->''"Why do I talk all the time, it's really hard to make these rhyme!"''
-->-- '''Gruntilda''', ''VideoGame/{{Banjo-Kazooie}}''

The habit of certain characters to speak in SublimeRhyme, for no apparent reason, all the time. This does not apply when the character is [[PropheciesRhymeAllTheTime quoting/reciting]], nor when they are rapping or their inner poet is deliberately igniting; only when they are speaking off the top of their head does this trope apply, that's what I said. I don't want to be rude, but must also exclude, literature written entirely in verse, like Creator/WilliamShakespeare or Homer or worse.

A character [[SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion need not speak in rhyme]] ''all'' the time, but it should happen often enough that [[CharacterTics excusing it is tough]]. Also, poetry or rap can be included, if all other modes of expression are precluded.

More often than not, I tell you what, a character who RhymesOnADime is a supporting character or hovers in the background, safe and sound. Also they tend to follow the trend of [[TotallyRadical Urban influence, young and unsung]].

Bonus rewards if you end with words that are usually [[LeastRhymableWord "unrhymable"]], like "orange" or "purple"... you [[{{Chowder}} nurple]]! (See?)

If a person's entire language is based on this trope, then he could be a [[StrangeSyntaxSpeaker Strange Syntax Speaking]] dope.

May lead to a SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion. Or RhymingList, which well, you know...
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!!Examples to trample:

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[[folder: Anime and Manga, To Start This List With a Banga ]]

* Para and Dox in ''Anime/YuGiOh''. (Dub version only.)
** Parodied with ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' (Where they do rhyme [[SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion Most of the time]]).
** And in their GX cameo.
** Also in GX, the Pro Duelist Mathmatica did this a few times in his one appearance (again, only in the dub).
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' recently introduced Killer Bee, who raps almost all of his dialogue, even [[CasualDangerDialog in the middle of battle]].
** Given that he's the first of many new shinobi characters with African American characteristics to be introduced gives this some UnfortunateImplications on Kishimoto's part.
*** Averted (concerning the "Unfortunate Implications", that is). [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass He's definitely goofy, but makes up for it]] [[CrazyAwesome by being such a skilled and cunning ninja]]. He fooled ''[[spoiler:Sasuke and the Akatsuki into thinking that they captured him.]]'' That shouldn't be taken lightly. On a side note, no one else from his village raps like him at all, so it's just a unique quirk on his part.
** At one point, he actually says a different word from what he intended in order to keep a rhyme.
-->'''Bee''': Noble beast, grab onto my arm, ''then'' I'll toss ya in the clock direction of ''ten''.
-->'''Motoi''': Don't sacrifice the truth for a rhyme, Bee! He went '''two''' o'clock!
* Team Rocket from ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' speak almost entirely in rhymes and [[JiveTurkey dated-but-still-catchy phrases]]. This is not to mention, of course, their OnceAnEpisode recitation of the Team Rocket Motto, or their habit of stopping mid-action to sing songs based on popular tunes. This is likely meant as {{parody}}, however, as it seems to be an emphasis on how cool Team Rocket really ''isn't''.
* ''RaveMaster'' has Rionette, one of King's Palace Guardians.
* ''Anime/MegaManNTWarrior'' (being the English dub) had Magic Man, who spoke in nothing but rhyme.
* [[SamuraiPizzaCats Francine's]] a cat who likes to rhyme. In fact she does it all the time. Well, most of the time. And only in the English version.
* In the ''KeroroGunsou'' anime, Natsumi is horrified to find herself compulsively making bad rhyming puns (or "old man jokes") after being hit by Kululu's [[OvernightAgeUp age-increasing gun]].

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[[folder: Comic Books, Which Get Lots of Looks ]]

* The Leannan Sidhe in Matt Wagner's ''[[MageTheHeroDiscovered Mage]]'' does the same thing.
--> "Don't you see, tiny boy, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent the trouble you're in?]] [[EnthrallingSiren But I see you see not,]] in which case, I win!"
* Mr. Bones of {{the DCU}}, originally; it's been quietly disposed of since then.
* LenWein had The Demon ({{Etrigan}}) start doing this in ''DCComicsPresents''. Its later use by Alan Moore in ''Comicbook/SwampThing'' made it stick... sometimes with [[PainfulRhyme painful results]] when the author of the day is less than skilled at poetry.
** PeterDavid did actually get him to rhyme orange... with "car hinge", since he was standing on a car door.
** Depending on how intrusive Etrigan is, Jason Blood's (who shares a body with Etrigan) real curse is occasionally declared to be having to listen to the demon talk all the time.
* In ''Comicbook/{{Batman}}'' #525, Mr Freeze's {{mook}}s, Ice and Cube, do this. At least Ice does, speaking after Cube and rhyming with what he said. (This was ''before'' WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries' backstory for Freeze became RetCanon'd into the comics).
-->'''Cube''': Rappers, Ice, we ain't.
-->'''Ice''': My lines, Cube, are too quaint?
-->'''Cube''': Knock it off, Ice.
* ''{{Superboy}}'' supporting character Roxy Leech had a friend with the appropriate name of The Poet.
* The following exchange between two warriors occurred in Steve Rude's Nexus:
-->'''JACQUES THE ANVIL:''' I perceive that we are at a standoff. Feed me a line I cannot rhyme and we'll perform a hand-off!
-->'''JUDAH THE HAMMER:''' A line you cannot rhyme?
-->'''JACQUES:''' Make it quick and make it prime!
-->'''JUDAH:''' There's never any fruit in Clausius' loot. Won't you have -- AN ORANGE?
-->'''JACQUES:''' (curses in unreadable symbols)
* The Rhyming Man, one of [[ClassicDisneyShorts Mickey Mouse's]] enemies from comics in the 40s and recent storyline "The World To Come".
* In an odd comic book adaptation, the [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes RoadRunner]] had three sons, and they all spoke in rhyme. One story, in fact, had him seeing through the Coyote's disguise (in a road runner suit) because he couldn't rhyme.
* Dan Jurgens' run of [[TheMightyThor Thor]] featured the Dark God Tokkots, who could split himself into two identical beings, so that on several occasions, one starts to speak, the other finishes.
* Occurs in ''{{Shadowpact}}'' when Blue Devil is promoted to a Rhyming Class demon.
* Subverted in ''GothamCentral''. Driver and [=MacDonald=] are talking to a Doctor in Arkham about The Mad Hatter.
-->'''DRIVER:''' I thought he rhymed, all the time.
-->'''DOCTOR:''' No. He's not retarded.
* Splash Brannigan in ''TomorrowStories'' has this as one of his {{Verbal Tic}}s. When he's not rhyming, he's usually speaking in (extremely convoluted) [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal alliteration]]

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[[folder: Fan Fic Antics ]]

* In ''FanFic/{{The Official Fanfiction University Of Middle-Earth}}'', Lina becomes this, after eating cursed Valinor Vegetable Soup.
* "Rhyme Time", an episode of ScriptFic ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'', is centered upon Calvin accidentally making everyone gain this habit. [[spoiler:The MTM defuses it with a LeastRhymableWord - ''orange''.]]
* In ''FanFic/HitmanMiami'', villain Mr. Pi keeps speaking in rhyme during fights, much to 47's frustration when he duels him. Eventually, he manages to get 47 himself [[GotMeDoingIt talking in rhyme]] for a moment.
* ''Fanfic/MyLittleUnicorn'': The appropriately named "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Rhymey]]" rhymes absolutely everything, even grunts of pain.

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[[folder: Groovy [[Film Movies ]]
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* There is a hilarious sequence in ''Film/ThePrincessBride'':
-->'''Inigo Montoya:''' That Vizzini, he can ''fuss''.
-->'''Fezzik:''' Fuss, fuss... I think he likes to scream at ''us''.
-->'''Inigo Montoya:''' Probably he means no ''harm''.
-->'''Fezzik:''' He's really very short on ''charm''.
-->'''Inigo Montoya:''' You have a great gift for rhyme.
-->'''Fezzik:''' Yes, yes, some of the time.
-->'''Vizzini:''' Enough of that.
-->'''Inigo Montoya:''' Fezzik, are there rocks ahead?
-->'''Fezzik:''' If there are, we all be dead.
-->'''Vizzini:''' No more rhyming now, I mean it.
-->'''Fezzik:''' Anybody want a peanut?
-->'''Vizzini:''' GYEEAAHHHHHH!!!
** This is expanded on in the book, where Fezzik's love of rhymes is discussed at length.
** Some people may have missed it, but the first exchange when Fezzik and Inigo reunite is also entirely in rhyme:
--->'''Inigo:''' I am waiting for Vizzini.\\
'''Fezzik:''' You surely are a meanie. Hello.\\
'''Inigo:''' It's you.\\
'''Fezzik:''' True!
* The goblin Blix in ''Film/{{Legend}}'' occasionally breaks into rhyme, presumably because fairy tale goblins are known for that.
-->'''Blix:''' Mortal world has turned to ice, 'tis a goblin paradise!
* You jivin' motherfuckers would be spoilin' for a fight, if you forgot to mention a badass named ''{{Dolemite}}''!
* There's also Vince Fontaine, the jive-talking master of ceremonies at Rydell High's National Bandstand Dance-Off Contest in ''{{Grease}}''.
-->'''Fontaine:''' Thank you fans and friends, and odds and ends! And now, all you gals and guys, a few words to the wise. You Jims and Sals are my best pals. And to look your best for the big contest, just be yourselves and have a ball; that's what it's all about, after all! So forget about the camera and think about the beat; we'll give the folks at home a real big treat. Don't worry about where the camera is. Just keep on dancing - that's show biz! If you're tapped on the shoulder, move to the side; let the others finish the ride. It doesn't matter if you win or lose; it's what you do with your dancing shoes! Hoo-hoo! Okay, cats - throw your mittens around your kittens and [[LargeHam awa-ay we go]]!
* This is Bullhorn's entire schtick in Film/BlackDynamite. He's stopped later on though, when he can't think of one.
-->'''Bullhorn:''' You're an overweight corn-fed fool with a lot of muscle mass, but now it's time for Bullhorn to get up in that ass!!

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[[folder: Literature, Which May Be Bitter or Pure ]]

* Natalia Line from ''DinkyHockerShootsSmack!'' always speaks in rhyme when she's nervous.
* Many fae type creatures in fairytales and literature speak in rhyme, including, but not limited to:
** The faeries in ''HeroesOfMiddlecenter'' (who explode if they fail to rhyme)
** Puck and some of the other lesser Fairies in ''AMidsummerNightsDream'' speak entirely or almost entirely in rhyme, while Titania and Oberon mostly don't bother. This may or may not be intentional.
* In ''The Fellowship of the Ring'', Tom Bombadil speaks in rhyming verse so often that the index of poems in ''TheLordOfTheRings'' doesn't bother to list his verses individually.
* In TheWiseMansFear, two of the characters have an entire unscripted rhyming conversation, and in TheNameOfTheWind, Kvothe does a BadassBoast like this. It's actually good poetry. JustifiedTrope, He's a musician.
* The children's book ''The Wonderful O'' is full of this, since the premise is that the villains ban one rather vital letter of the English language. So, naturally, they must demonstrate the difficulties this creates in poetry and verse.
* In both the book and movie versions of ''Literature/TheSpiderwickChronicles'', Thimbletack the brownie rhymes at almost all times.
* In ''The Viscount of Adrilankha'' Ibronka and Röaana do this as a game.
-->-Is it something living?
-->-The answer no I am giving, and it is not the sky.
-->-I have to wonder why. Can I hold it in my hand?
-->-You can hold it while you stand. ''(And so on.)''
* Gurgi from the ''PrydainChronicles'' often likes to speak with "rhymings and chimings".
* Not does the oracle Uyulala from ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory'' only speaks in rhymes, but she appears to not be able to hear any spoken speech that isn't rhymed, as well.
* The demon that gives the wizard Ebenezum his allergy to magic in ''[[Literature/TheExploitsOfEbenezum A Malady of Magicks]]'' speaks in this manner, although his rhymes are pretty bad.
-->"Alas, you humans are out of luck,
-->For now you face the demon Guxx!"
** Wow, that rhyming really suxx.
** A good thing, as if he could rhyme well (or had the self-control to ignore comments to the contrary) he'd be unbeatable; each rhyme he gets out acts as a combination generic counterspell and powerful self-buff, and they ''stack''. In context he's a lot more frightening, up until the end of the third book [[spoiler: when the collected wizards manage to spread the allergy to magic to him, forcing him to only declaim in (rather decent) blank verse]].
* ''Literature/The13Clocks'' slips in and out of rhyme, but manages to make it work even at the most dramatic moments:
-->"I have no tears," said Hagga. "Once I wept when ships were overdue, or brooks ran dry, or tangerines were overripe, or sheep got something in their eye. I weep no more," said Hagga. Her eyes were dry as desert and her mouth seemed made of stone. "I have turned a thousand persons gemless from my door. Come in," she said. "I weep no more."
* This was Vanessa Pike's oh-so-crazy quirk in the BabySittersClub books.
* [[TheJester Onimi]] from the ''NewJediOrder'' speaks constantly in rhymes specifically to annoy whoever he's talking to (and thereby amuse [[EvilOverlord his boss]]). As most of Onimi's dialogue, however, is in the Yuuzhan Vong language, [[TranslationConvention he's probably really using some other form of poetic meter that is simply rendered as rhymes in English]]. [[spoiler: When he reveals his [[BigBad true]] [[OmnicidalManiac nature]], he stops doing this]].
* While the main character of ''Inside Out'' by Terry Trueman doesn't rhyme his speech, the [[TheSchizophreniaConspiracy voices in his head]] speak almost entirely in gibberish rhymes. They only speak in a straightforward fashion when they're giving him instructions.
* There's a scene in the first ''KingdomKeepers'' book where [[TheHero Finn's]] thoughts suddenly manifest themselves as such. Amanda tells him it's a sign of witches.
* ''Radio/{{Pumuckl}}'', the kobold protagonist of a German children's series. [[CatchPhrase "Oh, das reimt sich! Und was sich reimt, ist gut, haha!" (Oh, that rhymes! And anything that rhymes is good, haha!)]]
* Sir Harry the Muse, an Owl from [[{{Redwall}} ''Mattimeo'']], who always talks in rhyme except when conducting business.
* ''PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': "Curse me, eh, I'll make you pay/ I don't want to rhyme all day!"
* 'The Prof' from the ''{{Burke}}'' novels by Andrew Vachss.
-->"Prof is short for prophet, my man. I never fall because I see it all!"
* The game version of this is apparently how Marco from ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' bonds with his father when they're alone.
* In DavidBrin's ''Literature/{{Uplift}}'' series the [[SapientCetaceans dolphin]] language Trinary is expressed in (often rather [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]]) limericks. Though later generations of "fin" can speak Anglic and usually don't bother rhyming when they do so.
* Tertius Fume does this in ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'' to the point of being called out for this by Merrin Meredith.
* In the StarTrekExpandedUniverse, there's a race called the Lonat who speak in rhyme, and it's ''explicitly'' made TranslationConvention. Skilled poetic speaking akin to Shakespeare's use of iambic pentameter is mutilated into nursery rhyme style verse by the UniversalTranslator doing the best it can to keep up. We don't know what the Lonat trader Square-Deal Djonreel is hearing when the [=DS9=] crew talk to him, but he is pleased when they respond to him in rhyme just for fun. Kira tries to get them to cut it out, but [[GotMeDoingIt accidentally ends her order with a word that rhymes with what O'Brien had just said]].
* In Scott Corbett's ''The Limerick Trick'' a formula produced by a mysterious boys' chemistry set with nearly-illegible labels made several of the main characters start talking like this.
* In "Mr. Milton's Gift," from Robert Arthur's ''Ghosts and More Ghosts'', one Homer Milton entered a mysterious curio shop in search of an anniversary present for his wife and, after making an offhand comment about the "gift of making money," was given it - along with the "gift of verse" as a bonus, because of his name. This resulted in exchanges like the following attempted explanation to his lawyer when he discovered that the "gift of making money" was somewhat more literal than he'd expected:
-->"I tried to buy my wife a present, something she'd consider pleasant. I didn't want her to be vexed, so I wound up getting hexed. A gift this Clarence fellow sold me, but the thing he never told me was I'd be a counterfeiter-"

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[[folder: Live Action TV, worth just a Fraction of Thee ]]

* Eulabelle the black maidservant, from Horror Of Party Beach (''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''), uses occasional but ubiquitously pointless rhymes as homilies:
** "You don't see me sittin' around moanin' and groanin' all day."
** "What are y'all doin' sneekin' and peekin' in the dark for?"
* The announcer from ''JudgeAlex''.
* ''ThirdRockFromTheSun'' featured Laurie Metcalfe as a character who always rhymed her sentences with whatever someone else had just uttered. Dick found this charming at first but later discovered it was incredibly annoying and made it impossible to carry on a normal conversation with her.
* ''{{Moonlighting}}'', in which Agnes [=DiPesto=] does this when answering the phone.
* [[MyBelovedSmother Mrs. Benson]] in ''Series/ICarly'' has a series of silly, and occasionally morbid rhymes to help her through her daily life.
--> '''Mrs. Benson:''' You won't get respect if your back's not [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar erect]].
--> '''Mrs. Benson:''' When temperatures get too high the elderly start to die.
* Baron Harkonnen in the SciFiChannel miniseries of ''{{Dune}}''.
* A magic mirror in TheTenthKingdom speaks entirely in rhyme and will only answer questions that are put in verse as well. This leads to Tony and Virginia having to come up with...interesting questions on the spot.
--> "Our mirror's smashed, what can we do? Where the hell are the other two?"
* This happened to Murdock in an episode of ''Series/TheATeam'' where he had to give an injured B. A. some of his blood. Murdock uses this new tendency to try to convince B. A. that he will go insane after receiving the blood.
-->'''Murdock''': You'll start hearin' thing you don't see, and rhymin' your words...just like me." *cheeky (and slightly maniacal) smile*
* How could we possibly avoid mentioning ProfessionalWrestling great "Superstar" Billy Graham, the sensation of the nation and the number-one creation? He was filled with the desire to inspire, and took on all contenders and pretenders.
* Alton Brown of ''IronChefAmerica'' often delivers his closing address in poetic, or at least rhyming, style.
* In an episode of ''LegendOfTheSeeker'', all women are expected to do this in the presence of the Margrave. To do otherwise would be disrespecful. [[DarkActionGirl Cara]], at first, has trouble doing this when pretending to be a princess whose skill at poetry is legendary. She does spout a few rhymes later (mostly about torture and murder) and another one later, while turning the Margrave into a punching bag. Zedd, dressed up as a duchess, has no trouble rhyming. Even more impressive, the Margrave's sister is able to rhyme while sobbing at the top of her lungs.
* ''AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'' had the Carnie from "The Tale of Laughing In The Dark", who played the trope for all the creepiness it was worth:
-->'''Carnie:''' It's the most fun in the park, when you're laughing in the dark.
-->'''Carnie:''' Pick the right door and you'll go free, pick the wrong door and there he'll be.
* In ''PowerRangers,'' there have been a few rhyming [[MonsterOfTheWeek MOTW]]s, some better at it than others. At least once, we get a LampshadeHanging: The Yellow Ranger isn't succumbing to the villain's HatePlague, and we get...
-->'''Hate Master:''' "Would you give in already?! Doing this is no snap! It really isn't ''easy'' talking all the time in rap!"
* The following exchange from the ''Series/{{Friends}}'' episode "The One Where No-One's Ready":
-->'''Ross:''' We can't be late. It starts at eight.
-->'''Phoebe:''' He could not, would not, want to wait.
* Alvie roomed with ''{{House}}'' in the loony bin, busted rhymes so basic and thin, needed Heezy's help in the talent show, and when Heezy walked out that do', he decided he didn't want to be crazy no mo'.
* The basic objective of the 1975 ABC game show RhymeAndReason. A couplet is presented, and two contestants secretly write down a word that rhymes with the last word of the couplet. They select a celebrity on a panel (of six) and the celebrity completes the couplet. Matching the contestant's word scores points.
* Queen Mab from ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' (the TV show, not the mini-series).
* On TheWestWing, one of the signs that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is getting senile is that he tends to write opinions in verse. This is PlayedForLaughs the first few times it comes up:
-->'''President Bartlet:''' (reading) "Fear of cancer from asbestos ... fuzzy science manifestos ..."
* Muffy The Mouse from Today's Special.

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[[folder: Theater (By Playwrights With Names Like Peter of Exeter) ]]

* A bridge-guarding troll in ''OnTheVerge'' does this.
* Motormouth Maybelle from ''{{Hairspray}}''.
* Shakespeare used blank verse to show that a character was highly educated, whether it's the monk from ''RomeoAndJuliet'' or the gods in ''AMidsummerNightsDream''.

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[[folder: Theme Park Rides, Which If Not Cleared By the Safety Inspector Can Have Their Dark Sides ]]

* Madame Leota speaks in rhyme in ''TheHauntedMansion'' ride at DisneyThemeParks, as she was conducting a seance and magic typically rhymes. In [[Film/TheHauntedMansion the movie]], she seemed to be speaking a prophecy, and spoke normally to Jim at times. In the game, she only does this when preforming her ExpositionFairy duties.
** ''Haunted Mansion Holiday'' uses rhyme for the entire naration, though this is done to follow the style of Tim Burton's original poem, which was in turn based on ''The Night Before Christmas''

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[[folder: Video Games, With Their Pretty "Whoa" Names ]]

* Gruntilda, the villain of ''BanjoKazooie''. She stopped talking like this in the sequel, at the insistence of her sisters, but returned to full form in ''Nuts & Bolts.'' Probably because [[spoiler:her sisters weren't around to nag her anymore]].
* Merlee from the various incarnations of ''VideoGame/PaperMario''.
* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' includes a talking oak tree that speaks in rhyme and makes an IncrediblyLamePun when asked about it. [[spoiler:Namely, that this probably makes it a "Poet-tree".]]
* Epros in the RPG ''OkageShadowKing''. The other party members do not approve.
* The Red Caps in ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' speak like this. At one point their leader Snaptooth can be seen shouting at one of them to stop.
* The song "A Pirate I Was Meant To Be," from ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland'', is sung by pirates who Rhyme On A Dime. [[spoiler:The only way to end the song and escape the puzzle is to end a line with the unrhymable word "orange."]]
** [[spoiler:To be fair, one of them does rhyme it with "door hinge", but the others realize it wouldn't fit in with the song, so it ends anyway.]]
** There is also an extended swordplay puzzle (Insult Swordfighting) where combat is mostly verbal and the pirate who comes up with the better insult wins. When swordfighting at sea, the insult and counterinsult have to rhyme. ("When your father first saw you, he must have been mortified."/"You're a disgrace to your species, you're so undignified!" "At least mine can be identified.") [[spoiler:Even Guybrush and Captain René Rottingham get this rhyming exchange after the former's victory over the latter.]]
* Professor Shantotto of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI''. Rather odd, considering she serves as her nation's ambassador to conferences with major world leaders, and no one seems to call her out on her odd speech patterns.
** Probably because they're terrified of her.
*** I am not sure which is more of an understatement in the above sentence, "probably" or "terrified".
** It's not really-weally thataru odd when you considery that the vastaru majority of Windurstian Tarutaru spin-sparingly-speak with some form of VerbalTic. Shantotto honestly has one of the less irritating manners of speech-ethy.
** Naturally, Shantotto's appearances in the ''DissidiaFinalFantasy'' games have her retain her habit of rhyming, though she rarely sticks to any sort of meter.
-->'''Shantotto:''' I don't make threats!\\
If there's no result by the time I'm done researching the ultimate spell, it's too late for regrets!
* Halaster Blackcloak in ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights: Hordes of the Underdark''. Admittedly, he is described as completely insane. One line from before you meet him, on a note in an otherwise-empty treasure chest:
-->'''Note:''' "Much to your displeasure, here there is no treasure! -H"
** And one of his lines from [[spoiler:before you free him from the drow holding him captive]]:
-->'''Halaster:''' [[spoiler:"If the portal is opened, more drow will come through. I don't want that; I can barely stand you."]]
* Grub, the DJ of the Party Zone Night Club in TheNamelessMod.
* The Headless Horseman, a seasonal boss in VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft speaks all his lines in rhyme.
* Micheal Tillotson from ''DeadlyPremonition''. Especially exceptional because he's not only creating a rhyme at the drop of a dime, but he's also repeating what Mr. Stewart whispers to him. Who does not speak in rhyme.
* The worms in ''VideoGame/{{Worms}} Reloaded'' when they're using the "Poor Rapper" speech bank. As the name implies, the lines they speak are often [[SoBadItsGood awkward, but in a funny way]].
--> "Great, a crate! Great, ...sodium nitrate!"
--> "See you later, like in an alley...gator?"
* The Gravemind in ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', in addition to his trademark [[ISpeakInMeter trochaic heptameter]]:
---> Now the gate has been unlatched, headstones pushed aside
---> Corpses shift and offer room, a fate you must abide
* In ''{{Divinity 2}}'', we have Bellegar, a crazy mage whose lines are all rhymed. Some of them are really funny. Taken up to eleven in the expansion where his couplets turn into verses with more intricate rhyme schemes to match with his more important role.
* The supervillain Deja Vu can't speak without rhyming in ''FreedomForce''.
* [[PlayerCharacter Ezio]] lampshades this in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' when he sings during his guise as a WanderingMinstrel
---> The things i do, to save the world
---> Surprise me time to time
---> Like learning how to play the lute
---> And making these words rhyme
* The court jester in ''The Excellent Dizzy Adventure'' speaks exactly in this way.

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[[folder: Web Animation, A Net-Wide Sensation ]]

* Crackotage of the [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Cheat Commandos]]. Granted, he's a ''parody'' of this kind of character and as such, he's ''not very good at it''
-->'''CRACKOTAGE''': Movie night is my favorite night. I think it is my favorite night. Hee hee hoo hoo!\\
'''SILENT RIP''': Are you even trying anymore?
** In an Easter egg at the end of the toon in question where the above dialog takes place, this little exchange is heard:
--->'''SILENT RIP''': Aw, you can do it. Try another one.\\
'''CRACKOTAGE''': I think my rhymes are truly broke. Broke, broke, broke, broke, broke, broke, broke! Hoo-hoo, hweh-hweh!

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[[folder: Web Comics, Increasingly a Part of the Publishing Economics ]]

* A bard in ''Chasing The Sunset'' speaks only in rhyme. In one panel she is interrupted mid-sentence (twice) and is 'stuck' until she finds a way to rhyme her two previous utterances. And her name? Rhyme, of course.
* A ''PennyArcade'' strip once featured Gabe trying his hand at this. Of course, Tycho's vocabulary is far too extensive to merely throw in a 'Purple' or 'Orange'... instead, he works 'acquiesce' into the end of a sentence, with [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/9/13/ dire consequence.]]
** [[http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/4618146/index.cfm?clg=92&bnrid=3212501_ven=Shopping&cm_cat=NexTag&cm_pla=default&cm_ite=default Chicken press]].
* Saxony Canterbury from ''{{Thunderstruck}}'' always does this, sis. He'll give you a new pet name, Dwayne, just so he can throw this trope in your face, ace.
* The fairies in the Forest of Doom, in ''Webcomic/TheHeroesOfMiddlecenter'', speak entirely in rhyme. Unfortunately, Darklight... doesn't really like rhyme so much.
* The WebComic ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'' parodies Roadblock from ''GIJoes'' with a toy who repeats increasingly threatening and innuendo-laden rhymes, until he starts talking to [[{{Transformers}} Wheelie]].
* The lizard [[BackAlleyDoctor "surgeon"]] in ''{{Unsounded}}'':
-->'''Lizard:''' Know I slivers of livers from stomach and spleen; I extract the lungs before they can ''scream''.
-->'''Quigley:''' At least he is not a lizard who speaks in ''rhyme''. How vexing ''that'' would be.
* Ernst in ''{{Webcomic/Marla}}'' does this, both in his writing and his speech.

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* MikeJ of ''Shameful Sequels'' reviewed AmericanPie 3 entirely in rhyme once.
* When [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] reviewed a NewKidsOnTheBlock Christmas comic, the last third of the review, starting with the "Twas the Night Before Christmas" parody, was done in rhyme.
* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's review of TheGrinch was done in rhyme in reference to the original story.
* WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd also used rhymes during his Christmas Video.
* In episodes 12 and 13 of {{LetsPlay/Chuggaaconroy}}'s Let's Play of ''SuperPaperMario'', he starts accidentally taking in rhyme (due to reading [[RhymesOnADime Merlee's]] speech), and then ''keeps on'' accidentally rhyming thoughout those two episodes
* WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Episode 13 has everyone speaking in rhyme for a bit.
* [[SCPFoundation SCP]]-[[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-904 904]] is a poem that, when read, ''forces'' the reader to speak in rhyme.

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* Haggle, a supporting character in ''TheGaryColemanShow''.
* Wordsworth, a side character from ''WesternAnimation/HeathcliffAndTheCatillacCats''.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'' (the original cartoon version)
** The live-action version of the character also does it, albeit a tad more sparingly:
-->'''Underdog:''' (melodramatic) My rhymes are only said in fun! (normal) Okay, I'm done.
* WesternAnimation/YogiBear does this often too.
* Roadblock from ''GIJoe'' talks like this sometimes (but sometimes it's just JiveTurkey).
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', there are the employees of "Flappy Bob's Happy Peppy Camp and Learn-a-torium", Happy Peppy Betty and Gary. They not only rhyme almost all their sentences, they also sing them, and tend to complete each other's sentences!
-->'''Betty:''' And, umm... Gary! I'm all out of rhimy-whimies!
-->'''Gary:''' ''That'' was a rhimy-whimy!
** Subverted by the [[TastesLikeDiabetes Gigglepies,]] who ''start out'' talking like this, until Timmy asks what they do once they've extracted all the resources from a planet:
-->[[KillerRabbit Overlord Glee:]] [[SugarApocalypse We blow it up]] and move on to the next one! [[SurpriseCreepy Isn't that cute?]]
-->Timmy: No! It's terrible! <{{beat}}> And it didn't rhyme!
-->Overlord Glee: He's on to us! [[SeizeThem Get him!]]
* Concrete mutant Vinnie The Mass from ''[[WesternAnimation/AlphaTeensOnMachines A.T.O.M.]]'' speaks mostly in rhyme.
* In ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'', most of the time, the [[TheScrappy unpopular character]] Wheelie always speaks in rhyme! The [[Wiki/TFWikiDotNet Transformers Wiki]] [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wheelie_(G1) had quite]] [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wheelie_(SG) a bit]] [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wheelie_(Animated) of fun]], and [[SelfDemonstratingArticle made all the lines on his page rhyme]] (every single one)!
** Mercifully, he stops doing this in ''TransformersHeadmasters'' and in several other continuities, such as Dreamwave Comics.
*** Until his return in IDW's spotlight series, which actually made Wheelie's rhyming cool by making it the only way that he can [[http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Darmok_(episode) communicate with a marooned alien with a strange speech pattern]]
* The wicked sorcerer Zig Zag from ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler'' rhymes whenever he speaks, often rather elaborately. He actually manages to be both amusing and menacing in this way. For example, when he said "One mistake will suffice! Don't treat me lightly ''twice!''" after taming the alligators he had been thrown to by the ungrateful BigBad One Eye.
** Lampshaded in the infamous [[{{Macekre}} Miramax cut]] when the thief, overhearing one of Zig Zag's private rants, comments to himself, "It must be tough to always speak in rhyme."
* Uncle Pockets, from ''FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends''.
* Haiku battle start! / [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Sokka]] tries so valiantly / But his counting's off.
** Pathetic Sokka / it's for this very purpose / contractions were made.
** Poor foolish Sokka / An unnecessary word: / "Ladies, I rock ya!"
* Spring-Heeled Jack in ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''
* While his isn't usually an example, the Green Goblin of the ''TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' does this in one episode. Not only is it lampshaded, but it's also partially justified: several of his lines are quotes from Shakespeare's verse. It also acts as a clue to the Goblin's identity: Harry Osborn, the prime suspect behind the mask, was supposed to be playing Puck in a school play, and all of the Shakespeare lines are Puck quotes. [[spoiler: Turned out to be a RedHerring, but nice touch...]]
* Rollerbear in the ''Bitsy Bears'' pilot cartoon. She even wears headphones and rollerskates.
* An episode of ''JohnnyBravo'' spoofing GreenEggsAndHam rhymes the whole time.
** Also in an episode that spoofs ''TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas''.
* ''ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "Dream Scheme" with Bubbles using the "anyone want a peanut" gag.
* [[SamuraiPizzaCats Francine]] always made room for a nice little rhyme, just before the great big boom signaled the Samurai Pizza Cats were off to fight crime.
* Princess Starglo from ''[[CareBears Share Bear Shines!]]'' mostly does this in a rhyming slang kind of way ("Toodles, poodles!"), but uses it in her normal conversation quite a bit, too.
* Jeremy Hillary Boob, Ph.D in ''YellowSubmarine'', who justifies it, saying:
-->If I spoke prose, you'd soon find out
-->I don't know what I talk about!
* ''HomeMovies'' - Brendon makes a video PSA to keep kids from putting marbles in their noses, but his puppet Spiky Mc Marbles, with his rhyming speech and his snarky attitude, makes kids ''want'' to put marbles in their noses.
* Nedley on ''MaggieAndTheFerociousBeast''
* Bob from ''MaryokuYummy''. To a lesser extent, Yuzu, whose appearance in an episode usually includes coming up with a new rhyming catchphrase for his and Nonki's fix-it shop.
* The Chesire Cat from the CareBears version of Literature/AliceInWonderland, he gave them advice while rapping.
* Zecora from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.
** Discord, although much more rarely. Also Pinkie Pie, who tends to break into song very often.
** Also, Iron Will, when he's doing one of his many CatchPhrases.
* Most of the characters especially Dudley Pig from the animated TalesFromTheCrypt episode "The Third Pig", the wolf has a hard time coming up with them and [[BreakingTheFourthWall yells at the Cryptkeeper when he tells him to do so]].
* Jake from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' has a habit of doing this. And sometimes makes Finn do it as well.
--> "Promise me you'll speak in rhymes. Speak in rhymes all the times."
** Choose Goose, a minor chracter, only speaks in rhymes. His [[spoiler: AlternateUniverse]] counterpart does so as well.
* ''What's with Andy'' had an episode where Andy was dared to speak in rhyme for an entire day. He mastered it pretty well, up until he was challenged to rhyme the word 'orange'. [[spoiler:Which he succeeded; it rhymes with 'door hinge'.]]
* A one-off villain from the ''OsmosisJones'' cartoon, who continued to vow revenge in rhymes even as he was being led away.
* Hermes from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has a modular catchphrase - "Sweet X of Y!" - that's always spoken in rhyme. e.g. "Sweet guinea pig of Winnipeg!"
* Several locomotives actually started to speak in rhyme at times in the more recent episodes of ''ThomasTheTankEngine''.
* In the Hungarian dub, TheFlintstones do this constantly.
* ''[[PixarShorts Boundin]]''
* One episode of WowWowWubbzy featured the Hopping Dipple-Dop, a character who only spoke in rhymes.
* CourageTheCowardlyDog has the eponymous "Freaky Fred" who speaks all of his dialogue in rhyme.

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* Nipsey Russell could pull off a couplet at just the drop of a hat. Name me another talented person who could ever do just that.
** [[WhoseLineIsItAnyway Wayne Brady]]?
** Most of the the guests on both versions of ''Whose Line Is It Anyway?'' had a knack for this, not just Brady. Josie Lawrence was particularly good at this.
** I could argue, I guess, but it's not worth the ink; I'll just say it's not quite as hard as you think.
* Aside from the refrain, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPo9ISQpzvM "One Week"]] by Barenaked Ladies was almost entirely off the cuff.
* Reverend Jesse Jackson when speaking publicly always has a rhyme of some kind.
* If you're a [[UsefulNotes/BasketBall Knick fan,]] you're used to hearing it from Walt "Clyde" Frasier.
* Rappers in general.
* Jian Ghomeshi, the host of the {{CBC}} radio show [[http://www.cbc.ca/q/ "Q"]], opens each show with a monologue containing numerous rhymes.
* In recent times, in the email segment of the O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly will read clever limericks on television sent in by viewers.
* MuhammadAli was as well known for his [[TrashTalk taunting]] (or boasting) rhymes and statements in interviews as for his boxing.
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