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1	->'''Naomi''': I also put some nootropics in there.\
2	'''Snake''': Say what?\
3	'''Naomi''': Nootropics. It's a class of drugs which will help improve your mental functioning.\
4	'''Snake''': It'll make me smarter, huh?
5	--> -- ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', in a typical demonstration
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7	[[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere Describe Parrot Exposition here.]]
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9	[[SelfDemonstratingArticle You want me to describe Parrot Exposition here, huh?]]
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11	A type of exposition in which one character repeats another, pressing them on something they just said. Sometimes this happens repeatedly, making one of them look pretty knowledgeable and the other pretty clueless. Or it can be simply annoying.
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13	This can easily be TruthInTelevision. Sometimes you just want a bit more detail, or to verify if someone's saying what you think they are. It's also worth noting that Japanese, the language that many examples are translated from, does this a lot as a mechanic of the conversational language.
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15	Often done by TheWatson. Compare RepeatingSoTheAudienceCanHear, for when we ''can't'' hear the other side of the conversation; RepeatToConfirm, when it's considered SOP to repeat a set of instructions while executing them; and ParrotExpowhat, where the exposition is so shocking, {{sesquipedalian\|Loquaciousness}}, or obscure that the other party can't repeat it.
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18	!!Examples:
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20	'''Examples?'''
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24	[[folder:Anime and Manga (Illustrated media of Japanese origin, huh?)]]
25	* This occurs often in many anime and manga. A particularly tongue-in-cheek example from an episode of ''Manga/BlackCat'':
26	-->'''Sven:''' It must be... Nanotechnology.\
27	'''Train:''' Nanotechnology?\
28	'''Sven:''' Nanotechnology.\
29	'''Eve:''' Nanotechnology...
30	* Kyōji Kōriyama from ''{{Anime/Noein}}'' practically ''defines'' this trope. It seems like over ''half his dialogue'' is just repeating back what his partner Ryōko Uchida says to him.
31	* In the ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'' anime, Geo does this every time Omega-Xis uses a new term. Or describes the situation. Or yawns. Particularly funny is his habit of parroting whole sentences at a time: "Cygnus is creating a dimensional portal to the Twilight Zone!" "He's creating a dimensional portal to the Twilight Zone?"
32	* Sort of parodied in ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack''. When a CluelessDetective accidentally stumbles onto the edges of a case involving the {{masquerade}}, he runs into someone who [[SatchelSwitcheroo wants his trenchcoat back]]. They have a conversation that involves a lot of repeating things back at each other- ''because they have no idea what the hell the other one is talking about''.
33	* Literature/{{Slayers}} frequently uses Gourry Gabriev as a DumbBlonde or even an outright IdiotHero in order to use this trope to manage info dumps about mystical stuff (powerful spells, monster society, magical items, etc) that the other characters (all being powerful, well-studied magic-users) would know, but the audience doesn't.
34	* Countless ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' stories begin this way. The first panel will have Ranma (or whoever) repeating something which was said just before the story began, usually the name of a new martial arts technique or MacGuffin which will drive the plot. The exposition character (Soun or Genma at first; in later stories it's usually Happosai) will then explain things for everyone's benefit.
35	** A lot of humor manga use this variation on the trope to get stories moving quickly, and Takahashi herself popularized it in her earlier series ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' (though it wasn't used nearly as much as it is in Ranma.) Even her more serious works will use it on occasion.
36	* Speaking of Takahashi, she modifies the above approach for ''Manga/InuYasha'', which likes to pick itself up from cliffhangers this way. A chapter will end with a character delivering a shock revelation ("Kikyo's alive!") Then the next chapter will start with everyone else parroting it back ("What? Kikyo's Alive?!") which handily puts the reader back in the moment and brings them up to speed. Then the character who dropped the bombshell will proceed to explain the details.
37	** Many plot-heavy manga love to use this variation, though again, Takahashi seems to be one of its biggest fans.
38	** Many times, this is used at the start of a new chapter to remind everyone what happened in the last chapter, because manga is published chapter-by-chapter weekly or monthly in serialised magazines. When it's been a month since you last read it, it's handy, but when the chapters are collected into one volume, it results in this trope, overlapping with ViewersAreGoldfish and the DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment.
39	* In the ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' manga:
40	-->'''Nanoha:''' Ah, that reminds me, Fate-chan! Do you still have pictures of those kids with you? I want to show them to Vita-chan and the others.\
41	'''Signum:''' ''(turning to Shamal)'' Those kids?\
42	'''Shamal:''' You know, them. The kids that Fate-chan always visits before a mission. [[AsYouKnow Remember]]?
43	* ''[[Anime/Yugioh5Ds Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's]]'' has this ''by the truckloads''. A fair warning: Don't make a drinking game out of this, specially involving long duel episodes, or you'll most likely die of alcohol poisoning.
44	* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' has this happen in episode 3: [[CombiningMecha GATTAI DA!!!]]
45	* The manga version of ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' stretches a little longer than the anime in places, primarily thanks to the girls' tendency to break every sentence spoken to them down to its component nouns and then repeat them as questions ("You have to get to the Fountain of Power to create your magic weapons." "Fountain of Power?" "Magic weapons?"). It's parodied when they find the Spring of Eterna as a two-dimensional line in midair--the panel FX goes LemonyNarrator.
46	-->'''Hikaru:''' What's that line?\
47	'''Umi:''' Line?\
48	'''Fuu:''' [...] It's a line.\
49	'''FX:''' yes, indeed
50	* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' did this a lot. ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' did this a lot?
51	** One particular example the fandom absolutely adores:
52	--->'''Saga''': I've received a report saying that the Silver Saints have been shamefully defeated by five Bronze Saints.\
53	'''Milo:''' What!? The Silver Saints have been defeated by only five Bronze Saints!?\
54	'''Saga:''' Yes. Only five Bronze Saints.\
55	'''Milo:''' There must be a mistake here. I never heard about a Silver Saint being defeated by a Bronze Saint.
56	* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' anime do this. A LOT. ''[[Anime/TransformersHeadmasters Headmasters]]'' and ''[[Anime/TransformersSuperGodMasterforce Masterforce]]'' are worst case offenders, where characters also feel the need to narrate whatever they do, as well. In the latter, its almost a RunningGag where one character will say something and another will repeat it in a shocked or awed tone.
57	-->'''Devil Z:''' It is a powerup for Super Ginrai.\
58	'''Giga:''' A powerup for Super Ginrai?
59	* In ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'', in the {{Novel}}, Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya and Senjirou Kikuoka, a government worker in charge of the Virtual Division, met and this exchange occurred:
60	-->'''Kazuto:''' Given such common occurrences, it isn't such a mystery for some idiot to have brought back that practice into reality. I, too, feel the need for some sort of counter-measures to be put in place, although the law would be nearly useless in such a case.\
61	'''Kikuoka:''' Useless?\
62	'''Kazuto:''' Useless.
63	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' usually has this, with a character repeating move or Pokemon's name in confusion, in order for someone else to explain the move/Pokémon for the sake of the audience. Sometimes, the same move or Pokémon can have repeated parrot exposition later on in the series due to the fact that the show is a LongRunner with over [[ArchivePanic a thousand episodes to watch]].
64	* PlayedForLaughs in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''. Apparently, Skeptic isn’t a big fan of this trope. When Giran, an ally of the League of Villains whom Skeptic's organization, the Meta Liberation Army, is hostage, responds to Skeptic mentioning that he'll have to delete the footage of [[spoiler:Himiko Toga killing MLA member Curious]], Skeptic goes off on a rant.
65	-->'''Skeptic:''' Is something confusing you? Is this even a question you want answered? What's keeping you from answering properly like "What do you mean by footage?", do you have too much pride? If someone says "One!", do you go "One?" like a parrot? Can you think critically? Use your imagination? Are your neurons taking a vacation? You need us to spell everything out and tell you that two plus two is four? Why should we?''
66	* PlayedForLaughs in ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou''. Rentarou does this when the God of Love is telling him about soulmates. Eventually though, the God of Love tells him to cut it out since [[NoFourthWall it's taking up too many panels]].
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69	[[folder:Fan Works (Unofficial tributes to popular franchises, huh?)]]
70	* Naturally, this can carry over into ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' fanfiction, although certainly not as often. One memorable example from a tongue-in-cheek Snake/Otacon SlashFic, in which Otacon, more from being a nerd than a pervert, films the 'action' using the Metal Gear [=MkII=] and its new "accessory."
71	-->'''Snake:''' Otacon, what's that?\
72	'''Otacon:''' It's a microphone boom, Snake.\
73	'''Snake:''' A microphone boom?
74	* Done several times by [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Phoenix]] in ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'', mostly out of sheer disbelief at the stuff he gets told in [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Equestria]]. For example, when he asks where he is and who he's talking to after recovering a little from the shock of being greeted by a talking purple unicorn:
75	-->'''Twilight:''' My name is Twilight Sparkle. I'm a disciple of Princess Celestia, the monarch of this land. I'm chronicling in the magic of friendship for her, and you're in the town of Ponyville.\
76	'''Phoenix:''' Celestia? Magic of friendship? Ponyville?... Wait a minute, [[OhCrap are you saying there's more talking ponies!?]]
77	* 99% of all ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfics that has a new character (a Muggle, a new wizard, or a crossover character) is introduced to the wizarding world ''will'' include a variation of this dialogue exchange, itself inspired by Hagrid and Harry's exchange in canon:
78	-->'''Wizard:''' ...you/he/she/they/whoever are Muggles.\
79	'''Non-wizard/new wizard:''' Muggles?\
80	'''Wizard:''' What we call non-magic people.
81	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10387771/1/Public-Safety Public Safety]]'':
82	-->'''Hermione:''' Right. You didn't finish the letter, did you? The inquiry is today.\
83	'''Harry:''' Today?\
84	'''Hermione:''' In one hour.\
85	'''Harry:''' One hour?
86	* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': In "The Protection Payment," Bobby the pigeon's dialogue often contains absent-mindedly repeated phrases his friends just said, meant to affirm their observations.
87	-->'''Vinny''': ''[nervously groaning as he paces]'' Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! We're goners for sure this time. We ain't got our food protection payment together yet, and it's due this afternoon. There’s gonna be one steamed alley cat when three o'clock rolls around.\
88	'''Bobby''': Yeah, yeah, Vinny -- one steamed alley cat.
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91	[[folder:Films -- Animated (Motion pictures made from sequences of drawn images, huh?)]]
92	* Lord Farquaad and Gingy parody this [[WaxingLyrical with the children's song "The Muffin Man"]] in ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'':
93	-->'''Gingy:''' Do you know... the Muffin Man?\
94	'''Farquaad:''' The Muffin Man?\
95	'''Gingy:''' The Muffin Man...\
96	'''Farquaad:''' Oh yes, I know the Muffin Man... Who lives on Drury Lane?\
97	'''Gingy:''' Well... she's ''married'' to... the Muffin Man.\
98	'''Farquaad:''' The Muffin Man?!\
99	'''Gingy:''' THE MUFFIN MAN!!\
100	'''Farquaad:''' She's married to the Muffin Man...
101	* Neil decides to copy the emergency alarm in ''Anime/FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin'':
102	-->'''Computer:''' Proceed to the nearest evacuation facility.\
103	'''Computer:''' Proceed to the nearest evacuation facility.\
104	'''Neil:''' I think we should proceed to the nearest evacuation facility.
105	* Spoofed in ''[[WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]''.
106	-->'''Reverend Hedges''': To kill such a beast would require nerves of steel and... a bullet.\
107	'''Lord Victor''': A bullet?\
108	'''Reverend Hedges''': A bullet!\
109	'''Lord Victor''': A bu--? [''pauses to shut out the DramaticThunder''] What ''kind'' of bullet?
110	* Done indirectly with the narrator in ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'':
111	-->'''Narrator''': And then, Kris Kringle grew into a fine young man.\
112	'''Kris Kringle''': I'm a man now!
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115	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action (Dramatic productions for cinema involving actors, huh?)]]
116	* ''Film/TheCourtJester'':
117	-->'''Hubert Hawkins:''' I've got it! I've got it! The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true! Right?\
118	'''Griselda:''' Right. But there's been a change: they broke the chalice from the palace!\
119	'''Hubert Hawkins:''' They broke the chalice from the palace?\
120	'''Griselda:''' And replaced it with a flagon.\
121	'''Hubert Hawkins:''' A flagon...?\
122	'''Griselda:''' With the figure of a dragon.\
123	'''Hubert Hawkins:''' Flagon with a dragon.\
124	'''Griselda:''' Right.\
125	'''Hubert Hawkins:''' But did you put the pellet with the poison in the vessel with the pestle?\
126	'''Griselda:''' No! The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon! The vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true!\
127	'''Hubert Hawkins:''' The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true.\
128	'''Griselda:''' Just remember that.
129	%% * ''Film/TheMatrix'' also had this with Neo, with the DullSurprise addition.
130	%% * ''Film/PrinceOfSpace'' is riddled with this.
131	%% -->'''Phantom of Krankor''': Prepare to leave Krankor.\
132	%% '''Scientist''': What's that?\
133	%% '''Phantom of Krankor''': Prepare to leave. Each of you will enter a space capsule.\
134	%% '''Scientist''': What?
135	* The verses of "Zydrate Anatomy" in ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'' are based around this.
136	-->'''Grave Robber:''' Zydrate comes in a little glass vial.\
137	'''Shilo''': A little glass vial?\
138	'''Everyone else:''' A little glass vial.\
139	'''Grave Robber:''' And Amber Sweet is addicted to the knife.\
140	'''Shilo:''' Addicted to the knife?\
141	'''Everyone else:''' Addicted to the knife.\
142	'''Grave Robber:''' Mag's contract's got some mighty fine print.\
143	'''Shilo:''' Some mighty fine print?\
144	'''Everyone else:''' [[OverusedRunningGag disinterested murmurs]]
145	* ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'' - Making Cupcakes scene. The cook, all the way from CHE-SHIRE ENGLAND, states that the "Amazing Kupcake-Inator" can turn ANYTHING into delicious cupcakes...
146	-->'''Host, The Guy in the Sweater Who Asks All the Obvious Questions:''' Wait a minute, did you say anything?\
147	'''Cheshire England Cat:''' Anything!\
148	'''Host:''' Anything?\
149	'''Cheshire England Cat''': Yes, anything!\
150	'''Host''': Anything?\
151	'''Cheshire England Cat:''' ...anything.\
152	'''Host:''' [[OverlyLongGag ...aaanythingg??]]
153	* ''Franchise/StarWars''
154	** ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' - the explanation of what midichlorians are was delivered by Anakin starting with a question of what they are and continues like so:
155	--->'''Qui-Gon Jinn:''' Midichlorians are a microscopic life form that resides within all living cells.\
156	'''Anakin:''' They live inside me?\
157	'''Qui-Gon Jinn:''' Inside your cells, yes. And we are symbiont with them.\
158	'''Anakin:''' Symbiont?
159	*** In Anakin's defense, the first line sounded like an expression of disbelief, with the second line being more like asking "What is symbiont?"
160	** Since nobody in the audience can understand Chewbacca, almost all his conversations involve someone repeating what he's (assumingly) just roared, as if to clarify. One imagines this must be annoying for him.
161	--->'''C-3PO''': Captain Solo, this time you have gone too far!\
162	'''Chewbacca''': roars\
163	'''C-3PO''': No, I will not be quiet, Chewbacca! Why doesn't anyone listen to me?!
164	*** An exception occurs when Chewie simply roars, and Han replies, "You said it, Chewie." Listening to the original tape reveals that he said "That old man's mad!" Han's next line however, is "Where ''did'' you dig up that old fossil?", so Chewbacca's line can be reasonably guessed.
165	** The same is true for R2's beeps and whistles. Usually it's Threepio's job to "translate" for him (appropriately enough), but sometimes Luke does it.
166	* ''Film/GalaxyQuest'' {{lampshade\|Hanging}}s this, given that [[BridgeBunnies Gwen's job is to repeat the computer voice]] - it's stupid, but it's her only job, so she's doing it anyway. Leads to a horrified realization at one point:
167	-->'''Gwen:''' I'm doing it. I'm repeating the computer!
168	* If Bill Harford, Creator/TomCruise's borderline {{Cloudcuckoolander}} protagonist from Creator/StanleyKubrick's ''Film/EyesWideShut'', didn't repeat everything everyone around him said, the film would be about half an hour shorter.
169	* Amusingly, even ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'' has an instance of this. It can come off as pretty HilariousInHindsight. [[note]]The character of Solid Snake from the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series is largely a ShoutOut to 'Snake' Plissken, the protagonist of this movie, [[DontExplainTheJoke for those of you who didn't get the joke.]][[/note]]
170	-->'''Hauk:''' You go in, find the President and bring him out in 24 hours, and you're a free man.\
171	'''Snake:''' 24 hours, huh?
172	* This is a common tool in old {{Film Serial}}s; the most obvious manifestation would be the PreviouslyOn text recap of the last chapter's CliffHanger, but it also shows up a lot in dialogue as the characters remind each other[[note]]and the audience[[/note]] what their goals and plans are ("Here we are, finally ready to assemble our NeutronBomb with which we can blow the Earth out of its orbit, so that our planet Mars may take its place").
173	* This classic from ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'':
174	-->'''Jareth:''' You remind me of the babe.\
175	'''Goblin:''' What babe?\
176	'''Jareth:''' The babe with the power.\
177	'''Goblin:''' What power?\
178	'''Jareth:''' The power of voodoo.\
179	'''Goblin:''' Hoodoo?\
180	'''Jareth:''' You do!\
181	'''Goblin:''' Do what?\
182	'''Jareth:''' Remind me of the babe!
183	** Which is a ShoutOut to a routine that Creator/CaryGrant does in the comedy ''Film/TheBachelorAndTheBobbySoxer''.
184	* Before the climax of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing'', Aragorn proposes attacking Minas Tirith to draw Sauron's forces away from Frodo, who is the only person critical to defeating Sauron. Legolas remarks, "A diversion!"
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188	* ''Literature/OneQEightyFour'': Fuka-Eri's unique way of talking often leads Tengo to rephrasing her question-markless questions as fully fleshed out questions. These exchanges are usually some form of exposition related to Fuka-Eri and the actions she takes as the story progresses.
189	* A writer to Creator/RogerEbert's ''Questions For The Movie Answer Man'' took note of this Trope in action.
190	* ''Literature/HarryPotter'' is known for doing this. The later films worked to phase it out and make Harry quicker on the uptake, but it was very much a problem in the earlier films and just about all of the books.
191	-->Voldemort tried to kill ''me''?\
192	Voldemort [[AccidentalInnuendo put something of himself]]... into ''me''?
193	** Notably, he's most likely to do this during scenes where it is revealed he's important. Or, to put it more simply, he has a hard time believing he's special. He is, after all "Just Harry".
194	* Creator/MichaelCrichton in ''Literature/{{Sphere}}'' has a character use this on purpose as a psychological trick (the character in question is a psychologist, and wants to get more info without putting much in). The other person catches on soon enough.
195	* In Crichton's novel ''Literature/{{Timeline}}'', we have Robert Doniger, an antisocial {{jerkass}}, who owns and runs the company ITC. The vice president of Doniger's company, Diane Kramer, often uses this trope to help Doniger sort out his thoughts while he's ranting towards her.
196	* Used quite often in ''Deep Storm'', usually by Dr. Crane. One example:
197	-->'''Dr. Asher:''' Also, we'll need to get you chipped.\
198	'''Dr. Crane:''' Chipped?\
199	'''Dr. Asher:''' Tag you with an RFID chip.\
200	'''Dr. Crane:''' Radio frequency identification? Is that necessary?
201	* Eragon from the ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'' is infamous for doing this:
202	-->"You refuse to sell to me!"
203	-->"The Varden, who are my friends." "The Varden!"
204	-->"I'm a Rider!"
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208	* ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode ''Midnight'' had this where an alien possessed one of the passengers and repeated everything the others and the Doctor said. It lasted the entire episode.
209	** The trope is lampshaded in "The Invisible Enemy" with the Fourth Doctor and NubileSavage Leela.
210	--->'''Leela:''' There was a sort of glow all around you.\
211	'''Doctor:''' There was? Oh. Well, a kind of Saint Elmo's fire. It happens at sea.\
212	'''Leela:''' Saint Elmo's?\
213	'''Doctor:''' Yes, it causes a sort of halo effect round the masts of ships.\
214	'''Leela:''' Halo?\
215	'''Doctor:''' Why do you keep repeating everything I say? You're not a parrot, are you?\
216	'''Leela:''' Parrot?\
217	'''Doctor:''' Yes. A parrot's a bird that repeats things. Move over.\
218	'''Leela:''' ''(deep)'' [[DeadpanSnarker Move over.]]\
219	'''Doctor:''' [[ObliviousToSarcasm That's it.]]
220	* ''Series/{{House}}'', for obvious reasons, has this every time a disease or treatment is mentioned. After the other parrots him, he {{lampshade\|Hanging}}s it. Made a ''little'' [[JustifiedTrope more believable]] by (a) the frequent occurrence of extremely rare diseases it's possible they wouldn't all be familiar with, and (b) House's general condescension and near-compulsive habit of using layman's-terms analogies, which other characters have [[LampshadeHanging expressed annoyance at]].
221	** Lampshaded in an episode where House and his team are being dogged by a film crew making a documentary about his patient; Chase needlessly explains a simple procedure to House and Cuddy, causing House to snap at how unnecessary it is to do so. [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Chase motions toward the camera (of the film crew) and shyly mumbles out it was for their benefit.]]
222	* Done often in the MythArc episodes of ''Series/TheXFiles'', especially as the show progressed. (No, Mr. Carter, just because you make every last one of your poor actors stop and summarize the alien conspiracy storyline at least twice per episode doesn't mean it's actually going to make sense this time...) In the two-part episode at the beginning of the fifth season, the first half of the episode consisted of ''nothing but'' voice-overs summarizing the plot. The entire episode could have been condensed down to three and a half minutes. The name of that episode? "Redux".
223	* ''Series/{{Bones}}'', dealing as it does with forensics, but it's only used when Agent Booth is in the room. If, for instance, Zach and Cam are alone in the lab dealing with X-rays, the average viewer will have no clue what they're talking about. And Bones tends to reciprocate when they're in the field, leading to her catchphrase; "I don't know what that means."
224	** It's often PlayedForLaughs with Booth, as it frustrates him to no end that the forensics team will use the most technical language possible to describe ''anything.'' In one episode, Zach is talking about a "small domestic container" and Booth has to clarify that yes, he's talking about a jar.
225	* In an episode of ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'', Alex animates the figures in various famous paintings (and apparently the ''Mona Lisa,'' ''Blue Boy'' and ''The Scream'' are all located in New York[[note]]the first of those is in the Louvre in Paris, the second is in the Huntington Library near Pasadena, and there are four versions of the third, three in galleries in Oslo and one in a private collection[[/note]]) and can't get them to go back to their paintings. She calls her brother who repeats exactly what she's saying until she tells him "Stop repeating everything I'm saying". Which he repeats, ''then'' figures out that she's talking about magic and he's standing around a [[{{Muggles}} non-wizard]].
226	* In ''Series/{{Emmerdale}}'' when Val is revealed to have cataracts everybody who witnesses it repeats the word (about a total of five times) and then...
227	* ''Series/HarryHillsTVBurp'' parodies the ''Series/{{Emmerdale}}'' scene [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM0Nn0KINV8 after watching it]] as he telephones other television shows and various characters and presenters just say the word "cataracts?"
228	** This is [[CallBack called back]] to later when a man accuses Val of getting worked up over a misunderstanding, she gets angry and asks if her ears have cataracts as well.
229	--->'''Harry Hill:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVo8BlTYIXk Ear cataracts?]]
230	* This happened regularly in ''Series/AlloAllo'', mostly by Rene, and out of disbelief of the [[OncePerEpisode next "bird-brain" plan]] they were going to do. Usually it helps set up the jokes.
231	** The Christmas episode gives us this conversation.
232	--->'''Hans:''' The pill [in the till] contains a drug.\
233	'''Rene:''' The pill in the till?\
234	'''Hans:''' ''(nods)'' Take it and put it in [this jug of wine].\
235	'''Rene:''' Put the drug in the jug?\
236	'''Hebert:''' ''(entering the cafe with the bomb disguised as a cake)'' We almost forgot the most important part!\
237	'''Rene:''' Oh my god... It's the [[RunningGag gateau from the chateau!]]\
238	'''Hans:''' What about the gateau from the chateau?\
239	'''Rene:''' In contains a bomb!\
240	'''Hans:''' [[OverlyLongGag A bomb in the gateau from the chateau?]]
241	* Happens in the ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' 2-parter "The Raincoats" as Jerry is answering a call from Jack Klompus in the presence of [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents Helen and Morty]], who react this way to a couple things Jack tells them.
242	* Used to disastrous consequences in ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle''. A therapist tells Lois and Hal to try repeating what their children say in their own words, which culminates in Lois parroting Malcolm ad nauseum instead of helping him through his problem.
243	-->'''Malcolm''' Stop repeating what I say!\
244	'''Lois:''' ''(clearly perturbed by her inability to stop)'' You say something... I say it back...
245	* Ever since CBS brought ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' back in 1972, every host has repeated every contestant's bid once it is made in the one-bid round. Presumably so whoever is operating the tote screens will get it right.
246	* ''Series/{{Deadwood}}'' gives this habits to sycophants. It's lampshaded by both Al and Hearst, who snap at people for simply repeating back to them in other words what they've just said.
247	* In the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode featuring ''Film/PrinceOfSpace'', the Phantom Dictator of Krankor tells the gathered scientists that they will be leaving the planet on space capsules. However, one of the scientists replies "Huh?" and "What?", prompting an exasperated Tom Servo to reply "Oh, for crying out loud... [[PunctuatedForEmphasis EACH! OF! YOU! WILL! ENTER! A! SPACE! CAPSULE!]]"
248	* ''Series/MyWorldAndWelcomeToIt'': In "The Wooing of Mr. Monroe," John repeats what Ellen says incredulously when she accuses him of being attracted to fellow writer Dorothy Carter (though Ellen does so to John first).
249	-->'''John''': Well, you haven't asked me what kind of a day we had.\
250	'''Ellen''': I know what kind of a day you had. I went to see Dorothy Carter at her apartment.\
251	'''John''': Oh? Where was I?\
252	'''Ellen''': You had just left. But we talked about you all afternoon.\
253	'''John''': You talked about me all afternoon?\
254	'''Ellen''': Dorothy Carter is infatuated with you.\
255	'''John''': Dorothy Carter is infatuated with me?\
256	'''Ellen''': Will you please stop repeating everything I say?
257	[[/folder]]
258
259	[[folder:Mythology (Ancient religions, huh?)]]
260	* Echo was a nymph in Myth/ClassicalMythology who was cursed by Hera to not be able to speak anything except the words she had just heard, after she was caught consorting with Zeus. Because of her curse Echo was unable to seduce the beautiful Narcissus, and after Narcissus died Echo would only repeat the words of grief she heard other people say. Eventually Echo herself died of grief and all of her body wasted away except her voice.
261	[[/folder]]
262
263	[[folder:Puppet Shows (Productions involving puppets, huh?)]]
264	* In an episode of ''Series/FraggleRock'', Mokey is going on a hike up Wonder Mountain for a solitary meditative experience: the Aurora Fragglealis, which appears only once every thousand days. Red, worried about her safety, secretly follows her, [[DeclarationOfProtection vowing to protect her]]. Trying to make sure that Mokey won't fall victim to the [[CactusPerson Singing Cactus]]' MindControlMusic, she gets mesmerized by them herself and has to be rescued by Mokey. This trope then ensues when Red is trying to think how to answer Mokey's question of what she was doing there without giving away the real reason.
265	-->'''Mokey:''' Red, what were you doing out there?\
266	'''Red:''' Uh... what was I doing out there?\
267	'''Mokey:''' Yeah, and what are you doing out here?\
268	'''Red:''' Um... what am I doing out here?\
269	'''Mokey:''' Right, and how in the world did you get so messed up?\
270	'''Red:''' And how did I get so messed up?\
271	'''Mokey:''' [[{{lampshade\|Hanging}} Yeah, and why do you keep repeating everything I say?]]
272	[[/folder]]
273
274	[[folder:Radio (Stuff made for the radio, huh?)]]
275	* ''Radio/BleakExpectations:'' Used for humor in the season 2 finale recounts how he and his friends had refused to believe [[BigBad Mr. Benevolent's]] claims he's summoned a Martian invasion (since after all, the chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one), until one morning a visitor disabused him of this notion.
276	-->'''Mr. Benevolent:''' I just came to disabuse you of the notion that the Martians aren't coming, because they are.
277	* ''Radio/JohnFinnemoresSouvenirProgramme:''
278	** One Storyteller sketch has him explaining how he got a visit from a woman from the RSPCA, followed by said woman informing him "I am a woman from the RSPCA!"
279	** An "Accidental ''Archers''" sketch has two of the Men Who Sound Tired recounting everything they were doing in the previous scene to one another, with the expectation that they will go on to the next scene and explain all this in excruciatingly tedious detail to whoever they find there.
280
281	[[/folder]]
282
283	[[folder:Theater (Stage plays, huh?)]]
284	* [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare's]] ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', Act 1 Scene 2, thus fulfilling the JustForFun/TheZerothLawOfTropeExamples:
285	-->'''Horatio:''' My lord, [I saw] the king your father.\
286	'''Hamlet:''' The king my father!
287	* This exchange in "I Am the Captain of the Pinafore" in Creator/GilbertAndSullivan's ''Theatre/HMSPinafore'':
288	-->'''Captain:''' And I'm never ever sick at sea.\
289	'''Crew:''' What, never?\
290	'''Captain:''' No, never!\
291	'''Crew:''' What, never?\
292	'''Captain:''' Well...hardly ever!
293	[[/folder]]
294
295	[[folder:Toys (Kids' playthings, huh?)]]
296	* ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' featured this very often. One notable example from the "Visorak" story arc:
297	-->'''Nuju:''' Rhotuka spinners are wheels of energy. Let's see what happens... ''(creates ice)''\
298	'''Kualus:''' ...when it hits a mirror of ice.\
299	'''Whenua:''' ''(sees the spinner be reflected)'' [[CaptainObvious It's reflecting!]]
300	[[/folder]]
301
302	[[folder:Video Games (Video Games?!)]]
303	* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' '''''([[SelfDemonstratingArticle Metal Gear!?]])''''' ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Solid]]'' has its protagonist, Solid Snake, repeating everything that whoever is telling him about something, or going "huh?" It is more or less lifted from the character he was based on, "Snake" Plissken from ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'', who had a tendency to do the same. Used less in ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater Snake Eater]]'' (although when the name "Metal Gear" is mentioned for the first and only time, of ''course'' Naked Snake has to say it), but still pretty abundant. Snake's voice actor, Creator/DavidHayter, made fun of this tendency in a podcast, in which he joked that most of his dialogue was "repeating whatever everyone else says but with a question mark on the end." This happens less often in ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Guns of the Patriots]]'', though it's less because Snake understands what people are saying and more because he just doesn't care. So, rather than saying "So it'll make me smarter, huh?" he'd say, "Okay, so... what now?" This was {{lampshade\|Hanging}}d in ''Metal Gear AC!D2'', when an amnesiac Snake accesses a terminal and comes across data on the eponymous machine.
304	-->"[[OncePerEpisode Metal Gear]]?!"\
305	"Huh? You're familiar with it?"\
306	"...No. Just... had to blurt it out."
307	** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSJVSNhqa-s sheer amount of use]] this trope gets in the games is the reason why this page used to be titled ''Metal Gearing''.
308	*** [[OverlyLongGag Metal Gearing!?]]
309	** Parodied in the [[http://lparchive.org/UFO-Aftermath/Update%2018/ UFO: Aftermath LP]] with a team made up entirely of Snakes.
310	--->'''Hunter:''' Snake! Be careful. Those cars are actually transgenants that use cars as a kind of shell. They're metal crabs.\
311	'''All 6 Snakes:''' METAL GEAR?!\
312	'''Hunter:''' What? No! No one said anything about a metal gear!\
313	'''Snake:''' Metal Ge-\
314	'''Hunter:''' Shut up, Snake. They're transgenants, just shoot them.
315	** Another parody in Webcomic/{{Hiimdaisy}}'s ''Let's Destroy The Shagohod''. When encountering Granin who suggests his awesome idea of Metal Gear...
316	--->'''Naked Snake:''' '''''METAL GEEEEEEEAAAAARRRR!!'''''... What the heck is a Metal Gear?
317	* ''Franchise/MegaMan''
318	** Every single acquired weapon in ''VideoGame/MegaMan7'' leads to an exchange between Mega Man and Dr. Light: [[CaptainObvious "The Scorch Wheel shoots a flaming wheel, right?" "Yes, and it can also be used to burn things!"]] [[http://www.rockmanpm.com/?p=original/rockman7/labtalk At least in the Japanese version,]] sometimes Roll or Auto will appear instead to provide some comic relief.
319	** Zero does this quite often in ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'', along with gratuitous use of ellipses. In his defense, after a CryonicsFailure before the first game and a year in exile after that, he probably is very out of it.
320	* A famous line in ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars'':
321	-->'''Andy''': What's an airport?
322	* Found in ''VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos'':
323	-->'''Jody:''' Mr. President, the information management department received an email that might interest you!\
324	'''Michael:''' An email?
325	* All the time in ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory'', at least when Claude's the main character. Although he's justified as he's pretty much a stranger to place he just landed in while Rena's lived there her whole life. In its sequel, Fayt cannot stop using this trope. Once the player reaches Elicoor II, literal hours are devoted to Fayt and Cliff answering Nel's questions with questions or back and forth rounds of "Yes?" "Yes." with other {{Non Player Character}}s.
326	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV Advance'' (this version is noted for its very tongue in cheek translation) lampshaded this tendency when the sage Ghido described the twelve legendary weapons.
327	-->'''Bartz:''' Twelve legendary weapons?\
328	'''Ghido:''' Sometimes I wonder if you say things like this to spite me.... Yes, the twelve legendary weapons. They are weapons. They are legendary. There are even twelve of them.
329	* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' is fond of the trope, including, from ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', preceding the boss fight with [[spoiler:HumongousMecha Metal [[strike:Gear]] Overlord]], the following.
330	-->'''Dr. Eggman:''' [[spoiler:Metal Sonic]] has finally transformed!\
331	'''Sonic:''' So THAT'S [[spoiler:Metal Sonic]]?
332	* There's plenty of this in the ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'' series, but it's most common (and annoying) in ''Covenant''.
333	* Combined with HeroicMime in ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon Time/Darkness/Sky''. The hero's thoughts are related via InnerMonologue, but rather than give them actual ''lines'' the game simply has their partner or other characters paraphrase and summarize whatever the hero just told them.
334	** Of course, [[spoiler: the hero does speak normally at the end of the game, while he/she is fading from existence]].
335	** Demonstrated again by the hero in ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonGatesToInfinity'', except they actually talk this time [[TheQuietOne (sometimes, at least)]].
336	* The main character of ''VideoGame/SigmaStarSaga'' descends into this when and only when he's being told what to do next. Typically, the original speaker was perfectly clear about what was going on, and he uses almost the same words when repeating back, so this is probably a tie-in with ViewersAreGoldfish.
337	** It could also be a case of military protocol. When you give someone complex instructions, you typically want to hear them recite said instructions back to you, to avoid any PoorCommunicationKills. Granted, most of the instructions aren't terribly complex, but still.
338	* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', both games: Whenever T3-M4 says anything, somebody will repeat what it said back to him so the player can understand. (Oddly, all the various incomprehensible alien languages get subtitles... but T3's subtitles are just transliterations of his beeps.)
339	** The incomprehensible alien languages were {{handwave}}d by explaining that the player character has an understanding of dozens on top of dozens of alien languages. [[spoiler:It helps to be an extremely powerful Force-sensitive former Jedi and Sith Lord.]]
340	** Lampshaded in [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords the second game]], during [[PlayerCharacter the Exile's]] first conversation with the HK-50 unit on Peragus.
341	--->'''HK-50:''' Objection: Master! To commit such an act would be in violation of the ethics programming most droids are believed to possess. I am afraid there is nothing that can be done.\
342	'''The Exile:''' Believed to possess?\
343	'''HK-50:''' Irritated Statement: Master, if you insist on echoing everything I say, this already tedious conversation is in danger of becoming even longer.
344	** Though this is actually a plot point, as the parts you repeat are suspiciously specifically worded. It's an indication of the HK-50s' true nature - since droids are incapable of lying, the HK-50s are specifically programmed to circumvent this by omitting crucial details, wording sentences in a way that they appear to mean the opposite of what they actually mean, abusing hypothetical clause when stating facts that are outright false, or when acting as translators, intentionally abusing semantics to get the least intended outcomes.
345	* Basically every RPG ever allows you to do this. Some of it is to make sure the player understands what they have to do next.
346	* ''VideoGame/DeadRising'': Fe tends to repeat things too, usually out of disbelief.
347	* This happens quite often when Ryo asks someone about something in ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}}''; he will often bring up the subject of the conversation, and someone will ask about it ("Did you see a black car go by?" "A black car?"). This was parodied in the ''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' review of ''Shenmue II'', which mentioned the awkward dialogue between the characters.
348	* Leslie Withers of ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin'' is a justified example, being a mentally disturbed young man who suffers from echolalia, meaning he often involuntarily repeats words or phrases he hears other people say.
349	* ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' is perhaps one of the most constant users of this trope, with one of the most common things you'll hear in the cutscenes is one character expositing, and another repeating a keyword with a questioning inflection. And this happens at least once in every. Single. Cutscene.
350	* Lampshaded in ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'', in a dialogue with Nordom.
351	--> '''Nordom:''' Repeated word choice confirmed (Echo?)
352	* In ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'''s "Meet the Spy'':
353	-->'''Announcer:''' Intruder alert! RED Spy in the base!
354	-->'''Soldier:''' A RED Spy is in the base?!
355	-->'''Announcer:''' Protect the briefcase!
356	-->'''Soldier:''' We need to protect the briefcase!
357	** Occasionally happens in-game, too, since given the frantic action it's sometimes necessary to repeat over voice chat what's going on around you.
358	* Downplayed in ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter'':
359	-->'''Dr. Kasal:''' I'm not sure it's directly related, but they found extremely high levels of syprohedrine in her blood.\
360	'''Derek:''' Sypro...? What's that?\
361	'''Angie:''' It's a new antihistamine, Doctor. They're usually used to treat allergies.\
362	'''Derek:''' ...I know what antihistamines do.
363	* PlayedForLaughs in ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'', with DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment thrown in for good measure.
364	-->'''[=GLaDOS=]:''' [[AC:Well, {{this is the part where}} he kills us.]]\
365	'''[[spoiler:Wheatley]]:''' Hello! This is the part where I kill you.\
366	'''Chapter 9: The Part Where He Kills You'''\
367	'''Track:''' The Part Where He Kills You\
368	'''Achievement Earned:''' [[OverlyLongGag The Part Where He Kills You (This is that part.)]]
369	* ''VideoGame/DeusEx'': Not even JC Denton [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOKt1z1TkvU is immune:]]
370	-->'''Jock:''' [[SomebodySetUpUsTheBomb Oh my God, JC, a bomb]]!!\
371	'''JC:''' [[CaptainObvious A bomb!!]]
372	* Samus in ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'' is a frequent offender of this, reiterating plot points in drawn-out monologues.
373	* ''VideoGame/UltimaIX''. Repeatedly.
374	-->'''Avatar:''' The Codex of Ultimate Wisdom?\
375	'''Avatar:''' I'm sorry, but who are the Gargoyles?\
376	'''Avatar:''' [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment What's a Paladin?]]
377	** Keep in the mind that with all of these and more, the Avatar really ought to know who any and all of these things are beforehand. After all, he encountered all of them in the previous games, in some cases several times. Some of them were critical to the plots of past games, and the Avatar's best friend and loyal companion through most of them was a Paladin.
378	*** You can even choose Paladin as your character class right at the start of the game!
379	* [=SSgt.=] Griggs falls into this during a chase scene in ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty 4: VideoGame/ModernWarfare'', though admittedly he has reasons for it (as under Real Life this is standard procedure in the Army, plus it's a pretty hectic chase with a target that they absolutely cannot afford to lose track of).
380	* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaAriaOfSorrow'': Soma tends to repeat what he gets told in amazed disbelief; but then again, when you think you are an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, the chaos that is Castlevania can be difficult to digest.
381	* Kyle Hyde of ''VisualNovel/HotelDuskRoom215'' does this a lot. At one point, he even does this to ''himself''.
382	-->''There's a paperclip on the brochure.''\
383	'''Kyle:''' A paperclip, huh?
384	* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'''s protagonist, Makoto Naegi, tends to do this. It is at one point lampshaded by the antagonist.
385	-->'''Monokuma:''' You're very good at repeating what other people say. That's what I call User Friendly. You're the worst.
386	* Happens often in ''Franchise/AceAttorney''. It can be considered a JustifiedTrope during trials--the attorneys keep re-phrasing the witnesses' statements to confirm that there are no misunderstandings.
387	-->'''Gumshoe:''' She ordered it [the glove]. It was custom-made!\
388	'''Wright:''' Custom-made? The glove was custom-made?\
389	'''Gumshoe:''' Yup, that's what I said!\
390	'''Judge:''' Hmm... So the glove was custom-made.
391	* Like the above [=TF2=] example, ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' will occasionally have the announcer, Athena, announce that there is only so much time left (a minute, 30 seconds, or 10 seconds) - only to have another character say something to the same effect, but with a bit more flavor. It can also happen if the enemy team has a sniper (Widowmaker or Hanzo - Ana doesn't trigger the voicelines), turret (only Torbjorn, as Symmetra has too many turrets to be constantly announcing each one), or a shield generator or teleporter. Unfortunately, if not taken care of, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhYdh4DDH1Y it can be taken to]] CaptainObvious lengths.
392	* ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'': Asura does a bit of this when confronting Wyzen in response to things the latter says. In this case, it's partially because he's still suffering from a bit of LaserGuidedAmnesia after spending 12,000 years in Naraka and doesn't quite remember everything yet ("Wyzen?"), and partially because he saying things that Asura legitimately doesn't know about ("Seven Deities?")
393	[[/folder]]
394
395	[[folder:Web Originals (Internet stuff, huh?)]]
396	* ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'': "They were stolen from me by the Rare Hunters." "Rare Hunters?!"
397	** "CARD GAMES ON MOTORCYCLES!"
398	*** "Card games on motorbikes?"
399	* ''WebVideo/CodeMENT'': The "team deathmatch!" scene.
400	* WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun's CSI: CSI, internal investigations {{lampshade\|Hanging}}s this.
401	-->'''Paul:''' Why do you keep doing that?\
402	'''Morgan:''' Doing what?\
403	'''Paul:''' Repeating everything I say, just using less scientific terminology.\
404	'''Morgan:''' Dumbing it down?
405	* Parodied in ''WebVideo/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfAbridgerty'' when Ocelot shouts "STOP SAYING METAL GEAR!" at Snake and Otacon.
406	* Music/BadLipReading uses this in More Twilight.
407	--> '''Jacob:''' We need an earwig.\
408	'''Bella:''' A what?\
409	'''Jacob:''' An earwig. It's like a rotten potato that two people flip. beat Seriously, we could use it.
410	* [[https://filmmakeriq.com/2012/04/michael-bays-rejected-the-dark-knight-script/ This fake script]], showing what ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' would be like if ''Creator/MichaelBay'' wrote it, has a few such examples.
411	** When introducing ComicBook/TheJoker.
412	-->'''Officer''': Sir, it appears as though the terrorists are rallying around some sort of crazed criminal. They call him the Joker.\
413	'''General''': The Joker?\
414	'''Officer''': Yes, the Joker. He wears clown makeup.
415	** When Bruce reveals his strategy to take down the Joker.
416	-->'''Bruce''': [[HollywoodHacking We hack the internet]].\
417	'''Alfred''': Hack the internet?\
418	'''Bruce''': Yes, hack the internet.
419	* In the third episode of WebVideo/AtunSheiFilms' ''Frozen 50's Man'', the main character Dick Jett gets a phone call:
420	-->'''Jett:''' ''(picks up phone)'' Hello? ''(talk on the other end)'' ...Yes, speaking. ''(talk on the other end)'' ...Bing Fluffernutters? ''Dead!?'' How?! ''(talk on the other end)'' Shut in the gut? Where? ''(talk on the other end)'' The Hotel at Bush and Stockton? Wh-- ''(talk on the other end)'' Well, ''yes'', I'm repeating everything you say! I-- ''(talk on the other end)'' No! It's ''not'' annoying or weird! ''(talk on the other end)'' Well, it's just how I like to retain information! ''Goodbye!''
421	* ''LetsPlay/{{Videogamedunkey}}'' will always lampshade this trope in games with the same ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' clip.
422	-->'''Solid Snake''': Psycho Mantis?
423	[[/folder]]
424
425	[[folder:Western Animation (Cartoons, huh?)]]
426	* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' does this as frequently as its extreme close-up {{sting}}s. With the words repeated in monotone for humorously banal effect.
427	* In ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPugwash'', Stinka is a Mexican who works for Cut-Throat Jake who speaks little English. He repeats everything that Jake says, annoying him greatly.
428	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' uses this a lot with Schnitzel. Occasionally lampshaded when he gives exposition and needs to tell Chowder to stop repeating everything he says.
429	* On ''WesternAnimation/TheDickTracyShow'', this is Stooge Viller to [[TheUnintelligible Mumbles]], only he's simply translating Mumbles' mumbling.
430	* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': Ed does this a lot.
431	-->'''Eddy:''' Ed! Quick! Hide these magazines!!\
432	'''Ed:''' Hide these magazines?\
433	'''Eddy:''' What are ya, a parrot? Hide 'em! Now! Quick, quick!!\
434	'''Ed:''' Huh? Who? Where? What?\
435	'''Eddy:''' ''(shoving Ed away)'' Numb-skull.
436	* Botch did this whenever Mr. Peevly gave an order on ''WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch''.
437	-->'''Peevly:''' That's it for morning inspection. Everyone back to their cages.\
438	'''Botch:''' Yeah. Everyone back to their cages!\
439	'''Peevly:''' (''slow burning'') Uh, Botch...if I'd wanted an echo as an assistant, (''full volume'') '''''[[SuddenlyShouting I'd have hired the Grand Canyon!!]]'''''
440	* Used in ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' in a classic exchange between Freakazoid and Roddy [=McStew=].
441	-->'''Roddy [=McStew=]:''' From what ya tell me, it sounds like you can only use your telekinetic powers when you're really angry!\
442	'''Freakazoid:''' Then I'll only use them when I'm really angry!\
443	'''Roddy [=McStew=]:''' THAT'S WHAT I JUST SAID!! CAN YOU HEAR ME OR IS THERE A WEE GOBLIN IN YOUR HEAD EATING MY WORDS!?\
444	'''Freakazoid:''' I... don't think there's a goblin in there...
445	* This exchange between the sheriff and a store clerk in the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon "Bunny and Claude (We Rob Carrot Patches)":
446	-->'''Clerk:''' Where did you get that carrot?\
447	'''Sheriff:''' That young couple give it to me.\
448	'''Clerk:''' That was Bunny and Claude!\
449	'''Sheriff:''' (''taken aback'') Say that again.\
450	'''Clerk:''' Say what again?\
451	'''Sheriff:''' "That was Bunny and Claude!"\
452	'''Clerk:''' That's what I said!
453	** Played for laughs in ''WesternAnimation/WhatsOperaDoc'':
454	--->'''Elmer''': I will do it with my spear and magic helmet!\
455	'''Bugs Bunny''': Your spear and magic helmet?\
456	'''Elmer''': Spear and magic helmet!\
457	'''Bugs Bunny''': Magic helmet?\
458	'''Elmer''': Magic helmet!\
459	'''Bugs Bunny''': Magic helmet?\
460	'''Elmer''': Magic helmet!\
461	'''Bugs Bunny'''''(sarcastic aside)'': Heh, magic helmet.
462	* ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'' features this trope at least once an episode involving the replacee repeating whatever amazing benefit the Fleemco Messengers have told them in question form. It's actually {{lampshade\|Hanging}}d in one episode:
463	-->'''Ice Cream Vendor:''' You want me to leave my store to travel the world tasting ice cream for Ice Cream Illustrated Magazine?!\
464	'''Flemco Messenger:''' Yes, we just told you exactly that! Why did you repeat back to us in the form of a question?\
465	'''Ice Cream Vendor:''' Why ''did'' I repeat it back to you in the form of a question?
466	* WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty: In "Meseeks and Destroy" the Meeseeks do this amongst themselves after losing their patience, and sanity, from [[UnfulfilledPurposeMisery trying to fulfill their purpose]] of improving Jerry's golf game.
467	-->Why did you even rope me into this?\
468	'Cause ''he'' roped me into this!\
469	Well, him over there, ''he'' roped me into this!\
470	Well, ''he'' roped me into this!\
471	Well, what about me? ''He'' roped me into this.\
472	Well, that one ''over there'' roped me into this.
473	* WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo also does this a lot.
474	** "Reah, a rot!"
475	* Played with (of course) in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
476	-->'''Homer:''' Hello? Appear on your TV show? Tell our side of the story? You'll see us there? Goodbye? Dial tone?
477	* If we had a leg of meat for every time this happened in later episodes of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', we'd be able to feed most of the hungry children in this world. The eponymous sponge even managed to do this with the [[FunWithAcronyms long and rather clumsy]] S.D.E.A.S.E. ("Snail Disease Expert and Snail Expert") - no fumbling over it or anything, he just did it.
478	* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': In "Moist Vessel", Captain Freeman repeats Commander Ransom's suggestion on how to handle Mariner nearly verbatim, and he allows her to take credit for it.
479	-->'''Ransom''': Why not reassign [Mariner] to all the worst jobs? That way, transferring would be her idea, not yours.\
480	'''Freeman''': Well, we could reassign her to all the nastiest jobs on the ship. That way, transferring her would be her idea, not mine.\
481	'''Ransom''': Brilliant idea. That's why you're the captain.
482	* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': In "By the Book", Marco is shocked by Ludo re-appearing, with a wand of his own, and starts repeating the things that Ludo and Star say to each other. They eventually get tired of it and tell Marco to cut it out.
483	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'', Season 2, Lampshaded by the true BigBad when he offers an alliance with the local [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils Demon King Rushu]] and he repeats what he just said in sheer incredulity.
484	-->'''[[spoiler: Quilby]]''': "Well, actually I've come to talk about that. Invasion, carnage... the works."\
485	'''Rushu''': "Ivasion? Carnage? The works?"\
486	'''[[spoiler: Quilby]]''' "[[DeadpanSnarker ... is there an echo here?]]"
487	[[/folder]]
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489	[[folder:Real Life (It happens outside fiction too, huh?)]]
490	* In Japanese society, this concept is known as Aizuchi, and is a special class of interjections. The idea behind it is that, when listening to someone, the listener makes small comments or repeats what was mentioned in the form of a question to show they are actively engaging with the conversation and understand what's being said. For example; if someone mentioned they were getting married, the listener would respond something to the effect of "You're getting married?". This is why various pieces of media from Japan tend to have characters repeat things they heard, as it conveys that the listener was paying attention and is often used to show the person is polite. This can, however, lead to some instances of confusion when a foreigner is the one speaking, as they may mistake these interjections as approval or agreement with what they're saying, when in reality these simply serve as assurances.
491	* The whole thing is standard procedure within (probably) any armed forces. [[JustifiedTrope When an order is given the receiver will repeat the order to make sure it was understood properly because failure may have lethal consequences.]]
492	** Of course, MurphysLaw of Combat states it'll be misinterpreted anyway.
493	** Ditto for civilian pilots. Partly because [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife_disaster this is]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Überlingen_mid-air_collision what happens]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Charkhi_Dadri_mid-air_collision if they don't]]. Repeating the instructions may also help weed out any obviously-faulty instructions, as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Japan_Airlines_mid-air_incident even a near miss can lead to severe injuries]] if a plane has to take evasive action to avoid another following incorrect orders from air traffic control.
494	* Practically done by everyone when they order their food at a restaurant and by the people taking the order. Getting one detail wrong in the order will result in unhappy customers and it can be lethal at other times if the screwed up order contains an ingredient that the patron is allergic to. While it may be annoying for people to repeat what they want or the waiter/server repeats what the customer ordered, it is a necessity in order to minimize on mistakes.
495	* Also recommended when talking to toddlers and small children who are learning to speak; not only does it give the kid a chance to clarify if he or she wasn't understood, but it gives the adult a chance to demonstrate the proper way to say it.
496	* Also a technique some use to help remember names. When you first meet someone, you try to say their name three times (in conversation) within a minute or so. Some say it works. Some say it makes you sound like a massive fool. Some say ''both.''
497	** It's also used sometimes to help oneself remember instructions.
498	* Also a helpful technique for doctors and nurses to get patients to clarify their problems. Example:
499	-->'''Patient''': My stomach hurts.\
500	'''Nurse''': Your stomach hurts?\
501	'''Patient''': Yes, it feels like someone is stabbing a knife down here. points
502	** In particular, Rogerian psychotherapy is largely based on this, at least in parodies such as Joseph Weizenbaum's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA ELIZA]] and this one from the ''Journal of Irreproducible Results'':
503	--->'''Patient''': Why are you parroting me?\
504	'''Therapist''': You seem concerned about my parroting you.
505	* Also useful to call center operators, especially with details like numbers, dates, or unusual spellings of names. Making sure you understand the caller correctly allows you to not waste time solving the wrong problem, which makes the number-crunchers who might decide you're taking too long on calls for them to continue to employ you feel a little better.
506	* This is how most memes are used. The majority of comments on Website/YouTube simply repeat whatever was said in the video.
507	* Teachers often repeat their instructions to the class in different wording to ensure that the class understands what the teacher wants them to do.[[note]]Unfortunately, this happens sometimes even when the majority of the class already understands the first time, sometimes because they really don't see it, sometimes they just think that their students are that ignorant, sometimes it's a combination of both.[[/note]]
508	* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echolalia Echolalia]], the unconscious, automatic repetition of another person's words, is a verbal tic common among young children and people suffering from various mental and neurological disorders.
509	* During NBC's coverage of the JFK assassination, Robert [=MacNeil=] phoned from Dallas to report in fragments that Kennedy had died. At first, [=MacNeil=] wasn't heard so Frank [=McGee=] relayed the report in the NBC News studio in New York. Then the phone patch was put in so we heard [=MacNeil=] with [=McGee=] invoking the trope.
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