Noblewoman's Laugh: Difference between revisions

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* Yuri from ''[[Angel Beats]]'' does it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aduSGRn_sG0&feature=related at least][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff5coI6PqM0&feature=related twice in the anime]. Complete with hand near mouth. The other person talking to her over the walkie even [[Lampshade Hanging|asks if she's the villain for doing such a laugh.]]

* Happens on occasion in ''[[Lone Wolf and Cub]]''. Owing to the nature of the subject matter, many of the laughing noblewomen in question are scheming, heartless women whose ultimate fate is often preceded by "ASSASSIN, Lone Wolf and Cub! I TAKE YOUR LIFE!"

 

 

* The Iron Queen from ''[[Archies Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic The Hedgehog]]''. Even though it's ''in print'', her laugh is still grating.

 

 

* Rare wholesome example: In ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'', Glinda, the Witch of the North, has this line when confronting the Wicked Witch of the West: "Ohoho, rubbish! You have no power here. Begone! Before someone drops a house on you too!"

* Katherine Ellis of ''[[Goodbye, Mr. Chips]]'' has one of these before [[Character Development]] sets in.

 

 

* A rare example in print: Aurora, the Summer Princess, in "Summer Knight", book four of ''[[The Dresden Files]]''. During the climactic battle scene, she utilizes what can only be a Noblewoman's Laugh to literally drive her enemies to their knees.

* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s "[[The Scarlet Citadel]]", [[Conan the Barbarian]] finds an [[Eldritch Abomination]] that can imitiate human sounds. One is this.

 

 

* In ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]'', Shizuka briefly goes through a [[Yandere]] period, marked by pseudo-[[Imagine Spot|Imagine Spots]] where she has devil horns, a pitchfork, and does the laugh as she attempts to break up Wataru and Mio.

** It gets weirder (and [[Crowning Moment of Funny|funnier]]) later on when she realizes that Mio does honestly love Wataru and tries to patch them up. Afterwards she muses that maybe her true role is to be Wataru's surrogate mother, followed by an [[Imagine Spot]] of her as an angel...''still'' doing the laugh.

 

 

* [[Mothy]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q46Osg9C4pA "Daughter of Evil"] starts out with [[Vocaloid|Rin]] delivering one of these. Warning: Do not play while wearing headphones!

** Interestingly averted in [[Spear Counterpart|Len's]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbpdZ4Ps2V0 version], where it's changed to a more gender-neutral "Ahahahaha." Still liable to give you a heart attack if you're wearing headphones, though.

 

* One of the only voice clips used in ''[[Saga Frontier]]'', which appears after what can only be accurately termed the "Evil [[Lesbian Vampire]] Queen" [[Multiple Endings|ending]] of Asellus's quest, is a rather chilling Noblewoman's Laugh. In her final boss battle, Orlouge's princesses laugh similarly.

* 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]]''.

 

 

* ''[[MSF High]]'', being that is embraces Anime Tropes, has a character, Althea, who not only has this as a laugh, but has bequeathed said laugh to her 'daughter' Ilushia/Queen Ichigo. Furthermore, Althea's weapon of choice is a whip.

* In ''[[Spinnerette]]'', [[Evil Counterpart|Evil Spinnerette]] tends to introduce herself with this. (Since she seems to be basically [[Slayers]]'s Naga with a spider motif, it's not surprising.)

 

 

* As voiced by Mr. Ryusei Nakao in the original dub of ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', merciless despot Freeza exhibits a formidable Noblewoman's Laugh.

** General Blue in the Japanese dub for Dragonball also exhibits this. Bonus points if anyone can guess his sexual preference.

 

 

* Master Splinter in ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' had a rather noble laugh as well, though it was self-deprecating rather than evil. ("Ho-ho, [[Buffy-Speak|I made a funny!]]")

 

 

* [[The Joker]] laughed something like this in the 1966-1968 ''[[Batman]]'' TV series, as well as the 1966 tie-in movie. (Interestingly enough, that laugh was entirely natural. [[Real Life Writes the Plot|Cesar Romero actually laughed in a rather effeminate manner whenever he found something amusing]], and he was encouraged to incorporate that laugh into his Joker characterization.)

 

 

* In the Japanese version of ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'', [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW4wD27h6jo King Herod has a Noblewoman's laugh] and wields a fan.

 

 

* In the Japanese incarnations of the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' shows and games (especially the more recent of each), the [[Mad Scientist]] [[Big Bad]] Dr. Eggman gained a laugh rather like a Noblewoman's Laugh consisting of a long "OH" followed by a varying number of "HO"'s to increase comedic value. It is one of Eggman's most memorable traits in Japan but almost ''never'' heard in American dubbing.

** He finally says it in English if you play ''Sonic Rush''. Get hit during a boss fight, and Robotnik will whoop it out. It's also occasionally heard during gameplay in ''Sonic Adventure 2''.

 

 

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