History Main / ReflexiveRemarkOfReverence

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' books, when the witch Magrat Garlick mentions the name of her deceased mentor, Goodie Whemper, the other witches always hastily add "may she rest in peace" (often spelled out as "maysherestinpeace").
** An actual deity also gets this treatment (albeit nonverbally) in Small Gods, where almost every mention of the great god Om comes with the character speaking doing the "holy horns" gesture.

* ''VideoGame/PapersPlease'' has the phrase "Glory to Arstotzka" in all government communications. Including the ones in the game overs where you very much like what they did with you.

** Notorious Jewish dead personalities, such as rabbis and great scholars [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorifics_for_the_dead_in_Judaism have honorifics]].

* In ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries'', this is done for Mia's deceased father, King Rupert - "King Rupert! May he rest in peace!" - even by the child princesses at Mia's bachelorette/slumber party!

* In the movie ''Film/AceVenturaWhenNatureCalls'', the Wachati and Wachutu tribes always bow in respect whenever they hear the word "Shikaka" (the name of the sacred bat that they worship, who is also the missing animal Ace needs to find). [[spoiler:After Ace finds the bat, he takes advantage of this to stop a battle by [[StandingBetweenTheEnemies running between both sides with the bat held aloft]] while [[BattleInterruptingShout shouting its name at the top of his lungs]]; both tribes immediately genuflect, ending the battle before anyone is killed.]]

* In ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries'', this is done for Mia's deceased father, King Rupert -, "King Rupert! May he rest in peace!" - even by the child princesses at Mia's bachelorette/slumber party!

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* In ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'', once it becomes a fixture on the local school board, every time the Glow Cloud is mentioned at least one person will immediately follow up with "All hail the Glow Cloud" or "All hail."

* ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheNaturalTwenty'': Milo never says or even ''thinks'' the name of his home city, Myra, without adding -City of Light! City of ''Magic!'' Though this has less to do with religious awe than magically-enforced copyright.

* In ''Film/CarryOnFollowThatCamel'', the Southern Asian army that are ruled by the Arabian sheikh always bow in worship whenever the Islamist prophet Astafali is name-dropped. When the French Legion kidnap one of the sheikh's wives, he bellows in a fit of rage that the enemy is committing sins against the teachings of Astafali, making his army bow to the floor in respect to the prophet, much to the sheikh's annoyance when he was hoping for them to stop the soldiers from running away.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'', [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-3140 SCP-3140 ("Botanical Warfare")]]. One of the enemies of the Daevites has a long range viewing device called the Holy Rays Tube, which has strong religious significance to them. Whenever one of them mentions the term "Holy Rays Tube", they immediately say or write the phrase "praise the Elemental Holies" afterwards.

* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' and in its [[Series/GameOfThrones television adaptation]], the followers of R'hllor will almost always say the phrase "For the night is dark and full of terrors" at some point when they are in focus. In the show, it dies off in later seasons, but it still happens often in the books.

* Creator/RobertAHeinlein's novella "The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag": The Bird is an evil bird-like deity and the Sons of the Bird are its human-appearing offspring. Whenever anyone says a religious catchphrase associated with the Bird (such as "The Bird is cruel" or "In the Beginning there was the Bird"), all Sons of the Bird present cover their faces with their hands. One of the {{protagonist}}s accidentally makes a Son of the Bird reveal his true nature by saying "The Bird is cruel".

* In ''Film/Scrooge1970'', Marley's Ghost bows whenever he says 'Lucifer."

* Creator/RobertAHeinlein's novella "The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag". The Bird is an evil bird-like deity and the Sons of the Bird are its human-appearing offspring. Whenever anyone says a religious catchphrase associated with the Bird (such as "The Bird is cruel" or "In the Beginning there was the Bird"), all Sons of the Bird present cover their faces with their hands. One of the {{protagonist}}s accidentally makes a Son of the Bird reveal his true nature by saying "The Bird is cruel".

* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' and in its [[Series/GameOfThrones television adaptation]], the followers of R'hllor will almost always say the phrase "for the night is dark and full of terrors" at some point when they are in focus. In the show, it dies off in later seasons, but it still happens often in the books.
* Literature/CiaphasCain:

* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E5PlanetOfTheSpiders Planet of the Spiders]]'', whenever anyone mentions the Giant Spiders' head of state the Great One, all Spiders present chant "ALL PRAISE TO THE GREAT ONE".

* Satirically used in ''Series/TheColbertReport'', where an ongoing bit is that Stephen is ''terrified'' of Islamic terrorism. As a result (despite being Catholic), he follows up every mention of Islam by calling it "a great and true religion", and never mentions the prophet Mohammed without adding "blessings and peace be upon him".

** One of the most well-known figures in Islam is the Prophet, Muhammed. People are expected to say "peace be upon him" immediately after mentioning him. In some cases, this rule applies to writing, as well, and the benediction customarily appears in text, occasionally shortened to "PBUH".

* In ''WebAnimation/BravestWarriors'' the minions of the interdimensional villain the Aeon Worm repeat "Never Doubt the Worm" when it is brought up.

* One of the most well-known figures in UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} is the Prophet, Mohammed. Whenever mentioned, it is said to be respectful to say "peace be upon him" immediately afterwards. In some cases, this rule applies to writing; books written about Islam would write it after his name too, occasionally shortening it to "pbuh".

[[folder:Web Original]]

* In ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'', once it becomes a fixture on the local school board, every time the Glow Cloud is mentioned at least one person will immediately follow up with "All hail the Glow Cloud" or "All hail."
* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'', [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-3140 SCP-3140 ("Botanical Warfare")]]. One of the enemies of the Daevites has a long range viewing device called the Holy Rays Tube, which has strong religious significance to them. Whenever one of them mentions the term "Holy Rays Tube", they immediately say or write the phrase "praise the Elemental Holies" afterwards.

* ''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil'': {{Inverted|Trope}} with respect to one [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Dread Empress]], who, even after her death, is a figure of such terror that her [[SpeakOfTheDevil name is never spoken]] and any mention of her is followed by "May She Never Return".
-->'''Squire:''' Is that considered... likely?
-->'''Robber:''' You tell me, Boss. When she croaked it several of her Legions went down with her. Odds are they ended up in the same place. The old girl conquered more with less.

* ''Series/TheGoldbergs'': Barry's group of friends is known as the Jenkintown Mafia, usually abbreviated as JTP. Whenever Barry calls them the JTP, the others immediately chant back "JTP!". Anyone else joining the chant is called out for not being a member. One time, the group got so mad at Barry that they refuse to chant back.

* In the Literature/CiaphasCain novel ''Duty Calls'', both the Sororitas characters and the Gavarronean militia automatically make the sign of the Aquila whenever the Emperor is mentioned.