The Talk: Difference between revisions

Occurs in two types.

Most often found in [[Teen Drama|teen dramas]] but also [[Played for Laughs]] in comedies.

Compare [[This and That]].

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=== [[Advertising]] ===

* There was a Swedish ice cream manufacturer (whose trick was the fact that they drove up to your driveway, selling ice cream to the whole neighborhood) whose commercial showed a young boy a condom to his father and asking what it was and the father trying to figure out what to tell his son, only to be interrupted by the [[Ear Worm|insane, yet addictive jingle that tells us that the ice cream truck is about]], and then distracting the kid by offering him ice cream. Cut to the kid eating ice cream in front of the ice cream truck and showing the condom to another kid who ''also'' had a condom.

* A PSA had a thirteen-year-old boy come home from school, only to find that his dad had set up a diagram to talk about sex. Dad gives the kid a choice: talk about drugs, or talk about sex. They decide to talk about drugs.

* There is a really funny car ad in New Zealand, where a boy asks his father where he came from. The father then proceeds to explain to the son (with music playing on top of his words) while driving, with the help of [[Freud Was Right|visual innuendo]] and gestures. At the end... well, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0YV_Y7zFSU see for yourself]. Completely safe for work, we promise!

=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===

{{quote|'''Ken''': Hey, yeah! What about daddy? You can't have a baby without daddy! It's easy! You just have to-- ''(Ryu covers his mouth.)''}}

* An old (and much [[Better Than It Sounds]]) ''[[Harry Potter]]'' [[Fan Fiction]] entitled ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/288735/1/ Plugs and Outlets]'' featured Arthur Weasley explaining the facts of life to Ron in terms of the titular [[Muggle]] technology. The mostly hilarious sequel ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/340495/1/ Quills and Ink Bottles]'' is the same principle applied to Molly Weasley telling Ginny about the facts of life, and the trilogy is completed with ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/358637/1/ Quidditch Anyone?]'' in which Sirius Black tells Harry that there are several kinds of girls—represented by the different Quidditch balls.

** There is a [[Harry Potter]] [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2390459/19/ FanFiction] in which Ginny, caught by her parents in a somewhat suggestive position, is then given The Talk by Arthur, using the metaphor of Plugs and Sockets, while short circuits represent pregnancy and childbirth.

* There's a Harry/Luna fanfic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1437039/6/Harry_Potter_and_the_Awkward_Date Harry Potter And the Awkward Date]'' where as soon as everyone hears that Harry asked Luna to go see a movie, they each try to give Harry what he calls ''The Lecture''. Almost none of them help.

* There's a hilarious one quite simply called ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5933215/1/The_Talk The Talk]'' where because of his orphan status, various parental figures in Harry's life decide to give him The Talk. Independently. He ends up going through it ''six times.''

=== [[Film]] ===

'''Clark''': Oh... glad we talked, Russ. }}

* Averted in ''[[Critters]]'', when the father gets concerned about his daughter's dating, and asks the mother if she's "talked to her about the way things are". Mom's reply ("Years ago") stuns him, but also lets him off the hook for undertaking this trope.

* ''[[Bicentennial Man]]'': Andrew is given one by his master, and expresses sorrow over the millions of deaths of unfertilized sperm.

* A Sundance short-film, ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3gNQ2KYCb4 Late Bloomer]'', has one of the most twisted and Lovecraftian takes on The Talk. Yes. [[H.P. Lovecraft]].

=== [[Literature]] ===

* In ''[[A Tree Grows in Brooklyn]]'', Francie, curious about sex but with no books to read about it, gets her mother to explain it to her. The narration glosses it over, but Katie tells what she knows as best she can, using blunt words where she didn't know other ones.

* ''[[The Monk]]'': Strangely enough for an 18th-century novel, and for a church scene, Antonia almost gets one of these in the first chapter from her busybody [[Maiden Aunt]]. Luckily for the reader and for Antonia, Ambrosio's entrance interrupts.

* Sandy and Seth Cohen's exchange in episode 1.19 of ''[[The OC]]''.

* An odd example of this is in the live-action version of ''[[The Tick (animation)]]'', where Janet and Batmanuel try to explain sex to The Tick.

** Another episode has Mr Pool announce he'll teach the Biology class about human reproduction. It then cuts to the end of the lesson with a class full of wide-eyed teenagers.

* ''[[Hope And Faith]]'' has Hope try to teach a class of teenagers about sex using sock puppets such as "Abby Abstinence", "Peter Peer-Pressure", "Polly Pregnant" and "Donny Dropout".

=== [[Newspaper Comics]] ===

* Subverted in ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' in which whenever Calvin asks his dad where babies come from, his dad always messes with him, [[Little-Known Facts|coming up with ridiculous answers]], such as him being dropped down the chimney by a pterodactyl (Calvin thinks that's cool), or a construction kit that was bought on sale. To be fair, Calvin is only six years old.

** Worse, his father says that said kits are purchased at Sears, but they got Calvin at a K-Mart, and only because he was "defective" and got a discount. Calvin was...[[Heroic BSOD|a little shaken up]].

=== [[Radio]] ===

* Subverted by the Belgian humorist Philippe Geluck. The Talk starts with rather naive language, to quickly switch into barely understandable anatomy class.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F21xlV494Yg\]

{{quote|When a man is very in love with a woman, and the woman is also very in love [[Department of Redundancy Department|with the man who is in love with her]], they want to stay close to each other [...]the erection come from arterial blood kept under pressure within erectils organs while blocked by veins contraction.}}

=== [[Stand-Up Comedy]] ===

* [[Bill Cosby]] did a routine about the time he had to have The Talk with his daughters. They walk in on him while he's urinating, saying, "Ohhhhhh, daddy! Yooo, daddy! You've got a wallie wallie!! Are we gonna get a wallie wallie too??" He shouts back, "No, you're not gettin' nothin'! Now get outta here!" They leave, but he knows he's going to have to have The Talk with them now, "because little five-and-four-year-olds--and they go to school--love to make up songs about things. 'We saw daddy's wallie wallie...'" And before long the teacher would arrive at his doorstep with the police. "Mr. Cosby, would you come along with us, please?" "What for?" "For showing your kids your wallie wallie." So he finds his daughters in their own bathroom trying to make their own wallie wallies come out, urinating all over the floor. His wife comes in and asks what the hell he's teaching the kids.

* 19 year old comedian Daniel Sloss had a routine where he describes his father giving him The Talk. Subverted in that it was actually a talk about shaving...but poor Daniel ''thought'' it was about sex, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxyGrHsKTmo&feature=related which brings it into very close to Squick.]

=== [[Theater]] ===

* ''[[Theatre/Spring Awakening|Spring Awakening]]'' opens with Wendla's mother trying to give her the talk, but as a prudish 19th century woman she can't quite bring herself to fully explain it (saying only that when you love your husband a child is created). The effects of this later in the play are quite bad indeed.

* [[Tom Stoppard]]'s ''[[Arcadia (theatre)|Arcadia]]'' opens with the question " Septimus, what is carnal embrace?" Septimus, being unwilling to answer this truthfully, replies that "Carnal embrace is the practice of throwing one's arms around a side of beef." Of course, this comes back to his great discomfort later, when Thomasina informs her parents that "Septimus taught me all there is to know about Carnal Embrace."

=== [[Theme Parks]] ===

* Disney's [[Disney Theme Parks|EPCOT Center]] (you read that right) once had an attraction called ''The Making of Me'', which showed a short film about human reproduction starring [[Nightmare Fuel|Martin Short]].

** And while waiting in the lines at Autotopia, several looping short films play on the walls. One of them is a father car giving his daughter car a talk about literal birds and bees.

=== [[Video Games]] ===

'''Tea''': Joey no! We can't let Tristan breed! }}

* ''[[Equestria Chronicles]]'' has Wishing Star give Iron Hoof the talk. For context: Iron Hoof's mom was very strict and psychologically abusive, while Wishing Star is very casual talking about sex and has experimented quite a bit...

=== [[Western Animation]] ===

* Occurs in ''[[Recess]]''. Miss Grotke gives everyone the talk after Gordy (one of the minor characters) asks her about it. Due to the show's TV-G rating, we only see the discussion ending.

=== [[Comic Books]] ===

* A [[Running Gag]] in the earliest ''[[Runaways]]'' comics had [[Cute Bruiser]] Molly asking about "gross stuff" and "bleeding" happening to her and being constantly brushed off by everyone she asks ('''''Molly''': Can I ask you a question about girl stuff? '''Gertrude''': Under no circumstances.'') It turns out she was bleeding [[Psychic Nosebleed|from her nose]], a sign of her emerging [[Puberty Superpower]].

Peter: "Oh god, stop talking!" }}

** Of course, Aunt May knows full well that Peter and Uncle Ben had The Talk. She just wanted Peter to know not to try anything in the house because it would be just as awkward, if not more so.

=== [[Film]] ===

'''Kat''': Oh! Don't worry, not that late. }}

* ''[[Orphan]]'': Esthar, the titular orphan and [[Creepy Child]] walks in on her adoptive parents having sex in the kitchen. The mother confronts her later and attempts to explain that "When two people love each other very much-" The girl interrupts with "I know. They fuck." {{spoiler|Of course, it turns out the "child" has a bad attack of [[Older Than They Look]] ...}}

=== [[Literature]] ===

* Tony's dad tries to give him a talk in [[Judy Blume|''Then Again, Maybe I Won't'']], saying he doesn't really know how to go about it, as he never brought the matter up with his two older son. Tony assures him that he's learned all about it from school and friends, but his dad gives him a book later, just in case.

* Marion's talk with Joanie on ''[[Happy Days]]''

* ''[[Oliver Beene]]''

{{quote|Kid: "Oh, I know all about sex. What I really want to know about is [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|love.]]"}}

* In one ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' episode, Alex is going on a date, and her father, Jerry, awkwardly begins the talk, but when Alex states that her friends, and their friends, will all be there, Jerry stops, relieved, and Alex remains oblivious to what he was talking about in the first place.

=== [[Music]] ===

''(I'm a-gonna tan his hide)'' }}

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2nwPv4IX_8 The Bees and the Birds]" sung by Yogi Yorgesson.

=== [[Newspaper Comics]] ===

* ''[[Zits]]'' Being that the strip is about teenage life, it has this topic come up occasionally. In one story arc, Walt takes Jeremy fishing, and decides to have the talk with him while waiting for a catch. After some initial resistance, Jeremy replies, "Fine. What do you want to know?"

* Bill Engvall talks to his son...

{{quote|So I sat him down and said, "Son, I know you already know a lot of things, so why don't you do this: why don't you tell me what you know, and I'll just fill in the blank spots." About 30 minutes later, I'm sitting there with a pen and a pad of paper, going, "You can DO that?!?"}}

=== [[Theatre]] ===

* In ''[[The Women]]'', Mary gives her daughter a somewhat different kind of talk, the one about what happens when a husband and a wife fall out of love. Little Mary, however, is somewhat familiar with the subject of divorce.

=== [[Web Comics]] ===

* Webcomic ''[[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]]'' [http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=311 is] [http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1251#comic a] ''[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1502#comic really]'' [http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1195#comic huge] [http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=488#comic fan] [http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=943#comic of] [http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1142#comic this] [http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1240#comic trope.]

* ''[[Something*Positive]]'': [http://somethingpositive.net/sp04112005.shtml Here] we see the aftermath of Davan's father giving him the Talk.

=== [[Western Animation]] ===