One Scene, Two Monologues: Difference between revisions

Effectively the opposite of [[Two Scenes, One Dialogue]]. Two characters -- or more, if the writer is feeling particularly ambitious -- talk to each other without actually listening, resulting in a conversation that sounds something like this:

 

'''Richard''': I guess the bars buy them in bulk, but they must have to buy ''huge'' bags... }}

 

* Done in ''Coupling'', Season 1 Episode 5. Jeff is trying to chat up a woman who speaks nothing but Hebrew; Jeff knows this (an earlier scene has him stumbling hilariously through flirting with her), but true to fashion tries to make it happen anyway. The scene plays out and then rewinds with the cue, "But now, imagine you're an Israeli" and translates her lines...while muddling up Jeff's (the actor combined several other languages to make up his gibberish).

* ''[[A Bit of Fry and Laurie]]'' has a sketch parodying religious television. It's pretty well summed up by this exchange:

'''[[Hugh Laurie|Glen]]''': Well, I like to put it this way: Arnold is having difficulty concentrating on our discussion of the size of his girlfriend's breasts because he's a little too interested in analysing passages from [[The Bible]]. }}

 

== Video Games ==

* ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' has a bonus skit in which two of the party members do this:

'''Sheena:''' Just once I'd like to see what's going on inside both of their heads. }}

* ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]: Trials and Tribulations'' features a person who claims to have seen a nun flying over a burning bridge. While the lawyers exclaim how crazy the witness is, the judge focuses on the witness's sketch of the scene, culminating in:

'''Judge:''' High! This person's really flying high! }}

* Kotomi and Tomoya in [[Clannad]] have one of these at their first meeting. It somehow goes from Tomoya asking why she's cutting paper out of library books to her asking him if he wants to eat the paper. And then if he wants to eat clay, but adds that it would give her indigestion. ''This is normal for her.''

== Western Animation ==

* In the ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' episode "Pop Goes the Ed", both Ed and Edd try to talk with Sarah and Jimmy about two different topics; Ed talks about a monster movie, while Edd talks about brain surgery footage he saw. The two conversations blend together in odd ways:

'''Ed:''' But it was too late, his head exploded! }}

* Spoofed in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "Lisa Vs. Malibu Stacy", as Grandpa Simpson gets confused by the conflicting dialogues:

'''Grandpa:''' Yes! I'm going where the action is. }}

* The second season finale of [[Justice League Unlimited]] had one between [[Batman Beyond|Terry McGinnis]] and Amanda Waller. Terry is annoyed that he's just found out {{spoiler|he's the biological son of the original Batman and considers this to be Bruce messing with his life}}, while Amanda is more concerned that he's just broken her antique teacup. Interestingly, ''Amanda's'' monologue segues rather nicely into ''Terry's'' flashback at the end of the scene.

'''Terry:''' Guess that's what all this is about. [[Legacy Character|Legacies.]]<br />

'''Amanda:''' Doubt you can find this pattern anymore. It's real china, not that synthetic stuff.<br />

** We immediately cut to a supervillain in Terry's flashback {{spoiler|which turns out to be about him leaving the Justice League, thus "ruining" that "set", for extra analogy}} exclaiming "Ruined! Ruined, I tell ya!" }}

* A sketch by German humorist [[Loriot]], when they have to kill some time before the real interview can start, because of technical difficulties.

Professor: "I own a longhaired dachshund." }}