History Main / GratuitousSpanish

[[SelfDemonstratingArticle Describe aquí el español gratuito.]]

* This line from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'', which combines this trope with PoirotSpeak:

** King also taught himself to say "¿Más lentamente, por favor?". This is [[TruthInTelevision surprisingly good advice]] for people trying to learn a new language: learn how to say "Could you please speak slower?"[[labelnote:lit]]"More slowly, for a favor?"[[/labelnote]] as soon as possible.

** King also taught himself to say "¿Más lentamente, por favor?". This is [[TruthInTelevision surprisingly good advice]] for people trying to learn a new language: learn how to say "Could you please speak slower?" as soon as possible.

* Crunchyroll's English subtitles for ''LightNovel/SoImASpiderSoWhat'' translate Kumoko's GratuitousEnglish as Spanish.

* Puss in Boots in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' films, by virtue of being voiced by Antonio Banderas. The Mexican dub replaces it with Antonio Banderas speaking with a heavy Andalusian accent. In the Spanish dub, Banderas exaggerates his own Malagueño accent.

* MLS' distaff counterpart, the National Women's Soccer League, has its own version in ''La Chanclásico'', created in 2022 when the Los Angeles-based Angel City FC and San Diego Wave FC joined the league. The rivalry name is a made-up compound word, with the "chan" part coming from ''chancla'', the Spanish word for a flip-flop (as in sandal). The rivalry trophy is a gold-plated flip-flop.

* When the NFL held a one-off regular season game in Mexico City, they called it - naturally - Fútbol Americano.

* The bilingual television channels [=Mun2=] (Telemundo on cable, thus the pronunciation [[IncrediblyLamePun Mun+Dos]]) and [[XtremeKoolLetterz MTV Tr3s]] subsist on these shows with English mixed with Spanish, usually in the clumsiest and most grammatically incorrect mixes of language ever ("¿Videos al Fresco?!" "[=Tr3s=] or False"?!), which are known to make a translator fly into [[BerserkButton fits of rage]].

* Australian band [[ExcitedShowTitle Frente!]], who said they named themselves after the Spanish for "front" because "[i]t rhymes with 'heaven-sent-eh!'"

* Music/{{Beck}}'s song "Loser" has the chorus start with "soy un perdedor". "Hotwax" continues the theme by having the chorus entirely in Spanish ("yo soy un disco quebrado/yo tengo chicle en el cerebro"), and similarly [[SelfDeprecation self-mocking]] (that second line means "I've got chewing gum in my brain".

* Music/BowlingForSoup's [[http://youtu.be/L174xUWK6bg "No Hablo Inglés"]] is about getting out of trouble by saying "I don't speak english" in spanish. In the same song there's the line: A guy walks up and says "¿Dónde está la casa de Pepé?"... He no habla Inglés.

** Creator/PedroPascal's hosting debut includes some Spanish in his monologue, after he says he has a message for his relatives watching in UsefulNotes/{{Chile}.

** Creator/PedroPascal's hosting debut includes some Spanish in his monologue.

** Creator/PedroPascal's hosting debut includes some Spanish in his monologue, and in a sketch in which he portrays Marcello Hernández's overbearing mother.

** Creator/PedroPascal's hosting debut includes some Spanish in his monologue, and in a sketch in which he portrays Marcello Hernández'a overbearing mother.

* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' did a skit ''¿Quién es más macho?'' entirely in Spanish. ''¿Fernando Lamas o Ricardo Montalban?''
** When Jimmy Smits was the guest host, one newsroom skit had everyone using increasingly gratuitous Spanish ''(Who had the an-chee-lah-dahs?)''.

* The introduction to ''WebVideo/PreviouslyRecorded''[='s=] review of ''VideoGame/{{Guacamelee}}'' is done entirely in Spanish and features Mexican snacks and beverages.
* In ''WebVideo/MovieRehab'', Barnabas breaks into it in after seeing a devilish Maxine in the Film/BeingJohnMalkovich review.
-->'''Barnabas:''' La hija Del Diablo!
* WebAnimation/EddsWorld has Eduardo, who not only is NonSpecificallyForeign , but is also very closely tied with the phrase “Numero Uno”.
* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' does this at least twice:
** In his review of ''Film/TheRoom'', Future Critic says "¡Vámonos!" when he and present-day Critic escape from two seahorses who were going to seize them for watching the movie.
** In his review of ''Film/LadyInTheWater'', when Young-Soon Choi is shown from the back, Critic says "¿Buenos dí[[{{Pun}} ass]]?"

* In ''VideoGame/SilentHill'', the [[MultipleEndings worst ending]]'s credits song, "[[https://youtu.be/PKPTkuRmBHE Esperandote]]", is unexpectedly a tango with Spanish lyrics.

*** Beck mentions that he was the only white guy in his street and so was friends with many hispanic and black people, thus inspiring both his love of latin music and hip hop.

* Mrs. Talavera from ''Fanfic/ThePandaChronicles'' sprinkles a few Spanish words into her dialogue, such as "hola", "mi chiquito", and "hermano".

** This goes double for California, where many areas that were not settled until after the American takeover still got (grammatically correct) Spanish names - and just as often, pseudo-Spanish or grammatically incorrect actual Spanish names - for exotic flavor or to appear OlderThanTheyThink. Some examples that come across as ridiculous to Spanish ears include Contra Costa County ("Counter-Coast" County, even though it's inland except for a small part) and Chula Vista - which is supposedly "Beautiful View", but a Spanish speaker may actually translate as "Cocky Female Seen".