History Main / EnslavedTongue

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** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight Midnight]]": [[InvisibleMonsters An unknown creature]] possesses one of the members of the group, to whom the Doctor tries to reason with. However, the creature's speech catches up to and then ''overtakes'' the Doctor's thoughts, taking control so he orders the others on the ship to kill him against his will.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E5FleshAndStone Flesh and Stone]]": A certain Companion is forced to count down to her own death.

* White Diamond's mind control from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' allows her complete and total control over the affected Gem, including speaking through them with her voice.

* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo'' has elite Passione member Tiziano whose Stand, Talking Head, is a small creature that latches onto a targets tongue and forces them to only communicate the opposite of what they mean. This even extends to writing and gestures and he can toggle it at will for further confusion.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'': Todd gives himself "lie spice" to make his lies 50% more believable, but too much consumption of the salt causes Todd to have uncontrollable lying.

* ''Film/EllaEnchanted'': Ella is under a curse that compels her to do anything that someone tells her to. If someone tells her to say something, she has no choice but to say it.

* ''Literature/EllaEnchanted'': Ella is forced to say things she doesn't want to as part of her curse of obedience.

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* ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'': The BigBad Sarda uses a rewriting reality spell against Black Mage, making him agree with what Sarda just said. Black Mage, who can copy spells used on him since he is also a blue mage, tries it on Sarda. Turns out, its effect is actually "rewrite reality as Sarda wishes".
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* On ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', many of [[MadScientist Dr. Doofenshmirtz's]] inventions and schemes involve communication, like the Double-Negative-Inator.

Sub-trope of PeoplePuppets. Frequently part and parcel of {{Puppeteer Parasite}}s' abilities. Inversion of CanOnlyMoveTheEyes, where the character retain the ability to speak when they are being controlled.

* ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Vento Aureo]]'' features this power in the form of Tizano's stand, "Talking Heads". It can attach itself to the tongues of others, forcing them to say the opposite of what they mean if they try to tell the truth.

* In the [[MilestoneCelebration 50th issue]] of ''ComicBook/MsMarvel2014'', Kamala teams up with [[ComicBook/MilesMorales Spider-Man]] when he finds a weird purple rock. When it's activated, Miles suddenly confesses to his crush on her.
* ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange'': When Stephen Strange first met the Ancient One and his disciple Baron Mordo, he learned that Baron Mordo was trying to kill his mentor. Mordo cast a spell on Strange that made it impossible to reveal the truth to the Ancient One. When Strange instead asked the Ancient One to accept him as a student, the Ancient One immediately broke Mordo's spell on Strange, revealing that he had known of Mordo's treachery for some time but kept him as a student [[KeepingTheEnemyClose so he could keep an eye on him.]]

* ''Literature/JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrell'': Arabella Strange and Stephen Black are cursed by the Gentleman with the Thistle-down Hair to be unable to speak of their enslavement. If they try to tell anyone, they end up telling nonsensical fairy tales instead.

* In ''Literature/{{Pact}}'', being magically enslaved can have this affect if the master so wishes. When [[spoiler: Rose]] is unwillingly bound by [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse Conquest]] (who unfortunately avoids asking her specific questions that would leave her some ExactWords wriggle-room,) he commands her to "tell me everything you don't want me to know", forcing her to explain exactly how she and her allies were planning to outsmart him.

* In the MusicalEpisode of ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'', the Machine Empress casts a spell on the Red and Yellow Rangers that forces them to sing everything.

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* {{Wrestling/WCW}} MaskedLuchador La Parka would take the mic and a make outrageous statements, but it wasn't him talking. The voiceover would happen even if Parka didn't have the mic in his hand; towards the end of the bit's run La Parka brought a sign out to display while the voiceover happened saying "this is not my voice" or words to that effect.
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* On ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', many of [[MadScientist Dr. Doofenshmirtz's]] inventions and schemes involve communication, like the Tell-The-Truth-Inator or the Double-Negative-Inator. It's also happened unintentionally, like the Misbehave-Inator. It was invented to sabotage a dog show, but wound up making the resident {{Jerkass}} renounce sexism and congratulate his opponent.

** In one episode, Zatanna casts a spell during the interrogation of Professor Anthony Ivo, forcing him to blurt out the location of his rival's lab. He even glances down when his mouth moves against his will.

Subtrope of PeoplePuppets. Frequently part and parcel of {{Puppeteer Parasite}}s' abilities. Inversion of CanOnlyMoveTheEyes, where the character retain the ability to speak when they are being controlled.

* ''Anime/HimeChenOtogiChikkuIdolLilpri'': Whatever a [[ClingyMacGuffin clingy magic card]] attaches itself to is forced to lie or act against what they say.

** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E5FleshAndStone Flesh and Stone]]": A certain Companion being forced to count down to her own death.

* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': After an experiment in SleepLearning backfiring, Dexter wakes up unable to say anything except "omelette du fromage" (literally, "cheese omelette"). Bizarrely enough, everyone he faces in the episode happens to want to hear the very phrase -- from his French teacher to the crowd at the UN. [[spoiler:Except the password authentication system in his lab.]]

* ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'': Majorina ruins the comedy contest by using special rings on the guest duo which make them unable to tell jokes or speak in the KansaiRegionalAccent, causing their routine to fall flat.

* ''Anime/HimeChenOtogiChikkuIdolLilpri'': Whatever a [[ClingyMacGuffin clingy magic card]] attaches itself to is forced to lie or act against what they say.
* ''Manga/MedakaBox'': Oudo's CompellingVoice won't allow itself to be used for anything but KneelBeforeZod. Though he meant to tell his schoolmates to live life to the fullest, the first words that came out of his mouth were the order to bow before him.

* ''Anime/AquarionEvol'': Kagura ends up insulting and threatening Mikono when he becomes nervous around her, due to his superpower of Reversal making him talk in reverse.
* ''{{Anime/Stitch}}'': Checkers, the Experiment that makes others cater to his wearer like royalty, is now modified to take control of the wearer's body so Hämsterviel speaks through them. It results in an uncommon combination of Tropes: a PeoplePuppet who [[CanOnlyMoveTheEyes Can Move The Face]] except for her mouth, out of which [[VoicesAreMental Hämsterviel's voice]] comes.
* ''Manga/BigOrder'': Sena plans to get Gennai to confess what he did on live broadcast, but he outwits her and makes him look like the good guy. She cannot refute him because she is too shocked in the manga; in the anime, his ability of "Mind Set" controls her into agreeing with everything he says.
* ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Vento Aureo]]'' features this power in the form of Tizano's stand, "Talking Heads". It can attach itself to the tongues of others, forcing them to say the opposite of what they mean if they try to tell the truth.

* ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'': When the Maitlands first release the title character, he gives a demonstration of his possession power by talking through Barbara.

* Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/ThePuppetMasters'': The title aliens can control a human's body by touching him and make him say anything they want. One politician is taken over and forced to say things he doesn't mean, and suffers great anguish over it.
* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'': Books can be bewitched to cause harm to anyone who attempts to read them. One example mentioned is ''Sonnets of a Sorcerer'', which causes the reader to speak in [[GratuitousIambicPentameter limericks]] for the rest of their lives.

* This is of course present in ''{{Literature/Animorphs}}'' due to the PuppeteerParasite aspect -- there are several instances of controllers making their human hosts say things they really don't want to.

* One book in the ''Literature/VenusPrime'' series sees Blake injected with a drug that's intended to work as a truth serum by making him unable to stop talking. He manages to escape his captors, but spends the whole night rambling on about random topics until the serum finally wears off.

* ''Literature/JonathanStrangeAndMrNorrell'': Arabella Strange and Stephen Black are cursed by the Gentleman with the Thistle-down Hair to be unable to speak of their enslavement. If they try to tell anyone, they end up telling nonsensical fairy tales instead.

** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight Midnight]]": [[InvisibleMonsters An unknown creature]] possesses one of the members of the group, to whom the Doctor tries to reason with. However, the creature's speech catches up to and then ''overtakes'' the Doctor's thoughts, taking control so he orders the others on the ship to kill him against his will.
* ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'':
** Sam's mother put a spell on Darrin causing him to start talking like he was three years old. Right in front of his boss!
** At another time she casts a spell that causes him to constantly speak in cliche.
* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': The deity Delos speaks through Leonard Randall's mouth in "The Trance".

* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'': Sabrina puts a spell on Hilda so that she'll say whatever Sabrina says, so she can make her go on a date with Mr. Kraft. While that is going on, Valerie shows up and Sabrina starts having a conversation with her while Hilda keeps repeating everything Sabrina is saying to Valerie. Eventually the spell breaks and Hilda drags Sabrina off to Zelda to figure out an appropriate punishment.

* ''Franchise/StarTrek'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E10PlatosStepchildren Plato's Stepchildren]]", the cruel and arrogant Parmen telekinetically controls the Enterprise crew, forcing them into humiliating performances such as dancing, singing, and reciting poetry.
* ''Series/RoundTheTwist'': A skeleton's curse forces Pete to end every sentence with "without my pants".

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': Ring of Truthlessness. The wearer must lie in response to any questions asked of them for as long as the ring is worn.

* See ''Literature/{{Pact}}'' in Literature above.

* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': After an experiment in SleepLearning backfiring, Dexter wakes up unable to say anything except "omelette du fromage" (literaly, "cheese omelette"). Bizarrely enough, everyone he faces in the episode happens to want to hear the very phrase -- from his French teacher to the crowd at the UN. [[spoiler:Except the password authentication system in his lab.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/MarthaSpeaks'', the titular [[TalkingAnimal talking dog]] draws her ability to speak from eating alphabet soup and [[IngestingKnowledge the letters somehow entering her head instead of her stomach]]. Any change to the soup will mean a change in Martha's ability to communicate. For example, in one episode, Martha is compelled to speak Polish after being served Polish alphabet soup. In another, the soup company decides to stop including some letters, and Martha's speech DeterioratesIntoGibberish.
* On ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', many of [[MadScientist Dr. Doofenshmirtz's]] inventions and schemes involve communication, like the Tell-The-Truth-Inator or the Double-Negative-Inator. It's also happened unintentionally, like the Misbehave-Inator. It was invented to sabotage a dog show, but wound up making the resident {{Jerkass}} renounce sexism and congratulate his opponent.

* In ''Literature/{{Pact}}'', being magically enslaved can have this affect if the master so wishes. When [[spoiler: Rose]] is unwillingly bound by [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse Conquest]] (who unfortunately is DangerouslyGenreSavvy enough to avoid asking her specific questions that would leave her some ExactWords wriggle-room,) he commands her to "tell me everything you don't want me to know", forcing her to explain exactly how she and her allies were planning to outsmart him.

* White Diamond's mind control from ''Steven Universe'' allows her complete and total control over the affected Gem, including speaking through them with her voice.

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* The wendigos in ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' have the ability to mimic people's voices. If you're not careful, more than one character can meet their end this way.

* ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'': The BigBad Sarda uses a rewriting reality spell against Black Mage, making him agree with what Sarda just said. Black Mage, who can copy spells since he is also a blue mage, tries what on Sarda; turns out, its effect is actually "rewrite reality as Sarda wishes".

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* ''{{LightNovel/MM}}'': The ACupAngst sufferer Mio uses hypnosis to temporarily make Taro end all of his sentences with "hugetastic boobs".

* ''Manga/SgtFrog''

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* ''{{Film/Beetlejuice}}'': When the Maitlands first release the title character, he gives a demonstration of his possession power by talking through Barbara.

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* ''Series/DoctorWho''

** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E10Midnight Midnight]]": [[InvisibleMonsters an unknown creature]] possesses one of the members of the group, to whom the Doctor tries to reason with. However, the creature's speech catches up to and then ''overtakes'' the Doctor's thoughts, taking control so he orders the others on the ship to kill him against his will.
* ''{{Series/Bewitched}}''

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* ''{{TabletopGame/Paranoia}}'': The Puppeteer mutation can be used to force a character to say whatever you want (with a good enough Power roll).

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* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': The Warlock spell Curse of Tongues slows the target's spell casting speed by forcing them to speak Demonic.

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* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': After an experiment in SleepLearning backfiring, Dexter wakes up unable to say anything except "omelette du fromage" (literaly, "cheese omelette"). Bizarrely enough, everyone he faces in the episode happens to want to hear the very phrase - from his French teacher to the crowd at the UN. [[spoiler:Except the password authentication system in his lab.]]

* ''Manga/KeroroGunsou''

** Kururu's invention turns the second light novel into an [[InteractiveNarrator aptly-narrated]] DetectiveStory, in which the "detectives" are forced to call each other by their embarrassing code names.

* ''{{Anime/Stitch}}'': Checkers, the Experiment that makes others cater to his wearer like royalty, is now modified to take control of the wearer's body so they speak for Hamsterviel. It results in an uncommon combination of Tropes: a PeoplePuppet who [[CanOnlyMoveTheEyes Can Move The Face]] except for her mouth, out of which [[VoicesAreMental Hamsterviel's voice]] comes.

* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': After an experiment in SleepLearning backfiring, he wakes up unable to say anything except "omelette du fromage" (literaly, "cheese omelette"). Bizarrely enough, everyone he faces in the episode happens to want to hear the very phrase - from his French teacher to the crowd at the UN. [[spoiler:Except the password authentication system in his lab.]]