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{{trope}}
[[File:Ssslumberthesnake_4650.png|link=Banjo-Kazooie
{{quote|''"[[Insult Backfire|A snake, am I]]? [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner|Perhaps you'd like to see]] [[Scaled Up|how ssnake-like]] [[One-Winged Angel|I can BE]]!"''|'''Jafar''', ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]''}}
Thissss iss a [[Self-Demonstrating Article|Ssssself Demonssssstrating Article]]
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== Anime/Mangasssssss ==
* Rokudo Mukuro from ''[[
* The [[Pokémon (
* Orochimaru of ''[[
** Largely because his voice is already so creepy that he doesn't need it.
* Kaoru Kaidou from ''[[
{{quote| '''Kaidoh''': "Fssssssshhhhhhhhuuuuuuuu..."}}
== Comic Bookssssss ==
* ''[[Judge Dredd (
* [[Spider-Man]] villains the Lizard, [[Venom (Comic Book)|Venom]], and Stegron.
* Subverted by King Tyrant Lizard in ''[[Empowered (Comic Book)|Empowered]]'', who has a prominent lisp and simply cannot properly make "s" sounds, a fact that he is very sensitive about.
* [[Twisted Toyfare Theatre]]'s version of Cobra Commander talks like this, as a [[Take That]] to the characters portrayal in the second half of ''[[G.I. Joe:
* [[The DCU|DC Comics]] snake cult/terrorist organization Kobra requires this as a stage of initiation for all their convert.
* The lizards and reptiles in the ''[[Star Fox (
* This style of speaking, as employed by Reptile in ''[[Mortal Kombat 4]]'', originated in the ''MKII'' comics.
== Fan Ficssssss ==
* Averted and lampshaded in the ''[[
* Esmé in ''[[
* In ''[[
* Has been seen in quite a few ''[[Harry Potter (
== Motion Picturessssss - Animated ==
* The Other Mother in ''[[Coraline (
* Plenty of [[Disney Animated Canon]] examples:
** Kaa, in the Disney animated version of ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]'', particularly during the song "Trust in Me".
** Sir Hiss, in the Disney version of ''[[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Robin Hood]]''.
** Jafar in giant cobra form at the end of Disney's ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]''.
** The eels Flotsam and Jetsam from Disney's ''[[
** Scar in Disney's ''[[
** Joanna from ''[[The Rescuers (Disney film)|The Rescuers Down Under]]'', although she is actually a lizard, but a reptile nonetheless.
* The cobras in ''[[Rikki Tiki Tavi]]''.
* Completely averted in ''[[
* The Spirit from the ''[[Care Bears]]'' movie tends to speak like this on occasion, most notably in her first line.
{{quote| '''The Spirit:''' Nicholassssss...}}
* The Fat Dog-on-a-Skateboard from ''[[Tom and Jerry: The Movie]]''.
== Motion Picturessssss - Live Action ==
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings (
* The Snake in the musical version of ''The Little Prince''.
* In ''[[Harry Potter (
{{quote| '''Harry:''' "ssiah sieth."}}
* Agent Smith from ''[[
* ''[[The Producers]]'': Carmen Ghia goes [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL3OOnPfgoY&feature=related Yesssssssssssssssssssssssss?] as he greets Max and Leo into his house.
** Also, the joke was done earlier in ''[[Blazing Saddles]]'' with [[Dom De Luise]] playing Buddy Adler.
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== Notable Bookssssssss ==
* Adder and Sinuous in ''[[
* In ''[[Harry Potter (
* Asmodeus, [[The Dragon]] from ''[[Redwall]]'' (or what looks like a literal dragon if you're a mouse), appears to [[Verbal Tic|punctuate everything]] with "Asmodeuss." (He also seems to vocalize his name while asleep, instead of snoring.)
* Lampshaded in the [[Mercedes Lackey]]/[[Andre Norton]] collaborative novel ''[[The Halfblood Chronicles|The Elvenbane]]'': Keman, a shapeshifting [[Our Dragons Are Different|dragon]], has introduced himself to some other heroic characters while posing as a half-Elf. When he decides to reveal his true form (after quite some time), he breaks out in exaggerated sssssnaketalk.
* In the [[Larklight]] trilogy, Ssilissa, a "blue lizard creature," was originally named Millicent and mispronounced it consistently enough as a child that eventually everyone else gave up and just called her Ssilissa. That's right, not Millicent, not even Sillisa, but Ssilissa. She's got everyone else hissing, too. Then in the third book, {{spoiler|the rest of her species (the Snilth) turn up and we get names such as Zssthss, Alor, Ssoozzs and Thss. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] when the narrator comments that this sounds more like a gas leak than a name.}}
* Crowley of ''[[
* In the ''[[
* In ''[[
* 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.]]
* Gollum in [[
** Not just probably: Tolkien once spotted an "error" in ''[[The Hobbit (
* The criminal Ssnake in [[Perry Moore]]'s ''[[Hero (
* Draca and Lorn in Anne Bishop's ''[[Black Jewels]]'' trilogy. To make matters even more ridiculous, they hiss when speaking using ''telepathy''.
* The dragon Calandor in Jacqueline Carey's ''[[The Sundering|Banewreaker]]''. But unlike the ''Black Jewels'' example, his telepathic voice doesn't hiss, only his actual speaking voice.
* The voles in [[Piers Anthony]]'s ''[[
* Not Rose from [[
* [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s ''The Elephant's Child'' (one of the ''[[
* Leia's Jedi Master in the ''[[
* In the ''[[Percy Jackson
* All the Fangsss in The Wingfeather Saga ssslip in and out of Snake Talk.
* Mostly averted in [[Harry Turtledove]]'s ''[[Worldwar
* In another non-reptilian example, ratfolk of Pular Singe's line have trouble with hissing their sibilants when speaking Karentine (language of ''[[Garrett
* 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]]...
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* 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.
* Notably subverted by the Gorn in ''[[Star Trek:
* In the ''[[
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== Tabletop Gamesssss ==
* Tevesh Szat, from ''[[Magic:
* In ''[[
== Video Gamesssss ==
* The boss of Guffawha Ruins in ''[[Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga
* Mordak in ''[[King's Quest V
** Also, Graham CAN talk to that [[Memetic Mutation|pOIsonous snake]] and it says "Sssssstay back!"
* Klungo from ''[[
** There's also Ssslumber the giant snake (pictured above) from the sequel ''Banjo-Tooie'', who fits the criteria better.
** Klungo's ssnaketalk is later lampshaded in the third game, ''Nuts & Bolts'', when, upon Banjo and Kazooie completing one of his challenges perfectly, he ''spells out'' "perfection" as "p.e.r.f.e.c.h.sss.u.n."
* A group of semi-anthropomorphic snakes called, well, "The Snakes" from ''[[City of Heroes
** Indeed, they worship Sssstheno, and their racial name is the 'silur. Interestingly enough, they never hiss on C words, even when they should.
* The online virtual pet game ''[[Neopets]]'''s NPC Sssidney. Even his ''name'' has ssnaketalk.
** And his species is a Nimmo, which is a lot closer to a frog than a snake.
* The Bangaa race in ''[[
** In another ''[[
* The T'Rang from the ''[[
* Sssssam the snake in ''[[Rayman 2 (Video Game)|Rayman 2: The Great Escape]]''.
* Komodo Joe in ''[[
* The Argonians from the ''[[The Elder Scrolls
* Some of the ''[[
* ''Spiderweb Software'' likes this one. In ''[[Exile]]'' and its [[Video Game Remake|remake]] ''[[Avernum]]'', [[Lizard Folk|sliths]] talk like this. So do the [[Our Dragons Are Different|drayks (and drakons)]] in ''[[Geneforge]]''. However, the sliths and drayks that spend most of their time dealing with people lose the speech pattern.
* ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' with Reptile of course when the story got a little more vocal.
** This only appears in ''[[Mortal Kombat 4]]'', however. When we hear him speak in ''[[Mortal Kombat Armageddon]]'', he doesn't have this.
* Theron-class Locust in ''[[
* The enigmatic G-Man from the ''[[Half-Life (
** Of course, most of his speech tends to be [[AcCENT Upon the Wrong SylLABle]] rather than just drawing it out. Not just english as a second language, more like speaking as a second means of communication.
* The mushroom like Lk from ''[[
* Ignus of ''[[Planescape: Torment]]''. It's nothing to do with snakes in his case, though; he is [[Incendiary Exponent|perpetually on fire]], and his voice sounds like crackling flames as a result.
* The Sakkhra from ''Savage Empire'' are a race of lizard people, and they all do this; they also have names like Kysstaa and Kindra. The ones who aren't important to the plot hiss so much that they're almost completely unintelligible. Interestingly, the Sakkhra are a devolved form of a much older race, the Kotl; they were also lizard people, but the one Kotl you meet in the game doesn't hiss.
* Nagas in ''[[
* In ''[[Fallout Tactics Brotherhood of Steel]]'', hairy deathclaws speak this way. Yes, [http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091030012639/fallout/images/thumb/4/4f/FoT_Matriarch_MardinMap.png/200px-FoT_Matriarch_MardinMap.png they talk].
* Reptile men and Serpent men (in previous versions, Lizardmen and Snakemen) in ''[[
** This is determined by the [LISP] [http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/DF2010:Creature_token#L creature token] in the raws, so if you want to, you can make everybody snake talking.
* ''[[X (
* Variant: ''[[
* Most of the Kremlings in the [[Game Boy Advance]] remakes of the ''[[Donkey Kong Country (
* [[Traffic Department 2192]] has the Selarian race, as represented by Lt. (j.g.) Koth.
* A non-snake example would be General Bertram of ''[[Fire Emblem Tellius
* While not a snake, ''[[
* The [[The Reptilians|Sakkra]] homeworld in ''[[
== Webcomicsssssss ==
* The Lizardmen from ''[[
* The Ghouls from ''[[
* [[Lizard Folk|Jade the Yuan-Ti]] in ''[[
* Sssspoofed in a ssseriess of comicssss on [[Fur Affinity]] with ssomeone'ss [http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4803723 python character].
* In [http://www.selkiecomic.com/ Selkie], the titular character adds an "s" to many of her words, but it's not particularly exaggerated most of the time.
* Shannon in [[
== Wesssstern Animation ==
* Mac does this on one of his [[G-Rated Drug|sugar rushes]] in ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
{{quote| "It burn usss! IT BURN USSS!"}}
** This is, of course, an indirect example, being an obvious parody of Gollum (who himself is listed a couple sections up)
* Madame Snake in ''[[Teamo Supremo]]''.
* King Hiss in ''[[He
** Not surprisingly, King Hiss and his loyal race of Snake Men in the 2002 reboot.
* Cobra Commander on ''[[G.I. Joe]]''. Particularly in ''[[G.I. Joe:
** [[Robot Chicken
* Camille Chameleon, a villain from ''[[Darkwing Duck (
* The Lizard in ''[[Spider-Man:
* Waspinator in ''[[Transformers]]: [[
* Slithe from ''[[
** In ''[[
* Repton, leader of the raptors from ''[[
** None of his henchmen do, though, which is odd, seeing as they're apparently also his brothers.
* Snake of the Gangrene Gang in ''[[
* Dr. Viper in ''[[
* The Cobra Queen on ''[[
** It is also apparently Cave Guy's [[Fetish Fuel]].
{{quote| '''Cobra Queen:''' Tell me more about my eyessssssssss.<br />
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** Oh, and Ziv Zoolander's Boyzz BOTS have a similar problem to Waspinator, noted above; They pronounce "S" sounds as "Z"s in every context.
* On ''[[Chop Socky Chooks]]'', the villain Kobra gained a snake-like ways of speaking after being bitten by a snake. And in one episode, he brainwashed the people of Wasabi World by hypnotism. They all repeated what he said, complete with lisp, until he told them to stop it.
* Snake Man in ''[[Mega Man (
** And it's apparently ''programmed in''; when he switches bodies with Mega Man, he never drags out his S's, whilst Mega Man does.
* Cedric from ''[[WITCH (
* The tree cobra that bites Virjay in ''[[Sealab 2021]]'' announces, "I wasss onssse a maaan", presumably as a [[Shout-Out]] to the ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' line quoted above..
* Adder and Sinuous from ''[[
* Mr. Burns from ''[[The Simpsons (
* The Rattler on [[Cool McCool]].
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