Line #129 Main/TrrrillingRrrs


1	->'''Enrrrique Mas:''' You can call me... ''Enrrrique!''\
2	'''Rrrose:''' ...No, I don't think I can.
3	-->--''{{Series/The Golden Gir\|ls}}rrls''
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5	Forrr added emphasis in yourrr worrrds, speak with rrrolling Rrr's to show yourrr contrrrol overrr yourrr dominion.
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7	Usually the [[EvilIsHammy Hammy]] {{Evil Overlor\|d}}rrd will constantly rrroll his tongue. Forrreign people arrre also frrreqently porrrtrrrayed in media as speaking like this. This is occasionally {{justified\|trope}} because the Rrr is prrronounced like this in severrral languages and dialects (think Slavic language in generrral, Italian, Dutch, Afrrrikaans, most Norrrdic countrrries, some Gerrrman and [[VampireVords Rrromannian]] dialects, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, and cerrrtain Spanish worrrds), otherrr than in English. Also frrrequently employed when the speakerrr is rrrelated to felines in some way, imitating a cat's purrring.
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9	In UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}, it's a marrrkerrr of a) being rrreallyyy angrrry orrr intentionally rrrude; b) of being a JapaneseDelinquent such as a ''UsefulNotes/{{bosozoku}}'' or ''yankii''; orrr c) someone trrrying to imitate one.
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11	Not to be confused with [[TalkLikeAPirate the way pirrrates constantly say "Arr!"]]. Comparrre SssssnakeTalk. The feline connotations of this trrrope is a {{Subtr\|ope}}rrope to AnimalSpeciesAccent.
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14	!!Examples:
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17	[[folder:Adverrrtising]]
18	* "Rrrruffles have rrridges". You prrrobably have to be of a certain age to rrrremember that ad campaign.
19	* The Tim Horrrton's Donut/Coffee shop in Canada occasionaly has a contest called "Rrrrolll up the rrrim to win." Bonus points for those who can rrroll the R's.
20	* Rrrrolling Wrrrrriter!
21	* There is a UsefulNotes/TacoBell commercial where two lions are talking about a roast beef burrito. The one says to the other, "No, say it like Creator/RicardoMontalban." So the other lion says, "Okay. Carrrrne asada."
22	* There's a Zaxby's commercial in which two ladies are engaging in increasingly over-the-top trilling in an effort to outdo one another. It culminates in "Have you met my friend, [=RrrrrrrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrRR=]... Ricardo?" [[note]]His name is Jim[[/note]]
23	* Tony the Tiger's "They're grrrrrrrrrEAT!" slogan for the ad campaign of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes cereal brand.
24	* ''Advertising/DairyQueenLips'': One ad has the Lips practicing saying "tortilla" with a rolling R, then advertising a wrap (there are variants of the ad with different wraps) and referring to a tortilla on the wrap with the rolling R. They don't use rolling R's for any other words.
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28	* ''Manga/SoulEater'' has Soul and Blackstar comically running to give each other a bro hug as they [[CallMyName call]] "[[GratuitousEnglish SSSOOORRRRRRRRRRRUUUUU]]!!!" "BUUURRRRRRRRRRRAAAKKUUSSSSTTTAAAAAAA!!!"
29	* ''Manga/SgtFrog''. [[GratuitousEnglish Noo prrrooblem!]]
30	* According to the editor's notes in the Creator/DarkHorseComics translation, Reina Gorn from ''Manga/TheKurosagiCorpseDeliveryService'' rolls her [=Rs=] to [[TranslationConvention reflect her imperfect Japanese]].
31	* ''Manga/KamichamaKarin'' gives us StudentCouncilPresident of Love and Justice, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKm-x1o2cUQ Prince Kirrrrio!]]
32	* Scanty and Kneesocks from ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' sure do love their [[strike:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwZSzlk4JHA "Rrrules"]]]] [[MemeticMutation RRRUUURRRUUU]].
33	** To the point that the protagonists eventually [[BriefAccentImitation mock their pronunciation.]]
34	* One of Happy's catchphrases in the Japanese version of the ''Manga/FairyTail'' anime: "De dekiteirrrru!" (literally, "I can see it how it is (there is love in the air)"). The manga and the English dub avert it, translating this catchphrase as "[[ShipperOnDeck S/He liiiiikes you.]]"
35	** It's not just Happy- whenever someone else (mostly Virgo) decides to ship two characters, they say the same thing, trilling included.
36	* Germany from ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' has a tendency to trill his r's, especially when he's singing.
37	** In the English dub, all the Italy family is prone, but the best is definitely Creator/IanSinclair as Romano, the hammy incarnation of Southern Italy. [[LargeHam PREPARRRE]] TO MEET YOURRR [[GermanicDepressives BOOORRRRING GOD]] [[TooDumbToLive IN YOURRR BORRRING]] GE-AR-MAN HE-A-VEHN
38	* Franky from ''Manga/OnePiece''. [[GratuitousEnglish "Good smell! Frrravor!"]]
39	* Onsokumaru from ''Manga/NinjaNonsense'' usually tacks these in his lines - as if he wasn't [[LargeHam hammy]] enough.
40	* ''Anime/GoldenTime'': [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Nana senpai]] roll the Rs as part of her rather rude speech pattern.
41	* The ''massively'' [[LargeHam hammy]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V1AEvN8VZs introduction]] of DemonKingNobunaga, from ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara''. (It helps that he's voiced by Creator/NorioWakamoto).
42	* ''Anime/CodeGeass'' gives us "RRRUUUUURRRRUUUSSSHHUUU!!".
43	** Not to forget the empire's motto "All hail Buuurrrrrritaaaaniaaaa!" which packs so much [[LargeHam ham]], you can find the whole pig in there.
44	* A fairly mild example pops up a couple times in ''Anime/MichikoAndHatchin'' to rrrreflect the Porrrtugese language influence in the setting.
45	* ''Anime/UtaNoPrinceSama'' gives us the [[LargeHam GIGANTIKKU HYAMMU]] Prrrincipal 'Shining' Saotome who not only rrrolls his Rrrs but also strrrrrrrrrretches them to rrrrrrridiculous extrrrrremes and mixes it all up with a heavy dose of [[GratuitousEnglish grrrrrrrratuitous ENGURRRRRRRRRRISSHU]].
46	* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency'': [[LargeHam Rudolf von Stroheim]] says "Bakamono ga" (You utter fool) by inserting lots of R's in between, turning it into "'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID7G_0uQFFg BRRRRRRRRRAKAMONO GA]]!!!'''" (followed by the memetic "German Science is the best in the world!")
47	** Later in ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'', during the AbsurdlyHighStakesGame of poker with Daniel J. D'arby, Jotaro plans to raise the pot once again despite seemingly having no more chips. Prompting D'arby to go "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqP3fj3nvOk Reizu da to?!]]" (Japanese)/[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucCNC5ypYJ0&t=21s Rrrrrrrr-raise the pot?!]]" (English dub).
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51	* Creator/StephenFry sometimes does this for emphasis in the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' audio books, especially when portraying Binns in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets Chamber of Secrets]]'' ("There is not a shrrred of evidence...") and Trelawney's Grrrim in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban Prisoner of Azkaban]]''.
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54	[[folder:Comedy]]
55	* The Japanese comedy group Rahmens, in the Italian version of their language-class skit. "Tokyo... Osaka... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwKIsfnHQVI&feature=related Ibarrraki!]]"
56	* Greg Behrendt once made a joke about how [[Literature/TheBible Jesus Christ]] is always depicted as having rock-hard abs, and he says that he wants to train every day so that he can be "rrrripped, like Jesus."
57	* Creator/PattonOswalt's "Sumerian prankster god" has a wickedly campy personality, which naturally extends to the way he talks.[[note]]The joke [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvbiGp_Evgo can be found here]], but be aware that the video also includes a very NSFW discussion of an orgy that Oswalt and his wife accidentally walked in on.[[/note]]
58	-->''"Did someone in Burbank just say there's no rrrrats? Well! Beans and grapes, what jokes and japes I'll play!"''
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61	[[folder:Comic Books]]
62	* Comicbook/{{Catwoman}} tends to do this, in reference to a cat's purr.
63	* The villain Katastrophe from ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}''. (It's not an accent, rather him purring to fit in with the sabertooth theme. Although sabertooth tigers probably are unlikely to purr.)
64	* In ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'', Roque Ja the mountain lion often has his name mispronounced as "Rock Jaw". A correction he makes in his very first scene implies that the only difference is that, to say his name correctly, you roll the R. If true, this means that the speaker does this every time you see his name spelled correctly.
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67	[[folder:Fan Worrrks]]
68	* [[http://ponyville.livejournal.com/28492.html This Ponyville strip]].
69	* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' of Creator/AAPessimal, there are characters from the barely-there but hinted at canonical region of [[UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica Rimwards Howondaland]]. The convention evolved thet White Howondalandian cherecters spoke Morporkian in a way thet, on the page, comprissed their vowel sounds from "a" to "e". Just to emphasise their particular ethnic origin. Doing this consistently with ''every'' quirk of a South African accent would, as Pessimal points out, make their discourse hard to read, even if it ''was'' phonetically accurate. Of course, one quirk of South African English - and Afrikaans - is ''rhoticity'' - the Trilled R. This would elso be herrrrd to rrrrread if ixprrrrissed phoniticelly. Pessimal suggested it should be taken as read and the reader could infer the general concept from the "a - e" thing. This is lampshaded in a discussion about Rimwards Howondalandian Assassin Johanna Smith-Rhodes. One observer remarks about her magnificently rolling R's. Another, who was privileged to see her in a dress from behind, agrees. [[note]]She normally favours comfortable trousers and only occassionally "dresses girly"[[/note]]
70	* A subtle one occurs in Team Four Star's ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' episode 26. After transforming into his final form, Freeza, who up until now has spoken with a somewhat posh accent but not really rolled his R's, gets a brief trill down his tongue whilst showing his satisfaction [[spoiler:at killing dende, the group's [[WhiteMage White Mage]]]].
71	-->'''[=Freeza=]:''' Oh, I feel rrreal good about my life right now...
72	** Marik Ishtar from ''[[WebVideo/YugiohTheAbridgedSeries Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series]]'', likewise voiced by Creator/LittleKuriboh, enjoys doing this as part of his general EvilIsHammy schtick--that is, when his EvilBrit accent allows for it.
73	--->''Grrreetings!''
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76	[[folder:Film]]
77	* In ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'', Jock the Scottish terrier does this (among other times) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNqBePvsXXU while he's singing a song]]: "forrr me own", "back yarrrd".
78	* ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'': Scottish rebels have rrrrouted one of my garrisons and murdered the noble lord.
79	* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'': "What arrr ye doin'?"
80	* ''Film/SupermanReturns'': Krrryptonite!
81	* Grand Moff Tarkin from ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]]''. "You may fire when rrready," and "We will deal with yourrr rrrebel frrriends soon enough."
82	* Any character played by 1930's actor Herman Bing (who was usually typecast as a comic German foil).
83	* The Cowardly Lion in ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' does this.
84	* ''Film/StreetFighter's'' [[BigBad M. Bison]] does this so [[LargeHam hammily]] that it becomes [[MemeticMutation delicious]]! [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBc7yQXrP9c I darrre you to watch this]].
85	* Could be a drinking game in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings.'' Sophisticated characters, like wizards and elves, will have a great go at this; more rustic folk like Hobbits just won't bother. "Morrrdorrr," "A Balrrog of Morrrgoth," "Isildurr's Heirr," etc. Gimli does this frequently as the dwarves are supposed to have a "Scottish" accent, but Gimli's actor is Welsh (both Scottish and Welsh accents heavily trill the [=Rs=]). See the Literature entry below for background on this.
86	* ''Film/TheGoldenCompass'': I am queen of the witches of Lake Enarra."
87	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars 2}}'', [=McQueen=] lampshades this trope when Sally pronounces Francesco Bernoulli's name:
88	-->'''[=McQueen=]:''' ''[frustrated]'' And don't say it like that. It's three syllables, not ten.
89	* ''WesternAnimation/CharlottesWeb'': The old goose[[note]] voiced by Creator/AgnesMoorehead of ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' fame just before she passed on[[/note]], especially noticable in her part during the "Veritable Smorgasbord" number.
90	* ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'': Ratigan does this quite frequently, especially during "The World's Greatest Criminal Mind."
91	-->"An even grrrrimer plot has been simmerrring in my grreat crrriminal brrain!"
92	* In ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' Scotty warns that the warp core is a rrradioactive catastrophe waiting to happen.
93	* ''Film/StepsisterFromPlanetWeird'': The Emperor of Zircolon definitely does this.
94	-->"Step into the teleportation grrrid."
95	* ''WesternAnimation/TheTiggerMovie'': "[[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Rrrabit's Rock Remover]]!"
96	* ''Film/DadsArmy1971'': Frazer does so when telling Mr. Mainwaring of his time in the Rrroyal Navy.
97	* ''Film/DoctorAtSea'': When Captain Hogg asks Trail for balloons, he specifies that he wants "rrround ones".
98	* ''Film/NoKidding'': Angus' Scottish accent makes him prone to this, such as when he calls Mrs. Spicer an "interfering old trrrollop".
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102	* The Queen of Hearts from ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' does this.
103	* In the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' series, [[OurGryphonsAreDifferent gryphons]] both [[{{Sssssnaketalk}} hissss their essess]] and trill their arrrs. Skandranon of the Mage Wars trilogy can and usually does speak carefully and deliberately to make his speech as articulate as any human's, but when he's tired or angry, or trying to convince someone that he's feeling that way, he reverts.
104	* ''Outcast of Literature/{{Redwall}}'' gives us the spy Wrrrraith.
105	* The Lady of the Green Kirtle in ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' gets as her introduction: ''"Good day, t-r-r-avellers," she cried out in a voice as sweet as the sweetest bird's song, trilling her R's delightfully.''
106	* The Grand High Witch from ''Literature/TheWitches'', along with VampireVords; it's said to be derived from a Norwegian accent as witches originated in Norway.
107	* The [[Literature/TheWeeFreeMen Gonnagles]] of the Nac Mac Feegle tend to roll their Rs in their battle poetry, and even in casual converrrsation.
108	** Spoofed by John Smith [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain the not-Vampire]], who rolls his ''Ws''. [[RiddleForTheAges Somehow]].
109	%%Work name?* The maid at one of the families Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle helps speaks like this.
110	* Cluny Morvish from ''[[Literature/MortalEngines Scrivener's Moon]]'' talks like this. [[ArousedByTheirVoice Fever appreciates it.]]
111	* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': Warden Ramirez rolls his R's through a tongue-twister to show off in ''Literature/WhiteNight''.
112	* From page one of Creator/JerrySpinelli's children's novel, ''Fourth Grade Rats'':
113	-->''First grade babies!''\
114	''Second grade cats!''\
115	''Third grade angels!''\
116	''[[TitleDrop Fourth grade...RRRRRATS]]!''\
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118	* In Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium, the Elvish languages Sindarin and Quenya have their written "r" pronounced as a trill. This is never directly indicated in the main story texts, however, and comes from scholarly works on the languages and notes published in material like ''Literature/TheHistoryOfMiddleEarth.''
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122	* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': Osgood Conklin on occasion, just to be all the [[LargeHam more pompous]].
123	* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
124	** The Seventh Doctor turns this into an art form as a means of underlining Creator/SylvesterMcCoy's status as the first Scottish Doctor, which leads to extreme {{Narm}} when he has to face Rrrrasillon and the Gods of Rrrragnarrrok.
125	** The number of r's he can put into a word such as "rrrrrule" is one of the hammier qualities of Creator/RogerDelgado's incarnation of the Master. In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E5TheDaemons The Daemons]]", the daemon he summons tries to do it too, but there's really no competition.
126	* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': The Elves have the sophisticated Welsh Accent, and therefore they will pronounce many words with a rolling "rr": "Galadrriel", "Elrrond", "Durrin", "Halbrrand" and so on.
127	* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'':
128	** Gavin Millarrrrrrrrrr.
129	** The Two Fat Ladies frequently do this. Lampshaded in the show's intro: "Grrrrab that crrrrab, Clarissa."
130	* ''Series/Batman1966'':
131	** King Tut.
132	** The Joker, particularly when he enunciates "Batman and Robin."
133	** Both Catwomen, ''especially'' Eartha Kitt.
134	* Played with in ''Series/{{Blackadder}} Goes Forth'':
135	-->'''George:''' I spy, with my little eye, something beginning with R.\
136	'''Baldrick:''' Army.\
137	'''Blackadder:''' For God's sake, Baldrick, "army" starts with an A. He's looking for something that starts with an R. Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.\
138	'''Baldrick:''' Motorbike! Motorbike starts with an rrrrrrrrrrr, rrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...
139	* Fez in ''Series/That70sShow'': "You know how he rolls his Rs? He did that in my mouth!"
140	* In ''Series/GreetingsFromTuscon'', a whole episode focuses primarily on the fact that one of the daughters can't roll her r's despite being Hispanic.
141	* Rico in ''Series/HannahMontana'' does this a lot. In one episode, he trills for so long that he actually passes out.
142	* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': Dr. Chaotica in the holodeck program ''Film/{{The Adventures of Captain Proton}}'', as he's an AffectionateParody of 1930's sci-fi FilmSerial supervillains.
143	-->'''Dr. Chaotica:''' [=I'm afrrraid your SEC-cretarrry has alrrready been prrromised to Queen ArrrrACK-nia as a SUPrrreeeeme sACKrrrrifice!=]
144	* In ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'', [[AbhorrentAdmirer Doña Clotilde ("La Bruja del 71")]] does this whenever she mentions "Don Rrrramón".
145	* In the Granada TV ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' series, Jeremy Brett, as Holmes, occasionally trills his Rs for emphasis.
146	* ''Series/SquareOneTV'': On their ''Dragnet'' parody, "Mathnet," one story has a character (played with an Orson Welles-like Large Hamminess), Mr. Stoutman, who once said, "If you had asked me yesterday, the answer would have been a rrresounding yes!"
147	* Creator/StephenFry does this on occasion when presenting ''Series/{{QI}}''. ''Brrr''illiant!
148	* In ''Series/TheOfficeUS'', Dwight does this when announcing the names of his garden party guests, ostensibly because he interprets this as a "fancy" way to say things:
149	-->'''Dwight:''' Misterrr Rrrrrrrrobert Califorrrrrrnia!
150	* Toei's [[LargeHamAnnouncer Supaaaaaaa Heeeeeerrrrrrrroooooo Time]] prrrrograming block intros from Magirrrrrrrangerrrrrrr and Hibiki to Gekirrrrrrrrangerrrrrrrr and Kiva.
151	-->Supaaaaaaa Heeeeeerrrrrrrroooooo Time! Starts now.
152	* ''Series/{{Castle\|2009}}'': In "The Final Nail", Beckett interrogates a suspect with a thick Slavic accent (Beckett's response was unscripted; Stana Katic did it by accident, but the producers decided to ThrowItIn):
153	-->'''Hasberg:''' Mrs. Westlake, she find ring. She call to me to come there. And then she say, "sorry to accuse." She crrry.
154	-->'''Beckett:''' [[GotMeDoingIt She crrry—she cried?]]
155	* On the British archaeology program ''Series/TimeTeam'', Dr. Jonathan Foyle occasionally did this when addressing Field Archaeologist Raksha Dave.
156	* ''Series/FatherTed'': Bishop Brennan had to be in Rrrome tomorrow for an audience with the Pope!
157	* ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'': The [[TransformationTrinket Sclash Driver]] gets this, courtesy of Creator/NorioWakamoto providing the voice for it. Kamen Riders Cross-Z Charge and Grease's transformation calls end with "BURRRRRRRAH!!!" while Kamen Rider Rogue's ends with "ORRRRRRRAH!!!" Additionally, Cross-Z Charge's FinishingMove has "RRREADY GO! LLLET'S BRRREAK!/FINISH!"
158	* When Creator/MikeMyers was a cast member on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', one of his recurring character skits was Stuart Rankin, [[ViolentGlaswegian an angry Scot]] with exagerrated R's. But it really peaked in the final appearance of this skit, when Stuart sought therapy with "[[PunnyName Phil McCracken]], Scottish Therapist" played by Creator/PatrickStewart:
159	-->'''[=McCracken=]:''' You arrre suferrrring frrrom what most therrrrapists call angerrrr... but what we Scottish therrrrapists call ANGERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
160	* ''Series/BlakesSeven'':
161	** Secretary Rontane in "Seek, Locate, Destroy": "...this one vulnerable, lucky man is still frrree to cause havoc."
162	** MadScientist Egrorian in "Orbit": "This is a grrrreat honor for us."
163	* ''Series/CrisisOnEarthX''. Creator/PaulBlackthorne hams up his Nazi AlternateSelf, Kommandant Lance, especially rolling his Rs.
164	-->"So these arrrrrre....the herrroes!"
165	-->"Well I know how much you enjoy executing rrrulebrrreakers..."
166	* ''Series/GarthMarenghisDarkplace''. Todd Rivers as Dr. Sanchez.
167	-->"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6iJRNHUOT4 So what happened between you and this Renwick customerrrrrr?]]"
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172	[[folder:Music]]
173	* Music/TheBeatles rrroll up, roll up for the [[Music/MagicalMysteryTour "Magical Mystery Tour"]].
174	* [[Music/{{Rammstein}} Rrrammstein]]. Even Germans make fun of Till Lindemann's use of overly theatrical rolling R's.
175	* Music/{{Gorillaz}} bassist Murdoc tends to do this in interviews.
176	* Music/JohnLydon from the Music/TheSexPistols.
177	** "Anarchy In The UK".
178	--->'''Lydon:''' RRRRRRRRRIGHT!
179	** "God Save The Queen".
180	--->'''Lydon:''' They made you a MORRROOON.
181	* The singer from Specimen does this a lot.
182	* Creator//LotteLenya was famous for this.
183	* The singer from the Tiger Lillies does this very often in live performances.
184	* Two words: Music/NinaHagen. Then she goes and covers a Rammstein song, and rolls an R for ''an entire measure''.
185	* Tony Bennett.
186	* Billy Stewart, in "Summertime".
187	* Japanese singer Music/ShiinaRingo.
188	* [[Music/{{Morrissey}} Morrrrissey]] likes doing it on his live albums, even when there isn't an 'r' to begin with.
189	* "Shabondama" by [[Music/HelloProject Morning Musume]].
190	* Music/{{IAMX}} singer Chris Corner often rolls his R's in songs.
191	* Rin Kagamine. "Don't [[Website/NicoNicoDouga MyList]] Me!" It's really subtle, but once you can hear it, it's really awesome.
192	* [[Music/RozaRymbaeva Rrrroza Rrrrymbaeva]] will roll her Rrrrs a lot, as seen in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrZjSwsHk1A Love Has Come]]". Not that it's a bad thing in any way.
193	* Eartha Kitt.
194	* Music/{{Kraftwerk}}: "Wirrr sind die Roboterrr" on ''Music/TheManMachine''.
195	* The ''Music/ComedianHarmonists'', a German ACappella band active during the 20's and 30's, because that's how people used to sing back in the time of the UsefulNotes/WeimarRepublic.
196	* The PresentDay singer Max Raabe, because [[{{Retraux}} he is basically a walking homage to the music of that era]].
197	* Luke Spiller from The Struts loves to do this.
198	* In Creator/MervGriffin's '40s novelty hit "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts", he does this on one of the choruses. ("Rrrroll or bowl a ball...")
199	* "Rubber Biscuit" (originally by The Chips, later covered by Film/TheBluesBrothers) has one of these at the end.
200	-->''"What do you want for nothin'? Rrrubber biscuit?!!"''
201	* [[Music/TypeONegative Peter Steele]] does it very often.
202	* Creator/ChristopherLee doing the dramatic narrative parts for Music/RhapsodyOfFire.
203	* A trademark of Music/EdithPiaf when she sang.
204	* Cerys Matthews of Catatonia.
205	* Music/{{Butaotome}} vocalist Ranko used to roll her R's frequently, but has toned it down a lot after the release of ''Getsumen Tansa'' in December 2015. She still does it occasionally.
206	* Joakim Brodén of Music/{{Sabaton}} does this a lot.
207	-->''An offerrrrr of surrrrrenderrrr''
208	-->''Saigo ignorrrrre contenderrrr''
209	-->'''("Shiroyama")'''
210	* [[Music/GhostBand Ghost's]] song "Rats" has Cardinal Copia dramatically rolling the R's when he sings "(Them) R-r-r-rats!" in the chorus.
211	* The Music/IceNineKills song "Wurst Vacation" is based on the movie ''Film/{{Hostel}}'', in which American tourists visiting Central Europe are [[TorturePorn kidnapped and tortured to death]]. Spencer Charnas took the film's Central European setting as an opportunity to do the song as a Music/{{Rammstein}} homage, complete with a reasonably good imitation of Till Lindemann's rolled Rs.
212	* Music/BadBrains' "Redbone In The City" has HR extending the r sound in the title drop - fittingly the whole song seems to be an AffectionateParody of the Sex Pistols.
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215	[[folder:Prrrofessional Wrrrestling]]
216	* Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio. Or, as he's introduced by his personal ring announcer, Ricardo Rodriguez, Albertooo del Rrrriooo.
217	* Wrestling/BrockLesnar, introduced by his personal advocate Wrestling/PaulHeyman as Brrrock Llllesnarrr.
218	* Introduced by the Singh Brothers, the modern day Maharrrrrrraja, Wrestling/JinderMahal!
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221	[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
222	* In ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' ''Franchise/StarWars'' episode, before Luke Skywalker, C-3PO and R2-D2 literally crashed into the theater, the intended guest star was a Muppet called Angus [=McGonagle=], the Argyle Gargoyle (He gargles Gershwin). Being a caricature of a Scotsman, he naturally trills his Rs. "Gorrrgeously!"
223	* The leaderrr of the Errrdman Gang in the ''[[Series/{{Thunderbirds}} Thunderrrbirrrds]]'' episode "Thirrrty Minutes Afterrr Noon".
224	[[/folder]]
225
226	[[folder:Rrradio]]
227	* On ''Car Talk,'' the hosts once had a caller they referred to as "Rrroberrrt Burrrns!" (Probably no relation to the famous poet, but they joked about it a lot.)
228	[[/folder]]
229
230	[[folder:Tabletop RRRPG]]
231	* ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'':
232	** The ''Acute Paranoia'' adventure "Me and My Shadow (Mark IV)" has two encounters with [[FakeRussian Communists who trill their R's.]]
233	** ''Clones in Space'' has the [=McShmegegus=] of Shmegego.
234	--->"...the shimmerrring currrtains through which ye ha'e passed on yourrr explorrration of the ship."
235	[[/folder]]
236
237	[[folder:Theatrrre]]
238	* When the Creator/ReducedShakespeareCompany assumes fake Scottish accents to perform ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'', they inevitably fall back to simply trilling their R's. A lot.
239	* In the 1979 BBC productions of ''Theatre/RichardII'' and ''Theatre/HenryIV'', Jon Finch did this all the time when playing a suprisingly hammy Bolingbroke/Henry IV.
240	* In ''Theatre/TheSoldiersTale'', the cadences of "The Devil's Song" have trilled R's coinciding with snare drum flourishes, though the effect is partly lost in the English translation.
241	[[/folder]]
242
243	[[folder:Video Games]]
244	* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames'': Join me, Link, and I will make your face the grrreatest in Koridai![[note]]Or else, [[IllKillYou YOU WILL DIE!!]][[/note]]
245	* Zhang Jiao does it in ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'', and the effect is [[NarmCharm absolutely hilarious]].
246	* And a certain E3 conference [[MemeticMutation gave us]] [[VideoGame/RidgeRacer Rrrriiidge Rrracer!]]
247	* [[CatGirl Mithra]] in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' do this for the most part. The Miqo'te, a similar cat-like race from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', don't talk like this.
248	* [[VideoGame/CrashNitroKart Velo]] is particularly fond of doing this in ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled''.
249	-->(Upon winning a race): "I rrrrrrrrule!"
250	-->(Upon losing a race): "Next time I'll beat you, wrrrrrrretched Earthling!"
251	* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': [+"'''CRRRRY SOME MORE!! AAAAH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HAAA!!!!! CRRRY SOME MORE!!!'''"+]
252	** 'MERRRRASMUS ARRIVES ON A TIDE OF ''BLOOD''!'
253	* In ''VideoGame/TheSeventhGuest'', StageMagician Hamilton Temple came to Stauf Manor hoping its owner could teach him "Rrrreal magic!"
254	* Various examples from ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'':
255	** Chairman Bana talks this way consistently, which becomes absolutely ''[[LargeHam glorious]]'' during his boss fights where he pilots [[HumongousMecha Gigantic Artificial Blade Rrrrrrrrrrrrrosa]].
256	-->'''Bana:''' '''CRRRRRRRUSH HER, RRRRRRRROSA!!!'''
257	** The Nopon Archsage will sometimes delve into this if you win a challenge battle by exclaiming "Verrrrrrrry good going!"
258	** Zeke goes into this during one of his in-battle quotes:
259	-->'''Zeke:''' Looks like the Zekenator is ready to rrrrrrrrrrumble!
260	* [[AnnouncerChatter Your]] ''[[FunetikAksent yoo-ay-vee rrrecon]]'' is ''[[FakeRussian rrready]]'' for deployment. ''[[VideoGame/ModernWarfare UAV online.]]''
261	* The Great Mighty Poo from ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' does this during his villain song.
262	* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'': Wesker does this a bit when saying "Urrroborrros", but not so much the rest of the time. The voice actor, D.C. Douglas, even mentioned he enjoyed saying the name because of this trope.
263	* Rask from ''VideoGame/AtlasReactor''. Being a [[HuskyRusskie Russian]] [[MixAndMatchCritters cat-bear-man]] leaves him with a lot of these, both in trilling and snarling form.
264	* Tisiphone from ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'' tends to roll her 'R's when saying murder. [[OneWordVocabulary Which is all she ever says]].
265	* ''VideoGame/AHatInTime:'' The Conductor tends to elongate certain Rs, as part of [[ViolentGlaswegian his accent]]. Sometimes he just goes utterly ham with it though.
266	-->'''The Conductor:''' Yer givin' me the quiet treatment, eh? That's what a ''MYERRRRRDERRRRERRRR'' would do!
267	* Amitie's alternate voice in the English version of ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoTetris'' has her speaking in a British accent and rolling her R's, a reference to part of the game's story mode where she and Ess [[ItMakesSenseInContext speak in British accents for a puyo match]]. After that specific stage is beaten, Amitie suggests they should roll their R's next time.
268	* Anska a minor character from VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim she is on a quest for some scrrrrrrolls located in some ancient ruins.
269	[[/folder]]
270
271	[[folder:Web Animation]]
272	* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'':
273	** Parodied in Limozeen's hair metal cover of Sloshy's emo hit song "We Don't Really Even Care About You." At one point, Larry Palaroncini sings "We don't rrreally even care," but a minute later changes it to the tongue-twisting "Rrre rrron't rrreally rrreven care!"
274	** Also parodied in the WebAnimation/CheatCommandos short "Next Epi-Snowed," when Agent Chimendez takes the lead on the Commandos' catchphrase.
275	--->'''Chimendez''': Let's rrrrrrock rrrrock on!\
276	'''Everyone else''': Ruh-ruh-ruh-ruh-ruh-rock ruh-ruh-ruh-rock on!
277	* "Rrraquelle", being who she is, sometimes does this in ''WebAnimation/BarbieLifeInTheDreamhouse''.
278	* Cruddy Cat Food in ''WebAnimation/TheGrosseryGang'' webseries trills to sound like a cat purring.
279	[[/folder]]
280
281	[[folder:Webcomics]]
282	* Grim-Eyes in ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'' used to do this, especially when dealing with that pesky Earrrrth Rrrrat.
283	[[/folder]]
284
285	[[folder:Web Orrriginal]]
286	* LetsPlay/SirRonLionHeart: Rrrrupees!
287	* Jill Whelan's character in ''Podcast/TheBrianAndJillShow'' "Shakespearean Actor" sketches (in which Shakespearean actors re-enact celebrity arguments) does this. Brian does this to a far lesser extent.
288	* WebVideo/{{Caddicarus}} sometimes does this when he's emphasizing a word for effect.
289	* Antfish's ''WebVideo/JoJosBizarreAdventureAbridged'' gives [[BigBad Dio Brando]] an exaggerated British TrrrillingRrrs accent. Will A. Zeppeli also talks like like, having an equally exaggarated Scottish accent, but he's not evil.
290	-->'''Dio:''' [[MemeticMutation Do you remember how manny brrrreeads have you eaten in your life?]]
291	* Marvin the Martian does this in the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5845cEoL4d4 webtoon]] "[[Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire Who Wants To Be a Martian-aire]]?" (Marvin normally [[OutOfCharacterMoment doesn't do this when he speaks]].)
292	* ''WebVideo/AnalystBroniesReact'': Thespio has tons of fun with how Chinch says "reputation", and takes it up a notch.
293	* Alfred's [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Eggman]] from ''WebVideo/RealTimeFandub'' doesn't do this often, but when he does it's ''glorious.'' [[https://youtu.be/tkW8yNnrGO8 Most famously is of course him announcing]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext he pissed on the moon]], and that the piss drrrroplets were going to hit the Earth in 23 hours. However, one of the most impressive rrrr's of this dub is during his drunken rant at the end of the Last Story, where he manages to extend the r in a word that ''doesn't even have any r's in it!''
294	-->'''Eggman:''' SHE HAD TO HO HERSELF OUT AND BE THE BIGGEST ''THHRRRRROT'' THAT YOU'VE EVER SEEN!
295	* Usada Pekora of ''WebAnimation/{{hololive}}'' is a big fan of rolling her r's. Often heard when she goes [[{{Kiai}} ORA]] or in the memetic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JacN1MzyeKo "ogey rrat"]]
296	* ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'': The Season 2 finale, "[[Recap/EpicRapBattlesOfHistoryRasputinVsStalin Rasputin vs Stalin]]", who actually is a succession of various figures froom Russian history, and some of them tend to abuse of it at some moments. Stalin's introducing verse is a prime example:
297	--> "Look into my eyes, you perverted witch! See the soul of the man who made Mothe[=RRR=] [=RRR=]ussia his bitch!"
298	[[/folder]]
299
300	[[folder:Westerrrn Animation]]
301	* Many of Creator/{{Jim Cummings\|1952}}' characters do this.
302	-->'''Moosk:''' ''Purrrrre Polyesterrrrr''
303	* Dr. Robotnik from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' does this all the time:
304	-->'''Robotnik:''' Sonic fell for it! Tails is ours! I'll have to give myself a PRRROMOTION!
305	* Scrooge [=McDuck=], another Scottish character, often does this on ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987''.
306	* In an effort to show how perfect her Spanish is, [[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill Peggy Hill]] does this way too much.
307	* Principal Luna from ''WesternAnimation/ClassOf3000'' does this, but then again, he's Latino.
308	* The early WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short ''WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck in Hollywood'' features a pig movie director with a thick German accent named von Hemberger, a parody of Josef von Sternberg voiced by Herman Bing (see "Film" above), who keeps doing this.
309	** WesternAnimation/BugsBunny imitates an elderly Scotsman: "Poachin' rrrrrabbits on m' prrrroperty! I'm displeased, Mac Rrrrrrrary!"
310	* Groundskeeper Willie from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
311	-->'''Willie:''' Bonjourrr ... ya [[CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys cheese eatin' surrender monkeys!]]
312	** Sideshow Mel fits this trope to a tee, combined with his theatrical British/Shakespearean accent and SesquipedalianLoquaciousness. "Offi-sahs, you have arrrrrrrested an innocent man!"
313	* The "Grrreat and Powerful Trrrixie" from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.
314	* ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'' has a trilling R and a trilling M:
315	-->'''Phil Ken Sebben:''' And as a reward for hard work people get-
316	-->'''Harvey Birdman:''' Promotions!
317	-->'''Phil Ken Sebben:''' Prrrromotions!
318	-->'''Harvey Birdman:''' And raises!
319	-->''[awkward pause]''
320	-->'''Harvey Birdman:''' Uh, promotions!
321	-->'''Phil Ken Sebben:''' Prommmmotions!
322	* This is all WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb's pet platypus Perry can do.
323	* Rose in the remake of ''WesternAnimation/BillAndBenTheFlowerpotMen''.
324	* Lokar does this in ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast''.
325	* Mr. Herriman from time-to-time in ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends''.
326	* Paul Winchell's voice of [[WesternAnimation/WackyRaces Dick]] [[WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines Dastardly]] makes judicious use of trilling Rs, especially where words that start with "R" come up or when he uses his catchphrase "Drrrrat and double drrrrat!"
327	* Linda from ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' can do this. In "Fast Time Capsules at Wagstaff High", Linda repeatedly does it when she realizes that Bob can't.
328	[[/folder]]
329
330	[[folder:Rrreal Life]]
331	* The weak English "r" sound is actually quite rare among languages. The "r" is trilled in Russian, Arabic, Dutch, Polish, Greek, Finnish, and certain dialects of Norwegian and Swedish. Spanish, Italian, Hungarian, Welsh, Gaelic, and some Portuguese dialects have both a tapped "r" and a trilled "rr". The trilled "r" appears in dialects of other languages, such as Scottish and Welsh English and Wenglish. French and German speakers don't normally trill the "r", but instead pronounce it at the back of the throat.
332	* Ancient languages:
333	** Proto-Germanic and Old Latin evidently had trilled "r"'s, as in Classical Latin and the northern and western branches of Germanic, Z merged with R. That's why we say to hear rather than to heaz, and talk of honor rather than honoz.
334	** In Old and Middle English, the "r" was invariably trilled, but come Shakespeare's time the trill had largely disappeared and today only survives in a few dialects of Modern English, most notably Scots and Welsh.
335	* Some older UsefulNotes/{{Quebec}} French speakers use trilled "r"'s, as opposed to a guttural R, which is the standard in European French and modern Quebec French.
336	* UsefulNotes/EsperantoTheUniversalLanguage is meant to be pronounced with trilled R's, but native English speakers usually omit them.
337	* Creator/NorioWakamoto really loves doing this when he's voice acting ... and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3zJjaEHU9w even when he's not voice acting]].
338	* UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler often did it. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since he was Austrian - rolling Rrrrs is quite common among Austrians, Bavarians and Swissmen. But outside those places, you can't roll Rrrrs while speaking German anymore without reminding everyone of him, as the {{Reichstropen}} page points out. South African comic Creator/TrevorNoah ran into this after learning German as a native Afrikaans speaker.
339	* Jon Gaunt.
340	* [[Creator/PatrickStewart Patrrrrick Stewart]].
341	* Brazilian sportscaster Galvão Bueno ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdTadK9p14A yeah, that Galvão]]) is a great fan of Ronaldo, I mean, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykxp-EDF-Cc RRRONALDINHO!]] (Anyone who parodies him exaggerates his "Rs"). His usage of the trope regarding Usefulnotes/FormulaOne driver Rubens Barrichello was referenced and parodied in a commercial where a sandal saleslady is excited to meet ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEaBu5MCLpo Rrrrrrubinho]]!''
342	* Mexican sportscaster José Ramón Jiménez also used to signal the beginning of a match with "¡ARRRRRANCA la primera mitad!"
343	* One possible way to identify someone from El Salvador is whether or not they roll their "r"s exaggeratedly at the end of sentences that end with words that end in an r. A longer trill correlates with high Salvadoran-ness.
344	* Creator/JackBlack. Through the skies, he flies, he doesn't know the RRREASON why, but he flies... so high... you'll know that it's TRUE!
345	* Everyone's favorite dirty old little lady, Dr. Rrrrruth Westheimer is known particularly well for this.
346	* Creator/ChristopherLee was famous for this, along with his baritone and cool British accent.
347	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYTLkjhrA08 Björk]], as it's a feature of Icelandic.
348	* UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts announcer Lenne Hardt's signature announcing style involves rolling every R in each fighter's name, often holding them for several seconds. They didn't call her "PRIDE Crazy Lady" for nothing.
349	* [[Creator/TimCurry Tim Cur-r-r-ry]]
350	* Creator/BobBarker on ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' would do this quite often when saying the number three in any situation ("Thr-r-ree").
351	[[/folder]]
352
353	[[folder:Otherrr]]
354	* Megatron as voiced by Earl Hammond in the ''Franchise/{{Transformers\|GenerationOne}}'' book and record sets by Kid Stuff Records.
355	* The "haha money printer go brrrrrr" meme is pronounced like this.
356	* Webvideo/UrinatingTree, as the LargeHamAnnouncer "Hurricanes Man", once said NHL team returned to the playoffs opened his celebration with [[https://youtu.be/WapHeLEjNPA?t=561 "Rrrrrrraleeeeeeigggggh!"]]
357	[[/folder]]
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