History VerbalTic / LiveActionTV

** The [=McKenzie=] Bros., [[CanadaEh eh?]]

* Klukkluk from ''Series/PipoTheClown'' often says "Dit is toch van de gekke!". It was infamous enough to warrant an addition to the Dutch [[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/van_de_gekke_zijn dictionary]].

* Randy from ''Series/AmericanIdol'' used to call the contestants "dawg" a lot. He probably made a conscious effort to stop after sketch comedy shows {{Flanderized}} the phrase in their impersonations of him.
** Now he tells contestants that they're "in it to win it," making him CaptainObvious because [[FridgeLogic why would they be competing if they]] ''[[FridgeLogic weren't]]'' [[FridgeLogic in it to win it?]]

** "And stop calling me pastries!

* Penny of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' calls people "sweetie" all the time.

* Danny Messer of ''Series/{{CSINY}}'', Boom!

* At one point, Jemaine from ''Music/FlightOfTheConchords'' is described as possessing a verbal tic of "Wut" by his friends. [[RuleOfFunny This is rarely, if ever, demonstrated in the show.]]

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*** He's occasionally a {{Malaproper}} — for example, in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E3TheMythMakers "The Myth Makers"]], when the Trojans think he is a god; "I am not a dog!... a god!"
*** In Season 3 and 4, he tends to make an excited sort of "eh-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-" chattering noise before speaking, usually when he's trying to interrupt or cut off someone, [[ScrewPolitenessImASenior which he tends to do a lot]].

** In ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'', Utsusemimaru, a samurai from 400 years ago who, when freed from a villain's shell, talks in a manner consistent with someone of his stature from that era, including referring to red ranger Daigo—or King, as he asks his team to call him—with the honorific King-dono and ending his sentences with "de gozaru."

* Brazilian comedian Creator/{{Mussum}}, of ''Os Trapalhões'', liked to add the suffix "is" to words - i.e. turning heart into "heartzis". And apparently when he got the advice to do this, he asked "What if I have to say '[[StealthPun pena]]'?" This works in Portuguese exactly as it does in English.

* ''Series/TheColbertReport'': Stephen puts a harsh emphasis on the final ''T'' in "report" whenever he uses the word outside of the name of the show, where [[ItsPronouncedTropay it's pronounced "repore"]] to match the silent ''T'' in "Colbert."

** A [[OneShotCharacter character of the day]] in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' had the same habit.

* Brazilian comedian Mussum, of ''Os Trapalhões'', liked to add the suffix "is" to words - i.e. turning heart into "heartzis". And apparently when he got the advice to do this, he asked "What if I have to say '[[StealthPun pena]]'?" This works in Portuguese exactly as it does in English.

** Robin herself: in one episode, Ted learns that his students made a drinking game out of her interviews, doing one shot every time she says "but, um". And it's only then that Ted notices she does it ''all the time''.

* Han Geu-ru, in the Creator/{{Netflix}} K-drama series ''Move to Heaven'' almost always ends his sentences with "-imnida".

** Dr Cox and his syllable elongation ("I re-e-e-e-e-a-a-lly don't have time to repeat myself.")

** In ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'', Utusemimaru, a samurai from 400 years ago who, when freed from a villain's shell, talks in a manner consistent with someone of his stature from that era, including referring to red ranger Daigo—or King, as he asks his team to call him—with the honorific King-dono and ending his sentences with "de gozaru."

** ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'''s [[SmallAnnoyingCreature Small Annoying Houseplant]] Mandora Boy de gozarimasu desu!

*** James Wesley has such an ingrained habit of insisting that Wilson Fisk be referred to as his "employer" rather than by name, that he finds himself doing it in needless situations, long after everyone knows who his employer ("[[LampshadeHanging sorry, old habits]]") is.

*** When under the influence of the combat-enhancing 'Reds', Will Simpson occasionally will repeat a word or phrase twice in quick succession, usually when-when trying to lie.

* ''Series/{{Batman}}''