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* 'VideoGame/'{{Iji}}'' contains the Scrambler which, if found and activated, translates the game's standard English into broken English. The distortion gets ''worse'' the longer the scrambler is left on.

* ''{{Iji}}'' contains the Scrambler which, if found and activated, translates the game's standard English into broken English. The distortion gets ''worse'' the longer the scrambler is left on.

* The messages you/the frog gets at the end of each level of ''{{Zuma}}'' are written like this.

* The [[StarfishAliens Orz]] in ''StarControl 2'' are so bizarre that the TranslatorMicrobes cannot translate their language accurately. This is shown by replacing certain words that cannot be translated with the most suitable words marked with asterisks and the use of broken English.

** Which is actually just plain old Engrish; StopTheExpress is an early game by Japanese developer Hudson Soft (later of ''{{Bomberman}}'' fame).
* ''{{Mafia II}}'': When Vito [[spoiler:is in jail]], you can try to speak to an obviously insane man who will repeat "you have no chance to survive, make your time!"

* A Let's Play of ''[=SWAT=] 4'' at TheSpoonyExperiment has a level ending with a "Russian police traning video" using gameplay footage of Spoony's many failures. Comments are subtitled in Russian, with translated subtitles reading "NOT TO BE STANDING IN WAY FOR COMRADES MAKING ENTRANCE!" and "BEWARE OF JEWS MAKING SNEAK"

* The Mid-Childan Intelligent Devices from ''[[LyricalNanoha Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' spoke odd English in the first season, probably because the writer just couldn't be bothered with proper grammar (Raising Heart's "I can be shot"). However, it stuck and the Devices nowadays are unimaginable without a healthy dose of slightly broken English dialogue.

* A recent episode of ''{{Bones}}'' had Angela trying in vain to put together a baby toy. The instructions were written in this style.

** Even earlier in the series, ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver''/''Crystal'' had Earl (who even says "Want to be a winner is you?" when asking the player if he/she wants to hear his lectures on Pokémon) and a foreign Team Rocket member, who both speak broken English. Although the former also appears in ''Pokémon Stadium 2'', he speaks English normally in it. The latter appears in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' with his Engrish intact.

* Many games from {{SNK}}'s NeoGeo arcade console had some games that could very well result in this. Take Magician Lord once you get the "Continue" screen...

* HansVonHozel, [[StealthParody most]] [[PoesLaw likely]].

* The Mid-Childan Intelligent Devices from ''[[LyricalNanoha Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' spoke odd English in the first season, probably because the writer just couldn't be bothered with proper grammar (Raising Heart's "I can be shot"). However, it stuck and the Devices nowadays are unimaginable without a healthy dose of engrish dialogue.

* ''MondoMedicals'' and ''MondoAgency'' are probably like this, as {{Cactus}}, the games' creator, hails from Sweden but is a fluent English speaker.

* Prism Orange from ''Disgaea2CursedMemories''.

* The Japanese version of the "Cheer Readers" game in ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven Fever'' includes such lines as "OK, don't mind!" and "Let's everybody do!"

** YMMV. The Devices are computers after all. Most of what they say are cobbled terms that would make sense for a programmer. As any chattbot can demonstrated, talking is tricky and verb/noun/tense mix ups are not uncommon.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' had the ridiculous Japanese dish soap commercial from the episode "In Marge We Trust". "I'm disrespectful to dirt! Can you see that I am serious?"
* In ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb: Summer Belongs To You!'', the lyrics to the song "J-Pop (Welcome To Tokyo)" feature this. It's also done in the style of a CaramelldansenVid, complete with [[ArtShift anime-esque art]]:

This is writing anything in the style of a BlindIdiotTranslation or TranslationTrainwreck, to make it funny, due to the unintentional hilarity of those tropes. Typical "Engrish" is the most popular style, particularly using the opening of ''ZeroWing'' as a template. Just have fun with improper placing of articles and prepositions, screwing up plural and singular forms, throwing in BluntMetaphorsTrauma terms, or just use the wrong word for what the sentence calls for.

* [[http://spamusement.com/ Spamusement]] is a combination of this and ExactWords, making sight gags from spam email subjects.

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This trope about deliberate use of BlindIdiotTranslation for great humor it be providing. But proper Engrish are not always easy of use, since there possible many kind of it. People have sometime use [[BluntMetaphorsTrauma idiom confusion]], or try use word that not correct at everything.

The game of video playing ''ZeroWing'', on other hand, has words of proper use meaning in most case, but infamous for employ bad grammar, usually of form being case or number. This make it style easier for emulating than other form of Engrish use attempt.

Sometime have achieved by use automated program for [[RecursiveTranslation translation of recursive manner]].

Despite that, other form are still use. ''Zero Wing'' style just most popular and the humorous.

A [[SubTrope Trope Of Specific Kind]] to StylisticSuck.

To compare of StrangeSyntaxSpeaker. To contrast of TranslationTrainWreck.

Ending [[SelfDemonstratingArticle article for self demonstration]].

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This trope deals with the deliberate use of BlindIdiotTranslation [[PlayedForLaughs for the humor it provides]]. There is no such thing as a "proper" or "universal" [[BlindIdiotTranslation Engrish]], as it can take on many different forms and styles. People sometimes achieve this through [[BluntMetaphorsTrauma idiom confusion]], or by using words that [[YouKeepUsingThatWord don't mean what they think they mean]].

The {{video game}} ''ZeroWing'', on the other hand, ''does'' use English words in the proper context, but is infamous for its BlindIdiotTranslation, making its style easier to emulate than others.

Intentional Engrish For Funny can sometimes be achieved by using automated programs that provide {{Recursive Translation}}s.

There are other ways to invoke this trope, but the ''ZeroWing'' style is more popular (and [[RuleOfFunny funnier]]).

A SubTrope to StylisticSuck. Compare StrangeSyntaxSpeaker. Contrast TranslationTrainWreck.
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Zero Wingrish can sometimes be achieved by using automated programs that provide {{Recursive Translation}}s.

* The Mid-Childan Intelligent Devices from ''[[LyricalNanoha Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' spoke odd English in the first season, probably because the writer just couldn't be bothered with proper grammar (Raising Heart's "I can be shot"). However, it stuck and the Devices nowadays are unimaginable without a healthy dose of Wingrish dialogue.

* Indie platformer ''Explodemon'' has the title character talk entirely in Zero Wingrish. Made all the funnier by the fact that everyone else doesn't.

* [[http://dozerfleet.wikia.com/wiki/Just_for_Fun:_Marriage_Theory_According_to_CATS This entry]] at [=DozerfleetWiki=] explains the subject matter of Ferris State's Sociology 225 class entirely in Zero-Wingrish.

* Chuck Palahniuk's novel ''{{Pygmy}}'' is entirely written in ZeroWingrish.

* The menus of ''Series/TheITCrowd'' series 2 DVD include a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAY52wyb6tM&t=7m45s spot-on parody of ''Zero Wing'']], featuring scenes from the episodes translated into ZeroWingrish. For example, Roy's line "I don't know many heterosexual men who read ''Heat'' magazine." becomes "Man is gay for reading warmth."

* In ''KnightsOfTheOldCoding'', while [[VideoGame/MegaMan Doctor Wily]] is verbally inputting the personality codes for Bombman, [[{{Kirby}} King Dedede]] [[RunningGag interrupts]] by shouting "Someone set us up the bomb!" which causes a virus to be planted in Bombman causing him to speak in ZeroWingrish. His most popular line, when trying to explain to the audience that the comics were going to keep repeating the same period of time during different fights, is "Time is a rubber boomerang."