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Quite transparent and distracting, for the most part.

 

 

Talkativeness that takes the form of a single phrase repeated ''ad nauseam'' is a [[Madness Mantra]].

See also [[Word Salad Philosophy]], [[Cloudcuckoolander]], and your average porn spam. If they're the main character, try [[Through the Eyes of Madness]]. A similarly disjointed title is a [[Word Salad Title]]; the musical equivalent is [[Word Salad Lyrics]]. Can often be caused by an [[Intoxication Ensues]]. The babble they spit out might include an [[Ice Cream Koan]] occasionally.

 

 

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* In ''[[The Five Star Stories]]'' Paltenon combines this with [[Jive Turkey]]. It must be seen to be believed.

* Graham Spectre from ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano]]'', who combines this with [[Warrior Poet]]. Damned if we know what the hell he was talking about half the time.

** The [[Light Novels]] introduce Christopher Shouldered, a murderous homunculus prone to melodramatic monologues on innocuous things like nature and umbrellas.

{{quote| "Umbrellas are incredible. I daresay I respect them, yes. Think about it: The umbrella is the pinnacle of mankind’s collective wisdom, the result of its effort to block the great natural phenomenon known as rain. More than any other part of technology, this must be a clear symbol of defiance against nature. I suppose clothes might be up there too, as a way of fighting against nature’s changes in temperature, but they’re seen as so essential that they don’t feel very defiant, wouldn’t you agree? But the ''umbrella!'' Now, ''that’s'' a different matter entirely. Can’t you ''feel'' the will of the person who made it, shouting ‘I ''shan’t'' let you get me wet, you damn rain!’ at the heavens? And so efficient as well! Who would have thought a frame of wire and a little bit of cloth would be able to stand against rain, that which soaks everything on Earth?”}}

*** Just how much of it is [[Trash Talk|deliberate]] and how much is him actually drifting off varies from writer to writer, but it's almost invariably some combination of the two.

* [[Daredevil]] villain Typhoid Mary, especially when written by Brian Bendis, has lines such as "No, you're the shmoopie," and "it's the spiders that make me horny." She also sings a chilling rendition of Monday Monday while slaughtering mobsters.

* The Green Goblin. Especially when written by Bendis.

** I own your soul now!

* The main character of the [[Doom (Comic Book)|Doom comic book]]. Sample quote: "Knock knock who's there ME! Me me me me me me me me." It gets worse.

** "At this particular moment in time I don't think I've had a healthier or more deeply felt respect for any object in the universe than this here shotgun..."

 

== [[Fanfic]] ==

** Sometimes they're prophetic: "Find the hand that lies in the shadow of the light. In the eye of the husband of the eye of the cow."

** Sometimes [[No Fourth Wall]]: "Throughout history the nexus between man and machine has spun some of the most dramatic, compelling and entertaining fiction."

* Arguably, Livia on ''[[Rome]]''. There's a scene where she and Octavian have S/M sex, and once they're finished Livia starts talking. "''I like birds. But I don't like eggs. There's something quite sordid about eggs.''"

** Or she was just bored while Octavian had sex with her. And there is something sordid about eggs. You do know where they come from, right?

* [[Portal (Video Game)|"Hey, look at that thing! No, that other thing! Eww, what's wrong with your legs? Where are we going?"]]

** [[Too Dumb to Live|"Ooh what's in here?" "Do you smell something burning?"]]

** And from the sequel:

** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVn1oQL9sWg Space! Space! Wanna go to space! Space! Space! What's your favorite part about space? Mine's space! Orbit. Space orbit..."]

'''Warden:''' Oghren, you're ''wearing'' your pants.<br />

'''Oghren:''' But the ''dog'' doesn't know that. It'll be his sodding ''downfall.'' }}

** And Dr. Richard Eminiss. But he quickly [[The Reveal|turns out to be]] [[Our Zombies Are Different|anything but humorous...]]

* In ''[[Odium]]'', this happens to {{spoiler|Medusa}} when he goes insane. The beginning of his rant is actually a quote from "The End" by [[The Doors]].

** Curiously, Chef Brian is actually somewhat comprehensible in this comic, in a completely roundabout way. Mostly.

* ''[[Narbonic]]'' had Dana, the last of the insane superintelligent gerbils.

* ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' has Catsby and Twisp, as seen in [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/04/07/ this comic]. This may help explain their [[Springtime for Hitler|unexpected popularity]].

* [[No Need for Bushido]] has a blind Taoist potentially world-ending priest, who often speaks in platitudes like, "Just as the snake, once stripped of its slippers, is helpless to defend itself from the ever-growing Viking threat."

* [[Girl Genius]] has Tarvek Sturvoraus babbling in the grip of a deadly fever.

* In ''[[A Modest Destiny]]'', {{spoiler|Morris}} becomes one of these when {{spoiler|he falsely believes he committed a mass murder in his sleep, and refuses to sleep afterward.}}

* [[Megatokyo|Largo]] comes off as this quite a lot, between his l33t sp34k, technobabble, and constant paranoid beliefs that zombies will be taking over the area (which later turns out to be more or less true). All of this coupled with the fact that he doesn't speak any Japanese usually leads to him being arrested by the police (it was also implied to have [[Noodle Incident|have something to do with being handcuffed by mounties and deported from Canada]]).

* Lok of [[Juathuur]] tend to talk and whine a lot to whoever visits him in his realm. This happens rarely.

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tager Kenneth, what is the frequency?]

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphasia#Types Wernicke's aphasia].

** Though he seems to drop it the more frustrated he gets.

** Also from the Let's Play world, ProtonJon during his LP of Kaizo Mario World Special Stage 2, a combination of this and [[Angrish]]: