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These are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin tropes about silence]].

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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!!Tropes:

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* AwkwardSilenceEntrance: When the welcoming party isn't very welcoming.
* BeQuietNudge: Hitting someone you're next to as a gesture that they must shut up right now.
* BigShutUp: A character yells something along the lines of "SHUT UP!", "QUIET!", "ZIP IT!", etc.
* 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.
* CuteMute: A character who can't talk, and that's played as cute.
* DeadAir: Silence in a radio show.
* DramaticEllipsis: A DramaticPause is rendered with an ellipsis.
* DumbStruck: Someone who can't talk due to emotional trauma. The medical term for this is selective mutism.
* 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.
* EnemyMime: A villainous mime.
* EveryoneHatesMimes: Mimes [[ButtMonkey have bad luck]].
* FacialDialogue: Using facial expressions to communicate.
* FillingTheSilence: When it logically should be quiet, but sound or dialogue is added in to fill in the silence.
* FingerMuzzle: Silencing someone by putting a finger over his mouth.
* FingerOnLips: Censuring swear words by putting a finger over one's mouth.
* HeroicMime: A hero who never speaks.
* HeWhoMustNotBeHeard: A character who either doesn't talk or only speaks gibberish.
* ItsQuietTooQuiet: When it's quiet, that's a bad sign.
* HollywoodSilencer: Silencers for guns make firing the gun inaudible and are readily available with the guns.
* MeaningfulLook: A character doesn't say anything because their expression says it all.
* MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon: A cartoon with sound effects and background music, but no dialogue.
* TheModestOrgasm: A subdued, quiet orgasm.
* MomentOfSilence: When a character dies, characters stop talking and no sound plays except for background music.
* MouthOfSauron: Somebody who's never seen or heard has an employee who talks for them.
* NeverLearnedToTalk: A character doesn't speak because they never learned how.
* NoDialogueEpisode: An episode in which nobody speaks.
* NoisyShutUp: Making a loud noise in attempt to silence somebody.
* NonVerbalMiscommunication: A misunderstanding happens from attempting to communicate with gestures and sign language.
* NothingIsScarier: An absence of something (which could be sound), PlayedForHorror.
* PassiveRescue: A breakout which involves giving the imprisoned a way to escape quietly.
* PillowSilencer: Covering someone's face with a pillow and then shooting them through it.
* PlotBasedVoiceCancellation: When a character's dialogue is muted or obscured for the audience, but not in-universe.
* PoseOfSilence: Leaning closely or obscuring your mouth renders you inaudible to everyone else.
* 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.
* QuietCryForHelp: A character asks for help by giving indirect hints.
* TheQuietGame: Trying to make a kid or a chatty person be quiet by making it into a game.
* TheQuietOne: A character who does speak, but not as much as the other characters.
* 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.
* RapidFireShutUp: Quickly and repeatedly exclaiming, "Shut up!" in an attempt to silence someone.
* RealityHasNoSoundtrack: A movie aims to be more realistic by not using a soundtrack.
* SecretMessageWink: Winking to secretly get a message across.
* 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.
* ShellShockSilence: Silence (possibly with the exception of a high-pitched hum) plays after an explosion.
* ShutUpScaryThing: Telling a monster to be quiet.
* SilenceInTheLibrary: A common stereotype where libraries are supposed to be quiet.
* SilenceIsGolden: A work that, despite being made after the silent era, has no dialogue.
* SilenceOfSadness: Someone talks less or doesn't talk because they're sad.
* SilenceYouFool: A boss yells at their underlings to be quiet.
* SilentAntagonist: A villain who never speaks.
* TheSilentBob: A character doesn't talk, but has no difficulty in making others understand them.
* SilentConversation: Two characters are talking, but we, the viewers, can't hear them.
* SilentCredits: The ending credits have no music.
* SilentMovie: A film without dialogue.
* SilentPartner: Someone is paired up with a character who doesn't talk.
* SilentScapegoat: Somebody who willingly takes the blame for everyone else's wrongdoings.
* SilentSnarker: A character who can't talk, but frequently makes snide gestures.
* SilentTreatment: Punishing somebody by not talking to them.
* TheSingingMute: A character is established as incapable of speech, but that doesn't prevent them from participating in musical numbers somehow.
* TheSpeechless: A character who doesn't speak because they are unable to.
* SpookySilentLibrary: A creepy library with no noise and little to no people.
* StunnedSilence: Someone who's rendered speechless by shock (said shock could be good or bad).
* SuddenSoundtrackStop: When the background music goes silent.
* SuddenlySpeaking: A character who was initially silent eventually reveals that they can speak after all.
* TalkingWithSigns: A character communicates using signs rather than by speaking.
* 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).
* VoiceForTheVoiceless: A character who speaks for an inanimate object, or someone who can't talk.
* TheVoiceless: A character isn't shown speaking, but might still be capable of speech.
* WorldOfSilence: A world with no free will is silent.
* YourMimeMakesItReal: When a character mimes something happening, the thing [[RuleOfFunny somehow]] actually happens.
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