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A character [[Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion|need not speak in rhyme]] ''all'' the time, but it should happen often enough that [[Character Tics|excusing it is tough]]. Also, poetry or rap can be included, if all other modes of expression are precluded.

 

 

Bonus rewards if you end with words that are usually [[Least Rhymable Word|"unrhymable"]], like "orange" or "purple"... you [[Chowder|nurple]]! (See?)

** And of course, on the original ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' that ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series]]'' parodies.

*** And in their GX cameo.

* ''[[Naruto]]'' recently introduced Killer Bee, who raps almost all of his dialogue, even [[Casual Danger Dialog|in the middle of battle]].

** Given that he's the first of many new shinobi characters with African American characteristics to be introduced gives this some [[Unfortunate Implications]] on Kishimoto's part.

{{quote|"Don't you see, tiny boy, [[Our Vampires Are Different|the trouble you're in?]] [[Enthralling Siren|But I see you see not,]] in which case, I win!"}}

* Mr. Bones of [[The DCU]], originally; it's been quietly disposed of since then.

** [[Peter David]] did actually get him to rhyme orange... with "car hinge", since he was standing on a car door.

** Depending on how intrusive Etrigan is, Jason Blood's (who shares a body with Etrigan) real curse is occasionally declared to be having to listen to the demon talk all the time.

{{quote|'''Cube''': Rappers, Ice, we ain't.

'''Ice''': My lines, Cube, are too quaint?

{{quote|'''DRIVER:''' I thought he rhymed, all the time.

'''DOCTOR:''' No. He's not retarded. }}

 

* In ''[[The Official Fanfiction University of Middle-Earth]]'', Lina becomes this, after eating cursed Valinor Vegetable Soup.

 

'''Fezzik:''' Anybody want a peanut?

'''Vizzini:''' DYEEAAHHHHHH. }}

** Some people may have missed it, but the first exchange when Fezzik and Inigo reunite is also entirely in rhyme:

{{quote|'''Inigo:''' I am waiting for Vizzini.

'''Inigo:''' It's you.

'''Fezzik:''' True! }}

{{quote|'''Blix:''' Mortal world has turned to ice, 'tis a goblin paradise! }}

* You jivin' motherfuckers would be spoilin' for a fight, if you forgot to mention a badass named ''[[Dolemite]]''!

* There's also Vince Fontaine, the jive-talking master of ceremonies at Rydell High's National Bandstand Dance-Off Contest in ''[[Grease]]''.

{{quote|'''Fontaine:''' Thank you fans and friends, and odds and ends! And now, all you gals and guys, a few words to the wise. You Jims and Sals are my best pals. And to look your best for the big contest, just be yourselves and have a ball; that's what it's all about, after all! So forget about the camera and think about the beat; we'll give the folks at home a real big treat. Don't worry about where the camera is. Just keep on dancing - that's show biz! If you're tapped on the shoulder, move to the side; let the others finish the ride. It doesn't matter if you win or lose; it's what you do with your dancing shoes! Hoo-hoo! Okay, cats - throw your mittens around your kittens and [[Large Ham|awa-ay we go]]!}}

{{quote|'''Bullhorn:''' You're an overweight corn-fed fool with a lot of muscle mass, but now it's time for Bullhorn to get up in that ass!!}}

 

{{quote|"I have no tears," said Hagga. "Once I wept when ships were overdue, or brooks ran dry, or tangerines were overripe, or sheep got something in their eye. I weep no more," said Hagga. Her eyes were dry as desert and her mouth seemed made of stone. "I have turned a thousand persons gemless from my door. Come in," she said. "I weep no more."}}

* This was Vanessa Pike's oh-so-crazy quirk in the [[Babysitters Club]] books.

* While the main character of ''Inside Out'' by Terry Trueman doesn't rhyme his speech, the [[The Schizophrenia Conspiracy|voices in his head]] speak almost entirely in gibberish rhymes. They only speak in a straightforward fashion when they're giving him instructions.

* ''[[Pumuckl]]'', the kobold protagonist of a German children's series. [[Catch Phrase|"Oh, das reimt sich! Und was sich reimt, ist gut, haha!" (Oh, that rhymes! And anything that rhymes is good, haha!)]]

* Sir Harry the Muse, an Owl from [[Redwall|''Mattimeo'']], who always talks in rhyme except when conducting business.

* Tertius Fume does this in ''[[Septimus Heap]]'' to the point of being called out for this by Merrin Meredith.

* In the [[Star Trek Expanded Universe]], there's a race called the Lonat who speak in rhyme, and it's ''explicitly'' made [[Translation Convention]]. Skilled poetic speaking akin to Shakespeare's use of iambic pentameter is mutilated into nursery rhyme style verse by the [[Universal Translator]] doing the best it can to keep up. We don't know what the Lonat trader Square-Deal Djonreel is hearing when the [[DS 9]] crew talk to him, but he is pleased when they respond to him in rhyme just for fun. Kira tries to get them to cut it out, but [[Got Me Doing It|accidentally ends her order with a word that rhymes with what O'Brien had just said]].

 

* Eulabelle the black maidservant, from Horror Of Party Beach (''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''), uses occasional but ubiquitously pointless rhymes as homilies:

** "You don't see me sittin' around moanin' and groanin' all day."

* ''[[Moonlighting]]'', in which Agnes DiPesto does this when answering the phone.

* [[My Beloved Smother|Mrs. Benson]] in ''[[iCarly]]'' has a series of silly, and occasionally morbid rhymes to help her through her daily life.

'''Mrs. Benson:''' When temperatures get too high the elderly start to die. }}

* Baron Harkonnen in the [[Syfy]] miniseries of ''[[Dune]]''.

{{quote|"Our mirror's smashed, what can we do? Where the hell are the other two?"}}

* This happened to Murdock in an episode of ''[[The A-Team]]'' where he had to give an injured B. A. some of his blood. Murdock uses this new tendency to try to convince B. A. that he will go insane after receiving the blood.

{{quote|'''Ross:''' We can't be late. It starts at eight.

'''Phoebe:''' He could not, would not, want to wait. }}

 

* A bridge-guarding troll in ''[[On the Verge]]'' does this.

* Motormouth Maybelle from ''[[Hairspray]]''.

* Shakespeare used blank prose to show that a character was highly educated, whether it's the monk from ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' or the gods in ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''.

 

* Madame Leota speaks in rhyme in ''[[The Haunted Mansion]]'' ride at [[Disney Theme Parks]], as she was conducting a seance and magic typically rhymes. In [[The Haunted Mansion (film)|the movie]], she seemed to be speaking a prophecy, and spoke normally to Jim at times. In the game, she only does this when preforming her [[Exposition Fairy]] duties.

 

== [[Video Games]], With Their Pretty "Whoa" Names ==

Corpses shift and offer room, a fate you must abide }}

* In ''[[Divinity 2]]'', we have Bellegar, a crazy mage whose lines are all rhymed. Some of them are really funny. Taken up to eleven in the expansion where his couplets turn into verses with more intricate rhyme schemes to match with his more important role.

{{quote|The things i do, to save the world

Surprise me time to time

== [[Web Comics]], Increasingly a Part of the Publishing Economics ==

* A bard in ''Chasing The Sunset'' speaks only in rhyme. In one panel she is interrupted mid-sentence (twice) and is 'stuck' until she finds a way to rhyme her two previous utterances. And her name? Rhyme, of course.

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* Saxony Canterbury from ''[[Thunderstruck]]'' always does this, sis. He'll give you a new pet name, Dwayne, just so he can throw this trope in your face, ace.

* The fairies in the Forest of Doom, in [[The Heroes of Middlecenter]], speak entirely in rhyme. Unfortunately, Darklight... doesn't really like rhyme so much.

* The [[Web Comic]] ''Shortpacked!'' parodies Roadblock from ''[[GI Joes]]'' with a toy who repeats increasingly threatening and innuendo-laden rhymes, until he starts talking to [[Transformers|Wheelie]].

 

== [[Web Original]], Which Is Digital ==

* Crackotage of the [[Homestar Runner|Cheat Commandos]]. Granted, he's a ''parody'' of this kind of character and as such, he's ''not very good at it''

{{quote|'''CRACKOTAGE''': Movie night is my favorite night. I think it is my favorite night. Hee hee hoo hoo!

'''SILENT RIP''': Are you even trying anymore? }}

* [[The Nostalgia Critic]]'s review of [[The Grinch]] was done in rhyme in reference to the original story.

 

== [[Western Animation]], Best Learned of in This Nation ==

* [[Yogi Bear]] does this often too.

* Roadblock from ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' talks like this sometimes (but sometimes it's just [[Jive Turkey]]).

{{quote|'''Betty:''' And, umm... Gary! I'm all out of rhimy-whimies!

'''Gary:''' ''That'' was a rhimy-whimy! }}

** Subverted by the [[Tastes Like Diabetes|Gigglepies,]] who ''start out'' talking like this, until Timmy asks what they do once they've extracted all the resources from a planet:

Overlord Glee: He's on to us! [[Seize Them|Get him!]] }}

* Concrete mutant Vinnie The Mass from ''[[Alpha Teens On Machines|A.T.O.M.]]'' speaks mostly in rhyme.

** Mercifully, he stops doing this in ''[[Transformers Headmasters]]'' and in several other continuities, such as Dreamwave Comics.

*** Until his return in IDW's spotlight series, which actually made Wheelie's rhyming cool by making it the only way that he can [http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Darmok_(episode) communicate with a marooned alien with a strange speech pattern]

** Poor foolish Sokka / An unnecessary word: / "Ladies, I rock ya!"

* Spring-Heeled Jack in ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]''

* Rollerbear in the ''Bitsy Bears'' pilot cartoon. She even wears headphones and rollerskates.

* An episode of ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'' spoofing [[Green Eggs and Ham]] rhymes the whole time.

* Princess Starglo from ''[[Care Bears|Share Bear Shines!]]'' mostly does this in a rhyming slang kind of way ("Toodles, poodles!"), but uses it in her normal conversation quite a bit, too.

* Jeremy Hillary Boob, Ph.D in ''[[Yellow Submarine]]'', who justifies it, saying:

** Discord, although much more rarely. Also Pinkie Pie, who tends to break into song very often.

** Also, Iron Will, when he's doing one of his many [[Catch Phrases]].

* Jake from ''[[Adventure Time]]'' has a habit of doing this. And sometimes makes Finn do it as well.

{{quote|Promise me you'll speak in rhymes. Speak in rhymes all the times.}}

* ''What's with Andy'' had an episode where Andy was dared to speak in rhyme for an entire day. He mastered it pretty well, up until he was challenged to rhyme the word 'orange'. {{spoiler|Which he succeeded; it rhymes with 'door hinge'.}}

* Hermes from ''[[Futurama]]'' has a modular catchphrase - "Sweet X of Y!" - that's always spoken in rhyme. e.g. "Sweet guinea pig of Winnipeg!"

* Several locomotives actually started to speak in rhyme at times in the more recent episodes of ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]''.

* In the Hungarian dub, [[The Flintstones]] do this constantly.

* [[Pixar Shorts|''Boundin''']]

 

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