Noblewoman's Laugh: Difference between revisions

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[[File:noblewomans-laugh 6978.jpg|link=Sailor Moon|frame|OHHHHHHH-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-hoooo!!!]]

 

{{quote|'''Beautiful Gorgeous:''' Nyaaah, hah hah hah hah! Hah, hah, hah, haha, ha, hyaah!

 

A stereotyped laugh used by women from [[Blue Blood|aristocratic]] Japanese or pseudo-Japanese families, usually written "ホホホ" or "ほほほ" (ho ho ho), representing a high-pitched, somewhat artificial form of refined feminine laughter (rather than the belly-laugh "ho ho ho" represents in English). Typically associated with [[The Ojou]] character type, or haughty, stuck-up women.

 

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== Standard (Female) Laughs ==

=== Anime and Manga ===

* Renge from ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' ([http://youtube.com/watch?v=0AuFgZT4O-I Here's the Japanese version], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjeIUARpuUE and the English version].)

* Naga from ''[[The Slayers]]'' [[OVA]]s and movies is likely the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffiiYPg5qSc most powerful example] of this, perhaps because of the sheer [[Cute but Cacophonic|volume]] of it; her '''Noblewoman's Laugh''' has been known to scare small animals and old ladies. When she was cloned, the simultaneous laughter of a dozen Nagas was all it took to destroy the villain of the piece.

*** [[Brown Note]] power to the max!

*** Not only that, when all characters are charging their stamina in the game (a bar of energy that is used whenever a character dashes or double dashes), the character is seeing focusing on their inner strength for the bar to fill up. Naga ''laughs''. Yep, not only is a [[Brown Note]], but it is also able to recover her enegy!

* Jura in ''[[Vandread]]'' when plotting on how to lure Hibiki into, er, merging the Van-type with her Dread fighter ([[Blatant Lies|No innuendo, honest]]).

* Iono from ''[[Iono the Fanatics]]'' has a laugh [[Say It with Hearts|that ends with a little heart]].

* Elle in ''[[Aoi House]]''.

* Akiko in ''[[All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku]]''.

* Megumi from ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' does this with such passion, she even [[Imagine Spot|sprouts fox ears and a tail]].

* [[The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya|Fang-tan]]. She is from a prominent family even if they are not royalty, so it technically counts.

* This is performed with surprising skill by Tatsukichi of [[MM!]]!, despite the fact that Tatsukichi is a crossdresser.

* In ''[[Orphen]] Revenge'', in the dancing contest episode, there's a whats-her-name female character prone to Noblewoman's Laughing.

* Pinako from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' apparently used to do this as a young woman.

* Greta from ''[[A Little Snow Fairy Sugar]]''.

 

 

 

 

 

=== Video Games ===

* The Great Fairies in ''[[The Legend of Zelda]] [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Majora's Mask]]''.

* Celia in ''Castlevania: Chronicles Of Sorrow''.

* In the Japanese version of ''[[Princess Debut]]'', when introduced to Kid (Vince in the English version), this is the "proper" response choice when asked if you're the princess.

* Basanda in ''[[Shining Force III]]''. Her laugh was butchered in the English version, like all the other voices.

 

=== Web Comics ===

 

 

* Toby, the [http://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0162.html 'twisted fruit'] from ''[[Our Little Adventure]]''.

 

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[[Category:Laughter Tropes]]

[[Category:Japanese Media Tropes]]

[[Category:An Index of Ladies and Gentlemen]]