History Main / NosyNeighbor

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%%* Sally's elderly next door neighbors in ''Mahoutsukai Sally''.
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* Pretty much ComicStrip/MaryWorth's whole schtick. ''Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon'' takes it to memetic levels; the whole world is her neighbor, and only her meddling can save it.

%%* Gladys Kravitz of ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' is a particularly famous example.

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* Sally's elderly next door neighbors in ''Mahoutsukai Sally''.

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* Pretty much ComicStrip/MaryWorth's whole schtick. ''Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon'' takes it to memetic levels; the whole world is her neighbor, and only her meddling can save it.
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* Mrs. Lorelei Brown on ''Film/MyFavoriteMartian''.
* That neighbor in the movie ''Film/HardCandy'' fits this trope nicely.
* Hitchcock's ''Film/RearWindow''.

* All of the neighbours in ''Film/EdwardScissorhands''.
* Nick Halsey has one in ''Film/EverythingMustGo''

* ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'' has Mrs. Rachel Lynde.

* Trevor and Raquel Ochmonek on ''Series/{{ALF}}''.

* Urkel from ''Series/{{Family Matters}}'' had his moments from time to time.
* Gladys Kravitz of ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' is a particularly famous example.

* Mrs. Fowler on ''Series/NannyAndTheProfessor''.

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* ''Webcomic/TheFoxSister'': Mrs. Park exhibits some traits of this.
* Appropriately named Mr. [=McMeddle=] from ''Webcomic/OrneryBoy''.
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* Urkel from ''Series/{{Family Matters}}" had his moments from time to time.

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* Claire becomes this in ''Film/WhatLiesBeneath'', due to her genuine concern that the husband across the street has murdered his wife--she heard the woman crying and her vague explanations alluded to an abusive relationship, including outright saying, "I'm afraid that one day I'll just disappear", not seeing the wife for several days, as well as the husband's own vagueness about her absence. It turns out to be a RedHerring.

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* ''AnneOfGreenGables'' has Mrs. Rachel Lynde.

* Petunia Dursley of ''Literature/{{Harry Potter}}'' is noted several times to be far too interested in her neighbours' doings.

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* Alfred Hitchcock parodied his own film ''RearWindow'' with the episode of ''AlfredHitchcockPresents'' called "Mr Blanchard's Secret", involving a NosyNeighbor who is convinced her neighbor killed his never seen wife.

* The next-door neighbors in ''SmallWonder'' were highly obnoxious versions of this trope, their casual antics often more memorable than any of the main plots, even ones where they were involved. But they unintentionally gave the syndie show a near CrowningMomentOfAwesome when the Dad/Inventor finally up and decided to [[spoiler: use the android girl VICI as part of a plot to force these neighbors to move away, once and for all]]. It didn't work, but it made so much sense to try.

* ''ThreesCompany'' had Mr. Roeper and, later, Mr. Furley, both of who were created as old curmudgeons who would walk in at the wrong moment and [[NotWhatItLooksLike be scandalized]].
* Mrs. Fowler on ''NannyAndTheProfessor''.

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* Pretty much MaryWorth's whole schtick. TheComicsCurmudgeon takes it to memetic levels; the whole world is her neighbor, and only her meddling can save it.

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* Appropriately named Mr. [=McMeddle=] from ''OrneryBoy''.

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* ''SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' : A 50-year-old wife is watching Superman and Maxima fight at a construction site. Her husband, newspaper blocking his view, tells her to stop spying on the neighbors.
-->'''Wife''': Now they're kissing!
-->'''Husband''': Don't get any ideas!
* ''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.
* Spongebob and Patrick of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' 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.
* Helen Lovejoy on ''TheSimpsons'' is rather nosy about the lives of other Springfield families.
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* Nearly every character on ''DesperateHousewives'' is a nosy neighbor in one way or another, but Martha Huber of Season 1 fits the description best.

* Madeline "Matty" Crimmins from ''[[TheStepfather Stepfather II]]'', a gossip and mail courier who digs through her neighbor's mail as a hobby. She winds up strangled to death by the killer.

They usually come in two types. The female type is the epitome of niceness, which serves as an excuse for her chronic curiosity - she will [[DropInCharacter show up on the characters' doorstep]] with a fresh baked pie while peering inside over their shoulder. Sometimes the only problem with her is that she always shows up at the wrong time - Nosy Neighbors have a tendency to appear and initiate a long chat when there is something in the other room needing the character's attention that they would rather not let others know about.

Occassionally a horror trope, when this starts to border serious stalking.

* Mrs. Lorelei Brown on ''MyFavoriteMartian''.
* That neighbor in the movie ''HardCandy'' fits this trope nicely.
* Hitchcock's ''RearWindow''.

* Minnie and Roman in ''RosemarysBaby'' inserted themselves into the lives of their much younger neighbors, Guy and Rosemary Woodhouse, much to Rosemary's annoyance.
* In ''EarthGirlsAreEasy'', Geena Davis's elderly neighbor uses a parabolic microphone to listen in.
* All of the neighbours in ''EdwardScissorhands''.

* Petunia Dursley of ''{{Harry Potter}}'' is noted several times to be far too interested in her neighbours' doings.

* ''ThreesCompany'' had Mr. Roeper and, later, Mr. Furley, both of who were created as old curmudgeons who would walk in at the wrong moment and [[{{NotWhatItLooksLike}} be scandalized]].

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* Pretty much MaryWorth's whole schtick. TheComicsCurmudgeon takes it to memetic levels; the whole world is her neighbor, and only her meddling can save it.

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, it she may pop over to ask "MayIBorrowACupOfSugar?".

* All of the neigbhours in ''EdwardScissorhands''.

* As far as Stephanie Crawford from ''ToKillAMockingbird'' is concerned, she absolutely must know everything. She is a [[GossipyHens Gossipy Hen]] too.

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