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'''Brock Samson''': Well, I don't think Maya Angelou was talking about this chick.|''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' }}
A character talks in some sort of [[Speaking Simlish|Simlish]], because they are [[The Unintelligible]] or an [[Heroic Mime]], but at least one of the other characters has no trouble understanding them. Comedy is often derived from this when the characters [[Translation: "Yes"|get something complex, eloquent or otherwise plain long from a short phrase]] like "[[Discworld|ook]]".
Often results in [[Repeating So the Audience Can Hear]].
If people can understand them even though they're not saying ''anything'' you have a [[Silent Bob]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
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== Comic Books ==
* Arseface from ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'' who due to massive facial trauma cuh uhluh tuh luh thuh (can only talk like this). Most characters can understand him, however.
** So can the reader, if they sound it out.
* Played with in an issue of ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy]]'', where Maximus of the Inhumans can apparently discuss complex scientific concepts with Groot, despite the fact all Groot is saying is "I am Groot!" Of course, since his full name is Maximus ''the Mad''...
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*** The Librarian also occasionally says "eek", which is usually either an expression of displeasure (or some other negative emotion, such as anger or shock) or a "no", although the exact content of the statement can include a great deal more than that.
** Similarly, the Death of Rats communicates entirely by saying {{smallcaps|SQUEAK}} but the few people he interacts with don't have much trouble understanding him, and Quoth the raven is usually around to translate for him.
* Sunny in ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]''. Often used in the general [[Not Now, Kiddo]] frustrations, as she often observes crucial details but only the other Baudelaires can understand her.
* In the ''[[Redwall]]'' book ''The Long Patrol'', Corporal Rubbadub speaks only in drum noises, complete with gratuitous [[Rimshot|Rimshots]] after jokes made by the other Patrollers. They all seem to understand him perfectly well.
* In the many ''[[Star Wars]]'' novels, there are many characters who can understand R2-D2 or Chewbacca. In a conventional novel, there would be no reason not to include sentences like, "And then Chewie said, in Shyriiwook, 'Pass me the peanuts.'" However, to preserve the ambience from the films, their dialogue is never provided directly like that. Instead, you get something like, "Chewie grunted a request. Han said, 'Sure, pal,' and passed him the peanuts."
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* [[Dreamkeepers]] Prelude: Whip
* [[Roza]] [http://www.junglestudio.com/roza/?date=2007-05-19 Nik]
* ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'' has Guineas ([[Half
* Lampshaded in [http://dummcomics.com/2012/02/03/elevator-inaction/ this Frog Raccoon Strawberry]
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'''Mr. Krabs:''' The Suds?! }}
* Done on an episode of ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'' in a running gag wherein two old men are sitting in armchairs and one of them will mutter something unintelligible and the other one will understand it and give a reply which leaves the viewer amusingly perplexed as to what the man could have been saying.
{{quote| "[[Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?|Yes yes, I know, but where on earth are we going to find a duck and a hose at this hour?]]"}}
* Helper from ''[[The Venture Brothers]]''.
* Octocat from ''[[Spliced]]'' can only say meow, but all the other characters can understand her.
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