Line #439 Main/BrokenRecord


1	->''"This song's just six words long''\
2	''This song's just six words long''\
3	''This song's just six words long''\
4	''This song's just six words long"''
5	-->-- '''Music/WeirdAlYankovic''', [[Music/EvenWorse "(This Song's Just) Six Words Long"]]
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7	Something is repeated [[SelfDemonstratingArticle over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over]][[note]][[OverlyLongGag AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER 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AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER]][[/note]] again, more often than not to the point of an OverlyLongGag. Some of the more common reasons are a [[RepetitiveAudioGlitch malfunctioning machine]], an annoying child, or [[MadnessMantra someone who is not right in the head]].
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9	For some reason, these phrases are often victim of MemeticMutation.
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11	Due to the advent of [[TechnologyMarchesOn [=CD's=], [=MP3's=], and the like]], which have largely supplanted [[WhatAreRecords actual records]], this is [[DiscreditedTrope something of a dead metaphor]]. For the self-demonstrating version, check out JustForFun/BrokenRecordAllBlueEntry. For a literal version of this trope where audio is repeated due to broken machinery, see RepetitiveAudioGlitch. If the physical record is literally broken into pieces, see VinylShatters.
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13	Often used in some {{Voice Clip Song}}s. Compare DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment, MadnessMantra, and OverlyLongGag. Doubles with {{Isophagus}} if a [[ExtremeOmnivore person or animal]] has swallowed the glitchy bit of tech and it continues functioning (poorly) inside their guts. See also WelcomeToCorneria, when video games create this effect by not giving [=NPC=]s enough original lines. Compare the BoleroEffect, when a piece of music repeats itself but also slowly builds in a long crescendo.
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15	Not to be confused with RecordNeedleScratch, which is about the specific sound effect, nor with GuinnessEpisode, which is for a different type of "broken record".
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17	When someone ''speaks'' like that, it's OneWordVocabulary. AnnoyinglyRepetitiveChild is a subtrope.
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19	!!Example Subpages Example Subpages Example Subpages Example Subpages Example Subpages:
20	[[index]]
21	* [[BrokenRecord/{{Film}} Films Films Films Films Films Films]]
22	* [[BrokenRecord/LiveActionTV Live-Action TV Live-Action TV Live-Action TV Live-Action TV]]
23	* [[BrokenRecord/{{Music}} Music Music Music Music Music Music Music Music Music]]
24	* [[BrokenRecord/VideoGames Video Games Video Games Video Games Video Games Video Games Video Games]]
25	* [[BrokenRecord/WesternAnimation Western Animation Western Animation Western Animation]]
26	[[/index]]
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29	----
30	!!Works with their own pages Works with their own pages Works with their own pages Works with their own pages Works with their own pages :
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32	[[index]]
33	* [[BrokenRecord/ElCuartetoDeNos El Cuarteto de Nos El Cuarteto de Nos El Cuarteto de Nos El Cuarteto de Nos El Cuarteto de Nos El Cuarteto de Nos El Cuarteto de Nos]]
34	[[/index]]
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36	!!Other Examples Other Examples Other Examples Other Examples Other Examples Other Examples:
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39	[[folder:Advertising Advertising Advertising Advertising Advertising Advertising]]
40	* Advertising/HeadOn, apply directly to the forehead. [=HeadOn=], apply directly to the forehead. [=HeadOn=], apply directly to the forehead... Per some schools of thought, repeating something three times in a row, especially something annoying, indelibly imprints that in your mind.
41	* A commercial from 2005, which used Eric Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight," combined this with LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn. "It's late in the evening/She's wondering what clothes to wear," the song begins; the husband keeps skipping it back to "Wondering what clothes to wear" as a way of saying "come on, shift!" to his wife.
42	* Staples' '''"WOW! THAT'S A LOW PRICE!"'''
43	-->'''Employee 1:''' How many items do we have?\
44	'''Employee 2:''' About 10,000.\
45	'''Employee 1:''' I'll get him a cart.
46	* Used for tragic effect in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k20F3WZajvU a PSA for child abuse prevention.]] A talking doll says cheery phrases: "My name is Mandy! I can sing and play games!" She then explains that "You can tell me all your secrets! My friend Ellie tells me hers!"...specifically that Ellie's mother "comes into her room and punches her! And punches her! [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown And punches her! And punches her!]]"
47	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmYrd4WVpvk "I'm pleased to say I've been error-free for over a week."]]
48	[[/folder]]
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50	[[folder:Anime & Manga & Anime & Manga & Anime & Manga & Anime & Manga]]
51	* The bee at the start of ''WebAnimation/MoriNoAndo'' when he's imitating the bear repeats "peropero peropero" over and over again.
52	* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' - Non-comedic example: the section of Asuka's [[MindRape dream sequence]] in the DirectorsCut of Episode 22 that repeats ''six times'' in the English version. Almost enough to make you think your DVD is broken, but it is more the result of a borderline DubInducedPlotHole. [[note]]In the original, it wasn't ''exactly'' that. The lines were indeed being repeated, but each time they were spoken by a different voice actress of the cast, resulting in "Asuka" sounding somewhat like (in order) Misato, Rei, Maya, Ritsuko, and Hikari. This added more meaning to her repeated statement of "This isn't the real me!" The dub apparently missed the memo on this, though, and instead had Creator/TiffanyGrant voice all the repetitions.[[/note]] Asuka also seems prone to this: [[spoiler:her last words]] are "I'll kill you!" about a half-dozen times.
53	* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'': Maria Ushiromiya will repeat different lines over and over and over again. Sometimes, it's [[CheerfulChild cute]], sometimes it's annoying, but a lot of times, it's just plain [[CreepyChild creepy]].
54	* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'': -I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry...". There's also a part where Shion screams "You're lying!" about six or seven times in a row to Mion.
55	* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'':
56	** In one strip, Yomi asks Tomo if she recorded a show like she asked her to, only for Tomo to casually admit that she forgot. Yomi calls herself an idiot for trusting Tomo, and Tomo responds by shouting back "idiot!" Tomo then proceeds to ''keep'' shouting "idiot!" over and over again, which freaks Yomi out and results in her clutching onto Tomo like she's malfunctioning; the strip is even titled "Broken VCR."
57	** During her New Year's Day 2000 dream, where she's exaggeratedly better than her classmates at everything, Tomo revels in the chance to be the StraightMan to Yomi for once and spends a solid 30 seconds bonking her on the head and asking "Why the heck?" on a loop.
58	** After Year 3's summer break, her last before graduation, Tomo comes to class painfully demotivated and repeating "today is the first day of summer vacation" to herself as a MadnessMantra. It doesn't take long before she gets Osaka to join her.
59	** During the class trip to Okinawa in Year 3, Osaka buys some sata andagi (a Chinese donut popular in the region) and repeatedly says "Sata andagi!" once her friends start asking about it.
60	%%** ClassTrip to OOKINAWA! OKINAWA! OOKINAWA! (Zero-Context Example)
61	* In ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' (only in the manga version), Ataru reads the fake letter from "[[InventedIndividual Kumino Otoko]]" out loud:
62	-->'''Ataru:''' "You make that dork Mendo look like pond-scum!"\
63	'''Mendo:''' Hmph!\
64	'''Ataru:''' "You're much more wonderful than Mendo, much more wonderful than Mendo, much more wonderful than Mendo, much more wonderful..."\
65	'''Mendo:''' Is there a ''scratch'' in your CD?!
66	* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': "Kurosaki-kun, Kurosaki-kun, Kurosaki-kun, Kurosaki-kun"
67	* ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'' - Saika tends to spam repetitious, monosyllabic phrases (Typically "mother mother mother mother mother..." but she later changes her tune to "[[spoiler:[[StalkerWithACrush Shizuo Shizuo Shizuo Shizuo Shizuo...]]]]") in chatrooms whenever a Slasher attack occurs. The chatroom users are convinced she's a troll. She's [[EvilWeapon far]] [[TheVirus far]] [[{{Yandere}} worse]].
68	* ''Anime/CodeGeass R2'': When Luciano Bradley is introduced, his first line is "Let me ask you something: What do people value most? That's right, their lives!" This also makes up nearly every ''other'' line he says after this, as well.
69	* The one music track that plays throughout most episodes of ''[[Anime/GForceGuardiansOfSpace G-Force]]'', the second English dub of ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' (after ''Anime/BattleOfThePlanets'').
70	* ''Anime/GhostStories'': This line exclusively from the ADV English dub, when Leo suddenly runs out of his room after his mother comes in.
71	-->'''Leo's mother:''' "Leo! Leo! Leo! Leo! Goddammit! Goddammit! Goddammit! Goddammit!"
72	* During the EM comet arc in the anime adaptation of ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'', Libra Scales says "hello" and "good morning" over and over again due to the comet's effect on him. He sometimes added the names of other characters to the latter phrase, such as "Good morning, Omega-Xis!" and "Good morning, Crown!"
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75	[[folder:Asian Animation Asian Animation Asian Animation Asian Animation]]
76	* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': In Season 6 episode 31, the first proper "conversation" that Careless S. has with Xiaolun is just them repeating the same greetings over and over. This lasts for quite some time, understandably catching Professor Limen and the Mayor of the Planet Guling town off-guard.
77	-->'''Careless S.:''' My name is Careless S.! And you?\
78	'''Xiaolun:''' ''[gives a slight chuckle]'' My name is Xiaolun! What's your name?\
79	'''Careless S.:''' My name is Careless S.! And you?\
80	'''Xiaolun:''' My name is Xiaolun! What's your name?\
81	'''Careless S.:''' My name is Careless S.!\
82	''[nighttime falls on Planet Guling]''\
83	'''Xiaolun:''' What's your name?\
84	'''Careless S.:''' My name is Careless S.! And you?\
85	'''Xiaolun:''' My name is Xiaolun! It was pleasing talking to you for a day!\
86	'''Careless S.:''' I'm pleased too! Let's continue tomorrow!\
87	''[in the background, Professor Limen and the Mayor both faint]''
88	[[/folder]]
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90	[[folder:Comedy Comedy Comedy Comedy Comedy Comedy Comedy Comedy]]
91	* According to Music/BillBailey in ''Part Troll,'' he becomes a broken record when high on LSD: "Isn't that interesting how it forms an N, forms an N, forms an N, forms an N, forms an N, forms a NNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNN...". Also: "That's quite interesting, that's quite interesting, that's quite interesting, that's quite interesting, that's quite interesting, that's quite interesting, that's quite interesting, that's quite interesting..."
92	* Creator/MontyPython:
93	** A literal example takes place on ''Another Monty Python Record'', where side 1 of the record ends with an argument about whether to continue the current sketch, which ends with "Oh, sorry, squire, I've scratched the record" with the record grooves arranged to make this line repeat indefinitely.
94	** ''Matching Tie and Handkerchief'' has the "First World War Noises" sketch, with similar results.
95	* Fairly common in Creator/RossNoble's works.
96	-->(From ''Unrealtime'') There's a face, next muffin... There's a face, next muffin...\
97	(From ''Fizzy Logic'') Bummed in the face! ''Bummed in the face?'' Bummed. In. The. Face! ''... Bummed in the face?''\
98	(From ''The Randomist'') It was very moving and touching... and moving.. and touching... and moving... and touching... and moving and touching and moving... and touching... [[OverlyLongGag and moving... and touching... and moving...]]
99	* Tim Vine's famous "pen behind the ear" routine is set to a song that is literally just the words "pen behind the ear, pen behind the ear..." over and over again. The routine lasts ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYmoQA0nofY over four minutes.]]''
100	* Greg Proops once said the thing about Australia is that it's really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really far.
101	* [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j6YEpXS_ugU John Pinette, trying to buy a TV]]:
102	-->'''Pinette:''' Why do I need an extended warranty?\
103	'''Clerk:''' In case the TV breaks.\
104	'''Pinette:''' If it's going to break, I don't want it.\
105	'''Clerk:''' It's not going to break!\
106	'''Pinette:''' Then why do I need an extended warranty?\
107	'''Clerk:''' In case the TV breaks.\
108	'''Pinette:''' If it's going to break, I don't want it!\
109	'''Clerk:''' It's not going to break!
110	[[/folder]]
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112	[[folder:Comic Books Comic Books Comic Books Comic Books Comic Books]]
113	* ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'': ComicBook/{{Groot}} can only say "I am Groot" so extended conversations of his can turn into this.
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116	[[folder:Fan Works Fan Works Fan Works Fan Works Fan Works Fan Works]]
117	* ''Fanfic/AlwaysVisible'': The whacky psychic who was pursuing Jordan kept repeating the same phrase "Take a book!".
118	* ''Manga/Evangelion303'': In chapter 12, while she's arguing with herself, Asuka yells out loud: "SHUT UP!!! Shut up Shut up Shut up Shut up Shut up Shut up SHUT UP!!!"
119	* The cover image for Fanfic/{{Mutant}} has a semi-transparent human supremacist argument on the cover image, that gradually devolves into "Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill..."
120	* Although each ManchurianAgent of Pokextinction in ''Fanfic/{{Pokeumans}}'' tends to only say 'You're one of them' a couple of times when everyone in the neighbourhood is saying it as they bear down upon a transformee it seems this way.
121	* ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'': Asuka becomes this when she describes her mother's madness:
122	-->'''Asuka:''' She... she.... she... she went... went... crazy! She didn't... didn't... die... right away. She... she... she... she... she... she thought a... a... doll was me! She didn't see me as her daughter! She hung herself and I was the one who found her!
123	* ''Fanfic/TheRacketRotterChronicles'': [[spoiler:zombie!Shark]] to Annette in the chapter "Even in Death, You Could Have Lived". His speech is a loop of "I hate you" and [[spoiler:"give him back."]]
124	* In the ninth chapter of ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'', Hikari explains what listening to Shinji and Asuka's thoughts when she was mind-linked with them was like. She tells that they sounded "like someone repeating 'Love Lust Joy Happiness Trust Comfort, Love Lust Joy Happiness Trust Comfort' over and over."
125	* The original SAO in ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'' is littered with this kind of NPC, several of which Keita recruited into his guild to artificially inflate its ranks. The [=NPCs=] are as [[ArtificialStupidity intelligent]] as you'd expect, which ultimately leads to the guild being destroyed. The only "members" remaining are Kirito (who was involuntarily recruited via Keita's charismatic hat), and Gary, whose only line is "We must save my family!"; the former identifies the latter via this line and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown "goes to say 'hi' to an old friend"]].
126	* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13523025/3/Trickshot Trickshot]]'' Harry is annoyed when Lisa won't participate in a card trick.
127	-->'''Harry:''' Lisa. Lisa, Lisa. Lisa. Lisa, pick a card. Pick a card Lisa. They're there for a reason. Pick a card, pick a card Lisa. Lisa. Lisa. Pick a card, pick a card. Pick a card, pick a card. Pick a card. Lisa pick a card. Lisa why are you doing this to me? Pick a card. Pick a card Lisa. Pick a card, pick a card.
128	[[/folder]]
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130	[[folder:Jokes Jokes Jokes Jokes Jokes Jokes Jokes Jokes Jokes Jokes]]
131	* Two variations of the same joke use this:
132	-->'''A''': Welcome aboard the world's first completely automated commercial flight! While the technology is new, it is thoroughly tested and entirely foolproof... proof... proof... proof...\
133	'''B''': Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the first fully automated airplane flight. Soon we will reach our cruising altitude of 36,000 feet and robot stewardesses will be bringing you dinner and drinks. We assure you nothing can go wrong. -go wrong. -go wrong. -go wrong. -go wrong...
134	* An old joke (to be used with a phone): "Hello? You don't say. Hello? You don't say. Hello? You don't say. Hello? You don't say." [[spoiler:"So who was it?" "They didn't say..."]]
135	* Another old joke: (usually said to a small child who hasn't heard it yet)
136	-->Q: Pete and [=RePete=] were sitting on a tree branch, Pete fell off. Who was left?\
137	A: [=RePete=].\
138	Q: Pete and [=RePete=] were sitting on a tree branch, Pete fell off. Who was left?\
139	A: [=RePete=].\
140	And so on...
141	* A family, while having guests, decided to keep their child out of their way. So, they take him to his room, put a record on, give him the headphones... After the guests leave, they come to the boy's room, and see him banging the head on the wall, repeating "I do! I do! I do!..." they put the headphones on, and hear: "Do you want me to tell you a story?... Do you want me to tell you a story?... Do you want me to tell you a story?..."
142	* A joke from the 3rd Reich. The wife of Goebbels (renowned horndog) buys a record named "Du kannst nicht treu sein"[[note]]You can't be faithful"[[/note]]. As she visits the wife of Göring (renowned impotent) she stumbles and falls, and the record gets a scratch. When she plays it, it goes "Du kannst nicht...Du kannst nicht...Du kannst nicht..."[[note]]You can't...You can't...You can't..."[[/note]] "That's nothing for my Joseph!" "Nevermind, I take it for my Hermann!"
143	[[/folder]]
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145	[[folder:Literature Literature Literature Literature Literature Literature]]
146	!!!'''By Author:'''
147	* Creator/IsaacAsimov:
148	** "{{Literature/Someday}}":
149	*** Niccolo and Paul disparage [[TheStoryteller the story-telling computer]], talking about how [[UsedFuture crude and out-of-date the Bard is compared to newer designs]]. They try loading data about modern history, technology, and so forth to get it to tell more interesting stories, but to no avail. When the boys leave, the robot tells itself a story, [[SlidingScaleOfLivingToys with a strange amount of feeling]], about [[SelfInsertFic a computer owned by "cruel step-people"]] and that [[TitleDrop someday--someday--someday--]]
150	*** In the art drawn for ''Infinity Science Fiction'' (and reused for the [[AudioAdaptation audiobook]] cover), the title is written over and over and over.
151	** In ''Literature/TheNakedSun'', a robot was found at the scene of the murder. It was completely broken due to the First Law being violated, and constantly repeating the victim's last words.
152	!!!'''By Work:'''
153	* ''Literature/AlanAlone'': Dede the robot sometimes repeats his sentences such as "Do not tickle Dede, do not tickle Dede," when Alan tickles him, or "Alan is not dreaming, Alan is not dreaming," when they emerge from the bunker and see the aftermath of the storm.
154	* ''Literature/CurtainsForThree'': According to Archie, Broadyke (a client in ''Bullet for One'') uses the same wordy phrase to insult his late rival four times in one conversation.
155	* ''Literature/TheDemolishedMan'' by Alfred Bester. Used in-universe to [[PsychicStatic block against mind-reading telepaths]].
156	* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
157	** At the end of ''Literature/NightWatchDiscworld'', Sergeant Dickens keeps repeating "there was an ''amnesty''" in confusion, horror, and finally outrage after [[spoiler:Snapcase sends Carcer and the remaining Unmentionables to murder "Keel" and his men]].
158	** In ''Literature/TheTruth'', a broken Dis-organizer begins repeating "A lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on." It eventually cuts out more and more of the phrase, finally going silent after "truth has got its boots on."
159	* The first line of "Footnote to Howl" by Allan Ginsberg:
160	-->Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy!
161	* This is apparently the normal mode of conversation on ''Literature/{{Gor}}''. The normal mode of conversation on Gor? Yes. It is the normal mode of conversation on Gor.
162	* ''Literature/KnightsOfTheBorrowedDark'' has [[spoiler:Uriel]], a [[HeelFaceTurn defector]] from the [[CargoCult Cult of the Redemptress]], attempting to deliver a warning to the heroes. After he [[spoiler:loses his beloved twin sister to the Art of Apertura]] on the way, he's left brokenly repeating, "I need to speak to Edifice Greaves."
163	* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': "We cannot get out," is repeated in the diary the Fellowship find in Moria, chronicling [[spoiler:the last days of the Dwarven colony under attack from the Balrog]].
164	* In Frank Bonham's ''Mystery of the Fat Cat'', Buddy's brother Ralph is autistic and very concerned about accuracy in written or printed material. When the boys view the crucial picture, Ralph becomes agitated and begins repeating "That is doof God dena tack." Even Buddy thinks Ralph is just raving at random...
165	* In the second book of ''Literature/ThePureTrilogy'', ''Literature/{{Fuse}}'', a little girl is taken by the people of the Dome and modified to be a living message, capable only of saying "We want our son returned. This girl is proof that we can save you all. If you ignore our plea, we will kill our hostages one at a time." Later in the book, a character mentions that it's since happened to other children, too, all programmed with pro-Dome propaganda.
166	* ''Literature/{{Schroder}}'': Features the phrase [[MadnessMantra "I let you down." repeated for three whole pages. It is not played for laughs.]]
167	* The Creator/RayBradbury short story "Literature/ThereWillComeSoftRains" ends with an example of this one. "Today is August 5, 2026, today is August 5, 2026, today is August 5, 2026..." The entire story is the last cycle of a years-long Broken Record.
168	* ''Literature/TheEagleTree'': March didn't realize language could be used to communicate until he was eight. Until then, he just repeated words and phrases he liked over and over again.
169	* The title of the light novel ''Literature/KumaKumaKumaBear''. "Kuma" means "bear," so the fully-translated version is "Bear Bear Bear Bear." The original title is technically written "くまクマ熊ベア" which may not appear repetitive, but this is actually "Kuma" written three different ways (in hiragana, katakana, and kanji) followed by the English word "bear" (in kakatana). For one extra layer of [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment redundancy]], the author goes by "Kumanano" i.e. "Is that a bear?". The premise is that the protagonist gets [[TheGameComeToLife sucked into a video game]] in which the most powerful item is a goofy bear costume.
170	* The Swedish ''Sune'' book series occasionally uses this to get the child protagonist's boredom/annoyance across. For example, the first line of the ''Series/SunesJul'' novelisation would translate to:
171	-->"Karl Sune Rudolf Andersson is very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, ''super''[[note]]originally, the words used were "''mycket''" and "bauta''mycket''", the latter of which would literally be translated to "super-very"[[/note]] impatient."
172	* ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'': In "The Reptile Room", this doubles with OverlyLongGag when the narrator says "We all know, of course, that we should never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ''[an entire page of just iterations of the word 'ever']''...ever, ''ever'' fiddle around in any way with electric devices. ''Never''."
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175	[[folder:Tabletop Games Tabletop Games Tabletop Games Tabletop Games]]
176	* The ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' card [[https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=479445 Infinity Elemental]] has this flavor text:
177	-->It's so infinite that its flavor text says, "It's so infinite that its flavor text says, "It's so infinite that its flavor text says, "It's so infinite that its flavor text says, "It's so infinite that its flavor text says, "It's so infinite that its flavor text says, "It's so infinite that its flavor text says, "It's so infinite that its flavor text says, "It's so infinite that its flavor text says,
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180	[[folder:Theatre Theatre Theatre Theatre Theatre Theatre Theatre Theatre]]
181	* ''Series/{{Bottom}}'' Live: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kNX_kmb4jo#t=1m39s Hooligan's Island Act II:]]
182	-->'''Eddie:''' Oh, I see your point...\
183	'''Richie:''' Why, have my trousers fallen down? No, they haven't, they're up, I can see they're up – oh, I see your point!\
184	'''Eddie:''' Why, have my trousers fallen down? No, they haven't, they're up, I can see they're up – oh, I see your point!\
185	'''Richie:''' Why, have my trousers fallen down? No, they haven't, they're up, I can see they're up – oh, I see your point!\
186	'''Eddie:''' Why... have my trousers fallen down... ''Help! Help!'' Rich, we're caught in some sort of knob⸻gag Bermuda Triangle!\
187	'''Richie:''' Quickly, change routine! Change routine!
188	%%* Theatre/{{Be More Chill}}
189	%%-->'''Rich:''' And then, then then, then then, then then, then then, then then, then then, I got a SQUIP!
190	* Creator/CirqueDuSoleil:
191	** In ''Theatre/{{Alegria}}'', the vocals of "Mirko" are almost entirely repetitions of the [[SingingSimlish Cirquish]] [[OminousLatinChanting chanting]] line "Êêêêêêê...... Rhiamveràhm!". "Cerceaux" likewise alternates between the repeating chants "Uma cosê rú" and "Mari marrari, mari mazô".
192	** The soundtrack version of ''Theatre/{{Amaluna}}'''s main theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SW9uv6Xox4 "All Come Together"]], falls into this trope during the [[LastChorusSlowdown Last Chorus Speed-Up]].
193	** The song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdfhjrLOxoA "The Change"]] from ''Theatre/{{Volta}}'' has a "Hey Jude"-style choral ostinato: "Na, nana nana na, nananananana, nana nana na, nananana..."
194	* ''Theatre/TheComedyOfErrors'': Dromio of Ephesus repeats everything he said to his master (although unbeknownst to him it was his master's twin brother) back to Adriana and tells her after each quote that the master said "My gold." He does this four times in a row, with [[RuleOfThree three lines in the same structure]] and a fourth broken up by a long self-quote by Dromio.
195	* ''Theatre/ThePlayThatGoesWrong'': When Dennis ends up forgetting his next line, and substitutes an earlier line, the other characters begin to loop their dialogue (Causing Robert to repeatedly drink the White Spirit that he keeps spitting out).
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198	[[folder:Toys Toys Toys Toys Toys Toys Toys Toys Toys Toys Toys Toys]]
199	* In ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'', the Bohrok swarms keep telepathically chanting "Must clean all. Everything must be cleaned."
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202	[[folder:Visual Novels Visual Novels Visual Novels Visual Novels Visual Novels]]
203	* From ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'', "This chair is an eyesore. Disappear! This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair!"
204	* Leon Kuwata from ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'':
205	-->'''Leon:''' "I refuse to acknowledge you. You're stupid. Stupid stupid stupid. Stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid..."
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208	[[folder:Web Animation Web Animation Web Animation Web Animation]]
209	* ''WebAnimation/PonyDotMov'':
210	** "CRUSH. KILL. DESTROY. SWAG. CRUSH. KILL. DESTROY. SWAG."
211	** At the beginning of "SHED.MOV", Spike, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie are riding on top of each other and saying, respectively, "Bababababababababababa", "Shishishishishishishishishi", and "Mamamamamamamamamamama".
212	* ''WebAnimation/AlfredsPlayhouse'':
213	** "Country where the grass was veryClement put his hand on Timothy's arm! We should just improviseCountry where the grass was veryClement put his hand on Timothy's arm! We should just improvise"
214	** Popsicle... popsicle... popsicle...
215	* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Taylor]] has the tendency to answer a series of questions with the exact same one-word response.
216	* In ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'', specifically in his review of ''[[VideoGame/{{STALKER}} S.T.A.L.K.E.R]]: Clear Sky'', he uses this twice to demonstrate how annoying the bugs are.
217	* In the episode "Evil" of ''WebVideo/ArbyNTheChief'', the Arbiter says that ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' is as repetitive in gameplay as the reviews of it on the internet are. Well... ''almost'' as repetitive.
218	-->'''Reviewer''': ''Resident Evil 5'' is a beautiful, solid, and well-executed third-person shooter, but Capcom has unfortunately made the game stray from the survival-horror genre that the past games of the series themselves define. Third-person shooter fans will be pleased however as ''Resident Evil 5'' is a very well polished game, it's just not scary. The ''Resident Evil'' series of games have always had a reputation of being scary... ''[25 minutes later]'' ...but what you have to remember about ''Resident Evil 5'' is that it's just not scary, which is sure to disappoint fans of the series that pick up the games hoping for a good scare. On the bright side though, the game is very fun to play. What fans have to keep in mind though is that it's just not scary. ''[Two weeks later]'' Still a very fun game to play and have some amazing amount of replayability, despite not being very scary, which has become expected of the ''Resident Evil'' franchise after all the prior games in the series. Fans will be happy to know though, that the game is incredibly enjoyable and features plenty of unlockables, those that hope to be scared though are out of luck, as the game just isn't that scary. I'm Josh Butterballs with [[CaptainObvious Stupid Obvious Information Magazine]]. Thanks for watching our video review of ''Resident Evil 5''. ''[{{Beat}}]'' ''Resident Evil 5'' is fun but it's not scary but it's fun but it's not scary but it's fun but it's not scary! [[DontExplainTheJoke I'm saying the same shit over and over and over again!]] I'm a douchebag! I'm a douchebag! I'm a douchebag!
219	* Loser from ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland'' does this when [[spoiler: he [[TheReveal finds out he was eliminated.]]]]
220	-->'''Loser:''' Bububububububububububububububububububububuububububububububububububububububububububububub...
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223	[[folder:Webcomics Webcomics Webcomics Webcomics Webcomics]]
224	* In ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' the [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Bigfeet's]] language consists almost entirely of the word "Ook!" Captions give a translation, but the voice bubbles themselves say, "Ook! Ook ook ook ook ook! Ook ook! Ook!"
225	* ''Webcomic/{{Jerkcity}}'' has a few strips that are [[http://www.jerkcity.com/tags/repetition/ just repeated phrases]], possibly with a {{punchline}}.
226	* ''Webcomic/MelvinasTherapy'' has the curse affecting the people of Mornau. Once the curse starts to affect someone they will keep doing whatever it is they happen to be doing at the time, over and over again. If they are speaking they will repeat the same sentence constantly. One notable woman started repeating herself as she burned to death in a house fire and continued to scream even after she was dead.
227	* ''Webcomic/{{Starslip}}'''s Cutter Edgewise can't seem to get through to Vanderbeam that [[http://starslip.com/2006/08/08/starslip-number-318/ ''last time she was here, she tried to blow up the ship!'']]
228	* ''Webcomic/TwistwoodTales'': There’s a literal one in "Elpie and Tofi" where the former, who is a living record player, gets a record stuck in a loop saying “useless!”, believing herself to be broken, but the latter fixes it by giving her a new record.
229	* ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'': Fighter didn't have a lot going on upstairs ''before'' Black Mage started stabbing him in the head.
230	-->'''Fighter:''' You get used to it after the first dozen times. Dozen times. Dozen times. Dozen times.\
231	''Two strips later''\
232	'''Thief:''' I assume you authorised [what Red Mage is doing].\
233	'''Black Mage:''' [[SarcasmMode No, Fighter did.]]\
234	'''[[CutawayGag Fighter:]]''' [[BrickJoke Dozen times.]]\
235	'''Black Mage:''' Of ''course'' I did!
236	* Reasons ''Webcomic/PusheenTheCat'' [[https://pusheen.com/831-2/ loves fall]]: 1. Pie. 2. Pie. 3. Pie. 4. Pie. 5. Pie. 6. Also pie.
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239	[[folder:Web Original Web Original Web Original Web Original Web Original]]
240	* ''Website/NobodyHere'': "[[https://nobodyhere.com/justme/messages.here Messages]]" has the answering machine repeatedly say "There are no new messages" as it's being destroyed.
241	* Website/TVTropes: In the TropeLaunchPad: [[Administrivia/TLPBump Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump. Bump.]]
242	* Eros in ''Literature/ThaliasMusings'' when Thalia gives him a talking-to about his "relationship" with Psyche.
243	-->'''Thalia:''' Besides, it wouldn't just be your soul's babies she'd have. Have you two thought about that?\
244	'''Eros:''' Babies?\
245	'''Thalia:''' And she's mortal. She's going to get old and eventually die. Not only that, but your kids will be demigods. That means they can be killed. Have you thought about that, either?\
246	'''Eros:''' Babies?\
247	'''Thalia:''' Yes, little screaming nuisances who take a whole year to grow up. A year! Sometimes two, or even as many as five.\
248	'''Eros:''' Babies?\
249	'''Thalia:''' Do you need me to tell you [[MemeticMutation how babby is formed?]][[http://thaliasmusingsnovels.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/1-8-heart-and-soul/]]
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251
252	[[folder:Web Videos Web Videos Web Videos Web Videos Web Videos Web Videos]]
253	* WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd: An escalating version in the episode on ''VideoGame/SilverSurfer1990'', in reference to the game's [[NintendoHard monumental difficulty]]:
254	-->'''James:''' It's like...you touch the top of the building, you die. You touch the ceiling, you die. You touch the floor, you die. Too far to the right, you die. Too far to the left, you die. You die, you die, you die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, DIE!
255	* ''WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}}'': Diabetus' commentary becomes this in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRmZ7QxPYYI one video]], regarding [[SaveScumming savestate scumming]]:
256	-->'''Diabetus:''' We should try savestating our commentary.\
257	'''Diabetus:''' We should try savestating our commentary.\
258	'''Slowbeef:''' We should try savestating our commentary, you said?\
259	'''Diabetus:''' We should try savestating our commentary -ing our commentary -ing our commentary -ing our commentary.
260	* [[UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln Abe Lincoln]] in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-g7E8OUofY How Abe Lincoln Really Died]]'' does this repeatedly to antagonise John Wilkes Booth.
261	* During the Judgement mini-arc in ''WebVideo/VaguelyRecallingJoJo'', the only thing the fake Mohammed Avdol created by Judgement' says is "Leave it up to me!" while punching Polnareff in the face.
262	* In ''WebVideo/SomeJerkWithACamera''[='=]s ''ABC Goes To [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks DisneyLAND]]'' video, when he talks about how ''Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow''[='=]s episode about Disneyland has an obvious bit of cross-promotion for the then-new ''Twilight Zone Tower Of Terror'', he parodies this by having George Lopez get caught in an endless loop repeating "The New Twilight Zone Tower of Terror". Then Jerk-as-Rod Serling pops up to comment on it, before getting caught up in the same loop. This repeats two more times before Regular!Jerk manages to get them out of it.
263	* ''WebVideo/ADoseOfBuckley'' singles out three songs with repetitive hooks on his "Ten Worst Songs of 2013" as #6. The songs in question are Sage the Gemini's "Gas Pedal", Migos' "Versace", and J Dash's "WOP"
264	* In ''WebVideo/TwelveHundredGhosts'' "Bah, humbug!" and "three spirits/ghosts" get repeated about a dozen times by different Scrooges and Marleys.
265	%% * [[https://youtu.be/5vRlJrkxsqo This]] might be... the best parody of this trope out there... Get it?
266	* A video created by ''{{WebVideo/Treatsforbeasts}}'' titled "Who wants to gnaw on human bones?" features a blank-faced, pink creature frolicking in a field while a keyboard plays. The whole time, a distorted voice shouts the title repeatedly. It can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdRCNM2k42o here]].
267	* In ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'''s review of ''Film/TheGarbagePailKidsMovie'' he says "If at first, you don't succeed try try try try try try TRY TRY TRY TRY TRY TRY TRY TRY TRY TRY TRY TRY TRY TRY TRY TRY TRY TRY TRY TRY TRY TRY UNTIL YOUR FUCKING LITTLE MIND CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!". Keep in mind that Creator/DougWalker has stated that this is the worst movie he's ever seen in his life PERIOD, so he REALLY means that.
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270	[[folder:Real Life Real Life Real Life Real Life Real Life Real Life]]
271	* The Ig Nobel award ceremonies employ a DeliberatelyCuteChild named Miss Sweetie Poo to [[DropTheCow cut off long speeches]] by repeating, "Please stop. I'm bored. Please stop. I'm bored. Please stop. I'm bored..."
272	* A medical condition, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palilalia Palilalia]] is the repetition or echoing of one's own spoken words. It can be a symptom of Tourette syndrome or obsessive-compulsive disorder.
273	* Computer programs and logic cover infinite loops. Questions such as "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" Or the logic bomb where "Bob always tells the truth. Bob just said 'I lie'."
274	* This was a [[RepetitiveAudioGlitch real issue]] that radio stations had to watch for back in the days when everything was on phonograph records with systems that automatically changed turntables. There is a [[UrbanLegends too-good-to-be-true]] story passed around in the radio industry about a DJ who set up several records to go off one-after-another live and went down to the cafeteria for lunch. The speakers in the cafeteria were playing the station and when he got there a commercial for an audio version of ''Literature/MobyDick'' was playing but the record was skipping going "dick.. dick.. dick.. dick.. dick.. dick..". The DJ rushed up the stairs to the station and upon entering the studio slapped at the record player in a panic. The record player went "dick.. dick - RecordNeedleScratch '''''THAR SHE BLOWS!'''''"
275	* This footage of a woman throwing a massive tantrum at an Uber driver who remains calm the entire time. She continuously shouts “Call the cops” dozens of times. It can be found [[https://youtu.be/j-YF2nCrQP4 here.]]
276	* Younger children often do this if they want to get a point across, especially to adults. Inversely, adults also complain of being this in regards to trying to get a child to do something.
277	* [[ShapedLikeItself Actual broken records.]] On vinyl records, this is usually caused by dust or debris in the grooves. Using the right cleaning methods, it's possible to get it out so that the record plays through. Some records deliberately end in a "locked groove" in the run-out groove that is essentially a circular path with an entrance but no exit. While this is usually muted, some records to have snippets of audio in this section. A good example is the original British pressing of Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand''.
278	* RCA's Capacitance Electronic Disc (Platform/{{CED}}) system is essentially video stored on a vinyl record[[note]]It does not store the video signal with height or width modulation, as the needle would be too suceptible to "jumping". Instead, the needle measures the capacitance of the immediate area, hence the name.[[/note]]. The system is more vulnurable to repetition than normal vinyl audio records, as the tone arm is motorized, rather than passive like on normal records, and is capable of getting stuck. Though the players usually have an electromagnet to get the needle out of a locked groove situation.
279	* Anrab Goswami [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvYstXzA-J4 on live Indian TV]].
280	* A number of [=MP3=] players, as well as some media players such as VLC have controls to allow the user to intentionally repeat segments of audio or video. Some of them even allow to increase or decrease playing speed. Some Platform/LaserDisc players would also let the user [[https://youtu.be/BSlF6uKvsh4?t=500 perform section repeats]] on clips of video.
281	* Certain languages permit one to form grammatically correct sentences just by repeating the same word over and over:
282	** English has the famous [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_while_John_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_a_better_effect_on_the_teacher James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher]], which is used to argue for the need of punctuation in English.[[note]]James, while John had had "had", had had "had had", "had had" had had a better effect on the teacher.[[/note]] Then there is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo]].
283	** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_Den Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den]] is a Classical Chinese poem in which every one of its 94 characters is pronounced ''shi'' in Mandarin, differing only in tones. This is because Mandarin has greatly reduced or merged the distinct sounds that disambiguated them in Classical Chinese; the poem is more comprehensible in non-Mandarin Chinese languages like Hokkien or Cantonese, because they have not undergone the same amount of sound merging that Mandarin has. For Mandarin speakers, the text is comprehensible only when read and it is therefore used to argue against the Romanization of Chinese.
284	** "There are two chickens in the garden" (''niwa ni wa niwa niwatori ga iru''), a similar wordplay in Japanese.
285	* This is common for jobs that involve a lot of rapid-fire customer/client interactions, such as at stores and restaurants. Since they have to greet their customers, it’s common for them to repeatedly say something like “Hello, how are you,” and “Thank you! Have a great day,” over and over again in order to greet each and every customer that they serve.
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