History Main / DispenseWithThePleasantries

* In ''TwelfthNight'', Olivia will not allow Viola to continue with Orsino's declaration of love to her.

* On ''ThirtyRock'', Josh's sleazy agent does this with Jack, phrasing as it as the lovely analogy, "Let's skip the foreplay and get right to the penetration."

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* In ''LeanOnMe,'' Clark makes abundantly clear at a teachers' meeting that flattery isn't going to work on him.

One side of the conversation will start it with flattery and[=/=]or small-talk, perhaps out of fondness for such things, or perhaps simply as a way to put off addressing the relevant subject. The other side, however, will have none of it; they want to get straight to the point, and won't let flattery or small talk distract or even delay them. And so, they tell the other side to [[TitleDrop dispense with the pleasantries]].

->'''Jerjerrod''': Lord Vader, this is an unexpected pleasure. We're honored by your presence.

--> ''[[CainAndAbel Cain]]:'' [[TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard From the Lord of the Dreamworld, Prince of Stories, Monarch of the Sleeping Marches, His Darkness Dream of the Endless]], to His Infernal Majesty, Lucifer, called Morningstar: [[{{Hello}} greetings]]. Our right trusty and well-beloved cousin -
--> ''Lucifer:'' ''No.'' Not the message. Just the content.

--> [[CainAndAbel Cain]]: "[[TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard From the Lord of the Dreamworld, Prince of Stories, Monarch of the Sleeping Marches, His Darkness Dream of the Endless]], to His Infernal Majesty, Lucifer, called Morningstar: [[{{Hello}} greetings]]. Our right trusty and well-beloved cousin - "
--> Lucifer: "''No.'' Not the message. Just the content."

* The vocations guidance councillor sketch in ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' begins with the client opening up with attempts at pleasantries before the councillor cuts him off with "enough of this gay banter".

* From ''LeaveItToBeaver'':
-->'''Eddie Haskell Jr.''': You looked as though you just walked out the runway.
-->'''June Cleaver''': Eddie?
-->'''Eddie Haskell Jr.''': Yes Mrs. Cleaver?
-->'''June Cleaver''': Cut the crap.

-->-''ReturnOfTheJedi''

* In HaruhiSuzumiya : Remote Island Syndrome, Haruhi starts out extremely polite to the owner of the mansion. He then mentions that he's rather surprised since he has heard she's rather...direct. At this point she dispenses with the pleasantries and launches a barrage of questions about how many mysterious events, murders, etc. have taken place there.

* In the Sandman graphic novels, at one point Morpheus sends Lucifer a message, wrapped up in highfalutin' diplomatic language. Lucifer cuts the messenger off midway through his recital of Lucifer's full list of titles (IIRC) and asks for "just the content".

* As implied by the page quotation, Vader's blunt dismissal of Jerjerrod's flattery provides the trope name.
* Subverted in PrettyWoman, where it at first seems to be this, but turns out to really be about redirecting the flattery to someone else.
->[After Edward informs salesclerk Hollister that he will be spending an obscene amount of money buying clothes for Vivian at Hollister's shop]

-->'''Edward:''' Not me. Her.
* {{God}} to King Arthur in MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail

* In OliverAndCompany, when Fagin is visited by a [[AllDevouringBlackHoleLoanSharks mafia loan shark]] named Sykes; one whom Fagin owes money to and is implied not to be able to pay it back in time; he tries to put off admitting this by talking about the weather and about Sykes' dogs.

* Inverted by AgathaChristie in "Pale Horse" where [[AmoralAttorney Mr. Bradley]] is shocked at Mark Easterbrook dispensing with the pleasantries.
* In The Count Of Monte Cristo, this is a typical trait of the Baron Danglars's conversations; he's a very strict man with little tolerance for small talk.

* From MalcolmInTheMiddle, when Mr. Herkabe tries to give a villainous speech, but gets interrupted as such:

* From LeaveItToBeaver

* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in an episode of StargateSG1 when Daniel (who has at this point AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence) shows up again, and [[GenreSavvy O'Neill]] immediately asks him what's wrong. Daniel gets upset ''because'' O'Neill didn't even bother with such basic pleasantries as saying hello to him first.

-->'''Viola''' Most sweet lady,--
-->'''Olivia''' A comfortable doctrine, and much may be said of it.

* In OliverAndCompany, when Fagin is visited by a mafia loan shark named Sykes; one whom Fagin owes money to and is implied not to be able to pay it back in time; he tries to put off admitting this by talking about the weather and about Sykes' dogs.

* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in an episode of StargateSG1 when Daniel (who has at this point AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence) shows up again, and [[GenreSavvy O'Neil]] immediately asks him what's wrong. Daniel gets upset ''because'' O'Neil didn't even bother with such basic pleasantries as saying hello to him first.

-->-ReturnOfTheJedi

-->-TheReturnOfTheJedi

-->- From StarWars : ReturnOfTheJedi

* In OliverAndCompany, when Fagin is visited by a mafia loan shark named Sykes, (one whom Fagin owes money to and is implied not to be able to pay it back in time) he tries to put off admitting this by talking about the weather and about Sykes' dogs.

>[After Edward informs salesclerk Hollister that he will be spending an obscene amount of money buying clothes for Vivian at Hollister's shop]