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== Anime and Manga == |
== Anime and Manga == |
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* In ''[[Dragon Ball]]'', King Piccolo would speak to his minions and mind slaves in some strange tongue. Retconned in ''DBZ'', where he's explicitly an alien and it was just his native tongue. |
* In ''[[Dragon Ball]]'', King Piccolo would speak to his minions and mind slaves in some strange tongue. Retconned in ''DBZ'', where he's explicitly an alien and it was just his native tongue. |
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* [[Death Metal]] and [[Black Metal]] vocals often sound like Orcs' Black Speech. Although most bands sing in English and other natural languages, it is usually distorted to the point of being unintelligible. |
* [[Death Metal]] and [[Black Metal]] vocals often sound like Orcs' Black Speech. Although most bands sing in English and other natural languages, it is usually distorted to the point of being unintelligible. |
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** Many viking/folk metal bands from Scandinavia use their native languages, unintelligible to most of their audience (if they build up a fanbase abroad, that is), for authenticity. An exception is Finntroll, who sing in Swedish, instead of their native Finnish. |
** Many viking/folk metal bands from Scandinavia use their native languages, unintelligible to most of their audience (if they build up a fanbase abroad, that is), for authenticity. An exception is Finntroll, who sing in Swedish, instead of their native Finnish. |
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** [[Summoning]], a ''[[Lord of the Rings]]''-themed black metal band, went one step further by ''actually writing a song in the Black Speech''. It's called ''Mirdautas Vras'' (trans. "A good day to kill") and [[Crowning Music of Awesome|it's awesome]]. Listen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUhEsuwp6g8 here]. |
** [[Summoning]], a ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''-themed black metal band, went one step further by ''actually writing a song in the Black Speech''. It's called ''Mirdautas Vras'' (trans. "A good day to kill") and [[Crowning Music of Awesome|it's awesome]]. Listen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUhEsuwp6g8 here]. |
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* Parodied by Martin Pearson in his ''[[Lord of the Rings]]''-themed folk-comedy show "The Lost Spelling Errors of Bolkien", in which he sings the One Ring's inscription to the tune of "King of the Road" in a voice that borders on an Elvis impression. |
* Parodied by Martin Pearson in his ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''-themed folk-comedy show "The Lost Spelling Errors of Bolkien", in which he sings the One Ring's inscription to the tune of "King of the Road" in a voice that borders on an Elvis impression. |
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** Similarly parodied in [[Eben Brooks]]' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxScTbIUvoA "Hey There Cthulhu"], where the above quote from "The Call of Cthulhu" is ''sung'' to the tune of "Hey There Delilah" by the Plain White Ts. |
** Similarly parodied in [[Eben Brooks]]' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxScTbIUvoA "Hey There Cthulhu"], where the above quote from "The Call of Cthulhu" is ''sung'' to the tune of "Hey There Delilah" by the Plain White Ts. |
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** "Cthulhu fhtagn" has also been filked to the tune of "Hakuna Matata". |
** "Cthulhu fhtagn" has also been filked to the tune of "Hakuna Matata". |
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