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** Turaga Nuju, who uses the bird language. He has Matoro as his TranslatorBuddy.

* Grubber, one of the Gangrene Gang on ''WesternAnimation/{{The Powerpuff Girls|1998}}'', often speaks merely via raspberry-ing, which no one outside the Gangrene Gang seems to be able to understand, but in the Gang's premiere episode, he speaks eloquently (in a BadBadActing kind of way) in order to lure Blossom and Bubbles into a trap. In another episode, for show-and-tell at the Powerpuff's school, he stretches his body into a more normal shape, and greets the class with "Hello, I'm Grubber. Very nice to meet you all." Before changing instantly back into his usual shape. Taken UpToEleven in the episode where the Gangrene Gang make crank calls, as Grubber is able to imitate the voice and speech patterns of anyone he feels like.

* Grubber, one of the Gangrene Gang on ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', often speaks merely via raspberry-ing, which no one outside the Gangrene Gang seems to be able to understand, but in the Gang's premiere episode, he speaks eloquently (in a BadBadActing kind of way) in order to lure Blossom and Bubbles into a trap. In another episode, for show-and-tell at the Powerpuff's school, he stretches his body into a more normal shape, and greets the class with "Hello, I'm Grubber. Very nice to meet you all." Before changing instantly back into his usual shape. Taken UpToEleven in the episode where the Gangrene Gang make crank calls, as Grubber is able to imitate the voice and speech patterns of anyone he feels like.

* The way Dave Chappelle portrays Music/LilJon in ''Series/ChappellesShow'' is like this. In each Li'l Jon skit, he only screams "OKAY!," "YEAH!," and "WHAT?!," and nothing else for a while, annoying everyone around him, then speaks full sentences in a calm and eloquent manner. He then goes back to his single-syllable bursts.

* The way Dave Chappelle portrays Li'l John in ''Series/ChappellesShow'' is like this. In each Li'l John skit, he only screams "OKAY!," "YEAH!," and "WHAT?," and nothing else for a while, annoying everyone around him, then speaks full sentences in a calm and eloquent manner. He then goes back to his single-syllable bursts.

* In ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'', Word of God has stated that, while Boyfriend genuinely speaks in beeps and boops when having conversations with others, he's actually fully capable of speaking clear English if he wants to. He just dislikes conversing with people most of the time, so he deliberately invokes being TheUnintelligible.

** In ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'', Word of God has stated that, while Boyfriend genuinely speaks in beeps and boops when having conversations with others, he's actually fully capable of speaking clear English if he wants to. He just dislikes conversing with people most of the time, so he deliberately invokes being TheUnintelligible.

* Nibbler on ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' can speak clearly, but just makes strange, gibberish noises around most people to appear as just an animal.

* Nibbler on ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. Mostly just makes strange, gibberish noises... until TheReveal.

This character is TheUnintelligible by choice, for many reasons, such as ObfuscatingStupidity. He may require TranslatorMicrobes or a TranslatorBuddy most of the time. When he speaks comprehensibly, it usually means something important.

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* Gypsies in ''Film/{{Snatch}}''.

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* A famous sketch on ''Series/TheBennyHillShow'' has Nicholas Parsons playing an interviewer talking to Hill, playing someone with a very heavy accent--e.g., Chinese, French, shanty Irish. Parsons has to keep asking the interviewee to repeat himself every other sentence because what he [Hill] says is incomprehensible, and frequently sounds off-color. In another sketch, Hill plays a fumbling Dutchman who uses his inability to speak the language to chat up an attractive woman he meets in the park. It turns out he's faking it and speaks perfect English.
* Donna Maria from ''UnbreakableKimmySchmidt'' deliberately speaks only in Spanish in spite of being trapped in the bunker for fifteen years. Nonetheless, she understands English [[spoiler: and actually learned how to speak English after two years in the bunker.]]

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* ''Toys/{{BIONICLE}}'': Turaga Nuju, who uses the bird language. He had Matoro as his TranslatorBuddy.
** The Vahki could actually speak the Matoran language, although too was high pitched for others to listen.

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* Taz in ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'', though he usually spit-growls incoherently, can speak perfectly well if need be, or if it's funny. On one occasion, all he had to say was simply "Taz hate water", but chose instead to give a long-winded speech. It wasn't received well.

-->'''Porky:''' Darla gonna be mad!
-->'''Buckwheat:''' You took the words right out of my mouth.

* ''{{BIONICLE}}'': Turaga Nuju, who uses the bird language. He had Matoro as his TranslatorBuddy.

See also CompletelyUnnecessaryTranslator. Compare ElectiveMute.

* Taz in ''TazMania'', though he usually spit-growls incoherently, can speak perfectly well if need be, or if it's funny. On one occasion, all he had to say was simply "Taz hate water", but chose instead to give a long-winded speech. It wasn't received well.