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== [[Film]] ==

'''Mr. Gibbs:''' Mostly, we figure, that means "yes." }}

* The [[Star Wars]] Expanded Universe establishes that Chewbacca considers this to be one of Han's roles for him. Wookiee vocal chords are physically incapable of making the sounds necessary to speak Basic barring a rare birth defect that also prevents them from speaking Shyriwook.

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* Alternately parodied and played straight several times in various [[Discworld]] novels, especially those with Vimes. In ''Night Watch'', Reg Shoe thinks he's speaking for the People, but Vimes reflects that the People would "clip [him] round the ear if they found [him] doing it". However, Vimes is quoted as using this line straight himself in the earlier book ''Feet of Clay'' ("Commander Vimes says someone has to speak for those who have no voices!"), and in ''The Wee Free Men'', Tiffany Aching recalls her grandmother expressing a similar sentiment.

 

** Although all but Matt consider Lanny to be [[The Voiceless]], Matt repeatedly [[Informed Ability|tells]] others that he finds it hard to get a word in edgewise when conversing with his friend.

 

* Rage Against The Machine have a song called "Voice of the Voiceless," which is about Mumia Abu-Jamal.

 

* In ''[[Shadowrun]]'', dragons can use a form of telepathy but can't speak the way humans can, so they will often choose a human to translate their thoughts into speech.

* In warhammer fantasy battles the council of thirteen of the Skaven has the Grey Seers seated member intercept their gods will, this really gives the Grey Seers a second vote in all matters.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* There's a funny little side-story in ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]]: Explorers of Time/Darkness'' that culminates in someone speaking for an inanimate object. Dugtrio is obsessed with the VAAAAST SEA, often shirking work to go talk at it. One day, it answers back, telling Dugtrio that it really wishes they would get back to work... which, of course, turns out to be Loudred throwing his voice at the request of Dugtrio's son.

* Caim from ''[[Drakengard]]'' forged a [[Power At a Price|spiritual bond with a dragon and lost his voice as the price]]. Fortunately, his dragon can communicate telepathically with him and is sometimes willing to voice his thoughts to others.

* Jonner is this for [[The Voiceless|Mr. Blix]] in ''[[Freelancer]]'' while Trent is searching for von Klausen on New Berlin.

* In ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]'', Misha serves as an interpreter for the deaf-mute Shizune, who uses sign language. Some of Misha's own personality quirks occasionally get in the way, though.

'''Maria:''' ... Us "other people" are thinking you're a huge idiot right now, amigo. }}

 

* In ''[[Captain SNES]]'', there are supposedly specially trained telepaths meant to give people suffering from [[Heroic Mime|Silent Protagonist Syndrome]] the ability to answer questions for game shows. Supposedly because the only one we see is the "Dodongo Dislike Smoke" old man, who speaks exclusively in his indecipherable lines from the game.

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

* In ''[[A Miracle of Science]]'', since the inhabitants of Mars are part of a collective consciousness, it is considered to be a [[Genius Loci]], and thus every citizen speaks for the planet as a whole. This gets interesting once one of the Martians takes an interest in the main character.

'''Benjamin:''' That's like saying, "Brazil thinks you're cute." }}

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* [[Transformers Prime|Soundwave]] uses something of a variant. When he has to say something, he plays back a recording of something another character said earlier.

 

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