History Main / TellHimImNotSpeakingToHim

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* ''ComicBook/TheUltimates: Kowalski in the plane is completely skeptical of the help that Captain America may provide, and dismissed him as a mere clown who will die down there alongside everyone else. Rather than reply to him, Cap told Bucky to tell them all that he never lost a crew.

* ComicStrip/{{Crabgrass}}: [[https://www.gocomics.com/crabgrass/2020/07/29 This comic]], when Miles and Kevin are no longer on speaking terms due to Kevin's PrecociousCrush on Miles' mom, they try to use Kevin's sister Krystal as a go between. She is not interested however, and so the boys try it with Kevin's baby brother Kody.

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

* Granny Weatherwax and Magrat put Nanny in the middle in ''Discworld/WitchesAbroad''. Made funnier by the fact both feuding characters tend to get arch when they're annoyed, and Nanny doesn't bother.

* A surprisingly grim example comes from ''Literature/TheWolfhound'' series in form of a quirk of venn (JustForFun/FantasyCounterpart to slavic tribes) culture - they believe that a shared conversation binds just as strongly as a shared meal. If a male venn (including the titular hero) is giving you this trope, or the SilentTreatment, it means he's seriously considering killing you.

* In ''VideoGam/GrandTheftAutoV'', after finding out the truth about Brad, Trevor is angry at Michael and, on a mission with Franklin to rescue Lamar, sends an insult his way. Michael in turn tells Franklin "Tell Trevor I said 'Bite me'".

* In the [[{{UsefulNotes/Canada}} Canadian]] House of Commons, all speech is done through the Speaker of the House.

* An episode of ''Series/HogansHeroes'' (if memory serves, the final episode) had an example of this that followed the trope description at the top of the page. Colonel Hogan confronts General Burkhalter about keeping a rocket launcher in the camp, which is a violation of the Geneva Convention. Burkhalter tells Colonel Klink to tell Hogan that he's not speaking to him and won't discuss the matter. Then Burkhalter gets on Klink for talking to Hogan, so Klink tells Sergeant Schultz to tell Hogan that he isn't speaking to him either. Notably, the conversation goes faster and faster until Burkhalter and Hogan and Klink are yelling at each other directly, until Schultz speaks up and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny asks them to slow down so he can relay what they're not saying to each other.]]

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-->'''Calvin's Mother''': Calvin, tell your father that any judge would take this trip as grounds for divorce.\\
'''Calvin''': Dad, Mom says...\\
'''Calvin's Father''': '''ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT!'''

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* ''FanFic/TheFledglingYear'':

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--> '''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.

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-->'''Magrat''': I was merely saying, Nanny, that this isn't our property.\\
'''Nanny''': She says it don't belong to us, Esme.\\
'''Granny''': Tell anyone who wants to know, Gytha, that it's like salvage from a shipwreck.\\
'''Nanny''': She says finders keepers, Magrat.
* In ThomasCostain's novel ''The Black Rose'', Walter's grandfather has made an oath never to speak to him, 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.

-->'''Nathaniel''': ...tell him, Ms. Piper, that if he successfully completes the following mission I shall agree to his temporary dismissal for the purposes of recuperation, and let him be satisfied with that.
-->'''Bartimaeus''': Tell him that this offer will only be acceptable if the mission is simple, swift, and utterly without danger.
-->'''Nathaniel''': Tell him--oh, for heaven's sake, just tell him what the mission is and have done!

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'''[=Cardinal62=]:''' ''(To Emily)'' We're the good guys.\\

'''[=Cardinal62=]:''' ''(To Nogg)'' She knows a dozen good seafood recipes you'd go lovely in.\\
'''Nogg:''' Well, you tell ''her'' that-

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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Parodied in "Surf And/Or Turf"; when the Cutie Mark Crusaders get called to help a young hippogriff who can't decide whether he wants to live on Mount Aris with his father or in Seaquestria with his mother. Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo nearly ruin the mission when they can't agree either, and they end up sulking on the beach, forcing Apple Bloom to relay messages to each other. Then a RevealShot shows Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo are sitting about a foot from each other, back-to-back.

[[folder: Real Life]]

-->'''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:''' Uh, 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?!
-->'''Homer:''' I don't need any serving suggestions, you barbecue-wrecking, know-nothing know-it-all!
-->'''Lisa:''' That's IT! I can't live in a house with that prehistoric carnivore! I AM OUTTA HERE! ''(leaves the house)''
-->'''Homer:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint That's it! Go to your room!]]

-->'''Jane:''' "Tell your father, 'Merry Christmas'!"\\

-->'''Arthur:''' What's going on?
-->'''Buster:''' We're not speaking to you. That's what's going on.
-->'''Francine:''' Buster, you just ruined it!
-->'''Buster:''' I did? ''(facepalms)'' Oh!
-->'''Arthur:''' Why aren't you speaking to me?!
-->'''Buster:''' I'd tell you, but I'm not speaking.
-->'''Muffy:''' You just did it again! Ugh! Come on, Francine. Let's sit at a table that ''doesn't'' have any bullies at it.
-->'''Arthur:''' I'm not a bully! What did I do wrong?
-->''(Buster prepares to speak, but he zips his lip and writes something on a notepad)''
-->'''Arthur:''' ''(reading)'' "Your letter to Sue Ellen." What about it?
-->'''Buster:''' It was terrible! That's why I'm not speaking to you. Which I'm clearly not good at. ''(leaves the table)''

--> '''Peter:''' Lois, could you ask Chris to pass the maple syrup?
--> '''Chris:''' Meg, could you tell Dad that he's too fat to need extra syrup?
--> '''Peter:''' Lois, could you tell Chris that I'm sorry I ever planted the seed version of him in your vagina?
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''': Parodied in "Surf And/Or Turf"; when the Cutie Mark Crusaders get called to help a young hippogriff who can't decide whether he wants to live on Mount Aris with his father or in Seaquestria with his mother. Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo nearly ruin the mission when they can't agree either, and they end up sulking on the beach, forcing Apple Bloom to relay messages to each other. Then a RevealShot shows Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo are sitting about a foot from each other, back-to-back.

* On an episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', this happens when Peter and Chris fight over the Evil Monkey spends time with Chris, which Peter almost rarely does.

-->'''Magrat''': I was merely saying, Nanny, that this isn't our proprty.\\

* Granny Weatherwax and Magrat put Nanny in the middle in ''Discworld/WitchesAbroad''.

* A surprisingly grim example comes from ''Literature/TheWolfhound'' series in form of a quirk of venn (FantasyCounterpart to slavic tribes) culture - they believe that a shared conversation binds just as strongly as a shared meal. If a male venn (including the titular hero) is giving you this trope, or the SilentTreatment, it means he's seriously considering killing you.

* In ''WesternAnimation/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).

-->'''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?!

-->'''Buster:''' It was terrible! That's why I'm not speaking to you...which I'm clearly not good at. ''(leaves the table)''

* ''{{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.

* In ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'', Raimundo and Kimiko do this through Omi once. Since they were right next to each other at the time, they directly respond to one another while keeping up the TellHimImNotSpeakingToHim charade, leaving naive Omi to politely try to send the message at each interval.