History Main / NoiselessWalker

Walking isn't a silent action. It can be a loud, elephant-like sound or graceful steps. But [[CaptainObvious people still make some noise when they walk]]. Except this character.

* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'': When teamed with Killua, secondary character Melody[[note]]"Senritsu" in Japanese original[[/note]] (a very sensitive to sound Musical Hunter) asks if Killua is an assasin by trade, explaining that his footsteps are the quietest she's ever heard, barely audible at virtually no distance. The screen shows them jogging along a street flooding in the rain and Killua's steps don't make any splashes. Killua says it's become a habit.

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* The Weeping Angels in ''Series/DoctorWho'' are quantum-locked monsters unable to move if someone looks at them. Stop looking (or even just blink), however, and they will [[SuperSpeed quickly]] and silently dart forward to send you back in time. Sometimes they'll "just" kill their victims, like in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E4TheTimeOfAngels "The Time of Angels"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E5FleshAndStone "Flesh and Stone"]] where some angels sneaked up on soldiers to break their necks.

-->'''Master Kan:''' Your tread must be light and sure, as though your path were upon rice paper. It is said, a Shaolin priest can walk through walls. Looked for...he can not be seen. Listened for ... he can not be heard. Touched ... can not be felt. This rice paper is the test. Fragile as the wings of the dragon fly, clinging as the cocoon of the silk worm. When you can walk its length and leave no trace, you will have learned.

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* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'', the Spirit camo, which you can obtain by touching The Sorrow's body at the end of his boss battle, silences your footsteps. Combined with the [[InvisbilityCloak Stealth Camouflage]], you can be completely invisible and undetectable.

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* Lafitte is incredibly stealthy despite wearing tapping shoes. He once infiltrated the high security Marine headquarters in the middle of a meeting, and wasn't noticed until he decided to speak.

* In ''[[Fanfic/TheAlarmaverse'' story ''Beauty Will Tear Us Apart'', Ditzy Doo can walk silently, by employing magic and paper bags to channel the sounds of her hooves into another dimension.

* Lafitte in ''Manga/OnePiece'' is incredibly stealthy despite wearing tapping shoes. He once infiltrated the high security Marine headquarters in the middle of a meeting, and wasn't noticed until he decided to speak.

* In ''[[Fanfic/TheAlarmaverse Beauty Will Tear Us Apart]]'', Ditzy Doo can walk silently, by employing magic and paper bags to channel the sounds of her hooves into another dimension.

* In ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader'', the duffers warn Lucy that the magician who made them invisible walks about noiselessly.

** The obese pirate Lucky Roo sneaked up on a mountain bandit in the first chapter, unnoticed by the others until he killed him.

* The Weeping Angels in ''Series/DoctorWho'' are quantum-locked monsters unable to move if someone looks at them. Stop looking (or even just blink), however, and they will [[SuperSpeed quickly]] and silently dart forward to send you back in time. If they feel like it, they'll just kill their victims, like in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E4TheTimeOfAngels "The Time of Angels"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E5FleshAndStone "Flesh and Stone"]] where some angels sneaked up on soldiers to break their necks.

* The Weeping Angels in ''Series/DoctorWho'' are quantum-locked monsters unable to move if someone looks at them. Stop looking (or even just blink), however, and they will [[SuperSpeed quickly]] and silently dart forward to send you back in time. If they don't have the energy for that, they'll just kill their victims, like in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E4TheTimeOfAngels "The Time of Angels"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E5FleshAndStone "Flesh and Stone"]] where some angels sneaked up on soldiers to break their necks.

* The Weeping Angels in ''Series/DoctorWho'' are quantum-locked monsters unable to move if someone looks at them. Stop looking (or even just blink), however, and they will [[SuperSpeed quickly]] and silently dart forward to send you back in time. If they don't have the energy for that, they'll just kill their victims, like in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E4TheTimeOfAngels "The Time of Angels"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E5FleshAndStone "Flesh and Stone" where some angels sneaked up on soldiers to break their necks.

* The Weeping Angels in ''Series/DoctorWho'' are quantum-locked monsters unable to move if someone looks at them. Stop looking (or even just blink), however, and they will [[SuperSpeed quickly]] and silently dart forward to kill you.

* The ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' episode "The Merv Griffin Show" contains a subplot about Elaine's new co-worker constantly sidling up to her and sidling up behind her taking credit for work she does, among other things, to which she and the others label him "The Sidler". She eventually fixes the problem by giving him a pack of Tic-Tacs to carry around with him, causing him to make a rattling sound when he walks through the office.

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* Cats have padded paws that make their steps practically soundless. Many cat owners have experienced their cat doing a StealthHiBye.

Meet the [[TitleDrop Noiseless Walker]]. For some reason, his steps are completely silent. This character may have [[{{Ninja}} ninja]]-like skills, or something magical in their nature which negates the sound of walking. It may be used to show he's a badass for managing to move around without people noticing him, or to establish an alien or otherwordly nature because the absence of a natural sound often looks off.

Meet the [[TitleDrop Noiseless Walker]]. For some reason, his steps are completely silent. This character may have [[{{Ninja}} ninja]]-like skills, or something magical in their nature which negates the sound of walking. It may be used to show he's a {{badass}} for managing to move around without people noticing him, or to establish an alien or otherwordly nature because the absence of a natural sound often looks off.

* In ''Literature/TheBelgariad'', this is {{Hand Wave}}d with a brief mention that Garion learns the trick of walking soundlessly through a forest full of twigs and leaf litter by watching his LoveableRogue friend Silk.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' {{justifie|dTrope}}s this for incorporeal creatures, who, lacking physical bodies, move in complete silence except when they choose to make noise.
** Thieves could do this using the Move Silently skill (incorporated into the rogues' Sneak skill in later editions). Boots of Elvenkind also allow this.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''ComicBook/Asterix'' with Cleopatra. She is always accompanied by a huge procession of servants and slaves, and carried from place to place on a golden throne, yet somehow she consistently manages to sneak up on people.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Comicbook/AsterixTheGaul'' with Cleopatra. She is always accompanied by a huge procession of servants and slaves, and carried from place to place on a golden throne, yet somehow she consistently manages to sneak up on people.

Meet the [[TitleDrop Noiseless Walker]]. For some reason, their steps are completely silent. They may have [[{{Ninja}} ninja]]-like skills, or something magical in their nature which negates the sound of walking. It may be used to show they're a [[{{Badass}} badass]] for managing to move around without people noticing them, or to establish an alien or otherwordly nature because the absence of a natural sound often looks off.

Or perhaps they just use artificial means such as a noise-cancelling suit or spell. Such cases are likely to be temporary, unless moving silently is a character's whole shtick.

This trope is one of the most plausible reasons for managing a StealthHiBye (the other being offscreen teleportation). See WithCatlikeTread for when this trope fails.

* ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'': While moving through an underground fairy base, Butler is described as making only slightly more noise than a panther. Note that Butler is also described as a seven-foot-tall HuskyRusskie with muscles like a Michelangelo statue.

-->'''Master Kan''': Your tread must be light and sure, as though your path were upon rice paper. It is said, a Shaolin priest can walk through walls. Looked for...he can not be seen. Listened for ... he can not be heard. Touched ... can not be felt. This rice paper is the test. Fragile as the wings of the dragon fly, clinging as the cocoon of the silk worm. When you can walk its length and leave no trace, you will have learned.
* The ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' episode "The Merv Griffin Show" contains a subplot about Elaine's new coworker constantly sidling up to her and sidling up behind her taking credit for work she does, among other things, to which she and the others label him "The Sidler". She eventually fixes the problem by giving him a pack of Tic-Tacs to carry around with him, causing him to make a rattling sound when he walks through the office.

* Adam Jensen from ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' and ''VideoGame/DeusExMankindDivided'' can, as he grows accustomed to his augmentations, enable a noise-cancelling shock-absorbing ferrofluid liquid on demand while walking and running. According to the in-game advertisement, this means he, while pelting forward at full sprint, makes no more sound than 'A gentle breeze'. In terms of game mechanics, however, it completely nullifies the sound generated by these actions.
* The Muffle spell from ''Videogame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' reduces or completely silences the sound of your footsteps. Joining the [[MurderInc Dark Brotherhood]] gets you a pair of boots enchanted with a permanent Muffle effect.
* In ''VideoGame/SuikodenII'', you can have Richmond investigate Pesmerga. He'll say he finds it "a little spooky" that Pesmerga can move around quietly with all that armor.

* In ''VideoGame/SuikodenII'', you can have Richmond investigate Pesmerga. He says he finds it "a little spooky" that he can move around quietly with all that armor.

* Lafitte in ''Manga/OnePiece'' is incredibly stealthy depite wearing tapping shoes. He once infiltrated the high security Marine headquarters in the middle of a meeting, and wasn't noticed until he decided to speak.

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* Cats have padded paws that make their steps practically soundless. Many cat owners have experienced their cat doing a StealthHiBye.