History Main / DumpedViaTextMessage

* In the ''Kelly'' short [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb0s1AePP2g "Text Message Breakup"]] by Creator/LiamKyleSullivan, Kelly's boyfriend does exactly that while she is at a family dinner. She and her friends tear a strip off him for it and launch an online SmearCampaign against him.

* In the ''Kelly'' short [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb0s1AePP2g "Text Message Breakup"]] by Liam Kyle Sullivan, Kelly's boyfriend does exactly that while she is at a family dinner. She and her friends tear a strip off him for it and launch an online SmearCampaign against him.

No warning will be given. No concern will be had for the feelings of the person being dumped. There may not even be any explanation. Worst of all, it will be done over text message, making the act as distant and easy as possible for the dumper but as unfair and disrespectful as possible for the person being dumped. It's inherently one-sided, with the dumper only caring about themselves.

-> Hal Jordan: ''[[DiggingYourselfDeeper I put a smiley face at the end]]. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint I'm not the Joker.]]''

* In the video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W__qIJ24Kcw "When You Lose to a Character You're Trying to Unlock"]] by ''The Keef Crew'', one character plays ''Videogame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' and tries to unlock the characters his friends request, starting with Lucas, and loses badly. His friends are stunned, and his phone displays texts by his "Big Booty Bae" who is just as incredulous. When he tries again and loses to Ganondorf, his friends ridicule him relentlessly, and the texts from "Big Booty Bae" say that she's leaving him [[FelonyMisdemeanor because he's trash at the game]].

* PlayedForLaughs In issue #2 [[ComicBook/TheUnbelievableGwenpool Gwenpool Strikes Back]], Gwen tries to seduce ComicBook/MisterFantastic for the sake of an intriguing cover image so her book will sell. When ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} points out she has a boyfriend she quickly writes a text message to Quentin Quire to break up with him.

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* On the first page of the webcomic/print comic "Nothing Could Possibly Go Wrong" by Prudence Shen and [[WebComic/TheAdventuresOfSuperheroGirl Faith Erin Hicks,]] Holly texts Charlie: "I'm breaking up with you", as shown in the page image.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', Firestorm (the Ronnie Raymond side) gains the wrath of his former girlfriend, Killer Frost, like this. To be fair, she wasn't a supervillain at the time before her accident changed her into one. She also had a list of other reasons why Ronnie was a rotten boyfriend such that the dumping was the "cherry on top." This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz-kLDZ8ll0 caused Jason]] to deliver a [[WhatTheHellHero "What is WRONG with you, Coach?"]] to Ronnie, forcing Ronnie on the defensive.

The key is that the breakup is done in the most convenient way possible for the dumper, requiring no effort or time on their part, requiring only that they pick up a phone or, perhaps, spend five minutes writing an email. What matters more than the mode of delivery is that it's kept quick, simple and informal. Any form of breakup that can occur instantly through the use of technology is acceptable, so long as the couple could not physically talk in person and the mode of delivery only benefits the dumper. For this reason, this trope can be both compared and contrasted to a DearJohnLetter, which is kept formal and icy, and often occurs to end a long-distance relationship. However, a breakup letter can work if kept short, blunt, and unprovoked.

* ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' has a 17th-century variation after Milady de Winter arranges another midnight rendezvous with the Count de Wardes (unaware that every letter to the count ended up given to d'Artagnan, and even their first meeting [[BedTrick was with d'Artagnan with the lights off]]), and gets a reply that basically tells her to wait her turn, he's got so many women throwing themselves at him he can afford to be picky. Milady is stunned and mortified before turning furious, seducing d'Artagnan in exchange for killing de Wardes. [[SexForServices After she upholds her end of the bargain,]] d'Artagnan has the brilliant idea to reveal the entire truth to her, although this lets him see her fleur-de-lis brand that identifies her as Athos' wife.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', Firestorm (the Ronnie Raymond side) gains the wrath of his former girlfriend, Killer Frost, like this. To be fair, she wasn't a super villain at the time before her accident changed her into one. She also had a list of other reasons why Ronnie was a rotten boyfriend such that the dumping was the "cherry on top." This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz-kLDZ8ll0 caused Jason]] to deliver a [[WhatTheHellHero "What is WRONG with you, Coach?"]] to Ronnie, forcing Ronnie on the defensive.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'', in the infamous "The One with the Text Message", this is how Sirena breaks up with Wyatt, breaking his heart in the process and it remembered for the rest of the series.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', Firestorm (the Ronnie Raymond side) gains the wrath of his former girlfriend, Killer Frost, like this. To be fair, she wasn't a super villain at the time before her accident changed her into one.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'', in the infamous 'The One with the Text Message', this is how Sirena breaks up with Wyatt, breaking his heart in the process and it remembered for the rest of the series.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', Firestorm (the Ronnie Raymond side) gains the wrath of his former girlfriend, Killer Frost, like this. To be fair, she wasn't a super villain at the time before her accident changed her into one.

This is almost always a sign that the dumper is a bad, selfish, and uncaring person, who is willing to break someones heart without even a token attempt at considering their feelings. As such, this form of breakup is the territory of the resident {{Jerkass}}. The emphasis can be on the dumper to show how callous they are, or it can be on the victim, to emphasize their reaction.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBatmanBraveAndTheBold'', Firestorm (the Ronnie Raymond side) gains the wrath of his former girlfriend, Killer Frost, like this. To be fair, she wasn't a super villain at the time before her accident changed her into one.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBraveAndTheBold'', Firestorm (the Ronnie Raymond side) gains the wrath of his former girlfriend, Killer Frost, like this. To be fair, she wasn't a supervillain at the time before her accident changed her into one.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': During the "[[Recap/TotalDramaCelebrityManhuntsTDAReunionShow Celebrity Manhunt]]" special, it's discovered that Trent, Cody, Justin and Harold had formed a BoyBand after the events of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaAction''. To show the fame going to their heads, Justin breaks up with a girl over text in the middle of an interview, and Trent asks him to send the same text to ''his'' girlfriend. To hammer it in, a girl in the window behind them is then shown getting a text and bursting into tears.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': During the "[[/Recap/TotalDramaCelebrityManhuntsTDAReunionShow Celebrity Manhunt]]" special, it's discovered that Trent, Cody, Justin and Harold had formed a BoyBand after the events of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaAction''. To show the fame going to their heads, Justin breaks up with a girl over text in the middle of an interview, and Trent asks him to send the same text to ''his'' girlfriend. To hammer it in, a girl in the window behind them is then shown getting a text and bursting into tears.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': During the "Celebrity Manhunt" special, it's discovered that Trent, Cody, Justin and Harold had formed a BoyBand after the events of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaAction''. To show the fame going to their heads, Justin breaks up with a girl over text in the middle of an interview, and Trent asks him to send the same text to ''his'' girlfriend. To hammer it in, a girl in the window behind them is then shown getting a text and bursting into tears.

* ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' has a 17th-century variation after Milady de Winter arranges another midnight rendezvous with the Count de Wardes (unaware that every letter to the count ended up given to d'Artagnan, and even their first meeting [[BedTrick was with d'Artagnan with the lights off]]), and gets a reply that basically tells her to wait her turn, he's got so many women throwing themselves at him he can afford to be picky. Milady is stunned and mortified before turning furious, seducing d'Artagnan in exchange for killing de Wardes. [[SexForServices After she upholds her end of the bargain,]] [[WhatAnIdiot d'Artagnan has the brilliant idea to reveal the entire truth to her]], although this lets him see her fleur-de-lis brand that identifies her as Athos' wife.