Spoken language is an event occurring in a few Nitrome games where a character or the game will verbally speak English, as opposed to written English. This type of communication can be heard by the player, instead of read, although in many cases spoken language will be accompanied by written text of what is said.
Spoken language is very rare in Nitrome games, usually appearing in "special" Nitrome games, such as Test Subject Complete or Nitrome Must Die . It should be noted that spoken language is different than the more common grunts and groans, as, although these are spoken, they do not convey any words.
Most Nitrome games, when containing spoken language, usually use a male voice and all language is English, with the exception of Off The Rails which contains Spanish words, and Rainbogeddon , Bad Ice-Cream 2 and Test Subject Complete , which have language spoken with a female voice.
Occurrences of spoken language
Level
Speaker
Gender
Quote
Event
All
Game
A childish male voice
"Ready? Go!"
Starting a level
All
Game
A childish male voice
"Well done!"
Completing a level
Level
Speaker
Gender
Quote
Event
All
Game
A male voice
"Initializing transport"
Starting a level
All
Game
A male voice
"Activating transport"
Going on to a red teleporter
All
Game
A male voice
"Mission failure"
Dying
All
Hazmat Hero
Male
"Oh!"
Being caused harm
The below quotes can be heard in all levels, although only one is heard for each event. All quotes are spoken by a single cactus men in a male voice. For each event, three possible quotes are listed - the first three in the table being quotes for starting a level, the next three three for quotes heard when dying, and the last three for quotes heard when completing a level.
Level
Speaker
Gender
Quote
Event
All
Cactus men
Male
"Let's go amigo!"
Starting a level
All
Cactus men
Male
"Ándale ándale!"
All
Cactus men
Male
"Arriba!"
All
Cactus men
Male
"Ay caramba!"
When dying
All
Cactus men
Male
"Ayayay!"
All
Cactus men
Male
"What am I, Piñata?"
All
Cactus men
Male
"We did it!"
Completing a level
All
Cactus men
Male
"Let's get tacos!"
All
Cactus men
Male
"Well done, amigo!"
Level
Speaker
Gender
Quote
Event
All
Game
Male
"Yin"
Switching to Yin
All
Game
Male
"Yang"
Switching to Yang
Level
Speaker
Gender
Quote
Event
Most levels
Dirk Valentine
Male voice
"Don't mind if I do!"
Dirk Valentine picking up a cup of tea
All
Dirk Valentine
Male voice
"Back out"
Dirk Valentine dying
A level with prisoners
A prisoner
Male voice
"Free!"
A prisoner being freed
A level with a prisoner (male voice)
A prisoner
Male voice
"Yoohoo!"
Level
Speaker
Gender
Quote
Event
All
Snot
N/A
"Achoo!"
Snot dropping out of the nose
Level
Speaker
Gender
Quote
Event
Notes
All
Bean person
A childish male voice
"Ready? Go!"
Starting a level
All
Bean person
A childish male voice
"Well done!"
Completing a level
All
Bean person
A childish male voice
"Mommy!"
Falling off the cable car
This is one of the possible cries a bean person will let out when it falls off the cable car
All
A bean person
A childish male voice
"Not again!"
All
A bean person
A childish male voice
"I feel sick!"
All
A bean person
A childish male voice
"Wheee!"
All
A bean person
A childish male voice
"Why me?"
All
A bean person
A childish male voice
"Not fair!"
Level
Speaker
Gender
Quote
Event
All
Pirate captain/soldier
A male voice
"Aye"
Clicking a pirate captain/soldier
All
Pirate boys
A male voice
"Aye"
When it's pirate boys turn
All
Blind pirates
A male voice
"Who?"
When it's blind pirate's turn
All
English navy
A male voice
"Surrender"
When it is the English navy's turn
All
Retired pirates
A male voice
"Grumble"
When it's retired pirates turn
Level
Speaker
Gender
Quote
Event
Menu
Game
Male
"Final Ninja"
Getting to the menu after watching the startup
Level
Speaker
Gender
Quote
Event
All
Hazmat Hero
Male
"Oh!"
Being caused harm
All
Game
Male
"Initializing transport"
Entering the level
All
Game
Male
"Activating transport"
Stepping on a green /blue teleporter
Level
Speaker
Gender
Quote
Event
Menu
Game
Male
"Final Ninja Zero"
Getting to the menu after seeing the startup
Level
Speaker
Gender
Quote
Event
Notes
Startup
Man with a chisel
Male
"Oh, my statue!"
A Spartan in the opening destroying the statue that is over the Nitrome logo.
One of the few occurrences of spoken language accompanied by English subtitles, these subtitles being what the main says in the speech bubble
Menu
Game
Male
"Double Edged"
A sword impacting the game's logo
All
Game
Male
"Fight!"
Level starting
All
Game
Male
"Clear!"
Level completion
Level
Speaker
Gender
Quote
Event
All
Knight
Male
"Free!"
Causing a Knight to parachute off the level
Level
Speaker
Gender
Quote
Event
Notes
Menu
Game
Female
"Rush"
Entering the main menu
The sound can be heard when the game has just loaded or when coming back from either a level select, help, scores or credits page
Level
Speaker
Gender
Quote
Event
All
Game
Female
"Ready? Fight"
Starting a level
All
Game
Female
"Green has won"
Green wins the match
All
Game
Female
"Green is winning"
Green has more goo in its spawn cylinder that Blue has
All
Game
Female
"Blue is winning"
Blue has more goo in its spawn cylinder than Green has
All
Game
Female
"Subjects are equal"
Both Green and Blue has the same amount of goo in their spawn cylinder ; this is not said at the start of a match
All
Game
Female
"Sixty seconds remaining"
When a minute is left of the match
All
Game
Female
"Thirty seconds remaining"
When 30 seconds are left on the timer
All
Game
Female
"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one"
This is heard during the last ten seconds of the match. Each number is said when that number is come to on the timer
All
Game
Female
"Draw"
When the match ends with both players having the same amount of goo
These speaking characters appear and talk only during the shop portion of the level.
Level
Speaker
Gender
Quote
Event
Notes
Gun Shop, Unarmed, The Mirror of Venus, Hook Line and Sinker, Voyage of the Titanic, You're the best around!
Mechanic
Male
"What can I do for you, mate?"
Accessing a level with his shop on it
Bargain Hunt, Assembly and Assimilation, Mr. Fix It, Steel and Gunpowder, Grab and Run, The Pitter-Patter of Shells, Rearrangements
Rich British Man
Male
"My prices are most agreeable!"
Accessing a level with his shop on it
Top Down, Bang on Time, Trading Cards
Rich British Woman
Female
"What my lovely?"
Accessing a level with her shop on it
The quote for this level seems unusual, as it sounds as though she is responding to a question from the player
Sky's the Limit, Right Back at You, Rain and Hail, Big Ben
Salesman
Male
"Hacha wanna gut here"
Accessing a level with his shop on it
The quote was likely meant to mean "What [you] want [to] get here" with "Hacha" being a variant of the slang "What ya"
Yoga Flame, The Hatchet Brothers, Mjolnir, Battle Engine Blackhammer, Punch Buggy, Descent
British Army Pilot
Male
"Come on sonny, I ain't got all day"
Accessing a level with his shop on it
Man of Steel, Like a Butterfly
Strong Man
Male
"Beeno breetners for you doctor"
Accessing a level with his shop on it
The quote was possibly meant to be "Clean your sneakers for you doctor"
The Escourt, Ricochets, Leave no man behind, Big Jobs, Progression, Armed Guard, Endurance
Drifter
Male
"I've got goods from across the world"
Level
Speaker
Gender
Quote
Event
Menu
Game
Male
"Nitrome Must Die"
Accessing the menu
Challenge floors
Game
Male
"Challenge"
Starting a Challenge floor
Lift
Game
Group of males
"Yeah!"
Gambling the score
Lift
Game
Group of males
"Hmm"
Lift
Game
Group of males
"Oooh!"
Banking the score
Level
Speaker
Gender
Quote
Event
Startup
Game
British male
"Hey, this isn't the game I ordered"
Lifting the game's cartridge out of the box
Level
Speaker
Gender
Quote
Event
Menu
Game
Female
"Play"
Heard when hovering over the "Play" button
Menu
Game
Female
"Help"
Heard when hovering over the "Help" button
Menu
Game
Female
"Scores"
Heard when hovering over the "Scores" button
Menu
Game
Female
"Credits"
Heard when hovering over the "Credits" button
All
Game
Female
"Rest in peace player one"
When the first player dies
All
Game
Female
"Rest in peace player two"
When the second player dies
All
Game
Female
"Level Up"
When the player collects a power up they currently have
All
Game
Female
"Multiplier times two"
When the player gets "Multiplier x2"
All
Game
Female
"Multiplier times three"
When the player gets "Multiplier x3"
All
Game
Female
"Multiplier times four"
When the player gets "Multiplier x4"
All
Game
Female
"End of multiplier"
When the player's multiplier ends, which causes the words "End of multiplier" to appear
All
Game
Female
"Finish"
When the player collects all the pills in a level
All
Game
Female
"Bomb"
When the player gets the Bomb power up
All
Game
Female
"Bullet"
When the player gets the Bullet power up
All
Game
Female
"Heart"
When the player gets the Heart power up
All
Game
Female
"Bubble"
When the player gets the Bubble power up
All
Game
Female
"Teleport"
When the player gets the Teleport power up
All
Game
Female
"Drill"
When the player gets the Drill power up
All
Game
Female
"Level (current level)"
When the player starts a level, which includes instructions for the item in the level. The word "Level" is pronounced along with the name of the number, the number pronounced being the number that level is, for example, the number pronounced would be "one" if the level was level 1
Level
Speaker
Gender
Quote
Event
Character select
Vanilla ice cream character
Male voice
"Vanilla"
When vanilla is selected
Character select
Strawberry ice-cream character
Raspy male voice
"Strawberry"
When strawberry is selected
Character select
Chocolate ice-cream character
Deep male voice
"Chocolate"
When chocolate is selected
Character select
Sorbet ice-cream character
Female voice
"Sorbet"
When sorbet is selected
Character select
Mint choc-chip ice-cream character
Male voice
"Mint choc-chip"
When mint choc-chip is selected
Character select
Bubble gum ice-cream character
Male voice
"Bubble gum"
When bubble gum is selected
Incomplete section
Level
Speaker
Gender
Quote
Event
Notes
Game's opening cinematic
Unknown, presumably The Machine
Male
"Welcome Doctor Nastidious" (Nastidious pronounced Na-stid-ee-us)
The opening of the game, after the startup
The opening is actually the ending of Test Subject Green
Menu
Rex209
Female
"Test Subject Complete"
Menu being accessed
1
Rex209
Female
"Welcome aboard Blue"
Blue starting level 1
This is the only level which includes this quote
All
Rex209
Female
"Sleep mode activated"
Blue begins to sleep
Blue sleeps after the player has not controlled the game for a certain amount of time
All
Rex209
Female
"Reconstruction in process"
Blue is killed
8-17, 19-25
Rex209
Female
"Scanning proximity... clear"
Blue rises out of a transporter
18
Mercenary
Male
"Huh?"
The mercenary passes the cylinder Blue is under
19
The Machine
Male
"Active scan operational. Search and destroy escaping enzyme."
The start of level 19
Most of the quote is almost inaudible, notably the words "Active scan" and "escaping"
19-25
The Machine
Male
"You cannot hide forever"
When the player hides for a moderate amount of time behind the metal that protects him/her from The Machine's laser
19-25
The Machine
Male
"I will destroy you"
When The Machine fires its lasers and fails killing the player four times
19-25
The Machine
Male
"Stand still"
When the player causes the reticule to come close to them, but the player moves to another location farther away from the previous location. This done three times will cause The Machine to say this
Due to the requirements for this quote to be said, it is possible to complete Test Subject Complete without hearing it, as the requirements for the quote are encountered rarely. This quote is most easily heard on level 23
Spoilers
Level
Speaker
Gender
Quote
Event
Notes
End of level 17 (cutscene)
Rex209
Female
"I'm sorry Blue, the Professor is dead"
Blue shocked at the Professor's dead body
End of level 25 (cutscene)
Rex209
Female
"It has been a pleasure serving you. Doctor Nastidious must be stopped. The professor is the only one that can help. You know what you have to do. Shutting down."
Blue jumps out of Rex209
Doctor Nastidious's name (Doc-tor Nas-tid-ee-us) is mispronounced Doctormestidies (Doc-tor-mes-tid-ees). Along with this, the final sentence requires very very close listening to Rex209's voice, as what was intended to be "Shutting down" is instead pronounced "Shallbeweln" (shall-be-weln)
26-30
Mercenary
Male
"Huh?"
A mercenary spots the Professor.
This is a different "Huh?" then for level 19
30
The Machine
Male
"Fire laser"
The Machine is firing its laser and is being ridden by Dr. Nastidious
30
The Machine
Male
"Enemy located!"
The Machine drops from the ceiling, when he spots the professor
30
Game
Female
"Self destruct sequence in T minus thirty seconds"
The professor has thirty seconds to get out of Dr. Nastidious's exploding base
30
Game
Female
"Self destruct sequence in T minus ten seconds"
The professor has ten seconds to get out of Dr. Nastidious's exploding base
Spoilers
Level
Speaker
Gender
Quote
Event
Ending
Girl and the reflection
Female
"Noooooooooo... ...ooooooooooN"
While vanishing by the mirror , with the girl left shocked
Level
Speaker
Gender
Quote
Event
Game Menu
Narrator
Male
"Welcome to Bump Battle Royale!"
When the player enters the menu screen
Spoilers
Level
Speaker
Gender
Quote
Event
Pack 1 - Cutscene 3
Gunbrick dude
Male
"Yeehaw!"
When the Gunbrick dude goes to the Pack 2 's location
Ending
Gunbrick dude
Male
"Woo Hoo! Awright!"
When the Gunbrick dude celebrates the defeat of the Brain ring
Trivia There are only two characters that can be heard talking outside of any game:
