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6	->''"Talk excessive. Time limited."''
7	-->-- '''Omega Supreme''', ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers''
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9	Character talks in shorthand. Often avoids "being" verbs or sentence subjects. Often due to keeping journal. Makes character more distinctive/memorable. Annoying to some. Prone to PunctuatedForEmphasis.
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11	Likes LaconicWiki.
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13	Contrast MotorMouth, SesquipedalianLoquaciousness. Compare BeigeProse, TheQuietOne.
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16	!!Examples:
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19	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
20	* The crux of ''Manga/AhAndMmAreAllSheSays''. Tanaka is the roommate and editor for a young hentai artist named Toda who is an ElectiveMute that usually speaks in moans rather than complete sentences due to being "slow at arranging her thoughts." Despite this, Tanaka can fully comprehend all of Toda's odd vocalizations and is able to serve as a translator for the rest of her colleagues.
21	* In ''Manga/Brave10'', Sasuke finds it easier to talk with animals than with people and tends to use HulkSpeak to communicate.
22	%%* [[TheStoic Tabitha]] from ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero''.
23	%%* Witch Girl from ''Literature/{{Maoyu}}''.
24	* [[EmotionlessGirl Yuki Nagato]] from ''[[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]''. It probably helps that she's technically a [[RobotGirl living machine]].
25	* Sport-otoko from ''Manga/PleaseTellMeGalkoChan'' always talks laconically.
26	%%* Senri from ''Manga/PlusAnima''.
27	* Noël from ''Anime/SoundOfTheSky'' likes one word answers if possible. More talkative when drunk.
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30	[[folder:Comic Books]]
31	* DependingOnTheWriter, [[ComicBook/Batgirl2000 Cassandra Cain]] might talk like this to emphasize her inexperience with language.
32	* ComicBook/DraxTheDestroyer also spoke like this, at least during ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}'' and volume 2 of ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''. After being revived for volume 3, he began moving towards the [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 movie]]'s LiteralMinded interpretation.
33	* The Surgeon General from ''ComicBook/GiveMeLiberty'' talks in exactly the same way as Rorschach.
34	* ''ComicBook/{{Herbie}}'' the Fat Fury is of the "why say lot word when few word do trick" variety.
35	-->"Spring coming -- love in air."
36	* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': Surprisingly to modern audiences, the Hulk originally talked like this prior to the rising popularity of the Savage Hulk personality, speaking perfectly grammatical English but very gruffly. In most of his more intelligent personas, particularly the Green Scar, he often speaks like this.
37	** Betty Ross in her "Red Harpy" form only ever talks in short sentences, usually only going up to seven words at the most. Mainly because even when she's not bad-tempered in that form, she's just generally grouchy and irritable, since it's an expression of her many, many anger issues.
38	* The "That Yellow Bastard" yarn of ''ComicBook/SinCity'' starts with Hartigan's introduction: "One hour to go. Last day on the job. Not my idea. Doctor's orders. Heart condition. Angina, he calls it."
39	* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' would sometimes do this when severely injured or exposed to Kryptonite.
40	* ''ComicBook/SuskeEnWiske'': Jerom talks in telegram language.
41	* Rorschach from ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' is always like this when talking, but his journal and internal monologue switches between this and [[PurpleProse outbreaks of fluency]]. Still skips articles and pronouns in journal. This seems to emulate shorthand writing, a preferred method of writing in journals or reports when one wants to quickly take note of something, focusing on writing as little as possible while still being able to maintain a cohesive narrative. The overall point of this style of writing is putting practicality before presentability, which seems to be Rorschach's mantra on how he lives out his day-to-day life in general.
42	-->"Stood in firelight sweltering. Blood spreading on chest like map of violent new continent."
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45	[[folder:Fan Works]]
46	* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': The speech patterns of San and Thor tend to slip into this at times when they're agitated, distressed, or, in San's case, just excited.
47	* Cassandra does this a fair bit in ''Fanfic/AngelOfTheBat,'' in an attempt to bring attention to her poor speaking skills.
48	* Queen Blackburn in the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic ''FanFic/CrisisEquestria''. She most likely speaks like this because she hates wasting time.
49	* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/FlashFog'' features an ObstructiveBureaucrat named Greg who speaks like this because he thinks it makes him sound authoritative and intimidating.
50	* Darth Maul and [[spoiler:Bellatrix/Mother]] in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11171261/50/Free-from-Force Free from Force]]'' speak this way for a time due to being on a Star Destroyer without power and having to share a single oxygen mask.
51	* From the ''Fanfic/Gensokyo20XX'' series, we get this with Youmu, who mostly said "Muh." being about two years old and, often, either when translated or not, they tend not to be in a complete sentence.
52	* [[VideoGame/BioShock Jack Wynand]] in ''[[https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-26389-27/TheDivineDemon+Divine+Ideas+From+A+Demonic+Mind.htm Haven]]'' talks in short, sometimes fragmented, sentences due to his throat injury making speaking difficult.
53	* L'le in ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone'' speaks this way. He blames the big scar on his throat, saying it makes speaking painful. Mostly a put-on; it's part of a personal myth (he can speak normally if need be).
54	* The telepod saleswoman in ''[[Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures MS Paint Fanventure]]'' PAY DAT RENT!!! only ever speaks in single-word sentences.
55	%%* Uxie from ''Fanfic/PokeWars''.
56	* Ryuuko in chapter three of ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11449951/3/Through-Thick-and-Thin Through Thick and Thin,]]'' when she converses with Nonon, Uzu, Gamagoori, and Houka, mostly answering in simple sentences, however, she is not one otherwise. Semi justified as she was tired at the time.
57	%%* As a consequence of being modeled on ''Bridget Jones's Diary'', Cassandra Clare's ''Fanfic/TheVerySecretDiaries'' and all their numerous parodies and imitations.
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60	%%[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
61	%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheWilloughbys:'' The Barnabys don’t talk much. When they do, it’s like this.
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63	%%
64	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
65	* Subverted in ''Film/DeathRace2000''. [[BadassDriver Frankenstein]] talks this way when being interviewed by the press, as befits a cold-blooded villain whose face has undergone extensive reconstructive surgery. However, it's all an act--Frankenstein is actually a LegacyCharacter and this trope is only to conceal this fact. When the mask comes off, he looks and talks like anyone else.
66	* Film/MadMax, with the exception of the [[Film/MadMax1 first film]] (where he even explains detailedly to a bandit about the LifeOrLimbDecision he's now in).
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69	[[folder:Literature]]
70	* In Literature/{{the Continental Op}} stories by Creator/DashiellHammett, one of the Op's fellow operatives, Dick Foley, is described as talking "like a [[ThriftyScot Scotchman's]] telegram."
71	* Mac in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' hoards words. he almost never speaks in complete sentences, usually limiting his communication to single words or phrases. In ''Changes'', [[spoiler: when Harry explains that his daughter has been kidnapped]], the event is so shocking that [[spoiler: Mac actually speaks an entire paragraph.]]
72	* Ulath in [[Literature/TheElenium the Sparhawk series]]. Often will sum up a complex idea with one word and let others figure it out.
73	%%* Candy and her journal entries in David R. Palmer's novel ''Literature/{{Emergence}}''.
74	* In ''Literature/TheFirstLaw'' trilogy, Grim is TheQuietOne, often staying silent for days. When he does talk, it's usually only a few words. Dogman notes that when he does make an observation, it's usually to say something that [[CaptainObvious doesn't need saying]].
75	%%* Zueb Zan in the ''Literature/LegacyOfTheForce'' books does this.
76	* Mannie, narrator of ''Literature/TheMoonIsAHarshMistress'', talks like this, skipping short pronouns (such as "it") and articles (such as "the") when not strictly necessary for clarity. Makes him sound vaguely Russian, and is not common in Luna, but experience as a computer programmer has gotten him into the habit of dropping extraneous 'null terms', as he sees them, from vocabulary.
77	* Evelyn Howard from Creator/AgathaChristie's ''Literature/TheMysteriousAffairAtStyles''. As narrator [[TheWatson Hastings]] puts it, her speech is "couched in the telegraphic style."
78	%%* The Weaver from ''Literature/PerdidoStreetStation''.
79	* In the original French and Matthew Ward's popular English translation, the narrator of ''Literature/TheStranger'' talks like this.
80	* The narration of "[[Literature/ThisIsTheTitleOfThisStory This Is The Title Of This Story, Which Is Also Found Several Times In The Story Itself]]" by David Moser slips into this periodically:
81	-->"Introduces, in this paragraph, the device of sentence fragments. A sentence fragment. Another. Good device. Will be used more later."
82	* [[Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader Eustace Scrubb]] writes like this in his journal entries.
83	* Primary narrator Candy in ''Literature/{{Emergence}}'' considers standard English syntax inefficient. There are occasional parts with a different narrator (such as Kim), written in more normal style.
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86	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
87	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
88	** Oz. Witness this exchange from "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E13TheZeppo The Zeppo]]":
89	--->'''Xander:''' What is it? How do you get it? Who doesn't have it, and who decides who doesn't have it? What is the essence of 'cool'?\
90	'''Oz:''' Not sure.\
91	'''Xander:''' I mean, you yourself, Oz, are considered more or less 'cool'. Why is that?\
92	'''Oz:''' Am I?\
93	'''Xander:''' Is it about the talking? You know, the-the way you tend to express yourself in short, non-committal phrases?\
94	'''Oz:''' [[IResembleThatRemark Could be]].
95	** From the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' episode "[[Recap/AngelS01E03InTheDark In the Dark]]", Oz and [[TheQuietOne Angel]] catch up on Sunnydale gossip:
96	--->'''Angel:''' Oz.\
97	'''Oz:''' Hey.\
98	'''Angel:''' Nice surprise.\
99	'''Oz:''' Thanks.\
100	'''Angel:''' Staying long?\
101	'''Oz:''' Few days.\
102	'''Doyle:''' Are they always like this?\
103	'''Oz:''' No, we're usually laconic.
104	** There's a hilarious scene in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E18Earshot Earshot]]". Oz's internal dialogue is a long monologue on the philosophical implications of Buffy being able to read their thoughts. His only spoken dialogue is "Huh."
105	** After a long night patrolling and slaying, Buffy often can't be bothered giving detailed {{after action report}}s, replying with "Vampires, killed 'em." However, in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E12BadEggs Bad Eggs]]", it's because she doesn't want people to know [[DistractedByTheSexy she'd been making out with Angel]] instead of searching for the vampire Gorch brothers.
106	--->'''Giles:''' How did the hunt go last night, Buffy?\
107	'''Buffy:''' No go.\
108	'''Giles:''' Uh, 'no', 'no' you didn't go, or you were unsuccessful?\
109	'''Buffy:''' No Gorches.\
110	'''Xander:''' Apparently Buffy has decided the problem with the English language is all those pesky words. You... Angel... big... smoochies?\
111	'''Buffy:''' Shut... up.
112	* On ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', Jess liked talking this way largely because he can't stand Stars Hollow's cutesy ways and to troll the adults. He's only seen speaking more eloquently when he's speaking to Rory or trolling Dean. Frequently lampshaded by him and everyone else.
113	-->'''Rory:''' You come over. You seem to have a very firm grasp of the English language. You put together several full sentences, even using a couple of words that contain two or more syllables, and then my mother appears and suddenly we need a thought bubble over your head to understand what you’re thinking. Can you tell me why that is?\
114	'''Jess:''' The verbal thing comes and goes.
115	* In an episode of ''Series/{{The Office\|US}}'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFiHaMdPPZE Kevin decides to use fewer and simpler words to save time,]] to the annoyance of his co-workers. They point out that he's not saving time with it because he confuses them and therefore need clarification of what he means.
116	* In the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIVWhiteHole White Hole]]", Holly has her intelligence increased by an enormous amount at the expense of her lifespan: 3.17 minutes, thus she switches to this way of speaking to conserve her life (when she isn't shut off completely). This comes to full effect when the titular White Hole shows up: she and Rimmer (eventually) have a few-worded conversation that ends with Holly disappearing and producing the solution for them on a data drive in less than a second.
117	* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Worf tends to speak in extremely short sentences. Maybe six words at most. No more. Especially given that he HatesSmallTalk. For example, in "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E3TheSurvivors The Survivors]]":
118	-->'''Worf:''' Good tea. Nice house.
119	* Ronon Dex on ''Series/StargateAtlantis''. Witness his entire mission report:
120	-->''"Michael invaded Atlantis. Tried to blow it up. We stopped him. End of report."''
121	* ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'': The Whisperers use this as part of their lifestyle of living among Walker herds. They speak to each other in low whispers and keep their sentences as short as possible when guiding groups of walkers.
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124	[[folder:Video Games]]
125	* Lyle from the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' series. He talks like this often. Bang.
126	* In ''VideoGame/BearAndBreakfast'', Gus mostly talks in short sentences, usually not more than five words. Hank remarks that in a way, Gus doesn't talk much.
127	* ''VideoGame/BugFables'': The NPC running the Termite City Bomb Shop never says more than two words at a time. Such as "[Price] berries." when purchasing an item, "Done." when one is bought, and "No space." if the party's inventory is full.
128	* In ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', Catti usually only says one word, but is shown to be this when you can speak to her at length in Chapter 2. Where she speaks in short, almost analytical statements that are frequently only one or two words; and only very rarely breaks from it when she needs to be more descriptive with what she's trying to say.
129	-->'''Catti:''' ''(About her family)'' Dad. Mom. Sister. Ukelele. Football games. Soap operas. Yelling. Standing on tables. Afraid of vacuums. Stupid. Loud. Very loud. Kris...you and I. Studied occult. Together. ...Incantation for silence. ...Find it. Tell me.
130	* ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSinII'': The [[WasOnceAMan Sallow Man]] prefers to communicate through non-verbal {{Telepathy}}; when he speaks out loud, he [[EvilSoundsRaspy hoarsely]] forces out one word at a time, as though it's difficult or painful.
131	* Sten in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''.
132	-->'''Warden:''' Tell me about the qunari.\
133	'''Sten:''' No.
134	* ''VideoGame/{{Evolve}}'' has the tracker [[ColdSniper Crow]] and cyborg [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe Torvald]], neither of which are keen on conversation (particularly Crow). They even have a "conversation" to highlight it.
135	-->'''Torvald:''' Hmph.\
136	'''Crow:''' Yeah.\
137	'''Torvald:''' Eh?\
138	'''Crow:''' Iunno.\
139	'''Torvald:''' Mmmm.\
140	'''Crow:''' ''[sniffs]''\
141	'''Torvald:''' Good talk.
142	* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'':
143	** One of the Courier's companions, Boone, will alternate between this method of speech and speaking in complete sentences. These also tie in to the two personalities he displays in the course of conversations with him--the classic ColdSniper and a more emotional, generally decent, but [[IronWoobie heavily traumatized man who just happens to be one of the most lethal people in the Mojave]].
144	** There's [[EvilCounterpart Ulysses]] in the ''Lonesome Road'' add-on, who somehow manages to combine this with WarriorPoet.
145	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'': In the original Japanese script, Fujin's dialogue boxes only contain single Kanji symbols. The English translation copes with this by having her speak IN ALL CAPITALS, and in sentences one or two words in length. [[spoiler:In both cases she drops the shtick at the end of the game when she pleads Seifer to turn back and abandon his insane crusade.]]
146	* Two characters have this habit in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses''. Dedue, Prince Dimitri's [[UndyingLoyalty loyal vassal]], and Shamir, the ColdSniper mercenary. The two actually bond over their brevity, liking how they both get to the point and don't waste time on needless banter.
147	* Kratos speaks this way in ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'' and [[VideoGame/GodOfWarRagnarok its sequel]]. [[GeniusBonus He is, after all, from Laconia]]. The ''Raising Kratos'' documentary on the making of the earlier game calls out the casting of Chris Judge including the question, "How much can you convey in a grunt?"
148	* ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' has Galleon. In her mortal form, she only ever says one word at a time, using {{telepathy}} to convey what that word is ''supposed'' to mean. In her dragon form, she uses HulkSpeak and is a little more verbose, but not by much.
149	* The BigBad of ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand'', [[spoiler:Fecto Forgo]], can only speak about two or three words per sentence [[spoiler:because it is "[[DarkLordOnLifeSupport incomplete]]", and doesn't have the energy for much more than [[ImMelting holding itself together]].]]
150	* Rammus of ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' responds to any and all orders from his summoner (you, the player) with stuff like "Yup" and "Okay." In fact, Rammus has a whopping six lines, only two of which make it as far as two syllables. The most that anyone has ever heard him say in the lore itself was "Shut up."
151	* [[DeadlyDoctor Professor Mordin Solus]] of ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''. Combines this with MotorMouth. [[ItMakesSenseInContext Except when singing]]. [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Or extremely upset]].
152	%%* Chou-Chou's Terse form in ''VideoGame/MugenSouls'', [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin obviously]].
153	* The Batter from ''VideoGame/{{OFF}}'' tends to give one or two-word answers to things.
154	* Strix from ''VideoGame/{{Paladins}}'' is a quiet ColdSniper who only speaks when he has to. When he does speak, he usually doesn't use more than four words.
155	* Dee Vasquez in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' speaks almost exclusively in short sentences. This can make it difficult to get any information from her in the cross-examination.
156	* Agent Superball from the Telltale ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' games does it all the time.
157	* Abathur from ''VideoGame/StarCraftIIHeartOfTheSwarm'', and also a geneticist, speaks like this quite a bit.
158	* Happens in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' if you decide to kill everyone. Save point fluff changes to just "X left" and "Determination." New description text [[spoiler:from the Fallen Child]] is also terse. It's a marked change from a neutral or pacifist playthrough where the prose is fairly loose and comical.
159	* ''VideoGame/AVeryLongRopeToTheTopOfTheSky'': Nox has a sermon on people who don't talk much, directed ''at'' people who don't talk much:
160	-->'''Nox:''' I see among us men of the land, men of the earth.\
161	'''Pullman:''' Mhm.\
162	'''Olson:''' Yep.\
163	'''Mort:''' ...\
164	'''Nox:''' You have no doubt been called men of few words, and perhaps you have even been chided for this.\
165	'''Nox:''' However, a tree does not speak, yet it shares its wisdom with us through its roots and trunk and branches--and the many circles of its trunk.\
166	'''Pullman:''' Mhm.\
167	'''Olson:''' Yep.\
168	'''Mort:''' ...
169	* ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'': Geiju Tsuka, leader of the Art Club, is described as "a man of few words", and lives up to his description. He talks in sentences of two or three words, in stark contrast to other characters in the game. The default task of the students doesn't work for him because of this.
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172	[[folder:Webcomics]]
173	* Maria from ''Webcomic/AngelDown'' talks like this, to the point of rarely speaking in full sentences.
174	* Willa Dragonfly from ''Webcomic/LatchkeyKingdom''. Some people call her mute, though it's unclear whether they're joking or actually believing it.
175	* Ken Ellis in ''[[{{Webcomic/Morphe}} morphE]]'' speaks like this when Asia gets to call him in Chapter 3.
176	* Zz'dtri from ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', EvilCounterpart to [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness Vaarsuvius]], never speaks in complete sentences.
177	-->'''Vaarsuvius:''' [[KillItWithFire BURN]], you insufferably terse dullard!
178	* It happens sometimes in ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' when they make a joke that falls short of expectations, and they try to explain it in sentence fragments.
179	* Gwen from ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'' is rather [[TheStoic stoic]] and rarely speaks in more than one or two words at a time.
180	[[/folder]]
181
182	[[folder:Web Original]]
183	* Website/ItHeSoftware does this with [[VideoGame/ArxFatalis Am-Shaegar's]] [[http://it-he.org/arx_diry.htm diary.]]
184	* ''Webvideo/HonestTrailers'' did the trailer for ''Film/{{Moonfall}}'' like this to highlight the movie's stupidity ("[[YouNoTakeCandle China good. Halle Berry nice NASA lady, and also mom. Patrick Wilson sad NASA man, and also dad.]] [John Bradley] eats pills and says funny words.").
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187	[[folder:Western Animation]]
188	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' has Ollie Williams, the Channel 5 weatherman who speaks in quick, loud, and short sentences.
189	-->'''Tom Tucker:''' And now here's Ollie Williams with the Blaccu-Weather forecast. Ollie?\
190	'''Ollie:''' It's Gon Rain!
191	** His speech pattern even somehow runs in the family:
192	--->'''Ollie:''' Christmas!\
193	'''Ollie's Son:''' What's this?!\
194	'''Ollie:''' Coal!\
195	'''Ollie's Son:''' Why?!\
196	'''Ollie:''' Bad!\
197	'''Ollie's Son:''' Aw!
198	* Parodied on '' WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}''.
199	-->'''Freakazoid:''' Can't... see! Sun... in... eyes! Must... talk... like... this!
200	* In ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'', the Question, Rorschach's reverse-double-{{Expy}}, does this when he's figuring out the conspiracy and hadn't slept in days. "Not [[AnotherDimension alternate universe.]] Time loop!" It highlights his increasing SanitySlippage at the time, as he usually speaks in a normal - if monotonous - manner.
201	* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Transformers]]'':
202	** Just about everything Omega Supreme ever said was two-word sentences, on the order of noun-adjective ("Repairs complete. Disaster averted.")
203	** Characters may do this if badly injured or fatigued.
204	--->'''Optimus Prime:''' Badly damaged. Losing energy rapidly. Power relays fused. Mobility limited. Part replacement essential.
205	* Parodied by ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
206	-->'''Comic Book Guy:''' Unable... to continue... describing... symptoms... collapses
207	%%* ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears'': Ice Bear fits trope. He's also a ThirdPersonPerson.
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209
210	[[folder:Real Life]]
211	* Former Russian finance minister turned newspaper columnist A. Lifshits is known (in Russia) for his frequent use of this in speeches and articles. It looks pretty much like this:
212	-->"Russia's economy is bad. Really. Very bad. It's a pity. Because of communists. Soviet apparatchiks. Still many of them. Too many. That's a shame."
213	* Many accounts of messages sent by military commanders engaged in combat, sometimes due to needing to keep it brief so they could focus on the fighting, and sometimes because the nature of how the messages were sent (telegraph, flag signals, etc.) tended to favor brief messages. Often comes across as CasualDangerDialogue; "Under fire. Request backup".
214	* "Veni, vidi, vici."[[labelnote:*]]"I came, I saw, I conquered."[[/labelnote]] -- UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar
215	** Succinct, to be sure, but not as fragmentary as it appears in English: Latin tends to not use pronouns to denote subjects.
216	** Caesar overall might still count, though; his style of writing in his military commentaries, at least, was famously straightforward to the point, at times, of litotes, which goes some way to explain the texts' enduring popularity as fairly basic-level reading material in the instruction of Latin today.
217	* American President UsefulNotes/CalvinCoolidge was known as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge#.22Silent_Cal.22 "Silent Cal"]] among Washington society due to his taciturnity. A possibly apocryphal story has it that Creator/DorothyParker, seated next to him at a dinner, said to him, "Mr. President, I've made a bet against a fellow who said it was impossible to get more than two words out of you." Coolidge's response: "You lose."
218	** Or, as [[Literature/AmericaTheBook alternative sources]] would have it: "Fuck you."
219	** Another commonly repeated story was about Coolidge after hearing a sermon. A companion asked what it had been about. "Sin," replied the president. The companion then asked what the preacher had to say about it. "He was against it," came the reply.
220	* Text messaging or Website/{{Twitter}} character limits tend to cause this. [[SubvertedTrope Although]], some people tend to create threads with multiple posts or use the twitlonger application.
221	* Creator/MarkHamill has spoken about how short and straightforward Creator/GeorgeLucas' instructions are, such as [[MemeticMutation "Faster, more intense"]].
222	* Around 350 BC, Philip of Macedon, having made some in-roads in his invasion of Greece, sent a message to Sparta demanding their surrender. His message to the Spartans read, "You are advised to submit without further delay, for if I bring my army into your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people, and raze your city." The entire text of the Spartans' reply was; [[BringIt "If."]]
223	** Sparta was located in a region of ancient Greece known as Laconia, whose inhabitants were famous for speaking this way. The term "laconic," which refers to being a Terse Talker, was named after them.
224	* Hungarian language may sound like this. Since the language is mainly agglutinating, the subject, and frequently even the object and others can be determined from the predicate. Thus entire ''sentences'' can be compacted into a single word. Example: "I love you." is simply said as "Szeretlek."
225	* How many of us lost marks at school for simply writing down the answer without using a complete sentence? (Example: Writing "Mount Vernon, 1799", instead of "George Washington died at Mount Vernon in 1799")
226	* UsefulNotes/RichardTheLionheart had enough of a reputation for terseness that he was given the nickname "Oc e No", "Yes and No" in Occitan.
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