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{{trope}}
{{quote|'''[[The Hero|Kenstar]], internally''': ''(I sure hope we don't have to face another [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|Bushido Blaster]]. I aaaaaaam tired.)''
'''[[The Big Guy|Kotobaru-]][[Japanese Honorifics|san-sama]], ''also'' internally''': ''(Me too.)''
'''Kenstar, aloud''': ''[[Stylistic Suck|Wait...]]''
'''[[The Rival|Yusuke]], [[No Indoor Voice|out LOUD]]''': ''"[[Heel Face Revolving Door|YOUR PRAYERS ARE NOT ANSWERED, BROTHER!]]"''
|''[[Girlchan in Paradise]]''}}
You have a character who's thinking. Not [[Thinking Out Loud]], actually thinking [[Inner Monologue|inside their own head]]. And yet, another, ''non''-psychic character can still hear them. And starts talking
If characters weren't aware this was even possible, this is an [[Unexpected Gameplay Change]] of sorts applied to the rules of communication. Expect many a [[Flat What]] in response.
In some instances, this is because the characters know each other well enough. Not that that makes any more sense. In this case, if a character actually ''acts'' to react to the other character's thought process, then it could be a [[Preemptive "Shut Up"]] or [[The Tape Knew You Would Say That]]. All three of these are meant to automatically fall under [[Rule of Funny]].
Because thought will happen in any quote used in an example, please use (parentheses) to indicate [[Animorphs
▲Because thought will happen in any quote used in an example, please use (parentheses) to indicate [[Animorphs (Literature)|"thought speak"]], and "quotation marks" to indicate normal speech, as in the quote above.
{{examples}}
== [[Advertising]] ==
* In an ad for AT&T U-Verse (satillite TV service), a female customer thinks about the service and a male sales rep responds. At one point she thinks (Is this guy reading my mind?) and he responds, "No, ma'am."
* During the Arlong Park battles in ''[[One Piece]]'', Nojiko
* The characters of ''[[
== [[Film]] ==
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== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[Alice in Wonderland
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'''Passengers, in chorus:'''<ref>The narrator doesn't know how people think in chorus, either.</ref> (Better say nothing at all. Language is worth a thousand pounds a word!) }}
* In the [[Edgar Allan Poe]] story "Murders in the Rue Morgue" starring C. Auguste Dupin, he's walking silently with his friend who is also silent, and then says something appropos to what the friend is thinking. Dupin explains that he followed his friend's thoughts based on body and eye cues, and jumped in at an appropriate time.
* Poe's version is also referenced by [[Sherlock Holmes]] to Dr. Watson on a couple of occasions, to prove to Watson he's as good as the fictional Dupin, even though Holmes thinks doing it is "showy and superficial."
== [[Live
* One episode of ''[[Kenan and Kel]]'' begins with the titular characters prepping the audience, then thinking to themselves about each other and the audience. Inexplicably, halfway through the intro, Kenan is able to hear Kel's thoughts and proceeds to [[Once an Episode|tell him what to do]] while in Kel's head. Kel is left wondering why he can't actually talk back, then opens the episode anyway.
* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'': Ted and Marshall are in some tense situation together. Marshall stares intently at Ted, and you can hear his thoughts in voiceover: (Ted, we've been friends so long that I know you can read my thoughts by now. Go get Lily). Ted, staring back, nods and leaves. Subverted in that he comes back with something else completely, as he thought Marshall wanted something ''else''.
** Marshall and Lily have "telepathic" conversations many times, Ted and Barney do at least once (which is rather hilarious, in that all Barney's thinking is
* This happens several times on ''[[Spaced]]''. It is also subverted in Spaced when they're forced to come up with a lie:
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'''Tim:''' ...
'''Daisy (thinking):''' Damn! }}
* In ''[[
▲== [[Manga]] & [[Anime]] ==
▲* During the Arlong Park battles in ''[[One Piece]]'', Nojiko & Genzou have such a conversation while underwater and trying to rescue Luffy.
▲* The characters of ''[[Beelzebub (Manga)|Beelzebub]]'' often start doing this in funny situations. At first it was just a one-off the two main characters did (described as telepathy), but after that everyone started joining in.
== [[Theatre]] ==
* In the play ''Interiors'' by Dean Barrett, each character is accompanied by a second actor representing the character's inner monologue. Partway through the play, the inner monologues realise they can hear each other, and start holding their own conversation independent of the external conversation taking place at the same time.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* The above quote from ''[[Girlchan in Paradise]]'' features both a mental and a verbal response in the conversation.
* ''[[The Randomverse]]'' used this in a competition between Wolverine and Rorschach. As the characters' mouths never move, this is only noted by stating it occuring and a slight change in inflection.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* An interesting example from ''[[The Simpsons (
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'''Homer:''' (I know you can read ''my'' thoughts, boy. ''sings the "Meow Mix" song in his head'') }}
* Happens on the ''[[
* This is how every non-human character talks in ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'', carrying over [[Thought Bubble Speech|a tradition from the comics]]. However they move their mouths in ''[[The Garfield Show]]''.
* In ''[[
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