Line #15 VerbalTic/ComicBooks


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9	* In ''ComicBook/ABCWarriors'', Happy Shrapnel, as one of the oldest ABC Warriors still in service, is often interrupted during speech by an uncontrollable buzzing sound that sometimes conveniently takes the place of expletives.
10	* ''ComicBook/AlphaFlight'': During John Byrne's run, Puck had the stereotypical Canadian habit of adding "eh?" to the end of his sentences. He specifically did not have that tic in thought balloons.
11	* In the ''ComicBook/{{Animorphs}}'' graphic novels, when Jake talks halfway between his human and tiger forms, he sometimes slips "meow" into his words.
12	* In the ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' comic books, the title character is bemused on a visit to England by the locals' habit of adding ", what" to the end of their sentences. The original French version has them speak using British expressions (translated in French) and use French words but with an English syntax; adjective-noun instead of noun-adjective.
13	* ''ComicBook/{{Atavar}}'': Worldbreaker begins the majority of their sentences with "We are Worldbreaker."
14	* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
15	** Scarface has a slight variation in that he pronounces the letter "B" as "G" (because the Ventriloquist is the one actually talking and this is an actual problem faced by many ventriloquists); Humorously, this means, among other things, that he cannot properly say "Batman" or, indeed, speak intelligibly at all depending on the context. When Peyton Riley became the new Ventriloquist, Scarface's "B" sounds became actual "B" sounds.
16	** In a straighter example that ties into this, Scarface often ends sentences with "guddy goy."
17	** This became a major plot point during the ''ComicBook/BatmanCataclysm'' story arc - Robin revealed [[spoiler:the Quakemaster]] to actually be another of the Ventriloquist's puppets by daring him to say his name, since he had been carefully avoiding words with B in them. Unfortunately, this creates a plot hole: in his first appearance, [[spoiler:Quakemaster]] correctly pronounces the word "Burn".
18	** Damian Wayne tends to insert a "tt" whenever he's annoyed or about to curse. This carries over into almost all of his appearances since.
19	** Some writers like Doug Moench and Andrew Helfer will have ComicBook/TwoFace refer to himself in the plural.
20	* ''ComicBook/{{Bionicle}}'''s air characters have a habit of running pairs of words together, often redundantly ("Toa-heroes" has come up more than once). There are exceptions, since this is apparently a slang that's only common in Metru Nui.
21	* ''ComicBook/DeathsHeadMarvelComics'': The titular interstellar [[InsistentTerminology freelance peacekeeping agent]] often ends his sentences with "Yes?" or, less commonly, "no?" or "huh?", turning every statement into a question.
22	* When nervous, Chrysoprasia from ''ComicBook/DRAndQuinch'' is "unbelievably quiet apart from the weird, squeaky little 'EE-OUK' noise that she keeps making in her throat."
23	* ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'': Oyuki-chan, or as Ninjette calls her in reference to her verbal tic, "fucking Oyuki-chan".
24	** That [[ThirdPersonPerson humble fucking genin]] seems to have a bad case of HollywoodTourettes.
25	* Jaeger Ayers of ''ComicBook/{{Finder}}'' tends to refer to the people he's talking to as 'cousin' quite a lot.
26	* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'' villain [[Characters/TheFlashHunterZolomon Hunter Zolomon]] (a.k.a. Zoom) alternates betweeeeen drrawwwing out hisssss words and speakingincrediblyquicklywithoutanypauses to reflect how he is UnstuckInTime.
27	* ''ComicBook/Hawkeye2012'' features Russian gangsters who say "bro" at the end of every sentence -- and sometimes at the beginning, too. Their boss has clearly tamed this compulsion somewhat, with only ''most'' of his sentences ending in "bro". This also extends to [[Series/Hawkeye2021 the Disney+ show heavily inspired by that comic]], where that mafia even has vans with a front business named "Trust A Bro".
28	* Several Marvel monsters as seen in ''ComicBook/NickFurysHowlingCommandos'', including the Glob (who needs a special respirating device to speak and breathes with a deep "-SSSK-" a few times a sentence) and the Zombie, whose limited intelligence keeps him from completing a thought without stumbling through it with several uses of "Um..."
29	* ComicBook/{{Jommeke}}: Madam Pepermunt says the word ''O.K.?'' after finishing all her sentences.
30	* In ''Judo Girl'', master villain Captain Steel succeeds in transferring his consciousness into a sentient liquid form, which for some reason causes him to repeat the last syllable in every sentence he speaks. For example: "My body is my intelligencegencegence. I am invulnerablebleble. I am immortaltaltal. At last, I am truly Captain Steelsteelsteel!"
31	* ''ComicBook/JLA1997'': Creator/GrantMorrison gave unique pseudo-tic catch phrases to several characters in his run (most of them were Gotham-based) including Batman: "hh", ComicBook/{{Huntress}}: "tt", and Commissioner Gordon: "ff". They even use Damian Wayne's "tff" and "tt" as subtle cues that he really is Bruce's son.
32	* ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'': "hh" is Batman's [[spoiler: dying word.]]
33	* Wingman, the member of the Club of Heroes who spent his whole life trying to be Batman and thus emulates him even in this sense: he uses "tt", and his own [[spoiler: dying word]] is "kk".
34	* ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' has Griffin's distinct "Aheheh".
35	** Though this isn't without purpose, as it would otherwise often be impossible to know that he was indeed in the scene; especially when he's doing espionage.
36	* As Franchise/TheDCU's ComicBook/MetalMen began to develop more distinct and expressive personalities, DumbMuscle Lead couldn't complete a thought without interrupting it with "''Uhh...''" Tin's stammering may also count, and Mercury boasts about the fact that he's the only metal that's liquid at room temperature so often it might as well be one of these, too.
37	* Bug, of ''ComicBook/{{Micronauts}}'', ''Annihilation: Conquest'' and --Tik!-- ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' takes this to its logical extremes, as his tic is that his speech is randomly interrupted by "TIK", a side effect of his speaking difficulties.
38	* In Arthur Suydam's "Mudwogs", the monster loves to say "Roop Doop Doop". If that's a reference, it's [[http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/R448.html extremely obscure.]]
39	* In ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyMicroSeries'' Issue #3 Flax Seed always says "like" every other word. It's even lampshaded by Rarity and an irate Wheat Grass.
40	* ComicStrip/{{Nero}}: Abraham Tuizentfloot adds the word ''aha'' in the middle of each sentence he speaks.
41	* ''ComicBook/{{Nova}}'' introduced an alien Corpsman who abuses the prefix "ultra-".
42	* The Messiah in ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'' frequently uses the nonsense word "Humperdidoo", or some variant thereof.
43	* ''ComicBook/PrinceOfPersiaTheGraphicNovel'': Turul the peacock, "yaaahr."
44	* In ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'', the character Fiddler's Green (a part of land in the Dreaming who walks the world as a human named Gilbert), always interjects the word "Hoom." into his statements.
45	* Parodied in ''ComicBook/AvengingSpiderMan'' #5, when ComicBook/TheAvengers get hold of one of [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]]' extremely patriotic Golden Age comic strips, and suggest that the only way to read it is that all the characters are compelled to say "Liberty Bonds" in every sentence.
46	* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Mary Jane Watson has a tendency to refer to people (especially Peter but he's not the only one) as "Tiger" (or in Gwen's case "Tigress").
47	* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' story ''ComicBook/TheLivingLegendsOfSuperman'': When Herzog Bendix feels frustrated or annoyed by something someone else said, he repeats the last word, adding "You say?". Thus: "Phase? Phase, you say?", "Odd? Odd, you say?"
48	* In ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead'', Axel ends most of his sentences with a "You follow me?"
49	* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'': Rorschach's "Hrm." According to Creator/JackieEarleHaley, who plays him in [[Film/{{Watchmen}} the movie]], it's impossible for him to do without wearing the mask.
50	* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'': "Hell're you lookin' at, bub?"
51	* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'':
52	** In ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'', ''ComicBook/SensationComics'' and ''ComicBook/ComicCavalcade'' [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age (Earth Two)]] ComicBook/EttaCandy uses "woo woo!" reflexively when she's excited, surprised or stressed to the point that it's not clear if it's even intentional on her part.
53	** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2006'': When facing down a Khund warrior, a more Modern Age Lt. Candy sarcastically muttered "Woo &^%$ing woo!"
54	** Whether Etta Candy's "Woo-Woo!" was a CatchPhrase or tic seemed to vary by the story, but she ''always'' said it when agitated or excited.
55	* ''ComicBook/XMen'':
56	** As she's having a conversation with you, Blindfold sounds like she's giving yes-or-no answers to someone just offscreen.
57	** Litterbug is a giant bug-like mutant who has difficulty forming words without being interrupted by a distinctive "KHKK".
58	** [[OrganicTechnology Warlock]], a [[Characters/NewMutants New Mutant]], he prefaces every sentence with a descriptor like "Query:" or "Imperative:" and refers to all of his teammates as "Self-friend (name)".
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