History Main / TheSingingMute

* In the stage version of ''Theatre/TheLittleMermaid'' after giving her voice to Ursula, Ariel still sings in the songs "Beyond My Wildest Dreams" and "If Only." Like Quasimodo's songs in the ''Hunchback'' example, these are non-diagetic songs that aren't really being sung in-universe, but express Ariel's inner thoughts and emotions.

* The infamous animated film ''The Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree'' had a scene where the otherwise mute titular lightbulb ends up breaking into song, with a decent-sounding male singing voice to boot!

* Elisa in ''Film/TheShapeOfWater'' is a mute who has a deep love for Hollywood's classic movie musicals. In an ImagineSpot of hers she is transported from her kitchen table to a black-and-white movie set where she sings like a diva and dances with the Asset.

* The titular characters of ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' appear to sing with mass crowds even though they usually [[TheQuietOne never talk]]. Although it's not made clear if they're [[TheVoiceless actually mute]] or just prefer not to talk.

* The infamous animated film ''The Littlest Light of the Christmas Tree'' had a scene where the otherwise mute titular lightbulb ends up breaking into song, with a decent-sounding male singing voice to boot!

* Sort of referenced/averted by ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' in a Final Jeopardy question early in the Trebeck era. The question asked how many characters in Disney's ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' sang "Hi Ho, Hi Ho". All of the contestants answered with seven, but Alex pointed out that the answer was actually six because Dopey couldn't talk.

* [[spoiler:The frog]] in ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall,'' during a plot-relevant part of the sixth episode; his song even provides the show's TitleDrop. Though the ending also reveals that he was the NarratorAllAlong.

* One joke involves a mute boy (in some versions he simply has a severe stutter) can still sing very well. One day he takes his dog, named "[=DooDah=]", out for a walk. When [=DooDah=] falls into an abandoned well and begins drowning, the boy runs to get help, but finds he cannot get anyone's attention due to his speech impediment. Fed up, he stands in the middle of the busy street and belts out an improvised tune that gets ''everyone's'' attention:

* One joke involves a mute boy (in some versions he simply has a severe stutter) can still sing very well. One day he takes his dog, named "DooDah", out for a walk. When DooDah falls into an abandoned well and begins drowning, the boy runs to get help, but finds he cannot get anyone's attention due to his speech impediment. Fed up, he stands in the middle of the busy street and belts out an improvised tune that gets ''everyone's'' attention:
-->'''Mute Boy''': [to the tune of "''Camptown Races''"] Guess who's drowning in the well today! ''DooDah! DooDah!''

When the medium in question involves the use of musical numbers, mute characters will often break out into song along with everybody else. This is never really weird ([[MusicalWorldHypotheses because if everyone breaking out in song and dance in the middle of the street isn't weird, why should this?]]) as the songs they sing often represent a more internal narrative that [[RuleOfPerception only the audience can really hear, interpret and be aware of]].

* [[spoiler:The frog]] in ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall,'' during the sixth episode; his song even provides the show's TitleDrop. Though the ending also reveals that he was the NarratorAllAlong.

When the medium in question involves the use of musical numbers, mute characters will often break out into song along with everybody else. This is never really weird ([[WeirdnessCensor because if everyone breaking out in song and dance in the middle of the street isn't weird, why should this?]]) as the songs they sing often represent a more internal narrative that [[RuleOfPerception only the audience can really hear, interpret and be aware of]].

* Is the frog from ''WesternAnimation/OneFroggyEvening'' an example? It's mostly silent, but occasionally breaks out in a song.

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* ''LightNovel/IsThisAZombie'' features Eucliwood Hellscythe, a powerful necromancer who's very being contains so much destructive magic stored inside her that any sound she utters has destructive results. She wears heavy platemail just to contain the magic. One of the final episodes in the first season saw all of her magic get transferred into resident MagicalGirl Haruna, which allowed Eu to sing to her heart's content.
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