History Main / Sssssnaketalk

* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'': "Could you repeat that? [[http://robotchicken.wikia.com/wiki/Hissing_Noise I'm getting a hissing noise."]]

* In ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'': White Mamba hisses on words that involve an s, such as her opening "what's up?"

Ssssubtrope of [[AnimalSpeciesAccent Animal Sssspeciessss Accent]].

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* ''Fanfic/MegaManRecut'' deconstructs this in "Bot Transfer." This makes it difficult for anyone to understand Mega Man while in Snake Man’s body – or Snake Man himself.

* In the ''Pokemon'' fanfic ''Fanfic/PokemonXNimjaPlayTheGame,'' Slang, a panicky German Dunsparce, talks like this. Of course, his German accent doubles as a FunetikAksent, [[SelfDemonstratingArticle sssssssso in ze end he talkssssssss like zisssssss... pleasssssse don’t get him anyvhere near Nimja... he’sssssss heard ssssssome ssssssstrange sssssssingsssss about him...]]

* Used believably in the ''Literature/{{Destroyermen}}'' series. Though they have their own language, the Grik [[AliensSpeakingEnglish use written and spoken English]] as the “scientific tongue,” thanks to the capture of a British East India Company ship that came to the [=altEarth=] in the 1700s. Other Grik-like peoples, such as the Tagranesi and Khonashi tribes who ally with the Lemurians and the US Navy, also start learning English. However, as they are all reptiles descended from Cretaceous-Period raptors, they are unable to pronounce any letter whose sound requires lips, and sometimes try to substitute with “F” or “S”. Other times, they will use grammatically-incorrect-but-pronounceable word substitutions, like “I” for “me” or “us” for “we.”

-->'''Snake''': That’ssss not niccce!

* ''Comicbook/JudgeDredd'': All of the Dark Judges talk with a noticeable hiss after their transformation to undead. "The crime issss life, the ssssentence issss death!"
* Creator/MarvelComics has [[FishPeople Manphibian]] as well as ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' villains the Lizard, Comicbook/{{Venom}}, and Stegron.

* [[Franchise/TheDCU DC Comics]] snake cult/terrorist organization Kobra requires this as a stage of initiation for all their converts. This is noted in ''Comicbook/IdentityCrisis'', when Green Arrow takes Wonder Woman to interrogate [[Comicbook/SuicideSquad Slipknot]], who was suspected of attempting to kill Jean Loring, and who became a Kobra convert in prison. He starts talking like this, and Green Arrow tells him to drop the "fake hiss".

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* ''Literature/BazilBroketail'': It's very rare, but dragons talk that way occasionally.

* The Lizardmen from ''Webcomic/BrunoTheBandit''.
* The Ghouls from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' do a lot of "his"ing.
* [[LizardFolk Jade the Yuan-Ti]] in ''Webcomic/{{Darken}}'' subverts it, speaking perfectly normally ... except when LoveableRogue Casper -- who owes her a debt -- has a [[AllJustADream nightmare]] about her.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Selkie}}'', the titular character adds an "s" to many of her words, but it's not particularly exaggerated most of the time.
* Shannon in ''Webcomic/BloodyUrban'', who has a forked tongue, hisses slightly when he says certain wordss.
* In ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'', Y.T. the lamia mixes this with a Texan accent.
* [[SnakePeople Francesca]] of ''Webcomic/TheHorrifyingExperimentsOfDrPleasant'' really letsss 'em fly when she'ssss been drinking.
* In ''Webcomic/PeterAndCompany'' Skin the snake replaces "s" with "th". Other characters, including [[FunnyAnimal the anthropomorphic lizards]], speak properly. (He's actually a [[NotAMetaphor guardian angel]]/imaginary friend to a retarded lizard boy.)
* [[http://poorlydrawnlines.com/comic/sssnake/ Exaggerated and lampshaded]] in ''Webcomic/PoorlyDrawnLines''.
* ''Webcomic/ChampionsOfFaraus'': Serpentus the sea serpent talks like this.
* Snakes in ''Webcomic/{{Huckleberry}}'', most notably the Diamondback, talk like this.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', during the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' parody storyline "Grace-A-Monsters!", the Grace-A-Monster that looks like a [[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/gam-26 humanoid Arbok]] talks like this.

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* ''Literature/{{Letterland}}'': Sammy Snake, being a snake, talks like this.

-->"Take me in, oh tender woman,\\
"Take me in for goodness sake.\\
"Take me in, oh tender woman,"\\

* Rory Bremner's impression of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, pulls heavily on that quirk of his voice: "Issn't it ssstriking, that God, in hisss wisssdom hasss chosssen asss hisss sssservant ssssomeone who ssssounds sssso ssssusssspiccccioussssly like a sssserpent."

* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'': Gollum. "Sssneakinggg, my preccciousss, yesss..."
* The Snake in the musical version of ''The Little Prince''.
* In ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'', the snake says "Thankss." In [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets the next film]], Parseltongue is represented as an untranslated language; we don't hear it in English like in the first film. However, it still has plenty of drawn-out "s"es. To wit:
-->'''Harry''': Ssiah sieth.
* Agent Smith from ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' series tends to drag out the end of a lot of his words, but the "s" sounds are the most noticeable.
* ''Film/TheProducers'': Carmen Ghia goes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL3OOnPfgoY&feature=related Yesssssssssssssssssssssssss?]] as he greets Max and Leo into his house.

* Mr. Simms at the end of the horror anthology ''Film/TalesFromTheHood'': "[[spoiler:WelcomeToHell]], motherfuckerssss!"
* Some snake horror movies have this in their title. E.g. "Sssssnake Kobra" alias "Sssssss". Or "Hisss". (If googling, note that the number of "s" tendsssss to vary.)
* Defied by George and Martha, the two snakes on [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Hermes' caduceus]], in ''Film/PercyJacksonSeaOfMonsters''. George speaks with a normal American accent and insists that this trope is racist.
* ''Film/{{Mowgli}}'': While Kaa the python doesn't normally speak this way, she does talk like this once when angered.

Often employed by LizardFolk, [[SnakePeople Ssssnake People]], and [[LizardFolk Lissard Folk]]. And sssssometimesssss even [[SmugSnake Sssssmug Sssssnakesssss]].

** The Anaata beast tribe in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' naturally talk like this, as does their Primal, Sri Lakshmi, though in the latter's case, it's not nearly as pronounced vocally.

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* Averted in ''Fanfic/TaleOfSolaron'' where the titular SnakePerson is quite well spoken, though he often hisses when angry.

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Often employed by LizardFolk, [[SnakePeople Ssssnake People]], and {{The Reptilians}}sss. And sssssometimesssss even [[SmugSnake Sssssmug Sssssnakesssss]].