History Main / TrrrillingRrrs

In UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}, it's a marrrkerrr of being rrreeeaaalllyyy angrrrrrry orrr intentionally rrrruude, orrrr of being a JapaneseDelinquent such as a bosozoku or yankii, orrrr someone trrrying to imitate one.

* A fairly mild example pops up a couple times in ''Anime/MichikoToHatchin'' to rrrreflect the Porrrtugese language influence in the setting.

* Germany from ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' has a tendency to trill his r's, especially when he's singing.

* A subtle one occurs in Team Four Star's ''WebVideo/{{DragonBallZAbridged}}'' episode 26. After transforming into his final form, Freeza, who up until now has spoken with a somewhat posh accent but not really rolled his R's, gets a brief trill down his tongue whilst showing his satisfaction [[spoiler:at killing dende, the group's [[WhiteMage White Mage]]]].

* Onsokumaru from ''Manga/NininGaShinobuden'' usually tacks these in his lines - as if he wasn't [[LargeHam hammy]] enough.

** Sideshow Mel fits this trope to a tee.

* UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler often did it. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since he was Austrian - rolling Rrrrs is quite common among Austrians, Bavarians and Swissmen. But outside those places, you can't roll Rrrrs while speaking German anymore without reminding everyone of him, as the {{Reichstropen}} page points out.
** South African comic Creator/TrevorNoah also pointed out the unfortunate consequence that, if your first language is Afrikaans which has heavily sounded R's, when you learn to speak German, all Germans from outside Austria perceive you as not just Austrian but doing an extremely unsettling Hitler impersonation. [[BlackSpeech German-speaking South Africans sound like demagogues addressing a massed rally]]. Even if all they are asking you to is to pass the salt down the table.

* Brazilian sportscaster Galvão Bueno ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdTadK9p14A yeah, that Galvão]]) is a great fan of Ronaldo, I mean, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykxp-EDF-Cc RRRONALDINHO!]] (Anyone who parodies him turns his "Rs" UpToEleven).
** His usage of the trope regarding Usefulnotes/FormulaOne driver Rubens Barrichello was referenced and parodied in a commercial where a sandal saleslady is excited to meet ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEaBu5MCLpo Rrrrrrubinho]]!''

* This is reflected in the Spanish language alphabet, which has a few consonants alien to English. "R" is almost always read like "ti'''d'''al", in most (all?) American accents. [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Nobody feverr errs in rreading "Rr".]]
** The rules are actually pretty simple: If it's a single "r" in the middle of a word, it's the weak pronunciation. If it's a double r ("rr"), or a single r at the beginning of the word, then it's the trilled one.
*** Not so fast, buddy! It's actually not so simple. A "r" letter immediately after a "l", "n", "s" letter or a "sub-" prefix, has a triggered pronunciation too. For instance: the words "alrededor" ("around"), "honrar" ("to honor"), "Israel" and "subrayar" ("to underline").

* Cats have these in almost all of their extended vocalizations.
* Averted with people who are tongue tied. Their ''frenulum linguae'' (the thing connecting your tongue to the floor of your mouth) is [[DreamCrushingHandicap too short to vibrate that quickly]].

* This is common in Scottish accents.

->'''Enrrrique Mas:''' You can call me... ''Enrrrique!''

Usually the [[EvilIsHammy Hammy]] [[EvilOverlord Evil Overlorrrd]] will constantly rrroll his tongue. Forrreign People will also speak like this. In some cases justified, as in severrral languages / dialects the R is prrronounced like this ([[FakeRussian Rrrussian]], Italian, Dutch, Afrrrrikaans, most nordic countries, some Gerrrman and [[VampireVords Trrransylvanian]] dialects, Scots, and some Spanish worrrrrrds), otherrr than in English. Also frrrequently employed when the speakerrr is rrrelated to felines in some way, imitating a cat's purrrring.

* [[LargeHam Todd Rivers]] in ''Series/GarthMarenghisDarkplace''.
-->"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6iJRNHUOT4 So, what happened between you]] and this Renwick customerrrrrrrrrrrrrr?"

* Music/{{Garbage}}: "I'm only happy when it rrrains!"

* Porcelain Black slightly rolls her R's in "arrest," on the second chorus in "Prisoner". You'll notice it if you listen closely.
--->'''Porcelain:''' You can ARRRREST me, baby, I don't wanna leave!

* In Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''Disney/LadyAndTheTramp'', Jock the Scottish terrier does this (among other times) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNqBePvsXXU while he's singing a song]]: "forrr me own", "back yarrrd".

* ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'': Ratigan and Basil.

* The [[Discworld/TheWeeFreeMen Gonnagles]] of the Nac Mac Feegle tend to roll their Rs in their battle poetry, and even in casual converrrsation.

* Alfred's [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Eggman]] from ''WebVideo/RealTimeFandub'' doesn't do this often, but when he does it's ''glorious.'' [[https://youtu.be/tkW8yNnrGO8 Most famously is of course him announcing]][[ItMakesSenseInContext he pissed on the moon]], and that the piss drrrroplets were going to hit the Earth in 23 hours. However, one of the most impressive rrrr's of this dub is during his drunken rant at the end of the Last Story, where he manages to extend the r in a word that ''doesn't even have any r's in it!''

* Cruddy Cat Food in ''Toys/TheGrosseryGang'' webseries trills to sound like a cat purring.

* There was a great Taco Bell commercial where these two lions were talking about the latest roast beef burrito. The one said to the other, "No, say it like Ricardo Montalban." So the other lion says, "Okay. Carrrrne asada." It was funny.

* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': Subverted in Limozeen's hair metal cover of sloshy's emo hit song "We Don't Really Even Care About You." At one point, Larry Palaroncini sings "We don't rrreally even care," but a minute later changes it to the tongue-twisting "Rrre rrron't rrreally rrreven care!"

* Grand Moff Tarkin from ''Film/StarWars'' Episode IV: ''Film/ANewHope''. "You may fire when rrready," and "We will deal with yourrr rrrebel frrriends soon enough."

Usually the [[EvilIsHammy Hammy]] [[EvilOverlord Evil Overlorrrd]] will constantly rrroll his tongue. Forrreign People will also speak like this. In some cases justified, as in severrral languages / dialects the R is prrronounced like this ([[FakeRussian Rrrussian]], Italian, Dutch, Afrrrrikaans, most nordic countries, some Gerrrman and [[VampireVords Trrransylvanian]] dialects, Scots, and some Spanish words), otherrr than in English. Also frrrequently employed when the speakerrr is rrrelated to felines in some way, imitating a cat's purrrring.

* ''Videogame/AHatInTime:'' The Conductor tends to elongate certain Rs, as part of [[ViolentGlaswegian his accent]]. Sometimes he just goes utterly ham with it though.
-->'''The Conductor:''' Yer givin' me the quiet treatment, eh? That's what a ''MYERRRRRDERRRRERRRR'' would do!

* ''Series/{{Batman}}'':