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7	->''"Attention, all personnel. Due to conditions beyond our control, we regret to announce that lunch is now being served."''
8	-->-- The '''PA Announcer''' (who is never seen, addressed, or named) on ''[[Series/{{Mash}} MAS*H]]''
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10	A variant of HeWhoMustNotBeSeen. The Voice describes characters who are heard but never seen. In older time periods, they are on the other side of telephones; later on, they are brought to you by [[NewTechnologyIsEvil eerie Surround Sound]]. If the adventure is of a magical or spiritual bent, it may literally be the voice in your head. Is it a [[TheGhost guardian angel]] or something [[EnemyWithin rather more sinister]]? More often than not the very omnipotence the Voice commands puts it beyond the [[TheChessmaster petty scrabblings of mortal morality.]]
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12	The Voice is in fact a level up from TheFaceless because whereas we have a vague idea of what we're dealing with in the latter, the former could be ''anything''. An agent of the secret service? [[UnwittingPawn The organisation we are supposedly fighting?]] [[AIIsACrapShoot A mad computer?]] [[TimeTravel You from the future?]] Whatever it is, it's an authority so powerful that it does not even have to appear in person to see its will made flesh; just its distinctive dulcet tones are enough for the characters to quickly jump to. This trope is happy to appear on the heroes' side just as much as the villains', but it must be said that Evil is far fonder of it, for the simple reason that NothingIsScarier. In cases such as these, bear in mind that EvilSoundsDeep and you know you're in ''serious'' trouble when you're being addressed by the VoiceOfTheLegion.
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14	On the good side, this trope can easily be played for comic relief. Perhaps it is the heroes' overbearing mother, calling at an inappropriate time to ask why he doesn't keep in touch. Maybe it is a bumbling ObstructiveBureaucrat, wanting to know why the hero isn't playing by the rulebook. In these cases, the trope is used to highlight how out of touch the comic relief character is with how things are going down on the street, and how detached our hero has become with the mundane.
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16	Occasionally, especially in cartoons, The Voice will also be TheUnintelligible. This is often an authority figure, who calls up (with coincidental timing) to chew out the main character. As with TheGhost, the funny part is the reactions from the on-screen character.
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18	In parodies, these characters are frequently the target of gags that posit ridiculous or unexpected appearances they might actually have. The opposite trope is TheVoiceless, in which the character is seen but not heard.
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20	If The Voice only appears briefly and is a famous person or character, it's a VoiceOnlyCameo.
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22	Not to be confused with the TalentShow ''Series/TheVoice'', [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim the Thu'um]], or Music/SiIvaGunner.
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25	!!Examples:
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29	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
30	%%* Koyuki's Mother in ''Manga/{{BECK\|1999}}.''
31	%%* A. J. Topper and [[LargeHam Brad Best]] from the English dub of ''Anime/{{Beyblade}}''.
32	* In the anime version of ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'', Yui's mother is heard on the phone when Miaka calls her house, but never actually seen. In the manga, both of Yui's parents are seen briefly.
33	* [[spoiler: Morgana Mode Gone]] from Anime/DotHackSign. We don't even hear her name in the series, she is just an omnipresent, powerful, resentful force; presented as a woman's voice. (Technically, she's in the credits, and her existence is explained in the games.)
34	%%* SSS (Three-Speed) in ''Anime/{{MADLAX}}''.
35	* [[spoiler: Tieria Erde]] ultimately becomes this in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', [[spoiler: after his body is shot to death but he uploads his conscience into VEDA]].
36	* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Sakura's mother, though she is seen later on in ''Anime/NarutoTheMovieRoadToNinja'' and in one Naruto Shippuden. episode post movie
37	* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': All members of [=SEELE=], with some exceptions. We do see [[BigBad Keel Lorenz]] (which is his given name and which is his surname is one of ''Evangelion'''s lesser mysteries). And in an early episode, we see the five members of their inner circle, the Human Instrumentality Committee. We just have no clue as to their identities and importance yet.
38	** Throughout the series, quiet scenes set in the hospital feature an intercom voice making announcements, paging hospital staff, etc. It's never attached to a human being, and in fact the hospital staff are barely if ever seen onscreen. Inside NERV headquarters, the CPU also has a voice that announces whatever is going on, [[spoiler: even after all but four of NERV's staff have been killed]].
39	** Asuka's stepmother is heard but never physically appears. She makes her first full appearance in the manga adaptation of the show.
40	* ''Anime/{{Tamagotchi}}'': Himespetchi's parents are never seen, with their voices when they call her on the phone being the only thing we ever get of them. They were eventually given physical appearances when [[Toys/{{Tamagotchi}} the digital pet toyline]] came out with the ''Tamagotchi m!x'', which was released after the TV show had already finished its run.
41	* Dokurobee, the unseen leader of ''{{Anime/Yatterman}}'''s TerribleTrio, who communicates with them by means of radio devices and exploding recorded messages a la Series/MissionImpossible. Until TheReveal in the final episode.
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44	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
45	* In ''Animation/BoonieBears'', Boss Li, Logger Vick's MeanBoss, is only ever hear [[NoIndoorVoice shouting]] to his employee through the phone.
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48	[[folder:Comic Books]]
49	* The handlers in ''ComicBook/ButtonMan'' are referred to as "Voices" because they are only heard over the telephone, never seen. [[spoiler: After Harry begins to hunt the Voices, they are given faces and names.]]
50	* In the Franchise/DCUniverse, several characters have heard a voice they believed to be God's. In some cases (e.g., The Spectre's) it was, and in others (Hawk & Dove) it wasn't.
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53	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
54	%%* ComicStrip/AndyCapp's mother-in-law.
55	%%* ''Everyone'' besides the three main characters in ''ComicStrip/{{Arnold}}'' is this.
56	* Peter's pen pal in ''ComicStrip/{{BC}}'' qualifies. Peter will write a question on a tablet, and throw it into the sea to be carried away by the tide. After some time, another tablet comes floating back with a (usually) sarcastic answer. Whoever's answering Peter's letters has never shown his face.
57	* Chester, the BarbaricBully from ''ComicStrip/BigNate'', is never shown on-panel. He's usually being annoyed by Nate, who gets beaten up in return.
58	* ''ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}}'' used to depict [[InvisiblePresident the President]] or other real-life political figures in this manner, although this was eventually discarded in favor of depicting them on the page via symbolic icons (a waffle for UsefulNotes/BillClinton, a battered centurion's helmet for UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush, etc.).
59	* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' has had a few over the years, including Miss Grinchley (Jason's original teacher) and Denise's parents. There were at least two strips where Grinchley was seen; one of them can be seen [[http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2001/04/27 here]].
60	%%* B.A.'s mom from ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable''.
61	* While adults were famously absent from ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'', a few early strips featured off-panel dialogue from Linus and Lucy's parents.
62	* British children's comic ''The Sparky'' had a regular strip based on the denizens of the comic's editorial office, in which The Editor/Proprietor was a loud imperious and unseen voice shouting from behind his office door, and whose word was absolute law. WordOfGod is that [[TakeThat this was a dig]] at the poor working conditions and feudal nature of being an artist, scriptwriter or other lowly creative working in what were then the rather feudal and insecure conditions of British comic publishers such as IPC or DC Thomson.
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65	[[folder:Fan Works]]
66	* ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'' has an unknown and unseen pony who [[TheHeckler heckles all of Mayor Mare's speeches]]. Also, Twilight Sparkle is reduced to just a voice in "Sister Angst"--for the whole episode, she hangs around just off-screen and shouts at Rarity at the most awkward times.
67	* Harry Osborn in ''WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC'' can often be heard [[CallingTheOldManOut arguing]] with [[ComicBook/NormanOsborn his father]] from off-screen, but never actually appears.
68	* The narrator of ''Fanfic/TalesOfTheHungerGames'' is often heard when he's narrating the corresponding files for each Hunger Games, including its Victor and how they won. He makes a physical appearance [[spoiler:during the series finale, when he explains to a younger relative of his about why he's reading those files to her]].
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71	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
72	* Harv from ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'', whose voice is only heard from Lightning [=McQueen's=] radio.
73	* Lucius Best's wife Honey Best in ''Franchise/TheIncredibles'' is only ever heard talking to him from offscreen. She was almost going to have a physical appearance in ''The Incredibles 2'', and even had [[https://scurviesdisneyblog.tumblr.com/post/173672194358/lucius-and-honey-best-by-matt-nolte-from-the-art concept art]] and [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/pixar/images/5/5f/Where%E2%80%99s_my_supersuit.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200814175048 a character model]] created for her, but it was decided that she was ultimately funnier as TheVoice, and the idea was scrapped, with the model being recycled for a background character.
74	%%* Madam Blue in ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicRoundabout'' movie, ''Dougal and the Blue Cat''.
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77	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
78	* George Lorrison in ''Film/TheBadAndTheBeautiful'' is only heard on a phonograph recording of a monologue from ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''.
79	* In ''Film/ColdPursuit'', Kim's ex-boyfriend Kurt, who is a vice cop in Denver, is only heard as a voice over the phone.
80	%%* We hear the voice of God in the start of ''Film/DateWithAnAngel''.
81	%%* Marshal Nevsky in ''Film/FailSafe''.
82	* In ''Film/{{Faster}}'', Baphomet's son is only heard as a voice on the phone when Driver calls him to pass on Baphomet's final message that he was sorry, and when the son later calls back to swear vengeance.
83	%%* Korben Dallas' mother in ''Film/TheFifthElement''.
84	* The title character's mother in ''Film/{{Gigi}}'' is just a voice occasionally heard singing off-screen.
85	* ''Film/TheGrandSeduction'': Dr. Lewis's unfaithful fiancée Helen never appears in person but is heard during a few phone calls the townspeople eavesdrop on.
86	* The leader of the racketeers in the first of ''Film/TheGreenHornetSerials'' delivers his orders via an intercom in the office of his second-in-command Monroe. [[spoiler:Actually, Monroe himself is the boss, using pre-recorded orders as a cover.]]
87	* Rockin' Ricky Rialto, the DJ at the local radio station, in ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', though the viewer does see his picture on a billboard at one point. He's also apparently the HeroOfAnotherStory.
88	* Sometimes happens in documentary films. In ''Film/HarlanCountyUSA'', filmmaker Barbara Kopple is heard occasionally questioning the subjects of her interviews, but she never appears onscreen.
89	%%* Lt. Raine's C.O. in ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'' (supposedly voiced by Creator/HarveyKeitel).
90	%%* Captain Culpepper's wife and daughter in ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld''.
91	%%* Bill in ''Film/KillBill: Vol 1''. We finally see his face in the second film.
92	* Nearly everyone other than the main character, Leon, in ''The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh'': Every character he directly speaks with is a voice on the phone, or, in one case, an unseen person on the other side of the front door. Even when we eventually see the title character in person, we hear her giving PosthumousNarration rather than speaking aloud.
93	* ''Film/MadMax1''. An unseen female dispatcher primly announces directives that bear little relevance to the brutal gang-plagued world the underfunded Main Force Patrol is trying to keep in line.
94	-->''The Captains of the Hall have asked that pursuit officers refrain from using the slang "Bronze" for the Main Force Patrol. The word is considered disrespectful, and citizens should be actively discouraged from its use.''
95	* ''Film/MisterRoberts''. At regular intervals an unseen crewmember laconically announces "Now hear this, now hear this" followed by Captain Morton's latest act of petty tyranny.
96	%%* ''Film/MysticRiver'': Sean's estranged wife who calls him on the phone.
97	* Hal Phillip Walker, the Presidential candidate in Creator/RobertAltman's ''Film/{{Nashville}}''.
98	%%* ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' -- Norman's "mother". [[spoiler: Well, she does make an on-screen appearance at the very end. [[MummiesAtTheDinnerTable Sort of]].]]
99	* In ''Film/Revenge2017'', Richard's wife only appears as a voice on the phone: calling her husband while he is away with [[TheMistress his mistress]].
100	%%* ''Film/RosemarysBaby'' -- Donald Baumgart, the actor who Guy takes over for after he's blinded (dubbed by Tony Curtis).
101	* "Father" in ''Film/TheSacrament'' is only heard over an intercom for the first half of the film.
102	* In ''Film/SaveYourselves'', Su's mother is heard through voicemails, but is never seen in person.
103	* Bill Hader is credited as "The Voice" in the ''Film/{{Scott Pilgrim\|vs The World}}'' movie - he's the narrator and fight announcer.
104	* ''Film/ASingleMan''. The film's protagonist, George, receives a phone call from a relative of his lover Jim to inform him that [[spoiler:Jim has died in a car crash, and that he's not allowed to go to the funeral]]. The caller is voiced by Creator/JonHamm, and his conversation with George is brief, but very poignant.
105	* TheAntichrist figure known only as The Leader is heard only in his radio broadcasts in ''Film/SixTheMarkUnleashed''.
106	* In ''Film/{{Slashers}}'', Hideo, the cameraman who follows the contestants through the Danger Zone, is generally only heard not seen. The only part of him that is seen is his hand when he accepts a glass of water and wipes a spot of dirt off the lens.
107	%%* Hermie's mother in ''Film/SummerOf42'' (dubbed by Maureen Stapleton).
108	* The woman conducting the interviews in ''Film/TombstoneRashomon'' never appears on screen; 'appearing' only as a voice from off-camera. She has a slightly mechanical intonation, making unclear is she is actually human or some form of robot or computer.
109	%%* The DJ/Narrator from ''Film/TheWarriors'' -- except for her mouth and chin.
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112	[[folder:Literature]]
113	* ''Literature/TheBelgariad'': The Prophecy is a bodiless SentientCosmicForce that can only communicate through a living vessel, such as by speaking into TheHero's mind or occasionally [[EnslavedTongue borrowing his voice]]. This causes some frustration when it has to deliver dictation through {{Mad Oracle}}s.
114	%%* The owner of the motel Bernie's dad runs in the ''Literature/BernieMagruder'' series.
115	* ''Literature/FramedInBlood'': "Mr. Big," the unnamed Miami bigwig who is the subject of reporter Bert Jackson's explosive expose. He never appears on the page but he calls Shayne a couple of times in hopes of retrieving the incriminating story. We don't find out what his position is in Miami government, nor what exactly he did, although at the end Bert's story is retrieved so Mr. Big is going to go down.
116	%%* The Speaker who makes the announcements and warnings over the loudspeaker in ''Literature/TheGiver''.
117	%%* ''Literature/TheGraveyardBook'': ''"We are the Sleer..."''
118	%%* ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory'': Uyulala, the rhyming voice of silence beyond the No Key Gate.
119	* Rose, aka "Mother" in the ''Literature/PhulesCompany'' books. Atypically for this trope, we see the real person, but off the air she is shy to the point of invisibility.
120	* In ''Literature/SidStillsBluesThreeQuartersInTheBagInAlphabetCity'', Damn Agent (Sid's music agent, real name Randall) never physically appears. He communicates with Sid entirely through phone calls.
121	* In ''Literature/TheSouthernReachTrilogy'', the operator responsible for Control's mission and the one he reports to via phone is only known as "the Voice" to him. As a joke, he imagines the Voice as some kind of talking megalodon. [[spoiler:The Voice is revealed to be Lowry, who we see in flashbacks in ''Acceptance''.]]
122	%%* The radio DJ Sue G from Asi Hart's ''Literature/UnderAFreezingMoon''.
123	* ''Enforced'' on Echo from ''Literature/TooManyCurses'', who was stripped of everything '''but''' her disembodied voice by Margle.
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126	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
127	%%* in ''Series/Adam12'' the dispatcher was played by actual LAPD dispatcher Sharron Claridge.
128	* In ''Series/AlphaHouse'' Gil John's wife is heard only by phone from his district where she is running his campaign.
129	* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'':
130	** Howard's mother. Later episodes like to tease the viewers further by having her in circumstances where she could logically appear. In one episode the only thing between the audience and her ''was a curtain'' while she was trying on clothes. Another episode had her show up at Leonard's apartment the morning after the gang had played 48 straight hours of a Star Wars MMO RPG, and ended ''just as she was about to enter''. In 'The Spoiler Alert Segmentation', she finally appears. In the background. And we don't see her face. Unfortunately, [[TheCharacterDiedWithHer the actress who played her passed on and her character went with her.]] [[spoiler:However Howard and Bernadette's daughter took up this role as essentially her reincarnation]].
131	** The trope was also subverted in one episode, when Raj fell in love with the voice of Siri in his [=iPhone=] and [[spoiler:dreamed he]] went to Apple headquarters to meet her, thus showing the world the face behind that snarky little voice.
132	* Charlie from ''Series/CharliesAngels'' (dubbed by John Forsythe in the original series and movies; replaced by Victor Garber in the {{revival}}).
133	%%* Vera on ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' (primarily TheUnseen, also occasionally TheFaceless)
134	%%** Also Sam's brother Derek.
135	* Voice, which only communicates with Hel through an implant in her jaw, in ''Series/{{Cleopatra 2525}}''. However, Voice did appear on camera in the SeriesFinale.
136	%%* Mr. Bell from the first season of ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow''. Voiced by Kevin Pollak, who made an appearance in the flesh in the season finale, in which the character was fired (and replaced the following season by [[Creator/CraigFerguson the better-known Mr. Wick]]).
137	* On ''Series/{{Emergency}}'' actual Los Angeles County Fire Department dispatcher Sam Lanier was the voice heard when the tones sounded, directing Station 51 -- and, with large fires, other stations to the incident. The scene would always be the same. The station's tones (alarm) would sound, followed by Lanier's voice announcing which units were being dispatched, the nature of the call (fire, traffic accident, medical emergency, etc.), the address, the nearest cross-street and the time of the call. Lanier would also be heard answering whenever a firefighter character called into dispatch (Typical exchange would be as follows. Gage: "L.A., this is Squad 51." Lanier: "Go ahead, 51.")
138	* ''Series/{{Forever\|2014}}'': For his first few episodes, Adam is only a voice on the phone. At the end of "Look Before You Leap" for the audience and "The Frustrating Thing About Psychopaths" for Henry, he becomes TheFaceless instead.
139	* The BigBad of early 1960s BBC aviation adventure series ''Series/GarryHalliday'' was credited simply as ''The Voice''.
140	%%* ''Series/GossipGirl'': The Gossip Girl herself.
141	%%* ''Series/{{Haven}}'' has Laverne the police dispatcher. She is finally seen in the end of Season 5.
142	* Rasputin, the Petrovskys' Russian wolfhound on ''Ivan the Terrible'' (1976), was never allowed out of the bedroom out of which came his savage barking.
143	* The Boss Man on ''Series/TheLatestBuzz''; only ever heard as a voice at the other end of D.J.'s telephone.
144	* ''Series/LilHorrors'': The headmistress Miss Morbidda never appears in the episodes, but her voice is heard addressing the Horrors during the opening credits.
145	* Margaret on ''Series/LittleBritain''. The fact that she never comes out from the back to actually help in person is justified by the revelation that [[spoiler:she has no arms or legs.]]
146	%%* Robin Masters from ''Series/MagnumPI'' (dubbed by Creator/OrsonWelles).
147	* Peg's mom in ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''. Simply because of the fact she is described as unbelievably fat -- beyond the reasonable limits for even really big actresses -- and causes everything to shake when she thuds into a room. She's also considered TheDreaded and [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen incomprehensibly horrifying to look at]] to Al (so we see Peg's mom in a way that upholds that view), making this unseen nature PlayedForLaughs.
148	* The PA announcer in ''Series/{{MASH}}''. Sometimes problematical when such an announcement came right before or after a scene set in the clerk's office, where the microphone for the PA was located. Was the announcer broadcasting from a second location, or just invisible?
149	** The announcer was voiced by [[TheOtherDarrin a couple different actors]] during the show's run, both of whom actually did appear onscreen in an episode each... but playing other characters.
150	*** This is carried over from the film, where the PA system was used to tie scenes together as a "fix" for a film that all involved believed to be too choppy.
151	** The PA announcer is quite unique in that he's a completely peripheral character whose only role is to announce news, and whom no one ever names or even discusses, but still has a distinct personality — perky, cheerful, a long-suffering smartass, eternally flippant about the horrors of war no matter how dire the news he is announcing is, and quite harshly sarcastic about the camp and its inhabitants, often insulting higher-ranking officers.
152	** The episode "Who Knew?" centers around a nurse who is killed by a landmine while taking a late-night stroll after a tryst with Hawkeye. While we never see her onscreen (she's [[PosthumousCharacter already died]] when the episode begins), we do hear her voice narrating her diary, which Hawkeye (who's been assigned with delivering her eulogy) reads while trying to find out more about her.
153	%%* The unnamed giver of recorded briefings on ''Series/MissionImpossible''.
154	* ''Series/MorkAndMindy''': Orson is never seen, but he is heard. Sometimes, in scenes that take place on Ork, his shadow can be seen, but he is never personally seen.
155	* The Magic Voice from ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''. Pretty much all we know is she had advance notice of commercial sign, she turned into an energy being when the ship hit the edge of the universe, and she doesn't get along very well with other disembodied voices, especially creepy ones who talk about sleeping with 80-year-old women.
156	* ''Series/OutOfThisWorld1987'': Evie's alien dad, Troy of Anterias, communicates with her from another planet via a glowing cube in her room (dubbed by Creator/BurtReynolds).
157	%%* The Console in ''Series/{{Pixelface}}''.
158	* Carlton the Doorman from ''Series/{{Rhoda}}'' (occasionally appeared as TheFaceless) (dubbed by the late Lorenzo Music, Jr., who was a writer on the show and would later do the voices of Franchise/{{Garfield}} and Peter Venkman on ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'', among other roles)
159	** Lorenzo Music would revive Carlton in an animated show called ''Carlton Your Doorman'', in which Carlton was a beer-swilling layabout who was being sexually harrassed by one of the building's tenants. Carlton also had a cat named Ringo, whom he tried to disguise as a dog at one point.
160	* Dr. Kahn, the camp director in ''Series/SaluteYourShorts,'' who is only ever heard making announcements over the camp PA system. ([[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in one episode where a briefly-seen issue of the camp newspaper has the headline "Dr. Kahn: Man or Myth?")
161	%%* The "Dirk Niblick" segments on ''Series/SquareOneTV'' -- His mother.
162	* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
163	** In the series (''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', as well as ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', and ''Series/{{Star Trek\|The Original Series}}'') Federation computer systems mainly responded with the same unseen voice, that of Creator/GeneRoddenberry's widow, Majel Barrett, though with less consistency in the earlier episodes and the first six films. She gained screen time by portraying Nurse Chapel in The Original Series, and Deanna Troi's mother Lwxanna in ''The Next Generation.'' No one ever notices that Lwxanna Troi's voice is the same as the computer, not even Lwxanna Troi herself in the episodes "Manhunt" and "Cost of Living", when she directly interacts with said computer. In ''TNG'' the computer would sometimes speak with a male voice during the first season. Her last appearance as the voice of a Federation computer was in the 2009 film ''[[Film/StarTrek2009 Star Trek]]'', having completed recording her lines for the film shortly before her death.
164	** Judi Durand provided the voice of Cardassian computer systems such as those on Deep Space Nine and other Cardassian installations. She also provided the voice of the spacedock computer system on ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'' as well as Federation computer systems on various ''Star Trek'' computer games.
165	** Julianne Grossman provided the voice of the USS ''Discovery'' computer on ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' until the sentinent personality Zora emerged, who was voiced by Annabelle Wallis.
166	** The BigBad of the first two seasons of ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' was only ever shown in silhouette; the official character name was "Humanoid Figure", but fans dubbed him "Future Guy" (which quickly caught on; even Memory Alpha used the name for a while). His true identity remained unknown, until WordOfGod confirmed that he was supposed to be Jonathan Archer from the future.
167	* Elizabeth Collins, Sam's sister, in ''Series/SuperhumanSamuraiSyberSquad'', voiced by Kath Soucie, is usually heard when relaying a message from their mother.
168	* Donny on ''Series/TrailerParkBoys'' (actually voiced by the actor who plays Bubbles). Always off screen complaining about the various antics in Sunnydale, most famously "What in the fuck?" and "Fuck off with the guns!"
169	* The kids' game show ''[[Series/TrappedGameShow Trapped]]'' has a BigBad called the Voice. Downplayed because while the viewers see the lower half of her face, no one in the show has ever seen her.
170	* ''Series/VisionOn'' had to run with a visual variant of this trope since its target audience was deaf children, thus giving us characters called the Burbles who speak in speech bubbles but are never physically seen.
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173	[[folder:Music]]
174	* In Music/ElectricLightOrchestra's "The Diary of Horace Wimp", Horace Wimp is a rather shy and ineffectual chap who ends up finding true love after a disembodied voice (implied to be the voice of God) basically yells at him to man up and sort his life out.
175	* Music/BlueOysterCult's ''Black Blade'' is a retelling of ''Literature/TheElricSaga'' mythos of Creator/MichaelMoorcock. At the end of the song the Black Sword itself is given its own voice to explain how evil and inhuman it is.
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178	[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
179	* In satirical hand-puppet show ''Series/LesGuignolsDeLInfo'', the only parodied personality without a puppet is Pierre Fulla, a sport commentator, who's frequently heard but never seen.
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182	%%[[folder:Radio]]
183	%%* Ma Glum from 1950s radio show ''Radio/TakeItFromHere''.
184	%%* Radio/TheShadow, in the radio show of the same name.
185	%%* Radio/CabinPressure has Carl, the sarcastic ATC.
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188	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
189	* ''[[TabletopGame/ProseDescriptiveQualities Dead Inside]]'' has The Voice as a tool for the GM to use to give the players hints as to what their characters should be doing next to solve the current situation. It's stated that nobody has ever seen the speaker of The Voice, nobody knows what it is, but it's suggested that it might be the literal Voice of the game-universe's God.
190	* ''Vox'', another [[TabletopGame/ProseDescriptiveQualities PDQ]] system game, has each PlayerCharacter HearingVoices which are definitely more than just hallucinations - they might know things the [=PCs=] don't, for one. It's up to the GameMaster and players from game to game what the Voices might actually be, as they could be guardian spirits, ghosts, God, the Devil, manifestations of some psychic gift, or wholly unexplained. A character can end up with multiple Voices, and it's not unheard-of for two or more characters to start sharing Voices. A character's Voices are played by the other players for the most part, incorporating table chatter and suggestions that regular characters couldn't actually make to one another (such as by being split up) but that players do all the time.
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193	[[folder:Theatre]]
194	* The Angel in the first part of ''Theatre/AngelsInAmerica'' is unseen right until her Big Entrance at the very end. She's even credited earlier on in the script as "The Voice". There are also a couple of pre-recorded announcer bits played in the second part, for which the same actress usually provides voice again.
195	%%* Ed Sullivan in ''Theatre/ByeByeBirdie''. (The movie, unlike the original production, had Ed Sullivan AsHimself, but he appeared in person.)
196	* ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'': At act I Scene III, The play notes only show ''"A Voice"'' to describe the person threatening Montfleury, and Le Bret, terrified, identifies it as Cyrano’s voice. Only at the end of the scene we see our protagonist:
197	-->'''A voice''' ''(from the middle of the pit):'' Villain! Did I not forbid you to show your face here for a month?
198	* Similarly, one reading/performance of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' takes a philosophical conversation between Hamlet and Horatio from the "bad" quarto and inserts it at the beginning; Hamlet, being a teen NietzscheWannabe, runs a tape recorder so that he can listen to the discussion again. When he turns it on a few scenes later, he's horrified to hear the voice of his father's ghost speaking to him through the static...
199	* A professional run of ''Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice'' turned Tubal into this by having him ''call'' Shylock, rather than speak with him in person. This was meant to heighten the idea that Shylock is utterly alone -- his only friend is that faraway voice on the other end of the telephone who can offer no help.
200	* The title character of ''Paul Bunyan'', whose non-appearance is made even more mysterious by being a speaking role in an opera.
201	%%* The main characters' parents in ''Theatre/{{Rent}}''.
202	%%* Snarky, exasperated Mrs Bald in ''Theatre/{{Road}}''.
203	* ''Theatre/StreetScene'': Mrs. Buchanan isn't even in the DramatisPersonae, but is heard in the first act giving ScreamingBirth offstage. The opera also has her cry "Danny!" a few times at the end of her husband's song.
204	%%* The Saniwa in ''Theatre/MusicalToukenRanbu'' and ''Theatre/ToukenRanbuStage''.
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206
207	[[folder:Theme Parks]]
208	* The Ghost Host of ''Ride/TheHauntedMansion'' is always heard but not seen. We see a glimpse of his "corruptible mortal form" [[DrivenToSuicide hanging in the stretching room]], but his ghostly form is never seen barring a few commercials in TheNineties.
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210
211	[[folder:Video Games]]
212	* Kengo Ogata in ''VideoGame/ThirteenSentinelsAegisRim''. [[spoiler:Despite being the game's GreaterScopeVillain, his one appearance in the game is through a talking AI of himself -- his face is never seen.]]
213	* Hamish, in ''VideoGame/AliceInWonderland2010'', is never shown onscreen but is heard shouting for Alice at the beginning and end of the game.
214	%%* The parents who call the kids for dinner in ''VideoGame/BackyardBasketball''.
215	* An unknown character from ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheDarkRevival'' has spoken twice, but he has yet to be seen. He's spoken once after listening to Joey Drew Studios' [[ApocalypticLog audio logs]] and once to the PlayerCharacter in the gameplay trailer. In each instance, both his words and his [[EvilSoundsDeep voice]] itself imply him to be an antagonist.
216	* In ''VideoGame/ChickenFeet'', Sergant Corey is never seen in person and simply guides you over the radio with his commands. Even when it's revealed that he's the BigBad, Eric, we only hear what he's saying in the final confrontation rather than see him in person.
217	* The recorded voice of a woman is heard at the beginning of each game in the ''VideoGame/DarkParables'' series, explaining to the detective just what fairy tale mystery is about to unfold. She's never identified, but is presumably the game's MissionControl.
218	* The ''VideoGame/DangerGirl'' tie-in video game reduces Johnny Barracuda, a prominent character in the comics, into one such role, where only his voice is heard through comm-links in two missions featuring Abbey Chase.
219	* [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]] in ''VideoGame/DarksidersII'' and ''VideoGame/DarksidersII''. He only appears through his voice in the post-credits cutscenes in a [[NothingIsScarier dark hallway filled by mist and ghostly wind noises]], to berate Lilith for her mistakes and reveal that he has shady plans to come for the imminent Endwar.
220	** Downplayed in ''VideoGame/DarksidersGenesis'' as Lucifer is portrayed through his GlowingEyesOfDoom in the dark when dealing telepathically with Belial (technically off-screen relatively to him), and in the end he makes an indirect apparition after mind controlling a boy to taunt the two protagonists.
221	* Sparkly the Crow from ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''. She asks you to leave warm and soft items in her nest, and when you quit and log back on, they've been exchanged.
222	* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'':
223	** Kyrie never appears on-screen. Her voice is heard from off-screen in Nero's garage and in phone calls.
224	** Patty only gets a brief ContinuityCameo in a phone call with Dante.
225	* Ness' father from ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994''. Throughout the game, you'll likely be calling him on the various phones to save your game.
226	** Hilariously, during the credits, when we're seeing every character walk past, [[PaintingTheMedium Ness's father is represented as a telephone.]] Heck, according to the strategy guide, Ness's father ''is'' a telephone. And ''then'', with his spirit in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''; not only is his spirit's image just a phone, but when fighting for the spirit, you're battling Ness... and an invisible Snake, to represent his father.
227	** Ninten's father from ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'' is the same way, at least in the original Japanese version. The English localization (and the GBA remake) add a scene that shows him from behind calling Ninten from a phone booth.
228	* Videogame/EnchantedArms has [[IdiotHero Idiot Hero]] Atsuma being led into an underground labyrinth under his university as he follows [[ItMakesSenseInContext strange whisperings coming from his arm]]. [[spoiler: This culminates into him releasing the Queen of Ice, leading to the destruction of his hometown as he transforms into a monster and gets sent to jail when he loses consciousness.]] And that's only the beginning of the game!
229	* The 3D ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' games all feature in game Radio stations. Many of the DJ's can be met and interacted with, but some cannot:
230	** In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', Mr. New Vegas is actually an AI, and one whose servers cannot be found in game.
231	** In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout4}}'''s Nuka World expansion, Red-Eye is only heard over the radio, and can't be found or killed, even during Open Season.
232	** In ''VideoGame/Fallout76'', Julie of Appalachia Radio is also only a voice.
233	* The ''Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' series has Phone Guy, whose voice is heard in every game (save for [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4 the fourth game]]), but his face is never seen. This also applies to his SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute in [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3 the third game]], termed Phone Dude.
234	* [[EvilMatriarch Toni Cipriani's mother]] from ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' and its prequel, ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoLibertyCityStories''. Their family owns a restaurant and she can be heard abusing Toni in both games from her apartment above, though she's never actually seen in either game.
235	** Also, some mission's bosses are never seen in game, just heard through a payphone, like El Burro and King Courtney. (Although, El Burro has a artwork in the game cover and loading screen and King Courtney appears "physically" in ''Videogame/GrandTheftAutoAdvance''.)
236	* In ''Videogame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'', Mr. Black, a boss who gives you hitman missions, only appears as a voice through a payphone, similarly to some bosses of Grand Theft Auto III.
237	%%* The Combine Overwatch from ''VideoGame/HalfLife2''.
238	%%* Tim in ''VideoGame/TheIncredibleMachine'', who just gives you your bare-bones story, objectives, and hints.
239	%%* The 'Voice' from ''VideoGame/IntelligentQube''.
240	* In a variant, one of the many creepy presences in ''The Lost Crown'' can be overheard typing near the phone booth on Station Lane. Peeking in a nearby window gives you a look at an old manual typewriter, but also causes the sounds to fall silent so long as you're watching it, suggesting that the presence, whether living or ghostly, doesn't want to be spied on.
241	%%* Admiral Steven Hackett of ''Franchise/MassEffect'' until ''The Arrival'' DLC in the second game.
242	* ''VideoGame/{{Messiah}}'' has a voice occasionally speak to you to guide you throughout the game. It claims to be someone who is on your side, but imprisoned and helpless. [[spoiler:Turns out, it's Satan himself, using you as an unwitting pawn. He continues speaking to you after you discover this, though just to taunt you.]]
243	* You never see Serena alive and well in ''VideoGame/ThePersistence'', since she communicates to you via radio while holed up in a secure portion of the ship. You do so the corpse of her original body, but you never see the clone you speak to throughout the game.
244	* ''VideoGame/Portal1'': [=GLaDOS=], the unseen AI guiding you through the test chambers, is never seen in person until the last ten minutes of the game.
245	* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' has Zero, AKA Cipher. While he is seen in other games, he is only heard on audio tapes in this game.
246	* The AI that talks to you throughout ''VideoGame/PortalReloaded'' is never seen at all, unlike [=GLaDOS=] or Wheatley which do appear onscreen.
247	* ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' has many, many voices with different personalities (all referred to as "Red Crown") over the radio ordering the military and Blackwatch around. Much of the game's charm comes from the sheer amount of radio chatter they provide. The sequel cuts Red Crown down to a lone, stoic, female voice.
248	%%* The mysterious Commissioner, who sends ''VideoGame/SamAndMax'' on their baffling and idiotic assignments.
249	* ''VideoGame/ScoobyDooAndTheSpookySwamp'': Anna's boss Sergio is only heard speaking, being too cowardly to exit the basement door after Shaggy and Scooby run the errands he asks them to.
250	%%* Dormin in ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'', the voice that tells you what to kill.
251	* Fuse, Ulala's charismatic agent from ''VideoGame/SpaceChannel5'', never appears on screen because he's back at the station. In ''Part 2'', he follows Ulala in a spaceship that we never see the interior of, allowing him to have a greater presence in the story while remaining unseen.
252	%%* The Administrator, of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' fame, though [[http://www.teamfortress.com/war/administrator/ she appears in person]] in [[Webcomic/TeamFortress2 the comics]].
253	* In ''VideoGame/UncleAlbertsAdventures'', we never know what the child narrator looks like. The most we see is his arms in the last ''Uncle Albert's Magical Album'' cutscene.
254	%%* Mr. Gabberly, from ''VideoGame/WallaceAndGromitsGrandAdventures''.
255	* ''VideoGame/WishboneAndTheAmazingOdyssey'':
256	** A few other cyclopes exist on the same island as Polyphemus, but are only heard as voices after Polyphemus screams.
257	** The suitors' voices are heard in cutscenes on Ithaca, but they're never actually seen outside of shadows.
258	* The ''Videogame/YouDontKnowJack'' video game franchise has so far had '''five''' hosts (Nate Shapiro, Guy Towers, Buzz Lippman, Cookie Masterson, and Josh "Schmitty" Schmidtstinstein) and '''countless''' other staff members, and none of them fully appear on-screen. Naturally, give the kind of game ''YDKJ'' is, this is frequently PlayedForLaughs.
259	-->'''Buzz:''' ''(after a question about The Gong Show's Unknown Comic)'' [[LampshadeHanging I mean, who wants to listen to bad jokes by a guy they never see?]]
260	* In Zork, The Grues. (Monsters that are never seen because they only exist in the purest darkness) while most of the games lacked sound, in VideoGame/ZorkGrandInquisitor they make chomping slobbering sounds as they eat you.
261	* The fittingly named Narrator in ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable'', despite being ever present throughout the game and being the game's most important character (maybe aside from Stanley himself), is never seen in person. How his voice is reaching Stanley is never explained, and some lines of dialogue seem to imply that [[AmbiguouslyHuman he isn't even human]].
262	[[/folder]]
263
264	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
265	* In ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'': [[spoiler:[[PhysicalGod Hanyuu]] is the mysterious voice that we usually hear ''about''. Even when she appears, she's invisible to everyone except Rika until the last arc.]]
266	* In the MurderMystery VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/{{Jisei}}'', a mysterious voice helps the protagonist with his mystery. She happens to be a {{telepath\|y}} who can communicate with the protagonist via his mind and thoughts.
267	* Several characters in ''VisualNovel/{{Melody}}'':
268	** We hear Arnold (or rather, we see that he’s speaking) before he’s shown.
269	** Trixie, of of Melody’s crew from Sharp Records, is never shown.
270	%%** Daphne, a friend of Melody and Sophia.
271	%%** Xianne’s aunt, who owns the massage parlor where she works.
272	%%** Melody’s and Sophia’s music professor.
273	[[/folder]]
274
275	[[folder:Web Animation]]
276	* Principal Nubbins from ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool''. He's only heard over the PA system.
277	[[/folder]]
278
279	[[folder:Web Comics]]
280	* In ''Webcomic/TheChapelChronicles'', the readers never see any character who isn't Chapel, her brother, or her pet hedgehog (unless one counts her Alice in Wonderland-themed fantasy, and even then Lady Gaga/the Red Queen is only heard and not seen). Sometimes they communicate with Chapel by yelling from another room, sometimes she overhears their conversations, and sometimes she talks with them on the phone, but most often the artist composes the scene in such a way that they're just off-panel.
281	* In ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics'' due to it's format, every character aside from the three main characters (and occasionally Batman) is The Voice.
282	%%* Charlie in ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'' (a reference to the ''Series/CharliesAngels'' example above).
283	* Tabitha's Mother in ''Webcomic/FarOutThere'' is presented a voice over the intercom, and that's a step up from her previous status as TheGhost.
284	* In ''Webcomic/FreeSpirit2014'', Winnie Goodwin's superior from the witches' realm manifests itself as a disembodied voice known as, "The Stranger."
285	* Shawn, the player on the other end of the webcam, in ''Webcomic/FullFrontalNerdity''. On occasions where they are shown as their characters, his character's head is concealed by a full-face mask shaped like a webcam. Occasionally the other players forget that the webcam isn't actually ''him''.
286	%%* Tailsteak in ''Webcomic/OneOverZero''.
287	* Ted's wife in ''Webcomic/RedMeat'' is always off-screen when talking.
288	* The [[AIIsACrapshoot Oracle]] in ''Webcomics/{{SSDD}}'' uses the phone to communicate in the present day, the future version has a hologram.
289	* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': Every night, a mysterious unseen voice over the [[CannedOrdersOverLoudspeaker many flower-shaped loudspeakers throughout the city]] announces the beginning and end of the {{magical girl}}s' nightly shift.
290	* ''WebComic/StandStillStaySilent'': In the Denmark segment of the DistantPrologue, Michael Madsen's boss is only heard over the phone, and via this gets enough characterization to qualify for MeanBoss and HateSink.
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292
293	[[folder:Web Videos]]
294	* LetsPlay/ChristopherOdd almost never uses a facecam during his gameplay videos.
295	* Diva from ''Webvideo/MusicalHell'', aside from when she manifests as a flame, possessing inanimate objects, and the eventual artistic representations drawing her as a [[HotAsHell sexy]] BigRedDevil. [[TheUnintelligible Her bailiff]] is even more unseen.
296	* In ''Series/{{Noob}}'' [[spoiler:Ystos and]] Sparadrap's grandmother is sometimes heard but never seen.
297	* As the premise of ''WebVideo/{{Petscop}}'' is "someone recording videos of a game they found", we never get to see Paul, the player that provides commentary.
298	* While WebVideo/{{Rocked}} isn't exactly camera shy, he usually doesn't appear on screen during his standard 4 minute album reviews. Subverted from 2019 onwards, where he started showing his face more often in that series.
299	* Chuck "Website/SFDebris" Sonnenburg, unlike virtually all other VideoReviewShow hosts, has never appeared on camera. He "explains" this in his CrossoverCameo on WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall (in which he is visually represented by his logo):
300	-->'''Obscurus Lupa:''' Wait, where's the picture?\
301	'''[=SFDebris=]:''' Picture? There is no picture! Cameras steal your soul! This is all you're getting.
302	* Same goes for WebVideo/{{Xiil3gendaryzetsubou}}, where the most seen of the two hosts are their digitally-drawn portraits.
303	* ''WebVideo/SearchForSandvich'': Merasmus has yet to appear in person, but his voice is heard in "The Search Continues!"
304	* ''WebVideo/UnwantedHouseguest'': Ghoulash is a bit of am unusual example. He appears on both his own channel and Doctor Wolfula'a, but has only ever been a voice on Houseguest's. This is likely a result of being played by the same actor as Doctor Wolfula.
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306
307	[[folder:Western Animation]]
308	%%* Trixie's grandmother from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong''.
309	* The 1993 ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'' series had the Biker Mice listen to a radio DJ named Sweet Georgie Brown in several episodes. The one time he's seen in person is in the episode "Vicious Cycles", where the main villain Lawrence Limburger has him tied up while he takes over his station. Even then, his face is obscured by a brown paper bag over his head.
310	%%* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}}'' has WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse as this.
311	* On the PBS Kids series ''WesternAnimation/TheCatInTheHatKnowsALotAboutThat'', both of the main characters' mothers were this, but only for the first few episodes. After that, the creators of the show apparently changed their mind and decided to actually show the mothers most of the time.
312	%%* Charlie from ''WesternAnimation/CBBears''.
313	* The General from ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'' is never seen in person and only heard when talking on the phone to Dick Dastardly.
314	* ''WesternAnimation/DragonTales'': Emmy and Max's parents are never seen and are only heard calling out to them from downstairs. Their mom is heard more often.
315	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Due to the show being very strict about only showing the four main and three secondary characters, the minor characters, like [[TheShrink Jean Guillaume]], Ursula and the local news reporters are all offscreen and only their voices are heard.
316	* Almost every ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' TV special or show featured appearances by adults who stood just offscreen and whose "voices" were dubbed by muted trombones ("wah mwah mamahh mwaaaah mm waahhm wahaah," etc.).
317	* Tommy's mom from ''WesternAnimation/PetAlien'' only communicates with Tommy through speakers in his lighthouse, and never appears on-screen.
318	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther'':
319	** In a surprisingly dark cartoon, "Pink Panzer", the Pink Panther is shown listening to a calm voice, telling him that he should take his lawnmower back from his neighbor. The voice becomes increasingly conniving, and tells him to do terrible things to him when his neighbor doesn't return them. The voice also tells the neighbor to get back at him. This escalates to the neighbor calling in the National Guard, and the two start a war. Subverted when the voice turns out to be the devil, and reminds the viewer to return the lawnmower they borrowed.
320	** Two other cartoons had an unseen voice communicating with the Panther. "Pinkfinger" convinces the Panther he'd make a terrific secret agent, while "Shocking Pink" had the voice browbeating the Panther into doing things around the house instead of lying around in a hammock.
321	* ''WesternAnimation/PotsworthAndCompany'': The Nightmare Prince's Mother. The two of them interact the same way Dick Dastardly does in the above-mentioned series.
322	* Several characters from ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' have been heard, but not shown, such as Mitchell's mom.
323	* ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'':
324	** Al, slow-witted owner and chef of "Al's Wait-And-Eat", whose dialogue is always one simple word: "WHAT?!"
325	*** We do see him tied up at one point, but all we can see are his legs. Though he is obviously a 1-Binome.
326	** The System Voice which announces events in Mainframe and other systems -- most commonly "Warning: incoming game," and "Game over."
327	* In ''WesternAnimation/RoswellConspiraciesAliensMythsAndLegends'', Nick's friend Cracker only exists as a voice on the other end of his phone. We never get a good look at him.
328	%%* Revered Reverence from ''WesternAnimation/RoboStory''.
329	* ''WesternAnimation/SplashAndBubbles'': When Tidy the garibaldi fish cleans his algae bed, his annoying neighbor Chipper is often heard insulting his algae bed, but is never seen. He always replies with something along the lines of "THIS DOES NOT CONCERN YOU, THANK YOU!" or "I HEARD THAT, CHIPPER!"
330	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'':
331	** Hera's mysterious contact "Fulcrum" was this. Not only have they only appeared as a voice, but their voice is obviously disguised, so even the character's gender was unknown. It is played this way until the season finale, where it is revealed that "Fulcrum" [[spoiler:is female]], and not only that, [[spoiler:"Fulcrum"'s identity is Ahsoka Tano from the previous animated ''Franchise/StarWars'' series, ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'']].
332	** Season 3 reveals there are multiple Fulcrums, all of whom serve as this trope to the rebel cells they're in contact with. Season 3's Fulcrum II, by the way, [[spoiler:is a subversion, as it's actually Agent Kallus, who has been an oft-seen character since the pilot. He also interacts with one of the protagonists in person in the first episode since he made a secret HeelFaceTurn, although said protagonist didn't know about that at the time]].
333	* In ''WesternAnimation/TangerineAndCow'', the family's father is only ever heard on phone.
334	* The Thing Upstairs from British Claymation series ''WesternAnimation/TheTrapDoor'' is never seen but is frequently heard bellowing orders at Berk. In the one episode we get a glimpse of him ("The Little Thing"), we see [[BlobMonster a writhing flesh-colored sack]]. Remarks from Berk imply that 'Im Upstairs has multiple heads and can fly.
335	%%* The Mayor's wife in the ChristmasSpecial ''WesternAnimation/TheYearWithoutASantaClaus''.
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