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Named after a typical response for such information, usually abbreviated to TMI in [[Valley Girl]] speak. Also known as an "Overshare".
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. Not related to [[More Information Than You Require]]. Contrast [[You Don't Want to Know]] and [[Don't Ask]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
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* ''[[Ratchet and Clank 3]]: [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|Up Your Arsenal]]'':
{{quote| '''[[Fake Ultimate Hero|Captain Qwark]]:''' I thought we agreed to put that jungle business behind us!<br />
'''[[
'''Qwark:''' It was mating season! How could I have known she was your sister?<br />
''(notices Ratchet and Clank, laughs nervously)''<br />
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* [[Dragon Age II (Video Game)|Dragon Age II]] has a conversation where Anders and Isabela realize that they were once part of the same orgy in the first game's brothel. Hawke or Varric will cut the conversation short when Isabela mentions Anders' "electricity thing".
** Hawke also walks in on [[Really Gets Around|Isabela]] exiting her appointment with [[Combat Medic|Anders]] (who runs a clinic) for STD treatment.
* [[Poker Night At the Inventory (Video Game)|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.}}
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** [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".
** "[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
* Largo's [http://www.megatokyo.com/strip/992 "damage assessment"] in ''[[Megatokyo]]''.
* [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_867.php These] [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_869.php two] ''[[Dan and Mabs Furry Adventures]]'' strips, and many, many more.
* [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/12/15/episode-635-secret-ingredient/ This little incident] in ''[[
** While his individual examples cannot possibly exceed the above, Red Mage's constant presense makes him the number one source for TMI in the comic. [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/03/18/episode-674-a-natural-progression/ Behold the horror] [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/03/21/episode-675-clarifications/ with your own eyes]!
* ''[[Turn Signals On a Land Raider]]'': Did you know that when Frep runs, his combat thong runs up on him? Did you ''want'' to?
* [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/7/30/ This] ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]'' strip is very much TMI.
** Also [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/3/21/ this one].
* On [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=322 this page] of ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', Antimony would rather not hear the details of how Ysengrin helped Red "[[I Cannot Self
* ''[[Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]], [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0188.html as seen in the page quote].
** 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.
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* Often occurs between friends of any combination of gender and/or sexuality when the details of sexual encounters are brought up in conversation.
* Minoru Niihara from the band [[Loudness]]. Do NOT read his personal blog unless you want to become very intimately acquainted with the problems of his anus.
* In her last Oscars special, Barbara Walters got ''[[Precious]]'' actress Mo'Nique to reveal that A) she hasn't shaved her legs since the first time she tried it (the actual shaving bit wasn't bad, it was the hairs ''growing back'' that hurt), B) she's in an open relationship with her husband, and C) [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|she got "inspiration" for Mary Jones]] from [[Brother
* There are people who give too much information in their tweets. Made fun of in [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/4/23/ Penny Arcade].
* For good or ill, after children grow up to become adults there is often a sudden revelation of things that they going on around the family that they wish they had never found out about. Examples include finding out about the sex lives of the new adult's parents or that a family member that they liked is really a sex offender.
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