History TitleDrop / FanWorks

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7882339/34/Trust-Me-Love Trust Me Love:

[[AC:''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'']]

[[AC:''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'']]

[[AC:''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'']]

[[AC:''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'']]

* ''Fanfic/AGameOfCatAndCat'': [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaAriaOfSorrow Yoko]] [[VideoGame/Castlevania/DawnOfSorrow Belnades]] uses this phrase to describe to the rookies of the Agency of Supernatural Investigation what hunting a [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei Demon Summoner]], as opposed to the phrase "a game of cat and mouse".

** By [[spoiler:Lily Potter while in the Limbo]] and repeated by the narrative in the fanfic's very last line.

* ''Fanfic/TheRoadHomePastSins'': In "You Hit a Rock", it's a line from Maud Pie about what caused the protagonists' train journey to stop:

* ''Fanfic/TheRoadHome'': In "You Hit a Rock", it's a line from Maud Pie about what caused the protagonists' train journey to stop:

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/45456406 Statistic]]'': When Izuku mysteriously fails to show up at [[SuckySchool Aldera Middle School]] one day, the [[ApatheticTeacher apathetic]] and [[SadistTeacher openly biased]] teachers suggest that he's become 'just another statistic' and [[DrivenToSuicide taken his own life]]. Toshinori, who's been working undercover as a new hire, recognizes this as an anti-Quirkless dogwhistle.

!!''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom''

!!''Manga/{{Naruto}}''

-->"YOSH! My name is Rock Lee! While I can't use ninjutsu nor genjutsu, I will prove the world that I can be a powerful ninja using nothing but taijutsu! And what better way to achieve my goal than by beating Naruto, the son of the Sannin, and Sasuke, the Uchiha genius! So, who wants to go first?"
* The first chapter of ''Fanfic/IAmNotGoingThroughPubertyAgain'' has Naruto threatening to kill whoever sent him, Sasuke, Sakura, and Hinata back in time:
-->'''Naruto''': Fuck causality, fuck the laws of nature. I don't even care about that garbage anymore... multiverse theory or some shit, I don't know...but I AM '''NOT''' GOING THROUGH PUBERTY ''AGAIN''!

!!''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''

* ''Fanfic/ReadTheFinePrintEvangelion'': At the end of the first chapter, titled "Just Call Me Agatha", Asuka reveals Shinji she is his childhood pen pal by saying "Hello Shinji. Just call me Agatha."

!!''Series/OddSquad''

'''Otto:''' ''[thinking] All mixed up...all mixed up...all mixed- oh. Oh. Oh my God. Oh my God, that's IT!''

!!''Manga/OnePiece''

!!''Anime/OutlawStar''
* In ''Fanfic/AFistfulOfDragonite'' in the final chapter, Jim produces an ''actual'' fistful of Dragonite gold which he recovered from the mine before it collapsed.

!!''VideoGame/Persona3''

!!''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia''

!!''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''
* In chapter 13 of the ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TheDarkSideOfInnocence'', after being [[BreakTheCutie broken down]] Mondo wonders if he was ever really as sweet as he seemed and if he ever truly was innocent. To that Meowth replies with "Maybe. Or maybe everything has a dark side... even innocence."

!!''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''

!!RealPersonFic

!!''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''

!!''Literature/SherlockHolmes''

-->'''Moriarty:''' And now you wish me to pay the price... because I touched ''your'' companions. Your... Children of Time.
-->'''Holmes:''' We Children of Time, we are weapons... weapons you fashion against yourself. You want us to be strong enough to stop you.
-->'''Doctor:''' No! No, not weapons! ''Never'' weapons... If you want to say you're Children of Time, you are that...

!!''Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos''

!!''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''
* In ''Created Equal'', the speech [[spoiler: Metal Sonic]] gave after [[spoiler: Eggman's]] death:

!!''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}''

!!''Franchise/StarTrek''

* In the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fanseries ''Hidden Frontier'', Commodore Cole drops the title of the show in the middle of a speech she gives in the sixth season premiere, as the blockade of starships is about to [[spoiler: go into battle with the Tholians and the Breen who just started a war with the Federation.]]

!!''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline''

-->'''Ren (narration)''': I will not give up. I will not let this game beat me. I will not bow to this system called SAO.

!!''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''
* ''Fanfic/JewelOfDarkness'' has the title used by [[spoiler: Canon!Raven]] to address [[VillainProtagonist Midnight]] during their fight.

!!''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends''

-->'''Thomas:''' Well, days don't always go the way we want them to go. And with that, the day is slowly coming to a close and I am waiting for Emily to arrive…I've thought about my life with her. The good times, the bad times, the wonderful times…and even the horrific times, like what happened yesterday, and I have decided…we are way too special to break up! Breaking up would destroy us! No! There's a way out of this storm! The angel needs the demon to protect her and the demon needs the angel to calm him! All will be well soon, and I say…Goodbye to Yesterday! Yesterday was a ruined and awful experience, but the two of us will be put right!

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12857208/1/No-Engine-is-an-Island No Engine is an Island]]'', Rheneas drops the title while discussing how to help Luke with his panic attacks.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13372153/1/Of-Passion-and-Paint Of Passion and Paint]]'', the title is dropped near the end of the story.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13580087/1/Old-Habits-Die-Hard Old Habits Die Hard]]'', the title is dropped by Molly while talking to James about his recent behaviour.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13588525/1/Cruel-to-Be-Kind Cruel to Be Kind]]'', the title is dropped by the Fat Controller while watching David leave.

* The title of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13861364/1/Imitation-Steamrollers Imitation Steamrollers]]'' is dropped several times, mostly as an insult by George.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13874506/1/High-Stress-Express High Stress Express]]'', the title is dropped several times throughout the story - to name one example, Gordon uses those exact words when asking Rebecca how she feels about the day's schedule.
* The first chapter of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13887970/1/The-Brother-s-Grimm The Brother's Grimm]]'' is titled "The Brother Returns", and those exact words are dropped whenever a character is discussing the arrival of Emily's brother Bernard.
** Chapter 2 is titled "The Stirling Duo", with those words being used whenever a character describes the duo of Emily and Bernard.
** Chapter 4 is titled "Grumpy Meddling", and those words are used to describe the Grumpy Passenger's actions. The title of the fic itself is dropped in the same chapter, when the engines are wondering if things will get better for Bernard.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13981918/1/This-is-Halloween This is Halloween]]'', the title is dropped by Emily before she heads to the Ironworks.

!!''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''

!!''Franchise/TouhouProject''
* Fanfic/InTheBrilliantLightOfDay has Shinmyoumaru thinking to herself, after seeing just how beautiful Gensokyo was:
--> "She couldn’t keep this paradise from her people any longer. Shinmyoumaru needed to bring the inchling race outside, and let them live under the sun’s warm light, eternally bathed in the brilliant light of day."

!!''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}''

* Mercilessly parodied in [[Fanfic/BetterCallSaulChicaneryCut Better Call Saul: The Chicanery Cut]], where every possible opportunity to say "Breaking Bad", "Better Call Saul", or the name of an episode from either, is taken.
->'''Walt''': "I'm Breaking Bad."
->'''Saul''': "Well then, you Better Call Saul."

{{Title Drop}}s in fan fiction and other fan works.

!!''Franchise/BackToTheFuture''

!!''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''

---> "I was just thinking. Remember that dream I had this morning? It was about a funnel, remember? We actually saw and fought against a funnel! A Black Turning Funnel!"

---> It was truly a magnificent day for the two loons and the kid.

---> "Okay," said Hobbes, and he left. "Nighty night."\\

** From "Mission: Socrates":
---> '''Calvin:''' Come on guys! Mission: Socrates is now in effect!

!!''Manga/CaseClosed''

!!''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor''
* In the Wally/Kuki fic [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21165611 Sleep Tight]] it is dropped in the middle of the fic:
-->"Sweet dreams, you two," Numbuh 5 called. She overheard their conversation, and now stood in the doorway with Numbuh 2, a wicked grin spread across her face. "Don't have too much fun out here!"
-->"Yeah!" Numbuh 2 joined in. "Sleep tight!" The two snickered as Numbuh 4 glared at them, then quickly started off toward their separate rooms.
** and at the end of the fic:
-->"Sleep tight," he whispered, and, after gently kissing the top of her head, Wally joined Kuki in dreamland.
!!{{Crossover}}
* Chapter 9 of the sequel to ''Fanfic/TheFirstSaniwa'', ''折檻諫言 – Sekkankangen'' (harshly reprimanding one's superior), where Shoyō forcibly [[BoundAndGagged binds and gags]] Izuminokami, whom he unknowingly thinks is his master who has been lost, with magic ink. Part of the ink turns into these four kanji floating around a tied-up Izuminokami.
* ''Fanfic/LastChildOfKrypton'': In the last scene of the rewrite Asuka informs Shinji that “[He] will not be the Last Child of Krypton for much longer”.
* ''Fanfic/StarsAbove'' follows [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka's]] naming pattern, with [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming each chapter title culled from a line of dialogue.]] The title itself is dropped twice in Chapter 5.
* ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'' title drops not the crossover itself, but [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney both]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic series]] involved in it, in different opportunities.
-->'''Phoenix:''' Sorry, but I don't believe you, ''my little pony''. Not for a single solitary second.\\
'''[[OriginalCharacter Sonata]]:''' I don't know what kind of ''trials and tribulations'' you've been through, but you're not changing my opinion.
* Similar to the previous example, ''Fanfic/PaperMarioX 2'' title drops not the crossover itself, but one of the series involved in it[[note]]The name of the chapter is an additional title drop[[/note]]:
-->'''Chest''': That must mean you're the hero of legend!\\
'''[[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]]''': If you mean ''Legend of Zelda'', then sure!
* Chapter 2 of ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7144846/2 Ed, Edd, 'n Pony]]'' title drops both the crossover itself and one of the series involved, which is immediately {{lampshade|Hanging}}d afterwards:
-->'''Edd''': So, it looks like another Mis-edventure for WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy, right?\\
'''Ed''': More like Ed, Edd, 'n Pony!\\
'''Eddy''': Hey, Ed, you dropped something!
* ''Fanfic/TheGodEmpressOfPonykind'' has Celestia refer to herself as such as part of a BadassBoast during her and Luna's fight with the [[EldritchAbomination Windigos]] in the Warp, and several other times when in battle.
** Likewise, the sequel ''The Warmistress of Equestria'' does this as well, with the title being Luna's official rank in the Equestrian military.
* The title of ''Fanfic/NecessaryToWin'' is repeated fairly often, and [[ArcWords in various contexts]], but other chapter titles are also referenced in the work.
** In Chapter 4, Nodoka, while thinking about how difficult winning the tournament in order to convince her father to let her stay at Oarai will be, thinks of the upcoming practice match as "a small step upward" for the sake of accomplishing the greater task before her.
** In Chapter 7, Maho thinks, "Despite the odds" against Miho, she's glad Miho is doing tankery again.
** In Chapter 18, both Kinue and Maho express a desire to win the semifinals "For my sister's sake".
* The last lines of both parts of ''Fanfic/UntilTheEndOfTime'':
-->Anne never forgot him, though... not until the end of time.\\
And they would always be together, until the end of time.
* ''Fanfic/PointMeAtTheSkyrim'': It happens in [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/point-me-at-the-skyrim-ward-x-elder-scrolls.818454/page-29#post-65776380 "Candlelight 2.4"]], while Victoria is consulting a map:
-->He unfolded the map in front of me, eyes over the top of the paper. "Can you point me at the Skyrim part of it?"

!!''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}''
* At the end of the final trial in ''Fanfic/DespairsLastResort'', when the mastermind [[spoiler: Saemi]] is about to commence her execution:
-->"You really should've let him kill me, because now I'm gonna die my way! Or am I? Even if despair's last resort has failed, that doesn't mean you've won just yet! After all, [[spoiler: Junko]] still has a successor!"
* ''Fanfic/ThreePointShot'' gets its title from the point at which the fic diverges from canon- Kokichi says this line in the first scene after picking up the shot put ball and throwing it onto the bookshelf, [[spoiler:enabling the group to realize that Kaede didn't kill Rantaro]]. [[BookEnds It's also repeated as the last line of dialogue]].

!!''Franchise/TheDCU''

* The last chapter of ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn'''s story arc "Last Waltz with Luthor" has Franchise/{{Superman}} state:
-->'''Superman:''' Lex and I, we've done a strange dance for thirty years or so. I'm not sure who was leading, most of the time. We always wondered how long the dance would last. Now, I know. Lex Luthor and I... we’ve just had our last waltz, Lois.
* ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'': It happens at the end of the "Hellsister" story arc when ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} destroys [[EvilTwin Satan Girl]]:
--><Hellsister,> said Supergirl, <go to Hell.>

!!''Manga/DeathNote''
* There is a subtle one in ''Fanfic/KiraIsJustice'': When Justin decides to experiment with the Death Note, one of the victims yell out the words, "Kira is justice!" in a prison cafeteria before dropping dead. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments It is very amusing]].
* ''Fanfic/KiraSweetheart'': in Misa's StalkerShrine to Kira:
--> ''Girlie, heart-shaped stickers stuck to the glass of the picture proclaiming Light to be a "darling" and a "sweetheart."''

--> '''Near:''' It was the hidden note.\\

!!''Franchise/{{Digimon}}''

!!''Franchise/DragonBall''

!!''Franchise/FireEmblem''

!!''Series/{{Firefly}}''

!!''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''
* ''Brilliancy,'' the second installment of the Fanfic/ElementalChessTrilogy, gets a Title Drop in Grumman's final line of dialogue. He remarks to Madame Christmas that if they play the game well, it "could be a true brilliancy." (A ''brilliancy'' is a game of chess which is played with exceptional finesse and skill.)

!!''VideoGame/HalfLife''

!!''Literature/HarryPotter''

** By Hermione when [[spoiler: suspicious about Harry being The Necromancer]].
---> Give me someone who can tell me you weren’t there raising dead things.
** By [[spoiler: Lily Potter while in the Limbo]] and repeated by the narrative in the fanfic's very last line.
---> Dead things can't die twice.

* In Chapter 45 of ''Fanfic/TheParselmouthOfGryffindor'' is Hermione referred to as such… as part of her [[spoiler: Resurrection Ritual]].
* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/34131673 Something Wasn't Right So We Left]]'':
-->'''Lily:''' You know this was always going to be the way of things, Albus. If you hadn’t been such a glory and power hog, obsessed with your ‘Greater Good’ plans for dominating the world; you could’ve been enjoying your remaining days as a school headmaster teaching the future generations of students. I hope that you take the time given to you while you waste away under the effects of this permanent Draught of Living Death to come to terms with your actions. From the moment that you condescendingly informed us of the Prophecy, we knew something wasn’t right so we left. We worked hard to make a new life here in the New World so I guess I should say that something wasn’t right so we fixed it.

!!''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya''

!!''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' / ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons''

!!''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''

* ''FanFic/InShortSupply'' features one in Chapter 29, when Red muses that "even for the Control Brains, information about Purple was in short supply." The title is actually supposed to be a pun on the Irkens' height-based society, though, and how Irkens of certain heights are much rarer than they should be.

!!''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''

-->'''Valerie''': I was just so caught up in my own love story that I ignored the suffering and misery of my own species… My father once told me something… evil is not the act, but those who stand by and watch. Shendu committed unspeakable horrors, but I did nothing. I committed the ultimate evil by simply allowing it to happen.

!!''Franchise/KamenRider''

!!''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''

!!''Franchise/KingdomHearts''

!!''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda''

!!''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''

-->"She’d [[HappilyAdopted asked her parents, once, about the people who’d brought her into the world]]. They hadn’t been told names—only that they were better off not knowing."

!!''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda''

!!''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse''

!!''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''

-->'''Cypha''': "I killed you. You're dead. I rarely get the chance to kill someone twice."\\
'''Signum''': "If you bothered to have any conception of my history, you would know what it means to be a Wolkenritter. My judgment day's not coming."

!!''Franchise/MarvelUniverse''

!!''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''
* In ''Fanfic/BackToUs'', following Chat Noir's very long-awaited HeelFaceTurn, he asks Ladybug how she could ever forgive him after the way he hurt her. Her response: "Because we’re partners, ''chaton''. No matter what, we’re always meant to be partners. So, though you strayed for a while… I think you were always meant to come back to me. Back to ''us''."

!!''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''

* ''Fanfic/ViridianTheGreenGuide'': Early in Chapter 4, Tsukauchi mentions to Shota Aizawa that Izuku had been nicknamed "The Green Guide" by the heroes he encountered. Later on, after Izuku saves Hina Yu from a rapist, she decides to give him the name of 'Viridian' when trying to come up with a headline for a news story about him.

* ''Fanfic/KingMHA'' draws its title from the Hero Name Katsuki originally wanted to give himself: King Explosion Murder. Izuku [[IronicEcho throws this name in his face]] while confronting him. The part omitted from the title reflects how [[spoiler:Katsuki murdered a man, and how U.A. is covering up the incident]].

!!''Anime/MyHime''

!!''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''

* "The longer you ignore your ''Fanfic/InnerDemons'', the stronger they become."

--> “Think of the spell like… writing a letter, putting it into a bottle, and throwing it into the ocean. It drifts for years, until somepony finds it. If nobody finds it, the spell inside lands on the beach, turns the sand into more bottles, and throws itself back into the ocean. The message floats along until it finds someone friendly.”

** AdventurerArchaeologist [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Daring Do]] does a title drop when she speculates about the contents of the then untranslated writing on the wall of an AncientTomb she is exploring:
---> "Well," Daring said, "looking scary is the first line of defense for a lot of old tombs. Obviously, anyone with wings gets over the thorns easily. So, either there were no intelligent species with wings back then or that's why those thorns are there." On a sudden impulse, she screwed up her courage and decided to try something she'd never done before: needling the professor. "Y'know, with that in mind, if this place is anything like others I've seen, I can pretty much tell you what '''the writing on the wall''' says."\\

* ''Fanfic/TheStarsWillAidTheirEscape'' has Twilight drop the title while [[spoiler: fighting off the insanity [[DrivenToMadness inflicted]] on her and]] piecing together [[BigBad Herald's]] plan to release [[SealedEvilInACan the Outer Gods]].
* ''Fanfic/GettingBackOnYourHooves'': [[BigBad Checker Monarch]] drops the title several times when plotting against Trixie.
* ''Fanfic/EarthAndSky'' does this with literally the last sentence of the story, at Applejack and Soarin's wedding.
-->"Earth and Sky were joined together in love, joy, and harmony."
* ''Fanfic/TangledUpInBlues'': The protagonist is told, and later states several times that his entire life is going to be, you guessed it, tangled up in blues.
* ''Fanfic/AddressUnknownRemedy'' has Derpy give this monologue after Twilight agrees to search for a spell that will fix her eyes, despite admitting there may not be one. "You know, occasionally when I’m delivering mail I get a letter addressed to a place that doesn’t exist; maybe somepony moved, or maybe somepony miswrote the address. When we get those letters, we just send them back to where they came from and move on to the next destination. There is nothing we can do in the Post Office to make that address appear. Maybe that same thing will happen with fixing my eyes. Maybe there is no answer; maybe there is no fix. It doesn’t mean we can’t look, but if it’s not there, then it’s just an 'address unknown'. If no answer exists, then I can move on without any regrets."
* In chapter 20 of ''Fanfic/RitesOfAscension'', Princess Luna drops this when warning Twilight Sparkle to face any coming troubles in order to minimize their damage to others:
-->''Twilight Sparkle, the Rites of Ascension are yours and yours alone to endure. Anypony else that tries will be ground to dust by the gears of fate.''
* ''Fanfic/WhyAmICrying'': At the end of the third Scootaloo chapter, Scootaloo comforts Silver Spoon after she [[DrivenToSuicide tried to kill herself]] out of SurvivorsGuilt for when Diamond Tiara died saving her from getting hit by a carriage; she feels a tear fall down her face and thinks the following...
-->''Why am I crying? Is it for Diamond Tiara? Silver Spoon? Myself? Or...does it really matter?''
* In ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/295408/marionettes Marionettes]]'', it turns out the title [[spoiler:is what the robot ponies, [[RoboticReveal Trixie]] [[TomatoInTheMirror included]], are called.]]
* ''Fanfic/ADiplomaticVisit'': Almost in chapter 15, when Swift-Pad says "this diplomatic visit".
* ''Fanfic/TheWorldIsFilledWithMonsters'': In "Act II: Maplebridge", when Vermillion is trying to impress on Cloud Fire the gravity of the threat Equestria is facing, he starts off by telling him that "the world is filled with monsters, Cloudy".

!!''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom''

* The title of ''Fanfic/TheUltimateEvil'' comes from the name [[PrecursorHeroes Lo Pei]] uses to refer to [[VillainProtagonist Shendu]] like in canon. However, the last chapter has Valerie Payne using the title to describe her action of blissfully ignoring the cruelties of the [[DarkWorld rewritten reality]] due to her love towards Shendu.
-->'''Valerie''': I was just so caught up in my own love story that I ignored the suffering and misery of my own species... My father once told me something... evil is not the act, but those who stand by and watch. Shendu committed unspeakable horrors, but I did nothing. I committed the ultimate evil by simply allowing it to happen.

* ''Fanfic/TheWritingOnTheWall'':
** AdventurerArchaeologist [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Daring Do]] does a title drop when she speculates about the contents of the then untranslated writing on the wall of an AncientTomb she is exploring:
---> "Well," Daring said, "looking scary is the first line of defense for a lot of old tombs. Obviously, anyone with wings gets over the thorns easily. So, either there were no intelligent species with wings back then or that's why those thorns are there." On a sudden impulse, she screwed up her courage and decided to try something she'd never done before: needling the professor. "Y'know, with that in mind, if this place is anything like others I've seen, I can pretty much tell you what '''the writing on the wall''' says."\\
"Oh? Do tell."\\
Daring leaned back on her hind legs and haunches, and waved her forelegs like a mad prophet. "'This is the tomb of the great and terrible So-and-So! Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair! Whosoever steals the treasure will face the gods' curse, and the sky will fall on their heads, et cetera'." She stood back up and waved a hoof dismissively. "See enough of these, and you can pretty much guess what they say."
** As is usual with this trope, the writing on the wall is actually very significant, even though Daring Do is absolutely right about it being intended to scare away tomb robbers. [[spoiler: Too bad the reason it was trying to scare away tomb robbers is because it isn't a tomb, but a building meant to contain something very dangerous. The writing was not a curse, but a warning as to what would happen to those who went inside.]]
* ''Fanfic/RuinValue'' features Celestia scavenging through the ruins of a city AfterTheEnd. When Discord shows up, he remarks on the ruin value of the city while praising its [[BeautifulVoid desolate beauty]].
-->"It is beautiful, in a horrible sort of way. The city has some real '''ruin value''', don't you think? Not unlike the Colosseum, or those ancient cities in the desert. Why, future generations will come to see the ancient cities and marvel over their architecture, never dreaming of what they looked like when they were still, you know, painted." He leaned over to nudge Celestia with his elbow. "Burned concrete and melted steel will be all the rage in a few centuries."
* Each chapter of ''Fanfic/{{Whispers}}'' drops its title somewhere.

!!''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}''

--->"Sleep tight," he whispered, and, after gently kissing the top of her head, Wally joined Kuki in dreamland.

* In the Wally/Kuki fic [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21165611 Sleep Tight]]:

* Mercilessly parodied in [[Fanfic/BetterCallSaulChicaneryCut Better Call Saul: The Chicanery Cut]], where every possible opportunity to say "Breaking Bad", "Better Call Saul", or the name of an episode from either, is taken.

%%* ''Webcomic/EnsignSueMustDie'' does it [[http://www.interrobangstudios.com/potluck/index.php?strip_id=1052 here]].

* Only in Chapter 45 of ''Fanfic/TheParselmouthOfGryffindor'' is Hermione referred to as such… as part of her [[spoiler: Resurrection Ritual]].

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/34131673/chapters/87259873#workskin Something Wasn't Right So We Left]]'':
-->'''Lily:''' You know this was always going to be the way of things, Albus. If you hadn’t been such a glory and power hog, obsessed with your ‘Greater Good’ plans for dominating the world; you could’ve been enjoying your remaining days as a school headmaster teaching the future generations of students. I hope that you take the time given to you while you waste away under the effects of this permanent Draught of Living Death to come to terms with your actions. From the moment that you condescendingly informed us of the Prophecy, we knew something wasn’t right so we left. We worked hard to make a new life here in the New World so I guess I should say that something wasn’t right so we fixed it.

* ''Fanfic/AddressUnknown'' has Derpy give this monologue after Twilight agrees to search for a spell that will fix her eyes, despite admitting there may not be one. "You know, occasionally when I’m delivering mail I get a letter addressed to a place that doesn’t exist; maybe somepony moved, or maybe somepony miswrote the address. When we get those letters, we just send them back to where they came from and move on to the next destination. There is nothing we can do in the Post Office to make that address appear. Maybe that same thing will happen with fixing my eyes. Maybe there is no answer; maybe there is no fix. It doesn’t mean we can’t look, but if it’s not there, then it’s just an 'address unknown'. If no answer exists, then I can move on without any regrets."