Verbal Tic Name: Difference between revisions

* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' has Hodor, the lovable simpleton stable boy. His only word is "Hodor". People assumed that that is his name, but it's revealed that his real name is Walder, but since he only said Holdor, that's what everyone calls him.

* A partial example from ''[[Discworld]]'' is Hodgesaargh the falconer from the kingdom of Lancre. He speaks normally, but that's what he says whenever asked for his name (thanks to one of his overzealous falcons trying to attack him): "I'm Hodges... ''aargh''!".

* As a half-example, in the Legends of Ulm series, the protagonist, Gom, was named for the sound he made as a baby.

* In ''[[The Edge Chronicles]]'', Twig is named his ''own name'' by a trog insistent on keeping him as a pet. Her mother insists that she won't have a pet that talks, and when Twig unthinkingly answers her question "What's your name?", he tries to make it sound like a verbal tic: "Twigtwigtwigtwig. Twigtwigtwig". The trog delightedly responds "I think I'll call him Twig."

* Noodle of ''[[Gorillaz]]'' learned to speak English later on, but at the time she was [[Girl in a Box|mailed to the other band members]], the only word of it she knew was "Noodle". So they decided to call her that.

 

* The wyrm-corrupted Black Spiral Dancers from ''[[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]]'' were given a new name upon completion of their first dance around the black spiral, after the first sound they made. Mostly these new names are incoherent noises of rage or distress, but one notably unfortunate individual was named ''Parrupt'', as the first sound she made did not come from her mouth...

* KILLFRENZY, the Chaos-possessed starship from, guess it, ''[[Warhammer 40,000]].''

* The famous ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' story of [http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Noh Noh]. A DM had a group of adventurers enter a room with a couple of treasures and a little girl. The girl wasn't a real person, but a magical construct who could only say two things "No" and "Please don't take these items". The players, unsure of what to do, tried to ellicit more responses from her, but failed. Finally the bard tried playing a beautiful song, and rolled so high on his skill check that the DM had a single tear roll down the girl's cheek. The players immediately decide [[I'm Taking Her Home with Me|she's too adorable to leave behind]] and adopt her, naming her "Noh". The DM eventually allowed her to be granted a soul and a personality (and the ability to truly speak), but the name stuck.

 

* There was a kids' musical where the main character's only phrase was "No Fibbin'," so that's what the other characters called him. It was pretty odd.

* Nicely-Nicely Johnson from ''[[Guys and Dolls]]'', who always says "nicely, nicely, thank you" when someone asks how he's doing.

* According to ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/article_21418_5-ways-life-with-tourettes-way-weirder-than-you-expect.html 5 Ways Life With Tourette's Is Way Weirder Than You Expect], some people with [[Hollywood Tourette's|Tourette's]] are "[[Fountain of Memes|catchphrase generators]]". Some tics, such as "butterscotch dinosaur pussy", become this:

{{quote|Soon, it wasn't uncommon for him to introduce himself at a party and be greeted with "Oh, you're Butterscotch Dinosaur Pussy!"}}

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