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** [[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.

* In ''[[Batman]]'' #525, Mr Freeze's [[mook]]s, Ice and Cube, do this. At least Ice does, speaking after Cube and rhyming with what he said. (This was ''before'' [[Batman: The Animated Series]]' backstory for Freeze became [[Ret Canon]]'d into the comics).

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

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

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

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

* [[Lobo]] once encountered some small aliens whose statements or questions ended with the sound "oo." What made it funny is that it was '''contagious'''. When they asked for fifty percent of his takings from a certain bounty in return for information:

{{quote|'''Alien''': How does that sound to you?

'''Lobo''': Aaarrgh! It makes me wanna spew!

<starts hitting the aliens> Give me the info, or you bowbs are through!

'''Alien''': No fifty, no info! We'll find someone who-- <gets clobbered>

'''Another alien''': --will give us the fifty, not a cheapskate like you!

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

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

** This is expanded on in the book, where Fezzik's love of rhymes is discussed at length.

** 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.

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

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

* The goblin Blix in ''[[Legend (film)|Legend]]'' occasionally breaks into rhyme, presumably because fairy tale goblins are known for that.

{{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]]!}}

* This is Bullhorn's entire schtick in [[Black Dynamite]]. He's stopped later on though, when he can't think of one.

{{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!!}}

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{{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.

* [[The Jester|Onimi]] from the ''[[New Jedi Order]]'' speaks constantly in rhymes specifically to annoy whoever he's talking to (and thereby amuse [[Evil Overlord|his boss]]). As most of Onimi's dialogue, however, is in the Yuuzhan Vong language, [[Translation Convention|he's probably really using some other form of poetic meter that is simply rendered as rhymes in English]]. {{spoiler|When he reveals his [[Big Bad|true]] [[Omnicidal Maniac|nature]], he stops doing this}}.

* 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.

* There's a scene in the first ''[[Kingdom Keepers]]'' book where [[The Hero|Finn's]] thoughts suddenly manifest themselves as such. Amanda tells him it's a sign of witches.

* ''[[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.

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* ''[[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.

{{quote|'''Mrs. Benson:''' You won't get respect if your back's not [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|erect]].

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

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

* A magic mirror in [[The Tenth Kingdom]] speaks entirely in rhyme and will only answer questions that are put in verse as well. This leads to Tony and Virginia having to come up with...interesting questions on the spot.

{{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.

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* Aside from the refrain, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPo9ISQpzvM "One Week"] by Barenaked Ladies was almost entirely off the cuff.

* Reverend Jesse Jackson when speaking publicly always has a rhyme of some kind.

* If you're a [[Basketball|Knick fan,]] you're used to hearing it from Walt "Clyde" Frasier.

* Rappers in general.

* Jian Ghomeshi, the host of the [[CBC]] radio show [http://www.cbc.ca/q/ "Q"], opens each show with a monologue containing numerous rhymes.

* In recent times, in the email segment of the O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly will read clever limericks on television sent in by viewers.

== [[Theater]] (By Playwrights With Names Like Peter of Exeter) ==

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* 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.

* The supervillain Deja Vu can't speak without rhyming in ''[[Freedom Force]]''.

* [[Player Character|Ezio]] lampshades this in ''[[Assassin's Creed Revelations]]'' when he sings during his guise as a [[Wandering Minstrel]]

* [[Player Character|Ezio]] lampshades this in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' when he sings during his guise as a [[Wandering Minstrel]]

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

Surprise me time to time

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* 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]].

* In the ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' "Cheat Commandos" cartoons, Crackotage is a parody of Roadblock from ''[[GI Joes]].'' In one cartoon he says, "Movie night's my favorite night! I think it is my favorite night!" His comrade notes that he's not even trying anymore.

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

* [[Mike J]] of ''Shameful Sequels'' reviewed [[American Pie]] 3 entirely in rhyme once.

* 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!

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

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

* In ''[[The Fairly ~~Odd Parents~~]]'', there are the employees of "Flappy Bob's Happy Peppy Camp and Learn-a-torium", Happy Peppy Betty and Gary. They not only rhyme almost all their sentences, they also sing them, and tend to complete each other's sentences!

* In ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'', there are the employees of "Flappy Bob's Happy Peppy Camp and Learn-a-torium", Happy Peppy Betty and Gary. They not only rhyme almost all their sentences, they also sing them, and tend to complete each other's sentences!

{{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:

{{quote|[[Killer Rabbit|Overlord Glee:]] [[Sugar Apocalypse|We blow it up]] and move on to the next one! [[Surprise Creepy|Isn't that cute?]]

Timmy: No! It's terrible! <[[Beat]]> And it didn't rhyme!

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.

* In ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'', most of the time, the [[The Scrappy|unpopular character]] Wheelie always speaks in rhyme! [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wheelie_(G1) The Transformers Wiki] http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wheelie_(SG) had a bit]] [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wheelie_(Animated) of fun], and [[Self-Demonstrating Article|made all the lines on his page rhyme]] (every single one)!

** 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]

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

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

* While his isn't usually an example, the Green Goblin of the ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'' does this in one episode. Not only is it lampshaded, but it's also partially justified: several of his lines are quotes from Shakespeare's verse. It also acts as a clue to the Goblin's identity: Harry Osborn, the prime suspect behind the mask, was supposed to be playing Puck in a school play, and all of the Shakespeare lines are Puck quotes. {{spoiler|Turned out to be a [[Red Herring]], but nice touch...}}

* 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.

** Also in an episode that spoofs ''[[A Visit from St. Nicholas|Twas the Night Before Christmas]]''.

* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' episode "Dream Scheme" with Bubbles using the "anyone want a peanut" gag.

* [[Samurai Pizza Cats|Francine]] always made room for a nice little rhyme, just before the great big boom signaled the Samurai Pizza Cats were off to fight crime.

* 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: