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Kraznys: (Tell the bitch her beast won't come.)
Daenerys: (A dragon is not a slave.)
Kraznys: (You speak Valyrian?)
Daenerys: (I am Daenerys Stormborn of the House Targaryen, of the blood of Old Valyria. Valyrian is my mother tongue.)
Game of Thrones, "And Now His Watch Is Ended"

Henchman: Everybody shut up! El jefe volvervá pronto del Paseo Marítimo. Hang tight, you got me?
Spider-Man: Paseo Marítimo, huh? Thanks for the lead, chacho! (Beat) What? No sabías que Spider-Man habla español?

Donut: This guy doesn't make any sense.
Lopez: (That's because he's insane.)
Locus: I am not!
Lopez: (HOLY SHIT. HE'S BILINGUAL. PLEASE DON'T KILL ME.)
Red vs. Blue, "The Federal Army of Chorus"

Soseki Natsume: I heard them openly laughing about me before. In my earshot, without any compunction at all. 'Any trial for this man would be a waste of time,' they said. And, 'Of course the foreigner did it!' They even had the Galo to say, 'The man doesn't understand half of what's being said anyway!'
Ryunosuke Naruhodo: That's awful!
Soseki Natsume: They're wrong! I've studied more English than half the policemen out there on the streets!
The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures

Benicio: (Spanish) This is ridiculous. I'm not letting some infant who can't even synthesize phenylacetic acid teach me my business.
Jesse: Tell this asshole if he wants to learn how to make my product, he's gotta do it my way. The right way.
Benicio: I speak English.
Jesse: So you understand what "asshole" means. Now go get me my phenylacetic acid, asshole.

Procyon: (French) Papa, why is his [Tiz] hair so funny?
Lotus: Don't be rude. It must be all the rage down there.
Magnolia: It really isn't, you know.
Procyon: (English) Wah! She speaks our language!
Magnolia: I most certainly do... despite my strange looks.
Lotus: Now you see why I told you to be polite, huh?

Perrito: Not a problem! We can eat and talk at the same time!
Puss: No hablo inglés.
Perrito: ¡¿Hablas español?! ¡Yo también! ¡Ah! ¿De dónde eres? ¿Te gustan las siestas?note 
Puss: …I don't speak Spanish, either.

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