History Main / StrangeSyntaxSpeaker

* Michael Harris in Newhart speaks in alliteration.

* Most aliens in ''{{Retief}}'' speak in odd ways.

* The Great Mizuti from the first ''BatenKaitos'' not only speaks in the [[ThirdPersonPerson third person]], insisiting that she be called "the Great Mizuti," she rarely conjugates "to be" (i.e. "the Great Mizuti be invincible!") and will occasionally string together two related words after the end of a sentence.

* Similarly, Fawful of the [[MarioAndLuigi Mario & Luigi]] series has this practically programmed into the speech center of his brain...

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* In the ''DwarfFortress'' [=~Let's Play~=] {{''Bravemule''}}, this is the way all of the dwarves talk, in order to cement the impression that they are a totally different culture.

* Nya! Of ''SuperMarioRPG'', both this and a regular VerbalTic, Bowyer uses. Nya!

** Interestingly, the last two examples are very similar to how a native Mandarin speaker would speak English.

-->-- Wreck-Gar, ''{{Transformers}}: The Movie''

--->'''Wreck-Gar:''' "Yes, friends, act now! Destroy [[PlanetEater Unicron]]! Kill the Grand Poobah! Eliminate even the toughest stains!"
** This appears to be a ShoutOut to WeirdAlYankovic's song "Dare To Be Stupid", which also uses commercial slognas for its lyrics and is the {{Leitmotif}} for the Junkions.

-->"Stop, thief! No welcome wagon, 'hello stranger' with that good coffee flavor for you! Offer expires while you wait; operators are standing by."
--->-- Wreck-Gar, ''{{Transformers}}: The Movie''

->''"I realize this moment may not be the mosssst...convenient for a heart. To heart. But, I had to wait until your... friends, heh, were otherwise, occupiiiiied."''
-->--'''The G-Man''', ''{{Half-Life}} 2: Episode Two''

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

* [[TransformersGeneration1 Junkions]] speak in odd mishmashes of television quotes.
-->'''Wreck-Gar:''' Yes, friends, act now! Destroy [[PlanetEater Unicron]]! Kill the Grand Poobah! Eliminate even the toughest stains!

* The Great Mizuti from the first ''BatenKaitos'' not only speaks in the first person, insisiting that she be called "the Great Mizuti," she rarely conjugates "to be" (i.e. "the Great Mizuti be invincible!") and will occasionally string together two related words after the end of a sentence.

** The man had a very convenient form of aphasia, which makes this a TowerOfBabel plot.

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This trope deftly describes when wily characters can't understand unusual dialog delivered brazenly by an alien or outsider. The twist? While ''words'' are apprehensible, the text's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntax syntax]] -- significant rules regulating grammar generation -- remain reclusive. [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Perhaps paired words will always alliterate]], or orators must mangle texts to fit fifteen-syllable sentences. Regrettably, results sound strange, appearing as garbled gibberish to the central characters, but basic sentence syntax conforms coherently ''to the strange speaker.''

Can come as a radical result of other trope titled, fittingly, FutureSlang, since StrangeSyntaxSpeaker shows principal precepts are aggressively changed, contrasted against adversary trope's trend of only exchanging expressions. Frequently, [[{{Fictionary}} fictional]] and [[GratuitousForeignLanguage alien words]] will be broached to trouble the turgid fiction further. Sometimes, said words will be [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness begrudgingly obscure]], of course clouding the talking attempts anon.

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* In ''StarWars'', Yoda usually speaks with a [[http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002173.html Object-Subject-Verb word order]]. His strange syntax is a defining characteristic, and often parodied.

* From Terry Pratchett, both Foul Ole Ron in the ''{{Discworld}}'' novels and Mrs Tachyon in ''Johnny and the Bomb'' speak in nonsense phrases, a favorite being "Millenium hand and shrimp". Whether their mutterings actually have a coherent underlying syntax is undetermined, though Gaspode (Ron's talking dog) clearly understands him. 'Millenium hand and shrimp' itself apparently came from a Chinese food menu and the lyrics to "[[TheyMightBeGiants Particle Man]]" in a random word selector.
** In ''Sourcery'', the captain of the ship that carries Rincewind and Conina to Al-Khali talks like a less-educated version of Yoda.

* Arguably, River Tam from ''{{Firefly}}.'' It's uncertain whether she's speaking from some consistent internal syntax, or her dialogue is a result of her [[IllGirl traumatic background]]. It generall sounds like she automatically says whatever pops into her head before her thoughts are finished. Simon says something to that effect in one episode.

* The Dangling Participle in ''[[KingsQuest King's Quest VI]]''.

* Fnarf of ''TheBardsTale'' had a tendancy to speak with alliteration.

--> '''Baldarek:''' (''Kyle Katarn holding a lightsaber to his face'') Please! Noble Jedis! [[NotInTheFace Not in the faces]]!

* Similarly, Fawful of the Mario & Luigi series has this practically programmed into the speech center of his brain...

-->'''Evey:''' ...are you a crazy person, then?