->''"Euphemism: a word you use in place of one you can't spell."''
-->-- '''Reggie Mantle''', Creator/ArchieComics

[[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere Desc-desc-descri-Add information on Porky Pig Pronunciation here.]]

A character tries to use a big, impressive word or two. Unfortunately, they are having trouble [[SelfDemonstratingArticle pronunci-pronouncia]]...er, saying it, whether due to unfamiliarity with the word, or a {{speech imp|ediment}}-p-p-p... trouble talking. After a couple tries, they'll give up and [[LastSecondWordSwap substitute an easier word]], or just clam up completely.

The [[TropeNamers Trope Nam-Nam-Name--Titler]] is, obviously, WesternAnimation/PorkyPig of ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' fame. Interestingly, Porky Pig manages to subvert it as, [[RuleOfFunny for comical purposes]], he ''always'' finds himself struggling to pronounce a very easy word and eventually substitutes a much more complicated word ''which he says without a single mistake''.

Compare ParrotExpowhat, which is when a character struggles to say a word that's new to them. Contrast [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness Sesq-q-q-q-quipedalian Loquaci-louca-louqa-smart talk]], and SpockSpeak, this trope's exact opposite. Compare BuffySpeak, which similarly involves a character's conversational reach exceeding their verbal grasp. Also compare DelusionsOfEloquence, where the character muddles the big words but ploughs onward anyway. If this doesn't happen ever, it's because RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic.

Not related to CannotSpitItOut.
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!!Exam-xam-xam-xam-Samples:

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[[folder:Adverti-ti-ti-ti...Commercials]]
* A commercial for Ruffles potato chips from 1989 features the TropeNamer himself, WesternAnimation/PorkyPig (in one of Creator/MelBlanc's final performances as him before his death) saying "Ruffles have ri-ri-ri... well, you get the drift."
* Ads for the film ''Film/YouthInRevolt'' said one of the film's stars was [[Creator/ZachGalifianakis Zach Galifi- Galifo- Garet- The Guy from]] ''Film/TheHangover''.
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%%[[folder:Ani-ani-ani-me and M-m-m-man-man...Japanese Cartoons and Comics]]
%%* ''[[Manga/{{Nichijou}} Nichijou]]'': The Professor (briefly) in Part 4 of the [[AnimatedAdaptation anime]] [[ThePilot pilot]].
%%* ''[[Manga/{{Yotsuba}} Yotsuba]]'' pulls one of these in the chapter where she draws all over her dad's face.
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[[folder:C-c-c-com-com...Funny Papers]]
* An old EC ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'' comic featured a version of "Literature/SleepingBeauty", with a running gag of characters talking about the impenet- impentr- inpenet- ''thick'' wall of thorns surrounding the cursed castle.
* Subverted in the ''[[ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand Cataclysm]]'' storyline of the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' comics. Robin examines the broadcasts from "Quakemaster" who claims to have caused the earthquake. When he realizes that the villain is avoiding words that contain the letter B, he deduces that the Quakemaster is actually a known bad guy who has a lisp: [[spoiler:Scarface and the Ventriloquist]].
* In issue 109 of volume one of ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'', Beast Boy taunts Mandred and settles for saying "bird study" after trying to say "ornithology".
* ComicBook/RichieRich once told Cadbury of his distinctive difficulty pronouncing the word "ventriloquist". It later proves critical for Cadbury to realize that [[OutOfCharacterAlert the Richie with him is an impostor when he says the word correctly]].
* The title for ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' ''Man Of Steel #75'': "The Death of Mxyzt... Mxzyp... Myxzp... Aw, You Know... That Guy!"
* ''ComicStrip/USAcres'': Orson does this while impersonating [[WesternAnimation/PorkyPig the]] TropeNamer doing ThatsAllFolks at [[https://garfield.com/usacres/1989/05/07 the last strip]].
* The final issue of ''ComicBook/BloodSyndicate'' has Oro fight some enemies that are difficult to defeat and struggle to call them "invulnerable" before deciding to instead say they can't be hurt.
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[[folder:F-f-fa-fan...Non-canon Fiction]]
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10126349/3/One-Act-of-Kindness One Act of Kindness]]'' Pansy Parkinson tells Harry that she didn't share his secrets with the Slytherins.
-->'''Harry:''' I know. Griphook has kept me informed. He said something about Snape using Leg...Legi[[labelnote:note]]Legilimency.[[/labelnote]]...crap...he read your mind and told Draco.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11092196/14/Xtreme-Freak Xtreme Freak]]'' [=McGonagall=] and a few other teachers spot what looks like a pile of trash by the Hogwarts front gates.
-->'''[=McGonagall=]:''' I would banish it now, but I fear maybe I am drunk too much to do it right, and I am possi, possoti, pissitan; I am sure I was taught not to spell cast when I am drunk.
* ''[[http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-15613-8/DemonChildeKyra+My+Own+Demise.htm My Own Demise]]'':
-->'''Draco:''' Yeah, we should probably get some sleep, too. I dunno about you, but shopping ex-exhau-tired me out today.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7846068/12/Harry-Potter-and-the-Ultimate-Force Harry Potter and the Ultimate Force]]'':
-->'''Harry:''' I'm good at levitation and summoning objects. Right now Auntie Bell is teaching me how to move objects around from one place to another, as well as basic transfi- trastf- tranisf- um, changing things.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5422914/2/The-Power The Power]]'' a drunk Sirius demonstrates a T-shirt with Notice-Me-Not runes Harry made for him.
-->'''Sirius:''' There, I am now invisibob...imvinisbl...Muggles can't see me!
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12183167/1/Polyjuice-Cocktail Polyjuice Cocktail]]'' this happens in a drunk Mrs. Granger's ''thoughts''.
-->'''Helen:''' ''Stupid Richard. The least he could do is hire a male assistant for me to screw while he's working over Peggy. He's not even doing his hubsandly...husandbly...he's not even fucking me any more.''
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9919286/8/Harry-Potter-and-the-History-of-Magic Harry Potter and the History of Magic]]'':
-->'''Faberge:''' We-ell, I was reading this morning and I heard that any powder divided finely enough will explode if it's put under pressure. So I asked Zetsy to help me make a cake, and I may have misap- misopr- ah, taken some flour in a bottle. To the tree house.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12892965/5/Only-off-by-a-Little Only off by a Little]]'':
-->'''Hermione:''' Someone left Harry at your door, how could they? Who in the world would be so irra... irrisp... careless as to do that?
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13316684/5/Gene-Spliced-Harry Gene-Spliced Harry]]'':
-->'''Fleur:''' The 'ead goblins, they will be 'aving a meeting to decide whether or not to 'ire me. To be completely 'onest, they 'ave good reason not to, despite my qu...qualifick...grades.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11191235/115/Harry-Potter-and-the-Prince-of-Slytherin Harry Potter and the Prince of Slytherin]]'' a drunk Regulus introduces his father-in-law to his drinking companions.
-->'''Regulus:''' Buck's the bestest, most wonderfulest bloke to ever wander in off the Australian outback. And also the best damned Auror that any of you reboprates ... reprobobs ... that you sorry lot have ever met!
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3688646/5/Ends-and-Means Ends and Means]]'':
-->'''Harry:''' How da hell do ya still m-m-manage to uuuse biiiiig words even though you're pisssssed?\\
'''Draco:''' C-cause I'm a M-m-malfoy and M-malfoy's are aaaalways a-a-rtic…gooood at s-saying schtuff!
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13505731/1/Metamorphosis Metamorphosis]]'':
-->'''Ron:''' We need more practical experience. How are we even supposed to write this report in the first place?\\
'''Hermione:''' He brewed it in front of us.\\
'''Harry:''' Once! Once three weeks ago. This is going to be unspece- inspecifi- not quite right, at best.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2919503/13/Luna-s-Hubby Luna's Hubby]]'':
-->'''Luna:''' When you first saw me, you said you weren't expecting any visitors. You don't have to pretend that your gift foresaw me coming. I know it doesn't work all the time. It's alright to just be Aunt Sibyll when we're alone.\\
'''Trelawney:''' Like all gifts, if you don't use it it will attro. . . uh, attra . . . it will go away.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13820683/4/The-Potioneer-s-Assistant-Rebrewed The Potioneer's Assistant Rebrewed]]'':
-->'''Dean:''' Professor [=McGonagall=] had pointed out that if I didn't get a magical education then I would be a danger to everyone around me if I were to lose control because of emotional stress or something. Well, my mum and dad talked it over before sitting me down and explaining that the Youth Program was a good idea but learning to control this ability of mine took pres...presi, um...priority over football.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11328504/1/His-Holelyness His Holeyness]]'' a drunk Harry shows up at Draco's house.
-->'''Harry:''' I'm sorry.\\
'''Draco:''' Pardon?\\
'''Harry:''' I said I am sorry. Sorry for being a fucking dickhead to you, when you were trying to apoalo...apollllo, to say sorry to me.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12820671/1/All-Our-Yesterdays All Our Yesterdays]]'' Harry and Hermione get drunk together.
-->'''Hermione:''' It isn't as though he even ''cares'' either way whether werewolves are classed as Beasts or Beings! He just can't bear for me to get a win!\\
'''Harry:''' You think he'd shabo- shadow- ''sab-oh-tage'' a much-needed piece of lettuce- legs- ''new law'' just to piss you off?
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13968561/44/Harry-Potter-and-Defeating-Dark-Lords-Inc Harry Potter and Defeating Dark Lords, Inc]]'':
-->'''Teddy:''' I heard that [Voldemort] kidnapped your lady, and you ended him. I'll be sure and send letters to my 'friends' about life in Australia or something or other than wherever I go. In fact, I'll write those tonight before I leave. But thank you. If he had come back all the way, he would have killed us all, I think.\\
'''Harry:''' That was his plan. Now, it's just the blood purists and the miso, um myso-, oh, the women haters left. Oh, and don't forget their less than kind feelings about Scotland.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13870800/3/Neville-s-Law-of-Transmutation-After-Transfiguration Neville's Law of Transmutation After Transfiguration]]'':
-->'''Dobby:''' Mr. Harry and Mr. Justin's Mum and Dad are strict, and they tell Dobby he must be strict about seclur... secure... safety all times with both young masters!
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14038954/17/Birdshot Birdshot]]'':
-->'''Ron:''' Harry, you did a great job decapitalization...uh...decapping...uh cutting off Snape's head.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14184682/10/Second-Verse-Same-as-the-First Second Verse, Same as the First]]'':
-->'''Harry:''' Did you drink the whole bar, Padfoot? Or just the one shelf?\\
'''Sirius:''' I'm a free man now, Harry my boy! I had to cele, cebe, party with all my well wishers.
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[[folder:F-F-F-Fi-Fi...Movies]]
* From ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'': "There are people who do nothing all day but good deeds! They are called philip-- phila-- philum-- good deed doers!"
* ''Film/HotShotsPartDeux'' has this one: "On October 15, the President of the United States ordered a covert mission in the Persian Gulf for the purpose of rescuing soldiers taken hostage during Desert Storm. Only a handful of our highest government officials were aware of the operation, as it included an attempt to assasssan... assisss... kill a guy. "
** Bonus points because it was supposed to be an intro word crawl, in which it is completely stupid to have a mispronunciation.
* Doc from ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' spoke like this occasionally. This speech pattern was based off the actor who played him.
* The second ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' movie has an inversion where Tiger ends up with a more complicated word than the original: "A spy- a spee- a spididid- an arachnid!"
* In ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009'', InspectorLestrade has trouble saying that a witness is cata... cata... ("Catatonic, sir.").
* Roscoe, in Tod Browning's ''Film/{{Freaks}}''.
* A few characters in ''Film/OBrotherWhereArtThou'' have a hard time pronouncing the word "accompaniment," resulting in this trope.
-->'''Everett:''' [[BlatantLies Well, we are negroes, sir]]. All except for our ac-c-c- our ac-c-c- uh, the man who plays the guitar.
* King George VI in ''Film/TheKingsSpeech'', [[BasedOnATrueStory true to his real life counterpart]].
* In ''Film/TheBoondockSaints'', when Doc is trying to give them Agent Schmecker's card.
-->'''Doc:''' An FBI agent came by the bar and he left me his c-c-ca-, he left me his c-c-c-c-, oh he f***ing gave me this!
* Jack talks like this in "Once Upon A Girl".
* From the 1963 version of ''[[Film/ThePinkPanther1963 The Pink Panther]]''.
-->'''Princess Dala:''' I was six when I went on my first...safrari...frazari...wild animal hunt.
* In ''Film/InspectorGadget2'', Dr. Claw's henchman Brick reaffirms a news report that Riverton's Federal Reserve branch is "impen--impreg--really hard to get into."
* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'', when the Caterpillar asks Alice "exacatically" what her problem is.
-->'''Alice''': Well it's exactiticly...exacita...well, it's ''precisely'' this: I should like to be a little larger, sir.
* ''Film/JohnnyEnglishReborn'': Johnny can't pronounce "Timoxylene Barbebutanol".
-->'''Johnny:''' He's here to give you some Timoxy Bubby...Timoxy Babibi...Timoxi Babbubibi...To give you a drug that will make you obey his every command!
* The dove from "War of the Birds" speaks with a stutter from trauma after years of being abused by Fagin the buzzard.
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[[folder:Lit-Lit-Liter-Liter-Litera...Books]]
* ''Creator/DaveBarry In Cyberspace'' compares reading typewritten documents to "listening to Porky Pig try to complete a sentence" because of all the mistakes that have to be crossed out.
** According to ''Literature/DaveBarrySleptHere'', Guadalupe Hidalgo is pronounced "GUA-da ... oh, NE-ver MIND."
* In the third ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' book, one of the DumbMuscle bodyguards has one of these. "inca-incapci--incap--broken."
* In the Discworld book ''Literature/EqualRites'', there's a young wizard master named Simon, who has great difficulty with saying words that begin with certain letters, to the point where other characters often attempt to fill in the words for him so he won't have to go to the struggle of saying them.
* In ''Literature/TheSecretsOfTheImmortalNicholasFlamel'', Machiavelli has this whenever he tries to say "[[Myth/AztecMythology Quetzalcoatl]]."
* Joseph Olivera from ''Literature/TimeRiders'' has so much trouble with the letter s he often has to s-s-sub-s-s... "replace" s words with different words in conversation.
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[[folder:Live Action Tee-Tee-Tee...Television]]
* As the host of an edition of ''World's Greatest Magic'', Creator/JohnRitter deliberately played with this by being "unable" to pronounce "prestidigitation": Presti-presti-MAGIC! The audience loved it, by the way.
* This happens in an episode of ''Series/HorribleHistories.''
->'''Tudor Woman:''' William Shakespeare was fenome-fenomena-fenom- *sigh* he was good.
* A patient did this in an episode of ''Series/{{MASH}}'', leading to [[DrJerk Charles]]' sympathy and defense of the boy to bullies. At the end of the episode it is revealed that his sister stutters.
* ''Series/OpenAllHours'': Arkwright always had a stutter, but a common gag was for him to try repeatedly to say a complex word and then give up and replace it with a much more down-to-earth synonym. "That's f-f-f-f-f-f-f ... that's just right" or something along those lines can often be heard.
** At some point, the show itself decided to start playing with this, so instead of just replacement words you also have scenes like "Granville, come and sp-sp-sp-sp-spray this p-p-p-p-p-p ... oh, never mind, I've done it myself now."
** "Well, what's not in the per-pe-per-pe-pastry, is in the per-pe-per-pe-pie, and what's not in the per-pe-per-pe-pie, is in the per-pe-per-pe- well, you can work it out for yourself...
** "Granville! how do you spell per-per-per-pe-pepper? is it six 'P's or seven?"
-->'''Arkwright''': It all started when we had ber-be-be-be, be-be-be-be-"
-->'''Granville''': It's no good, you know I can't understand morse code!"
* Invoked in the TV adaptation of P.G. Wodehouse's short story "The Truth about George."
-->'''George''': I'm talking about my st-st-st-st-...impediment."
* Foster Brooks, who specialized in a comedic drunk act on various '70s variety shows, often employed this.
* In the ''Series/MyFamily'' episode "The Second Greatest Story Ever Told", Ben tries to "anaesthetise" himself with copious amounts of alcohol before pulling out his own tooth, and does this when Abi accuses him of being drunk. "I'm not drunk. I'm anasthe... anesthe... anisthe... I'm not drunk."
* A meta-example happened in ''[[Series/{{Blackadder}} Blackadder Goes Forth]]''. In the episode "Private Plane", Blackadder was originally supposed to respond to Flashheart's constant "WOOF!"-ing by saying "It's like Battersea Dogs Home in here". However, Rowan Atkinson has a stutter and has particular trouble with words beginning with B, which gave him a lot of trouble with the line, so they eventually changed it to having him say "It's like Crufts in here" instead.
* From ''Series/EightIsEnough'', this exchange between a newspaper reporter writing an article, and her father:
--> How do you spell "industrious"?
--> I'd spell it "hardworking."
* ''Series/LambChopsPlayAlong'' had a twist on this -- Lamb Chop kept fudging the phrase "the San Diego Zoo", and finally said "You know, the zoo in San Diego."
* In one episode of the Israeli sitcom ''Series/{{HaPijamot}}'', resident [[TheDitz Ditz]] and ManChild Oded struggles to pronounce the pentasyllabic loanword ''alternativit''[[labelnote:Hebrew]]אלטרנטיבית[[/labelnote]] (‘alternative’) and uses the trisyllabic native word ''khalufit''[[labelnote:Hebrew]]חלופית[[/labelnote]] instead.
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[[folder:Mu-Mu-Mu-Mus-Mus...Tunes]]
* The stuttering in Music/DavidBowie's "[[Music/HunkyDory Changes]]" could imply that there is a hesitation when it comes to confronting changes, and that he is struggling to come to terms with it.
-->''Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strange)\\
Ch-ch-changes''
* Happens from time to time on Music/LesLuthiers routines.
* OdeToIntoxication "Lily The Pink" by the Scaffold (later covered by the Irish Rovers) tells of stutterer Johnny Hammer:
-->''Johnny Hammer had a terrible s-s-s-s-stammer\\
He could hardly s-s-s-s-say a word\\
So they gave him medicinal compound\\
And now he's s-s-s-seen but never heard.''
* Music/MorrisMinorAndTheMajors: "Stutter Rap", parodying DJ scratching by having a group that actually sings like that:
-->Well, my life was so well planned,\\
Survivin' and a-jivin' in a f-f-funk band.\\
'Cos rappin', it's my bread and butter,\\
But it's hard to rap when you're born with a st-st-st-st-st-st-stutter.
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[[folder:Rad-Rad-Rad-Radi-Radi...Transmission]]
* Commander Weatherby from ''Radio/TheNavyLark''.
-->"''I'd like a return ticket-t-t-t-t-t-ticket-t-t-t-t-t to the Digital-Digital-Digital I-mbrI-mbrI-mbrI-tidley-I-tidley-I, the Digital-mbrDigital-mbr-Digital-mbrI-tidley-tidley-mbro-mbro-mbro to hell with the Digital Islands, I'll go to Jersey''".
* Creator/MelBlanc himself got some extra mileage from this on his own radio {{sitcom}} ''The Mel Blanc Show'' (1946-47), in which he starred AsHimself as the owner of a repair shop, and also played his assistant, a Porky soundalike named Zookie.
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[[folder:Ta-Ta-Ta-Tableto-to... Non-Electronic Games]]
* In the ''TabletopGame/{{Toon}}'' pastiche of ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'', in which "hampires" are all cartoon pigs, the Porkavians all have terrible stutters, parodying Malkavians and their nonsensical speech. The ''Vampire'' slogan "Beasts we are, lest beasts we become" is turned into "Pigs we are, lest pigs we be-be-a be-be-a . . . turn into", attributed to a Porkavian named "P.P."
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[[folder:The-The-Thea-Thea...Plays]]
%%* The [[http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%22Flying+karamazov+brothers%22+%22comedy+of+errors%22&sitesearch=# Flying Karamazov Brothers']] version of ''Theatre/TheComedyOfErrors'' makes a running gag out of doing this to "Epidaminum".
%%** Some other productions do it to "Ephesus".
* Krupp in ''Theatre/TheTimeOfYourLife'', to [=McCarthy=]:
-->"You sure can philos-- philosoph-- Boy, you can talk."
* In the song Something Isn't Right Here from ''Theatre/BringItOn'', Campbell falls victim to this trope when trying to say that she's been redistricted.
--> "Then I'm suddenly redist-- reddis-- sent to another school."
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[[folder:Video G-G-G-Ga-Ga...Apps]]
%%* Khalid in ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' tends to stutter. A lot. As a result he does sound quite a bit like Porky.
* During the end credits of ''VideoGame/StarControl 2'', while the game shows funny fake outtakes of conversations with the aliens, the Khor-Ah tries to give an intimidating speech but ends up failing to spell the word "Annihilate". It then gets REALLY upset and demands to speak to whomever wrote his script.
* In ''VideoGame/TheLongestJourney'', [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} George]] parodies the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' CaptainsLog but messes up "animal" so badly that he switches to "weird thing." Yeah, DrugsAreBad.
* An early quest in ''VideoGame/KingdomsOfAmalurReckoning'' has the player helping out a former thief turned aspiring alchemist. He had looted a potion that enhanced his intelligence and alchemical aptitude, but it is beginning to wear off by the time the player finds him. As he is explaining his situation, he frequently delves into this pattern of speech.
* ''The Haunted House of Hideous Horror'':
-->'''Desther:''' This is what I want. I want to be able to have a bath without a ghost trying to pull the plug. I want to be able to eat my breakfast without a dead body floating around my head. Such things are ''so'' distracting. I want my house back. I want the horrors that have manis- manfes- ''moved'' in booted out. Do you understand?
* ''VideoGame/{{Delicious}} 9: Emily's Honeymoon Cruise'':
-->'''Jimmy:''' Your cleaning and finding skills are unek...uneq...pretty great!
* In ''Lily's Garden'' a frazzled Lily hoes the old Victory Garden in preparation for planting vegetables, with assistance from Luke's dog.
-->'''Lily:''' Good job, Roxy. Soil's ready for Vige... vege... Vict-- it's ready for me to plant things.
* ''VideoGame/HypeTheTimeQuest'':
** A child Rajoth encountered during the Taskan I era struggles to say that he will become the world's greatest "alchemist", before giving up and swapping the word for "magician".
** Similary, the dungeon keeper can't pronounce "imminently" to save his life, and ends up saying "soon" after several attempts.
* ''Spring Valley'''s Tulip Festival event:
-->'''Daniela:''' I studied ornithology a little and con... consta... I state that the herons' nests look bad!
* ''Sophie's Adventure'':
-->'''Randle:''' Are you the one who was propheic- proff- pro, er, the ''chosen'' one?
* In an early version of ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'', Paimon would answer a question with "It was a very strange occurrence.", except in the English dub she would instead say "It was a very strange phemon... phenomin... uh, something strange happened!". The voice line was changed to match the subtitle in a later update.
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[[folder:Web C-C-C-Com-Com...Speech Bubbles]]
* ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'': Kiel [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1319 argues]] to Naal that "All I did was make you incon...inconspis...WHATEVER, make you less visible!"
* ''Webcomic/FlintlockesGuideToAzeroth''. Apparently dirigible is difficult enough to say even without a Dwarven/Scottish accent.
* ''Webcomic/LeastICouldDo'': Rayne, saving a friend while drunk off his ass.
-->"Here comes the calvary... The clavary... I'm a horsie!"
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[[folder:Web Or-Or-Or-Origi-Origi...Brand New]]
* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic does this at the start of his 100th episode:
-->"It's hard to believe that such a handsome man could become even handsomener-- han-- hand-- han-- ner, prettier."
* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick finds herself unable to get out the word "nice" in her Top Five Least Worst Disney Sequels, so settles for "less mean".
* [[http://hiimdaisy.livejournal.com/22797.html#cutid1 From a parody of Metal Gear Solid 2]], we have a character introduce himself as "Shashalashka! I mean Shalashishka. Lashashaska. Shiska - OCELOT."
* An outtake from ''WebVideo/TheGuild'' shows Tinkerballa having trouble with the word "women". After about five takes she finally replaces it with "girls".
* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', when Vegeta must do something that's anathema to his character:
--> '''Vegeta''': Every fiber of my being wants to puke at once when I say this... but I need your hehh… I need your heehhHhH…\\
'''Gohan''': You need our help?\\
'''Vegeta''': That. Yes.
* ''WebVideo/FamiliarFaces'': During his review of ''Pirates: At Ocean's Edge'', CR tries to correctly pronounce [[GiantEnemyCrab Raninoidea]] and [[GiantSquid Lechim Namod]], but settles instead on calling them the giant crab and the giant squid, respectively.
* ''WebVideo/ThirdRateGamer'':
** In the ''Cool Spot'' review, he complains about the number of enemies and tries to say that he thought he was playing ''Cool Spot'', not ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Melee''. After three failed attempts to say "Melee", he gives up and uses ''Brawl'' instead. This is a TakeThat to IG's ''Brawl'' review in which he mispronounces "Melee" - he says "mee-lay", while it should be "may-lay" - the American pronunciation and the one used by the announcer in the game.
** In the ''Legend of Zelda'' review, he tries to say "[[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} Lucario]]". It doesn't go well:
--> ''L... Luo... Lu-sa-sari-ka-kar... Luh-cheerio.
* From Part One of the ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'''s [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] Vs. UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis video, when discussing Sega's "Genesis Does What Nintendon't" commercial;
-->'''James Rolfe:''' I'm sure that commercial alone sold many Genesiseses... Genesi... Mega Drives.
* Played with in WebVideo/StevenHe's video "Why Ghosts Don't Haunt Asians 2", when he's berating a ghost that's making a nuisance of itself in his house by knocking over cans and moving chairs around. He doesn't manage to find a synonym for "telekinesis", only a word that starts similarly.
-->'''Steven He:''' What the ''hell''? Is that you? You have telekinet--telekines--telemarketing power?!
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* Named for the famous WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes character WesternAnimation/PorkyPig, for whom this was a ''huge'' part of his schtick:
-->"Hello, Mr. Schles-- Mr. Schles-- Hello Leon!"\\
"What ridiculous histrioni-ni-ni-- h-h-histrioni-ni-- what ridiculous acting!"\\
"Keep away from that masked d-d-d-desperad-d-d-d-... that masked stinker!"\\
"I'm r-r-rea-rea-r-r-rea-- I'm all set, your heroship, sir."
** In the early years, his impediment was so bad that his stutter even interfered with his ''writing''!
*** Porky's first voice actor, Joe Dougherty, had an actual stutter. Trouble was that he used up yards of soundtrack before getting back on the same page. When Warners discovered Mel Blanc in 1936, they found he could produce a controlled stutter for Porky. The rest is history.
** With the occasional reversal:
--->"Look out, he's got a g-g-g-g--revolver!"
** And [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8Q4IxITJZ4 this]], which was apparently a gag reel never intended for public release:
--->"[[CurseCutShort Son of a bi-bi ... son of a bi-bi ... son of a bi-bi-b]]-er, gun. Hahaha, [[BreakingTheFourthWall you thought I was gonna say, er,]] [[DoubleSubversion s-son of a bitch, didn't you?"]]
** Daffy Duck did this in one short where he had the hiccups:
--> "A doc-(hic), a doc-(hic), a doc-(hic)...a physician!"
** The semi-recurring character of the drunken stork also did this.
--> "Crocodi-(hic), crocodi-(hic)...alligators!"
** Played for laughs in the TV special ''Bugs Bunny in King Arthur's Court'', where it was ''Bugs Bunny'' who couldn't say the word right, and ''Porky'' who could.
** Come ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction'', the stutter has gotten so bad (in-universe) that he can't even get his trademark phrase out. He keeps trying to say "That's all, folks!" but can't even force out the phrase until finally all the lights shut off around him.
-->'''Porky''': "Uh, g-g-uhh, go home, folks."
* From the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' episode, "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS1E21GangBusters Gang Busters]]", when Rocky and Mugsy order Buster and Plucky to dig them out of prison:
-->'''Rocky:''' Keep diggin', rabbit.\\
'''Mugsy:''' Yeah, keep rabbit, diggin', I mean, keep dabbit riggin', I mean, just... keep going.
* In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}},'' Porky Pig's speech impediment is used for a gag:
--> ''(At the gate of the Warner Bros. studio)''
--> '''Ralph the Guard:''' Good morning, Porky.
--> '''Porky:''' G-go-go-g-go-go-g-good m-m-mo-mo-mo...
--> ''(Person behind Porky honks the horn of his car)''
--> '''Porky:''' ''(to driver behind him)'' All right, all right! ''(to Ralph)'' Hello. ''(drives into studio)''
* ''WesternAnimation/MightyDucksTheAnimatedSeries'' does this sometimes with Tanya, the resident GadgeteerGenius, who has a tendency to think faster than she can speak.
* The Giant in the Disney short ''[[WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree Mickey and the Beanstalk]]'' can't pronounce "pistachio" right. He eventually settles for "green gravy". That gag would be repeated in ''WesternAnimation/MickeysChristmasCarol'', where he settles on "yogurt".
* Ms. Li, from ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'', during loooong negotiations: "Don't think you can intimiate... intermolate... don't think you can scare me with your threat to [[FullFrontalAssault picket naked]]!"
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': In the episode "Crippled Summer", the handicapped kids were modeled after ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' characters; one spoke like Porky Pig.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
** Parodied in an episode when Homer blames Marge for the car accident; while intoxicated, she says, "Oh my god, I'm going to be incarc-(hic), incarc-(hic), incarc-(hic)...I'm going to jail!"
** Also, in another episode, Kent Brockman notes there has been a major accident in Kualall- Kulolummo- Kulallulla- ... then crosses out his script and replaces it with ''France''.
* [[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle Boris Badinov]] once used this:
-->'''Boris (disguised in a lab coat):''': I'm a physis--physi--phy--I'm a druggist.
* An inversion in ''WesternAnimation/BackAtTheBarnyard'':
-->'''Freddy''': "A gh-g-g-gh-g-gh-gh-apparition!"
* Coiffio does this in the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/PerfectHairForever''.
* Done by WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker in ''WesternAnimation/TheCrackedNut''.
-->'''Woody:''' Maybe I should see a psychi--psychai--psychai--(hic) go see a doctor.
* From the ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' episode, "[[Recap/SonicBoomS1E2CanAnEvilGeniusCrashOnYourCouchForAFewDays Can An Evil Genius Crash on Your Couch For a Few Days?]]", during the battle against Dr. Eggman's Obliterator Bot:
--> '''Sticks''': I knew you were coming, but you will never obliterate Sticks, because Sticks is unoblite— unoble— unobitababl... You can't kill me.
** From a later episode:
--> '''Sonic''': Use this to build a bigger back-baggit-bot-build a begger- er, big-bugger-back-baggit-box-begger-buzzer...(''shakes head'') [[LampshadeHanging th-the answer is simple, but saying it, not so much.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'':
** From the beginning of "Dental Hyjinks":
-->'''Baby Rowlf:''' Good afternoon, race fans. This is Rowlf the Dog coming to you live from the Indiabanolopolis-- uh, the Indiamarabopolis-- uh, this is Rowlf the Dog coming to you live from that big race with the 500 after it.
** From "Fozzie's Family Tree", when Piggy waters her chrysanthemums:
-->'''Piggy (to Nanny)''': How do you like my chrysanathynums? Uh, chrystistanythy, um, chrystanynum... how do you like my flowers, Nanny?
* From the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode, "D.W. Tale Spins":
-->'''D.W.:''' The weird plants they ate gave them am... amne... am... it made them forget everything.
* ''WesternAnimation/FredAndBarneyMeetTheThing'' had an example in the ''Thing'' segment episode "The Thing Blanks Out", where the Thing struggles to pronounce the word "ingenuity" before settling on saying "smarts".
* The ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' episode "Sherlock Goof" has Goofy attempt to say "simultaneously" before settling with instead saying "all at once".
* From the ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' episode, "[[Recap/VeggieTalesEpisode4RackShackAndBenny Rack, Shack, and Benny]]":
-->'''Mr. Nezzer:''' What are your names, boys?\\
'''Bob (As Shadrach)''': I'm Shadrach.\\
'''Junior (As Meschach)''': I'm Meschach.\\
'''Larry (As Abenego)''': I'm a bumblebee... a bennyboo... I'm Benny.
* At the end of the ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' episode, "The Trouble With Scribbles", people decide to adopt the titular Scribbles after finding out they can help them out with their chores. This exchange occurs from people who adopted the Scribbles:
-->'''Maid:''' My Scribble scrubs screens!\\
'''Little Boy:''' My Scribble scrubs scooters!\\
'''Father:''' My Scrubble scribs... I mean, my Scrib scrubbles... I mean... mine does stuff, too.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DennisTheMenace'' episode, "3D and Me", Dennis is onboard a naval submarine that's under attack by a giant squid. When he comes across a button in the control panel, he gives us this line:
-->'''Dennis:''' Hey! I remember this! It's the electromag... the electro... it's the shock button!
* Reg the Robot from ''WesternAnimation/{{Rubbadubbers}}'' often struggles to say a long word. He usually stutters and ends up saying an easier one instead. One such example is in "Finbar's Important Part", when Finbar is looking for a part in Tubb's band but all the available instruments are taken.
-->'''Reg:''' Can you play any other instru... instru... instru... can you play anything else?
* In the ''WesternAnimation/CountDuckula'' episode, "Dead Eye Duck", Duckula travels to the Colorado desert to escape the cold and drafty Transylvanian weather, having mistaken it for a beach. Igor tries to tell him that they've arrived there and that they should turn back, but Duckula ignores him and instead gives this line:
-->'''Duckula:''' Igor, you're such a pessimen... a pemmessimen... a pessisstinen... an old grouch!
* The ''WesternAnimation/RollingWithTheRonks'' episode "Turn Up The Heat" has Flash stutter while trying to say "freezing" before he settles on instead saying "chilly".
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E5SisterhoovesSocial Sisterhooves Social]]", when Granny Smith announces the titular event.
-->'''Granny Smith:''' Now, the event y'all've been waitin' fer! The Sister Socie... the Socialhoof... oh dagnabbit. Y'know, the big race!
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* UsefulNotes/SarahPalin's infamous Katie Couric interview: the Alaskan Governor tried to say "caricatured" but failed, and Couric suggested "Mocked"…you know, reporters?
* In RealLife, this can be a useful skill for people with speech impediments. Supposedly Jonathan Miller, who had a stammer, couldn't say the name of the street where he lived, so he'd get a bus ticket to the nearest one that he ''could'' say and walk back. And David Sedaris has an essay about how as a kid he developed a wide vocabulary of words with no S's or soft C's to avoid acknowledging to his speech therapist that he had a lisp.
* A lot of people who try to say "methamphetamine" end up saying "crystal meth" instead.
* UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush referred to the Music/NittyGrittyDirtBand as the "Nitty Ditty Nitty Gritty Great Bird" in a 1992 campaign speech.
* Certain brain conditions, such as aphasia, often see its sufferers unwittingly swap one word for another "stored" in a nearby mental "file". Likewise, stroke victims can often have trouble with certain words or phrases, owing to the neural passageways being blocked or damaged by their condition, necessitating a LastMinuteWordSwap or VerbalBackspace...but can swear a blue streak perfectly unencumbered, because that comes from a different, untouched portion of the brain. Basically, whenever Porky becomes vexed and starts to struggle on a word, all he'd have to do is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8Q4IxITJZ4 switch gears and launch into a profanity-laced tirade at, say, Daffy or Charlie Dog]], and the words would flow smooth as water.

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