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[[Speech Bubbles]] are graphic interpretations of characters' speech. Therefore, cartoonists show interruption or talking over another person's speech most conveniently by [[Painting the Medium]] -- specifically—specifically, obscuring a speech bubble with something.
 
Obscuring with another speech bubble means that the character is interrupted or drowned out by another. [[media:interruption2.jpg|Obscuring]] with [[Written Sound Effect|Written Sound Effects]]s means the same for sounds. Sometimes a speech bubble may even be obscured with an object: Either this object produces loud and specific sounds that drown out the speech or the character stops talking immediately.
 
The [[Wall of Blather]] uses this on [[Wall of Text]] to indicate "long lecture that no one listened to."
 
A form of [[Odd-Shaped Panel|odd-shaped]] speech bubble, and so a [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Painting the Medium]], often used for [[Curse Cut Short]]. When the speech bubble blocks ''something else'', it's [[Speech Bubble Censoring]]. See also [[Sound Effect Bleep]].
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== Video Games ==
* The [[Play StationPlayStation]] 1 ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' games do this -- allthis—all three of them.
** This is how Cloud accomplishes a [[Moment of Awesome]] against Sephiroth: Cloud interrupts Sephiroth's [[Hannibal Lecture]] with a flat "[[Shut UP, Hannibal|Shut up]]" that appears over Sephiroth's text box.
* Occurs in the supplemental comics of ''[[Team Fortress 2]]''.
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** And [http://rustyandco.com/comic/6/ summarizing] the [[Wall of Text]].
* ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'' combines this with [[Curse Cut Short]]: In earlier chapters, Doc's swears would be cut off by a [[Mook]] screaming, "HE SAID A BAD WORD!"
* [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20130510033728/http://somethingpositive.net/sp11252008.shtml This comic] from ''[[Something *Positive]]''. [[Wil Wheaton]] isn't interrupting Davan, but his [[Speech Bubble]] means [[The Un-Reveal|we don't find out whom Davan's addressing]].
* Occurred in an ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'' strip when Sarda put the team into yet another deathtrap airship.
{{quote|'''Black Mage:''' You know what? Sarda can just go fu--}}
* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' does this at least twice: once when Zimmy is trying to say "Bastard" and has her bubble [[Sound Effect Bleep|cut off]] by [[Written Sound Effect|the sound of thunder]], and another case when the "End Chapter" symbol cuts off Kat as she says, "What a bitch."
* ''[[Adventurers!]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20060504223727/http://www.adventurers-comic.com/comics/adventurers20051004a.gif did that, also].
* Happens in ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]'' too many times to list.
* [http://booksdontworkhere.thecomicseries.com/comics/30 This Strip] in ''[[Books Don't Work Here]]''.
* As pictured in the ''[[VG Cats]]'' panel above, Aeris shows us how to effectively cut off Leo's idiotic banter.
* In ''[[The Wotch]]'', all information about a [[Noodle Incident]] is censored by [http://www.thewotch.com/?epDate=2006-03-20 the results] of an [[Education Through Pyrotechnics]] class.
* ''[[Footloose (webcomic)|Footloose]]'' [http://www.footloosecomic.com/footloose/pages.php?page=193 Nevermind the rules.]{{Dead link}}
* ''[[Dork Tower]]'': [http://www.dorktower.com/2003/01/22/comics-archive-380/ To indicate he really did tell the adventure.]
* ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'': [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0032.html "DON'T say it! It's trademarked."]
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** [http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2011/02/02 And here]
* ''[[Thistil Mistil Kistil]]'': [http://tmkcomic.depleti.com/comic/ch01-pg21/ In context, you can even make out what was overwritten.]
* ''[[Nip and Tuck]]'': [https://web.archive.org/web/20120520232909/http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00003.html The details on why the rabbit has so many children.]
* In ''[[Sinfest]]'' [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20140209163149/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=673 Yo. Time out.]
* In ''[[Sequential Art (webcomic)|Sequential Art]]'' [http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=127 interrupting a mean-spirited joke].
* ''[[String Theory (webcomic)|String Theory]]'': [http://www.stringtheorycomic.com/comics/chapterone/page-twentysix/ on a date].
* ''[[The Fuzzy Five]]''
** In [https://web.archive.org/web/20131030072550/http://www.fuzzyfive.com/2010/comic/22-sorry-to-burst-your-bubble/ this strip] a villain '''pops''' Meredith's (thought) bubble.
** At the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130807212339/http://www.fuzzyfive.com/2011/comic/75-the-thrilling-conclusion-part-v/ end of the first storyline], the box declaring the end obscures Nina Jr's assertion that no unseen force was going to interrupt them.
* ''[[Electric Wonderland]]'': NJ and Trawn [http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=3&page=1 interrupt] the narrator sharing details the readers already learned (or ''should'' have learned) after reading the two previous comics.
* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]''. The "[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2002-07-29 blind date with a]". And [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2002-08-23 here]. Also, Schlock "[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-11-28 is like a giant child made of]".
* In ''[[Ears for Elves]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20150121072911/http://www.earsforelves.com/archives/230 Myari cuts off Tanna in this way]. It fits with her hyperactive personality. Later, a VERY angry Tanna does this to Rolan [https://web.archive.org/web/20150121074535/http://www.earsforelves.com/archives/572 three times in one panel].
* In ''[[No Rest for The Wicked (webcomic)|No Rest for The Wicked]]'', [http://www.forthewicked.net/archive/04i-04.html the Boy interrupts Ricardo's explanation] to ask [[I Was Beaten by a Girl|if some girl beat him up.]]
* Happens at least once in ''[[Little Dee]]''.