History Main / RhymesOnADime

* ''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'' supporting character Roxy Leech had a friend with the appropriate name of The Poet.
* The ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' spin-off comic, "[[http://teentitanscomic.blogspot.com/2014/09/ Winterlude]]", is written like this. The narrator and characters speaks in rhyme for no discernible reason, other than just ''because''.

* In ''FanFic/HitmanMiami'', villain Mr. Pi keeps speaking in rhyme during fights, much to 47's frustration when he duels him. Eventually, he manages to get 47 himself [[GotMeDoingIt talking in rhyme]] for a moment.

--> So you've reached the Plateau, but not yet a hero.
--> Are you ready to meet and defeat… the Elite?
--> Can I expect survival… against your rival?

-->'''DRIVER:''' I thought he rhymed, all the time.
-->'''DOCTOR:''' No. He's not retarded.

--> "Don't you see, tiny boy, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent the trouble you're in?]] But I see you see not, in which case, I win!"

-->'''JACQUES THE ANVIL:''' I perceive that we are at a standoff. Feed me a line I cannot rhyme and we'll perform a hand-off!
-->'''JUDAH THE HAMMER:''' A line you cannot rhyme?
-->'''JACQUES:''' Make it quick and make it prime!
-->'''JUDAH:''' There's never any fruit in Clausius' loot. Won't you have -- AN ORANGE?
-->'''JACQUES:''' (curses in unreadable symbols)

--> '''Robin''': I grew up in Gotham so I'm used to snow this time of ''year'', but it's kind of shocking to wake to it ''here''...

--> '''[[spoiler:Silkie]]''': I'd like to say Captain Funk's remix of "[[GratuitousJapanese Ai No Shirushi]]".\\

--> '''Two-Edge:''' (Following a challenge as to where his loyalty lies)
--> '''Two-Edge:''' '''That''' we shall learn when the conflict is ended!
--> '''Two-Edge:''' So far, there are '''none''' that I have befriended!
--> '''Two-Edge:''' The waiting is over! The '''watching''' begins!
--> '''Two-Edge:''' Soon we will see which of '''two''' edges wins!

-->'''Inigo Montoya:''' That Vizzini, he can ''fuss''.
-->'''Fezzik:''' Fuss, fuss... I think he likes to scream at ''us''.
-->'''Inigo Montoya:''' Probably he means no ''harm''.
-->'''Fezzik:''' He's really very short on ''charm''.
-->'''Inigo Montoya:''' You have a great gift for rhyme.
-->'''Fezzik:''' Yes, yes, some of the time.
-->'''Vizzini:''' Enough of that.
-->'''Inigo Montoya:''' Fezzik, are there rocks ahead?
-->'''Fezzik:''' If there are, we all be dead.
-->'''Vizzini:''' No more rhyming now, I mean it.
-->'''Fezzik:''' Anybody want a peanut?
-->'''Vizzini:''' GYEEAAHHHHHH!!!

-->'''Queen:''' Dip the apple in the brew... let the poison death seep through.
-->'''Queen:''' When she rips the tender peel to taste the apple from my hand... her breath will still, her blood congeal, then I'll be fairest in the land!

-->'''Snow White''': I didn't mean to frighten you.
-->But you don't know what I've been through.
-->And all because I was afraid.
-->I'm so ashamed of the fuss I've made.
-->[to birds] What do you do when things go wrong?
-->[birds whistle] Oh! You sing a song!

-->-Is it something living?
-->-The answer no I am giving, and it is not the sky.
-->-I have to wonder why. Can I hold it in my hand?
-->-You can hold it while you stand. ''(And so on.)''

--> "Our mirror's smashed, what can we do? Where the hell are the other two?"

-->''The trap is set. The Doctor's friends''
-->''Will travel where the Doctor ends.''

-->''This man must fall as all men must''
-->''The fate of all is always dust.''

-->''The man who lies will lie no more''
-->''When this man lies at Trenzalore.''

-->''The girl who died, he tried to save''
-->''She'll die again inside his grave.''

--->"By the time the traitor is fully revealed, the fate of Atreides will already be sealed."
--->"Then let the Emperor mock House Harkonnen; call us swine. Because in the end, his throne will be mine."

--> HANDSOME MAN who speaks in rhyme, seeks a gal who's mighty fine. I'm wealthy, smart and 43, but all my friends are sick of me. All I do is speak in verse; I say I'll stop but then get worse. So if you like a man who's dumb, write to me BOX 21.

* [[PlayerCharacter Ezio]] lampshades this in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' when he sings during his guise as a WanderingMinstrel
--> The things I do, to save the world\\

--> Find every stolen present that was unjustly craved,\\

-->Now the gate has been unlatched, headstones pushed aside
-->Corpses shift and offer room, a fate you must abide

-->'''Halaster:''' [[spoiler:"If the portal is opened, more drow will come through. I don't want that; I can barely stand you."]]

--> "Great, a crate! Great, …sodium nitrate!"
--> "See you later, like in an alley…gator?"

-->'''CRACKOTAGE''': Movie night is my favorite night. I think it is my favorite night. Hee hee hoo hoo!\\
'''SILENT RIP''': Are you even trying anymore?

--->'''SILENT RIP''': Aw, you can do it. Try another one.\\
'''CRACKOTAGE''': I think my rhymes are truly broke. Broke, broke, broke, broke, broke, broke, broke! Hoo-hoo, hweh-hweh!

-->'''GM:''' What, you think I can't rhyme on a dime all the time in my prime?
-->'''Applejack:''' Is that why you have a rhyming dictionary site open on yer laptop?
-->'''GM:''' Hey! DM screen!
-->'''Pinkie Pie:''' What?! It wasn't all made up on the spot??

-->'''Lizard:''' Know I slivers of livers from stomach and spleen; I extract the lungs before they can ''scream''.
-->'''Quigley:''' At least he is not a lizard who speaks in ''rhyme''. How vexing ''that'' would be.* ''Webcomic/{{SSDD}}'': The AI Dagonet always speaks in rhyme. To prove that this is a sign that Dagonet's programming is flawed, [[http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20221118.html King Arthur challenges Dagonet to speak without rhyming]], then ''orders'' him to do so--and [[http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20221119.html Dagonet completely locks up.]] Because of his broken programming (based on King Arthur's), he ''has'' to talk like this.

--> We're the Sons of Poetry. We rhyme. All the time. What? It's not a crime!

--> "Promise me you'll speak in rhymes. Speak in rhymes all the times."

* Haiku battle start! / [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Sokka]] tries so valiantly / But his counting's off.

-->'''Betty:''' And, umm... Gary! I'm all out of rhimy-whimies!
-->'''Gary:''' ''That'' was a rhimy-whimy!

-->'''[[KillerRabbit Overlord Glee:]]''' [[SugarApocalypse We blow it up]] and move on to the next one! '''''[[SurprisinglyCreepyMoment Isn't that cute?]]'''''
-->'''Timmy:''' No! It's terrible! (''{{beat}}'') And it didn't rhyme!
-->'''Overlord Glee''': He's on to us! '''''[[SeizeThem Get him!]]'''''

-->'''Bender''': [[BigShutUp SHUT THE HELL UP!!!]]

* Music/MarcBolan in WesternAnimation/HouseOfRock does this. The other housemates evict him.

-->'''Olive Oyl''': Gosh, but this story of mine should be great!
-->I really don't know how the people can wait!
-->I have to decide who the actors'll be.
-->I think I'll make the heroine me.
-->The hero, Aladdin, is handsome and smart.
-->Why, Popeye the Sailor is great for the part!

-->If I spoke prose, you'd soon find out
-->I don't know what I talk about!

-->'''Paul:''' (''pointing to the Boob'') Hey, fellas. Look.\\

-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' But it's old, and cold, and so very full of mold!\\

--> '''Pelican:''' Oh, have you seen my hippo? He hides and I must seek.\\

-->'''[[KillerRabbit Overlord Glee:]]''' [[SugarApocalypse We blow it up]] and move on to the next one! '''''[[SurpriseCreepy Isn't that cute?]]'''''

* Madame Leota speaks in rhyme in ''Ride/TheHauntedMansion'' ride at Ride/DisneyThemeParks, as she was conducting a seance and magic typically rhymes. In [[Film/TheHauntedMansion the movie]], she seemed to be speaking a prophecy, and spoke normally to Jim at times. In the game, she only does this when preforming her ExpositionFairy duties.

* The song "A Pirate I Was Meant To Be," from ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland'', is sung by pirates who Rhyme On A Dime. [[spoiler:The only way to end the song and escape the puzzle is to end a line with the unrhymable word "orange."]]
** [[spoiler:To be fair, one of them does rhyme it with "door hinge", but the others realize it wouldn't fit in with the song, so it ends anyway.]]

* ''VideoGame/DazeBeforeChristmas'' have it's opening credits, which rhymes all the way, though the ending averts it by being a ''normal'' paragraph without rhyming.

* Professor Shantotto of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI''. Rather odd, considering she serves as her nation's ambassador to conferences with major world leaders, and no one seems to call her out on her odd speech patterns.
** Probably because they're terrified of her.

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' recently introduced Killer Bee, who raps almost all of his prattle, even [[CasualDangerDialog in the middle of battle]]. At one point, he actually says a different word from what he intended in order to keep a rhyme extended.

* A magic mirror in ''Series/TheTenthKingdom'' speaks entirely in rhyme and will only answer questions that are put in verse as well. This leads to Tony and Virginia having to come up with... interesting questions on the spot.

--> At the click of a mouse, at the tip of my finger, why don't you ever check TheStinger?\\
(Okay, we admit, [[PainfulRhyme that last one was a stretch]], but the article's over, no need to kvetch.)

* [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP]]-[[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-904 904]] is a poem that, when read, ''forces'' the reader to speak in rhyme.

-->'''Quigley:''' At least he is not a lizard who speaks in ''rhyme''. How vexing ''that'' would be.
* In ''Webcomic/FriendshipIsDragons'', Pinkie Pie is a master of this. So is the GM in the ''Bridle Gossip'' arc, but he's cheating:
-->'''GM:''' What, you think I can't rhyme on a dime all the time in my prime?
-->'''Applejack:''' Is that why you have a rhyming dictionary site open on yer laptop?
-->'''GM:''' Hey! DM screen!
-->'''Pinkie Pie:''' What?! It wasn't all made up on the spot??
* ''Webcomic/{{SSDD}}: The AI Dagonet always speaks in rhyme. To prove that this is a sign that Dagonet's programming is flawed, [[http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20221118.html King Arthur challenges Dagonet to speak without rhyming]], then ''orders'' him to do so--and [[http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20221119.html Dagonet completely locks up.]] Because of his broken programming (based on King Arthur's), he ''has'' to talk like this.

-->"By the time the traitor is fully revealed, the fate of Atreides will already be sealed."
-->"Then let the Emperor mock House Harkonnen; call us swine. Because in the end, his throne will be mine."

* The villain of the ''WebVideo/OutsideXbox'' ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' episode "Silent Knight" is a knight who's taken a vow of silence and communicates entirely through written poems. Johnny Chiodini, the DM, is obviously having a hard time improvising new ones as they interrogate him, which [[ComedicSociopathy the players immediately jump on]].

* Groove on ''WesternAnimation/TheCattanoogaCats.''

* This exchange in the episode "Out of Reach" of ''Machinima/ArbyNTheChief'', when Master Chief is wondering how to kill time whilst waiting for the beta of ''VideoGame/HaloReach''.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'', most of the time, the [[TheScrappy unpopular character]] Wheelie always speaks in rhyme! The [[Wiki/TFWikiDotNet Transformers Wiki]] [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wheelie_(G1) had quite]] [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wheelie_(SG) a bit]] [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wheelie_(Animated) of fun]], and [[SelfDemonstratingArticle made all the lines on his page rhyme]] (every single one)!