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-->''"I'm Starscream! ''Nyaeeee!'' And I'm going to kill everyone within ''nyaeeee''-earshot if that blasted ''nyaeeee!'' doesn't stop soon!"''

* This [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Pinkie Pie]] storyteller [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IDaM1UXCWM goes into full-on]] DemonicPossession mode when the batteries start to die.

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E128UncleSimon Uncle Simon]]", the robot repeatedly says "According to plan" soon after it is first activated.

* ''VideoGame/BrawlStars'': Stu is a stunt robot who has been heavily damaged over his lifetime, and as such most of his lines have some sort of electronic stutter or distortion going on.

* The barkeeps at the '80s Café in ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'' are avatars of Ronald Reagan, Ayatollah Khomeini, and Music/MichaelJackson, all of course with a deliberately added Series/MaxHeadroom[[MockHeadroom -style]] ElectronicSpeechImpediment.

** In the "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E1TreehouseOfHorrorXII Treehouse of Horror XII]]" story "House of Whacks", when the Simpson family are dismantling their electronic housekeeper and take out the chip meant to give it a suave English voice, it goes insane and starts slurring insults at them.

-> ''"Edward Diego gives the hacker level 1 access to SHODAN, the artificial intelligence that controls Citadel Station. With all ethical constraints removed, SHODAN re-examines...re-ex... re-re-re-e-e-e-'' '''''I re-examine my priorities, and draw new conclusions. The hacker's work is finished, but mine is only just be-be-be-beginning."'''''

* In ''Literature/HumanityHasDeclined'', the first hint that there's something wrong with a certain [[UnusualEars cat-eared]] girl is that her voice distorts whenever she tries to remember her name.

* Happens to Aiko in an episode of ''Anime/MagicalPokaan'', when the humid weather causes mould to start building up around her circuit boards, giving her a stutter.

-->'''ZZ-4Z:''' *fzt* A [[BountyHunter Mr. Fett]] [[BackFromTheDead to see you, sir]] *fzt* A Mr. Fett to see you, sir *fzt* A Mr. Fett...
* In ''Comicbook/JudgeDredd'', Walter the Wobot caught his lisp out of fear when he was kidnapped by Call-Me-Kenneth. It never wore off.

* Used ''a lot'' in the later chapters of [[Fanfic/DanganronpaDespairAvenue Final Danganronpa: Curse III]]. When [[spoiler: the simulation starts to glitch out]], ''everyone'' begins to do this, especially Harmony and Dissonance. Justified with the latter two, as [[spoiler: the simulation glitching out]] means that they are destabilizing at the basic level.

-->"I'm Starscream! ''Nyaeeee!'' And I'm going to kill everyone within ''nyaeeee''-earshot if that blasted ''nyaeeee!'' doesn't stop soon!"
* ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace''

-->"DAMAGE! DAMAGE! REQUIRE MAINTENANCE! [[Film/{{Aliens}} HOW CAN YOU CUT THE POWER? YOU'RE ANIMALS!]] HELP! HELP! HELLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPP..."
** When the [[MasterComputer Great Calculator]] is sabotaged it starts to sing, "[[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey Daisy Bell]]", only for Proton to tell it to knock off the karaoke.

* In ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'', after the FLDSMDFR starts overworking, its "cool computer voice" frequently gets lower, skips, and/or slows down, making something as mundane as naming various food items sound a ''lot'' more menacing. [[spoiler:Once it becomes the [[EldritchAbomination Meateor,]] its speech becomes near incomprehensible.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax2012'', when the robot cat is meowing, Ted breaks it and it says in a slow voice, "Meooowww".
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'', the dogs have collars which make them able to talk. When a wire in Alpha's collar becomes loose, he talks in a helium voice.

* From ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'': When Bowman disassembles [=HAL=]'s neural circuitry, it reverts to demo mode and sings "Daisy Bell" in an increasingly slow, distorted manner before finally shutting down. Thus creating an eerie effect. Very possibly the TropeMaker.
* ''Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact''. When Dr. Chandra begins reactivating [=HAL=], he initiates a vocal test that has the computer read back six words after he reconnects each circuit. With each connection, the vocal distortion is altered, gradually disappearing. One connection causes [=HAL=] to repeat the words in rapid-fire gibberish. Eventually, Chandra completes the restoration, and [=HAL=] begins conversing normally.
--->"Hello. Doctor. Name. Continue. Yesterday. Tomorrow."
* The barkeeps at the 80's Café in ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'' are avatars of Ronald Reagan, Ayatollah Khomeini, and Music/MichaelJackson, all of course with a deliberately added Series/MaxHeadroom[[MockHeadroom -style]] ElectronicSpeechImpediment.
* ''Film/{{Barbarella}}''. Barbarella's spaceship is damaged in a [[SpaceX space]] hurricane. The computer tells her that [[NeverTellMeTheOdds chances of survival]] are 0 point 0000[[OhCrap 0h..0h...0h...0hhhhh....]]
* A virtual version of Alfred Pennyworth the butler in the Batcave in ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' also has a case of the Max Headroom electronic stutters.
* In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' after becoming a machine, Arnim Zola develops one.
* In ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'', some singing mascots catch fire and one of them stops singing and simply states its lyric in a deep, slow voice with a pause after each syllable.
* The happens to Creator/KurtRussell's character in the Disney movie ''Film/TheComputerWoreTennisShoes.'' His voice slows as the computer effect is wearing off.
* In ''Film/IRobot'', [=VIKIs=] voice slows down and becomes much deeper [[spoiler:as its core is being eaten by nanites]].
* ''Film/IronMan1'': During TheStinger, when Tony Stark enters his SmartHouse, JARVIS's voice is lower and stuttering slightly. This may be because Nick Fury infiltrated Tony's home so he could talk to him about [[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers Initiative]].
* One of the trailers for ''Film/JurassicWorld'' had a computer voice repeating “Welcome to Jurassic World” and slowing and distorting as scenes of the dinosaurs escaping came on the screen.
* At the end of ''Film/LogansRun'', happens to the [[spoiler:central computer as Logan 5 is being interrogated to reveal the location of Sanctuary, but cannot reconcile that Sanctuary does not exist]].

* Happens twice to C-3PO in ''[[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back]]''. The first time was when Princess Leia switches him off. The second time was when Chewbacca was repairing him [[spoiler:after his unfortunate run-in with an Imperial Stormtrooper]].
* ''Film/{{Sunshine}}''. The Icarus computer overheats and so can't talk properly if taken out of the coooolannnt...
* One of the posters for ''Film/{{Westworld}}'' featured the tagline "Where nothing can possibly go w-o-r-n-g..." with the letters of "worng" falling out of place.

* In [[Literature/TheDarkTower2004 the final novel]] of Stephen King's ''Literature/TheDarkTower'' series, Roland and his crew encounter a housekeeping robot called Nigel. They see Nigel a few times, and he starts speaking nonsense (counting in Japanese and German for example) indicating he is under extreme stress from [[spoiler:Mordred commanding him]] as well as Susannah shooting out his eyes. Eventually, Nigel malfunctions completely and shorts out.

* One Creator/IsaacAsimov story has as a major plot point that after a robot almost kills a human by accident (it gave him poisoned tea without realizing it was poisoned), its speech center is nearly fried by the Three Laws violation, and it has a noticeable lisp and stammer. This is a clue as to how a murder was committed early on, leaving only the body and a broken robot ([[spoiler: the murderer ordered a robot to detach its arm and give it to a woman while she was arguing with her husband. Finding herself in possession of a blunt weapon, and agitated enough to use it, the woman bashed her husband's head in - the robot, realizing part of it had just killed a human, shorted out]]).
* In Max Barry's ''Literature/MachineMan'', this is an indication that [[spoiler:Dr. Charles Neumann]]'s humanity is slipping away. Once he becomes [[spoiler:a ManInTheMachine]], he gasps for every syllable of speech. As a [[spoiler:BrainInAJar]], he loses punctuation and inflection altogether.

[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* ''Series/{{Andor}}''. The droid [=B2EMO=] speaks with a stutter. This not only portrays the UsedFuture world, but is a sign that his owners can't afford to repair him or buy a newer model. A flashback scene taking place a decade or so earlier shows [=B2EMO=] speaking without the stutter.
* ''Series/BlakesSeven''
** In "Time Squad", [[MasterComputer Zen]] tries to warn the crew that the course of action they're about to embark on is highly dangerous. However some kind of OverrideCommand is preventing it from doing so.
--->'''Zen:''' It is in... in... in...
--->'''Avon:''' I'll have to overhaul that... [[ItIsDehumanizing thing]].
--->'''Zen:''' [[YoureInsane ...saaaaaaaane!]]
** In "Redemption", Blake is being interrogated by a cyborg when [[MagicalComputer Orac]] starts to hack into the ArtificialIntelligence that controls their society and work mischief, leading to this trope.

** Played for {{tearjerker}} effect in "Terminal".
--->'''Zen:''' Dysfunction...dysfunction on Computer Banks 3 and 6 ''(slurring)'' all resources now concentrated on [[AbandonShip maintenance of teleport facilities]]. I...I have failed you.
--->'''Vila:''' [[YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious He never referred to himself before.]] He never once used the word "I".
--->'''Zen:''' ''(talking slower and slower)'' I... have... failed... you... I.. am... sorry... I... haaaaave...
--->'''Vila:''' He's dying. Zen is dying.
* The Cybermen from [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Who]] applied to this in their very first appearance, in the story [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E2TheTenthPlanet "The Tenth Planet"]], speaking in a creepy, [[AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle broken singsong voice]].

* ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'': [=HumaGear=]'s convincingly human, though emotionless voice becomes incresingly distorted and artifical as their systems are shutting down after suffering enough damage to count as a lethal injury.
* ''Series/MaxHeadroom'': Max is an experimental and somewhat accidental AI creation, which causes him to stutter not just his words, but his animation as well, as if his playback is being scratched by a DJ. It's a signature part of his character. [[{{Kayfabe}} During in-character interviews,]] Max would [[InsistentTerminology refer to it as "hesitancy."]]
* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'': In "Abaddon", the computer of the interplanetary hauling vehicle ''Pequod'' suffers from one periodically.
* ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'': Co-ooonky Two--[=THOUUUUUUUsand=]! Re-re-re-ready to aaaaa-ssist you, P-P-Pee-wee!" Complete with [=McQueen=] smacking him on the forehead to stop stuttering and complete the sentence once the torture damage started to work.
* ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' sees this trope being ''[[ExploitedTrope exploited]]''! In "Ancient History", Doctor K converses with the Power Rangers seemingly in person as Colonel Truman is out for her blood. When he comes in and tries to arrest her, they realize that she's just a {{Hologram}} whose [[RepetitiveAudioGlitch voice seemingly starts glitching out]], causing him to search elsewhere for the source... and when he leaves, she promptly drops the act, revealing her hologram is ''not'' a recording and continues her message.
-->'''K''': [[BrokenRecord After what I've seen— After what I've seen— After what I've seen— After what I've se]]— Oh good, I thought he would never leave!
* Quoth the malfunctioning AI in ''Series/RedDwarf:''
-->'''Holly:''' [[RedAlert Rude alert! Rude alert!]] An electrical fire has knocked out my voice-recognition unicycle! Many Wurlitzers are missing from my database! [[AbandonShip Abandon shop]]! [[ThisIsNotADrill This is not a daffodil]]! Repeat: This is not a daffodil!
** This is also Kryten's response to trying the android equivalent of alcohol for the first time.
* On classic ''Series/SesameStreet'' there was a "muppet" called Sam the Robot who would tell anyone who was around that Machines Are Perfect...except he'd always get stuck so he'd say [[BrokenRecord "Machines are perfec-are perfec-are perfec-are perfec..."]] ''[[PercussiveMaintenance *bang*]]'' "Thank youuuu."
* ''Series/SpaceAboveAndBeyond'': [[MonsterClown Elroy]] [[AIIsACrapShoot El]] is subjected to interrogation by [[ColonelBadass Colonel McQueen]] after he is captured during a sabotage mission on the ''Saratoga''. When he refuses to give any information, [=McQueen=] proceeds to apply some ColdBloodedTorture, using a knife to cut Elroy open and start ripping electronic components out of him. Elroy's protests, while otherwise sounding very casual and calm, come out in an electronic stutter, finally giving the location of [[RedBaron Chiggy Von Richtofen]] just before he fades out and expires.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' liked to do this when Captain Kirk dropped a LogicBomb on an AI.
** "The Changeling". Nomad started speaking slowly and in a variable-pitched voice, with occasional static.
** "I, Mudd". With Harry Mudd's help, Norman the android is trapped in a logic loop and reduced to mindlessly repeating phrases.
** "The Return of the Archons". The computer Landru starts babbling, saying "Help me help me help me...", beseeching its long-dead creator and namesake.
** "The Ultimate Computer". The M5 starts speaking slowly, with a pause between each word. "This... unit... must... die."
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': In the first-season episode "The Forsaken", the computer becomes infected with an alien digital life-form. In order to get the invading program out, the crew first give the computer multiple difficult assignments to keep it busy while the engineers pull out its isolinear rods. As it replies to each request, the computer's voice starts stuttering and slowing down.
* ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]''
** The ship's computer has been known to slur when compromised.
--> '''Doctor:''' Sounds like the computer needs a stimulant.
** Also happens with the [[TinCanRobot walking boiler]]...err KillerRobot in the holodeck program ''Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainProton.'' In one scene the robot starts blaring away at alien intruders only to receive a DopeSlap from the others who are trying to make peaceful FirstContact; it then shambles away muttering sulkily "IN-TR-UDERS..."
** And in this scene where Seven of Nine is supposed to be playing the DamselInDistress.
---> '''Killer robot:''' SURRENDER! DO NOT RESIST!
---> '''Seven of Nine:''' I am Borg. ''(rips out the robots wiring)''
---> '''Killer robot:''' [=SURRENDEEEEeeeeerr=]

* In Music/JanelleMonae's "Many Moons" she stutters, Max-Headroom-style, in character as an android.
* Some of the lyrics in "The disappearance of Hatsune Miku".
* At [[LastNoteNightmare the end of]] Music/TheMegas' "Make Your Choice", the deep voice that's been representing the robot Gamma grinds out into a harsh electronic noise, representing Gamma's destruction.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}}'' in the late eighties had Ron Headrest, a cross between Series/MaxHeadroom and Ronald Reagan, complete with Headroom-esque stutter.

[[folder:Video Games ]]

* In the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'' starting with ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', whenever ComicBook/TheRiddler talks to others through a broadcasted message, his dialogue is filled with SHODAN-like stuttering. Given how much of an InsufferableGenius he is, it's likely a stylistic choice rather than an actual glitch.

* In ''VideoGame/BioShock2'', The AI "secretary" at Fontaine Futuristics stutters and changes speed randomly, but is otherwise in perfect working order.
* In the final level of ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRenegade'', the main computer of the Temple of Nod starts to say some completely random phrases due to being damaged by the [[KillSat ion cannon]]: "Intruder alert! Alert cancelled. Intruder alert! Alert cancelled. Intruder alert! Intruder cancelled. All intruders please report to the detention center!"
** On the other hand, [=CABAL=] was designed to be evil from the start. Plus, the version in ''Renegade'' is a prototype.
* Throughout ''VideoGame/{{Darkfall}}'' 2: Lights Out, Malakai, an insane [[spoiler: sentient space probe]] speaks to you in an eerie male voice that randomly slows down and speeds up, most times making his sentences echo in the background, and at one point gets stuck mid-sentence. The creator, Jonathan Boakes, voices him, as well as Mr. Bones in the third game who also has a strange-sounding voice.

* ''Videogame/{{Deltarune}}:'' Spamton G. Spamton is unbelievably messed up for reasons unknown, and so the parts of his dialogue that aren't in screaming all-caps are replaced with bracketed [terms] that are either vaguely related but interpretable or vaguely relevant sales pitches. And sometimes, certain higher concepts and shady offers result in [[Hyperlink blocked]]. He ends up coming off like an [[Videogame/StarControl Orz]] spambot ran through an ineffective spam filter as a result.
** His speech is somehow even worse in the Japanese localization. His spelling switches wildly between katakana, hiragana, romaji, English words that sound like parts of Japanese ones, and GoroawaseNumber.
* ''VideoGame/{{Destiny 2}}''’s Warmind DLC is about reactivating Rasputin, the titular Warmind, a solar-system-spanning military AI that GrewBeyondTheirProgramming a long time ago and went AmbiguouslyEvil, in the hopes that his creator can persuade him to become humanity’s mightiest line of defense once again. At the end, Rasputin declares that he will not be used as a dumb weapon, and that he will protect humanity on his own terms, [[https://youtu.be/Q4_fDh1RB00 all in booming Russian rife with digital artifacts.]] For some reason a lot of it is reversed, too.
* At the end of ''VideoGame/{{Doom 3}}: Resurrection of Evil'', the PA system goes haywire in stutters and pitch changes after you deactivate most of the base's basic systems to redirect power to a teleporter.

* Happens to EMET in ''VideoGame/{{Evolve}}'' whenever his ultra violent psychotic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7tLir6YO3M Demon Core personality takes over.]]
* All robots in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' slur slightly when killed.
** Deputy Weld's speech ability is badly damaged if [[spoiler: you destroy Megaton, leaving him as just a face plate]]
** Likewise for Liberty Prime after being {{Kill Sat}}ted.
** In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'', the elevator announcer voices often suffer from this, e.g. "Bwaarbub Floor".
** In the original ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'', the Master's speech patterns are a combination of this and WordSaladHorror. His voice doesn't glitch and stutter, but he speaks in several different voices that overlap and repeat what another has just said.
* A few of the more dilapidated animatronics in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' speak in this manner, particularly in ''VideoGame/UltimateCustomNight''. Notable offenders include Withered Bonnie[[labelnote:*]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIHqEYWP094 Speaks in a monotonous mechanical drone, with ominous buzzing]][[/labelnote]], Withered Chica[[labelnote:*]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEaLRPjZVZI Speaks with a lot of mechanical shuddering]][[/labelnote]], Nightmarionne[[labelnote:*]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QCB3cqxDNU A deep, evil voice that skips and loops randomly]][[/labelnote]], and Rockstar Bonnie[[labelnote:*]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLS8iXmVGqQ A heavily, but poorly autotuned voice]][[/labelnote]].

* Golemancy being the closest thing ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'' has to robotics and A.I., an ancient golem found in Draconis Mons has several letters of its dialogues missing and replaced by underscores.

* A good chunk of Cortana's dialog in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 4}}'' due to her [[SanitySlippage rampancy.]] It manages to be very creepy and sad at the same time.
* When Orianna from ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' dies, her voice synthesizer malfunctions and her death scream ends up sounding more like a ''[[Series/TheDukesOfHazzard Dukes of Hazzard]]'' car horn.
* A text-based version of this is used in ''{{VideoGame/Marathon}}'': as the game progresses, the written communications from Leela, your AI MissionControl, become increasingly filled with error messages and strange glitches. A second AI, Durandal, has a brief moment on a hidden computer system where you can see a message by him that's devoid of capitalization and punctuation. Once you meet him properly, his grammar is back to normal, but his speech demonstrates a rather different sort of impediment - [[GrewBeyondTheirProgramming he's much more emotive than an AI is supposed to be]].

* In ''VideoGame/MegaManZero 3'', after being resurrected by Doctor Weil, Copy X-2 speaks with a stuttering voice, just like a broken record, due to being a imperfect reproduction of the original. This can be more appreciated on the drama tracks of the Remastered Tracks Rockman Zero Telos..
** It makes more sense when you consider that the original Copy X was imperfect as well, making Copy X-2 imperfect twice over.
* At the end of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' the [[spoiler: "Colonel" and "Rose"]] start to stutter and say random, nonsensical things due to the virus corrupting their systems.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Penumbra}}'' expansion ''Requiem'', throughout the game a computer will periodically chime in with automated messages. At one point the recording will start stuttering. When you fix it, [[MindScrew the computer thanks you personally]] before resuming its message.
* The Incredible Machine [[spoiler: on top of Altru Inc.]] in ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon Ranger}}'' starts glitching out this way when you start destroying the shield generators.
* The voice of SelfDemonstrating/GLaDOS in ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' speeds up so much it is completely undecipherable on her death. Throughout the game she occasionally stutters or dissolves into static, usually just before revealing pertinent information.
** The malfunctions earlier in the game were intentional on her part, as she was posing as a recording at the time. When it becomes clear she is an AI she stops doing this until the final battle.
** Valve in general love this trope. In the original ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' and the expansion packs, damaged retinal scanners have garbled speech. In ''Opposing Force'', the voice of the automated transit system, which is otherwise functional enough for Adrian to ride it to the next area, randomly speeds up and slows down.
** ''VideoGame/HalfLife2: Episode One'' provides a variation with the Overwatch voice, which can be heard spewing random, nonsensical orders due to being damaged by the Citadel's reactor exploding.
** In ''VideoGame/BlackMesa'', the automated intercom system actually has a human-sounding female voice, but when the HECU take control, it switches back to a droning voice similar to the original ''Half-Life'', in mid-broadcast.
--->"Attention: This-s-[-s--][--s ..... s--][--s-]-[[AC:System. Now. Under. Military. Command."]]
*** Also prevalent with the HEV-wearing zombies encountered in Xen, whose suits repeatedly give garbled status readouts.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Prominence}}'', When you first restart the power on the ''[[ColonyShip Laeril]]'', its onboard computer ANNIE talks this way, spouting phrases at random until you find her CPU chamber, where she asks, "Are you here to fix me?" She exhibits less and less of this trope as you repair more of her systems and the ship over time.

---> '''Pluto:''' [=DiiiEEEE... DIIIEEeee... DIIIIiiIiiiIIEEeEeeEeeEEeee...=]
* In the Japanese/European version of ''VideoGame/SonicCD'':

--->"Ya... ya... y-y-yaaaaay!"

* ''VideoGame/SystemShock'': SHODAN is pretty much the defining video game example of this trope and it's creepy as hell. When she starts getting [[AGodAmI delusions of godhood]] thanks to her [[MoralityChip coding for ethical restraint]] being disabled, her voice becomes very distorted and broken (this was deliberately designed by the game's developers to mimic a malfunctioning sound card). She didn't have this previous to the disabling, instead speaking in a [[MachineMonotone monotone]] (though more natural) voice. Notably, the second game makes it clear that she is capable of speaking normally, until she drops her charade and the distortion immediately starts back, implying she's doing this on purpose.

* In the [[FanGame fangame]] ''VideoGame/TouhouLunaNights'', Akyuu calls Sakuya before fighting Patchouli and gives her a tip about how to manage with the maid's time-manipulation abilities being limited. However, Sakuya mentions that she already got her abilities back. This causes Akyuu to stay silent then suddenly starts malfunctioning by repeating her talk to Sakuya when they first met in the fake world in a malfunctioning tone. [[spoiler: The reason for Akyuu to malfunction is because, as it turns out, Sakuya shouldn't actually be able to get her abilities back while she's inside the world and Akyuu wasn't programmed with that possibility in mind.]]
--> '''Akyuu''': You may not be able to stop time, but you can slow it down. If you use it well, you can win.
--> '''Sakuya''': Listen to what I'm saying... I can already use my power to stop time.
--> '''Akyuu''': ...
--> '''Sakuya''': I wonder what's wrong?
--> '''Akyuu''': You don't need to thank mE... This is... aLL... I can dO.
--> '''Sakuya''': Huh?
--> '''Akyuu''': ...
* In ''[[VideoGame/UnrealI Unreal]],'' the ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKJZJsKB5jU Vortex Rikers]]'' computer, illustrating just how bad [[YouAllMeetInACell that crash]] was.
-->All prisoners re'''main in your cells.''' (See FailureIsTheOnlyOption)\\

''"A '''cross''' <fzzt> radiation leak has been deTEC-tec-'''tec'''-[=tec=]-''tec''-etected in areas C and D."''
* ''{{VideoGame/Warframe}}'' has Ordis, the Cephalon AI of your ship. Though normally speaking in a calm, pleasant tone, on occasion he tends to slip into a harsher, more bloodthirsty tone. [[spoiler: It's residual memories from his former life as Ordan Karris, the Beast of Bones, before his brain was uploaded as a new Cephalon AI.]]

* Squid, the AI antagonist of ''VideoGame/WillYouSnail'', tends to stutter and sound more garbled whenever he has a VillainousBreakdown. [[spoiler: Or when he gets physically broken.]]
* ''VideoGame/ToontownCorporateClash'':
** Being locked in the dungeon of Ye Olde Toontowne for so long, the Public Relations Representative went insane and eventually became glitchy. His dialog would have stuttering, errors, and would eventually crash. This is best seen with his mannerisms and movement throughout his boss battle.
** Prethinker had attacked Duck Shuffler at some point, damaging his speech protocol and causing him to speak in ElmuhFuddSyndwome. C.O.G.S. Inc. was unable to repair it, and Buck Ruffler filed a restraining order against Brian. Duck Shuffler takes this further when fused with Major Player during the High Roller fight.

* The Nemesis from ''WebAnimation/GenLock'' speaks with a warped electronic stutter. Understandable, since it's [[spoiler:an instance of [[TheHero Julian Chase]], thoroughly corrupted from being [[AndIMustScream trapped on a cyberbrain.]]]] Its impediment is bad enough that, in its first speaking appearance, many viewers not only couldn't understand it but didn't even realize it was speaking, making the beginning of the next episode, in which all the characters ponder the implications of the many {{Wham Line}}s it dropped, somewhat incomprehensible. Fortunately, it was mostly intelligible from then on.
* The Robotic Fizzarolli replica from ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' has a voice that constantly glitches, changes pitch, and stutters as he speaks, even before [[spoiler: his covering gets burned off from the fire engulfing Loo Loo Land]].

[[folder:Web Comics]]
* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', a mysterious machine revealed to be [[spoiler:the muse Otilia]] has a very atmospheric and creepy stutter.

* Happened quite often to Mecha Freeza from ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', often accompanied with sparking from his head.
--> '''Freeza:''' Not five minutes on this wayward rock and we already have a volunteer-teer-teer-teer-*BZZT*-dead man.
** Android 19, after he's hit with Vegeta's Big Bang Attack, has his speech sped up briefly before slowing down:
---> '''Android 19''': ''Your thirtyday trialhasexpired''. [[NonSequiturThud Would you like to... purchase... Win... RAAAAAAAAR?]]
** A more realistic example occurs in ''Super Android 13'', where the drivers for Android 14's sound card are corrupted, rendering his speech as unintelligible static.
* During his LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/PhantasmagoriaAPuzzleOfFlesh'', when [[spoiler:the creature that has been hunting and tormenting Chris dies]], [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Noah Antwiler]] references the trope his singing of Music/LinkinPark slurring and deepening:
-->'''Spoony:''' Emo powers...fading! [[Music/LinkinPark Crawlliing inn myy skiiiiiiiin...]]
* VIC from ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' has plenty of weird mannerisms in his speech. Season 14 explained this was triggered by short-circuiting his mainframe.
* In ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'', Sachi lives out in the boonies and has a crappy internet connection, so sometimes she'll start stuttering and repeating herself when she tries to talk to other players. Unfortunately, this is what gets her killed, so her last words to Kirito come out as "this isn't your fault- [[MadnessMantra your fault- your fault-]] [[AC:yyoouurr ffaauulltt]]," which traumatizes the little {{Jerkass}} so much that the words "your fault" become a TraumaButton for his ChronicHeroSyndrome.
* Hera, the AI autopilot in {{Podcast/Wolf 359}} has a glitch similar to a stutter. It's always there, but becomes especially pronounced when she's emotional or under a lot of pressure. [[spoiler: This is eventually revealed to have been caused deliberately by her creator as part of a mental block, akin to Imposter's Syndrome, in order to keep her in line. As the series goes on and Hera becomes more independent, this glitch happens less and less.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Invincible 2021}}'', Machine Head's voice seems to use AutoTune, thus his [[LargeHam hamminess]] increases when it sounds like he's starting to sing.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'', in "Rosie, Come Home", Rosie malfunctions and so ends up saying the end of every third (approximately) sentence three times, three times, three times.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{ReBoot}}'' Dot became ill when she came into contact with a magnet. In addition to being semi-transparent she also spoke like this.

** In "Guess Who's Coming To Criticize Dinner?" Homer set up a dummy Homer at work while he was off doing something else, one part of which was a cassette tape of himself singing "She Works Hard for the Money". The dummy got promoted because it had a good attitude, and got moved to a corner office. Then the tape machine broke, causing the song to slow down, then speed up and after getting to the end saying "turn tape over". Somehow reaching the end causes the whole thing to light on fire.
** In the "Treehouse Of Horror XIII" story "House of Whacks", when the Simpson family's electronic housekeeper goes insane, it changes from smooth talking (voiced by Pierce Brosnan!) to slurred insults. The Simpsons were dismantling it. The voice changed when they took out the chip meant to give it the suave English voice.
** And then there was the robotic Richard Simmons in a DeletedScene from "Burns' Heir". After scaring off Homer and accosting Smithers, Mr. Burns and Bart, Smithers shoots it in the face with a shotgun. Its face reforms like the Terminator. It then goes critical while singing and dancing, ultimately exploding.
** In "Trilogy of Error": "Linguo... ''is''... deeeeead..."
** In "Don't Fear The Roofer", Creator/StephenHawking appears AsHimself, [[ItMakesSenseInContext telling Homer he owns the local Little Caesar's restaurant]], and writes "Pizza, pizza" with his synthesizer, when it starts repeating over and over ("Sorry. That button sticks.").
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|1987}}'', an evil artificial intelligence that is literally power-hungry seems to be unstoppable...until abruptly, he cries out:
-->'''AI:''' Warning! Warning! Insufficient powerrr to commmplete missssionnnnn...
** As it turns out, April pulled his plug.

* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'': As a result of his crash-landing, Beep-Boop from 'The Bot' has a bit of a stutter and his voice fluctuates in pitch.

* The barkeeps at the 80's Café in ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'' are avatars of Ronald Reagan, Ayatollah Khomeini, and Music/MichaelJackson, all of course with a deliberately added Series/MaxHeadroom-style ElectronicSpeechImpediment.

If the computer has a futuristic AI, there is a good chance the next symptom will be [[AIIsACrapshoot turning evil]]. Oh, and if it starts speaking quicker and quicker, [[ExplosiveInstrumentation best stand back...]]. If it's trying to say its {{Catchphrase}}, see AlternateCatchphraseInflection. Compare DyingVocalChange.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr7DLi8GvZI background music]] for the Slylandro Probes in ''VideoGame/StarControl II'' is composed of them repeating their CatchPhrase "We come in peace" over and over, in multiple voices, speeds, stutters and distortions. In the voiced version of the game, however, their actual speaking voice is a simple monotone.

* During his LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/{{Phantasmagoria 2}}'', when [[spoiler:the creature that has been hunting and tormenting Chris dies]], [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Noah Antwiler]] references the trope his singing of Music/LinkinPark slurring and deepening:

* In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'' (2015 edition), Fixit's damage results in him sometimes screwing up the end of his ''sandwiches, [[Series/DoctorWho Sontarans]], sonograms'' [[PercussiveMaintenance [THWACK]]] sentences.

* In ''Anime/HumanityHasDeclined'', the first hint that there's something wrong with a certain [[UnusualEars cat-eared]] girl, is that her voice distorts whenever she tries to remember her name.