History Main / ExtendedGreetings

* In the film version of ''Film/TheTwoTowers'', by time the Entmoot finishes saying "good morning" to one another, night has fallen -- which Merry lampshades. (The Ents aren't known for doing anything quickly.)

May overlap with TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard or LargeHamTitle. See also LongList, SecretHandshake, and FictionalGreetingsAndFarewells. If one specific person greets people or is greeted in this manner, see {{catchphrase}} and PhraseCatcher respectively.

May overlap with TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard or LargeHamTitle. See also LongList and SecretHandshake. If one specific person greets people or is greeted in this manner, see {{catchphrase}} and PhraseCatcher respectively.

* ''Literature/WildCards'': The royal houses of the planet Takis have greetings along these lines. One recites another's name along with their birth order and family geneology. To drop a name or mess up the order is a major insult. That's why the Americans dubbed the first Takisian they met "Dr. Tachyon".

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles:'' Certain of the Faerie have formal greeting protocols, and it is a grave insult to omit a step. The RuleOfThree also applies in faerie conversation and depending on whose domain you're in, it's also tacky to invoke it.
* ''Literature/OctoberDaye'': Faerie protocol has long and specific proclamations for specific events. Death, since it is so rare, has a really elaborate one -- it is, however, considered acceptable to shorten it, because the Faerie really don't like having to discuss death. So while the long version is technically correct, it is not bad form to simply say " has stopped their dancing."

* ''Webcomic/FlakyPastry'': Every member of the Elven royal family from the king on down to the minor nobles has multiple titles, including Zintiel and her seven siblings.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/A{{nimaniacs}}'' MadeForTVMovie ''WesternAnimation/WakkosWish'', Wakko wishes upon a star and gets a visit from his non-gender specific wish fulfiller, played by [[TheBore "Pip" Pumphandle]] from the short "Chairman of the Bored", who never stops shaking his hand during the introduction. Wakko first lampshades it by asking not to waste his wish on ending the handshake, and then gets out of it by replacing his arm with a fake one that the wish fulfiller continues to shake.

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--> '''Lucifer''': Deliver your message, Cain.\\

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars 2}}'' has Lightning [=McQueen=] and Mater give an extended handshake involving a lengthy rigamarole of differently-positioned tire bumps. Someone remarks that these "best friend shakes" get longer every year.

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--> '''Truman:''' Good morning! And in case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!

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-->Q: How do centepides greet each other?
-->A: "I'd like to shake your hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand, hand...."
* An old skit formula from ''AnteroVipunen'', is for two to don their Fu Manchu Mustaches and play out "a traditional Chinese good day's greeting", after an announcer has informed the audience of how very very polite Chinese people are, and how meeting an equally polite fellow Chinese can lead to prolonged... situations. The point is to go as long as possible, one-up each other at every turn with ever more flowery phrases, and bow constantly very deep. (The book is from the 1930s if not older.)
--> Alice: "This one would like to greet your honourable self."
--> Bob: "This humble sparrow lowers oneself in front of the sun-like blaze of your honourable glory."
--> Alice: "This lowly earthworm is exalted by the most serendipitous blessing of happening at the sky-blue path of your honourable shoes."
--> and so on

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-->'''Walter Denton''': And to you, fair flower of the faculty, a thousand salaams!\\
'''Miss Brooks''': [[DeadpanSnarker Thank you, Walter Denton, and I've had my share, thanks.]]

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* Webcomic/FlakyPastry: Every member of the Elven royal family from the king on down to the minor nobles has multiple titles, including Zintiel and her seven siblings.

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* In the ''{{WesternAnimation/Animaniacs}}'' MadeForTVMovie ''WesternAnimation/WakkosWish'', Wakko wishes upon a star and gets a visit from his non-gender specific wish fulfiller, played by [[TheBore "Pip" Pumphandle]] from the short "Chairman of the Bored", who never stops shaking his hand during the introduction. Wakko first lampshades it by asking not to waste his wish on ending the handshake, and then gets out of it by replacing his arm with a fake one that the wish fulfiller continues to shake.

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--> '''Person 1''': Good day.
--> '''Person 2''': Good day.
--> '''Person 1''': How did you sleep?
--> '''Person 2''': And how did you sleep? ''(The tradition seems to be to ask but not answer this question)''
--> '''Person 1''': What do you eat?
--> '''Person 2''': Only porridge. ''(Traditionally made with millet flour)''
--> '''Person 1''': What news of your place?
--> '''Person 2''': Only good. ''(African custom dictates that you first say all is well even if you're at the point of death)''

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--> '''1''': How did you sleep?
--> '''2''': And how did you sleep? ''(The tradition seems to be to ask but not answer this question)''
--> '''1''': What do you eat?
--> '''2''': Only porridge. ''(Traditionally made with millet flour)''
--> '''1''': What news of your place?
--> '''2''': Only good. ''(African custom dictates that you first say all is well even if you're at the point of death)''
* There are also other countries whose etiquette revolve around a couple of back-and-forth conversations declining a host's hospitality so as not to trouble them. The host in turn will insist on offering hospitality, and only then may the guest accept, reiterating that only if it is no trouble to the host.

* In the ''{{WesternAnimation/Animaniacs}}'' MadeForTVMovie ''Wakko's Wish'', Wakko wishes upon a star and gets a visit from his non-gender specific wish fulfiller, played by [[TheBore "Pip" Pumphandle]] from the short "Chairman of the Bored", who never stops shaking his hand during the introduction. Wakko first lampshades it by asking not to waste his wish on ending the handshake, and then gets out of it by replacing his arm with a fake one that the wish fulfiller continues to shake.

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* In the film version of ''Film/TheTwoTowers'', by time the Entmoot finishes saying "good morning" to one another, night has fallen -- which Merry lampshades. (The Ents aren't known for doing anything quickly.)
* ''Film/TheTrumanShow'' had one PlayedForLaughs.
--> '''Truman:''' Good morning! And in case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!

* OctoberDaye: Faerie protocol has long and specific proclamations for specific events. Death, since it is so rare, has a really elaborate one -- it is, however, considered acceptable to shorten it, because the Faerie really don't like having to discuss death. So while the long version is technically correct, it is not bad form to simply say " has stopped their dancing."

* In the film version of ''Film/TheTwoTowers'', by time the Entmoot finishes saying "good morning" to one another, night has fallen � which Merry lampshades. (The Ents aren't known for doing anything quickly.)

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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': "Party of One": The episode opens with a montage of Pinkie Pie delivering the same singing telegram individually to Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy to invite them all to her party for Gummy's birthday. By the time she gets to the end of the song, she's a sweaty, breathless mess, and once she gets home she collapses, saying that next time she'll just hand out written invitations.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': "For Real" opens with Control Freak growling, "[=GRRRRRReetings=], Titans! It is your number one nemesis!" But since the Titans are out of town, they're not there. Control Freak pops all over the Tower, repeating the greeting, before finally saying it one last time, listlessly.
* In the ''{{WesternAnimation/Animaniacs}}'' MadeForTVMovie ''Wakko's Wish'', Wakko wishes upon a star and gets a visit from his non-gender specific wish fulfiller, played by [[TheBore "Pip" Pumphandle]] from the short "Chairman of the Bored", who never stops shaking his hand during the introduction. Wakko first lampshades it by asking not to waste his wish on ending the handshake, and then gets out of it by replacing his arm with a fake one that the wish fulfiller continues to shake.
* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'': The ruler of the Incursian Empire and his daughter both have long, overly complimentary greetings that state their name, rank, place in the royal line, etc.

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* In the film version of ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Two Towers]]'', by time the Entmoot finishes saying "good morning" to one another, night has fallen � which Merry lampshades. (The Ents aren't known for doing anything quickly.)

* ''Ben10Omniverse'': The ruler of the Incursian Empire and his daughter both have long, overly complimentary greetings that state their name, rank, place in the royal line, etc.

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* In the film version of ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Two Towers]]'', by time the Entmoot finishes saying "good morning" to one another, night has fallen – which Merry lampshades. (The Ents aren't known for doing anything quickly.)

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* Old joke:

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* ''Literature/WildCards'': The royal houses of the planet Takis have greetings along these lines. One recites another's name along with their birth order and family geneology. To drop a name or mess up the order is a major insult. That's why the Americans dubbed the first Takisian they met "Dr. Tachyon".

* OctoberDaye: Faerie protocol has long and specific proclamations for specific events. Death, since it is so rare, has a really elaborate one -- it is, however, considered acceptable to shorten it, because the Faerie really don't like having to discuss death. So while the long version is technically correct, it is not bad form to simply say "<Name> has stopped their dancing."

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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': "Party of One": The episode opens with a montage of Pinkie Pie delivering the same singing telegram individually to Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy to invite them all to her party for Gummy's birthday. By the time she gets to the end of the song, she's a sweaty, breathless mess, and once she gets home she collapses, saying that next time she'll just hand out written invitations.

* ''WildCards'': The royal houses of the planet Takis have greetings along these lines. One recites another's name along with their birth order and family geneology. To drop a name or mess up the order is a major insult. That's why the Americans dubbed the first Takisian they met "Dr. Tachyon".
* In the EarthsChildren series formal introductions are done by providing a person's name and ties, to show their status. Ayla in particular has a very long list of ties since she's a Zelandoni, a Mamut, a Clan member, has the Cave Lion as her totem, and is friend to three horses and a wolf.

* Walter Denton on ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'' likes to carry on. This exchange with Miss Brooks is in the episode Wild Goose Chase:
--> Walter Denton: And to you, fair flower of the faculty, a thousand salaams!
--> Miss Brooks: [[DeadpanSnarker Thank you, Walter Denton, and I've had my share, thanks.]]
* Hank Kimball from ''GreenAcres'' can't just say "Good morning." He ends up debating on whether it is a good morning and then goes off on a tangent, much to Oliver's annoyance.

Some people can't just say "hello" and leave it at that. These people are the ones who belong to this trope.

A character cannot give a simple greeting, salutation or announcement.

Protocol or cultural mores from their city, state, dimension, planet, or other point of origin may require a lengthy greeting far longer than local etiquette requires.

* a character has a long string of greetings to deliver one right after the other.
* a character tries to deliver one single greeting, but is repeatedly interrupted or thwarted from doing it. But undaunted, they keep going until they succeed.
* a character must deliver individualized greetings to each member of a group.

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* In ''WickedCity'', the Taito Hotel's sole guest Giuseppe Mayart gets one of these and leaves the hotel manager still in his bow reciting his greeting speech until his friend Taki tells him the guy has gone upstairs.

* JaneYellowrock: Vampires getting together for formalities, weres getting together for formalities, and both getting together for formalities spend time citing their titles in detail.