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    Films — Live-Action 
Ob-Ewan: Okay, you know what? I don't know if anyone's ever mentioned this to you before, but you talk really weird.
Yoga: Talk perfectly normal, I do.
Ob-Ewan: Your sentences are all inverted. You switch around your prepositional phrase and your imperative.
Yoga: Know what you mean, I do not.
The Phantom Menace: Humorous Version — Special Edition

    Literature 
"She wished she'd spent more time with younglings. Master Yoda always seemed so good at talking to them. She tried to imagine what he would say and then found herself fighting off giggles when she remembered Master Yoda's unique way of talking. Maybe that was why the younglings had liked him so much."
— The inner thoughts of Ahsoka Tano, Ahsoka

    Roleplaying 

"I apologize if you uncan bellyfeel what I am speaking; I might write an art writed fullwise in oldspeak at the latetime."
— A line from the WAAPT wiki's Self-Demonstrating Article for Orwell the Newspeak-speaking Crawdaunt from We Are All Pokémon Trainers note 

    Video Games 
"I realize this moment may not be the mosssst...convenient for a heart. To heart. But, I had to wait until your... friends, heh, were otherwise, occupiiiiied."
The G-Man, Half-Life 2: Episode Two

Commander Shepard: Why do you always refer to yourself as "this one" and "it"?
Delan (a hanar): For the same reason humans are so inquisitive; it is in our nature.

"Jelly Fresh! You are having the freshest of levels! Jelonzo is selling you the body cloths of the dreams!"
Jelonzo, Splatoon

You’ve made a wise choice...
It will mean more eggs for you...
And more gems for me...
Best of all, Spyro...
I can stop speaking Haiku.
What a sweet relief!

< Objects of Power are Holders/665 >
< to the Other/Blessing >
< We hold the reins/law >
< We are failing in translating hyperreal concepts >
< Secrets/Instructions will be lost >
< Ignore this message >
The Board, Control


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