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* Shampoo from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' is also Chinese, and speaks in a similar manner. Oddly enough her and the Jusenkyo Guide are the ''only'' Chinese characters who exclusively talk this way (Mousse is as Chinese as them and even talks in the TohokuRegionalAccent). In Shampoo's case, this is apparently blamed on learning a language by instructional tape rather than conversation; the official dub's adaptation of this quirk into ''broken'' English has the {{Unfortunate Implication|s}} of fans assuming she is much stupider than she is.

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* Shampoo from ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' is also Chinese, and speaks in a similar manner. Oddly enough her and the Jusenkyo Guide are the ''only'' Chinese characters who exclusively talk this way (Mousse is as Chinese as them and even talks in the TohokuRegionalAccent).Tohoku dialect). In Shampoo's case, this is apparently blamed on learning a language by instructional tape rather than conversation; the official dub's adaptation of this quirk into ''broken'' English has the {{Unfortunate Implication|s}} of fans assuming she is much stupider than she is.
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* Mr. Popo of ''Creator/AkiraToriyama's'' most famous series, ''Manga/DragonBall'' speaks like this in the original Japanese version of the series. It's dropped in the English version though in order to avoid UnfortunateImplications.

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* Mr. Popo of ''Creator/AkiraToriyama's'' most famous series, ''Manga/DragonBall'' speaks like this in the original Japanese version of the series. It's dropped in the Since Mr. Popo came under scrutiny outside of Japan for resembling a BlackfaceStyleCaricature, English version though in order releases of the manga and anime drop this element to avoid UnfortunateImplications.making him look even more like an anti-Black stereotype.
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* Mr. Popo of ''Creator/AkiraToriyama's'' most famous series,''Manga/DragonBall'' speaks like this in the original Japanese version of the series. It's dropped in the English version though in order to avoid UnfortunateImplications.

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* Mr. Popo of ''Creator/AkiraToriyama's'' most famous series,''Manga/DragonBall'' series, ''Manga/DragonBall'' speaks like this in the original Japanese version of the series. It's dropped in the English version though in order to avoid UnfortunateImplications.
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* In ''Creator/AkiraToriyama's'' ''Manga/DoctorSlump'' The Tsutsutsuten family, who are a Chinese immigrants who speak in Engrish, bow, use honoriphics, do Kung-Fu and have a pet panda are a extremely played straight example, Most of the characters will add the word yes at the end of there sentences for no reason at all but to be more stereotypical.

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* In ''Creator/AkiraToriyama's'' ''Manga/DoctorSlump'' The Tsutsutsuten family, who are a Chinese immigrants who speak in Engrish, bow, use honoriphics, do Kung-Fu and have a pet panda are a extremely played straight example, Most of the characters will add the word yes at the end of there their sentences for no reason at all but to be more stereotypical.
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* The titular character of ''LightNovel/CoffinPrincessChaika'' is [[EloquentInMyNativeTongue fluent in her native Laake]], but usually speaks in a broken, stilted form of the common language.
* Simon from ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' speaks very broken Japanese, and many people who run into him wonder if he's doing it on purpose to play up the "earnest foreigner" shtick. [[EloquentInMyNativeTongue In his native Russian]], however, he's very erudite and well-spoken.

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* The titular character of ''LightNovel/CoffinPrincessChaika'' ''Literature/CoffinPrincessChaika'' is [[EloquentInMyNativeTongue fluent in her native Laake]], but usually speaks in a broken, stilted form of the common language.
* Simon from ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'' speaks very broken Japanese, and many people who run into him wonder if he's doing it on purpose to play up the "earnest foreigner" shtick. [[EloquentInMyNativeTongue In his native Russian]], however, he's very erudite and well-spoken.

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