History PunctuatedForEmphasis / RealLife

* Nearly... Everything that... Creator/WilliamShatner... Ever said. He... Speaks... in a... very... Staccato manner.

* Many people recite prayers in this manner. "For the kingdom! and the power! and the glory! are yours! now! and forever! A!-men!

* "JAN! KEN! PON!" ("Rock! Paper! Scissors!", and even other three-syllable phrases)
* The traditional way to start a race or other competition: "READY! SET! GO!".

* "FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE! '''''HAPPY NEW YEAR!!'''''" ("Should auld acquaintance be forgot...", etc)
* UsefulNotes/BarackObama got elected on the CatchPhrase [[WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder Yes! We! Can!.]]

-->'''Iwata:''' Everyone. This. Is. Nintendo. 3. D. S.

* George H.W. Bush used this trope twice:

* Bill Clinton [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUDppdVXeMw Did not. Have. Sexual. Relations. With. That. Woman.]]
* Ronald Reagan wanted Mr. Gorbachev to "Tear. Down. This. Wall!"
* Ex-president of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (2001-2010) said, regarding allegations that she had spoken with Election Commissioner Virgilio "Garci" Garcillano on rigging the votes of the 2004 election in her favor, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIqBJJ9tPzk I. Am. Sorry.]]

* Rep. Anthony Weiner during an incensed and impassioned speech ended with saying his opponent, "Instead of [...] defending [his] colleagues in voting no on this humane bill, [...] should urge them to vote yes, something the gentleman ''HAS! NOT! DONE!''"

* After a particularly bizarre set of polls were released during the 2012 election, Nate Silver of [=FiveThirtyEight=] [[https://twitter.com/fivethirtyeight/status/248473421372080128 tweeted in exasperation]] "The. Polls. Have. Stopped. Making. Any. Sense." [[http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/sept-19-a-wild-day-in-the-polls-but-obama-ends-up-ahead/ Context can be seen here.]]

* The October 11, 2013 issue of the ''Chronicle of Higher Education'' has a cover featuring a picture of Stalin with the caption "Worst. Editor. Ever."
* When asked if his struggling football team would let up in their effort to make the playoffs in order to land a high draft pick in the off-season, New York Jets head coach Herman Edwards gave the media this classic response: "Hello - you PLAY - to WIN - the GAME!"
* WHEEL! OF! FORTUNE!

* UsefulNotes/FormulaOne commentator Murray Walker upon witnessing the 13-car pile-up at the start of the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix: "This is the worst start to a Grand Prix that I have ever seen ''in the whole. Of my. Life.''" Given that Murray had commentated on races with first-lap fatalities, and was famed for his MotorMouth tendencies, it ''really'' got across how shocked he was.[[note]]Fortunately, there were only a couple of minor injuries, and those who missed out on the restart only did so because their team-mate was given the only spare car.[[/note]]
* Accompanied by PunctuatedPounding and immediately followed by a PrecisionFStrike when Fox News anchor Shepard "Shep" Smith[[note]]often called the OnlySaneMan of Fox News by more liberal media outlets[[/note]] made his feelings on the use of [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique torture]] ''abundantly'' clear:
-->'''Shep Smith''': ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis We! Are! AMERICA!!]]'' We don't [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] torture! We don't do it!
* '''[[ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}} Gary Trudeau]]''' on UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump in 1987: "Biggest. Asshole. Ever. Must draw." He did.

* Accompanied by PunctuatedPounding and immediately followed by a PrecisionFStrike when Creator/FoxNews anchor Shepard "Shep" Smith[[note]]often called the OnlySaneMan of Fox News by more liberal media outlets[[/note]] made his feelings on the use of [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique torture]] ''abundantly'' clear:

* The advertisting slogan for California Pistachios: "Big. Open. Pistachios."
* In a well known, nasally, British accent, Robin Leach of "Lifestyles... of the Rich. And. Famous."

* The crew of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:12inchMkIXRailwayGunVickersMountingWoestenAugust231917.jpg this British railway gun]] during WWI.
* The October 11th, 2013 issue of the ''Chronicle of Higher Education'' has a cover featuring a picture of Stalin with the caption "Worst. Editor. Ever."

* After Harold Camping wrongly predicted the end of the world, he was asked if he would dissolve his company/church Family Radio. His Answer? "[[https://youtu.be/QynNpzqYt0Y?t=1168 I. Am. Not. The. C. E. O]]."

* You'll find this done quite a bit by members in Wiki/ThisVeryWiki, which are {{Pothole}}d [[Administrivia/PotholeMagnet to this very page]].

** Four months later, ''Popular Mechanics'' ran the cover story "EVERY. SINGLE. DRONE. Fighting in the skies over Ukraine".

* In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russian newspaper ''Novaya Gazeta'' ran the cover headline [[https://www.reddit.com/r/YUROP/comments/t1yr8m/russia_bombs_ukraine_this_is_the_frontpage_of/ "RUSSIA. BOMBS. UKRAINE."]] and announced its opposition to the war in both Russian and Ukrainian.

* After Harold Camping wrongly predicted the end of the world, he was asked if he would dissolve his company/church Family Radio. His Answer? "[[https://youtu.be/QynNpzqYt0Y?t=1168 I. Am. Not. The. C. E. O]]."

* You'll find this done quite a bit by members in Wiki/ThisVeryWiki, which are {{Pothole}}d [[PotholeMagnet to this very page]].

* '''[[ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}} Gary Trudeau]]''' on UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump in 1987: "Biggest. Asshole. Ever. Must draw." He did, [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment and we'll just leave it at that.]]