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* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'': ''The Subspace Emissary'' plays out like this, with the only spoken dialogue outside of a comment from [[Franchise/MetalGear Solid Snake]] [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall addressed as much to the player as to other characters]] coming from CallingYourAttacks.

* Most of the WesternAnimation/PixarShorts. Only "Boundin'" with its rhyming narration, "Lava" with its sung dialogue and narration, and the shorts spun off the features, have any dialogue.

* ''Game Over'', the ''Kid Paddle'' spin-off [[BreakoutCharacter featuring the barbarian video game avatar]] seen in many games that Kid Paddle plays, has no spoken lines aside from the occasional "[[PokemonSpeak Blork]]". [[note]]Granted, there are a few framing devices, and even then they're reprinted gags from ''Kid Paddle''[[/note]]

* ''Game Over'', the ''Kid Paddle'' spin-off [[BreakoutCharacter featuring the barbarian video game avatar]] seen in many games that Kid Paddle plays, has no spoken lines aside from the occasional "[[PokemonSpeak Blork]]". [[note]]Granted, there are a few framing devices, and even then they're reprinted gags from ''Kid Paddle''[[/note]].

* ''Game Over'', the ''Kid Paddle'' spin-off [[BreakoutCharacter featuring the barbarian video game avatar]] seen in many games that Kid Paddle plays, has no spoken lines.

* Creator/ChuckJones was particularly fond of these; other dialogue-free cartoons of his include the [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Road Runner/Coyote]] series (unless you count "beep, beep!" as dialogue), the WesternAnimation/BugsBunny entry ''Baton Bunny'', ''WesternAnimation/MuchAdoAboutNutting'', ''WesternAnimation/NowHearThis'' and ''High Note''.

* ''Game Over'', the ''Kid Paddle'' spin-off [[BreakoutCharacter featuring the barbarian video game avatar]] seen in many games that Kid plays, has no spoken lines.

* Creator/ChuckJones was particularly fond of these; other dialogue-free cartoons of his include the [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Road Runner/Coyote]] series (unless you count "beep, beep!" as dialogue), the WesternAnimation/BugsBunny entry ''Baton Bunny'', ''[[WesternAnimation/MuchAdoAboutNutting Much Ado About Nutting]]'', ''Now Hear This!'' and ''High Note''.

* The first 30 minutes of ''WesternAnimation/WallE'" is virtually dialogue-free, the only talking coming from Wall E's VHS copy of "Hello Dolly" and the various BnL adverts left on Earth.

For the gaming spins on this, see PacmanFever and UltraSuperDeathGoreFestChainsawer3000. Also compare ThePublicDomainChannel.

* Likewise WaltDisney's AnimatedAdaptation of ''Music/PeterAndTheWolf'', though it has a narrator.

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* As expected from a music video, the animated version of Music/MysterySkulls' "Ghost" features this, with everything that happens syncing up to the beat, but even when characters are just sitting still, they're still bobbing their heads to the music. The only bit of "dialogue" that the video has is when [[DemBones Lewis]] points to Arthur right when the song declares "Fuck, it's you I hate the most."
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* ''WebAnimation/MysterySkullsAnimated''

* Go to any video sharing site. Search for "short cartoon." You'll find thousands of these.

* ''ThereSheIs!'' is an entire series of web animations done like this with K-pop.

* ''MysterySkullsAnimated''

* Creator/ChuckJones was particularly fond of these; other dialogue-free cartoons of his include the [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Road Runner/Coyote]] series (unless you count "beep, beep!" as dialogue), the WesternAnimation/BugsBunny entry ''Baton Bunny'', ''Much Ado About Nutting'', ''Now Hear This!'' and ''High Note''.

* The entire [[TheSilentAgeOfAnimation silent age]] had cartoons like this. Music was provided by piano players in the theater.

* When Dee is visiting her boyfriend in an episode of ''ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'', they spend the time together watching one of these cartoons with him being exceedingly amused. This is somewhat justified given the episode's name is [[spoiler: "Sweet Dee is Dating a Retarded Person."]]

A lot of cartoons, especially in the [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation classic theatrical shorts era]], were made devoid of dialogue. In these cartoons, [[MickeyMousing only music and basic sound effects are used along with the action on screen]] to convey the concepts and feelings of the show. Sometimes, when more complex things ''have'' to be conveyed, it is done via TalkingWithSigns. The reason, lip sync is tedious, and the jokes used were often adapted from old musical comedy sketches in vaudeville.