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* In ''Series/{{CSINY}}'''s "Unwrapped," due to very thin walls, a man overhears two women in the apartment next to him planning to pay someone back. He intercepts their delivery (disguised as a birthday gift) while one of them is with her unwitting husband and shoots him when he won't hand over the package.

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* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': In ''Series/{{CSINY}}'''s "Unwrapped," "[[Recap/CSINYS08E17 Unwrapped]]," due to very thin walls, a man overhears two women in the apartment next to him planning to pay someone back. He intercepts their delivery (disguised as a birthday gift) while one of them is with her unwitting husband and shoots him when he won't hand over the package.
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* ''Theatre/{{Shucked}}'': It seems like everybody but Maizy overheard Gordy talking on his phones, making them all suspicious of him.
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* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIBraveNewWorld'', a drunk NPC in the Kohlingen bar overhears Celes's conversation with Setzer, and if you talk to him afterwards, he tells the party "We're all counting on you.".
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* ''Series/YouMeHer'': Ava just happens to be nearby as Jack and Emma discuss their dealings with Izzy, revealing she's not their niece while the two also paid her for sex. She promptly records it and uses this for {{blackmail}} material.
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* ''Series/GinnyAndGeorgia'': First Ginny and later Georgia are easily able to overhear people saying hurtful things about them in the Season 2 opener. Ginny is in her bedroom loft just above, while Georgia's right around the corner listening. In both cases, the people saying this should have know it (and Zion tries to shush them for Ginny's sake as well).
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This trope is a NecessaryWeasel in {{Telenovela}}s. As most of the ongoing subplots involve secrecy at some level, this trope is constantly used for drama, and to keep things going on.

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This trope is a NecessaryWeasel an [[AcceptableBreaksFromReality Acceptable Break from Reality]] in {{Telenovela}}s. As most of the ongoing subplots involve secrecy at some level, this trope is constantly used for drama, and to keep things going on.
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* In ''Series/{{CSINY}}'''s "Unwrapped," due to very thin walls, a man overhears two women in the apartment next to him planning to pay someone back. He intercepts their delivery (disguised as a birthday gift) while one of them is with her unwitting husband and shoots him when he won't hand over the package.
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* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Grace and Sam are overheard as soon as Sam [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/tsos-39 mentions]] being able to transform despite no one else apparently being nearby prior to that part of the conversation.

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* In ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' storyline ''Comicbook/ManyHappyReturns'', Dr. Faulkner takes Linda Danvers aside to discuss Kara's biology and mental state. All of sudden Kara speaks up and tells she can hear them whispering in the other room clearly. Justified because she has Super Hearing.
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\n* ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'': In ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' ''The Raider of the Copper Hill'', Everyone in town somehow overhears Howard saying to Scrooge that he needs to put the claim on his land to get rich.
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storyline ''Comicbook/ManyHappyReturns'', ''ComicBook/ManyHappyReturns'', Dr. Faulkner takes Linda Danvers aside to discuss Kara's biology and mental state. All of sudden Kara speaks up and tells she can hear them whispering in the other room clearly. Justified because she has Super Hearing.
** ''ComicBook/TheGirlWithTheXRayMind'': Shortly after giving Lex Luthor powers and convincing him to ally himself with them, the Phantom Zone criminals huddle together aside to argue how they will betray him later... clearly forgetting Luthor now has super-hearing, and zero reason to not eavesdrop. After sabotaging their ploy, Lex calls them out on their stupidity.
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* A justified example in ''Literature/IHeardThatSongBefore''. When she was six, Kay sneaked into the old chapel in the Carrington mansion her father had mentioned. She heard two people coming in and hid between the pews to avoid getting into trouble, and thus overheard a man and woman arguing about money. When the woman promises this will be "the last time" she asks for money, the man sarcastically remarks "[[TitleDrop I heard that song before]]", then leaves the chapel whistling the song of the same name. Neither of them realized Kay was there and she never mentioned it until two decades later, as she [[ChildrenAreInnocent didn't realize]] it had any significance.
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-->-- '''Rugi''' and '''Gwena''', ''[[http://www.sugarquill.net/read.php?storyid=656&chapno=4 Tough Guide to]] Literature/HarryPotter''

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-->-- '''Rugi''' and '''Gwena''', ''[[http://www.sugarquill.net/read.php?storyid=656&chapno=4 Tough Guide to]] Literature/HarryPotter''
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Another possible outcome is that the character actually heard the hidden truth, but [[ComicallyMissingThePoint comically missed the point]] and understood it all wrong. For example, TheDitz overhears a communist conspiracy, where someone points that when their EvilPlan is ready, [[BigBrotherIsWatching the Party will find anyone]]. But instead of realizing the threat, she understands that they are fun guys, with a project so that [[RussianReversal anyone will find a party]]. Of course, the evil ones will be worried when they realize that she heard them, and breathe easy when they hear the misunderstanding, and try to maintain the ditz in the misunderstanding (for example, hosting a party or two, so that the thing stays credible).

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Another possible outcome is that the character actually heard the hidden truth, but [[ComicallyMissingThePoint comically missed the point]] and understood it all wrong. For example, TheDitz overhears a communist conspiracy, where someone points out that when their EvilPlan is ready, [[BigBrotherIsWatching the Party will find anyone]]. But instead of realizing the threat, she understands that they are fun guys, with a project so that [[RussianReversal anyone will find a party]]. Of course, the evil ones will be worried when they realize that she heard them, and breathe easy when they hear the misunderstanding, and try to maintain the ditz in the misunderstanding (for example, hosting a party or two, so that the thing stays credible).
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This trope is a NecessaryWeasel in {{Telenovela}}s. As most of the ongoing subplots involve secrecy at some level, this trope is constantly used for drama, and to keep things going on.
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* ''Series/WarOfTheWorlds2019'': Sacha is able to overhear a pretty shocking revelation from his mother and uncle's conversation when in the bathroom while they speak nearby.

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