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* [[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]: When Ranma and Akane's relationship isn't on [[BelligerentSexualTension Belligerent Sexual Tension]] mode, Ranma occasionally gets hit with the Gibberish of Love in his romantic moments with her.
--> '''Ranma:''' Th-That's the only... I'm not... If it weren't... I wouldn't... You got that?!
--> '''Random guy:''' I didn't get it, did you?
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* In ''AnAmericanTail'', Tony Toponi is reduced to staring and jibbering when he first meets Bridget.

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* WebOriginal/{{Tobuscus}} has "Hothothothothothot" as a CatchPhrase. In one of his videos, he [[BlatantLies claims]] to have tried out for the cheerleader squad but been kicked out when instead of the chants, all he could say was "Hothothothothothot".
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*On {{Undergrads}}, whenever he talks to Kimmy, most of what Nitz tries to say will come out as "Bluh."
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* In ''Hakaima Sadamitsu'', the gang once runs into a Kamishiro wearing only underwear (she was chasing an Exile that stole her top and lost her skirt when she jumped off the roof after the creature). As they're being DistractedByTheSexy, one of them squeals "Meet to nice you..."

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* In ''DumbAndDumber'', when he finally has a moment alone with the woman he's been chasing for the entire movie, Lloyd rehearses a long speech about being giddy as a schoolboy and desperately wanting to make love to her.
-->'''Lloyd:''' I desperately want to make love to a schoolboy.
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* ''TalesOfSymphonia'' has Genis' behavior toward Presea, somewhat justified by the fact that he's twelve and she's clearly his first crush. It's not helped in the least by the fact that she's an EmotionlessGirl and ObliviousToLove.
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--->'''Calvin:''' What's it like to fall in love?\\
'''[[KnowNothingKnowItAll Hobbes]]''': Well...say the object of your affection walks by...First your heart falls into your stomach and splashes your innards. All the moisture makes you sweat profusely. This condensation shorts the circuits to your brain, and you get all woozy. When your brain burns out altogether, your mouth disengages and you babble like a cretin until she leaves.\\
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--->'''Calvin:''' ->'''Calvin:''' What's it like to fall in love?\\
'''[[KnowNothingKnowItAll Hobbes]]''': Well...say the object of your affection walks by...First your heart falls into your stomach and splashes your innards. All the moisture makes you sweat profusely. This condensation shorts the circuits to your brain, and you get all woozy. When your brain burns out altogether, your mouth disengages and you babble like a cretin until she leaves.\\
--''CalvinAndHobbes''
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** George Michael was never that bad with Maeby, but he seemed to lose control of his stream of thought whenever they talked.
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* When [[ArrestedDevelopment Michael Bluth]] met Rita for the first time, he very unreassuringly reassured her that his interest in her was not to stalk and kill her like Jack the Ripper. Fortunately, (or perhaps not,)[[spoiler: Rita was mentally retarded, and only followed the gist of the conversation]].
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--->'''Calvin:''' What's it like to fall in love?\\
'''[[KnowNothingKnowItAll Hobbes]]''': Well...say the object of your affection walks by...First your heart falls into your stomach and splashes your innards. All the moisture makes you sweat profusely. This condensation shorts the circuits to your brain, and you get all woozy. When your brain burns out altogether, your mouth disengages and you babble like a cretin until she leaves.\\
--''CalvinAndHobbes''
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* In the Cartoon Network show ''Ned's Newt'', Ned always did this around the girl he was in love with, only able to say "hummina-hummina-hummina-hummina" whenever she was near him.

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* In the Cartoon Network show ''Ned's Newt'', ''[[NedsNewt Ned's Newt]]'', Ned always did this around the girl he was in love with, only able to say "hummina-hummina-hummina-hummina" whenever she was near him.
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* In ''FamilyGuy'' when Lois is watching a post-plastic surgery, more muscular than usual Peter walk away and Brian tries to talk to her. Lois is still focusing on Peter and says "Oh, I was just seeing if the... driveway..." Brian then says, "What? That wasn't even a sentence!"
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* ''FateStayNight'' has our hero Shirou working with this in just about every route once the girl chisels through his [[ObliviousToLove sheer thickness.]]
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->'''Lloyd:''' I desperately want to make love to a schoolboy.
->--''DumbAndDumber''
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** [[BATMAN My God.

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* DumbingOfAge: When Walky first meets Dorothy, His intelligence drops from SmartAss to Buffon, culminating in ''throwing a toy at her screaming [[http://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/02-uphill-from-here/throw/ I GIVE IT TO YOU!"]]''
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*Steven Moffat, writer of ''{{Coupling}}'', also practiced this technique in his previous show ''PressGang'', with character Colin Mathews:
-> Goodbye... Hang on, sorry, said that wrong. I didn't mean to say "goodbye" like that... I mean, don't be alarmed. It's not because I think you're about to die or anything... No, truly. I think you've got years yet! I mean, you look really healthy - and I'm sure you have regular check-ups in case you've got one of those terminal illnesses with no visible symptoms! Though who can tell these days, right? I saw a friend of mine once, looked the picture of health. A week later I went to see him being cremated - not that I'm going to go and see you being cremated, of course - Though, I mean, I would go to your funeral if you suddenly died for any reason. I'd love to... So, how are you...?
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->'''Lloyd:''' I desperately want to make love to a schoolboy.
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* Jeff from ''{{Coupling}}'' talks a lot of gibberish normally, but it gets oh-so much worse when an attractive woman is involved. In fact the trope DiggingYourselfDeeper used to be called BucketOfEars after one of his insane rambles.

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* Jeff from ''{{Coupling}}'' talks a lot of gibberish normally, but it gets oh-so much worse when an attractive woman is involved. In fact the trope DiggingYourselfDeeper used to be called BucketOfEars after one the following attempt at picking up an attractive girl at the bar:
-> Ah! You can read... I mean, you are reading. Sorry. It's nice to see people reading. Not a lot
of his insane rambles.
people read these days. People prefer to... hear. But all this 'hearing' is just reading for lazy people. Kids today should be prepared to pick up a book, and not just go around the whole time with all these modern... ears. Sometimes I just wanna rip people's ears off and say 'Read a book, for God's sake!'... Well, actually I'd probably say 'Read a book' first and then rip their ears off, otherwise they wouldn't hear me, hehehe... Actually, I probably wouldn't rip their ears off at all, I'm not a violent person. I like ears! Especially women ears, they're my favorite. I don't mean I collect them or anything! I don't have a big bucket of women ears hidden away somewhere. No, No, No, I'm not after your ears really. Not that there's anything wrong with your ears! You know if I was some kind of mad ear person, your ears would be the pride of my... ear bucket.
* Ross in the ''{{Friends}}'' episode called, appropriately enough, "The One Where Ross Can't Flirt" has trouble flirting with the cute pizza girl:
-> '''Ross:''' Hey, uh, you know that smell gas has? They put that in. The gas is odorless, but they add the smell so you know when there's a leak. A lot of other gas smells. Methane smells...\\
[Afterwards, Rachel apolagises to the Pizza girl]\\
'''Rachel:''' I am so sorry for Ross' flirting.\\
'''Pizza Girl:''' [stunned] Oh my God! That was flirting?!
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* Jeff from ''{{Coupling}}'' talks a lot of gibberish normally, but it gets oh-so much worse when an attractive woman is involved. In fact the trope DiggingYourselfDeeper used to be called BucketOfEars after one of his insane rambles.
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'''Billy:''' N-no, I love the, uh, air...heh...

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'''Billy:''' N-no, I love the, uh, air... heh...
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* One example in JusticeLeagueUnlimited - when Flash suddenly finds himself with an [[MostCommonSuperhpower up-close view]] of his crush and fellow League member Fire, the usually-talkative Flash is reduced to an [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcVUCidRUhU incoherent whimper.]] (around 3:05 in the clip)

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* One example in JusticeLeagueUnlimited - when Flash suddenly finds himself with an [[MostCommonSuperhpower [[MostCommonSuperpower up-close view]] of his crush and fellow League member Fire, the usually-talkative Flash is reduced to an [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcVUCidRUhU incoherent whimper.]] (around 3:05 in the clip)
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* One example in JusticeLeagueUnlimited - when sexy Brazilian superheroine Fire tells Flash that she'd like to use the mission they're on as an opportunity to "get to know each other a little better," complete with sexy cleavage shot, the usually-talkative Flash is reduced to an [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcVUCidRUhU incoherent whimper.]]

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* One example in JusticeLeagueUnlimited - when sexy Brazilian superheroine Fire tells Flash that she'd like to use the mission they're on as an opportunity to "get to know each other a little better," complete suddenly finds himself with sexy cleavage shot, an [[MostCommonSuperhpower up-close view]] of his crush and fellow League member Fire, the usually-talkative Flash is reduced to an [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcVUCidRUhU incoherent whimper.]]
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* One example in JusticeLeagueUnlimited - when sexy Brazilian superheroine Fire tells Flash that she'd like to use the mission they're on as an opportunity to "get to know each other a little better," complete with sexy cleavage shot, the usually-talkative Flash is reduced to an [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcVUCidRUhU incoherent whimper.]]

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He has been struck by gibberish of love. Sometimes caused by DistractedByTheSexy or a HelloNurse, it doesn't even have to be a sentence using words -- plain noises work just as well. Occassionally happens if TwiceShy style love interests attempt conversation. When the gibberish is coherent, but [[UnfortunateImplications unfortunate]], they're often [[DiggingYourselfDeeper Digging Themselves Deeper]] afterward. Compare and contrast {{Angrish}}. [[AlwaysMale Usually male,]] and often happens to {{Adorkable}} characters. Sometimes immediately [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] with something along the lines of "X...smooth...". May be a habit of the ShrinkingViolet. Compare LoveMakesYouDumb and LoveMakesYouCrazy. See also IUhYouToo (for when the relationship's evolved a bit before the gibberish), and CannotSpitItOut.

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He has been struck by gibberish of love. Sometimes caused by DistractedByTheSexy or a HelloNurse, it doesn't even have to be a sentence using words -- plain noises work just as well. Occassionally happens if TwiceShy style love interests attempt conversation. conversation.

When the gibberish is coherent, but [[UnfortunateImplications unfortunate]], they're often [[DiggingYourselfDeeper Digging Themselves Deeper]] afterward. Compare and contrast {{Angrish}}.afterward. [[AlwaysMale Usually male,]] and often happens to {{Adorkable}} characters. Sometimes immediately [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] with something along the lines of "X...smooth...". May be a habit of the ShrinkingViolet. ShrinkingViolet.

Compare LoveMakesYouDumb and LoveMakesYouCrazy. Compare and contrast {{Angrish}}. See also IUhYouToo (for when the relationship's evolved a bit before the gibberish), and CannotSpitItOut.
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* TruthInTelevision, to an extent -- anything said to someone you hardly know can be ''vastly'' misinterpreted, no matter what the original meaning was.

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* TruthInTelevision, to an extent -- anything said to someone you hardly know can be ''vastly'' misinterpreted, no matter what the original meaning was.

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* ThePolice song, "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da."
** Also implied in "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic."

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* The ''DrHorrible'' song, "My Freeze Ray".
-> '''Billy:''' Love your hair.
-> '''Penny:''' What?
-> '''Billy:''' No - I... love the... air...

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* TruthInTelevision, to an extent -- anything said to someone you hardly know can be ''vastly'' misinterpreted, no matter what the original meaning was.

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* ThePolice song, "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da."
** Also implied in "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic."

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* The ''DrHorrible'' song, "My Freeze Ray".
-> '''Billy:''' Love your hair.
-> '''Penny:''' What?
-> '''Billy:''' No - I... love the... air...
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Click Bob sits at a booth in a pub, looking around. Everyone seems to have someone to talk to, and he spots Alice at the edit button bar. Putting on his best smile, he heads over, desperate to start just make some conversation.

And then Alice turns around. The screen goes soft and hazy, the romantic music starts up. Bob is amazed, and realizes that
this may well be the single most momentous thing to happen in his life. He imagines minivans. He imagines children. Even a little white picket fence.

Bob opens his mouth and says a romantic "Lemons are very nice, especially in the summertime."

He has been struck by gibberish of love. Sometimes caused by DistractedByTheSexy or a HelloNurse, it doesn't even have to be a sentence using words -- plain noises work just as well. Occassionally happens if TwiceShy style love interests attempt conversation. When the gibberish is coherent, but [[UnfortunateImplications unfortunate]], they're often [[DiggingYourselfDeeper Digging Themselves Deeper]] afterward. Compare and contrast {{Angrish}}. [[AlwaysMale Usually male,]] and often happens to {{Adorkable}} characters. Sometimes immediately [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] with something along the lines of "X...smooth...". May be a habit of the ShrinkingViolet. Compare LoveMakesYouDumb and LoveMakesYouCrazy. See also IUhYouToo (for when the relationship's evolved a bit before the gibberish), and CannotSpitItOut.

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* When ''{{Dilbert}}'' is introduced to an attractive
new page. coworker, he begins to sweat and says, "It's a pleasure to meet me. I hope you never find a live turtle in your soup."

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* In ''AnAmericanTail'', Tony Toponi is reduced to staring and jibbering when he first meets Bridget.
* In ''AGoofyMovie'', Max mostly jibbers and stammers when he first meets Roxanne, and is very concerned about keeping a good image...and then comes the fatal "Huh--YUK".

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* The first time ''TheGoodies'' meet their dancing partners in the episode "Come Dancing", this ensues. Simultaneously. [[BeyondTheImpossible To both trios.]] How else to explain this exchange?
-->'''Girls:''' We are Norma. We are a hair artiste.
-->'''Goodies:''' We are Cyril. We are a bank clerk.
-->'''Girls:''' That's interesting.
-->''({{Beat}})''
-->'''Girls:''' ''[awkwardly]'' Our vision is to own our own hair dressing salon.
-->'''Goodies:''' How interesting. Our ambition is to own our own bank.
* There's an episode of ''RedDwarf'' where they all don sparkly jackets and sing [[http://www.ladyofthecake.com/reddwarf/html/tongue_tied_.html Tongue Tied]].
* Xander from BuffyTheVampireSlayer does this when he meets the eponymous character. He [[SarcasmMode wittily]] remarks, "Maybe we could...hang out at school, since we both...go there." He [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it immediately afterwards: "'We both go to school.' Smooth."

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* ThePolice song, "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da."
** Also implied in "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic."
* Two SteveMiller songs ("The Joker" and "Enter Maurice") had the phrase "Pompatus of love". 'Pompatus' is a made-up word. (Fun fact: A film called 'Pompatus of Love' was also made, discussing the meaning of this made-up phrase.)

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* ''AllShookUp''. Jim sees Sandra for the first time. After an outburst of song, he stutters a few "I--I--Uh--"s and runs away. And the next time he meets her, he doesn't even get out that much.

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* Guybrush is reduced to gibberish in ''TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland'' when he first meets Elaine.

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* ''EightBitTheater'': Black Mage sees White Mage for the first time, and the first things out of his mouth are "Hubba flubba wabba zabba." He collects his thoughts to attempt to woo her, but fails again. "I am the Black Mage! I casts the spells that makes the peoples fall down!"

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* ''DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' has this during the song "[[FanNickname Laundry Day]]/My Freeze Ray".
-->'''Billy:''' Love your hair\\
'''Penny:''' What?\\
'''Billy:''' N-no, I love the, uh, air...heh...

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* ''{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'', "Krusty Love": Mr. Krabs can't ask Mrs. Puff to a date without [=SpongeBob=] translating for him, and even he has a hard time making out what Krabs is saying.
* ''TheSimpsons'', when Bart met his new next door neighbor.
->Bart's brain: ''She's beautiful. Say something clever.''
->Bart's mouth: [meekly] I fell on my bottom.
->Bart's brain: ''D'oh!''
* Not exactly gibberish, but whenever Stan tries to talk to Wendy in ''SouthPark'', he vomits a little.
* In the Cartoon Network show ''Ned's Newt'', Ned always did this around the girl he was in love with, only able to say "hummina-hummina-hummina-hummina" whenever she was near him.

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* "[[http://community.livejournal.com/metaquotes/5989568.html That'll give you, er, bees.]]"
* EddieIzzard had this:
--> "I had to chat up girls, and I'd only tagged them before. I didn't have the verbal power to be able to say, "Susan, I saw you in the classroom today. As the sun came from behind the clouds, a burst of brilliant light caught your hair, it was haloed in front of me. You turned, your eyes flashed fire into my soul, I immediately read the words of Dostoevsky and Karl Marx, and in the words of Albert Schweitzer, 'I fancy you.' " But no! At 13, you're just going, " 'Ello, Sue. I saw you in the room... I've got legs, have you? Oh yeah... Do you like bread? I've got a French loaf. ''[mimes smacking her with the loaf and dashing off]'' Bye! (I love you!)"

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* TruthInTelevision, to an extent -- anything said to someone you hardly know can be ''vastly'' misinterpreted, no matter what the original meaning was.

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* ThePolice song, "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da."
** Also implied in "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic."

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*The ''DrHorrible'' song, "My Freeze Ray".
-> '''Billy:''' Love your hair.
-> '''Penny:''' What?
-> '''Billy:''' No - I... love the... air...

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