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* '''Invoked''': ???Charlie is speaking because of [[MadScientist Dr. Drachtenstein]].

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* '''Played for Laughs''':
** Charlie tells a joke as his first line.
** After a while of questioning whether or not Charlie will talk, he suddenly says "{{antidisestablishmentarianism}}".



* '''Played for Horror''': Charlie [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie gets infected by]] TheVirus, and his first lines are the MadnessMantra that the zombies repeat.



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'''Basic Trope''': A character that [[TheVoiceless never speaks]] suddenly speaks.
* '''Straight''': Charlie never spoke in the first episodes of "Tropers", but at one point he suddenly begins speaking.
* '''Exaggerated''': Charlie was entirely silent, but suddenly he speaks in entire speeches.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Charlie did speak originally, but now he has more speaking roles.
** Charlie was originally completely silent (other than possibly the occasional vocalization). He still doesn't actually speak, but does make sounds more frequently.
* '''Justified''':
** Charlie has selective mutism, and didn't feel comfortable speaking originally.
** Charlie simply had nothing to say before.
** Charlie was mute originally, but somehow was cured.
** Charlie was originally a normal animal, but then he became an UpliftedAnimal with the ability to speak.
** Charlie is a baby saying [[BabysFirstWords his first words]].
* '''Inverted''': Charlie used to speak all the time, but he suddenly stopped one day.
* '''Subverted''':
** Charlie actually wasn't speaking - someone else was, but it was at the same time he opened his mouth.
** Charlie seems to be about to speak, but stops.
* '''Double Subverted''': And then Charlie actually does suddenly speak later.
* '''Parodied''': Charlie suddenly begins reciting Shakespeare with no explanation whatsoever.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Charlie is usually silent, but OnceAnEpisode he says something.
* '''Averted''':
** Charlie always speaks.
** Charlie never speaks, and stays this way for the whole series.
* '''Enforced''':
** To show that [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness something has gotten serious]].
** Charlie worked well as a CuteMute character, but the producers/Charlie's actor found that it was hard to involve a non-speaking character in some storylines, and didn't want to get rid of him.
** Charlie was originally planned to have a speaking voice from the start, but his original voice actor died, was fired, or otherwise was no longer available before being able to record any lines. However, a good replacement voice actor for him was later found.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Woah, he can talk?"
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* '''Defied''': Charlie refuses to ever speak.
* '''Discussed''': "Imagine if Charlie spoke!"
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* '''Played for Drama''': Charlie says, "[[OhCrap Oh,]] [[PrecisionFStrike SHIT!]]" to show just how serious the situation really is.
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