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* Walter "Flynn" White Jr. on ''Series/BreakingBad'' -- notable because the actor actually has cerebral palsy, although Flynn's condition is actually significantly worse than R. J. Mitte's (Mitte doesn't need crutches, for a start). When it comes to the associated speech issues, it's clear that Mitte is exaggerating Flynn's impediment; Mitte's natural speech is clearly that of someone with mild cerebral palsy, speaking very fluidly with a bit of a "thick tongue" effect (since cerebral palsy affects muscle control and the tongue is a muscle), while Flynn also stutters.

* Walter "Flynn" White Jr. on ''Series/BreakingBad'' -- notable because the actor actually has cerebral palsy; although Flynn's condition is actually significantly worse than R. J. Mitte's (Mitte doesn't need crutches, for a start). When it comes to the associated speech issues, it's clear that Mitte is exaggerating Flynn's impediment, although Mitte's speech is clearly that of someone with mild cerebral palsy.

* Walt Jr. on ''Series/BreakingBad'' -- notable because the actor actually has cerebral palsy.

* Walt Jr. on ''BreakingBad'' -- notable because the actor actually has cerebral palsy.

* A resistance fighter suffers from one in ''Film/PansLabyrinth''. The evil [[BloodKnight Captain Vidal]] even taunts him about it, claiming that if he can count to three without stuttering, he would be free to go.

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* Both Gillian Anderson and Chris Carter have slight lisps, if you pay attention, that is.
** Anderson, who lived in Britain until she was eleven, has said hers is partly the result of trying to drop her accent in high school. If you pay attention, in the earliest episodes of ''TheXFiles'' it occasionally [[OohMeAccentsSlipping slips]] a bit, especially when she tries to say 'garage'.

* [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Agnus]] also stutters, and Nero mocks him for it once. [[spoiler:It doesn't seem to be an issue in his angel form, however.]]
* Copy X MK-II in ''MegaManZero 3'' occasionally stuttered as a way of showing his continued imperfection. In the Japanese version, he randomly alternated between hiragana and katakana.
** Though it wasn't so much being imperfect as it was that he [[spoiler:CameBackWrong, due to the fact that [[OmnicidalManiac Dr. Weil]] intended him to be a total pawn, so he only made a partial rebuild of Copy X and then waited for Zero to fight and kill him, thus Weil become a DragonAscendant immediately afterwards.]]
* This is the [[{{Woolseyism}} Woolsey'd]] form of [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars Lamia Loveless]]' broken-ken g-grammar prob-rob-lem. Because-cause, well... while i-in the Japan-pan-ese version it's-it's easy to-to mess up gramma-grammatical sentences, it's al-al-al-almost im-impossi-possible-ble in English-lish.
** Einst... Alfimi... speaks... very slowly... Not in... the way of... WilliamShatner... though...
* N.Brio used to be one in the early ''Franchise/CrashBandicoot'' series, but was removed later on, at least if his voice over in ''CrashMindOverMutan'' is any indication.
* [[MetalGearSolid4 Sunny]] stuttered a lot at the beginning of the game but gradually loses the stutter as she grew more confident. Her stutter came from the fact that she was raised by a computer most of her life.

* Ed from ''BraveFencerMusashi'' has a stuttering problem.
* BreathOfFireIV has Scias, who speaks with a pronounced stutter. In the original Japanese version, his speech was slurred from being drunk, but they changed it for the English translation.
* In ''SilentHill4'' the character [[TrademarkFavoriteFood Jasper]] speaks with a huge stutter. At least it ends when [[spoiler:he turns into a KingMook and harasses Henry as a gurgling [[ManOnFire ghost]]]].
* Julius, one of the thin bloods in ''VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'', stutters badly.
* Scrivir the Wanderer of ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' has a noticeable stutter.

* {{Borderlands 2}} has you doing a series of missions in the town of Overlook for the town's administrator, Karima. Due to suffering from skull-shivers, Karima speaks with a stutter and sometimes has problems saying certain words.

* {{Borderlands2}} has you doing a series of missions in the town of Overlook for the town's administrator, Karima. Due to suffering from skull-shivers, Karima speaks with a stutter and sometimes has problems saying certain words.

* ''Film/TheKingsSpeech'' focuses on the real-life stutter of King George VI, and the unconventional psychologist cum speech therapist who helped him to deal with it.

* The title character in ''Series/IClaudius''.

* Winthrop from ''TheMusicMan''.

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jaime Lannister]] gets [[PsychoForHire Vargo Hoat]] to stop his [[PrivateMilitaryContractors Brave Companions]] from raping and/or killing Brienne by falsely telling Hoat that Sapphire Island, Brienne's birthplace, is named for the fortune in sapphires there, which Brienne's father would pay as ransom. Later, Jaime tells Brienne that part of the reason he thought of that particular lie is because he wanted to hear Hoat say "thappireth".

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See also ElectronicSpeechImpediment

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* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]/{{Lampshaded}} in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', where [[TheIgor Igors]] are ''expected'' to lisp, and almost all of them do so. The females don't do it as often, and some younger, "modern" Igors also drop the lisp on occasion.

* The French SciFi novel ''{{Literature/Malevil}}'' has Momo. Because of [[ManChild severe mental handicaps]], Momo speaks with a severe slur and extra "H" sounds. For example, "Leave me alone, for God's sake!" comes out as "Heevheeahone, hor Hodhake!!"
* Don't forget p-p-p-poor p-p-p-pathetic P-p-p-professor [[HarryPotter Quirrell]]!

* ''Kremmen of the Star Corp'' by Kenny Everett. The evil Thargoid aliens have three lips, so this is a RunningGag. This is stated as the reason why the Thargoids [[SpotOfTea drink tea]]. "You try asking for llllager and llllime with llllips llllike these!"

* Wanda [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/erf0108.html acquires one of these]] in ''{{Erfworld}}'' from the backlash of a failed spell.
* Dr. Right, the alternate Dr. Light in ''BobAndGeorge'' gets an aneuwysm whenever someone makes a big deal about his impediment.

* Ismene in "TheWaterPhoenixKing" has a slight stammer. It's unknown if this is related to the [[DarkSecret mystery of her origin]] in any way, or if this is just part of her ShrinkingViolet personality.

* RobPaulsen voiced Pinky (of ''PinkyAndTheBrain'') with a speech impediment because he thought the mouse would have difficulty speaking properly with those huge front teeth ([[VocalEvolution this is most pronounced in the earliest episodes]]).
* William Murderface from ''{{Metalocalypse}}'' talks with a very thick lateral lisp, to the point you may need subtitles.

* Often characters who wear braces or night braces have lisps as well in cartoons (for example, Beth in ''TotalDramaIsland'')

* ''{{Peanuts}}''' Linus van Pelt had a rather thick lisp in the first couple of ''Charlie Brown'' TV specials, due to his voice actor being a school-age child who may not have had any front teeth at the time.

* Don't forget P-P-P-Piglet from ''WinnieThePooh''.

* Suzu, the blind girl who "sees" using {{Magitek}} sonar from KyoukaiSenjouNoHorizon, has a speech impediment which FridgeLogic states is because said device relays her own voice back to her. [[TruthInFiction Which is a real condition]], albeit without the Magitek.