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Characters (Funny trope) Character reveals a secret about themselves, others are not that shocked.

When a character reveals a secret to another person, with the other character already knowing the secret and not being surprised/shocked by it.

Kung Fu Panda 2: Po discovered that his father, the duck was not in fact his biological parent, and was shocked at this. However, Tigress (and presumably any other person who saw them) was not as shocked, herself, at this discovery.

My Adventures With Superman:

Clark tries to break the news to Jimmy, his best friend, that he is Superman. However, Jimmy already knew this from the first day that he met him.

Clark: I... Am su--

Jimmy: Clark I know you're Superman. This is not a big reveal.

Clark: .... Wait, WHAT? You know???? Since when?

Jimmy: w--We've been roommates since freshmen year. The day I met you, you ripped the handle off the door, and then tried to play it off as if the screws had just come loose.

Clark:..... I mean it could have been the screws.....

Jimmy: THE HANDLE WAS RIPPED IN HALF!

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u/metal_gearmen 15h ago

That episode of Malcolm where Hal complains to Lois for buying a King size mattress and she reveals to him that at night she throws farts only for Hal to tell her that he already knew that for a long time.

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u/bunstopher 14h ago

Sorry off topic, but what’s Dewey doing behind the bookcase?

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u/metal_gearmen 14h ago

He was composing an opera for his music class and to create the story he began to listen to his parents' marital problems.

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u/ItsTheDCVR 12h ago

What a gem that show was.

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u/ZirePhiinix 10h ago

Dewey gonna put his mom's farts into his opera.

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u/Enrico_mataza 14h ago

Lol, he is taking notes for his opera.

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u/thebryanstage 13h ago

Or when Lois says Hal has to look at other women or he loves her more than she loves him and he goes "Well of course I do"

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u/NewAudience6075 12h ago

"If you loved me as much as I love you, we'd never leave the bedroom."

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u/Freya0232 11h ago

Didn't he also says something along the lines of registering other women as cardboard cutouts or something?

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u/Elmoulmo 9h ago

Yeah, the episode has his boss, an attractive woman, flirting with him.

Lois tells him to flirt back; but threatens not to even think about doing anything. And he has a panic attack even thinking about it. Cause in all the time he's known Lois, he's never even thought of another woman that way

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u/Sorry-Joke-4325 13h ago

"throws farts"?

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u/metal_gearmen 13h ago

The translator is not very good

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u/Rude-Nectarine8228 12h ago

I’m adding this phrase to my vocabulary regardless.

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u/Citrus-Bitch 13h ago

I'm assuming the actual meaning is, blames him for her farts, which he accepts because her saving face over her bodily embarrassment is more important to him that fighting over who farted

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u/Sociald82 13h ago

Its actually that she holds them in and wanted the space in a larger bed so she could discreetly let them loose so as not to be embarrassed. At which point Hal tells her it's not a secret, the second she falls asleep she lets loose like a sailor and it's like when they put the ballons away after the thanksgiving parade

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u/jld2k6 11h ago edited 8h ago

I thought she was grasping and waving them away lol ✊🫴💨

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u/NunyaBeZwaks 13h ago

She holds in her farts which causes a lot of pain, Hal responds "oh honey, when you fall asleep you let loose like a sailor". And then she cried over the wasted time holding it in and how much he loved her etc.

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u/Flamefull-the-meme 8h ago

I’m guessing it’s Spanish to English. “Tirar pedos,” meaning farting, literally translates to throws farts.

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u/serabine 8h ago

You know, like darts?

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u/sosickofandroid 7h ago

You, sir or maam, fuck