History Main / TheQuietOne

*** Played with and invoked in ''VideoGame/Persona5''; the Protagonist's seemingly quiet nature is actually a ruse used to hide his true self, as he is significantly hammier when in Phantom Thief mode. Nonetheless, he still never speaks more than a single sentence at a time. In Persona 5 The Animation, he's still silent, unlike Yu (who is NotSoStoic) and Makoto (who opens up from movie 2 onwards).

* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh": Gopher's Grandpappy in "To Dream the Impossible Scheme" is mostly not that talkative, often limiting to what he says to "Yup" and "Nope", and is described as "a gopher of few words", or in Tigger's case, "a gopher of ''two'' words". However, he talks more vocally in the final scene.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Jin is the quiet one in the Lee family in contrast to his high-strung wife and energetic daughter.

* ''Animation/TechnotiseEditIJa'''s autistic math genius Abel, who is, well, a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin quiet autistic math genius]].

* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'': Despite the fact that they're voiced by some rather famous actors, the Furious Five don't really have much dialogue in the first film, in which Tigress and Mantis do most of the talking for the group. Monkey, voiced by ''Jackie Freaking Chan'', is a particularly jarring case, as he only has a grand total of ''six'' lines in the first movie alone. [[CharacterizationMarchesOn This gets fixed in the sequels and the TV series.]]

* Tiecelin, a skilled [[ArcherArchetype marksman]] in ''Literature/TheReynardCycle''. When he does speak, it's usually short and to the point.

** Speaking of shyness, Fluttershy is the least talkative of the Mane 6 because of this. There's been quite a few episodes where she only has a line or two at most and several where she's completely silent for the whole episode. There have been a few cases where the only sound she makes is either a yelp, a sigh or a scream.
** Princess Luna seems to be turning into this somewhat, most notably in the season 4 premiere. Whenever the two sisters share a scene, she tends to let Celestia do most of the talking. Considering the season 2 episode "Luna Eclipsed" showed Luna as speaking solely in AntiquatedLinguistics due to how much time she spent out of touch with civilization during her imprisonment as Nightmare Moon, it is likely she still struggles somewhat with learning the modern Equestrian vocabulary.

** A more villainous example would be King Sombra, who in the 2-parter "The Crystal Empire" doesn't say much aside from growls, evil laughs, and screams; he only has a total of five eligible lines. Averted in "The Beginning of the End" where he becomes much more vocal.

** "[[CatchPhrase Doom]]."

* Teal'c from ''Series/StargateSG1''. "You speak?" "Only when it is appropriate." [[CatchPhrase Indeed]].

*** ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII FFVIII]]'''s main character, Squall, is not much of a talker, particularly early on when his "jerkass act" is at its strongest, to the point that "Whatever" and "[[VisibleSilence ...]]" are his {{Catch Phrase}}s. Since the game allows the player to listen in on his {{Inner Monologue}}s, the reasons for Squall's silences become increasingly more apparent as the game goes on.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' has [[LightningBruiser Kano]] of the original Team Venture, who doesn't speak a word to anyone. It's later revealed that it's a [[ElectiveMute vow of silence]] he took after killing a "great man", and he only breaks it once in over 30 years to speak with Brock. [[spoiler:It's much, ''much'' later revealed that said "great man" was Venturion, A.K.A. the [[WeCanRebuildHim cyborg resurrection of the Blue Morpho]], to whom Kano was his original sidekick.]]

* Creator/ChristopherLee's Count Dracula in Film/HammerHorror's Dracula series has less than ten minutes of talking stretched across seven movies, with his dialogue being concentrated mostly in the last three. He only talks in his first scene in ''Film/HorrorOfDracula'' and has no lines at all in ''Film/DraculaPrinceOfDarkness''.

** In the ''[[Film/{{Predator}} original film]]'' the quiet one was the Native American tracker "Billy" whose contributions were things like "Something is out there." Poignant because, sure enough, something ''was'' out there.

* The protagonist of ''VideoGame/{{Ghostrunner}} barely talks throughout the game, bordering on SilentProtagonist. When he does, it is mainly to ask a question that prompts the other characters to give some exposition. Zoe even lampshades it.

* WebVideo/HandsomeTom in ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights''.

* [=Gage/Trak=] from ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars: Days of Ruin''. Repeatedly [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by the supporting cast, who complain about how he never speaks more than a sentence at a time.

* Henry Townshend is listed in the ''VideoGame/SilentHill4'' manual as a "quiet individual who never lets his feelings show." Apparently, he's (mostly) capable of saying "[[CatchPhrase What...the hell..?]]"
* Shadow, Espio, and Blaze are the more quiet and reserved ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' characters, due to all of them being more stoic and composed.
** Mephiles is this in a more creepy and evil way, although he does also use many speeches in an attempt to manipulate the other characters into becoming their pawn or believing his lies.

*** ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII FFVIII's]]'' main character, Squall, is not much of a talker, particularly early on when his "jerkass act" is at its strongest, to the point that "Whatever" and "[[VisibleSilence ...]]" are his {{Catch Phrase}}s. Since the game allows the player to listen in on his {{Inner Monologue}}s, the reasons for Squall's silences become increasingly more apparent as the game goes on.

* ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'':

* Teardrop from ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland''. Though she has spoken, however that was with the other contestants when they all shouted "Cake At Stake" in the finale.

* Kyōtarō Ichikawa from ''Manga/TheDangersInMyHeart''. The majority of his dialogue comes from his thoughts in reaction to his LoveInterest and other characters around him. He's a TerseTalker when he does speak, in addition to having a low tone of voice and being prone to stuttering. His teacher and his classmates are surprised whenever he makes full sentences, or one case that he even speaks at all.