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** The Maverick Wars in ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series ultimately started when Dr. Cain found [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Dr. Light]]'s final creation, X, studied robot to find that he's self-aware, and then mass-produced robots built based on X's designs, called Reploids, without preparing any contingency with regards to such self-aware robots unlike Dr. Light who subjected X to 30 years of morality tests before his activation. Then many reploids, including the series' overarching BigBag Sigma, became Mavericks who threaten the world, initially because of TheVirus that turn them hostile, but later we also have antagonists who oppose the heroes for their own reasons. ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' starts with the same problem: After that same X, who had been leading the humans for centuries, secretly retired, human government commissioned a replica of X, with ChildProdigy Ciel successfully creating Copy X. However, Copy X was soon thrown into authoritative position with practically no testing and preparation, ultimately turning him into a [[TautologicalTemplar Tautological]] KnightTemplar who ordered the deaths of many innocent Reploids, forcing Ciel to find Zero in hopes of overthrowing Copy X's tyranny.

* ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'' has the space colony Eurasia on [[ColonyDrop a crash course to Earth]] as part of Sigma’s latest scheme, even working alongside Zero’s creator [[spoiler:Dr. Wily, who also created the Maverick Virus to calm Zero down into a more obedient servant, but instead made various Reploids into Mavericks and even merged with Sigma’s programming to become the dreaded Sigma Virus. After Sigma’s latest [[OneWingedAngel final form body]] designed by the Doctor himself[[note]]Resembling Gamma from ''VideoGame/MegaMan3''[[/note]] is defeated by X and Zero, he tries one last time to attack them, but Zero [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices himself]] to stop Eurasia from completely devastating the world]]. In [[VideoGame/MegaManZero4 22XX]], Area Zero, the first real fertile region since the carnage of the Elf Wars, is threatened by Ragnarok, a plan involving [[spoiler:[[KillSat a space station]] that can destroy an entire region, which Dr. Weil plans to use to force humanity to stay in Neo Arcadia, though his latest [[TheDragon right hand man]], Craft, turns it on him and destroys Neo Arcadia instead, though Weil himself survives to drop the whole station into Area Zero, thinking he can survive the crash with his regenerative armor, which allowed him to survive said attack on Neo Arcadia, forcing Zero, who’s in a new body, to sacrifice himself again to defeat Weil and save Area Zero]]. One of the bosses in the game, Pegasolta Eclair, even lampshades this during the BossRush aboard Ragnarok itself.

* Post-''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' Marvel tried to replicate the old ComicBook/ProfessorX[=/=]ComicBook/{{Magneto}} dynamic with ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}, with "Professor Wolverine" running a school for mutants, and Scott as a WellIntentionedExtremist supervillain. Fans did not respond to the new status quo do in large part to fans largely agreeing with Scott or just finding him to be far less villainous than Marvel were saying he is, and eventually, the pair were killed off and resurrected to wipe the slate clean.

** Speaking of Nintendo; Nintendo was the ''biggest'' market share. Their follow up console was more of the same as the previous and didn't do as well. Then they introduced a new gimmick and became the biggest market share again. Now is this SNES > N64/GameCube > Wii, or Wii > WiiU, Switch?

** Jon Snow points out that multiple times in the past Wildlings have raised an army under a chosen King Beyond The Wall, in an attempt to make their way south past the wall. They always crumbled when face with a proper army though, due to their lack of organized cooperation and military discipline. Jon's insistence that they will meet the same fate despite their passion and numbers is flippantly dismissed. Completing the cycle, Stannis utterly crushes the Wildling Army with a surprise cavalry attack.

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* In ''VideoGame/GhostOfTsushima'', in Ishikawa's quest line, he notes similarities between Jin and his former student Tomoe as both are ruthless in dealing with their enemies and he is initially concerned that Jin will end up like her. Fortunately, Jin has much better reasons to fight than Tomoe, who turned on her own people, and he only directs his ruthlessness towards the invading Monguls.

* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' has this at its core, connecting all the games. Ganon is an eternal threat, but every time he rises to endanger Hyrule, there is -- and will always be -- a Link and a Zelda to oppose him. Only the circumstances change.

** During the last year of Bush's first term, civil unrest broke out when the [=LAPD=] assaulted an unarmed African-American man, Rodney King. While Bush condemned the police beating of King, he spent more time criticizing rioters and calling for law and order instead of trying to understand the underlying socioeconomic causes of the unrest, making him seem insensitive towards the racial injustice experienced by African-Americans. During the last year of Trump's first term, civil unrest broke out when the Minneapolis Police killed an unarmed African-American man, George Floyd. While Trump condemned the police killing of George Floyd, he spent more time criticizing protestors and calling for law and order instead of trying to understand the underlying socioeconomic causes of the unrest, making him seem insensitive towards the racial injustice experienced by African-Americans. Furthering the similarity, Bill Barr served as Attorney General for both presidents and was criticized for using the same hardline approach in both protests. Though somewhat subverted in that while several of the LAPD officers that assaulted Rodney King were acquitted, all Minneapolis officers involved in George Floyd's death were convicted and sentenced.

** A young, hip Democrat was elected into office following the unpopularity of a president named George Bush. Despite winning re-election, he was continuously obstructed by a gradual Republican takeover of Congress. One member of his Oval Office tries to succeed him by running for president, but is narrowly defeated by an inexperienced Republican opponent despite winning the popular vote (See Bill Clinton). For added irony, the Obama cabinet member who attempted to succeed him was none other than Bill's wife, Hillary.

When it applies only to a StockPhrase it's probably an IronicEcho. See also HereWeGoAgain and PlotParallel.

** The [[WesternAnimation/IncrediblesII sequel]] has both Frozone and Elastigirl having to deal with a RunawayTrain like Mr. Incredible did in the first movie. It's a painful blow to Mr. Incredible's ego, since they were are able to safely stop the train without major damage or causing harm to the passengers, whereas Mr. Incredible's efforts resulted in injuries and lawsuits that led to the Super Relocation Act beign enacted.

** The first film begins with Mr. Incredible's heroics inadvertently causing property damage and injuring civilians as the bad guy responsible gets away. The sequel starts off with Frozone and the Incredibles trying to stop the Underminer's heist and inadvertently [[DestructiveSaviour causing severe property damage in the process]], complete with [[spoiler:the bad guy responsible getting away]].
** The sequel has both Frozone and Elastigirl having to deal with a RunawayTrain like Mr. Incredible did in the first movie. It's a painful blow to Mr. Incredible's ego, since they were are able to safely stop the train without major damage or causing harm to the passengers, whereas Mr. Incredible's efforts resulted in injuries and lawsuits that led to the Super Relocation Act beign enacted.

* Another tragic example: on March 5, 1982, former ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' cast member Creator/JohnBelushi died at the age of 33 of a drug overdose of cocaine and heroin, and his death impacted production of certain movies, like ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}''. 15 years later, on December 18, 1997, another former ''SNL'' cast member, Creator/ChrisFarley, also died at the age of 33 from a drug overdose, this time of cocaine and morphine. Farley's death also impacted production of certain movies, like ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}''.

* Speaking of the two aforementioned kings: Alice Keppel was the mistress of king Edward VII. 70 years later her great granddaughter, Camilla Parker Bowles, became the mistress of Edward great great grandson, UsefulNotes/CharlesIII. She even introduced herself to Charles by reminding him of their ancestors's common history. The difference lies in the fact that Edward stayed married to his wife Alexandra, while Charles, due to [[SocietyMarchesOn customs evolution]], divorced his first wife, then remarried Camilla.

* Speaking of English royalty: Alice Keppel was the mistress of king Edward VII. 70 years later her great granddaughter, Camilla Parker Bowles, became the mistress of Edward great great grandson, UsefulNotes/CharlesIII. She even introduced herself to Charles by reminding him of their ancestors's common history. The difference lies in the fact that Edward stayed married to his wife Alexandra, while Charles, due to [[SocietyMarchesOn customs evolution]], divorced his first wife, then remarried Camilla.

* Speaking of English royalty: Alice Keppel was the mistress of king Edward VII. 70 years later her great granddaughter, Camilla Parker Bowles became the mistress of Edward great great grandson, UsefulNotes/CharlesIII. She even introduced herself to Charles by reminding him of their ancestors's common history. The difference lies in the fact that Edward stayed married to his wife Alexandra, while Charles, due to SocietyMarchesOn, divorced his first wife, then remarried Camilla.

* [[UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria Queen Victoria]] and her descendant [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethII Queen Elizabeth II]] lives shares a lot of similarities. They were the heirs of their childless uncles and were crowned queen of United Kingdom at a very young age (18 and 25). They loved only one man, an handsome [[KissingCousins cousin]], and a foreigner prince. That's why the queens's parents were not very fond of them and had rather Victoria and Elizabeth marrying an English aristocrat, but they held on and married respectively Albert and Philip. Both felt useless after the wedding so their wives granted them more responsibilities and the title of prince consort. The two queens were dogs persons, and good friends of French leaders ([[UsefulNotes/LetatCestMoi Louis-Philippe, then Napoleon III]]; and [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfFrance Valery Giscard-D'Estaing, then Francois Mitterrand]]). They had the reputation of being (mostly) kind ladies, trying to put at ease their interlocutors. Victoria once drank her fingerbowl after an Indian prince, at her table, made the mistake of thinking it was a drink. When [[UsefulNotes/YuriGagarin Yuri Gagarin]] told Elizabeth he had no idea which of [[FormalFullArrayOfCutlery the enormous cutlery array to use for what]], she answered that she tended to have the same problem herself. They were both widowed and devastated of this, enough to either wear black for the rest of her life (Victoria) or die only a year after (Elizabeth). They died old (81 and 96) and had the longest reign ever observed at the time in Great Britain (63 and 70 years). Their eldest sons acceded to the throne, being the oldest English kings of the time (59 and 73).

* On November 18, 1985, [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Washington Redskins]] quarterback Joe Theismann broke both bones in his right leg while being sacked; the injury would end his NFL career. 33 years later ''to the day'' (November 18, 2018), Redskins quarterback Alex Smith was sacked and broke both bones in his right leg, an injury which nearly ended his NFL career. The similarities didn't end there, either: both quarterbacks were without their usual Pro Bowl left tackle at the time, both games ended with a final score of 23-21[[note]]albeit with Washington being on opposite sides of that score in the two respective games[[/note]], and both sacks involved a three-time Defensive Player of the Year (although this one is iffy because the defender in the earlier incident, Giants legend Lawrence Taylor, didn't have his third DPOY yet when the accident occurred).
* On January 3, 1993, in the 1992-93 NFL playoffs, the Buffalo Bills played against the Houston Oilers in the AFC Wildcard Game, [[MiracleRally overcoming a 35-3 third quarter deficit to win 41-38 in overtime]]. Almost 27 years to the day, January 4, 2020, in the 2019-20 playoffs, the Bills played against the Houston Texans (in 1997, the Oilers relocated to Tennessee and became the Tennessee Titans) in the AFC Wildcard Game, but this time, it was the Bills that blew a big lead, going from leading 16-0 in the third quarter to losing 22-19 in OT. Then, [[DoubleSubversion double subverted]] the next week in the AFC Divisional Game between the Texans and the Kansas City Chiefs on January 12, 2020, as the Texans blew a big lead themselves, going from leading 24-0 in the second quarter to losing 51-31.
* In the 2007 NFL playoffs, the New York Giants finished with a 10-6 record, beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Wild Card, the Dallas Cowboys in the Divisional, and the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship in a game decided by an overtime field goal by Lawrence Tynes, before facing the AFC number one seeded New England Patriots in the UsefulNotes/SuperBowl. In that Super Bowl, down 14-10 with a little over a minute left in the 4th quarter, Giants QB Eli Manning threw a miracle catch to wide receiver David Tyree (who famously used his helmet to help secure the catch). A few plays later, the Giants would find the end zone, and a failed Hail Mary pass attempt by Patriots QB Tom Brady would secure a Giants victory, with Eli Manning taking home the MVP honors. Four years later in 2011, the Giants, this time going 9-7, beat another NFC South team, the Atlanta Falcons, in the Wild Card, beat another number one seeded team, the Packers, in the Divisional, and beat another number two seeded team, the San Francisco 49ers, in the NFC Championship in a game decided by an overtime field goal, also by Lawrence Tynes, and then played the Patriots again in the Super Bowl. In ''that'' Super Bowl, down 17-15 with around three minutes left on the clock, Eli Manning would throw a miracle catch to wide receiver Mario Manningham. A lengthy drive later, the Giants would find the end zone. Another failed Hail Mary pass attempt by Tom Brady would secure another Giants victory, with Eli Manning taking home the MVP honors once again.
* In the 2004-05 NFL playoffs, the Philadelphia Eagles entered with a 13-3 record and the #1 NFC seed, defeating the #6 seeded wildcard Minnesota Vikings in the NFC divisional round and the #2 seeded Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship Game before making it to Super Bowl XXXIX and being defeated by the New England Patriots. Thirteen years later, in the 2017-18 NFL playoffs, the Eagles once again entered with a 13-3 record and the #1 NFC seed. This time, they defeated the #6 seeded wildcard Falcons in the NFC divisional round and the #2 seeded Vikings in the NFC Championship Game and made it to Super Bowl LII, facing the Patriots once again. However, this time, the Eagles won against the Patriots, avenging their Super Bowl XXXIX loss and winning their first-ever Super Bowl.
* In Super Bowl XXXVI in the 2001-02 NFL season between the New England Patriots and St. Louis Rams, Rams wide receiver Ricky Proehl would catch the game-tying touchdown pass by Rams QB Kurt Warner with less than two minutes remaining, which left enough time on the clock for Patriots QB Tom Brady to lead a drive that brought the Patriots into field goal range before stopping the clock so that kicker Adam Vinatieri could take the field to kick the game-winning field goal as time expired, giving the Patriots their first-ever Super Bowl win. Two years later, in Super Bowl XXXVIII, between the Patriots and the Carolina Panthers, Ricky Proehl, who now played for the Panthers, caught the game-tying touchdown pass by Panthers QB Jake Delhomme with less than two minutes remaining, which left enough time on the clock for Patriots QB Tom Brady to lead a drive that brought the Patriots into field goal range before stopping the clock so that kicker Adam Vinatieri could take the field to kick the game-winning field goal as time expired, giving the Patriots their second Super Bowl win.
** Ironically enough, Proehl and Vinatieri would both win the Super Bowl three years later, both as members of the Indianapolis Colts.
* At Super Bowl XVIII in Tampa Bay, the Native American-themed defending Super Bowl champion Washington Redskins made it back to the Super Bowl against the pirate-themed Los Angeles Raiders, whom they narrowly defeated in the regular season 37-35, only to get [[CurbStompBattle blown out]] in the Super Bowl by the Raiders 38-9. Thirty-seven years later in Super Bowl LV, also in Tampa Bay, the Native American-themed defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs make it back to the Super Bowl against the pirate-themed Tampa Bay Buccaneers, whom they narrowly defeated in the regular season 27-24, only to get [[CurbStompBattle blown out]] in the Super Bowl by the Bucs 31-9.

* Hitler also ''hoped'' for history to repeat itself when Berlin was besieged by the Red Army. In 1762, Frederick the Great was saved from total defeat when the Russian Empress Elizabeth suddenly died and the invading coalition collapsed, giving him the edge for victory. On April 12, 1945, President Roosevelt died and Hitler raised the hope that the invading Allies would soon collapse. Unfortunately for him, the Allied advance did not stop for one moment, and on April 30, he killed himself in his bunker.

* After Donald Trump lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden, he cried foul and said it was stolen. This eventually culminated into his supporters storming the Capitol building on January 6th, 2021 in an attempt to stop the certification of the election. A year later, the presidential election in Brazil became similarly contested, with incumbent Jair Bolsonaro using similar language against his opponent Lula, who would ultimately win. On January 8th, 2023, Bolsonaro's supporters stormed the National Congress and Presidential Palace.

* On Day 5 on the third season of the ''LetsPlay/LifeSMP'', [[spoiler:Jimmy]] becomes the first to be KilledOffForReal on the server. Since his character was the first to permanently die during the prior two seasons as well, this is naturally lampshaded by everyone, including his content creator counterpart in the episode it happened. Six minutes into the ''fourth'' season, Grian [[DiscussedTrope makes a bet]] that the character in question will be the first to (permanently) die in ''this'' season as well.

* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'': The ending turns out to be this for the [[spoiler:[[HeWhoFightsMonsters BSAA]]]] as they are starting to [[spoiler:deploy [[SuperSoldier tyrants]] garbed in BSAA gear]], slowly becoming a [[spoiler: rebirth of the deeply-reviled [[EvilInc Umbrella organization]]...]]

* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'': The ending turns out to be this for the [[spoiler:[[HeWhoFightsMonsters BSAA]]]] as they are starting to [[spoiler:deploy [[SuperSoldier tyrants]] garbed in BSAA gear]], slowly becoming a [[spoiler: rebirth of the deeply-reviled [[EvilInc Umbrella/Tricell organizations]]...]]

* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'': The ending turns out to be this for the [[spoiler:[[HeWhoFightsMonsters BSAA]]]] as they are starting to [[spoiler:deploy [[SuperSoldier tyrants]] garbed in BSAA gear]], slowly becoming a [[spoiler: rebirth of the vile [[EvilInc Umbrella/Tricell organizations]]...]]

* ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal'': A more realistic scenario is Yuma's signature "Double Up Chance" combo with his Kibou'ou Hope[[note]]aka Utopia[[/note]] (or another form of Hope), where he negates his first attack of Hope to double Hope's ATK and then attack again. Yuma wins more than half a dozen times with this combo, even against the same opponents (Gauche, Shark/Nasch). Notably, when Yuma uses this combo in his final duel against Shark/[[SuperpoweredEvilSide Nasch]], Yuma stops his second attack, which actually secures his victory in this duel because Nasch was prepared of Yuma's combo, but it backfires on Nasch in the end.