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{{trope}}
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A character who was previously [[The Voiceless]] now
This was especially prevalent for aged cartoon characters, many who originally didn't
Note that some of these characters may have already had speaking roles in comic books based on their works. Since comics are inaudible, their voices there are up to the imagination of the readers.
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* ''[[Persona 4: The Animation]]'' is going to be downright weird for people who played the game and are used to the [[Silent Protagonist]] who only says "Persona" or the name of the Persona he's summoning.
* In an anime adaptation of ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074705/ Jack and the Beanstalk]'', Jack refused to aid [[Adaptation Expansion|the princess of the Cloud Kingdom]] who had been hypnotized by an evil witch([[It Makes Sense in Context|the giant's mother]]), and instead slid down the beanstalk with the giant's treasure. While he and his mother celebrated their newfound wealth, Jack's dog(whom was silent throughout the movie) started singing balefully at the moon. Jack saw this as a sign that he should return to the Cloud Kingdom and rescue the princess.
* ''[[Gon]]'' is voiced by [[Motoko Kumai]] in his new anime, and the rest of the animal cast is fully voiced as well. She doesn't say much [[Pokémon-Speak|other than his name]] and make some cutesy noises, but it's still a sharp contrast to the dialogue and even sound effect free manga he originated from.
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** [[Tom and Jerry]]
** [[Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner|Wile E Coyote and The Road Runner]] (yes, both of them)
*** Note that Wile E Coyote always spoke when he came up against Bugs Bunny.
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* In the first ''[[Mr. Bean]]'' movie, the character was changed from being a combination of [[The Voiceless]] and [[The Unintelligible]] to speaking freely, and gave a speech before a crowd near the end. [[Justified Trope|The premise of the movie sort of forces it]], though, since Bean interacts with several characters who speak directly to him (no one ever really did in the original program). The second sort of upholds the [[Status Quo Is God|status quo]], in that he spends most of the movie in France and has little occasion to speak English.
* A few brief scenes in the dubbed version of ''[[Godzilla]] VS Gigan'' has Godzilla and Anguirus speaking thanks to an alien plot device.
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'''Anguirus''': What? }}
** The film ''[[Godzilla]]'s Revenge'' also features Minya being able to speak. In the dub, he sounds like a mix between [[Disney|Goofy]] and [[Barney and Friends|Barney the Dinosaur]].
* In the first ''[[The Santa Clause (film series)|The Santa Clause]]'' movie, Comet the reindeer had the most screen time of Santa's reindeer. He looked like a normal deer and mostly grunted and and snorted. In the sequels he looks goofy and cartoony, and can suddenly talk with the speech patterns of [[Scooby Doo]].
* [[Charlie Chaplin]]'s tramp character remained silent until the film ''[[Modern Times]]'' in which he sang a song made up of meaningless lyrics.
* ''The Bride of Frankenstein'' has the Monster learning to speak, although this is discarded in ''Son of Frankenstein'' and the rest of the Universal [[Frankenstein (film)|Frankenstein films]].
* This was a running joke in [[The View Askewniverse]] with Silent Bob. He almost never talks, going well out of his way not to, except for one or two lines near the end of the movie that basically triggers some great revelation for all of the characters.
** Lampshaded in ''[[Clerks]]'' 2: Jay, Randall, Silent Bob, and Dante are all in a prison cell. Jay turns to Silent Bob, expecting some sage advice.
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'''Silent Bob:''' [[Hypocritical Humor|...I got nothing.]] }}
** It was lampshaded as far back as [[Chasing Amy]], where as Bob is about to speak Jay says something like "Great, he's gonna fuckin' say something. He thinks just cos he never says anything that when he does talk it's supposed to be important or something." And Bob even retorts by pointing out that everything Jay says is worthless bullshit.
* [[Lampshaded]] in ''Postcards From the Edge'', when Suzanne's stepfather says, "Like war buddies."
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* ''[[The Thief and the Cobbler]]:'' In the original, Tack the cobbler is a [[Cute Mute]] for most of the film. Then, at the end, he speaks his first line... in the voice of {{spoiler|[[Sean Connery]]!!}}
** The film has other mute characters, including the titular thief and many animals. All of these have been given voices in the ''Arabian Knight'' version, constantly making jokes.
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* In the [[Series Finale]] of [[Newhart]], the [[The Voiceless|two Darryls]], who have been married to two ''very'' talkative women, suddenly yell [[Big "Shut Up!"|"QUIET!!"]] to shut them up, much to everyone's surprise. When asked why the two brothers have never spoken before, Larry quips that "they've never been so PO'd before."
* Tiny finally says something in the final episode of series one of [[Raw]].
* Clarabelle the Clown was the silent helper of Buffalo Bob on The Howdy Doody Show for
* [[Dumbo]] (who normally did not talk at all) actually gained the ability to talk in the short-lived children's puppet show ''Dumbo's Circus'', which aired on [[Disney Channel]] during the early 1980's.
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** Becomes a plot point in one illustrated book based on the comic. All animals are capable of speech, but have a rule against using it. Garfield and the other pets in the town sense a huge natural disaster on the way (something that animals in [[Real Life]] sometimes do as well) and Garfield proposes that they temporarily relax the ban so they can warn their owners.
* ''Marmaduke'''s eponymous [[Big Friendly Dog]] will be getting his own movie soon, and he will get a voice (provided by [[Owen Wilson]]). In his comic, Marmaduke never spoke, not even [[Garfield]]-style.
* Walter Cephus Austridge in ''[[Krazy Kat]]''. Strips vary as to whether he's a fluent and eloquent English-speaker or whether he merely says "Geevim, geevim", requiring translation by other characters (or by the author's captions).
== Radio ==
* Barbara the harpist in ''[[The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show]]'' after several episodes of enduring Phil's insults in silence.
* Similarly, Colin Sell in ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'' spoke up (faintly) during a round of "Just A Minim" much to the teams' amazement and Humph's disapproval.
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'''Humph''': You decide. You've taken over the bloody show! }}
** The faintness would continue when he spoke later, because he didn't have a microphone. This becomes a plot point in ''[[Yet Another Christmas Carol|I'm Sorry I Haven't A Christmas Carol]]'', when Ebenezer Scrumph is too mean to supply his assistant Colin Crotchet with a mike, but he turns out to have one at home.
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** Lampshaded repeatedly, the most amusing moment being when the duo escape from the prison, the first thing that Jak does is walk up to the first person he sees (Kor) and start yelling for answers, prompting Daxter to excuse him saying "He's new to this whole 'conversation' thing."
*** Effectively lampshaded before it's even invoked:
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'''Jak''' I'M GONNA KILL PRAXIS! }}
* Fairly common in video game series whose origins predate the Nintendo 64/Playstation/Saturn era, at least in the sense that they go from speaking in text boxes to speaking with actual voices. Notable cases go to [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario]] and [[The Legend of Zelda|Link]], who are both [[Heroic Mime|heroic mimes]], but who have grunts and (in Mario's case) short phrases as soundbytes in newer games.
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*** For an older example, "Mario Speaks!" was one of the big advertising points of ''Mario Teaches Typing''.
*** For a more recent example, Mario has a few full sentences in ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]''. Here, he's shown to have a bit of a [[Deadpan Snarker|sarcastic side to him]].
** ''Zelda'' games have had this too. Tetra and her crew were fully voiced, [[Translation Convention|in Japanese]], for ''Navi Trackers''. There's also the CD-i games, but let's [[Canon
* ''[[Rayman]]''. In the first Rayman game, he could not talk (except for a single line in the intro). In ''Rayman 2: The Great Escape'', he used unintelligible grunts in a "Raymanese" language (at least in the PC, N64 and Dreamcast version). He finally got full English dialogue (or in whatever language you choose in the menu, which includes the "Raymanese" option) in the PSX and [[
* This happens to characters who wind up in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl''. [[Metroid|Samus]] speaks for the first time ever (if you only count actual vocal speaking; she narrated the intro to ''Super Metroid'' and had loads of dialogue in ''Metroid Fusion''). The [[Pokémon]] Trainer (aka Red) even speaks a bit, despite traditionally being a [[Heroic Mime]] so much so that even when you fight him in ''Pokemon Gold and Silver'' and ''Pokemon Stadium 2'', all he ever says is [[Visible Silence|"..."]]; all his lines, though, are taken from the "Pokemon entering battle"/"Pokemon leaving battle" dialogue boxes used in the games.
** [[Kirby]] also started to talk, if only to imitate other characters [[Calling Your Attacks|calling their attacks]] or saying Hiiii as a taunt. This was toned down in ''Melee'', however.
** This is also [[The Voiceless|inverted]] in the case of [[Donkey Kong]], Diddy Kong, and [[Super Mario Bros.|Bowser]], who have vocal speaking in their main games, but reduced to primal grunts in the ''Smash'' series.
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** ''Brawl'' typically (and incorrectly) gets the credit for first voicing [[Kid Icarus|Pit]]. It was ''[[Captain N: The Game Master]]'' that first had Pit speak. Though [[You Don't Look Like You|their version of the character]] can't even be called [[In Name Only]] because they [[They Just Didn't Care|managed]] to get [[I Am Not Shazam|that]] wrong, [[Critical Research Failure|along with everything else.]]
** Samus later has full dialogue (enough for fans to complain) in ''[[Metroid: Other M]]''.
* In ''[[Paper Mario:
* ''[[Golden Sun]]'' makes the lead character in each game that you're playing the [[Silent Protagonist]]. However, given that the two games (GS and GS: The Lost Age) are connected and form a single story together, that causes the silent protagonist of the first game to become Suddenly Voiced, and the inverse happens to the silent protagonist of the second game (suddenly silenced).
* Like the Golden Sun entry above, ''[[Persona 2]]: Innocent Sin'' and its sequel ''Persona 2: Eternal Punishment'' have two different protagonists, each of which takes turns being the silent one in different titles.
* The rule in ''[[Mother 3]]'' seems to be that the "main character" of the current chapter [[Heroic Mime|isn't allowed to talk on the job]]. This leads to some jarring moments in later chapters when you encounter former party leaders and find that they not only speak, but have distinct personalities. This is actually one of the more artistic aspects of the game since it forces you to identify a character as yourself before seeing how other people view them. It also fits in well with the ending where it's implied {{spoiler|that the "Dragon", who is being "passed Lucas's heart" is actually the Player}}.
** There's a single exception in Chapter 5 of the
* In ''[[Digital Devil Saga]]'', Serph is a [[Heroic Mime]] for the majority of the games, but during a flashback {{spoiler|his past self has quite a lot to say, and pretty much everything he says establishes [[Kick the Dog|how much]] [[Magnificent Bastard|of a]] [[Complete Monster]] he is.}}
* The Social Leader in ''[[Ogre Battle]]'' doesn't talk... until chapter 10, where he/she suddenly appears and talks to the enemy boss.
* ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star
** The only character that didn't get voiced in 64 was the Trainer in training mode. That is...until the 3DS remake.
* ''[[Command
* Every single character except for Little Mac and King Hippo in ''[[Punch
** Interestingly enough, in the NES game, Mac and Hippo could speak. Although their words (like everyone else's) were shown in on-screen text.
* For that extremely rare non-controversial example, your challenge is to find a single ''[[Monkey Island]]'' fan who didn't accept that Dominic Armato was perfect for the role of Guybrush Threepwood within thirty seconds of him opening his mouth at the start of ''[[The Curse of Monkey Island]]''.
* While we did hear his voice as a younger man in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'', it wasn't until ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'' that we got hear {{spoiler|the elder Big Boss}} speak. In fact, his first scene occurs right after [[The Stinger]] when the character's voice actor is listed in the credits.
* Happens to Serge in ''[[Chrono Cross]]''. Somewhat justified in that {{spoiler|when it happened Lynx had traded bodies with Serge, and it's actually Lynx talking, not Serge. Even so, Serge's party members don't seem to catch on that he's suddenly very talkative...}}
* One of the bonus endings for ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'' has this happen for Crono. Even Marle and Lucca are surprised.
* In ''[[Disgaea 4:
* A borderline case happens in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]''. While the game already features a lot more voice-acting than the previous games in the series (it's however still limited to [[Voice Grunting|"Hey!"s "Oy!"s and various grunts]].) [[Heroic Mime|Link himself]] stunned quite a few players when he suddenly screamed "Come on!!" at one point in the game. [[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|The first time he had any line of dialogue]] [[Ironic Echo|whatsoever.]]
** [[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures|The Legend of Zelda Four Swords Adventures]] :[[No Export for You|Navi Trackers]] mode had Link as the [[Heroic Mime|silent protagonist]] again, but Tetra, Red Lion and that girl who holds the blue jar above her head, were fluently speaking Japanese, cheering on Link and giving him hints to help him collect 100 hidden coins in the map. Voice acting was however, in this case, integral to the gameplay, as players didn't have time to look away from the GBA screen to look at the TV to read instructions.
** A cross-game version happens in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]''. Link is well-known for being always being a [[Heroic Mime]] however the [[Ocarina of Time|Hero of Time]] appears as {{spoiler|Hero's Shade}} and is very vocal.
* Sparx the dragonfly from ''[[Spyro the Dragon]]'' got this treatment in two stages. First in ''Spyro: Year of the Dragon'', where he gained a kazoo-like voice during the flight levels, and then in ''A Hero's Tail'', when he gained a normal voice.
** And the third stage, where he's suddenly David Spade.
** Fourth stage, Billy West, for the fifth stage, Wayne Brady.
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'''Sparx:''' Huh, you know, little stiff, [[Lampshade Hanging|voice keeps changing]], but I'm good. }}
* [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] started with character voices in ''[[Sonic Adventure Series]]''. Before that there wasn't any dialogue in the games at ''all''. It... didn't really help the [[Broken Base]], which pretty much started with that game anyway.
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** And even before that, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LuQ4kKiNc4 Sonic actually had a few lines in] ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog CD|Sonic CD]]''.
* ''[[Tekken]]'': aside from a few kiais and grunts, all of the characters before ''Tekken 4'' were not very talkative (it was especially jarring in their ending sequences). Julia Chang from ''Tekken 3'' was the first to break the silence in her ''[[Something Completely Different|not-quite standard]]'' ending. After that, everybody got into the act in ''Tekken 4'' and every succeeding game afterwards.
* ''[[Final Fantasy IV]] DS'' had some 3D cutscenes with voices. However, this was not cost-free: The previous remake's option to switch party members had to be cut, and with it, the two [[Bonus Dungeon
* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' characters were voiceless in general (if you don't count the synthesized ones in ''FFVI'') until the tenth installment of the series. Sequels and spinoffs have added voices for many of the other
* The main character of ''[[The Suffering]]'' does this in the sequel.
* Although the ''[[Persona]]'' series protagonists make battle grunts and incantations they are otherwise [[Heroic Mime|Silent Protagonists]], except in the audio dramas where they suddenly engage in conversation. The ''[[Persona 3]]'' hero is still pretty quiet and only speaks when spoken to, but the ''[[Persona 4]]'' hero is downright chatty, making sure his younger cousin eats well, inspiring his buddy Yousuke and so forth.
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* "Soap" MacTavish from ''[[Call of Duty]] 4: [[Modern Warfare]]'' follows the tradition of being a [[Heroic Mime]]. In ''[[Modern Warfare]] 2'', he, along with newcomer Pvt. Allen, can speak, but only when the player is not controlling them.
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ''[[Serious Sam]] 2'' when NETRISCA starts talking to Sam.
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'''Netrisca:''' Yes, it's a bit complicated... let's just say it has something to do with having a bigger game budget. }}
* ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]]'': The protagonist is a standard [[Heroic Mime]], with the twist that s/he does internal monologues relating to the situation at hand. The protagonist finally does speak out loud at the ending of both games, but goes to being quiet and thoughtful afterwards.
* The ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series gives a voice to the formerly voiceless Yen Sid, the wizard from Fantasia.
** ''[[Epic Mickey]]'' also gives him a voice, as he narrates.
* In the ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' series, only a handful of characters have voices, which in turn only utter brief phrases ("Objection!", "Hold it!", etc.). But the upcoming crossover ''[[Professor Layton VS Ace Attorney]]'' features fully-animated, fully-voiced [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpxEQIe5jdw cutscenes] with Phoenix and the usually silent Maya. [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]].
** He speaks in ''Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3'' too.
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* Remember Mathilda, the Black Baron's mute assistant from ''[[MadWorld]]'' who would always demonstrate the Bloodbath Challenges using the Baron as an example? Well, as of ''[[Anarchy Reigns]]'', she is no longer mute. [[Action Girl|And she's no]] [[Carry a Big Stick|wallflower, either]].
* The Warden in ''[[Dragon Age]]: Origins'' was mostly voiceless (except for battle cries). Then Hawke in ''[[Dragon Age II]]'' got all his and her replies fully voiced ''a la'' Shepard from ''[[Mass Effect]]''. Let's just say that the [[Broken Base|base is still as broken over it as about everything else in the game]].
* After eleven (!) different [[Silent Protagonist
* {{spoiler|Metal Sonic}} gains a voice in ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'', but goes back to being speechless in every appearance afterwards.
* The protagonist in the first ''[[Saints Row]]'' would only have a male one liner at the end of each campaign. S\he more than makes up for this in the sequel, [[Evil Brit|with]] [[Badass Spaniard|not]] [[Scary Black Man|one]] [[Dark Action Girl|but]] [[Spicy Latina|six]] [[Sassy Black Woman|different]] voices to choose from, and unique dialogue for each. The third game even adds in a female Russian accent and Zombie grunts.
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** Not only that, but the [http://www.kevinandkell.com/about/ About] page has another character, Fenton Fuscus, briefing new readers on what the premise of the strip is. Kevin has one line in this video, likely by Bill.
** Other than that, Bill is [http://www.kevinandkell.com/about/faq.html#1.14 shopping around the idea] of a "Kevin and Kell" TV series to different networks. He's said he would want [[John Goodman]] as Kevin and [[Janeane Garofalo]] as Lindesfarne.
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' had Punch, [[Frankenstein's Monster]] style construct. As one of Heterodyne Boys' first works, he got some imperfections, including being mute (they proposed improvement later, but he refused). After he got torn apart, the [[Mad Scientist]] who healed him fixed this problem too, which was a bit of a shock to those who knew Punch before. Also, he's rather eloquent and catches up with all those years.
{{quote|'''Dimo''': (quietly) In fect, it ken be kind ov hard to gets heem to ''shot op''.}}
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** From ''Reconstruction'' through to ''Revelations'' [[The Juggernaut|The Meta]] speaks in low growls and snarls. But in Season 9 he starts to talk ... a bit. Probably an [[Inversion]] since Season Nine is a prequel.
== Web Original ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/@PressStartToLaugh Press Start to Laugh] is a [[Let's Play]] [[YouTube]] channel where the poster adds dialogue to [[Heroic Mime]] characters, such as [[The Legend of Zelda|Link]], [[Portal| Chell]], and [[Doom (2016)| Doomguy]], often with humerous intent.
== Western Animation ==
* The much reviled ''[[Tom and Jerry: The Movie]]'' aped several Disney-like elements, including giving the titular characters full voices and lampshading it. The second one removed this aspect.
** Tom and Jerry were
* Interestingly, ''[[The Itchy and Scratchy Show|Itchy & Scratchy]]'' don't have voices in early ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|Simpsons]]'' episodes, but were probably later given them to allow for more references to animation.
** Several non-canon episodes have used this trope with Maggie, including a few Halloween specials that give her a [[James Earl Jones|deep, masculine voice.]] She actually ''does'' speak on the show on two occasions, though: {{spoiler|the episode about Lisa's birth and a much-more-recent episode where she says "''Ja''" in imitation of Springfield's recent migrant workers}}.
*** She also said "Daddily-doodily" in the episode where Ned Flanders temporarily adopted the Simpson kids. But her first "official" word, at the end of an episode featuring flashbacks to the horrors of Bart and/or Lisa as toddlers, stated after a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] between her and Homer: "Daddy."
* ''[[The Pink Panther (animation)|The Pink Panther]]'' cartoon gave its cat a debonair British accent, courtesy of Rich Little, for only two episodes. He became [[The Voiceless]], then got a new voice in his 90s TV series, this time by Matt Frewer.
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** Curiously, the episode "Hare-Breadth Hurry" had Bugs against a silent Wile E. Coyote. On the other hand, Bugs was explicitly replacing the Road-Runner in that episode.
* Longshot from [[Avatar: The Last Airbender]] spends most of his time silent. When he did talk, he was serious.
* As per the gimmick of the crossover between ''[[Rugrats]]'' and ''The Wild Thornberrys'', ''Rugrats Go Wild'' gives Spike a voice courtesy of Bruce Willis due to Eliza Thornberry's ability to [[Speaks Fluent Animal|
* Disney experimented with giving Pluto a voice in one of his early black and white short appearances. It didn't work out and he's remained a voiceless character ever since.
* ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]'' went all over the place on this trope. He pantomimes to his owners, but in later seasons talks to outsiders and the audience on occasion.
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** Parodied: while posing as a human Perry is forced into a situation where he needs to speak, and then suddenly ''does'' in a refined, cultured accent. Then it's revealed {{spoiler|he's just mouthing the words to a recording hidden behind his back}}. Another episode has someone suggesting he can talk treated like an idiot.
* A slightly different idea around the same concept: the ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' characters Mas y Menos are regular chatterboxes, but only speak Spanish. An episode near the end of the series features them speaking English when supervillain Control Freak changes the setting on his superpowered remote.
** When Cinderblock spoke, it made the villains suspicious. As [[The Voiceless|Jericho]] speaks with the voice of the victim, that means Cinderblock has the ability to talk.
* The series adaptation of ''[[The Land Before Time]]'' voiced Spike, though he was speaking inside his head.
** The fourth movie, ''Journey Through the Mists'', play is straight: when Ducky is thrown into peril towards the end and causes a [[Say My Name]] moment amongst her friends, Spike goes, "Duuuhh... duuuhh... duuuhh... '''DUCKY!!!'''" [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] immediately after with everybody else doing a collective gasp directed at him.
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