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Losing one's voice is what happens when someone's vocal cords are affected so that their throat feels sore and they either cannot talk or have difficulty talking. [[note]] This can also be achieved with magic; while characters who wind up losing their voices due to magical means ''usually'' don't suffer any associated throat pain, certain malicious spellcasters have been known to make exceptions to this rule. [[/note]]

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Dilbert}}'' has [[NoIndoorVoice Loud Howard]] losing his voice due to a wave of mutations hitting almost every employee due to the company building's numerous health code violations. The crowd promptly cheers when Howard declares that he lost his very loud voice.

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Dilbert}}'' has [[NoIndoorVoice Loud Howard]] losing his voice due to a wave of mutations hitting every employee (save for Dilbert and the Pointy Haired Boss) due to the company building's numerous health code violations. The crowd promptly cheers when Howard declares that he lost his very loud voice.

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/Dilbert'' has [[NoIndoorVoice Loud Howard]] losing his voice due to a wave of mutations hitting every employee (save for Dilbert and the Pointy Haired Boss) due to the company building's numerous health code violations. The crowd promptly cheers when Howard declares that he lost his very loud voice.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'', Poet magically loses his voice due to a spell cast upon him by Gargamel and thus cannot recite his annual spring poem, so to help out, Papa Smurf brings the CuteMute woodelf Laconia to teach him how to use sign language. Poet does get his voice again when Papa Smurf finds the spell in Gargamel's books to restore one's voice (though due to Azrael's interference, Papa Smurf was unable to do the same for Laconia), so Poet recites the spring poem both by speaking and by using sign language.

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Vampirina}}'' episode "Bat Got Your Tongue" has Vee's voice becomes hoarse on the day of a Ghoul Girls concert when she sang too much the previous day. Gregoria uses a potion that can restore it if she admits some kind of truth. Larry Moss, the music manager, says that she can lip sync while Poppy sings backstage. Vee accepts at first, but she feels guilty, confesses, and then gets her voice back.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{WordGirl}}'': In Dr. No-Voice, Dr. Two-Brains went out for a night of Villain Karaoke, and now his voice is hoarse, which is a big problem for a villain who loves to talk. Since he can't just stop committing crimes, Dr. Two-Brains hires an actor to serve as his voice in the meantime.

* In the WesternAnimation/PikwikPack episode "You Don't Say", Professor Hoot strains his vocal chords while making a bird call on a nature hike.

The plot might resolve on trying to get the voice back in time for an occasion that requires talking (like if they have to sing or do a speech, hence TheOmniglot being a frequent victim, or if [[ByThePowerOfGrayskull their powers require voice activation]]), and if they fail, they might end up with another character lip-synching them. Other times, the plot might revolve around trying to find ways to communicate with the lost voice.

Losing one's voice is what happens when someone's vocal cords are affected so that their throat feels sore and they either cannot talk or have difficulty talking. [[note]] This can also be achieved with magic, without the sore throat. [[/note]]

The plot might resolve on trying to get the voice back in time for an occasion that requires talking (like if they have to sing or do a speech, or if [[ByThePowerOfGrayskull their powers require voice activation]]), and if they fail, they might end up with another character lip-synching them. Other times, the plot might revolve around trying to find ways to communicate with the lost voice.

** He also got [[DumbStruck so traumatized by the movie, he couldn't speak]] (Doug Walker had laryngitis) during his review of ''Film/AloneInTheDark'', which lead him to use [[SyntheticVoiceActor a text-to-speech voice program on his laptop.]] So, because he didn't want to sound like "Steven Hawking's speaking coach", [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] and [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] [[{{Crossover}} volunteered to help him review the movie]].

** He also got [[DumbStruck so traumatized by the movie, he couldn't speak]] (Doug Walker had laryngitis) during his review of ''Film/AloneInTheDark'', which lead him to use [[SyntheticVoiceActor a text to speech voice]] and having Spoony and Linkara help him.

** He also caught laryngitis during his review of ''Film/AloneInTheDark'', which lead him to use [[SyntheticVoiceActor a text to speech voice]] and having Spoony and Linkara help him.

* In ''WesternAnimation/PB&JOtter'' Jelly loses her voice just before she is scheduled to sing a solo. As Jelly had been acting like a prima donna about her talent, the other kids are a little reluctant to help Peanut and Butter aid Jelly, but they do agree to help in the end. The kids all sing together, and after a bit of rest, Jelly is well enough to join them.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{TOTS}}'' episode "Baby Freddy", Freddy contracts laryngitis from singing too much. This results in the parents of the baby he was delivering confusing him for their child.

* In the Season 1 ChristmasEpisode of ''Series/TheBradyBunch'', "The Voice of Christmas," Carol comes down with laryngitis just days before she's supposed to sing in the Christmas Day church service. Cindy asks a department store Santa to bring back her mother's voice, and [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane whether by coincidence or by a miracle]], Carol does recover just in time for Christmas.

* In ''Series/FawltyTowers'' "The Anniversary", Sybil flounces just before all her and Basil's friends arrive for an anniversary celebration. To explain her absence, Basil tells them one lie after another, including that she has completely lost her voice, possibly wishful thinking on Basil's part.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/LittlePrincess'' episode "[[Recap/LittlePrincessS1E17IWantMyVoiceBack I Want My Voice Back]]", the Princess is playing Hide and Seek with the Prime Minister and tells him, "No peeking." However, he ''does'' peek, causing her to shout, "HEY! NO PEEK--", only to lose her voice. She has to learn to communicate with a bell and she likes it so much, she pretends her voice is still gone when she gets it back.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/LittlePrincess'' episode "I Want My Voice Back", the Princess loses her voice and learns to communicate with a bell. She likes it, so she pretends the voice is still gone when she gets it back.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' episode, "Too Loud, Thomas!", Thomas loses his voice as a result of trying to practice singing opera like Lorenzo and Beppe. This causes problems when Mia tells him to tell Stefano to wait for Gina so that she can give him her cargo. Thomas ends up having to use his whistle to communicate with Stefano.