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* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Rarity is surprised by her friends showing up and faints, as they may catch her in a lie, and we go to commercial. When the show returns, Rarity wakes up, and Pinkie Pie says "Hi again!"

* Parodied in ''{{My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic}}'': Rarity is surprised by her friends showing up and faints, as they may catch her in a lie, and we go to commercial. When the show returns, Rarity wakes up, and Pinkie Pie says "Hi again!"

* [[{{Anime/Ptitlei015gc004kw4}} Pokémon]]

* ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Particularly obvious with Momo's introduction.

* Every episode of ''HellsKitchen'' ever.

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* Common in 80s ''StrontiumDog'', where the first panel of each instalment would often be a repeat of the previous week's final panel.

** "He didn't jump out of the COCK-A-DOODY CAR!"

* In TalesOfMonkeyIsland, at the end of episode 1 and beginning of episode 2, [[spoiler:Morgan Le Flay]] apparently says "Guybrush Threepwood! I've been waiting a long time for this!" twice, as his response is different in each episode.

* [[Series/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic SatAM]]
* AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog {{lampshaded}} this in one episode when Robotnik declares that Sonic is trapped and "[[TakeOverTheWorld Mobius is mine! All mine!]]" Fade to commercial break. When we return, Robotnik declares that Sonic is trapped and "Mobius is mine! Did I say that already?"
* {{Disney/Aladdin}}, the series.
* {{Spider-Man The Animated Series}}

* AvatarTheLastAirbender: Particularly obvious with Momo's introduction.

[[MediumAwareness Medium Aware]] characters might be able to sense the slight stitch in time and take advantage of it (much to the confusion of the unAware villains), but it's hardly necessary: the heroes will always recover from the threat in plenty of time. [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy Dangerously Genre Savvy]] types sometimes [[{{LampshadeHanging}} hang a lampshade]] on the repeated line with a yell of "I know we're in trouble, stop saying that!".

* {{Pokemon}}

** SaloirMoonAbridged parodies this with Venus's entrance.

* {{Disney/Aladdin}}

-> Luna: I already said this line!

Almost any Western cartoon series, including but not limited to:

** {{Lampshaded}} in one episode where Robotnik declares that Sonic is trapped and "[[TakeOverTheWorld Mobius is mine! All mine!]]" Fade to commercial break. When we return, Robotnik declares that Sonic is trapped and "Mobius is mine! Did I say that already?"

It's usually not edited out when released for home video or syndicates that use less commercial breaks than the original broadcaster. Unless commercial breaks are punctuated by an EyeCatch, this leads to odd situations where a dramatic line us uttered, fade to black, fade back in, then the dramatic line is uttered again. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAWL6GdQ2pE Like here]] in this scene from the ''Series/MegaMan'' cartoon, an example which is the most cited example of this trope.

Sometimes the scenes on both sides of the break are identical, but some shows change the second part by giving the repeated line to another character, or having them rephrase it. To the outside observer, the Ad Break Double Take thus looks like the hero standing calmly waiting to be decapitated while saying "This doesn't look to good." followed by a pause and then "Man, this is baaad!". In extreme cases, the heroes may even be in less danger upon the return from break, in which case you have a CliffhangerCopout.

* {{Spider-Man The Animated Series]]

* SpiderMan

* Happens in several ''TheLandBeforeTime'' movies, which is OK when you watch them on TV, but especially awkward when you watch them on video

A big killer robot has chased the hero into a corner! Cue a shot of the panicked face of the hero as the robot approaches. "This doesn't look
good!" he muses to himself. Dramatic music, fade to black and adverts.

After the adverts... fade in to the hero's face again, the robot is still
approaching... but it seems slightly further away this time. "This doesn't look
too good!" he muses to himself. A dramatic escape [[{{HilarityEnsues}} ensues]].

Sometimes the scenes both sides of the break are identical, but animated shows commonly don't give a damn and give the repeated line to another character, or have them rephrase it. To the outside observer, the Ad Break Double Take looks like the hero standing calmly waiting to be decapitated while saying "This doesn't look to good." followed by a pause and then "Man, this is baaad!".

Extreme cases have the show lead into commercial break with the sawblades less than an inch from decapitating the hero and less than 2 seconds of time before the bomb goes off. When we return to the show, the sawblades are over a foot away and the bomb's MagicCountdown is back to 30 seconds. Plenty of time.

See also: ActBreak and CommercialBreakCliffhanger.

* HumanTarget (the latest one) likes this trope, though sometimes the double-take is paraphrased a bit. Which can be slightly. . . off-putting, when watched without commercials.

* It's not exactly TV or a commercial break, but one episode of BuckRogers does this. This is back when Buck was a weekly serial in the movie house; at the end of one episode, Buck was running to dive through a window and make his escape, but was raygunned in the back and fell to the floor in the fetal position. Then the start of the next episode repeated the last thirty seconds, only this time he successfully dove through the window and got away!