History Main / NoblewomansLaugh

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* In the {{WebVideo/Jacksfilms}} series “Your Grammar Sucks”, the “Sophisticated Man” character, who reads sentences with bad grammar in a “snobby” voice, tends to end his statements with an airy “A-ha-ha! Yes! Quite!”

* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic does this while using a snobbish British accent to make fun of [=McDonald=]'s attempts to brand itself as “classy” with the Mac Tonight ads in “Battle of the Commercials”.

* ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'': Naga is likely the [[https://youtu.be/bbfaF5otJv0 most powerful example of this,]] perhaps because of the sheer [[CuteButCacophonic volume]] of it; her '''Noblewoman's Laugh''' has been known to scare small animals and old ladies. When she was cloned, the simultaneous laughter of a dozen Nagas was all it took to destroy the villain of the piece.

*** Not only that, when all characters are charging their stamina in the game (a bar of energy that is used whenever a character dashes or double dashes), the character is seen focusing on their inner strength for the bar to fill up. Naga ''laughs''. Yep, not only is a BrownNote, but it is also able to recover her energy!

** Also from KOF, [[WhipItGood Whip,]] particularly as she's grinding her boot into the opponent's head during her Strength Shot C attack.

** Melody Pianissima, the ghost lady piano player, from ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion''.

* In the Japanese incarnations of the ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' games (especially the more recent of each), the MadScientist BigBad Dr. Eggman gained a laugh rather like a Noblewoman's Laugh consisting of a long "OH" followed by a varying number of "HO"'s to increase comedic value. It is one of Eggman's most memorable traits in Japan, but was absent in English dubbing until ''[[VideoGame/SonicRushSeries Sonic Rush]]'', where he whoops one out if you get hit during a boss fight. It has been fairly consistently present in English too since then; in ''VideoGame/SonicColors'', he actually laughs ''too'' loudly and injures himself.

These characters are most likely to exhibit this laugh in moments of arrogance or when contemplating how they'll humiliate their enemies. They frequently will pose holding a straightened palm vertically to the side of or below their mouth, or holding a fan over their mouths. This comes from the custom that refined Japanese women don't expose their mouths while laughing.

* Mitsuko Kongou from ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' and its {{Spinoff}} {{Manga}} ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'' has one of these. Her variant however is not nearly as annoying as most examples of this trope.

* Hestia from ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHQNynAgBfQ has one of these.]]

* From ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', Tsuruya pulls it and is from a prominent family even if they are not royalty, so it technically counts. Subverted in that she's a NiceGirl; she'll just [[TheHyena laugh at anything]].

* A particular Elite for the Information Alliance in ''LightNovel/HeavyObject'' delivers a Noblewoman's Laugh every time she speaks. It's so prevalent that the main characters, who don't know her real name, nickname her "Oh Ho Ho."

* Katherine [=McDowell=] of ''LightNovel/KazeNoStigma'' does this, along with just about every other noblewoman cliche.

* Konata periodically uses the Noblewoman's Laugh in episode 7 of ''Manga/LuckyStar'', as part of a set of {{Shout Out}}s to ''LightNovel/MariaWatchesOverUs''.

* In ''LightNovel/MayoiNekoOverrun'', Chise does this from time to time. In one hilarious instance, she does it at school after she reveals that she helped Nozomi get into the school, only to have Ieyasu shut the door in her face while she does the laugh.

* This is performed with surprising skill by Tatsukichi of ''LightNovel/{{MM}}!'', despite the fact that Tatsukichi is a crossdresser.

* ''LightNovel/{{Shimoneta}}'': A signature of Blue Snow's, demonstrating her arrogance and wild abandon.

* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'': Naga is likely the [[https://youtu.be/bbfaF5otJv0 most powerful example of this,]] perhaps because of the sheer [[CuteButCacophonic volume]] of it; her '''Noblewoman's Laugh''' has been known to scare small animals and old ladies. When she was cloned, the simultaneous laughter of a dozen Nagas was all it took to destroy the villain of the piece.

* In ''LightNovel/SorcererStabberOrphen'', in the dancing contest episode, there's a whats-her-name female character prone to Noblewoman's Laughing.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}}'', [[EvilCounterpart Evil Spinnerette]] tends to introduce herself with this. (Since she seems to be basically {{LightNovel/Slayers}}'s Naga with a spider motif, it's not surprising.)

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Snake the TattooedCrook speaks in a strange blend of Cockney and SurferDude, but his trademark Noblewoman's Laugh cleverly evokes both accents.

* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'': Naga is likely the [[https://youtu.be/bbfaF5otJv0 most powerful example]] of this, perhaps because of the sheer [[CuteButCacophonic volume]] of it; her '''Noblewoman's Laugh''' has been known to scare small animals and old ladies. When she was cloned, the simultaneous laughter of a dozen Nagas was all it took to destroy the villain of the piece.

* Miss Money from the ''VideoGame/{{Richman}}'' series does that in some of her actions, such as ''[[{{Sleepwalking}} making someone sleepwalks]]''!

* Ranpha Franboise in ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'' often laughs this way. Interestingly, she actually comes from a humble background (her family is very poor and she sends her earnings in the military to support them) and does it more for show than anything. The team's resident {{Ojou}}, Mint Blancmanche, doesn't do it often, but she does have one comical instance when she's doing some experiments to create her own instance, and laughs this way after saying how "everyone will kneel before her".

* Ranpha Framboise in ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'' often laughs this way. Interestingly, she actually comes from a humble background (her family is very poor and she sends her earnings in the military to support them) and does it more for show than anything.

* Music/RichardWagner's ''[[Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelungen Ride Of The Valkyries]]'' is possibly one of the most iconic pieces in classical music. What is less well-known is that the instrumental piece is just the introduction to a sung drama featuring the Valkyries. After they land on a battlefield, they trade jokes, largely at the expense of the heroes they are about to collect for Odin-Father. Every heavy Teutonic punchline is accompanied by [[https://youtu.be/svMHBPed9Bs?t=174 some very disconcerting operatic laughter]].

* Creator/RichardWagner's ''Ride Of The Valkyries'' is possibly one of the most iconic pieces in classical music. What is less well-known is that the instrumental piece is just the introduction to a sung drama featuring the Valkyries. After they land on a battlefield, they trade jokes, largely at the expense of the heroes they are about to collect for Odin-Father. Every heavy Teutonic punchline is accompanied by [[https://youtu.be/svMHBPed9Bs?t=174 some very disconcerting operatic laughter]].

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' in the anime. When Itsuka Kendo and Nejire Hado are discussing the beauty pagent event during the U.A. school festival, Bibimi Kenranzaki appears and gives a high-pitched laugh while proclaiming that she will win the pageant.

* In ''WebComic/SleeplessDomain'' Bud does one after sucessfully lasering Undine's water target.

* MC Ballyhoo from ''VideoGame/MarioParty 8'' is a rare non-evil example. His signature laugh is a boisterous "''HA'' HA HAAA!" This is meant not to make him look sinister, but to show how [[LargeHam grandiose and over-the-top]] he is, which is fitting because he's modelled after a circus ringmaster.

* ''WebVideo/MarioPartyDSAntiPiracy'': DJ Hallyboo, an evil {{Expy}} of MC Ballyhoo from ''VideoGame/MarioParty 8'', imitates Ballyhoo's signature "''HA'' HA HAAA!" Unlike Ballyhoo, though, Hallyboo's laugh ''is'' meant to be scary.

* In ''VideoGame/UnderNightInBirth'', Hilda has one for delivering her normal Infinite Worth attack as well as winning a round.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}},'' [[ArcVillain Queen]]'s VoiceGrunting sounds like it, and she completes them with the appropriate hand gesture! She's a ''queen,'' after all.

* In ''VideoGame/Splatoon3'', Shiver does a very clear "oh ho ho ho ho!" laugh at the end of Deep Cut's introductory sequence in "Return of the Mammalians." While they're {{antihero}}es at worst, it nevertheless serves to cement Deep Cut's status as [[TheRival rivals]] to the New New Squidbeak Splatoon.

* Customer Service from the original Japanese version of ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' laughs like this.

* In ''VideoGame/Splatoon3'', Shiver does a very clear "oh ho ho ho ho!" laugh at the end of Deep Cut's introductory sequence in "Return of the Mammalians." While they're {{antihero}}es at worst, it nevertheless serves to cement Deep Cut's status as [[TheRival rivals]] to the New New Squidbeak Splatoon.

* ''Machinima/FinalFantasyVIIMachinabridged'' gives Scarlet one of these to make her even bitchier than she was in the original game.

* Basanda in ''VideoGame/ShiningForceIII''. Her laugh was butchered in the English dub however.

* ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD''. In the 1985 film Countess Lamika Lee has one that she uses to express her disdain toward D and Rei Ginsei.

** Green Esmeraude (shown above) does this ''a lot''. Lampshaded on one occasion in which her evil "co-worker" Saphir tells her she's being too loud. Lampshading it is practically a RunningGag!

* Naga from ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' [[{{OVA}} OVAs]] and movies is likely the [[https://youtu.be/bbfaF5otJv0 most powerful example]] of this, perhaps because of the sheer [[CuteButCacophonic volume]] of it; her '''Noblewoman's Laugh''' has been known to scare small animals and old ladies. When she was cloned, the simultaneous laughter of a dozen Nagas was all it took to destroy the villain of the piece.

* Darla Dimple in [[http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=y3rtXkJuulo&feature=related the German-language version]] of ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'' has one of these; she then [[GoshdangItToHeck swears]], as if we couldn't tell how evil she was already.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'': Ursula the Sea Witch--though many female Disney villains have this kind of laugh (and some male ones too), few are more rich and booming than hers. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXaeH0R0Rzg&t=306s It's especially noticeable in an alternate version]] of her VillainSong. Vanessa (her disguise) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHjBuRuIPiE also laughs this way in the reprise.]]

Yes I think you ought to make my little deal\\

Oh oh oh HO HO ''HOHOHOHOHO!!!''

* Basanda in ''VideoGame/ShiningForceIII''. Her laugh was butchered in the English version, like all the other voices.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'' series, Risky Boots laughs like this. In ''Half-Genie Hero'' and ''Seven Sirens'', it's even voiced!

* During the News Years Festival in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon64'', the mayor's wife does this before taking a drink of wine.