History Main / MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon

* A lot of older Polish animated series, such as ''Bolek i Lolek'' or ''Pomysłowy Dobromir''.

* ''Game Over'', the ''ComicBook/KidPaddle'' spin-off [[BreakoutCharacter featuring the barbarian video game avatar]] seen in many games that Kid Paddle plays, has no spoken lines aside from the occasional "[[PokemonSpeak Blork]]" and the [[DamselInDistress princess]] yelping. [[note]]Granted, there are a few framing devices, and even then they're reprinted gags from ''Kid Paddle''[[/note]]

* ''Animation/NuPogodi'' is a series of Soviet and Russian cartoons which feature almost no spoken dialogue other than the CatchPhrase that provides the title.

* Aside from grunting noises from the characters, ''Animation/{{Booba}}'' has no dialogue whatsoever.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheRedTurtle'' has virtually no dialouge save for a man shouting "Hey!" towards the beginning.

* ''WebAnimation/{{InAHeartbeat}}'' mostly fits this trope because the only vocalisations are gasps and muffled squeaks with the occasional sound effect.

* Likewise Creator/WaltDisney's AnimatedAdaptation of ''Music/PeterAndTheWolf'', though it has a narrator.

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Futz}}'': Verbal dialogue is wholly eschewed in tis series of 3-minue shorts.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' had several shorts using this trope: "Babblin' Bijou", the second half of "Potty Emergency" (from the point where Wakko finds the toilet in his bag) and "Toy Store Terror", the latter two of which have dialogue from the characters at the end.

* The Italian ''Fantasia'', ''Allegro non troppo'', especially the glorious coke-bottle scene done to Ravel's "Bolero".

*** Speaking of bunnies, there's also ''WesternAnimation/UntalkativeBunny''.

** By the same people: ''WesternAnimation/TheIllusionist''.

* The Czech ''WesternAnimation/PatAndMat'' series.

* All but two of the ''[[Franchise/ThePinkPanther Pink Panther]]'' theatrical shorts from the 1960s and early 1970s were produced in this manner.

* ''[=AstroLOLogy=]'': There's no dialogue outside of some occasional SpeakingSimlish. The Japanese dub, however, adds voiceovers with proper Japanese speech to the characters and the messages at the end of every episode, while the Bulgarian sub just adds narration to the opening and end.

* In ''VideoGame/OriAndTheBlindForest'', the only dialogue is the [[WorldTree Spirit Tree]]'s narrations and [[ExpositionFairy Sein]]'s advice, both of which are in subtitled {{Simlish}}.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pingu}}''. Penguins and seals don't talk, after all.
** Of course they do. Penguins speak [[SpeakingSimlish Penguinese]], according to the box.

* ''Animation/{{Dinosauria}}'' features non anthropomorphic dinosaurs roaming about nature, with no dialogue or voiceover to accompany them.

* ''WesternAnimation/Primal2019'' is completely devoid of any dialogue. There's only one prominent human character amongst the slew of prehistoric animals, and since he's a caveman, all of his vocalizations are animalistic yells and grunts.

* ''[=AstroLOLogy=]'': There's no dialogue outside of some occasional SpeakingSimlish. The Japanese dub, however, adds voiceovers with proper Japanese speech to the characters and the messages at the end of every episode.

** ''WesternAnimation/ChopChopNinjaChallenge'': None of the four ninjas ever speak as they attempt to accomplish the various challenges their sensei puts out for them in these 90=second shorts.

* The middle of the ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' episode "Quiet Please" becomes this, thanks to a warning by the ScaryLibrarian to not make any sound, not even talking or whispering. The Greens' dialogue becomes a mostly InnerMonologueConversation thanks to Tilly suggesting they use sign language whenever they need to speak, and there is very little onscreen speaking until they leave the library in the end.

A lot of cartoons, especially in the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation classic theatrical shorts era]], were made devoid of dialogue. In these cartoons, [[MickeyMousing only music and basic sound effects are used along with the action on screen]] to convey the concepts and feelings of the show. Sometimes, when more complex things ''have'' to be conveyed, it is done via TalkingWithSigns. The reason, lip sync is tedious, and the jokes used were often adapted from old musical comedy sketches in vaudeville.