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Breaking Bad News Gently
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Bad news is of course hard to tell to other people (unless someone is feeling malicious), which means it's preferable in those circumstances to try to break the news as gently as possible. There are several methods. One of the most common in fiction is to tell the recipient to sit down before hearing the news, often in case the news is upsetting enough to cause them to faint. Often, to show how tough or badass they are, the listener usually says, through clenched jaws, "I think I'll stand" or "I prefer to stand" or some variation thereof. Regardless of the delivery, how the recipient reacts can vary, before and after hearing the news. Before, some might be so anxious, they can shout "Just Tell Me!", while others might ask for a minute to prep themselves. After, some can be happy (if the news was actually in their favor without the bearer knowing it), and some can react even worse than the bearer feared. A staple trope of both the Police Procedural and the Medical Drama, in which breaking the news of a loved one's death is regularly portrayed as the most difficult part of a cop's/doctor's job. A Dramatic Sit-Down is likely at some point. And it should be noted that methods have been around long enough for many to be discredited. Expect many instances of this trope to be Played for Laughs. One common gag is Bad News, Irrelevant News. A Sub-Trope of Bearer of Bad News. A Super-Trope to Bad News in a Good Way, Good News, Bad News. Compare Dinner and a Breakup. Has nothing to do with Breaking Bad. |
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It's not quite "you should sit down", but in Thud! when Willikins the butler is reading Commander Vimes the Ankh-Morpork Times, while Vimes shaves himself, he advises Vimes to put down the razor before reading the headline about a vampire joining the Watch. When Vimes asks about the editorial cartoon, Willikins asks if Vimes has picked the razor back up, and then suggests stepping away from the sink. | |
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Spoofed in the TaleSpin episode "Bearly Alive", when Rebbecca got a call about a broken plane part. The guy on the other line said she should sit down, but she already was. The guy told her to stand up, and then sit down. | |
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Dexter did this in the 2010 season opener when presenting news of his wife's death. | |
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In Horrible Histories, none of the courtiers, for obvious reasons, want to tell Henry VIII his wife is unfaithful, so they call on the court jester to deliver the news. The jester manages to do so in a way that keeps Henry from reacting until the jester's out of the room. "Hmm, do you think he was trying to tell me something?" | |
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Captain Planet and the Planeteers: In the episode "Heat Wave", Gaia initially tells the Planeteers not to worry about her, but is eventually forced to admit how badly Dr. Blight's heat wave is affecting her. Still, she starts by just saying she's not well, revealing the whole truth only when Ma-Ti presses the matter. | |
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In the S Club 7 TV show, one of the other band members finds out that Paul is leaving and is unsure how to break it to the others, so she chooses to do so via a game of charades. The others are so relieved to finally figure it out and get back to their siesta that it takes a moment for the news to actually sink in. | |
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In Champions of Far'aus, the city guard who had to tell Wila that her sister and brother-in-law are dead, and that she'll have to take care of her nephew, nervously tries to lead into the news. | |
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On The Andy Griffith Show, Andy once had to call a woman and tell her that her husband, whom they presumed dead and held a funeral for 2 years ago, has turned up alive. Knowing this will be a huge shock, he tries to get her to sit down. | |
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In The Big Bang Theory episode "The Spaghetti Catalyst," Sheldon tells Leonard to sit down. Leonard informs Sheldon that he's already lying in bed, which should be good enough. | |
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In The Keys Stand Alone: The Soft World, after the four meet and de-curse the Last Wizard but still don't know what's going on, she very gently explains: | |
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In The Order of the Stick, Haley has some difficulty trying to figure out how to tell Celia that her boyfriend is dead (albeit only temporarily), which unfortunately is complicated by Celia being Literal-Minded over her metaphors. Sick of wasting time, Belkar decides it is best to just shout it in the bluntest manner possible. | |
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Used in Facing the Giants, when Coach Grant Taylor gets a call informing him that his team will be allowed into the playoffs after all because the team they lost to in the last game cheated. You only hear Grant's end of the conversation, but he repeats the callers question of "Am I sitting down?" with obvious confusion. | |
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Played straight in La Bamba. Donna enters the room after the news of Ritchie's death has been announced. She missed it but wants to know why everyone is so upset. Her sobbing friend warns her, "You'd better sit down, Donna." | |
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Attempted in Captain America: The First Avenger, with Steve Rogers waking up in a room set up to appear like his familiar 1940s setting in order to give him time to rest before being told that seven decades have gone by. Unfortunately, he sees through the setup and makes a run for it, running smack into present-day New York City. | |
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Played with in the Quantum Leap episode "Miss Deep South," in which Sam has leapt into a beauty pageant contestant. Al comes bearing bad news, and insists that Sam sit down before he hears it. Sam sits down and his skirt's crinoline cage hits him in the face. Al relents, "I think you better stand up, Sam." | |
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In Victorious, at Sikowitz's request, Cat and Robbie create a business where they write upbeat songs to deliver bad news to people. The idea is that the recipient will be so impressed with the music that it'll take a second for the bad news to sink in. For example, they sing the first song to tell Sikowitz's kid neighbor that his go-kart was run over: | |
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In 7 Zwerge, the Magic Mirror is reluctant to tell the Queen that Snow White is still alive. | |
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In Three's Company, Jack lies to his grandfather about being a doctor to impress him and uses this to guilt Terri into letting him use an empty office at the hospital to maintain the charade. | |
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M*A*S*H has this exchange over the phone: | |
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During one page of Friendly Hostility, Fox and Colin are given some heavy news. Fox says he needs to sit down, to which Colin replies "You already are." | |
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Red vs. Blue: Grif couldn't sit down because both of his kneecaps were shattered, so Sarge ordered Simmons to prepare catching him when they had to explain (again) that his Sister had died. | |
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Barbara Gordon does this in The New Batman Adventures episode where she fear-toxin hallucinated that Gordon had turned against Batman and gotten both of them killed after she died in the tights. She intends to tell him the truth, and has him sit down before she starts. He cuts her off to maintain deniability, though, as it's implied he already knew. | |
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The police officers of Law & Order frequently ask relatives of victims to sit down. | |
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Dateline NBC: | |
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In All This Sh*t is Twice as Weird, Dorian shoulders the burden of informing Cullen that the Inquisitors and some of their companions have fallen into a Fade rift. He's pretty sure he fails at the 'gently' part, judging by the reaction. | |
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Questionable Content: Played for Laughs after Roko the robot is Squashed Flat. An AI counselor tries to ease her into the news that her previous body was unrecoverable, but... | |
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Enforced in Robin Hood: Men in Tights. After King John is told that the Sheriff of Rottingham has bad news, the corrupt Prince John orders the Sheriff to "tell me the Bad News in a Good Way." So the Sheriff puts on an overly affected cackle to tell of how Robin Hood is back from the Crusades, defeated the Sheriff's men, and is coming to see Prince John hanged. | |
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Famously, in David Copperfield, Mrs. Creakle, the kindhearted wife of Sadist Teacher Mr. Creakle, tries to gently tell David that his mother has died. | |
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Played with in The Proud Family, where Oscar says they shouldn't bother sitting down 'cause they're just gonna stand up again before revealing something exciting. | |
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LoadingReadyRun: In the sketch "All the Little People": Parodied in their Dragons of Tarkir spoiler video: |
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6teen has an episode where Marlowe wants to break up with Wyatt, so Jonesy offers to tell Wyatt for her. He tries to do this, but it backfires when he takes Wyatt to a parlour where people break up and everyone in there thinks they're a gay couple breaking up. | |
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In Off Centre, Chau says that bad news can be softened by ending it with making your voice high and making it seem like a question. Later, Mike's girlfriend breaks up with him trying the same thing. | |
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One episode of Criminal Minds has JJ helping a young local sheriff with his first time notifying a victim's family. The rules she lays out are: Expect a physical reaction and try to get them to sit (she once had someone pass out and hit her head, then needed to repeat the news at the hospital). Be prepared to provide proof (to help with the 'denial' stage). Don't be afraid to show emotion and empathize with the person (they'll feel more validated if the authorities share their grief). The sheriff scoffs at the last one, but he winds up shedding a few tears. | |
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A Pearls Before Swine strip has Pig call Goat to ask if he's sitting down. Goat freaks out and asks what's happened, and Pig replies: "Oh, it's just comfy." | |
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On ER whenever a doctor has to break the news of a patient's death. Results vary. | |
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In one of the sequels to The Princess Diaries, Mia's mother calls this "Cat on the Roof"ing. She explains that, if she had to tell Mia, living away from home, that her beloved cat had died, she would do it over a series of calls. She'd start by saying that she'd left the window open and Louie had gotten onto the roof (hence the name). Then she'd explain that she hadn't been able to catch him yet. And eventually, she'd explain that he'd died. Mia is horrified by the idea and spends her time Comically Missing the Point trying to explain better ways to lure Louie back home. Her mother's point is that, since Mia knows in advance that she has a scheduling conflict between her royal duties and a prearranged date with her boyfriend, she should begin hinting that something might come up, that maybe they should reschedule, so that she's not either leading him on or hurting his feelings by bluntly telling him she can't make it. Mia tries it, but finds it isn't her style. | |
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In Gossip Girl Dorota asks Blair if she wants to hear the bad news or the good news first. She considers, then says she wants to hear the good news first so that she can fully appreciate it. The good news, "There is a replacement," however, doesn't make sense without hearing the bad news first (her prom dress is ruined). | |
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In Dragons: Riders of Berk, Astrid calls it "the honey and the hatchet." First you say something nice to soften the blow, then you hit them with the bad news. When Hiccup tries it on his dad, Stoic sees right through it. | |
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One of the most iconic ones comes from Snoopy, Come Home, when Linus tries to tell Charlie Brown that Snoopy had a previous owner. | |
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Done in The Navy Lark between Mister Phillips and the ship's Chaplain in a very confused conversation about a pregnant racehorse (which the Chaplain thinks is a girl Phillips has got knocked up due to how Phillips broached the subject), with the Chaplain being so shocked that after having had to sit down he declares "I think I better stand up again." | |
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Happy Heroes: In Season 7 episode 28, Little M. tries to bring Big M.'s attention to a slip stating he's lost his job as a general by indirectly giving it to him, so as not to witness him having a heart attack over it. His attempts fail due to various outside factors distracting Big M. from noticing the note. | |
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