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* In one episode of ''[[Lost]]'', it turns out that Juliet can speak Latin. Apparently, all Others are taught Latin. This is never mentioned again. |
* In one episode of ''[[Lost]]'', it turns out that Juliet can speak Latin. Apparently, all Others are taught Latin. This is never mentioned again. |
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* A later-justified example occured in ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', when Antimony turns out to speak conversational Polish and, later, at least a bit of Spanish. Several storylines later, it's revealed - in an offhand comment - that she basically grew up with a bunch of [[Psychopomp |
* A later-justified example occured in ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', when Antimony turns out to speak conversational Polish and, later, at least a bit of Spanish. Several storylines later, it's revealed - in an offhand comment - that she basically grew up with a bunch of [[Psychopomp]]s, who taught her each of their languages (judicous use of time-stopping was apparently used). This presumably means that she also speaks Egyptian, Greek, and Hindi, along with god (of death) knows how many other languages. |
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* Kenneth from ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'' is revealed to be fluent in Latin for a quick gag. |
* Kenneth from ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'' is revealed to be fluent in Latin for a quick gag. |
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** However, a [[Running Gag]] is to imply that he is possibly immortal, or at least very very old. He could have easily been a medieval monk or something. |
** However, a [[Running Gag]] is to imply that he is possibly immortal, or at least very very old. He could have easily been a medieval monk or something. |
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* In ''[[Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo]]'', Starfire becomes able to speak Japanese by kissing a local. |
* In ''[[Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo]]'', Starfire becomes able to speak Japanese by kissing a local. |
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* Jenny from ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]'' has several language discs that enable her to speak in foreign tongues. In one episode she loses her English disc while fighing a [[Kaiju]] in Japan and is stuck speaking Japanese for the rest of the episode. |
* Jenny from ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]'' has several language discs that enable her to speak in foreign tongues. In one episode she loses her English disc while fighing a [[Kaiju]] in Japan and is stuck speaking Japanese for the rest of the episode. |
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* In ''[[The A-Team (film)|The a Team]]'', a mix-up with forged passports results in Murdoc needing to pass himself off as an African. His teammates, realizing the mix-up, figure their cover's blown and start scoping out emergency |
* In ''[[The A-Team (film)|The a Team]]'', a mix-up with forged passports results in Murdoc needing to pass himself off as an African. His teammates, realizing the mix-up, figure their cover's blown and start scoping out emergency exits—then Murdock starts chatting with the Customs officer in Swahili. Later: |
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{{quote|'''Face:''' You speak Swahili? |
{{quote|'''Face:''' You speak Swahili? |
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'''Murdock:''' You don't? }} |
'''Murdock:''' You don't? }} |
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