Plot-Based Voice Cancellation: Difference between revisions

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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* ''[[Melody of Oblivion]]'', when Sayoko is talking to Bokka as the door to the maze closes, and (audience only) what the Melody says to Bokka in the final episode.

* ''[[Uta Kata]]'', Manatsu talking to Ichika in her dream.

* ''[[Bleach]]'', Ichigo can hear the voice of his Zanpakutou, except when the sword tries to tell him its name.

** It's played differently between the original and the English dub. In the original, the voice is distorted when he says it. In the dub, it's clear, but Ichigo thinks to the audience that he didn't hear it.

* This happens at least once in ''[[Kimagure Orange Road]]'', a show that tends to use a lot of comedic cliches.

* Anime/film subversion: During {{spoiler|Ritsuko Akagi's death scene}} one of Gendo Ikari's lines in ''End of [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Evangelion]]'' is muted, but for no obvious reason, and [[The Un-Reveal|we never find out what he was saying]].

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** Originally there was supposed to be an explosion or some such loud noise at that point to drown out Gendo's words. Some viewers have gone back through the whole series to piece together clues to narrow down the possibilities of what Gendo might have been saying to Ritsuko.

*** A [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/359899 collection of theories as to the silent line. NSFW.]

** Yuriko has actually alluded to what she personally thinks Gendo said.

{{quote|Yuriko: Gendo did tell Ritsuko something, it's not simply a matter of Anno trying to be clever or leave the audience wondering. What could Gendo have said? Many of theorized it was simply, "I love/loved you." - but that seems too clean and simple, too trite, for Anno to make such a big deal about protecting the secret. Love is the obvious answer - and Gendo was never obvious. Personally, I'm content in believing Gendo said, "Ritsuko Akagi, I truly... needed you." }}

* The [[CLAMP]] manga ''[[Tokyo Babylon]]'', precursor to ''X1999'', includes a promise between the two main leads made years before their second meeting, and only remembered by the elder of the two. They conversed rather innocently under a sakura tree, and a convenient blast of wind obscured Subaru's hearing... making him miss a critical part of their "promise".

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* ''[[Zettai Karen Children]]'' has one of these in a [[Mexican Standoff]] between {{spoiler|Minamoto and Kaoru}}

* In the ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'' episode ''Mysterique Sign'', we have [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Emiri Kimidori]] have her stating of the [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|Computer Club President's]] name interrupted by Shamisen meowing.

* The thing the [[Ultimate Evil|Rail Tracer]] whispered into Rachel's ear in ''[[Baccano]]!'', which she eventually reveals when she relays the story to the [[Knowledge Broker|Daily Days newspaper company]]: {{spoiler|"[[As You Wish|Ticket, please.]]"}}

* The thing the [[Ultimate Evil|Rail Tracer]] whispered into Rachel's ear in ''[[Baccano!]]!'', which she eventually reveals when she relays the story to the [[Knowledge Broker|Daily Days newspaper company]]: {{spoiler|"[[As You Wish|Ticket, please.]]"}}

* In ''[[One Piece]]'', we never hear what Kuma tells Rayleigh until two years in and out of story (there was a [[Time Skip]] and there were break weeks in order to get that to sync up). We knew what it was about, that he was splitting up the crew to help them escape, but we didn't get most of the details on why until after that time had passed.

* In ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' Tamaki says something to Lady Eclair right before he jumps off the bridge to rescue Haruhi. What he says is revealed later in flashback.

* Parodied in the ''[[Excel Saga (anime)|Excel Saga]]'' anime. The Man in the Iron Mask's final words to Nabeshin are drowned out by a passing train that appears out of nowhere just for the sake of making it inaudible.

* As the image above shows, the manga version of ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' uses a visual example, where the text in the text bubble is scribbled out. Interestingly, that frame is when Rosette remembers [[The Promise|the important promise being made]], with the audience themselves being left in the dark until Joshua (the boy in the image) remembers it himself.

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* Done for laughs in ''[[Blazing Saddles]]'': "The new sheriff's a nigg..."[bell peal]

** "What'd he say?"

** "He said the sheriff is near!"

** Some televised versions of the movie also do this to censor out various examples of profanity, making the censored version funnier than the original, as what they were going to say is pretty obvious.

** "Now is a time of great decision: Are we to stay or up and quit? We can only come to one conclusion: Our town is turning into ..." [mangled chord]

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== [[Western Animation]] ==

* Also done for laughs in ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'': when Timmy goes back in time and meets his parents as children, when Mr. Turner says his name a car passes and doesn't let the viewer hear it. The same happens when Mr. Turner says his future wife, then crush's name.

* An episode of ''[[Rugrats]]'' also played this trope for laughs. After Angelica learned a dirty word from a TV idol named Ms. Carol she would always be silenced out by a cutaway.

{{quote|Angelica: She (Ms. Carol) thinks we're all little -- (CUT AWAY)}}

** Although this could be considered more as a [[Sound Effect Bleep]] because it wasn't so much the word itself that was important than it was that Angelica was actually saying it.