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[[Dramatic Ellipsis|Contrast... Dramatic... Ellipsis...]] [[Punctuated for Emphasis|AND! PUNCTUATED! FOR! EMPHASIS!]]
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** In the second season, ''Haré+Guu Deluxe'', the opening of each episode includes Haré spouting out of a rapid-fire stream of chatter, which varies from time to time while Guu dances.
** Haré's seiyuu, Rikako Aikawa, seems to specialize in this.
* Ichiko from ''[[Otome wa Boku Ni Koishiteru (Anime)|Otome wa Boku Ni Koishiteru]]''. ("[[Onee
* In ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure (Anime)|Futari wa Pretty Cure]],'' one of Nagisa's [[Those Two Guys|two "normal" friends]] is a Motor Mouth who occasionally punctuates her rapidfire speech with a triple repeat of a word.
* In a [[Post Episode Trailer]] for ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew (Manga)|Tokyo Mew Mew]]'', Ichigo is so in shock that she starts speaking quickly, repeating words, and eventually reminding herself of the thing she was trying to distract herself from in the first place. "DaiiiiiiiisukisukisukisuKISU!!?"
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** The comedian who plays the part, Louis-Jose Houde, is exactly this. Incredibly hilarious too.
* Key to Groucho Marx's style in ''[[Duck Soup]]''.
* When Mr [[Hair
* Br'er Fox in ''[[Song of the South]]''.
** [[Canon Dis Continuity|Not that you'd ever know,]] of course.
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== Literature ==
* While it doesn't come across nearly as well in the printed word, Betsy the Vampire Queen in the works of Mary Janice Davidson is a definite Motor Mouth. At least once, another character noted that not needing to breathe helped Betsy immensely on that score.
* The ''[[Dragonlance (Literature)|Dragonlance]]'' setting of ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (Tabletop Game)|Dungeons and Dragons]]'' featured the tinker gnomes, an entire ''race'' of Motor Mouths. A gnome's full name consists of his entire family tree and a list of all notable accomplishments by his relations, and can take months to fully pronounce -- though they usually refer to themselves by shortened versions that only take about half an hour. Three guesses as to why they call their ancestral home [[
** Also, a Second Edition fey race called Quicklings were apparently on fast forward all the time, to the point that they had to consciously slow down their speech to be intelligible to humans. [[Always Chaotic Evil|Not that they cared.]]
* In [[Animorphs (Literature)|The Garatron]]amconductinganinspectiononTVTropesandamquitedisappointedthatIhavenotyetbeenmentionedonthispage. Iwillreportthisdefeciencytomysuperiorsandbepromotedformyefforts.
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* Shulamith Ploni in one story by [[Ephraim Kishon]]. Combined with [[No Punctuation Period]].
* In the ''[[Warrior Cats]]'' book ''Crookedstar's Promise'', Crookedstar's apprentice Sagepaw.
* Tahiri in the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] was like this as a kid and young teenager; her best friend Anakin Solo even noted that her presence in the Force felt like someone talking very fast without pausing for breath. Following a [[Split Personality Merge]] and becoming a [[Half
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* The whole cast of ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'', especially Lorelai and Rory. The show's scripts were apparently twice the size of your standard television script due to this characteristic. Jared Padalecki once joked that the main requirement to work on that show was the ability to speak very fast.
* Peter Scolari's Michael Harris on ''[[Newhart]]''.
* Hawkeye from ''[[
* Averted, big time, in the "Slow Talkers of America" skit by [[Bob and Ray (Radio)|Bob and Ray]].
* Tyres on ''[[Spaced]]'', presumably a symptom of his somewhat excessive speed habit, which has also left him with [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]].
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== Theater ==
* In the musical ''[[The Witches of Eastwick]]'', Suki begins the song ''Words, Words, Words'' as a shy little stutterer. By the time she's halfway through the song, she's speedtalking/-singing.
* The [[Modern Major
** Gilbert and Sullivan did this again in the patter trio "My Eyes Are Fully Open" for ''Ruddigore'', later [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQGrQPZMLK8 adapted into ''Pirates of Penzance''.]
** "The Speed Test" from ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'', which is to the tune of the Ruddigore song. And then they do a double-time reprise.
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== Web Original ==
* Tom from ''[[Echo Chamber (Web Video)|Echo Chamber]]'' when explaining a trope to a non-Troper:
{{quote| '''Tom:''' [[Romantic False Lead]] is when there's like, two characters, right? And they [[Will They or Won't They?|may or may not hook up at some point in the future.]] Meanwhilethere'sanothercharacterwhocomesalong, andbecomesatemporraryromanticinterestofoneofthecharacters, whichcanbeusedtoheightenthestakesandtheneglectedfeelingsoftheothercharacter--<br />
'''Porn Girl:''' Yeah. Uh huh. When someone asks "how are you doing", they don't actually care. }}
* [[Nigahiga|Ryan Higa]] is probably the crowning example of this trope. Especially in his parody advertisements like the "Big Bouncing Inflatable Green Ball".
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* ''[[The Iron Giant]]'': When Dean lets Hogarth have some espresso (described as "Coffee-zilla"), the boy launches into a rambling rant about school, ending with the expected request for more coffee.
* The Blabbermouth of Echo Island from ''[[Here Comes the Grump (Animation)|Here Comes the Grump]]''. It's right there in the name, too.
* Pinkie Pie from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' is very prone to this:
{{quote| "Isn't this exciting? Are you excited? Because I'm excited! I've never been so excited! Well, except for the time I saw you walking into town and I went ''[[GASP]]!'', but I mean really, who can top that?"}}
** This was later ''weaponized'' in "The Last Roundup", where Applejack is forced to admit why she's working at a cherry orchard instead of coming home to Ponyville by being subjected to Pinkie Pie's incessant rambling about [[Inherently Funny Words]].
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* The game reviewer Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw. His segment on The Escapist isn't called "[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation Zero Punctuation]" for nothing.
** If anything, Yahtzee has gotten ''faster'' and more intense; he sounds positively ''sedate'' in his older videos compared to his newer ones. [[Word of God|He has stated]] that the fast talking was by accident. Apparently he keeps it up and edits the pauses out, because it's funnier that way.
** What's even better is that, for [[April Fools' Day]], Yahtzee posted a video of his character sitting by a slow-ticking grandfather clock, while slowly reciting a few lines from from John Keats' poem ''Ode To Melancholy''.
* [[Benedict Cumberbatch]], though even he has some trouble keeping up with his character's lines in ''[[Sherlock (TV)|Sherlock]]''.
** Just look at how long his answers are in this [http://www.metro.us/newyork/entertainment/article/1142298--benedict-cumberbatch-the-uncensored-sherlock-interview interview]. This man has A LOT to say!
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