History Main / Sssssnaketalk

* In ''WebOriginal/LoomingGaia'', [[SnakePeople Gorgons]] enunciate heavily on “S” and “Z” sounds due to their forked tongues.

* The Anime/{{Pokemon}} Ekans and Seviper, in PokemonSpeak. Ekans' evolution Arbok also tends to [[TrrrillingRrrs draw out its first syllable]].

* In ''WebAnimation/{{Alphabet}}'', the letters speak by [[PokemonSpeak repeating their own name]]. S says his name with a snakelike hiss, and he looks like the animal to match.

%%* ''Webcomic/ChampionsOfFaraus'': Serpentus the {{Sea Serpent|s}} talks like this.%%Like what?

* Cobra Commander on ''Franchise/GIJoe''. Particularly in ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeTheMovie'', where he "[[WasOnceAMan wass onsse a man...]]"

* The snake from the ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' episode "Watch the Birdies" spoke this way.
* On ''WesternAnimation/ChopSockyChooks'', the villain Kobra gains a snake-like way of speaking after being bitten by a snake. And in one episode, he brainwashes the people of Wasabi World by hypnotism. They all repeat what he said, complete with lisp, until he tells them to stop it.
* Snake Man in ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears''; it's apparently ''programmed in'', as when he switches bodies with Mega Man, he never drags out his S's, whilst Mega Man does.

* The tree cobra that bites Virjay in ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}}'' announces, "I wasss onssse a maaan", presumably as a ShoutOut to the ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeTheMovie'' line quoted above.
* Adder and Sinuous from ''WesternAnimation/TheAnimalsOfFarthingWood''.
* Played incredly, exaggeringly straight in ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''. A snake equivalent of Earth exists where its inhibaitants's hissing is their entire language, with very little translation provided in the episode.
* Mr. Burns from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. "Exxxxxxxxxxxxcellent..."
* The Rattler on ''WesternAnimation/CoolMcCool''.
* One of the minor villians, [[IncrediblyLamePun Ssserpent]] on ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce''. Justified, as [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin he actually is a serpent-like alien.]]
* Rani Nagi from ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays''.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Detentionaire}}'' had an episode where Lee was hallucinating that the Red Tazelwurm was talking to him, and this is how it spoke. Of course, it's not really accurate since he [[AllJustADream came up with the whole thing himself in his feverish state]]. [[OrWasItADream Probably]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'': This is a trademark of the Serpentine race, and one of the first signs that someone has been infected by Fangpire venom.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': The chimera's snake head speaks this way in the season 4 episode "Somepony to Watch Over Me".
* The Electroids from ''WesternAnimation/{{Mixels}}'' speak this way in a borderline example. They're electricity-based in nature, and their bodies naturally shock and convulse with electricity when they say s- and z- sounds, making them elongate them. They don't do it ''all'' the time, but it's noticeable when they do. It also should be noted that Teslo has a lizard-like design to him and Zaptor's name is a portmanteau of "zap" and "raptor".
* Ushari the Egyptian cobra from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'' speaks this way.
* One of the Flame King's would-be assassins talks like this in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''. Finn and Jake confront a chef when they hear him hissing the same way, only to discover he wasn't - an actual snake that had fallen on Jake's head was making the noise.
* On ''WesternAnimation/TheOctonauts'', the yellow-bellied sea snakes in "Yellow Bellied Sea Snakes" talk like this.
* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' has Sass, kwami of the Snake Miraculous. [[spoiler: Makes you wonder how Luka will talk as Viperion]].
* In "[[Recap/TheDragonPrinceS4E3Breathtaking Breathtaking]]" from ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'', after using a dark magic spell to get ScaledUp, Claudia speaks this way, [[DownplayedTrope albeit subtly]].

* Tapio Haltija of ''Literature/TheTraitorSonCycle'' speaks like this, even though he has nothing to do with reptiles or reptile-like creatures.
* Naga speak this way in ''[[Literature/TheDarkProfitSaga Orconomics]]''. Gorm meets a Naga barkeep named Angusss. When he speaks his name, the barkeep corrects him that it's pronounced "Anguss", adding that "the middle 's' is silent." As expected, he tends to hiss his "s"'s.
* In Paula Volsky's ''The Luck of Relian Kru,'' there are two magically-created metal snakes who hiss, and hiss their "s"'s.
* ''Literature/TheLittleGreyMenSeries'': The villainous adder in ''Down the Bright Stream'' talkssss like thisss.
* The ''Velociraptors'' in ''Astrosaurs'' speak like this, with the exception of General Loki.
* ''Literature/TheReluctantKing'': Princess Yargali, who's essentially a were snake, talks like this, with a sibilant hiss when pronouncing anything which uses an "S".

* In ''Literature/{{Bounders}}'', the Alkalinians, snake-like aliens, hiss their S and SH sounds.
* ''Literature/BazilBroketail'': It's very rare, but dragons talk that way occasionally, usually when vocalizing their approval with "yesss".

* Mesogog in ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder''. He manages to do it with ''non-''sibilants, actually, making his speech a lot breathier than non-reptile characters. Many other snake or lizard based MonsterOfTheWeek characters do this as well, to varying degrees.

* The boss of Guffawha Ruins in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'' is not a snake, but a talking stone head who does this with "f" and "s" sounds.
* ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVAbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder'':
** Mordak says "Sssssay goodbye, sssssswine!" Mind you, he is actually taking the form of a snake at this point.
** Also, Graham CAN talk to that [[MemeticMutation pOIsonous snake]] and it says "Sssssstay back!"

* The online virtual pet game ''Website/{{Neopets}}'''s NPC Sssidney. Even his ''name'' has ssnaketalk. And his species is a Nimmo, which is a lot closer to a frog than a snake.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** The Bangaa race in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance''. Thankfully they dropped this in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2''.
** In another ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' example, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV DS'' has one of the Four Fiends Scarmiglionne using this trope, though he's a bit inconsistent.
** The Ananta 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. Just about every interaction with the former also has the player character imitate it.
* The T'Rang from the ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}}'' games speak like this, despite being insectoids.
* Sssssam the snake in ''VideoGame/Rayman2TheGreatEscape''.

* Creator/SpiderwebSoftware likes this one. In ''VideoGame/{{Exile}}'' and its [[VideoGameRemake remake]] ''VideoGame/{{Avernum}}'', [[LizardFolk sliths]] talk like this. So do the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent drayks (and drakons)]] in ''VideoGame/{{Geneforge}}''. However, the sliths and drayks that spend most of their time dealing with people lose the speech pattern.

* Theron-class Locust in ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' speak with a whispery, hissing voice and have a tendency to elongate their S's ("Sssapient wasste!").
* The enigmatic G-Man from the ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' sseries tends to draw out his speech in this fashion, Mister Freeman. Most of his speech tends to be AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLAble rather than just drawing it out, giving the impression that English is not just his second language, but speaking is his second means of communication.
* The mushroom like Lk from ''VideoGame/StarControl 3''. "Greetingsss, fellow sssentient. I am the massster inheritor." [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBJUnSosFJk&feature=PlayList&p=B3C721669BDBBB3F&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=42 Click this link to watch it.]]

* In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout Tactics|BrotherhoodOfSteel}}'', hairy deathclaws speak this way. Yes, [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091030012639/fallout/images/thumb/4/4f/FoT_Matriarch_MardinMap.png/200px-FoT_Matriarch_MardinMap.png they talk]].
* Reptile men and Serpent men (in previous versions, Lizardmen and Snakemen) in ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress''. This is determined by the [LISP] [[http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/DF2010:Creature_token#L creature token]] in the raws, so if you want to, you can make everybody snake talking.

* Variant: ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIX'' has [[spoiler:Drak after eating the Fygg]], a giant taking '''l'''izard, who does this with the letter l instead of s.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestXI'' has the Auroral Serpent, who does this all the way. "You shall have the pleasssure of being the Auroral Ssserpent'sss sssupper!"
* Most of the Kremlings in the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance remakes of the ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' trilogy.
* ''VideoGame/TrafficDepartment2192'' has the Selarian race, as represented by Lt. (j.g.) Koth.
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'': General Bertram elongates all of his s's and vowels until you start wondering if there's a snake rather than a man under that helmet.
* ''VideoGame/MasterOfOrion'': The [[LizardFolk Sakkra]] homeworld is called Sssla. However, you won't see them hissing much in their speech to you during diplomatic meetings. This is likely due to the use of TranslatorMicrobes.
%%* ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'': [[TheMorlocks The Rats]] all speak like this.
* ''VideoGame/{{Starbound}}'': Though they're PlantAliens instead of reptiles, the Florans talk like this, especially when talking about ssstabbing. This includes the [[OnlySaneMan otherwise sane]] [[EmperorScientist greenfingers]]; only [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch Nuru]] avoids it, aside from the odd relapse.

* ''VideoGame/OhSirTheInsultSimulator'': For some reason, Creator/HPLOvecraft talks like this in some words.

%%* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'': The Ghouls do a lot of "his"ing.
* ''Webcomic/{{Darken}}'': [[LizardFolk Jade the Yuan-Ti]] speaks perfectly normally ... except when the LoveableRogue Casper -- who owes her a debt -- has a [[AllJustADream nightmare]] about her.
* ''Webcomic/{{Selkie}}'': The titular character adds an "s" to many of her words, but it's not particularly exaggerated most of the time.
* ''Webcomic/BloodyUrban'': Shannon, who has a forked tongue, hisses slightly when he says certain wordss.
* ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'': Y.T. the lamia mixes this with a Texan accent.

* ''Webcomic/{{Huckleberry}}'': Snakes such as the Diamondback draw out their s's when they talk. It even happens in their thought bubbles.
* ''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.

* Madame Snake in ''WesternAnimation/TeamoSupremo''.
* King Hiss and his loyal race of Snake Men in ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse''. Notably, this is part of Sssqueeze's ''name'', though in the DC series that started in 2012 non-Snake Men call him "Squeeze".

* Camille Chameleon, a villain from ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'', is a shapeshifter who does this, which gives the hero a simple way to tell her from the person she's imitating -- that is, unless he simply thinks they need some throat lozenges...

* Slithe from ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985'' (whose name, in the comic books, proves to actually be "S-s-slithe") talks like this. Many of his lines end with "Yes" whether it makes sense to end the sentence that way or not, apparently just to add extra sibilants so he can do this, [[VerbalTic yeeeesss]]?
* In ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' Snaketalk is present with all the {{Lizard|Folk}}s, Slithe included, but comparatively [[DownplayedTrope underplayed]]. They generally stress their sibilants, but don't heavily prolong them.
* Repton, leader of the raptors from ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks''. None of his henchmen do, though, which is odd, seeing as they're apparently also his brothers.
* Snake of the Gangreen Gang in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998''. He even at one point goes out of his way to say "yess" instead of "no", the correct answer to the question being asked. When Ace [[DopeSlap slaps him]] he wises up and corrects himself: "I meansss no."
* Dr. Viper in ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'', who was half kat/half lizard.
* The Cobra Queen on ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' occasionally slips into this trope but thankfully doesn't overuse it. It is also apparently Cave Guy's fetish.
-->'''Cobra Queen''': Tell me more about my eyessssssssss.\\
'''Cave Guy''': I ''love'' the way you say eyes!
* The incredibly appropriately named Dr. Hiss in ''WesternAnimation/TheBOTSMaster'', who extends this to Z sounds (pronouncing them as if they were "S"es instead), as well. Oh, and Ziv Zoolander's Boyzz BOTS have a similar problem to Waspinator, noted above; they pronounce "S" sounds as "Z"s in every context.

* Rokudo Mukuro from ''Manga/Reborn2004'' tends to do this.

* Orochimaru of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' does this occasionally in the manga. Given [[{{Orochi}} the inspiration for his character]], it fits. It doesn't seem to happen as often in the [[Creator/{{Kujira}} Japanese]] or [[Creator/SteveBlum English]] TV series; instead, the voice actors compensate by making his voice very raspy and feminine-sounding.

* The Animax English dub of [[PoisonousPerson Cobra]] in ''Manga/FairyTail'' gives him this sort of voice, but otherwise {{averted}} as the Japanese and Funimation English dub give him a BadassBaritone.

* Sssssssubverted by King Tyrant Lizard in ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'', who has a prominent lisp and simply cannot properly make "s" sounds, a fact that he is very sensitive about.

* ''Franchise/TheDCU'''s 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".
* The lizards and reptiles in the ''VideoGame/StarFox'' ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' comic book all speak like this.
* Reptile spoke like this in the ''[[ComicBook/MortalKombatMalibuComics Mortal Kombat II]]'' comics. This style would later be used in his ''VideoGame/MortalKombat4'' ending (see Video Games section).
* The ''ComicBook/{{Madballs}}'' comic book published by Creator/MarvelComics subsidiary Star Comics depicted Snake Bait as pronouncing his S's with a hiss because of the Madballs' reptilian nature.
* In the ''Dragon Wars'' arc, ComicBook/LadyDeath is transported to a world of dragons who talk like this.
* In ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'', the [[https://zelda.fandom.com/wiki/Zora_(character) fish-like Zora]] talks with a strong hiss:
-->'''Zora:''' "Uggh! You'rre an ugly little mannn... But you have my thanksss for helping my Epheremelda... I sssaw your sssword and thought you were the knight..."

* Averted and lampshaded in the ''Fanfic/UndocumentedFeatures'' story ''Twilight'' ([[Literature/{{Twilight}} no relation]]), where Jormungand's speech is "perfectly atypical for the world's largest snake to have", because it doesn't use sssnaketalk.
* Averted in ''Fanfic/TheTaleOfSolaron'' where the titular SnakePerson is quite well spoken, though he often hisses when angry.
* Esmé in ''Fanfic/PawnToQueen'', to an incredibly {{Narm}}y degree, especially with the fic otherwise being a DarkerAndEdgier angstfest.
* In ''Fanfic/ThoseLackingSpines'', Saïx's {{Seme}} Secks talks like this. ItMakesSenseInContext. Well, kind of.

* In ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality'', whenever Harry or Quirrel talk in parseltongue, an extra s gets added, and the writing style changes a little, to suggest that parseltongue lacks some words for human concepts.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''[=/=]''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/APonyOutOfPlace'', Flare had to face an Titanoboa to protect Miss Cheerilee, her Class, Spike, and eventually Twilight.

* The Tayhil speak this way in ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone''. So does George, when [[VoluntaryShapeshifting he becomes a Tayhil Leader.]]
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' fic ''Fanfic/OldWest'' has several snakes as prominent characters, including the canonical Rattlesnake Jake, but they all avert this trope by speaking like the other Western characters. However, Grace Glossy does refer to [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 Kaa]] -- or more accurately, [[Film/TheJungleBook2016 the female Kaa]] who's voiced by the author's choice for Grace's notional voice actress, Creator/ScarlettJohansson -- by asking Jake to "trusssssst in her".
* 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...]]

* The cobras in ''Rikki Tiki Tavi''.

* The Spirit from the ''Franchise/CareBears'' movie tends to speak like this on occasion, most notably in her first line.
-->'''The Spirit''': Nicholassssss...

* Gregor from ''Literature/SuperMinion'' talks with a faint hiss in his voice.

* 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."

* Lampshaded in the Creator/MercedesLackey[=/=]Creator/AndreNorton collaborative novel ''Literature/TheElvenbane'': Keman, a shapeshifting [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon]], has introduced himself to some other heroic characters while posing as a half-Elf. When he decides to reveal his true form (after quite some time), he breaks out in exaggerated sssssnaketalk.
* In the ''Literature/{{Larklight}}'' trilogy, Ssilissa, a "blue lizard creature," was originally named Millicent and mispronounced it consistently enough as a child that eventually everyone else gave up and just called her Ssilissa. That's right, not Millicent, not even Sillisa, but Ssilissa. She's got everyone else hissing, too. Then in the third book, [[spoiler: the rest of her species (the Snilth) turn up and we get names such as Zssthss, Alor, Ssoozzs and Thss. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d when the narrator comments that this sounds more like a gas leak than a name.]]
* Crowley of ''Literature/GoodOmens'' has "a tendency to hiss" whenever he forgot himself. This isn't very surprising, as he was [[Literature/TheBible the snake]].

* In ''Literature/{{Animorphs}},'' the Taxxons have tongues so long they ''can't'' speak any language but their own, which is filled with "S's."
* In Creator/TanyaHuff's novel ''[[Literature/ConfederationOfValor Valor's Choice]]'', the reptilian race is heard this way by the protagonist ''even though their native language is being run through a UniversalTranslator.'' This is explained as the protagonist's translator being either old or broken and her needing a replacement. The rest of the Marines hear the Silsviss speaking normally. [[BellisariosMaxim Don't think about it too hard.]]
* Gollum in Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', my preciousss. Gollum is so fond of sibilants that he will use all nouns in the plural (regardless of actual number) and all verbs in s-form (regardless of whether the subject is third-person singular or not). He also avoids second person, using third person instead, probably to get even more sibilants in. Tolkien once spotted an "error" in ''Literature/TheHobbit'' as printed, where Gollum said the correct "I like riddles" instead of "likes". As he said, "Not that Gollum would miss the chance of a sibilant!"
* The criminal Ssnake in Creator/PerryMoore's ''Literature/{{Hero}}''. [[spoiler:Is [[HandWave handwaved]] when Thom unwittingly makes out with Ssnake in his civilian identity (Simon Hess, ironically enough) at a gay bar. The hiss is stereotypically explained away as a lisp.]]
* Draca and Lorn in Anne Bishop's ''Literature/BlackJewels'' trilogy. To make matters even more ridiculous, they hiss when speaking using ''{{telepathy}}''.
* The dragon Calandor in Jacqueline Carey's ''Literature/{{Banewreaker}}''. But unlike the ''Black Jewels'' example, his telepathic voice doesn't hiss, only his actual speaking voice.

* Not Rose from ''Literature/TheBookOfLostThings'' speaks like this after undergoing GlamourFailure.
* Creator/RudyardKipling's ''The Elephant's Child'' (one of the ''Literature/JustSoStories'') has the bicoloured python rocksnake, who combines this with SesquipedalianLoquaciousness. In the audiotape version read by Jack Nicholson, this is spot-on.
* Leia's Jedi Master in the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'', a [[LizardFolk Barabel]], talks like thisssss.
* In the ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' world, this is how Dracaenae (snake/dragon women monster thingies) talk.
* All the Fangsss in ''Literature/TheWingfeatherSaga'' ssslip in and out of Snake Talk.

* In another non-reptilian example, ratfolk of Pular Singe's line have trouble with hissing their sibilants when speaking Karentine (language of ''Literature/GarrettPI'''s home city). Sssssssssubverted in that it's merely mentioned as a racial accent/speech impediment, rather than sssspelled out in the text.
* Strangely enough, used in Jane Yolen's ''Heart's Blood'' series. Heart's Blood's offspring in the later books all have names with prominent hissing sssssyllables. [[FridgeLogic The dragons are telepathic and communicate mostly through projecting visuals, and grow up around humans who would typically give them noun-based names like their mother's]]...

* In ''Literature/WindAndSparks'' by Alexey Pehov in the English translation by Elinor Huntington the toad people Blazogs tend to "quack", replacing guttural sounds with "kv". Thus "game" becomes "kvame" and "can" becomes "kvan". Somehow, they manage to correctly pronounce their own names like Ktatak or Gbabak.
* The reptilian Tlassians from ''Literature/TheirsNotToReasonWhy'' sspeak like thiss.
* As their name might suggest, the snake-like Sssstamne from ''Literature/TheRogueKing'' hissssss out any sss sssound.
* ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'':
** Oito, the lizard demon, speaks like this, much to Eric's amazement.
--->'''Eric''': Huh ... they really do talk like that.
** A royal knight commander, who is also a lizard demon, has this affect. It must be hard to give orders.
* Parodied in ''Literature/TheLightFantastic'', where one of the Octavo's spells is noted to be able to hiss a sentence that contains no sibilants.
* Unlike most of the nonhuman sentient races in the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' series, which speak using {{telepathy}}, the [[OurGryphonsAreDifferent gryphons]] can speak aloud, but are prone to both sssnaketalk and TrrrillingRrrs. A few gryphon characters can overcome these habits with practice, but still tend to slip back into hissing when stressed.

* Apophis, the serpent-god of primal chaos is given this attribute in the graphic novel versions of ''Literature/TheKaneChronicles''.

* [[spoiler: Karai in her mutant serpent form]] in ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012''. [[spoiler: Post-mutation, any words in English from her de ella are this until "City at War".]]

* The villainous adder in ''Literature/DownTheBrightStream'' talkssss like thisss.

* [[spoiler: Karai in her mutant serpent form]] from ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012''. [[spoiler: Post-mutation, any words in English from her de ella are this until "City at War".]]

* [[Karai in her mutant serpent form]] from ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012''. [[spoiler: Post-mutation, any words in English from her de ella are this until "City at War".]]

Anyway, Snake Talk is the tendenccy of any snake or [[SnakePeople snake-like creature or person]] to accent any sibilant sound in a word, presumably to imitate a snake hissing.

[[SelfDemonstratingArticle Ssso. Let'ssss talk about thisss article]]. And yesss, we did demonstrate thisss.

BlackSspeech takes this a step further, and constructs a whole language out of it, albeit far less pleasing to the ear.

Thissss iss a [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Ssssself Demonssssstrating Article]].

Ssnaketalk iss the tendenccy of any ssnake or [[SnakePeople ssnake-like creature/persson]] to acccent any ssibilant ssound in a word, pressumably to imitate a ssnake hisssing.

Ssometimess appliess sssso broadly it affectsss any reptilian creature - even when it doessn't make any sssenssssse. Asss much asss a talking reptile can make sssenssssse anyway, even if every other TalkingAnimal isss perfectly capable of talking.

You sssee, reptilesss ''do'' communicate with one another, but it tendss to be largely visssual; dissssplaying boldly colored frillsss or cresstss and sssuch. Sseveral sspeciessss don't even ''have'' vocal cordss and have rather poor sssenssess of hearing. It'sss really only sssenssible to the writersss, sssinccce [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent they think sssscaly creaturess are grosssss]], ssso they mussst ssssound sssscary.

{{Black S|peech}}ssspeech takess thiss a ssstep further, and consssstructs a whole language out of it, albeit far lesssss pleasssing to the ear.

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

Ssssee alsso FangThpeak, {{Vampire Vords}}ss, and {{Trrrilling Rrrs}}ss.

If you are wondering, there are five letter "essssessss" in thissss article'ssss title.

Ssssubtrope of [[AnimalSpeciesAccent Animal Sssspeciessss Accent]]. TrrrillingRrrs when ussssed to denote feline purring is ssssimilar trope dealing with a particular animal sssspeciessss accent.

* ''Webcomic/FreddyFox'': Steve and Melvin the snakes talk in this fashion.

* ''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.)

* Reptile spoke like this in the ''[[ComicBook/MalibuComicsMortalKombat Mortal Kombat II]]'' comics. This style would later be used in his ''VideoGame/MortalKombat4'' ending (see Video Games section).

%%* ''Webcomic/{{Huckleberry}}'': Snakes, most notably the Diamondback, talk like this.%%Like what?

* Sssssssubverted by King Tyrant Lizard in ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}'', who has a prominent lisp and simply cannot properly make "s" sounds, a fact that he is very sensitive about.

* ''Franchise/TheDCU'''s 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".

* Reptile spoke like this in the ''[[Comicbook/MalibuComicsMortalKombat Mortal Kombat II]]'' comics. This style would later be used in his ''VideoGame/MortalKombat4'' ending (see Video Games section).

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* Snake of the Gangreen Gang in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''. He even at one point goes out of his way to say "yess" instead of "no", the correct answer to the question being asked. When Ace [[DopeSlap slaps him]] he wises up and corrects himself: "I meansss no."

* Snake Man in ''WesternAnimation/MegaMan''; it's apparently ''programmed in'', as when he switches bodies with Mega Man, he never drags out his S's, whilst Mega Man does.

--> A ssnake, am I? Perhapsss you'd like to ssssee how ssssnake-like I can BE!

-->-- '''Kaa''', ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}''

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** Kaa, in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}'', particularly during the song "Trust in Me".
** Sir Hiss, in ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood''.

** The eels Flotsam and Jetsam from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'' talk like this. Eels aren't snakes, but they look very snakelike.
** Scar in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'' talks like this at times. Yes, despite being a lion.

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