Signature Laugh YKTTW Discussion

Examples

• The Jolly Green Giant's "Ho ho ho!" Spelled the same as Santa's but very different.

• Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT: Master Roshi.
• Every major villain in One Piece has a unique laugh.
• Ryuk from Death Note: "Hyuk hyuk hyuk!"
  • Light Yagami's typical Evil Laugh even became a Memetic Mutation.
• Tsuruya from Suzumiya Haruhi.
• Ashuraman's "Ka ka ka ka ka" laugh is so deeply associated with him that it's featured in his Villain Song.
• Prussia from Axis Powers Hetalia has the rather unique "Kesesesesese".
• Kururu in Keroro Gunsou.
• Ranma ½: Kodachi Kuno's (high pitched in the anime) "ohohohohohohohoho". Her appearance is always accompanied or heralded with that laugh.

• The second Blue Beetle Ted Kord always has his laughter written as "BWAH-HA-HA-HA"
• "Fnarr, Fnarr, Fnarr!" will forever be associated with the Viz character Finbarr Saunders. Usually it was unleashed whenever he noticed a Double Entendre, however convoluted.

• Louis from Revenge of the Nerds.
• Tommy's signature "haha" from The Room. Often used at inappropriate times.
• Sid James's dirty laugh was a staple of the Carry On films.
• John Wayne, in many of his roles. "Dah-Haa, dah-haaa, da-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!"
• Pee Wee Herman had a very distinctive laugh.
• Axel Foley has a distinctive laugh, to the point where it was featured in the promos for Beverly Hills Cop.

• Terry Pratchett seems to love these:
  • "Hat. Hat. Hat." from Mr. Cletes
  • Dragon-King-of-Arms and his "ah-ha".
  • The Death of Rats and his "Snh-Snh-Snh".

• Curly's "Nyuk-Nyuk-Nyuk"
• The Muppets have plenty:
  • Stadler and Waldorf use "DOH-ho-ho-ho-hoh!"
  • Ernie's hissing "hee-hee-hee"
  • The Count's "ONE <insert noun here>, Ah-ha-ha..."
  • Elmo has one of the most distinctive laughs in children's television, as anyone who has ever owned a Tickle-Me-Elmo doll can attest to.
• Arnold Horshack from Welcome Back, Kotter had two signature lines: "Oooh, Oooh, Mr. Kotter," and his Signature Laugh.
• Tim Allen's grunting laugh from Home Improvement (it actually started in his standup routine).
• Fran Drescher's nasal, snorting laugh in The Nanny
• Kitty on That '70s Show. Both how she laughs, and how often she laughs.
• Sybil Fawlty, anyone?
• Janice from Friends, with her nasally "nghanghanghangha"
• In-universe example: In an episode of Sister Sister, Tia has a boyfriend whose laugh is very hard to miss, and it ends up being the way she finds out that he is on a date with another girl.

• "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase has such an iconic Evil Laugh that it's been incorporated into his theme music.

• Difficult to type, but the radio version of The Shadow had a very distinctive laugh, at least when Orson Welles was in the role.
• Carolina Bermudez (of Elvis Duran and the Morning Zoo) has a quite a distinctive laugh, a "Ha ha ha ha!" that is almost like a fusion of an evil cackle and Elmo's laugh.
• Live-Action TV: The Great Gildersleeve... Again, impossible to spell out. Also crosses over to Live-Action TV.

• Drew Carey, mostly in Whose Line Is It Anyway?, whenever the laughs got out of hand.
• Ed McMahon from The Tonight Show had a distinctive, deep belly laugh.

• Amagami: Miya's "Nishishishi"
• Final Fantasy VI: Kefka' "Uwehehehe!"
• Final Fantasy VII: Heidigger and Scarlet are at one point referred to as "Gya-Ha-Ha" and "Kya-Ha-Ha" by one of the party members.
• Resident Evil: Code: Veronica: Alfred Ashford is known for his hideous laugh.
• Fassad's "Nwehehehehehe!"
• The dog in Duck Hunt, as well as the pose he makes.◊
• The Pokémon Croagunk and its evolution, Toxicroak, both have distinctive high-pitched, cackling cries.
• Donkey Kong, in the arcade game: AAH. AAH. AAH.
• Exit Fate's Those Two Bad Guys: Trevor's "Hohohohoho" and Sick's "Hihihihihi".
• Larxene's laugh as well as Vexen's laugh and death cry are pretty well known around the Kingdom Hearts fandom.
• Banjo of Banjo-Kazooie fame has a Goofy-like but still distinct "guh-hyuck".
• In Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon's ending, The King has a rather well-known "OAHOHOHOHOHAHAHAHA!" partnered with Zelda's "Eh heh heh... Ehehehehe!"

• Scooby-Doo has his "heHeHEHeHehe" chortle, often followed by, "Rooby Roo!"
• The Simpsons: Nelson has very distinctive laugh.
  • Also, Ms. Krabapple's single "HA!"
• In Avatar: The Last Airbender, Toph's laugh was what tipped Aang off that she was the girl from his vision.
• The Proud Family has Papi's nigh-irreproducible laugh. It was a plot point once, when an imposter actually managed to get it down perfectly.
• The distinctive throaty snickering of Dick Dastardly's canine sidekick, Muttley, in The Wacky Races, Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines and Stop The Pigeon.
• Several Batman villains:
  • The Penguin's "wah wah" squawking laugh
  • Riddler's high pitched giggle
  • Joker's maniacal cackle (particularly Mark Hamill's interpretation)
• Harvey Birdman: HA-HA! Phil Ken Sebben!
• Goofy's distinctive "Ah-Hyuk!"
• Elmer Fudd's "Hehehehe".
• Mickey Mouse's high-pitched giggle from when Walt Disney was voicing him. Wayne Allwyne's short "He-He!" from more recent times is almost as memorable.
• Other SpongeBob characters have distinctive laughs: Squidward's nasal chortle, Mr. Krab's pirate-accented "Ar-ar-ar-ar", Plankton's Evil Laugh, and many others.
• Dishonest John's "Nya-ha-HAH!" from Beany And Cecil.
• Popeye - "Ug-ug-ug-ug-ug!"
• Mandark from Dexter's Laboratory has his "HA haHA! HA haHA haHA!" In fact, one episode has no dialogue apart from this, Dexter's laugh and a few other sounds.

• Santa Claus, in all his incarnations (I don't need to say it, do I?).