History Main / SpeakingSimlish

The language of {{NPC}}s and other AI constructs in simulation games and some {{RPG}}s, made up of [[TheUnintelligible nonsense sounds]] strung together like actual words. It's not a cypher, normal speech spoken backwards or anything like that, it is quite simply gibberish or "Simlish" as ''VideoGame/TheSims'' [[AllThereInTheManual manual says]].

* The eponymous brothers in the ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi'' series "talk" using vaguely Italian gibberish, though there were a few one-word exceptions, such as when they call each other by name. In the first game, this is a running gag.
** E. Gadd from ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' brings over his own brand of Simlish to ''Superstar Saga'' and ''Partners in Time''.

* ''VideoGame/LegoRacers 2'' also had this, this also allowed them to put player's name in the dialogue without any problems.
** It gets even funnier when you hold down the fast forward button, increasing the speed and pitch.

* Performer ''Creator/{{Andy Kaufman}}'' invented a comedy character called Foreign Man, from the island of Caspiar, who spoke in a gibberish of his own invention interspersed with broken English. Later, he evolved the character into Latka Gravas for the sitcom ''Series/{{Taxi}}''.

* Everyone in ''WesternAnimation/MrBeanTheAnimatedSeries'' usually talked this way, until it was revived in 2015 and everyone started speaking in complete sentences, including Bean. (In the [[Series/MrBean original live-action series]], Mr Bean would sometimes talk like this, and sometimes actually speak, depending on what was funnier. The overall effect was that the socially awkward Bean suffered from selective mutism.)

* Dorothy Ann's book in ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus Plays Ball'' reads something like "aokOGHKdpsop pipDhuPO pq sdohi phipi shjMcKlzn Gialok mvosl baseball powtk vmXbl Vkld KJ A Sshj".
* Everyone in ''WesternAnimation/MrBeanTheAnimatedSeries'' usually talked this way, until it was revived in 2015 and everyone started speaking in complete sentences, including Bean. (In live-action, Mr Bean would sometimes talk like this, and sometimes actually speak, depending on what was funnier. The overall effect was that the socially awkward Bean suffered from selective mutism.)

* WebAnimation/YouTubePoop will often feature gibberish sentences. These can simply be sentences [[RewindGag played in reverse]], or they can be sentences chopped up into short soundbites and reassembled in a random order. The latter also qualifies as MotorMouth.

* Everyone in ''[[Series/MrBean Mr. Bean: The Animated Series]]'' usually talked this way, until it was revived in 2015 and everyone started speaking in complete sentences, including Bean. (In live-action, Mr Bean would sometimes talk like this, and sometimes actually speak, depending on what was funnier. The overall effect was that the socially awkward Bean suffered from selective mutism.)

** Playing the game in Spanish makes Animalese [[LuckyTranslation fairly understandable]].

* WebAnimation/YouTubePoop will often feature gibberish sentences. These can simply he sentences [[RewindGag played in reverse]], or they can be sentences chopped up into short soundbites and reassembled in a random order. The latter also qualifies as MotorMouth.

* The characters in ''VideoGame/EYEDivineCybermancy'' all speak Simlish. [[SpacePirate Looter]] voices sound vaguely Russian, but slurred because looters are perpetually drunk.

* Every character in ''[[Series/MrBean Mr. Bean: The Animated Series]]'', until it was revived in 2015 and everyone started speaking in complete sentences, including Bean. (In live-action, Mr Bean would sometimes talk like this, and sometimes actually speak, depending on what was funnier. The overall effect was that the socially awkward Bean suffered from selective mutism.)

* The ''VideoGame/{{Croc}}'' series on the original UsefulNotes/Playstation is another nostalgic example. The first game had little to no dialogue, but still used grunts and random gibberish when applicable. The sequel went full on Banjo-style and had a proper script complete with simlish readings for most characters, apart from [[HonestJohnsDealership Swap Meet Pete]] who just rambles the same five or so syllables drunkenly.

** One recurring segment from the early seasons of ''Series/SesameStreet'' featured thirty dots lining up in timing with the background music. A variant of this shows a little dot talking to one of the dots in this Simlish language, and another shows the dots meeting up with the squares, one of the dots conversing to one of the squares in the same gibberish as before.

Compare VoiceGrunting, which is somewhat similar, but not nearly as elaborate. Contrast ConLang, which has actual language structure as opposed to gibberish, though the two might overlap especially on non-essential conversations.

* E. Gadd from the ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' games speaks in vaguely Japanese-sounding gibberish, along with the occasional "Luigi" and "oya mā!"[[note]]Literally means "oh my" in Japanese, is also E. Gadd's Japanese name[[/note]]

** One recurring segment from the early seasons of ''Series/SesameStreet'' featured thirty dots lining up in timing with the background music. A variant of this shows a little dot talking to one of the dots in this Simlish language, and another shows the dots meeting up with the squares, one of the dots conversing to one of the squares in the same gibberish as before.

* ''VideoGame/TheSims'', of course. It became so famous that artists such as Music/BarenakedLadies, Music/{{Paramore}}, Music/LilyAllen, Music/PixieLott, Music/GaelicStorm, The Music/FlamingLips, Music/DepecheMode and Music/{{Anthrax}} have recorded Simlish versions of one of their songs. The Ting Tings went one further and actually recorded one of their songs on their debut album entirely in Simlish.

* ''VideoGame/TheSims'', of course. It became so famous that artists such as Barenaked Ladies, Paramore, Music/LilyAllen, Music/PixieLott, Music/GaelicStorm, The Music/FlamingLips, Depeche Mode and Anthrax have recorded Simlish versions of one of their songs. The Ting Tings went one further and actually recorded one of their songs on their debut album entirely in Simlish.

* Every character in ''[[Series/MrBean Mr. Bean: The Animated Series]]'', until it was revived in 2015 and everyone started speaking in complete sentences, including Bean. (In live action, Mr Bean would sometimes talk like this, and sometimes actually speak, depending on what was funnier. The overall effect was that the socially awkward Bean suffered from selective mutism.)

* In the episode, Jack and the Scotsman Pt. 1 of ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', the head bounty hunter is an anthropomorphic hog dressed like a state trooper who barks incoherently and [[MotorMouth rapidly]] in a DeepSouth accent.

* The characters in ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' speak Simlish in a way quite similar to ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'', though they also have their own written ConLang, some of which can be translated.

** Spin-off ''Monster Hunter Stories'' uses Monster Hunter Language in its cutscenes, but care was put into making it sound consistent. If a character repeats or questions what was just said, you can often hear the same "words" being used.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBoyAndTheWorld'', both the dialogue and the visible signage are entirely comprised of this.

* The characters in ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' speak Simlish in a way quite similar to ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}''. However, they throw a few words in that sound like garbled English, mostly spoken by the player's Inkling, and they also have their own written ConLang.

*** For ''VideoGame/TheUrbz: Sims in the City'', the Music/BlackEyedPeas released the Simlish songs "Ga Ra Ta Da" ("Let's Get Retarded"/"Let's Get It Started") and "Friddy Dope".