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* Various female characters from L. M. Montgomery; for example, the women at the Ladies' Aid quilting bee in ''Anne of Ingleside''.

* "Amen" by Eden's Edge. The singer hears through the town grapevine that her crush's girlfriend (who nobody liked) has let him and the whole town is rooting for her and him to get together.

Someone give me an amen

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons:'' Marge's two older sisters, Patty and Selma. They're indistinguishable in personality, have identical voices, and exist entirely to say belittling things--''especially'' if it's about Marge's husband, Homer.

* In the first scene of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', a group of these make fun of Simon, helping to establish that although Kamina is friendly to him and the village chief considers him a hard worker, Simon doesn't really have a lot of incentive to stay in his village.
* An episode of ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' focuses on a group of these. They discuss rumors (and BlatantLies) involving Li'l Slugger, and at the end of the episode, one of them returns home to discover her husband was the latest victim... The victim [[spoiler: whose wife is more interested in what happened to him so that she can join in on the gossip with a 'real' example.]]
* A small group of neighborhood women tend to gossip about the latest malady to hit the Moroboshi house in ''Manga/UruseiYatsura''.
* At first, [[HugeSchoolgirl Miki Hosokawa]] from ''Manga/HellTeacherNube''. She's still gossipy later, but not as much as she used to. Not to mention she's a bit of a subversion: despite being a gossip hen, Miki ''[[EveryoneHasStandards does]]'' [[EveryoneHasStandards feel bad when she sees one of her neighbors spread downright hurtful rumors]] that make people upset, and she vows to not reach such extremes. [[spoiler: When a ghost tricks her friends into believing she ''is'' spreading mean lies as well as the secrets they confided in her, Miki is genuinely hurt at how angry they get at her and, after a brief HeroicBSOD, tries to clear her name. When she's succesful, the ghost tries to kill her and has to be exorcised by Nuubee.]]
%%* Julie and Charlotte from ''Anime/KaleidoStar'', before their CharacterDevelopment.

* Yoriko Nikaido of ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest'' is this, to the point of fellow officer Natsumi interceding when she talks about her collegues. She once ends up BoundAndGagged in the OVA when her friends find out that one of her gossip chains is wrong.
* Mrs. Tachibana and her group of friends from ''Manga/HotGimmick''. Hence why Hatsumi completely panics when her son Ryoki sees the morning-after pill she had just bought for her sister Akane, and then tells him to do what he wants to her in exchange of keeping the deal secret: being the wife of the landlord/Hatsumi's dad's boss ''and'' quite the RichBitch, she can ''very'' easily tell her husband that Hatsumi's family is not a good influence on the residents, which would lead to Hatsumi's father being laid off ''and'' them being evicted and losing everything.

* Tomoe from ''Anime/HanasakuIroha''. Also, when a film crew comes to the inn to do some preparations for a shooting, there is a scene where Tomoe, Ohana ''and'' Nako sit in a tight circle and gossip about the film crew. When the serious and reserved Minko passes by, all three of them promptly make a calling gesture towards her.
* Maya from ''Manga/DetectiveSchoolQ'''s BoardingSchool case has some traits of this, mixing them with GenkiGirl and SchoolNewspaperNewsHound. [[spoiler: And almost ends up killed by the case's culprit since she has vital information abot his killings. ''And she doesn't even know it''.]]
* [[{{Meido}} Minako]] from ''Manga/DearBrother'', although she is nicer than the standard. [[spoiler:And she plays [[ChekhovsGunman a]] ''[[ChekhovsGunman very]]'' [[ChekhovsGunman important role]] [[CanonForeigner in the anime]] since she tells Nanako about Fukiko's "[[RoomFullOfCrazy secret room]]", which is full of memorabilia of her time with her crush Takehiko; Minako herself is the only person aside of Fukiko who is allowed to set foot on said room, and ''only'' to keep it clean and completely unchanged. But before she can tell Nanako more details about it, Fukiko finds out and gets so upset that she gets Minako fired.]] She openly refers to herself as such when talking to Nanako [[spoiler:after being kicked out of her job at the Ichinomiya mansion.]]
* ''Manga/GoodbyeMyRoseGarden'' has Edward's sisters. When his fiancée Alice comes to visit, they gossip about how Alice's former maid Giselle married a baron, as well as how her new maid Hanako is a "lion" from Japan. Unsurprisingly, Alice doesn't seem to like her sisters-in-law very much, and makes excuses not to spend time with them.

* ''Series/OurMissBrooks'':
** In "The Party Line", the two woman who share Miss Brooks' party telephone line hold up the phone gossiping all day. The women also listen in on Miss Brooks' conversations and gossip about Miss Brooks, Mrs. Davis and Mr. Boynton.
** Mrs. Davis and her sister Angela, on occasion. Of course, they'll deny being gossips . . . .

* Mrs. Beeker and the other block ladies on ''Series/SeventhHeaven'', though Mrs. Beeker herself was able to put it away early in season 4... and again in season 5 after Mary was PutOnABus and the Camdens caught her in the act.
* ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine''. The format in the late 80s and 90s was essentially that halfway through the episode, the ladies would meet up to discuss the men's latest ZanyScheme, sometimes including GossipEvolution. The punchline was that they would all drink their tea simultaneously.
** Drink your coffee!

* ''Series/{{Community}}'' has Jeff and Shirley being this for [[Recap/CommunityS1E04SocialPsychology an episode]]

* The entire premise of ''Series/DeviousMaids'' is domestic workers in Beverly Hills leveraging gossip picked up from their wealthy employers.
%%* There was an episode of "Series/ILoveLucy" titled "The Gossip."
* One of these exists offscreen in ''Series/TheCosbyShow'', when the grandparents meet Vanessa's fiance. As the man tells it, "In my church, we don't have a church newsletter, we have Gladys Jones." To make matters worse, the woman frequently gets the man and his brother mixed up, meaning like most examples of this trope, she's not only blabbing personal information that she has no right to discuss, she's blabbing (technically) incorrect information as well.
* The Hetebrink sisters of ''Series/{{Amen}}''. Thelma as well, though not as bad. Most of the church ladies, in fact, including the unseen mother of neighbor boy Chris, making him an example of this as well.

* Lily from ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. She always passes along new gossip even when the others don't ask or care about it. In addition whenever others avoid telling her secrets it drives her crazy that others view her as a gossip, no matter how true it is.
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' has main character Carla, who also enjoys trying to correct things, and secondary character Laverne whose main trait is how she enjoys juicy gossip (once even admitting to being a busybody). J.D. on a few occasions enjoys sharing gossip with Carla, while amusingly Elliot ([[MasculineGirlFeminineBoy the masculine female to J.D. feminine male]]) is not that interested.

* ''Series/WandaVision'': Vision finds out that the neighborhood watch isn't about security and is actually an opportunity for a clique to get together and gossip about their neighbors over donuts. Once he catches on to what they really do, he tries to darken the mood by [[RedScare randomly accusing Norm of being a communist]], [[BlackComedy which they all find hilarious]].
* ''Series/HometownChaChaCha'': The nosy neighbors are all in each other's business and have a healthy gossip chain going. When Nam-suk spots Hye-jin leaving Du-sik's home early in the morning, the news spreads so quickly across Gongjin that Hye-jin's best friend Mi-seon hears of it before Hye-jin even reaches home. And when they spot Du-sik hanging out with a pretty woman, they semi-discreetly follow him everywhere to keep tabs on them.
* In ''Series/MsMarvel2022'', Kamala refers to her mother's friends--older ladies in the local Pakistani-American community--as the "[[TheIlluminati Illumin-Aunties]]," as they live for gossip and know ''everything'' about everyone in the community. Naturally, she goes to them to try to learn more about her great-grandmother (the source of her powers), as that's a sore subject for her mother.

* In Creator/DrSeuss and Creator/ChuckJones' 1970 adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho'', 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.

* ''Machinima/TheGModIdiotBox'' parodies this in Episode 5, with the two women in the store and later the one with her cell phone, who it seems the only sound they can make is chicken-clucking noises. They continue to do this even after their "conversation" partner is gone.

--> '''Julius''': Gossipy hens. *[[CluckingFunny bukkawk]]!*

* In ''Series/MsMarvel2022'', Kamala refers to the older ladies of the local Pakistani-American community as the "[[TheIlluminati Illumin-Aunties]]," as they live for gossip and know ''everything'' about everyone in the community. Naturally, she goes to them to try to learn more about her great-grandmother (the source of her powers), as that's a sore subject for her mother.

* An all male example is used in ''[[Film/ManonDesSources Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring]]''. A group of old farmers hang out in the village, talking about farming and rumors. They turn out to be pivotal to the plot of the two movies, as [[spoiler: it is due to their inaction that Jean goes insane, and in the end they are the ones that confess about their knowledge of the spring and the cause of Jean's death to Manon]].

* In ''Series/MsMarvel2022'', Kamala refers to the older ladies of the local Pakistani-American community as the "[[TheIlluminati Illumin-Aunties]]," as they live for gossip and know ''everything'' about everyone in the community. Naturally, she goes to them to try to learn more about her great-grandmother (the source of her super-powers), as that's a sore subject for her mother.

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. 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.

* In ''Series/MsMarvel2022'', Kamala refers to the older ladies of the local Pakistani-American community as the "Illumin-Aunties," as they live for gossip. Naturally, she goes to them to try to learn more about her great-grandmother (the source of her super-powers), as it's a sore subject for her mother.

* In ''Series/MsMarvel2022'', Kamala refers to the older ladies of the local Pakistani-American community as the "Illumin-Aunties," as they know ''all'' the tea.

%%* The main characters of ''Series/DeviousMaids'', especially since they work for the Beverly Hills elite.

* In Literature/{{Discworld}}, Vimes refers to these as "interchangeable Emmas". They also showed up at Susan's boarding school.
** The less-developed characters among the UU wizards (i.e. the Chair, Lecturer and Wrangler) sometimes act like Gossipy Roosters, as their non-stop nattering, bickering, and reminiscing provides a sort of background accompaniment to whatever practical task Ridcully and Ponder are working on (or whatever the Dean and Bursar are messing up).

* The NPC student body of ''Roleplay/DeptHeavenApocrypha'' tend to act this way at times. Seth, Meria, and Cierra got the worst of it, though...

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. Are often members of a GirlPosse, if the action is set in a high school. Sometimes serve as a GreekChorus. Compare ThoseTwoGuys and ChattyHairdresser.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons:'' Marge's two older sisters, Patty and Selma. They're indistinguishable in personality, have identical voices, and exist entirely to say belittling things--''especially'' if it's about Marge's husband, Homer.
** Ditto Reverend Lovejoy's wife, Helen. In her first speaking appearance, "Life on the Fast Lane," she introduces herself as, "Helen Lovejoy, the gossipy wife of the minister." She later is hit with {{Flanderization}}, as she seems to do ''nothing'' but gossip (mostly stuff about Marge and her family) - or invoke ThinkOfTheChildren.
*** Helen is joined in her hennism by Agnes Skinner, Edna Krabapple, Maude Flanders, and Luann Van Houten when introduced as The Springfield Investorettes. Marge is (temporarily) a member, but ends up more the target of the gossip rather than the instigator.

* 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.
-->'''Gretchen''': You nosy old hens!