History Main / TooMuchInformation

'''Archer:''' Well, I happen to know he's not circumcised.\\

* In the ''Star Trek DS9'' episode "Looking for ''Par'mach'' in All the Wrong Places", Bashir's reaction to Quark and the Klingon chick and then Worf and Dax's explanations of how they acquired their collections of bruises and cuts they come in to have treated at the end of the episode. The exact phrasing is more like, "I didn't really need to have that image running around in my head right now," and at the end he comments that [[CrowningMomentOfFunny he ''really'' needs to stop asking people what they have been doing.]]

** And from the same show, when Simon is under the influence of Alisha's pheromone manipulation:

** From the same movie, Christopher Walken's character didn't really have to tell young Bruce ''how'' his father hid the watch from the Vietcong, but decided to leave [[AssShove that detail intact]]. And mentioned it many times. Then mentioned that he hid the watch in much the same way once Bruce's father passed.

Compare with BreadEggsMilkSquick. Sometimes followed by NeverSayThatAgain or BrainBleach. Can be a result of DirtyMindReading or ShowDontTell taken too far. Not related to MoreInformationThanYouRequire.

->"I dream of the day when I will learn to stop asking questions to which I will regret learning the answers."

->"Aaah... Well look at the time, It's not even 8 o'clock and I already know too much about you."
-->-- '''[[SciFiDebris Chuck Sonnenberg]]''', ''Voyager - Resolutions'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbHaG30abPA review]]

Fictional characters (as well as [[TruthInTelevision non-fictional ones]]) hear many things. Far too often, those things may end up {{Squick}}ing the hell out of them. Particularly things involving the sex lives of people they desperately try not to think about in the same sentence as the word "sex", such as parents or grandparents. Other bodily functions (especially while the speakee is eating) are the other most common variant, such as anything to do with bowel movements or a woman's menstrual cycle.

Compare with BreadEggsMilkSquick. Sometimes followed by NeverSayThatAgain or BrainBleach. Can be a result of DirtyMindReading or ShowDontTell taken too far. Not related to ''MoreInformationThanYouRequire''.

* In the documentary ''Worst Jobs In History'', a scientist gives the host and [[ButtMonkey hapless participant]], [[TheBaldrick Tony Robinson]], an unpleasant overview of a food-taster's duties, including what would happen if the food was poisoned with arsenic. Around the time the scientist starts talking about "purging," Robinson gives in and says "that's enough."
* Tying in with the RealLife medical examples below, the opening sequence of ''TheCommish'' showed the title character absent-mindedly munching a pepperoni sandwich while reading a book titled ''Tissue Decomposition: A Homicide Primer''.

Compare with BreadEggsMilkSquick. Sometimes followed by NeverSayThatAgain or BrainBleach. Can be a result of DirtyMindReading. Not related to ''MoreInformationThanYouRequire''.

* ''MassEffect'': "Some krogan believe that testicle transplants will improve their virility, counteract the effects of the genophage. It doesn't work, but that doesn't stop them from buying. They'll pay ten thousand credits for each one]] -- [[BizarreAlienBiology that's forty thousand for a whole set.]] [[CutLexLuthorACheck Someone's making a killing out there.]]"

-->"Thank you You put me in the happy position of realizing that I really don't want to know...yet spared me the burden of knowing exactly why."
-->'''Donovan:''' Yeah, Miranda isn't particularly religious, but after all these years, I can still make her see God.\\
'''Dominic:''' DAD!

* This exchange in ''DominicDeegan'':

->''"I dream of the day when I will learn to stop asking questions to which I will regret learning the answers."''
-->-- '''Roy''', ''OrderOfTheStick''

->''"Aaah... Well look at the time, It's not even 8 o'clock and I already know too much about you."''
-->-- '''[[SciFiDebris Chuck Sonnenberg]]''', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbHaG30abPA Voyager - Resolutions Review]]

!!Examples:

[[AC:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
* A scene in ''MahouSenseiNegima'' where Asuna has this reaction to Makie's... reports... about Negi's "[[SomethingElseAlsoRises reaction]]" to them having to squeeze him (while naked) against a wall behind them both while in the girls' shower to keep his presence there a secret.
-->'''Makie''': "I think he just 'grew'."
-->'''Asuna''': "[[AC: You don't have to report that to me!]]"
** One of the few places where the translation improves on this
--->'''Makie''' "Negi-kun's you-know-what is touching my you-know-where!"
--->'''Asuna''': [[AC:"You don't have to report that kind of thing to me!]]"
--->'''Makie''' "I think his you-know-what just got you-know-whatter!"
--->'''Asuna''' [[AC:"Hey! Stop making stuff up!"]]
** There was a scene where Jack Rakan walks away and loudly says he needs to take a number 2, leaving everyone yelling in disgust. [[spoiler:He was lying, though.]]

-->'''One of the players''': "Quiet man, there are girls on this bus!."
-->'''Tajima''': "But if I don't do it, it might explode!"
* In the ''FullMetalPanic'' novels, during TSR, [[BigBad Gauron]] tells Sousuke that he fantasized dragging Sousuke's dead body out of his AS and fucking it up the ass. Sousuke is horrified, to say the least. And Gauron has the audacity to ask why Sousuke is making a face at him. It's made all the funnier by how Gauron attributes Sousuke's worried and disgusted face to Sousuke's HeroicBSOD, instead of the more obvious and immediate reason...

* Lampshaded in ExcelSaga with Aesop, who has "sporadic anal enlargement syndrome". On the toilet, writhing in agony, he shouts, "Oh, it's big!". Excel immediately runs away. Hyatt, oblivious, asks "What is big?" Excell drags her away and tells her not to ask. The toilet appears out of nowhere in the middle of a baseball field just to make this joke.

[[AC:FanWork]]

-->'''JOEY:''' I gotta go take a whiz.\\
'''YUGI:''' Too much information Joey.\\
--\\
'''YUGI:''' Well Joey, it looks like you learned an important lesson. The only way to kill a zombie is to destroy the brain.\\
'''JOEY:''' I also learned that I'm secretly a furry.\\
'''YUGI:''' Once again, too much information, Joey.

[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* The following exchange in ''[[{{Firefly}} Serenity]]''
--> '''Kaylee''': Going on a year now, I ain't had nothing twixt my nethers weren't run on batteries!
--> '''Mal''': Oh God! I can't ''know'' that!
--> '''Jayne''': I could stand to hear a little more.

-->'''Vincent''': I'm gonna take a piss.
-->'''Mia''': That was a little bit more information than I needed Vince, but go right ahead.
** From the same movie, Christopher Walken's character didn't really have to tell young Bruce ''how'' his father hid the watch from the Vietcong, but decided to leave that detail intact.
*** And mentioned it many times. Then mentioned that he hid the watch in much the same way once Bruce's father passed.

-->'''Indy''': How did you know she was a Nazi?
-->'''Henry Jones''': She talks in her sleep. (Followed by a shocked look from Indy)
* The car commercial from ''SouthlandTales''. You know of what I speak. You who do not, count yourselves lucky and be grateful. If you would like to join the agonized ranks of those who need BrainBleach...[[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Southland_Tales_2006.aspx?Page=5 Here.]] [[HeroicSacrifice You will not be forgotten.]]

--> '''Missy''': Hey, [[AllMenArePerverts perv]].
--> '''Cliff''': Gahhh!
--> '''Missy''': Hand over your fifteen bucks or get out of here.
--> '''Cliff''': What are you doing?
--> '''Missy''': Making money from guys oogling my [[MostCommonSuperpower goodies]].
--> '''Cliff''': Aww, I didn't need to hear that. That was an overshare.

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* Peter David is fond of doing this sort of gag in his StarTrek novels.
-->'''Morgan''': A Level One diagnostic is like having a gynecological exam from head to toe.
-->'''Soleta''': Captain, request permission to forget what I just heard.
-->'''Calhoun''': Granted, and I'll join you.

** Nutt, from ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'', generally speaks in lectures, and at one point gives Ponder a taste of his own medicine. He also tells the woman he has [[JustFriends a bit of a crush on]] that he is in fact staring at her arms, because they're such remarkably nice arms; this doesn't seem intended as flirting but rather a friendly compliment combined with wishing to clear up what he was doing. He also shares pertinent but wholly unnecessary details about his bodily functions, which is seen as part of his habit of being "precise but odd."
* One of Daniel Waterhouse's relatives in "Quicksilver" by Neal Stephenson

[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* The opening scene of an episode of ''BrothersAndSisters'' has ''virtually the entire family'' reveal what music they lost their virginity to (with Kevin, the gay one, asking with which sex). [[ApronMatron Nora]] reveals that her first time wasn't with the man she would later marry, but another guy ([[ChekhovsGun guess who shows up later]]), it was to "Pretty Woman" and it was in the back seat of his car. As she starts on the height differential and how that was dealt with, the others collectively walk out, deciding that they don't need to hear this about their own mother.

* In {{My Family}}, Ben lies to Susan and then abruptly switches to the truth after she returns from a vacation.
--> Susan: (picking up her red dress) What ''happened'' to this?
--> Ben: Nick was wearing it when I was trying to strangle him down the pub. (Susan looks at him) Well, I was a bit tense, you know, because Michael stole all the doorknobs and held me hostage, and Abby burned my foot in the...uh...soup.
-->(long pause)
--> Susan: I think I prefer it when you lie.

-->'''Blanche''': Vance knew he wouldn't last a week in a maximum-security prison.
-->'''Butch''': You know, once you get used to [[PrisonRape the sodomy]], the rest of it's pretty easy to take.
* The infamous conversation between Londo Mollari and Lennier in ''{{Babylon5}}''. "Here, the goddess Li. A synthesis of male and female Centauri. What, did you think these were for decoration?" "...I am going to take a vow of silence about this entire conversation."
** Commander Ivanova also suffers from these periodically, including from ''Vir'' of all people, explaining how Centauri 'bases' work. And helping Ambassador Delenn adjust to life as a partially human female.
* In the Star Trek DS9 episode "Looking for ''par'mach'' in all the wrong places," Bashir's reaction to Quark and the Klingon chick and then Worf and Dax's explanations of how they acquired their collections of bruises and cuts they come in to have treated at the end of the episode. The exact phrasing is more like "I didn't really need to have that image running around in my head right now," and at the end he comments that [[CrowningMomentOfFunny he ''really'' needs to stop asking people what they have been doing.]]

** In ''iCarly Awards'':
--->'''Carly''': You know, it's always been a dream of mine to host the iCarly Awards.
--->'''Sam''': Whoa, too much information!
--->'''Carly''': Hey, don't go there!
--->(much later in the show)
--->'''Sam''': These guys take this (blows through bottle) to a whole new level.
--->'''Carly''': [[IncrediblyLamePun This -- will ''blow'' you away.]] (laughs)
--->'''Sam''': (shaking her head) Oh, Carly...
--->'''Carly''': Just watch.
* It's not as explicit, but when Col. Potter assumes command of the 4077th ''[[{{MASH}} M* A* S* H]]'' he learns more than he wants to when he's reviewing his officers. He's commended Major Houlihan, who appears to be the OnlySaneMan, for her spotless record, and then moves on to the next officer...
-->'''Potter:''' Major Frank Burns.
-->'''Margaret:''' Just friends sir. ''(realizing)'' I mean, not here sir.

-->'''Murphy:''' I'm a mother, for God's sake; I've got stretch marks.
-->'''Eldin:''' ''Too much information! Too much information!''
* In the documentary '"Worst Jobs In History'', a scientist gives the host and [[ButtMonkey hapless participant]], [[TheBaldrick Tony Robinson]], an unpleasant overview of a food-taster's duties, including what would happen if the food was poisoned with arsenic. Around the time the scientist starts talking about "purging," Robinson gives in and says "that's enough."

* There's an episode of ''{{Cheers}}'' where Carla says something like: "I thought about asking Cliff what he meant, but then I realized - he might ''tell'' me!"
* [[{{Misfits}} "All right. Yes. It's my wank-sock."]]

-->'''Simon:''' I want to rip your clothes off and piss on your tits!
-->'''Nathan:''' That's the kind of thing you should keep between you and your Internet Service Provider...

-->'''Lilly''': Miley, I know how he feels. I can tell by the way he looks at me! Even when I have a pimple. I never told you this, but...that's why he calls me "Lillypop."
-->'''Miley''': I could've gone my whole life not knowing that.

[[AC:{{Music}}]]
* In [[WeirdAlYankovic Weird Al's]] song, Trapped in the Drive thru, the husband's voice reminds the voice box lady of a guy named Paul she cheated Geometry test answers off of last year. The husband replies and talks another Paul he knew. Paul was his plumber, who is bald, has a bladder problem, and has a toe infection. The voice box lady says, "Mr, please! You can stop right there! That's more than I needed to know!" Yes, this is a song!

[[AC:{{Video Games}}]]
* {{Runescape}} gave us this (paraphrased) example during one of the quests:
-->'''Player Character''': How do you "accidentally" trip and carve half a map into someone's wooden leg?
-->'''Captain Donnie''': Well, I was drinking rubbing alcohol mixed with gunpowder and cinnamon when...
-->'''Player Character''': I'm leaving now.
* In the third AceAttorney game, Mr. Grossburg's 'gut feelings' about how the case is going come from a lot lower than his gut. And he tells you about it every five minutes. [[spoiler:It's his hemorrhoids.]] After the case, Mia asks him to stop talking about them.
* ''RatchetAndClank III: [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Up Your Arsenal]]'':
-->'''[[FakeUltimateHero Captain Qwark]]''': I thought we agreed to put that jungle business behind us!\\
'''[[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Skrunch]]''': [MONKEY NOISE]\\
'''Qwark''': It was mating season! How could I have known she was your sister?\\
''(Notices Ratchet and Clank)''\\
'''Qwark''': How long have you two been standing there?\\
'''Clank''': Too long.
* [[MassEffect "Some krogan believe that testicle transplants will improve their virility, counteract the effects of the genophage. It doesn't work, but that doesn't stop them from buying. They'll pay ten thousand credits for each one,]] [[BizarreAlienBiology that's forty thousand for a whole set.]] [[CutLexLuthorACheck Someone's making a killing out there."]]

---> '''Thane:''' Wouldn't you rather lose yourself in such a memory, rather than spend a night alone?

[[AC:{{Webcomics}}]]

-->'''Donovan''': Yeah, Miranda isn't particularly religious, but after all these years, I can still make her see God.\\
'''Dominic''': DAD!
* [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20010617.html This]] strip in ''SchlockMercenary'', where the narrator keeps changing the scene because everybody are talking about things you REALLY don't want to hear about. Finally, he ends up with Schlock explaining the inner workings of Carboscilicate Amorph Reproduction to Admiral Breya - or rather, him wrapping up such an explanation. The narrator comments "That was either too much, or too little information. Either way, it's disturbing."
** The last one was arguably too little information. It turns out not to be disgusting at all - just a bit creepy.
* There's also [[http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20010905.html this]] strip from ''GeneralProtectionFault'' where Uncle Wisebottom is telling Nick about the physical side-effects of the Inventor's Gene (Read: ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder), and mentions the effect it may have on the sex-life. Noticing Nick and Ki's facial expressions, he archly comments "So... which is more embarrassing: Me talking about YOUR future sex-life, or the thought of ME having sex?"

* [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_867.php These]] [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_869.php two]] ''[[DanAndMabsFurryAdventures DMFA]]'' strips, and many, many more.
* [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/12/15/episode-635-secret-ingredient/ This]] little incident in ''[[EightBitTheater 8-Bit Theater]]'' Where the "Light Warriors" find the horrifying reason why Bahumut wants a Rat Tail.
** While his individual examples cannot possibly exceed the above, Red Mage's constant presense makes him the number one source for TMI in the comic. [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/09/02/episode-1032-damn-yankees/ Observe]].
* Did you know that when [[TurnSignalsOnALandRaider Frep]] runs, his combat thong runs up on him? Did you ''want'' to?

* OrderOfTheStick, [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0188.html as seen in the page quote]].

--> '''Aeris''': ''I don't need to know these things!''

* NewYorkMagician: When Michel asks Kevin how the latter knew his Nana.
-->"Ahh." He smiled, creasing into a grin. "What a woman yer nan was, boy."
-->"Okay, that's already told me way more than I wanted to know about that part."
* The titular room of ''Adventures in Aaron's Room'' is actually ''wired with a TMI alert'', which is basically Aaron's pre-recorded voice shouting "T-M-I!!" repeatedly, whenever the sensors pick up someone saying a bit more than they should have. [[{{Understatement}} They're still working out the bugs.]]

[[AC:WebOriginal]]
* A regular problem with Team Kimba in the WhateleyUniverse, usually due to Generator wanting to talk about her relationship with Thuban. Who's mutating into a dragon.
** Oddly enough, it's the least sexual romantic relationship compared to the other 5 original characters and their characters...

[[AC:WesternAnimation]]

--> '''Mayor:''' A "Beefy Betty" doll! I've always wanted one of these.
--> '''Narrator:''' TMI, Mayor... Too much information!

--> '''Lois:''' Yes, women are such teases, that's why I went back to men.
--> '''Meg:''' Yeah, uh, well, thanks for sharing that...(Leaves room.)
--> '''Chris (Scoots closer to Lois):''' [[GirlOnGirlIsHot Go on]].

-->'''Grandpa:''' And if you must know, me and Crystal were intimate last night
-->'''Huey & Riley:''' Aw man, we did not need to know that!
* In "TheSimpsons" episode "Eight Misbehavin'", Homer enters the Kwik-E-Mart to find Apu sitting in the ice cream freezer:
-->'''Apu''' By chilling my loins, I will increase the chances of impregnating my wife.
-->'''Homer''' Whoa! To much in-for-mation! Thanks for the mental picture! Why don't you tell us what you REALLY think?
-->'''Apu''' (annoyed) Will you stop spouting those hackneyed quips!

-->'''Lana''': I mean, what do we really know about Conway?
-->'''Archer''': Well, I happen to know he's not circumcised.
-->'''Lana''': ...okay, glossing over how you came across that piece of information --
-->'''Archer''': [[ItMakesSenseInContext We touched penises]].
-->'''Lana''': No. ''Glossing''!

-->'''Ron''': You kissed a synthodrone?
-->'''Kim''': No. But I wanted to.
-->'''Ron''': Okay, too much information, KP.

[[AC:TruthInTelevision]]
* [[http://community.livejournal.com/too_much_info/ This community.]]
** Ditto a significant portion of /b/ on 4chan.
*** ''Ahem'', it is called Copypasta.

* It's found on many Medical-related humor lists that a sign that you're in the Medical Profession is that ''You see no problems in discussing graphic medical problems over food, especially if it's something like meaty dishes or Spaghetti and meatballs''

** notalwaysright.com presents... well, YouHaveBeenWarned. Whether it's about [[http://notalwaysright.com/please-no-more spiders]], [[http://notalwaysright.com/tmi-too-much-information DVDs]], [[http://notalwaysright.com/tmi-redux players]] or [[http://notalwaysright.com/way-too-much-information old ladies]]. [[http://notalwaysright.com/too-much-information-part-6 Conversations in a restaurant]] or [[http://notalwaysright.com/way-way-too-much-information-2 dry cleaner requests]], or merely [[http://notalwaysright.com/way-way-too-much-information choosing a lighter]]. Or [[http://notalwaysright.com/varicose-to-his-wife a medical waiver for our snorkel tour]].

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* In [=~Kyon: Big Damn Hero~=],Koizumi explained at Kyon's request that he gained his ESP powers when both Haruhi and him were undergoing puberty. At the beginning, he found it extremely difficult separating their feelings at first, which led to highly awkward situations. Kyon realizes his mistake and declares that he never wants to clarify that.

* A scene in ''MahouSenseiNegima'' where Asuna has this reaction to Makie's... reports... about Negi's "reaction" to them having to squeeze him (while naked) against a wall behind them both while in the girls' shower to keep his presence there a secret.

Compare with BreadEggsMilkSquick. Sometimes followed by NeverSayThatAgain or BrainBleach. Not related to ''MoreInformationThanYouRequire''.

!!Examples

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* In [[WeirdAlYankovic Weird Al's]] song, Trapped in the Drive thru, the husband's voice reminds the voice box lady of a guy named Paul she cheated Geometry test answers off of last year. The husband replies and talks another Paul he knew. Paul was his plumber, who is bald, has a bladder problem, and has a toe infection. The voice box lady says, "Mr, please! You can stop right there! That's more than I needed to know!" Yes, this is a song!

-->'''Archer'': Well, I happen to know he's not circumcised.

** notalwaysright.com presents... well, YouHaveBeenWarned. Whether it's about [[http://notalwaysright.com/please-no-more spiders]], [[http://notalwaysright.com/tmi-too-much-information DVDs]], [[http://notalwaysright.com/tmi-redux players]] or [[http://notalwaysright.com/way-too-much-information old ladies]]. [[http://notalwaysright.com/too-much-information-part-6 Conversations in a restaurant]] or
[[http://notalwaysright.com/way-way-too-much-information-2 dry cleaner requests]], or merely [[http://notalwaysright.com/way-way-too-much-information choosing a lighter]]. Or [[http://notalwaysright.com/varicose-to-his-wife a medical waiver for our snorkel tour]].

---> '''Thane:''' Wouldn't you rather loose yourself in such a memory, rather than spend a night alone?

** The last one was arguably too little information. It turns out not to be disgusting at all – just a bit creepy.

* Artax gets a little too descriptive in [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/gamespyarchive/index.php?date=2002-02-20 this]] {{Nodwick}} strip.

** There was a scene where Jack Rakan walks away and loudly says he needs to take a number 2, leaving everyone yelling in disgust.