History Main / CuteMute

* Anna Mouri from ''DevilAndHerLoveSong'' is a subversopm because, as commented by the main character, [[ManipulativeBitch she's bold enough to use her inability to speak as a weapon]].

* In Disney's ''PeterPan,'' Tinkerbell doesn't speak, but only jingles like, well, bells. It is later revealed in her own movies, Tinkerbell does speak, but to humans it sounds like the jingling of bells It's quite clever if you think about it - we don't know her language, that and there are is a lot of comedic potential for her miming as well. It's a RunningGag in Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson's adaptations.

* Christine Royce from ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas: Dead Money'' not only had her vocal cords cut by an AutoDoc, but prior to that was lobotomized leaving her unable to read or write, and is reduced to communicating with {{hand gestures}}.

* [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Oshino Shinobu]], the tiny ruined vampire from ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' is supposed to be voiced by AyaHirano. Whether or not this is true we have no idea, as she hasn't uttered a sound. She spends most of her time sitting in a corner, apparently sulking. She's ''adorable,'' especially when [[KissOfTheVampire drinking blood]]. In episode 4 of ''Nisemonogatari'', she broke her silence and revealed herself to be talkative. [[TheOtherDarrin She was voiced by]] MaayaSakamoto.

* PlayedForDrama in Manga/{{Bleach}}, when [[spoiler: [[CreepyChild Yukio]] was [[http://www.mangareader.net/bleach/471/3 rejected by his parents]] because he couldn't speak.]] As years pass [[spoiler: he]] begins to talk normally, but the psychological consequences have completely screwed [[spoiler: him]] up... [[spoiler: enough to accept Ginjou's offer and become a Fullbringer.]]

* [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Oshino Shinobu]], the tiny ruined vampire from ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' is supposed to be voiced by AyaHirano. Whether or not this is true we have no idea, as she hasn't uttered a sound. She spends most of her time sitting in a corner, apparently sulking. She's ''adorable,'' especially when [[KissOfTheVampire drinking blood.] In episode 4 of ''Nisemonogatari'', she broke her silence and revealed herself to be talkative. [[TheOtherDarrin She was voiced by]] MaayaSakamoto.

* Len from ''{{Tsukihime}}'' speaks a grand total of twice (one of those a single ''word'') in the 2 games she's been in.

* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' : Poor Casca went insane after [[spoiler: Griffith raped her]] during the Eclipse and was reduced to the mental capacities of a two-year-old. Interestingly, "mental capacities of a two-year-old" extends to more than just her speech; she had a tendency to put things in her mouth, like pearls and [[SmallAnnoyingCreature Puck]]. She also has a bad tendency to wander after anything that catches her eye, making her former lover's task of protecting her much more difficult, though as Guts learns in the Millennium Falcon arc, [[spoiler:she's still capable of defending herself to some degree if she needs to, as a group of bandits that tried to rape her learned the hard way]]. It might depend on what translation but she seemed to be able to say only one coherent word: "no" [[spoiler: whenever someone [[AttemptedRape tries to have his way with her]] like during the trauma of the Eclipse]].

* Nishimiya in Koe No Katachi [[spoiler: subverted In-universe where most of the other characters there find her incapability of speech a reason to ridicule and bully her.]]

* ''Webcomic/TouhouJournal''[='=]s version of [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Reimu]] is mute, but is exceptionally cute and [[NiceGirl kind]], a very different depiction from her usual portrayal as a JerkAss. Despite her silence, other characters seem to be able to understand her just fine, despite Reimu's silence and their being aware of it. Other Cute Mutes include Sanae, who also boasts TaremeEyes; Kisume, who always has the same indifferent look on her face; and Miko, who communicates via written text her scroll and makes friends with Reimu mere moments after they meet.

* ''Webcomic/TouhouJournal''[='=]s version of [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Reimu]] is mute, but is exceptionally cute and [[NiceGirl kind]], a very different depiction from her usual portrayal as a JerkAss. Other Cute Mutes include Sanae, who also boasts TaremeEyes; Kisume, who always has the same indifferent look on her face; and Miko, who communicates via written text her scroll and makes friends with Reimu mere moments after they meet.

** Also, when ''Peter Pan'' and ''[[Franchise/DisneyFairies Disney Fairies]]'' get spliced up into one revived franchise, it shows Tinkerbell's role being significantly expanded (which means she does not only communicate in jingles like bells, but also has a voice-over and is able to speak).

The Cute Mute has an appearance that's innocent to a fault. Whatever situation that causes their inability to speak probably also gives them that clueless, childlike demeanor. Unlikely to know or grasp social conventions, they will often be found innocently doing incredibly awkward things that will wind up spelling trouble for the other characters.

** A little subversion, however, occurs when one rather mean spirited character comments on Chii's being [[VerbalTicName named after her Verbal Tic]], accusing Hideki of degrading Chii by naming her in the same way someone names a dog 'Spot', for instance.
* Lucy's "Nyu" [[SplitPersonality self]] from ''Manga/ElfenLied''.
* Clare from ''{{Claymore}}'' starts out this way.
* Mone from ''{{Yumeria}}''.
* Chibi Chibi from ''Manga/SailorMoon'', named for the only sound she could produce. She literally ''was'' otherwordly, in the sense of NotOfThisEarth. She was actually a child, though. (Well, in the manga, she was [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld older than she seemed]]. And in the anime, she was... well, let's not get into how drastically her origins were changed.)
* [[AntiMagic Suzuho Hasegawa]] from ''MacademiWasshoi'' is completely mute when her Midnight Blue Vampire personality is dormant.

* Cynthia from ''Anime/HanaukyoMaidTai''.
* [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Oshino Shinobu]], the tiny ruined vampire from ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' is supposed to be voiced by AyaHirano. Whether or not this is true we have no idea, as she still hasn't uttered a sound. She spends most of her time sitting in a corner, apparently sulking. She's ''adorable,'' especially when [[KissOfTheVampire drinking blood.]]
** [[SubvertedTrope As of episode 4 of]] ''Nisemonogatari'', she breaks her silence and reveals herself to be really talkative. [[TheOtherDarrin Oh yeah, she's voiced by]] MaayaSakamoto now.
* Hatsumi from ''YamiToBoushiToHonNoTabibito''. Subverted; she actually can talk at times, and is nowhere near as innocent or cute as she first appears.
* Poor Casca from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' went insane after [[spoiler:being raped by Griffith in demon form]] during the Eclipse and was reduced to having the mental capacities of a two-year-old. Interestingly, "mental capacities of a two-year-old" extends to more than just her speech; she has a tendency to put things in her mouth, like pearls... and [[SmallAnnoyingCreature Puck]].
** She also has a bad tendency to wander after anything that catches her eye, making her former lover's task of protecting her much more difficult, though as Guts learns in the Millennium Falcon arc, [[spoiler:she's still capable of defending herself to some degree if she needs to, as a group of bandits that tried to rape her learned the hard way]].
** Might depend on what translation you read, but Casca seems to only be able to say one coherent words: "no" [[spoiler: whenever someone [[AttemptedRape tries to have his way with her]] like during the trauma of the Eclipse]].

* Kisa Sohma from ''FruitsBasket'' is mute for a bit when she first appears in the story, as a side effect of school bullying. Soon, she recovers from this with the help of Tohru and Yuki.
* [[MoeMoe Moeka]] from ''SteinsGate''. She is very uncomfortable speaking to people directly, and prefers to use her cell phone to communicate.[[spoiler: Turns out she's TheMole, and is later killed for it.]]

* Egypt from ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'' is often mistaken as one by other nations, since he's very quiet. (Which is illogical to anyone who's studied the history of the country, but there you go...)

* Fujino from the H-manga and anime ''Hatsu Inu'' ''Strange Kind of Woman'' is a bit of a subversion of this trope in that she isn't mute, nor particularly shy, just strangely quiet by nature. Parts of the manga delve into how difficult it is to have a relationship with her given how quiet she is, but given that she's a full-blown [[ReallyGetsAround nymphomaniac]] too, it quickly becomes a moot point. It doesn't stop her from being [[MemeticSexGoddess insanely]] [[MoeMoe adorable]], though.

* Saya from ''PeacemakerKurogane''.
* Flandre of ''PrincessResurrection'' only says "Huga", but Hime seems to understand what she is saying. Likewise with the rest of Flandre's "siblings". Played straight wither a "Mermaid" character (No name given, she simply called that) who lost her voice and got stuck on a ship until she turned into a [[EmergencyTransformation Blood Warrior]] after saving one of the characters (she could only use her voice once and would've dies afterward).
* Subverted in ''{{Cyborg 009}}''. 0013 is a chubby but still kinda cute-looking boy with HiddenEyes who speaks through telepathy and acts [[GentleGiant cheerful and innocent]]... [[TragicMonster until he has to fight 009]] and reveals himself as a KidWithTheLeash of a HUGE robot. [[spoiler: He still reminds kind (saves an InnocentBystander, punishes a bunch of assassins, releases the DistressedDude professor) and ultimately commits suicide.]]
* Chane Laforet from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}!''. Her fiance, [[spoiler:Claire Stanfield]], even lists her muteness as one of her {{Charm Point}}s -- though he does manage to carry some impressively long conversations with her regardless, thanks to the frequent use of yes/no questions, and an apparent ability to read her mind.
* Lily Strosek of ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce'', a MysteriousWaif that appears to be something similar to the first Reinforce. Seems to only be capable of communicating through telepathic thoughts. Flashbacks later reveal that she used to be able to speak, but the trauma during her time confined as a lab experiment rendered her mute.
* Tama from ''OmamoriHimari'' subverts this trope. [[spoiler:She's eating fellow ayakashi soley to increase her power to what it was before she became SealedEvilInACan. And they're not dead when she starts eating, either.]]
* Lin from ''FistOfTheNorthStar'' begins the series as this, having witnessed her parents being murdered by bandits right before her eyes. Kenshiro restores her speech by using a Hokuto Shinken healing technique.
* Rose from ''Anime/FullMetalAlchemist'', after [[spoiler:being gang-raped and impregnated by a group of soldiers]], refuses to speak until near the end of the anime. She thankfully doesn't suffer this in the manga and ''Brotherhood''.
* Princess Rena from ''OnihimeVS'' never speaks. However, she does get by with TalkingWithSigns .
* You'd hardly believe it, but [[ActionGirl Misato]] [[MotorMouth Katsuragi]] from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' spent some time like this after the Second Impact [[spoiler:due to being the only survivor from an expedition to the Antartica... which was caught in the ''center'' of said Impact.]]

* Celty from ''{{Durarara}}'' is an interesting take on this one. Because she [[HeadlessHorseman doesn't have a head,]] she of course can't speak or communicate using facial expressions, but she ''can'' communicate well enough by [[TalkingWithSigns typing things out on a cellphone or computer]]. (Her roommate [[spoiler:and later fiancé]] Shinra can tell what she's thinking or trying to say just from her body language, though – as Celty puts it, he "can read the expressions on the face I don't have.") Celty also thoroughly averts the "clueless or childlike" stereotype; she's very intelligent and fully understands what's going on around her, and her twenty-odd years spent in Japan have given her a pretty thorough understanding of Japanese social norms. She is very cute, though, just not in the innocent, childish way you would normally expect.
* Lycoris from the DotHack novel ''[[LightNovel/DotHackAIBuster AI Buster]]'' is mute when she first appears.
* [[BitchInSheepsClothing Anna Mouri]] from ''DevilAndHerLoveSong''. Slightly a subversion, because, as commented by the main character, [[ManipulativeBitch she's bold enough to use her inability to speak as a weapon]].

* Natsume's mother from ''MasterOfMartialHearts''. Your average MILF, [[StepfordSmiler caring and lovely]]. Mute due to an unspecified accident in the past, she communicates by [[HandSigns sign language]], using her kids as a proxy. Subverted as [[spoiler: her unspecified accident gets [[TheReveal revealed]]. She's actually a former ActionGirl, who after losing a StreetFighter expy tournament got [[DisproportionateRetribution her voice box torn out, her personality mindraped into total obedience, AND was sold into sexual slavery]]. Since then, her whole life had been an attempt to regain a semblance of normality and hatch a complicate RevengeByProxy involving her offsprings and the daughter of her captors]].

* "[[NoNameGiven Assistant]]" in ''LightNovel/JinruiWaSuitaiShimashita''. A rare male example
* Deaf-mute Sasaki Kojiro from ''{{Vagabond}}'' has a bit of that child-like innocence...which turns from cute to a bit unsettling once he gets into combat. While he's not AxCrazy or evil, Kojiro is a BloodKnight who will sport his best SlasherSmile in the midst of dismemberment and death.

* [[Comicbook/{{Batgirl 2000}} Batgirl]] Cassandra Cain.
* Also DC-related is Jericho from the Comicbook/TeenTitans. Though male and fluent in American sign language, he is quite adorable. His role on the team is much bigger in the comic than the [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans cartoon]], where he only joins the FinalBattle with the other classic Titans. But in the comic, he is the son of Deathstroke (Slade, who actually loved his son like a normal father), and had a relationship with Raven. Sadly, his cuteness eroded after he underwent a FaceHeelTurn, driven insane by his mutant power of possession.

* An obvious reference to his namesake, Harpo, a harp-playing pony in [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/19731/Room-213 Room 213]], though it's stated he ''can'' talk.
** Also, Chirp from {{Fanfic/Silent Knight}}. Possibly a first as HIE fics go.

* The title character of ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' is one of these (magically-induced) for much of the story and film. In [[Literature/TheLittleMermaid Andersen's original story]], the loss of her voice is permanent.
* [[TastesLikeDiabetes Boo]] in Disney and Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc''. Through the movie, she learns Mike Wazowski's name.
** She's not voiceless, she just has a limited vocabulary and makes noises throughout the film.
* ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}'', the eponymous character from the Disney movie, is a mute ''protagonist''. It works surprisingly well, since he's particularly expressive and he has talkative friends. It also helps that the little guy is essentially an infant/toddler for the whole movie so it makes a bit more sense for him to be TheVoiceless.
* Dopey, the cutest of the (Disney) [[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Seven Dwarfs]]. It's noted that they aren't sure whether he's actually mute.

* [[SingleMindedTwins 3 and 4]] of ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Nine}} 9]]''. They never talk, but they seem to communicate to each other in clicks and flashes from their eyes and at least one of them can use their eyes as a projector. 9 himself also starts out as one of these.
* WesternAnimation/{{WALL-E}} can manage only a few sounds and words, and is indisputably cute!
* Tack and the Thief from ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler'' was this, at least in the original story. When the film was purchased by another company before the original creator could finish it, it was turned into a musical and Tack along with the Thief were given voices. Most fans of the original tend to think that's one of the worst edits the new company made.
* In Disney's ''PeterPan,'' Tinkerbell doesn't speak, but only jingles like, well, bells.
** It is later revealed in her own movies, Tinkerbell does speak, but to humans it sounds like the jingling of bells It's actually quite clever if you think about it - we actually don't know her language, that and there are is a lot of comedic potential for her miming as well. It's a RunningGag in Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson's adaptations.

* Bumblebee from the ''TransformersFilmSeries''. Also, the hilarious(-ly nasty) Frenzy, though he did get subtitles when speaking Cybertronian.
* Zetha from ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' fodder movie ''Film/ThePhantomPlanet'' fits this one to a "T." At a young age, Zetha's family was murdered in front of her eyes by an evil alien. Rather than become {{Batman}}, though, Zetha simply became mute for at least a decade until the main character of the movie bumbled into her life... oh, and that same alien tried to kill her again. Because that helps, apparently.
* Madeline/Frigga of ''ThrillerACruelPicture'', AKA "They Call Her One-Eye".
* Fon, NicolasCage's love interest in the 2008 version of ''Bangkok Dangerous''.
* ''TheGunsOfNavarone''. Anna, the Resistance fighter who's also [[spoiler:TheMole]].

* Harpo Marx, pictured, most notably in DuckSoup. He can't talk at all, and instead talks in horns, which leads to probably the most clever scene he's ever done where he is able to carry on a phone conversation by honking horns in such a way that it sounds like replies.
* Edward in VeronikaDecidesToDie (probably in the book as well, but I haven't read it).
* Helen, the protagonist of ''The Spiral Staircase''. Which really is a problem because there's a SerialKiller on the loose who targets disabled women.
* Nova from PlanetOfTheApes.
* The Ice Cream Lady in KungFuHustle, who also [[spoiler: doubles as the little girl that Sing had tried to save when he was a kid.]]
* Rocky from TheRockyHorrorPictureShow has no spoken dialogue, though he can sing. The stage version sometimes has him speak, at one point telling Frank to "Piss off".

* Used in ''Love Potion no. 9''. When the female lead, Diane, gets a sample of the Love Potion no. 8, she receives the power of a CompellingVoice, of a sexual nature and working only with the opposite sex. Upon entrancing a rich mook, to avoid [[BlessedWithSuck the potential hassles of being chased, harassed or desired by every single man at her speaking distance]], she cleverly puts the mook under the assumption she just enjoys "play the mute game", that is using a simplified form of [[HandSignals sign language while in public]], and [[TranslatorBuddy letting him graciously act as her mouthpiece]]
* In the little-known JackieGleason film ''Gigot,'' the title character is a fine example.

* L'il Snake Eyes from ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra''.

* Fengxia in ''ToLive'' becomes mute after suffering from a fever.
* Subversion in the sci-fi ''Literature/GreatwinterTrilogy''. Darien is a strong-willed, incredibly intelligent, powerful, competent woman, who simply happens to be unable to speak. One character seems to see her as this kind of character, though, and she uses it to her great advantage.
* In Isabel Allende's ''"The House of the Spirits" / "La Casa de Los Espíritus"'', female lead Clara del Valle goes mute at the age of nine, traumatised after her older sister Rosa's death ([[ItsAllMyFault which she blames herself for]]). Even when she gets over said trauma, Clara voluntarily refuses to speak from then on - until she announces, during her eighteenth birthday party, that she wants to marry Rosa's former fiancée, male lead Esteban Trueba.
** Allende also wrote the novel-biography of ''Franchise/{{Zorro}}'', in which Bernardo (Zorro's best friend/sidekick) went mute after his mother was raped and murdered. Diego can understand him without words, and sometimes fills in his dialogue. Somewhat justified as Bernardo was mute in some of the original Zorro stories.
* Errand, the little boy in the ''{{Belgariad}}'', is initially capable of only saying the word "Errand", [[VerbalTicName which is why the party takes to calling him that.]] It's explained that when Zedar found him, all he said was "I have an errand for you, boy"; Errand repeated the one word and followed him. Over the next two books, he learns more words, but he can only say one-word sentences. After the TimeSkip between the ''Belgariad'' and the ''Malloreon'', he learns how to speak properly.
** in the ''Malloreon'' his real name is revealed to be [[spoiler:Eriond; he explains that he picked up the word 'Errand' from Zedar because it sounded familiar to him.]]
** Subverted by Flute in Eddings' ''{{Elenium}}'' trilogy; she appears to be one of these at first but is really [[spoiler: the goddess Aphrael, and perfectly capable of talking (at great length) when it suits her.]]

* The title character of Creator/GeorgeMacdonald's novel ''Wee Sir Gibbie of the Highlands''.

* Seoyun from ''Literature/TheLegendaryMoonlightSculptor''

* Marina, the amphibious humanoid girl from ''Series/{{Stingray 1964}}'', is mute but highly resourceful. (In an official original cast audio episode, originally issued on vinyl and available on the DVD release, it is revealed that [[spoiler:Marina and her people are not actually mute but have taken a vow of silence after BigBad King Triton cursed them so that if any of them should speak another would die. They're not sure if it's true but they're not taking any chances]].)
* The eponymous humanoid alien woman in ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', "The Empath."
* Raj from ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' isn't actually mute, but he can't talk to women unless he's drunk. Women seem to think this is endearing.
** Later, Howard and Penny decide to hook him up with Emily, a non-verbal deaf-mute friend of Penny, with Howard acting a TranslatorBuddy. They both reason that Emily is cute enough to be endearing and likeable, and being a pre-verbal deaf girl wouldn't be bothered by Raj's own condition. Subverted because [[spoiler:Emily ended up being a BitchInSheepsClothing, a really talented GoldDigger knowing that Raj is the richest guy in Penny's social circle and hoping to siphon a whole lot of his fortune, turning against him as soon as his family threatens to strip them both of his cospicuous allowance]]
* The slave girl Eirene from ''Series/{{Rome}}'' is this in her first few episodes. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because she doesn't speak Latin (yet) and is understandably terrified of her masters pretty much all of the time. The trope probably plays a big part in [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Titus Pullo]]'s attraction to her, and may be the reason why he doesn't treat her [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero like he usually treats women]].
* Cassie Chan, the Pink Ranger from ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace''. Usually your average ActionGirl and AsianAirhead, she turns into that in the aptly named "SilenceIsGolden" episode, because she's forewarned that her enemies and trope namers PsychoRangers are pursuing her, tracking the sound of her voice. A weird and long series of unfortunate events force her to keep communicating by pantomimes and cutish expressions, until a falling BabyCarriage forces her to break her self-imposed vow of silence.
* A brief example in Cassandra from ''Series/StargateSG1'', who first appears as the only survivor of a plague unleashed by the Goa'uld Niirti. Once she spends some time at the SGC in the company of Dr. Frasier and Samantha Carter, though, she gets over the trauma enough to start talking again. Ever since, she's been able to talk just fine. No arguments on the cute part, though.
* Kankoo, one of the lead characters in the Indian telefilm ''Shorr''. The youngest member of a traditional Indian family, Kankoo is a young adult woman, cute as a button and mute. Not voiceless, but she uses only a lot of VoiceGrunting and made up HandSignals to get along.

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* Noodle from Music/{{Gorillaz}}, who knew only one English word when she first arrived (guess which one) but later recovered English along with a bunch of other unpleasant memories.
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* Susan in ''FiniansRainbow'' can dance, but can't speak. [[spoiler:That is, until Og wishes she could.]]
* Toby from Gian-Carlo Menotti's ''TheMedium.''
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* 'Lady' from ''ShadowHearts: From The New World'' is about as direct a subversion as you're gonna get. She never speaks, is an EmotionlessGirl, can inspire love in the heart of a sociopathic psycho named 'Killer', and was not so much RaisedByWolves, as [[WildChild not raised at all]]. She can also kill you with a flick of her wrist, and probably will, just because you happen to be there. [[spoiler: She's like this because she was originally the sister of the protagonist and during a ritual to bring them back from the dead, she gave up her "will" (life force) to save her brother, which turned her into a "pure mass of malice" -- a being with no memories or humanity.]]
* Nina from ''BreathOfFire: Dragon Quarter''.
** When the hero asks for her name, it takes all of Nina's strength and energy to squeak out "Ni...na." Makes sense when you realize [[spoiler: her lungs were replaced with a fancy air filter, and her tongue cut out.]]
* Mila in ''HotelDuskRoom215''. [[spoiler: Until near the end.]]
* Amy Sorel in ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries SoulCalibur III]]'', though it's probably not intentional. As a playable character, she only says "Amy." This is because when she appears in Raphael's ending, the only other part of the game she appears besides being playable, that's all she says. Apparently her voice actress was too lazy to record any more lines...
** It's mentioned in Raphael's biography in II and III that Amy tends to be extremely quiet, so she's more like a young, female stoic in that case.
** In ''SoulCalibur IV'', however, she actually has lines... and sounds rather like [[Series/TheAddamsFamily Wednesday Addams]] meets [[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} Lydia Dietz]] (the movie version, not the [[PerkyGoth cheerier]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}} cartoon version]]). Considering that she's been depicted as a [[ElegantGothicLolita Loli-Goth]] in both III and IV, it fits.
* Garnet/Dagger from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' becomes mute for a time after [[spoiler: Kuja kills her mother, Queen Brahne, then destroys Alexandria on the day Garnet is to become queen.]] However, while she doesn't speak during this part of the game, the player is still treated to her [[strike:endless]] internal monologues.
** It should be noted that this even affects her ''gameplay''. As one of the game's two [[WhiteMagicianGirl White Mage/Summoners]], her inner turmoil sometimes prevents her from concentrating and makes her skip a turn. At least it wasn't treated like the [[StandardStatusEffects 'Silence' ailment.]]
* Midori from ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', who is Citan's adorable little daughter, is not technically mute, but she is extremely sparse with words. [[http://bobbincranbud.com/parlor/midoriandchuchu.htm One theory]] is that she carries out most of her communication telepathically.
** Primera, Billy Black's little sister is also mute [[spoiler: ever since witnessing her mother's death by Wels attacking their home while their father Jessiah was away.]]

* Pleinair, the mascot of the artist from the ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea}}'' (and most other NipponIchi) games.
* Meute the mermaid from ''RivieraThePromisedLand''.
* Astral in ''GhostHunter''. Lovely astral form dressed only in a thin sheet.

* Marc, Ed Brown's adopted white son in ''VisualNovel/{{Policenauts}}'', was traumatized after his real father, a drugged-up ex-cop, murdered his mother in front of him.
* In ''AlphaProtocol'', Sis, who is Albatross' personal bodyguard.
* [[MagicMusic Sona]] from ''LeagueOfLegends'' is completely mute, but communicates with her summoner via telepathy. The muteness is only really noticeable when you try using emotes.

* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' has Anastacia of Astora, one of the world's important firekeepers. For unknown but likely horrible reasons, her tongue was cut out. There is a way to restore her ability to speak, but even then she considers it sinful.
* The Pyro in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' fits the trope aside from occasionally managing intelligible speech. See, he/she/they/whatever wear a gas mask at all times, making their speech difficult[[hottip:*:[[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/2/26/Pyro_cloakedspy01.wav "Humph hershonsh urr shphy!"]] to impossible[[hottip:*:[[http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/d/d5/Pyro_taunts04.wav "Ow dow how dow!"]] to understand. And because of the funny, childish [[VirtualPaperDoll items]] they can wear; their pudgy shape and "big eyes"; the scene in the Christmas comic of the Engineer reading a story to them; and the fact they [[spoiler:only fight because they perceive it as playing games with giggling cupids in a sparkly wonderland]]; they're pretty adorable. In a scary way.

* Shizune from ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' is an aversion; while she is cute and mute, she has a ''very'' forceful personality and is even the MsFanservice of her game.
** Evidence seems contradictory on whether or not Shizune is actually, physically mute (as the developers claim) or merely would rather avoid speaking since it'd probably make her sound bad (being deaf), as some scenes seem to hint at her being able to vocalize after all.
*** [[MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces During a sexual encounter in the student council room]], it's revealed that Shizune can at least audibly groan. So her vocal cords are fine, it's just that, being deaf since birth, she has no concept of spoken language, and is pretty much "mute".

* Several episodes from ''NeuroticallyYours'' featured a character who never said a word, but is one of the few characters that Foamy actually does not have a problem with.
** Not to mention her first appearance, oddly enough titled ''Cute Mute''.
* "[[MeaningfulName Mime]]" from ''HappyTreeFriends''.

* [[http://www.desperateangels.com/?page_id=266 Glory]] from [[http://www.desperateangels.com/?p=6 Desperate Angels]].
* Violet from ''{{Voices}}'' only communicates by projecting text with her [[PsychicPowers ability.]]
* ''BittersweetCandyBowl'', Amaya never talks for us. [[{{Subverted}} Apparently, she can talk, though]]. Still cute.
* The main character from [[http://snuggleninja.blogspot.com/ Snuggleninja]] never talks. There are captions but they are simply his thoughts.
* [[{{Homestuck}} Fefetasprite]], aka "dear, sweet, precious Fefeta", is ridiculously cute and is never actually depicted talking, although apparently Roxy and Jane have spoken to her at some point. They seem to see her as a combination gal pal and [[CutenessProximity super-cute pet]].

* Dawn Beckworth from ''SurvivalOfTheFittest'', mute and most certainly cute. Although not particularly supernatural.
* {{Tasakeru}}: [[spoiler:Legion is a rare male version.]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/user/MRirian Magibon.]]

* GadgeteerGenius (and GeniusCripple, actually) Bernardo from ''ZorroGenerationZ'', named for a character by the same name in old-school Franchise/{{Zorro}}, like [[GenerationXerox many characters]]. He communicates via ''actual'' sign language, though he rarely uses it with Diego - they know each other so well it's not needed, and it actually takes a couple of episodes to realize that Bernardo ''can't'' talk, as opposed to there simply being a RunningGag of Diego answering his own questions and not letting Bernardo get a word in.

* Game-changing character Bit in Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars started out as one of these, then [[spoiler: minus made her able to speak, and freed all of her kind]]. Tails Doll is only able to be understand by a small list of people, considering he speaks in Mmphs.
* [[WeaselMascot Horace the ferret]] from ''MyGymPartnersAMonkey''.

* The female Scarecrow from ''Legends of Oz: The Scarecrow'' from ''Big Dog Ink'' comic books publisher. While it's mentioned that, in universe, animated scarecrows are deaf, mute and dumb until they gain a brain, and thus devoid of any will and ability to interact meaningfully with people, the female character in the comic book is still mute, but she's fully able of coeherent thought and she can understand spoken language. She's just cheerfully cute, overtly friendly, cutely expressive and sickengly sweet.

* Cassie Chan, the Pink Ranger from ''PowerRangersInSpace''. Usually your average ActionGirl and AsianAirhead, she turns into that in the aptly named ''SilenceIsGolden'' episode, because she's forewarned that her enemies and trope namers PsychoRangers are pursuing her, tracking the sound of her voice. A weird and long series of unfortunate events force her to keep communicating by pantomimes and cutish expressions, until a falling BabyCarriage forces her to break her self-imposed vow of silence.