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1!!Comedy
2->'''"James Bond":''' You couldn't come and sit up here in the front, could you? [...]\
3'''"SMERSH agent":''' No I weel not, Meester Buund. I will seet in de buck, heuur.\
4'''"James Bond":''' ...Where exactly are you from, by the way?\
5'''"SMERSH agent":''' Dun't yoo take de piss out of me, I will come up in de front and talk to you, now why dun't you-- I am a SMERSH agent, I have a vuice sintesizer in my throoat. Ah c'n do eny accent ye c'n theenk eeov. Unfortunately I've lost the instructions et the m'm'nt... and my voicebox is stuck on 'shop demonstration.' Which is a bit uv uh bummuhr.
6-->-- '''Creator/SuzyEddieIzzard''', "Definite Article"
7
8!!FanWorks
9->''If we were to describe the accent phonetically to you, it would be nearly impossible to do so. However, the closest approximation that we can make out is partly French, partly Russian, and partly uncategorizeable.''
10-->--'''Fanfic/PokemonOpalandGarnet,''' on Clopin's accent (which is [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney the same as that of the gypsy leader he was named after]])
11
12->''"Imagine, if you will," as he almost guides her eyes to an unknown horizon, "A British mother, with an Italian parent, raised in America. Imagine her accent. This is his mother. This is who teaches him English. And then we go to school, and learn more English, from people who can't speak English properly."''
13
14->''A trainwreck. That is the imagining. An absolute trainwreck of an accent, which is exactly what Jotaro sounds like. Suddenly, she understands.''
15
16-->-- ''[[Fanfic/StarsEyesOfHeaven And Then They Were Roommates.]]'', chapter 11
17
18!!{{Film}} -- Live-Action
19->'''Detective Garfield:''' You talk funny, Nash. Where you from?\
20'''"Russel Nash":''' ''Lots'' of different places.
21-->-- ''Film/{{Highlander}}''
22
23!!Literature
24->[[GrumpyOldMan Mr Shadwell]]'s accent was unplaceable. It careered around Britain like a milk race. Here a mad Welsh drill sergeant, there a High Kirk elder who'd just seen someone doing something on a Sunday, somewhere between them a dour Daleland shepherd, or bitter Somerset miser. It didn't matter where the accent went; it didn't get any nicer.
25-->--''Literature/GoodOmens''
26
27!!LiveActionTV
28->'''Ryan:''' ''(supposedly Spanish accent)'' Dance for me again!\
29'''Kathy:''' ''(weird Franco-Scandinavian accent)'' No, I...I do not dance for the likes of you.\
30'''Ryan:''' ''(slipping into Italian)'' You're-a from Canada, aren't you?\
31'''Kathy:''' ''(gives up)'' Yes, and my mother's from Sweden.
32-->--''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'', for a game supposedly set in Mexico
33
34->'''Rose:''' [[{{Scotireland}} Och, aye! I've been... oot and aboot!]]\
35'''The Doctor:''' [[NoJustNoReaction No, don't do that.]]\
36'''Rose:''' Hoots mon!\
37'''The Doctor:''' No, really, don't. Really.
38-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Tooth and Claw"
39
40->"My mother was an Austrian-Finnish-Swede and my father was Dutch-Italian-Icelandic, hence my unique accent."
41-->--'''Snorri Agnarsson,''' ''Series/Maniac2018''
42
43!!{{Podcast}}s
44->'''Johnny''': Everybody betray me! I fed up with this world!\
45'''Kevin Murphy''': I'm going back to Brazil-a-Romani-Slovakia! ...stan.
46-->--'''''Podcast/{{Rifftrax}}''''' on ''Film/{{The Room|2003}}''
47
48!!{{Radio}}
49->'''Douglas:''' So Arthur, I've just realised: you're half Australian... That certainly explains a lot about the relentless cheeriness.\
50'''Arthur:''' Yeah! And it's also woi oi kin do sich a good Orstralian aksint!\
51'''Douglas:''' Two things, Arthur: Australian accents aren't genetic, and you can't do one.
52-->-- ''Radio/CabinPressure'', "St. Petersburg"
53
54!!VideoGames
55->'''Rouxls Kaard:''' Chips Ahoyeth, Landlubbers! Arrrrrr-t thou ready-eth to visiteth Davith Jones' Lockre???\
56'''Ralsei:''' Could... Could you NOT speak with more than one accent?
57-->-- ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}''
58
59->"He's one of the World's Saviours, and appears to be Bartholio's closest ally, but not much else is known about him. He speaks in a bizarre accent; I have honestly no idea what it's supposed to be and I bet you don't either."
60--> -- '''Vennie Vidi Ae-Vicci''''s character blurb, ''VideoGame/{{MARDEK}}''
61
62-> '''Mouse:''' Squeeeeak squeak.\
63(Weh've been waitin' a bloody long 'arry Lime all pat wiv yew aht on yeh toblerone.)\
64'''Mouse:''' "Squeak?"\
65(Eh? Izzatchew, Alfie? Wheh've ya been wivaht sennin' a dicky bird? Ya dihn't come by fo' New Yeah's or Crackah Night, so yeh Grandmum an' I 'ave been all jack. So, wotcheh? Yeh mus' be bleedin' 'ank Marvin, eh? 'Eah's summadat Nut Bread fo' yeh.)
66-->-- ''VideoGame/Mother3''
67
68->"What do you mean, what kind of accent is dis? It's a ''troll'' accent! I swear, [[{{Pun}} ja makin' me crazy.]]"
69--> --'''Rokhan''', ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} III: The Frozen Throne''
70
71!!WebOriginal
72->"Her place of origin actually varies from one line of dialogue to the next, which must be a paperwork nightmare."
73-->-- The '''ToughPigs: My Week With Christmas Vacation''' [[http://www.toughpigs.com/xmas02-2/ on]] ''Film/MrWillowbysChristmasTree''
74
75!!WebVideo
76
77->"So then, all of a sudden, focus switches to some characters that sound like a couple of Australians that got concussions."
78--> -- '''WebVideo/JonTron''' reviews ''[[Film/HowlingIIStirbaWerewolfBitch The Howling II]]''
79
80->'''Jake:''' Actually, my brother and I were both born in the UK.\
81'''Jeremy''' This line was definitely inserted to explain Creator/GerardButler's dialect in this movie after it was screened.
82-->-- ''{{WebVideo/CinemaSins}}'', "Everything Wrong with ''Film/{{Geostorm}}''"
83
84->"I have no idea what ethnicity you are anymore."
85-->-- Let's Play: ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryI (So You Want To Be A Hero)'' PART 4
86
87->"...I've lived in Penang, Norway, Aberdeen, Falkirk, er, Hull, Venezuela, Colombia, Shanghai, Milton Keynes, and more recently, Liverpool and Bath. So, I've grown up surrounded by a wide variety of accents, as a result my accent now changes on a daily basis, often mimicking whoever I'm around. In all honesty, I have ''zero'' control over this thing, I really have no idea which accent is currently operating. Is this English? I don't know! ''Is this English?''"
88-->--'''LetsPlay/KimRichards, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=795o6yFZDOc answering fanmail]]'''
89
90->'''Villager:''' Before you die, tell me what your accent was. \
91'''Creator/GaryOldman:''' ''Never!''
92-->--''WebVideo/BumReviews:'' ''Film/RedRidingHood''
93
94->"What the f**k accent is that?! It's like every Asian comedian's impression of their mom combined into one voice..."
95-->-- '''[=AnimatedJames=]''', ''WebVideo/BroniesReact'', "Slice of Life"
96
97->"I like the nationalities in this game. There was, like, a Russian Spanish person, and then a Chinese Frenchman."
98-->--- '''WebVideo/BroTeamPill''', on ''VideoGame/RavensCry''
99
100->'''Ethan:''' What part of Ireland am I from?\
101'''[[WebVideo/{{Jacksepticeye}} Seán]]:''' God fucking knows at this point.
102-->--'''WebVideo/UnusAnnus''', ''2 Men 200 Accents''
103
104->''I owe a coke to whoever can tell me what accent this is.''
105-->--'''Remy Raccoon''' on Clay, ''Everything Right and Wrong With [[VideoGame/SpyroYearOfTheDragon Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon]] [[VideoGame/SpyroReignitedTRilogy Reignited]]''
106
107->'''Katya:''' Have you heard a Swedish person talk ever?
108->'''Trixie:''' It's irrelevant. I'm telling them how to talk.
109-->About Trixie's "Swedish" accent, ''WebVideo/{{UNHhhh}}''
110
111!!RealLife
112->''The sillier the story, the wilder the villain's accent. The principal delight of ''Film/BlownAway'' was to hear Creator/TommyLeeJones impersonate an [[IrishExplosivesExpert Irish bomber,]] with a voice that suggested an Australian who had been to finishing school in Puerto Rico.''
113-->-- '''Christopher Tookey'''
114
115->''Sometimes she's from Scotland, sometimes she's from New York, you just can't tell.''
116-->--'''Suzanne Moore''', on [[Creator/AnneHathaway Anne Hathaway's]] (supposedly Yorkshire) accent in ''One Day''

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