Basic Trope: Character does not have an apparent mouth, whether they don't actually have one or it is covered up by another one of their features.
- Straight: Alice is depicted without a mouth.
- Exaggerated:
- The Faceless
- The Blank
- Not a single character has a mouth.
- Downplayed: Mouth Stitched Shut
- Justified:
- Alice has no mouth.
- Alice's mouth is hidden by a gigantic, drooping nose.
- Alice is a Fembot constructed without one.
- Alice has a birth defect/deformity that causes her to have no mouth.
- Inverted: Too Many Mouths
- Subverted: Alice appears without a mouth, but then removes a skin-colored mask she's been wearing...
- Double Subverted: ...To reveal that she really doesn't have a mouth underneath.
- Parodied: Alice only communicates in muffled noises.
- Averted: Alice has a mouth, like all other characters.
- Lampshaded: "What? How come Alice doesn't have a mouth?"
- Enforced: "Mouths are really hard to animate, and Alice is more of a character than just her mouth. Let's just not depict it altogether!"
- Invoked: Wipe That Smile Off Your Face
- Exploited: Since she has no mouth, Alice doesn't have to brush her teeth.
- Discussed: "How come she doesn't have a mouth like every other person does?" "I believe her having no mouth gives her an air of mystery, don't you think?"
- Conversed: "Okay, seeing Alice without a mouth is weird. What were the producers thinking?"
- Implied: Alice's lower face (or her face altogether) was never shown on-screen, but she was never heard speaking either.
- Deconstructed:
- No mouth, no ability to speak, meaning Alice has difficulties communicating with others.
- No mouth, no ability to eat or drink, meaning Alice suffers from hunger and thirst.
- Reconstructed: In turn, she becomes a master of handling sign language and various other non-speaking coded languages in order to be able to communicate secrets with other people seamlessly.
- Plotted A Good Waste: Alice's mouth was removed by Emperor Evulz's curse, and she must set off on an adventure to find the cure.
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