Signature Laugh

Let's just say his favorite holiday song is not "Silent Night".

"You put your whole self into that laugh, don't you?"

— Marcia Jeffries to Lonesome Rhodes, A Face in the Crowd

There are some unique laughs that, when imitated by anyone, immediately bring to mind a single person. It may be an Annoying Laugh or an Evil Laugh, it may be the sounds/words used, its tendency to catch on with anyone around, or the fact that it's at a terribly inappropriate time, but everyone knows who it's connected to. When this happens, this person has a Signature Laugh.

It doesn't count if it reminds you of a type of person (like the Noblewoman's Laugh), nor just a type of laugh (like The Hyena). It must be an individual who springs immediately to mind when it's heard. Can overlap somewhat with Verbal Tic.

Some of these sounds are difficult to translate onto a page, but when you hear them, you know.

Compare Annoying Laugh, Evil Laugh, Laughing Mad.

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Examples:

Advertising

• The Jolly Green Giant's musical "Ho ho ho!" Spelled the same as Santa's but very different.
• The Pillsbury Doughboy's giggle in response to having his tummy poked.
• Chuck E. Cheese has a New Jersey-ish "Heheheheheh!"

Anime & Manga

• The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You:
  • Shizuka uses the phrase "She laughed aloud" with the text-to-speech app on her phone to indicate laughter on her part. Even in the middle of being tickled.
  • Implied with Ahko. Her reaction to Kusuri's laughing drug suggests that her catchphrase, "That sends me", is supposed to be her laughing. It's clearer in the original Japanese, where her catchphrase is instead slang for "lol".
• Aggretsuko: Fenneko's extremely deadpan and bored-sounding "hahahahahahahahaha" is a notable one; something about how dead it sounds makes it a pretty good Troll laugh.
• Assassination Classroom: Korosensei's amused, smug, or mocking chuckle is always rendereded as "Nurufufufufu~" and also appears in the anime, albeit sounding a bit more like "Nyeheheheheh~" due to his accent.
• Chiyo Mihama in Azumanga Daioh has a distinctly childish giggle, written in the manga as "Ehehehe!"
• Black Butler: Tanaka's meek "Ho ho ho" is the only sound he makes while in chibi mode.
• Bleach has Don Kanonji, whose signature is striking a pose and going, "BO-HA-HA-HA-HA!"
• Ryuk from Death Note: "Hyuk hyuk hyuk!" Light Yagami's typical Evil Laugh even became a Memetic Mutation.
• Dragon Ball:
  • Goku's "hehehe" in the Japanese version. It becomes more pronounced in adulthood. In the English dub he's given a unique "hahaha" laugh.
  • Master Roshi has a laugh that you can recognize from a mile away.
  • Frieza's distinctive "Oh ho ho ho ho!", closely resembling the Noblewoman's Laugh.
• Kelly Yatsufusa from Etsusa Bridge, with her "Heehahahaha!".
• Early villain Everlue from Fairy Tail had a memorable laugh, "Boyoyoyoyo".
• In Gintama, Sakamoto Tatsuma's laugh is very distinct, very frequent and (in-universe, at least) very, very annoying.
• Tsuruya from Haruhi Suzumiya.
• Hetalia: Axis Powers:
  • Prussia from has the rather unique "Kesesesesese".
  • In the dub, France has "onhonhonhon", the stereotypical French laugh.
  • Some fans use "kolkolkolkol" as Russia's laugh and "fusosososo" as Spain's laugh, but they are actually a Madness Mantra and a "cheer-up charm" respectively. Russia's actual "laugh" is "ufufufu~" (or "uhuhuhu")
  • America's "DDDDDDDD"... no, that's not how it's actually pronounced. The anime/drama CDs just go with a loud rhythmic "Ha ha ha ha!"
  • Poland has "WAHAHAHA!"
• HuGtto! Pretty Cure: Ranze Ichijo has an exaggerated Noblewoman's Laugh: "OHHH-hohohohoho!". Upon first hearing it, Homare is surprised people still laugh like that.
• I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job: Fino. Her laugh is quite consistent too.
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure has Gyro Zeppeli’s “Nyo-ho!”.
• Kinnikuman: Ashuraman's "Ka ka ka ka ka" laugh is so deeply associated with him that it's featured in his Villain Song.
• Kotaro Lives Alone: Karino's editor, who has a permanently expressionless face and voice, has also a very flat and joyless "Hahahahaha" laugh that doubles as a catchphrase.
• Almost every major character in One Piece has a unique laugh. Villains especially. Here is a list. Giants in particular always seem to have some incredibly strange laughs.
• Pokémon: The Series: Due to how Pokémon Speak works, Haunter has what sounds like a stereotypical nasal French laugh.
• Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Kaname Madoka's Wehihihi is an onomatopoeia of that little giggle of hers. Japanese fanworks naturally follow this and literally write it as ウェヒヒヒヒ.
• Yotsuba Nakano in The Quintessential Quintuplets sometimes giggles "Shishishi" when she's up to something mischievous. Doubles as a pun since "Shi" is an Alternate Character Reading for the number 4 in Japanese, and she's the fourth amongst her sisters.
• Ranma ½: Kodachi Kuno's (high-pitched in the anime) "ohohohohohohohoho". Her appearance is always accompanied or heralded with that laugh.
• Reincarnated as the Piggy Duke: This Time I'm Gonna Tell Her How I Feel!: Fitting his title as "Piggy Duke", Slowe has a laugh that sounds like a pig oinking.
• In Samurai 7 every time Okara makes a snide comment she follows it with a SHSHSHSHSH hissing laugh
• Captain V2 Gundam from SD Gundam World Heroes usually utters a proud-sounding "Dooooaaaah-ha-ha-ha!" in response to most situations.
• Kururu in Sgt. Frog has his signature "Ku ku ku ku" giggle. Hell, all of the Keronians do: Keroro = "Kerokerokero!", Giroro = "Girogirogiro!", Tamama = "Tamatamatama!".
• Kusukusu of Shugo Chara! has a distinctive laugh that sounds much like her Meaningful Name. In Japanese, kusukusu is onomatopoeia for giggling.
• In Strike Witches, Sakamoto Mio had a signature laugh in the first season, when she was played by Chiba Saeko (Ha! Ha! Ha!). In the second season, Chiba was unavailable to play the character, so she was played by Seto Saori, who didn't use the laugh.
• Yu-Gi-Oh!: Weevil Underwood/Insector Haga's laugh is written as "Hyo hyo hyo!" in the manga and the video games.

Comic Books

• Blue Beetle: Ted Kord always has his laughter written as "BWAH-HA-HA-HA" This laugh is so memorable that the entire Justice League International era is often referred to as the "Bwah-Ha-Ha Era".
• The Creeper: Some versions of the Creeper have their own unique laugh. Some of them can drive a man mad.
• The Flash: Eobard Thawne for whatever reason liked to go "Ha-haaa!" in his first appearance, every so often.
• Viz: "Fnarr, Fnarr, Fnarr!" will forever be associated with the character Finbarr Saunders. Usually it was unleashed whenever he noticed a Double Entendre, however convoluted.
• Wonder Woman Volume 1: Villain and misogynistic slave owner Uvo's "Ho-hoe!" laugh.

Fan Works

• This Bites!: It's a One Piece fanfic, so this trope is very common.
  • Noteworthy, however, in that Cross has one:
    Cross: PFFFFHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
  • As a Voice Changeling, Soundbite has a lot of laughing styles, but his most common is a combination of 'Hee's, 'Hoo's, and 'Ha's.
  • Lassoo's laugh is "Hweehweehwee", taken directly from Muttley of Wacky Races.
  • Su's laugh is "Tseeheeheehee".
  • Dragon's is "Shishishishi", just like his son.
  • Hancock's is "Snahahaha".
  • Monet's is "Yukeeheeheehee".
  • When she laughs genuinely, Robin laughs just like Saul.
    Robin: Dereshishishi!
• Another One Piece fanfic, Twelve Red Lines, gives her self-insert one of those:
  Jones: Sesehihihi!
• Persona: The Sougawa Files:
  • Tamiko Maeda, the group's Mission Control and resident Chuunibyou, has one: "Kuhuhuhuhuhu!"
  • Both Shadow Rina and Shadow Ryouichi share "Ohohohohohoho!"
• OSMU: Fanfiction Friction: Todd's Evil Laugh ("EEEHAHAHAHAHA!") is considered to be his signature one, but he doesn't take kindly to people asking him to "do the laugh".
  Omar: Y'gotta hear this guy's villain laugh, it's so creepy...
  Todd: [pointedly] It's just the way I laugh, okay?
• As a nod to her appearance in the fairly wacky Rockman Zero manga, Leviathan in Manehattan's Lone Guardian has "Kyahahahaha!" as her default laugh.

Films — Live-Action

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Annoying Laugh in Amadeus announces his presence whenever he's in the area.
• Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley has a distinctive "Hee-Haw" donkey-like laugh, to the point where it was featured in the promos.
• Sid James's dirty laugh was a staple of the Carry On films.
• Maurice Chevalier's iconic "hon hon hon" laugh, which has become the standard way French Funny Foreigner people laugh in comedy.
• Harry Ellis in Die Hard only laughs once, but it's a drawn-out laugh that fits his yuppie personality.
• Renfield, as played by Dwight Frye in Dracula, has a distinctive slow, whining mad laugh. It introduces him from offscreen during his first mad scene, and then continues to reappear throughout the film.
• In A Face in the Crowd, Lonesome Rhodes rides to fame on his signature "Haw. Haw. Haw." laugh.
• Brought up in The Great Race when Professor Fate is told to change his laugh to match that of the prince he's impersonating.
• In the Sky One adaptation of Hogfather, when Death briefly takes the role of the absent Hogfather (the Disc's Santa Claus), he... it's from the book but instead of the novel's not-quite-getting-it deadpan (Ho. Ho. Ho.) he tries to play along with "Ho ho ho" but always delivers an oddly-stressed "HO hoho!" The scene is kept, like most of the book, when he surprises the Auditors from inside a snowman and, as the last thought in an ultimatum, he sarcastically ponders, "Have you been naughty... or nice? Ho. Ho. Ho."
• Christopher Lambert seems to have a signature laugh across multiple characters. As Connor Macleod (of clan Macleod) from Highlander, he frequently used a dry, raspy "heheheh" sort of laugh, and then later used the same laugh as Lord Rayden in Mortal Kombat: The Movie.
• Pee-wee Herman has a distinctive, loud, somewhat barking laugh. Sometimes it comes out as a quick giggle, like "Heh Heh!" and sometimes it's longer.
• Louis' honking laugh from Revenge of the Nerds. His father laughs the same way.
• Tommy's signature "haha" from The Room (2003). Often used at inappropriate times.
• Star Wars: Return of the Jedi:
  • Jabba the Hutt's slow, low-pitched Evil Laugh. A blinded Han Solo easily recognizes it. And right next to him, Salacious Crumb has a high-pitched Annoying Laugh.
  • Emperor Palpatine's Evil Laugh is distinct enough that the first trailer for The Rise of Skywalker could end with it without showing Palpatine himself, and fans could still instantly recognize it as him.
• The Three Stooges: Curly's "Nyuk-Nyuk-Nyuk"
• John Wayne, in many of his roles. "Dah-Haa, dah-haaa, da-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!"
  • The Searchers also has Charlie McCorry and his drawn-out, derisive "haw-haw-haw".
• The Witch of the West in ''The Wizard of Oz‘’ has a perfectly witchy sounding cackle.

Literature

• In Harry Potter, Sirius Black was often mentioned to have a laugh that sounded like a bark. Given his name and Animagus form as a large black dog, it seems quite fitting.
• The Mental State has Zack State, who quietly chuckles to himself in private whenever one of his plans works, immediately followed by a serious scowl.
  Zack: Heh! Hih! Hih! [Scowl]
• 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".
  • In Hogfather, Death tries to mimic The Hogfather's "Ho ho ho!", but despite his best confidences, it consistently comes out as Ho. Ho. Ho.
• In A Song of Ice and Fire, Walder Frey always laughs with a nasal "heh." His grandson in a narration mentions how much he hates it.

Live-Action TV

• Barney from Barney & Friends has a deep sounding chuckle... very similar to Santa, but a little more rapid.
• Batman featured notable ones from several villains:
  • Frank Gorshin's manic giggle as the Riddler is well known enough that it was one of the elements Jim Carrey brought to his performance in Batman Forever.
  • Burgess Meredith's squawking "waugh waugh waugh" laugh as the Penguin was partially a case of Enforced Method Acting, as Meredith had quit smoking in real life, and the cigarettes he had to have with him as Penguin irritated his throat.
• The Bernie Mac Show: Jordan's nasally crackle: "Hee-hee-hee!"
• Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory. His very fake-seeming laugh is more of a brief bout of hyperventilation, and underscores his general lack of humor.
• It's rare to get a laugh out of Rosa Diaz in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, though Captain Holt seems to be the best at it with his insults about Wuntch, but when it does happen, her laugh sounds rather like a witch's cackle.
• Hazel Swearington of Bunk'd has a mocking and sarcastic laugh ("HA-HA!"), usually whenever she's playing a mean trick on the Rosses.
• Cheers: Diane has a particular laugh which sounds either forced or like she's on the verge of breaking into tears. In her appearance in Frasier, it actually does lead into a spectacular sobbing fit.
• Vince Masuka from Dexter does a Beavis and Butthead style laugh whenever he or someone else makes a double entendre.
• The Fourth Doctor in Doctor Who has a really distinctive, booming, rather sinister laugh that Who fans just love doing impressions of.
• Steve Urkel in Family Matters snorted whenever he laughed.
• Fawlty Towers: Sybil Fawlty.
• Janice from Friends, with her nasally "nghanghanghangha"
• Jerry Ledbetter on the Britcom The Good Life deploys a sardonic snicker.
• In an episode of Happy Days, Howard recognizes Fonzie's new girlfriend as a stripper he saw while at a convention. He remembers that she had a laugh "like a seal", and he tells her a joke in order to prove her identity.
• Tim Allen's grunting laugh from Home Improvement, which came from his standup routine).
• Hell's Kitchen: Season 12 contestant Rochelle had a distinct giggle that she broke out in whenever she was nervous. In her elimination montage it's mostly centered on her laughing!
• Ricky Ricardo from I Love Lucy had a very distinct, hardy (almost wheezing) laugh.
• Moss uses this trope in The IT Crowd when acting as dungeon master for a game of Dungeons & Dragons. He announces that the players see a familiar face emerge from a crowd, then, as the character, gives a distinctive "Ho ho ho!" The players all recognize the laugh and shout the character's name.
• Kuroto Dan's memetic BWE-HE-HE in Kamen Rider Ex-Aid as demonstrated in an early trailer for the sequel movie trilogy Kamen Ex-Aid: Another Ending. Scenery chewing and carnage usually follows.
• Speaking of Penny Marshall, Laverne De Fazio from Laverne & Shirley has a rather annoying nasal laugh, though it doesn't come out as often.
• M*A*S*H: Hawkeye Pierce has a unique, whooping "WHOO-HOO-HOO-HAHAHAHA" laugh whenever something really funny and unexpected happens, such as Henry Blake getting a faceful of soot.
• Rik Mayall's characters all share the same over-the-top nervous laugh.
• The Nanny: Fran Drescher's nasal, snorting laugh.
• Myrna Turner (Penny Marshall), Oscar Madison's secretary in the original The Odd Couple series, laughs in a distinctive nasal monotone.
• Rick Harrison of Pawn Stars has a distinctive staccato, wheezing laugh.
• Pee-wee's Playhouse: Pee-Wee Herman's "HA-HA!"
• Mr. Belding from Saved by the Bell has a high-pitched "Ha ha ha ha ha!" when he laughs.
• 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.
• Kitty on That '70s Show. Both how she laughs, and how often she laughs.
• Arnold Horshack from Welcome Back, Kotter had two signature lines: "Oooh, Oooh, Mr. Kotter," and his Signature Laugh.
• In Hell Kitchen, Season 12 contestant Rochelle had an adorable giggle that was her Character Tic which, she notes in her Establishing Character Moment, was when she was either nervous or excited. It got so infectious that in her elimination interview, there was a small montage of all her laughing moments.

Music

• French singer Henri Salvador had a very unique and amusing laugh. He even worked it into many of his musical singles.
• Louie the Turkey on Frank Zappa's album Lumpy Gravy has a very eccentric laugh. Let us put it this way: there is a reason they called him "the turkey".
• Flemish singer, TV presenter and politician Margriet Hermans has a very loud and instantly recognizable laugh.
• The concept album Märchen by Sound Horizon has the Villain Protagonist's sidekick Elise, whose speaking voice actress Saki Fujita gives her a very distinctive Evil Laugh.
• Eminem has a signature "ha-ha" laugh that he uses liberally as an adlib throughout his music, starting from The Marshall Mathers LP. In "Jimmy Crack Corn", he acknowledges that it's annoying, and does it a lot to wind up the listener and 50 Cent.

Myths & Religion

• Santa Claus, in all his incarnations, is thought to give a jolly "Ho Ho Ho!" which often indicates his presence when he's not visible.

Podcasts

• In the Thrilling Adventure Hour, Woodrow "Woodpecker" Wilson of the Algonquin Four laughs with Woody Woodpecker's signature laugh.

Pro Wrestling

• "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase has such an iconic Evil Laugh that it's been incorporated into his theme music.
• Mr. Fuji had a sneering, sinister laugh.
• Seth Rollins is infamous for his condescending, nasally cackle.

Puppet Shows

• The Muppets and Sesame Street have plenty:
  • Statler and Waldorf use "DOH-ho-ho-ho-hoh!"
  • Fozzie Bear has "Aaaaaaaaah!" and also "Wocka wocka!"
  • Animal even laughs in Hulk Speak. "AH. HA. HA. HA. HA."
  • Dr. Bunsen Honeydew has a suppressed "Tss-tss-tss-tss-tss!"
  • The Swedish Chef had two different laughs; Jim Henson's take has a dopey "Uh-huh-huh-huh-huh", while Bill Barretta's Chef instead has a jolly "Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo".
  • Floyd Pepper's wheezy "kee hee hee hee hee"
  • Ernie's phlegmy "Kshshshshshshshsh"
  • Bert's bleating "ahahahahahahahahahah!"
  • The Count's "ONE! Ah... ah...ah!" (often accompanied by thunder and lightning)
  • Zoe's shrill, squeaky "Haw haw haw haw!"
  • 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.
  • Cookie Monster's "Hah hah hah hah!"
  • Oscar the Grouch goes "Heh, heh, heh!" whenever something amuses only himself.
  • Abby Cadabby's cute, squeaky giggle.

Radio

• In The Adventures of Archie Andrews from the 1940s and 1950s, both Veronica and Archie had unique laughs they used a lot. Archie would make a sort of awkward, love-sick laugh especially when Veronica would greet him. Veronica had a similar sounding laugh that she would use frequently.
• Bleak Expectations: Mr. Benevolent's not exactly evil sounding Evil Laugh. It's more of an Evil Chuckle, but there's no mistaking it, since he does it Once an Episode.
• 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.
• The Great Gildersleeve... Again, impossible to spell out. Also crosses over to Live-Action TV.
• Sublieutenant Phillips' 'silly-ass' laugh in The Navy Lark (usually at his own jokes). Most of the other characters find it irritating, especially Captain Povey.
• Elaine Paige presents a regular musical theatre show for BBC Radio Two. Her signature laugh is extremely distinctive.

Theatre

• Veronica from Heathers has an incredibly infectious, distinctive laugh.
• After getting slapped by Glinda, Elphaba from Wicked often lets out a cackle. Bonus points if it's an impression of Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West from the movie.
  • Willemijn Verkaik always ends the cackle with a high, whistling noise.

Video Games

• Amagami: Miya's "Nishishishi"
• From Animal Crossing:
  • Tortimer has "Heh heh HORF!"
  • Lazy villagers have "A huh huh huh!"
  • Cranky villagers have "GAH HA HA HA!" There's even a conversation in New Leaf where a cranky villager will try to convince a lazy villager to adopt their laugh.
• Banjo of Banjo-Kazooie fame has a Goofy-like but still distinct "Guh huh!"
• Bonanza Bros. has the music cut out the first time you pick up a piece of loot specifically so you'll be able to hear the titular brothers' signature Evil Laugh: "Eh-heh-heh!"
• Clash Royale: The king has a destinctive "HEHEHEHA!", used as one of the game's default emotes. It has since become one of the most iconic sound effects in both the game and in meme culture.
• Cookie Run: Herb Cookie's "Hoo-hoo!"
• Donkey Kong, in the arcade game: AAH. AAH. AAH.
• Don't Starve: Wortox gives us "Hyuyuyu!"
• Dota 2 has Sniper and his distinctive "HO HO! HA HA!" It's far from his only laugh, but players are very well acquainted with it since he uses that particular laugh every other time he uses an ability. Valve even got in on the act with one of his cosmetic items, an oversized reel of carnival tickets with "HO HO HA HA" printed on every single one.
• The dog in Duck Hunt, as well as the pose he makes.◊
• Exit Fate's bad guy duo: Trevor's "Hohohohoho" and Sick's "Hihihihihi".
• Final Fantasy VI: Kefka's "Uwehehehe!" It's so iconic, it got incorporated into his Final Boss Battle Theme Music.
• Final Fantasy VII:
  • Heidigger and Scarlet are at one point referred to as "Gya-Ha-Ha" and "Kya-Ha-Ha" by Cait Sith.
  • Professor Hojo has a signature laugh, usually a giggle or a chuckle where he bows his head and his shoulders shake from the laugh. His biological son Sephiroth has a similar laugh as seen in Nibelheim.
• Hyrule Warriors: The Twisted Wizard Wizzro has a unique wretched cackle written as "Hiya ha ha!"
• Heaven smiles in Killer7 have very distinctive laugh. Possibly invoked, as variations of Heaven smiles have different laughs, allowing you to tell what exactly is about to blow your face off.
• Larxene's laugh as well as Vexen's laugh and death cry are pretty well known around the Kingdom Hearts fandom.
• The King of Fighters has Iori Yagami: "Mmhmhmhm... ahahahaha... AHAAHAHAHAHAHA!" It's his Victory Pose, no less.
• In Kirby Star Allies, all three of the Mage-Sisters have distinct laughs matching their personalities: Francisca's girlish and bitter giggle ("Ee-hee-hee-hee-hee!"), Flamberge's coarse and raspy cackle ("Baaaa-haw-haw-haw-haw!"), and Zan Partizanne's low and throaty chuckle ("Uwaaaa-ha-ha-ha-ha!").
• Lux from League of Legends has a remarkably distinct but infamously Annoying Laugh in the form of hysterical giggles, which is just rife for spamming your enemies into submission. It's so infamous that in her updated 2017 voiceover, 7 years after her initial release, she still keeps it intact. Interestingly though, her Ultimate Elementalist Lux skin doesn't have this, despite all of her voiceovers having been done by a single voice actress.
• The Legend of Zelda:
  • In Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon's ending, The King has a rather well-known "OAHOHOHOHOHAHAHAHA!" partnered with Zelda's "Eh heh heh... Ehehehehe!"
  • Zelda II: The Adventure of Link has Ganon laughing over the Game Over screen: HOAH HOAH HOAH HOAH HOAH! It's actually repurposed from Punch-Out!! where it was used for Bald Bull and Soda Popinski.
  • In The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (and its spin-off Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity) all koroks (save Hestu) share the same laugh: "Yahaha!"
• Mass Effect: Grunt has a low, drawn out "Heh heh heh!" typically when it looks like a good fight is coming.
• Fassad's "Nwehehehehehe!" in Mother 3.
• This is practically an unspoken requirement to be an Overlord in the Nippon Ichi multiverse, as Laharl, Zetta and Mao all have their own Evil Laughs. Laharl deserves special mention as his laugh is almost always the first thing you hear whenever he shows up.
  Laharl: Haaah-hahahahaha!
• Pokémon:
  • Croagunk and its evolution, Toxicroak, both have distinctive high-pitched, cackling cries.
  • In Gold/Silver/Crystal and the remakes, there's one particular rocket grunt who has a distinctive laugh of 'hyuk hyuk hyuk'. In fact it's practically the only way he is differentiated from the other grunts.
  • And all of the villains from the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games.
    Skuntank: Chaw haw haw haw!
    Koffing: Whoa ho ho ho!"
    Zubat: Heheheheheheheheh!
    Dusknoir: Ooh hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo!
    The Sableyes: Weh heh heh heh!
    Darkrai: MuhehehehehehehehahahahahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!
• Pizza Tower's Big Bad, Pizzaface, has an 'AH-ha-ha-ha-ha-HAW!', that signifies his appearance during Pizza Time, when the timer hits zero. This could potentially signify your doom, as a single touch from him will One-Hit Kill you.
• Princess Connect! Re:Dive: Eriko's "Kusu kusu kusu..."
• Bald Bull and Soda Popinski from the NES Punch-Out!! are the only characters who laugh at you.
• Clank of Ratchet & Clank has a distinctive "Ee-hehehehehe!" for his laugh.
• Resident Evil – Code: Veronica: Alfred Ashford is known for his hideous laugh.
• In Sengoku Basara, Matabe has a high-pitched "Kekekekekeke" as his maniacal laugh.
• Dr. Eggman of the Sonic the Hedgehog series has his "Ohohohoho!" laugh, originally from the Japanese version of Sonic Adventure, but starting with Sonic X, Mike Pollock began imitating the laugh in English.
• Stellaris has the Prethoryn scourge's "Hak hak hak!"
• Karin Kanzuki of Street Fighter fame has a very distinct and memorable Noblewoman's Laugh that she is usually seen demonstrating before a match, or in the case of Street Fighter V, after connecting with her most powerful techniques. "OOOOOOOOOOH-HO HO HO!"
• Suikoden II: Luca Blight and his "HOO HOO HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!" (Yes, with that many exclamation marks.)
• Super Mario Bros.:
  • Mario has a distinctive "Ha-ha!" chuckle, first seen in Super Mario 64 and often seen again in later games. It isn't as prominent as some of his other catchphrases, but still noticeable when it appears.
  • Bowser, King of the Koopas, has an Evil Laugh that either goes "GWAHAHAHA!" or "BWAHAHAHA!"
  • Many villains from the Mario RPGs have signature laughs. They may or may not be rendered as a sound effect (most are simply printed out as text, especially in the Paper Mario series).
    • Lord Crump has "Buh! Buh! Buh huh huh!", and Grodus has "Gack ack ack ack!"
    • Count Bleck's is "Bleh heh heh heh heh! BLECK!" The same game has Dimentio's "Ah ha ha ha!"
    • Fawful tends to giggle in a way that's written in the Japanese version as "Fururururu!" (tying in with his Verbal Tic there of ending his sentences with "-ru"). It's absent from his dialogue in the English localizations, but it's kept in the French dialogue, which adapts it as "Fuyuyuyuyu!"
• Brian Fury from Tekken has a mechanical, echoing "Ahahahahaha!" when he throws an enemy.
• Touken Ranbu has Yamabushi Kunihiro, Hunk in a Cast Full of Pretty Swords, with his boistrous "KAKAKAKAKA" laugh.
• Undertale:
  • Papyrus has a distinctive "NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!...HEH," which he even uses in written notes. This is lampshaded in the Enemy Scan. Comparisons to Skeletor ensued.
  • Sans's "heh heh heh" might not seem as unique as his brother, if it weren't for the fact that his Voice Grunting takes the form of it.
  • Resident Cute Monster Girl Muffet gets an "Ahuhuhuhu~"
  • Flowey's laugh is "Hee hee hee..." This is a trait he took over from Asriel.
  • Asriel's final form has "Ura ha ha!" Pretty evil.
  • The elderly turtle-looking Waterfall shopkeeper continually lets out a bossy "Wah ha ha!" It even features if you enter his name (Gerson) on the starting name entry screen.
  • Undyne has "fuhuhu".
• Wario has a "Wahahaha!". Wario Land 4 replaces it with a different sounding laugh that's comprised of a single voice clip of him going 'Ha!', but repeated, and progressively getting lower pitched.
• Goro Majima from the Yakuza series has a distinct "NYEHEHEHE!" laugh befitting for the Mad Dog of Shimano.
  • Ai from Yakuza 0 has a very distinct "Ehehe."

Visual Novels

• Danganronpa:
  • Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc has Monokuma with his "Upupupupu..." and Genocider Shou/Genocide Jack's "GYAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" which she tends to introduce herself with. The English translation changed Monokuma's laugh to "Puhuhuhu..." ("Nyek Nyek Nyek Nyek!" in The Anime of the Game) and Jack's to "Kyeehahahaha!"
  • In Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, the Ultimate Supreme Leader Kokichi Oma has "Nishishi" and Ultimate Anthropologist Korekiyo Shinguiji has "Kukuku". Again, the English localization changed Kokichi's laugh to "Nee-heehee" and Korekiyo's to "Kehehehe". Ultimate Inventor Miu Iruma has a haughty "Ah-hahaha", and Ultimate Artist Angie Yonaga has a sprightly "Nyahahaha".
• Doki Doki Literature Club! has a few:
  • Ahaha! (Monika)
  • Ehehe~ (Sayori)
  • Uhuhu! (Yuri)
• Katawa Shoujo has Misha's "Wahahahaha~!" Yes, the tilde is mandatory!
• Haruka from Little Busters! has a nervous "yahaha."
• Viola Cadaverini from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Trials and Tribulations has a sinister laugh ("Hee... hee... hee...") that she uses when discussing something violent or creepy.
  • Calisto Yew has one so distinctive it gets its own animation, where she doubles over clutching her stomach with an enormous grin on her face, usually accompanied by her Leitmotif playing. This is used for a Wham Shot in Case 5, where Shih-Na laughs in the exact same way.
  • After being revealed as the phantom, Detective Fulbright from Dual Destinies reveals a "Hee hee hee hee! Hoo hoo hoo! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!", always with that exact length, capitalization, and punctuation, taking up exactly one text box all to itself. Its flawless consistency is probably meant to convey that it's completely fake.
• Umineko: When They Cry has quite a few of these.
  • Ihhihihihi! (Battler)
  • Hohohohoho... (Kumasawa)
  • Wahahaha! (Hideyoshi)
  • Kihihihihihihi... (Maria)
  • Kukkukuku... uhyahyahyahyahya!!! (Beatrice)
  • EVA-Beatrice in the PS3 version has a high-pitched laugh that is… hard to describe. It has to be heard.
  • And the sound novels themselves have their signature laugh.

Webcomics

• The Adventures of Dr. McNinja: Dr. Knickerbockers, the crazy smiling, evil laughing midget doctor: "Eeeheeeheheheheheh!". Apparently a similar being haunts artist Kent Archer's nightmares.
• Homestuck:
  • Nannasprite's distinctive "Hoo hoo!" laugh, which is also shared with Jane Crocker, her post-scratch counterpart.
  • Calsprite from the first doomed timeline has an incredibly annoying "HAA HAA HEE HEE HOO HOO" laugh. This laugh later becomes a Share Phrase between Doc Scratch (who was ectobiologically created from Lil' Cal) and Caliborn, who uses Lil' Cal as his Soul Jar.
• In Poland Ball comics, Brazilball's laugh is shown as "hue hue hue".

Web Videos

• The Annoying Orange: NYEHEHEHAHAHAHAHAHA!
• Dream is known for having a particularly wheezing laugh — known by some of his fans as his "tea kettle" laugh.
• hololive:
  • Usada Pekora has an especially distinctive, high-pitched and jumpy laugh that comes out often. It's actually her natural laugh, as she can't actually pull it off if she tries to do it on purpose. Fansubbers usually add a multitude of arrows to indicate the pitch shifts.
    Pekora: AH↓HA↑HA↑HA↑HA↑
  • Takanashi Kiara, who was a fan of Pekora before debuting, has a similar laugh. She has stated she can't actually remember if she started laughing like that to copy Pekora or if she always laughed like that. Due to a Running Gag with Hololive English that was started at Kiara's expense, fansubbers usually add arrows pointing to the bottom left when it comes up.
    Kiara: HA ↙ HA ↙ HA ↙ HA ↙ HA ↙
  • Pavolia Reine has a somewhat raspy chuckle that's been compared to a car engine trying to start, and it's been acknowledged with one of her unique chat stickers being that of a car with her in it and an accompanying HE. Her artist and "mama", Iida Pochi approves of the comparison.
  • Miko has an Elite "UwahahaHAHAHA" laugh, with very well enunciated "HAHAHA".
  • Korone has her "monkey screeches" which end with wheezes as she is unable to breathe.
  • Amelia Watson has a mischevious sounding chuckle that fans refer to as a "gremlin laugh". Often used after mocking someone (the chat, other members or something in the game).
  • Calliope Mori tried to force in a high pitched "teehee" very early on but she dropped it quickly when she realized that it wouldn't work. What has actually become her signature laughing style is a hearty guffaw that expends her lungs after about four "ha"s before she needs to breathe.
  • Hakos Baelz has a high pitched guffaw that's been compared to seagulls or tea kettles.
  • Kaela Kovalskia is different in that she doesn't have an audiable laugh. Her laugh is so low that her microphone doesn't pick it up. But it's clear when she's laughing from her animation.
  • In a moment of fourth wall-breaking during one of her Minecraft streams, Gawr Gura admitted that she initially planned on giving herself a laugh similar to Pekora's. After trying to laugh out the word "shark" as "Sha-ha-ha-hark!" and finding the end result too cringeworthy, she settled for a light-sounding "Guhahaha!" instead.
  • Josuiji Shinri has a wheezing laugh that is evocative of Muttley's snickering.
  • Koseki Bijou has a squeeky laugh that's been directly compared to window wipers that ends with her inhaling and then sighing.
• NicoB's laugh always sounds like he's rolling on the floor, unable to contain his glee.
• PewDiePie's laugh sounds like he's gasping for breath every few seconds.
• raocow has a distinctive laugh that crops up rather often due to his easily amused nature.
• Rich Evans from RedLetterMedia has an amazing laugh.
• Vinesauce: Vinny and Joel both have distinct laughs. Vinny can go from a calm, stoic voice to hysterical giggling in a matter of seconds. Joel's laughter, however, defies basic human description.
• VOMS Project: Amano Pikamee has a very hearty laughter that is accompanied by very high-pitched gasps, which her fans have likened to a dolphin's squeaks and the whistle of a boiling tea kettle.
• VShojo: Henya the Genius has a very hearty laughter that is accompanied by very high-pitched gasps, which her fans have likened to a dolphin's squeaks and the whistle of a boiling tea kettle.
• Nijisanji: Selen Tatsuki has a hearty cackle, with her longer laughs being compared to a car engine starting up.
  • Fulgur Ovid has a wheezing laugh similar to Dream's, which led to people also calling him a "tea kettle".
  • Ren Zotto has his distinctive "fuckboy laugh", which a promotional image for Anime Impulse wrote phonetically as "Hah haah".

Western Animation

• In Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Scratch's "Bwah-HA-ha-HAAAAA!"
• Theodore's "huhuhuhuhuhuh!" giggle in The Alvin Show.
• All Hail King Julien: Timo has a wheezing laugh that is invariably followed by a snort.
• In Avatar: The Last Airbender, Toph's laugh was what tipped Aang off that she was the girl from his vision.
• Several The Batman villains:
  • The Penguin's "wah wah" squawking laugh
  • Riddler's high pitched giggle
  • Joker's maniacal cackle (particularly Mark Hamill's interpretation)
• The Backyardigans: "Le Master of Disguise" has "Heh-heh-heh!" for Pablo's role as the eponymous criminal. It is how Austin determines who is him and who isn't.
• Dishonest John's "Nya-ha-HAH!" from Beany and Cecil. In one episode, he's made it into a song.
• Beast Wars has Tarantulas and his maniacal cackling—he'll often go on for seconds at end if allowed to. A sampling, alongside a disturbingly good case for his Memetic Molester credentials.
• The titular characters of Beavis and Butt-Head were practically defined by their signature laughs, "Ehhhehehe" and "Uhhhhuhuhu" respectively. One episode is dedicated to their inability to cease this laughter.
• Billy's laugh from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy it goes like "Duhee Hee Hee Hee". His laugh is genetically carried over from his father.
• Bozo the Clown ended each of his cartoons with an extended belly laugh. He'd use the laugh in the cartoon itself when he cracked a joke, usually the result of his antagonist's failures.
• Classic Disney Shorts:
  • Mickey Mouse's high-pitched giggle from when Walt Disney was voicing him. Wayne Allwine's short "Ha-ha!" from more recent times is almost as memorable.
  • Minnie Mouse shares a cuter variation of Wayne Allwine's Mickey's laugh provided by late voice actress Russi Taylor. Russi Taylor and Wayne Allwine were also married in real life until his passing in 2009.
  • Donald Duck's signature "Wak, wak, wak wak, wak wak wak!"
  • Goofy's distinctive "Ah-hyuck!" Which has passed onto his son, Max Goof.
  • Chip 'n Dale's high-pitched giggling introduced by Tress Macneille and Corey Burton in 1989, which Roko Takizawa and Minoru Inaba (the duo's current Japanese voices) took cues in Japan.
  • Pete's loud laugh provided by Jim Cummings. His laugh was also based on Billy Bletcher and Will Ryan's performance of the character.
• Codename: Kids Next Door: The Delightful Children From Down The Lane have a quiet, flat giggle they do when everything is going according to plan. It's a creepy sort of laugh.
• Courage the Cowardly Dog:
  • Courage's weak, wheezing cackle that he often lets out after getting injured or at the end of an episode.
  • Eustace has a recurring proud, arrogant laugh.
• Mandark from Dexter's Laboratory has his "HA haHA! HA haHA haHA!" In fact, one episode has no dialogue apart from this and a few other sounds (all of which followed the laugh's rhythm).
• Roger Klotz from Doug: "HUH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!"
• Dragon Tales has Wheezie's signature "Hee-he-he-ha-ha-ha! (snort-snort-snort)".
• The Fairly OddParents!: Dark Laser's laugh is a hearty chortle, somehow interspaced with babbling over whatever it was that amused him.
• Family Guy: Peter Griffin's "Heheheheheheheheheh!"
  • Quagmire's choppy chuckle (Heh! Heh! Heh!) while rocking his head back and forth, usually punctuated with an "Allllriiight!"
  • In "Stewie Loves Lois," Peter does a crying version of his signature laugh after thinking Dr. Hartman "violated" him (it was really a prostate exam).
• Felix the Cat's high pitched belly laugh.
• Fireman Sam: In the CGI seasons, Elvis has a recurring laugh of "Aw huh huh huh huh huh", usually in a dopey tone.
• Barney Rubble from The Flintstones has "A-hee hee hee hee hee hee hee!". It's often done with his eyes closed and his shoulders raised.
• In Futurama, Fry will often go "Heh-heh-heh-heh..." in an evil sort of way, whether or not he intends to act evil.
• Gravity Falls: Mabel's single, loud 'HAH!' if she's amused by herself.
• Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law: HA-HA! Phil Ken Sebben!
• "Huckleberry Hound's "HAHAHAHAHAHA!" laugh, his "Hehehehe!" giggle, or his "Huh, huh, huh!" chuckle.
• June's cute high-pitched laughter in KaBlam!.
• Looney Tunes:
  • Elmer Fudd's "Huhuhuhuh".
  • One-Shot Character Pete Puma had an epic Annoying Laugh: "HyukhyukhyukEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
  • Another One-Shot Character: the Gremlin from "Falling Hare" and his staccato Yankee-Doodle-tune laugh.
  • Daffy Duck's "Woo hoo, hoo hoo, hoo hoo, hoo hoo hoo!"
  • Bugs Bunny's "Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee!"
  • Sylvester's "Mwuh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh huh!"
  • Witch Hazel's high-pitched "EEE-HEEHEEHEEHEEHEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEE!"
• Charlotte's "Tee-hee!" from Making Fiends.
• The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack: Flapjack's laugh. "EEEYAHEEEHEEHEEHEEHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
• The Mr. Men Show: Mr. Nosey's typical laugh of "aw haw haw haw haw". Vocally, it's very similar to that of Elvis above; fittingly, they share a UK voice actor, Steven Kynman.
• Muppet Babies (1984) has Animal's growly "Hyahyahyahyahya!", Fozzie's nasal, bleating "Heheheheheh!", and Skeeter's giggle, which is either "Ha-ha-ha" (in the earlier episodes where she's voiced by Howie Mandel), or "Tee-hee-hee" (when she's voiced by Frank Welker).
• Yak-Yak on The Perils of Penelope Pitstop. Laughs at everything, even if he's on the receiving end of pain. And the Hooded Claw as well.
• Clinton Fillmore Jefferson XIII from Pet Alien has a distinctive "HAW HAW HAW!" that he often uses whenever he's bullying Tommy or Granville.
• Candace from Phineas and Ferb often goes "Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe..." whenever she believes she's close to busting the title characters.
  Linda: I worry about you sometimes, Candace.
• Popeye: "Ug-ug-ug-ug-ug!" In at least one early cartoon he actually vocalizes "Arf! Arf! Arf!" as per his comic-strip self.
• 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.
• Ready Jet Go!: Jet Propulsion's signature "HA-HA-HA-ha-HA!"
• Ren Hoek's insane laughter from The Ren & Stimpy Show. "AAAAAAHHHHH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!"
• Rocket Power: Lars' high-pitched crackle. A flashback even shows way back when he and Twister were younger, he's had that same crackle since then.
• During the rare times Misery from Ruby Gloom laughs, it comes out as a soft, giggly "heeheehee!"
• Scooby-Doo has his "heHeHEHeHehe" chortle, often followed by, "Rooby Roo!"
• The Simpsons:
  • Bart's villainous "mu-hu-ha-ha-HA-HA" after performing a successful prank.
  • Whenever Lisa's going of the deep end she has a very particular psychotic laugh.
  • Nelson's distinctive mocking laugh is his catchphrase. "Haw-haw!"
  • Also, Ms. Krabappel's single "HA!"
  • Principal Skinner's deep-toned "Ohh-ho-ho-ho!" occasionally followed with an "Ohhh, mercy."
  • And Krusty's "HoohoohoohooHAHA!"
  • And also, Dr. Hibbert's booming belly-laugh, "Eh-HEH-HEH-HEH!"
  • Marge's giggle and Patty and Selma's cackle.
• South Park: Eric Cartman's "nyeh nyeh nyeh nyeh nyehhh nyeh, heh heh heh heh heh hehhh!"
• Most SpongeBob SquarePants characters have distinctive laughs:
  • SpongeBob's dolphin giggle. "Baa-haa-haa-haa-haa!"
  • During his Early-Installment Weirdness in "Plankton!", SpongeBob has a laugh that goes "Nyur-nyur-nyur-nyur-nyur..."
  • Patrick's moron laugh. "Uh-huh-huh-huh-huh!"
  • Squidward's nasal chortle. "Hack-hack-hack-hack!"
  • Mr. Krabs' pirate-accented "Ar-ar-ar-ar-ar!" or "Arg-arg-arg-arg-arg!"
  • Plankton's Evil Laugh.
  • Background character Scooter has a fast paced "Haw-hahahahahahaw" laugh.
  • Some of the laughs are distinctive in German, too. SpongeBob got an impish giggle, while Squidward's voice was low and rough. Sandy also has a short high-pitched laugh that's exclusive to the German version of the series (notably heard in various German exclusive Spongebob albums).
• Steven Universe has Peridot's "Nyeheheheh!" and Sardonyx's Noblewoman's Laugh.
• The distinctive throaty snickering of Dick Dastardly's canine sidekick, Muttley, in The Wacky Races and Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines. Pioneered by a wiseguy dog in a Huckleberry Hound cartoon, then perfected later by Precious Pupp on The Atom Ant Show. Used later by Muttley expy Mumbly.
• Winnie the Pooh's innocent hum-chuckle, and Tigger's "Hoo-hoo-hoo-HOO!"
• Woody Woodpecker's "Ha-ha-ha-HAAAAA HA!"
• Yogi Bear's "Hey, hey, hey!"
• Young Justice gives us Robin's (Dick Grayson's) signature cross between giggling and a maniacal cackle that is often heard right before he appears on-screen from wherever he had ninja-d off too. It has to be heard to be believed

Real Life

• Drew Carey, mostly in Whose Line Is It Anyway?, whenever the laughs got out of hand.
• Tom Hiddleston's laugh. Ehehehehe!
• Ed McMahon from The Tonight Show had a distinctive, deep belly laugh.
• Peter Lorre's "A-henh" laugh is a standard part of any impression done of him.
• Bela Lugosi had a distinctive "Heh. Heh. Heh" slow laugh. When Martin Landau played him in Ed Wood he described the laugh as a line of dialogue in itself.
• Renard Queenston of Lapfox Trax has an unspellable laugh that has become famous among those of their fans who watch their livestreams. Really, it's indescribable.
• Iron Chef Michael Symon's hysterical laugh sounds somewhat like the laughter of a hyena.
  Bobby Flay: I know something is serious when [Michael] isn't laughing. He laughs at everything.
• French cartoonist Roland Topor had a very loud and haunting laugh, which can be heard in Werner Herzog's adaptation of "Nosferatu" (1979), in which Topor plays Dracula's assistant.
• Craig Charles has a distinctive and recognizable laugh, which he, of course, passed over to his characters.
• There are few who can laugh as loud as Ricky Gervais when Karl Pilkington is around.
• Jimmy Carr has an unusual, gasping laugh that is often mocked on panel shows. He says it sounds like a dying seal.
• Sidney James has a leering greedy-sounding laugh, that often crops up in his characters in the Carry On movies, usually after he makes a dirty joke.
• Christopher Lambert has a kind of choked, throaty laugh, as seen in this video.
• Burt Reynolds had a distinctive laugh that was a bit higher than his speaking voice. It can be heard in several of his movies.
• Seth Rogen has a very deep, gravelly sounding laugh. "EH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!"
• Similar to Louis from Revenge of the Nerds and Arnold Horshack from Welcome Back, Kotter listed above, comedian Yakov Smirnoff has a deep, wheezing laugh once described in one of his appearances on Night Court, as being like "a seal in heat".
  • Eddie Murphy has a very similar laugh as well.
• Tex Avery had a very distinctive belly laugh that showed up in several of his cartoons (this one is from Bad Luck Blackie).

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