Tropescilloscope: The Voiceless

Speech-capable character never or rarely speaks. (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes Epic Fail Reckless Gun Usage Award-Bait Song Anyone Can Die Improbable Weapon User Line-of-Sight Name Sci-Fi Horror Crazy Jealous Guy Sassy Black Woman Off with His Head! Rewatch Bonus Room Full of Crazy Pyrrhic Victory The Vamp Big Bad Duumvirate Slasher Movie I'm a Humanitarian Dressing as the Enemy Domestic Abuse Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Punny Name Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Handicapped Badass And I Must Scream Police are Useless Bullying a Dragon Bring My Brown Pants Intrepid Reporter Smoking Is Cool Children Are Innocent Narrator Faux Affably Evil Setting Update Dramedy Arc Words Girl-on-Girl Is Hot The Dragon Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Yandere Major Injury Underreaction Cassandra Truth As the Good Book Says... Jerkass Works Set in World War II The Ditz No OSHA Compliance Spiritual Successor Manchild World of Ham Straight Gay Call-Forward Actor Allusion Extremely Short Timespan Karmic Death Needs Wiki Magic Love Guns Akimbo Attempted Rape Silent Movie Disguised in Drag Kids Are Cruel The Casanova Darker and Edgier Humiliation Conga Take a Third Option Gratuitous English Anachronic Order folderlabel Trailers Always Spoil Wretched Hive Thriller Film Noir A Minor Kidroduction N-Word Privileges Suspiciously Specific Denial Adaptational Heroism Outrun the Fireball Eureka Moment Action Genre Back from the Dead Self-Deprecation Dropped a Bridge on Him Bury Your Gays Creative Closing Credits Fish out of Water Alliterative Name BFG Double Entendre Didn't Think This Through Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Serial Killer Took a Level in Jerkass Action Survivor Cool Old Guy Fainting No Name Given Random Events Plot Mind Screw The Musical Instant Death Bullet Bowdlerise Lighter and Softer Novelization Femme Fatale Neck Lift Double-Meaning Title Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Captain Ersatz Taking You with Me Twist Ending Enemy Mine Does This Remind You of Anything? Accidental Murder Guile Hero Curse Cut Short Cool Guns Big Eater Parental Abandonment Loophole Abuse Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Arranged Marriage Bond Villain Stupidity Adaptation Distillation Dark Action Girl Dramatic Gun Cock In the Back Same Language Dub Accidental Misnaming Smug Snake Never Found the Body Composite Character Vitriolic Best Buds Camp Gay Intergenerational Friendship Dying Moment of Awesome Ripped from the Headlines Christmas Movies Index "The Reason You Suck" Speech Bland-Name Product The Stoic Camera Abuse Not Even Bothering with the Accent Dull Surprise Deal with the Devil Vacation Films Ambiguous Disorder Plot Hole Spanner in the Works Expository Hairstyle Change Break the Haughty Big Bad Would Hit a Girl Cool Old Lady British Films Oh, Crap! Obviously Evil He Who Fights Monsters Knife Nut The Chick Early Installment Weirdness Ghost Fiction Small Name, Big Ego Drives Like Crazy Foregone Conclusion Everyone Has Standards All There in the Manual Henpecked Husband Mooks Sports Stories Easily Forgiven Villain Opening Scene Redemption Equals Death Papa Wolf The Lost Lenore Death by Sex The Bully Belligerent Sexual Tension Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Authority Equals Asskicking No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Time Skip Scare Chord Sexy Discretion Shot Bolivian Army Ending The Un-Reveal Early-Bird Cameo Moment Killer Not So Different Death Seeker Hypocritical Humor Protagonist Title Imagine Spot Noodle Incident Hidden Depths Dirty Old Man The Stoner Pragmatic Villainy Zombie Stories All Girls Want Bad Boys Evil Is Petty Anachronism Stew Italian Films Greater-Scope Villain Big Damn Heroes Rated M for Manly Bavarian Fire Drill Bloodier and Gorier Sanity Slippage Insane Troll Logic Author Avatar Overprotective Dad Undying Loyalty Names to Run Away from Really Fast Those Two Bad Guys Insult Backfire Woman Scorned Red Right Hand Happily Married O.O.C. Is Serious Business Dirty Coward The Lancer Closed Circle Demonic Possession All Just a Dream Romantic False Lead Beta Couple Only Known by Their Nickname Parental Incest The Smurfette Principle Light Is Not Good Disney Death A God Am I Blood Knight The Cameo Translation Convention Worthy Opponent Artistic License – History Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Biopic Serious Business Black Best Friend Bad "Bad Acting" Rasputinian Death Evil Counterpart Defiant to the End Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass For Want of a Nail Dual Wielding Hair-Trigger Temper Australian Movies Overly Long Gag Ascended Extra Television Movie Index Offscreen Moment of Awesome 20 Minutes into the Future Missing Mom Man on Fire From Bad to Worse Stock Footage I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Boom, Headshot! Dies Wide Open Unwitting Instigator of Doom Science Fiction Films Dark and Troubled Past Gory Discretion Shot Black Comedy Animal Motifs Shoot the Shaggy Dog Only One Name All for Nothing Fate Worse than Death NO INDOOR VOICE Covers Always Lie Deliberate Values Dissonance Annoying Younger Sibling Drowning My Sorrows Hero of Another Story Psycho for Hire Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Truth in Television Mythology Gag Meaningful Echo Bare Your Midriff Gone Horribly Right Tap on the Head Ominous Latin Chanting Diabolus ex Machina Facial Horror Training Montage Abusive Parents Betty and Veronica Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Combat Pragmatist Big Fancy House The X of Y Big Applesauce Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies The Oner Gender Flip Dramatic Irony Leitmotif Dark Reprise Unreliable Narrator Disney Villain Death Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Meet Cute Does Not Like Shoes Distracted by the Sexy Sinister Minister There Is No Kill Like Overkill Arch-Enemy Awesome, but Impractical Armor-Piercing Question The '80s Gainax Ending The Remake Only Sane Man Evil Laugh Eyepatch of Power Manipulative Bastard Extreme Doormat Reasonable Authority Figure Cloudcuckoolander Evil-Detecting Dog From Nobody to Nightmare The Hero Dies Not So Above It All Leave the Camera Running Amoral Attorney As Long as It Sounds Foreign Bond One-Liner Say My Name Nice Guy Even Evil Has Loved Ones More Dakka Badass Longcoat Determinator The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Dissonant Serenity Too Dumb to Live Stepford Smiler Really Gets Around Driven to Suicide The Film of the Book Left the Background Music On No Ending Based on a True Story Hollywood Law Very Loosely Based on a True Story Match Cut Token Minority Continuity Nod Ms. Fanservice The Great Depression Psychopathic Manchild Not Using the "Z" Word Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Bald of Evil Super Strength The '70s True Companions Wrong Genre Savvy Genre Shift Here We Go Again! One-Man Army Fiery Redhead Brainless Beauty Heterosexual Life-Partners Shell-Shocked Veteran Index of Film Westerns Five-Man Band MacGuffin Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Wounded Gazelle Gambit This Is Gonna Suck Blood from the Mouth Canon Foreigner Adaptation Name Change Adaptational Attractiveness Re-Cut Reality Ensues Fanservice Maybe Ever After Irony Fanservice Extra Laser-Guided Karma Hoist by His Own Petard Badass in a Nice Suit Plucky Comic Relief Psychological Thriller Took a Level in Badass I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Good Is Not Nice The Ghost Fatal Family Photo Shout-Out Fan Disservice Your Head A-Splode Ambiguous Ending Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Visual Pun Central Theme Groin Attack Beard of Evil Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Eye Scream Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Adult Fear The Atoner Slashed Throat Did Not Get the Girl My Beloved Smother Throwing Your Sword Always Works Broken Bird Freeze-Frame Bonus Artistic License – Biology Mugging the Monster War Is Hell Meaningful Name Bottomless Magazines Spell My Name with an "S" Informed Ability What Happened to the Mouse? Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Stealth Hi/Bye The Alcoholic Chiaroscuro Tempting Fate Non-Indicative Name Age Lift The Mole An Arm and a Leg Final Girl Grey and Gray Morality Almost Kiss Failed a Spot Check Adaptational Villainy Death by Irony Damsel in Distress No-Sell Historical Villain Upgrade Film Noir Index Hooker with a Heart of Gold Calling the Old Man Out Insistent Terminology Chekhov's Gun Black and Gray Morality German Films Frame-Up Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Improvised Weapon Stylistic Suck Kubrick Stare Rule of Funny A.I. Is a Crapshoot Blackmail You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Your Cheating Heart Obfuscating Stupidity Madness Mantra Riddle for the Ages Actually Pretty Funny Running Gag The '50s Genre Savvy "Shaggy Dog" Story The Big Guy Alas, Poor Villain Cold-Blooded Torture The Ace Video Credits Mama Bear Green-Eyed Monster Shower Scene Darkest Hour Flashback Corrupt Corporate Executive Rule of Cool Lock and Load Montage Becoming the Mask It Can Think Not What It Looks Like And Starring Brutal Honesty Russian Films Jerk with a Heart of Gold Captain Obvious Deadpan Snarker Romantic Comedy The '60s Shirtless Scene In Medias Res Mistaken for Gay Villain with Good Publicity Grievous Bottley Harm Fantasy Films Male Frontal Nudity Book-Ends Creepy Child Together in Death Disproportionate Retribution Costume Porn Retcon Vomit Indiscretion Shot Mundane Made Awesome Beware the Nice Ones What You Are in the Dark Cluster F-Bomb Love at First Sight Slap-Slap-Kiss Evil Plan Honor Before Reason Aluminum Christmas Trees The Reveal Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Let's Get Dangerous! Cowboy Cop Mad Scientist How We Got Here "Awesome McCool" Name Kill 'em All Red Eyes, Take Warning Villain Ball Kick the Son of a Bitch Affectionate Parody One Steve Limit Eagleland Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Aside Glance Face–Heel Turn The End... Or Is It? Silence Is Golden Get Out! Action Girl Made of Iron Real Life Writes the Plot Red Shirt Faking the Dead It's Personal Tagline Historical In-Joke Crucified Hero Shot Broken Pedestal Victoria's Secret Compartment Dark Is Not Evil Historical Hero Upgrade May–December Romance Depraved Bisexual Due to the Dead Artistic License – Military Knight Templar Badass Boast Animal Title Index Despair Event Horizon Shown Their Work The Dog Bites Back Downer Ending Off-into-the-Distance Ending Refuge in Audacity Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Military and Warfare Films Agony of the Feet Blatant Lies Race Against the Clock The Cavalry Badass Normal Mystery and Detective Films One-Word Title In Name Only Put on a Bus Big-Bad Ensemble Fire-Forged Friends Developing Doomed Characters Hope Spot Pet the Dog And the Adventure Continues Villain Protagonist Funny Foreigner The '90s What the Hell, Hero? I Need a Freaking Drink Decoy Protagonist As Himself Chekhov's Gunman "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Death by Adaptation Flipping the Bird Shut Up, Hannibal! Paper-Thin Disguise Character Development Slasher Smile Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Better to Die than Be Killed Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Love Triangle Manly Tears Retirony Ironic Echo Sealed Evil in a Can Bait-and-Switch Bad Boss Punch-Clock Villain It Will Never Catch On Jerk Jock Conspicuous CG Show Within a Show Mighty Whitey Kill It with Fire As You Know Credits Gag Mercy Kill Offscreen Teleportation Batman Gambit Friend to All Children Martial Arts Movie The Dreaded Men Are the Expendable Gender Fun with Acronyms Totally Radical Cat Scare Up to Eleven Badass Bookworm An Axe to Grind Genre Throwback La Résistance Whole Plot Reference Precision F-Strike Evil Is Hammy It's All About Me Even Evil Has Standards Bound and Gagged Half the Man He Used to Be Determinator aka: The Determinator Suddenly SHOUTING! Kick the Dog Dumb Blonde Evil Brit Asshole Victim Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Politically Incorrect Villain Hate Sink Unusually Uninteresting Sight The Chessmaster Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Curb-Stomp Battle You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Tranquil Fury Abhorrent Admirer The Place Card-Carrying Villain Have a Gay Old Time Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Crapsack World B-Movie Loads and Loads of Characters Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Married to the Job Deconstruction Sacrificial Lion All Men Are Perverts Exactly What It Says on the Tin Poor Communication Kills Four-Temperament Ensemble Fourth Date Marriage Pimped-Out Dress Public Domain Feature Films Destination Defenestration Not So Stoic The Stinger Nice Hat Fantastic Racism Hollywood Darkness All There in the Script Sir Swears-a-Lot Retired Badass Taking the Bullet Last-Name Basis Black Comedy Rape Broken Aesop Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Cruel and Unusual Death Ship Tease Bunny-Ears Lawyer French Films Monumental Damage Meaningful Background Event Anti-Villain Bar Brawl Scary Black Man Berserk Button Large Ham Superhero Motor Mouth Adaptation Dye-Job Heroic Sacrifice Death Glare Sadistic Choice The Starscream Adapted Out Dutch Angle Country Matters Playing Gertrude Soundtrack Dissonance Obstructive Bureaucrat I Have Your Wife Make It Look Like an Accident Body Horror Anti-Hero Word of God Car Fu Horror Films Jerkass Has a Point Leaning on the Fourth Wall Rousing Speech Police Brutality Vomit Discretion Shot Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Jitter Cam I Did What I Had to Do Drill Sergeant Nasty Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Funny Background Event Empathic Environment Hero Antagonist Bloodless Carnage Amusing Injuries Mexican Standoff The Brute Gold Digger The Voiceless Immune to Bullets He Knows Too Much Villainous Breakdown Unusual Euphemism Wham Line You Killed My Father Department of Redundancy Department Casting Gag Sequel Escalation Deliberately Monochrome Take That! An Aesop Hypocrite Only a Flesh Wound Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Laughing Mad Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Evil vs. Evil Reality Has No Subtitles Hell Is That Noise Interrupted Suicide Suspiciously Similar Substitute Anguished Declaration of Love Mr. Exposition Contrived Coincidence Red Herring Cool Car Pragmatic Adaptation Affably Evil Roaring Rampage of Revenge Rule of Three Animated Credits Opening '80s Hair Parental Neglect Artistic License – Geography Artistic License – Gun Safety Every Car Is a Pinto The Alleged Car Woman in White Artistic License – Physics Heroes Want Redheads After the End Never Trust a Trailer Naked People Are Funny Made of Explodium Scenery Porn Well-Intentioned Extremist Foreshadowing Daddy's Girl Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Action Prologue Film Series A Father to His Men Red Oni, Blue Oni Cat Fight Manic Pixie Dream Girl Bilingual Bonus The Quiet One Crazy-Prepared Morality Pet Freudian Excuse Fatal Flaw Big "NO!" Auto Erotica Stuff Blowing Up Redshirt Army Famous Last Words Adaptation Expansion Dirty Cop Karma Houdini Catch-Phrase Mood Whiplash Japanese Films Dogged Nice Guy Properly Paranoid Breaking the Fourth Wall Bi the Way She's Got Legs Revenge The Bad Guy Wins Antagonist Title Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Not Quite Dead Jump Scare Adorkable Unspoken Plan Guarantee Those Two Guys Beauty Is Never Tarnished Heroic BSoD Brick Joke Rule of Symbolism Mr. Fanservice Earn Your Happy Ending Deus ex Machina Stealth Pun Expy The Smart Guy Dwindling Party Epic Movie Lampshade Hanging Villain Song Hong Kong Films Adults Are Useless Logo Joke Fat Bastard For the Evulz Wham Shot Humans Are Bastards Daylight Horror Framing Device "Well Done, Son!" Guy Ax-Crazy Ambiguously Gay Pretty Little Headshots Disappeared Dad Bittersweet Ending Chewing the Scenery Canadian Movies Documentary Toplessness from the Back My Greatest Failure Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane The Hero Improbable Aiming Skills Break the Cutie Corpsing She Cleans Up Nicely Implacable Man Soft Glass Ungrateful Bastard Eiffel Tower Effect Face Death with Dignity Sequel Hook Death of a Child Product Placement Would Hurt a Child Historical-Domain Character Pre-Mortem One-Liner Gorn Star-Crossed Lovers Neck Snap Cool Shades Heel Realization Drugs Are Bad Black Dude Dies First Air-Vent Passageway The Load Butt-Monkey Vampire Fiction Foil Apocalypse How Badass Grandpa No Antagonist Storming the Castle Never My Fault Market-Based Title timeperiod Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Race Lift Music Stories Rape as Drama Malevolent Masked Men Male Gaze Alpha Bitch Naïve Newcomer Coming-of-Age Story Fake Shemp Our Zombies Are Different Scenery Gorn Chekhov's Skill Call-Back Danny Peary Cult Movies List Be Careful What You Wish For Important Haircut Reality Is Unrealistic Defrosting Ice Queen Once More, with Clarity! Those Wacky Nazis Homage The Faceless Creator Cameo Establishing Character Moment Eldritch Abomination Shipper on Deck Idiot Ball Big Brother Instinct Older Than They Look Comically Missing the Point Pretty in Mink The Mafia Skewed Priorities Pay Evil unto Evil Only in It for the Money Artistic License – Law Chase Scene Getting Crap Past the Radar Sole Survivor Gilligan Cut Killed Mid-Sentence Our Vampires Are Different Brother–Sister Incest Unresolved Sexual Tension Real Life The Sociopath Celebrity Paradox Adaptational Badass My God, What Have I Done? Spiteful Spit Wicked Cultured Babies Ever After A Date with Rosie Palms Nothing Is Scarier The Power of Love Title Drop Posthumous Character Heel–Face Turn No Celebrities Were Harmed Recycled IN SPACE! Spared by the Adaptation Bloody Hilarious Ass Shove Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Author Appeal Cain and Abel Demoted to Extra Catapult Nightmare Horror Comedy Evil Sounds Deep Exact Words Rich Bitch Parental Substitute Fingore Peek-a-Boo Corpse Stalker with a Crush Advertised Extra You Have Failed Me