History Main / JackhammeredConversation

* Used in ''WesternAnimation/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja'' When Howard tells the Bogger story in "Welcome Back Catfish". What's even more confusing is the [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar hand gestures that he uses while telling the story]] and the fact that Randy is nearly throwing up upon hearing it. It's then used as a ChekhovsGag to get a monster to throw up one of the sorcerer's orbs of power.

* ''Series/WillAndGrace'': Creator/SandraBernhard cusses a blue streak at our heroes, while her assistant is making smoothies, loudly pulsing the blender every few seconds.

In most cases, all parties except for the viewer can hear what is said. However, on occasion, it's Lampshaded by having characters claim that they're unable to hear them. The "gaps" between audible dialogue tend to include sentences or chunks of sentences that seem somewhat unrelated. Usually, it's PlayedForLaughs, and understanding what you can't hear isn't usually important to the know because either nobody was supposed to understand it in the first place, or everyone else is supposed to get it but you, thus the joke.

** Jeremy and Candace are taking a romantic ride through the rainforest the boys created, and Jeremy is serenading Candace to tell her why he likes her. We hear each verse of the song, but when he gets to the chorus, it goes "What I like about you is [flamingos fly by honking]" "What I like about you is [they pass under a roaring waterfall]" "What I like about you is [croaking frogs]"

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Invoked in "PTV", when the FCC begins censoring real life and a G-man blocks out Peter's swears with an airhorn. His ensuing rant brings up a lot of sexual NoodleImplements.

* ''Series/{{Monk}}'': Averted in an early episode set in the BigApplesauce, where there's a scene in which Adrian Monk keeps getting interrupted by a nearby jackhammer. He starts to speak, pauses and waits for the jackhammer to go quiet, starts his sentence over again, and gets cut off by the jackhammer ''again''. [[OverlyLongGag After several minutes of not being able to finish a single sentence]], he finally gets upset enough to just shout over the jackhammer.

* ''Series/{{Monk}}'':Averted in an early episode set in the BigApplesauce, where there's a scene in which Adrian Monk keeps getting interrupted by a nearby jackhammer. He starts to speak, pauses and waits for the jackhammer to go quiet, starts his sentence over again, and gets cut off by the jackhammer ''again''. [[OverlyLongGag After several minutes of not being able to finish a single sentence]], he finally gets upset enough to just shout over the jackhammer.

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* In ''ChristmasEveOnSesameStreet'' Big Bird tells Oscar his theory that Santa can fit down chimneys because he ties his belt on so tight that he becomes skinny. Oscar cusses him out as a subway goes by and the noise obscures most of his words ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwZus9Z9eHk&t=3m20s Video]]!):

* ''Disney/RalphBreaksTheInternet'': Felix and Calhoon explain the secret to being the absolute perfect parents, but the Candy Crush racers zoom by, preventing the audience from hearing what they're saying.

The gaps in dialogue could be used to set up a NoodleIncident (by leaving out information essential to understanding the incident), TheUnreveal (by setting up a reveal before having the noise cover it up), and/or ClusterBleepBomb (by using the noise to censor every swear word in the conversation). Not to be confused with PlotBasedVoiceCancellation, where a single line is censored by something rather than multiple lines being covered up by some noise that always exists InUniverse.

* Similiar to the Get Smart example above, a flashback on ''Series/That70sShow'' shows Fez introducing himself, only for a really long school bell to go off, drowning him out (WordofGod says the actor, Wilmer Valderrama, was just saying the names of the other cast members)

A {{Dialogue}} trope where some repetitive noise (such as a jackhammer) prevents the audience from hearing multiple section of a conversation.

You're watching Alice and Bob talking on TV. Bob asks "How was your day?" Alice replies "Well, it was pretty bad. I woke up when my dog-" A Jackhammer goes off near by causing it to be impossible for the viewer to listen, and Alice keeps talking. The Jack hammer stops-"It was so tiny, I thought it was harmless, but-" Jackhammer again."so I'm like 'Is that all ya got?', and he-"Jackhammer. "AND THEN I TRIPPED AND-"Jackhammer."And that's how my day went". Bob says "Wow. I feel so sorry for you! That WAS a bad day...".

What we have here is a perfect example of a Jackhammer conversation. In most cases, all parties except for the viewer can hear what is said. However, on occasion, it's Lampshaded by having characters claim that they're unable to hear them. Could be confused as a possible mix between NoodleIncident, TheUnreveal, PlotBasedVoiceCancellation, and/or ClusterBleepBomb. While these may all seem similar, this trope tends to have less swearing and more gaps between sounds. The "gaps" tend to include sentences or chunks of sentences that seem somewhat unrelated. Usually, it's PlayedForLaughs, and understanding what you can't hear isn't usually important to the know because either nobody was supposed to understand it in the first place, or everyone else is supposed to get it but you, thus the joke.

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* ''Film/ForrestGump'' has a speech during the March on the pentagon. He claims he only has one thing to say about the war. Then, a man sabotaged the speaker system right as Forest starts talking. By the time the speakers are back up, his speech is over. (Tom Hanks says that Forrest said, "Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don't go home at all. That's a bad thing.") The only person who appears to have heard what Forest said was Abbie Hoffman, who claims "That's so right-on army man. You said it all."

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''

* MiloMurphysLaw: has this example in" Athlamathdecathalon": Milo is the last member of his team still able to continue and the question is one whose answer is on the tip of his tongue. So Milo thinks back: Milo is in class, and just as the answer is spoken, the groundskeeper roars by on a riding mower. Milo is home in front of the TV with his family but everything slows to a stop as the power fails. Fortunately his friend is in shouting distance and she calls out to remind him in time to get the question and win.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'', whenever Timmy's father's actual name is mentioned, a loud noise sounds off somehow so the audience cannot hear it.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' short "Video Chat", this happened to Peridot when her Internet communication breaks up. Ironically, it happens as she's explaining how she got the internet working so well.

What we have here is a perfect example of a Jackhammer conversation. In most cases, all parties except for the viewer can hear what is said. However, on occasion, it's Lampshaded by having characters claim that they're unable to hear them. Could be confused as a possible mix between TheUnreveal, PlotBasedVoiceCancellation, and/or ClusterBleepBomb. While these may all seem similar, this trope tends to have less swearing and more gaps between sounds. The "gaps" tend to include sentences or chunks of sentences that seem somewhat unrelated. Usually, it's PlayedForLaughs, and understanding what you can't hear isn't usually important to the know because either nobody was supposed to understand it in the first place, or everyone else is supposed to get it but you, thus the joke.

** Occurs in the episode "Escaliferb" when Malifishmertz talks about his plan for seizing control of the Tri-Kingdom Area.

* ''Film/ForrestGump'' has a speech during the March on the pentagon. He claims he only has one thing to say about the war. Then, a man sabotage the speaker system right as Forest starts talking. By the time the speakers are back up, his speech is over. (Tom Hanks says that Forrest said, "Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don't go home at all. That's a bad thing.") The only person who appears to have heard what Forest said was Abbie Hoffman, who claims "That's so right-on army man. You said it all."

* ''Series/{{Monk}}'': in an early episode set in the BigApplesauce, there's a scene where Adrian Monk keeps getting interrupted by a nearby jackhammer. He starts to speak, pauses and waits for the jackhammer to go quiet, starts his sentence over again, and gets cut off by the jackhammer ''again''. [[OverlyLongGag After several minutes of not being able to finish a single sentence]], he finally gets upset enough to just shout over the jackhammer.

In ''ChristmasEveOnSesameStreet'' Big Bird tells Oscar his theory that Santa can fit down chimneys because he ties his belt on so tight that he becomes skinny. Oscar cusses him out as a subway goes by and the noise obscures most of his words ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwZus9Z9eHk&t=3m20s Video]]!):

What we have here is a perfect example of a Jackhammer conversation. In most cases, all parties except for the viewer can hear what is said. However, on occasion, it's Lampshaded by having characters claim that they're unable to hear them. Could be confused as a possible mix between TheUnreveal, PlotBasedVoiceCancellation, and/or SoundEffectBleep. While these may all seem similar, this trope tends to have less swearing and more gaps between sounds. The "gaps" tend to include sentences or chunks of sentences that seem somewhat unrelated. Usually, it's PlayedForLaughs, and understanding what you can't hear isn't usually important to the know because either nobody was supposed to understand it in the first place, or everyone else is supposed to get it but you, thus the joke.

* Used in ''WesternAnimation/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja'' When Howard tells the Bogger story in "Welcome Back Catfish". What's even more confusing is the [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar is the hand gestures that he uses while telling the story]] and the fact that Randy is nearly throwing up upon hearing it. It's then used as a ChekhovsGag to get a monster to throw up one of the sorcerer's orbs of power.