History Main / TalkLikeAPirate

* ''SonicChronicles''
-->"Yarr, tis a speech impediment."

Any swab among ye who mixes us up with them poncey fops at AntiquatedLinguistics gets a [[WhipItGood lick o' the Cat.]]

In fact, this trope be NewerThanTheyThink. The standard {{pirate}} accent was said ta ha' been invented by a scurvy landlubb'r callin' himself [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Newton Robert Newton]] for the 1950 movie ''TreasureIsland''. Thar even be a scene in the film where he ends a prayer with "Arrrmen."

* In ''[[Webcomic/{{ptitle6n0n2muo}} Rusty and Co.]]'' "[[http://rustyandco.com/comic/level2/level-2-6/ Ye been captur'd]], boy, by th' boldest brigand between th' Sevens Seas... [[CaptainColorbeard PLAIDBEARD the Pirate]]!"

* {{LazyTown}}'s [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AzpByR3MvI YOU AAAAARE A PIRATE!]] song has fun with this trope.

* Captain Dan and the Scurvy Crew, a pirate themed hip hop group, features rhyming with excessive use of pirate-speak, songs combining gangsta rap with pirating, and party commands such as "Throw your hooks in the air!", and uses of "Arr!" or "Yar!" in place of more common words, such as "What" and "Yeah".

* [[SpacePirate Bardock]] in DragonBallAbridged, since he's still [[SealedEvilInACan stuck in King Kai's planet]] and can't do anything ''except'' talk.

Avast! This be a [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Self Demonstratin' Article]], matey.

* ''Rusty and Co.'': "Ye been captur'd, boy, by th' boldest brigand between th' Sevens Seas... [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/level2/level-2-6/ PLAIDBEARD the Pirate!]]"

* Blossom from ''[[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com Rhapsodies]]'', though that's just her being from [[http://rhapsodies.wpmorse.com/walrus3/index.php?date=2007-06-01 Devonshire]]

-->[[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp09192003.shtml Sorry, chummer! Methinks ye gots talk like a pirate day mixed up with swear like a sailor day.]]

* CaptainSmudge form ''SerendipityThePinkDragon'' speaks like this.

* Captain McCallister in ''TheSimpsons''.

* The sea captain in ''TheSimpsons''.

However, modern "Piratespeak" be somethin' o' a very exad-urated parody of some English rural accents ''o' the 16th century''. A "snapshot" of a moment in the language durin' the "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift Great Vowel Shift]]", as it were. There be some who've argued the associatin' o' English rural accents with seafarin' folk be on account o' that scourge o' the sea, Lord Nelson, whose contemporaries noted his heavy Norfolk accent, but ''TreasureIsland'' did popularise it, as well as that lovliest o' all phrases, "ARRRRHHHH!"

** Not ''completely'' avoided -- Brook's [[VerbalTic special laugh]] is the old-fashioned "Yohohoho~".

* Gordon for one episode in ''(=~Freeman's Mind~=]''.

** There's a pirate in ''Dodgeball''?
*** Yeah, he's the guy who dresses like a pirate.

* It's widely speculated that the historical Jesus spoke this way -- "Judge not lest ye be keelhauled" and all -- and that he used his carpentry skills to fashion peglegs for his disciples.
** Was ye dropped on yer head as a lad, landlubber?

* In George Macdonald Fraser's novel ''The Pyrates''practically the entire cast is GenreSavvy. The pirates know their metier and they stick to it:

* Gonzo in ''{{The Legend of Zelda The Wind Waker}}'' talks a little bit like this. Subverted in that everyone else on the ship speaks normally, especially Tetra [[spoiler: which is justified, because you can't have Princess Zelda saying "Arrrhh" after every other sentence. That'd be just ridiculous.]]

* Gonzo in ''{{The Legend of Zelda The Wind Waker}}'' talks a little bit like this. Subverted in that he's the only one on the ship who does. Exspecially Tetra subverts the trope to hell and back by speaking absolutely properly [[spoiler: which is justified, because you can't have Princess Zelda saying "Arrrhh" after every other sentence. That'd be just ridiculous.]]