Trrrilling Rrrs: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|'''Enrrrique Mas''': You can call me... ''Enrrrrrique''!

 

Forrr added emphasis in yourrr worrrds, speak with rrrolling R's to show yourrr contrrrol overrr yourrr dominion.

 

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> Compare [[Sssssnaketalk]].

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== Adverrrtising ==

* "Rrrrruffles have rrrrridges". You prrrobably have to be of a certain age to rrrremember that ad campaign.

 

== 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]].

* 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.

 

== 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']]?

* 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].

* ''[[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.

 

== 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.

 

== 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.

 

== Prrrofessional Wrrrestling ==

* [[Alberto Del Rio]]. Or, as he's introduced by his personal ring announcer, Ricardo Rodriguez, Albertooo del Rrrrrrrrriooo.

 

 

* ''[[Paranoia]]'':

** The ''Acute Paranoia'' adventure "Me and My Shadow (Mark IV)" has two encounters with [[Lzherusskie|Communists who trill their R's.]]

 

== 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]].

 

== 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!"

 

== Rrreal Life ==

* People from Skåne, Sweden.

** Also Gothenburgers.

 

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