History Main / YouRemindMeOfX

* Auron from FinalFantasyX tells Tidus that he reminds him of [[HotDad Jecht]], much [[ArchnemesisDad to]] [[AlcoholicParent his]] [[AbusiveParents dislike]].

* [[spoiler:The G-Man]] at the end of ''HalfLife: Opposing Force''.

A character with a deceased LoveInterest runs into someone who causes an immediate flashback memory of his/her former love. The character will often look startled, then say "Sorry, for a moment you reminded me of someone I once knew". The two easily form a connection, foreshadowing a possible future relationship, though one haunted by the tragic end of the previous romance.

* {{Rent}}, "Light My Candle":
-->'''Roger''': Your smile reminded me--
-->'''Mimi''': I always remind people of--Who is she?

* Happens in ''{{JAG}}'' when the main character gets a new female partner.

* Happens in ''JAG'' when the main character gets a new female partner.

Abarat: Candy reminds [[spoiler:Carion]] of [[spoiler:Princess Boa.]] '''A lot.'''

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-->Buckaroo: Oh, you remind me of someone I once knew long ago (his wife, who died sometime before the movie started).

* ''BuckarooBanzai''. After Penny Priddy is taken to jail, Buckaroo Banzai goes there to meet with her.

->Penny Priddy: What do you want from me?
->Buckaroo: Oh, you remind me of someone I once knew long ago (his wife, who died sometime before the movie started).

A character with a deceased LoveInterest runs into someone who causes an immediate flashback memory of his/her former love. The character will often look startled, then say "Sorry, for a moment you reminded me of someone I once knew". The two easily form a connection, foreshadowing a possible future relationship, though one haunted by the tragic end of the previous romance.

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A character with a deceased LoveInterest runs into someone who causes an immediate flashback memory of his/her former love. The character will often look startled, then say "Sorry, for a moment you reminded me of someone I once knew". The two easily form a connection, forshadowing a possible future relationship, though one haunted by the tragic end of the previous romance.

* ''GunslingerGirl''. Hilshire has an immediate flashback to his former partner Rachelle (the doctor who died saving Triela's life) when he meets Roberta, a prosecutor his fratello has been assigned to bodyguard. Triela too feels a compunction to protect her, because she subconsciously reminds her of the woman in her dreams that she mistakenly assumes is her mother.

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A character with a deceased Love Interest runs into someone who causes an immediate flashback memory of his/her former love. The character will often look startled, then say "Sorry, for a moment you reminded me of someone I once knew". The two easily form a connection, forshadowing a possible future relationship, though one haunted by the tragic end of the previous romance.

* Parodied/subverted in an episode of ''ImAMarvelAndImADC'', when [[XMen Wolverine]] tells [[{{Watchmen}} the Comedian]] how the Comedian reminds him of himself, then immediately remembers all the things that are different about them.

* Parodied/subverted in an episode of ImAMarvelAndImADC, when [[XMen Wolverine]] tells [[{{Watchmen}} the Comedian]] how the Comedian reminds him of himself, then immediately remembers all the things that are different about them.

* Sarevok in BaldursGate.

* When Green Lantern, Black Canary and Arsenal teamed up in the events leading to the current incarnation of the JLA, Green Lantern thinks how Black Canary thinks it's because Arsenal reminds him of a younger Green Arrow -- and that, the reality of it is, that Arsenal reminds him of his own younger self.

-->'''Chris:''' You see Mitch, I used to be you. And lately I've been missing me so I asked Dr. Hathaway if I could room with me again and he said sure.

* In Chris Roberson's {{Warhammer 40000}} BloodRavens novel ''Dawn of War II'', the [[CryingLittleKid two boys]] they find in the hive remind Thaddeus of himself at that age -- partly because he came from the same sort of hive, and partly because they fit the aspirant profile. (When he suggests that they might become BloodRavens and [[{{Revenge}} kill xenos such as killed]] [[MissingMom their mother]], they are quite eager to be like him.)

* In the StephenKing novella ''Low Men in Yellow Coats'', (part of the ''HeartsInAtlantis'' book) Bobby gets told by a waitress how much he reminds her of his long dead and barely remembered father. For bonus points, she refers to him by his father's name at one point in the book when she's absolutely petrified.
* ''{{House}}''. In the first-season episode "Poison", an 82-year-old woman goes to the clinic because she's acting unexpectedly "frisky". She flirts with House while he examines her saying, "You remind me of [Ashton Kutcher]. Same bedroom eyes."
* Slappy Squirrel does this OnceAnEpisode in ''{{Animaniacs}}'', whenever another character reminds her of <insert obscure pop culture figure (or cartoon character) from 20+ years ago here>. [[DeadpanSnarker It is difficult to tell at times if she is being complimentary or insulting with these comparisons.]]

* From PercyJackson, his mother points out how much Percy is like his father.

* In ''TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', Mido meets Link after his seven-year absence. He doesn't exactly recognize Link, but does say that for some reason, seeing him makes him remember.

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* ''TalesOfSymphonia'' draws on this trope in a slightly unexpected way, where [[spoiler:Kratos, Lloyd's father, remarks about how Lloyd reminds him of Mithos. Not that this breaks with the trope in any way, but considering the father's more commonly the one the comparison's drawn TO, it's a neat twist.]]

* In ''LuckyStarr and the Pirates of the Asteroids'', Hansen recognizes Lucky when they first meet because when Lucky gets angry, he reminds Hansen of his father, Lawrence Starr. [[spoiler:Lawrence Starr was generally a cheerful man, and the fact that Hansen vividly remembers him being angry is one clue that he is actually the pirate who murdered Lucky's parents.]]