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* ''Literature/MaidenCrown'': The royal court of Denmark loves spreading around rumors at the slightest hint of scandal, mostly to alleviate boredom. Tove, TheMistress to King Valdemar, encourages this by helping spread an untrue rumor about Queen Sophie possibly having an affair with her friend Stig.
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* ''Series/{{Community}}'' has Jeff and Shirley being this for [[Recap/CommunityS1E04SocialPsychology an episode]]

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* ''Series/{{Community}}'' has Jeff and Shirley being this for [[Recap/CommunityS1E04SocialPsychology an episode]]episode]].
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* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': Aeva, one of the girls in Fiora's home village, is a shameless gossip queen. At first Fiora completely ignores her, but she later becomes a key player in Fiora's schemes when the latter discovers (to her astonishment) that Aeva's secretly been chosen to succeed the Sister as clan matriarch.
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* In Creator/DrSeuss and Creator/ChuckJones' 1970 adaptation of ''[[WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho1970 Horton Hears a Who!]]'', word of Horton talking to a dust speck is spread via the song "Mrs. Toucanella Told Me". The literal hens gossip to the point they're convinced the Jungle of Nool is being terrorized by a violent schizophrenic.

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* In Creator/DrSeuss and Creator/ChuckJones' 1970 adaptation of ''[[WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho1970 Horton Hears a Who!]]'', word of Horton talking to a dust speck is spread via the song "Mrs. Toucanella Told Me". The literal hens birds of the jungle gossip to the point they're convinced the Jungle of Nool is being terrorized by a violent schizophrenic.

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%%* A trio of church ladies in ''Theatre/TheColorPurpleMusical''.
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* "Papa Don't Preach" by Music/{{Madonna}} was born from this trope. Songwriter Brian Elliot's recording studio was near a high school, and it had a large, reflective storefront window that teen girls would use as a mirror to fix their hair and makeup on their way to class. Elliot was inspired to write the song based on gossip he overheard about one of their classmates [[TeenagePregnancy being pregnant]].

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* "Papa Don't Preach" by Music/{{Madonna}} was born from this trope. Songwriter Brian Elliot's recording studio was near a high school, and it had a large, reflective storefront window that teen girls would use as a mirror to fix their hair and makeup on their way while walking to class.school. Elliot was inspired to write the song based on gossip he overheard about one of their classmates [[TeenagePregnancy being pregnant]].
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* The ''ComicBook/XMen'', being recognised InUniverse and out as part super-team, part absurdly complicated soap opera, are infamous for this, with Gambit at one point complaining that ''eight different people'' called him up to inform him that Rogue, his then ex, had kissed Deadpool.

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* The ''ComicBook/XMen'', being recognised InUniverse and out as part super-team, part absurdly complicated soap opera, are infamous for this, with Gambit [[ComicBook/RogueAndGambit2018 at one point point]] complaining that ''eight different people'' called him up to inform him that Rogue, his then ex, had kissed Deadpool.
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* "Papa Don't Preach" by Music/{{Madonna}} was born from this trope. Songwriter Brian Elliot's recording studio was near a high school and its large front window doubled as a mirror where girls would often stop to fix their hair and makeup on their way to school, and he was inspired to write the song based on the gossip he overheard about one of their classmates [[TeenagePregnancy being pregnant]].

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* "Papa Don't Preach" by Music/{{Madonna}} was born from this trope. Songwriter Brian Elliot's recording studio was near a high school school, and its large front it had a large, reflective storefront window doubled that teen girls would use as a mirror where girls would often stop to fix their hair and makeup on their way to school, and he class. Elliot was inspired to write the song based on the gossip he overheard about one of their classmates [[TeenagePregnancy being pregnant]].
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* The sailors in ''Film/WatchYourStern'' spread rumours that Miss Foster and Commander Fanshawe are keen on each other. When Miss Foster finds out she calls them a load of old women.
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* In ''Film/PleaseTurnOver'', the local women all become them after ''Naked Revolt'' is published and become fascinated with the Hallidays' private lives:
-->'''Janet''': It's not what ''we'' think that matters, it's what ''they'' think.
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* A recurring feature in ''Series/MurderSheWrote'', generally at Loretta's Beauty Parlor, although Loretta says she's never heard ''any'' of her customers gossiping, just "good friends having conversation, about other good friends who aren't there to defend themselves".
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** In "[[Recap/TheBigBangTheoryS4E20TheHerbGardenGermination The Herb Garden Germination]]", rumours begin to spread that Howard intends to propose to Bernadette and that Raj has a crush on her. Fascinated by the effect gossip has had on their friends, Amy convinces Sheldon to spread false rumours among their friends as a social experiment on meme theory in order to see which gets the most attention.

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** In "[[Recap/TheBigBangTheoryS4E20TheHerbGardenGermination The Herb Garden Germination]]", rumours begin to spread that Bernadette plans to leave Howard while in truth Howard intends to propose to Bernadette Bernadette, and that Raj has a crush on her.Bernadette. Fascinated by the effect gossip has had on their friends, Amy convinces Sheldon to spread false rumours among their friends as a social experiment on meme theory in order to see which gets the most attention. The first set Amy tells Pennu is Amy is starting an herb garden, and Amy and Sheldon had sex. The latter spreads quickly because of how out of character the formerly asexual Sheldon had been. The second set Amy tells Penny is Amy wearing orthotics, and she is pregnant with Sheldon's baby. Amy barely gets down one flight of stairs and is passing Leonard when he shouts, "You're pregnant?!" Amy just smiles and asks if the text has anything about orthotics.
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* "Papa Don't Preach" by Music/{{Madonna}} was born from this trope. Songwriter Brian Elliot's recording studio was near a high school and its large front window doubled as a mirror where girls would often stop to fix their hair and chat on their way to school, and he was inspired to write the song based on the gossip he overheard about one girl [[TeenagePregnancy being pregnant]].

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* "Papa Don't Preach" by Music/{{Madonna}} was born from this trope. Songwriter Brian Elliot's recording studio was near a high school and its large front window doubled as a mirror where girls would often stop to fix their hair and chat makeup on their way to school, and he was inspired to write the song based on the gossip he overheard about one girl of their classmates [[TeenagePregnancy being pregnant]].
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* "Papa Don't Preach" by Music/{{Madonna}}, about a TeenagePregnancy, had a very specific origin. Songwriter Brian Elliot's recording studio was near a high school and its large front window doubled as a mirror where girls would often stop fix their hair and chit-chat on their way to school, and he was inspired to write the song based on the gossip he overheard.

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* "Papa Don't Preach" by Music/{{Madonna}}, about a TeenagePregnancy, had a very specific origin. Music/{{Madonna}} was born from this trope. Songwriter Brian Elliot's recording studio was near a high school and its large front window doubled as a mirror where girls would often stop to fix their hair and chit-chat chat on their way to school, and he was inspired to write the song based on the gossip he overheard.overheard about one girl [[TeenagePregnancy being pregnant]].
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* "Papa Don't Preach" by Music/{{Madonna}} had a very specific origin. Songwriter Brian Elliot's recording studio was near a high school and its large front window doubled as a mirror where local schoolgirls would regularly fix their hair and chit-chat, and he was inspired to write the song based on the gossip he heard about a girl's TeenagePregnancy.

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* "Papa Don't Preach" by Music/{{Madonna}} had a very specific origin. Songwriter Brian Elliot's recording studio was near a high school and its storefront window doubled as a mirror where local schoolgirls would regularly fix their hair and chit-chat, and he was inspired to write the song based on the gossip he heard about a girl's TeenagePregnancy.

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* "Papa Don't Preach" by Music/{{Madonna}} had a very specific origin. Songwriter Brian Elliot's recording studio was near a high school and its storefront large front window doubled as a mirror where local schoolgirls would regularly fix their hair and chit-chat, and he was inspired to write the song based on the gossip he heard about a girl's TeenagePregnancy.
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* ''Fanfic/TheStoryOfApolloDaphneAndLucaAnItalianTragedy'': [[TheGadfly Carlos]] ''absolutely'' loves gossip.
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* ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'': Outside her own route, Ranpha Franboise seems to be the one who's most interested in gossiping about Tact's love life. In the ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngelII'' trilogy, she bonds with Tequila who also loves to know the going-ons if she's not the one being romanced by Kazuya.
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* ''Literature/SorryBro'': Sona is a gossipy older woman who instantly spreads the news that Nareh was kissing a woman after she catches them at it.
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* One ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' story is about an alien spy disguised as a human, gathering information on humanity in preparation for a full-scale invasion. He slowly begins to believe humanity isn't so diffeerent from his own species, and is prepared to call off the invasion, but the group of GossipyHens he has to live near bug him to the point where he changes his mind and tells his superiors to proceed with the invasion.

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* One ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' story is about an alien spy disguised as a human, gathering information on humanity in preparation for a full-scale invasion. He slowly begins to believe humanity isn't so diffeerent from his own species, and is prepared to call off the invasion, but the group of GossipyHens Gossipy Hens he has to live near bug him to the point where he changes his mind and tells his superiors to proceed with the invasion.



* OlderThanTelevision: ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'': Roxane lampshades at Act II Scene IV that [[LoveAtFirstSight she never has spoken to Christian]], but she knows a lot about him because the Palace Royale is crowded with GossipyHens and they informed her that Christian loves her and that he has joined the Gascon Cadets:
--> '''Cyrano:''' How know you then that he…?
--> '''Roxane:''' Oh! people talk
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* OlderThanTelevision: ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'': Roxane lampshades at Act II Scene IV that [[LoveAtFirstSight she never has spoken to Christian]], but she knows a lot about him because the Palace Royale is crowded with GossipyHens Gossipy Hens, and they informed her that Christian loves her and that he has joined the Gascon Cadets:
--> '''Cyrano:''' -->'''Cyrano:''' How know you then that he…?
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* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'':
%%** Male version: the four old Corsicans sitting on a bench in ''Astérix in Corsica''.
** In ''Recap/AsterixAndTheRomanAgent'', the Romans send out a guy who's ''scaringly'' good at spreading rumors [[ManipulativeBastard to try pitting everyone in Asterix's village against each other.]] And the women of the village become a prominent tool in his arsenal with their constant gossiping (and the GossipEvolution that comes with it).

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%%** Male version: the four old Corsicans sitting on a bench in ''Asterix in Corsica''.
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* In an outtake of ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'', Julius calls several handmaidens this...and adds a cluck, for good measure.

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* In an outtake of ''{{Manga/Berserk}}'', Julius calls several handmaidens this...and this. One of the outtakes even adds a cluck, cluck for good measure.
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Chances are, if your work is set in Victorian or Edwardian times, these characters will show up. If the characters are Jewish, expect the word "yenta" (after the gossiping matchmaker in Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof) to be thrown around. In Asian and African works, "aunties" are often this. In African-American works, church and hair salons are prime locations for these ladies. Are often members of a GirlPosse, if the action is set in a high school. In a work with [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]], a VisualPun of literal female birds often do this. Sometimes serve as a GreekChorus. Compare ThoseTwoGuys and ChattyHairdresser.

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Chances are, if your work is set in Victorian or Edwardian times, these characters will show up. If the characters are Jewish, expect the word "yenta" (after the gossiping matchmaker in Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof) to be thrown around. In Asian and African works, "aunties" are often this. In African-American works, church [[ChurchLady church]] and [[ChattyHairdresser hair salons salons]] are prime locations for these ladies. Are often members of a GirlPosse, if the action is set in a high school. In a work with [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]], a VisualPun of literal female birds often do this. Sometimes serve as a GreekChorus. Compare ThoseTwoGuys and ChattyHairdresser.
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Chances are, if your work is set in Victorian or Edwardian times, these characters will show up. If the characters are Jewish, expect the word "yenta" (after the gossiping matchmaker in Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof) to be thrown around. In Asian and African works, "aunties" are often this. Are often members of a GirlPosse, if the action is set in a high school. In a work with [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]], a VisualPun of literal female birds often do this. Sometimes serve as a GreekChorus. Compare ThoseTwoGuys and ChattyHairdresser.

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Chances are, if your work is set in Victorian or Edwardian times, these characters will show up. If the characters are Jewish, expect the word "yenta" (after the gossiping matchmaker in Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof) to be thrown around. In Asian and African works, "aunties" are often this. In African-American works, church and hair salons are prime locations for these ladies. Are often members of a GirlPosse, if the action is set in a high school. In a work with [[TalkingAnimal Talking Animals]], a VisualPun of literal female birds often do this. Sometimes serve as a GreekChorus. Compare ThoseTwoGuys and ChattyHairdresser.

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%%* The pepperpots from ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''.
%%* The EvilDuo of Sarah O'Brien and Thomas Barrow on ''Series/DowntonAbbey''.
%%* The Gossip Girls sketches on ''Series/HeeHaw''.
%%* The Misses Enid and Eulalia from ''Series/ThisHourHas22Minutes'', and their predecessors, the two Margs from ''{{Codco}}''.
%%* There was an episode of "Series/ILoveLucy" titled "The Gossip."



%%* The EvilDuo of Sarah O'Brien and Thomas Barrow on ''Series/DowntonAbbey''.



%%* The Gossip Girls sketches on ''Series/HeeHaw''.



%%* There was an episode of "Series/ILoveLucy" titled "The Gossip."



* One of the best examples of this trope in any Mexican telenovela comes from the set-in-high-school ''El Juego de la Vida'' (''The Game of Life'') with the character Cinthia, who was a mean girl, MotorMouth, ValleyGirl and the BetaBitch to one of the main villains, but her most prominent character feature was being the biggest gossip in school, a trait that she wouldn't hesitate to take advantage of to help her best friend [[ManipulativeBitch Tania]] make a living hell out of the lives of the four main characters. Several times through the telenovela, Cinthia is seen at school surrounded by a group of girls indulging in her latest juicy bit of gossip.

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* One of the best examples of this trope in any Mexican telenovela comes from the set-in-high-school ''El ''Series/{{El Juego de la Vida'' Vida}}'' (''The Game of Life'') with the character Cinthia, who was a mean girl, MotorMouth, ValleyGirl and the BetaBitch to one of the main villains, but her most prominent character feature was being the biggest gossip in school, a trait that she wouldn't hesitate to take advantage of to help her best friend [[ManipulativeBitch Tania]] make a living hell out of the lives of the four main characters. Several times through the telenovela, Cinthia is seen at school surrounded by a group of girls indulging in her latest juicy bit of gossip.



%%* The pepperpots from ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''.



%%* The Misses Enid and Eulalia from ''Series/ThisHourHas22Minutes'', and their predecessors, the two Margs from ''{{Codco}}''.



* Hilariously and mercilessly parodied in the song "La Vieja Julia" ("Old woman Julia") by the Chilean group Los Hijos de Putre. The title is also a PunnyName, since "la vieja Julia" sounds kinda like "la vieja culiá", which is a... very rude slang expression to refer to old women in Chile, alluding to how the narrator hates the old lady named Julia because she meddles in everything, talks shit about everyone and acts double-faced.
* Music/TaylorSwift:
** In the video for "White Horse", she learns about her boyfriend's infidelity through her best friend.
** Two coworkers whisper about her in the cafeteria in the "Ours" music video.
* The song "Suds In The Bucket" by Music/SaraEvans is about a young woman who eloped with a man one day without any warning and the whole small-town erupts over that one event, including the "Now all the biddy's in the beauty shop gossip goin' non-stop" and sipping pink lemonade.
* Music/MirandaLambert has "Famous in a Small Town," which suggests this is the reason why...and not always for flattering reasons.
-->Every last one, route one, rural heart's got a story to tell\\
Every grandma, in-law, ex-girlfriend maybe knows it just a little too well\\
Whether you're late for church or you're stuck in jail\\
Hey, word's gonna get around\\
Everybody dies famous in a small town



* The song "Suds In The Bucket" by Music/SaraEvans is about a young woman who eloped with a man one day without any warning and the whole small-town erupts over that one event, including the "Now all the biddy's in the beauty shop gossip goin' non-stop" and sipping pink lemonade.
* Hilariously and mercilessly parodied in the song "La Vieja Julia" ("Old woman Julia") by the Chilean group Los Hijos de Putre. The title is also a PunnyName, since "la vieja Julia" sounds kinda like "la vieja culiá", which is a... very rude slang expression to refer to old women in Chile, alluding to how the narrator hates the old lady named Julia because she meddles in everything, talks shit about everyone and acts double-faced.
* Music/MirandaLambert has "Famous in a Small Town," which suggests this is the reason why...and not always for flattering reasons.
-->Every last one, route one, rural heart's got a story to tell\\
Every grandma, in-law, ex-girlfriend maybe knows it just a little too well\\
Whether you're late for church or you're stuck in jail\\
Hey, word's gonna get around\\
Everybody dies famous in a small town
* Music/TaylorSwift:
** In the video for "White Horse", she learns about her boyfriend's infidelity through her best friend.
** Two coworkers whisper about her in the cafeteria in the "Ours" music video.



* ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'': Stella and Blanche occasionally fall into this trope. Stanley yells at them one point, "You hens cut out that cackling in there!"
* The women's committee from ''Theatre/TheMusicMan'', as shown in their ensemble song "Pick a Little, Talk a Little." (TheMovie interposes footage of actual chickens during this number.)
* A rare male equivalent to this trope appears in ''Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice'' in the form of Solanio and Salarino, who play this role in the service of exposition.
* The two Celestes from ''Theatre/SundayInTheParkWithGeorge''.
* The patrons of Mrs. Organ Morgan's shop in ''Theatre/UnderMilkWood''.
* Most older female characters in ''Theatre/StreetScene'' who aren't Mrs. Maurrant (the subject of most of the gossip), Mrs. Fiorentino and Mrs. Jones in particular.
* Carla and ''especially'' Daniela in ''Theatre/InTheHeights''. To the point where Daniela knows about plot points the very next scene.
* Britten's ''Theatre/PeterGrimes'' has a town of these, and the males are just as bad. They have a tendency to grab pitchforks...



%%* The women of ''Theatre/OurTown'', especially Mrs. Soames. [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] by Dr. Gibbs at one point.



* The Theatre/{{Mrs Hawking}} play series: Subverted somewhat with Clara. In [[http://www.mrshawking.com/?page_id=526 Vivat Regina]], it is clear that while Clara does enjoy gossip, she is a sharp, discerning, clever person, nothing like the vacuous babbling persona she puts on to scare Mrs. Hawking away.

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* Carla and ''especially'' Daniela in ''Theatre/InTheHeights''. To the point where Daniela knows about plot points the very next scene.
* A rare male equivalent to this trope appears in ''Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice'' in the form of Solanio and Salarino, who play this role in the service of exposition.
* The Theatre/{{Mrs Hawking}} ''Theatre/{{Mrs Hawking}}'' play series: Subverted somewhat with Clara. In [[http://www.mrshawking.com/?page_id=526 Vivat Regina]], it is clear that while Clara does enjoy gossip, she is a sharp, discerning, clever person, nothing like the vacuous babbling persona she puts on to scare Mrs. Hawking away.
* The women's committee from ''Theatre/TheMusicMan'', as shown in their ensemble song "Pick a Little, Talk a Little." (TheMovie interposes footage of actual chickens during this number.)
%%* The women of ''Theatre/OurTown'', especially Mrs. Soames. [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] by Dr. Gibbs at one point.
* Britten's ''Theatre/PeterGrimes'' has a town of these, and the males are just as bad. They have a tendency to grab pitchforks...



* ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'': Stella and Blanche occasionally fall into this trope. Stanley yells at them one point, "You hens cut out that cackling in there!"
* Most older female characters in ''Theatre/StreetScene'' who aren't Mrs. Maurrant (the subject of most of the gossip), Mrs. Fiorentino and Mrs. Jones in particular.
%%* The two Celestes from ''Theatre/SundayInTheParkWithGeorge''.
%%* The patrons of Mrs. Organ Morgan's shop in ''Theatre/UnderMilkWood''.



* There are two old women who, along with a daughter, do this in ''VideoGame/ShadowOfDestiny''.
* Coco in ''VideoGame/RivieraThePromisedLand'' has dialogue consisting almost ''entirely'' of gossip about Fia and Lina. One of the voiced dramas features a mixed-gender group gossiping about Malice's parents.

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* There In the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' series, the main source of gossip in your town comes from snooty villagers, which are two old women who, along with a daughter, do this in ''VideoGame/ShadowOfDestiny''.
* Coco in ''VideoGame/RivieraThePromisedLand'' has dialogue consisting almost ''entirely''
one of the six (eight from ''[[VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewLeaf New Leaf]]'' onwards) personality types found among villagers. Amusingly enough, they often try to deny the fact that they gossip about Fia and Lina. One their neighbours. For added extra points, some of the voiced dramas features a mixed-gender group gossiping about Malice's parents.snooty villagers are ''literally'' hens.



* In the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' series, the main source of gossip in your town comes from snooty villagers, which are one of the six (eight from ''[[VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewLeaf New Leaf]]'' onwards) personality types found among villagers. Amusingly enough, they often try to deny the fact that they gossip about their neighbours. For added extra points, some of the snooty villagers are ''literally'' hens.



* Coco in ''VideoGame/RivieraThePromisedLand'' has dialogue consisting almost ''entirely'' of gossip about Fia and Lina. One of the voiced dramas features a mixed-gender group gossiping about Malice's parents.
* There are two old women who, along with a daughter, do this in ''VideoGame/ShadowOfDestiny''.



* [[GenkiGirl Lulu]] [[CoolBigSis Milton]] from the online game ''VideoGame/GardensOfTime''. Several gold-unlockable scenes are dedicated to her chatting and gossiping about the game's LoveDodecahedron, and she's referred to as "gossipmonger" and the "gossip girl" of the group.



* [[GenkiGirl Lulu]] [[CoolBigSis Milton]] from the online game ''VideoGame/GardensOfTime''. Several gold-unlockable scenes are dedicated to her chatting and gossiping about the game's LoveDodecahedron, and she's referred to as "gossipmonger" and the "gossip girl" of the group.



* In Creator/DrSeuss and Creator/ChuckJones' 1970 adaptation of [[WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho1970 Horton Hears a Who!]], word of Horton talking to a dust speck is spread via the song "Mrs. Toucanella Told Me". The literal hens gossip to the point they're convinced the Jungle of Nool is being terrorized by a violent schizophrenic.
* The WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short "Of Rice and Hen" features a particularly mean-spirited flock of hens targeting Miss Prissy (not their only appearance).

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* In Creator/DrSeuss and Creator/ChuckJones' 1970 adaptation of [[WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho1970 ''[[WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho1970 Horton Hears a Who!]], Who!]]'', word of Horton talking to a dust speck is spread via the song "Mrs. Toucanella Told Me". The literal hens gossip to the point they're convinced the Jungle of Nool is being terrorized by a violent schizophrenic.
* The WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "Of Rice and Hen" features a particularly mean-spirited flock of hens targeting Miss Prissy (not their only appearance).



* Pops up in the Christmas special ''The Story Of Santa Claus'', with a group of women gossiping outside the toy shop very early in the special.

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* Pops up in the Christmas special ''The Story Of Santa Claus'', ''WesternAnimation/TheStoryOfSantaClaus'', with a group of women gossiping outside the toy shop very early in the special.

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* One ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' story is about an alien spy disguised as a human, gathering information on humanity in preparation for a full-scale invasion. He slowly begins to believe humanity isn't so diffeerent from his own species, and is prepared to call off the invasion, but the group of GossipyHens he has to live near bug him to the point where he changes his mind and tells his superiors to proceed with the invasion.
* The ''ComicBook/XMen'', being recognised InUniverse and out as part super-team, part absurdly complicated soap opera, are infamous for this, with Gambit at one point complaining that ''eight different people'' called him up to inform him that Rogue, his then ex, had kissed Deadpool.
* The classic horror comic "Mister Mystery" gives us a particularly nasty trio in the appropriately titled [[http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2007/10/gossips.html "The Gossips!"]]. This being a horror comic, the title gossips get a gory KarmicDeath at the end.



* One ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' story is about an alien spy disguised as a human, gathering information on humanity in preparation for a full-scale invasion. He slowly begins to believe humanity isn't so diffeerent from his own species, and is prepared to call off the invasion, but the group of GossipyHens he has to live near bug him to the point where he changes his mind and tells his superiors to proceed with the invasion.
* The classic horror comic ''ComicBook/MisterMystery'' gives us a particularly nasty trio in the appropriately titled [[http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2007/10/gossips.html "The Gossips!"]]. This being a horror comic, the title gossips get a gory KarmicDeath at the end.
* The ''ComicBook/XMen'', being recognised InUniverse and out as part super-team, part absurdly complicated soap opera, are infamous for this, with Gambit at one point complaining that ''eight different people'' called him up to inform him that Rogue, his then ex, had kissed Deadpool.



%%* The "posse" in the comic strip ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}''.

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%%* The "posse" in the comic strip ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}''.Annie from ''ComicStrip/LittleOrphanAnnie'' has encountered her fair share of them.



%%* Annie from ''ComicStrip/LittleOrphanAnnie'' has encountered her fair share of them.

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%%* Annie from ''ComicStrip/LittleOrphanAnnie'' has encountered her fair share * The "posse" in the comic strip ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}''. The Posse are the schools "girly girls." They are addicted to their cellphones, and are usually at the centre of them.all gossip circulating through the school.



* ''Fanfic/TheParselmouthOfGryffindor'' has a male example with Little Hangleton's barkeep/innkeeper, John Hanger, whose pub (''The Hanged Man'') is the knot of every gossip in town. Not that there's much happening in a little village, so he makes do by endlessly recycling the town's ''only'' interesting story (the decades-old Riddle murders) to no end, and making up ludicrous conspiracy theories about what few strangers pass through town.
* In ComicBook/XMen fanfic ''Fanfic/MutatisMutandis'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2359030/Artemiss_Liege Artemis's Liege]] there are the male students Xavier's Academy.
-->'''Manuel:''' One of Jamie's dupes overheard Ms. Munroe telling Ms. Grey, who told Bobby, who told Julio, who told Scott, who told Kurt, who told Shola, who told me.
* A ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' fanfic called [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2145390 Heard It Through The Heart Line]] makes the Heart [[spoiler: AKA [[TheHighQueen Empress Jessamine]]]] into one. The Heart canonically has the ability to see everyone's secrets, and spends the entire fic gleefully revealing them to Corvo. [[TooMuchInformation All of them]]. HilarityEnsues.
* Most of the conversations between Alya, Marinette and April in ''Fanfic/LadybugInAHalfShell'' usually pertain to boys and love-triangles.



* A ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' fanfic called ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2145390 Heard It Through The Heart Line]]'' makes the Heart [[spoiler: AKA [[TheHighQueen Empress Jessamine]]]] into one. The Heart canonically has the ability to see everyone's secrets, and spends the entire fic gleefully revealing them to Corvo. [[TooMuchInformation All of them]]. HilarityEnsues.
* Most of the conversations between Alya, Marinette and April in ''Fanfic/LadybugInAHalfShell'' usually pertain to boys and love-triangles.



* Violet, Morgan, Barbara, and Marissa in ''FanFic/TotalDramaLegacy''.

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* Violet, Morgan, Barbara, In ''ComicBook/XMen'' fanfic ''Fanfic/MutatisMutandis'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2359030/Artemiss_Liege Artemis's Liege]] there are the male students Xavier's Academy.
-->'''Manuel:''' One of Jamie's dupes overheard Ms. Munroe telling Ms. Grey, who told Bobby, who told Julio, who told Scott, who told Kurt, who told Shola, who told me.
* ''Fanfic/TheParselmouthOfGryffindor'' has a male example with Little Hangleton's barkeep/innkeeper, John Hanger, whose pub (''The Hanged Man'') is the knot of every gossip in town. Not that there's much happening in a little village, so he makes do by endlessly recycling the town's ''only'' interesting story (the decades-old Riddle murders) to no end,
and Marissa in ''FanFic/TotalDramaLegacy''.making up ludicrous conspiracy theories about what few strangers pass through town.



%%* Violet, Morgan, Barbara, and Marissa in ''FanFic/TotalDramaLegacy''.



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%%* The sewing machine with two faces in ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster''.
* All the villagers in ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', even the children.



%%* The sewing machine with two faces in ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster''.
* All the villagers in ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', even the children.



* [[Creator/ElviraMistressOfTheDark Elvira]] suffers at the hands (or should that be ''tongues''?) of these when '''''she''''' is looking for a job.

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* [[Creator/ElviraMistressOfTheDark Elvira]] ''Creator/ElviraMistressOfTheDark'': Elvira suffers at the hands (or should that be ''tongues''?) of these when '''''she''''' is looking for a job.



* Petunia Dursley of ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fame is pretty much one of these without a second to gossip at.

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* Petunia Dursley Various female characters from L. M. Montgomery; for example, the women at the Ladies' Aid quilting bee in ''[[Literature/AnneOfGreenGables Anne of ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fame is pretty much Ingleside]]''.
* ''Literature/ChocoholicMysteries'': Male variant in Gregory Glossop,
one of these without a second to gossip at.the town pharmacists, who's better known as "Greg Gossip" for his notorious gossiping habit.
%%* The society ladies of N____ in ''Literature/DeadSouls'', especially those two in chapter #9.



* ''Literature/TheGreatGreeneHeist'': Megan has a bad habit of blabbing juicy secrets to the Drama Club and her fellow cheerleaders, which is why Jackson shuts her out his HighSchoolHustler plots. Jackson lets her back into his circle of friends after she proves during a SecretTestOfCharacter that she's changed (he feeds her a false rumor about an AlphaBitch, and she doesn't tell anyone else).
* Petunia Dursley of ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fame is pretty much one of these without a second to gossip at.
* Pretty much ''everyone'' in the small town near ''Literature/{{Heidi}}'' and her grandpa's cabin. In fact, one of them tags along with Aunt Dete for a while so she can go into MrExposition mode and explain both why the old man is living alone up there and why she's taking Heidi to live with him.
%%* The 'nestie bodies' in ''The House With The Green Shutters'', a very rare very vicious all-male example.



* A group of these gets a character to tell the story of ''Their Eyes Were Watching God'' to a friend.
* Various female characters from L. M. Montgomery; for example, the women at the Ladies' Aid quilting bee in ''[[Literature/AnneOfGreenGables Anne of Ingleside]]''.
* Creator/AgathaChristie's ''Literature/TheMurderAtTheVicarage'' had three old ladies (the "old pussies") who seemed like this. One of them turned out to be sharper than she looked -- her name? [[Literature/MissMarple Miss Jane Marple]].
* In Creator/BrianAldiss' ''Non-Stop'', Roy encounters a group of Gossipy Hens in Quarters. The fragmented bits of sniping he overhears are part of a breakthrough he has regarding the inward-turned and purposeless nature of his community and his need to go on his [[TheHerosJourney Hero's Journey]].
* There's an old (and rather [[ValuesDissonance sexist]]) nursery rhyme about the "gossips of the village" sitting around sipping tea and ignoring everything but their gab session.



%%* The Puritans, especially the women, in the first few chapters of ''Literature/TheScarletLetter''.
* ''Literature/TheGreatGreeneHeist'': Megan has a bad habit of blabbing juicy secrets to the Drama Club and her fellow cheerleaders, which is why Jackson shuts her out his HighSchoolHustler plots. Jackson lets her back into his circle of friends after she proves during a SecretTestOfCharacter that she's changed (he feeds her a false rumor about an AlphaBitch, and she doesn't tell anyone else).
* Pretty much ''everyone'' in the small town near ''Literature/{{Heidi}}'' and her grandpa's cabin. In fact, one of them tags along with Aunt Dete for a while so she can go into MrExposition mode and explain both why the old man is living alone up there and why she's taking Heidi to live with him.
%%* The 'nestie bodies' in ''The House With The Green Shutters'', a very rare very vicious all-male example.
%%* The society ladies of N____ in ''Literature/DeadSouls'', especially those two in chapter #9.
* In the second part of French novel ''Reine: my priest and my uncle'', main character Reine is attending a ball and overhears a trio of old ladies talking about how [[spoiler: Reine's love interest, [[GentleGiant Paul de Conprat]], may be getting engaged to her cousin Blanche.]] Reine is so shaken that she suffers an HeroicBSOD, which thankfully isn't very serious. [[spoiler: Bad thing: the ladies were ''right''.]]
%%* Miss Stephanie Crawford from ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird''.
%%* Although they seem more into bragging, the group in ''Literature/SewingCircle'' qualifies.



* ''{{Literature/The Parasol Protectorate}}'s'' most prominent gossip is [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Lord Akeldama]]. He doesn't always share what he knows, but he loves collecting gossip so much that he's trained a horde of [[TheRenfield Drones]] to eavesdrop at parties all over London. There are times when this network keeps him better informed than the British government.
* ''Literature/SecretSanta2007'': Mindy Yee is constantly inquiring about new drama and spreading it across the school, although the third book reveals that this is because she's lonely and wants people to like her.
* In ''Literature/SweetValleyHigh'', Jessica and her clique, and the Unicorns in the ''Twins'' series. True to form, twin sister Elizabeth decries this kind of behavior... to ''her'' friends, in her usual hypocritical style.
* Lady Kliss comes off as this in ''Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy''. She's later revealed to be using it as an innocent front to collect information.



* Lady Kliss comes off as this in ''Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy''. She's later revealed to be using it as an innocent front to collect information.
* Creator/AgathaChristie's ''Literature/TheMurderAtTheVicarage'' had three old ladies (the "old pussies") who seemed like this. One of them turned out to be sharper than she looked -- her name? [[Literature/MissMarple Miss Jane Marple]].



* ''Literature/ChocoholicMysteries'': Male variant in Gregory Glossop, one of the town pharmacists, who's better known as "Greg Gossip" for his notorious gossiping habit.
* ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'': Deconstructed in the series. The novels indicate that it's not just a female passion. The male Vor counts gossip as much as their wives, and in Gentleman Jole, Cordelia teases Jole that the military personnel "gossip like washerwomen". Jole grins and doesn't refute this.

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* ''Literature/ChocoholicMysteries'': Male variant In Creator/BrianAldiss' ''Non-Stop'', Roy encounters a group of Gossipy Hens in Gregory Glossop, one Quarters. The fragmented bits of sniping he overhears are part of a breakthrough he has regarding the town pharmacists, who's better known as "Greg Gossip" for inward-turned and purposeless nature of his notorious gossiping habit.
community and his need to go on his [[TheHerosJourney Hero's Journey]].
* ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'': Deconstructed in the series. The novels indicate that it's not just a female passion. The male Vor counts ''{{Literature/The Parasol Protectorate}}'s'' most prominent gossip as much as their wives, and in Gentleman Jole, Cordelia teases Jole that the military personnel "gossip like washerwomen". Jole grins and is [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Lord Akeldama]]. He doesn't refute this.always share what he knows, but he loves collecting gossip so much that he's trained a horde of [[TheRenfield Drones]] to eavesdrop at parties all over London. There are times when this network keeps him better informed than the British government.
* In the second part of French novel ''Reine: my priest and my uncle'', main character Reine is attending a ball and overhears a trio of old ladies talking about how [[spoiler: Reine's love interest, [[GentleGiant Paul de Conprat]], may be getting engaged to her cousin Blanche.]] Reine is so shaken that she suffers an HeroicBSOD, which thankfully isn't very serious. [[spoiler: Bad thing: the ladies were ''right''.]]
%%* The Puritans, especially the women, in the first few chapters of ''Literature/TheScarletLetter''.
* ''Literature/SecretSanta2007'': Mindy Yee is constantly inquiring about new drama and spreading it across the school, although the third book reveals that this is because she's lonely and wants people to like her.




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%%* Although they seem more into bragging, the group in ''Literature/SewingCircle'' qualifies.
* In ''Literature/SweetValleyHigh'', Jessica and her clique, and the Unicorns in the ''Twins'' series. True to form, twin sister Elizabeth decries this kind of behavior... to ''her'' friends, in her usual hypocritical style.
* A group of these gets a character to tell the story of ''Their Eyes Were Watching God'' to a friend.
%%* Miss Stephanie Crawford from ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird''.
* ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'': Deconstructed in the series. The novels indicate that it's not just a female passion. The male Vor counts gossip as much as their wives, and in Gentleman Jole, Cordelia teases Jole that the military personnel "gossip like washerwomen". Jole grins and doesn't refute this.
* There's an old (and rather [[ValuesDissonance sexist]]) nursery rhyme about the "gossips of the village" sitting around sipping tea and ignoring everything but their gab session.
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* ''Fanfic/QueensOfMewni'': Hope loved spreading gossip around, and notably broke the news that her older sister (and heir to the throne) was kissing a boy. History remembers her as Hope the Gossip Girl.
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* ''Film/HuntingScenesFromBavaria'': The widow Maria, with whom Abrams lives on her farm, is the subject of village gossip because of her disabled son Ernstl and her relationship with her farmhand Volker.

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