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5	* ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}'': The TV series featured a cute dog creature named Potato that "spoke" exclusively using the word "piko" and, occasionally, "pikori". Her owner, Kano, could understand him perfectly, but nobody else could.
6	* ''Manga/{{Aria}}'': President Aria is described as having human-level intelligence, but speaks only with the syllables "pui" and "nyu". Similarly, President Maa also only says "maa" (and was named so named for that very reason). Somewhat justified in that they are both ''cats'' -- they're special breeds that can understand human speech, but they aren't capable of producing it.
7	* Keyop in ''Anime/BattleOfThePlanets''. He had lines in ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman''. One fan rumor had it that he used too much profanity for the US networks. Probably not true though.
8	** Jinpei, the original character, spoke and acted like the smart-ass 10-year-old that he was. Not something the moral guardians wanted to see in an Americanized cartoon. (Joe was the one with the blunt way of speaking.)
9	* ''Manga/BlackClover'' has Gordon Agrippa. It's one of the reasons people find him creepy as he's always mumbling. It makes him look like he is always casting curses, which makes him seem even more intimidating. Over time he speaks louder, allowing his squadmates to actually understand him.
10	* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'': Within the setting, messenger crows assigned to hunters have been taught how to speak human language. Zenitsu's messenger though is a sparrow that cannot speak normally, and tries to communicate by just repeating "chu, chu, chu" over and over again accompained by gestures; narrator text will sometimes translate to the audience what the bird is trying to say, but Zenitsu will remain lost on what Chuntaro is saying. Tanjiro on the other hand can understand the bird perfectly.
11	* ''Manga/Eyeshield21'': Daikichi Komusubi communicates mainly through grunts and short sentences. It's said he speaks in ''pawa-go'' ("Powerspeak"), which only strong men, like his "sensei" Kurita, can understand (though oddly enough, Mamori seems able to understand him as well).
12	* ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'': This trope is made fun of when Sousuke (using a suit of PoweredArmor whose voice filter turns every word he says into "fumoffu") and a man dressed in a pony mask (don't ask) have a discussion consisting entirely of "fumoffu fumoffu" and "pony pony". Kaname then yells at them for reaching an understanding just by exchanging unintelligible words.
13	** The series does play it straight however, in the fact that Kaname can actually understand Sosuke in the suit.
14	*** Isn't she wearing a comm headset in those scenes?
15	*** She seems to be able to translate the One-Liner when he rescues her from some Yakuza. She didn't have the headset then.
16	* ''Anime/DotHackSign'' has Macha, whose lips move and the other characters all react as though she's speaking normally... yet no sound can be heard. Apparently, her words are displayed in the in-game text chat, which isn't displayed in the anime.
17	* ''Anime/{{Hamtaro}}'': Penelope can only say the words ookyoo or ookwee; her "older sister" Pashmina is always on hand to explain what the youngest member of the group says.
18	* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': [[GentleGiant Sweden]] often becomes this in FanWorks, after an [[AccentAdaptation attempt at localizing]] his Tohoku accent[[note]]Which, in Japanese, is perfectly understandable, if a bit unusual[[/note]] in {{Scanlation}}s gave him truncated words and occasionally missing vowels. And after {{Flanderization}}, Sweden's often shown sp'k'ng l'k' th's. Strangely enough, most of the Nordics speak in similar dialects (Tsugaru for Norway and Iceland, and Ibaraki for Denmark), but none of them get the same treatment in scanlations or in fanon.
19	* ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'': Blade Knight in the English dub speaks with such a thick accent, it's very hard to tell what he is saying. However, key names and points of interests are said much more clearly.
20	* ''Anime/LastPeriod'' has Iwazaru. In keeping with her "speak no evil" theme, everything she says comes out as an unintelligible mumble. Kikazaru translates for her.
21	* ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'': Mokona can only say "Puu". While he may not seem to act like it and is accorded little respect, Mokona is arguably more intelligent than anyone else in the cast -- but the details are a spoiler of monumental proportions. (Also TheVoiceless.) Hikaru is able to interpret his sounds.
22	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': Almost all Pokemon can say only their names or parts thereof. With a little careful listening to regular cast members (such as Pikachu) in the original Japanese, though, it's possible to make out patterns. Ash (Satoshi) is "Pikapi", while Togepi, during the seasons that Misty (Kasumi) was with them, was "Pipipi". Likewise, Misty herself is "Pikachupi" and Team Rocket was "Pipikachu". Here's a [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ash%27s_Pikachu#Pikachu.27s_language list]]. The human characters understand them just fine; actions speak louder than words, after all.
23	* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' has Satsuki, Sentarou's girlfriend. Only Kasumi, a fellow YamatoNadeshiko, can understand what she says.
24	* ''Manga/Reborn2004'': Young I-Pin is supposed to be speaking Chinese, but no one else among the group can understand her. Aged-up I-Pin is somewhat easier to understand, having "taught herself" to speak the language (still not perfectly, but she's getting there).
25	* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': The MonsterOfTheWeek usually suffered from Pokemon Speak syndrome.
26	* ''Manga/ASilentVoice'': Shouko, due to her hearing impairment, has a very difficult time vocalizing and many characters do not understand what she is saying.
27	* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'': Ryo-Ohki, the WeaselMascot, can only say "Miyaa", but is clearly an intelligent being capable of communicating complex ideas to the people around her. This is mainly due to the fact she is still very young. In ''Anime/TenchiMuyoGXP'' however, she is fully capable of speaking clearly. (Also TheVoiceless)
28	* The Minicons in ''Anime/TransformersArmada'' speak in beeps. Towards the end of the series, they start actually talking. It's not clear how that works.
29	** The other characters' ability to understand them also varies. The humans get it most of the time, but Jetfire can't understand them at all and most of the others only vaguely know what they're saying some of the time. It's possible they just have really, really thick accents.
30	* Targetmasters in ''Anime/TransformersHeadmasters'' also speak in random sounds.
31	* ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'': Lum's Mother, due to her lack of knowing Japanese, speaks in her native language, which humans can only interpret as gibberish (shown quite clearly in the manga, using various symbols in place of text). Naturally, Lum and other aliens don't have trouble understanding.
32	* ''Anime/{{Yumeria}}'': Mone-chan only says "Mone" or parts thereof. (It is unknown whether or not "Mone" is her real name; it was (unsurprisingly) the only thing she said when asked what her name was.)
33	* ''Anime/ZombielandSaga'': The Legendary [[Characters/ZombieLandSagaFranchouchou Tae Yamada]], being a zombie, can only "speak" through groans, grunts, shrieks, and occasionally garbled imitations of others. And also chicken noises.

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