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[[Alice and Bob]] are speaking to each other, and Alice tells something to Bob in confidence, only intending for it to be heard by Bob.

 

Related: [[Right Behind Me]], [[Exact Eavesdropping]]

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'''Spike:''' Too long. Your story needs editing. }}

'''Ranma:''' How much did you hear? }}

 

 

 

== Film ==

 

** And in the books too, naturally.

** Failed in [[So Bad It's Good|Bakshi's animated abomination]], where Sam adds "And elves, sir!"... even though elves were never ''mentioned''.

*** ...or because Sam's line was pulled unmodified from the book, where Gandalf ''does'' mention the Elves...

* Tom Hanks' son overhears Hanks talking about his college conquests in ''[[Sleepless in Seattle]]''.

'''Sam:''' Seven. EIGHT! Mary Kelly! }}

* ''[[Double Indemnity]]'': As he is finishing his recorded confession of murder, Neff looks behind him to see Keyes standing in the doorway.

'''Keyes''': Long enough. }}

'''Colonel Sandurz:''' No, sir! [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|I didn't see you playing with your dolls again!]] }}

 

== Literature ==

 

* Variation in [[Narnia|The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]: After getting a big lesson on the situation in Narnia from Mr Beaver, the Pevensie children suddenly realize that {{spoiler|Edmund}} is missing. The whole party then tries to remember how much {{spoiler|he }} has heard, and thus will be telling to the Witch...

 

 

== Live Action TV ==

'''Malcolm Reynolds''': ''(leans in through the door)'' "Only 'cause I was eavesdropping." }}

* In an episode of ''[[The Nanny]]'', Max is talking to Fran about something confidential. When he's done he presses the intercom button and asks "Your big fat ears catch all that Niles?"

** It's a running joke that Niles knows about everything going on in the house long before any one else does by eavesdropping.

* In ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', Robin catches Ted playing with his model of the Empire State Building.

'''Ted:''' Then yeah, just the last scene. }}

* In a first season episode of [[The Closer]], an arrogant entitled rich kid had murdered his parents Mexican maid's daughter, and then fled to Mexico where the LAPD had no jurisdiction, taunting Brenda with his intention to vacation there permanently. Brenda requests that the Mexican authorities arrest him prior to an extradition process, and then visits him, during which time Brenda threatens to arrest his parents for the crime, listing all of the circumstantial evidence which could be made to point to his mother and his father's complicity after the fact in arranging the kid's escape to Mexico. The kid agrees to a full confession if Brenda agrees not to prosecute his parents. Brenda then announces that while she had no authority to arrest him, ''the Mexican police officers standing behind her'' were fully fluent in English and had just heard him confess to killing a Mexican citizen, do have the authority to arrest him, and that the Mexican prisons and prisoners were probably going to be a whole lot worse for him than the American version.

* One of Shepard's lines to Joker after the latter [[Moment Killer|interrupted an]] [[Almost Kiss]] in [[Mass Effect]] is "Are you spying on us, Joker?"

* Happens between Ratchet, Captain Qwark, and a monkey in ''[[Ratchet and Clank Up Your Arsenal]]''.

'''Clank''': ''Too'' long. }}

 

 

== Web Comics ==

 

** Also [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/030827c Dr. Light denies -- and asks George what he saw].

 

 

== Web Original ==

 

 

== Western Animation ==

 

* An episode of [[Transformers Prime]] had Knockout overhear Starscream taunting Megatron's lifeless corpse, {{spoiler|bragging about how he killed him}}. Of course, since Knockout has been helping Starscream against Megatron he suffers no punishment.

 

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