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[[File:~~Screen_Shot_2011~~-11-~~14_at_3_14_21_AM_6729~~.png|link=Cucumber Quest|frame|Well, that's threatening.<ref>Granted, he doesn't have any teeth.</ref>]]

[[File:Screen Shot 2011-11-14 at 3 14 21 AM 6729.png|link=Cucumber Quest|frame|Well, that's threatening.<ref>Granted, he doesn't have any teeth.</ref>]]

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== Meta ==

* [[Fang Thpeak]] comes from the fact that wearing prosthetic fangs ''causes'' a [[Speech Impediment]], so the dialogue has to be written to accommodate that.

* [[Fang Thpeak]] comes from the fact that wearing prosthetic fangs ''causes'' a Speech Impediment, so the dialogue has to be written to accommodate that.

* [[The Igor]]

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* A resistance fighter suffers from one in ''[[Pan's Labyrinth|Pans Labyrinth]]''. The evil [[Blood Knight|Captain Vidal]] even taunts him about it, claiming that if he can count to three without stuttering, he would be free to go.

* In [[Friends with Benefits]], Dylan is said to have stuttered as a child. His stutter resurfaces at one point.

* Norman Bates of ''[[Psycho]]'' has an occasional stammer. Initiall, it adds to his early [[~~Adorkable|adorkableness~~]], and seems to be due to nerves. It becomes more unsettling later, when it becomes apparent that Norman stammers over significant words.

* Norman Bates of ''[[Psycho]]'' has an occasional stammer. Initiall, it adds to his early [[adorkable]]ness, and seems to be due to nerves. It becomes more unsettling later, when it becomes apparent that Norman stammers over significant words.

* In a rare example of the protagonist, Rapunzel from ''[[Tangled]]'' seems to have a small lisp.

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** Speaking of ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' and rhotacism, Raquel finds out to her cost why her singing partner's signature song is "Delilah". It doesn't have any Rs in it. When she persuaded him to diversify his [[A Worldwide Punomenon|wepertoire]], they ended up singing "Cwying", followed by (off-screen, described in Raquel's rant at Del Boy who legged it halfway through the performance, which was for a notorious gangster) "Congwatulations", "Please Welease Me" and "The Gween Gween Gwass of Home".

*** And that was followed by a medley of Wock 'n' Woll!

* Tina on ''[[Glee]]''~~--at~~ least for part of the first season. This troper has a hunch that the idea was dropped because the actress was kind of terrible at faking it.

* Tina on ''[[Glee]]''—at least for part of the first season. This troper has a hunch that the idea was dropped because the actress was kind of terrible at faking it.

* Walt Jr. on ''[[Breaking Bad]]''~~--notable~~ because the actor actually has cerebral palsy.

* Walt Jr. on ''[[Breaking Bad]]''—notable because the actor actually has cerebral palsy.

* Baby Bear on ''[[Sesame Street]]''. "Powwidge, powwidge, powwidge..."

* No love for [[Mr. Fanservice|Bobby Sherman]]'s Jeremy Bolt and his stutter on ''Here Come the Brides''?