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| 7 | [[quoteright:349:[[VideoGame/BanjoTooie https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ssslumberthesnake_6.png]]]] |
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| 9 | ->''"Yessss, man cub. Ssssso nice to sssssee you again."'' |
| 10 | -->-- '''Kaa''', ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'' |
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| 12 | [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Ssso. Let'ssss talk about thisss article]]. And yesss, we did demonssstrate thisss. |
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| 14 | Anyway, Snake Talk is the tendency of any snake or [[SnakePeople snake-like creature or person]] to accent any sibilant sound in a word, presumably to imitate a snake hissing. |
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| 16 | Sometimes applies so broadly it affects any reptilian creature - even when it doesn't make any sense. As much as a talking reptile can make sense anyway, even if every other TalkingAnimal is perfectly capable of talking. |
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| 18 | You see, reptiles ''do'' communicate with one another, but it tends to be largely visual; displaying boldly colored frills or crests and such. Several species don't even ''have'' vocal cords and have rather poor senses of hearing. It's really only sensible to the writers, since [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent they think scaly creatures are gross]], so they must sound scary. |
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| 20 | BlackSpeech takes this a step further, and constructs a whole language out of it, albeit far less pleasing to the ear. |
| 21 | |
| 22 | Often employed by SnakePeople and LizardFolk. And sometimes even a SmugSnake. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | See also FangThpeak, and VampireVords. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | If you are wondering, there are five letter "eses" in this article's title. |
| 27 | |
| 28 | Subtrope of AnimalSpeciesAccent. TrrrillingRrrs when used to denote feline purring is similar trope dealing with a particular animal species accent. |
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| 30 | !!Examplessss: |
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| 32 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 33 | |
| 34 | [[folder:Advertissssing]] |
| 35 | * A 1980s drug PSA, famously examined by the likes of WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic and WebVideo/JonTron, sports a drug dealer making his pitch to the viewer as he gradually transforms into '''''a snake'''''. |
| 36 | --> ''"But hey, do I look like the kind of guy that would do that to a kid like you?'' '''YESSSSSSS!'''''"'' |
| 37 | [[/folder]] |
| 38 | |
| 39 | [[folder:Japanesssse Cartoonssss and Comicssss]] |
| 40 | * The Animax English dub of [[PoisonousPerson Cobra]] in ''Manga/FairyTail'' gives him this sort of voice. The Japanese original and Funimation dub give him a deep baritone instead. |
| 41 | * Orochimaru of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' does this occasionally in the manga. Given [[{{Orochi}} the inspiration for his character]], it fits. It doesn't seem to happen as often in the [[Creator/{{Kujira}} Japanese]] or [[Creator/SteveBlum English]] TV series; instead, the voice actors compensate by making his voice very raspy and feminine-sounding. |
| 42 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': Ekans and Seviper, in PokemonSpeak. Ekans' evolution Arbok also tends to [[TrrrillingRrrs draw out its first syllable]]. |
| 43 | * Kaoru Kaidou from ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis''. [[BerserkButton But don't call him out on it.]] |
| 44 | -->'''Kaidoh''': Fssssssshhhhhhhhuuuuuuuu... |
| 45 | * Rokudo Mukuro from ''Manga/Reborn2004'' tends to do this. |
| 46 | [[/folder]] |
| 47 | |
| 48 | [[folder:Comic Bookssss]] |
| 49 | * ''Franchise/TheDCU'''s snake cult/terrorist organization Kobra requires this as a stage of initiation for all their converts. This is noted in ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis2004'', when Green Arrow takes Wonder Woman to interrogate [[ComicBook/SuicideSquad Slipknot]], who was suspected of attempting to kill Jean Loring, and who became a Kobra convert in prison. He starts talking like this, and Green Arrow tells him to drop the "fake hiss". |
| 50 | * Sssssssubverted by King Tyrant Lizard in ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'', who has a prominent lisp and simply cannot properly make "s" sounds, a fact that he is very sensitive about. |
| 51 | * ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'': All of the Dark Judges talk with a noticeable hiss after their transformation to undead. "The crime issss life, the ssssentence issss death!" |
| 52 | * In the ''Dragon Wars'' arc, ComicBook/LadyDeath is transported to a world of dragons who talk like this. |
| 53 | * In ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast1992'', the [[https://zelda.fandom.com/wiki/Zora_(character) fish-like Zora]] talks with a strong hiss: |
| 54 | -->'''Zora:''' Uggh! You'rre an ugly little mannn... But you have my thanksss for helping my Epheremelda... I sssaw your sssword and thought you were the knight... |
| 55 | * The ''ComicBook/{{Madballs}}'' comic book published by Creator/MarvelComics subsidiary Star Comics depicted Snake Bait as pronouncing his S's with a hiss because of the Madballs' reptilian nature. |
| 56 | * Creator/MarvelComics has [[FishPeople Manphibian]] as well as ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' villains the Lizard, ComicBook/{{Venom}}, and Stegron. |
| 57 | * Reptile spoke like this in the ''[[ComicBook/MortalKombatMalibuComics Mortal Kombat II]]'' comics. This style would later be used in his ''VideoGame/MortalKombat4'' ending (see Video Games section). |
| 58 | * The lizards and reptiles in the ''VideoGame/StarFox'' ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' comic book all speak like this. |
| 59 | * ComicStrip/TwistedToyfareTheatre's version of Cobra Commander talks like this, as a TakeThat to the characters portrayal in the second half of ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeTheMovie''. |
| 60 | * In the ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' storyline ''ComicBook/DeathAndTheFamily'', beastly villain Insect Queen talks with a noticeable hiss after possessing Lana Lang's body. |
| 61 | -->'''Insect Queen:''' I'll make you and your family ssssuffer, Sssssupergirl! I'll make your life Hell— |
| 62 | * In the ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' storyline "ComicBook/ThoseEmeraldEyesAreShining", Ontiir, the notoriously slippery and treacherous reptilian Science Police commander for Weber's World, talks with a very noticeable hiss. |
| 63 | -->'''Ontiir:''' Most asssuredly ssso, Ssssun Boy. |
| 64 | [[/folder]] |
| 65 | |
| 66 | [[folder:Fan Workssss]] |
| 67 | * ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnon Ghidorah]], though only when its [[MultipleHeadCase three heads]] say this particular word in unison: |
| 68 | -->''[==]'''YESSS'''[=SSSSSssssss=]'' |
| 69 | * Has been seen in quite a few ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fics whenever Voldemort says anything, despite the fact that he doesn't talk like that in the books. |
| 70 | ** In ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality'', whenever Harry or Quirrel talk in parseltongue, an extra s gets added, and the writing style changes a little, to suggest that parseltongue lacks some words for human concepts. |
| 71 | * The Tayhil speak this way in ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone''. So does George, when [[VoluntaryShapeshifting he becomes a Tayhil Leader.]] |
| 72 | * ''Fanfic/MegaManRecut'' deconstructs this in "Bot Transfer." This makes it difficult for anyone to understand Mega Man while in Snake Man's body – or Snake Man himself. |
| 73 | * The ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' fic ''Fanfic/OldWest'' has several snakes as prominent characters, including the canonical Rattlesnake Jake, but they all avert this trope by speaking like the other Western characters. However, Grace Glossy does refer to [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 Kaa]] -- or more accurately, [[Film/TheJungleBook2016 the female Kaa]] who's voiced by the author's choice for Grace's notional voice actress, Creator/ScarlettJohansson -- by asking Jake to "trusssssst in her". |
| 74 | * Esmé in ''Fanfic/PawnToQueen'', to an incredibly {{Narm}}y degree, especially with the fic otherwise being a DarkerAndEdgier angstfest. |
| 75 | * In the ''Pokemon'' fanfic ''Fanfic/PokemonXNimjaPlayTheGame,'' Slang, a panicky German Dunsparce, talks like this. Of course, his German accent doubles as a FunetikAksent, [[SelfDemonstratingArticle sssssssso in ze end he talkssssssss like zisssssss... pleasssssse don't get him anyvhere near Nimja... he'sssssss heard ssssssome ssssssstrange sssssssingsssss about him...]] |
| 76 | * In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''[=/=]''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/APonyOutOfPlace'', Flare had to face an Titanoboa to protect Miss Cheerilee, her Class, Spike, and eventually Twilight. |
| 77 | * ''Fanfic/RomanceAndTheFateOfEquestria'': |
| 78 | ** The giant serpent Sørmur dï Mitgaeard. |
| 79 | ** In the prequel ''Legend of the Goddesses'', a fellow serpent chastises her for it, and there's a StopBeingStereotypical vibe there; no other serpents in the story talk like that. |
| 80 | * Averted in ''Fanfic/TheTaleOfSolaron'' where the titular SnakePerson is quite well spoken, though he often hisses when angry. |
| 81 | * In ''Fanfic/ThoseLackingSpines'', Saïx's {{Seme}} Secks talks like this. ItMakesSenseInContext. Well, kind of. |
| 82 | * Averted and lampshaded in the ''Fanfic/UndocumentedFeatures'' story ''Twilight'' ([[Literature/TheTwilightSaga no relation]]), where Jormungand's speech is "perfectly atypical for the world's largest snake to have", because it doesn't use sssnaketalk. |
| 83 | * ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': Bren, Kay'la's kobold squire, talks like this constantly. |
| 84 | [[/folder]] |
| 85 | |
| 86 | [[folder:Jokessss]] |
| 87 | * A joke in Spanish uses animal sounds as punchlines, including this trope. A cat, a dog, a rooster and a snake travel across a lake on a boat. The cat falls into the water and shouts: "¡Miaugo, miaugo!"[[note]]"Miau" means "Meow"; "Me ahogo" means "I'm drowning".[[/note]] [[{{Jerkass}} The dog]] callously replies: "¡Guauguántese!"[[note]]"Guau" is the Spanish version of "woof"; "Aguántese" means "Deal with it".[[/note]] The rooster panickedly asks: "¿Quiquiriquiaga, quiquiriquiaga?"[[note]]"Quiquiriquí" is the Spanish version of "Cock-a-doodle-doo"; a pun on "¿Qué quieres que haga?" meaning "What do you want me to do?"[[/note]] Finally, [[OnlySaneMan the snake]] urges the others: "¡Ssssáquenlo, ssssáquenlo!"[[note]]"Sáquenlo" means "Pull him out!"[[/note]] |
| 88 | [[/folder]] |
| 89 | |
| 90 | [[folder:Motion Picturessss -- Animation]] |
| 91 | * The Spirit from the ''Franchise/CareBears'' movie tends to speak like this on occasion, most notably in her first line. |
| 92 | -->'''The Spirit''': Nicholassssss... |
| 93 | * The Other Mother in ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}''. |
| 94 | * Plenty of Franchise/{{Disney|AnimatedCanon}} examples: |
| 95 | ** Kaa, in ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'', particularly during the song "Trust in Me". |
| 96 | ** Sir Hiss, in ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973''. |
| 97 | ** Jafar in giant cobra form at the end of ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''. |
| 98 | ---> A ssnake, am I? Perhapsss you'd like to ssssee how ssssnake-like I can BE! |
| 99 | ** The eels Flotsam and Jetsam from ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' talk like this. Eels aren't snakes, but they look very snakelike. |
| 100 | ** Scar in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' talks like this at times. Yes, despite being a lion. |
| 101 | ** Joanna from ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'', although she is actually a lizard, but a reptile nonetheless. |
| 102 | * Completely averted in ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'', with Viper being voiced by the lovely Creator/LucyLiu. |
| 103 | * The Fat Dog-on-a-Skateboard from ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTheMovie''. |
| 104 | * Averted in ''{{WesternAnimation/Rango}}'' with [[KnightofCerebus Rattlesnake Jake]], voiced by talented British actor Creator/BillNighy. |
| 105 | * The cobras in ''Rikki Tiki Tavi''. |
| 106 | [[/folder]] |
| 107 | |
| 108 | [[folder:Motion Picturessss -- Live-Action]] |
| 109 | * Some snake horror movies have this in their title. E.g. "Sssssnake Kobra" alias "Sssssss". Or "Hisss". (If googling, note that the number of "s" tendsssss to vary.) |
| 110 | * ''Film/BlazingSaddles'' with Creator/DomDeLuise playing Buddy Adler. |
| 111 | -->'''Buddy''': Have you got it?!\ |
| 112 | '''"French Mistake" Dancers''': Yessssssssss.\ |
| 113 | '''Buddy''': Sounds like steam escaping... |
| 114 | * In ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'', the snake says "Thankss." In [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets the next film]], Parseltongue is represented as an untranslated language; we don't hear it in English like in the first film. However, it still has plenty of drawn-out "s"es. To wit: |
| 115 | -->'''Harry''': Ssiah sieth. |
| 116 | * ''Film/TheHobbit'': [[Characters/MiddleEarthFilmIndependentVillains Smaug]] really loves stressing his sibilants; most prominently as he assures Bilbo that "I will not part with a ''sss''ingle coin", complete with a serpentine tongue-flick. Even before that: "Hmmm...there is ''ssss''omething about you." In the [[Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies third film]], Thorin starts picking it up as his {{greed}} and GoldFever from Smaug's treasure overwhelm him. |
| 117 | * The Snake in the musical version of ''The Little Prince''. |
| 118 | * ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'': |
| 119 | ** Gollum. "Sssneakinggg, my preccciousss, yesss..." |
| 120 | ** The Ring-Wraiths, though the Witch-King doesn't, presumably because he's got a little bit more personality remaining than the others. |
| 121 | -->'''Wraith:''' Sssshhiiiree. Bagiiinnnssss. |
| 122 | * ''Film/TheMask'': The Mask mentions his catchphrase in this fashion: "Sssssmokiiiinnnnnn'!" |
| 123 | * Agent Smith from ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' series tends to drag out the end of a lot of his words, but the "s" sounds are the most noticeable. |
| 124 | * ''Film/{{Mowgli}}'': While Kaa the python doesn't normally speak this way, she does talk like this once when angered. |
| 125 | * ''Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Defied by George and Martha, the two snakes on [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Hermes' caduceus]], in ''Sea of Monsters''. George speaks with a normal American accent and insists that this trope is racist. |
| 126 | * ''Film/TheProducers'': Carmen Ghia goes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL3OOnPfgoY&feature=related Yesssssssssssssssssssssssss?]] as he greets Max and Leo into his house. |
| 127 | * ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'': White Mamba hisses on words that involve an s, such as her opening "what's up?" |
| 128 | * Mr. Simms at the end of the horror anthology ''Film/TalesFromTheHood'': "[[spoiler:WelcomeToHell]], motherfuckerssss!" |
| 129 | * The Djinn in ''Film/{{Wishmaster}}'' tends to gradually [[OneWingedAngel drop his human act]]. The first stage consists of him starting to talk in a deep hissing voice with [[LipLock elongated stress]] on some syllables. |
| 130 | [[/folder]] |
| 131 | |
| 132 | [[folder:Bookssss]] |
| 133 | * Adder and Sinuous in ''WesternAnimation/TheAnimalsOfFarthingWood''. |
| 134 | * In ''Literature/{{Animorphs}},'' the Taxxons have tongues so long they ''can't'' speak any language but their own, which is filled with "S's." |
| 135 | * The ''Velociraptors'' in ''Astrosaurs'' speak like this, with the exception of General Loki. |
| 136 | * The dragon Calandor in Jacqueline Carey's ''Literature/{{Banewreaker}}''. But unlike the ''Black Jewels'' example, his telepathic voice doesn't hiss, only his actual speaking voice. |
| 137 | * ''Literature/BazilBroketail'': It's very rare, but dragons talk that way occasionally, usually when vocalizing their approval with "yesss". |
| 138 | * Draca and Lorn in Anne Bishop's ''Literature/BlackJewels'' trilogy. To make matters even more ridiculous, they hiss when speaking using ''{{telepathy}}''. |
| 139 | * Not Rose from ''Literature/TheBookOfLostThings'' speaks like this after undergoing GlamourFailure. |
| 140 | * In ''Literature/{{Bounders}}'', the Alkalinians, snake-like aliens, hiss their S and SH sounds. |
| 141 | * Used believably in the ''Literature/{{Destroyermen}}'' series. Though they have their own language, the Grik [[AliensSpeakingEnglish use written and spoken English]] as the "scientific tongue," thanks to the capture of a British East India Company ship that came to the [=altEarth=] in the 1700s. Other Grik-like peoples, such as the Tagranesi and Khonashi tribes who ally with the Lemurians and the US Navy, also start learning English. However, as they are all reptiles descended from Cretaceous-Period raptors, they are unable to pronounce any letter whose sound requires lips, and sometimes try to substitute with "F" or "S". Other times, they will use grammatically-incorrect-but-pronounceable word substitutions, like "I" for "me" or "us" for "we." |
| 142 | %% * Arxinor in Literature/DragonsLexiconTriumvirate |
| 143 | * Creator/RudyardKipling's ''The Elephant's Child'' (one of the ''Literature/JustSoStories'') has the bicoloured python rocksnake, who combines this with SesquipedalianLoquaciousness. In the audiotape version read by Jack Nicholson, this is spot-on. |
| 144 | * Lampshaded in the Creator/MercedesLackey[=/=]Creator/AndreNorton collaborative novel ''Literature/TheElvenbane'': Keman, a shapeshifting [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon]], has introduced himself to some other heroic characters while posing as a half-Elf. When he decides to reveal his true form (after quite some time), he breaks out in exaggerated sssssnaketalk. |
| 145 | * In a non-reptilian example, ratfolk of Pular Singe's line have trouble with hissing their sibilants when speaking Karentine (language of ''Literature/GarrettPI'''s home city). Sssssssssubverted in that it's merely mentioned as a racial accent/speech impediment, rather than sssspelled out in the text. |
| 146 | * Crowley of ''Literature/GoodOmens'' has "a tendency to hiss" whenever he forgot himself. This isn't very surprising, as he was [[Literature/TheBible the snake]]. |
| 147 | * In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', this is [[{{Pun}} part and parseltongue]] of speaking to snakes. The snake in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'' does this even when [[TranslationConvention translated into English]]. |
| 148 | * Strangely enough, used in Jane Yolen's ''Heart's Blood'' series. Heart's Blood's offspring in the later books all have names with prominent hissing sssssyllables. [[FridgeLogic The dragons are telepathic and communicate mostly through projecting visuals, and grow up around humans who would typically give them noun-based names like their mother's]]... |
| 149 | * Unlike most of the nonhuman sentient races in the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' series, which speak using {{telepathy}}, the [[OurGryphonsAreDifferent gryphons]] can speak aloud, but are prone to both sssnaketalk and TrrrillingRrrs. A few gryphon characters can overcome these habits with practice, but still tend to slip back into hissing when stressed. |
| 150 | * The criminal Ssnake in Creator/PerryMoore's ''Literature/{{Hero}}''. [[spoiler:Is [[HandWave handwaved]] when Thom unwittingly makes out with Ssnake in his civilian identity (Simon Hess, ironically enough) at a gay bar. The hiss is stereotypically explained away as a lisp.]] |
| 151 | * ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'': |
| 152 | ** Oito, the lizard demon, speaks like this, much to Eric's amazement. |
| 153 | --->'''Eric''': Huh ... they really do talk like that. |
| 154 | ** A royal knight commander, who is also a lizard demon, has this affect. It must be hard to give orders. |
| 155 | * Apophis, the serpent-god of primal chaos is given this attribute in the graphic novel versions of ''Literature/TheKaneChronicles''. |
| 156 | * In the ''Literature/{{Larklight}}'' trilogy, Ssilissa, a "blue lizard creature," was originally named Millicent and mispronounced it consistently enough as a child that eventually everyone else gave up and just called her Ssilissa. That's right, not Millicent, not even Sillisa, but Ssilissa. She's got everyone else hissing, too. Then in the third book, [[spoiler: the rest of her species (the Snilth) turn up and we get names such as Zssthss, Alor, Ssoozzs and Thss. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d when the narrator comments that this sounds more like a gas leak than a name.]] |
| 157 | * Parodied in ''Literature/TheLightFantastic'', where one of the Octavo's spells is noted to be able to hiss a sentence that contains no sibilants. |
| 158 | * ''Literature/TheLittleGreyMenSeries'': The villainous adder in ''Down the Bright Stream'' talkssss like thisss. |
| 159 | * Gollum in Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', my preciousss. Gollum is so fond of sibilants that he will use all nouns in the plural (regardless of actual number) and all verbs in s-form (regardless of whether the subject is third-person singular or not). He also avoids second person, using third person instead, probably to get even more sibilants in. Tolkien once spotted an "error" in ''Literature/TheHobbit'' as printed, where Gollum said the correct "I like riddles" instead of "likes". As he said, "Not that Gollum would miss the chance of a sibilant!" |
| 160 | * In Paula Volsky's ''The Luck of Relian Kru,'' there are two magically-created metal snakes who hiss, and hiss their "s"'s. |
| 161 | * Naga speak this way in ''[[Literature/TheDarkProfitSaga Orconomics]]''. Gorm meets a Naga barkeep named Angusss. When he speaks his name, the barkeep corrects him that it's pronounced "Anguss", adding that "the middle 's' is silent." As expected, he tends to hiss his "s"'s. |
| 162 | * In the ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' world, this is how Dracaenae (snake/dragon women monster thingies) talk. |
| 163 | * ''{{Literature/Redwall}}'': |
| 164 | ** Asmodeus, TheDragon from ''Redwall'' (or what looks like a literal dragon if you're a mouse), appears to [[VerbalTic punctuate everything]] with "Asmodeuss." (He also seems to vocalize his name while asleep, instead of snoring.) |
| 165 | ** In fact, all snakes talk like this and even have names with lots of sibilants (Baliss, Harssacss, Sicariss...). The monitor lizardzzz from Pearls of Lutra use "z" instead. |
| 166 | * ''Literature/TheReluctantKing'': Princess Yargali, who's essentially a were snake, talks like this, with a sibilant hiss when pronouncing anything which uses an "S". |
| 167 | * As their name might suggest, the snake-like Sssstamne from ''Literature/TheRogueKing'' hissssss out any sss sssound. |
| 168 | * Leia's Jedi Master in the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'', a [[LizardFolk Barabel]], talks like thisssss. |
| 169 | * Gregor from ''Literature/SuperMinion'' talks with a faint hiss in his voice. |
| 170 | * The reptilian Tlassians from ''Literature/TheirsNotToReasonWhy'' sspeak like thiss. |
| 171 | * Tapio Haltija of ''Literature/TheTraitorSonCycle'' speaks like this, even though he has nothing to do with reptiles or reptile-like creatures. |
| 172 | * In Creator/TanyaHuff's novel ''[[Literature/ConfederationOfValor Valor's Choice]]'', the reptilian race is heard this way by the protagonist ''even though their native language is being run through a UniversalTranslator.'' This is explained as the protagonist's translator being either old or broken and her needing a replacement. The rest of the Marines hear the Silsviss speaking normally. [[BellisariosMaxim Don't think about it too hard.]] |
| 173 | * In the ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' novel trilogy, ''Literature/TheWarOfTheAncients'', one of the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon commanders]], Hakkar the Houndmaster, exemplifies this. Though he isn't so reptillian as much as a flaming skull on a scaled body... |
| 174 | * For another example from the Franchise/WarcraftExpandedUniverse, Ssarbik from the ''Literature/{{Traveler}}'' trilogy ssspeaks in snake talk even though he is a [[BirdPeople bird person]], not a snake. Weirder still this not a characteristic of his species as his sister speaks completely normally. |
| 175 | * In ''Literature/WindAndSparks'' by Alexey Pehov in the English translation by Elinor Huntington the toad people Blazogs tend to "quack", replacing guttural sounds with "kv". Thus "game" becomes "kvame" and "can" becomes "kvan". Somehow, they manage to correctly pronounce their own names like Ktatak or Gbabak. |
| 176 | * All the Fangsss in ''Literature/TheWingfeatherSaga'' ssslip in and out of Snake Talk. |
| 177 | * The voles in Creator/PiersAnthony's ''Literature/{{Xanth}}'' series replace all their 's's with v's, leading to very confusing vpeech patternv. They, however, hear everybody else speaking snaketalk. |
| 178 | * Mostly averted in Creator/HarryTurtledove's ''Literature/WorldWar'' books with the Race, the reptilian conquerors to arrive to Earth in the middle of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. While their native language does involve a lot of hissing and coughing, the words printed in the books are written in normal language. It is mentioned, however, that they still hiss a lot when speaking human languages. Some of the lizard names are also supposed to be pronounced with a hiss, such as Ussmak. |
| 179 | %% * The Raven Mockers from ''Literature/TheHouseOfNight'' are prone to this. |
| 180 | %% * ''Literature/{{Letterland}}'': Sammy Snake, being a snake, talks like this. |
| 181 | [[/folder]] |
| 182 | |
| 183 | [[folder:Live-Action TV Showssss]] |
| 184 | * Rory Bremner's impression of the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, pulls heavily on that quirk of his voice: "Issn't it ssstriking, that God, in hisss wisssdom hasss chosssen asss hisss sssservant ssssomeone who ssssounds sssso ssssusssspiccccioussssly like a sssserpent." |
| 185 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': |
| 186 | ** The reptilian Ice Warriors, but only in Earth's atmosphere; they don't hiss in their own. |
| 187 | ** Zephon from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan "The Daleks' Master Plan"]] has a distinctly sibilant hiss when he speaks, as does Celation. |
| 188 | ** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E7TheUnicornAndTheWasp "The Unicorn and the Wasp"]]: The villain, a large alien wasp capable of taking human form, uses Wazzzzptalk when about to change into his insectoid form. |
| 189 | --->"Put thozzzzzze thingzzzzz back where you found them! It's-zzzzzzzzzZZZZZ!" |
| 190 | ** Colony Sarff from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E1TheMagiciansApprentice "The Magician's Apprentice"]] is a colony of snakes. His hissing is more pronounsssed by his breathlesss-ssounding sspeech. |
| 191 | * In the ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' two-part episode "Self-Inflicted Wounds", the villain, Pathfinder Neeyala speaks like this -- despite being more [[FishPeople piscine]] than reptilian. |
| 192 | * Subverted by the cobra in ''Series/TheMightyBoosh''. Apart from having a very quiet voice, he doesn't hiss at all. |
| 193 | * In ''Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers'', BigBad Evox, a ComputerVirus with a cobra avatar, speaks in this manner. [[spoiler:In the final two episodes, he abandons it and talks in his real voice when his true identity is revealed - that he's a reincarnation of the ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' villain Venjix]]. |
| 194 | * Mesogog in ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder''. He manages to do it with ''non-''sibilants, actually, making his speech a lot breathier than non-reptile characters. Many other snake or lizard based MonsterOfTheWeek characters do this as well, to varying degrees. |
| 195 | * ''Franchise/StarTrek'': |
| 196 | ** Notably ssssssubverted by the Gorn in ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' and ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' where the reptilian species has a notably deep and gravely voice, but whose speech patterns do not have an emphasized sibilance, although their breathing is somewhat sibilant. |
| 197 | ** Cardassian characters can get a little sibilant, especially if they're angry or keyed up, but it's unknown whether this is biological or more like an accent. |
| 198 | * [[BigBad Alastair]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' has this way of speaking occasionally, most notably with the line "Think I'll take my chancesss." |
| 199 | * ''Series/YoungSheldon'': In "Snoopin' Around and the Wonder Twins of Atheism", the last time Mary taught Sunday school, she used a snake puppet that spoke this way. Peg mimics it when making fun of her. |
| 200 | [[/folder]] |
| 201 | |
| 202 | [[folder:Mussssic]] |
| 203 | * The character of Hissing Sid in the "Captain Beaky" songs written by Jeremy Lloyd and Jim Parker and sung by Keith Michell. Sid (a snake) does not speak in the original, but he does in some of the sequels, and does so (as his name implies) with a distinct hiss. |
| 204 | * Played with in "The Snake" by Al Wilson: He doesn't use this when speaking as the snake, but does when tagging it. |
| 205 | -->"Take me in, tender woman,\ |
| 206 | "Take me in for heaven's sake.\ |
| 207 | "Take me in, tender woman,"\ |
| 208 | Sssssighed the ssssnake. |
| 209 | [[/folder]] |
| 210 | |
| 211 | [[folder:Pinballssss]] |
| 212 | * The Snake in Creator/SternPinball's ''Pinball/{{Metallica}}'' talks like this. |
| 213 | -->'''Snake''': That'ssss not niccce! |
| 214 | [[/folder]] |
| 215 | |
| 216 | [[folder:Playssss]] |
| 217 | * In the theater adaptation of the old Chinese legend ''White Snake'', both White Snake (Lady Bai) and Green Snake (Greeni) speak this way whenever they're turning back into snakes or particularly upset about something. |
| 218 | [[/folder]] |
| 219 | |
| 220 | [[folder:Professssional Wresssstling]] |
| 221 | * Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}'s [[Wrestling/TheOsirianPortal Ophidian]] talkssssss like thissssss at all timesssss, oh yesss. |
| 222 | [[/folder]] |
| 223 | |
| 224 | [[folder:Roleplayssss]] |
| 225 | * Benjy from ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues'' is turned into a bug monster by his superpower. His general dialect henceforth is plagued with sibilant emphasis, even on letters that don't normally make a hissing sound. |
| 226 | [[/folder]] |
| 227 | |
| 228 | [[folder:Sssstage Musicalssss]] |
| 229 | * In ''Theatre/ChildrenOfEden'', a musical based on the book of Genesis, the Serpent's number, "In Pursuit of Excellence," is carefully designed around this trope. |
| 230 | [[/folder]] |
| 231 | |
| 232 | [[folder:Tabletop Gamessss]] |
| 233 | * Tevesh Szat, from ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''. |
| 234 | * In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', the Skaven do this, but are hideous rat men instead of reptiles. Lizardmen do not conform to the trope. |
| 235 | [[/folder]] |
| 236 | |
| 237 | [[folder:Video Gamessss]] |
| 238 | * ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'': |
| 239 | ** Klungo is not reptilian or snake-like, but still ssspeaks thisss way. Klungo's ssnaketalk is later lampshaded in the third game, ''Nuts & Bolts'', when, upon Banjo and Kazooie completing one of his challenges perfectly, he ''spells out'' "perfection" as "p.e.r.f.e.c.h.sss.u.n." |
| 240 | ** There's also Ssslumber the giant snake (pictured above) from the sequel ''Banjo-Tooie'', who fits the criteria better. |
| 241 | %%* ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'': [[TheMorlocks The Rats]] all speak like this. |
| 242 | * A group of semi-anthropomorphic snakes called, well, "The Snakes" from ''[[VideoGame/CityOfHeroes City of Villains]]'' uses this. Extensively. Indeed, they worship Sssstheno, and their racial name is the 'silur. Interestingly enough, they never hiss on C words, even when they should. |
| 243 | * Komodo Joe in ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacing''. |
| 244 | ** In the [[VideoGameRemake remake]], ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled'', his brother Komodo Moe also speaks this way. |
| 245 | * Most of the Kremlings in the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance remakes of the ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' trilogy. |
| 246 | * Variant: ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIX'' has [[spoiler:Drak after eating the Fygg]], a giant taking '''l'''izard, who does this with the letter l instead of s. |
| 247 | * ''VideoGame/DragonQuestXI'' has the Auroral Serpent, who does this all the way. "You shall have the pleasssure of being the Auroral Ssserpent'sss sssupper!" |
| 248 | * Reptile men and Serpent men (in previous versions, Lizardmen and Snakemen) in ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress''. This is determined by the [LISP] [[http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/DF2010:Creature_token#L creature token]] in the raws, so if you want to, you can make everybody snake talking. |
| 249 | * In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series, [[LizardFolk Argonians]], particularly males, have elements of this when they speak. The ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall Daggerfall]]'' [[InGamenovel in-game book series]] ''[[http://www.imperial-library.info/dfbooks/b100_complete_edward.shtml King Edward]]'' even describes the Argonian healer of the story as "a strange looking lizard-like man, who spoke with such a hissing accent that Edward couldn't understand him at all" ("I cannn fixxxx thissss, it'ssss cleeean"). Over the course of the series, this has become more and more Downplayed, however. By ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'', Argonians speak at most with a long, raspy, reptilian drawl, but tone down the hissing. ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' removes it almost entirely with the exception of a hissing taunt during combat. |
| 250 | * Some of the ''VideoGame/EverQuest'' Iksar and lizardmen have a few extra S's. Some don't, however. It's even more common in ''VideoGame/EverQuestII''. |
| 251 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout Tactics|BrotherhoodOfSteel}}'', hairy deathclaws speak this way. Yes, [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091030012639/fallout/images/thumb/4/4f/FoT_Matriarch_MardinMap.png/200px-FoT_Matriarch_MardinMap.png they talk]]. |
| 252 | * ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'': |
| 253 | ** The Bangaa race in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance''. Thankfully they dropped this in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2''. |
| 254 | ** In another ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' example, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV DS'' has one of the Four Fiends Scarmiglione using this trope, though he's a bit inconsistent. |
| 255 | ** The Ananta beast tribe in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' naturally talk like this, as does their Primal, Sri Lakshmi, though in the latter's case, it's not nearly as pronounced vocally. Just about every interaction with the former also has the player character imitate it. |
| 256 | * ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'': General Bertram elongates all of his s's and vowels until you start wondering if there's a snake rather than a man under that helmet. |
| 257 | * ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': Changsheng, the snake familiar of Dr. Baizhu, naturally does this with his "s" sounds. |
| 258 | * Theron-class Locust in ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' speak with a whispery, hissing voice and have a tendency to elongate their S's ("Sssapient wasste!"). |
| 259 | * The enigmatic G-Man from the ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' sseries tends to draw out his speech in this fashion, Mister Freeman. Most of his speech tends to be AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLAble rather than just drawing it out, giving the impression that English is not just his second language, but speaking is his second means of communication. |
| 260 | * ''VideoGame/JitsuSquad'' have a [[SnakePeople cobra-woman]] boss named Viper, who talks like this. One of the player heroes, Baby, mocks her for it. |
| 261 | --> '''Viper''': You are looking for the Kusssssssssanagi Sssssssstone, are you not? Massster Origami ordered me to dessssstroy you. Thissss issss where your quesssssst ends.\ |
| 262 | '''Baby''': Whatever you ssssssay misssssssss.\ |
| 263 | [''cue boss fight''] |
| 264 | * ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVAbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder'': |
| 265 | ** Mordak says "Sssssay goodbye, sssssswine!" Mind you, he is actually taking the form of a snake at this point. |
| 266 | ** Also, Graham CAN talk to that [[MemeticMutation pOIsonous snake]] and it says "Sssssstay back!" |
| 267 | * The boss of Guffawha Ruins in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'' is not a snake, but a talking stone head who does this with "f" and "s" sounds. |
| 268 | * ''VideoGame/MasterOfOrion'': The [[LizardFolk Sakkra]] homeworld is called Sssla. However, you won't see them hissing much in their speech to you during diplomatic meetings. This is likely due to the use of TranslatorMicrobes. |
| 269 | * ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' with Reptile of course, in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat4''. When we hear him speak in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'', he doesn't have this. |
| 270 | * The online virtual pet game ''Website/{{Neopets}}'''s NPC Sssidney. Even his ''name'' has ssnaketalk. And his species is a Nimmo, which is a lot closer to a frog than a snake. |
| 271 | * ''VideoGame/OhSirTheInsultSimulator'': For some reason, Creator/HPLovecraft talks like this in some words. |
| 272 | * Ignus of ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment''. It's nothing to do with snakes in his case, though; he is [[IncendiaryExponent perpetually on fire]], and his voice sounds like crackling flames as a result. |
| 273 | * Sssssam the snake in ''VideoGame/Rayman2TheGreatEscape''. |
| 274 | * The Sakkhra from ''Savage Empire'' are a race of lizard people, and they all do this; they also have names like Kysstaa and Ksssindra. The ones who aren't important to the plot hiss so much that they're almost completely unintelligible. Interestingly, the Sakkhra are a devolved form of a much older race, the Kotl; they were also lizard people, but the one Kotl you meet in the game doesn't hiss. |
| 275 | * ''VideoGame/{{Scrabdackle}}'': Hist, a mysterious snake-merchant, talks like this. They become offended if you point it out. |
| 276 | * Creator/SpiderwebSoftware likes this one. In ''VideoGame/{{Exile}}'' and its [[VideoGameRemake remake]] ''VideoGame/{{Avernum}}'', [[LizardFolk sliths]] talk like this. So do the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent drayks (and drakons)]] in ''VideoGame/{{Geneforge}}''. However, the sliths and drayks that spend most of their time dealing with people lose the speech pattern. |
| 277 | * ''VideoGame/{{Starbound}}'': Though they're PlantAliens instead of reptiles, the Florans talk like this, especially when talking about ssstabbing. This includes the [[OnlySaneMan otherwise sane]] [[EmperorScientist greenfingers]]; only [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch Nuru]] avoids it, aside from the odd relapse. |
| 278 | * The mushroom like Lk from ''VideoGame/StarControl 3''. "Greetingsss, fellow sssentient. I am the massster inheritor." [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBJUnSosFJk&feature=PlayList&p=B3C721669BDBBB3F&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=42 Click this link to watch it.]] |
| 279 | * ''VideoGame/TrafficDepartment2192'' has the Selarian race, as represented by Lt. (j.g.) Koth. |
| 280 | * The T'Rang from the ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}}'' games speak like this, despite being insectoids. |
| 281 | * ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': |
| 282 | ** [[SnakePeople Nagas]] do this sometimes, and one mob is actually called Ssslith. That's not a spelling mistake: his name contains three esses. |
| 283 | ** The Priests of Hakkar are infamous for this. [[ScaledUp High Priest Venoxis]] in Zul'Gurub talks entirely like this, even when in his normal, Troll form. |
| 284 | ** The High Prophet of Sseratus, named Slad'ran, in Gundrak. His room is a snake pit. |
| 285 | ** Gul'dan in ''World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor and Legion'' has a snake like voice, he employs it when he wants to be more taunting and sadistic than usual. |
| 286 | --->"The Legion cannot be sssstopped." |
| 287 | * The ''[[VideoGame/{{X}} X-Universe]]'' has the local [[LizardFolk reptiloid race]], the Teladi, talk like this. It's especially annoying since they are a race made exclusively of [[ProudMerchantRace profiteering maniacs]], and so have a tendency to put words like "profitssss" and "creditssss" where other races wouldn't. They will even hiss at the player if they're pissed off. |
| 288 | %%* ''VideoGame/YookaLaylee'': Trowzer though he is actually a snake. |
| 289 | * ''VideoGame/ZniwAdventure'': Sam the snake hisses his S's. He even introduces himself as "Ssssam." |
| 290 | [[/folder]] |
| 291 | |
| 292 | [[folder:Web Animationssssss]] |
| 293 | * In ''WebAnimation/AlphabetLore'', the letters speak by [[PokemonSpeak repeating their own name]]. S says his with a snakelike hiss, and he looks like the animal to match. |
| 294 | * ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Snakes speech is persistently stacked with 'S'es as a result of having this speech pattern. This gets severely downplayed as of episode 7 due to how it would result in what is essentially an OverlyLongGag whenever he talked. |
| 295 | * ''WebAnimation/LoboWebseries'': The Snake who ate Mudboy talks in this pattern. |
| 296 | * In WebVideo/PeaTea64's ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' videos, [[VideoGame/MegaMan3 Snake Man]] talks like this. |
| 297 | [[/folder]] |
| 298 | |
| 299 | [[folder:Webcomicssss]] |
| 300 | * ''Webcomic/BloodyUrban'': Shannon, who has a forked tongue, hisses slightly when he says certain wordss. |
| 301 | %%* ''Webcomic/BrunoTheBandit'': The Lizardmen. |
| 302 | %%* ''Webcomic/ChampionsOfFaraus'': Serpentus the {{Sea Serpent|s}} talks like this.%%Like what? |
| 303 | * ''Webcomic/{{Darken}}'': [[LizardFolk Jade the Yuan-Ti]] speaks perfectly normally ... except when the LoveableRogue Casper -- who owes her a debt -- has a [[AllJustADream nightmare]] about her. |
| 304 | * ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': During the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' parody storyline "Grace-A-Monsters!", the Grace-A-Monster that looks like a [[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/gam-26 humanoid Arbok]] talks like this. |
| 305 | * ''Webcomic/FreddyFox'': Steve and Melvin, being snakes, draw out the "S" sounds in their dialogue. |
| 306 | * ''Webcomic/TheHorrifyingExperimentsOfDrPleasant'': [[SnakePeople Francesca]] really letsss 'em fly when she'ssss been drinking. |
| 307 | * ''Webcomic/{{Huckleberry}}'': Snakes such as the Diamondback draw out their s's when they talk. It even happens in their thought bubbles. |
| 308 | * ''Webcomic/PeterAndCompany'': Skin the snake replaces "s" with "th". Other characters, including [[FunnyAnimal the anthropomorphic lizards]], speak properly. (He's actually a [[NotAMetaphor guardian angel]]/imaginary friend to an intellectually disabled lizard boy.) |
| 309 | * {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/pet-foolery/hisssss/viewer?title_no=691801&episode_no=28 this strip]] of ''Webcomic/PetFoolery'', where a mouse notices that the snake slipped up its speech by not pronouncing the word "struggle" with drawn-out S's. The snake denies this, [[ImplausibleDeniability only to slip up some more]], until it finally confesses that the speech quirk is purposely done just to look "creepy and intimidating". |
| 310 | * ''Webcomic/PoorlyDrawnLines'': [[http://poorlydrawnlines.com/comic/sssnake/ Exaggerated and lampshaded]]. |
| 311 | * ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'': Y.T. the lamia mixes this with a Texan accent. |
| 312 | * ''Webcomic/{{Selkie}}'': The titular character adds an "s" to many of her words, but it's not particularly exaggerated most of the time. The conlang/cultural reason for it does get [[https://selkiecomic.com/comic/selkie417/ discussed]]. |
| 313 | %%* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'': The Ghouls do a lot of "his"ing. |
| 314 | [[/folder]] |
| 315 | |
| 316 | [[folder:Web Originalssss]] |
| 317 | * ''Literature/AConspiracyOfSerpents'' has the Basilisk, who constantly hisses every word it utters with the letter "s" in it. |
| 318 | * In ''Literature/LoomingGaia'', [[SnakePeople gorgons]] enunciate heavily on “S” and “Z” sounds due to their forked tongues. |
| 319 | * ''WebVideo/SandersSides'': Unsurprisingly, since half his face is serpentine (and he fits [[SmugSnake the archetype]] ''very'' well), Deceit gets a line like this in "Selfishness v. Selflessness." |
| 320 | -->'''Patton:''' Say you met a handsome prince, the second most handsome prince in the world.\ |
| 321 | '''Roman:''' Hang on, ''second''? Why can't I meet the first most handsome prince?\ |
| 322 | '''Patton:''' Because that's ''you'', silly!\ |
| 323 | '''Deceit:''' ''(under his breath)'' Sssssssssssssuck up! |
| 324 | * ''Podcast/TrialsAndTrebuchets'': The Ascendant priestess [[SignificantAnagram Neska]] speaks in this way, [[spoiler:in both her humanoid body and her [[TheGreatSerpent giant snake body]].]] |
| 325 | [[/folder]] |
| 326 | |
| 327 | [[folder:Wesssstern Animation]] |
| 328 | * One of the Flame King's would-be assassins talks like this in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''. Finn and Jake confront a chef when they hear him hissing the same way, only to discover he wasn't - an actual snake that had fallen on Jake's head was making the noise. |
| 329 | * Played for laughs in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AngelaAnaconda'', where the title character is playing Medusa in a play. The audience and teacher think it's hilarious, while [[RichBitch Nanette]] is annoyed right to hell by it. |
| 330 | * Adder and Sinuous from ''WesternAnimation/TheAnimalsOfFarthingWood''. |
| 331 | * Waspinator in ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' does a variation of this trope, rendering his "s" sounds into buzz-like elongated "z's". Being also prone to HulkSpeak, he buzzes his own name in nearly all of his lines. |
| 332 | -->'''Waspinator''': Wazzzpinator not want to die! Wazzzpinator hazz planzzzz! |
| 333 | * One of the minor villians, [[{{Pun}} Ssserpent]] on ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce''. Justified, as [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin he actually is a serpent-like alien.]] |
| 334 | * The incredibly appropriately named Dr. Hiss in ''WesternAnimation/TheBOTSMaster'', who extends this to Z sounds (pronouncing them as if they were "S"es instead), as well. Oh, and Ziv Zoolander's Boyzz BOTS have a similar problem to Waspinator, noted above; they pronounce "S" sounds as "Z"s in every context. |
| 335 | * On ''WesternAnimation/ChopSockyChooks'', the villain Kobra gains a snake-like way of speaking after being bitten by a snake. And in one episode, he brainwashes the people of Wasabi World by hypnotism. They all repeat what he said, complete with lisp, until he tells them to stop it. |
| 336 | * The Rattler on ''WesternAnimation/CoolMcCool'' has this as a verbal tic (being a humanoid snake) with isolated snake hisses dotted in. |
| 337 | * The snake from the ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' episode "Watch the Birdies" spoke this way. |
| 338 | * Camille Chameleon, a villain from ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'', is a shapeshifter who does this, which gives the hero a simple way to tell her from the person she's imitating -- that is, unless he simply thinks they need some throat lozenges... |
| 339 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Detentionaire}}'' had an episode where Lee was hallucinating that the Red Tazelwurm was talking to him, and this is how it spoke. Of course, it's not really accurate since he [[AllJustADream came up with the whole thing himself in his feverish state]]. [[OrWasItADream Probably]]. |
| 340 | * In "[[Recap/TheDragonPrinceS4E3Breathtaking Breathtaking]]" from ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'', after using a dark magic spell to get ScaledUp, Claudia speaks this way, [[DownplayedTrope albeit subtly]]. |
| 341 | * Mac does this on one of his [[GRatedDrug sugar rushes]] in ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends''. This is, of course, an indirect example, being an obvious parody of Gollum (who himself is listed a couple sections up). |
| 342 | -->'''Mac''': It burn usss! IT BURN USSS! |
| 343 | * The Cobra Queen on ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' occasionally slips into this trope but thankfully doesn't overuse it. It is also apparently Cave Guy's fetish. |
| 344 | -->'''Cobra Queen''': Tell me more about my eyessssssssss.\ |
| 345 | '''Cave Guy''': I ''love'' the way you say eyes! |
| 346 | * Cobra Commander on ''Franchise/GIJoe''. Particularly in ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeTheMovie'', where he "[[WasOnceAMan wass onsse a man...]]" |
| 347 | * [[SnakePeople Sir Pentious]] in ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'' often draws out his sibilants with hisses when he speaks. |
| 348 | * Mos'quita-ra in ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2021'' stretches out her s sounds. In her case, it's meant to invoke a buzzing sound since she's a [[MosquitoMiscreants Mosquito Miscreant]]. |
| 349 | * Ushari the Egyptian cobra from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'' speaks this way. |
| 350 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicKey'': Slimy Simon, the talking snake from “Floppy And The Puppies”, talks like thisssssss. |
| 351 | * King Hiss and his loyal race of Snake Men in ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse''. Notably, this is part of Sssqueeze's ''name'', though in the DC series that started in 2012 non-Snake Men call him "Squeeze". |
| 352 | * Snake Man in ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears''; it's apparently ''programmed in'', as when he switches bodies with Mega Man, he never drags out his S's, whilst Mega Man does. |
| 353 | * ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' has Sass, kwami of the Snake Miraculous. [[spoiler: Makes you wonder how Luka will talk as Viperion]]. |
| 354 | * The Electroids from ''WesternAnimation/{{Mixels}}'' speak this way in a borderline example. They're electricity-based in nature, and their bodies naturally shock and convulse with electricity when they say s- and z- sounds, making them elongate them. They don't do it ''all'' the time, but it's noticeable when they do. It also should be noted that Teslo has a lizard-like design to him and Zaptor's name is a portmanteau of "zap" and "raptor". |
| 355 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': The chimera's snake head speaks this way in the season 4 episode "Somepony to Watch Over Me". |
| 356 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'': This is a trademark of the Serpentine race, and one of the first signs that someone has been infected by Fangpire venom. |
| 357 | * On ''WesternAnimation/TheOctonauts'', the yellow-bellied sea snakes in "Yellow Bellied Sea Snakes" talk like this. |
| 358 | * Snake of the Gangreen Gang in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998''. He even at one point goes out of his way to say "yess" instead of "no", the correct answer to the question being asked. When Ace [[DopeSlap slaps him]] he wises up and corrects himself: "I meansss no." |
| 359 | * Played incredly, exaggeringly straight in ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''. A snake equivalent of Earth exists where its inhibaitants's hissing is their entire language, with very little translation provided in the episode. |
| 360 | * Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' when Cobra Commander tries to order fast food: "Could you repeat that? [[http://robotchicken.wikia.com/wiki/Hissing_Noise I'm getting a hissing noise."]] |
| 361 | * The tree cobra that bites Virjay in ''WesternAnimation/{{Sealab 2021}}'' announces, "I wasss onssse a maaan", presumably as a ShoutOut to the ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeTheMovie'' line quoted above. |
| 362 | %%* Rani Nagi from ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays''. |
| 363 | * Mr. Burns from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. "Exxxxxxxxxxxxcellent..." |
| 364 | * The Lizard in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries''. |
| 365 | * Repton, leader of the raptors from ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks''. None of his henchmen do, though, which is odd, seeing as they're apparently also his brothers. |
| 366 | * Dr. Viper in ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'', who was half kat/half lizard. |
| 367 | * Madame Snake in ''WesternAnimation/TeamoSupremo''. |
| 368 | * [[spoiler: Karai in her mutant serpent form]] in ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012''. [[spoiler: Post-mutation, any words in English from her are this until "City at War".]] |
| 369 | * Slithe from ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985'' (whose name, in the comic books, proves to actually be "S-s-slithe") talks like this. Many of his lines end with "Yes" whether it makes sense to end the sentence that way or not, apparently just to add extra sibilants so he can do this, [[VerbalTic yeeeesss]]? |
| 370 | * In ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' Snaketalk is present with all the {{Lizard|Folk}}s, Slithe included, but comparatively [[DownplayedTrope underplayed]]. They generally stress their sibilants, but don't heavily prolong them. |
| 371 | * Cedric from ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' is a mild example. He doesn't elongate his "s's" as much as many examples of this trope, but they're still more exaggerated than a normal person's, even when he's in human form. |
| 372 | |
| 373 | [[/folder]] |
| 374 | ---- |
| 375 | ->Thisssssss issssssssssss [[TheStinger a Sssssssssstinger]]. |
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