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Supertrope to [[I Uh You Too]] and [[Gibberish of Love]]. Compare to [[Cannot Spit It Out]] and [[Gagging
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In the manga version of ''[[Ranma ½
** When Ranma really hurts Akane's feelings in the Battle Dogi arc, he tries to apologize to her and sincerely say that he thought she looked cute. He stutters on "cute" for a while, before finally just screaming it in frustration. Much to his dismay, she thinks he's lying when he finally manages to get the word out.
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* Valentine in ''[[Mirror Mask]]'' is incapable of saying "sorry", even when {{spoiler|he's apologizing to the heroine after betraying her}}. In fact, he's been unable to patch up his relationship with his tower (don't ask) for some time, because they had a fight once and "Valentines never apologize." However, when it becomes a matter of life and death, he is able to overcome his pride and say sorry. When {{spoiler|we finally meet [[And You Were There|Other Valentine]]}}, he apologizes quite freely for things like accidentally bumping into people.
** This also applies to Helena, who can't bring herself to actually apologize after [[I Wished You Were Dead|being rude to her mother.]] It is quite notable that the "Get Well Soon" card she gives has a drawing of {{spoiler|Valentine's tower on it.}}
* In ''[[Charlie and
* Sam from ''[[Ghost (
* The Collector in ''[[Demon Knight]]'' tries to seduce Jeryline into giving up the Key. His attempts are hampered by his complete inability to say the word "love".
== [[Literature]] ==
* In the [[Discworld]] novel ''[[Discworld
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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* Sam and Diane on ''[[Cheers]]'' encounter a similar problem.
** Sam actually has no trouble saying the word "love" ... except when he ''means'' it.
* Al on ''[[Married...
* Maynard G. Krebs, a beatnik in ''[[The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis]]'', cannot bring himself to say the word "job." He also reacts with a terrified yelp to the word "work".
* Minor subversion: On ''[[Sports Night]]'', Danny finds himself incapable of pronouncing the name of tennis player Yevgeny Kafelnikov and, convinced that he's suffering some kind of nervous breakdown, races to his psychologist where he actually has a breakthrough. Nevertheless, his psychologist points out that Yevgeny Kafelnikov is simply a very difficult name to say.
* In [[Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide]], Guide to: Bad Habits, Ned's bad habit was his inability to say no.
* In ''[[
** This was also the theme of their music video Tongue Tied.
* In the ''[[The Colbert Report|Colbert Report]]'' parody of Bill O'Reilly's "[[Stupid Statement Dance Mix|We'll do it live!]]" outburst, Stephen's rage is triggered by having to read out the words "I'm sorry".
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== [[New Media]] ==
* In the [[
== [[Theater]] ==
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* In a [[Point and Click Game]] ''Innocent Until Caught'', after you are bailed out of jail by [[Narm]] (no, really, that's his name), you have and option to thank him for it. The protagonist, after a few attempts, refuses, considering that Narm is [[The Ditz|life-defyingly stupid]].
* Laharl in [[Disgaea Infinite]] has to be blackmailed by Etna into congratulating Flonne for becomign an Angel Trainee again. And when he does, the words barely come out of his mouth.
* An extreme version of this trope is Guybrush Threepwood in ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In the ''[[Powerpuff Girls]]'' episode "Paste Makes Waste", Buttercup can't bring herself to say "I'm sorry" to another kid she was teasing... until said kid is turned into a giant monster and goes on a rampage, and she ''has'' to say it in order to pacify him.
* ''[[
** Marge Simpson had the same chronic doormat problem when Gill wouldn't leave their house.
* In ''[[
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Invoked in ''[[Legion of Net
* In [[Dragon Ball Abridged]], Vegeta attempts to recruit the heroes for a fight he can't handle on his own any more than the heroes can. "Every fiber of my being wants to puke at once when I say this, but I need your heh... I need your he-eeh-eeeeh..." Gohan responds, "You need our help?" "That, yes."
* [[Played for Laughs]] by [[
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