ends up as Painting-panda's "boyfriend" for that night, if reluctantly.
134	* The opening battle of ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion 2.0'' had one. Right after [[SpiderTank Unit 05]] is blown to bits, Kaji comments that he's "not sure about involving a kid in the affairs of adults". Twenty seconds later, [[BloodKnight Mari]] monologues that she's "not so sure about involving an adult to achieve [her] own goals". This is the first sign that Mari's not your average CloudCuckooLander.
135	* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'':
136	** At the beginning of the series, Kenshin says: "A sword is a weapon. Kenjutsu the art of murder...But, I like Miss Kaoru’s [[TechnicalPacifist idealism]] better than its true nature." It's revealed that the first sentence is his mentor's philosophy, and he quotes it back to Kenshin to remind him that real life is a CrapsackWorld.
137	** A one-person IronicEcho happens when, after Saitou reappears in Kenshin's life, he mutters to himself that he will never change, and that Kenshin will revert to his old ways sooner or later. When Kenshin adamantly refuses to do so, Saitou amends his statement as a sign that he's accepted this.
138	** There's also an action ironic echo: the first time Kenshin and Aoshi face off, Kenshin defeats him by executing a BarehandedBladeBlock. In the lead-up to the final showdown, Aoshi is disarmed by an opponent mirroring his sword style, but he pulls off a one-handed BarehandedBladeBlock with a spiffy OneLiner obliquely referring to the previous event.
139	* The Cloverway English dub of ''Anime/SailorMoon S'' did this with Mimete's death. Mimete steals an assignment from Telulu by imitating Dr. Tomoe's voice and telling Telulu she won't be needed. However she's caught out when she says "ta-ta" as Telulu recognizes it as something the doctor would never say. In the original Japanese, she said "goodbye, idiot" before killing Mimete. But in the dub, she says "Ta-ta, Mimete" as a way of rubbing Mimete's slip-up in her face.
140	* In the first episode of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', Simon tries to take Kamina down to see the "huge face" he found while digging (the Lagann unit). At the climax of the first arc, their conversation is echoed between Simon and Rossiu when [[spoiler:the capital city of Teppelin [[TransformingMecha suddenly begins transforming in front of them:]]]]
141	-->'''Rossiu:''' What is it?!\
142	'''Simon:''' ''A huge face!?''
143	* ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'': [[TortureTechnician Yamori]] asks [[ExtremeDoormat Kaneki]] to count down from 1000 by sevens to keep conscious while he's being tortured. Once Kaneki's [[AntiHero pushed too far,]] he swiftly [[CurbStompBattle hands Yamori's ass to him on a platter,]] pins him to the ground, gives a chillingly cold smile, and asks him, "''Hey, what's 1000-7?''"
144	* In ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'', Bam calls out [[TheChessmaster Yu Hansung]] for trying to belittle Rachel's importance by comparing her to the [[SeriesGoal Top of the Tower,]] indicating that it is far more of a big deal than those petty little loyalties. To Bam, without Rachel the Tower's Top, a place of great wealth and knowledge, is nothing but a pile of garbage and people like Yu Hansung fail to see what's really precious. [[spoiler: Then, according to Yu Hansung's plans, Rachel betrays Bam and tries to kill him. While Yu Hansung gloats over him, he utters these immortal lines:]] That maybe to her the garbage up there was more important than he was.
145	* ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'' has a funny one.
146	--> '''Evac''': What are you doing here? What do you want?
147	--> '''[[ManipulativeBastard Sideways:]]''' Sorry, but if I told you then I'd have to tell everybody, and it wouldn't be much of a secret.
148	--> '''Evac:''' Smart-alec. Crosswise, you got anything?
149	--> '''Crosswise:''' Well, I heard someone say something about a [[MacGuffin Cyber Planet Key...]]
150	--> '''Evac:''' Oh, so that's it. Sorry, but you're way off base. What you're looking for isn't here.
151	--> '''Sideways:''' Then where is it? Tell me!
152	--> '''Evac:''' [[IronicEcho Sorry, but if I told you then I'd have to tell everybody.]] But I do have [[SuperPersistentMissile something for you...]]
153	* ''Anime/YourName'': At the start of the film, the protagonists say that a feeling of searching for something or someone has possessed them ever since a day when there were falling stars and that "It was almost as if a scene from a dream. Nothing more, nothing less than a beautiful view." Much later on, after TheReveal that [[spoiler:the so-called falling star has very much dire consequences for one of them,]] the same line is repeated to now-chilling effect.
154	* ''Anime/YuGiOh'' has an example during the semi-finals of the Duelist Kingdom arc (in the dub), when [[TheLancer Joey]] duels [[SmugSnake Bandit Keith.]] This comes after Bandit Keith leads Joey straight into a trap:
155	-->'''Bandit Keith''': ''(laughs)'' You should have seen the look on your loser face, you dweeb! When your swordsman's own attack toasted him? It was priceless!
156	** Then, after Keith falls for one of Joey's traps:
157	--->'''Joey''': Not bad, huh? I only wish you could have seen the look on your face when that Metalzoa of yours got shish kebabed! It was priceless.
158	** In Season 1, Kaiba threatens that he will fall from the castle's battlement if Yugi wins the duel, causing Yugi to hesitate out of fear of killing Kaiba. In Season 5, Yugi once again faces a similar decision except this time he is facing [[spoiler: Yami Yugi/Atem]]. Yugi hesitates once again as [[spoiler: Yami Yugi needs to be defeated in a duel to "die" and go to the afterlife]] but this time, Yugi carries through to win the duel.
159	* ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'': Yuya's "The fun has just begun" line is mainly used by people with ''really twisted'' ideas of what "fun" is.
160	* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho''
161	** The resident badass, demonic, [[{{Bishonen}} red-haired pretty boy]] [[TheChessmaster Kurama]] gets into a fight with a demonic bomber named Karasu. Early on in the fight Karasu seems to have the upper hand and as a result mimics putting a pistol to his head and saying ''bang,'' indicating to Kurama that he should just simply shoot himself rather than continue fighting Karasu. About ten seconds later, Kurama transforms into his much more powerful true form and suddenly it's Karasu who's on the ropes. Guess what gesture Kurama decides to make at this time.
162	** In the English dub, Elder Toguro turns his hand into a giant knife and mockingly claims his mother always wanted him to be a surgeon, when Kuwabara turns his Spirit Sword into a giant disc blade to strike every part of his body at once, Kuwabara claims his mother always wanted him to be an exterminator, as he swats him like a fly.
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