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* Defied in ''Film/{{Moneyball}}'': Billy explicitly advises Peter against taking the gentle approach when telling players they have been cut or traded, instead telling him to be firm, direct, and short. Billy's advice works, as Carlos Peña handles it professionally when Peter tells him he's been traded to Detroit in the way he was told to.
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-->'''Belkar:''' OK, that's IT! I can't take [[HuricaneOfEuphemisms the euphemisms]] any more! [[spoiler:Roy is dead!]]
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-->'''Belkar:''' OK, that's IT! I can't take [[HuricaneOfEuphemisms [[HurricaneOfEuphemisms the euphemisms]] any more! [[spoiler:Roy is dead!]]
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* In the ''Series/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' MiniSeries, when Eric approaches Christine, he gushes about her BeautifulSingingVoice and effusively praises her, then apologizes as he hesitantly tells her the one flaw—"forgive me, but it is obviously untrained", this leading into his offer to be her tutor.
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* In the ''Series/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' ''Series/ThePhantomOfTheOpera1990'' MiniSeries, when Eric approaches Christine, he gushes about her BeautifulSingingVoice and effusively praises her, then apologizes as he hesitantly tells her the one flaw—"forgive me, but it is obviously untrained", this leading into his offer to be her tutor.
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* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Haley has some difficulty trying to figure out how to tell Celia that [[spoiler:her boyfriend is dead (albeit [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist only temporarily]])]], which unfortunately is complicated by Celia being LiteralMinded over her metaphors. Sick of wasting time, [[HeroicComedicSociopath Belkar]] decides it is best to just shout it [[EuphemismBuster in the bluntest manner possible]].
-->'''Belkar:''' OK, that's IT! I can't take the euphemisms any more! [[spoiler:Roy is dead!]]
-->'''Belkar:''' OK, that's IT! I can't take the euphemisms any more! [[spoiler:Roy is dead!]]
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* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0530.html Haley has some difficulty difficulty]] trying to figure out how to tell Celia that [[spoiler:her boyfriend is dead (albeit [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist only temporarily]])]], which unfortunately is complicated by Celia being LiteralMinded over her metaphors. Sick of wasting time, [[HeroicComedicSociopath Belkar]] decides it is best to just shout it [[EuphemismBuster in the bluntest manner possible]].
-->'''Belkar:''' OK, that's IT! I can't take [[HuricaneOfEuphemisms theeuphemisms euphemisms]] any more! [[spoiler:Roy is dead!]]
-->'''Belkar:''' OK, that's IT! I can't take [[HuricaneOfEuphemisms the
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* In the ''Series/SClub7'' TV show, one of the other band members finds out that [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Paul is leaving]] and is unsure how to break it to the others, so she chooses to do so via a game of charades. The others are so relieved to finally figure it out and get back to their siesta that it takes a moment for the news to actually sink in.
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* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'': In the episode "[[Recap/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteersS1E26HeatWave Heat Wave]]", Gaia initially tells the Planeteers not to worry about her, but is eventually forced to admit how badly Dr. Blight's heat wave is affecting her. Still, she starts by just saying she's not well, revealing the whole truth only when Ma-Ti presses the matter.
* In ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'', Astrid calls it "the honey and the hatchet." First you say something nice to soften the blow, then you hit them with the bad news. When Hiccup tries it on his dad, Stoic sees right through it.
* In ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'', Astrid calls it "the honey and the hatchet." First you say something nice to soften the blow, then you hit them with the bad news. When Hiccup tries it on his dad, Stoic sees right through it.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'', Astrid calls it "the honey and the hatchet." First you say something nice to soften the blow, then you hit them with the bad news. When Hiccup tries it on his dad, Stoic sees right through it.
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* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue:'' Grif couldn't sit down because both of his kneecaps were shattered, so Sarge ordered Simmons to prepare catching him when they had to explain (again) that his Sister had died.
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* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue:'' ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue:'' Grif couldn't sit down because both of his kneecaps were shattered, so Sarge ordered Simmons to prepare catching him when they had to explain (again) that his Sister had died.
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* In ''Series/{{Victorious}}'', at Sikowitz's request, Cat and Robbie create a business where they write [[LyricalDissonance upbeat songs]] to deliver bad news to people. The idea is that the recipient will be so impressed with the music that it'll take a second for the bad news to sink in. For example, they sing the first song to tell Sikowitz's kid neighbor that his go-kart was run over:
-->'''Robbie''': This kind of news is always hard to tell someone.\\
'''Cat''': And we really hope it doesn't break your heart.\\
'''Robbie''': But somebody ran,\\
'''Cat''': Yeah, somebody ran,\\
'''Robbie''': A woman or a man,\\
'''Cat''': Maybe in a van,\\
'''Both''': Somebody ran over your go-cart!
-->'''Robbie''': This kind of news is always hard to tell someone.\\
'''Cat''': And we really hope it doesn't break your heart.\\
'''Robbie''': But somebody ran,\\
'''Cat''': Yeah, somebody ran,\\
'''Robbie''': A woman or a man,\\
'''Cat''': Maybe in a van,\\
'''Both''': Somebody ran over your go-cart!
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* "Break It To Them Gently" by Burton Cummings is sung from the perspective of a young man who "fell in with strangers" and did something (likely murder) that means he will spend the rest of his days as a fugitive with a gun. He asks a friend to let his family know, his parents, his sister, and his grandmother, who always knew he would end up "wild and bad".
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* Famously, in ''Literature/DavidCopperfield'', Mrs. Creakle, the kindhearted wife of SadistSchoolTeacher Mr. Creakle, tries to gently tell David that his mother has died.
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* Famously, in ''Literature/DavidCopperfield'', Mrs. Creakle, the kindhearted wife of SadistSchoolTeacher Mr. Creakle, tries to gently tell David that his mother has died.
-->I might have been surprised by the feeling tone in which he spoke, if I had given it a thought; but I gave it none until afterwards. I hurried away to the parlour; and there I found Mr. Creakle, sitting at his breakfast with the cane and a newspaper before him, and Mrs. Creakle with an opened letter in her hand. But no hamper.
-->'David Copperfield,' said Mrs. Creakle, leading me to a sofa, and sitting down beside me. 'I want to speak to you very particularly. I have something to tell you, my child.'
-->Mr. Creakle, at whom of course I looked, shook his head without looking at me, and stopped up a sigh with a very large piece of buttered toast.
-->'You are too young to know how the world changes every day,' said Mrs. Creakle, 'and how the people in it pass away. But we all have to learn it, David; some of us when we are young, some of us when we are old, some of us at all times of our lives.'
-->I looked at her earnestly.
-->'When you came away from home at the end of the vacation,' said Mrs. Creakle, after a pause, 'were they all well?' After another pause, 'Was your mama well?'
-->I trembled without distinctly knowing why, and still looked at her earnestly, making no attempt to answer.
-->'Because,' said she, 'I grieve to tell you that I hear this morning your mama is very ill.'
-->A mist rose between Mrs. Creakle and me, and her figure seemed to move in it for an instant. Then I felt the burning tears run down my face, and it was steady again.
-->'She is very dangerously ill,' she added.
-->I knew all now.
-->'She is dead.'
-->There was no need to tell me so. I had already broken out into a desolate cry, and felt an orphan in the wide world.
-->I might have been surprised by the feeling tone in which he spoke, if I had given it a thought; but I gave it none until afterwards. I hurried away to the parlour; and there I found Mr. Creakle, sitting at his breakfast with the cane and a newspaper before him, and Mrs. Creakle with an opened letter in her hand. But no hamper.
-->'David Copperfield,' said Mrs. Creakle, leading me to a sofa, and sitting down beside me. 'I want to speak to you very particularly. I have something to tell you, my child.'
-->Mr. Creakle, at whom of course I looked, shook his head without looking at me, and stopped up a sigh with a very large piece of buttered toast.
-->'You are too young to know how the world changes every day,' said Mrs. Creakle, 'and how the people in it pass away. But we all have to learn it, David; some of us when we are young, some of us when we are old, some of us at all times of our lives.'
-->I looked at her earnestly.
-->'When you came away from home at the end of the vacation,' said Mrs. Creakle, after a pause, 'were they all well?' After another pause, 'Was your mama well?'
-->I trembled without distinctly knowing why, and still looked at her earnestly, making no attempt to answer.
-->'Because,' said she, 'I grieve to tell you that I hear this morning your mama is very ill.'
-->A mist rose between Mrs. Creakle and me, and her figure seemed to move in it for an instant. Then I felt the burning tears run down my face, and it was steady again.
-->'She is very dangerously ill,' she added.
-->I knew all now.
-->'She is dead.'
-->There was no need to tell me so. I had already broken out into a desolate cry, and felt an orphan in the wide world.
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A SubTrope of BearerOfBadNews. A SuperTrope to BadNewsInAGoodWay, GoodNewsBadNews.
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A SubTrope of BearerOfBadNews. A SuperTrope to BadNewsInAGoodWay, GoodNewsBadNews.
GoodNewsBadNews. Compare DinnerAndABreakup.
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There are several methods. One of the most common in fiction is to tell the recipient to sit down before hearing the news, often in case the news is upsetting enough to cause FaintingInShock. Often, to show how tough or badass they are, the listener usually says, through clenched jaws, "I think I'll stand" or "I prefer to stand" or some variation thereof.
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There are several methods. One of the most common in fiction is to tell the recipient to sit down before hearing the news, often in case the news is upsetting enough to cause FaintingInShock.[[FaintInShock them to faint]]. Often, to show how tough or badass they are, the listener usually says, through clenched jaws, "I think I'll stand" or "I prefer to stand" or some variation thereof.
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There are several methods. One of the most common in fiction is to tell the recipient to sit down before hearing the news, often in case the news is upsetting enough to cause {{Fainting}}. Often, to show how tough or badass they are, the listener usually says, through clenched jaws, "I think I'll stand" or "I prefer to stand" or some variation thereof.
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There are several methods. One of the most common in fiction is to tell the recipient to sit down before hearing the news, often in case the news is upsetting enough to cause {{Fainting}}.FaintingInShock. Often, to show how tough or badass they are, the listener usually says, through clenched jaws, "I think I'll stand" or "I prefer to stand" or some variation thereof.
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* Enforced in ''Film/RobinHoodMenInTights''. After King John is told that the Sheriff of Rottingham has bad news, the corrupt king orders the Sheriff to "tell me the {{bad news in a good way}}." So the Sheriff starts breaking into MirthlessLaughter about how Robin Hood is back from the Crusades, defeated the Sheriff's men, and is coming to see King John hanged.
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* Enforced in ''Film/RobinHoodMenInTights''. After King John is told that the Sheriff of Rottingham has bad news, the corrupt king Prince John orders the Sheriff to "tell me the {{bad news in a good way}}." So the Sheriff starts breaking into MirthlessLaughter about puts on [[MirthlessLaughter an overly affected cackle]] to tell of how Robin Hood is back from the Crusades, defeated the Sheriff's men, and is coming to see King Prince John hanged.hanged.
-->"What are you, ''crazy?!'' Why are you laughing?! This is ''terrible'' news!"
-->"What are you, ''crazy?!'' Why are you laughing?! This is ''terrible'' news!"
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* One of the most iconic ones comes from ''WesternAnimation/SnoopyComeHome'', when Linus tries to tell Charlie Brown that Snoopy had a previous owner.
-->'''Linus:''' Are you ready for a shock?\\
(''Charlie Brown faints'')\\
'''Linus:''' [[CaptainObvious He wasn't ready for a shock]].
* One of the most iconic ones comes from ''WesternAnimation/SnoopyComeHome'', when Linus tries to tell Charlie Brown that Snoopy had a previous owner.
-->'''Linus:''' Are you ready for a shock?\\
(''Charlie Brown faints'')\\
'''Linus:''' [[CaptainObvious He wasn't ready for a shock]].
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* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' episode "The Spaghetti Catalyst", Sheldon tells Leonard to sit down. Leonard informs Sheldon that he's already lying in bed, which should be good enough.
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* Played with in the ''Series/QuantumLeap'' episode "Miss Deep South", in which Sam has leapt into a beauty pageant contestant. Al comes bearing bad news, and insists that Sam sit down before he hears it. Sam sits down and his skirt's crinoline cage hits him in the face. Al relents, "I think you better stand up, Sam."
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* Played with in the ''Series/QuantumLeap'' episode "Miss Deep South", South," in which Sam has leapt into a beauty pageant contestant. Al comes bearing bad news, and insists that Sam sit down before he hears it. Sam sits down and his skirt's crinoline cage hits him in the face. Al relents, "I think you better stand up, Sam."
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* In the UsefulNotes/WorldWarII MiniSeries ''Series/TheSinkingOfTheLaconia'', Captain Sharp says tells Junior Officer Thomas Mortimer "You better sit down", before presenting him with a telegram. Mortimer doesn't sit down; he merely asks, "All of them, sir?" [[spoiler:As one can probably guess, his wife and children have all been killed in an air raid.]]
* On ''Series/{{ER}}'' whenever a doctor has to break the news of a patients death. Results vary.
* On ''Series/{{ER}}'' whenever a doctor has to break the news of a patients death. Results vary.
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* On ''Series/{{ER}}'' whenever a doctor has to break the news of apatients patient's death. Results vary.
* On ''Series/{{ER}}'' whenever a doctor has to break the news of a
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* In ''Series/GossipGirl'' Dorota asks Blair if she wants to hear the bad news or the good news first. She considers, then says she wants to hear the good news first so that she can fully appreciate it. The good news, "There is replacement", however, doesn't make sense without hearing the bad news first (her prom dress is ruined.)
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* In ''Series/GossipGirl'' Dorota asks Blair if she wants to hear the bad news or the good news first. She considers, then says she wants to hear the good news first so that she can fully appreciate it. The good news, "There is replacement", a replacement," however, doesn't make sense without hearing the bad news first (her prom dress is ruined.)ruined).
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* A man goes on vacation and his friend is watching his cat. A few days in the man calls to check up, and the friend says "Your cat fell off the roof and died." The man says, "Ouch! Couldn't you have said it more gently, like 'Your cat climbed up on the roof, there was a loose tile, she fell, I rushed her to the vet, but there was nothing they could do'?" The friend apologizes and a few months go by. The man goes away again, and calls to check in. His friend says "Your mother climbed up on the roof..."
* A RemittanceMan is arrested and hanged for stealing cattle out West. The lawyer charged with informing his father agonizes for some time about how to best break this news to the family, finally settling on "Dear sir, I regret to inform you of the death of your son. He was participating in a public function when the platform fell out from under him."
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* A man goes on vacation and his friend is watching his cat. A few days in the man calls to check up, and the friend says "Your cat fell off the roof and died." The man says, "Ouch! Couldn't you have said it more gently, like 'Your cat climbed up on the roof, there was a loose tile, she fell, I rushed her to the vet, but there was nothing they could do'?" The friend apologizes and a few months go by. The man goes away again, and calls to check in. His friend says "Your mother climbed up on the roof..."
* A RemittanceMan is arrested and hanged for stealing cattle out West. The lawyer charged with informing his father agonizes for some time about how to best break this news to the family, finally settling on "Dear sir, I regret to inform you of the death of your son. He was participating in a public function when the platform fell out from under him."
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* A man goes on vacation and his friend is watching his cat. A few days in the man calls to check up, and the friend says "Your cat fell off the roof and died." The man says, "Ouch! Couldn't you have said it more gently, like 'Your cat climbed up on the roof, there was a loose tile, she fell, I rushed her to the vet, but there was nothing they could do'?" The friend apologizes and a few months go by. The man goes away again, and calls to check in. His friend says "Your mother climbed up on the roof..."
* A RemittanceMan is arrested and hanged for stealing cattle out West. The lawyer charged with informing his father agonizes for some time about how to best break this news to the family, finally settling on "Dear sir, I regret to inform you of the death of your son. He was participating in a public function when the platform fell out from under him."
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* A man goes on vacation and his friend is watching his cat. A few days in the man calls to check up, and the friend says "Your cat fell off the roof and died." The man says, "Ouch! Couldn't you have said it more gently, like 'Your cat climbed up on the roof, there was a loose tile, she fell, I rushed her to the vet, but there was nothing they could do'?" The friend apologizes and a few months go by. The man goes away again, and calls to check in. His friend says "Your mother climbed up on the roof..."
* A RemittanceMan is arrested and hanged for stealing cattle out West. The lawyer charged with informing his father agonizes for some time about how to best break this news to the family, finally settling on "Dear sir, I regret to inform you of the death of your son. He was participating in a public function when the platform fell out from under him."
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