Too Much Information: Difference between revisions
→Western Animation: Added Example
(→Western Animation: Added Example) |
|||
| (12 intermediate revisions by 7 users not shown) | |||
Line 9:
Compare with [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]]. Sometimes followed by [[Never Say That Again]] or [[Brain Bleach]]. Can be a result of [[Dirty Mind Reading]] or [[Show, Don't Tell]] taken too far. Contrast [[You Do NOT Want to Know]] and [[Don't Ask]].
Not related to ''[[More Information Than You Require]]''. Not to be confused with [[Too Much Information (webcomic)|the web comic of the same name]].
{{noreallife|This is All The Tropes, not Tropes After Dark.}}
{{examples}}
Line 47 ⟶ 49:
'''Yugi:''' Once again, too much information, Joey. }}
* In ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'', Koizumi explained at Kyon's request that he gained his ESP powers when both Haruhi and him were undergoing puberty. At the beginning, he found it extremely difficult separating their feelings at first, which led to highly awkward situations. Kyon realizes his mistake and declares that he never wants to clarify that.
* ''[[Aki-chan's Life]]'', when
== Film ==
* The following exchange in ''[[Firefly|Serenity]]'':
{{quote|'''Kaylee:''' Going on a year now, I ain't had nothing twixt my nethers weren't run on batteries!
Line 62 ⟶ 63:
{{quote|'''Indy:''' How did you know she was a Nazi?
'''Henry Jones:''' She talks in her sleep. ''(followed by a shocked look from Indy)'' }}
* The car commercial from ''[[Southland Tales]]''. For those who don't know what this is about, count yourselves lucky and be grateful. If you would like to join the agonized ranks of those who need [[Brain Bleach]]... [https://web.archive.org/web/20131031035132/http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Southland_Tales_2006.aspx?Page=5 Here.] [[Heroic Sacrifice|You will not be forgotten.]]
* In ''[[Bring It On]]'', the following exchange occurs when Missy intercepts her brother Cliff as he's visiting the cheer squad's car wash fundraiser:
{{quote|'''Missy:''' Hey, perv.
Line 75 ⟶ 76:
'''Rosemary:''' Because I slept with a whole bunch of people. [[Bi the Way|Mostly guys]].
'''Olive:''' Mom! }}
== Literature ==
Line 82:
'''Soleta:''' Captain, request permission to forget what I just heard.
'''Calhoun:''' Granted, and I'll join you. }}
* Nutt, from ''[[
* One of Daniel Waterhouse's relatives in ''Quicksilver'' by Neal Stephenson
* Gregory draws comic strips in ''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid]]'' and suggests giving improvements to other peoples' behaviours; and one of them was telling people not to discuss incredibly private and personal matters ''in the middle of a fast food restaurant''.
== Live-Action TV ==
* The opening scene of an episode of ''[[Brothers and Sisters]]'' has ''virtually the entire family'' reveal what music they lost their virginity to (with Kevin, the gay one, asking with which sex). [[Apron Matron|Nora]] reveals that her first time wasn't with the man she would later marry, but another guy ([[Chekhov's Gun|guess who shows up later]]), it was to "Pretty Woman", and it was in the back seat of his car. As she starts on the height differential and how that was dealt with, the others collectively walk out, deciding that they don't need to hear this about their own mother.
* In one episode of ''[[Scrubs]]'', Dr. Kelso describes how he and his crippled obese wife had sex the previous evening. Dr. Cox then suggests to the rest of of Kelso's involuntary audience that they forget about what they just heard.
** In another episode a teenaged patient asks Dr. Cox how he's doing, and he replies that he's recently lost the ability to process dairy, leading to Carla saying "Woah! T.M.I! Am I right, Josh? Too Much Information?" Dr Cox then tells Josh that he'll have a word with his parents, "and you can chat with [[Totally Radical|Nurse Early Nineties Catchphrases]]."
* In ''[[My Family]]'', Ben lies to Susan and then abruptly switches to the truth after she returns from a vacation.
{{quote|'''Susan:''' ''(picking up her red dress)'' What ''happened'' to this?
Line 96 ⟶ 95:
''(long pause)''
'''Susan:''' I think I prefer it when you lie. }}
* From the Canadian TV series ''[[Butch Patterson: Private Dick]]'':
{{quote|'''Blanche:''' Vance knew he wouldn't last a week in a maximum-security prison.
'''Butch:''' You know, once you get used to [[Prison Rape|the sodomy]], the rest of it is pretty easy to take. }}
Line 104 ⟶ 103:
** Commander Ivanova also suffers from these periodically, including from ''Vir'' of all people, explaining how Centauri "bases" work. And helping Ambassador Delenn adjust to life as a partially human female.
* In the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "Looking for ''Par'mach'' in All the Wrong Places", Bashir's reaction to Quark and the Klingon chick and then Worf and Dax's explanations of how they acquired their collections of bruises and cuts they come in to have treated at the end of the episode. The exact phrasing is more like, "I didn't really need to have that image running around in my head right now," and at the end he comments that [[Crowning Moment of Funny|he ''really'' needs to stop asking people what they have been doing.]]
* ''[[iCarly]]'': Despite the subtleties, innuendos may be lampshaded in the show from time
** In "iCarly Awards":
{{quote|'''Carly:''' You know, it's always been a dream of mine to host the iCarly Awards.
Line 114 ⟶ 113:
'''Sam:''' ''(shaking her head)'' Oh, Carly...
'''Carly:''' Just watch. }}
* It's not as explicit, but when Col. Potter assumes command of the 4077th ''[[
{{quote|'''Potter:''' Major Frank Burns.
'''Margaret:''' [[Just Friends]], sir. ''(realizing)'' I mean, not here, sir. }}
Line 120 ⟶ 119:
{{quote|'''Murphy:''' I'm a mother, for God's sake; I've got stretch marks.
'''Eldin:''' ''Too much information! Too much information!'' }}
* In the documentary ''Worst Jobs In History'', a scientist gives the host and [[Butt Monkey|hapless participant]]
* Tying in with the [[Real Life]] medical examples below, the opening sequence of ''[[The Commish]]'' showed the title character absent-mindedly munching a pepperoni sandwich while reading a book titled ''Tissue Decomposition: A Homicide Primer''. In the pilot episode, the protagonist squicks out an evaluation board (sent to evaluate him for a high-ranking position in another city) by nervously babbling on about the above topic while they're all having lunch.
* There's an episode of ''[[Cheers]]'' where Carla says something like: "I thought about asking Cliff what he meant, but then I realized -- he might ''tell'' me!"
** Actually, it was Norm about
* ''[[Misfits]]'': "All right. Yes. It's my wank-sock."
** Also, when Simon is under the influence of Alisha's pheromone manipulation:
{{quote|'''Simon:''' I want to rip your clothes off and piss on your tits!
'''Nathan:''' That's the kind of thing you should keep between you and your Internet Service Provider... }}
{{quote|'''Laura:''' (looking shellshocked) Anything else?
'''Kelly:''' I once shagged a monkey.
Line 138 ⟶ 137:
* "[[SNL|The Lov-ahs]]." Dear ''God'', "[[Sickeningly Sweethearts|The Lov-ahs]]."
* ''[[Baggage]]'' turns this into a [[Game Show]], by having potential dates hope that their embarrassing personal secrets don't leave too much of a negative impression on a potential bachelor(ette). It's even got Jerry Springer.
* In an episode of ''[[Married... with Children]]'', Peg starts being a little overly friendly with another man, not knowing that he's gay and with someone else. When the guy's concerned partner shows up at the house, Al is willing to talk to him and give him advice (especially when he finds out the guy can cook), but he does ''not'' want to hear about their sex life, stopping him as he starts to mention it.
== Music ==
* In [["Weird Al" Yankovic|Weird Al's]] song, "Trapped in the Drive-thru", the husband's voice reminds the voice box lady of a guy named Paul she cheated Geometry test answers off of last year. The husband replies and talks another Paul he knew. Paul was his plumber, who is bald, has a bladder problem, and has a toe infection. The voice box lady says, "Mr, please! You can stop right there! That's more than I needed to know!" Yes, this is a song!
* [[Toshimitsu Deyama|Toshi]] doing an MC for [[X Japan]] at the Wiltern in Los Angeles: "We've gained a lot, but we've lost a lot too. We've been fucked and we've been sucked."
== New Media ==
Line 151 ⟶ 149:
* [[(The Customer is) Not Always Right|notalwaysright.com]] presents... well, [[You Have Been Warned]]. Whether it's about [http://notalwaysright.com/please-no-more spiders], [http://notalwaysright.com/tmi-too-much-information DVDs], [http://notalwaysright.com/tmi-redux players] or [http://notalwaysright.com/way-too-much-information old ladies]. [http://notalwaysright.com/too-much-information-part-6 Conversations in a restaurant] or [https://web.archive.org/web/20111205173704/http://notalwaysright.com/way-way-too-much-information-2 dry cleaner requests], or merely [http://notalwaysright.com/way-way-too-much-information choosing a lighter]. Or [http://notalwaysright.com/varicose-to-his-wife a medical waiver for our snorkel tour].
== Tabletop Games ==▼
* ''[[FATAL]]'' is notorious for this.▼
== Theatre ==
Line 156:
{{quote|'''Diana:''' I'm going to go have sex with your father.
'''Natalie:''' Great, thanks. I'm so glad I know that. }}
== Video Games ==
Line 182 ⟶ 181:
* [[Poker Night At the Inventory]]: [[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Tycho]] has a bad habit of inserting his highly detailed [[But You Screw One Goat!|animal fetishes]] into the conversation.
{{quote|'''Strong Bad:''' ''(singing)'' Too much information, man. You're Too-Much-Information Man.}}
* From ''[[MadWorld]]'', this from [[Combat Commentator]]s Howard and Kreese:
{{quote|'''Kreese:''' Solid hit! He should try for a double!
'''Howard:''' I tried a double with a donkey and a dwarf. I walked with a limp for a week, but the dwarf grew six inches if you know what I mean.
'''Kreese:''' I know too much already!}}
== Web Comics ==
Line 189 ⟶ 191:
* [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20010617.html This strip] in ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'', where the narrator keeps changing the scene because everybody are talking about things you REALLY don't want to hear about. Finally, he ends up with Schlock explaining the inner workings of Carboscilicate Amorph Reproduction to Admiral Breya—or rather, him wrapping up such an explanation. The narrator comments: "That was either too much, or too little information. Either way, it's disturbing." The last one was arguably too little information. It turns out not to be disgusting at all—just a bit creepy.
** [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2000-11-30 Gerbils are better than rats]. On the next page Schlock describe the differences he noticed and Tagon gets "disturbed in a visceral way".
** [https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2002-11-11 "Right. Got it. Any more information would be too much. Thanks."]
** "[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2007-11-21 Objection, Your Honor. Too much information.]"
* There's also [http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20010905.html this strip] from ''[[General Protection Fault]]'' where Uncle Wisebottom is telling Nick about the physical side-effects of the Inventor's Gene (Read: [[Science-Related Memetic Disorder]]), and mentions the effect it may have on the sex-life. Noticing Nick and Ki's facial expressions, he archly comments "So... which is more embarrassing: Me talking about YOUR future sex-life, or the thought of ME having sex?"
Line 202 ⟶ 205:
** Likewise, the prequel book ''Start of Darkness'' includes a scene where the still-human [[Big Bad|Xykon]] is telling [[The Dragon|Redcloak]] and his brother Right-Eye that he needs to "drain some charges from the wand" because these days his prostate is "the size of a baby's head". Redcloak (and the reader) really, really didn't need that mental picture.
* ''[[Questionable Content]]'' breathes this trope. Nothing is spared the characters, not even their parents' sex life.
** [
** Mere two pages later, there's [//questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1674 early warning] for another incoming TMI.
* Artax gets a little too descriptive in [https://web.archive.org/web/20100417073345/http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/gamespyarchive/index.php?date=2002-02-20 this] ''[[Nodwick]]'' strip.
* There is a [[Too Much Information (webcomic)|webcomic]] named ''[http://tmi-comic.com Too Much Information]'' that lives up to its name.
Line 214 ⟶ 218:
* ''[[Eerie Cuties]]'' occasionally have things like this. When Mrs. Delacroix, with a nostalgic [[Luminescent Blush|blush]], [http://www.eeriecuties.com/d/20110126.html mentions] her... fond memories of Chloe's mother, following by a mass [[Jaw Drop]] and Brooke covering Nina's ears. For that matter, Chloe's mother, as an adult [[Succubus]], have some good pointers, even [https://web.archive.org/web/20120531025513/http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/What%20is%20it%20succu-bun hints on which] make Chloe's face a little off.
{{quote|'''Adora''': ...can be used as a fun grown-up game for your... uh...}}
* ''[[Ozy and Millie]]'': Ozy's reaction to his father Llewellyn telling him about the time he got [[Mistaken for Gay]] is to interrupt him with "Okay, okay, that's enough."
== Web Original ==
Line 223 ⟶ 227:
** Oddly enough, it's the least sexual romantic relationship compared to the other 5 original characters and their characters....
*** The fact that her mutation has stunted her growth and left her with the physique of a ten year-old boy, probably has something to do with it.
== Western Animation ==
Line 238 ⟶ 241:
{{quote|'''Grandpa:''' And for your information, children, I had relations with Kristal last night.
'''Huey & Riley:''' Aw man, why would you share that? How am I supposed to have nice dreams tonight, man?! }}
* In ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''
** In
{{quote|'''Apu:''' By chilling my loins, I will increase the chances of impregnating my wife.
'''Homer''' Whoa! To much in-for-mation! Thanks for the mental picture! Why don't you tell us what you REALLY think?
'''Apu:''' ''(annoyed)'' Will you stop spouting those hackneyed quips! }}
:* "A Fish Called Selma" reveals that Troy McClure's failed career is at least partially due to a scandal involving his "actions" at the Springfield Aquarium:
{{quote|'''Legs:''' I thought you said Troy McClure was dead?
'''Fat Tony:''' No, what I said was he "sleeps with the fishes". You see...
'''Legs:''' Uh, Tony, please, no. I just ate a whole plate of dingamagoo...}}
* ''[[Archer]]''
{{quote|'''Lana:''' I mean, what do we really know about Conway?
Line 269 ⟶ 279:
{{quote|'''Steven Stotch:''' "We don't want to jump to conclusions but... we're worried that somebody kidnapped Butters, sodomised him over and over and then fed his genitals to wild animals."}}
* [[American Dragon: Jake Long|Fu Dog]] names this trope to keep Lao Shi from talking about an... interesting... experience from his youth; "TMI! Know what that stands for? Too Much Information!"
▲== Tabletop Games ==
▲* [[FATAL]] is notorious for this.
== Real Life ==
Line 287 ⟶ 292:
{{reflist}}
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]▼
[[Category:Comedy Tropes]]
[[Category:Disgust Tropes]]
[[Category:Truth in Television]]
▲[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
| |||