History IronicEcho / WesternAnimation

* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'': Rattrap is angry at Dinobot for the latter's recent betrayal, "Oh yeah, he's a slag-spouting saurian, but at least you know where he stands! Well, guess we live and learn." Later, when Dinobot sacrifices his life to protect the early anthropoids: "Like I said: You're just a blasted, slag spoutin' saurian... but it's nice to know where you stand."

-->'''Varrick:''' (''as the guards drag him away'') No! Not the thing! NOT THE THING!

** The one thing Ace said to Joker near the end of "[[Recap/{{JusticeLeagueS2E21And22WildCards}} Wild Cards]], after the mind control device was taken from him and turned off. Right before warping Joker's reality enough to make him simply stare bug-eyed, drooling.

** In the final season, when [[HypercompetentSidekick Zhu Li]] [[TheDogBitesBack ostensibly gets sick of]] [[ReluctantMadScientist Varrick]]'s attitude and declares her loyalty to [[TheConqueror Kuvira]]:

* In the first half of the second season opener of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', when Korra is attacked by a spirit Unalaq calms it telling it "Go in peace." [[spoiler:This is what Korra later says when she banishes him in the season finale.]]

* In the ''DoubleDragon'' cartoon, Jimmy becomes drunk on the power of the Eye of the Dragon, causing him to (temporarily) break the bond between him and his brother at an inopportune time. At this point, "I hold the power" becomes his MadnessMantra, and while under the influence of the Eye's power, he comes within a hair's breadth of killing the [[BigBad Shadow Master]] until he shows Jimmy a captured Billy, forcing him into a FriendOrIdol decision with the phrase "The end of your enemy... or the life of your brother? Only ''I'' hold ''that'' power."

* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', one of Clayface's attempts at impersonating TheFlash leads to an overuse of slang and leads to Batman SpottingTheThread more or less instantly:

** In ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 Twilight's Kingdom Part 2]]'':\\\
Applejack delivers a real stinging one to Discord after Tirek betrays him, reflecting what he told Fluttershy earlier:
-->'''Applejack''': Surely you saw this coming.\\
'''Discord''': I didn't. I truly didn't.\\\
From a dramatic stand point, Tirek giving Discord the medallion has this happen when Discord gives it to Twilight.

* In the season 4 finale of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', this exchange occurs when Discord betrays the Mane 6:
-->'''Discord:''' Surely you saw this coming?
-->'''Fluttershy:''' I didn't. I really didn't.
-->Later, when Discord himself is betrayed.
-->'''Applejack:''' Surely you saw this coming?
-->'''Discord:''' I didn't. I truly didn't.

Later, when Discord himself is betrayed.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Spider-Man The Animated Series}}'': The {{Daredevil}} story gives us a three-fer. In {{Flashback}} we see Kingpin going to prison for his father's crimes, with his father saying "Sacrifices must be made". Later in the flashback Kingpin says the same thing when disposing of his father, as the last link to his old identity. And at the end, he says it ''again'' when he lets his own son take the rap for his crimes.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has Toph stuck inside a metal cage, while Xin Fu tells her "You might think you're the greatest earthbender in the world, but even you can't bend metal." She does ''exactly that'', and declares, "[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome I am the greatest earthbender in the world!]]"

-->'''Katara:''' Well, Toph, what you hear up there is the truth. It hurts, doesn't it?\\

** There is another more subtle example in "The Ember Island Players", [[spoiler:when in the play Zuko is siding against Iroh]]
-->'''[[spoiler: Play Zuko]]:''' [[spoiler: "I hate you! And you smell"]]\\
[[spoiler: Two episodes later, when Zuko is apologizing to Iroh after tracking him by scent]]\\
'''[[spoiler: Zuko]]:''' [[spoiler: "It wasn't that hard [to find you], uncle. You have a pretty strong scent."]]
** In the first half of the second season opener of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', when Korra is attacked by a spirit Unalaq calms it telling it "Go in peace." [[spoiler: This is what Korra later says when she banishes him in the season finale.]]

** In ''[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesTheClockKing The Clock King]]'' Compare the scenes where Fugate was being a MeanBoss and when the Judge gave him NoSympathy. Also invoked by Fugate: The DistantPrologue shows that Hill’s AdviceBackfire was given at the {{subway|sSuck}}. Seven years later Gotham Central Station’s speakers will lampshade Hill’s incompetence just before the SinisterSubway scene.

** Later, after moblins are sent after the duo in the underworld...

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': When Angelica's parents send her to her room for refusing to eat her broccoli, her mother tells her, "We tried to reason with you, but you wouldn't listen." Later, HilarityEnsues when Angelica sues her parents. When Charlotte tries to reason with her, Angelica tells her, "It's too late for talk now, Mommy. I tried to reason with you, but you wouldn't listen."

* In the ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' episode "[[TabletopGame DungeonsAndDragons D&D]]D", when the players of Dexter's ''Mazes and Monsters" game accuse him of cheating[[note]]He was[[/note]], Dexter launches into an AGodAmI speech ("I am the Game Master and you are my pawns!"). Later, when Dee Dee is allowed to take over the game, she has Dexter play as "[[Literature/LordOfTheRings Hodo, the Furry-Footed Burrower]]". When Dexter complains, the other players hit him with that same speech.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has Toph stuck inside a metal cage, while Xin Fu tells her "You might think you're the greatest earthbender in the world, but even you can't bend metal." She does ''exactly that'', and declares, "[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome I am the greatest earthbender in the world!]]"

** There is another more subtle example in the Ember Island Players, [[spoiler:when in the play Zuko is siding against Iroh]]

** In ''[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesTheClockKing The Clock King]]'' Compare the scenes where Fugate was being a MeanBoss and when the Judge gave him NoSympathy. Also invoked by Fugate: The DistantPrologue shows that Hill’s AdviceBackfire was given at the SubwaysSuck. Seven years later Gotham Central Station’s speakers will lampshade Hill’s incompetence just before the SinisterSubway scene.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', "Nothing to Fear":

** Later...

* At the ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode ''[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesTheClockKing The Clock King]]'' Compare the scenes where Fugate was being a MeanBoss and when the Judge gave him NoSympathy. Also invoked by Fugate: The DistantPrologue shows that Hill’s AdviceBackfire was given at the SubwaysSuck. Seven years later Gotham Central Station’s speakers will lampshade Hill’s incompetence just before the SinisterSubway scene.

-->'''Batman II''': You make me laugh... but only because I think you're kinda ''pathetic''. Hahahahahahaha...!

-->'''Joker''': (to Bruce!Batman) It would be funny if it wasn't so ''pathetic''... Oh what the hell, I'll laugh anyway! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
-->(... Later, at the climax..)
-->'''Terry!Batman''': You make me laugh... but only because I think you're kinda ''pathetic''. Hahahahahahaha...!