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* Ronnie Barker of ''Series/TheTwoRonnies'' performed a comedic monologue as the spokesman of the Words Putting in Order Wrong the Society (or similar), transposing words that would give rise to the maximum DoubleEntendre comedy (e.g. ''"I'll meet you in the Four Tails for a cock-feather."''

* ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules heel Amatsu-Mikaboshi (later known as [[ComicBook/ChaosWar the Chaos King]]) has taken to speaking in haikus exclusively.

* Backwards sentences its all speaks ''[[VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTime Time About It's 2: Zombies Vs. Plants]]'' from Warp Thyme. [[labelnote:*]]Thyme Warp from ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTime'' speaks all its sentences backwards.[[/labelnote]]

->''"Stop, thief! No welcome wagon, 'hello stranger' with that good coffee flavor for you! Offer expires while you wait; operators are standing by."''

** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia "Utopia"]], the alien Chantho begins every sentence with Chan, and ends it with Tho. Apparently, to not do this is rude, the equivalent of swearing in her language. (Compare Japanese use of ''{{keigo}}'' words such as ''desu'' or ''-masu''.) This also means that she says her name as "Chan-Chantho-Tho".

* In Ian Doescher's ''Creator/WilliamShakespeare's Franchise/StarWars'' series, Yoda speaks in haiku.

* In ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemenBlackDossier'', the character Galley Wag is from a dark-matter dimension and speaks in a bizarre slang like "Bread and Tits!" and "Huff yer oyver in all you'm tick senned such a plumious sparktackle?" While the statements make sense in context, the human Mina can understand Galley Wag and provide translation.

Compare, contrast against alternatives {{Conlang}} (covering artificial argots overall) or singsong StarfishLanguage; look also at vanilla VerbalTic trope. Intermittently, [[GratuitousIambicPentameter Iambic pentameter]] presents itself in many media as a common case. May overlap with YouNoTakeCandle.

* In ''The Godling Chronicles'' by Brian D. Anderson, the old hermit magician Felsafell has very peculiar speech patterns, often reversing words in sentences in Yoda fashion, [[CrypticConversation speaking cryptically]], and [[ThirdPersonPerson frequently referring to himself in the third person]].

* Jeanne from Charles Baxter's ''Shadow Play'' invents her own language, with words like "corilineal", "zarklike", "descorbitant", "housarara". And it's just a small part of her {{Cloudcuckoolander}} madness.

* The Chur, from Katherine Kerr's ''Snare'', typically speak at a frequency so low humans can't hear it, but can speak human languages if they strain. When doing so they use then-now-next strange grammar, including giving verbs a suffix indicating time ("they say-then", "we go-soon"), and presenting alternatives when asking a question or when uncertain ("We know-not if you lie not lie", "You understand not-understand?").

* In Creator/KurtVonnegut's ''Deadeye Dick'', Haitian Creole is said to only have a present tense, leading to some very odd grammar. Of course, it's implied that the Haitians simply don't bother trying to teach the American proper grammar.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Young Kettle Corn, from ''MarksandRecreation'' often talks in haiku.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Young Kettle Corn, from/''Marks and Recreation'' on[=/=]Oft talks in haiku.

* In the English translations of the latest ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games, International Police Agent Looker speaks with weird syntax, suggesting that [[EloquentInMyNativeTongue his native tongue]] is not the local language in [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Sinnoh]] or [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Unova]]; he averts this in [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Kalos]], giving us a likely candidate for his native region. This is not present in the Japanese versions.

** In the prequels, [[TheScrappy Jar Jar Binks]], and to a lesser extent the other Gungans, speaks a pidgin Galactic Basic that involves [[HulkSpeak dropping articles such as "the" and using "me" in place of "I"]] and adding the syllable "sa" at the end of every pronoun ("meesa" instead of "I am", "yoosa" instead "you are", etc.). Post-''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]]'' [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]] works would play with this in regards to Gungans living among the stars. In ''[[Literature/StarWarsTheLastShot The Last Shot]]'' introduces himself to a Gungan security guard in stereotypical Gungan syntax, only for said Gungan to reveal that he speaks normal Basic and is quite offended by the presumption. In ''[[Literature/StarWarsOutOfTheShadows Out of the Shadows]]'', it's mentioned that some offworld Gungans use their own syntax as a form of ObfuscatingStupidity.

** It's been speculated that Yoda's speech is essentially that of a Galactic Basic speaker from 8-900 years ago, [[FridgeBrilliance when Yoda was young]]. This would explain why the member of Yoda's species in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', who's otherwise a Yoda {{expy}}, uses the same syntax as everyone else. If the ancient dialect is thought of as being "translated" to "modern Galactic Basic" for the convenience of the audience, then Vandar Tokare's syntax didn't stand out from that of other characters because ''everybody was using more Yoda-like syntax''.

** In the prequels, [[TheScrappy Jar Jar Binks]], and to a lesser extent the other Gungans, speaks a pidgin Galactic Basic that involves [[HulkSpeak dropping articles such as "the" and using "me" in place of "I"]] and adding the syllable "sa" at the end of every pronoun ("meesa" instead of "I am", "yoosa" instead "you are", etc.).

* All the jellyfish shopkeepers in ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}''. Jelonzo in [[VideoGame/Splatoon1 Inkopolis Plaza]] is this trope, while the others have their own quirks regarding the language due to not being native speakers.
-->''"You! You are not the cool! You are needing more cool for wearing of my clothes!"''

* SelfDemonstrating/{{Spamton}} from ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', the personification of junk mail and spam advertising, has [ONE WEIRD TRICK!!] in his dialogue where certain words are switched out for [LIMITED TIME ONLY], [NON-FUNGIBLE] advertising jargon and salesman lingo. Some of his sentences contain missing , too many [EXCLAMATION MARKS!!!!] or, just like in real scam emails, grammatical and spelling errors in [Specil] places. The most intriguing aspect of his speech is [HYPERLINK BLOCKED], a phrase he’s seemingly censored from saying by an outside entity (common theories are that it means “soul”, “freedom” or “LOVE”, as in ‘Level of Violence' from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''. A full analysis of his dialog quirks can be found [[https://cyberzuzu.tumblr.com/post/665206148324114432/spamton-dialog-quirks-guide-after-hours-of-work-I here.]]

* In ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'', everyone raised in Illian uses "do be" instead of conjugating "is".

* Second language speakers often retain the patterns of their native languages in the new language.

'''Kraang 2:''' I like that knowledge, Kraang. I will inquire of Kraang about that knowledge. ''(turns to other Kraangs)'' Do you have the knowledge if those coming to this place are near this place, Kraang?\\

* Played for comic effect in ''Film/{{Airplane}}!'' with [[JiveTurkey Jive]].

* In ''The Quirky Tale of April Hale'' by Cathy Octo, the titular protagonist April Hale speaks like Yoda when she's nervous.
* Likewise, in ''Yada Yada Prayer Group'' series by Dave and Neta Jackson, Ruth Garfield talks like Yoda.
* The wise uncle Vi'son from ''Warped and Wired'' by Joshua Caleb also speaks like Yoda.
* ''The Book of Dave'' by Will Self has a [[{{Conlang}} futuristic language]] called Mokni, a phoneticized form of Cockney mixed with bastardized London cabbie slang.