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* In [[24]], they keep hearing of and eavesdropping about imminent attacks, but the characters are extremely unlucky in that the eavesdroppees tend to [[The Omniscient Council of Vagueness|use terms like "The Target"]] instead of actually giving useful information.
* In ''[[The Comic Strip Presents]]''' [[Enid Blyton]] parody "Five Go Mad in Dorset", the Famous Five overhear two villains conspiring: "[[Blah Blah Blah]] kidnapped scientist blah blah. Blah blah Kneecap Hill blah blah. Blah blah atom bomb blah." That's right - the villains actually ''say'' "Blah blah".
* Partly subverted in an episode of ''[[Young Indiana Jones]]'', in which Indy, while fighting in Europe during WWI, is told to spy on the Germans. When he gets to their base in the middle of the night, he falls asleep listening to the German soldiers talk about the most mundane topics, and barely wakes up in time to hear them discuss their acquisition of [[
* In [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|the ''Battlestar Galactica'' reboot]], when Callie follows someone and listens in on a conversation, she hears exactly what she wanted to hear despite the characters not having a need to say it again.
* In ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]'' Marian was always in the right place, at the right time, to hear exactly what the Sheriff and Guy of Gisborne were planning, and pass it on to Robin. The villains would often discuss their plans ''right in front of her'' and then wonder how Robin was always one step in front of them.
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'''Ernie:''' And then what happens...I mean, after we feed him to the shark?
'''Fat sailor:''' He dies. }}
* Parodied on ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]].'' While Bart is overhearing a conversation between Principal Skinner and Groundskeeper Willie, Skinner reveals that he is trying his hand at stand-up comedy. He invites Willie, giving him directions to the comedy club starting from the Simpsons' house.
* In the [[Too Good to Last|last]] episode of ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]],'' [[Jerkass Woobie|Harry]] lingers just long enough to accidentally hear [[Love Interest|Gwen]], his girlfriend, and [[The Hero|Peter]], their mutual best friend, confess their feelings for each other. He's able to use this information to his advantage, however, when {{spoiler|his father's [[Not Quite Dead|apparent]] death}} guilts Gwen into staying with him.
* A subversion kicks off the plot in the first postscript season episode of ''[[Kim Possible]]'' after ''So the Drama''. After Bonnie plants the notion in Ron's head that he isn't good enough for Kim and that it's only a matter of time until she "trades up", he spends a day moping but reassures himself that Kim wouldn't do that. Then he overhears Kim telling Monique that Bonnie is right and that it's time to "trade up". If he waited a little longer, he would have realized they were talking about cell phones and the rest of the episode would have been really boring.
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