History VerbalTic / LiveActionTV

* Penelope Tate, Amanda's number one fan please, on ''Series/TheAmandaShow'' ends most of her sentences with "please," to the point that her Amanda-themed website is Amandaplease.com. She was taught always to say please when asking for things, and she's constantly asking to meet Amanda.

** At the start of the series finale, Jim tells the village council how he went on ''DealOrNoDeal'', where his VerbalTic cost him 100,000 pounds. He ended up with 50p.

* [[TheLadette Debra]], from Series/Dexter, tends to swear by Jesus when she doesn't know what to say in a surprising situation.

** The Seventh Doctor, Sylvester [=McCoy=], tended to roll his R's, leading to a deeply unfortunate incident when he encountered aliens known as the Gods of Rrrrrragnarrrrrok. Oh boy.\\\
Lampshaded in the Big Finish poem "The Feast of Seven":

** [[TheNthDoctor The First Doctor]], William Hartnell:\\\
Had a habit of ending many if not most of his lines with a "hmmm?", plus interjecting the terms "young man", "my child", "my dear boy", "dear child", etcetera, into seemingly every third phrase.\\\
Not to mention the habit of [[AccidentalMisnaming mangling his companion's name]] ("Chesterton" becomes Chatterton, Chesterfield, Chessington, Chesserman etc.)\\\
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]].

* More informed by Vic Mackey, but in the premiere of the fifth season of ''TheShield'', it's revealed that the newly promoted Captain Billings ends all his daily roll calls with "and so forth."

** Chantho, an alien in the episode ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia Utopia]]'', begins ''every sentence'' with "[[JapaneseHonorifics Chan]]" and ends it with "to" or "tho" (depending on your preferred spelling - TV subtitles used the latter). When asked why she does so, she explains that to not begin and end her sentences thusly would be [[PardonMyKlingon her species' equivalent of profanity]].

** The Fourth Doctor says "weeeeell", "I say", generally extends low vooooowels whenever he can get away with it, and has a habit of drawing out the last syllable at the end of his sentence''eeeeees''. He also overpronounces the name of his home planet, 'Gallifrey', pronouncing it much closer to "Gallifree". Also, as his general speech is usually rather on the loud side, when he wants to emphasise something he instead drops into a slightly alarming [[StageWhisper loud whispering tone]].

* Penelope Taynt from ''Series/TheAmandaShow'' also has a verbal tic, please!

* Martin Short's ''{{SCTV}}'' and ''SaturdayNightLive'' character Ed Grimley, I must say!

* ''TheVicarOfDibley'''s Jim would start every sentence with 'No..no..no..no..no...'. In one episode it is revealed his wife starts her sentences with 'Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes...'

* From ''NoHeroics'' episode 2:

* One ''RoundTheTwist'' episode had a ghost dog inflict one of these on Pete when he touched it, without my pants. It made his life very difficult, without my pants. [[spoiler: [[TooDumbToLive In case you hadn't guessed]], yes, he ends all his sentences with the phrase "Without my pants," [[OverlyLongGag without my pants]].]]
* RobotBuddy Twiki from the [[TheSeventies 1970s]] ''BuckRogers'' series was [[TheScrappy infamous]] for his "Bidi-Bidi-Bidi" tic.
* On ''ThisIsWonderland'', Alice mutters to herself a lot. Swear words often come into it.

* Brick on ''TheMiddle'' occasionally whispers the last part of his sentence to himself.

* Penelope Taynt from ''TheAmandaShow'' also has a verbal tic, please!

* ''BigBrother Brasil'' had Igor and his "Tá ligado?", which translates to something like "Get it?", and has been [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zihKMdycBak made fun of]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH9T9C9G2s8 a few times]].
* General Melchett in ''{{Blackadder}} goes Forth''. Baa!

* Nerdy Harold from ''TheRedGreenShow'' has a tendency to punctuate sentences with odd sounds like "Whaaa", which is amplified when Ranger Gord turns him into a character in his [[ShowWithinAShow animated educational films]].

* Ernie Brown Jr. of ''CallOfTheWildman'' uses his signature Indian battle cry whenever he gets excited about catching a live animal, almost always followed up with a yell of "Live action!" once the animal is in the bag.

* ''ModernFamily'': Gloria tends to start a ''lot'' of sentences with "Ay".

* Pepe the King Prawn from ''MuppetsTonight'' almost always ends his sentences with either "okay" or "alright".

* Martin Short's ''{{SCTV}}'' and ''SaturdayNightLive'' character Ed Wrigley, I must say!

* Count Blah from ''GregTheBunny'', blah. It even extends to his writing:

* Horatio Caine of ''CSIMiami'' tends to repeat sentences for emphasis. He repeats things... (GlassesPull) ...for ''EMPHASIS.'' He also uses a lot of rhetorical questions, now, doesn't he?
* Danny Messer of ''{{CSINY}}'', Boom!

* ''BostonLegal'': BunnyEarsLawyer Denny Crane. [[SayMyName Denny Crane.]] [[ThirdPersonPerson Denny Crane.]]

* Viewers of ''TheWestWing'' have sometimes noted with frustration that the characters say "yeah" and "okay" a ''lot'' more than people do in RealLife. To a lesser extent, the same applies to "you know". Or... they say these things just ''as much as'' people do in RealLife, only [[RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic we're not used to hearing it represented in TV or other media so it seems excessive.]]

** Sheldon Cooper's "Bazinga". His nervous habit of making a half-snort, half-giggle, when overcome with his own wit in the middle of an otherwise unfully joke.

* In Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer's ''House Of Fools'', has Bosh, whose sentences usually end with "you twat".

He's occasionally a {{Malaproper}} - for example, in "The Myth Makers", when the Trojans think he is a god; "I am not a dog!... a god!"\\\

** Chantho, an alien in the episode "Utopia"', begins ''every sentence'' with "[[JapaneseHonorifics Chan]]" and ends it with "to" or "tho" (depending on your preferred spelling - TV subtitles used the latter). When asked why she does so, she explains that to not begin and end her sentences thusly would be [[PardonMyKlingon her species' equivalent of profanity]].

** [[TheNthDoctor The First Doctor]], William Hartnell:
*** Had a habit of ending many if not most of his lines with a "hmmm?", plus interjecting the terms "young man", "my child", "my dear boy", "dear child", etcetera, into seemingly every third phrase.
*** Not to mention the habit of [[AccidentalMisnaming mangling his companion's name]] ("Chesterton" becomes Chatterton, Chesterfield, Chessington, Chesserman etc.)
*** He's occasionally a {{Malaproper}} - for example, in "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]].

** The Seventh Doctor, Sylvester [=McCoy=], tended to roll his R's, leading to a deeply unfortunate incident when he encountered aliens known as the Gods of Rrrrrragnarrrrrok. Oh boy.
*** Lampshaded in the Big Finish poem "The Feast of Seven":
---->As Christmas Day turned into night
---->A game of Scrabble caused a fight
---->the Third had Seven's head in lock
---->'There aren't ten 'r's in 'Ragnarok'!

* In another toku example, ''TomicaHeroRescueFire'', Chukaen, Ukaen, and Sakaen have the tendency to end all of their sentences with "de shii (C)", "de aru (R)", and "de eru (L)" respectively. This is a gag based on the fact that they always stand in that formation, with Chukaen in the '''c'''enter, Ukaen on the '''r'''ight, and Sakaen on the '''l'''eft.

** And the Otto Preminger version of Mr. Freeze often said "Wild!"