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Ssee also [[Fang Thpeak]], [[Vampire Vords]]ss.

 

* Rokudo Mukuro from ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'' tends to do this.

* The [[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]] Ekans.

* Kaoru Kaidou from ''[[The Prince of Tennis]]''. [[Berserk Button|But don't call him out on it.]]

{{quote|'''Kaidoh''': "Fssssssshhhhhhhhuuuuuuuu..."}}

 

== Comic Bookssssss ==

* The lizards and reptiles in the ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star FOX]]'' ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' comic book all speak like this.

* This style of speaking, as employed by Reptile in ''[[Mortal Kombat 4]]'', originated in the ''MKII'' comics.

 

== Fan Workssssss ==

* In ''[[Those Lacking Spines]]'', Saïx's [[Seme]] Secks talks like this. [[It Makes Sense in Context]]. Well, kind of.

* Has been seen in quite a few ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' fics whenever Voldemort says anything. Despite the fact that he doesn't talk like that in the books.

 

== Motion Picturessssss - Animated ==

{{quote|'''The Spirit:''' Nicholassssss...}}

* The Fat Dog-on-a-Skateboard from ''[[Tom and Jerry: The Movie]]''.

 

== Motion Picturessssss - Live Action ==

'''Buddy''': ''"Sounds like steam escaping..."'' }}

 

* Adder and Sinuous in ''[[The Animals of Farthing Wood]]''.

* In ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'', this is [[Incredibly Lame Pun|part and parseltongue]] of speaking to snakes. The snake in ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' does this even when [[Translation Convention|translated into English]].

* In ''[[Animorphs]],'' the Taxxons have tongues so long they ''can't'' speak any language but their own, which is filled with "S's."

* In [[Tanya Huff]]'s novel ''[[Confederation of Valor|Valor's Choice]]'', the reptilian race is heard this way by the protagonist ''even though their native language is being run through a [[Universal Translator]].'' This is explained as the protagonist's translator being either old or broken and her needing a replacement. The rest of the Marines hear the Silsviss speaking normally. [[Bellisario's Maxim|Don't think about it too hard.]]

** Not just probably: Tolkien once spotted an "error" in ''[[The Hobbit (novel)|The Hobbit]]'' as printed, where Gollum said the correct "I like riddles" instead of "likes". As he said, "Not that Gollum would miss the chance of a sibilant!"

* The criminal Ssnake in [[Perry Moore]]'s ''[[Hero (novel)|Hero]]''. {{spoiler|Is [[Hand Wave|handwaved]] when Thom unwittingly makes out with Ssnake in his civilian identity (Simon Hess, ironically enough) at a gay bar. The hiss is stereotypically explained away as a lisp.}}

* Strangely enough, used in Jane Yolen's ''Heart's Blood'' series. Heart's Blood's offspring in the later books all have names with prominent hissing sssssyllables. [[Fridge Logic|The dragons are telepathic and communicate mostly through projecting visuals, and grow up around humans who would typically give them noun-based names like their mother's]]...

 

* The reptilian Ice Warriors in ''[[Doctor Who]]'', but only in earth atmospheres, they don't hiss in their own.

* Mesogog in ''[[Power Rangers Dino Thunder]]''. He manages to do it with ''non-''sibilants, actually, making his speech a lot breathier than non-reptile characters. Many other snake or lizard based [[Monster of the Week]] characters do this as well, to varying degrees.

* In the ''[[Farscape]]'' two-part episode "Self-Inflicted Wounds," the villain, Pathfinder Neeyala speaks like this- despite being more [[Fish People|piscine]] than reptilian.

 

 

* In the theater adaptation of the old Chinese legend ''White Snake'', both White Snake (Lady Bai) and Green Snake (Greeni) speak this way whenever they're turning back into snakes or particularly upset about something.

 

* In ''[[Children of Eden]]'', a musical based on the book of Genesis, the Serpent's number, "In Pursuit of Excellence," is carefully designed around this trope.

 

== Video Gamesssss ==

* While not a snake, ''[[Minecraft]]'' has creepers which hiss when about to explode. [[Memetic Mutation|"Thatsssssssss a very nice example you've got there. It'd be a ssssssshame if something happened to it."]]

* The [[The Reptilians|Sakkra]] homeworld in ''[[Master of Orion]]'' is called Sssla. However, you won't see them hissing much in their speech to you during diplomatic meetings. This is likely due to the use of [[Translator Microbes]].

 

== Web Comicsssssss ==

 

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