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'''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}:''' Of course you can't, all my lines are in thought bubbles.

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'''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}:''' Of course you can't, all can't. All my lines are in thought bubbles.
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* Snoopy and his relatives from ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''. Snoopy's friend Woodstock doesn't do this, but appears able to hear Snoopy's thought bubbles.

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* Snoopy and his relatives from ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''. Snoopy's friend Woodstock doesn't do this, but appears able to hear Snoopy's thought bubbles. Unlike Garfield, this has never been translated to the cartoons, where he becomes TheSpeechless.
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* Franchise/ScoobyDoo does this throughout his comic book career from the earliest period (Dec. 1969) up to around the time Marvel assumed the Hanna-Barbera line. At that point, he was given regular word balloons with the speech impediment prevalent on his TV series.
* Snowy from ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' does this using ordinary speech bubbles, though it's clear that Tintin and other humans can't hear them.
* Hot Dog, and later Jellybean in various ''Franchise/ArchieComics''
* A variation in ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'': the ''thought bubbles themselves'' are talking, and Deadpool has conversations with them.

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* Franchise/ScoobyDoo ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'': Hot Dog, and later Jellybean in various
* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'': A variation, as the ''thought bubbles themselves'' are talking, and Deadpool has conversations with them.
* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'': Scooby-Doo
does this throughout his comic book career from the earliest period (Dec. 1969) up to around the time Marvel assumed the Hanna-Barbera line. At that point, he was given regular word balloons with the speech impediment prevalent on his TV series.
* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'': Snowy from ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' does this using ordinary speech bubbles, though it's clear that Tintin and other humans can't hear them.
* Hot Dog, and later Jellybean in various ''Franchise/ArchieComics''
* A variation in ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'': the ''thought bubbles themselves'' are talking, and Deadpool has conversations with
them.
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-> '''Jon''': I'll never understand you ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}.\\
'''Garfield''': Of course you can't, all of my lines are in thought bubbles.

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-> '''Jon''': ->'''Jon:''' I'll never understand you ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}.you.\\
'''Garfield''': '''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}:''' Of course you can't, all of my lines are in thought bubbles.









* Franchise/ScoobyDoo does this throughout his comic book career from the earliest period (Dec. 1969) up to around the time Marvel assumed the Hanna-Barbera line. At that point he was given regular word balloons with the speech impediment prevalent on his TV series.

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* Franchise/ScoobyDoo does this throughout his comic book career from the earliest period (Dec. 1969) up to around the time Marvel assumed the Hanna-Barbera line. At that point point, he was given regular word balloons with the speech impediment prevalent on his TV series.
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-> '''Jon''': I'll never understand you ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}.\\
'''Garfield''': Of course you can't, all of my lines are in thought bubbles.
-->-- ''WebComic/SquareRootOfMinusGarfield'', [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=4557 2021-11-09]]

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* Snoopy and his relatives from ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''. Snoopy's friend Woodstock doesn't do this, but appears able to hear Snoopy's thought bubbles. This is notably [[AvertedTrope not carried over]] to the animated specials, where Snoopy and his relatives are [[TheSpeechless non-verbal]][[note]]the only exceptions being the animated adaptations of ''Theatre/YoureAGoodManCharlieBrown'' and ''Snoopy the Musical'', which gave him dialogue due to both specials being based on musicals with songs sung by Snoopy, making dialogue a necessity[[/note]]. Interestingly, this was done at the behest of Peanuts creator Creator/CharlesMSchulz himself.

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* Snoopy and his relatives from ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''. Snoopy's friend Woodstock doesn't do this, but appears able to hear Snoopy's thought bubbles. This is notably [[AvertedTrope not carried over]] to the animated specials, where Snoopy and his relatives are [[TheSpeechless non-verbal]][[note]]the only exceptions being the animated adaptations of ''Theatre/YoureAGoodManCharlieBrown'' and ''Snoopy the Musical'', which gave him dialogue due to both specials being based on musicals with songs sung by Snoopy, making dialogue a necessity[[/note]]. Interestingly, this was done at the behest of Peanuts creator Creator/CharlesMSchulz himself.
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* Snoopy and his relatives from ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''. Snoopy's friend Woodstock doesn't do this, but appears able to hear Snoopy's thought bubbles.

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* Snoopy and his relatives from ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''. Snoopy's friend Woodstock doesn't do this, but appears able to hear Snoopy's thought bubbles. This is notably [[AvertedTrope not carried over]] to the animated specials, where Snoopy and his relatives are [[TheSpeechless non-verbal]][[note]]the only exceptions being the animated adaptations of ''Theatre/YoureAGoodManCharlieBrown'' and ''Snoopy the Musical'', which gave him dialogue due to both specials being based on musicals with songs sung by Snoopy, making dialogue a necessity[[/note]]. Interestingly, this was done at the behest of Peanuts creator Creator/CharlesMSchulz himself.
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* A variation in ''Comic/{{Deadpool}}'': the ''thought bubbles themselves'' are talking, and Deadpool has conversations with them.

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* A variation in ''Comic/{{Deadpool}}'': ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'': the ''thought bubbles themselves'' are talking, and Deadpool has conversations with them.



* The animals from ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'', apart from [[TheSpeechless Odie]]. ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' keeps with this by not having the animal character's mouths move when they talk to each other; in one episode, Garfield breaks the fourth wall and explains that there's a special microphone that can capture what the animals are thinking.

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* The animals from ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'', apart from [[TheSpeechless Odie]]. ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' keeps with this by not having the animal character's mouths move when they talk to each other; talk; in one episode, Garfield breaks the fourth wall and explains that there's a special microphone that can capture what the animals are thinking.

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* A variation in ''Comic/{{Deadpool}}'': the ''thought bubbles themselves'' are talking, and Deadpool has conversations with them.



* The animals from ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'', apart from [[TheSpeechless Odie]].

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* The animals from ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'', apart from [[TheSpeechless Odie]]. ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' keeps with this by not having the animal character's mouths move when they talk to each other; in one episode, Garfield breaks the fourth wall and explains that there's a special microphone that can capture what the animals are thinking.
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* ''ComicStrip/Bizarro'' has a man and his cat discussing how Jon always seems to know what Garfield is saying despite Garfield's dialogue being in thought bubbles, seemingly unaware that the cat is ''also'' "speaking" this way.

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* ''ComicStrip/Bizarro'' ''ComicStrip/{{Bizarro}}'' has a man and his cat discussing how Jon always seems to know what Garfield is saying despite Garfield's dialogue being in thought bubbles, seemingly unaware that the cat is ''also'' "speaking" this way.
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* ''ComicStrip/Bizarro'' has a man and his cat discussing how Jon always seems to know what Garfield is saying despite Garfield's dialogue being in thought bubbles, seemingly unaware that the cat is ''also'' "speaking" this way.
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* Hot Dog, and later Jellybean in various ''Franchise/ArchieComics''
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* Max, Biscuit, and Luci in ''ComicStrip/StoneSoup''
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* ''ComicStrip/BigNate'' has Sherman, Nate's classroom hamster who manages to be one of the biggest DeadpanSnarker in the series despite his lack of [[SilentSnarker actual voice]].
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* Snoopy and Woodstock from ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''.

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* Snoopy and his relatives from ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''. Snoopy's friend Woodstock from ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''.doesn't do this, but appears able to hear Snoopy's thought bubbles.
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* Sam in ''Webcomic/{{Melonpool}}'' is an interesting example in that his speech is always depicted in thought bubbles, but other people can hear and understand him because he communicates telepathically. He can't use telephones, however, as telepathic thoughts can't be recorded.
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* In the BBXX ''ComicStrip/BabyBlues'' book, it reveals that Rick and Jerry's first rule in the series was to not let Zoe communicate through thought bubbles, but broke it in the first comic [[babyblues.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/102/2015/01/1-7-90-now-what-med.jpg]]. In the early comics, instead of words, they use objects (ex: a lollipop) to show what Zoe is thinking. One comic had Zoe remembering what Wanda said to her about locking the door. A few comics feature Wren talking through thought bubbles, but not directly to the viewer. [[babyblues.com/comics/november-11-2008/]] [[babyblues.com/comics/march-25-2012/]] Throughout the series, the "Wren talking through thought bubbles" concept was rarely seen ( and communication was rarely seen in the series (ex: babyblues.com/comics/august-23-1996/).

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* In the BBXX ''ComicStrip/BabyBlues'' book, it reveals that Rick and Jerry's first rule in the series was to not let Zoe communicate through thought bubbles, but broke it in the first comic [[babyblues.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/102/2015/01/1-7-90-now-what-med.jpg]].comic. In the early comics, instead of words, they use objects (ex: a lollipop) to show what Zoe is thinking. One comic had Zoe remembering what Wanda said to her about locking the door. A few comics feature Wren talking through thought bubbles, but not directly to the viewer. [[babyblues.com/comics/november-11-2008/]] [[babyblues.com/comics/march-25-2012/]] Throughout the series, the "Wren talking through thought bubbles" concept was rarely seen ( and communication was rarely seen in the series (ex: babyblues.com/comics/august-23-1996/).series.

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