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* In ''Dogstar'' episode ''Pedigree'', Lincoln Clark creates a 'voice-box' for dog-scent sniffer-cat Boombah. They quickly discover that Boombah has nothing interesting to say, and that Simone has been lying about being able to talk to the cat.

* ''BruteForce'': the protagonist.

-->--''Film/{{Up}}''

* The dog collars in ''{{Up}}'' also come with different language settings and a screen with tra-'''SQUIRREL!''' tracking information.

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->'''Dug:''' Hey would you ''cuerdo con tigo''[[hottip:*:Spanish]] I use that collar ''watashi wa hanashi ma''[[hottip:*:Japanese]] to talk with. I would be happy if you stop.
-->--''[[Film/{{Up}} Up]]''

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* ''{{We 3}}'': the protagonist.

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* ''InspectorGadget 2'', the sequel to the live-action ''Inspector Gadget'' movie, featured a collar that translates dog language to English, which they put on Brain.
* In the movie adaption of ''Congo'' as in the book, Amy the gorilla had been taught sign-language. Unlike the book however, the movie gave her a robotic glove that would translate her signing into audible speech to make things easier on the audience.
* In the Disney live-action movie ''Film/TheCatFromOuterSpace'', the title character had a collar that could read his brainwaves and translate his thoughts into human speech (among many other remarkable capabilities).

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* In the 1981 book '' {{Megalodon}}'' by Robin Brown, the protagonist scientist has developed the Janus device, a computer/vocoder/translator which enables him to teach two dolphins (nicknamed Doris and Macho) and a killer whale (Morgan) a rudimentary language (their own language is sophisticated enough to communicate three-dimensional sonar images -- it's converting that into language simple enough to be translated that's the problem).

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* Steve the monkey in ''CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' involves a sweatband and a Speak'n'Spell.
* JimmyNeutron has a device that lets him talk to fish.

* Parodied on ''TheWildThornberrys''. A bratty kid shows Eliza (who can actually talk to animals) a device which can attract animals and demonstrates it on Darwin. After he leaves, Darwin asks Eliza what the device was and why it was talking about apple pie.
* Related: In an episode of ''TheSimpsons'', Unkie Herb invented a Baby Translator, which transformed Maggie's "goo-goo-gaa-gaa" into phrases that the parents could understand like "Burp me," "Oh, dear, I seem to have soiled myself," etc.
* DannyPhantom has one where Jack tries to build a ghost-to-human translator. However, as the ghosts in the series can speak English (or other human languages) anyway, all it accomplishes is giving Jack yet another hint that his son is part-ghost, which of course he completely ignores.

* In ''DextersLaboratory'', Dexter once invented a pill that allowed a dog to talk, only to find that it didn't make much more sense in English; a double subversion because when the dog's owner comes to pick him up, his human English sounds like the dog's translated dog-language.
* ''{{Futurama}}'' had an episode where Professor Farnsworth's latest project involved a hat that would give monkeys human intellect and the ability to speak. PlayedForLaughs, of course.
* The ''PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Interview With A Platypus" had Phineas and Ferb work on a Perry Translator, that turned out to work on all animals, which they then used to tell pet owners what their pets want.

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->'''Dug:''' ''(cycling through languages and different voices)'' Hey would you - (Spanish) ''cuerdo con tigo'' - I use that collar - (Japanese) watashi wa hanashi ma - to talk with. I would be happy if you stop.

* Sakamoto's Handkerchief / Bandana / Collar in ''Nichijou''.

* In the Disney live-action movie ''TheCatFromOuterSpace'', the title character had a collar that could read his brainwaves and translate his thoughts into human speech (among many other remarkable capabilities).

* In the Disney live-action movie ''The Cat from Outer Space'', the title character had a collar that could read his brainwaves and translate his thoughts into human speech (among many other remarkable capabilities).

* In one episode of AdventureTime, Lady Rainicorn gets one but is causes her to talk like an old man.

* In one episode of AdventureTime, Princess Rainicorn gets one but is causes her to talk like an old man.

* The dog collars in ''{{Up}}'' also come with different language settings and a screen with tracking information.

->--''[[Film/{{Up}} Up]]''

* ''[[TheRatsBatsAndVats Rats, Bats & Vats]]'' by Eric Flint and Dave Freer played with this trope. The anthropomorphic rats were genetically engineered to be bipedal. However, their minds were uplifted with alien microchip technology and they needed an implant to speak to humans.

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* The PoweredArmor used by Poipoider and other porpoises in ''MarsDaybreak'' translate their language as well as letting them walk on land.

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* Subverted in a panel of ''TheFarSide'' involving an inventor who created a device for translating dogs' barking, which he carried around with him. As he walked down the street, all he heard was "HEY!" "HEY!" "HEY!" "HEY!" "HEY!" "HEY!" "HEY!"

** He actually developed it to work on dolphins since dolphins actually posses a language. It just also worked on fish [[DidNotDoTheResearch because dolphins and fish are the same thing, right?]]

* In ''[=~Dexter's Laboratory~=]'', Dexter once invented a device that allowed a dog to talk, only to find that it didn't make much more sense in English; a double subversion because when the dog's owner comes to pick him up, his human English sounds like the dog's translated dog-language.

* ''{{We 3}}: the protagonist.

Compare UniversalTranslator and contrast UpliftedAnimal.

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* Some short story concerned an ape who was implanted with a device that sent out radio waves. As I recall, some measure of relief came from having the speaker set up with an off switch, probably playing off Koko the Gorilla.
* ''[[TheRatsBatsAndVats Rats, Bats & Vats]]'' by Eric Flint and Dave Freer played with this trope. The anthropomorphic rats were genetically engineered to be bipedal. However, their minds were uplifted with alien microchip technology and they needed an implant to speak to humans.
* In the 1981 book '' {{Megalodon}}'' by Robin Brown, the protagonist scientist has developed the Janus device, a computer/vocoder/translator which enables him to teach two dolphins (nicknamed Doris and Macho) and a killer whale (Morgan) a rudimentary language (their own language is sophisticated enough to communicate three-dimensional sonar images -- it's converting that into language simple enough to be translated that's the problem).

* DannyPhantom has one where Jack tries to build a ghost-to-human translator.

Compare UniversalTranslator.

* In the Disney live-action movie ''The Cat from Outer Space'', the title character had a collar that could read his brainwaves and translate his thoughts into human speech (among many other remarkable capabilites).

A home-grown variety of TranslatorMicrobes that can turn your trusty pet into a TalkingAnimal. Given their AmplifiedAnimalAptitude, this is usually a good thing. Compare with UpliftedAnimal