No-Dialogue Episode: Difference between revisions

* The first episode of ''[[Texhnolyze]]'' comes close, but it does have a few lines of dialogue towards the end.

* Episode 9 of ''[[Mitsudomoe]]'' dedicates one of its segments to this trope. Other than a few lines of [[Angrish]] from Mitsuba, everything else is conveyed non-verbally.

** Happens again in episode 6.3 of Season 2.

* The ''[[Muteki Kanban Musume]]'' manga has a chapter nearly devoid of dialogue. It also features one of the greatest [[Unstoppable Rage|rage]] faces in history after {{spoiler|a blackbird steals a bit of Miki's lunch}}, after which, [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* ''[[Nichijou]]'' has one of these, in a sequence involving the exceptionally stressful final moments in the completion {{spoiler|and subsequent destruction}} of a card tower.

* Chapter 89 of the original [[Lupin III]] manga series went entirely without dialogue until the final page (possibly as a homage to cartoons like [[Tom and Jerry]], which the author admits to being a fan of). The sequel series also did it, but in a [[Tear Jerker|much more serious way]].

 

* The ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' comic book actually had entirely silent issues, where stories were told without dialogue, captions or even sound effects.

* [[Marvel Universe|Marvel Comics]] used this gimmick in every single comic they published cover-dated February 2002, calling it "'Nuff Said Month". As well, around the time of 9/11, Marvel had most of its comics, for the most part, silent issues, with no dialogue or little.

* The ''~2000 AD~'' series ''Bob Byrne's Twisted Tales'' is a series of one-off strips, all of which have no dialogue at all. Byrne, the artist, came up with the idea when he got annoyed by letterers sticking speech bubbles all over his art.

* From the same artist, ''Mister Amperduke'' is an entire [[Graphic Novel]] in which the closest thing we get to dialogue is the odd semiquaver to indicate a character whistling.

* The [[Doctor Who Magazine]] strip "Onomatopoeia" has no dialogue until the final two pages, relying instead on sound effects alone.

* ''[[Alpha Flight]]'' had a dialogue-less section after {{spoiler|James Hudson's death}}. Proved to be a nightmare of his widow.

 

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* ''[[Freefall]]'' had [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1500/fc01477.htm A Walk in the Park with Polly].

* ''[[Questionable Content]]'' has had a few of these.

* ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'' [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0313.html #313]

* Used sparingly but effectively in [http://wordwearycomic.blogspot.com/2011/09/3-september-2011.html these] [http://wordwearycomic.blogspot.com/2011/11/29-november-2011.html issues] of ''[[The Word Weary]]''.

 

*** The short "The Kite," one of the most atypical segments of the show, is also dialogue-free.

*** The episode "C Flat or B Sharp" where the only dialogue is near the beginning where Yosemite Sam gives Buster, Plucky, and Hamton instructions on moving the piano.

* The ''[[Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi]]'' episode "Ikkakujuu".

* ''[[Samurai Jack]]'' was famous for doing this (and doing it very well) for dramatic effect in most action sequences. The cartoon is almost a no dialogue ''series'' considering how many times it happened. Jack himself has no dialogue in a few episodes. Particularly notable is "The Four Seasons of Death", where only one character in one segment has any lines at all.

* ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars]]'' but it comes easier as each episode is only about 4 minutes.

* The ''[[Angry Beavers]]'' episode "Silent But Deadly" has the beavers stuck in their house surrounded by sleeping wolverines. The entire episode is largely silent (except with music) due to the brothers attempting to escape without waking the predators up. A pseudovariation occured in a later episode in which the brothers had a competition to not talk. (They solved this by carting around giant tape players with tapes that had words on them so they could communicate. Yes, it's '''that''' kind of show.)

* The ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'' episode "Fatal Contraption", in which Rocko buys a living food processor, features no dialogue except for an announcer saying "Buy this! Food-O-Matic 2000!"

* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' mini-episode "Reef Blower" contains no dialogue at all, except "[[You!]]" which was not heard, only appearing in subtitle on the bottom of the screen.

* The [[Bugs Bunny]] short ''Baton Bunny'' in which he plays a conductor is his only cartoon with no dialogue, although in the early short Rhapsody Rabbit was mostly silent Bugs had three lines of dialogue "Eh, what's up, doc? Who? Franz Liszt? Never heard of him. Wrong number.", "Fi-ga-ro! Fi-ga-ro!", and "Look, one hand! No hands!"

* ''[[Two Stupid Dogs]]'' had an episode that was not only silent but was drawn in a style similar to old silent cartoons and was in black and white.

* Hanna-Barbera actually had a continuous series with no talking. "Blastoff Buzzard" was a Road Runner-esque segment of their 1977 show [[The CB Bears]].

** There was also the ''[[Animaniacs]]'' episode "Ragmuffins" which features the Warner siblings getting jobs as chefs in a bakery, the cartoon is in black and white and done in the style of a 1920's cartoon.

* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': Both "Appa's Lost Days" and "The Tale of Momo" segment of "Tales of Ba Sing Se". Both subverted (as there is some spoken dialogue, though they are few and far between), and played straight, as most of the vocal sounds are coming from the animal stars of the episode.

* The ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode "Tri-Stone Area": the characters speak solely in minimally-intelligible "cave talk", with occasional cutaways to photo-animation of the creators explaining what's going on, in case anyone isn't following.

 

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