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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
->'''Dandy:''' Hey stranger, time for an intro. So, what's your name?\\
'''Nynamo:''' Nynamo.\\
'''Dandy:''' Say what?\\
'''QT:''' Could you repeat that?\\
'''Nynamo:''' Nynamo.\\
'''Dandy:''' Huh!? What is that?\\
'''QT:''' Who knows?\\
'''Nynamo:''' Jeez, it's a common name...\\
'''Dandy:''' Well, in honor of you looking like a cat, how about... Meow?\\
'''Nynamo:''' Oh come on, you guys. Don't do me like that. I'm a Betelgeusian!\\
'''Dandy:''' ''[quietly to QT]'' Whatever, he is totally a space cat.\\
'''Nynamo:''' No I'm not! Dammit!
-->-- ''Anime/SpaceDandy'', "Live With the Flow, Baby"
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
->'''Atomic Robo:''' How do you pronounce that?\\
'''Doctor Dinosaur:''' The way it is spelled: H'SSSSK!\\
'''Robo:''' What, seriously? Is that a name or is something stuck in your throat?\\
'''Dr. Dino:''' It is a good and proper name!\\
'''Robo:''' "Hhhthhhk?" C'mon, it sounds like you've got a hairball.\\
'''Dr. Dino:''' H'SSSSK! It is H'SSSSK! Not "Hhthhhk"! Completely different!
-->-- ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo'', "Why Doctor Dinosaur Hates Atomic Robo"

->'''Del Portus' wife(?):''' ''PQWRSTL!?''
-->-- ''[[http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=nl&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wimswerts.be%2Fhtmlmap%2FW817.html%2311&act=url W817]]'' [[note]](Not available in English)[[/note]], issue #11
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
->"My name is unpronounceable by Earthlings when sober," said the man from Mars.
-->-- ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace''

->[=OGiNiM=] paused, then turned to me and muttered: "Krack kedaan...?"\\
I laughed; shook my head. "Graag gedaan."\\
"Khra...?"\\
"Not exactly. Try to bring your tongue to the back of your mouth so that you cut off the airflow." I replicated the sound.\\
A bunch of weird growling noises came in my direction. When I looked over at [=OGiNiM=] again, he was looking in a mirror and shining a flashlight down his throat. I laughed.\\
"What are you doing?"\\
[=OGiNiM=] replied quickly:\\
"Looking for my uvula. What do you think, Mijnheer? The only way to pronounce this sound is to choke yourself!"
-->-- ''Fanfic/PokemonXNimjaPlayTheGame'', "[[Music/{{Queen}} Radio Ga Ga]]"
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[[folder:Film]]
->'''Mr. Brown:''' What's your name? Do bears even ''have'' names?\\
'''Paddington:''' Of course we do! My name is ''[rrrRRROOOOOOOAAAAAAAARRRRRRRR!click]''.\\
'''Mr. Brown:''' ...I beg your pardon?\\
'''Paddington:''' ''[rrrRRROOOOOOOAAAAAAAARRRRRRRR!click]''.\\
'''Mr. Brown:''' ...Right.\\
'''Paddington:''' Well, go on. You try it. Back of the throat.\\
'''Mr. Brown:''' ''[reluctantly]'' [=BrrrRRRRRRRrrrrr?=]\\
'''Paddington:''' ''[coldly]'' ...Mr. Brown. [[InformedObscenity That is]] ''[[InformedObscenity extremely]]'' [[InformedObscenity rude]].
-->-- ''Film/Paddington2014''

->'''Allen:''' What's your name?\\
'''[[OurMermaidsAreDIfferent Madison]]:''' It's hard to say in English.\\
'''Allen:''' Well, just say it in your language.\\
'''Madison:''' Alright. My name is... ''[makes shrill porpoise noises [[GlassShatteringSound that shatter all the glass around them]]]''
-->--''Film/{{Splash}}''
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[[folder:Literature]]
->I was spawned uncounted aeons ago, in the dark mists of Khhaa'yngnaiih (no, of course I don't know how to spell it. Write it as it sounds), of nameless nightmare parents, under a gibbous moon.
-->-- ''Literature/ICthulhu'' by Creator/NeilGaiman

->[[EldritchAbomination She]] was called Victoria, because she had beaten us in battle, seven hundred years before, and she was called Gloriana, because she was glorious, and she was called the Queen, because the human mouth was not shaped to say her true name.
-->-- ''Literature/AStudyInEmerald'' by Creator/NeilGaiman

->'''Demon:''' My name is unpronounceable in your tongue, woman.\\
'''Granny Weatherwax:''' I'll be the judge of that. Don't you call me woman.\\
'''Demon:''' Very well. My name is [=WxrtHltl-jwlpklz=].\\
'''Nanny Ogg:''' Where were you when the vowels were handed out? Behind the door?\\
'''Granny Weatherwax:''' Well, [[DefiedTrope Mr WxrtHltl-jwlpklz]], I expect you're wondering why we called you here tonight.
-->-- ''Literature/WyrdSisters''

->"My name is--" the sound was the [[StarfishAliens rustling of fronds]], "but you can easier call me Blueshell. It's nice to see a familiar face, hahaha." Blueshell spoke the laughter as words.
-->-- ''Literature/AFireUponTheDeep''

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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
->'''Maj. Thornberg:''' What was the weapon you used?\\
'''[[DeadpanSnarker Col. O'Neill]]:''' ''[innocently]'' Weapon?\\
'''Maj. Thornberg:''' Our cameras saw some sort of weapon.\\
'''Col. O'Neill:''' Oh. Well, it's hard to say.\\
'''Maj. Thornberg:''' Some sort of state secret?\\
'''Col. O'Neill:''' No, just difficult to pronounce.
-->-- ''Series/StargateSG1'', "[[Recap/StargateSG1S2E211969 1969]]" (regarding the Zat'nik'tel)

->''"No, we're not all doomed, one man here still has a chance. One man, can take a stand for all of us. And that man's name is F- well, we can't pronounce his real name, so we call him Fez!"''
-->-- '''Eric''', ''Series/That70sShow''

->'''Spike:''' [[OhCrap Oh, balls!]] You didn't say the thing was a Glarghk Guhl Kashma'nik.
->'''Xander:''' That's 'cause I can't say Glarma-- ''[demon [[TalkToTheFist hits him]]]''
-->-- ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E17NormalAgain Normal Again]]"

->'''Bobo:''' And your name, sir?\\
'''Music/{{Prince}}:''' My name has no sound. It's unpronounceable. ''[takes out an album cover with "Love Symbol #2" on it]''\\
'''Bobo:''' Okay, Dr. Rorschach, this kind of monkey business might have kept you out of the draft, but it ain't gonna fool me.
-->-- ''Series/MuppetsTonight''
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[[folder:Radio]]
->'''Douglas:''' Where ''is'' this Kicky-Tarry-Jack, anyway?\\
'''Carolyn:''' Are you referring to Qikiqtarjuaq?\\
'''Douglas:''' ''[long pause; frostily]'' ...You're really ''proud'' of yourself for having learnt to say that, aren't you?\\
'''Carolyn:''' ''[smug]'' Yes!
-->-- ''Radio/CabinPressure'', "Qikiqtarjuaq"
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[[folder:Video Games]]
->'''[[MyNameIsQuestionMarks ???]]:''' ''I'm ♥♪!?, but it's hard to pronounce so... Call me "Geno", after the doll.''
-->-- ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG''

->'''Connor:''' My name is Ratohnhaké:ton.\\
'''Achilles:''' Right... well I'm not even going to try to pronounce that.
-->-- ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII''

->''"Transma-ma-ma-ma... malig- whatever his name is, that motherfucker's dead!"''
-->-- '''Creator/SamuelLJackson''' on the transmutantstein, ''VideoGame/HeroesOfNewerth''

->'''Smuggler:''' You two will be back together before you can say "a vrblther's vibroblade."\\
'''Corso:''' A... a vrblth... vrblth... so, not that soon, then?
-->-- ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic''
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
->''Most mortals are incapable of even hearing the names of demons, never mind such niceties as pronouncing them. Sometimes highly trained musicians will pick up a few syllables, and echoes of the names have been known to haunt the dreams of the newly deaf. For no reason known to anyone, armadillos can hear them easily, although they generally just roll up into a ball.''
-->-- ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'', comic [[http://www.diggercomic.com/?p=716 716]]

->''"Hello. My name can only be expressed by focusing pure waves of heat into a form of communication deadly to your kind."''
-->-- '''Fire elemental''', ''Speak With Monsters''
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
->'''Challenge:''' '''Who can pronounce Susan’s last name correctly?'''\\
''[Round 1 begins]''\\
'''[=SMG4=]:''' Woga-Wogadoo?\\
''[Buzzer rings]''\\
'''[[MemeticMutation Harambe]]:''' WRONG! ''[[[FireBreathingWeapon Flamethrowers]] [=SMG4=]]''\\
'''[=SMG3=]''': Wubsywubsywowwow?\\
''[Buzzer rings again]''\\
'''[=SMG3=]:''' Ah! Please don’t hurt me!\\
''[{{Beat}} where nothing happens, [=SMG3=] sighs in relief]''\\
'''[[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Godzilla]]:''' Hello there! ''[Falls on and crushes [=SMG3=]]''\\
'''[=SMG4=]:''' Wojikikikikikikikiki-\\
''[Buzzer rings ''again'']''\\
'''[[Franchise/TheMuppets Kermit]]:''' This is Kermit the frog. ''[Hits [=SMG4=] with hammer]''\\
'''[=SMG3=]:''' Windex?\\
''[Buzzer rings ''again'']''\\
'''[[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slenderman]]:''' ''[Grabs and beats up [=SMG3=]'' You are dead.\\
''[Round 5 beginning, then cut to round 10, then 35]''\\
''[Camera shows [=SMG4=] tied up and [[ManOnFire on fire]] watching [[SuckinessIsPainful Anime Mario dance]]]''\\
''[Camera shows [=SMG3=] screaming in pain as [[GroinAttack a 100-pound weight sits on his groin]]]''\\
''[Round 262 beginning, then cut to round 571, then 4633, then '''''400010231''''']''\\
''[[=SMG4=] and [=SMG3=] gasping for breath as all of the onlookers are now {{Waiting Skeleton}}s. One skeleton falls over, revealing [[NiceGuy Whimpu]] behind them]''\\
'''Whimpu:''' Use text-to-speak!\\
''[[=SMG4=] and [=SMG3=] both pull out their phones and quickly start typing]''\\
'''[[Creator/{{Apple}} Siri]]:''' Susan Wo-''[Starts glitching]''-kikikikiki-\\
''[Both of their phones explode]''
-->-- ''[[WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers SMG4]]'', "[[Recap/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64BloopersWarOfTheFatItalians2020 War of the Fat Italians 2020]]"

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[[folder:Web Video]]
->'''Travis in Duluth, MN:''' Ah, hi! I was just wondering: how do you pronounce your name?\\
'''Cthulhu:''' What?\\
'''Travis in Duluth, MN:''' Well I was looking it up online, and I found several different pronunciations. I was just wondering...\\
'''Cthulhu:''' Kid, do you have nine tongues?\\
'''Travis in Duluth, MN:''' What?!\\
'''Cthulhu:''' Tongues, kid. Do you have nine of 'em?\\
'''Travis in Duluth, MN:''' Well--\\
'''Cthulhu:''' Is your mouth more than six feet wide?\\
'''Travis in Duluth, MN:''' Well, no.\\
'''Cthulhu:''' Then give it up! It's an alien language; your little skin-flap of a mouth can't handle it. Besides it's more of a mental thing than an actual word, so just...give it up. Next caller! You're on with us again for Calls for... um, me.
-->-- ''WebVideo/CallsForCthulhu''

->''So, uh... How do you pronounce music notes? Why does this game have emojis?''
-->-- ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COYUR4bI2x4 64 Things WRONG With]] {{Videogame/Paper Mario|64}}''

->'''Jax:''' Seriously, is that, like, Russian? Scandinavian? Pig Latin?\\
'''Sarge:''' My family history ain't part of the deal.\\
'''Jax:''' How do you even spell it? Sounded like 57 syllables.\\
'''Sarge:''' Well, you need a Mandarin keyboard to get it exactly right, and the fifth letter is an emoji.
-->-- ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'', Sarge's original name
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
->'''Marge:''' That's very generous of you, Mr...\\
'''Alien:''' To pronounce it correctly, I would have to... pull out your tongue.\\
'''Marge:''' Ugh.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror"

->'''Blinky:''' Not a rock. Dwärkstone.\\
'''Jim:''' Dork-stone?\\
'''Blinky:''' Dwärkstone.\\
'''Claire:''' Dork-stone?\\
'''Aaarrrgghh!!!:''' Close enough.\\
'''Blinky:''' ''Dwärkstone'' is incredibly rare, highly volatile, and the only guaranteed way to expel a gruesome.\\
'''Toby:''' All I'm hearing is "dork-stone."
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'', "[[Recap/TrollhuntersS2E8JustAddWater Just Add Water]]"

->'''Mxyzptlk:''' Okay, I'll give you a rule; you make me say, spell or otherwise reveal my name backwards, and I'll split until our dimensions come into alignment again in about, oh, three months, give or take. \\
'''Clark Kent:''' I can't even say your name forward, how am I supposed to say it backwards?
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', "[[Recap/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS2E8Mxyzpixilated Mxyzpixilated]]"
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[[folder:Real Life]]
->''"... I told you to get used to hearing that name, and if possible, get used to saying it."''
-->-- '''Herman Cain''' on Rod Blagojevich

->''"The proper pronounciation of '[[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]]' is 'Bob.'"''
-->-- Meme
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