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* ''Film/{{Snatch}}'': Mickey O'Neil, the ''de facto'' leader of the UsefulNotes/IrishTravellers who Tommy and Turkish try to buy a caravan from, speaks in a very thick accent that Turkish describes as "not Irish, not English... It's just... well, it's just ''pikey''." (Note: In RealLife, do ''not'' call a Traveller a "pikey"; Turkish is meant to be abusing NWordPrivileges here.) He also [[MotorMouth speaks very quick]], so that Tommy and Turkish have to turn to the ''other'' Irish Travellers to find out what he's saying. It's heavily implied that the reason Mickey talks like this is to deliberately trick his gullible English customers, to make sure they can't follow his haggling. It's worth noting that he's even harder to understand when he's nursing a hangover.

* ''Film/{{Snatch}}'': Mickey O'Neil, the ''de facto'' leader of the UsefulNotes/IrishTravellers who Tommy and Turkish try to buy a caravan from, speaks in a very thick accent that Turkish describes as "not Irish, not English... It's just... well, it's just ''pikey''." He also [[MotorMouth speaks very quick]], so that Tommy and Turkish have to turn to the ''other'' Irish Travellers to find out what he's saying. It's heavily implied that the reason Mickey talks like this is to deliberately trick his gullible English customers, to make sure they can't follow his haggling. It's worth noting that he's even harder to understand when he's nursing a hangover.

* Film/HerculesInNewYork: Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, who plays Hercules, had only recently learned English when he starred in the film, and his accent is so heavy that it's borderline impossible to understand what he's saying. The original theatrical release had his lines [[SameLanguageDub dubbed over by an uncredited voice actor]] for greater clarity, but subsequent releases have included the original undubbed dialogue.

* ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'': The first time Rocky hears Mac, the Scottish-accented technical minded hen of the flock, she fires off a rapid explanation of how they found him with such a thick accent that Rocky asks, "Was that English?" Afterwards he makes comments on how she must be speaking another language.

* In the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' fake trailer "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6p0W4ZsLXw Don' You Go Rounin' Roun to Re Ro]]", Creator/BillHader plays an ActionHero who was just released from prison and is forced back into the criminal underworld by his old boss. The joke comes less than a third of the way into the video when their British accents become so intense that their words become garbled, sounding like unintelligible grunts, laughs or mad barking. Hilariously, [[TakeThat this is considered a plus by film critics]].

* In the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' fake trailer "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6p0W4ZsLXw Don' You Go Rounin' Roun to Re Ro]]", Creator/BillHader plays an ActionHero who was just released from prison and is forced back into the criminal underworld by his old boss. The joke comes less than a third of the way into the video when their British accents become so intense that their words become muffled, sounding like unintelligible grunts, laughs or mad barking. Hilariously, [[TakeThat this is considered a plus by film critics]].

* ''Film/HotFuzz'': Bob Walker speaks with a local accent so thick, only other locals actually understand what he is saying. Nicholas, being a recent arrival, has to rely on his partner Danny to translate what Bob says for him (and for the audience).

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* ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'': The first time Rocky hears Mac, the Scottish-accented technical minded hen of the flock, she fires off a rapid explanation of how they found him with such a think accent that Rocky asks, "Was that English?" Afterwards he makes comments on how she must be speaking another language.

* ''Literature/IntoTheBrokenLands'': The [[FictionalAccent local accent]] in Gateway is so fast and contracted that outsiders can barely make sense of it. In a passage from an outsider's perspective, some of the locals' speech is written in plain text, some in a FunetikAccent with the character's mental translation in plain text, and some has no explanation at all.

* In a commercial for Schweppes Ginger Ale, Creator/JohnCleese asks the audience who they would like the ad to be pitched: the British approach, where he's sitting in a drawing room asking the audience to politely try the product; or the American approach, where he's at a beach party and clearly dubbed over by an American actor. In the original version of the ad, the British man spoke in an incredibly thick, indecipherable accent. A later version had the British man redubbed so that he spoke more clearly, the joke being his posh and incredibly polite manner.

* Boomhauer from ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' not only has a thick rural Texan accent but also speaks quite rapidly and slurs his words, making it quite hard for viewers to understand him (Mike Judge based the voice on an angry hillbilly who called to complain about ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'', which he called "Porky's Butthole"). While none of his friends have trouble understanding him, others often do like the one memorable time where he had to call 911. However, [[DownplayedTrope once you become accustomed to his speaking patterns he becomes much easier to understand, and his dialogue always makes sense in the context that he says it in]].

-> ''"British..."''\\

--> '''Foxworthy:''' As Southern as I am, I had to ask 'Were there any words in that?'

* In the WebVideo/{{Twelthofadime}} video "Lord of the Rings Prequel", Sam-Dumb speaks with a cockney-accent so thick [[IntelligibleUnintelligible only Kyle seems to understand him]]. Though considering he's a crack-addicted homeless man, it might just be genuine gibberish.
--> '''Kyle:''' There's a body down there, Sam-Dumb! What should we do?\\

'''Lu Kim:''' I am speaking English! Why don't you speak a fucking English, you sofa eating fuck!

* At the beginning of the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction'' episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueActionS1E4ShazamSlamPart4 Abate and Switch]]", John Constantine was hit with an accent-exaggerating spell, forcing him to speak in UK slang.

* In his first appearance in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction'', John Constantine is under the influence of an accent-exaggerating spell that makes him incomprehensible to everyone except [[TheSmartGuy Batman]]. His speech in later episodes is distinctly accented but understandable.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Series/SwiftAndShiftCouriers'', where the majority of the staff at Swift and Shift behave as though Jim Webb, the FatComicRelief, is really hard to understand, and his dialogue is even [[FunWithSubtitles accompanied by subtitles]]. Not even a Chinese driver who speaks [[YouNoTakeCandle very poor English]] can understand him. The joke is that Jim actually speaks in a standard Australian accent like most of his colleagues, and he's actually pretty shirty when people supposedly don't understand him. At worst, Jim is slightly soft-spoken [[VocalDissonance despite being massively fat]].

-> ''"British..."''
-> ''"Extremely British..."''
-> ''"I didn't understand what they were saying."''

-->'''Mickey:''' Good dags. D'ye like dags?
-->'''Tommy:''' "Dags"?
-->'''Mickey:''' Dags! D'ye like 'em?
-->'''Mrs. O'Neil:''' Yeah, dags.
-->'''Tommy:''' Oh, ''dogs''. Sure, I like [[BriefAccentImitation dags]]. I like caravans more.

--> '''Kyle:''' There's a body down there, Sam-Dumb! What should we do?
--> '''Sam-Dumb:''' ''[Unintelligible speech]''
--> '''Kyle:''' You always do make sense when you talk.

-->'''Lu Kim:''' What's the big idea putting your City Sushi right next to my City Wok?!
-->'''Mr. Takiyama:''' I'm sorry I do not understand your accent. You want a city tuna roll?
-->'''Lu Kim:''' No I don't want city tuna roll! I want you to go find another shitty town to open your City Sushi please!
-->'''Mr. Takiyama:''' Why don't you please just speak English? Maybe I can understand you!
-->'''Lu Kim:''' I am speaking English! Why don't you speak a fucking English, you sofa eating fuck!