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7	These are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin tropes about silence]].
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9	They can be related to both the techniques creators use to incorporate a lack of sound into their works, as well as in-universe examples of characters, objects, places and events that create, seek out, or maintain an absence of sound.
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11	!!Tropes:
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13	[[index]]
14	* AwkwardSilenceEntrance: When the welcoming party isn't very welcoming.
15	* BeQuietNudge: Hitting someone you're next to as a gesture that they must shut up right now.
16	* BigShutUp: A character yells something along the lines of "SHUT UP!", "QUIET!", "ZIP IT!", etc.
17	* ChirpingCrickets: Cricket chirps are heard to emphasize the dead silence in response to a character telling a bad joke or saying something that would warrant shocked stares.
18	* CuteMute: A character who can't talk, and that's played as cute.
19	* DeadAir: Silence in a radio show.
20	* DramaticEllipsis: A DramaticPause is rendered with an ellipsis.
21	* DumbStruck: Someone who can't talk due to emotional trauma. The medical term for this is selective mutism.
22	* ElectiveMute: It turns out that a character assumed to be unable to talk actually can speak, they just choose to be silent most of the time.
23	* EnemyMime: A villainous mime.
24	* EveryoneHatesMimes: Mimes [[ButtMonkey have bad luck]].
25	* FacialDialogue: Using facial expressions to communicate.
26	* FillingTheSilence: When it logically should be quiet, but sound or dialogue is added in to fill in the silence.
27	* FingerMuzzle: Silencing someone by putting a finger over his mouth.
28	* FingerOnLips: Censuring swear words by putting a finger over one's mouth.
29	* HeroicMime: A hero who never speaks.
30	* HeWhoMustNotBeHeard: A character who either doesn't talk or only speaks gibberish.
31	* ItsQuietTooQuiet: When it's quiet, that's a bad sign.
32	* HollywoodSilencer: Silencers for guns make firing the gun inaudible and are readily available with the guns.
33	* MeaningfulLook: A character doesn't say anything because their expression says it all.
34	* MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon: A cartoon with sound effects and background music, but no dialogue.
35	* TheModestOrgasm: A subdued, quiet orgasm.
36	* MomentOfSilence: When a character dies, characters stop talking and no sound plays except for background music.
37	* MouthOfSauron: Somebody who's never seen or heard has an employee who talks for them.
38	* NeverLearnedToTalk: A character doesn't speak because they never learned how.
39	* NoDialogueEpisode: An episode in which nobody speaks.
40	* NoisyShutUp: Making a loud noise in attempt to silence somebody.
41	* NonVerbalMiscommunication: A misunderstanding happens from attempting to communicate with gestures and sign language.
42	* NothingIsScarier: An absence of something (which could be sound), PlayedForHorror.
43	* PassiveRescue: A breakout which involves giving the imprisoned a way to escape quietly.
44	* PillowSilencer: Covering someone's face with a pillow and then shooting them through it.
45	* PlotBasedVoiceCancellation: When a character's dialogue is muted or obscured for the audience, but not in-universe.
46	* PoseOfSilence: Leaning closely or obscuring your mouth renders you inaudible to everyone else.
47	* MediaNotes/ThePreHollywoodEra: A MediaNotes page for the time when American movies existed, but they weren't being made in Hollywood (which existed but was only a small village) yet.
48	* QuietCryForHelp: A character asks for help by giving indirect hints.
49	* TheQuietGame: Trying to make a kid or a chatty person be quiet by making it into a game.
50	* TheQuietOne: A character who does speak, but not as much as the other characters.
51	* QuieterThanSilence: A visual or background noise is added to let the viewers know that it's supposed to be quiet and not just (for instance) a glitchy screen.
52	* RapidFireShutUp: Quickly and repeatedly exclaiming, "Shut up!" in an attempt to silence someone.
53	* RealityHasNoSoundtrack: A movie aims to be more realistic by not using a soundtrack.
54	* SecretMessageWink: Winking to secretly get a message across.
55	* SevenMinuteLull: At a party, someone will either say something rude and/or strange, resulting in everyone going quiet, or they'll speak louder than some music which is playing, resulting in the music stopping.
56	* ShellShockSilence: Silence (possibly with the exception of a high-pitched hum) plays after an explosion.
57	* ShutUpScaryThing: Telling a monster to be quiet.
58	* SilenceIsGolden: A work that, despite being made after the silent era, has no dialogue.
59	* SilenceOfSadness: Someone talks less or doesn't talk because they're sad.
60	* SilenceYouFool: A boss yells at their underlings to be quiet.
61	* SilentAntagonist: A villain who never speaks.
62	* TheSilentBob: A character doesn't talk, but has no difficulty in making others understand them.
63	* SilentConversation: Two characters are talking, but we, the viewers, can't hear them.
64	* SilentCredits: The ending credits have no music.
65	* SilentMovie: A film without dialogue.
66	* SilentPartner: Someone is paired up with a character who doesn't talk.
67	* SilentScapegoat: Somebody who willingly takes the blame for everyone else's wrongdoings.
68	* SilentSnarker: A character who can't talk, but frequently makes snide gestures.
69	* SilentTreatment: Punishing somebody by not talking to them.
70	* TheSingingMute: A character is established as incapable of speech, but that doesn't prevent them from participating in musical numbers somehow.
71	* TheSpeechless: A character who doesn't speak because they are unable to.
72	* SpookySilentLibrary: A creepy library with no noise and little to no people.
73	* StunnedSilence: Someone who's rendered speechless by shock (said shock could be good or bad).
74	* SuddenSoundtrackStop: When the background music goes silent.
75	* SuddenlySpeaking: A character who was initially silent eventually reveals that they can speak after all.
76	* TalkingWithSigns: A character communicates using signs rather than by speaking.
77	* VisibleSilence: A character who isn't talking has a speech bubble with either an exclamation mark (to show they're surprised), a question mark (to show they're confused) or an ellipsis (neutral).
78	* VoiceForTheVoiceless: A character who speaks for an inanimate object, or someone who can't talk.
79	* TheVoiceless: A character isn't shown speaking, but might still be capable of speech.
80	* WorldOfSilence: A world with no free will is silent.
81	* YourMimeMakesItReal: When a character mimes something happening, the thing [[RuleOfFunny somehow]] actually happens.
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