Crossovers
- A humourous example in the Torchwood/Angel crossover Captain Spike
; after Angel, Spike and Illyria arrive in Cardiff and Spike is briefly mistaken for John Hart, when the three travellers are initially brought to Torchwood Three, Spike comments "No blonde, though; could really use a blonde", just as John Hart did when he initially arrived in the Hub. - In Code Geass, Luciano Bradley likes to ask "What do people value most? Their lives." as a Pre-Mortem One-Liner. In Code Prime, Cliffjumper turns this line on its head.Cliffjumper: Question... What does... the super cool... good looking... conversationist named Cliffjumper... value most? Answer... the lives of his friends... more than even his own...
- Harry and the Shipgirls sees Nobu, the gender-flipped Reincarnation of Oda Nobunaga, face off against Akechi Mitsuhide, who is now The Undead. After being reunited with her most loyal ally, Masamune-no-Kotegiri, Nobu had this to say.Nobu: Old friend, you betrayed me in my first life, not least by persuading me to send her away from my side to make me vulnerable to your treachery. Now we settle this between us three once and for all. For The Enemy is at Honnō-ji.
- In HetaOni Italy tells America to learn to smile more naturally. This is repeated back to him later in the game.
- In Opening Dangerous Gates, when Xiphias Gladius attempts to kill Lucy, he says he will give her a peaceful death, "Am I not kind?" A few minutes later, Harribel uses this line on him while kicking his ass and promising to give him a quick death.
- Practicing Medicine has a chilling throwback to Mercy's Ultimate line when Mercy finds out that Medic was harvesting her body parts and then healing her so he could experiment on her forever.Medic: Don't be afraid Frau Ziegler. Heroes never die!
- Queen of Blood: Tagg states that you can't be to careful with Masters to justify Canary's rigged trial. Rebecca Costa-Brown throws this line back at him as she has him placed in Master/Stranger screening before firing him, knowing full well he isn't being controlled.
- Raise Yourselves Up (We're Done): Alya and Lila convince Miss Bustier to ban Marinette and Chloé from participating in their annual school trip, claiming they'd bring "too much drama" along. Later, Alya attempts to rub in their faces how much money they earned from a fundraising raffle, challenging them to "Beat that!" After the World Travellers' Club goes on a World Tour that includes cities from the DC and Marvel universes, the pair reject Rose's invitation to get involved with their next class trip, reminding them of how they claimed they'd bring too much drama with them:Marinette: Good luck with your trip, though. Who knows? If you're lucky, it'll be as fun as your last one. We know you worked so hard. Raised over $5,000, right?
Chloé: Beat that! - Sonic Generations: Friendship Is Timeless : "I believe you had some good words of wisdom for this kind of situation. How did they go again? Oh yes, I remember: You have a lot to think about."
- In The Story to End All Stories, the villain uses the phrase "No more", making the Doctor flinch.
- In Super RWBY Sisters , during the events of Operation: Winter Moonlight, Jacques has Weiss kidnapped by the Wario Bros and has this to say to her:Jacques: From now on, you are to remain here... where you will never see your friends or those savages in the Mushroom Kingdom ever again.
Weiss: Savages?! The only savage here is YOU! Princess Peach is the fair princess of the Mushroom Kingdom and I will not let you talk bad about her, the Mario Bros, or the Toads!
Jacques: Only savages get arrested.- Which comes to bite him hard later on in the story, when he is being arrested:Jacques: Weiss... my daughter... help me.
Weiss: No... after what you did, I cannot help you. You sent the Wario Bros to kidnap me just so you could belittle me over a false accusation in Delfino. I do not want to be affiliated with you ever again... my home is Beacon Academy and the Mushroom Kingdom.
Jacques: You... you would do that... to your own father? I thought I raised my daughter better than that!
Weiss: Oh, I'm your daughter? After you called me a savage? Only savages get arrested.
- Which comes to bite him hard later on in the story, when he is being arrested:
- Used twice in the supercrossover fanfic The Terminators: Army of Legend. In Volume VII, the archangel Messorem says this to his son, Deitus, shortly before casting him down to Hell following Deitus' betrayal: "I am not your father, and you are not my son." Later, during the final fight against the immortal Deitus and Alex, who's the reincarnation of Messorem, Deitus' son is ordered by his father to kill Alex. When he refuses, Deitus echoes this line to his son, shortly before beating him as punishment. Later in that same fight, Messorem says it again to the newly mortal Deitus shortly before reaping his soul.
- Also used to great effect between Volume V and the sidestory Requiem. Before Zack Dawson's final fight against Alex, he prophecies the monster Alex will become if he doesn't go off the path he's currently on in life...come Requiem, Alex's son, also named Zack, is given the same speech by his father, having fulfilled Zack's prophecy, shortly before their final battle in which Alex is slain.
- Total Drama Everything: Several times during the first season, Nom Nom says "I always win" after succeeding in a plan or as a taunt. After she beats him in the penultimate challenge of the season, takes the second spot in the finale and gives Nom Nom the boot, what does Lammy say?"Sorry Nom Nom. I win."
- Wilted Flowers:
- While working with a temporarily de-aged Aizawa as Tentōchū, Izuku encourages him by stating "You have to be more than a one-trick pony." Aizawa comments that who said that "Sounds like a smart man"; Izuku agrees that "He was", before admitting that he no longer thinks of him as a smart man. Aizawa snorts at that, blissfully unaware that he's talking about him.
- After discovering that Izuku's father was All For One, Aizawa viciously interrogated his student, accusing him of hiding the Awful Truth the whole time... and then, when Izuku insisted he hadn't known, berated him for going after a dangerous supervillain without knowing all the facts. Following the fight, Izuku stops Aizawa from assaulting the freshly deakumatized victim and berates him for going on the attack without having all the facts.
- In Alex (MovieVillain), Marceline asks her opponent, Alex, of why is she doing all the plotting against her, her reply is her song, "I'm Just Your Problem".
- Absolute Trust: Played for Laughs in Chapter 35, when Gran Gran has an interesting way of greeting Zuko after his Heel–Face Turn:Gran Gran: (grabs Zuko's ear and drags him down) I'm looking for the Prince. He'd be about this age? Avatar Aang's firebending teacher?
(Aang, Katara, Sokka, and Alec collapse in hysteric laughter)
- Hope for the Heartless:
- After the nearly fatal encounter with the Horned King and Avalina, Taran asks Dallben not to tell anyone what he and Eilonwy are about to tell him. Dallben is shocked to hear his apprentice saying to him something similar to what he told Taran when first using Hen-Wen's oracular powers.
- When Avalina is unsure how she should puncture an abscess in Mitternacht's frog, the Horned King tells her to trust her own judgement about what alternative would be best and not let doubt, second-guessing and the opinions of others hinder her decision-making. The Horned King himself first heard these words centuries ago from his former master Arawn who later becomes Avalina's sworn enemy. The advice helped the Horned King to become the dreaded and powerful warlord he's known as, though he deems it prudent not to tell Avalina that.
- In Substitute Shinigami School: First Semester Tatsuki, Ishida, Sado and Orihime had their powers sealed by the Gotei 13 but go to Urahara to bypass the seals. Ichigo finds out and is not pleased. They tell him that it's not his business so he doesn't have to worry. Ichigo then lists off several flaws with the plan (enough to get them killed) with the plan while they say he's being a hypocrite. This leaves them a little speechless. He leaves saying "...But you know what? It's not my business so I shouldn't worry."
- From Calvin & Hobbes: The Series:Calvin: Don't worry, Dad! Being in jail builds character!
- Three-Point Shot: During the final class trial, Kaede vows to stop Monokuma from continuing the killing games. He interrupts her with a video from one of the past games, with Rantaro giving the exact same speech, driving home how she's not the first person to make that kind of promise and likely won't be the last.
- In After Life, the Ninth Doctor has been experiencing a Journey to the Center of the Mind as he regenerates, encountering his previous selves at various points in their personal memories as he bitterly confronts them with their failure to truly stop the Daleks, resulting in the Survivor's Guilt he has been forced to live with. He encounters the Third Doctor as he is tied up while being experimented on during the events of "Day of the Daleks"; when the Third Doctor plaintively asks the Ninth Doctor if he could release him, the Ninth Doctor smilingly replies "Yes, but I don't think I will," and makes a rather cruel point of giving him "The Reason You Suck" Speech while the Third Doctor is prone and forced to listen to him. Later in the story, the tables are turned, and the Ninth Doctor is forced to re-experience the rather painful events that led to the Third Doctor's regeneration. When he appears, the Third Doctor makes a point of asking the Ninth Doctor if he can help: "I'm never one to deny assistance to someone in need." The Ninth Doctor is unamused, and somewhat shamed.
- Abraxas (Hrodvitnon):
- In Chapter 5, an Ax-Crazy Alan Jonah, in the midst of Sanity Slippage, at one point derides Vivienne as "a little bitch" whilst the human-turned-Titan is being tortured with napalm. In Chapter 13, Vivienne throws the same phrase right back at Jonah while trying to irk The Assimilator he's been assimilated into.
- Played for Drama when it's revealed in Chapter 15 that Vivienne's words to Mariko earlier in the story ("Don't make a promise if you don't know you can keep it") are what Vivienne's mother said to her almost word-for-word, before the events in Antarctica that saw Vivienne Swallowed Whole by Ghidorah and presumed dead.
- The Heart Trilogy: In Heart of Fire, Thorin Oakenshield refuses to listen to Kathryn's pleas not to enter the Lonely Mountain to kill her soulmate Smaug and endanger countless innocent lives for the sake of his homeland and gold, so she yells "May your greed be your doom!" as her last words to him. Thorin later says the same thing to Smaug (as the last words he says in the dragon's face) when he triggers a trap in an unsuccessful attempt to kill the dragon. Kathryn's curse to Thorin ends up fitting the canon events leading up to Thorin's canonical death. As for Smaug, he survives thanks to Kathryn's interference. However, Thorin's somewhat hypocritical curse comes to play in the sequel known as Heart of Ashes: Smaug ends up having a permanent nasty affliction that will enslave him to Sauron's will if he ever caves to his darkest urges, so he's forced to give up on his plans to take the Lonely Mountain and his treasure back. He's still fighting those fights in the third story, Heart of the Inferno.
- The New Adventures of Invader Zim: During the climax of Season 1, Norlock uses his former status as Zim's Evil Mentor as a Pre-Mortem One-Liner by stating "Here ends the lesson" before trying to kill him. Shortly after, when Zim is leaving Norlock to die as Project Domination is about to explode, he throws the line back in his face.
- Kingdom Hearts Ψ: The Seeker of Darkness: In Secret Weapon, as part of a Fake Defector ploy, Vanitas hands Sora over to Saïx, before saying, "You get to carry him, though" and claiming seniority. A minute later, Saïx has been knocked unconscious and Sora tells Vanitas, "You get to carry him, though."
- In the Captain America: The Winter Soldier fanfic Out of the Dead Land, the Wham Line "Who the hell is Bucky?" from the original film is repeated almost verbatim during the climax just before a familiar "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight ensues... except that the speaker and recipient of that line are in a complete reversal of their canon roles here."Who the hell is Steve?"
Bucky stared at him. No, he thought, flat denial. It couldn't be. Not Steve.
- At the end of The Babysitting Fiasco, Alya laments posting Lila's 'bucket of lies' on her Ladyblog, blaming her for all the trouble she's gotten into. Nora quips about her failure to do her own research, hearkening back to her sister's past declarations about how "good journalists always check their sources". Alya does not appreciate the Call-Back.Nora: How very unfortunate that you lost the ability to, oh, fact-check things that went on your blog before posting them. And at the same time you lost your critical thinking skills, too!
- BURN THE WITCH: For Lila, 'friend' is just a nice way of calling somebody her Unwitting Pawn. When Hawk Moth informs her that he has no more need of her and is perfectly willing to let Witch Hunter kill her in order to get what he wants, he finishes off by calling her 'friend', driving the point home for her and triggering her Villainous Breakdown.
- The Karma of Lies:
- Early on, Marinette and Adrien argue about his refusal to help expose Lila. Marinette insists that it's not right to let Lila keep scamming their classmates, while Adrien insists that it's not really a problem so long as the victims don't lose money that they can't afford to lose. (Ignoring, naturally, that most of their peers aren't as wealthy as his own family.) Eventually, Adrien changes his tune after Lila makes it personal by cleaning out the Agrestes' emergency funds account. But Marinette reminds him that his family is still quite wealthy, even if Adrien can't personally access that money himself... meaning that by his own logic, the amount she stole is 'no big deal' and something they could afford to lose. Adrien then tries to counter by echoing her previous concerns about Lila getting away with her ill-gotten gains, only to learn that she's since Stopped Caring about trying to save him and the rest of the class from themselves.
- After a major upgrade to her living situation, Marinette comments that the closet in her new place is bigger than her whole bedroom was. Later on, after Adrien's new guardian makes him move into an apartment, he complains that his new bedroom is smaller than his closet used to be.
- LadyBugOut:
- Ms. Bustier takes Marinette out into the hallway for a private conversation under the guise of not wanting to embarrass her in front of her classmates; in reality, she intends to try and browbeat Marinette into deleting the titular blog behind Ladybug's back. When the class interrupts, Markov launches into an extensive lecture about how Bustier's teaching methods have done more harm than help. Bustier orders Max to "Control your robot!", only for Max to echo her own words back at her:Max: Sorry, Miss Bustier. You can't expect me to lecture my robot in front of everyone like this. I need to set a good example.
- Chat Noir challenges Ladybug to 'prove' that she's not in love with him by kissing him. When she refuses, he then grabs and attempts to forcibly kiss her; when she shoves him away, he smugly declares that she's just 'proven him right', claiming that the only reason she rejected him is because she won't be able to 'conceal her real feelings' afterwards. Much later on, after Adrien has been stripped of the Ring, Marinette gives him a taste of his own medicine by pretending that she wants to force the 'kiss test' onto him, making him realize the real reason Ladybug rejected his efforts.
- Ms. Bustier takes Marinette out into the hallway for a private conversation under the guise of not wanting to embarrass her in front of her classmates; in reality, she intends to try and browbeat Marinette into deleting the titular blog behind Ladybug's back. When the class interrupts, Markov launches into an extensive lecture about how Bustier's teaching methods have done more harm than help. Bustier orders Max to "Control your robot!", only for Max to echo her own words back at her:
- In the second entry of ChaoticNeutral's Salt Series, Alya tunes into a web seminar hosted by one of her journalistic idols. Said idol name-drops the Ladyblog... as an example of how not to conduct oneself, before proceeding to pick apart the flaws in her methods in increasingly painful detail. Alya's breaking point comes when her idol declares that "A good journalist always checks their sources" — something she'd previously told Marinette while blowing her off and proceeding to not do any fact-checking of her own.
- Tales of Karmic Lies Aftermath has a purely physical version within its In-Universe movie, Ladybug: Miraculous Journey. Ladybug and Chat Noir have their signature fist-bump move they use after beating akuma. At the climax of the movie, when Felix decides to accept Hawk Moth's deal, he rejects a handshake in favor of performing a fist-bump.
- In A True Hero of Paris, Adrien Agreste is horrified when Lila claims Gabriel sexually harassed her and asks Marinette to tell their classmates Lila is lying. Marinette blinks at him and says "I don't see why it matters. After all, lying never hurt anyone." Adrien is indignant at first, but then realizes she's just parroting the 'advice' he gave her about handling Lila.
- Truth and Consequences:
- When Gabriel suggests to Ladybug that they need to deal with Kagami, she retorts "We? Who's we? What makes you think there's a we anymore?!" Once Adrien discovers Ladybug's Secret Identity, he uses the same line on her.
- Gabriel uses the Trigger Phrase "I insist" to make Ladybug do what he wants. During the final battle, she angrily incorporates the same words into her declaration of "I insist you fork over my Miraculous, Mothman!"
- In the one-shot Who You Know, Alya drops the title while lecturing Marinette about refusing an incredible opportunity just because Lila was the one offering it. Much later, after Alya has realized too late that she gave up an incredible opportunity just because Marinette was trying to offer it to her, she watches her best friend say this about her:Marinette: She knows someone with a lot of big connections. It's all about who you know, right?
- The Wolves in the Woods: Adrien asked Marinette to leave Lila alone, claiming that "So long as you and I know she's lying, it doesn't matter, right?" Later, Lila reveals she was aware of this by echoing his advice: "As long as nobody knew I was lying, it didn't matter. Right, Adrien?"
- In this what-if scenario, Felix verbally backs Adrien into a corner so that he'll have to publicly pick a side in the Lila-vs-Marinette debate. When Adrien attempts to play the victim card by insisting he was trying to protect Lila from her, Marinette woodenly repeats how he'd previously told her "She's a liar, I know. As long as both you and I know the truth, does it matter?" This leaves Alya and the rest of the class convinced that he'd lied to Marinette about Lila being a liar in order to manipulate her.
- Erased Potential: Aizawa is quite fond of his 'logical ruses', justifying his usage of Exact Words and Blatant Lies as a way of motivating his students. Principal Nezu decides to use similar tactics in a few Xanatos Gambits he's got running, and when Aizawa learns the truth, Nezu cheerfully throws his favorite line back in his face.
- The Gunslinger Hero: Flintlock: Played With; at the end of chapter 13, Shigaraki is speaking with All For One, and he echoes the words that All Might told Izuku in canon just before the Sports Festival: "Prepare to show the world that you are here."
- Juxtapose:
- When Hitoshi takes Shouto to meet his friends Kensei and Megumi, Shouto unknowingly mimics the way Hitoshi acted when Izuku was first introducing them, right down to declaring that he's not there to make friends. Kensei breaks into hysterics at the irony.
- When Izuku is trying to get past his Centipede's Dilemma and use his Quirk to fly via manipulating the air around him, Inko encourages him by stating that his Quirk is a part of him and wouldn't betray him. As she puts it, "After all, it's your power, right?", echoing what he'd told Shouto before.
- King: When Katsuki denies that he's having any problems, Izuku addresses him using the moniker Katsuki originally wanted for his Pro Hero name: King Explosion Murder. This doubles as a Title Drop, as the part that isn't included in the title describes the incident that's haunting Katsuki.
- Peace's Apprentice: When unfairly expelling Izuku, Aizawa tells him to "get the hell out of this school". When Aizawa gets fired after the USJ attack, Nezu tells him "Get the hell out of my school".
- Thoughout Statistic, Toshinori is repeatedly told not to bother reporting any of the Barbaric Bullying and casual cruelties that go on at Aldera, as nobody will believe that he's telling the truth since he's Quirkless. After he's revealed himself to be none other than All Might, and the whole district is embroiled in legal troubles, his coworkers are stunned when he walks straight into work the next day, telling them all that "No one will believe you."
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
- Contraptionology!: Derpy throws Applejack's rant from several chapters earlier back at her in the epilogue, with Applejack having the same response as Derpy did.
- A Diplomatic Visit: During Twilight's talk with Princess Luna in chapter 21, in which she informs her that Chrysalis is present (and detained) in the Packlands, Luna points out that she really shouldn't have told them, since it would force them to act, and that it could cause trouble for both nations. Wise-Mind later tells her the same thing, not in the same words but with the same meaning.
- Getting Back on Your Hooves: When Trixie is setting up Checker Monarch for her Engineered Public Confession, she takes the time to recreate the one chess match she ever beat her at when they were fillies, just so she can throw Checker's catch phrase of "Checkmate" back in her face.
- Groomed to Perfection by Rainbow Bob has Discord implying that Celestia raised Twilight to be her mate in addition to her equal. Celestia states that she couldn't be any prouder of Twilight, or love her any more than she already does, which gets thrown back in her face shortly thereafter, with the implication that Discord himself had raised Celestia to be his own mate.Discord: I couldn't be prouder of you, or love you anymore than I already do.
- The Immortal Game:
- General Esteem says "titles are important" so much that it's practically his Catchphrase — considering the character, it's probably so he can constantly remind people that he's both a knight and a General. When they confront each other during the Battle of Canterlot, Twilight throws this line back in his face, pointing out that while he may be a General, she's a Master General.
- Another example with the same characters: when Esteem thinks that the villains have won, he gives Twilight a "The Reason You Suck" Speech deriding her efforts and telling her that all she'll be remembered for is her failure. Shortly after, while Twilight is giving him a Karmic Death, she gives him a similar speech, telling him that all he'll be remembered for is his treachery.
- After Celestia is Brought Down to Normal, she refuses to answer to Terra's mocking nickname "Sunshine". After she regains her power, her reaction to Terra's stunned stuttering of her name is to smugly state, "Call me Sunshine".
- When Terra is depowered and imprisoned by the Mane Six, she tells Fluttershy that she does cruel things because "It's what I do. It's who I am." Shortly after, Fluttershy performs an act of kindness for Terra and when asked why, she replies with the same line.
- Loved and Lost, an extended retelling of the second season finale, has a lot of these after Prince Jewelius takes over Equestria's throne following Queen Chrysalis' defeat and turns the entire city of Canterlot and Twilight against her brother and friends as well as the princesses.
- After Jewelius has sentenced the dishonored heroes and they're taken away, he uses the line Chrysalis used when she thought she was victorious: "This day has been just perfect!" During the climax, Chrysalis uses that line again after Jewelius has been eaten by the Changelings and she prepares to subdue the heroes who are exhausted from fighting his minions. Also, when Jewelius tries to beg for Chrysalis' help and calls her his love, she reminds the stallion who backstabbed her that he called her a despicable animal in the 11th chapter before she unleashes her Changelings on him.
- When Shining Armor's being taken away from Canterlot, he mulls over Twilight and says something similar to what she said after he and the others left her heartbroken at the rehearsal.Twilight: I could've gained a sister. But instead... I just lost a brother.
(...)
Shining Armor: I could've gained a wife. But instead... I just lost a sister. - When Twilight mistakenly believes Cadance just became injured because her brother, former friends and Celestia secretly brought her to Canterlot, she gives them an angry outlash which she finishes by throwing in their faces the words they used while leaving her at the rehearsal. After she has left, Jewelius appears and exchanges with Shining Armor exactly the same words Twilight exchanged with Chrysalis before being imprisoned by the latter.Shining Armor: Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go and comfort my bride. And you can forget about being my best mare. In fact, if I were you, I wouldn't show up to the wedding at all.
Applejack: C'mon, y'all. Let's go check on the princess.
Twilight: I was-
Celestia: You have a lot to think about.
(...)
Shining Armor: Twily-
Twilight: And you can forget about me calling you my BBBFF anymore! In fact, I don't even have a brother. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go check on the princess.
Celestia: Twilight, I-
Twilight: You have a lot to think about.
(after Twilight has left, Jewelius appears to reproach the captured heroes)
Shining Armor: I'm sorry.
Jewelius: You will be! (laughs wickedly)- When Jewelius announces to the imprisoned heroes that he and Twilight are engaged, he mentions the title of the "Love is in Bloom" song which they sung together in the second chapter.
- When Jewelius finally reveals to Twilight that he's just as evil as her former loved ones said, he cruelly reminds the shocked mare of the reassurance she gave him in the second chapter while he was playing nice with her and expressed sadness over the fact that he isn't well-known; 'ponies would surely recognize him if he did something spectacular'. She obviously didn't mean that spectacular to be all the despicable things he has done until that point.
- In the Pony POV Series Chaos Verse, a couple of Discord's lines from canon get put into a new context here:
- "A weighty choice is yours to make, the right selection or a big mistake", this time said by Discord to himself when having to choose between letting Nightmare Phobia kill Fluttershy and risking Fluttercruel's life to save her.
- "Make sense? Oh, what fun is there in making sense?" Twice, first when Fluttercruel says it to scare Fluttershy out of her nightmare, the context making it a Tear Jerker, and second when Discord realizes he's a Bearer of the Elements of Loyalty and Laughter during the Final Battle.
- Back in the original Pony POV Series, Dark World Rarity/Rarigreed, well after her redemption, manages to turn her thousand-year Catchphrase of "MINE!" into a Pre-Mortem One-Liner, when she says it right before ripping out Fluttercruel's Element of Chaos, which kills her.
- A little earlier, during the fight with the Valeyard, he shoots down Derpy's attempt to reach the Doctor by saying "I'm the Valeyard, the Doctor's out, and he's not coming back". Later, when he's begging her not to beat him to death in an attempt to regenerate him back into the Doctor by saying she wouldn't hurt a friend, she points out that she's the Doctor's friend and "You're the Valeyard, the Doctor's out, but he'll be back soon".
- A Case Study in the Sturdiness of the Rookie 9: Chouji justifies his team's decision to betray Ino's team in the Forest of Death by telling himself that the Chuunin Exams are Not a Game or a simple test — they're meant to be showing everyone what they're capable of. Shikamaru later echoes this sentiment when explaining to Chouji why he's so disappointed in him: Team 7 showed that they are fully capable and willing to betray their allies. And now that he knows they're capable of that, he's having trouble trusting Chouji, Sakura and Shino.
- Five Petals: Ino constantly gushed to her teammates about how Sasuke was the strongest member of their class, and that "There's absolutely no way Sasuke could lose a fight!" When they come across Sasuke and Lee struggling against the Sound Trio, Shikamaru asks if she wants to intervene; when she balks, he sarcastically echoes her earlier assertation, asking if she's still standing by her words.
- It Wasn't A Kindness: During the climax, the time-displaced Sasuke echoes the words Itachi told him while goading his younger self:Sasuke: Let your hatred fuel you until you can one day challenge me, avenge what I took from you, and save your so, so foolish older brother. Grow strong, so you can one day save your brother. Like I did.
- Happens in the space of three minutes in Kitsune no Ken: Fist of the Fox, during Naruto and Suigetsu's baseball game. Suigetsu throws the ball at Naruto's head and Naruto narrowly ducks aside to avoid it; Suigetsu gives an insincere apology and says "my aim must've been bad." Moments later, Naruto hits Suigetsu's next pitch back at him and into his balls, then gives an insincere apology and says "my aim must've been bad."
- In Naruto: the Secret Songs of the Ninja, an old enemy of Kakashi's who Kakashi mutilated in battle during the last war but didn't get to finish off tells him "It's not smart to leave unfinished business" after capturing him and Naruto. Two chapters featuring torture and an attempted framing and execution later, Kakashi throws those words back at him right before cutting his throat.
- A Crown of Stars: When she was thirteen Asuka used to mock Misato and Kaji's relationship, calling them "two depressed grown-ups licking each other's wounds". In chapter 16 her nineteen-year-old self remembers her words and bitterly realizes that sentence describes her and Shinji now.‘You're just two depressed grown-ups licking each other's wounds.’ Her own ancient mockery of Misato’s erratic relationship with Kaji echoed harshly in her mind.
- The Second Try:
- "Do not ask questions you don't really want to hear the answer to." Gendo told this to his son. Several months later, Shinji remembers his words when Gendo asked him a question he definitely didn't want to hear the answer to.
- "Cry when you feel sad. Laugh when you're happy..." Asuka originally told this to Aki as a lesson about not hiding your feelings. After Shinji is absorbed by Unit 01, she tells herself this since she can't show her feelings. Due to the anachronic nature of the story, we actually hear the echo before the original line.Asuka: Who am I to ask for a promise that I can't keep myself?
- You Are (Not) At Fault: As talking to each other during Instrumentality, Kyoko reprimands Asuka fo swearing. Five minutes later, Asuka reprimands her mother for swearing.Asuka: Because he's a goddamn coward?
Kyoko: Watch your language, young lady.
(...)
Kyoko: Still, if I ever find that asshole in here I'm going to give him such a trashing.
Asuka: (smirking) Language, Mama.
- All Mixed Up!: Chapter 4 opens up with Olive being fifteen minutes late to work — something that is unlike her — because she was too caught up in her puzzle book. Four chapters later, she's late to work again...but doesn't come at all, because she's been attacked and anagrammed into "a legit oven" by Mariana Mag.The next day, Olive was late to work. Not by much, only about fifteen minutes. But it was still enough to worry Otto. She always came promptly at nine o' clock, it wasn't like her to be late.
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The next day, Olive was late to work. Again. Except this time she never showed up at all. - Olive's Last Partner: Throughout the story, Olive frequently refers to Oscar as Oprah's favorite agent, and often grows annoyed and thinks to herself "Trust Ms. O to only pay attention to her favorite agent" whenever she shows kindness towards him. In Chapter 5, she thinks of the line again, but it's in a more positive light, as it comes right after Oprah tells Oscar that she forgot to tell him about Owen undoing the locks on the Mechanical Room doors.
- Patterns of the Past has Oprah and Olesya having an Entertainingly Wrong exchange that is an echo of the Odd Squad episode "Fistful of Fruit Juice", which had a similar exchange but with Olive, Otto, and Oprah.Oprah: I remember that place well.
Olive: Let me guess, you were there?
Oprah: Yep.
Otto: And you worked on Odd Squad?
Oprah: Nope.
Olive and Otto: No?!
Oprah: You wanna keep doing this back-and-forth thing, or do you want to hear the story?
Olive: Story.
Otto: I was gonna say "back-and-forth thing"...sure, we can do story.
(...)
Oprah: Lemme guess, there was a villain called the Patternista involved.
Olesya: (giggling) Yep.
Oprah: And you discovered it was really Old Missie in disguise, testing you to see if you were good enough to be Ms. O.
Olesya: Nope.
Oprah: No?!
Olesya: (rolling her eyes) Are we gonna continue this back-and-forth thing, or are you gonna let me tell the story?
Oprah: Do I have to tell you my answer?
Olesya: Nope, because the answer is always both. Good job on remembering.
- Second Wind: In canon, Zoro sternly encourages Luffy after his fight with Usopp in the Water 7 arc, saying, "If you falter, who can we rely on?" At the end of Chapter 10, Luffy repeats the line, paraphrased, back to him, after they make another hard decision.
- Old West: The Pre-Asskicking One-Liner given by Grace Glossy to Bad Bill's gang in the 18th chapter is similar to what Rattlesnake Jake says to Tomson and his mercenaries in the 2nd chapter.Tomson: (to Sheriff Rango) You're outnumbered Sheriff, and you're outgunned. We ain't afraid of you no more.
Jake: It ain't him ya gotta worry about... (cue to the mercs losing their cockiness)
(Later)
One of Bad Bill's cohorts: (becomes terrified upon spotting Jake) The Grim Reaper...
Grace: It's not him you should be afraid of... (beats the gang up all by herself for hurting her son)
- Rosario Vampire: Brightest Darkness Act IV: In chapter 25, after his Evil Plan has exposed Tsukune and co. as monsters to the humans and said humans are instantly wary and scared of them, Hokuto outright tells Moka that this proves that his nihilism is justified, stating that human/monster co-existence is a fool's dream and that "each side will kill the other without ever trying to reason with it." By the very next chapter, however, Tsukune and co. have successfully managed to win the humans' trust, and Moka is quick to throw Hokuto's own words back at him with a smirk on her face:Moka: So, "each side will kill the other without ever trying to reason with it," huh?
- Sailor Moon: Between the Lines: While discussing how Mamoru seemingly forgot Usagi's birthday, Haruka declares that birthdays are practically pointless, and that she doesn't even recall when her own birthday is half the time. Michiru immediately answers "January 27th", causing Haruka to laugh uneasily and frantically try to reassure Michiru that her birthday is important, trying to get her to share the date... only for Michiru to tersely echo her partner's earlier assertations.
- In The Ghost Map, Sherlock Holmes and Colonel Moran face off in Camden House, where Holmes trapped Moran some time ago. Now it's the other way around - Holmes acknowledges the irony.
- In Love Covers All Sins (an Accusation Fic for The Adventure of the Dying Detective), while trying to keep Watson from discovering his "fatal illness" was faked, Holmes says that if Watson insists on him being doctored, he wants one in whom he can have "some confidence", directly before sending him off to fetch Culverton Smith. As Watson storms out, he tells Holmes that the next time he needs a gofer, he hopes he can find one in whom he has "some confidence."
- From The Flynns Move To Springfield, Lisa frames Allison for the actions she committed. When Allison reacts with shock, shouting "I trusted you!", her reply is "You can't trust anyone these days." Later, when Lisa is screaming at Isabella that she was the cause of all the misfortune that had happened in the story so far, Allison appears, revealing everything Lisa said has been recorded. Her reaction:Lisa: I trusted you!
Allison: You can't trust anyone these days.
- Treachery repeats the line "Treachery is the way of the Sith" throughout, a quote from the novelization of Revenge of the Sith after Count Dooku realizes Palpatine had always planned to betray him. The fic's final usage of the line refers instead to Dooku revealing Palpatine's true identity to the Jedi in a final act of spite.
- As a call back to Anakin's declaration that from his point of view the Jedi are evil, in Vader's Diary, Darth Vader has a Heel Realization and states that from his point of view the Sith are evil.
- In The End of Ends, Beast Boy, after being revealed, throws Terra's line, "Things change... the person you want me to be is no more." back in her face. He also gives Terra the same "two minutes" she gave him to explain himself, referencing the previous line in the process.
- Cabinet Man [COMPLETE Evil!Spottedleaf MAP]: The chorus is mainly used by Spottedleaf in a mocking tone. The MAP ends with Mapleshade "singing" the chorus back to Spottedleaf as she enacts revenge. This also echoes an earlier scene where Mapleshade repeated the chorus song at Spottedleaf.
- Quicken: When several thugs captured her, Emma pleads: "Please – please, don't! Not my face! I'll do anything, please just let me go!" Later on, when she’s about to kill Yan, the gang member says those exact words.
