History JustForFun / Hello

* WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} has an soundtrack-exclusive track on one of its albums called "The Hello Song", which talks about many ways to say "hello" around the world.

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* "[[WebVideo/DrCrafty Hello, hello, hello my subjects!]]"

-->[[TheStinger Good bye.]]

Good bye.

** Hey and Hey Hey! (not to be confused with [[WesternAnimation/FatAlbertAndTheCosbyKids "Hey, hey, hey!"]].)

* [[Creator/AllanSherman "Hello Muddah, hello Fadduh, here I am at Camp Granada.]] Sung to the "Dance of the Hours".

Fun fact: "Hello" (or "hullo") used to be an expression of surprise or questioning (as in "Hullo, what's this?") until [[NewerThanTheyThink around the turn of the 20th century]] when it became the standard expression for answering the telephone. The modern use and spelling was "invented" by Thomas Edison; the first use of it with modern spelling was as a greeting in a letter from him to Alexander Graham Bell in 1887. [[note]] Hello, or rather "Hallu" from the hunting fields, was also the first recorded word, shouted by Edison to test Bell's prototype.[[/note]] (This would have been the rather nautical "Ahoy-hoy!" if Graham Bell had his way. [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Mr. Burns]] would approve.) From there it went on to become the catch-all greeting it is today. In French, "Bonjour"[[note]]Formal greeting[[/note]], "Salut"[[note]]Friendly/familiar greeting[[/note]] & "Allo"[[note]]Phone greeting[[/note]]. In Japan, they say "Konnichiwa" or (on the phone) "Moshi moshi" (which has an [[ContrivedCoincidence incredibly similar]] [[NoodleIncident quirky origin story]].) However, lots of countries do include some variant of "Hello" or "Allo" even if only for answering the phone. Interestingly, the German "Hallo" is still also used to express surprise or disbelief, but it's probably more likely in Austria than in Germany. The standard Spanish greeting, "Hola" (which comes from French via Old German, so it shares an origin with the English word "Hello") is also used to express surprise or disbelief (usually with a tinge of exasperation) when formulated as a question ("¿Hola?") and, finally, in the United Kingdom "hello" is still used to express surprise (often in a variation on the phrasing "ooh, hello") alongside being a (progressively more formal) greeting.

** The Japanese seem to use "moshi moshi" almost exclusively for telephones. There is at least one instance of it being used in ''Sailor Moon'' by a character speaking to other people who are ignoring her, as if to say "Hi? I'm still here...." Which suggests there are a few other acceptable contexts for its use, but not many.

* "[[VideoGame/Hearthstone HELLO! HELLO! HELLO!]]"

Fun fact: "Hello" (or "hullo") used to be an expression of surprise or questioning (as in "Hullo, what's this?") until [[NewerThanTheyThink around the turn of the 20th century]] when it became the standard expression for answering the telephone. The modern use and spelling was "invented" by Thomas Edison; the first use of it with modern spelling was as a greeting in a letter from him to Alexander Graham Bell in 1887. [[note]] Hello, or rather "Hallu" from the hunting fields, was also the first recorded word, shouted by Edison to test Bell's prototype.[[/note]] (This would have been the rather nautical "Ahoy-hoy!" if Graham Bell had his way. [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Mr. Burns]] would approve.) From there it went on to become the catch-all greeting it is today. In French, "Bonjour"[[note]]Formal greeting[[/note]], "Salut"[[note]]Friendly/familiar greeting[[/note]] & "Allo"[[note]]Phone greeting[[/note]]. In Japan, they say "Konnichiwa" or (on the phone) "Moshi moshi" (which has a similar [[NoodleIncident quirky origin story]]). However, lots of countries do include some variant of "Hello" or "Allo" even if only for answering the phone. Interestingly, the German "Hallo" is still also used to express surprise or disbelief, but it's probably more likely in Austria than in Germany. The standard Spanish greeting, "Hola" (which comes from French via Old German, so it shares an origin with the English word "Hello") is also used to express surprise or disbelief (usually with a tinge of exasperation) when formulated as a question ("¿Hola?") and, finally, in the United Kingdom "hello" is still used to express surprise (often in a variation on the phrasing "ooh, hello") alongside being a (progressively more formal) greeting.

->''"Hello. [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya My name is Inigo Montoya.]] [[YouKilledMyFather You killed my father.]] [[PrepareToDie Prepare to die."]]''

* The CatchPhrase of The Red Guy from both ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' and ''WesternAnimation/IMWeasel'': "''Hellooo!'' It's me... (insert his alias of the episode here)"

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* WesternAnimation/Animaniacs has an soundtrack-exclusive track on one of its albums called "The Hello Song", which talks about many ways to say "hello" around the world.

* ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'' meet with this. Stitch gives a guttural, drawn-out "hiiii", coupled with what's [[TechnicallyASmile supposed to be a smile]]. [[NightmareFetishist Lilo loves him on the spot.]] He also does the same greeting a few more times in [[Franchise/LiloAndStitch the sequels and spin-offs]], along with the [[AlohaHawaii obligatory for the original continuity's setting]], "Aloha!", usually in the form of "[[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries Aloha,]] [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments cousin!]]"

Related tropes include CrashIntoHello, HelloNurse, HelloSailor, StealthHiBye, ClickHello, TwangHello, AttackHello, IncomingHam, DoctorDoctorDoctor, and numerous others. Trope Namer is RealLife. Obviously. [[note]]Though it's indirectly named by ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', to make Inigo Montoya's famous quote an Administrivia/AllBlueEntry.[[/note]]

* ''WebVideo/FilthyFrank'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QEONNnWUpQ teaches you about 30 of them in different languages.]] In case you didn't know, it's all just parodies and none of them actually meant "Hello". It's just Frank's style.

* ''WebVideo/FilthyFrank'' teaches you about 30 of them in different languages. In case you didn't know, it's all just parodies and none of them actually meant "Hello". It's just Frank's style.

Related tropes include CrashIntoHello, HelloNurse, HelloSailor, StealthHiBye, ClickHello, TwangHello, AttackHello, IncomingHam, DoctorDoctorDoctor, and numerous others. Trope Namer is RealLife. Obviously. [[note]]Though it's indirectly named by ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', to make Inigo Montoya's famous quote an AllBlueEntry.[[/note]]

* ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' meet with this. Stitch gives a guttural, drawn-out "hiiii", coupled with what's [[TechnicallyASmile supposed to be a smile]]. [[NightmareFetishist Lilo loves him on the spot]].