History Main / SilentSnarker

* ''WesternAnimation/WallE'': Eve has enough "furrowed brows" and annoyed groans to count.

* ''Film/{{Tusk}}'' has Wallace become one [[spoiler:post-transformation and tongue removal]], as his eyes speak volumes when dealing with Howe's pontificating.

* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'': [[Characters/MCUDoctorStrange Doctor Strange's]] Cloak of Levitation has quite a bit of silent snark, to the point where many viewers of ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'' declared it their favorite character.

* Mr. Mime in ''Film/DetectivePikachu'' manages to tell the title character to shove it without speaking.
* ''Film/{{Tusk}}'' has [[Creator/JustinLong Wallace]] become one [[spoiler: post-transformation and tongue removal]], as his eyes speak volumes when dealing with Howe's pontificating.

* Porkchop from ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' snarks in barks. That's right, he's a [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan]] [[IncrediblyLamePun barker.]]

* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Chilly the chinchilla and Doom the mongoose will sometimes narrow their eyes or cross their little paws when they're upset with something.

* Many owls in ''Fanfic/IfWishesWerePonies'' have these tendencies.
* Fawkes in ''Fanfic/TheLastSeidr''. The Hat and Thor can understand him perfectly (thanks to Thor's AllSpeak), but to everyone else he merely chirps, squawks, or sings. Still, some of the looks he gives the SHIELD agents speak volumes.

* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'': [[Characters/MCUDoctorStrange Doctor Strange's]] Cloak of Levitation has quite a bit of silent snark, to the point where many viewers of ''Film/DoctorStrange'' declared it their favorite character.

* From ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'', we have Kyle, Gru's [[BuffySpeak dog-thing]] being TheSpeechless variation of this trope, while a few of The Minions fit TheUnintelligible variation.
* Jojo from ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho'', [[spoiler:up until he begins talking again.]]

* Ash's Pikachu in the earlier seasons of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}''. Throughout the entire run of the show, Ash always had at least one Pokémon with a snark/attitude streak, such as Treecko and Buizel. Though not just Ash's Pokémon; Dawn's Piplup was quite cheeky as well.

* Saiki Kusuo from ''Manga/{{The Disastrous Life Of Saiki K}}'' technically speaks through telepathy and narration, but he never actually speaks aloud as far as one can tell. He is also the single most snarky character in the anime.

* Melvin, The Once-ler's mule from ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax''.

A combination of DeadpanSnarker and TheVoiceless, TheSpeechless or TheUnintelligible, the Silent Snarker is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. A character who does not speak, usually a sidekick, who is [[HyperCompetentSidekick a lot more competent]] than his superior, who does things most Deadpan Snarkers would have a field day with. But since they cannot or don't speak, they communicate their snark through eyerolls, [[{{Facepalm}} Facepalms]], [[DisapprovingLook Disapproving Looks]],[[AsideGlance Aside Glances]], and perhaps [[TalkingWithSigns written signs]]. These characters normally have very expressive faces to properly convey their silent exasperation.

A combination of DeadpanSnarker and TheVoiceless, TheSpeechless or TheUnintelligible, the Silent Snarker is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. A character who does not speak, usually a sidekick, who is [[HyperCompetentSidekick a lot more competent]] than his superior, who does things most Deadpan Snarkers would have a field day with. But since they cannot or don't speak, they communicate their snark through eyerolls, [[{{Facepalm}} Facepalms]], [[DisapprovingLook Disapproving Looks]] and [[AsideGlance Aside Glances]]. These characters normally have very expressive faces to properly convey their silent exasperation.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'': Djali the goat shares an unimpressed glance with Esmeralda when Phoebus introduces himself.

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* Hawthorne's brother Homer in ''Literature/{{Nevermoor}}'' has joined the Conservatory of Thought, which only requires its students to take a vow of silence while they're still in school, only being allowed to speak for one day a year. He carries around a blackboard and some chalk to compensate, and usually uses them to write sarcastic rermarks--sometimes he doesn't even need to write anything down to get the point across.

* Some dogs.

** In the SpiritualSuccessor ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea'', the CuteMute little girl Saoirse gives a few annoyed glances, mostly toward her overbearing Granny or her BigBrotherBully Ben.

* ComicBook/EmilkaSza (Emilt Hush) from Polish comic book series created by Magdalena "Meago" Kania and Maciej Kur. Emilka is a mime and unable to make sounds... it didn't stop her from spending entire story mocking Justyna for believing in ghosts.

* Emilka Sza (Hush) from Polish comic book series created by Magdalena "Meago" Kania and Maciej Kur. Emilka is a mime and unable to make sounds... it didn't stop her from spending entire story mocking Justyna for believing in ghosts.

* [[BigBad The Night King]] in ''Series/GameOfThrones'' is TheVoiceless which adds to his menacing demeanour but he often conveys disdain, taunts or BadassBoasts through facial expressions and body language and is a master of the PsychoticSmirk and SmugSmiler par excellence.

* Odie from ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'', every once in a while. Garfield himself is an odd case of us actually seeing what the Silent Snarker is thinking. If we couldn't read his thoughts, he would count for this. This is explored with the [[http://www.truthandbeautybombs.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=4997&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 Silent Garfield]] experiment, which removes his dialogue but leaves him in the panel, still making his grins and [[AsideGlance aside glances]].

* Gromit from ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit'' is the long-suffering master of this trope and the TropeCodifier. Gromit's silent snarking is ''so'' effective that back when ''WesternAnimation/AGrandDayOut'' was in production, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen he was originally supposed to talk]], but a scene where he reacts silently to Wallace stood out so much to the creators that they made him permanently silent. In the "Cheese Lover's Yearbook" (their diary) Gromit leaves tiny, neatly typewritten notes for his snark. Really impressive when you think about the fact that Gromit has no mouth or other movable features -- other than some body language, he does almost all his emoting with his ''brow''. And the audience still knows ''exactly'' how he feels at any given moment.

%%* Several of the animal sidekicks from [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney movies]].

* Tinkerbell from ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', before she became SuddenlySpeaking in the sequels.

* In the SpiritualSuccessor ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea'', the CuteMute little girl Saoirse gives a few annoyed glances, mostly towards her overbearing Granny or her BigBrotherBully Ben.
* Pascal the chameleon in ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}''. Maximus the horse as well.

** Cri-Kee gets in on this trope occasionally, mostly in regards to Mushu (apparently calling him a loser early in the film).