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7->''"Hulk hates stupid giant cyborg things. Hulk hates Australia. And most of all Hulk hates personal pronouns."''
8-->-- '''The Hulk''', ''ComicBook/HouseOfM''
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13[[SelfDemonstratingArticle This speak type for]] [[DumbMuscle character has more muscle than brain]].
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15They substitute "Me" for "I", or else refer to themselves in {{third person|Person}}. They put special emphasis on nouns and verbs, and most extra parts of the sentence are lost. If any name is too long, it gets substituted with a cruder name/description (often "[[SomethingPerson (Descriptive adjective)-man]] or -lady"). They also skip any and all articles ("a," "an," and "the"). Favored words include "Smash", "Puny", and "Blank-thing" (e.g. '''"HULK SMASH PUNY LIZARD THING!"''' when fighting a velociraptor). Yes, the all-caps is necessary. The primary differences between Hulk speak and BabyTalk are usually at least six feet and 300 pounds.
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17The most important characteristic of Hulk Speak is its minimalism. The format is usually, "Me, (the person speaking) (verb) (subject)."
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19Prepositions, indefinite, and definite articles are almost completely stripped out; although given how redundant these usually are, (particularly the latter) in many cases the effect makes Hulk Speak easier to understand than plain English, at least when only a single subject is being discussed. In this sense, Hulk Speak could be considered a literal English translation of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klingon_language Klingon language,]] which uses a very similar structure.
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21This is a common trait of FrankensteinsMonster, especially in adaptations of ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' -- although, in the original novel, the monster spoke perfect French. This is also typical of cavemen. (The Hulk Speak, not the perfect French.)
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23There is also a version sometimes seen in Japanese works (albeit not quite as often as in those written in English), where a character (usually a FunnyForeigner or RaisedByWolves type) is shown to speak in a somewhat broken fashion. Although still retaining the use of [[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns pronouns]], they will often miss words used to bridge sentences and come off as simple or uneducated. English translations have a tendency to render this "broken Japanese" as out and out Hulk Speak. Ironically, in Japanese, it is common for young girls to refer to themselves by name instead of using pronouns, leading to a HulkSpeak-like effect if translated literally into English.
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25Sometimes this dialect will spoof itself, with the character referring to complicated issues. ("Mongo only [[UnwittingPawn pawn in game of life]].") Consistent with this, characters who use Hulk Speak often have surprising levels of intelligence and philosophical depth. In a sense, it could even be said that their form of speech is an intellectual advantage, as it allows them to simplify complex ideas.
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27As with TheDitz, an easy way to derive humor from a character using Hulk Speak is to occasionally give them lines expressing more complicated concepts than their usual diction would imply they were capable of grasping. E.g. [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0255.html Thog's first line here]] and [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1725.html Draak's bit here.]]
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29The trope's name is derived from the speech pattern of ''[[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Marvel's]]'' '''[[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]'''.
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31Contrast with GeniusBruiser and SpockSpeak: the former is when a big tough guy is highly intelligent, the latter is when someone speaks with an excessively stiff, formal language. The Genius Bruiser [[ElectiveBrokenLanguage will sometimes use Hulk Speak]] to [[ObfuscatingStupidity hide his intelligence]]. YouNoTakeCandle is when a foreign character, usually as a result of [[EloquentInMyNativeTongue poor grasp of English]], speaks like this. When trying to describe more complicated concepts, will often overlap with BuffySpeak. Compare PokemonSpeak where the only thing a character says is his or her name.
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34!!Examples:
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36[[index]]
37* HulkSpeak/WesternAnimation
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42[[folder:Advertising]]
43* One Shreddies advert has Hunger talking like this while taunting Tarzan.
44--> "You, hungry! Me, Hunger!"
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47[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
48* In ''Manga/Brave10'', Sasuke speaks in very broken Japanese owing to his RaisedByWolves backstory. His sentiments can often be quite elegant, nonetheless, as his few words can have a lot of impact.
49* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'''s Majin Buu spoke in Hulk speak when he first emerged, but he began a series of transformations, and gained progressively better vocabulary in each new form. That is until he reached his final/original form of Kid Buu, who has a [[OmnicidalManiac complete lack of sanity]] and only ever communicates by laughing or screaming.
50* Parodied in one of the ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' manga extras, when Al tries this manner of speaking to become more popular, but stops after realizing how stupid it is.
51* The english dubbed version of ''Manga/OnePiece'' has Zoro in this role when the Straw Hat Pirates are attempting to get into Enies Lobby over a fence...on a train. He even uses the trope namers catchphrase.
52-->'''Zoro''': Hey frog, see fence, SMASH!
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55[[folder:Comic Books]]
56* ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk, [[TropeNamers for whom this trope is named]], but only the animated version and the "savage" version from the comics. In the movies, Hulk only [[ScreamingWarrior roars]], with a single line in the first three ([[{{Film/Hulk}} 2003 movie version]] has him saying "'''[[MythologyGag Puny human]]'''" in Bruce Banner's dream sequence; [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008 in the 2008 movie]], Hulk said "'''[[HulkSmash HULK... SMASH]]'''!" during the final fight scene with Abomination -- because it had to be said at least once -- and in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', given Comicbook/{{Loki}} [[AGodAmI called himself a god]] [[MetronomicManMashing before being beaten]], Hulk walks away saying "[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Puny God...]]"). For the most part, however, he speaks correct, [[TerseTalker if terse]], English. In ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' he finally starts talking extensively in classic Hulk speak.
57** The Hulk says "HULK SMASH!" pretty often in the comics, even in his more intelligent incarnations that are pretty smart and can actually speak perfectly fluent English. Then there was a partial subversion in Peter David's apocalyptic far-future Hulk story ''The Last Titan''; the Hulk was given ample space for his thoughts, which while being in Hulk speak, were well-constructed and reasonable, though also mostly misanthropic and relating to various forms of violence.
58** This is a case of CharacterizationMarchesOn, as in the Hulk's earliest appearances, he was much smarter and had better grammar. Even when he did refer to himself in the third person, it was still usually in longer, complete sentences. Later writers retconned this smarter incarnation into one of several alternate personalities within the Hulk, explaining the inconsistency.
59** The Bixby/Ferrigno ''Series/{{The Incredible Hulk|1977}}'' TV series from the 1970s likewise averts this trope. Creator/LouFerrigno mostly stands there while he flexes, and Ted Cassidy provides voice-over growls.
60** Writing Hulk-related [[http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/jun/13/actionandadventure.sciencefictionandfantasy reviews]] or [[http://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-incredible-hulk-hands-on/1100-6191122/ previews]] as if the hero did them occurs at times -- and is mostly hilarious. You can also check out how it looks when [[SelfDemonstrating/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk wrote his own article in this very wiki]].
61** The animated adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/PlanetHulk'' subverts this, with Hulk talking like this for a few early sentences, but speaking fluent English for the rest of the film.
62*** The ''ComicBook/PlanetHulk'' comics had that too, but it was explained as a NEW version of the Hulk known as the Green Scar, who was able to tap into Banner's intellect to some degree as far as basic intelligence and strategizing (necessary for his survival on the hostile world). The Green Scar is essentially the classic Savage Hulk (who has the mind of a small child) all grown up. As alluded to above, several of the Hulk's alternate personas (notably The Professor, Gray Hulk/"Mr. Fixit," Doc Green and [[FutureMeScaresMe The Maestro]]) have averted this as well.
63** This was averted in the early ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' games (''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroes'', ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroesVsStreetFighter'', ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfSuperHeroes Marvel vs. Capcom]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2 Marvel vs. Capcom 2]]''), where the Hulk used complete sentences and spoke in the first person. This is because all of the ''MVC'' games prior to ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' used the Hulk's Merged Hulk/"The Professor" incarnation from TheNineties, rather than his more well known Savage Hulk personality. When he ''did'' use Hulk Speak, it was usually as a joke:
64-->'''Hulk''': HULK SMASH!!! Sorry. I just had to say it.
65** ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} showed up in the Hulk books with his thought narration written in Hulk speak.
66** Parody obviously has a field day, for example Marvel "What The" having a fight between Hulk and Thor, which essentially reduces to a fight Hulk Speak vs. FloweryElizabethanEnglish.
67** ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'' has a newer persona, who does not speak like this, unless pushed very far (or badly injured). It's just not ''smash'' he tends to say.
68--->'''Immortal Hulk:''' Hulk '''kill'''. Hulk kill EVERYTHING!
69* Oddly, [[Franchise/TheDCU DC Comics]] used to use Hulk speak for toddler characters (most notably for [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Superbaby]]). This, along with many things about UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} DC, is probably better left unexplained.
70* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'':
71** In ''Comicbook/SupergirlRebirth'', secondary character Lar-On speaks this way when he turns into a werewolf. His beastly nature overwhelms him and he refers to himself in third person, barely uses names and verbs, and doesn't care about using correct verb tenses.
72--->'''Lar-On:''' Zor-El -- ashamed of my name. But you -- never forget Lar-On!
73** In ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'', Bizarros talk like this, omitting words or using wrong pronouns.
74* Also in DC comics, Solomon Grundy tends to speak this way -- mostly. However, he comes back from the dead different each time, sometimes subtly, sometimes with ''major'' differences. So it varies with each resurrection. Bizarro am not use variant of trope, too.
75** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGQEAiZJMco "Solomon Grundy want pants too!"]]
76** If you're lucky, Bizarro is only using Hulk speak. More often, he's combined it with ConfusingMultipleNegatives, in a form that isn't consist from appearance to appearance or even line to line.
77* Eghad from ''Godland'' has an odd variation; He can't seem to form complete sentences, instead expressing key ideas or phrases in the message he's trying to convey... as well as some seemingly random pop culture stuff. "Master! Incoming. Sizzle. Leather bee-yotch. Prosecution. Film at eleven." = "Master, I saw on the news that Adam Archer took out Discordia, who is awaiting trial."
78* Grossout from ''ComicBook/{{Scare Tactics|DCComics}}'' talked somewhat like this. He didn't refer to himself in the third person, but he did use the shortest words possible and left out bridging words. This was in large part thanks to his stutter.
79* Shape, from ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme''.
80* Mongrol, from ''ComicBook/ABCWarriors''.
81* Ka-Zar, Creator/MarvelComics' signature WildChild, speaks in this manner... though in one of his earliest appearances an author's note clarifies that this is "merely a loose translation of the original guttural swamp dialect, a tongue which very few of us majored in at college!" Ka-Zar's speech can't be expected to be very sophisticated to begin with, considering that at the time he was illiterate and had little human contact at all.
82* Jitterjack, Gloo, and Team Carnivore from ''Comicbook/AstroCity''.
83* The ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' villain Mammoth invokes this... [[DependingOnTheWriter sometimes.]]
84* Comicbook/SuskeEnWiske: Jerom also speaks like this. And he was created 11 years before the Hulk!
85* [[Comicbook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Drax the Destroyer]] used to speak this way in the '90s after being resurrected and [[CameBackWrong coming back wrong]]. His current version is [[DeathIsCheap yet another resurrection]] devoid of his Hulk Speak, though [[DumbMuscle still not too bright]].
86* Of all characters, [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] gets reduced to this by the end of [[ComicBook/DarkReign his feud with Norman Osborn]] during Matt Fraction's run. It was a side-effect of Tony slowly deleting the contents of his brain in order to prevent Osborn from capturing him and using his secrets for evil, meaning he got less and less cognizant over time.
87* ComicBook/UltimateMarvel
88** ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'': In his first appearance, the Green Goblin could only growl "Ppppaaaarrrrkkkkeeeerrrr". By the second time he got the hand of his mutated form and could speak fluently.
89** Vermin, an enemy of the ComicBook/AllNewUltimates, only speak nonsenses like "Vermin hungry" or "Vermin kills". Spider-Man blamed the school system for it.
90* In ''Comicbook/HeroesInCrisis'', Gnaark, the ContemporaryCaveman from ''Comicbook/TeenTitans'', talks like this ... while quoting Creator/JohnKeats, and wondering if his old life is better seen as [[HobbesWasRight Hobbesean struggle]] or [[RousseauWasRight Rousseauan paradise]].
91* ''ComicBook/TrakkMonsterHunter'': In chapter 3, [[BigBad Vaquoul]] sends a team of monsters after the kids spying on them. One of the monsters he sends is a big green one with spikes down his spine who speaks in this manner.
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94[[folder:Comic Strips]]
95* ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide:'' One strip has Franchise/{{Tarzan}} meeting Jane and mentally rehersing what he's going to say, only to of course shamefully blurt out "Me Tarzan! You Jane!"
96* The crocs from ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine''. "BINGO! We no can fly [=NUTHeeng=]!"
97* In ''ComicStrip/ThisModernWorld'' UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump is sometimes parodied as "The Incredible Trump", who then speaks this way.
98* Lunker in ''ComicStrip/{{Retail}}'', who despite showing every signs of being DumbMuscle, not only has the "expresses complex ideas this way" subversion, but has apparently made breakthroughs in theoretical physics in his spare time.
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101[[folder:Eastern Animation]]
102* ''Animation/CubixRobotsForEveryone'': "Kolossal CRUSH!"
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105[[folder:Fan Works]]
106* ''WebVideo/{{Blixemi}}'': The Lionblaze section of "What Your Favorite Warrior Cat Says About You" starts out in short, non-grammatical sentences about being strong and loving battle to reflect Lionblaze's "[[DumbJock brutish meathead]]" stereotype.
107* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'':
108** After seeing Krillin impaled by Frieza, Gohan descended into this mentally.
109--->'''Gohan:''' '''''GOHAN SMASH EFFEMINATE ALIEN!!! GOHAN STRONGEST THERE IS!!!!'''''
110** Earlier, Nappa gives a ShoutOut to the TropeNamer with "Nappa smash!"
111** In the adaptation of ''Lord Slug'' Goku gets a brief moment of this after his False Super Saiyan transformation: "[[ItMakesSenseInContext I AM CHAMPION CHRISTMAS]]!"
112* Goyle from ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'' speaks this way about half the time.
113* This happens to Commissar Literature/CiaphasCain and to [[Manga/SailorMoon Hotaru]] in FanFic/{{Lovehammer}} whenever they try to speak High and Low Gothic, respectively. Amberley and the [=PDF=] officers can traverse the language barrier better, but Hotaru tends to want to hang around Cain for [[PrecociousCrush some reason]].
114* A surprising amount of ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' fanfics take GeniusBruiser Lexaeus [[AdaptationalDumbass and strip him of the "Genius" part]], resulting in him speaking in Hulk Speak.
115* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5074951/49/Return-to-Prince-Manor Return to Prince Manor]]'' orcs speak like this.
116-->'''Grulf:''' Sun Princess show respect to Ice Prince Lord!
117* In the ''FanFic/TamersForeverSeries'' The Nightmare talks like this at first before it absorbs enough data from the Internet to obtain superhuman intellect.
118** This is also how a wild Cyclonemon encountered by DC talks.
119* In ''Fanfic/TealovesSteamyAdventure'', Big Jim the cave troll rarely forms complete sentences and never manages to string more than three words together.
120* Most of time when Ryuuko speaks in ''FanFic/CellarSecrets'', it's like this, considering that, due to being a currently rehabilitated [[spoiler: WildChild]], she never quite learned to use grammatical syntax or to speak in sentences (at least onscreen, as Nui mentions her saying three sentences). Typically, she throws about two or three words together to communicate her thoughts.
121* ''FanFic/TriptychContinuum:'' ''[[NoNeedForNames She]]'' speaks this way. Twilight has to remind herself that ''she'' speaks this way not because ''she'' is stupid, but because talking is so incredibly painful that ''she'' can't get out more than a few words at a time.
122* All over the place in ''Fanfic/TheUnfantasticAdventuresOfBizarroNo1'', since the whole story happens in [[BizarroUniverse Bizarro race's homeworld Htrae]], and it's narrated by Bizarro himself.
123-->"Bizarro No. 1 am in heap of trouble when Blue Kryptonite meanies invade Bizarro World. Worse yet, them am not even want to conquer it! Them am fiendish fiends!"
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126[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
127* The movie version of ''Franchise/{{Tarzan}}'' usually speaks this way. (The [[Literature/{{Tarzan}} original literary version]], after rescuing French naval officer Paul D'Arnot, eventually learned to speak English, French, Dutch, Finnish, Swahili, Arabic, many Bantu languages and more.)
128* The Monster in ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'' talks once the blind hermit [[SuddenlySpeaking teaches him to speak]].[[note]]The director and the studio psychiatrist selected 44 simple words for the Monster's vocabulary by looking at test papers of [[CastTheExpert ten-year olds working at the studio]].[[/note]]
129* Sloth from ''Film/TheGoonies''. "Sloth love Chunk!"
130* Mongo from the Mel Brooks film ''Film/BlazingSaddles'', although a few of his lines cleverly subverted the trope.
131-->"Mongo only pawn in game of life."
132* The fossa in ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}''.
133* One (Creator/RonPerlman) in ''Film/TheCityOfLostChildren''.
134* An unusual inversion occurs in ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'' with the diminutive and technologically savvy Master, who often communicates in phrases like "Who run Bartertown?" and "Problem? You expert -- DISARM!" This may be a habit stemming from communicating with Blaster, however, and possibly a general disdain for anyone else. His normal speech comes when Max defeats Blaster.
135-->'''Master''': No, no! Look at his face! He's got the mind of a child. It's not his fault...
136* In the film ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982'': "You Sit... here. (grunts) SIT... HERE!"
137* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
138** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'':
139*** After Hulk wipes the floor with [[spoiler:Loki]]:
140---->'''Hulk:''' Puny god.
141*** This trope is reversed and lampshaded when Captain America is laying out their strategy to finish the fight in the city. After giving fairly complex directions to the other Avengers, he turns and says:
142---->'''Captain America:''' ...and Hulk? ''[The Hulk looks at him]'' [[BorrowedCatchphrase Smash]].
143** ''Film/ThorRagnarok'': Hulk finally speaks a lot in this one, and mostly in classic Hulk speak.
144--->'''Hulk:''' Hulk like fire, Thor like water.\
145'''Thor:''' Well, we're kinda both like fire.\
146'''Hulk:''' But Hulk like ''raging'' fire. Thor like ''smoldering'' fire.
147%%* Bane in ''Film/BatmanAndRobin.''
148* ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'':
149** ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes'': The apes, after being enhanced by the ALZ-113 formula, use sign language to communicate. These are subtitled in what appears to be Hulk Speak. [[JustifiedTrope ASL is actually a simplified language where most conjunctions are implied, so a literal translation would look very much like bad grammar]].
150--->'''Maurice:''' [[DefeatMeansFriendship Why cookie]] [[TheLancer Rocket]]?\
151'''Caesar:''' [[TheSonsAndTheSpears Apes alone: weak. Apes together: strong]].\
152''[some apes begin fighting in the enclosure]''\
153'''Maurice:''' Apes stupid.
154** ''Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes'': This is still exhibited, but the apes are [[{{Realism}} slowly evolving out of it]]. They also only speak English to punctuate, otherwise using ASL in regular conversation. Used to awesome effect in the FinalBattle, as [[spoiler:Caesar and the villainous Koba battle it out for leadership of the tribe]]:
155--->[[spoiler:'''Koba:''' Koba fight for apes!]]\
156[[spoiler:'''Caesar:''' Koba fight for Koba.]]\
157[[spoiler:'''Koba:''' Caesar not have place here! CAESAR WEAK!!!]]\
158[[spoiler:'''[[MagnificentBastard Caesar]]:''' [[IShallTauntYou Koba... Weaker]]. [[BatmanGambit Koba belong in cage.]]]]
159* In ''Film/ShortCircuit'', Number 5's speech is initially a cross between this and RoboSpeak, although he can also speak normally.
160* Ludo speaks like this in ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}''.
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163[[folder:Literature]]
164* The trolls in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' books often speak like this. Since their brains are essentially superconducting computers, the colder they get the smarter they get, and they often engage in the "complicated issues" subversion when sufficiently chilled. It is implied that, in their natural environment up in the mountains, they're actually quite cunning and it's the smarter ones who seek better life in the cities. [[FridgeLogic Makes you wonder]] why, if they're the smart ones, they don't realize they're going to turn into babbling idiots in the lowlands.
165** Completely justified with the superconducting computers fact. Troll brains in ''Discworld'' are made from silicon, and heat essentially makes them "lag" immensely. Detritus almost ''dies'' when they take him to the desert area of Klatch, presumably because his brain couldn't keep up with his own vital functions. They're not so much idiots as slow in the head.
166** It's not really a case of not realizing they'll be slow in hotter climates; it's more a matter that they consider it worth it to leave, because of the much greater opportunities for advancement and mate-finding in the cities. It's also possible that they just don't realize exactly how much it will affect them despite knowing it intellectually. Trolls have in fact adapted quite well to the city, even going so far as to seek out the coldest areas of the city -- like the Pork Futures Warehouse -- to hold meetings. And at least a few of them actively engage in ObfuscatingStupidity -- like Chrysophrase and in the later books, Detritus.
167*** Greatly aided by Cuddy's development of the first Discworld computer cooling fan ...
168* In the ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' books, the Hork-Bajir mostly spoke in Hulk speak. In the earlier books, they also had a tendency to mix alien words into their sentences, but this decreased before long, and most of the things a Hork-Bajir says are pure English Hulk speak. In the Hork-Bajirs' case, this is clearly an effect of AliensSpeakingEnglish. We can tell, because in a book that takes place on their own world, ''The Hork-Bajir Chronicles'', the TranslationConvention is in effect and all their sentences are rendered with normal grammar. The exception is Toby Hamee, since she is a Hork-Bajir seer, meaning she is much more intelligent than the rest of her race.
169* In Robert Lynn Asprin's ''Literature/{{Myth Adventure|s}}'' novels, Chumley the Troll is quite refined and erudite, while his professional persona is "Big Crunch", who uses Hulk-speak.
170* The giant Grawp in ''Literature/HarryPotter'' uses Hulk speak, including simplified names like "Hagger" instead of "Hagrid" and "Hermy" instead of "Hermione". While little mention is made of giant intelligence, very few of them speak English, so it could just be Grawp not speaking enough English to speak properly.
171* "Danders Anders" (Andrew) in ''How to Ditch Your Fairy''.
172* While all Gamorreans in ''Franchise/StarWars'' are DumbMuscle, only Gartugg, one of Jabba's guards, has Hulk Speak, and is teased for it by other Gamorreans.
173** In the ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'' novel ''[[Literature/XWingSeries Wraith Squadron]]'', Voort "Piggy" saBinring, the [[ForScience genetically-enhanced experiment]] has [[GeniusBruiser genius-level intelligence]] and incredible grasp of math and science. When the Wraiths need to sneak into somewhere Imperial, Piggy is quick to disguise himself as one of his nonverbal, grunting kin...and his advanced state makes him feel ashamed of his people and their 'lowness', but that's another trope. FantasticRacism?
174* In Creator/GrahamMcNeill's ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' Literature/{{Ultramarines}} novel ''Dead Sky Black Sun'', the Lord of the Unfleshed speaks like this. Though some of it may be his extremely limited practice in speaking.
175* The barbarians in the ''Kedrigern'' books speak like this. Kedrigern {{lampshade}}s this in the first book, and ponders whether it's actually ObfuscatingStupidity, with the barbarians eloquently chatting when they're sure no one's listening.
176* The Ogres of ''Literature/{{Xanth}}'' supposedly speak very simplistic, crude rhymes. But it turns out this is a result of FantasticRacism and people who approach ogres without prejudice discover that they're actually quite erudite.
177* The [[FrankensteinsMonster meat golems]] of ''Literature/CityOfDevils'' communicate entirely in two-word sentences like "fire bad," and "girl good." They're also medical professionals, which makes one wonder about the [[FridgeHorror quality of medical care in that universe.]]
178* In ''Literature/HeartOfSteel'', many of the [[BeastMan chimeras]] have an imperfect command of the English language if they speak at all, resulting in sentence constructions like "Master okay?" and "Scarface tough."
179* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': Mild example, suiting for a guy of few words like Thresh. [[spoiler:"You better run now, Fire Girl."]]
180* Herman Wouk, in his novel ''City Boy'', situated this in an unusual subject: Mr. Krieger, a New York City small businessman, who uses only the minimum words needed to convey meaning; e.g., "Me and Mr. Powers go cup coffee" or "Hard feeling nothing worth. What good? Look future." Krieger is one of the rare characters who is a prosaic human native speaker of English to Hulk out his diction. He speaks this way because he lacks self-confidence and is afraid that any sentence he says might entrap him, so he never utters a full sentence, speaking "only about one word out of four. This ingenious principle enabled him to deny anything he said, on the grounds that he had been misunderstood, if it happened to sound wrong once out of his mouth."
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184* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Mord, Lysa Arryn's turnkey.
185--> '''Mord:''' "Dwarf man making noise!"
186* Kubiak from ''Series/ParkerLewisCantLose'', more so at the beginning of the series (when he was a violent, bullying thug) than at the end (when he was an almost-sympathetic near-ally of the leads).
187* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' memorably spoofed Hulk Speak in their "death of Superman" sketch. Hulk, taking the podium at the Man of Steel's funeral, announced "Hulk... not... good... with... words" to excuse his reliance on notes, from which he read quite eloquently (with the aid of reading glasses): "Superman was that rarest of things..."
188** And played straight in another skit where Barack Obama [[HulkingOut Hulks out]] and turned into "The Rock" Obama (naturally played by the man himself, Wrestling/DwayneJohnson). Made somewhat surreal by how close Johnson sounds to Obama when he speaks.
189-->(to Olympia Snowe) "Put head in hand. I smash it now."
190** The "Tarzan, Tonto and Frankenstein" sketches make fun of the device, putting the titular trio on talk shows and political round-tables. Tarzan and Tonto are relatively articulate, falling more into YouNoTakeCandle territory, and act as translators for the true hulkspeaker Frankenstein. "Fire bad!"
191* Parodied in ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' by the mighty Janitor -- "Fork! Me can't eat soup!" while attempting to eat soup with a fork. JD accidentally implied he was stupid earlier in the episode, so the Janitor is mocking him. (Remove the "he was stupid" part by "something" and you have the set up for any given episode of ''Scrubs'' there.)
192* Animal from ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' also uses this style of speech when he isn't just panting pensively or screaming unintelligibly.
193** Animal's [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Animal}} Self-Demonstrating]] page on this wiki, like Hulk's, is written in this style.
194%% * [[Series/SesameStreet The Cookie Monster]].
195* Though he doesn't talk like this usually, [[TheComicallySerious Jamie Hyneman]] of ''Series/MythBusters'' fame gives us this [[MemeticMutation famous]] line:
196--> [[MadBomber Jamie]] wants [[StuffBlowingUp big boom]].
197** And then he ''gets'' [[StuffBlowingUp big boom]].
198* In ''Series/ItsAboutTime'', the cave people all spoke according to this trope, especially Clon, the chief's enforcer.
199* ''{{Series/Lexx}}'' has Giggerota the Wicked. Her names for others usually involved the words [[ImAHumanitarian "meat," "food," or "skin."]]
200* ''Series/DoctorWho''
201** Leela with an interesting variation of this -- a mixture of this trope and SpockSpeak. Her grammar is always correct, but her word use and sentence structure is very simple. In her case, it's to reflect that she's relatively uncivilised, but also extremely intelligent.
202** In "Day of the Daleks" we're introduced to the Ogrons, apelike aliens that the Daleks use as DumbMuscle. The trope is played straight, only for the actor to stuff up and speak normally in his very next line (which clearly wasn't written for this trope anyway).
203-->'''Controller:''' Your report?\
204'''Ogron:''' We... found... and... destroyed... the enemy.\
205'''Controller:''' Any complications?\
206'''Ogron:''' ''[casual]'' No complications.
207* ''Series/TrailerParkBoys'' has one of Bubbles' puppets, Bobby Turkalino having a puppet that makes fun of Bubbles' friend Ricky while speaking in the pattern of this trope.
208-->'''Bubbles (As Bobby):''' Say Hi, Little Ricky.
209-->'''Bubbles (As Little Ricky):''' Hi! Me Ricky! Me fucked in the head!
210* ''Series/LandOfTheLost1974''
211** Averted with Marek, who is a caveman, yet speaks perfect English. One wonders how he came to learn it.
212** Played straight with Cha-Ka. Justified in that he's a primitive humanoid learning English for the first time. The Marshalls do not do much better with Pakuni. They each get better at each other's languages over the course of the show. By season three he speaks it (almost) perfectly.
213* ''Series/TheEqualizer''. Robert [=McCall=] mocks a thug this way in "No Conscience".
214-->'''Thug:''' [[ComeAlone Supposed to be one guy.]]\
215'''[=McCall=]:''' Two.\
216'''Thug:''' One. Young guy. Him.\
217'''[=McCall=]:''' [[DeadpanSnarker One young guy - him. One old guy - me.]] Two.
218* ''Series/GhostsUK'': One of the ghosts in Button House, Robin, is a Neanderthal who died before humans evolved proper speech production centres in their brains; while he's 'existed' long enough to develop a fairly impressive intellect and even learn some English, he has immense trouble articulating himself.
219[[/folder]]
220
221[[folder:Music]]
222* Music/JonathanCoulton's "Code Monkey" does this throughout the whole song, in reference to B.A.S.I.C. coding syntax rather than lack of intelligence on Code Monkey's part.
223* The Music/PaulAndStorm song "Me Make Fire" is about a caveman.
224* The song [[http://tomsmith.bandcamp.com/track/lars-needs-women "Lars Needs Women"]] by Tom Smith is largely in this style.
225* Rich Mullins' satirical song "How To Grow Up Big and Strong" has lines like this:
226-->''Strong man take no prisoner\
227Favor no plea\
228He leave no gold in teeth of enemy\
229He fit and dominant\
230He rise above\
231He not have word that mean love''
232[[/folder]]
233
234[[folder:Pinballs]]
235* The demonic monster in ''Pinball/{{Gorgar}}'' talks like this. Justified, since he has a vocabulary of only seven words.[[note]]Gorgar was the first ever "talking" pinball game.[[/note]]
236-->'''Gorgar:''' "GORGAR - BEAT - YOU."
237[[/folder]]
238
239[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
240* MemeticMutation gives this to [[ProfessionalWrestling wrestlers]] Wrestling/TheGreatKhali and Wrestling/{{Umaga}}, who are only allowed to "speak" with inarticulate growls and screams (at one point Khali switched to speaking in regular English and it ''still'' came out gibberish). Khali wants cake, and Umaga just wants to be friends and refers to everyone as <descriptor of wrestler> Man, leading to "conversations" like:
241-->'''Khali:''' KHALI WANT CAKE! KHALI GO TO RING, SEE IF CAKE THERE!\
242'''Umaga:''' UMAGA IN RING! CAKE MAN FRIENDS WITH UMAGA?
243[[/folder]]
244
245[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
246* Grond from ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}''.
247* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} International Super Teams'' includes among its sample characters a hero known only as "Patchwork", who is a Literature/{{Frankenstein}}ian hulk created by a would-be villain out of parts of dead supers. Although he is intelligent, well-spoken and philosophical, in the field Patchwork affects a violent persona capable only of Hulk Speak as a psychological tactic.
248* A stereotypical trait of [[OurOrcsAreDifferent orc]], half-orc, and/or barbarian characters in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. Or anyone with a negative intelligence modifier, for that matter.
249* It tends to come up in two different ways in ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse''. In the case of lupus Garou (werewolves who started life as a wolf), as well as other shifters who began life as an animal rather than a human, it tends to happen because learning human language is tricky for them, and they're trying to do it while also learning all of the ins and outs of Garou society as well as the basics of their new human form (like, for example, walking upright). Thus, older/more experienced lupus Garou tend to grow out of it. Garou in Crinos (half-man, half-wolf war form) tend to talk like this regardless of their form at birth, although in this case, it's mostly because Crinos form has a canine muzzle and not the humanoid lips needed to form certain sounds.
250[[/folder]]
251
252[[folder:Video Games]]
253%%* In ''VideoGame/TwoDark'', Dr. Miguele's abominations speak like this.
254%%* ''VideoGame/{{Alekon}}'': One of the factions, Kuki Bird, appears to speak in this fashion.
255* ''VideoGame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura'':
256** Gar is supposedly a "smart orc" who discusses some rather complex topics for an orc, all in Hulk speak. It is revealed however that [[spoiler:Gar is actually a human (called Garfield Thelonius Remington III) from wealthy heritage who was born with a horrid similarity to an Orc, and is far more intellectual than he seems; specially if you discuss tea with him.]]
257** Your own character adopts this trope with an intelligence stat of 4 or less, even in your written journal entries, e.g. "Law man wants me get rid of stinky thiefses on bridge".
258%%* Many characters in the ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' series, such as Gruntilda's assistant Klungo, Clanker the mechanical whale, and Mumbo.
259%%* ''[[VideoGame/BattalionWars Battalion Wars 2]]'': Ubel.
260* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}''
261** The bandit boss Sledge, a very large, slow fellow who refers to himself in the third person.
262** The Goliaths from ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' also speak like this. Oddly enough, if you knock their helmets off and [[TurnsRed make them go berserk]], they become ''more'' articulate.
263* Russell from the video game ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'' starts out as a thug who only communicates in Hulk Speak, but after Jimmy impresses him by besting him in a one-on-one fight, he becomes both an ally and more coherent.
264* Golem from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'' is interpreted in this way, making him an even [[LargeHam Larger Ham]] than before. He is not as dumb as his speech patterns make him sound though, as he can perfectly understand what anyone says to him and philosophizes when not fighting.
265* ''VideoGame/ChampionsOnline'': The Irradiates talk like this, and one of their lines [[LampshadeHanging Lampshades]] it:
266--> '''Irradiate Projector:''' Grrr... Why radioactive mutants talk with poor syntax?
267* The cavewoman Ayla ([[Literature/ClanOfTheCaveBear Get it?...]]) from the Squaresoft RPG ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger,'' at least in the English text American version. In the Japanese version, she speaks in very simple sentences with plain-form verbs.
268* Tiny Tiger of the ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' series speaks this way in all of his appearances, except for his debut - where he was TheVoiceless - and his [[YouDontLookLikeYou drastic redesign]] in ''VideoGame/CrashOfTheTitans'', where he inexplicably becomes a Creator/MikeTyson impersonator.
269--> '''Tiny''': Uka Uka and Cortex want Tiny get crystals, and bring them to big coliseum in Rome. CRAAAAAASH, LEAVE THEM FOR TINY, OR '''CRASH GET ''CRUSHED!!!'''''
270%%* Straga the gigantic demon (ostensibly made out of stone) from ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}''.
271* The Giant Blacksmith in ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' takes the odd route of combining this with a smattering of YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe.
272-->'''Giant Blacksmith''': "I hath shiny-shiny."
273* In one of the sub-dungeons of ''VideoGame/DesktopDungeons'', Jadetooth, a barbarian, has several signs written in Hulk Speak, and even lampshades his own inability to use pronouns or conjugate verbs correctly.
274%%* [[Franchise/DoubleDragon Abobo]] talks this way in ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonNeon'', as do [[EvilKnockoff Bimmy & Jammy]].
275%%* In ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'', Wei Yan talks... like... this.
276* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''
277** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]]'', Mehrunes Dagon, [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] of [[DestroyerDeity Destruction]], speaks like this with an added bit of ThirdPersonPerson. [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness This is dropped in all future appearances]].
278** Scamps are the [[TheGoomba weakest]] and [[FunSize smallest]] known form of [[OurDemonsAreDifferent lesser Daedra]], as well as the least intelligent of the sentient Daedra. Scamps who are able to speak Tamriellic tend to do so in this fashion, sometimes crossing over with YouNoTakeCandle.
279* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'':
280** Almost every Super Mutant speaks that way. And if you play a character with less than INT 4, they will, too. Amusingly enough, if a "Hulk" protagonist talks to another functionally impaired character (Torr in Klamath), their speech is subtitled. Example: "Me Torr. (Greetings, my name is Torr. How do you do?)" "You Torr. (Quite well, thank you. Do you know where I might find work?)"
281** ''VideoGame/Fallout3'':
282*** Fawkes is a notable exception / subversion -- he speaks in the same grunt-like fashion as the other Vault 87-variant super-mutants, but because he is intelligent and has managed to become well-read he is actually quite articulate. Uncle Leo, for some reason, is also intelligent and peaceful. He did say he read a book a long time ago but this may be before his transformation.
283*** The smart Super Mutants are ''all'' exceptions, though the Vault 87-variant as mentioned keeps the grunt-like fashion of speaking of their variant, while a significant portion of the smart West Coast variety have a habit of referring to themselves in third person for an unrelated reason [[note]]multiple personality disorder-related mental illnesses[[/note]].
284*** The Swampfolk in ''Fallout 3: Point Lookout'' also speak this way, due to being mutant inbred [[HillbillyHorrors hicks]].
285** ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' has a Super Mutant follower named "Strong" who's a NORMAL Super Mutant, whose principal interests are violence and... more violence. He Hulk-Speaks relentlessly.
286** Dog from ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas: Dead Money'' also uses hulk speak, although his alternate personality "God" speaks rather eloquently. This is due to him/them being a Super Mutant Nightkin and suffering from schizophrenia and other delusions. [[spoiler:Their merged personality will talk like a regular person.]]
287* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
288** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'' had Guy, who speaks this way in both English and Japanese, and fellow WildChild Gau from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''. They both had the excuse of being raised by wild animals.
289** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' features the Ronso, a bipedal leonoid race who always refer to themselves by name and tend to speak in simple sentences.
290** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' has Fujin, one of Seifer's flunkies, who speaks in single words and ALL CAPS (single kanji in the Japanese version). When she and fellow flunky Raijin (who ends all his sentences with [[VerbalTic "ya know?"]]) decide to ditch Seifer, she gives a long non-capped speech about how they can't follow along with his self-destructive behavior. Her single word sentences carry over to her portrayal in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''. She at least doesn't shout her words.
291* Boomers and Grinders in ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' yell [[CallingYourAttacks "boom!" and "grind!"]], respectively. Fortunately they do this before firing their weapons, giving you a little time to get out of the way of their horrific rocket launchers/miniguns.
292* [[MadScientist Dr. Mundo]] from ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' exhibits this to the point that one of his lines is "Mundo Smash". Fitting, since he's a CaptainErsatz of Hulk himself. He isn't exactly dumb, despite this; he's simply profoundly odd. According to his joke, he does it to avoid forgetting his own name, which has happened in the past.
293%%* Yeto and Yeta from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess''.
294%%* ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperHeroes2'': Naturally, the Hulk speaks like this, as does Cap-Wolf, an alternate version of Captain America who has been turned into a wolf man.
295* Grunk the orc from the InteractiveFiction game ''VideoGame/LostPig'' speaks like this all the time, much to the consternation of a certain more erudite gnome.
296* ''VideoGame/MadWorld'' features a massive Frankenstein's monster called Frank, whose only line of dialogue is a booming "FRANK SMASH!"
297* Frost Man in ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'' as one of his pre-battle taunts and his ''VideoGame/MegaManAndBass'' CD Data:
298--> '''Frost Man (''8'')''': Crush! I! You! Defeat!\
299'''Frost Man (''& Bass'')''': I! You! Defeat!
300%%* Romana the [[HalfHumanHybrid half-troll girl]] in ''VideoGame/MystikBelle''.
301* The guardian of the sigil of Earth in ''VideoGame/MythMatch'' combines this with an odd sort of ellipsis, resulting in utterances like "Shiny... rock... mine!" and "Smash... Chosen... One!"
302* Gust from ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' talks like this at times. However, she's actually quite smart and business-savvy, so it's mostly to make her act cutesy. It's toned down in [[VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaMk2 the second game]], where it's also explained that this trope is being invoked because she's a foreigner.
303* Most orcs in ''[[VideoGame/MightAndMagic Might & Magic X: Legacy]]'' talk like this, including the ones in your party, if you have any. Maximus, the garrison in Sorpigal, is surprisingly articulate; in fact, he says that's the reason the other orcs in his village kicked him out.
304* If give your character in ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' even slightly below-average intelligence, he or she talks like this in conversations.
305* [[DumbMuscle Morton]] speaks this way in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioColorSplash''. In AllCaps, even.
306--> '''Morton''': FIRE BROKEN... JUST STICK... EAT STICK!
307* In ''VideoGame/PotionPermit'', Ottmar, the big, dumb first mate of Leano, speaks in third person and doesn't use proper grammar when talking.
308* In ''VideoGame/{{Runefall}} 2'', Princess Roslyn talks this way to a resident of Dunmer territory. When he asks if something's wrong with her, Winifred says that she must've fallen and hit her head, probably.
309%%* Qyzen Fess, Jedi Consular's Trandoshan companion from ''Videogame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' speaks an alien language subtitled like this.
310%%* In ''VideoGame/SuikodenII'''s [[BlindIdiotTranslation poor localization]], certain characters would lapse in and out of this.
311* Slash in ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMutantsInManhattan'' is portrayed as a mindless thug, his speech very simplistic.
312* ''VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammer'' shows that the Beastmen use very terse, two-word sentences when speaking [[BlackSpeech Beast Tongue]].
313--> '''Beastlord Khazrak:''' Gather warherds. Hunt Man-filth. Kill man!
314* The ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' series has (most) Ogres and Kobolds speak in this manner, and it is the TropeNamer for YouNoTakeCandle to boot. It's particularly hilarious with some ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' bosses, since -- unlike regular enemies -- they get voices as well as text.
315-->'''Patchwerk:''' Patchwerk [[AndCallHimGeorge want to play]].
316* ''VideoGame/{{Wuppo}}'' has the Bliones, a race of bipedal flower-lion people. At one point a patch was added to the game that took away their ability to capitalize the first letters of sentences!
317--> '''Blione:''' i hit things with stick when angry
318[[/folder]]
319
320[[folder:Web Animation]]
321* ''WebAnimation/NapsterBad'' depicts [[Music/{{Metallica}} James Hetfield]] as a hulking giant who talks like this. In reference to ''Film/{{Frankenstein 1931}}'', most of his lines are along the lines of "[something] -- GOOD!" OR "[something] -- BAD!".
322* ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'': Boru, just to emphasize his role as a DumbMuscle.
323[[/folder]]
324
325[[folder:Webcomics]]
326* Junpei from ''Webcomic/{{Megatokyo}}'' speaks like this. At first it appears to be [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by his limited knowledge of the English language, but his Japanese lines seem to be spoken in the same way. Then you realize that, as a parody of old movies with foreigners and ninja in particular, he ''should'' talk this way. An example from the issue #1012:
327-->'''Junpei:''' If zombies crush and try eat, it real. Please excuse, Junpei need wipe goo off shoes before ruined.
328** Yuki speaks normal Japanese, but she also speaks English this way; this might be more because MagicalGirl anime often runneth over with GratuitousEnglish.
329** Yuki's is justified; one of her first English phrases is "I don't speak good English."
330* Rather amusingly averted by the TropeNamer himself in ''WebComic/TailsGetsTrolled'', who speaks just as clearly and articulately as anyone else. (Which, considering the comic's constant [[RougeAnglesOfSatin punctuation failures]], isn't saying much.)
331* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
332** Thog. He refers to the twin brother of his boss, Nale, as "Not-Nale" and he has the classic line, "Thog not in this book. Thog sad." (Also, when breaking out of a prison, Thog becomes a darker green and yells "Thog smash puny prison!" as he obliterates the cell bars; once he goes back to his pale green, he wonders "How Thog's pants turn purple?") His most awesome (and also longest) line of dialogue so far is:
333--->'''Thog: [[WhosOnFirst not Nale. not-Nale. Thog help nail not-Nale, not Nale. and Thog knot not-Nale while Nale nail not-Nale. Nale, not not-Nale, now nail not-Nale by leaving not-Nale, not Nale, in jail.]]'''\
334'''Prison guard:''' ... pleading insanity, then?
335** Apparently, this is a common trait for the orcish people, as seen (and lampshaded) [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0552.html here]].
336** When Tarquin is pretending to be Thog, we get this exchange;
337--->'''Fake Thog:''' [-*Ahem*-] '''THOG SMASHES!'''\
338'''Kilkil:''' Sir, watch your grammar!\
339'''Malack:''' Why, what's wrong with it?\
340'''Kilkil:''' [[SomethingTheyWouldNeverSay Absolutely nothing!]]
341** It doesn't fool the Order for a moment, either:
342--->'''Roy:''' That's not Thog. [...] Plus he leads with the other foot, he resisted Durkon's enchantment, and I think he used a second-person pronoun.
343* Parodied in ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'', by a giant robotic foot built by Professor Madblood. "A robot foot?" [[AC:"MASTER INTEND TO CONSTRUCT ENTIRE GIANT ATTACK ROBOT, BUT MASTER RUN OUT OF FUNDING AFTER ONLY FOOT COMPLETED.]] *click* [[AC:MASTER ALSO RUN OUT OF FUNDS TO PROVIDE FOOT WITH ARTICLES OR PAST TENSES]]." This attracts the attention of heroic grammar enforcer, [[AC:Antonio Smith, forensic linguist]]. The Foot also brilliantly comments [[AC:"FOOT FACE MANY PERSONAL DEMONS IN FOOT LIFE"]] and [[AC:"IF FOOT NOT STOMP, WHAT IS FOOT PURPOSE?"]]
344* In the Fantasy plot of ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'', Draak (a lizard man in the party) is quite eloquent in his own language and arguably the smartest person in his party. However, his English is limited to monosyllables, though he's still able to occasionally express complicated thoughts.
345* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' has LOTA ([[FunWithAcronyms acronym]] for "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Longshoreman of the Apocalypse]]"); LOTA is a robot designed to unload cargo at high speed, made from an old anti-grav tank and an overengineered, but underdebugged AI. When asked which gender pronouns to use, LOTA replied "[[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2008-07-24 LOTA is too large for your puny pronouns.]]" Thus, LOTA is only referred to as "[[ThirdPersonPerson LOTA]]", never "he", "she", "it", or even "you". Other than the issue with puny pronouns, puny grunts and puny mob, however, LOTA speaks normally. LOTA is willing to make [[PetTheDog one exception]]: [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2019-12-07 when pronouns such as "we" and "us"]] are used to include LOTA among [[TrueCompanions a group of friends.]] LOTA admits that [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg LOTA's usual alternative]] would be [[EveryoneHasStandards less honorable and less majestic.]]
346* Grooona (the third "o" is silent) from ''[[http://www.wcihigh.com/?p=298 WCI High]]'' is an orange-skinned reptilian monster created by one of the students in the science labs. She tries to mingle with the other girls, with mixed results.
347* In ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes'', when Violet transforms into Shrinking Violent, her only comment is "ME HIT STUFF!" (a ShoutOut to another well-known catchphrase).
348* ''Webcomic/MSFHigh'': Orcs, the main Redeemed race, tend to get this. In a subversion, however, in many cases they are just as intelligent as any other race. (See especially their card in the Card Game.)
349** A special use is Urk, who is now a cute fairy girl. [[OhCrap With the strength of an orc.]]
350* In ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', Berserker talks like this when he's...er...berserking. The rest of the time, he's perfectly eloquent. [[ShoutOut The Sulk]] plays this straight.
351-->'''Berserker:''' CRAP, PISS, KILL!\
352'''Red Mage:''' I hope that's not a declaration of intent.
353* The zombies in ''Webcomic/{{Bug|Martini}}'' talk like this:
354-->[[http://www.bugcomic.com/comics/zombie-week-2/ "Zombie smash cheap aluminum siding!"]]\
355[[http://www.bugcomic.com/comics/zombie-week-2/ "Zombie give compliments to chef."]]\
356[[http://www.bugcomic.com/comics/zombie-week-4/ "Zombie gonna bring the pain!"]]\
357[[http://www.bugcomic.com/comics/zombie-week-4/ "Zombie think you guys are jerks."]]\
358[[http://www.bugcomic.com/comics/zombie-week-4/ "Zombie really identify with characters in "Twilight".]]\
359[[http://www.bugcomic.com/comics/pirate-week-5/ "Zombies have song and dance number planned for finale..."]]
360* Hamman from "Spontaneous Combustion" talks this way, particularly the third-person variety. "HAMMAN AM HAMMAN!"
361* [[spoiler: Tastefully averted]] in ''Webcomic/FrankieAndStein.'' With references left and right, it's really anyone's guess whether the FrankensteinsMonster being created in the first chapter will be able to speak well or not.
362* The monster Snoz from ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' has a [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111209 mild case:]]
363-->'''Snoz:''' Ah. Herr von Mekkhan! Snoz can be out. They rang the bell. They ''did!''
364* ''Webcomic/SailorRanko'' has rock golems:
365-->[[http://sailorranko.com/comic/chapter-11-page-26 Mongo like smash.]]
366-->[[http://sailorranko.com/comic/chapter-11-page-28 Me have itch.]]
367[[/folder]]
368
369[[folder:Web Original]]
370* From ''Website/TheOnion'': [[http://www.theonion.com/articles/me-crush-middleclass-tax-hike,10693/ Me Crush Middle-Class Tax Hike!]] from Senator Gronk.
371* NFL humor blog [[http://kissingsuzykolber.uproxx.com/ Kissing Suzy Kolber]] parodies Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback [[http://kissingsuzykolber.uproxx.com/tag/ben-rongrastname Ben Roethlisberger]] as this.
372* Twitter user FEMINIST HULK is all over this.
373** DRUNK HULK ALSO LIKE THIS.
374** FILM CRIT HULK ALSO USE ALL CAPS AND HULK SPEAK, BUT OTHERWISE VERY WELL-SPOKEN.
375[[/folder]]
376
377[[folder:Web Videos]]
378* Caveman from ''[[WebVideo/TheTimeGuys Time... Guys]]'' talk like this, but Caveman's prodigious cave-telligence imply this more for style.
379* Website/YouTube personality Creator/{{Tobuscus}} is known for lapsing into this during his LetsPlay series. Perhaps best seen in the highlight reel of his [[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon F.E.A.R. 3]] LP: '''''AARRGH! MOMMA ANGRY.''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oKk0aoAPU8]]
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