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* Mac, Teebo and Wiploc from ''[[Earth Girls Are Easy]]'' also learn English from watching TV.
* Mac, Teebo and Wiploc from ''[[Earth Girls Are Easy]]'' also learn English from watching TV.
* ''Wayne's World'':
* ''Wayne's World'':
{{quote| '''Wayne''': Hey, where'd you learn to speak English?<br />
{{quote|'''Wayne''': Hey, where'd you learn to speak English?
'''Cassandra''': College... and the ''[[Police Academy]]'' movies. }}
'''Cassandra''': College... and the ''[[Police Academy]]'' movies. }}
* [[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|ET the Extraterrestrial]] learned some basic words (y'know:"phone" and "home") from ''[[Sesame Street]]'' in a fairly [[Justified Trope|well justified way]]: the show had basic words sounded out next to a picture of what it was talking about. It is a show directed at preschoolers, after all.
* [[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|ET the Extraterrestrial]] learned some basic words (y'know:"phone" and "home") from ''[[Sesame Street]]'' in a fairly [[Justified Trope|well justified way]]: the show had basic words sounded out next to a picture of what it was talking about. It is a show directed at preschoolers, after all.
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== Western Animation ==
== Western Animation ==
* The Junkions and their leader, Wreck-Gar, from ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'' learned to talk by watching TV and listening to radio to justify [[Aliens Speaking English]]. They tend to speak in "commercial" voice. Hilarious in that (A) they are voiced by [[Eric Idle]] (in [[The Movie]], anyway), and (B) the show is itself a 30-minute commercial.
* The Junkions and their leader, Wreck-Gar, from ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'' learned to talk by watching TV and listening to radio to justify [[Aliens Speaking English]]. They tend to speak in "commercial" voice. Hilarious in that (A) they are voiced by [[Eric Idle]] (in [[The Movie]], anyway), and (B) the show is itself a 30-minute commercial.
{{quote| '''Hot Rod:''' Where'd you learn to talk like that? <br />
{{quote|'''Hot Rod:''' Where'd you learn to talk like that?
'''Wreck-Gar:''' T.V. We talk T.V. You talk some T.V.? <br />
'''Wreck-Gar:''' T.V. We talk T.V. You talk some T.V.?
'''Kup:''' I talk some T.V. And now the news, don't touch that dial. }}
'''Kup:''' I talk some T.V. And now the news, don't touch that dial. }}


{{quote| '''Wreck-Gar:''' Yes, friends, act now, destroy Unicron! Kill the Grand Poobah! Eliminate even the toughest stains! }}
{{quote|'''Wreck-Gar:''' Yes, friends, act now, destroy Unicron! Kill the Grand Poobah! Eliminate even the toughest stains! }}


{{quote| '''Wreck-Gar:''' [[Jeopardy!|And the answer is]]: Unicron!}}
{{quote|'''Wreck-Gar:''' [[Jeopardy!|And the answer is]]: Unicron!}}




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