History Main / GossipyHens

* An all male example is used in ''[[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 XMen fanfic ''FanFic/MutatisMutandis'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2359030/Artemiss_Liege Artemis's Liege]] there are the male students Xavier's Academy.

* A heavy portion of the young women in ''Franchise/ArchieComics'', if not all of them. One comic even has them pass a history test by gossiping about the historical figures they read about.

* A heavy portion of the young women in ''Franchise/ArchieComics'', if not all of them. One comic even has them pass a history test by gossiping about historical figures in preparation.

* An episode of ''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.

* In Brian Aldiss' ''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]].

* 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 [[TallDarkAndBishoujo Blanche]].]] Reine is so shaken that she suffers an HeroicBSOD, which thankfully isn't very serious. [[spoiler: Bad thing: the ladies were ''right''.]]

* The (male) characters of George S. Kaufman's comedy sketch "If Men Played Cards As Women Do."

* Yoriko Nikaido of YoureUnderArrest is this, to the point of fellow officer Natsumi interceding when she talks about her collegues.

* Maya from TanteiGakuenQ'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''.]]

* A trio of church ladies in the musical of ''The Color Purple''.

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

* 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 [[TallDarkAndBishoujo Blanche]].]] Reine is so shaken that she suffers an HeroicBSOD, which thankfully isn't very serious. [[spoiler: Bad thing: the ladies were ''right''.]]
* Everybody, regardless of gender, in {{The Rules of Attraction}}. And most characters in {{Less Than Zero}}. And in {{Glamorama}}. Can't forget {{American Psycho}}. Anything written by {{Bret Easton Ellis}}, really.

* The Misses Enid and Eulalia from ThisHourHas22Minutes, and their predecessors, the two Margs from {{Codco}}

* A group appears in ''Under Milk Wood''.

* 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:

* The CiemWebcomicSeries features a band of GossipyHens alluded to as existing at Viron Community Church. While downplayed in the book, their purpose is primarily to spread mistrust of Candi at the church and make it harder for her to fit in. Nolle, one of the few Hens mentioned by name, convinces many on the Board of Elders that Candi is currently sexually active and therefore unqualified to be a Sunday school teacher.

* [[GenkiGirl Lulu]] [[CoolBigSis Milton]] from the online game ''Gardens of Time''. 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.

* Patty and Selma from ''TheSimpsons''. They are indistinguishable in personality, have identical voices, and exist entirely to say belittling things. Especially if it's about Homer.

* The (literal) hens from Disney's ''Chicken Little'' short.

* The high school girls in ''ByeByeBirdie'' in the song "The Telephone Hour"

Rarely used for exposition, although they can be if the author so desires. They will say [[MaliciousSlander mean things]] about different characters (and each other when they're apart), and if they get bored may come into the foreground and mess with the main characters' lives so that their gossip can be more interesting. They may be responsible for GossipEvolution. In a CloseKnitCommunity, they may account for the way everyone knows about everyone else.

* A rare male equivalent to this trope appears in Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice'' in the form of Solanio and Salarino, who play this role in the service of exposition.
* The two Celestes from ''Theatre/SundayInTheParkWithGeorge'' by StephenSondheim.

* The women's committee from ''TheMusicMan'', as shown in their ensemble song "Pick a Little, Talk a Little." (TheMovie interposes footage of actual chickens during this number.)

* The two Celestes from ''SundayInTheParkWithGeorge'' by StephenSondheim.

* At first, [[HugeSchoolgirl Miki Hosokawa]] from ''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 ''[[EvenEvilHasStandards does]]'' [[EvenEvilHasStandards is repulsed when she sees her neighbor spread downright hurtful rumors]] that make people upset, and vows to not reach such extremes. [[spoiler: When a ghost tricks her friends into believing she ''is'' spreading mean lies as well as 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.]]

** 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, and then when Minko (who is a serious and reserved girl) passes by, all three of them promptly make a calling gesture towards her.

* Lulu Milton from the online game ''Gardens of Time''. Several gold-unlockable scenes are dedicated to her chatting and gossiping about the game's LoveDodecahedron.

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* 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 karmic death]] at the end.

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* In {{Discworld}}, Vimes refers to these as "interchangeable Emmas". They also showed up at Susan's boarding school.

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* The pepperpots from ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''.

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* ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]'' gives us Pompie and Vera, who seem to love gossiping about anything, particularly the local photographer. Also, there are two little girls who carry on in the same manner.

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* The LooneyTunes short "Of Rice and Hen" features a particularly mean-spirited group targeting Miss Prissy.

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* Mrs. Tachibana and her group of friends from ''HotGimmick''. Hence why Hatsumi is so panicked when her son Ryoki sees the morning-after pill: being the wife of the landlord, she could easily tell Ryoki's dad that their family is not a good influence and get them kicked out.

* A rare male equivalent to this trope appears in [[WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare's]] ''The Merchant of Venice'' in the form of Solanio and Salarino, who play this role in the service of exposition.

* The middle school girls in ''[[{{ptitlefiwg8rim}} 13]]'', especially during the GossipEvolution song.