History PlayingWith / TheQuietOne

** [[DisabledCharacterDisabledCharacter Gregor's actor is mute]].

* '''Exaggerated''': Gregor can effortlessly go on months/years/centuries without speaking a word.

** Gregor is a [[LanguageBarrier foreigner and hasn't learned much of another language.]]

** Gregor has a [[CompellingVoice Compelling voice]] But since he suffers from [[PowerIncontinence power incontinence,]] he therefore doesn't speak unless he wants to use his power, or has some way to [[PowerLimiter turn it off.]]

** Can't have BewareTheQuietOnes without, you know… a [[TheQuietOne Quiet One]].

* '''Enforced''': Gregor's actor doesn't speak English, or knows very little of it.

** Gregor's vocal chords were ripped out in order to save his life [[AmbiguousDisorder from a deadly lung disease]] [[DarkAndTroubledPast in his childhood]].

* '''Straight''': Gregor only rarely speaks, his words carrying a lot more weight.

* '''Inverted''': MotorMouth

* '''Downplayed''': Gregor addresses what's necessary, although like [[Creator/ErnestHemingway Hemingway]].

* '''Exploited''': The big bad [[SomeCallMeTim Tim]] knows that Gregor doesn't talk much. He incorporates this into part of his HannibalLecture to Gregor, claiming that Gregor doesn't talk much because he feels his opinions don't matter to his TrueCompanions. This provokes Gregor into being both [[MotorMouth noisy ]] and [[FaceHeelTurn evil]].
* '''Defied''': Gregor realises he is quiet and decides to start talking more, to see if he likes it.

** Others start to view Gregor as rude, arrogant, and apathetic because of his quietness.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Lampshaded''': "What do you know, Gregor finally said something for the first time in four episodes."

* '''Downplayed''': Gregor addresses what necessary, although like [[Creator/ErnestHemingway Hemingway]].

** Gregor is a foreigner and hasn't learned much of another language.

** But then they learn that just because Gregor's quiet doesn't mean he doesn't have anything nice to say, so they agree not to misjudge him.

** Gregor's quietness has triggered the indignation of others who [[LonersAreFreaks find him to be an rude, unfriendly, and apathetic weirdo]].

* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': Gregor ''does'' have many important things to say, but is never given the opportunity to say them. This creates frustration in Gregor, and PoorCommunicationKills in everyone else.
* '''Reconstructed''': Gregor learns how to keep his sentences short and sweet, while at the same time delivering them with maximum impact. So now when he tries to tell the others something, '''''everybody''''' listens.

* '''Justified''': Gregor [[HatesSmallTalk dislikes pointless small talk]].

*** Alternately, Gregor grew up in a whole family of [[MotorMouth Motor Mouths]], so he couldn't get very many words into family discussions without being interrupted.

* '''Deconstructed''': Gregor ''does'' have many important things to say, but is never given the opportunity to say them. This creates frustration in Gregor, and PoorCommunicationKills in everyone else.
* '''Reconstructed''': Gregor learns how to keep his sentences short and sweet, while at the same time delivering them with maximum impact. So now when he tries to tell the others something, '''''everybody''''' listens.

* '''Played for Laughs''': Gregor's inner thoughts are very intricate, poetic, and philosophical, but when he actually ''speaks'', it's about something ridiculously mundane.

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** Gregor has a [[CompellingVoice Compelling voice]] But suffer's from [[PowerIncontinence power incontinence,]] he therefore doesn't speak unless he wants to use his power, or has some way to [[PowerLimiter turn it off.]]

* '''Downplayed''': Gregor addresses what necessary, although like [[ErnestHemingway Hemingway]].

* '''Justified''': Gregor dislikes pointless small talk.

* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???