History Main / YouCanTalk

** In ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'', Taylor's "Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!" were the first words the apes had ever heard a human say. The apes don't actually say "He can talk!" (Though they’re [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E19AFishCalledSelma Simpsons counterparts]] do), but their reaction to it is obvious.

'''John:''' You did not ask me.... I was afraid to say too much. People always want me to be quiet, You wanted me to speak, but I was afraid. Forgive me.
* ''Film/HocusPocus'': Quoted word for word by Max when an immortal cat, Thackery Binx, jumps on his chest after he slips on some water. (Binx is actually a human who has been forced by a witch's spell to live as a cat for the past 300 years.)

* A nonverbal example with ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'', where Jia, a deaf girl under the care of Kong, tells Dr. Ilene via sign language that Kong, who is chained aboard a boat, is "sad". When Dr. Ilene asks her how she knew, Jia replies that "Kong told her", and to everyone's surprise Kong demonstrates an ability to communicate with sign language: and he didn't let the humans know in fear of what they might do.

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'': When Haruhi accidentally gives a calico cat the ability to talk, this is the SOS Brigade's general reaction. The cat immediately argues that maybe he's not ''really'' talking, but the noises he's making sound like intelligent conversation by sheer coincidence, exasperating Kyon.

** In ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'', Taylor's "Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!" were the first words the apes had ever heard a human say. The apes don't actually say "He can talk!", but their reaction to it is obvious.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}''. Fiona's reaction to meeting Donkey for the first time:

-->A pig asks a farmer if he has some straw to spare. The farmer goes, "Oh my God, a talking pig!"

* A variant: A pig asks a farmer if he has some straw to spare. The farmer goes, "Oh my God, a talking pig!"

*** In the ''Franchise/MonsterHunter'' crossover quest, the player character can respond with confusion to meeting a Palico, questioning whether they're really seeing a talking cat. If the player character happens to be [[{{Catgirl}} a Miqo'te]], the Palico will snark appropriately at their HypocriticalHumor.

--->'''Kasumi''': Hm...? A cat's talking!?
--->'''Morgana''': Took you long enough! And, I am NOT a cat! I am Morgana!

-->He said "no".

** Sorban, a turtle-like beastman in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', is shocked to see turtle talking to him. Sorban exclaims "By the kami! A talking turtle!" Tataru and the player character slowly turn to him and are dumbfounded that Sorban doesn't see the irony. Tataru can only say "I...don't even know where to begin with that one."

* [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2012 The Lizard]] in ''Film/SpiderManNoWay'', everyone is shocked the first time they hear the Lizard speak. Since everyone thought he was just a monstrous mindless lizard, Max Dillon isn't so surprised, since he and Connors had known each other before.

* ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven2'', David exclaims this when he hears Charlie and Itchy (and later Sasha) talk.

** Tiana reacts this way to the transformed Prince Naveen. Later, she reacts the same way when she realizes she can talk with the La Bouff's dog Stella.

* A variant of that joke has the son of university professors who is seemingly retarded, the parents start spelling out things like "intellectually inferior" because they don't want him to know what they're saying, and he says "You left out an 'l'". This may be TruthInTelevision.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/BabyLooneyTunes'' episode "War of the Weirds, the babies, minus Taz, have this reaction when Marvin agrees to play with them. Up until then, he only shyly mumbled. Taz's justification on why Marvin never talked to them before was because he didn't know them, as they had been ostracizing him because they found him "weird", to the point of never introducing themselves to him.

** The dub of ''Anime/Pokemon2000'' has Ash react like this to a talking Slowking, a change from the Japanese release that well-known dub critic Dogasu [[http://dogasu.bulbagarden.net/comparisons/movies/mov02.html actually approved of]].

* This happens in ''Manga/SailorMoon'' everytime one of the Senshi first hear Luna talk to them. Also applies to ''Manga/CodenameSailorV'' when Minako first encounters Artemis, which leads to her examining him, as she thinks there's a device on him that's making him speak.

* In a ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38ryh-nmnuE doujin]], Germany is transformed into a cat by England. Italy is out of the room at the time, so when he returns and sees a cat in Germany's place, he goes over to it and cuddles it. When Germany-cat starts talking, this is Italy's reaction. (Warning: Slightly NSFW.)

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', written by the same person as ''Buck Godot'', often has this trope pop up with Krosp, Emperor of all Cats. Half the time it's subverted by people not caring, due to living in a world with much, much weirder things than a talking cat. (In fact, this is immediately lampshaded by Krosp on [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20031231 his second line ever]].)

* In ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' he says this to [[spoiler:Yoshi]]. The alt text jokes that he responds with, "[[ThatRemindsMeOFASong And I can SING!"]] This is an unusual example because [[spoiler: Yoshi genuinely couldn't talk in his last appearance, but has since been turned into an UpliftedAnimal.]]

** In ''Persona 5 Royal'', after Kasumi has her first Palace experience, Morgana explain the basics of Palaces and Personas to her, and then points out that there's something else that should be surprising her...

* A GenderFlip involves a male [[HollywoodNerd engineer-type-person]] finding a frog-ified woman, with a similar reaction: "[[MarriedToTheJob I don't have time for a girlfriend.]] But a talking frog, now that's cool!"

* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'', Sora gets super shocked when [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Quasimodo's gargoyle friends]] come to life [[RightBehindMe from behind him]].

* This happens in ''Manga/SailorMoon'' everytime one of the scouts first hear Luna talk to them.