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* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'':
** Mrs. Weasley says witches and wizards can't join the order of the Phoenix until they're of age. Fred and George, who turned seventeen the previous April, protest in outrage, and Molly amends her statement to refer to witches and wizards who have left school. The twins end up leaving Hogwarts a few weeks early to start their own joke shop.
** When forming their Defense Against the Dark Arts group in the face of Umbridge's insistence against practical knowledge, Hermione mentions that she put a spell on the paper they all signed so that they would know if anyone in the group ratted them out and, when asked, says that it would make Eloise Midgen's acne look like cute freckles. Eloise was mentioned a few times in the previous book as a student who was so desperate to get rid of her pimples that she tried to curse them off with magic. [[spoiler: Hermione's payback for when Marietta Edgecombe betrays them is for boils spelling out "SNEAK" to appear on her face.]]
** When the group travels to St Mungo's Hospital, they meet Gilderoy Lockhart, who had accidentally removed his own memory in the second book. Although he still remembers very little, he proudly claims he can do joined-up writing now.
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* ''Literature/ConstanceVerityDestroysTheUniverse'':
** When Connie comes to Tia's pre-wedding party, all of Tia's other friends are noticeably wary of Connie considering she had to beat them all up when they were possessed by the evil roquefort in ''Literature/ConstanceVeritySavesTheWorld''.
** Tia's first wedding -- the one where mobsters crashed it -- was mentioned in ''Literature/TheLastAdventureOfConstanceVerity'' and is brought up again here. While Tia is fine with it, Zoey still blames Connie by association.
** It's mentioned more than once that Tia and Byron had inherited a fraction of Connie's caretaker destiny in the climax of ''Literature/ConstanceVeritySavesTheWorld''.
** Connie's honorable epitaph to Yars mentions "The Hungry Earth", the name of the EldritchAbomination present at the beginning of the first book.
** Connie's intense hatred of Kansas is brought up again, though she admits she has no love for Nebraska, Colorado, Oklahoma and Missouri either because they're the states that surround Kansas.
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** A certain line from ''Literature/StormFront'' gets a Call Back twelve books later in ''Literature/GhostStory.''

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** A certain line from ''Literature/StormFront'' ''Literature/{{Storm Front|DresdenFiles}}'' gets a Call Back twelve books later in ''Literature/GhostStory.''
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** In ''Literature/WhiteNight'', a minor character from ''Literature/StormFront'' comes back and plays a significant role in the plot. Additionally, an aspect of one character's {{Backstory}} which was mentioned only twice in the entire series (Once each in ''Storm Front'' and ''Literature/DeathMasks'') is expanded on, and becomes a major PlotPoint.
** A certain line from ''Literature/StormFront'' gets a {{Tear Jerk|er}}ing Call Back twelve books later in ''Literature/GhostStory.''

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** In ''Literature/WhiteNight'', a minor character from ''Literature/StormFront'' ''Literature/{{Storm Front|DresdenFiles}}'' comes back and plays a significant role in the plot. Additionally, an aspect of one character's {{Backstory}} which was mentioned only twice in the entire series (Once each in ''Storm Front'' and ''Literature/DeathMasks'') is expanded on, and becomes a major PlotPoint.
** A certain line from ''Literature/StormFront'' gets a {{Tear Jerk|er}}ing Call Back twelve books later in ''Literature/GhostStory.''



'''Harry:''' [[spoiler:Paranoid? Maybe. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't a wizard's ghost standing next to you with tears in his eyes.]]

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'''Harry:''' [[spoiler:Paranoid? Paranoid? Maybe. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't a [[spoiler:a wizard's ghost standing next to you with tears in his his]] eyes.]]
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* ''Literature/ConstanceVeritySavesTheWorld'':
** Connie uses the Sleeping Grace to [[InstantSedation knock out]] an ornery alligator woman she had managed to tie up before her date with Byron, a move that was established to be in Connie's arsenal in ''Literature/{{The Last Adventure|OfConstanceVerity}}''.
** When Larry's private jet takes Connie to an undisclosed location with rolling hills, she sardonically asks if they're in Kansas, her disdain for the state having been established.
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* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'': Jake's decision to "ram the Blade Ship" in the series' ending mirrors Elfangor's decision to ram an enemy ship in ''The Andalite Chronicles''. While Elfangor won his battle involving that tactic, the result of Jake's decision is unclear.

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* In ''[[Literature/TheHungerGames Catching Fire]]'', during the Quarter Quell, Peeta finds a pearl and shows it to Katniss, saying "If you put enough pressure on coal, it turns to pearls!", said by Effie Trinket in the previous book, to Finnick's confusion.

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* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'':
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In ''[[Literature/TheHungerGames Catching Fire]]'', during the Quarter Quell, an amused Peeta finds a pearl and shows it to Katniss, saying "If you put enough pressure on coal, it turns to pearls!", said by Effie Trinket in the previous book, to Finnick's confusion.confusion.
** Finnick offers Katniss a sugar cube again in ''Mockingjay'', to add to her coffee, referencing when he offers her one previously at the 75th Hunger Games tribute parade.
** Katniss notices Prim's untucked shirt just after her name is called at the Reaping, and again in ''Mockingjay'' just before her death.
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* ''Literature/DeltanEscape'': In a story from ''Earth 2788'', Fian's father used blackmail to try and get Fian thrown off his University course in an attempt to force him to study science. That story ended with Playdon pretending to agree to expel Fian on some pretext, while privately noting that Eklund Sr will ''not'' enjoy attempting to follow through on his threat. Presumably he's since realised the plan won't work, because he's now trying other means of controlling his son's life.
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* ''Literature/MaxAndTheMidknightsTheTempleOfTime'': At the beginning of the book, Mary tells her friend Perrin what she saw [[Literature/MaxAndTheMidknightsBattleOfTheBodkins Max doing during the climax of the previous book]].

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* ''Literature/MaxAndTheMidknightsTheTempleOfTime'': ''Literature/MaxAndTheMidknightsTheTowerOfTime'': At the beginning of the book, Mary tells her friend Perrin what she saw [[Literature/MaxAndTheMidknightsBattleOfTheBodkins Max doing during the climax of the previous book]].
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* ''Literature/MaxAndTheMidknightsTheTempleOfTime'': At the beginning of the book, Mary tells her friend Perrin what she saw [[Literature/MaxAndTheMidknightsBattleOfTheBodkins Max doing during the climax of the previous book]].

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