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* Samuel Rovinski's "Las Fisgonas de Paso Ancho" ("The Nosy Women of Paso Ancho") is about three nosy neighbors who accidentally overhear a spousal abuse taking place and their subsequent role as a GreekChorus when it devolves into a hostage scenario and media circus.
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* Samuel Rovinski's "Las Fisgonas de Paso Ancho" ("The Nosy Women of Paso Ancho") is about three nosy neighbors who accidentally overhear a spousal abuse taking place and their subsequent role as a GreekChorus when it devolves into a hostage scenario and media circus.
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See also SecretChaser for when there ''is'' some huge secret to be kept hidden from this neighbor. If it's not an impromptu pie delivery she's using as her tactic, she may pop over to ask "MayIBorrowACupOfSugar".
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See also SecretChaser for when there ''is'' some huge secret to be kept hidden from this neighbor. If it's not an impromptu pie delivery she's using as her tactic, she may pop over to ask "MayIBorrowACupOfSugar".
"MayIBorrowACupOfSugar". If the neighbor is particularly pushy, they might be part of a TyrannicalHomeownersAssociation.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1o39M1Kxdw Hiiragi]] is annoyed by his two-timing neighbor Akamatsu who often has his girlfriends coming over, making him unable to sleep properly in the process. Hiiragi decides to get back at Akamatsu by informing both of his girlfriends by putting a fake warning paper with the photo of a girlfriend's car onto another girlfriend's car and vice versa, Akamatsu ends up getting dumped by his girlfriends and he also gets beaten up by one of his girlfriends, Yuzuriha, for cheating on her.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p689fGpRYE Yuri]] is unable to sleep because Hiiragi sings every night in an attempt to impress her, but [[DreadfulMusician he is an awful singer]]. Hiiragi's singing also causes Tsutsuji to move out early than she expected.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1o39M1Kxdw Hiiragi]] is annoyed by his two-timing neighbor Akamatsu who often has his girlfriends coming over, making him unable to sleep properly in the process. Hiiragi decides to get back at Akamatsu by informing both of his girlfriends by putting a fake warning paper with the photo of a girlfriend's car onto another girlfriend's car and vice versa, Akamatsu ends up getting dumped by his girlfriends and he also gets beaten up by one of his girlfriends, Yuzuriha, for cheating on her.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p689fGpRYE Yuri]] is unable to sleep because Hiiragi sings every night in an attempt to impress her, but [[DreadfulMusician he is an awful singer]]. Hiiragi's singing also causes Tsutsuji to move out early than she expected.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BackAtTheBarnyard'' has Mrs. Beady, who quickly becomes aware of the farm animals' antics and frequently attempts to gather evidence to that end. She's basically a more over-the-top {{Expy}} of Gladys Kravitz. That said, she did briefly pull an EnemyMine with Otis when both were captured by a mad botanist.
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* Amusingly, [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]] was actually Bruce's neighbor and figured out Bruce was ComicBook/{{Batman}} without Bruce having a clue until Tim got worried for Bruce's safety.
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* Amusingly, [[ComicBook/RobinSeries [[ComicBook/Robin1993 Tim Drake]] was actually Bruce's neighbor and figured out Bruce was ComicBook/{{Batman}} without Bruce having a clue until Tim got worried for Bruce's safety.
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* ''Series/QuePasaUSA'': Marta, the Peña family's neighbor, likes to drop-in ([[{{Catchphrase}} "Good morning... good afternoon!"]]) unannounced and make trouble, such as passing rumors and troll the more outspoken family members. She also flirts shamelessly with Pepe right in front of his wife Juana.
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* ''Series/QuePasaUSA'': Marta, the Peña family's neighbor, likes to drop-in ([[{{Catchphrase}} "Good ("Good morning... good afternoon!"]]) afternoon!") unannounced and make trouble, such as passing rumors and troll the more outspoken family members. She also flirts shamelessly with Pepe right in front of his wife Juana.
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* Music/TomWaits' "What's He Building?" is ([[UnreliableNarrator apparently]]) about a reclusive and eccentric man who is building... something in his basement. It is written from the perspective of that man's neighbor, whose nosiness verges on insane paranoia.
-->What's he building in there? We have a right to know.
-->What's he building in there? We have a right to know.
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* PlayedForHorror in ''Film/{{Karen}}'': [[AntagonistTitle Karen]] Drexler, a racist ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife, gets more than a little upset at the fact that an African-American marriage moved right next door. Installing cameras to keep watch of them 24/7 and interrogating them is just the beginning of [[IntimidatingWhitePresence a campaign to drive them out of the neighborhood]] that escalates to attempted murder.
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* PlayedForHorror in ''Film/{{Karen}}'': [[AntagonistTitle Karen]] Drexler, a racist ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife, gets more than a little upset at the fact that an African-American marriage couple moved right next door. Installing cameras to keep watch of them 24/7 and interrogating them is just the beginning of [[IntimidatingWhitePresence a campaign to drive them out of the neighborhood]] that escalates to attempted murder.
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* ''Series/YouMeHer'': Lori and her daughter Ava. They spot Izzy going to Jack and Emma's across the street, which Ava teases him about (she's Jack's student, Lori becomes his boss). Realizing this, they decide to not have Izzy visit them there again in hopes of keeping their relationship with her secret. Before long they instead claim she's Jack's niece, though neither Lori and Ava fall for it. Their nosiness reveals this shortly after. Carmen and Dave prove themselves fairly nosy too, monitoring the goings on after Izzy moves in officially later with Jack and Emma.
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* PlayedForHorror in ''Film/{{Karen}}'': [[AntagonistTitle Karen]] Drexler, a racist ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife, gets more than a little upset at the fact that an African-American marriage moved right next door. Installing cameras to keep watch of them 24/7 and interrogating them is just the beginning of a campaign to drive them out of the neighborhood that escalates to attempted murder.
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* PlayedForHorror in ''Film/{{Karen}}'': [[AntagonistTitle Karen]] Drexler, a racist ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife, gets more than a little upset at the fact that an African-American marriage moved right next door. Installing cameras to keep watch of them 24/7 and interrogating them is just the beginning of [[IntimidatingWhitePresence a campaign to drive them out of the neighborhood neighborhood]] that escalates to attempted murder.
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* PlayedForHorror in ''Film/{{Karen}}'': [[AntagonistTitle Karen]] Drexler, a racist ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife, gets more than a little upset at the fact that an African-American marriage moved right next door. Installing cameras to keep watch of them 24/7 and interrogating them is just the beginning of a campaign to drive them out of the neighborhood that escalates to attempted murder.
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%%* ''Series/FamilyMatters'': Urkel has his moments from time to time.
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* In ''Film/ManIntheAttic'', Mrs Harley snoops into the comings and goings of her new lodger Slade, and pokes around his rooms, becoming convinced that he is UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper.
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* Helen Lovejoy on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' is rather nosy about the lives of other Springfield families.
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** Helen Lovejoyon ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' is rather nosy about the lives of other Springfield families.families, [[CardCarryingVillain proudly describing herself]] as the local gossip-monger.
** Ned Flanders had his moments of this, believing that he had to correct apparent moral flaws of other people. To give an example, most of the plot of the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E18DudeWheresMyRanch Dude, Where's My Ranch?]]" happens because he barges, completely uninvited, into the Simpsons' home while Homer is trying to compose his own holiday song and tries to help ([[HalfwayPlotSwitch which leads to Homer writing]] [[PissTakeRap a song about how much he hates Flanders]], which leads to it becoming an EarWorm, which leads to the Simpsons getting fed up with hearing it all day, which leads to the titular plot of going to live to a ranch for a while to get away from it).
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** Ned Flanders had his moments of this, believing that he had to correct apparent moral flaws of other people. To give an example, most of the plot of the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E18DudeWheresMyRanch Dude, Where's My Ranch?]]" happens because he barges, completely uninvited, into the Simpsons' home while Homer is trying to compose his own holiday song and tries to help ([[HalfwayPlotSwitch which leads to Homer writing]] [[PissTakeRap a song about how much he hates Flanders]], which leads to it becoming an EarWorm, which leads to the Simpsons getting fed up with hearing it all day, which leads to the titular plot of going to live to a ranch for a while to get away from it).
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* ''WesternAnimation/WaitTillYourFatherGetsHome'': Ralph Kane, Harry Boyle's RightWingMilitiaFanatic neighbor, constantly barged into Harry's life to find some way to "help" Harry. Ralph was a bit more proactive in being nosy than the average example, mentioning at one point to Harry that he [[VigilanteMilitia and his group of fellow-minded neighbors]] intercepted and read ''everybody's'' mail, looking for evidence of Communist infiltration (the series was made in TheSeventies).
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* ''Film/SaferAtHome'': Antonio, Jen and Evan's neighbor, hears them screaming at each other and comes over to investigate. Evan tries to hide that he's home by turning off the lights but it doesn't work. A former police officer, Antonio even asks Jen if she is OK and suspecting domestic violence, calls the police.
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* ''Report on Probability A'': Much of Brian Aldiss's novel is taken up with exhaustive descriptions of three men spying on a house from three of its outbuildings, attempting to catch a glimpse of the elusive Mr Mary's Wife through the windows.
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* Alfred Hitchcock parodied his own film ''Film/RearWindow'' with the episode of ''Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents'' called "Mr Blanchard's Secret", involving a NosyNeighbor who is convinced her neighbor killed his never-seen wife.
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* Alfred Hitchcock parodied his own film ''Film/RearWindow'' with the episode of ''Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents'' called "Mr "Mr. Blanchard's Secret", involving a NosyNeighbor who is convinced her neighbor killed his never-seen wife.
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* ''Literature/JaineAustenMysteries'': Lance started out being Jaine's annoying neighbor who didn't like loud noises coming from her apartment. His nosiness ends up saving her life when he calls the police on a murderer forcing his way into her apartment to try killing her.
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* ''Literature/JaineAustenMysteries'': Lance started out being starts the series as Jaine's annoying neighbor who didn't doesn't like loud noises coming from her apartment. His In the end of ''This Pen For Hire'', his nosiness ends winds up saving her life when he calls the police on a murderer forcing his way into her apartment to try killing her.
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* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': A variation on the trope appears in the episode "The Party Line". Here, Miss Brooks (and landlady Mrs. Davis) are plagued by "Grace". Grace is a woman on their party line who ties up the line constantly talking to her best friend Bertha. However, she doesn't stop there. Grace and her husband consistently listen in on Miss Brooks' conversation. At the end of the episode, Miss Brooks succeeds in having the party line changed, only to end up sharing a phone with ''Bertha'' who is always talking to Grace. The episode ends with Bertha interrupting Miss Brooks' conversation with Mr. Boynton, and trying to get his phone number! Of interest, Bertha was played by Sandra Gould. Gould would go on to be the second Mrs. Kravitz on ''Series/Bewitched''.
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* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': A variation on the trope appears in the episode "The Party Line". Here, Miss Brooks (and landlady Mrs. Davis) are plagued by "Grace". Grace is a woman on their party line who ties up the line constantly talking to her best friend Bertha. However, she doesn't stop there. Grace and her husband consistently listen in on Miss Brooks' conversation. At the end of the episode, Miss Brooks succeeds in having the party line changed, only to end up sharing a phone with ''Bertha'' ''Bertha,'' who is always talking to Grace. The episode ends with Bertha interrupting Miss Brooks' conversation with Mr. Boynton, and trying to get his phone number! Of interest, Bertha was played by Sandra Gould. Gould Gould, who later would go on to be the second Mrs. Kravitz on ''Series/Bewitched''.
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* A rare playable version in ''VideoGame/HelloNeighbor''. Where you try to break into your neighbor's house to find out his secrets.
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** [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick are the first type. They're nice, generous, friendly fellows and all they want to do is include Squidward in their friendship and fun -- but Sponge and Pat are obnoxious and foolish, lack tact, and don't adhere to boundaries. At best, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick are nice guys and Squidward likes them -- at worse, they're extremely annoying, and Squidward is frustrated by them.
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** [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick are the first type. They're nice, generous, friendly fellows and all they want to do is include Squidward in their friendship and fun -- but Sponge and Pat are obnoxious and foolish, lack tact, and don't adhere to boundaries. At best, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick are nice guys and Squidward likes them -- at worse, worst, they're extremely annoying, and Squidward is frustrated by them.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'': Barb always bursts into the house unannounced, and when she suspects that the Lunis' have a new pet, she's desperate to find out what it is.
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* Hitchcock's ''Film/RearWindow'': L. B. "Jeff" Jeffries spies on his neighbors out of boredom, being stuck in his room with a broken leg. The plot kicks off when he becomes convinced, correctly, that one neighbor had killed his wife.
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