History Main / VentriloquistAnimal

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* In ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'', this is the way Milu[=/=]Snowy, Tintin's white Fox Terrier, speaks. But different from other examples, this just happens in the comic book but not in the animated series nor the movies.
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* For a given value of being an animal, but [=MewTwo=] of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' typically simply broadcasts his thoughts psychically, speaking without the need of moving his lips.

This is common across-the-board for [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]] and OneWingedAngel forms. This trope is also common in comic strips with {{Intellectual Animal}}s. The animals' dialogue is done with thought bubbles, implying that it's their thoughts, which makes senses when there are people around, but not when they're conversing with other animals.

* The Wolves in ''Anime/WolfsRain'' only physically move their mouths to talk while under the guise of their human form illusions.

* None of the animals in ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' move their mouths when they talk. Justified in that they're all gods.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': In the comics, Charlie Brown's pet dog Snoopy speaks like this. The ''Peanuts'' specials skirted the issue altogether by making Snoopy a mute character. [[note]] He does speak in two of the musical specials, however, still without moving his mouth, like in the comics. [[/note]]

* This trope is used with Marley in ''[[Film/MarleyAndMe Marley and Me: The Puppy Years]]''.

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[[folder:Films -- Live Action]]
* This trope is used with Marley in ''[[Film/MarleyAndMe Marley And Me: The Puppy Years]]''.
* The Disney comedy ''Film/TheCatFromOuterSpace'' has a feline alien make an emergency landing on Earth. He can do quite a bit with the help of his techno-collar, which gives him telepathy and telekinesis. He's nicknamed Jake by scientist Frank Wilson, and Jake informs Frank that without his collar, he's effectively an ordinary housecat. All Jake's dialog is telepathic, and Disney used an actual housecat for the filming.
* The pets in ''Film/HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney'' talk but don't move their mouths to do it.

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* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': Garfield speaks in AnimalTalk like this. The first animated adaptations of ''Garfield'' kept this aspect and had Garfield and the other animals not move their lips when they "speak".
* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': In the comics, Charlie Brown's pet dog Snoopy speaks like this. The ''Peanuts'' specials skirted the issue altogether by making Snoopy a mute character. [[note]] He does speak in two of the musical specials, however, still without moving his mouth, like in the comics. [[/note]]
* In ''Overboard'' Louie (a Labrador Retriever, who wears only a dog collar and walks on all four paws) "talks" in thought balloons. On the other hand Raymond (an anthropomorphized dog who walks upright and wears pants) talks with regular speech balloons, as does Scratch (an anthropomorphized cat who, like Raymond, walks upright and wears pants) and the ship's anthropomorphized mice (who are mouse-''sized'' but wear clothes, walk upright, drive little mouse-sized cars, and fly little mouse-sized airplanes).

[[folder: TabletopGames]]
* Dragons in ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' need to communicate telepathically or using spells to project their voice (as Hestaby does) while in dragon form.

[[folder: Video Games]]
* Most animals in ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'' remain static when speaking to Amaterasu. While the game doesn't give most of its characters visible mouths with which to speak, they usually bob up and down while talking; save for more anthropomorphic characters like the Molesters and Sparrow Clan, the animals that do communicate-- whether they be regular animals or gods-- give no gestures to indicate speech. This even extends to Orochi, who ''does'' have a visible and mobile mouth, but doesn't actually use it to speak (possibly [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in his case, given that reptilian body structures aren't particularly well-equipped for vocalizing past grumbles and roars).

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* Played with in ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'', Florence, an {{Uplifted|Animal}} red wolf, had to learn ventriloquism to speak because she has no lips. However she still moves her mouth when talking.
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* For a given value of being an animal, but MewTwo of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' typically simply broadcasts his thoughts psychically, speaking without the need of moving his lips.

->After traveling with the three for a day, Fritti finally realized that Nightcatcher's stolidity was involuntary. He was mute, and communicated only in the soundless ways given to the Common Singing.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': In the comics, Charlie Brown's pet dog Snoopy speaks like this. The ''Peanuts'' specials skirted the issue altogether by making Snoopy a mute character. [[note]] He does still speak in two of the musical specials, however, still without moving his mouth, like in the comics. [[/note]]

* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': In the comics, Charlie Brown's pet dog Snoopy speaks like this. The ''Peanuts'' specials skirted the issue altogether by making Snoopy a mute character.