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[[File:talkingheads_twopanel_6101talkingheads twopanel 6101.jpg|frame|[[Calvin and Hobbes]] go meta.]]

Footage (specifically, close shots) of people ... talking, with little or no other action. Theoretically easy to write and definitely cheap to film, [['''Talking Heads]]''' can be boring.

The term was originally coined in the 70s to describe advertisements shot in this style. [['''Talking Heads]]''' has since been used as a criticism for media that relied heavily on dialog.

[[Calvin and Hobbes|Bill Watterson]] complained that [[Newspaper Comics]] are moving in this direction, probably due to a combination of [[Cerebus Syndrome]] and [[Lazy Artist|Lazy Artists]]s, though ''he'' blames [[Executive Meddling|restrictions]] placed on them by newspapers.

Of course, the actual [[Alan Bennetts Talking Heads|Talking Heads]] by Alan Bennett conforms to this trope, essentially monologues (with one phantom policeman). The band [[Talking Heads (band)|Talking Heads]] (fronted by David Byrne), however, does not. Even their famous concert film, ''[[Stop Making Sense]]'', is completely free of [['''Talking Heads]]''', a rarity in a genre typically saturated with them.

* Several main characters (and most Enclave soldiers in [[Powered Armor]]) in ''Fallout'' and ''Fallout 2'' have animated [[Talking Heads]] with lip-synced voice acting for their dialogue window. This is even how the developers referred to them. Other characters simply show their world model and communicate via written text. A few, such as John Cassidy from ''Fallout 2,'' had [[Talking Heads]] animated but no voice-acting recorded (mostly due to looming deadlines), and were thus left out. Most can be restored via game mods, but are still silent.