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BonusPoints if Alice and Bob are sitting right next to each other.

* If it goes on long enough, an exasperated Carol might tell Alice to tell him herself. BonusPoints if Alice and Bob are sitting right next to each other.

** Cor and Aravis often engage in variations of not-talking-to-each-other during [[BelligerentSexualTension their many fights.

* If it goes on long enough, an exasperated Carol might tell Alice to tell him herself.
** BonusPoints if Alice and Bob are sitting right next to each other.

* Cor and Aravis often invoke variations of this during [[BelligerentSexualTension their many fights]] in ''FanFic/TheFledglingYear''; Cor and Corin do it using Aravis as the middleman at least once, which Aravis promptly {{lampshades}}.

* In ''IceAge 2'', Ellie does this with Manny, with Crash and Eddie in the middle, but the middle guys end up rewording the messages she says into their wording, trying to make him leave her alone. For Manny's credit, he ''can'' hear her as they walk. For example:
--> Manny: I thought we could walk together.
--> Ellie: Crash, ask the mammoth why he thinks that.
--> Crash: She said she thinks you're a jerk and to go away.

* In ThomasCostain's novel ''The Black Rose'', Walter's grandfather has made an oath never to speak to him (does anybody remember why?), and always speaks to him via his mother. Near the end, though, he accidentally addresses Walter directly three times, and decides the oath is permanently broken.

* Happens in ''TheHouseOfTheSpirits'', after [[spoiler: Clara and Esteban's disastrous fight over Blanca and her boyfriend Pedro Tercero that would end in tragedy. From then on Clara never told him a word anymore, though later she softens up a little and writes messages to him instead.]]
* In OneHundredYearsOfSolitude, Amaranta and Fernanda spend ''years'' doing this after Amaranta verbally humiliates Fernanda in front of the family due to her pompous attitude. [[spoiler: Not even Amaranta's death changes their minds; when Ursula asks the dying Amaranta to say goodbye, she bitterly says "it's not worth it anymore".]]

* Happens to Elliot twice in ''{{Scrubs}}'' - in one episode Dr Cox gets annoyed with her for deliberately setting him up to [[FunWithForeignLanguages say the wrong thing to a German patient]], so when she asks him for help, he talks to a ''stapler''. And for much of Season Six, once she becomes "Private Practice Barbie", Dr Kelso refuses to aknowlege her existence, and talks to her through the nurses.

* Happens in ''Series/DickAndDomsFunnyBusiness''.
* Used in ''BoysBeforeFlowers'', but it takes very little time for Jan Di to get fed up with Jun Pyo and start yelling at him directly.

* Happens in [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp04102002.shtml this]] ''SomethingPositive'' strip.

* In ''DrKatzProfessionalTherapist'', in "Big TV", Dr. Katz refuses to talk to Ben when Ben bought a big screen TV without his permission. The trope is initially played straight (with Laura being the party relaying the messages), but is subverted in short order when both parties forget who they're not talking to.
-->'''Ben''': Dad, look me in the eye, and tell Laura to ''shut up''.

-->'''Homer''': Marge? Since I'm not talking to ''Lisa'', would you please ask her to pass me the syrup?
-->'''Marge''': Dear, please pass your father the syrup, Lisa.
-->'''Lisa''': Bart, tell Dad I will only pass the syrup if it won't be used on any meat product.
-->'''Bart''': You dunkin' your sausages in that syrup homeboy?
-->'''Homer''': Marge, tell ''Bart I'' just want to drink a nice glass of syrup like I do every morning.
-->'''Marge''': Tell him yourself, you're ignoring Lisa, not Bart.
-->'''Homer''': Bart, thank your mother for pointing that out.
-->'''Marge''': Homer, you're not, not talking to me, and secondly, I heard what you said.
-->'''Homer''': Lisa, tell your mother to get off my case!
-->'''Bart''': Uhhh, Dad. Lisa's the one you're not talking to.
-->'''Homer''': Bart! Go to your room.
-->'''Lisa''': Why don't you just eat him, Dad?!

* Shaggy and Scooby did this throughout an episode of ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'', using Daphne as an intermediary.
* ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'': Jelly and Pinch put Peanut in the middle of this in "The Silent Treatment," to the point where he collapses on the ground from tiredness of running back and forth between them.
* In "Date Night" from ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'', Don does this with the babysitter Keira, using Buddy as his messenger, until he finally warms up to her.

--> '''Ben''': Dad, look me in the eye, and tell Laura to ''shut up''.

--> '''Homer''': Marge? Since I'm not talking to ''Lisa'', would you please ask her to pass me the syrup?
--> '''Marge''': Dear, please pass your father the syrup, Lisa.
--> '''Lisa''': Bart, tell Dad I will only pass the syrup if it won't be used on any meat product.
--> '''Bart''': You dunkin' your sausages in that syrup homeboy?
--> '''Homer''': Marge, tell ''Bart I'' just want to drink a nice glass of syrup like I do every morning.
--> '''Marge''': Tell him yourself, you're ignoring Lisa, not Bart.
--> '''Homer''': Bart, thank your mother for pointing that out.
--> '''Marge''': Homer, you're not, not talking to me, and secondly, I heard what you said.
--> '''Homer''': Lisa, tell your mother to get off my case!
--> '''Bart''': Uhhh, Dad. Lisa's the one you're not talking to.
--> '''Homer''': Bart! Go to your room.
--> '''Lisa''': Why don't you just eat him, Dad?!
* In ''{{Doug}}'', the breakup of Music/TheBeatles homage band The Beets plays out like this, with all four members of the group facing away from the microphone and saying things like this ("I'm not telling them, YOU tell them!") before one finally has enough and very curtly says that they're splitting up.
* Shaggy and Scooby did this throughout an episode of ''APupNamedScoobyDoo'', using Daphne as an intermediary.

* Scooby and Shaggy did this (to ridiculous extremes) after a fight in ''APupNamedScoobyDoo''.

* In ''Ice Age'' 2, Ellie does this with Manny, with Crash and Eddie in the middle, but the middle guys end up rewording the messages she says into their wording, trying to make him leave her alone. For Manny's credit, he ''can'' hear her as they walk. For example:

* Happens in ''TheHouseOfTheSpirits''.

* In ''Magyk'', the first book of the ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'' series, the message rat Stanley is initially relieved when asked to a job for wizards, as his previous job had consisted of conveying messages between two arguing sisters that had eventually descended into this. Things were so far gone that he was essentially running back and forth and saying nothing, until finally the sisters' mother was shocked by the huge bill and canceled the service.

* Happened between HarryPotter and Ron, with Hermione in the middle (third or fourth book & movie).
* In ''Magyk'', the first book of the ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'' series, the message rat Stanley is initially relieved when asked to a job for wizards, as his previous job had consisted of conveying messages between two arguing sisters that had eventually descended into this. Things were so far gone that he was essentially running back and forth and saying nothing.

* In ''DrKatzProfessionalTherapist'', Dr Katz talks to Ben via Laura after Ben bought a huge TV.
* In ''TheSimpsons'', Homer and Lisa talk via Marge/Bart when Lisa ruined Homer's barbecue in "Lisa the Vegetarian". (Homer soon gets confused about who he is/isn't talking to).

* In ''DrKatzProfessionalTherapist'', Dr Katz talks to Ben via Laura after Ben bought a huge TV.
* In ''TheSimpsons'', Homer and Lisa talk via Marge/Bart when Lisa ruined Homer's barbecue in "Lisa the Vegetarian". (Homer soon gets confused about who he is/isn't talking to).
* In [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp04102002.shtml this]] ''SomethingPositive'' strip.
* Happens to Elliot twice in ''{{Scrubs}}'' - in one episode Dr Cox gets annoyed with her for deliberately setting him up to [[FunWithForeignLanguages say the wrong thing to a German patient]], so when she asks him for help, he talks to a ''stapler''. And for much of Season Six, once she becomes "Private Practice Barbie", Dr Kelso refuses to aknowlege her existence, and talks to her through the nurses.

* ''{{Spacetrawler}}'' has a variant where it's less about refusing to speak, and more about recruiting the third party to bolster their argument, and the third party is an ExtremeDoormat.
-->'''Nogg:''' Cardinal62. Tell them we're the good guys.\\
'''Cardinal62:''' ''(To Emily)'' We're the good guys.\\
'''Emily:''' Well, tell alien-fish that I know a dozen good seafood recipes he'd go lovely in.\\
'''Cardinal62:''' ''(To Nogg)'' She knows a dozen good seafood recipes you'd go lovely in.\\
'''Nogg:''' Well, you tell ''her'' that-
* In ''{{Doug}}'', the breakup of Music/TheBeatles homage band The Beets plays out like this, with all four members of the group facing away from the microphone and saying things like this ("I'm not telling them, YOU tell them!") before one finally has enough and very curtly says that they're splitting up.
* Shaggy and Scooby did this throughout an episode of ''APupNamedScoobyDoo'', using Daphne as an intermediary.

* ''CalvinAndHobbes'': Calvin's mother drifts into this following a terrible camping holiday.
-->'''Calvin's Mother''': Calvin, tell your father that any judge would take this trip as grounds for divorce.\\
'''Calvin''': Dad, Mom says...
* ''Series/{{Whites}}: Caroline refuses to speak to Roland at the end of Episode 4, so he has to make conversation with Robin.

* ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'': Jelly and Pinch put Peanut in the middle of this in "The Silent Treatment," to the point where he collapses on the ground from tiredness of running back and forth between them.

* In ''{{Doug}}'', the breakup of the {{Beatles}} homage band The Beets plays out like this, with all four members of the group facing away from the microphone and saying things like this ("I'm not telling them, YOU tell them!") before one finally has enough and very curtly says that they're splitting up.

* In ''Magyk'', the first book of the ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'' series, the message rat Stanley is initially relieved when asked to a job for wizards, as his previous job had consisted of conveying messages between two arguing sisters that had eventually descended into this. Things were so far gone that was essentially running back and forth and saying nothing.

- Bob sometimes replies directly, sometimes also via Carol.
- Carol sometimes actually repeats what she's been asked to say, sometimes doesn't bother.

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A scene with (at least) 3 characters present (Alice, Bob and Carol). Alice is refusing to talk to Bob for some reason, so repeatedly says to Carol "Please tell Bob...". There are a few variants on this:

* In DrKatzProfessionalTherapist, Dr Katz talks to Ben via Laura after Ben bought a huge TV.
* In TheSimpsons, Homer and Lisa talk via Marge/Bart when Lisa ruined Homer's barbecue in "Lisa the Vegetarian". (Homer soon gets confused about who he is/isn't talking to).
* In [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp04102002.shtml this]] SomethingPositive strip.

* In ThomasCostain's novel ''The Black Rose'', Walter's grandfather has made an oath never to speak to him (does anybody remember why?), and always speaks to him via his mother. Near the end, though, he accidentally addresses Walter directly three times, and decides the oath is permanently broken.

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