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* ''Series/AustinAndAlly'': Two of the shop owners at the mall are a pirate-themed fried fish store owner and a SurferDude who owns a surf shop, respectively [[TalkLikeAPirate speaking like an old-fashioned pirate]] and [[TotallyRadical a radical beach goer]]. In one episode, when they're both told they go OutOfCharacter for a mall meeting and don't have to speak in their fake accents, both of them asks the questioner what accent their talking about.

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* ''Series/AustinAndAlly'': Two of the shop owners at the mall are a pirate-themed fried fish store owner and a SurferDude who owns a surf shop, respectively [[TalkLikeAPirate speaking like an old-fashioned pirate]] and [[TotallyRadical a radical beach goer]]. In one episode, when they're both told they can go OutOfCharacter for a mall meeting and don't have to speak in their fake accents, both of them asks the questioner what accent their they're talking about.
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* ''Series/AustinAndAlly'': Two of the shop owners at the mall are a pirate-themed fried fish store owner and a SurferDude who owns a surf shop, respectively [[TalkLikeAPirate speaking like an old-fashioned pirate]] and [[TotallyRadical a radical beach goer]]. In one episode, when they're both told they go OutOfCharacter for a mall meeting and don't have to speak in their fake accents, both of them asks the questioner what accent their talking about.
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* A meta-example comes from ''Series/BabylonFive'': When confronted by J. Michael Straczynski about the vaguely East-European accent he gave his character Londo Mollari, Peter Jurasik woujld just shrug, say "What accent?" and keep going.

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* A meta-example comes from ''Series/BabylonFive'': When confronted by J. Michael Straczynski about the vaguely East-European accent he gave his character Londo Mollari, Peter Jurasik woujld would just shrug, say "What accent?" and keep going.
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* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': One issue (set prior to Spider-Man publically revealing his secret identity in ''ComicBook/CivilWar'') had a reporter guess that the Webslinger was a New York native. Spider-Man asks how he could possibly think that, to which the reporter says "ask me again in that Brooklyn accent how I know you're from New York."

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* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': One issue (set prior to Spider-Man publically revealing his secret identity in ''ComicBook/CivilWar'') ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}'') had a reporter guess that the Webslinger was a New York native. Spider-Man asks how he could possibly think that, to which the reporter says "ask me again in that Brooklyn accent how I know you're from New York."
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* Creator/VincentPrice, whose accent moved along a sliding scale of British to American depending on what film he was in, while in real life being a unique (and much-parodied) blend (a mix of Missouri, Yale, and a bit of English RP from having started his acting career there), thought he didn't have an accent, claimed to "speak like anyone else in America", and didn't know why people kept thinking he was English.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode, "Finding Mary MacGuffin", they are at a lab coat store looking for a man with a German accent who frequents garage sales. ItMakesSenseInContext. They start interviewing people in the store, and a man with a very obvious southern accent remarks, "As you can see, I don't have an accent."

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In the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode, "Finding Mary MacGuffin", they are at a lab coat store looking for a man with a German accent who frequents garage sales. ItMakesSenseInContext. They start interviewing people in the store, and a man with a very obvious southern accent remarks, "As you can see, I don't have an accent."
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** One episode had a CONTROL agent be revealed to be a CHAOS agent, after which, he started speaking with an accent. When Max mentioned it, he insisted he was speaking normally and had been speaking with an accent while undercover.

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** One episode had a CONTROL agent be revealed to be a CHAOS agent, after which, he [[AccentRelapse started speaking with an accent.accent]]. When Max mentioned it, he insisted he was speaking normally and had been speaking with an accent while undercover.
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* In ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'', Harley Quinn takes an interest in Javelin due to his German accent. When he says that lots of American women he's met have expressed fondness for his accent, Harley responds that it's because Americans have no accents of their own... yet she's clearly speaking in [[BrooklynRage her signature City Girl Squawk]].

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* In ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'', Harley Quinn takes an interest in Javelin due to his German accent. When he says that lots of American women he's met have expressed fondness for his accent, Harley responds that it's because Americans have no accents of their own... [[HypocriticalHumor yet she's clearly speaking in in]] [[BrooklynRage her signature City Girl Squawk]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': In "One If By Clam, Two If By Sea", Stewie tries to give speech therapy to Eliza, who has a thick Cockney accent, and gives her the practice phrase "The life of the wife is ended by the knife".
-->'''Stewie:''' No, no, no. Not "loif"! Life ''Life!''
-->'''Eliza:''' Tha's wha' ah said. Loif!


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* When Music/TheShermanBrothers were looking to tap Creator/MauriceChevalier to sing the title song for ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'', they sent him a test recording in which Richard Sherman imitated Chevalier's trademark French accent. When the two met after Chevalier accepted the offer, Sherman told him that he hoped he didn't mind the accent, to which he responded "Accent? I didn't hear no accent!".
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* Creator/StephenFry brings up two examples during [[http://youtu.be/-AQafwx3h7A?t=48s a discussion about Scottish accents]] in an episode of ''Series/{{QI}}''. The first is a story about Maggie Smith, who contacted a woman from Morningside hoping to study her accent in preparation for starring in ''Literature/ThePrimeOfMissJeanBrodie'', only to offend the woman because she was convinced she didn't have any kind of accent. The second was a Scot who believed his own accent was indistinguishable from an English one, but who sounded "more Scottish than a Glaswegian drunk in a Soho doorway."

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* Creator/StephenFry brings up two examples during [[http://youtu.be/-AQafwx3h7A?t=48s a discussion about Scottish accents]] in an episode of ''Series/{{QI}}''. The first is a story about Maggie Smith, Dame Creator/MaggieSmith, who contacted a woman from Morningside hoping to study her accent in preparation for starring in ''Literature/ThePrimeOfMissJeanBrodie'', only to offend the woman because she was convinced she didn't have any kind of accent. The second was a Scot who believed his own accent was indistinguishable from an English one, but who sounded "more Scottish than a Glaswegian drunk in a Soho doorway."
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* Done subtly in most cases. There is no objective way to speak and everyone learns their language from the people they know. This means that most if not everyone has an accent, even in their native language, that will be imperceptible to them in spite of how obvious it would be to strangers. This is where subtle regional accents become apparent.

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* Done subtly in most cases. There is no objective way to speak and everyone learns their language from the people they know. This means that most if not everyone has an accent, even in their native language, that will be imperceptible to them in spite of how obvious it would be to strangers. This is where subtle regional accents become apparent. Most places have an accent that is considered the "default" just by how common/known it is[[note]]Like the General Australian accent is this for Australians, the Standard Midwestern "Flat" for Americans, and Received Pronunciation is often seen as this for British people even though in life it really isn't[[/note]] and is usually called the "[insert demonym] accent" with the regional accents addressed as such. Very few if not almost nobody truly speaks in one of these "default" accents and will have subtle hints of others in their voices, even if they don't realize it.
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* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': One issue (set prior to Spider-Man publically revealing his secret identity in ''ComicBook/CivilWar'') had a reporter guess that the Webslinger was a New York native. Spider-Man asks how he could possibly think that, to which the reporter says "ask me again in that Brooklyn accent how I know you're from New York."
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Compare WhatTheHellIsThatAccent and UnexplainedAccent.

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Compare WhatTheHellIsThatAccent and UnexplainedAccent.
UnexplainedAccent. See also UnintelligibleAccent.
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* In ''Film/UniversalSoldier'' during a quieter moment Veronica tries asking Luc (played by the very Belgian ''Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme'') is from because of his accent.
-->'''Veronica:''' I figured you had to be French or something because of your accent.
-->'''Luc:''' What accent?

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This is, approximately, TruthInTelevision -- everyone has an accent, but many people don't think of ''their own'' accent as one, since it's what they're used to.
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* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' has an incident told by various people. When it's Boomhauer's turn, the flashback has everybody speaking like Boomhauer except himself, who now speaks normally. This implies that Boomhauer thinks his speech patterns are normal and common.

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* One episode of The ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' episode "A Fire-Fighting We Will Go" has Hank and his friends [[RashomonStyle giving their individual retelling of an incident told by various people. incident]]. When it's Boomhauer's turn, the flashback has everybody the other men speaking like with Boomhauer's repetitive rapid-fire pattern while Boomhauer except himself, who now himself speaks normally.in a slow, deliberate drawl. This implies that Boomhauer thinks his speech patterns are normal and common.
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* In ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'', Harley takes an interest in Javelin due to his German accent. When he says that lots of American women he's met have expressed fondness for his accent, Harley responds that Americans have no accents of their own... yet she's clearly speaking in [[BrooklynRage her signature City Girl Squawk]].

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* In ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'', Harley Quinn takes an interest in Javelin due to his German accent. When he says that lots of American women he's met have expressed fondness for his accent, Harley responds that it's because Americans have no accents of their own... yet she's clearly speaking in [[BrooklynRage her signature City Girl Squawk]].

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