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{{quote|''"Don't you roll your eyes at me; it's a good plan!"''|'''Dr. Doofenshmirtz''', ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''}}
The Silent Snarker is just that. A combination of [[Deadpan Snarker]] and [[The Voiceless]], [[The Speechless]] or [[The Unintelligible]]. A character who does not speak, usually a sidekick, who is [[Hypercompetent Sidekick|a lot more competent]] than his superior, [[Snark Bait|who does things most]] [[Deadpan Snarker
May overlap with [[The Silent Bob]]. If the character is [[The Unintelligible]], this can sometimes overlap with [[Repeating So the Audience Can Hear]]. Contrast with [[Deadpan Snarker]], the vocal version of this trope.
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== Comic Strips ==
* Odie from ''[[Garfield (Comic Strip)|Garfield]]'', every once in a while. Garfield himself is an odd case of us actually seeing what the
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** Chewbacca as well, if you pay attention to how people react to what he says he's probably one of the most sarcastic characters in the franchise.
** In ''Return of the Jedi'', when Lando Calrissian has ownership of the ''Millennium Falcon'', Chewbacca's role is filled by the monkey-faced alien Nien Nunb, and Lando bilingually bickers with him in much the way Han Solo did with Chewie.
* Burt Lancaster had a childhood friend, Nick Cravat, who appeared in several of Lancaster's movies. Cravat was never able to get rid of his thick Brooklyn accent, so he
* [[Clint Eastwood]] is a master at getting across any emotion wordlessly.
* Cosmic Creepers the cat in ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]'', notably in the scene where Ms. Price is trying to fly.
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'': Link on occasion, suprisingly enough. Most notable in ''Majora's Mask''. In ''Wind Waker'' as well. Link's dialogue options can also have a fair share of snark.
* [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Classic Sonic]], who was [[
* Wonder of wonders, ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street|Freddy Krueger]]'' is turned into one in his cameo appearance in ''[[Mortal Kombat 9|Mortal Kombat]]'', aside from the occasional [[Evil Laugh]].
* Sis from ''[[Alpha Protocol]]'' is mute ([[Cute Mute|and cute]]), but makes it clear through some expressive body-language that 1) ''she'' is in command of her squad and 2) ''you'' are all imbeciles. She's armed with a glare that could strip paint along with her twin revolvers.
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