History VerbalTic / LiveActionTV

** The arch-criminal "Egghead" had a nagging habit of using ''every single'' word beginning with ''ex-'' or ''ag-'' he could think of and [[PungeonMaster substituting "egg-" as the prefix]]. Should have been ''extremely'' annoying, but it actually kind of grew on you.*Or rather, it should have been ''egg-xtremely'' annoying, but it ''egg-tually'' kind of grew on you.

* ''Series/BabylonFive''. Londo Mollari would say yes at the end of every sentence, yes?
* Comicbook/{{Catwoman}} in the 1960s ''Series/{{Batman}}'' TV series, like anime {{catgirl}}s, laced virtually every sentence she spoke with some variety of catlike vocalization.

** In [[Film/BatmanTheMovie the movie based on this series]], she repeatedly slips into this while disguised as a Russian reporter. Presumably due to RuleOfFunny, Batman never actually notices what should be a ''very'' familiar verbal tic.
** On the same show, compare the Penguin's muttering "wah-wah" chuckles.

** The arch-criminal "Egghead" had a nagging habit of using ''every single'' word beginning with ''ex-'' or ''ag-'' he could think of and [[PungeonMaster substituting "egg-" as the prefix]]. Should have been ''extremely'' annoying, but it actually kind of grew on you.
*** [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Or rather, it should have been ''egg-xtremely'' annoying, but it ''egg-tually'' kind of grew on you...]]

** [[Music/TheWho YYYEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!]]

* Jaqen H'ghar in ''Series/GameOfThrones'': He never says "I" nor "Me", but "A man", and as well, "you" nor "Arya", but "A girl". So "A girl gives a man his own name" can be translated "You give me my own name".

** Carl Tanner ''really'' likes to say "fucking", which he pronounces "fookin'".

* In the American version of ''Series/KitchenNightmares'', Gordon goes to Café Hon in Baltimore, MD. The restaurant was actually well liked and even famous by the local's standards and celebrated Baltimore's eccentric 60s fashions and trends. He's actually impressed by the food, which is rare for this show. The reason it was failing? The owner had tried to copyright the local Verbal Tic of "Hon" and [[SeriousBusiness the City was having none of that nonsense]]. It takes the owner abandoning the term to get the restaurant back to working order.

* In the American version of KitchenNightmare, Gordon goes to Cafe Hon in Baltimore, MD. The Restruant was actually well liked and even famous by the locals standards and celebrated Baltimore's eccentric 60s fashions and trends. He's actually impressed by the food, which is rare for this show. The reason it was failing? The owner had tried to copyright the local Verbal Tic of "Hon" and [[SeriousBuisness the City was having none of that nonsense.]] It takes the owner abandoning the term to get the restaurant back to working order.

* RobotBuddy Twiki from the [[TheSeventies 1970s]] ''Series/BuckRogers'' series was [[TheScrappy infamous]] for his "Bidi-Bidi-Bidi" tic.

--> '''Fred:''' ''(to Gunn)'' Who's Fluffy? Are you Fluffy?

* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'':
** One of J.D.'s girlfriends constantly says "That's so funny" any time someone says something. To make matters worse... she never even laughs.
** A patient once complained about Turk constantly using the phrase "that's what I'm talkin' about". ("But sometimes that ''is'' what I'm talkin' bout?!")
** Dr Cox and his syllable elongation ("I re-e-e-e-e-a-a-lly don't have time to repeat myself.")
* [[Franchise/StarWars Boba Fett]] in ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'', friend.
* Model/actress Misa Kikouden appears often on Japanese TV, spoofing the {{Kawaiiko}} phenomenon. Her Kawaiiko parody, an [[TheDitz airhead]] GenkiGirl calling herself Hakyuun, can hardly ''finish a sentence'' without throwing in a cutesy nonsense phrase (e.g. "Pakyunwa" or "desu nyo" or the occasional "Kyuiin!" borrowed from the titular character from ''Anime/SteelAngelKurumi'').
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** [[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.
*** Had a 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]].
** The Fourth Doctor says "weeeeell", "Oh, hello-oo!", 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]].
** 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'!
** The Eighth Doctor liked monosyllables. "Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!" "No, no, no, no, no..." "Grace, Grace, Grace, Grace!" Like that. Generally when he was excited, really thinking, or, as one character in the ExpandedUniverse observes, when he was distressed.
** And [[Creator/DavidTennant Ten]] uses 'brilliant' every few sentences. He also says 'weeeell' a lot, similar to the Fourth Doctor.
** Chantho, an alien in the episode ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia Utopia]]'', begins ''every sentence'' with "[[UsefulNotes/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 Eleventh seems to use a lot of more generic verbal tics, in the manner one might when trying to stall while they puzzle out a half-formed thought.
** In ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E5TimeHeist Time Heist]]'', Psi's brain augmentations cause him to repeat repeat repeat himself when he's stressed.
--->"Well, what is our prob- prob- prob- problem?"
--->"Why would he be lyi- lyi- lyi- lying?"
* ''Series/FamilyTies'' has Mallory's boyfriend, Nick who whenever he enters a room or when someone introduces him, he utters "aeehh".
* ''Franchise/SuperSentai''
** ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'''s [[SmallAnnoyingCreature Small Annoying Houseplant]] Mandora Boy de gozarimasu desu!
** The Engines in ''Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger''. All of them have a verbal tic, usually the last syllable of their name. Speedor, for example, usually says "doru doru!". It's also onomatopoeia of their vehicles' sounds, in some cases ("doru" doubles as the ''drrrrr!'' for engine revving, for example.)
** Several MonstersOfTheWeek mimic this, as is ''Sentai'' tradition (though Go-Onger has ''every'' monster do it.) Oddly enough, the ''leading'' villains' verbal tics occur ''nowhere'' in their names: Kitaneidas '-zoyo', Kegalesia '-ojaru', Yogostein '-nari', [[spoiler: and his father Yogoshimacritein '-narina'.]]
** ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' has an example of a Verbal Tic battle; in one episode, Luka turns into the [[Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger Boukengers]]' {{Pokemon Speak}}ing ally Zuuban and uses his tic to annoy the [[EliteMook Dogormin]], who respond with their own tic "Dogou".
** 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."
** The Bakuryuu of ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'' all have a verbal tic based on a syllable from the Japanese pronunciation of their dinosaur species' names. For example, Tyrannosaurus says "tyra!" and Triceratops says "kera!".
* In ''Series/KamenRiderV3,'' two of the generals have this: Doktor G refers to the hero as "Kamen ''Riiiiiiiiii''-der V3!" and Marshal Armor referred to Destron as "Deeeeestron."
* Sonozaki Wakana of ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'' tends to make a "tch" sound when irritated.
* ''Series/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.

* Count Blah from ''Series/GregTheBunny'', blah. It even extends to his writing:
-->'''Gil''' (reading) "Greg the Bunny is a filthy old sock, blah" (sarcastic) People, if you don't sign your names, we're not gonna know who wrote it!
-->'''Count Blah''' That one's mine, blah.
-->'''Gil''' Yes, Blah. We're all aware of your ridiculous verbal tic.
-->'''Blah''' Hey. Blah me!
** And his wife's tombstone read "Beloved Wife, Blah. R.I.P.B."
* Martin Short's ''Series/{{SCTV}}'' and ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' character Ed Grimley, I must say!
** The [=McKenzie=] Bros., [[CanadaEh eh?]]
** Creator/JonLovitz's Compulsive Liar character ended most of his sentences with "yeah, that's it" and his really ''big'' lies with "Yeah, that's the ticket!"
** And Nathan Thurm. [[ImplausibleDeniability "I know that, don't you think I know that?"]]
** Penelope ends most of her sentences in so...[[AnythingYouCanDoICanDoBetter she has a better verbal tic than you]], so...she was the [[SarcasmMode Trope Maker]], so...
* James Carville played a rather [[AdamWesting exaggerated]] version of himself on ''Series/ThirtyRock'' that ended every sentence with "Cajun style."
* ''Series/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...'
** At the start of the series finale, Jim tells the village council how he went on ''Series/DealOrNoDeal'', where his VerbalTic cost him 100,000 pounds. He ended up with 50p.
--->'''Jim''': So I said "No, no, no, no, no ... Deal". And for some reason I cannot ''begin'' to comprehend, they thought I said "No, no, no, no, no ... No deal".
* Desmond on ''Series/{{Lost}}'' is almost guaranteed to end his sentence with "brotha" when he's initiating a conversation with someone.
** Rather amusingly, one episode featured flashbacks to his time in a monastery that served no apparent purpose besides explaining this habit, brotha.
** It's got [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Aqo8LWuNIs its own compilation]], and Jack takes his part of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fHQQZXe88c it]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycEv9QU0chU&feature=related twice]] : [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7K1A0bh9Cs "I'll see you in another life... brotha!"]], which is quite a delightful example of BorrowedCatchphrase.
** Likewise, Hurley likes to say "dude". It even warrants [[http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Dude a Lostpedia article]], dude.
* [[TheScrappy Guppy]] on ''Series/ICarly'', which sometimes doubles as PokemonSpeak and CatchPhrase.
-->'''Guppy''': Happy birthday!
* From ''Series/NoHeroics'' episode 2:
-->'''Timebomb''': Powers are against pub rules.
-->'''Fusebox''': ...prules.
-->'''Timebomb''': What is this shit you're doing?
-->'''Fusebox''': It's a nervous tic-- word fusion... wusion.
-->'''Timebomb''': It's fucking annoying.
-->'''Fusebox''': Sorry. Bad habit... babit.
** A [[OneShotCharacter character of the day]] in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' had the same habit.
* [[TheLadette Debra]], from ''Series/Dexter'', tends to swear by Jesus when she doesn't know what to say in a surprising situation.
* Pepe the King Prawn from ''Series/MuppetsTonight'' almost always ends his sentences with either "okay" or "alright".
* John Cage, ''Series/AllyMcBeal'''s resident BunnyEarsLawyer, would stammer ''"P-P-Poughkeepsie!"'' whenever he got nervous.
* 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?]]
* Clifford from ''Series/AllTheSmallThings'' can barely speak a sentence without replacing a noun or verb with "thingy" or "whatsit".
* One ''Series/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]].]]

* On ''Series/ThisIsWonderland'', Alice mutters to herself a lot. Swear words often come into it.
-->'''Rude Man''': Hey, I heard that!\\
'''Alice''': Bite me.

* ''Series/BabylonFive''. Londo Mollari would say yes at the end of every sentence, yes?
* ''Series/BostonLegal'': BunnyEarsLawyer Denny Crane. [[SayMyName Denny Crane.]] [[ThirdPersonPerson Denny Crane.]]

* Viewers of ''Series/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.]]
* ''Series/{{Skins}}'': "She's thin, she's blonde, she says 'Wow!' a lot!"
* Brick on ''Series/TheMiddle'' occasionally whispers the last part of his sentence to himself.
---> ''to himself''
* ''Series/{{Bones}}'' has Caroline Julian, cherie.
* Guerrero from ''Series/HumanTarget'' adds 'dude' to the end of a lot of his sentences, dude.
** He even says that to his boss, Ilsa Pucci. If you haven't guessed, she's not a dude.
* ''Series/LieToMe'': Cal Lightman wants you to consider him as well, love.
* Film/ErnestPWorrell, the Jim Varney character, ends a solid half of his sentences with "you know what I mean?".
* 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.
* Yo, Jesse from ''Series/BreakingBad'', bitch. The other druggie characters also toss it out occasionally.

* Munter from ''Series/OutrageousFortune'' uses bro about once every sentence, occasionally more.
* ''Series/BigBrother Brasil'' had Igor and his "Tá ligado?", which translates to something like "Get it?", and has been [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zihKMdycBak made fun of]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH9T9C9G2s8 a few times]].
* General Melchett in ''Series/{{Blackadder}} goes Forth''. Baa!
** The various incarnations of Flashheart. WOOF!
* Literature/HerculePoirot, no?
* Nerdy Harold from ''Series/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]].
* Actually, Reid from ''Series/CriminalMinds'' does love correcting people by opening the sentence with "actually".
* More informed by Vic Mackey, but in the premiere of the fifth season of ''Series/TheShield'', it's revealed that the newly promoted Captain Billings ends all his daily roll calls with "and so forth."
* The title characters of ''Series/JeevesAndWooster'' have all the same tics as they do in the [[Literature/JeevesAndWooster short stories]]. Jeeves' tic becomes especially prominent in a scene where Bertie pulls him into a CallAndResponseSong (after the following dialogue, he still ''mouths'' the word "sir").
--> '''Bertie:''' I don't mean to be overly critical Jeeves, I mean, I know you're doing your best...
--> '''Jeeves:''' Thank you, sir.
--> '''Bertie:''' I just think that perhaps we could dispense with the 'sir' at the end of every line. You know, shows the proper feudal spirit and all that, but I'm afraid it doesn't play merry hell with the rhythm of the thing.
* Ernie Brown Jr. of ''Series/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.

* Ann Bryce in ''Series/EverDecreasingCircles'' has a habit of repeating phrases three times when she is upset about something and trying to suppress it. The fact that her husband Martin invariably draws attention to her verbal tic while remaining unaware that he is nearly always the cause of it doesn't help her mood.
* Teal'c of ''Series/StargateSG1'' uses "indeed" rather often. Not that he ever noticed before Ronan tells him.
* Rumpelstltskin from ''Series/OnceUponATime'' belongs on this list with his "dearie".
* Strangely for real people in an improv show, ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'''s Wayne Brady has a strong tendency to start song lyrics with the word "because", whether or not an explanation of something follows.
* Penny of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' calls people "sweetie" all the time.
** 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 unfunny joke.

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

* In ''Series/{{Vera}}'', DCI Vera Stanhope has the habit of addressing almost everyone she comes in contact with as 'pet' or 'love'.

* ''Series/TheDefenders2017'':
** ''Series/Daredevil2015''
*** 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.
*** Frank Castle has a habit of punctuating his statements with "you know," "yeah," and "hmm." Sometimes piled on top of each other.
** ''Series/JessicaJones2015''
*** 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.
*** Jeri Hogarth has a habit of answering questions with "It's complicated" if she's being untruthful or dodgy.
* In ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Chandler occasionally emphasizes the word "be". This is lampshaded and made fun of more times by the other characters than he's done it.

* [[StarWars Boba Fett]] in ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'', friend.

* In ''Series/{{Vera}}'', DCI Vera Stanhope has the habit of addressing almost everyone she comes in contact with as 'pet'.

** Several Monsters of the Week mimic this, as is sentai tradition (though Go-Onger has ''every'' monster do it.) Oddly enough, the ''leading'' villains' verbal tics occur ''nowhere'' in their names: Kitaneidas '-zoyo', Kegalesia '-ojaru', Yogostein '-nari', [[spoiler: and his father Yogoshimacritein '-narina'.]]
* ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' has an example of a Verbal Tic battle; in one episode, Luka turns into the [[Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger Boukengers]]' {{Pokemon Speak}}ing ally Zuuban and uses his tic to annoy the [[EliteMook Dogormin]], who respond with their own tic "Dogou".

* 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."

** When upset, angry, or frightened, Cam tends to ''shriek'' words in [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl a really high, feminine voice]]. At one point, an OnStar operator hears him freaking out over the phone and mistakes him for Mitchell's ''wife''.

** When upset, angry, or frightened, Cam tends to ''shriek'' words in [[ScreamLikeAGirl a really high, feminine voice]]. At one point, an OnStar operator hears him freaking out over the phone and mistakes him for Mitchell's ''wife''.

** When upset, angry, or frightened, Cam tends to ''shriek'' words in [[ScreamsLikeAGirl a really high, feminine voice]]. At one point, an OnStar operator hears him freaking out over the phone and mistakes him for Mitchell's ''wife''.

** TheJoker: "Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!"

* HerculePoirot, no?

** Jon Lovitz's Compulsive Liar character ended most of his sentences with "yeah, that's it" and his really ''big'' lies with "Yeah, that's the ticket!"

** The "Egghead" had a nagging habit of using ''every single'' word beginning with ''ex-'' or ''ag-'' he could think of and pronouncing it with an "egg-". Should have been ''extremely'' annoying, but it actually kind of grew on you.

* MarvelCinematicUniverse

*** James Wesley has such a habit of insisting that Wilson Fisk is 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.

*** James Wesley has such a habit of insisting that Wilson Fisk is referred to as his "employer" rather than by name, that he finds himself doing it in needless situations, long after everyone knows who he is.

*** James Wesley has such a habit of insisting that Wilson Fisk is referred to as his "employer" rather than by name, that he finds himself doing it in needless situations, long after everyone knows who he is.
*** In season 2, Frank Castle has a habit of punctuating his statements with "you know," "yeah," and "hmm." Sometimes piled on top of each other.

* Jesse from ''Series/BreakingBad'', yo. The other druggie characters also toss it out occasionally.

*** "Well, what is our prob- prob- prob- problem?"
*** "Why would he be lyi- lyi- lyi- lying?"