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* Formats of Internet communication make it possible to pull this off successfully. You can stew about a slight for hours to days, then deliver your rebuttal in what seems a timely enough manner to imply a quick wit.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E10TheTimelessChildren "The Timeless Children"]], the Master only comes up with the perfect PreMortemOneLiner ''after'' having killed someone with his [[ShrinkRay Tissue Compression Eliminator]]: "Time to cut you down to size!"]] He's quite disappointed with himself for that.

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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E10TheTimelessChildren "The Timeless Children"]], the Master only comes up with the perfect PreMortemOneLiner ''after'' having killed someone with his [[ShrinkRay Tissue Compression Eliminator]]: "Time to cut you down to size!"]] size!" He's quite disappointed with himself for that.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E10TheTimelessChildren "The Timeless Children"]], [[spoiler:the Master]] only comes up with the perfect PreMortemOneLiner ''after'' having killed [[spoiler:Ashad]] with [[spoiler:the [[ShrinkRay Tissue Compression Eliminator]]: "Time to cut you down to size!"]] He's quite disappointed with himself for that.

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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E10TheTimelessChildren "The Timeless Children"]], [[spoiler:the Master]] the Master only comes up with the perfect PreMortemOneLiner ''after'' having killed [[spoiler:Ashad]] someone with [[spoiler:the his [[ShrinkRay Tissue Compression Eliminator]]: "Time to cut you down to size!"]] He's quite disappointed with himself for that.
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* ''VideoGame/HiFiRush:'' After Kale attempts to [[DeadlyEuphemism "fire"]] [[spoiler:Korsica]] using the [=CH-AS1R=] laser beams, he has this realisation:
-->'''Kale:''' "You're fired?" ...Oh, OH, should have used the flamethrower! Alright, well, there's always next time.
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* Discussed in ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho'' after Horton actually does make a pretty good comeback, but admits he usually "Doesn't think of that stuff 'til later."

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* Discussed in ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho'' ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho2008'' after Horton actually does make a pretty good comeback, but admits he usually "Doesn't think of that stuff 'til later."
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* In the French comic ''Les Profs'' (The Teachers), a student makes a joke to the Spanish teacher on how boring her classes are. She mops through the rest of the day, until she wakes up at night shouting the comeback she should have told the student.

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* In the French comic ''Les Profs'' (The Teachers), a student makes a joke to the Spanish teacher on how boring her classes are. She mops mopes through the rest of the day, until she wakes up at night shouting the comeback she should have told the student.
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* In one ''Comicbook/TheBeano'' story Comicbook/{{Dennis|TheMenaceUK}} and Danny of the Bash Street Kids are arguing over which of them are the coolest kid in school. Danny says Dennis is "about as cool as ... er ... a thing that's really ''not'' cool", and the next panel is captioned "Thirty years later" and shows Danny as an adult, with a beard and glasses, suddenly realising "Teacher! I should have said you're as cool as Teacher!"

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* In one ''Comicbook/TheBeano'' story Comicbook/{{Dennis|TheMenaceUK}} Comicstrip/{{Dennis|TheMenaceUK}} and Danny of the Bash Street Kids are arguing over which of them are the coolest kid in school. Danny says Dennis is "about as cool as ... er ... a thing that's really ''not'' cool", and the next panel is captioned "Thirty years later" and shows Danny as an adult, with a beard and glasses, suddenly realising "Teacher! I should have said you're as cool as Teacher!"
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* In one ''Comicbook/TheBeano'' story Comicbook/{{Dennis|TheMenaceUK}} and Danny of the Bash Street Kids are arguing over which of them are the coolest kid in school. Danny says Dennis is "about as cool as ... er ... a thing that's really ''not'' cool", and the next panel is captioned "Thirty years later" and shows Danny as an adult, with a beard and glasses, suddenly realising "Teacher! I should have said you're as cool as Teacher!"

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