History CallBack / AnimeAndManga

* Despite the separate continuities across seasons, the ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' dub pulls this off nicely. The 1st episode of ''[[Anime/DigimonAdventure Adventure]]'' is called "And So It Begins", and the last episode of ''Frontier'' features the line "And so it ends!" In terms of the franchise as an {{anime}}, it doesn't.

** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'':
*** In the [[Recap/DragonBallSuperUniverseSurvivalArc Universe Survival Arc]], Vegeta begins to release a huge amount of ki. While Shin is intrigued by Vegeta's actions, Piccolo on the other hand [[OhCrap realized with horror]] that he was about unleash Final Explosion on God of Destruction Toppo, with a flashback to the Majin Buu saga showing Vegeta unleashing Final Explosion on Majin Buu to kill him before he turned to dust.

* The anime adaptation of ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'':

* In ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', [[AllLovingHero Ash's]] Staravia evolves in a Pokéringer competition -- the same way his Taillow evolved into Swellow. However, Staraptor has a far greater achievement. Unfortunately, James (who made it all the way into the finals in Hoenn) had a hold of the IdiotBall that episode and gets eliminated in the first round.

** There's a little joke in the first episode involving bulbs lighting up as each character [[ItWasHisSled realizes Haruhi is a girl]], which didn't really make much sense until the reveal at the end. And then in the second to last episode [[spoiler:Eclair suddenly has the same type of bulb pop up dark in her head, and then we see it light up when Haruhi interrupts her and Tamaki and walks out of the room again. Which almost doubles as a FunnyAneurysmMoment.]]

* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', [[AllLovingHero Ash's]] Staravia evolves in a Pokéringer competition -- the same way his Taillow evolved into Swellow. However, Staraptor has a far greater achievement. Unfortunately, James (who made it all the way into the finals in Hoenn) had a hold of the IdiotBall that episode and gets eliminated in the first round.

** During the part where Griffith rescues Charlotte from Ganishka, we see Borkoff, the Apostle who took Guts's arm.

** The "[[SpeciesLostAndFound weasel]]" which appears in the end of Chapter 56 returns in Chapter 88 to destroy the mini-tank of the boys.

** The "[[SpeciesLostAndFound weasel]]" which appears in the end of Chapter 56 returns in chapter 88 to destroy the mini-tank of the boys.

** ''Negima'' has a ''lot'' of Call Backs; seemingly irrelevant events can turn out to be much important later on, the most important of these comes almost 300 chapters in, when [[spoiler:Zazie traps Negi in a LotusEaterMachine in which his parents are still alive and none of the events of the manga past chapter 15 had taken place.]] The entire thing is ''loaded'' with Call Backs to the very first chapter of the {{manga}}.
** One particular call back in chapter 330 also serves as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Evangeline grabs Secundum's arm to stop an attack on Negi and Fate while rising out of a shadow in the ground the exact same way she did when stopping Fate from attacking Negi back in chapter 51.]]

* The final season of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' had oodles of references to the first season, mostly in the relationship between Sailor Moon and Sailor Star Fighter, including Usagi and Seiya meeting almost exactly like Usagi and Mamoru did, Seiya calling Usagi "{{odango}}" (what Mamoru called Usagi, more commonly known as "meatball head" to Americans), and culminating in Seiya throwing a rose to stop a bad guy while wearing an outfit remarkably similar to Tuxedo Mask's (with [[{{Leitmotif}} Tuxedo's theme]] playing in the background, even).

* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' has a pretty sweet one: [[spoiler: while being forced to kill her niece and rival/foe Anaak, Endorsi has a flashback to the training sessions with, where she had with Bam about loneliness and cafeteria food. Deciding get on over on Ren, that smug bastard, she instead kneels down to her and says]] "Anaak, when this test is over, let's eat together."

* [[BelligerentSexualTension Akane and Ranma's]] [[NakedFirstImpression fateful first encounter]] in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' -- where [[{{Tsundere}} Akane]] runs into [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Ranma]] as he's just coming out of the bath -- was referenced twice, in relatively serious instances, by each of the characters:
** Akane, climbing out of the outdoors bath, runs into Shinnosuke, a very forgetful boy. Like before with Ranma, Akane preserves her modesty with a towel, but the guy is completely naked. Notable in that Shinnosuke was, for a brief while, the only serious contender for Akane's heart.
** While spending the night at a Chinese inn, Ranma is in the bath. Akane ([[spoiler:really a villainous impersonator]]) walks into him; both of them look at each other in the exact same pose as during their very first meeting, right down to the towel.
* ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'':
** There's a little joke in the first episode involving bulbs lighting up as each character [[ItWasHisSled realizes Haruhi is a girl]], which didn't really make much sense until the reveal at the end. And then in the second to last episode [[spoiler:Eclair suddenly has the same type of bulb pop up dark in her head, and then we see it light up when Haruhi interrupts her and Tamaki and walks out of the room again. Which almost doubles as a FunnyAneurysmMoment.]]
** There's also a huge one to chapter 2 in the last chapter. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d a few times.

* ''Manga/TheNightmareBeforeChristmasZerosJourney'' has a few callbacks to the original film:
** Zero plays fetch with Jack's rib like he does in the movie. This is what gets him sent to Christmas Town.
** Lock, Shock, and Barrel's initial betrayal in the original film. They also do the [[LyingFingerCross Lying Finger Cross]] when promising Jack they won't do ''anything else'' except find Zero.
** In the movie, Santa places his finger at the side of his nose to go up the pipe connecting Lock, Shock, and Barrel's tree house to Oogie's lair, [[Literature/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas as is tradition]] to get back up a chimney. In Issue 13, he uses this same trick to get out of a present pit.
* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', [[AllLovingHero Ash's]] Staravia evolves in a Pokéringer competition -- the same way his Taillow evolved into Swellow. However, Staraptor has a far greater achievement. Unfortunately, James (who made it all the way into the finals in Hoenn) had a hold of the IdiotBall that episode and gets eliminated in the first round.

* ''Anime/CodeGeass'':
** At the end of the first episode of ''Code Geass'', Lelouch's very first command with the Geass is for the Britannian Soldiers to die. At the end of the first episode of ''Code Geass R2'', Lelouch's very first command with the Geass [[spoiler:upon the return of his memories]] is the very same one.
-->'''Lelouch:''' Lelouch Vi Britannia commands you... All of you... Die!\\
''(the Britannian soldiers point their guns to themselves)''\\
'''Soldiers:''' Yes, your highness! ''(pull triggers)''
** The line in the little speech Lelouch gave accompanying that command in the first episode: "The only ones who should kill are those prepared to be killed." Near the end of the last episode of the second season, they flashed back to that. [[spoiler:He meant it.]]
* In chapter 249 of ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'', we learn that Santa, who appears in the very first chapter, is [[spoiler:actually Nagi's Grandpa in disguise.]]
* Despite the separate continuities across seasons, the ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' dub pulls this off nicely. The 1st episode of ''[[Anime/DigimonAdventure Adventure]]'' is called "And So It Begins", and the last episode of ''Frontier'' features the line "And so it ends!" In terms of the franchise as an {{anime}}, it doesn't.
* In the Throne arc of ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'', Meat finishes off an opponent with the Back Drop, specifically choosing it because it was a move Kinnikuman himself favored and struggled to master in the earliest parts of the series.
%%* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' is jam-packed with Call Backs, {{Ironic Echo}}es, ArcWords, etc.
* In ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}'', while the main characters are working with Hattori early on, Takagi mentions an idea he had of a story in which a boy tries to cheat on as many girls as he can as possible, and Hattori says it's a good example of a potential cult hit that most wouldn't be interested in, but a few might consider their favorite. In Chapter 113, while talking about what they should do next now that [[spoiler:PCP will not get an anime and Mashiro's romance one-shot did poorly]], the characters discuss the idea again.
* Every incarnation of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' adores Call Backs to a point that borders on fetishism. Expect everything that happens to be referenced in a later chapter/episode.
** Classic example: [[spoiler:when Winry confronts Scar for the first time, she learns that he was the one who murdered her parents. [[BreakTheCutie She's ready]] [[TearJerker to shoot him]], but Scar charges at her, yelling that if she can't shoot she should just leave. [[TakingTheBullet Ed dives in the way]], shielding Winry with his body. Scar immediately flashes back to his brother defending him from [[MagnificentBastard Kimblee]] in the ''exact same way''. The hesitation is enough for Alphonse to step in and kick his ass.]]
** One standout example is when the last chapter contains a reference to [[spoiler:Nina and Alexander's deaths]], which happened over 100 chapters ago.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** Chapter titles are often used to call back to related earlier events.
*** Chapter 459 calls all the way back to Chapter 1. [[spoiler:Context: Ichigo has spent well over a year without his powers, eventually accepting an offer from Ginjou to try to get them back. This goes all kinds of wrong for various reasons, but as all hope seems lost, he gets stabbed by someone he can't see -- meaning a Shinigami. Lo and behold, it's Rukia. And in nearly the exact same manner as he gained his powers in the very first chapter, Ichigo's back. The name of the first chapter is Death and Strawberry. The name of this one? Death and Strawberry 2.]]
*** "The Shooting Star Project" is used for chapters that relate to Shiba Kuukaku and her cannon.
*** "Rain" is a recurring theme that usually deals with painful memories. "Memories in the Rain" is the name of the chapter about Masaki's death and its effect on Ichigo. "Memories in the Rain 2" is about Kaien's death and its effect on Rukia. "And the Rain Left Off" is about both Ichigo and Rukia getting some resolution on their regrets. The "Everything but the Rain" mini-arc is about the traumatic events that tie Isshin, Ryuuken, Masaki, and Kisuke together.
*** "The Blade and Me" chapters involve Ichigo's relationship with Zangetsu.
** When Hirako Shinji first introduces himself to the class, he writes his name on the board backwards and explains that he has a talent for reversing things. This is probably a reference to his shikai ability, which creates an illusion of an inverted world where left is right, up is down, and forward is back.
* The first episode of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' has a full body shot of Kamina pointing upwards, followed by a closeup of his face and a closeup of his finger to the sides. The shot would be used several times in the series to indicate that something epic is going to happen.
* ''Manga/Eyeshield21'':
** The last chapter of the manga is a BookEnds to the first chapter, from the chapter title to the surprise at the sudden game to fighting the weakest team in the league for the first game.
** A minor one came in a full-color coverpage showing what all the characters were up to before the Hakushuu game. ''[[ArrogantKungFuGuy Agon]]'' is actually shown training, visibly struggling to do pushups while Yamabushi sits on his back. It's a call back to an earlier chapter where someone mentions his twin brother Unsui trains until he bleeds (while showing Unsui doing pushups ''one-handed'' with Yamabushi on his back) and Agon never had to work for anything.
** In the earlier chapters while in Las Vegas, Monta killed his and Sena's amazing winning streak by betting everything on Red 21 which was the Deimon Devilbats' main color and Eyeshield 21's number respectively. Fast forward before the [[spoiler: Japan/USA game]] where [[spoiler:Yamato]] confronts [[spoiler:Mr Don]] and bets on red. This time, the ball lands on Red 21.

%%* Used frequently in ''Manga/AKB49RenaiKinshiJourei'', to the point where a single page may sometimes contains multiple flashback panels from different previous chapters.
* In ''Manga/ArataTheLegend'', Kadowaki's entrance into Amawakuni mirrors Hinohara's almost exactly, down to the DutchAngle shot of the capital.
* The first chapter of ''Manga/MuhyoAndRoji'' deals with the eponymous pair helping a girl whose friend had accidentally fallen in front of a subway train. In the last chapter, Roji waits for the subway, and the girl, talking with some of her other friends, recognizes him.
* In ''Manga/DeathNote'', Light, dissatisfied with the state of the world, passes by some girls who are planning to go out to party and a young man who is angry about having to wait for his mother to pick him up. At the end of the manga, [[spoiler:after Light has died and the world is going back to normal]], Ide and Matsuda pass by the same types of people.
* The dialogues in ''Literature/TheEccentricFamily'' constantly alludes to earlier events that the audience has yet to be made a part of such as the Demon King Cedar incident, the Manpukumaru incident and the false Nyoigatake incident.
* The anime adaptation of ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'':
** There are a bunch of things that happens in episode 11 that mirror things that happened in earlier episodes. [[spoiler:They're mostly there to see how much Rikka has changed from the events of the previous episode, and how no one is really happy with the way things played out. The train station and drinks scene from episode 1, the convenience store food scene from episode 8 and the bridge lights scene from episode 9, as well as Yuuta putting away his [[MrImagination chuuni]] related things from episode 1 are all mirrored to show how subdued Rikka has become without her delusions.]]
** During Rikka's [[spoiler:StalkerWithoutACrush phase two years before the present story]], she has seen the entire scene in episode 3 of ''Lite'' when Yuuta carried a rifle to escort Kuzuha.
* ''Manga/KotouraSan'':
** In episode 4, when the monk mentioned his relationship with Haruka, there was a flashback from episode 1, when Haruka's mother brought the girl to him, asking him to exorcize Haruka.
** In episode 6, Hiyori apologized to Haruka after recalling the former's bullying of the latter in episode 2.
* In the penultimate episode of ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'', Mio and Yūko are confronted by the police officer Mio assaulted in episode 16 (a full nine episodes ago). The cop let's it slide after seeing that she had saved the life of a [[HollywoodDrowning drowning child]].
* ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'' has an interesting example in that the opening sequence for the second season has heaps of callbacks to the original, both lyrical and visual. Firstly, the song begins with a line about how it's lonely to be by yourself and so 'we all gathered and joined our arms', taken directly from the first song, but then continues with 'but if we keep holding on so tight, we'll remain kids forever', referencing the [[ComingOfAge main theme]] of this part of the story. We also have Riki running on a hill as before, except now he's alone and is running in terror rather than joy, and the 'scenery taking over the white space' effect from the original is reversed here. Finally, where in the original Riki and Kyousuke were walking towards each other and smiling in front of a blue sky background, here they stand in front of the same background facing away from one another, glaring. It all creates a pretty cool level of continuity.
* In ''Manga/GourmetGirlGraffiti'', Ryou makes the daikon and yellowtail dish in episode 12 that she made back in the first episode. When she samples it, she notes that it's not very good despite the smell. But unlike the first time around (when she found the dish completely tasteless), she finally realizes it was [[TastesLikeFriendship sharing the food with someone else that made it taste as good]] as when her grandmother made it when Kirin eats it with her.
* Heartwarming example of ''Manga/YourLieInApril'': When Kousei reads the letter from [[spoiler:late]] Kaori, she reminds him of various scene when they were together before.
** Every ending of this show previewing the scene of next episode. The ending of OVA episode feature the scene from Episode 1 when Kousei first meeting with Kaori.
* The very first chapter of ''Manga/FairyTail'' ends with Natsu and Happy running from the authorities, dragging Lucy along with them so that she can join Fairy Tail. Chapter 419 (set 8 years later in-universe) ends with the three running from the authorities again, this time [[spoiler: to rebuild Fairy Tail.]]
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Early on, the class holds a vote to determine the class representative. Midoriya wins with three votes, and Momo comes in second with two (everyone else having voted for themselves). Iida and Uraraka are subsequently revealed to have voted for Midoriya, but it's left unsaid who else voted for Momo. Eventually it's revealed far later down the line when [[spoiler: Todoroki revealed that he voted for her. This revelation ended up giving her a much needed boost in self-confidence, as Todoroki is TheAce.]]

* ''Manga/CityHunter'': Often plot elements of a previous storyline are mentioned in a following one. The best example comes is Kasumi Asou's second arc: an hypnotist had caused Ryo to become impotent to weaken him, and the first thing Ryo did was to use the antidote that had cured him from poison-induced impotence in a previous story arc.

* ''Manga/VampireKnight'': In chapter 65, when Zero is escorting Aidou to a cell, he apologizes for the linen not being lavender scented. This was a humorous nod to chapter 23, where Aidou upon bunking with Yuuki and Zero makes several demands that has Zero less than amused, one of them being lavender scented linen.
** [[spoiler:In the penultimate chapter, Zero attempts to talk Kaname out of sacrificing himself, explaining that what he does only brings pain to Yuuki rather than acting like compensation for his actions. This was possibly stemming from Zero's own self-destructive thinking throughout most of the story, not believing himself to be worthy of love and more deserving of dying, even ''before'' being turned into a vampire (for "stealing" part of Ichiru's life in the womb). Having eventually realized his self-loathing mindset had only served to hurt both Ichiru and Yuuki however, rather than being a said compensation, he recognized this similar kind of mindset in Kaname and thus confronted him about it, epitomizing his CharacterDevelopment.]]
* In ''Manga/YamadaKunAndTheSevenWitches'', when Yamada reads Sarushima's mind in chapter 107, she thinks "I want him to clean my room" - which is the thing she made him do when the two of them first met many chapters earlier.
* For ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'', there are numerous little details that become relevant dozens of chapters later.
** All the way back in chapter 2, Nagisa's English journal entry mentions sushi is his and his father's favorite food, and in chapter 76 the two of them have breakfast together at a sushi bar.
** In Chapter 51 / Season 1 Episode 15, Kayano reads a magazine on "Puddings of the World" instead of studying for finals. Her [[ADayInTheLimelight assassination attempt]] in Chapter 80 / Season 2 Episode 2 involves making a gigantic, explosive pudding.
** The "[[SpeciesLostAndFound weasel]]" which appears in the end of chapter 56 returns in chapter 88 to destroy the mini-tank of the boys.
** Nagisa and Karma think back to the time they were nervous about flying in Koro-sensei's robe [[spoiler:before their even more insane trip into space on an experimental rocket.]]
** In the very first chapter, Nagisa attempts to kill Korosensei with a grenade at close range. [[spoiler: Miss Azusa attempts the same thing in Extra Chapter 3.]]
* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' does this a lot (along with {{Continuity Nod}}s) to the point that fans even compiled [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i_z36IhgUhZH2xZUpEMQOoYvOEUCl28fqPGmQ7xJ9cA/edit#gid=1073379755 a Google Doc]] for all of them.
* Episode 129 of ''Anime/{{Tamagotchi}}'' has Himespetchi gain amnesia and forget that Mametchi is her crush. She thinks Prince Tamahiko is her love instead and nearly [[FerrisWheelDateMoment climbs into a ferris wheel with him]]... but then she remembers riding that same ferris wheel with Mametchi, freaks out when she realizes what's going on, and accidentally hits the Prince and gives him amnesia. That ferris wheel ride with Mametchi occurred three episodes prior, in episode 126.
* ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'':
** In Chapter 24, Ino decides to take part in the Earth Sciences Olympiad after seeing a photo--taken during Chapter 11 in the Geological Museum--of a showcase highlighting past examples of the said event.
** In the forty-fifth chapter, Mikage suggests Mira to get some SchoolFestival ideas from her time at Shining Star Challenge. Mira took a whole strip recalling different spots of the trip, which eventually brought her to an idea.