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{{trope}}
{{quote|'''Enrrrique Mas''': You can call me... ''Enrrrrrique''!
'''Rrrose''': ...no, I don't think I can.
|''[[The Golden Girls|The Golden Girrrls]]''}}
Forrr added emphasis in yourrr worrrds, speak with rrrolling R's to show yourrr contrrrol overrr yourrr dominion.
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Usually the [[Evil Is Hammy|Hammy]] [[Evil Overlord|Evil Overlorrrd]] will constantly rrroll his tongue. Forrreign People will also speak like this. In some cases justified, as in severrral languages/dialects the R is always prrronounced like this ([[Lzherusskie|Rrrrrussian]], Spanish, Dutch, some Gerrrman and [[Vampire Vords|Trrrransylvanian]] dialects, and Scots), otherrr than in English. Also frrrequently employed when the speakerrr is rrrelated to felines in some way, imitating a cat's purrrrring.
Not to be confused with [[Talk Like a Pirate|the way pirrrates constantly say "Arr!"]].<ref>If they were [[History of English|non-Rhrrrrotic]]</ref>
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== Adverrrtising ==
* "Rrrrruffles have rrrrridges". You prrrobably have to be of a certain age to rrrremember that ad campaign.
* The Tim Horrrton's Donut/Coffee shop in Canada
* There was a great Taco Bell commercial where these two lions were talking about the latest roast beef burrito. The one said to the other, "No, say it like Ricardo Montalban." So the other lion says, "Okay. Carrrrrrrrrrrrne asada." It was funny.
== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]''. [[Gratuitous English|Noo prrrrrooblem!]]
* According to the editor's notes in the [[Dark Horse Comics]] translation, Reina Gorn from ''[[Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service]]'' rolls her Rs to [[Translation Convention|reflect her imperfect Japanese]].
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* Franky from ''[[One Piece]]''. [[Gratuitous English|"Good smell! Frrravor!"]]
* Onsokumaru from ''[[Ninin ga Shinobuden]]'' usually tacks these in his lines - as if he wasn't [[Large Ham|hammy]] enough.
* The ''massively'' [[Large Ham|hammy]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V1AEvN8VZs introduction] of [[Oda Nobunaga]], from ''[[Sengoku Basara]]''. (It helps that he's voiced by [[Norio Wakamoto]]).
* A fairly mild example pops up a couple times in ''[[Michiko to Hatchin]]'' to rrrreflect the Porrrtugese language influence in the setting.
* The Japanese comedy group Rahmens, in the Italian version of their language-class skit. "Tokyo... Osaka... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwKIsfnHQVI&feature=related Ibarrrrrrrrraki!]"▼
* Greg Behrendt once made a joke about how [[The Bible|Jesus Christ]] is always depicted as having rock-hard abs, and he says that he wants to train every day so that he can be "rrrripped, like Jesus."▼
== Comic Books ==
* [[Catwoman (comics)|Catwoman]] tends to do this.
* The villain Katastrophe from ''[[Empowered]]''. (It's not an accent, rather him purring to fit in with the sabertooth theme. Although sabertooth tigers probably are unlikely to purr.)
== Fan Worrrks ==
* [http://ponyville.livejournal.com/28492.html This Ponyville strip].
== Film ==
* ''[[Braveheart]]'': Scottish rebels have routed one of my garrisons and murdered the noble lord.
* [[Pirates of the Caribbean|What]] [[What the Hell Is That Accent?|arrrrrrrrrrr]] [[Large Ham|ye]] [[Ham-to-Ham Combat|doin']]?
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* Any character played by 1930's actor Herman Bing (who was usually typecast as a comic German foil).
* [[Street Fighter (film)|Street Fighter's]] [[Big Bad|M. Bison]] did this so [[Large Ham|hammily]] that it became [[Memetic Mutation|delicious]]! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBc7yQXrP9c I dare you to watch this].
* Could be a drinking game in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]].'' Sophisticated characters, like wizards and elves, will have a great go at this; more rustic folk like Hobbits just won't bother. "Morrrdorrr," "A Balrrog of Morrrgoth," "Isildurr's Heirr," etc.
* ''[[The Golden Compass]]'': I am queen of the witches of Lake Enarra."
== Literrraturrre ==
* The Queen of Hearts from ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' does this.
* In the ''[[Heralds of Valdemar]]'' series, gryphons both [[Sssssnaketalk|hissss their essess]] and trill their arrrs. Skandranon can and usually does speak carefully and deliberately to make his speech as articulate as any human's, but when he's tired or angry, or trying to convince someone that he's feeling that way, he reverts.
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== Live Action TV ==
* The Seventh Doctor in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' turned this into an art form. Which led to extreme [[Narm]] when he had to face The Gods Of Rrrrrrragnarrrrok.
* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'': Gavin Millarrrrr.
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* On ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'', King Tut. Also the Joker, particularly when he enunciates "Batman and Robin."
** Both Catwomen, ''especially'' Eartha Kitt.
* Fez on ''[[That '70s Show]]'': "You know how he rolls his Rs? He did that in my mouth!"
* In ''Greetings From Tuscon'', a whole episode was primarily on the fact that one the daughters couldn't roll there r's despite [[Positive Discrimination|being Hispanic]].
== Music ==
* [[The Beatles]] rrroll up, roll up for the "Magical Mystery Tour".
* [[Rammstein|Rrrammstein]]. Even Germans make fun of Till Lindemann's use of overly theatrical rolling R's.
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== Prrrofessional Wrrrestling ==
* [[Alberto Del Rio]]. Or, as he's introduced by his personal ring announcer, Ricardo Rodriguez, Albertooo del Rrrrrrrrriooo.
== Rrrecorrrded
▲* The Japanese comedy group Rahmens, in the Italian version of their language-class skit. "Tokyo... Osaka... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwKIsfnHQVI&feature=related Ibarrrrrrrrraki!]"
▲* Greg Behrendt once made a joke about how [[The Bible|Jesus Christ]] is always depicted as having rock-hard abs, and he says that he wants to train every day so that he can be "rrrripped, like Jesus."
== Tabletop RRRPG ==
* ''[[Paranoia]]'':
** The ''Acute Paranoia'' adventure "Me and My Shadow (Mark IV)" has two encounters with [[Lzherusskie|Communists who trill their R's.]]
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== Theatrrre ==
* When the Reduced Shakespeare Company assumes fake Scottish accents to perform ''[[Macbeth]]'', they inevitably fall back to simply trilling their R's. A lot.
== Video Games ==
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda CDI Games]]'': Join me, Link, and I will make your face the grrrrrrreatest in Koridai!
* Zhang Jiao does it in ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'', and the effect is [[Narm Charm|absolutely hilarious]].
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* ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'': <big>"'''CRRRRRY SOME MORE!! AAAAH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HAAA!!!!! CRRRRRY SOME MORE!!!'''"</big>
* [[Announcer Chatter|Your]] ''[[Funetik Aksent|yoo-ay-vee rrrecon]]'' is ''[[Fake Russian|rrready]]'' for deployment. ''[[Modern Warfare|UAV online.]]''
* The Great Mighty Poo from [[
== Web Comics ==
* Grim-Eyes in ''[[Digger]]'' used to do this, especially when dealing with that pesky Earrrrth Rrrrat.
* ''[[Homestar Runner]]'': Hilariously subverted in Limozeen's hair metal cover of sloshy's emo hit song "We Don't Really Even Care About You." At one point, Larry Palaroncini sings "We don't rrreally even care," but a minute later changes it to the tongue-twisting "Rrre rrron't rrreally rrreven care!"
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{{quote|"I'll have to give myself a PRRRRRROMOTION!"}}
* In [[Disney]]'s ''[[Lady and the Tramp]]'', Jock the Scottish terrier does this (among other times) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNqBePvsXXU while he's singing a song]: "forrr me own", "back yarrrd".
** Scrooge McDuck, another Scottish character, often does this on ''[[DuckTales (1987)]]''.
* In an effort to show how perfect her Spanish is, [[King of the Hill|Peggy Hill]] does this way too much.
* Principal Luna from ''[[Class of 3000]]'' does this, but then again, he's Latino.
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{{quote|''"Bonjourrrrr...ya [[Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys|cheese eatin' surrender monkeys!]]"''}}
* ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'': Ratigan, in his [[Villain Song]].
* The old goose<ref>
* The "Grrreat and Powerful Trrrixie" from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''.
== Rrreal Life ==
* People from Skåne, Sweden.
** Also Gothenburgers.
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* Brazilian sportscaster Galvão Bueno ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdTadK9p14A yeah, that Galvão]) is a great fan of Ronaldo, I mean, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykxp-EDF-Cc RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRONALDINHO!] (Anyone who parodies him turns his "Rs" [[Up to Eleven]]).
** Mexican sportscaster José Ramón Jiménez also used to signal the beginning of a match with "¡ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRANCA la primera mitad!".
** This is actually reflected in the Spanish language alphabet, which has a few consonants alien to English. "R" is almost always read like "ti'''d'''al", in most (all?) American accents. [[
* One possible way to identify someone from El Salvador is whether or not they roll their "r"s exaggeratedly at the end of sentences that end with words that end in an r. A longer trill correlates with high Salvadoran-ness.
* [[Jack Black]]. Through the skies, he flies, he doesn't know the RRRRRREASON why, but he flies... so high... you'll know that it's TRUE!
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