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* Jason Voorhees from ''Franchise/FridayThe13th''. This is quite popular in slasher movies, as Michael Myers from ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' has it too. Michael does at one point say something, only in the much reviled Rob Zombie remake sequel. It's [[spoiler: "Die".]]
** A monster is only truly scary if there is nothing humanizing about it. They ''need'' to stay silent or become [[VillainDecay defeatable, or worse, relatable]].

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* Jason Voorhees from ''Franchise/FridayThe13th''. This is quite popular in slasher movies, as Michael Myers from ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' has it too. Michael does at one point say something, only in the much reviled Rob Zombie remake sequel. It's [[spoiler: "Die".]]
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* Beef Supreme in ''Film/{{Idiocracy}}.''

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* Yolanda and Greg in ''Film/Hamlet2''.

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* In ''Film/MickeyOne'', the Artist never speaks, but communicates through exaggerated facial expressions and gestures.

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* ''Film/DetectivePikachu'': Pikachu can communicate with Pokémon just fine, but Mr. Mime only speaks in gestures, being based on mime and all. Thus, Tim is capable of understanding what Mr. Mime is telling them.



* Yolanda and Greg in ''Film/{{Hamlet 2}}''.
* Film/HellboundHellraiserII: When confronted with the new cenobite almost 75% through the film, Tiffany's first word spoken is "Shit!"

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* Yolanda and Greg in ''Film/{{Hamlet 2}}''.
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* Film/HellboundHellraiserII: ''Film/HellboundHellraiserII'': When confronted with the new cenobite almost 75% through the film, Tiffany's first word spoken is "Shit!"



* Harpo in the Creator/MarxBrothers. It helps that he can communicate with props from the {{Hammerspace}} inside his coat, like the car horn he carries around. And he whistles a lot.
** It's possible but unconfirmed that he can be heard in ''Monkey Business'', which opens with the brothers singing "Sweet Adeline" while hiding inside barrels on a ship. Notably, that's how the first mate can tell there are four stowaways despite not seeing them -- Sweet Adeline is a song for a quartet.
* Franchise/MonsterVerse: Many of the more prominent {{Kaiju}}/Titans, though bestial, have clearly-realized personalities which are communicated through their actions, their complex facial emoting, and their overall body language. The more expressive Kaiju include Godzilla and Kong themselves, and also [[Film/Godzilla2014 Femuto]], [[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 Ghidorah and Rodan]].

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* Harpo in of the Creator/MarxBrothers. It helps that he can communicate with props from the {{Hammerspace}} inside his coat, like the car horn he carries around. And he whistles a lot.
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lot. It's possible but unconfirmed that he can be heard in ''Monkey Business'', ''Film/MonkeyBusiness'', which opens with the brothers singing "Sweet Adeline" while hiding inside barrels on a ship. Notably, that's how the first mate can tell there are four stowaways despite not seeing them -- Sweet Adeline is a song for a quartet.
* Franchise/MonsterVerse: ''Franchise/MonsterVerse'': Many of the more prominent {{Kaiju}}/Titans, though bestial, have clearly-realized personalities which are communicated through their actions, their complex facial emoting, and their overall body language. The more expressive Kaiju include Godzilla and Kong themselves, and also [[Film/Godzilla2014 Femuto]], [[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 Ghidorah and Rodan]].


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* ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'': Pikachu can communicate with Pokémon just fine, but Mr. Mime only speaks in gestures, being based on mime and all. Thus, Tim is capable of understanding what Mr. Mime is telling them.

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* ''Film/DetectivePikachu'': Pikachu can communicate with Pokémon just fine, but Mr. Mime only speaks in gestures, being based on mime and all. Thus, Tim is capable of understanding what Mr. Mime is telling them.



* ''Film/DetectivePikachu'': Pikachu can communicate with Pokémon just fine, but Mr. Mime only speaks in gestures, being based on mime and all. Thus, Tim is capable of understanding what Mr. Mime is telling them.
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* ''Film/DetectivePikachu'': Pikachu can communicate with Pokémon just fine, but Mr. Mime only speaks in gestures, being based on mime and all. Thus, Tim is capable of understanding what Mr. Mime is telling them.
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* ''Manga/KurokosBasketball'': Mitobe doesn't talk at all, but the second-year members of Seirin High's basketball club can understand what he's trying to convey.

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* Ferb from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb,'' who despite being a main character [[TheQuietOne only speaks about once or twice per episode]]. He also rarely shows facial expressions, but can usually be interpreted by others, especially his brother Phineas. Sometimes they ''do'' fail to, though, usually for humorous effect.

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Ferb from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb,'' Fletcher, who despite being a main character character, [[TheQuietOne only speaks about once or twice per episode]]. He also rarely shows facial expressions, but can usually be interpreted by others, especially his brother Phineas. Sometimes they ''do'' fail to, though, usually for humorous effect.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'': Angry and Red are two girl thieves that Eugene and Lance rescued from thugs in exchange of their own freedom. Red do not says much, but when she does, it is to deliver an ArmorPiercingResponse: .
-->'''Angry:''' ''[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Hurry, we can still make the last boat out of Corona, I know you're not happy about this, but we finally have enough money to get away from here, start fresh.]]''
-->'''Red:''' ''[[BystanderSyndrome Everyones always turns their backs on us. Everyone. Everyone,]]'' but them.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'': Angry and Red are two girl thieves that Eugene and Lance rescued from thugs in exchange of their own freedom. Red do does not says much, but when she does, it is to deliver an ArmorPiercingResponse: .
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-->'''Angry:''' ''[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Hurry, we can still make the last boat out of Corona, I know you're not happy about this, but we finally have enough money to get away from here, start fresh.]]''
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'''Red:''' [[BystanderSyndrome Everyone
always turns their backs on us.us]]. Everyone. Everyone,]]'' Everyone, but them.



* In ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'', both Tom and Jerry almost never speak in the shorts, usually leaving the talking to other characters. There were occasional times where both protagonists would speak, usually briefly as a gag or when singing. A particular gag about their voices was they were never consistent. Tom often switched from having the smooth voice of a {{Jazz}} musician, an eerie echoing voice, or a stereotypical SimpletonVoice, sometimes all in the same cartoon. In [[WesternAnimation/BlueCatBlues one short]] Jerry narrated the story about Tom losing the love of his life in the voice of an older gentleman.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'', ''Franchise/TomAndJerry'', both Tom and Jerry almost never speak in the shorts, usually leaving the talking to other characters. There were occasional times where both protagonists would speak, usually briefly as a gag or when singing. A particular gag about their voices was they were never consistent. Tom often switched from having the smooth voice of a {{Jazz}} musician, an eerie echoing voice, or a stereotypical SimpletonVoice, sometimes all in the same cartoon. In [[WesternAnimation/BlueCatBlues one short]] short]], Jerry narrated narrates the story about Tom losing the love of his life in the voice of an older gentleman.
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* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' has Quiet, a ColdSniper who, throughout most of the game, never speaks a word. The most vocalization she is observed doing is humming while sniping. [[spoiler:This is not because she ''can't'' speak, but because she is infected with an English language-attuned strain of vocal cord parasites, a bioweapon that could possibly destroy the world by robbing it of its most common language if she ever spoke in English. The most she talks is with Code Talker in Navajo, and the one time she is forced to speak in English to save Snake's life, she immediately disappears into the desert to ensure her parasites die with her.]]
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* Jonathan, Ophthalmology's Loyal Scribe in the ''WebVideo/DrGlaucomflecken'' series communicates entirely through terse nods and simple facial expressions. He is able to carry entire conversations this way.
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* The German novel series ''Die Wilden Fussballkerle" give us Maxi "Tippkick" Maximilian. If he talks, it's important. Even on the phone he's usually silent. {{PlayedForDrama}} in his own book, when he loses his voice and nobody notices.

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* The German novel series ''Die Wilden Fussballkerle" Fussballkerle'' give us Maxi "Tippkick" Maximilian. If he talks, it's important. Even on the phone he's usually silent. {{PlayedForDrama}} in his own book, when he loses his voice and nobody notices.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'', both Tom and Jerry almost never speak. There were lines by other characters and they occasionally spoke, usually briefly as a gag. One weird exception was a cartoon where Jerry narrated about Tom losing the love of his life.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'', both Tom and Jerry almost never speak. speak in the shorts, usually leaving the talking to other characters. There were lines by other characters and they occasionally spoke, occasional times where both protagonists would speak, usually briefly as a gag. One weird exception gag or when singing. A particular gag about their voices was they were never consistent. Tom often switched from having the smooth voice of a cartoon where {{Jazz}} musician, an eerie echoing voice, or a stereotypical SimpletonVoice, sometimes all in the same cartoon. In [[WesternAnimation/BlueCatBlues one short]] Jerry narrated the story about Tom losing the love of his life.life in the voice of an older gentleman.
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* ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'': Buzz Rodriguez. he doesn't speak until Volunteering episode, mostly due to things being fine up to that point.

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* ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'': Buzz Rodriguez. he doesn't speak until the Volunteering episode, mostly due to things being fine up to that point.
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* Gradient Joe from ''Bugbo''. He doesn't speak a word, and yet he's incredibly smart and frequently comes up with clever solutions to problems he and his friends face.
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* Assistant of ''LightNovel/HumanityHasDeclined''. Though the ability to understand him seems to be limited to "[[NoNameGiven Watashi]]".

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* Assistant of ''LightNovel/HumanityHasDeclined''.''Literature/HumanityHasDeclined''. Though the ability to understand him seems to be limited to "[[NoNameGiven Watashi]]".

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* Yuki Nagato from ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', though it is only mentioned in the novels. Although she lacks ''any'' apparent facial expression, Kyon is ''somehow'' able to read what she is thinking from her face. It is never revealed if Kyon is actually right about his "emotion reading skill" or not.
** But when Kyon gets her to elaborate on her mission, [[MrExposition boy does Nagato talk.]] And worse, it's all in TechnoBabble.

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* Yuki Nagato from ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'', though it is only mentioned in the novels. Although she lacks ''any'' apparent facial expression, Kyon is ''somehow'' able to read what she is thinking from her face. It is never revealed if Kyon is actually right about his "emotion reading skill" or not.
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not. But when Kyon gets her to elaborate on her mission, [[MrExposition boy does Nagato talk.]] talk]]. And worse, it's all in TechnoBabble.{{Technobabble}}.



* Unlike [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya the original novels]], where Kuyou Suou is incomprehensible, in ''Fanfic/YouGotHaruhiRolled'' she is understood just fine, despite [[PaintingTheFourthWall having long underscores before and after all her words]]. This has stopped now that the 10th and 11th novels are released and she now speaks normally in canon.

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* Unlike [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya the original novels]], where Kuyou Suou is incomprehensible, in ''Fanfic/YouGotHaruhiRolled'' she is understood just fine, despite [[PaintingTheFourthWall having long underscores before and after all her words]]. This has stopped now that the 10th and 11th novels are released and she now speaks normally in canon.



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* In ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', Lwaxana Troi's valet Mr. Homn. He speaks exactly one time: "Thank you for the drinks."

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* In ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', Lwaxana Troi's valet Mr. Homn. He speaks exactly one time: time, in "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E10Haven Haven]]": "Thank you for the drinks."
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* ''Fanfic/TrumpCard'': This happens whenever Taylor and Tattletale interact. Tattletale's power lets her deduce large amounts of information from extremely tiny amounts of data, so when Taylor is copying that power each of them can convey complex concepts to the other with nothing more than a tiny gesture.
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* Kevin Smith in ''VideoGame/Killer7'', [[NamesTheSame appropriately enough]]. The creators claim they weren't familiar with the real-life director.

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* Kevin Smith in ''VideoGame/Killer7'', [[NamesTheSame appropriately enough]].enough. The creators claim they weren't familiar with the real-life director.

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