History Main / RhymesOnADime

* In ''Film/DoctorInLove'', Dr. Cardew does so after he is told he has a call coming from California:
-->'''Dr. Cardew''': Put the truss in the bus, Wildewinde.

* ''ComicBook/{{CaptainMarvel|MarvelComics}}'': In ''ComicBook/CaptainMarvel2014'' #9, Carol Danvers encountered mutant singer Lila Cheney living in a planet called Aldana, where everyone talked in rhymes. For Lila was easy to blend in, because she's a singer. For Carol, it wasn't.

* In an issue of ''[[ComicBook/CarolDanvers Captain Marvel]]'', Carol Danvers encountered mutant singer Lila Cheney living in a planet called Aldana, where everyone talked in rhymes. For Lila was easy to blend in, because she's a singer. For Carol, it wasn't.

** In the English Dub anime of Literature/HighSchoolDXD, there is the Familiar Master Zatouji. Everything he says comes out in rhyme, as the audience hears it every time.

** ''Haunted Mansion Holiday'' uses rhyme for the entire naration, though this is done to follow the style of Tim Burton's original poem, which was in turn based on ''The Night Before Christmas''

'''Vizzini:''' No more rhyming! I mean it!\\

* ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'' parodies Roadblock from ''Franchise/GIJoe'' with a toy who repeats increasingly threatening and innuendo-laden rhymes, until he is placed on a shelf and starts talking to [[{{Transformers}} Blaster]].

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':

'''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.

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* [[PlayerCharacter Ezio]] lampshades this in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' when he sings during his guise as a WanderingMinstrel.
-->The things I do, to save the world\\
Surprise me time to time\\
Like learning how to play the lute\\
And making these words rhyme
* Balan from ''VideoGame/BalanWonderworld''. This is made more obvious in the novelization, where he has more dialogue. Also applies to Lance in the novelization, since he doesn't speak in the game itself.
* Gruntilda, the villain of ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie''. She stopped talking like this in the sequel, at the insistence of her sisters, but returned to full form in ''Nuts & Bolts.'' Probably because [[spoiler:her sisters weren't around to nag her anymore]].
-->'''Gruntilda''': Hurry, sisters, time I lack! What's the plan to get my body back?\\
'''Mingella''': Annoying, your rhyming is! Stop it, or tell you we will not!\\
'''Gruntilda''': Oh, if I must...
* Umlaut of ''VideoGame/CarnEvil'' speaks like this all the time, usually to insult the player(s). He stops doing it when he gets to fight you before the final boss.
* ''VideoGame/ChildOfLight'' takes this to its logical extreme, where almost ''everyone'' speaks in rhyme.
* The Red Caps in ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' speak like this. At one point their leader Snaptooth can be seen shouting at one of them to stop.
* ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland''
** The song "A Pirate I Was Meant To Be," 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."]]
** There is also an extended swordplay puzzle (Insult Swordfighting) where combat is mostly verbal and the pirate who comes up with the better insult wins. When swordfighting at sea, the insult and counterinsult have to rhyme. ("When your father first saw you, he must have been mortified."/"You're a disgrace to your species, you're so undignified!" "At least mine can be identified.") [[spoiler:Even Guybrush and Captain René Rottingham get this rhyming exchange after the former's victory over the latter.]]
* The opening credits ''VideoGame/DazeBeforeChristmas'' rhyme all the way, though the ending averts it by being a ''normal'' paragraph without rhyming.
-->Find every stolen present that was unjustly craved,\\
For every kid on the earth, Christmas must be saved!
* Micheal Tillotson from ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition''. Especially exceptional because he's not only creating a rhyme at the drop of a dime, but he's also repeating what Mr. Stewart whispers to him. Who does not speak in rhyme.
* In ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'', all Combat Adjudicators utter the same rhyming lines when you attack them with the wrong character.
-->'''Combat Adjudicator:''' By your hand, you cannot break out clasp. That power lies in another's grasp.
* Since V from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' regularly quotes William Blake poetry, he often says lines that rhyme with each other. Griffon occasionally teases him about it.
-->'''Griffon:''' Okay Shakespeare, just remember this: You and I like to exist. So get rid o' those demons quick, 'cause killin' ain't my shtick! I've got your back, 'cuz dyin' is whack!
* In ''VideoGame/DivinityIITheDragonKnightSaga'', we have Bellegar, a crazy mage whose lines are all rhymed. Some of them are really funny. Taken up to eleven in the expansion where his couplets turn into verses with more intricate rhyme schemes to match with his more important role.
* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' includes a talking oak tree that speaks in rhyme and makes an IncrediblyLamePun when asked about it. [[spoiler:Namely, that this probably makes it a "Poet-tree".]]
* The entire race of mermaids in VideoGame/DragonQuestVI.
* The CourtJester in ''The Excellent Dizzy Adventure'' speaks exactly in this way.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''
** 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.
** Naturally, Shantotto's appearances in the ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' games have her retain her habit of rhyming, though she rarely sticks to any sort of meter.
-->'''Shantotto:''' I don't make threats!\\
If there's no result by the time I'm done researching the ultimate spell, it's too late for regrets!
* The supervillain Deja Vu can't speak without rhyming in ''VideoGame/FreedomForce''.
* The Gravemind in ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', in addition to its trademark [[ISpeakInMeter trochaic heptameter]]. This is justified by it being a hyper-intelligent HiveMind made up of the combined intelligence of the Flood's countless victims, including a myriad of poets:
-->Now the gate has been unlatched, headstones pushed aside\\
Corpses shift and offer room, a fate you must abide
* ''VideoGame/MilkmaidOfTheMilkyWay'' is entirely written in rhyme, whether writing, dialogue or narration.
* Grub, the DJ of the Party Zone Night Club in ''VideoGame/TheNamelessMod''.
* Halaster Blackcloak in ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights: Hordes of the Underdark''. Admittedly, he is described as completely insane. One line from before you meet him, on a note in an otherwise-empty treasure chest:
-->'''Note:''' "Much to your displeasure, here there is no treasure! -H"
** And one of his lines from [[spoiler:before you free him from the drow holding him captive]]:
--->'''Halaster:''' [[spoiler:"If the portal is opened, more drow will come through. I don't want that; I can barely stand you."]]
* Epros in the RPG ''VideoGame/OkageShadowKing''. Humorously, he continues to do it even after [[spoiler: breaking free of his classification as the Phantom Evil King]], seemingly just to [[{{Troll}} annoy the others]].
* Merlee from the various incarnations of ''VideoGame/PaperMario''.
** The first ''Paper Mario'' game also has minor character Rhymin' Simon, the Master Poet (to folks who know it). Mario can get Lyrics from him to pair with a composer's Music to create a song for a chanteuse and get a Badge as a reward.
* In ''VideoGame/Primordia2012'', Primer ''aka'' [[spoiler:137th Legionbuilt]] constantly speaks in rhyme, much to Crispin's annoyance. It is explained that he went crazy due to locking away most of his memory in order not to think about his defeat during the War of the Four Cities.
-->"No... bro."
* A variation occurs in the [[BubblegloopSwamp Spooky Swamp]] level of ''VideoGame/SpyroYearOfTheDragon.'' All of the inhabitants speak in haiku. This also extends to visitors--Sheila the Kangaroo and Moneybags also use the Japanese verse form throughout the level (which Moneybags [[LampshadeHanging complains about]]).
* The Headless Horseman, a seasonal boss in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' speaks all his lines in rhyme.
* Chester, the intrepid salesman/explorer in ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'' rhymes with his slogan/sales pitch whenever he pops out of a blue chest.
* ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfMordor'' and ''[[VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfWar Shadow of War]]'': "Bard" and "Poet" Uruks have a great love of rhyming, and continue to do so until either you or they are dying.
* The worms in ''VideoGame/{{Worms}} Reloaded'' when they're using the "Poor Rapper" speech bank. As the name implies, the lines they speak are often [[SoBadItsGood awkward, but in a funny way]].
-->"Great, a crate! Great, …sodium nitrate!"\\
"See you later, like in an alley…gator?"
* Most of the bosses in ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'' have rhyming quotes for when they defeat you. There are exceptions, though.
* In ''VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective'', TheKrampus speaks in rhyming doggerel couplets.
* ''VideoGame/MetalGear''
** "Vulcan Raven, giant and shaman."
** According to the director's commentary, the scene where Snake yells "Ocelot!" in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'' is because it rhymes with "Liquid" (in Japanese - ''Osero-TO'' and ''Riki-DDO''.) Creator/DavidHayter does his best to deliver it suitably, but this is definitely LostInTranslation.
** The gag where Liquid fakes his own death in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'' had dialogue which, in Japanese, "FOX-DIE...''ja nai''!". In English it's "FOX-DIE... think again!", which is often commented on as a serious downgrade.
* ''VideoGame/SlimeRancher'': {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Mochi. She doesn't rhyme ''all'' the time, but three of her six Range Exchange quotes are rhymes.
-->'''Mochi:''' Let's trade a trade, lemonade.\\
'''Mochi:''' I promise you this is a good deal, banana peel.\\
'''Mochi:''' My ranching skills are gonna make you squirm, wiggle worm!
* In ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'', the [=NPCs=] of the Maxis adventure, "Delicate Negotiations," all speak in rhyme.
* In ''VideoGame/ToyCommander'', Roly Poly, the clown stacking rings doll who serves as the boss of the Children's Bedrooms, talks in rhyme.
* One of the video shorts a ''VideoGame/{{Webkinz}}'' user can watch on a bought TV is called "Once Upon a Rhyme", which is about a witch putting a princess under an irreversable spell that forces her to rhyme her sentences. [[spoiler: Fortunately, the princess decides to [[CursedWithAwesome take advantage of the spell and become a natural poet.]]]]
* ''VideoGame/PajamaSamInNoNeedToHideWhenItsDarkOutside'': All of the dialogue in Darkness's kitchen is spoken or sung in rhyme. [[RuleOfFunny No real reason why there specifically, it just happens.]]
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* Jian Ghomeshi, the host of the Creator/{{CBC}} radio show [[http://www.cbc.ca/q/ "Q"]], opens each show with a monologue containing numerous rhymes.

In here that we can trample:

That we can trample:

!!Other examples that we can trample:

!! Subpages of examples-- in here, we have ample:

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* Creator/DrSeuss' books are mostly well known for rhymes. In fact, they are so well-known to him, that they can commonly be found in other related media, including film and television.
* The game version of this is apparently how Marco from ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' bonds with his father when they're alone.
* This was Vanessa Pike's oh-so-crazy quirk in ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'' books.
* The denizens of the Land of Clever People from ''Literature/BookOfBrownies'' have a rule where their citizens and visitors must ''speak in rhyme, all the time'' as evidence of their "cleverness". Failure to rhyme a sentence, and the offender will be punished by [[SeriousBusiness public spanking]].
* 'The Prof' from the ''Literature/{{Burke}}'' novels by Andrew Vachss.
-->"Prof is short for prophet, my man. I never fall because I see it all!"
* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain'': Gurgi often likes to speak with "rhymings and chimings".
* Natalia Line from ''Literature/DinkyHockerShootsSmack!'' always speaks in rhyme when she's nervous.
* The defining trait of the Society of the Rhyming Dove, a "guild of eccentric poets", in ''Literature/TheCrewOfTheCopperColoredCupids'', is that they constantly speak in rhyme. Indeed, they seem to perceive other people's dialogue in rhyme too, or else to have an irresistible compulsion to render it as such even if asked to write it down exactly as said. There is much [[AmbiguousSituation in-universe speculation]] on whether they're just very good at improvising poetry, or if there's a genuine supernatural element to what they do.
* ''Literature/{{Heimskringla}}'':
** ''Ynglinga saga'' says about Odin (described as a powerful and sorcerous king of the ancient past) that, among many other extraordinary and supernatural talents, "everything he said was in rhyme, like the way what is now called poetry is composed".
** ''Saga of St. Olaf'' says about Olaf's court poet Sigvatr Thordarson that he was so good at composing verse that "he spoke it extempore, just as if he was saying something in the ordinary way."
* The demon that gives the wizard Ebenezum his allergy to magic in ''[[Literature/TheExploitsOfEbenezum A Malady of Magicks]]'' speaks in this manner, although his rhymes are pretty bad. A good thing, as if he could rhyme well (or had the self-control to ignore comments to the contrary) he'd be unbeatable; each rhyme he gets out acts as a combination generic counterspell and powerful self-buff, and they ''stack''. In context he's a lot more frightening, up until the end of the third book [[spoiler: when the collected wizards manage to spread the allergy to magic to him, forcing him to only declaim in (rather decent) blank verse]].
-->"Alas, you humans are out of luck,\\
For now you face the demon Guxx!"
* While the main character of ''Inside Out'' by Terry Trueman doesn't rhyme his speech, the [[TheSchizophreniaConspiracy voices in his head]] speak almost entirely in gibberish rhymes. They only speak in a straightforward fashion when they're giving him instructions.
* There's a scene in the first ''Literature/KingdomKeepers'' book where [[TheHero Finn's]] thoughts suddenly manifest themselves as such. Amanda tells him it's a sign of witches.
* In Scott Corbett's ''The Limerick Trick'' a formula produced by a mysterious boys' chemistry set with nearly-illegible labels made several of the main characters start talking like this.
* In ''The Fellowship of the Ring'', Tom Bombadil speaks in rhyming verse so often that the index of poems in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' doesn't bother to list his verses individually.
* The ''Literature/{{Madeline}}'' books are all written in rhyme, including character dialogue. The narrators of [[WesternAnimation/{{Madeline}} the cartoon]] and [[Film/{{Madeline}} the movie]] also speak in rhyme, sometimes by directly quoting the books.
* In Robert Arthur's "Mr. Milton's Gift" one Homer Milton enters a [[TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday mysterious curio shop]] in search of an anniversary present for his wife and, after making an offhand comment about the "gift of making money," is given it - along with the "gift of verse" as a bonus, because of his name. This results in exchanges like the following attempted explanation to his lawyer when he discovers that the "gift of making money" is more literal than he expected:
-->"I tried to buy my wife a present, something she'd consider pleasant. I didn't want her to be vexed, so I wound up getting hexed. A gift this Clarence fellow sold me, but the thing he never told me was I'd be a counterfeiter-"
* Uyulala from ''Literature/TheNeverEndingStory''. In fact, she ''can't'' speak without rhyming, and also cannot hear people if they do not talk to her in verse. (Atreyu manages to get a knack for it rather quickly.)
* Onimi from the ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' speaks constantly in rhymes specifically to annoy whoever he's talking to (and thereby amuse [[EvilOverlord his boss]]). As most of Onimi's dialogue, however, is in the Yuuzhan Vong language, [[TranslationConvention he's probably really using some other form of poetic meter that is simply rendered as rhymes in English]]. [[spoiler: When he reveals his [[BigBad true]] [[OmnicidalManiac nature]], he stops doing this]].
* LaBerge, one of the announcers of ''The Quillan Games'' (''Literature/ThePendragonAdventure'' book 8), likes to speak in this whenever he's on air.
* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': "Curse me, eh, I'll make you pay/ I don't want to rhyme all day!"
* ''Franchise/{{Pumuckl}}'', the kobold protagonist of a German children's series. [[CatchPhrase "Oh, das reimt sich! Und was sich reimt, ist gut, haha!" (Oh, that rhymes! And anything that rhymes is good, haha!)]]
* Sir Harry the Muse, an Owl from [[Literature/{{Redwall}} ''Mattimeo'']], who always talks in rhyme except when conducting business.
* Tertius Fume does this in ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'' to the point of being called out for this by Merrin Meredith.
* In both the book and movie versions of ''Literature/TheSpiderwickChronicles'', Thimbletack the brownie rhymes at almost all times.
* In the ''Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse'', there's a race called the Lonat who speak in rhyme, and it's ''explicitly'' made TranslationConvention. Skilled poetic speaking akin to Shakespeare's use of iambic pentameter is mutilated into nursery rhyme style verse by the UniversalTranslator doing the best it can to keep up. We don't know what the Lonat trader Square-Deal Djonreel is hearing when the [=DS9=] crew talk to him, but he is pleased when they respond to him in rhyme just for fun. Kira tries to get them to cut it out, but [[GotMeDoingIt accidentally ends her order with a word that rhymes with what O'Brien had just said]].
* In Creator/DavidBrin's ''Literature/{{Uplift}}'' series the [[SapientCetaceans dolphin]] language Trinary is expressed in (often rather [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]]) limericks. Though later generations of "fin" can speak Anglic and usually don't bother rhyming when they do so.
* In ''The Viscount of Adrilankha'' Ibronka and Röaana do this as a game.
-->-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.)''
* In ''Literature/TheWiseMansFear'', two of the characters have an entire unscripted rhyming conversation, and in ''Literature/TheNameOfTheWind'', Kvothe does a BadassBoast like this. It's actually good poetry. JustifiedTrope, He's a musician. Further justified due to use of the TranslationConvention.
* The children's book ''The Wonderful O'' is full of this, since the premise is that the villains ban one rather vital letter of the English language. So, naturally, they must demonstrate the difficulties this creates in poetry and verse.
* In ''Literature/TheScarletSails'', the sailor Letika often speaks in rhymes, to the delight of the rest of the crew.
-->'''Letika''' (in the 1961 film's English subtitles): With a string and a pole of wood I have made myself a whip / And now I tie a hook on it and, whistling, make it flip.
* ''Literature/The13Clocks'' slips in and out of rhyme, but manages to make it work even at the most dramatic moments:
-->"I have no tears," said Hagga. "Once I wept when ships were overdue, or brooks ran dry, or tangerines were overripe, or sheep got something in their eye. I weep no more," said Hagga. Her eyes were dry as desert and her mouth seemed made of stone. "I have turned a thousand persons gemless from my door. Come in," she said. "I weep no more."
* Many fae type creatures in fairytales and literature speak in rhyme, including, but not limited to:
** The faeries in ''Literature/HeroesOfMiddlecenter'' (who explode if they fail to rhyme)
** Puck and some of the other lesser Fairies in ''Literature/AMidsummerNightsDream'' speak entirely or almost entirely in rhyme, while Titania and Oberon mostly don't bother. This may or may not be intentional.
* ''Literature/TheSecretLivesOfPrincesses'': Princess Paige is an expert in rhyme, and speaks only in verse.
* In ''Literature/TheLastDogs'', the main characters meet a [[SwarmOfRats huge gang of rats]] in the subway, led by a rat named Longtooth who always speaks in rhyme. But it's eventually subverted, for when he dismisses his rats, Longtooth admits that he's run out of rhymes and speaks normally to the dogs.
* The children's book ''Literature/NuddyNed'' and its sequel ''Nuddy Ned's Christmas'' are both rhyming stories.
* From ''Literature/WolfmanConfidential'': Black of heart, the goblins three/As muscle, serve a mighty sidhe/Murder, theft, even extortion/They ensure the Gobfather gets his portion.
* ''Literature/TheWonderfulSchool'': All of Miss Tillie O'Toole's lessons are in riddles and rhymes according to the book.
* In Theodore Isaac Rubin's story ''Lisa and David'', the two title characters are mentally-ill teenagers in a treatment program who develop a relationship with each other. Lisa, who may be autistic, speaks in rhymes most of the time. This causes David to say to her at one point, "Lisa, Lisa, why must we rhyme? It's so hard to do, and it takes so much time!"
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* One Russ Abbot sketch featured the character Monty Monologue, who much to his wife's mounting frustration speaks only in rhymed couplets, with a double drumbeat at the end to mark the punchline.
-->'''Wife:''' Your dinner's ruined! \\
'''Monty:''' Now there's a tasty dish I see, is that my dinner burning? \\
Why not give it to the dog, and then he won't need worming! ''[boom-boom]''
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* A magic mirror in ''Series/The10thKingdom'' 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.
-->"Our mirror's smashed, what can we do? Where the hell are the other two?"
* ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' featured Laurie Metcalfe as a character who always rhymed her sentences with whatever someone else had just uttered. Dick found this charming at first but later discovered it was incredibly annoying and made it impossible to carry on a normal conversation with her.
* Simms in ''Series/AdamAdamantLives'' would often compose spontaneous limericks about the situation.
* In the ''Series/AdventuresInWonderland'' episode "Rhyme-itis," the titular disease makes whoever catches it speak only in rhyme. It spreads throughout Wonderland, much to everyone's annoyance, until the Queen finds good use for it when she needs to think of a rhyme for an advertising jingle she's writing. It's humorously subverted in the final song of the episode, in which the White Rabbit, who suffered the most from the illness, deliberately [[SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion messes up every verse]] just because he can.
* A one-time sketch on ''Series/TheAmandaShow'' featured a "gifted class" full of teenagers with special powers. Josh Peck played Billy, a boy with the gift of "super-rhyming" ("Yeah! I do it all the [[PainfulRhyme time...ing."]]). This led to such couplets as:
-->'''Lisa''': You're giving us a pop quiz?!\\
'''Billy''': If you spill a soda, you have to...mop fizz.\\
'''Student''': Come on, guys, let's go eat.\\
'''Billy''': You don't need shoes if you got no feet!
* ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'' had the Carnie from "The Tale of Laughing In The Dark", who played the trope for all the creepiness it was worth:
-->'''Carnie:''' It's the most fun in the park, when you're laughing in the dark.\\
'''Carnie:''' Pick the right door and you'll go free, pick the wrong door and there he'll be.
* ''Series/TheATeam'': This happened to Murdock in "[[Recap/TheATeamS1E6BlackDayAtBadRock Black Day at Bad Rock]]", where he had to give an injured B. A. some of his blood. Murdock uses this new tendency to try to convince B. A. that he will go insane after receiving the blood.
-->'''Murdock''': You'll start hearin' thing you don't see, and rhymin' your words...just like me." *cheeky (and slightly maniacal) smile*
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E1SmithAndJones "Smith and Jones"]] features the line "Judoon platoon upon the Moon", put in by the writer because Creator/DavidTennant had a hard time saying "oon" sounds in the English accent he used for the Doctor without sounding [[OohMeAccentsSlipping Scottish]].
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode "The Shakespeare Code"]]: The witches, whether they're incanting or not, rhyme in couplets.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor "The Name of the Doctor"]]: The Whisper Men who accompany [[spoiler:Dr. Simeon/The Great Intelligence]] only speak in rhymes.
-->''The trap is set. The Doctor's friends''\\
''Will travel where the Doctor ends.''\\
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''This man must fall as all men must''\\
''The fate of all is always dust.''\\
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''The man who lies will lie no more''\\
''When this man lies at Trenzalore.''\\
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''The girl who died, he tried to save''\\
''She'll die again inside his grave.''
* ''Series/TheDoodlebops'': Razz, the eponymous band's manager for Season 1, spoke like this.
* In ''Series/FrankHerbertsDune'', the Baron Harkonnen as portrayed by Ian [=McNeice=] has a habit of [[EvilIsHammy concluding with verse]] when discussing his {{Evil Plan}}s.
-->"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."
** In ''Children of Dune'' the dwarf spy Bijaz does this as a CharacterTic.
--->"Bygones, bygones. Let bygones fall where they may. This has been a dirty day."
* In a ''Series/TheElectricCompany1971'' "Spidey Super Stories" sketch the Birthday Bandit speaks like this.
* The following exchange from the ''Series/{{Friends}}'' episode "The One Where No-One's Ready":
-->'''Ross:''' We can't be late. It starts at eight.\\
'''Phoebe:''' He could not, would not, want to wait.
* This is a trait of Jervis Tetch in ''Series/{{Gotham}}'', initially most frequently while [[MindManipulation hypnotising his marks]]. However, after [[spoiler:his sister killed herself to get away from him]], he started undergoing some serious SanitySlippage and the rhyming began to bleed into his normal speech. Jim Gordon was able to exploit this at one point in interrogation by speaking in rhyme to him, tricking him into inadvertently dropping hints about who Jim was looking for:
-->'''Tetch:''' Nothing! Nothing! I'll tell you naught; his name shall be neither spoken nor taught! He'll cut and he'll crush and the blood will run thick, though from [[spoiler:healer]] to killer is no easy trick!
* Alvie roomed with ''Series/{{House}}'' in the loony bin, busted rhymes so basic and thin, needed Heezy's help in the talent show, and when Heezy walked out that do', he decided he didn't want to be crazy no mo'.
* An episode of Season 9 of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' featured Marshall telling his son Marvin stories in order to calm him down on a crowded bus. Naturally, the entire episode is spoken in rhyme (making it sort of a spoken-word MusicalEpisode), and featured Creator/LinManuelMiranda (at that point best known for his musical ''Theatre/InTheHeights'') as a passenger on the bus. Notable moments of the episode include when one rhyme only works with the subtitles on, and a moment where Marshall [[LeastRhymableWord can't come up with a rhyme for "Canada"]], prompting Miranda's character to launch into a full free-style verse and use the slant rhyme "janitor."
* [[MyBelovedSmother Mrs. Benson]] in ''Series/ICarly'' has a series of silly, and occasionally morbid rhymes to help her through her daily life.
-->'''Mrs. Benson:''' You won't get respect if your back's not [[{{Double Entendre}} erect]].\\
'''Mrs. Benson:''' When temperatures get too high the elderly start to die.
* Alton Brown of ''Series/IronChef America'' often delivers his closing address in poetic, or at least rhyming, style.
%%* The announcer from ''Series/JudgeAlex''.
* In an episode of ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'', all women are expected to do this in the presence of the Margrave. To do otherwise would be disrespecful. [[DarkActionGirl Cara]], at first, has trouble doing this when pretending to be a princess whose skill at poetry is legendary. She does spout a few rhymes later (mostly about torture and murder) and another one later, while turning the Margrave into a punching bag. Zedd, dressed up as a duchess, has no trouble rhyming. Even more impressive, the Margrave's sister is able to rhyme while sobbing at the top of her lungs.
%%* Queen Mab from ''Series/Merlin2008'' (the TV show, not the mini-series).
* ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}'', in which Agnes [=DiPesto=] does this when answering the phone. In the ItsAWonderfulPlot episode, she runs a greeting card firm.
** And one epic scene with David and Maddie and a bouncer at a party:
--->'''David:''' We're looking for a man with a mole on his nose.\\
'''Bouncer:''' A mole on his nose?\\
'''Maddie:''' A mole on his nose!\\
'''Bouncer:''' What kind of clothes?\\
'''Maddie:''' What kind of clothes?\\
'''David:''' What kind of clothes do you suppose?\\
'''Bouncer:''' What kind of clothes do I suppose would be worn by a man with a mole on his nose? Who knows?\\
'''David:''' Did I fail to mention, did I bother to disclose, this man we're seeking with a mole on his nose, I'm not sure of his clothes or anything else, except that he's Chinese--a big clue by itself.\\
'''Maddie:''' How do you do that?\\
'''David:''' Gotta read a lot of Dr. Seuss.\\
'''Bouncer:''' I'm sorry to say, I'm sad to report, I haven't seen anyone at all of that sort. Not a man who's Chinese with a mole on his nose with some kind of clothes that you can't suppose. So get away from this door and get out of this place, or I'll have to hurt you--put my foot in your face.\\
'''David:''' Oh.\\
'''Maddie:''' Time to go.\\
'''David:''' Time to go.
* Eulabelle the black maidservant, from ''Horror of Party Beach'' (''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''), uses occasional but ubiquitously pointless rhymes as homilies:
** "You don't see me sittin' around moanin' and groanin' all day."
** "What are y'all doin' sneekin' and peekin' in the dark for?"
* Granny Duck from ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' talks like this. For example, in the final episode, one of her quotes is "Of all the words spoken that cast a sad spell, the hardest to say is the wish of farewell."
* In ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', there have been a few rhyming [[MonsterOfTheWeek MOTW]]s, some better at it than others.
** At least once in ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', we get a LampshadeHanging: The Yellow Ranger isn't succumbing to the villain's HatePlague, and we get...
--->'''Hate Master:''' Would you give in already?! Doing this is no snap! It really isn't ''easy'' talking all the time in rap!
** The Rangers also had an ally who did this, Quagmire from the "Isle of Illusions" two-part episode. (Although, not all his rhymes made complete sense. For example, he referred to Madame Woe, a MonsterOfTheWeek who appeared in a previous episode, as a "nightmare queen" who Billy fought in a "realm of dreams", which really didn't describe Madame Woe--beyond the fact that she was a rare female monster--or the actual battle at all).
* The basic objective of the 1975 ABC game show ''Series/RhymeAndReason''. A couplet is presented, and two contestants secretly write down a word that rhymes with the last word of the couplet. They select a celebrity on a panel (of six) and the celebrity completes the couplet. Matching the contestant's word scores points.
* One Russ Abbot sketch featured the character Monty Monologue, who much to his wife's mounting frustration speaks only in rhymed couplets, with a double drumbeat at the end to mark the punchline.
-->'''Wife:''' Your dinner's ruined! \\
'''Monty:''' Now there's a tasty dish I see, is that my dinner burning? \\
Why not give it to the dog, and then he won't need worming! ''[boom-boom]''
* How could we possibly avoid mentioning ProfessionalWrestling great [[Wrestling/SuperstarBillyGraham "Superstar" Billy Graham]], the sensation of the nation and the number-one creation? He was filled with the desire to inspire, and took on all contenders and pretenders.
%%* Muffy The Mouse from Today's Special.
* On ''Series/TheWestWing'', one of the signs that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is getting senile is that he tends to write opinions in verse. This is PlayedForLaughs the first few times it comes up:
-->'''President Bartlet:''' (reading) "Fear of cancer from asbestos ... fuzzy science manifestos ..."
* Due to the improvisational nature of a show like ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'', any game that involves singing ends up becoming this. It's most obvious in Hoedown, where you can tell that the guys are struggling to come up with rhymes as they're singing.
* ''Series/WizardsVsAliens'' features a powerful magical creature called a hobbledehoy[[note]]In RealLife that's a word that means "awkward teenage boy," but whatever[[/note]], which not only speaks all in rhyme, but can only understand other people if they do so as well. [[LeastRhymableWord Inability to finish a rhyme]] can actually kill them.
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* Mo and Bo from ''WesternAnimation/AbbyHatcher'' speak in this manner.
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'':
** Jake has a habit of doing this. And sometimes makes Finn do it as well.
--->"Promise me you'll speak in rhymes. Speak in rhymes all the times."
** Choose Goose, a minor character, only speaks in rhymes. In "Finn the Human" his AlternateUniverse counterpart, Choose Bruce, does so as well.
* Concrete mutant Vinnie The Mass from ''[[WesternAnimation/AlphaTeensOnMachines A.T.O.M.]]'' speaks mostly in rhyme.
* "Rhyme for Your Life," an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', sees Binky trying to write a Mother's Day poem for his mom. After struggling to come up with anything, he dozes off and has an extended DreamSequence about "Verseburg," a land where it's a crime not to speak in rhyme (in a bit of GeniusBonus, poor William Carlos Williams, a famous American free verse poet, shows up as a prisoner for refusing to follow the rules). After a lengthy adventure, Binky wakes up, and by the next day he's able to come up with a beautiful poem for his mother on the spot. [[BlessedWithSuck Unfortunately, though,]] he's now so good that he can't ''stop'' speaking in rhyme--at least until he comes across [[LeastRhymableWord Arthur's name]].
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Haiku battle start! / Sokka tries so valiantly / But his counting's off.
** Pathetic Sokka / it's for this very purpose / contractions were made.
** Poor foolish Sokka / An unnecessary word: / "Ladies, I rock ya!"
* Rollerbear in the ''Bitsy Bears'' pilot cartoon. She even wears headphones and rollerskates.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Boundin}}'', in which the whole story is narrated as a rhyming poem.
* The ''WesternAnimation/BumpInTheNight'' episode "I Got Needs" featured a trio of Vikings who spoke in rhyme.
* ''Franchise/CareBears''
** The Cheshire Cat from the [[WesternAnimation/TheCareBearsAdventureInWonderland Care Bears]] version of Literature/AliceInWonderland, who gives the titular characters advice by rapping.
** Princess Starglo from ''[[Franchise/CareBears Share Bear Shines]]'' mostly does this in a rhyming slang kind of way ("Toodles, poodles!"), but uses it in her normal conversation quite a bit, too.
* The title character of the ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' episode "Freaky Fred" does this, remarkable because he's the villain ''and'' the episode is told from ''his'' point of view. His rhymes follow an AAAB scheme, with B always (with one exception) ending with [[CatchPhrase "NAAUUUUUGHTYYY…"]]
* In his host segments on ''WesternAnimation/DisneySingAlongSongs'', Jiminy Cricket will sometimes do this.
* A few one-off Disney cartoons are spoken in rhyme, including:
** ''WesternAnimation/LambertTheSheepishLion''
** ''WesternAnimation/CaseyBatsAgain'' (the follow-up to "Casey at the Bat" from ''Make Mine Music'', mentioned above)
** ''WesternAnimation/PigsIsPigs1954''
** ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresInMusicDuology'' has Professor Owl speaking this way.
** The narrator of the WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck short ''The Litterbug'' speaks in rhyme.
** Most of the characters in ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeLittlePigs'' shorts, mainly Practical Pig, speak in rhyme.
* The ChristmasEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', has Danny ticking off a spirit known as the [[PunnyName Ghost Writer]] who has RealityWarper powers--anything he writes about comes true--by unintentionally destroying the Christmas poem he had been writing. Said ghost responds by forcing Danny and his friends to live his replacement poem until he learns his lesson. As a side effect, everyone suddenly starts talking in constant rhymes, but only Danny notices. When the Ghost Writer is defeated, Danny continues to do this out of habit, leading his friends to ask why he's speaking in rhymes.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheDogAndPonyShow'': In one episode, when Dog and Pony become building superintendents, the magic Pony kept using on the building ultimately accumulated into bringing the building to life. When brought to life, it spoke in rhyme.
* Marimonda the plant-controlling wood sprite from the ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'' episode "Realm of the Jaquins''.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', there are the employees of "Flappy Bob's Happy Peppy Camp and Learn-a-torium", Happy Peppy Betty and Gary. They not only rhyme almost all their sentences, they also sing them, and tend to complete each other's sentences!
-->'''Betty:''' And, umm... Gary! I'm all out of rhimy-whimies!\\
'''Gary:''' ''That'' was a rhimy-whimy!
** Subverted by the Gigglepies, who ''start out'' talking like this, until Timmy asks what they do once they've extracted all the resources from a planet:
--->'''[[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!]]'''''
* In the Hungarian dub, WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones do this constantly.
* Uncle Pockets, from ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends''.
* Hermes from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has a modular catchphrase - "Sweet X of Y!" - that's always spoken in rhyme. e.g. "Sweet guinea pig of Winnipeg!"
** It's notably {{subverted|Catchphrase}} when a depressed Hermes is unable to come up with a rhyme, and simply says "Sweet something of…someplace."
** In the episode "Sly and the Slurm Factory," the Grunka-Lunkas (Oompa-Loompa Expies) try to do this, but their rhymes are less than impressive. "Grunka-Lunka-Dunkity-Dingredient, you should not ask about the secret ingredient! Grunka-Lunka-Dunkity-Darmed guards…"
--->'''Bender''': [[BigShutUp SHUT THE HELL UP!!!]]
* Haggle, a supporting character in ''WesternAnimation/TheGaryColemanShow''.
* Roadblock from ''WesternAnimation/GIJoe'' talks like this sometimes (but sometimes it's just JiveTurkey).
* Wordsworth, a side character from ''WesternAnimation/HeathcliffAndTheCatillacCats''.
* ''WesternAnimation/HomeMovies'' - Brendon makes a video PSA to keep kids from putting marbles in their noses, but his puppet Spiky [=McMarbles=], with his rhyming speech and his snarky attitude, makes kids ''want'' to put marbles in their noses.
* Music/MarcBolan in ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfRock'' does this. The other housemates evict him.
* Spring-Heeled Jack in ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures,'' who speaks in nothing but rhyming couplets. Amazingly, even after being split into his good and evil sides by the Tiger Talisman, he ''still'' pulls it off.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' spoofing ''Literature/GreenEggsAndHam'' rhymes the whole time...except when Johnny comments that "this rhyming stuff really hurts my tongue."
** A ChristmasEpisode narrated by Creator/AdamWest is done in the style of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas."
* Fred from ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBunch'' does this, being a singer and all.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda1989'', the Triforce of Wisdom was a sentient object, and would occasionally dispense advice and prophecies in cryptic rhymes.
* Nedley on ''WesternAnimation/MaggieAndTheFerociousBeast''
* Bob from ''WesternAnimation/MaryokuYummy''. To a lesser extent, Yuzu, whose appearance in an episode usually includes coming up with a new rhyming catchphrase for his and Nonki's fix-it shop.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.
** Zecora the zebra:
*** Particularly impressive in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E6TheCutiePox The Cutie Pox]]", where she sets herself up to make a rhyme with "tooth" before she sees that Apple Bloom chipped her tooth (From Apple Bloom's posture, it was an easy guess). Even her description in the app rhymes: 'Zecora is a zebra, wise beyond her years. People seek her out and help allay their fears.'
*** There was a gag in the main ''MLP'' comic #9 where she noted (in rhyme, naturally) that she needed a moment to think up a rhyme for her next comment.
*** Zecora's ability to rhyme her lines is so iconic, when [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E18AHealthOfInformation she lost it to Swamp Fever]] her friends [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness rushed for the tonic]].
** Not as frequently as Zecora, but Pinkie Pie still likes to rhyme a lot... especially when she's singing.
** Discord. Not as often as Zecora, mind you, but loves handing out torturous riddles. He normally sounds far more menacing while doing so as well.
** Iron Will's inspirational {{Catch Phrase}}s. To name a few:
--->'''Iron Will:''' When somepony tries to block, show them that '''YOU ROCK'''!\\
'''Iron Will:''' Never apologize when you can criticize!
** Twilight briefly rhymes like Zecora in "Secret of My Excess" after she tells him about Spike's greed-induced growth:
--->'''Twilight:''' You mean, the more things a dragon collects, the bigger and greedier he gets?
** Twilight does it again in "The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 2" when in a BadFuture where Nightmare Moon has unleashed eternal night over Equestria:
--->'''Twilight:''' I have to get back to the map so I can stop Starlight from changing the past, because every present I come to is worse than the last!
** Also exchanged between Twilight and Rainbow in "All Bottled Up" once they manage to find the key in the escape room:
--->'''Twilight:''' This is it! I'm so impressed!\\
'''Rainbow:''' I'm not, I knew we were the best!
* Stickety Lipid, a one-time villain in the ''Film/OsmosisJones'' cartoon, ''WesternAnimation/OzzyAndDrix'' dressed and acted like a stereotypical beatnik; he claimed his crimes against Hector (the boy the cells lived in) were [[TrueArtIsAngsty performance art]], and spoke in Beat-style rhymes while accompanying himself on bongos. As with other examples, his rhyming rubbed off on Drix.
* [[spoiler:The Collector]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' was introduced speaking in rhyme in their first appearance. They kept this up until they couldn't find a word that rhymed with "Unity", and decided to just drop the rhyming entirely.
* This exchange in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "One Good Turn" as the kids decide what they want to do today:
--->'''Ferb:''' I'm filled with remorse/ That we haven't, of course / Even thought of building an obstacle course.\\
'''Phineas:''' Then let's build one and make it our new tour de force!\\
'''Ferb:''' That is a plan I can clearly endorse.\\
'''Phineas:''' Of course!\\
'''Baljeet:''' Of course!\\
'''Phineas:''' Of course!\\
'''Buford:''' Of course! [[LampshadeHanging I'm puttin' an end to this before it breaks into song!]] [[OnceAnEpisode Where's Perry?]]
* At the beginning of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}'' color double-reel short ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndHisWonderfulLamp'' has Olive Oyl, portraying a screenwriter at a movie studio, speak like this.
-->'''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!
** The Royal Vizier also briefly speaks like this.
* The entirety of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "Dream Scheme" is all done in rhyme, even with Bubbles using the "anyone want a peanut" gag.
* Toby exhibits this trait in "Callie's Cowgirl Twirl" from ''WesternAnimation/SheriffCalliesWildWest'' as he prepares to call for a square dance, much to Peck's chagrin. Even more so for Peck once he briefly starts doing it himself.
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', the kids attend a safety course with a cop named Officer Dan. The officer uses short, memorable rhymes to help his lessons stick (e.g. "Don't pet a dog that's strange to you. That could be a dangerous thing to do." Later, when Chuckie starts following his example, he tries to rhyme as well, but can't quite remember the right phrases ("Or you might get something on your shoe").
** The [[NightmareFuel horrific]] doll "Mr. Friend", a toy version of a MonsterClown that Stu invents, spouts out rhymes non-stop: "OH BOY, A BRAND NEW FRIEND TO PLAY! WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HAPPY DAY!" Some of the rhymes are rather lousy--"Do your homework, study hard, and don't eat food that's cooked in lard!"--prompting Stu to promise to hire a writer.
* While his isn't usually an example, the Green Goblin of the ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' does this in "Opening Night". Not only is it lampshaded, but it's also partially justified: several of his lines are quotes from Shakespeare's verse. It also acts as a clue to the Goblin's identity: Harry Osborn, the prime suspect behind the mask, was supposed to be playing Puck in a school play, and all of the Shakespeare lines are Puck quotes. [[spoiler: Turned out to be a RedHerring, but nice touch…]]
* "Bad Rap", an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'', is spoken entirely in rhyme, as it's about "Rap Land" being taken over by King Koopa, and the heroes' attempts to stop him. Granted, it's not exactly ''good'' rhyme ("We're the Flab Boys! Hi-dee-ho! This Koopa dude's got to go!"), but it's a solid effort.
* Most of the characters especially Dudley Pig from the animated ''WesternAnimation/TalesFromTheCryptKeeper'' episode "The Third Pig", the wolf has a hard time coming up with them and [[BreakingTheFourthWall yells at the Cryptkeeper when he tells him to do so]].
* The wicked sorcerer Zig Zag from ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler'' rhymes whenever he speaks, often rather elaborately. He actually manages to be both amusing and menacing in this way. For example, when he said "One mistake will suffice! Don't treat me lightly ''twice!''" after taming the alligators he had been thrown to by the ungrateful BigBad One Eye.
** Lampshaded in the infamous [[{{Macekre}} Miramax cut]] when the thief, overhearing one of Zig Zag's private rants, comments to himself, "It must be tough to always speak in rhyme."
* Several locomotives actually started to speak in rhyme at times in the more recent episodes of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends''. It is getting mercifully downplayed however.
** ''WesternAnimation/ThomasandFriendsAllEnginesGo'' also had some moments where some of the characters spoke in rhyme, but it wasn't frequent compared to seasons 13-16 of the original series.
* The female flight attendant who is always heard speaking in ''WesternAnimation/TootAndPuddle'' as Toot / Toot & Puddle's plane travels to another country always speaks in rhyme. A typical example: "As we land in Majorca, we hope it's been a good trip. To enjoy our island, we offer this tip. Take a stroll down our streets to the edge of the sea, try the apples and oranges, they're delicious, you'll agree."
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'', most of the time, the [[TheScrappy unpopular character]] Wheelie always speaks in rhyme! The [[Website/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)!
** Mercifully, he stops doing this in ''Anime/TransformersHeadmasters'' and in several other continuities, such as Dreamwave Comics.
*** Until his return in IDW's spotlight series, which actually made Wheelie's rhyming cool by making it the only way that he can [[http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Darmok_(episode) communicate with a marooned alien with a strange speech pattern]]
** Blaster has a habit of this too.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'', the title character speaks entirely in rhymed couplets, albeit not always with much attention to meter. As Shoe Shine Boy, he speaks normally.
* ''WesternAnimation/WhatsWithAndy'' had an episode where Andy was dared to speak in rhyme for an entire day. He mastered it pretty well, up until he was challenged to rhyme the word [[LeastRhymableWord 'orange']]. [[spoiler:Which he succeeded; it rhymes with 'door hinge'.]]
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/WowWowWubbzy'' featured the Hopping Dipple-Dop, a character who only spoke in rhymes.
* Jeremy Hillary Boob, Ph.D in ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'', who justifies it, saying:
-->If I spoke prose, you'd soon find out\\
I don't know what I talk about!
** He's also capable of rhyming whatever the Beatles say, even if doesn't follow iambic pentameter precisely:
--->'''Paul:''' (''pointing to the Boob'') Hey, fellas. Look.\\
'''Boob:''' (''writing on a notepad with a pen between his toes'') The footnotes for my nineteenth book.\\
This is my standard procedure for doing it.\\
And while I compose it, I'm also reviewing it!\\
'''George:''' A boob for all seasons.\\
'''Paul:''' How can he lose?\\
'''John:''' Were your notices good?\\
'''Boob:''' It's my policy never to read my reviews.
* WesternAnimation/YogiBear does this often too.
* Groove on ''WesternAnimation/TheCattanoogaCats''; everything he says is either a rhyming couplet, or rhymes with the last sentence someone else said.
* WesternAnimation/DangerMouse must contend with Penfold as a rhyming superhero after he swallows a vitamin pill that turns him into the Blue Flash.
* ''WesternAnimation/HowMurraySavedChristmas'': Being a Christmas story is told mostly in rhyme. However near the end, Murray and Edison are stopped by a police officer on their way home who ask if he has his "poetic license". When Murry reveals he doesn't have one, the officer tells him to stop rhyming before complaining that he has trouble having to keep doing it daily while on the job.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
** Exchanged between [=SpongeBob=] and Mr. Krabs in "Born Again Krabs":
--->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' But it's old, and cold, and so very full of mold!\\
'''Mr. Krabs:''' You're not to make another patty until that one is SOLD!
** Done in the short episode "[=SpongeBob=] vs the Patty Gadget" in Season 5, in which majority of the dialogue are in rhymes.
* Jack The villainous Jack-in-the-box from the Creator/HannaBarbera series Timeless Tales episode "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", voiced by ''Creator/TimCurry''.
* Pretty Bit, one of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Popples}}'' does this.
* In his role as Giggler in the Super Cluepers on ''Literature/{{Franklin}} and Friends'', Rabbit has a tendency to recap where things are at in the mystery-solving in rhymes.
* In the Australian animated series ''WesternAnimation/TheSilverBrumby'', Mopoke the owl is an advisor to main stallion Thowra, but he always gives advice (and basically speaks) in only rhymes.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' episode "[[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS02E15Frightningale Frightningale]], pop singer Clara Nightingale talks like this. Then she gets akumatized into the titular villain Frightningale and enforces the trope on everybody else in Paris, on the penalty of being TakenForGranite if they fail to rhyme.
** In "Timetagger", the titular villain speaks mostly in rap.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' have a TrappedInTVLand episode where the Titans are dragged into the world of television, into a variety of different channels. Starfire notably ends up in a Dr. Seuss parody where every moment of dialogue rhymes by default.
-->'''Pelican:''' Oh, have you seen my hippo? He hides and I must seek.\\
'''Starfire:''' I cannot play. Please, do you know a strange man named Control Freak?
* In "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" from ''WesternAnimation/BeatBugs'', the Beat Bugs and other bugs in the backyard village are all hit with a "rhyming curse" which makes it so that they can only speak in rhyme.
* The 1993 Creator/HannaBarbera ChristmasSpecial ''WesternAnimation/TheTownSantaForgot'' has all the dialogue entirely spoken in rhyme. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that it's adapted from the Christmas poem "Jeremy Creek" by Charmaine Severson.
* ''WesternAnimation/XavierRiddleAndTheSecretMuseum'': A lot of rhymes are made in "I Am Mark Twain." For example, "We didn't notice the fence got done/We were having too much fun!"
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'': Gargamel in the intro.
-->'''Gargamel:''' "Ravage the land as never before. Total destruction from mountain to shore!"
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* ''WesternAnimation/HomeMovies'' - Brendon makes a video PSA to keep kids from putting marbles in their noses, but his puppet Spiky Mc Marbles, with his rhyming speech and his snarky attitude, makes kids ''want'' to put marbles in their noses.

** It's notably lampshaded when a depressed Hermes is unable to come up with a rhyme, and simply says "Sweet something of… something else."

'''Vizzini:''' No more rhymes now! I mean it!\\

'''Vizzini:''' GAH!