“ | You dangerous, MUTE lunatic. | „ |
~ GLaDOS to Chell. |
“ | Man of few words, aren't you? | „ |
~ Alyx Vance to Gordon Freeman. |
“ | That mute sh*t was gettin' old. | „ |
~ Playa. |
Heroes and heroines who rarely speak, cannot speak, or don't need to speak at all. Making a main character mute is often less about conveying diversity than about giving the audience a blank slate to project onto and as such it is most common in either video-games or art-house films.
This does not apply to animals or non-human characters if they make the range of sounds one would expect for their species (for example a dog barking or a cat meowing is how they "speak") - it is mostly used for humans, who are expected to be able to speak or for characters in settings where animals are able to vocalize beyond just the usual vocalizations found in nature (such as the talking animals of Jungle King or Lion King)
Some of these characters can end up being Pure Good if they meet all the criteria and have clear moral agency. However, since many of these characters lack a personality and clear motives they can only qualify if they depict their personality and motives clearly through their acts. Gromit is a good example of a mute heroes that qualifies as Pure Good.
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- A-Un
- Abner
- Abominable Snow Monster
- Abu
- Acorn and Oak
- Ada Clover
- Adam (Ninjago)
- Adeleine
- Adrian Shephard
- Agen Kolar
- Agent 3
- Agent 4
- Agent 8
- Agent D
- Agents (Crackdown)
- Air Bud
- Akamaru
- Akira Kazama
- Aladar's Mother
- Alex (Miami Nights)
- Alex Kidd
- Alex Xanatos
- Ali (Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo)
- Alien Bunnies
- Alien Hominid
- Aliens (Alien Hominid)
- Allays
- Allen Llewellyn
- Allied Mobs (Minecraft Legends)
- Alundra
- Amaterasu (Ōkami)
- Ambrosius
- Ambush (Real Steel)
- Amhuluk
- Amigo
- Ana Spelunky
- Anatolia's Mercenary
- Ancient Predator
- Angel (Tekken)
- Anguirus
- Angus (Brave)
- Animal Friends
- Ann G. Lina
- Antares 1
- Aphelios
- Aphie
- Appa
- Appa (Netflix)
- Arfolomew
- Armin Arlert's parents
- Arrax
- Arthur Radley
- Artyom Alekseyevich Chyornyj
- ATLAS and P-body
- Atom (Real Steel)
- Ava (The Dragon Prince)
- Avant Gamera
- Axolotls (Minecraft)
- Ayden
- Azymondias
- B. Skull Dragon
- Baba, Samson, and Joshua
- Baby Baabians
- Baby Bink
- Baby Dinos
- Baby Glory
- Baby Luma
- Baby Metroid
- Baby T
- Baby Tooth
- Bailey (A Dog's Purpose)
- Baird Kantoo
- Bait
- Bamm-Bamm Rubble
- Bandersnatch
- Baragon
- Barf and Belch
- Bark the Polarbear
- Bartholomew Kuma
- Bashbreaker
- Bastion (Overwatch)
- Battle-Tested Guardian
- Battra
- BB-8
- BD-1
- Bearer of the Curse
- Beeper
- Behemoth
- Bell (Call of Duty)
- Belzoni
- Ben Ali Gator
- Benji (Benji)
- Bernard Bear
- Beyond the Grave
- Biff and Sully
- Big Baby
- Big Brown Dog
- Big Daddies
- Big Kitten
- Big Red
- Bigfoot (Cryptozoology)
- Billy (The Snowman and The Snowdog)
- Billy Gill
- Billy Hatcher
- Bing and Bong
- Birdboy
- Birdman (Birdboy)
- Bitterman
- Bitzer
- Black (Twisted Metal)
- Black Bolt (Marvel)
- Black Iron Tarkus
- Black Krrsantan
- Black Spy
- Blackavar (Watership Down)
- Black★Rock Shooter
- Blade (Puppet Master)
- Blanca
- Blastwave
- Blaze (Ace Combat)
- Blobby
- Blossom (Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman)
- Blossomon
- Blowquila Worm
- Blue (AvA Fundraisers)
- Blue (Blue's Clues)
- Blue (Jurassic World)
- Blue Raiden
- Blue-Eyes (Speckles the Tarbosaurus)
- Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon
- Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon
- Bob the Bulldog
- Boba Fett's Gamorrean Guards
- Bojji
- Bolivar
- Bomb (Angry Birds)
- Bond Forger
- Boney
- Boo (Mario Party)
- Boo (Monsters, Inc.)
- Boris the Wolf
- Boxtrolls
- Bradley Beans
- Bradley the Skunk
- Brain (Inspector Gadget)
- Brainbots
- Brendan (Pokémon)
- Brock Lesnar
- Bronx (Gargoyles)
- Brownie
- Brum
- Bruno (Cinderella)
- Bubbles (Angry Birds)
- Bubbles (Bendy)
- Bubbles (Clu Clu Land)
- Buck (The Call of the Wild)
- Buckbeak
- Buddy (The Nut Job)
- Bulldust
- Bullseye
- Bumblebee (Cyberverse)
- Bumblebee (Transformers Film Series)
- Bumblebee (Transformers: Prime)
- Bumblebee Man
- Bunnicula
- Buttons
- Byleth
- Byron the Griffin
- C. Miller
- C4-621
- Cactus McCoy
- Calamity Coyote
- Calem (Pokémon)
- Cambot
- Camille (Jake and the Never Land Pirates)
- Candy Diver Cookie
- Captain Huggy Face
- Carbortion Wrex
- Carlitos Casagrande
- Cartoon Bendy
- Cats (Minecraft)
- Cats (Sleepwalkers)
- Celebi
- Celestialsapien
- Celty Sturluson
- Cerberus (Goofy Gods)
- Chane Laforet
- Chaos (Sonic the Hedgehog Archie Comics)
- Charizard
- Charles (A Monster in Paris)
- Charles (The Loud House)
- Charles Rodman
- Charlie (Jurassic World)
- Charon (Deadbolt)
- Cheeko
- Cheese (Sonic the Hedgehog)