Varieties of Evil Laugh and their Onomatopoeia
- Laurent Bolli
- Jan 27
- 1 min read
Stumbled upon this thread form 2013, on a forum called Yack Fest, on a website called TV Tropes.
The question that started the discussion was:
What would the onomatopoeia be for the evil laughs of certain kinds of villains?
It goes like this:
"HUWAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!"
Kekekekekeke - goofyish laugh
BWAAAHH hahahaha
"Teeheehee!" - An Enfant Terrible.
Oh Ho Ho!
Some sort of deep voiced Victorian Villian!
"YAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA" - Plankton from Spongebob.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Laughing Mad/The Joker
Muhahaha....
MUHAHAHAHAHAAA...
MUHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAAAA!
etc.
And then, an answer in video: https://youtu.be/UCCJg3WYGXI?si=4zp_ZBiK8yzRJKI1
I find this interesting because it emphasizes the difficulty to write sounds and the cultural differences lying under such attempts.