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{{quote|'''Plankton:''' Felicitations, malefactors! I am endeavoring to misappropriate the formulary for the preparation of affordable comestibles!}}
** WHO WILL JOIN HIM?!?!?!?!?
** [[The Ditz|Patrick]], surprisingly, talks this way several times, just not to the point seen above. These are usually done as [[Out-of-Character Moment|sudden character shifts]], and [[Played For Laughs|played for laughs]] with Patrick proving just as dim as ever.
{{quote|'''Patrick:''' The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma.}}
''(A thought bubble forms, showing a carton of milk spilling.)''}}
* Reggie Moonshroud from ''[[Gravedale High]]'' often talks like this.
* Dexter on ''[[Dexter's Laboratory|Dexters Laboratory]]'': Dexter is fond of doing this. Notable examples include making a to-do list that included the chore "Aquatic Nutrifacation" instead of "Feed Fish". He also refers to the wheels on a car as "High Output Torquifiers". Somewhat unique in that this is how a young boy would actually do something like this, as "nutrification" and "torquifiers" are not actually words, just suffixes hastily slapped on thesaurus-poop.
* Fellow pre-[[Teen Genius|pre-teen genius]] Jimmy Neutron in ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius|The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron]]'' is also fond of the trope.▼
** Unique in that this is how a young boy would actually do something like this, as "nutrification" and "torquifiers" are not actually words, just suffixes hastily slapped on thesaurus-poop.
▲* Fellow pre-[[Teen Genius]] Jimmy Neutron in ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius|The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron]]'' is also fond of the trope.
* Wind Whistler on ''[[My Little Pony]]''. "This meteorological debabacle is quite anomalous." Peach Blossom too: "I will reconnoiter post-haste and ascertain what has transpired!"
** In the same vein, Twilight Sparkle from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''.
* Edd in ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'', often to the annoyance of his less-educated peers.
{{quote|'''Edd:''' "Yup?" Is that all you have to say for yourself? YUP? No rash attempt to deprive Kevin of his fortune?
'''Eddy:''' Scam Kevin. ([[beat]]) ...That's what he ''said,'' right? }}
* Tish in ''[[The Weekenders]]''. It becomes a plot point of an episode where the others refer to it as "Tishing" and it becomes a widespread saying.
* As Brainstorm (a "sea food platter with a rather high IQ", as he puts it), [[Ben 10: Alien Force|Ben]] is prone to using extremely large words. [[Fake Brit|With a British accent.]] His previous "smart form", Greymatter, tended to use words of a more normal size unless referring to scientific principles.
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* In the 2003 ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' series more than any other incarnation, Donatello is guilty of this. He frequently geeks out about future technology or the chemical properties of things he runs across, and [[Techno Babble]] ensues. One of the others (usually Michelangelo, but occasionally Raphael) [[Lampshade Hanging|acknowledges this]], and usually asks him to repeat himself in English this time. Though sometimes the writers sacrifice snappier dialogue to remind us that he's the smart one:
{{quote|'''Donatello:''' If we take the south conduit, it'll ''intersect'' with the old drainage tunnel!}}
* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' has this as one of [[Evil Genius|Mojo Jojo's]] more defining (and frequently [[flanderized]]) traits, with a prime example being the episode "Los Dos Mojos", where Bubbles [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|loses her memory]] and believes herself to be Mojo. [[Hypocritical Humor|He finds her approximation of his speech annoying.]]
** InTaken ''[[Theto Powerpuffits Girls]]''logical conclusion in the episode "Mo' Linguish" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100615203343/http://rowdyruff.net/transcript_ml.shtml Mo'Linguishtranscribed here]"), where Mojo Jojo teaches the whole town to speak "proper English" like he does. The simple, straightforward word is intentionally neglected in favor of over-eloquence. ExampleThis fromresults in the city's productivity grinding to a halt because no one will cut to the chase. Below is the Mayor, calling about a bank robbery:
{{quote|'''The Mayor:''' There is a stealing of sorts happening at the place where money is given and taken, that is to say deposited and withdrawn -- and sometimes redistributed and loaned. But currently the taker is taking that which is not his, thus performing an act of illegality, which could result in incarceration within the confines of a penal facility, that is to say prison, jail, hoosegow, et cetera.}}
* In an episode of ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', Fireside Girl Gretchen ([[Meganekko|the one who wears glasses]]) earns her "Saying a Word No One Else in the Room Knows" accomplishment patch by actually saying the world "sesquipedalian".
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* In the [[Rankin Bass]] special ''[[Twas the Night Before Christmas]]'', the Mayor parodies this. Whenever he wants to sound important, he attempts this, then gives up partway through.
{{quote|"Of all the perfidious purveyors of chicanery I have ever had the misfortune to... oh, heck. Go home!"}}
* ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' had Mr. Green run for city councilman against Councilman Gladhand, one of whom's tactics was using big words. Mr. Green even worried he couldn't win the election because he thought he couldn't sound as smart. {{spoiler|He does win.}}
 
 
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