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* In ''ParksAndRecreation'' the upbeat Chris doesn't like to give bad news. Fortunately, he has Ben to do it for him.
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* In ''ParksAndRecreation'' ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' the upbeat Chris doesn't like to give bad news. Fortunately, he has Ben to do it for him.
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* From ''TheGoodies'' episode "[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Earthanasia]]":
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* From ''TheGoodies'' ''Series/TheGoodies'' episode "[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Earthanasia]]":
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* This is Butch's main role in ''{{Recess}}''
**Randall can do this sometimes
**Randall can do this sometimes
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* In ''ImpureBlood'', [[http://www.impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/Issue05PAGES/ib109.html Jaem has to tell his mother and sister]] that he's the SoleSurvivor.
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* ''{{Mother 3}}'' has a very [[MoodWhiplash sad]] example: [[spoiler: So the forest's burning and everyone is looking for Flint's family. A search is organized for his wife. When the kids are finally found, a neighbour wants to tell Flint some news. The good news? They found an awesome Drago Fang that would make a great weapon! The bad news? ''It was found lodged in his wife's heart.'']]
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* ''{{Mother ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' has a very [[MoodWhiplash sad]] example: [[spoiler: So the forest's burning and everyone is looking for Flint's family. A search is organized for his wife. When the kids are finally found, a neighbour wants to tell Flint some news. The good news? They found an awesome Drago Fang that would make a great weapon! The bad news? ''It was found lodged in his wife's heart.'']]
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** Happens also when [[spoiler: Director Jenny Sheppard is killed]] and [=Ducky=] is told by phone, and then has to tell Abby and McGee. And again in season six, when Gibbs has to tell [[spoiler: Michelle Lee's daughter that Lee is dead]].
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** Happens also when [[spoiler: Director Jenny Sheppard is killed]] and [=Ducky=] is told by phone, and then has to tell Abby and McGee.[=McGee=]. And again in season six, when Gibbs has to tell [[spoiler: Michelle Lee's daughter that Lee is dead]].
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* In ''ParksAndRecreation'' the upbeat Chris doesn't like to give bad news. Fortunately, he has Ben to do it for him.
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* RowanAtkinson in ''Pink Tights and Plenty of Props'', had the Bearer of Bad News, followed by the Bearer of Indifferent News, and then the Bearer of Bad News Who Thinks It's Good News.
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* [[AvatarTheLastAirbender I don't think boomerang is coming back, Toph...]]
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* The taxi cab driver in ''WeWereSoldiers''. Mrs. Moore is [[{{understatement}} not pleased]] when he scares her by coming to her door with the telegram, only to ask for directions to another house. He sadly replies that [[TearJerker he didn't want that job, he's just trying to do it.]] [[hottip:*: TruthInTelevision, tragically enough. Consider that the guys who deliver those messages in the military are specially trained to deal with the consequences of this trope, while taxi cab drivers [[{{understatement}} are not]].]]
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* The taxi cab driver in ''WeWereSoldiers''. Mrs. Moore is [[{{understatement}} not pleased]] pleased when he scares her by coming to her door with the telegram, only to ask for directions to another house. He sadly replies that [[TearJerker he didn't want that job, he's just trying to do it.]] [[hottip:*: TruthInTelevision, tragically enough. Consider that the guys who deliver those messages in the military are specially trained to deal with the consequences of this trope, while taxi cab drivers [[{{understatement}} are not]].not.]]
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Often with a preamble of "You'd better sit down..." HeDidntMakeIt is one of the commonest, and hardest.
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Often with a preamble of "You'd better sit down..." HeDidntMakeIt is one of the commonest, [[DeathNotification commonest]], and hardest.
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** In ''Antony and Cleopatra'', a messenger has to tell Cleopatra that Antony has remarried. [[ShootTheMessenger She is not happy]].
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** An earlier scene has a messenger that lampshades this trope and foreshadows the beating that Cleopatra would give.
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** Later in the series, [[TheDragon General Melvar]] has to bring [[BigBad Zsinj]] some very bad news: not only has a deathtrap failed to kill Wraith Squadron (or even any of its members), but they have managed to take one of his key personnel alive. In a subversion of YouHaveFailedMe, Zsinj has an epic VillainousBreakdown where he destroys practically everything in his office ''but'' the person who brought him the bad news.
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** Later in the series, [[TheDragon General Melvar]] has to bring [[BigBad Zsinj]] some very bad news: not only has a deathtrap failed to kill Wraith Squadron (or even any of its members), but they have managed to take one of his key personnel alive. In a subversion of YouHaveFailedMe, YouHaveFailedMe (and an inversion of ShootTheMessenger), Zsinj has an epic VillainousBreakdown where he destroys practically everything in his office ''but'' the person who brought him the bad news.
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I\'ll redecorate. Thank you, Melvar.
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** Later in the series, [[TheDragon General Melvar]] has to bring [[BigBad Zsinj]] some very bad news: not only has a deathtrap failed to kill Wraith Squadron (or even any of its members), but they have managed to take one of his key personnel alive. In a subversion of YouHaveFailedMe, Zsinj has an epic VillainousBreakdown where he destroys practically everything in his office ''but'' the person who brought him the bad news.
--->'''[[DeadpanSnarker General Melvar]]:''' Will you be wanting your office restored, or do you wish to redecorate?
--->'''[[DeadpanSnarker General Melvar]]:''' Will you be wanting your office restored, or do you wish to redecorate?
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* Subversion of sorts: Nobody in ''FullmetalAlchemist'' wants to be the one to tell the Elric brothers that [[spoiler:their friend, Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes, has been brutally murdered]]. This is made even worse (for the reader) by juxtaposing scenes of the boys and their friend Winry laughing and having fun on a train at the same time that [[spoiler:the funeral is taking place]]. How do they finally find out? ''From the newspaper''.
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* In ''ALeagueOfTheirOwn'', a Western Union man would have been the bearer (of [[spoiler:Betty's husband's death]]), but he treated it so disrespectfully that Duggan kicked him out and shouldered the duty himself.
* The premise of ''The Messenger'' (2009), about an American army officer whose job is to inform the relatives of soldiers died in Iraq.
* The premise of ''The Messenger'' (2009), about an American army officer whose job is to inform the relatives of soldiers died in Iraq.
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* In ''ALeagueOfTheirOwn'', a Western Union man would have been the bearer (of [[spoiler:Betty's husband's death]]), but he treated treats it so disrespectfully that Duggan kicked kicks him out and shouldered the duty himself.
* The premise of ''The Messenger'' (2009), about an American army officer whose job is to inform the relatives of soldiers that their loved ones have died in Iraq.
* The premise of ''The Messenger'' (2009), about an American army officer whose job is to inform the relatives of soldiers that their loved ones have died in Iraq.
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* This is one of the duties of Robert Sean Leonard's character in ''SwingKids'', as part of his Nazi training. Thing is, he doesn't actually ''know'' that he's delivering bad news - he's just delivering boxes. When one of the recipients screams after opening hers, he opens the one he has yet to deliver and sees that [[spoiler:he's bringing Jewish widows - who had been ''unaware that they were widows'' - the ashes of their husbands]].
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* Toward the end of the {{Elenium}} trilogy, Sparhawk dreads having to deliver the news of [[spoiler:his squire Kurik's death to his wife]]. He reaches the house only to find that she already knows, having received the information from another BearerOfBadNews.
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* In "Yankee White", the pilot episode of ''{{NCIS}}'', Gibbs finds out that Todd's ex died shortly after meeting with her. He takes her aside and drops the news bluntly into the middle of their conversation, so that he can observe her reaction and gauge her guilt or innocence.
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* In "Yankee White", the pilot episode of ''{{NCIS}}'', Gibbs finds out that Caitlin Todd's ex died shortly after meeting with her. He takes her aside and drops the news bluntly into the middle of their conversation, so that he can observe her reaction and gauge her guilt or innocence.
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* In ''SomethingPositive'', Davan - who ''has'' to be the one to do it because he's the only one who knows - takes on the duty of informing his sisters and his two closest friends (who might as well be his sisters too) that his father, Fred, has Alzheimer's disease. He gives them this information immediately after [[spoiler:his mother's funeral, his mother having died without ever finding out that her husband was sick]].
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***Actually it is "I'm looking for the Widow Jackson", "She ain't a Widow", "Bet you half a dollar". But still, ouch.
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* In ''ALeagueOfTheirOwn'', a Western Union man would have been the bearer (of [[spoiler:Betty's husband's death]]), but took too long to get the message out, prompting Duggan to kick him out and take on the mantle himself.
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* In ''ALeagueOfTheirOwn'', a Western Union man would have been the bearer (of [[spoiler:Betty's husband's death]]), but took too long to get the message out, prompting he treated it so disrespectfully that Duggan to kick kicked him out and take on shouldered the mantle duty himself.
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* In ''{{Anime/Monster}}'', Tenma finds himself having to meet up with his ex-fiancee to let her know that her current love interested [[spoiler:is dead]].
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* In ''ALeagueOfTheirOwn'', a Western Union man would have been said the bearer (of [[spoiler:Betty's husband's death]]), but took too long to get the message out, prompting Duggan to kick him out and take on the mantle himself.
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* From TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy:
-->Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws. The Hingefreel people of Arkintoofle Minor did try to build spaceships that were powered by bad news but they didn't work particularly well and were so extremely unwelcome whenever they arrived anywhere that there wasn't really any point in being there.
-->Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws. The Hingefreel people of Arkintoofle Minor did try to build spaceships that were powered by bad news but they didn't work particularly well and were so extremely unwelcome whenever they arrived anywhere that there wasn't really any point in being there.
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* In ''{{Monster}}'', Tenma finds himself having to meet up with his ex-fiancee to let her know that her current love interested [[spoiler:is dead]].
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* In ''{{Monster}}'', ''{{Anime/Monster}}'', Tenma finds himself having to meet up with his ex-fiancee to let her know that her current love interested [[spoiler:is dead]].
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* ''{{Dexter}}'', not normally known for his tact, botches this horribly when he has to tell his stepkids, Astor and Cody [[spoiler: that their mother has been murdered]]. While wearing Mickey Mouse ears.
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** It's not much of a NoodleIncident; it's quite obvious what happened. Nobby shows up at the door to tell Mrs Jackson that her husband is dead and offers to 'bet you a dollar that you're the widow Jackson'. Ouch.
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* The taxi cab driver in ''WeWereSoldiers''. Mrs. Moore is [[{{understatement}} not pleased]] when he scares her by coming to her door with the telegram, only to ask for directions to another house. He sadly replies that [[TearJerker he didn't want that job, he's just trying to do it.]] [[hottip:*: TruthInTelevision, tragically enough. Consider that the guys who deliver those messages in the military are specially trained to deal with the consequences of this trope, while taxi cab drivers [[{{understatement}} are not]].]]
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* In Andy Hoare's WhiteScars novel ''Hunt for Voldorius'', Skall is desperate to avoid this.
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* Subverted in George Bernard Shaw's ''Caesar and Cleopatra'', where the garrison of a border post receives a bearer of evil tidings with much fuss and honour. A Persian mercenary expresses surprise at this, and his commander explains:
-->'''Belzanor:''' O barbarous Persian, hear my instruction. In Egypt the bearer of good tidings is sacrificed to the gods as a thank offering; but no god will accept the blood of the messenger of evil. When we have good tidings, we are careful to send them in the mouth of the cheapest slave we can find. Evil tidings are borne by young noblemen who desire to bring themselves into notice.
-->'''Belzanor:''' O barbarous Persian, hear my instruction. In Egypt the bearer of good tidings is sacrificed to the gods as a thank offering; but no god will accept the blood of the messenger of evil. When we have good tidings, we are careful to send them in the mouth of the cheapest slave we can find. Evil tidings are borne by young noblemen who desire to bring themselves into notice.
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* Much like Wedge, above, the {{MassEffect2}} DLC pack "Lair of the Shadow Broker" includes a file on Tali writing and rewriting the letter to the parents of someone who was killed serving with her. She even uses some similar lines - trying not to be trite, finding the right balance between distance and closeness, etc.
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* In AaronAllston's ''GalateaIn2D'', Roger proves to Donna that she's not going insane, but this entails that her ex-husband is trying to drive her insane. She is angry about the news.
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* The premise of ''The Messanger'' (2009), about an American army officer whose job is to inform the relatives of soldiers died in Iraq.
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* In JRRTolkien's ''TheLordOfTheRings'', Gr? Wormtongue dubs Gandalf "Lathspell" -- ill news -- because of his way of arriving with bad news.
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* In JRRTolkien's ''TheLordOfTheRings'', Gr? Grima Wormtongue dubs Gandalf "Lathspell" -- ill news -- because of his way of arriving with bad news.
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* "Bad News and Bad Breaks" by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones:
-->Bad news, if he could choose,
-->Would he refuse to be the bearer?
-->It seems what he has to do
-->Could not be any clearer.
-->It's a job he can't neglect.
-->Its consequences will affect.
-->I'm glad that I'm not in his shoes.
-->He's the bearer of bad news.
-->What can you do?
-->He's got an ugly job to do!
* "Bad News and Bad Breaks" by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones:
-->Bad news, if he could choose,
-->Would he refuse to be the bearer?
-->It seems what he has to do
-->Could not be any clearer.
-->It's a job he can't neglect.
-->Its consequences will affect.
-->I'm glad that I'm not in his shoes.
-->He's the bearer of bad news.
-->What can you do?
-->He's got an ugly job to do!
