Basic Trope: An otherwise normal animal that can talk, albeit with a speech impediment.
- Straight: Fido is a dog who talks with an R at the beginning of every word.
- Exaggerated: Fido also writes with an R at the beginning of every word.
- Downplayed: Fido only has trouble pronouncing words he's never heard.
- Justified: Fido used to be a full-fledged Talking Animal but a witch put a curse on him and now he begins every word with the letter R.
- Inverted: Bob Speaks Fluent Animal, but not as clearly as the animals.
- Subverted:
- Fido seems to have a speech impediment, but it turns out he just had something in his throat.
- Fido's ventriloquist owner has trained him to lip-sync.
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: Fido, frustrated when no one can understand him, stops talking and starts playing charades, hoping the humans will get the message.
- Zigzagged: Fido is usually a completely realistic dog, but sometimes he tries to speak English.
- Averted: Fido talks just as clearly as his human friends.
- Enforced: "Let's give this dog a speech impediment, to keep him semi-realistic."
- Lampshaded: "Why does every word in his speech bubble begin with an R?"
- Invoked: Fido talks normally but a director has him begin every word with an R for a movie.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Fido goes to a speech therapist to get his speech impediment fixed.
- Discussed: "Sometimes I wish you could talk like a human."
- Conversed: "I like this character. He begins every word with an R."
- Played For Laughs: Everyone keeps misunderstanding Fido because of his speech impediment.
Back to Speech-Impaired Animal.
