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== Fan Works ==

* [[Nobody Dies]]: Arael's speech can be... interesting to try to decipher:

"I have done (created [brought the {saved us all} next age] wonders) the impossible." }}

* Played for comic effect in ''[[Airplane!]]!'' with [[Jive Turkey|Jive]].

* ''[[V for Vendetta]]'': V's vernacular vigilantly vexes viewers via very variant vocabulary.

'''V:''' I am sure they will say so. }}

* The Junkions from ''[[Transformers: The Movie]]'' speak entirely in commercial jingles and other pop-culture soundbites. A visitor's ability to understand them depends entirely on their ability to "talk TV".

** This appears to be a [[Shout-Out]] to [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]'s song "Dare To Be Stupid", which also uses commercial slogans for its lyrics and is the [[Leitmotif]] for the Junkions.

** Also from the movie, [[The Scrappy|Wheelie]] speaks entirely in rhyme.

'''Wheelie:''' "Picture you got, now fool you not!" }}

* In ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'', the gang's "Nadsat" slang often involves unusual word order, conjugation and word choice in addition to the mostly Russian-based slang words. The film's version is less pronounced than the book's, since the viewer only has about 90 minutes to become accustomed to it.

* In "Bargaining," the first episode of Season 6 of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', the Buffybot's [[Bond One-Liner|punning]] still isn't working properly. When she finally stakes the vamp, she exclaims, "That'll put marzipan in your pie plate, bingo!" Perhaps it was stuck on dadaist humor.

* The 456 from ''[[Torchwood|Children of Earth]]'' seem to have shades of this in the beginning. They speak in a way that is intelligible but reinforces their creepiness. The civil servant who deals with them is suitably freaked.

'''The 456''': Return...soon. }}

* In an episode of ''[[Titus]]'', Christopher knows Erin is hiding something because, when she's lying, words not flow from her mouth good.

'''Christopher Titus''': (pause) Something from me hiding you are? }}

* In ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the alien Chantho begins every sentence with Chan, and ends it with Tho. Apparently, to not do this is rudeness the equivalent of swearing in her language. (Compare Japanese use of ''[[Keigo]]'' words such as ''desu'' or ''-masu''.)

* Michael Harris in ''[[Newhart]]'' speaks in alliteration.

* O'Niell from ''[[Stargate SG-1|Stargate SG 1]]'' does this the second time he has the ancient's knowledge downloaded into his brain.

Jack: Following. You. Still. Not. }}

== Web Original ==

* In an episode of [[Sonic Sat AM|Sonic SatAM]], the wizard Lazar speaks similarly to Yoda, reversing nouns and verbs.

* As established in ''[[Transformers: The Movie]]'', [[Transformers Generation 1|Junkions]] speak in odd mishmashes of television quotes.

'''Rodimus Prime:''' "We're gonna get killed." }}

* Ed on [[Ed Edd and Eddy]] was known for this.

'''Ed:''' Do not adjust your set! (''runs after Edd'') }}