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15[[caption-width-right:200:"Bad laughs: the great deal-breaker."]]
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17->''"I do realize that when I laugh, it sounds like a seal is being molested."''
18-->-- '''Creator/JimmyCarr''', ''The Series/BigFatQuizOfTheYear 2009''
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20Laughter, of course, is one of the best known and most treasured ways that human beings express happiness. In addition to laughing when they find something funny, people laugh when they find something joyous, or heartwarming, or even stimulating. In general, a person enjoys hearing another person laugh. Unless, of course, that other person has a laugh that, rather than sounding joyous, sounds painful or cringe-inducingly awful.
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22The Annoying Laugh usually comes in several specific flavors (the Asthma Attack bellow, the high [[TheHyena Hyena-like cackle]], the Snort-Snort-Snort, the Machine Gun Chuckle, and the Donkey-like Bray being the most common). In some cases, the Annoying Laugh is used in place of actually fleshing out a character, since the type of annoying laugh can lead the audience to assuming the character basically is just as annoying as his or her laugh happens to be. In some cases, a character will have an Annoying Laugh because the script calls for it, but sometimes its because the actor playing the role laughs like that for real.
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24The supertrope of the NoblewomansLaugh. Almost always PlayedForLaughs. Compare UnEvilLaugh. Sometimes part of an OverlyLongGag. The Annoying Laugh is very common in animation and sitcoms. Subtrope of SignatureLaugh.
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26'''Please don't use this trope to [[Administrivia/ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike complain about laughs you don't like]].'''
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29!![[Administrivia/InUniverseExamplesOnly In-Universe]] or WordOfGod-backed IntendedAudienceReaction examples only:
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33[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
34* In ''Manga/CodeGeassTalesOfAnAlternateShogunate'', Matthew Perry has a laugh that Lelouch compares to the buzzing of a mosquito.
35* ''Anime/LupinIIITheColumbusFiles'': The villain Nazalloff has a laugh, several characters note this and Lupin even mocks his laugh at one point.
36* ''Manga/LoveIsInTheBag'': Lorelei often laughs boisterously (BWAHAHAHA) to the chagrin of everyone in the vicinity, while Lulu's laughter (OHOHOHO) only annoys Kate.
37* ''Literature/MyYouthRomanticComedyIsWrongAsIExpected'': In ''My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU'', Yukino and Yui find Hikigaya's laugh unpleasant.
38* The Italian dub of ''Manga/OnePiece'' is one big LampshadeHanging of how the unusual different kinds of laughter (case in point: Hogback), while somewhat acceptable in a manga, actually end up working ''awfully'' when animated. On the other hand, there are exceptions such as Brook's Italian VA, who did a ''perfect'' job at that.
39* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': Kodachi's shrill, maniacal cackle that is one of her trademarks. It's not a coincidence that Kodachi shares Naga's voice actress. Mocked often in ''WebVideo/RanmaOneHalfTheAbridgedChronicles''.
40* Esmeraude from ''Anime/SailorMoon''. It is so painful, the characters actually cover their ears on hearing it.
41* In ''Manga/SgtFrog'', the other characters find Kululu's "Ku-ku-ku!" laugh annoying. Every time he laughs, the others know he's causing mischief.
42* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'':
43** "Kihihihihihihihi..." One wonders why [[AbusiveParents Rosa]] gets upset about the "[[VerbalTic uuuuu~]]"s when Maria insists on laughing like that.
44** Even Beatrice does this, as her butler Ronove points out.
45* ''Manga/UzakiChanWantsToHangOut'': Hana's high-pitched cackle is one of the (many) things that gets on Shinichi's nerves, and considering how much she loves making fun of him, it happens on a regular basis. More than once he has retaliated physically to shut her up (one time he grabs her by the nose, and another he throws her out of the cafe he works at).
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48[[folder:Comic Books]]
49* ''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark'': Bear's on-again-off-again girlfriend, who everyone else calls "Zig-pig" because she's incredibly obnoxious, has a nails-on-chalkboard laugh.
50* ''ComicBook/Ratman1989'': Graziello, the BigBad of the "Comic School" story, is a doodle-boy with an irritating, piercing laugh.
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53[[folder:Comic Strips]]
54* ''ComicStrip/LifeInHell'': In a segment on love, there are a couple of reference to one's spouse's hyena-like laugh.
55* A ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'' [[http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/10/25 comic]] had Rat go out on a date with a girl who laughed this way when he told her a joke. He responds with the line, "Bad laughs, the great deal-breaker."
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58[[folder:Fan Works]]
59* ''Fanfic/AngerManagement'': Luan and Lynn are often described as laughing in an "obnoxious" way, as is Flip once.
60* ''Fanfic/HereThereBeMonsters'': Dr. Sivana and his children have a loud, irritating laughter, and they can keep it up for hours, to his allies' disgust and irritation.
61-->''Dr. Sivana was so pleased with himself he hadn't stopped "heh-heh-heh"ing in the last thirty minutes. If he hadn't been so important to the Monster Society, his associates probably would have squashed him just to shut him up.''
62* ''WebAnimation/TheMarionetteTriesToListenToHisMusicbox'': Balloon Boy laughs to the tune of "My Grandfather's Clock", resulting in him making several clipped-sounding "HA!" noises in rapid succession. The already-irritated Marionette finds it annoying enough to lob a nuclear warhead at the kid after only hearing it for a few seconds.
63* In ''Harry Potter'' fanfiction ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12164757/7/The-Fifth-House The Fifth House]]'' before Amelia fell in love with Sirius, she believed that his laugh sounded like a cross between a hyena and a constipated bear.
64* ''WebVideo/SailorMoonAbridged'': Raye. "Where did you fly off to Darien? The moon? '''HA. HA. GET IT? I MADE A ''FUNNY'' KIDS.'''"
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67[[folder:Films — Animated]]
68* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' has a TerribleTrio of hyenas who tend to laugh this way. Specially Ed, [[TheHyena who downright only "speaks" by laughing]]. Ed in particular angers Banzai with his laughter at one point, prompting Banzai to attack him when he doesn't stop.
69* ''WesternAnimation/MadagascarEscape2Africa'' has Melman saying that one of the things he loves about Gloria is that she has a beautiful laugh. When she does laugh later on... it's mainly high giggling and snorting, but Melman still loves the laugh. Alex and Marty don't comment on it much other than Marty declaring "Love has no boundaries!"
70* Princess Ting-Ting in ''WesternAnimation/MulanII'' has a snorting laugh which she hates, so she does her level best to avoid laughing for most of the film. However when she finally does crack up and laugh, Ling (her love interest) finds it cute.
71* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobMovieSpongeOutOfWater'' has Mr. Krabs torturing a captive Plankton by leaving him in a room with a cackling [=SpongeBob=], who laughs uncontrollably in response to a Knock-Knock joke.
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74[[folder:Films — Live-Action]]
75* Creator/DwightFrye's Renfield's laugh in the original English film version of ''Film/{{Dracula|1931}}'', which was copied by Arte Johnson when he played the role in the spoof ''Film/LoveAtFirstBite''. Peter Mac Nicol likewise imitates the laugh when he plays Renfield in ''Film/DraculaDeadAndLovingIt''.
76* ''Film/{{Amadeus}}'' has Mozart delivering a shrill, obnoxious, hyena-like cackle.
77* In ''Film/FightClub'', Tyler tells the Narrator when they first meet: "You have a sick desperation in your laugh."
78* One of the murder victims in ''Film/HotFuzz'' had one. [[spoiler:In a subversion of convoluted murder mystery plots, it turns out that this mundane annoyance was actually ''the reason'' that she was killed.]]
79* '30s and '40s movie comedian Hugh Herbert had a constant "Hoo-hoo!" laugh as part of his onscreen schtick. This was later borrowed by WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck.
80* ''Film/MaryPoppins'' has a whole song about annoying laughs. With some bad jokes thrown in for good measure!
81* A date gets interrupted in ''Film/MurielsWedding'' by two men who seem to think Muriel is hurt and choking.
82* In ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds'', both Lewis Skolnick and Gilbert Lowell had annoying laughs, as did Lewis' father.
83* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Salacious B. Crumb, the Kowakian monkey-lizard from ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', has one of the most obnoxious laughs of all time. Nobody complained about him dying in the explosion of the sail barge. It gets [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the [[ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel2015 canon comics series]], when Darth Vader meets with Jabba the Hutt.
84--->'''Vader:''' If you value that creature's life, you should tell it to ''never again'' do that in my presence.
85* Gracie Hart from ''Film/MissCongeniality'' has a laugh that extends into snorting. She tries to tone it down after getting called out on it.
86* In ''Film/{{Draw}}'', all-round {{Jerkass}} Reggie Bell--the son of [[IOwnThisTown the most powerful man in Bell City]]--has an annoying high-pitched laugh that he lets out any time he thinks he is getting one over on someone. The disgusted looks on the faces on those around him every time he laughs show that everyone in town is sick of it, but too scared to call him on it.
87* Rosie from ''Film/DoctorInDistress1963'' has a high-pitched manic giggle that gets on everyone's nerves except for the Australian sailor who fancies her.
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90[[folder:Literature]]
91* Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels have a few:
92** Carcer from ''Literature/{{Night Watch|Discworld}}''. Used as one of quite a few indicators that the man is a [[AxCrazy complete psychopath]]. It's described as being the sort of laugh of someone who thinks what they're doing is just so ''funny'', and the people who are horrified by what he's done are awful for not getting it.
93** Mr. Clete from ''Literature/SoulMusic''. Hat. Hat. Hat.
94** A minor variant (and only mentioned perhaps twice) is Strappi's laugh from ''Literature/MonstrousRegiment'', which is described as "a harsh gargling at the back of the throat."
95* ''Literature/HarryPotter'' :
96** Dolores Umbridge has a high tittering laugh...which hides her sadistic nature.
97* ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' is convinced she has one of these, and goes out of her way to avoid showing any sign of having a sense of humour in response. She apparently inherited it from her mother, who has a similar opinion of her own.
98* ''Mariel of Literature/{{Redwall}}'' introduces the Honourable Rosemary, whose laugh is loud and long enough to deafen everyone in hearing range. It's also said to be able to ''curdle cream from thirty paces away.''
99* Naga the Serpent from ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'', whose epic NoblewomansLaugh can be classified as a deadly weapon in 37 states. It also sends old women scrambling to the nearest shrine, begging whichever deity that happens to be nearby to "please make it stop".
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102[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
103* ''Series/{{ALF}}''. Alf is PlayingCyrano, but finds the boy isn't interested in the girl after finding she has an annoying laugh.
104-->'''Alf:''' So you're not going to take her out to the movies any more?\
105'''Boy:''' I will... just not to anything funny.
106* Blackadder's niece in ''[[Recap/BlackadderSS2BlackaddersChristmasCarol Blackadder's Christmas Carol]]'' has a piercing, rapid, loud hyena-like giggle. Once Blackadder gets word that his niece's arrival is imminent, [[ThisIsGonnaSuck he immediately puts on a pair of earmuffs to protect himself from the cacophony]].
107* Sylvia from ''Series/DearJohn''; her ex-husband even informed her of this.
108* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E3RobotOfSherwood "Robot of Sherwood"]], Robin Hood's boisterous laughter ''really'' gets on the Doctor's nerves.
109-->'''Robin Hood:''' Robin Hood laughs in the face of all! Ha-ha-ha!\
110'''The Doctor:''' And do people ever punch you in the face when you do that?\
111'''Robin Hood:''' Not as yet, no.\
112'''The Doctor:''' Lucky ''I'm'' here, then, isn't it?
113* ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'': One episode had Drake break up with a girl because of her laugh. This caused problems for him when it turned out she was the daughter of his nemesis teacher.
114* One of the guests on Creator/MalcolmMcDowell's ''Series/FantasyIsland'' had a fantasy about hooking up with his childhood crush, who he remembers as having a wonderful laugh. Maybe it was selective memory, but when his fantasy comes true it turns out she has a kind of glass-breaking rattle.
115* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_h0_OUSScc Arthur Atkinson]] of ''Series/TheFastShow''' has an annoying voice and "personality" at the best of times, but his laugh could kill small animals.
116* ''Series/FawltyTowers'': Sibyl Fawlty. A combination of the Machine-Gun Chuckle with a Donkey Bray finish. According to her husband, it sounds like "somebody machine-gunning a seal". At least one set of [[UsefulNotes/ClosedCaptioning closed captions]] describes it as "braying" rather than "laughing."
117-->'''Sybil:''' A-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-''EUUUUH!!''
118* ''Series/{{Friends}}'':
119** One of Janice's annoying quirks is her laugh. Chandler cites it as one of things he finds irritating about her.
120** Chandler's work laugh is very annoying and he explains it was invented for survival reasons. He warns Monica she will need to invent one as well to survive his work colleagues. She does.
121* In ''Series/FullHouse'' episode "The Producer", Danny quits Wake Up San Francisco out of jealousy towards Becky's promotion to Producer, and the replacement she hires, Phil Blankman, has an extremely irritating laugh, for which the entire family agrees, even Becky herself.
122* ''Series/TheGoodPlace'': All of the demons have annoying laughs. They also find annoying things funny, find the act of annoying people funny, and of course will brutally torture anyone they get their hands on. They combine EvilIsPetty with dead-serious eternal damnation.
123* In the French {{puppet show|s}} ''Series/LesGuignolsDeLInfo'', the puppet representing Canal+ producer and comedian Dominique Farrugia lets out laughs that sound like sea lion barkings... and they actually attract such animals on set on occasion.
124* ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' has the character Strife and, later, his twin brother Deimos, who are both infamous among the other characters for their hyena-like laugh:
125-->'''Hercules:''' Deimos... I'd know that laugh anywhere!\
126'''Deimos:''' Ah-hahahaha!\
127'''Hercules:''' That was ''not'' a compliment!
128* On an episode of ''Series/{{House}}'' when Cuddy is trying to get pregnant, House brings one of the sperm donors she's considering in for an interview. The man had a very annoying laugh which came out when he was nervous. This was one of House's arguments for why he shouldn't be considered as the father.
129* ''Film/LiveForeverAsYouAreNowWithAlanResnick'': Teddy, being a digital character, has a robotic, stilted, "HA. HA. HA." laugh that makes even Alan seem uncomfortable.
130* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'': Phantom of Krankor from the experiment "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E16PrinceOfSpace Prince of Space]]". While his drawn-out "Heeeeeeeh heeeeeeeeeh heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh" never draws any comment from characters in [[Film/PrinceOfSpace the original movie]], it earns him much derision from the SOL crew. Bill Corbett (who portrayed Krankor in host segments on that episode and a couple others) resurrected the laugh to use for the Ice Cream Bunny (and anything even remotely resembling the Ice Cream Bunny) on various Podcast/RiffTrax releases.
131* Fran Fine from ''Series/TheNanny'' has a nasal, snorty laugh that is very divisive with the the other characters.
132* ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'': When Ned looks for a new girlfriend after Suzie moves away, Moze sets him up with a girl whose father owns a pizza place. However, her laugh proves a real deal-breaker.
133* Melanie Pearson from ''Series/{{Neighbours}}'', whose laugh has been compared to "a seal having a hernia". This was established in her [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh26C7GwUKM first scene in 1987]] when she overreacted to Henry's lame quip about the house having thick walls. It hadn't improved much when she returned in 2021, but she did seem more aware of how annoying other people find it.
134* Boycie from ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'' has the machine gun rattle down to a fine art.
135* ''Series/OurMissBrooks'':
136** Mrs. Davis' sister Angela has a high pitched laugh, like a schoolgirl. The annoyance comes from the fact that she's a short, middle-aged woman. It's especially notable in the episode "Angela's Wedding".
137** Walter Denton has a high, discordant laugh to go along with his squeaky teenage voice. In "Mr. Leblanc Needs $50" his girlfriend Harriet Conklin walks up to him while he's laughing:
138--->'''Harriet''': How long have you been standing there, cackling to yourself?
139* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'': One episode has Jerry dating a woman with an annoying laugh, and he can't bear to tell her. It's compared to "Elmer Fudd sitting on a juicer."
140* Kitty from ''Series/That70sShow'' has her own laugh, which is not the actual laugh of actress Debra Jo Rupp.
141* Chrissy on ''Series/ThreesCompany'' was a snorter.
142-->'''Janet:''' Well, at least I know how to laugh. Ahahahahaha! What do you do? ''SNORT!'' ''SNORT!'' ''SNORT!'' ''SNORT!'' ''SNORT!'' ''SNORT!...''
143* ''Series/{{Travelers}}'' had a notorious example in Robin Kipp. It actually proved useful at a haunted house site, when she dressed up as a phantom.
144* A ''Series/{{Wings}}'' episode has Helen dating a man with a laugh like a [[TheHyena braying hyena]]. It becomes so annoying that Helen eventually decides to break up with him because of it, but before she can do so, he dumps her because he cannot stand her Southern accent.
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147[[folder:Music]]
148* Music/{{Eminem}} has a SignatureLaugh that he uses as an adlib on many of his songs. In the outro to "Jimmy Crack Corn", he and Music/FiftyCent tease each other about it:
149-->'''Eminem''': Ha-ha. Ha-ha. Yeah! It's ''The Re-Up''! \
150'''50''': 'Ha-ha'.\
151'''Eminem''': God, I love it. You know you hate that laugh, don't you? Ha-ha. Ha-ha. Keep doin' it.\
152'''50''': Do it again.\
153'''Eminem''': What?\
154'''50''': The laugh.\
155'''Eminem''': Oh. Ha-ha. Ha-ha. \
156'''50''': I like that!\
157'''Eminem''': Ha-ha. Ha-ha. Ha-ha. Ha-ha.\
158'''50''': ''(chuckles)''\
159'''Eminem''': ...You don't think they're gonna think we're [[LaughingMad really crazy]], right?
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162[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
163* ''Series/LesGuignolsDeLInfo'': The puppet for Dominique Farrugia, humorist and former president of Canal+. His laugh sounds like a sea lion barking (and once attracted said animals).
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166[[folder:Radio]]
167* During his tenure on ''Radio/TheHowardSternShow'', the various laughs of Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling, were a fairly big part of the show -- ranging from a low dirty giggle to a big expressive "Whoop!"
168* ''Radio/TheJackBennyProgram'': Mary has a very distinctive cackle whenever she wants to make a crack at Jack.
169* Radio/SherlockHolmes, in the BBC Radio adaptations starring Clive Merrison. Watson complains about it a few times.
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172[[folder:Theatre]]
173* In ''Theatre/{{Oklahoma}}'', the protagonist Curly dates a girl named Gertie to make heroine Laurey [[OperationJealousy jealous]]. Gertie must be played by an actress who can affect an obnoxious laugh. An example of a particularly ear-splitting performance can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHtLvFbWqoQ here]]. That's Gertie cuddling Curly and laughing uproariously at the beginning of the video, while Laurey looks on from the porch in disgust and irritation.
174* ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'': This page needs to start doing things... THE UMBRIDGE WAY! A DERDERDERDERDERDER. The extended version when [[CrosscastRole s/he]] tries to keep Harry from going to Hogsmeade is even more annoying.
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177[[folder:Video Games]]
178* Heidegger from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' has a "gya-ha-ha" laugh that irritates the other heads of Shinra to no end. Rufus Shira calls it a "stupid horse laugh" and snaps at Heidegger to stop it whenever he starts.
179* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' has a scene where Tidus and Yuna start messing around by doing [[BadBadActing deliberately horrible fake laughing]] off a balcony.
180* Moe the clown from case 3 of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll''. "Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha!" You actually get penalized if you set off his laughter during the cross-examination, because the Judge is ''that'' annoyed by it.
181* In ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'', Misha's trademark "Wa ha ha~!" laugh grates on Hisao's nerves after a while.
182* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'':
183** Given [[RuleOfFunny the nature of the game]] and [[BrattyHalfPint the character]], it's almost certain that the Scout's self-satisfied laughter is designed to annoy the people he kills.
184* In ''VideoGame/{{killer7}}'', your enemies are the dreaded Heaven Smiles who [[TakingYouWithMe blow up on contact]] and laugh constantly. Each different Smile has a different laugh, a good number of which are extremely annoying. (Especially the Bombhead Smiles)
185* [[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Laharl]]'s attempt at an EvilLaugh in the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' series can be this, especially to Etna.
186* A knight's laugh in ''VideoGame/TheLastStory'' is used to show how pompous and corrupt he is, especially during the attack on Gurak civilians.
187* ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'': Benedict the rocket wielding [[BirdPeople hawk man]] has a really annoying laugh. When laughing too hard, it'll sometimes go over into clucking. Amusingly enough, it seems to annoy himself the most.
188* Polar Knight of ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'' is described as having a laugh like "water torture" in the ''Shovel Knight'' art book. However, [[InformedAttribute he is never seen laughing in-game.]]
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191[[folder:Web Videos]]
192* ''WebAnimation/TheAnnoyingOrange''[='=]s laugh is considered by others to be really shrill.
193* LetsPlay/{{Gronkh}} tends to imitate one of these in OhCrap moments.
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196[[folder:Western Animation]]
197* Professor Calamitous' daughter [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Beautiful Gorgeous]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius''. To go along with it, she also makes faces that go very against her namesake whenever she does.
198-->'''Sheen:''' That laugh could get annoying.
199* Lemongrab of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''. An utterly unnatural, unhappy shout of "HA HA HA!" The [[TheMentallyDisturbed mentally disturbed]] failed science experiment's voice is high-pitched, loud, and nasally ANYWAY, but when he laughs, he sounds absolutely deranged. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH- OH! HAHAHAHHAHAHAOHHAOAHAOAHAOH..."
200* Scratch from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'': Being a robotic rooster, his laugh was intentionally made to sound like a rooster crow.
201--> "We've got you now, hedgehog! Ba-HA ha-HAAA!!"
202* Naturally, ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'''s famous "Huh huh huh huh", uttered whenever [[HehHehYouSaidX something could be taken as a dirty joke]], whenever they're aroused, or most commonly to end statements with. Would they really be Beavis and Butthead without it?
203* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
204** The earliest version of WesternAnimation/BugsBunny was merely irritating with a laugh very similar to Woody's. At a theater screening, when a dog finally hauled off and socked him, it was loudly cheered.
205** The gremlin from ''WesternAnimation/FallingHare'' laughs the first notes of "Yankee Doodle".
206** Pete Puma from ''Rabbit's Kin'' has an extraordinary one (along with a really distinctive SimpletonVoice).
207* Di Lung from ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'', whose laugh has a much more exaggerated Chinese accent than his speaking accent.
208* In the Brazilian dub of ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'', Cow gains one that the voice actress said is meant to resemble a skidding car.
209* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''.
210** Peter has a high-pitched, immature giggle for his laugh. It matches his personality as a dimwitted {{Manchild}} who acts nothing like his age. He's voiced by Seth [=McFarlane=], who can use many different voices, so given Peter's personality and the fact that Seth specifically chose this high pitched, immature giggle for him.
211** Peter notes that a ride is going to get rougher than dating a hot girl with a bad laugh, as shown in [[http://www.noob.us/humor/family-guy-hot-girl-with-a-bad-laugh/ this]] CutawayGag.
212** One episode had Stewie Griffin having an annoying laugh that he used each time a joke came up in a sitcom.
213* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' revealed that Heloise had cursed a man to never laugh because she thought his laugh was annoying.
214* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': The otherwise [[SmugSnake smooth and charismatic]] Flim Flam Brothers of the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E15TheSuperSpeedyCiderSqueezy6000 The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000]]" celebrate their villainous victory with a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4AUpn-vhYc gratingly nasal and monotonous cackle]]. It doesn't help that this is right after they've [[KickTheDog kicked the dog]]. Not a good way to start your business.
215** [[AlphaBitch Diamond Tiara]] and [[BetaBitch Silver Spoon]] have this too, especially when they are laughing at the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
216* ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther'' has the JerkAss horse as an antagonist to the Panther in several shorts. Every time the Panther gets hurt or otherwise is frustrated, the horse lets out a literal horse laugh.
217* ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}'' has the machine gun chuckle. You're hearing it in your head right now as you listen to this, aren't you?
218--> "Aak akakakakaka"
219* This is a plot point in the ''WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig'' episode "Laugh Quake". Each of the title characters thinks the other has an annoying laugh, so they try to remedy it by going to a comedy club, where they are eventually kicked out. Later, both get crapped on by a bird, trying (and ultimately failing) to hold in their laughter, which eventually starts a chain reaction.
220* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
221** [=SpongeBob=] has a combination High Nasal Twitter and Hyena-like Cackle. This gets lampshaded a lot: episodes like "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS4E5SellingOutFunnyPants Funny Pants]]" have Squidward getting annoyed by it, and in "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS9E17SpongeBobLongPantsLarrysGym Larry's Gym]]", Larry tells [=SpongeBob=], "the way you laugh really gets on my nerves!" In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS13E13AbandonTwitsWallhalla Wallhalla]]", there's even a man who was driven insane by having to hear [=SpongeBob=]'s laugh constantly (since he lives inside his walls).
222* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
223** Nelson's "HAAA-HA!" is deliberately annoying on his part, as it's always used mockingly.
224** Krusty the Clown's goofy "A-Hoo-He-He-He-He!"
225* Mandy from ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''. Mandy has a really annoying laugh. It sounds like a goat's bleating. In the episode "Futureshock", where she's becoming the world's number one celebrity twenty years in the future, all of her admirers adopt the same laugh. In "Super Nerd Much", Clover gets the "snorting pig" laugh after being nerdified as part of her nerdy-ness.
226* Jack Spicer from ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown''. He's a CardCarryingVillain constantly trying to perfect his EvilLaugh, but in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZF8ucW90MI this instance]] tries too hard.
227* ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker'':
228** Woody's distinct laugh, which is meant to sound like a woodpecker tapping on wood.
229** Parodied in Creator/TexAvery's ''Screwy Squirrel'' cartoons, which contain a woodpecker with a laugh reminiscent of a woodpecker screaming through a duck lure.
230** Screwy himself sometimes had a high pitched "ah-yuk-yuk-yuk" laugh.
231* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'': As part of his pig motif, Hoggish Greedly has the stereotypical "pig snort" laugh. His son Junior also has it.
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235* [[Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart Mozart]]'s laughter, according to historical accounts from his friends, did indeed sound like "the braying of a jackass" mixed with breaking windows and "grating a cobblestone down a piano's string."
236* Every character Creator/FranDrescher has ever played has a donkey-like nasal bray of a laugh... because the actress herself really laughs like that. When she made an appearance on ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'', it was compared to ''the Loch Ness Monster's mating call''.
237-->'''Creator/RogerEbert''': Fran Drescher is a taste I have not acquired, but I concede that one could acquire it. It would help if she made a silent film.
238* Creator/JimmyCarr [[https://youtu.be/BlgkeLjryRU compares his laugh]] to "a seal being molested".
239-->'''Creator/RobBrydon''': Ditch it, and ditch it ''now''.
240* The French channel Canal+ caricatured its then-president Dominique Farrugia's laugh as sounding like a sea-lion.
241* Creator/CraigFerguson, when he first started hosting ''Series/TheLateLateShow'', was told by his producer that his laugh made him "sound like a psychopath", a fault he openly acknowledged.
242* Comedienne Creator/SarahSilverman has a variety of these. [[http://youtu.be/r8SaU30MZVU Andy Samberg calls her out on it, then everyone tries to follow her with their own annoying laughs]].
243* According to her husband (Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr), Creator/SarahMichelleGellar laughs "like a hyena suffering through an epileptic fit." According to him, he finds it endearing that she has the one "unforgiveable flaw".
244* Creator/JimCarrey once joked during an appearance on Letterman that success had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EffPnse4WQs introduced him to the way]] that [[NoblewomansLaugh wealthy people laugh]].
245* Creator/JemmaRedgrave has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwe4CIBQIO4 laugh]] that can be most accurately compared to a honking goose. It's actually quite endearing.
246-->'''[[https://youtu.be/ptArQ1zG_m8?t=536 Catherine Russell]]''': Jemma's laugh is renowned throughout the industry.... I mean, you can hear it all around the building. It's.... just the greatest laugh. Ever.
247* Creator/JamesLBrooks has a distinctive loud staccato laugh, sometimes referred to as "The Honk," which can be annoyingly prominent on the sitcoms he created, sometimes drowning out the StudioAudience. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo4Xecm4uT8 Here's one example]] from ''Series/{{Taxi}}''.
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