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* Whenever this happens to [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]], when he tells the story later, he has himself actually saying the thing he should have said.
** "I AM NOT SLOW!"
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** "I AM NOT SLOW!"
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** Whenever this happens to[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]], Simpson, when he tells the story later, he has himself actually saying the thing he should have said.
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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'' 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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* A non-insulting comeback: in ''RatRace'', while Nick is flirting with Tracy. They're both reading the same biography of Charles Lindbergh, and she tells him that she's up to the part where "[[BlatantLies he's just had a sex change]]". A moment later he learns that she's a pilot.
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* A non-insulting comeback: in ''RatRace'', ''Film/RatRace'', while Nick is flirting with Tracy. They're both reading the same biography of Charles Lindbergh, and she tells him that she's up to the part where "[[BlatantLies he's just had a sex change]]". A moment later he learns that she's a pilot.
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* Discussed in ''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 ''HortonHearsAWho'' ''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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* One minor Batman villain had the ability to go back in time a short while at will, meaning he could win a fight with Batman via Savescumming. He also uses this power to rewind time after he realizes he made a LameComeback, erasing it from all (but his) memories.
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* One minor Batman villain on ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' had the ability to go back in time a short while at will, meaning he could win a fight with Batman via Savescumming.SaveScumming. He also uses this power to rewind time after he realizes he made a LameComeback, erasing it from all (but his) memories.
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* Subverted in ''TheKingOfQueens'', frequently, where Arthur does not bother with the setting up and instead screams out his comeback hours later, often by walking into his daughter's bedroom in the middle of the night
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* Subverted in ''TheKingOfQueens'', ''Series/TheKingOfQueens'', frequently, where Arthur does not bother with the setting up and instead screams out his comeback hours later, often by walking into his daughter's bedroom in the middle of the nightnight.
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* Admit it, we've all done this at some point in our lives.
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Jeez, how many years have we had auto-indexing?
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* Done in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim'', where Jim makes his triumphant return and announces he's "as strong as a...a really big thing." After seizing victory, he says "HORSE! Strong as a HORSE! That's what I should have said!"
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* An episode of ''SaturdayNightLive'' guest-hosted by [[NorthernExposure Rob Morrow]] had Morrow's character in a commercial for a time-travel machine, so you could go back in time to say the thing you later thought to say.
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* An episode of ''SaturdayNightLive'' ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' guest-hosted by [[NorthernExposure Rob Morrow]] had Morrow's character in a commercial for a time-travel machine, so you could go back in time to say the thing you later thought to say.
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Just a quick usage fix: If you\'re using a contraction, the apostrophe goes where the removed letters belong, in this case until becomes \'til.
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* Discussed in ''HortonHearsAWho'' after Horton actually does make a pretty good comeback, but admits he usually "Doesn't think of that stuff till' later."
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* Discussed in ''HortonHearsAWho'' after Horton actually does make a pretty good comeback, but admits he usually "Doesn't think of that stuff till' 'til later."
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* In a ''PennyAndAggie'' strip, Aggie [[http://www.pennyandaggie.com/index.php?p=685 did this deliberately]], presumably to avoid a fight.
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* In a ''PennyAndAggie'' ''Webcomic/PennyAndAggie'' strip, Aggie [[http://www.pennyandaggie.com/index.php?p=685 did this deliberately]], presumably to avoid a fight.
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* In ''Webcomic/TwoGuysAndGuy'', [[http://www.twogag.com/archives/3467 Wayne thinks up a comeback]] to something Guy said about his online dating profile ''three years ago'' -- and had since forgotten about saying in the first place.
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* In the UK hospital comedy ''GreenWing'', loser Statham makes an ill-fated attempt to provide a witty comeback to Mac just after Mac has walked out of shot
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* In the UK hospital comedy ''GreenWing'', ''Series/GreenWing'', loser Statham makes an ill-fated attempt to provide a witty comeback to Mac just after Mac has walked out of shot
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** Doof does it to himself after trapping Perry the Platypus on his hover machine:
--> '''Doof''': "So you see, Perry the Platypus, I have more hidden traps here than....than...what's something with a lot of traps?" [Later, after Perry escapes and the two are fighting:] "A golf course! That's something with a lot of traps!"
--> '''Doof''': "So you see, Perry the Platypus, I have more hidden traps here than....than...what's something with a lot of traps?" [Later, after Perry escapes and the two are fighting:] "A golf course! That's something with a lot of traps!"
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--> '''Chase:''' Hey, Foreman. Your momma’s so fat, when her beeper goes off, people think she’s backing up.
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--> '''Chase:''' Hey, Foreman. [[YourMom Your momma’s so fat, fat]], when her beeper goes off, people think she’s backing up.
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* In the "Cargo of Rice" story from ''Literature/HoratioHornblower'', Mr. Midshipman Hornblower loses his French for a moment while arguing with the French captain of a supply ship the ''Indefatigable'' has just captured and snaps "Go to the Devil" in English. It's not until he goes to the cabin to plot a course that he remembers--''then'' he says "allez au diable" to himself.
* In the "Cargo of Rice" story from ''Literature/HoratioHornblower'', Mr. Midshipman Hornblower loses his French for a moment while arguing with the French captain of a supply ship the ''Indefatigable'' has just captured and snaps "Go to the Devil" in English. It's not until he goes to the cabin to plot a course that he remembers--''then'' he says "allez au diable" to himself.
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->''"Well, it is so often the way, sir, too late one thinks of what one ''should'' have said. SirThomasMore, for instance -- burned alive for refusing to recant his Catholicism -- must have been kicking himself, as the flames licked higher, that it never occurred to him to say, 'I recant my Catholicism.'"''
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->''"Well, it is so often the way, sir, too late one thinks of what one ''should'' have said. SirThomasMore, Sir UsefulNotes/ThomasMore, for instance -- burned alive for refusing to recant his Catholicism -- must have been kicking himself, as the flames licked higher, that it never occurred to him to say, 'I recant my Catholicism.'"''
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* The French have a word invoking this idea: "esprit d'escalier".
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* One minor Batman villain had the ability to go back in time a short while at will, meaning he could win a fight with Batman via Savescumming. He also uses this power to rewind time after he realizes he made a LameComeback, erasing it from all (but his) memories.
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->''"Well, it is so often the way, sir, too late one thinks of what one ''should'' have said. Sir Thomas More, for instance -- burned alive for refusing to recant his Catholicism -- must have been kicking himself, as the flames licked higher, that it never occurred to him to say, 'I recant my Catholicism.'"''
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->''"Well, it is so often the way, sir, too late one thinks of what one ''should'' have said. Sir Thomas More, SirThomasMore, for instance -- burned alive for refusing to recant his Catholicism -- must have been kicking himself, as the flames licked higher, that it never occurred to him to say, 'I recant my Catholicism.'"''
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Very much TruthInTelevision. The Germans call it ''Treppenwitz'', meaning "staircase wit"; in French it is ''l'esprit d'escalier'', "the spirit of the staircase." In a classic French architecture design, formal gatherings were held on the second floor; this would happen when the joke would occur to someone at the bottom of the stairs, having just left the party.
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Very much TruthInTelevision. The Germans call it ''Treppenwitz'', meaning "staircase wit"; and in French it is ''l'esprit d'escalier'', "the spirit of the staircase." both phrases meaning "staircase wit". In a classic French architecture design, formal gatherings were held on the second floor; this would happen when the joke would occur to someone at the bottom of the stairs, having just left the party.
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* There's a DouglasAdams quote related to this trope, which goes something like this: "I am not a wit -- I am a comedy writer. A wit thinks of something funny immediately; a comedy writer thinks of something ''very'' funny two hours later."
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* There's a DouglasAdams Creator/DouglasAdams quote related to this trope, which goes something like this: "I am not a wit -- I am a comedy writer. A wit thinks of something funny immediately; a comedy writer thinks of something ''very'' funny two hours later."
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* In ''Webcomic/TheFrumps'', Lance tries some [[http://www.thefrumps.com/comic/2013/03/14/smack-talk smack talk]] he learned from the film White Men Can't Jump.
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* A variation from the legendary Fred Allen/Jack Benny feud: Allen once told Benny, "You couldn't ad-lib a belch at a Hungarian dinner." Benny's reply: "You wouldn't dare talk to me that way if my writers were here!"
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* A variation from the legendary Fred Allen/Jack Benny feud: Allen once told Benny, "You couldn't ad-lib a belch at a Hungarian dinner." Benny's reply: "You "[[IResembleThatRemark You wouldn't dare talk to me that way if my writers were here!"here!]]"
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* The French have a word invoking this idea: "esprit d'escalier".
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* Wonderella's comment in the above quote is an example of just using the comeback out of context later.
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* Wonderella's [[Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella Wonderella]]'s comment in the above quote image is an example of just using the comeback out of context later.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' pilot has Steven thinking of comebacks against Lars after he leaves the doughnut shop. He was carrying around a trinket that allowed him to travel back to the insult, allowing Steven to make the comeback right away three times.
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* Invoked in ''{{ComicStrip/Dilbert}}''. Dilbert tells Dogbert about a relative of his who was a marine biologist, famous for his work with sea anemones. Sadly, he was unpopular with his peers. Dogbert intentionally leaves the room before shouting his IncrediblyLamePun comeback, to avoid getting smacked.
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* Invoked in ''{{ComicStrip/Dilbert}}''. Dilbert tells Dogbert about a relative of his who was a marine biologist, famous for his work with sea anemones. Sadly, he was unpopular with his peers. Dogbert intentionally leaves the room before shouting his IncrediblyLamePun comeback, to avoid [[LamePunReaction getting smacked.smacked]].
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If that\'s all you can say, it might as well not have.
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* Happened in ''{{Series/Monk}}''.
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-->-- '''Edmund E. Blackadder''', ''[[{{Blackadder}} Blackadder the Third]]''
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* ''MalcolmInTheMiddle'' - "I stayed up all night thinking of comebacks, and comebacks to her potential comebacks. I'm gonna show her I'm ''not'' obsessed with this."
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* ''MalcolmInTheMiddle'' ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' - "I stayed up all night thinking of comebacks, and comebacks to her potential comebacks. I'm gonna show her I'm ''not'' obsessed with this."
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* Prince George in ''{{Blackadder}} the Third'', leading to the page quote. Then again, the witty comeback that took him all night to think of was "[[LameComeback Oh, bugger off, you old fart!]]"
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* Prince George in ''{{Blackadder}} ''Series/{{Blackadder}} the Third'', leading to the page quote. Then again, the witty comeback that took him all night to think of was "[[LameComeback Oh, bugger off, you old fart!]]"
