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| rdfs:label | - Attack! Attack! Retreat! Retreat!
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| rdfs:comment | - Someone shouts an order or entreaty, but is suddenly forced to change their stance and start chanting the opposite. A Comedy Trope. The standard formula goes like this: repetition of a word or phrase -- alarming change in circumstance -- repetition of an inversion of the first. Or a straight reiteration of the first statement, given a humorous context by the new circumstances. For example: "Chaaaaaaarge!" (giant rolling boulder appears) "Retreeeeaaaat!" Examples of Attack! Attack! Retreat! Retreat! include:
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| abstract | - Someone shouts an order or entreaty, but is suddenly forced to change their stance and start chanting the opposite. A Comedy Trope. The standard formula goes like this: repetition of a word or phrase -- alarming change in circumstance -- repetition of an inversion of the first. Or a straight reiteration of the first statement, given a humorous context by the new circumstances. For example: "Chaaaaaaarge!" (giant rolling boulder appears) "Retreeeeaaaat!" The change of circumstance often prompts an Oh Crap expression. See also Verbal Backspace, On Second Thought. Be Careful What You Wish For often involves this, though more long term. Compare Punch-Punch-Punch Uh-Oh. Contrast Attack! Attack! Attack! Examples of Attack! Attack! Retreat! Retreat! include:
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