History ArcWords / WesternAnimation

** "Keep on rolling" from "Race to the Top of the World"; this is Blaze's advice throughout the special to encourage his friend to not give up on themselves and find a way to get the job done, so they can finish the race.

%%* ''WesternAnimation/BlazeAndTheMonsterMachines'':
%%** "Keep on rolling" for the special "Race to the Top of the World".
%%** The ChristmasSpecial had "Everyone should feel special on Christmas."

%%* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': "The Spear of Selene" and "Family is the greatest adventure of all"

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': "YROO XRKSVI GIRZMTOV" (which translates to "Bill Cipher Triangle," which itself is an ArcSymbol) was one for the second season, uttered twice by [=McGucket=] and tying in with the series' enigmatic villain Bill Cipher.

** In a single episode example, "Eclipse Lake" has the recurring phrase [[spoiler:"awesome girlfriend", which serves to highlight [[InsecureLoveInterest Amity's insecurity regarding her recent RelationshipUpgrade with Luz]].]]

** In a single episode example, "Eclipse Lake" has the term [[spoiler:"awesome girlfriend", which serves to highlight [[InsecureLoveInterest Amity's insecurity regarding her recent RelationshipUpgrade with Luz]].]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'':
** From "Battle of the Band": "You kids, good luck tonight, and remember, have fun with it."
* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'':
** "Family" and "Country" for the show in general.
** The ChristmasEpisode "Green Christmas" has four:
*** "The best/worst part of Christmas."
*** "There's good in you."
*** "Presents," in Cricket's case.
*** Also "nice" and "naughty" to cope with Cricket's problem.
* ''WesternAnimation/BlazeAndTheMonsterMachines'':
** "Keep on rolling" for the special "Race to the Top of the World".
** The ChristmasSpecial had "Everyone should feel special on Christmas."
* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'':
** "That's too much, man!"
** "Suck a dick, dumbshits!"
** "Don't stop dancing."
** For Season 2 (especially [[Recap/BoJackHorsemanS2E01BrandNewCouch "Brand New Couch"]]), "What are you doing here?"
** For the episode [[Recap/BoJackHorsemanS1E07SayAnything "Say Anything"]]: "You gotta get your shit together."
** For the episode [[Recap/BoJackHorsemanS1E12Later "Later"]]: "There's always later."
** From season three: "Bojack kills".
** [[Recap/BoJackHorsemanS4E02TheOldSugarmanPlace "The Old Sugarman Place"]], the second episode of season four, contains "I have half a mind to..." and introduces "Time's arrow marches foward!" for the rest of season four.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': Chad Dickson/Numbuh 274's CatchPhrase: "I'm the best there is." At the start of the series, he was. At the end of it, [[spoiler:he wasn't]].
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': "The Spear of Selene" and "Family is the greatest adventure of all"
* ''WesternAnimation/FancyNancy'': "Nice" from the ChristmasEpisode "Nancy and the Nice List".
* "Wake up" and its variations in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode, "The Sting".
** The episode "Farewell To Arms" has "Take my Hand".

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
** "YROO XRKSVI GIRZMTOV" (which translates to "Bill Cipher Triangle," which itself is an ArcSymbol) was one for the second season, uttered twice by [=McGucket=] and tying in with the series' enigmatic villain Bill Cipher.
** "Trust no one" may be one as well, as it is a notable line in "Tourist Trapped" and reappears in [[spoiler:"The Last Mabelcorn" when Dipper is questioning if Ford is possessed by Bill.]]
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/HomeMovies'' reveals that Brendan ends each of his movies with the same line -- "It's time to pay the price." He doesn't even realize this until Paula points it out.

** "Heroes help, not hurt." This phrase first used to scold Rosa for being too violent against Chuck. This phrase is used by Kid against [[spoiler: [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist the Biker in Black]] to tell him that he's little more than a bully, and then towards himself to denounce his earlier misunderstanding of what real heroism is.]]

* In the two-part ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' finale, "It's just graduation, not the end of the world."
* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'': As with the movie, "ʻOhana means family..." and adding adding a new one; "the one place [the experiment of the week] truly belongs." {{Lampshaded}} in "Heckler."
--> '''Heckler:''' "Again with the "ʻohana" and the "one true place"! I see you've read the dictionary of two phrases cover to cover!"
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' has an in-universe example in Foghorn's movie ''The Foghorn Leghorn Story''—the phrase "It's not about the treasure, it's about the quest" is repeated several times.

** "Gotta get back, back to the past." The words appear both in the original opening and in the updated version for Season 5 (this time spoken by Jack himself).

** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'':
*** Season 1 started out with "This has all happened before."
*** Season 2 introduced "Nibiru is coming."
*** "The Dog Dies" was also used, although not as frequently as the others.
* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': During the finale of Season 3, "Everything is perfect". [[spoiler:In the alternate reality, people who don't have their memories keep mentioning that everything is perfect to the people who are getting their memories back.]]

** Season 4 also has "I'm coming back for you." Glimmer utters those words while staring at Hordak in the distance, after he [[spoiler:led the siege against Salineas]]. [[spoiler:Entrapta]] also says this line to her [[spoiler:mini-mecha on Beast Island.]]
** Season 5's two-part finale "Heart" has "[[spoiler:I love you]]."

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** The one about Lisa finding the skeleton of an angel with the words "The End is near" inscribed. It was a publicity stunt.
** Much later on, the BuiltWithLEGO episode "Brick Like Me" has "everything fits together and no-one gets hurt."
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': The episode "Sponsored Content" has the ominous line "There's a war coming, and I'm gonna make sure I'm on the right side of it."
* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' "On the fritz" is used whenever magic stuff stops working properly, something that happens more and more often as the show continues. Eventually it's revealed that [[spoiler: "the fritz" is an actual phenomenon that's causing magic to slowly vanish from the universe, and it's steadily getting worse and worse.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'':
** "[[BrainwashedAndCrazy Good soldiers]] [[UnwittingPawn follow orders]]." Being a show that focuses a sizeable amount of time on the FacelessMooks clone soldiers, their individual beliefs on what makes them good soldiers is a constant question. However, as of Season 6, these words are used to foreshadow [[spoiler: the [[ForgoneConclusion inevitable]] [[ManchurianAgent Order]] [[ThePurge 66]].]]

** "Malachor" in Season 2.

** "Loth-cat, loth-rat, loth-wolf, run. Pick a path and all is done." Mentioned briefly in the first season, before coming back in a big way ''three seasons later.''
** "Doom/[[spoiler:Dume]]" in Season 4.

** "Believe", which is a major theme to the show and the characters. The shows tagline is even "Believe in Steven".
** "If every pork chop were perfect, we wouldn't have hot dogs."

** "What do you want?", an ArmorPiercingQuestion that pops up every time Rose's Room appears, except for "Catch and Release" (though the implication is still definitely there).

* ''WesternAnimation/StreetFighter'': "Discipline, justice, commitment."
* "[[AcmeProducts Acme]]" stands in for "Rosebud" in the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode that parodies ''Film/CitizenKane''. Subverted when it turns out Montana Max actually said "acne".
* Numerous in ''WesternAnimation/TwelveOunceMouse'', including "aspirind," "Meat Wars," and "CJ Muff."
* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'':
** "It never hurts to help!" This is Wander's catchphrase and it serves to exemplify his [[AllLovingHero kindness.]]
** "The greatest in the galaxy".
* In ''WesternAnimation/XavierRenegadeAngel'':
** "Taste the Pain" seems to be this, or it could just be a strange sort of RunningGag. It seems to be spoken at least OncePerEpisode. The phrase is usually "Take that! Taste the pain!"
** There's always an echo after the word "Life".
** "We don't cotton to freaks around these parts."

** "The greatest in the galaxy."

* In ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice: Invasion,'' [[KidFromTheFuture Bart]] peppers his dialogue with FutureSlang, particularly "crash" (good) and "the mode" (the state of being bad). This takes on greater significance when you know that these terms are modified from [[spoiler:the Reach, who rule the Earth in the BadFuture [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong that Bart is trying to prevent]]]].

** "It never hurts to help!"

** [[Recap/BoJackHorsemanS4E02TheOldSugarmanPlace "The Old Sugarman Place"]], the second episode of season four, contains "I have half mind to..." and introduces "Time's arrow marches foward!" for the rest of season four.

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': "The Spear of Selene"

* "Wake up" and its variations in the WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} episode, "The Sting".

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': Chad Dickson/Numbuh 274's CatchPhrase: "I'm the best there is." At the start of the series, he was. At the end of it, [[spoiler:he wasn't]].

** For season two (especially [[Recap/BoJackHorsemanS2E01BrandNewCouch "Brand New Couch"]]), "What are you doing here?"

* ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'': Pistachios, of all things, appear in some form or another across every episode of the first season. Gradually, it's revealed that ThoseTwoGuys in the weird outfits, Cavendish and Dakota, are TimePolice who've been sent to prevent them from going extinct, but since [[WalkingDisasterArea Milo]] is always in the vicinity, they aren't having much luck. ''And then'' it's revealed that [[spoiler: a race of PlantPeople descended from a mutant pistachio plant have been slowly implementing a TakeOverTheWorld scheme]], tying it neatly into the ArcVillain of season one.

** "Cleave." In the season one finale, [[TheHighQueen Moon]] says that [[spoiler:the wand]] has been "cleaved," and Glossaryk notes that that's an interesting word, since it can mean "separate" or "combine." The series finale, titled "Cleave," has the characters [[spoiler:[[TheMagicGoesAway destroy all magic]], "cleaving" the multiverse apart, but somehow also "cleaving" Earth and Mewni into one world]].

** "[[BrainwashedAndCrazy Good soldiers]] [[UnwittingPawn follow orders]]." Being a show that focuses a sizeable amount of time on the FacelessMooks clone soldiers, their individual beliefs on what makes them good soldiers is a constant question. However, as of season 6, these words are used to foreshadow [[spoiler: the [[ForgoneConclusion inevitable]] [[ManchurianAgent Order]] [[ThePurge 66]].]]