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* In an old Creator/{{MGM}} cartoon featuring the slow-witted wolf voiced by Creator/DawsButler, the wolf is bitten in the ass by a dog. He goes behind a screen to change clothes, draping his ruined pants, with the dog still attached, over the side. A subsequent mishap has the wolf changing clothes again, and the first pair of pants, with dog still attached, are still draped over the screen. As the wolf walks away, he nonchalantly pats the dog on the rump, drawling, "OK, son, break it up...joke's over, hear?"

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' parody of "Kon Tiki", this trope was utilized when the raft started to sink for a a ''second'' time.

* The ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "The Wise Quacking Duck" has one of these gags.

* In an old {{MGM}} cartoon featuring the slow-witted wolf voiced by DawsButler, the wolf is bitten in the ass by a dog. He goes behind a screen to change clothes, draping his ruined pants, with the dog still attached, over the side. A subsequent mishap has the wolf changing clothes again, and the first pair of pants, with dog still attached, are still draped over the screen. As the wolf walks away, he nonchalantly pats the dog on the rump, drawling, "OK, son, break it up...joke's over, hear?"
* A few times in ''RockyAndBullwinkle'', they would recycle jokes. Usually Rocky would observe, "They liked it once, they'll love it twice!"

-->'''Daffy:''' Oh no! Not twice in the same picture!

* A WaynesWorld sketch on ''SaturdayNightLive'':

* In an episode of ''PhineasAndFerb'', they build a rollercoaster. Except this time, it's [[MusicalEpisode A MUSICAL]]! The trope title is practically quoted verbatim.
* In the ''TinyToonAdventures'' parody of "Kon Tiki", this trope was utilized when the raft started to sink for a a ''second'' time.

* In ''[[NurseryCrime The Fourth Bear]]'', Inspector Jack Spratt is given a piece of evidence, a manila envelope with "Important" written on the front, and quips, "[[ShapedLikeItself This could be important]]." When he shows it to Officer Mary Mary, she makes the same quip, but Jack informs her that he already made that joke, and she apologizes.

* The ''LooneyTunes'' short "The Wise Quacking Duck" has one of these gags.

* ''BobAndGeorge'' does this a lot with several of its jokes. The comic repeatedly lampshades it and even manages to [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000614 go meta]]. The author admits in his notes he loves using this trope.

->'''Ozzy''': Well, they're usin' the same ''[bleep]'' jokes they did in the last Austin Powers movie.
-->-- ''AustinPowers in Goldmember''

* ''AustinPowers in Goldmember'' features a rehash of a joke from the second movie consisting of a hurricane of CurseCutShort scenes. On the third cut, it swaps to Ozzy Osbourne complaining about the filmmakers reusing the joke.

* In an episode of FamilyGuy:

* On ''TheSimpsons'', Mr. Burns plans to seal all of Springfield in a dome, until Lenny mentions that it's been done (specifically in TheMovie).
** Also from TheSimpsons, episode "Saddlesore Galactica":

* The ''Series/TopGear'' Patagonia special featured Richard bringing James dinner in the form of a dead cow strapped to his car. James May angrily points out they already did that joke in a few years ago.

* The ''Series/TopGear'' Argentina special featured Richard bringing James dinner in the form of a dead cow strapped to his car. James May angrily points out they already did that joke in a previous show.

* The ''Series/TopGear'' Argentina special featured Richard bringing James [[Callback dinner in the form of a dead cow strapped to his car]]. James May immediately points out they already did that joke in a previous show.

* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': Dr. Cox makes fun of JD by calling him random girls' names. In one episode, JD tells Cox he already one before, but Cox says [[BlatantLies he doesn't care.]]

* ''Series/RedDwarf'':

* ''AustinPowers in Goldmember'' features a rehash of a joke in the second movie consisting of multiple {{Ironic Echo Cut}}s. On the third cut, it swaps to Ozzy Osbourne complaining about the filmmakers reusing the joke.

* ''[[Animorphs Animorphs]]'': "If a seagull eats fried chicken, is that like cannibalism or something?" "Haven't we had this conversation before?"

* In FuriKuri during the second round of scenes done in manga style, one of the characters wonders why they are doing more manga scenes again.

** Similarly, during Apu's wedding Bart wistfully watches the trained elephant and wished the he had one as a pet. Lisa reminds him that this already happened.

* In the 1973 album ''The Watergate Comedy Hour,'' Fannie Flagg is a White House telephone operator who tells a friend she's talking to about Attorney General John Mitchell that what he's about to do to his wife the President is about to do to the Democratic Party. In a later sketch, "The Break-In" the Watergate burglars enter a dark room where they take a number count and come up one too many. They run into the busboy, Josè who tells them that it's where he and his girl Carmalita meet every night, saying "What I'm about to do to Carmalita I think you're going to do to the Democratic Party." The head of the Watergate burglars cracks "We've already done that joke!"