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* The dog Potato in ''[[AIR]]'', which can only say "piko" over and over and occasionally "pikori" (not his name, but same idea).

* In ''[[Full Metal Panic]]? Fumoffu!'', Sōsuke's Bonta-kun mascot-mecha can only produce the catchphrase "Fumoffu!". In the episode "The Hard-Sell Fetish", they catch [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KXf3kwjKQ0 a pervert with a mechanized horsehead mask] in the park. The ensuing conversation goes like this:

'''Bonta-kun''': Fumo! }}

** This is all done only to be interrupted by Chidori with an [[Armor-Piercing Slap]] from her [[Paper Fan of Doom]] to "Stop acting like you can understand each other!" In later episodes, she becomes Bonta-kun's translator.

* In an amusing "Civil War" ([[Marvel Comics]]) parody, Wolverine speaks only in "Snikt" and "Bub." Almost everyone is able to understand him, anyway. Example [http://mightygodking.com/images/Civil_War/cwp_01_11.jpg here].

** "Dammit, where's my Logan-to-English dictionary?"

* Rover, the heroic Sentinel in the ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' storyline "Here Comes Tomorrow" only says the word "Destroy!" [[A Boy and His X|Tom Skylark]] understands him perfectly.

** Rover also has a couple of appearances in [[Wolverine and the X-Men]], including an entire episode revolving around his relationship with Marrow, who spends most of her time with him trying to teach him more words...with absolutely no success.

* A few of the robots in ''[[WALL-E]]'', namely WALL-E himself, EVE, and M-O could only say a couple of words, one of which was their name.

* ''[[Finding Nemo]]'''s seagulls.

* About half the dialogue for Steve the monkey in ''[[Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs]]'' is just "Steve."

** Correction. It's "''STEEEEVE.''"

== New Media ==

* Many software development libraries will fall into this as an anti-pattern. For instance, take this line from the config file for the "awesome" window manager on Debian:

 

 

* In ''[[Team America]]: World Police'', Matt Damon never says anything other than his own name. This is allegedly because the creators thought the puppet they made looked too stupid to be able to say anything else.

* [[Sesame Street]]: the alien Yip-Yips.

* Mahna Mahna and Hugga Wugga of ''[[The Muppet Show]]'', each of them originating from [[One-Scene Wonder|a specific sketch]] where they would [[Troll]] various other Muppets while singing/scatting/rhythmically speaking the syllables of their names.

 

* Coco in ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]''. Frequently, the other characters repeat her lines à la [[Repeating So the Audience Can Hear]]: "Coco coco!" "Ripoff artist?!"

** Sometimes the writers were more clever about it, like when an extremely sick Bloo made them think a ghost was loose in the house.

'''Coco:''' [[Ghostbusters|Co-coco!]]<br />

'''Wilt:''' Nah, they went out of business years ago. }}

** They were able to [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|get get crap past the radar]] with Coco's lines now and then too. In one episode, everyone was wondering what they were going to do about keeping Cheese under control.

'''Mac:''' ''"Um, Coco.. I'm pretty sure if we did that, we'd go to jail." }}

** Even her ''diary'' reads "Coco coco coco cococococo." Bonus Pokémon Write?

* The title characters in the short-lived [[Cartoon Network]] series ''Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!'' could only say their own name each, with different inflections to indicate their emotions.

* This trope is parodied in a ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' skit where Pikachu and Squirtle are talking to each other.

'''Squirtle:''' Squirtle! Squirtle Squirt! Squirtle! Squir-- [[Precision F-Strike|WHAT THE FUCK AM I SAYING!?]] No, I mean it! This shit makes no sense at all!<br />

'''Pikachu:''' ''(whispering)'' Just say the line, Earl, or you'll [[We Will Have Euthanasia in the Future|get the gas!]]<br />