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Basic Trope: A character hears something that end up Squicking the hell out of them, and is generally related to sex or bodily functions of humans or animals, and/or to Nausea Fuel.

  • Straight: Report Siht suddenly begins talking about how his constipation is getting in the way of his sex life.
  • Exaggerated:
    • Siht does the above at a formal dinner where no one has been discussing bodily functions, then pokes the anorexic model next to him and asks her if she has some spare laxatives.
    • Report Siht is constantly sharing too much information in inappropriate contexts.
  • Downplayed: Report Siht mentions he's constipated; others don't need to know that, but he doesn't dwell on it.
  • Justified:
  • Inverted: Siht discusses the weather and fluffy bunnies in his doctor's office or in a similar situation where sharing something that might otherwise be inappropriate is a good idea.
  • Subverted:
    • "My god, you would not believe the problems my wife and I are having in the bedroom. We got one of those flatpack beds, you know? Nightmare to put together."
    • The party that Report Siht and his wife are attending turns out to be a Swinger's Party, meaning such sexually explicit details are part of the atmosphere.
  • Double Subverted:
    • "...So we were in the middle of the Articulated Penguin and the thing collapsed, trapping my testicle..."
    • He then gives many details about STDs and other sexual dysfunctions that would make no one willing to sleep with them.
  • Parodied: Report Siht says some entirely banal, inoffensive bit of information and is treated as if they had just shared shocking or offensive.
  • Zig Zagged: People seems offended by Report Siht's normal statement, but then they later say they were just kidding. Only it turns out one guy was actually genuinely shocked, but then he says he's more offended by Report's tone of voice than what he actually said.
  • Averted: Report Siht avoids uncomfortable topics in inappropriate situations.
  • Enforced: The authors want to show how awkward Report Siht is.
  • Lampshaded: "Did we really need to know that?"
  • Invoked: A Troll deliberately tells his friends disgusting details about his constipation during a meal time to deliberately gross them out.
  • Exploited: Report Siht Needs to discuss something in private with a friend. To get rid of eavesdroppers, he first talks about the most disturbing things he can think of.
  • Defied: Report Siht gets told to shut up before he can share the uncomfortable details and actually listens.
  • Discussed:
    • "Maybe we should have someone in this story say something gross during the formal dinner scene." "No thanks, we're not going for Toilet Humor here."
    • "Sometimes people start talking about such weird and gross topics. It's so uncomfortable."
  • Conversed: "Did you see Hamptons Movie yet?" "No, because all it's known for is that guy standing up and screaming about how constipated he is, Dude, Not Funny!."
  • Implied:
    • Report Siht is noted for his stiff, awkward manner of speaking, and explains that "once I start, everything comes out".
    • It's unknown what Report Siht said, but others around him are grossed out and telling him that he said way more than they needed to know.
  • Deconstructed: Siht doesn't particularly shock or disgust anyone with his revelation, and everyone in earshot just treats it as if he was talking about the weather rather than an intimate personal problem, either because they are used to it or because the writer wishes to make a point about how people attribute far too much power to words or aren't prudes in the setting.
  • Reconstructed: Everyone is doing this because they are shocked beyond any sort of rational or even irrational response. Report Siht's statement is so overwhelmingly inappropriate and embarrassing that no one can even think of a response except pretending it didn't happen or silence.
  • Played For Laughs:
  • Played For Drama:
    • Report Siht reveals something that is Nightmare Fuel such as abuse, combat injuries, incest, rape, or torture.
    • Report Siht has telepathy and can't filter out unnecessary or unwanted information. Having been forced to hear everyone else's embarrassing and gross thoughts has made him feel no shame about expressing his own.

Now that was way Too Much Information!

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