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== Anime & Manga ==
* Chii from ''[[Chobits (Manga)|Chobits]]''. She learns to speak soon enough, but is still an exemplar of the trope (her first word aside from "Chii?" is "Panties").
** A little subversion, however, occurs when one rather mean spirited character comments on Chii's being [[Verbal Tic Name|named after her Verbal Tic]], accusing Hideki of degrading Chii by naming her in the same way someone names a dog 'Spot', for instance.
* Lucy's "Nyu" [[Split Personality|self]] from ''[[Elfen Lied]]''.
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* [[Anti-Magic|Suzuho Hasegawa]] from [[Macademi Wasshoi]] is completely mute when her Midnight Blue Vampire personality is dormant.
* Rin from ''[[Inuyasha]]'' had been mute since the trauma of losing her parents, but she grew out of this quickly when she became Sesshoumaru's [[Morality Pet]].
* Cynthia from ''[[Hanaukyo Maid Tai (Anime)|Hanaukyo Maid Tai]]''.
* [[Our Vampires Are Different|Oshino Shinobu]], the tiny ruined vampire from ''[[Bakemonogatari (Light Novel)|Bakemonogatari]]'' is supposed to be voiced by [[Aya Hirano]]. Whether or not this is true we have no idea, as she still hasn't uttered a sound. She spends most of her time sitting in a corner, apparently sulking. She's ''adorable,'' especially when [[Kiss of the Vampire|drinking blood.]]
** [[Subverted Trope|As of episode 4 of]] ''Nisemonogatari'', she breaks her silence and reveals herself to be really talkative. [[The Other Darrin|Oh yeah, she's voiced by]] [[Maaya Sakamoto]] now.
* Hatsumi from ''[[Yami to Boushi Toto Hon no Tabibito]]''. Subverted; she actually can talk at times, and is nowhere near as innocent or cute as she first appears.
* Poor Casca from ''[[Berserk]]'' went insane after {{spoiler|being raped by Griffith in demon form}} during the Eclipse and was reduced to having the mental capacities of a two-year-old. Interestingly, "mental capacities of a two-year-old" extends to more than just her speech; she has a tendency to put things in her mouth, like pearls... and [[Small Annoying Creature|Puck]].
** She also has a bad tendency to wander after anything that catches her eye, making her former lover's task of protecting her much more difficult, though as Guts learns in the Millennium Falcon arc, {{spoiler|she's still capable of defending herself to some degree if she needs to, as a group of bandits that tried to rape her learned the hard way}}.
** Might depend on what translation you read, but Casca seems to only be able to say one coherent words: "no" {{spoiler|whenever someone [[Attempted Rape|tries to have his way with her]] like during the trauma of the Eclipse.}}.
* Subverted by Meru Otonashi from ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou Sensei-sensei]]''. Innocent-looking and too shy to talk, she communicates by using her cellphone to send people horribly abusive text messages. On one occasion when her phone lost its signal, she began jabbering in a way that another character interpreted as [[Demonic Possession]].
* Shion, the lead character of ''[[Shion no Ou]]'', lost her voice after her parents were killed in front of her, communicating via a notepad and pen she carries around with her. {{spoiler|She regains her voice after she defeats the murderer in the finals of the shogi tournament Hani-meijin.}}
* Rita Rossi from ''[[Ashita no Nadja]]''. {{spoiler|She lost her voice after seing her parents' death in an horrendous fire that consumed their circus, which also left her with [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|a phobia of anything fiery, even stoves]]. Halfway in the series, Rita recovers her will to speak when Nadja was trapped in a fire and Rita was the only one able to tell her how to get out of the burning place }}
* Lirio from ''[[El Cazador Dede Lala Bruja]]''. She only talked in one scene, and in that she was possessed by a witch so that the witch could communicate with the heroes.
* Elaine from ''[[Genocyber]]'' was the mind of a feral animal and therefore can't speak. She is very friendly and protective towards those who show her kindness, at least in her human form.
* Mizuna Kuraki from ''[[Moonlight Lady]]'' apparently cannot speak, although she tries mouthing her name.
* Kisa Sohma from ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' is mute for a bit when she first appears in the story, as a side effect of school bullying. Soon, she recovers from this with the help of Tohru and Yuki.
* [[Moe Moe|Moeka]] from ''[[Steins Gate|Steins;Gate]]''. She is very uncomfortable speaking to people directly, and prefers to use her cell phone to communicate. {{spoiler|Turns out she's [[The Mole]], and is later killed for it.}}
* Len from ''[[Tsukihime]]'' speaks a grand total of twice (one of those a single ''word'') in the 2 games she's been in.
* ''[[Pokémon Heroes (Anime)|Pokémon Heroes]]'': Latias in human form fits this trope much better than any other Pokemon. She's very pretty, acts strange and childlike, and doesn't speak at all (not even Pokemon Speech), Though she does make crooning and trilling noises and occasionally says "la" in Pokemon form.
* Egypt from ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' is often mistaken as one by other nations, since he's very quiet. (Which is illogical to anyone who's studied the history of the country, but there you go...)
* ''[[Potemayo]]'''s vocabulary mainly consists of "Honi, honi", but she picks up a few words as the series progresses. This is better than Guchuko, who can't form words.
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* Saya from ''[[Peacemaker Kurogane]]''.
* Flandre of ''[[Princess Resurrection]]'' only says "Huga", but Hime seems to understand what she is saying. Likewise with the rest of Flandre's "siblings". Played straight wither a "Mermaid" character (No name given, she simply called that) who lost her voice and got stuck on a ship until she turned into a [[Emergency Transformation|Blood Warrior]] after saving one of the characters (she could only use her voice once and would've dies afterward).
* Subverted in ''[[Cyborg 009]]''. 0013 is a chubby but still kinda cute-looking boy with [[Hidden Eyes]] who speaks through telepathy and acts [[Gentle Giant|cheerful and innocent]]... [[Tragic Monster|until he has to fight 009]] and reveals himself as a [[Kid Withwith the Leash]] of a HUGE robot. {{spoiler|He still reminds kind (saves an [[Innocent Bystander]], punishes a bunch of assassins, releases the [[Distressed Dude]] professor) and ultimately commits suicide.}}
* Chane Laforet from ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano]]!''. Her fiance, {{spoiler|Claire Stanfield}}, even lists her muteness as one of her [[Charm Point|Charm Points]] -- though he does manage to carry some impressively long conversations with her regardless, thanks to the frequent use of yes/no questions.
* Lily Strosek of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|Magical War Chronicle Lyrical Nanoha Force]]'', a [[Mysterious Waif]] that appears to be something similar to the first Reinforce. Seems to only be capable of communicating through telepathic thoughts. Flashbacks later reveal that she used to be able to speak, but the trauma during her time confined as a lab experiment rendered her mute.
* Tama from ''[[Omamori Himari]]''. However, she ''brutally'' subverts this trope. {{spoiler|She's eating fellow ayakashi soley to increase her power to what it was before she became [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can]]. And they're not dead when she starts eating, either.}}
* Lin from ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' begins the series as this, having witnessed her parents being murdered by bandits right before her eyes. Kenshiro restores her speech by using a Hokuto Shinken healing technique.
* Rose from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', after {{spoiler|being gang-raped and impregnated by a group of soldiers}}, refuses to speak until near the end of the anime. She thankfully doesn't suffer this in the manga and ''Brotherhood''.
* Princess Rena from ''[[Onihime VS]]'' never speaks. However, she does get by with [[Talking Withwith Signs]] .
* You'd hardly believe it, but [[Action Girl|Misato]] [[Motor Mouth|Katsuragi]] from [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]] spent some time like this after the Second Impact {{spoiler|due to being the only survivor from an expedition to the Antartica... which was caught in the ''center'' of said Impact.}}
* {{spoiler|Tomoyo Daidouji}} temporarily becomes one in the [[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Cardcaptor Sakura]] anime, {{spoiler|under the magic of a Clow Card. Shaoran and Sakura have to team-work to seal the card and dispel its effects.}}.
* Ren from ''[[Dear SDearS]]'' is on the same approximate wavelength as Chi from ''Chobits'', above.
* Celty from ''[[Durarara|Durarara!!]]'' is an interesting take on this one. Because she [[Headless Horseman|doesn't have a head,]] she of course can't speak or communicate using facial expressions, but she ''can'' communicate well enough by [[Talking Withwith Signs|typing things out on a cellphone or computer]]. (Her roommate {{spoiler|and later fiancé}} Shinra can tell what she's thinking or trying to say just from her body language, though – as Celty puts it, he "can read the expressions on the face I don't have.") Celty also thoroughly averts the "clueless or childlike" stereotype; she's very intelligent and fully understands what's going on around her, and her twenty-odd years spent in Japan have given her a pretty thorough understanding of Japanese social norms. She is very cute, though, just not in the innocent, childish way you would normally expect.
* Lycoris from the .hack novel ''[[.hack //AI Buster (Light Novel)buster|AI Buster]]'' is mute when she first appears.
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing|Anna Mouri]] from ''[[Devil and Her Love Song]]''. Slightly a subversion, because, as commented by the main character, [[Manipulative Bitch|she's bold enough to use her inability to speak as a weapon]].
* Mayu Morita from ''[[Morita-san wa Mukuchi (Anime)|Morita-san wa Mukuchi]]'' rarely speaks. She's also cute and has some ditzy moments.
* Ohri from ''[[Gestalt]]''. A [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl|manic slave girl]], she's cute, ditsy and unable to speak: instead, she lampshades her fantasy origins by making a text box appear straight under her bust and making some [[Voice Grunting|accompaning noises to catch the main character's attention]]. She also plays on her condition to get enrolled in the main cast, convincing Oliver (the protagonist) that [[Too Good for This Sinful Earth|she's too cute and helpless to survive on her own]], and likely to be sold to a less caring individual. However {{spoiler|Ohri's muteness is a byproduct of having her sorceress powers sealed away, and she gains access to a cockier [[Super-Powered Alter Ego]] fully capable of speech and sorcery}}.
* Natsume's mother from ''[[Master of Martial Hearts]]''. Your average MILF, [[Stepford Smiler|caring and lovely]]. Mute due to an unspecified accident in the past, she communicates by [[Hand Signs|sign language]], using her kids as a proxy. Subverted as {{spoiler|her unspecified accident gets [[The Reveal|revealed]]. She's actually a former [[Action Girl]], who after losing a [[Street Fighter]] expy tournament got [[Disproportionate Retribution|her voice box torn out, her personality mindraped into total obedience, AND was sold into sexual slavery]]. Since then, her whole life had been an attempt to regain a semblance of normality and hatch a complicate [[Revenge Byby Proxy]] involving her offsprings and the daughter of her captors}}.
* [[Played for Drama]] in [[Bleach]], when {{spoiler|[[Creepy Child|Yukio]] was [http://www.mangareader.net/bleach/471/3 rejected by his parents] because he couldn't speak.}} As years pass {{spoiler|he}} begins to talk normally, but the psychological consequences have completely screwed {{spoiler|him}} up... {{spoiler|enough to accept Ginjou's offer and become a Fullbringer.}}
 
 
== Comic Books ==
* [[Batman (Comic Book)|Batgirl]] Cassandra Cain.
* Also DC-related is Jericho from the [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]. Though male and fluent in American sign language, he is quite adorable. His role on the team is much bigger in the comic than the [[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|cartoon]], where he only joins the [[Final Battle]] with the other classic Titans. But in the comic, he is the son of Deathstroke (Slade, who actually loved his son like a normal father), and had a relationship with Raven. Sadly, his cuteness eroded after he underwent a [[Face Heel Turn]], driven insane by his mutant power of possession.
 
 
== Film - Animated ==
* The title character of ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'' is one of these (magically-induced) for much of the story and film. In Andersen's original story, the loss of her voice is permanent.
* [[Tastes Like Diabetes|Boo]] in Disney and Pixar's [[Monsters Inc.|Monsters, Inc.]] Through the movie, she learns Mike Wazowski's name.
* ''[[Dumbo (Disney)|Dumbo]]'', the eponymous character from the Disney movie, is a mute ''protagonist''. It works surprisingly well, since he's particularly expressive and he has talkative friends. It also helps that the little guy is essentially an infant/toddler for the whole movie so it makes a bit more sense for him to be [[The Voiceless]].
* Dopey, the cutest of the (Disney) [[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Seven Dwarfs]]. It's noted that they aren't sure whether he's actually mute.
{{quote| '''Snow White:''' You mean he can't talk?<br />
'''Happy:''' We don't know -- he's never tried! }}
* [[Single-Minded Twins|3 and 4]] of ''[[9 (Animation)|9]]''. They never talk, but they seem to communicate to each other in clicks and flashes from their eyes and at least one of them can use their eyes as a projector. 9 himself also starts out as one of these.
* [[WALL-E]] can manage only a few sounds and words, and is indisputably cute!
* Tack and the Thief from [[The Thief and The Cobbler (Animation)|The Thief and Thethe Cobbler]] was this, at least in the original story. When the film was purchased by another company before the original creator could finish it, it was turned into a musical and Tack along with the Thief were given voices. Most fans of the original tend to think that's one of the worst edits the new company made.
* In Disney's ''[[Peter Pan]],'' Tinkerbell doesn't speak, but only jingles like, well, bells.
** It is later revealed in her own movies, Tinkerbell does speak, but to humans it sounds like the jingling of bells It's actually quite clever if you think about it - we actually don't know her language, that and there are is a lot of comedic potential for her miming as well. It's a [[Running Gag]] in Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson's adaptations.
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== Film - Live Action ==
* Adorable little Max from ''[[Orphan (Film)|Orphan]]'', [[Justified Trope|justified by the fact that she is born stone deaf.]]
* Calvin from the movie ''[[Scrooged]]'' fits. He hasn't spoken since he saw his father killed. But at the end of the movie he reminds the [[Heel Face Turn|reformed Frank Cross]] to say "God bless us, every one."
* Bumblebee from the ''[[Transformers Film Series]]''. Also, the hilarious(-ly nasty) Frenzy, though he did get subtitles when speaking Cybertronian.
* Zetha from ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV)|Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' fodder movie ''[[The Phantom Planet (Film)|The Phantom Planet]]'' fits this one to a "T." At a young age, Zetha's family was murdered in front of her eyes by an evil alien. Rather than become [[Batman]], though, Zetha simply became mute for at least a decade until the main character of the movie bumbled into her life... oh, and that same alien tried to kill her again. Because that helps, apparently.
* Madeline/Frigga of ''[[Thriller a Cruel Picture|Thriller:- A Cruel Picture]]'', AKA "They Call Her One-Eye".
* Fon, [[Nicolas Cage]]'s love interest in the 2008 version of ''Bangkok Dangerous''.
* ''[[The Guns of Navarone]]''. Anna, the Resistance fighter who's also {{spoiler|[[The Mole]]}}.
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* Rocky from [[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]] has no spoken dialogue, though he can sing. The stage version sometimes has him speak, at one point telling Frank to "Piss off".
* ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'' has Gymnasia, a beautiful and quick-witted slave from the Island of Silent Women. (She's pretty handy with weapons, too.) Pseudolus knows her sign language because his childhood nanny was a Silent Woman.
* Used in ''Love Potion no. 9''. When the female lead, Diane, gets a sample of the Love Potion no. 8, she receives the power of a [[Compelling Voice]], of a sexual nature and working only with the opposite sex. Upon entrancing a rich mook, to avoid [[Blessed Withwith Suck|the potential hassles of being chased, harassed or desired by every single man at her speaking distance]], she cleverly puts the mook under the assumption she just enjoys "play the mute game", that is using a simplified form of [[Hand Signals|sign language while in public]], and [[Translator Buddy|letting him graciously act as her mouthpiece]]
* In the little-known [[Jackie Gleason]] film ''Gigot,'' the title character is a fine example.
 
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** in the ''Malloreon'' his real name is revealed to be {{spoiler|Eriond; he explains that he picked up the word 'Errand' from Zedar because it sounded familiar to him.}}
* Lise Acquin in the French novel ''Sans Famille'' by Hector Malot (and the media coming from it, like the movies and the two anime series). Remi, the vagabond child protagonist, who becomes close to her, learns that it's not permanent and she'll eventually recover if she's, for example, faced by a violent emotion. They get separated a few months later as the Acquins is scattered after her father is put in a debt prison, and Remi going back to wandering as none of Lise's uncles and aunt can take him with them. {{spoiler|And near the end, Lise recovers her voice when hearing Remi, whom she thought she'll never see him again, singing his trademark Napolitan song. Years later, [[Victorious Childhood Friend|she and Remi get married]].}}.
* The title character of [[George MacDonald (Creator)|George MacDonald]]'s novel ''Wee Sir Gibbie of the Highlands''.
* Miette from ''[[Malevil]]''. A birth defect made her mute and she is young, beautiful, and exceptionally kind. She doesn't know any sign language so all of her communication comes from pantomime.
* Seoyun from [[The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor (Literature)|The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor]]
 
 
== Live Action TV ==
* Marina, the amphibious humanoid girl from ''[[Stingray]]'', is mute but highly resourceful. (In an official original cast audio episode, originally issued on vinyl and available on the DVD release, it is revealed that {{spoiler|Marina and her people are not actually mute but have taken a vow of silence after [[Big Bad]] King Triton cursed them so that if any of them should speak another would die. They're not sure if it's true but they're not taking any chances}}.)
* The eponymous humanoid alien woman in ''[[Star Trek: theThe Original Series]]'', "The Empath."
* Raj from ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' isn't actually mute, but he can't talk to women unless he's drunk. Women seem to think this is endearing.
* The slave girl Eirene from ''[[Rome]]'' is this in her first few episodes. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] because she doesn't speak Latin (yet) and is understandably terrified of her masters pretty much all of the time. The trope probably plays a big part in [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold|Titus Pullo]]'s attraction to her, and may be the reason why he doesn't treat her [[Politically Incorrect Hero|like he usually treats women]].
* Cassie Chan, the Pink Ranger from ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]''. Usually your average [[Action Girl]] and [[Asian Airhead]], she turns into that in the aptly named ''[[Silence Is Golden]]'' episode, because she's forewarned that her enemies and trope namers [[Psycho Rangers]] are pursuing her, tracking the sound of her voice. A weird and long series of unfortunate events force her to keep communicating by pantomimes and cutish expressions, until a falling [[Baby Carriage]] forces her to break her self-imposed vow of silence.
* A brief example in Cassandra from [[Stargate SG -1]], who first appears as the only survivor of a plague unleashed by the Goa'uld Niirti. Once she spends some time at the SGC in the company of Dr. Frasier and Samantha Carter, though, she gets over the trauma enough to start talking again. Ever since, she's been able to talk just fine. No arguments on the cute part, though.
* Kankoo, one of the lead characters in the Indian telefilm ''Shorr''. The youngest member of a traditional Indian family, Kankoo is a young adult woman, cute as a button and mute. Not voiceless, but she uses only a lot of [[Voice Grunting]] and made up [[Hand Signals]] to get along.
 
 
== Music ==
* Noodle from [[Gorillaz (Music)|Gorillaz]], who knew only one English word when she first arrived (guess which one) but later recovered English along with a bunch of other unpleasant memories.
 
 
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== Video Games ==
* 'Lady' from ''[[Shadow Hearts]]: From The New World'' is about as direct a subversion as you're gonna get. She never speaks, is an [[Emotionless Girl]], can inspire love in the heart of a sociopathic psycho named 'Killer', and was not so much [[Raised Byby Wolves]], as [[Wild Child|not raised at all]]. She can also kill you with a flick of her wrist, and probably will, just because you happen to be there. {{spoiler|She's like this because she was originally the sister of the protagonist and during a ritual to bring them back from the dead, she gave up her "will" (life force) to save her brother, which turned her into a "pure mass of malice" -- a being with no memories or humanity.}}
* Yone from ''[[Suikoden Tactics]]'' plays it fairly straight, being both cute and otherworldly.
** In ''[[Suikoden II]]'', Pilika is rendered mute when Luca Blight slaughters her entire town.
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* Nina from ''[[Breath of Fire]]: Dragon Quarter''.
** When the hero asks for her name, it takes all of Nina's strength and energy to squeak out "Ni...na." Makes sense when you realize {{spoiler|her lungs were replaced with a fancy air filter, and her tongue cut out.}}
* Mila in ''[[Hotel Dusk: Room 215]]''. {{spoiler|Until near the end.}}
* Amy Sorel in ''[[Soul Calibur]] III'', though it's probably not intentional. As a playable character, she only says "Amy." This is because when she appears in Raphael's ending, the only other part of the game she appears besides being playable, that's all she says. Apparently her voice actress was too lazy to record any more lines...
** It's mentioned in Raphael's biography in II and III that Amy tends to be extremely quiet, so she's more like a young, female stoic in that case.
** In ''[[Soul Calibur]] IV'', however, she actually has lines... and sounds rather like [[The Addams Family (TV)|Wednesday Addams]] meets [[Beetlejuice (Film)|Lydia Dietz]] (the movie version, not the [[Perky Goth|cheerier]] [[Beetlejuice (Animationanimation)|cartoon version]]). Considering that she's been depicted as a [[Elegant Gothic Lolita|Loli-Goth]] in both III and IV, it fits.
* Garnet/Dagger from ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'' becomes mute for a time after {{spoiler|Kuja kills her mother, Queen Brahne, then destroys Alexandria on the day Garnet is to become queen.}} However, while she doesn't speak during this part of the game, the player is still treated to her <s>endless</s> internal monologues.
** It should be noted that this even affects her ''gameplay''. As one of the game's two [[White Magician Girl|White Mage/Summoners]], her inner turmoil sometimes prevents her from concentrating and makes her skip a turn. At least it wasn't treated like the [[Standard Status Effects|'Silence' ailment.]]
* Midori from ''[[Xenogears (Video Game)|Xenogears]]'', who is Citan's adorable little daughter, is not technically mute, but she is extremely sparse with words. [http://bobbincranbud.com/parlor/midoriandchuchu.htm One theory] is that she carries out most of her communication telepathically.
** Primera, Billy Black's little sister is also mute {{spoiler|ever since witnessing her mother's death by Wels attacking their home while their father Jessiah was away.}}
* Keria from ''[[Harvest Moon]] DS (and DS [[Distaff Counterpart|Cute]])'' is mute. She communicates by writing messages on a sign (in the English version, she writes in [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]]). However, one event between her and the [[Cute Witch|Witch Princess]] lets her speak briefly; in his [[Internal Monologue]], the hero remarks, "It's nice to know Keira talks like that."
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* Meute the mermaid from ''[[Riviera the Promised Land]]''.
* Astral in ''[[Ghost Hunter]]''. Lovely astral form dressed only in a thin sheet.
* In ''[[Mitsumete Knight (Video Game)|Mitsumete Knight]]'', {{spoiler|Sophia}} gets hit hard by this trope near the end of the game, as {{spoiler|she suffers a psychological trauma caused by being in the middle of the [[Bomb-Throwing Anarchists|terrorist bombing]] of the Theater}}. She can get partially better if the Asian stays by her side and visits her each week-end at the Hospital : she'll then get her voice back, but won't be able to sing as her voice is too rough and low. {{spoiler|But if you manage to get her Happy Ending after that, she shows signs that she'll fully recover, [[The Power of Love|as she manages to]] [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|sing beautifully for him]]}}.
* Marc, Ed Brown's adopted white son in ''[[Policenauts]]'', was traumatized after his real father, a drugged-up ex-cop, murdered his mother in front of him.
* In ''[[Alpha Protocol]]'', Sis, who is Albatross' personal bodyguard.
* [[Magic Music|Sona]] from ''[[League of Legends]]'' is completely mute, but communicates with her summoner via telepathy. The muteness is only really noticeable when you try using emotes.
* ''Claudia'', from ''[[Castlevania: Lords of Shadow]]''. Cute and innocent as the trope allows. She can't speak, but she can use telepathy to express herself. And she does. A lot.
* ''[[Dark Souls (Video Game)|Dark Souls]]'' has Anastacia of Astora, one of the world's important firekeepers. For unknown but likely horrible reasons, her tongue was cut out. There is a way to restore her ability to speak, but even then she considers it sinful.
 
 
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* Dawn Beckworth from ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'', mute and most certainly cute. Although not particularly supernatural.
* [[Tasakeru]]: {{spoiler|Legion is a rare male version.}}
* [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]] has been traumatized into silence a few times. As for him being cute, [[Black Comedy Rape|Spoony]] certainly seems to think so.
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/MRirian Magibon.]
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* [[Gadgeteer Genius]] (and [[Genius Cripple]], actually) Bernardo from ''[[Zorro: Generation Z]]'', named for a character by the same name in old-school [[Zorro]], like [[Generation Xerox|many characters]]. He communicates via ''actual'' sign language, though he rarely uses it with Diego - they know each other so well it's not needed, and it actually takes a couple of episodes to realize that Bernardo ''can't'' talk, as opposed to there simply being a [[Running Gag]] of Diego answering his own questions and not letting Bernardo get a word in.
* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' had Meap who was the cutest thing ever, was an alien, and could only say Meap. But at the end of the episode, he gains a mustache that allows him to speak English or any other language in the universe. Somehow, saying Meap over and over is an actual language somewhere in space.
** Clearly you've never seen [[The Tick]], or else you'd know that the Heys and the Whats have equally efficient languages.
* In ''[[Transformers Prime]],'' Bumblebee takes after his movieverse counterpart. However, while movie Bumblebee speaks in canned sound clips from TV, radio, etc., Prime Bumblebee speaks in electronic sounds in a manner similar to [[Star Wars|R2-D2]] (or perhaps [[Transformers Armada|a Mini-con]].) The [[The Smart Guy|genius 12-year-old]] can understand him.
* Game-changing character Bit in [[We Are Our Avatars (Roleplay)|We Are Our Avatars]] started out as one of these, then {{spoiler|minus made her able to speak, and freed all of her kind}}. Tails Doll is only able to be understand by a small list of people, considering he speaks in Mmphs.
* [[Weasel Mascot|Horace the ferret]] from [[My Gym PartnersPartner's a Monkey]].
 
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