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* In the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' fic "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/40945617/ Spider-Man: Finding Home]]", which features Peter Parker, Yelena Belova and Kate Bishop meeting and becoming interested in each other after ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', Kate and Yelena have a silent conversation when Peter's awkward reaction to the idea of sex at least suggests that he's a virgin, Yelena in particular observing that Peter is young and doesn't seem the type to pressure anyone into anything, concluding with a sly smile from Yelena as she observes that virgins can be trained.

If characters weren't aware this was even possible, this is an UnexpectedGameplayChange of sorts applied to the rules of communication. Expect many a FlatWhat in response.

* In the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse fic "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/40945617/ Spider-Man: Finding Home]]", which features Peter Parker, Yelena Belova and Kate Bishop meeting and becoming interested in each other after ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', Kate and Yelena have a silent conversation when Peter's awkward reaction to the idea of sex at least suggests that he's a virgin, Yelena in particular observing that Peter is young and doesn't seem the type to pressure anyone into anything, concluding with a sly smile from Yelena as she observes that virgins can be trained.

* In ''Film/SpyHard'', a seductress responds vocally to the InnerMonologue of [[Creator/LeslieNielsen Agent Dick Steele]]
* This is also how dinosaurs speak to each other in ''Film/WalkingWithDinosaurs'', although this was a post-production adition in order to make the movie more suitable for audiences, the original idea was to have a standard nature documentary film with dinosaurs like the show.

* In ''[[Literature/AliceInWonderland Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There]]'', a group of passengers on a train keep speaking in chorus and commenting that X is worth a thousand pounds a Y, but no one's really listening. The passengers hear Alice's thoughts, and she hears theirs, too.
-->'''Alice:''' (There's no use in speaking.)\\
'''Passengers, in chorus:'''[[note]]The narrator doesn't know how people think in chorus, either.[[/note]] (Better say nothing at all. Language is worth a thousand pounds a word!)

* Most of the ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' episode "Quiet Please" becomes this when the Greens are warned by the ScaryLibrarian she will ban them for good if they make even one sound, even talking and whispering; to get around this, Tilly suggests they use sign language and charades whenever they need to talk. From this point, there is mostly no spoken dialogue, with most of it played out through their thoughts usually translating their sign language.

* Happens multiple times in ''Manga/DeathNote''. Between Light and L. Happens once more in the GrandFinale between Light and Mikami in which ''both'' sides are somehow conversing in thought, with Mikami mentally asking Light how he could move freely while Light mentally replies back calling him an idiot and what he's done wrong.

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* In the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse fic "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/40945617/ Spider-Man: Finding Home]]", which features Peter Parker, Yelena Belova and Kate Bishop meeting and becoming interested in each other after ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', Kate and Yelena have a silent conversation when Peter's awkward reaction to the idea of sex at least suggests that he's a virgin, Yelena in particular observing that Peter is young and doesn't seem the type to pressure anyone into anything, concluding with a sly smile from Yelena as she observes that virgins can be trained.

-->'''Turk''': (Make me a grilled cheese sandwich, woman!)
-->'''Carla''': Make it yourself!
-->'''Turk''': ''(screams)''

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* ''ComicStrip/BeetleBailey''
** General Halftrack is freaked out when he notices his wife can effectively read his thoughts. She also reacts to ''that'' thought.
** One time, Beetle keeps his mouth shut at Sarge, but gets beaten up anyway for obviously thinking something bad. He complains that he has a sergeant that's both psychopathic and telepathic.
* ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} has this, by way of ThoughtBubbleSpeech, in the strips he shares with Jon, who answers to his thoughts either verbally or through {{Aside Glance}}s and similar reactions. His interactions with other animals, except for Odie, have them thinking back and forth.
* In ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'', Snoopy's thoughts seem to be audible to other animals. The humans will also occasionally respond directly to his thoughts as if he spoke them out loud.
* A RunningGag in ''ComicStrip/SallyForthHoward'' is that Hilary's friend Nona can somehow read her thought bubbles, which freaks her out.
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->'''Turk:''' ''[thinking]'' (Make me a grilled cheese sandwich, woman!)\\
'''Carla:''' Make it yourself! \\
'''Turk:''''' [screams]''
-->-- ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', "His Story"

-->'''Carla''': "Make it yourself!"

* Creator/EdgarAllanPoe story "Literature/TheMurdersInTheRueMorgue" starring C. Auguste Dupin is probably a TropeMaker. In the story Dupin is walking silently with his friend who is also silent, and then says something apropos to what the friend is thinking. Dupin explains that he followed his friend's thoughts based on body and eye cues, and jumped in at an appropriate time.
* Poe's version is also referenced by Literature/SherlockHolmes to Dr. Watson on a couple of occasions, to prove to Watson he's as good as the fictional Dupin, even though Holmes thinks doing it is "showy and superficial." The idea is taken even further when Holmes meets [[ArchEnemy Professor Moriarty]] and their conversation starts with "You already know what I'm going say," "You know what I'm going to answer to that." (Then they have the conversation out loud anyway for the reader's benefit.)
* In ''Literature/OnStrangerTides'', the vodun magician called Woefully Fat is deaf, and never responds to anything spoken to him -- but several times he gives an answer to what the protagonist had just thought.

* During the Desperate Fight of Disciples in ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'', The Elder reads Niijima's mind while he's going over his strategy to use a weaker member of the Shinpaku Alliance as a SacrificialLamb.

* During the Arlong Park battles in ''Manga/OnePiece'', Nojiko & Genzou have such a conversation while underwater and trying to rescue Luffy. One Piece is generally confusing in that it uses thought bubbles as both thought bubbles and whisper bubbles, making it seem like the characters are thinking when they're really whispering to each other.
* The characters of ''Manga/{{Beelzebub}}'' often start doing this in funny situations. At first it was just a one-off the two main characters did (described as telepathy), but after that everyone started joining in.
* In Masaya Hokazono's ''Inugami'', all animals, including the Inugami (wolves with various powers commanded by an unknown voice to leave the forest and spy on humans), speak by some form of thought speech to each other unheard by humans. One of the wolves, 23 (because of the of the number tattooed to his ear) learns to speak English with assistance from his human companion, Fumiki. When 23 encounter Zero, another Inugami, the latter is enraged partly because of cruelty at the hands of humans, and what he thinks are crude noises coming from 23's mouth. Zero later learns English himself when captured by the head of an unscrupulous [[MegaCorp pharmaceutical corporation]], yet his hatred of humans remains until the very end of the series.

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'''s anime adaptation hints at this at times. It can be hard to tell whether [[FirstPersonSmartass Kyon]] is talking to himself or having an internal monologue, [[FilmingForEasyDub particularly when his mouth is hidden]], so its ambiguous whether [[RealityWarper Haruhi]] responding to him is a case of DidIJustSayThatOutLoud or this trope.

* In ''Film/SpyHard'', a seductress responds vocally to the InnerMonologue of [[Creator/LeslieNielsen Agent Dick Steele]]
* ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet'': Jordan Belfort and Jean Jacques Saurel communicate the nature of their business through a series of inner monologues and glances.
* In ''Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows'', Holmes and Moriarty answer each others' inner monologues as [[AwesomenessByAnalysis they each plan their attack on the other.]] As a result, [[spoiler: Holmes realises that he will inevitably lose in a straight fight.]]
* This is how animals communicate to each other in ''Film/HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney''.
* This is also how dinosaurs speak to each other in ''Film/WalkingWithDinosaurs'', although this was a post-production adition in order to make the movie more suitable for audiences, the original idea was to have a standard nature documentary film with dinosaurs like the show.

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* One episode of ''Series/KenanAndKel'' begins with the titular characters prepping the audience, then thinking to themselves about each other and the audience. Inexplicably, halfway through the intro, Kenan is able to hear Kel's thoughts and proceeds to [[OnceAnEpisode tell him what to do]] while in Kel's head. Kel is left wondering why he can't actually talk back, then opens the episode anyway.

* This happens several times on ''Series/{{Spaced}}''. It is also subverted in Spaced when they're forced to come up with a lie:
-->'''Daisy (thinking):''' (It's times like this I wish I was telepathic. Don't you, Tim?)\\
'''Tim:''' ...\\
'''Daisy (thinking):''' (Damn!)

* An episode of ''Series/{{Friends}}'' opens with the characters minds wandering when Ross is explaining something. Joey's internal monologue is just a random (doo doo-doo doo). Phoebe's is (Who's singing?)

* This is the way how dogs talk to each other in the ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' universe. There's also an episode with Al, Peg, Marcy and Jefferson singing "The Way We Were" in their respective heads and they all start crying at the same time.
* Played with in an episode of ''Series/Charmed1998,'' where Piper, after leaving the room, responds to Phoebe's internal monologue, which had been implied to be more of a narration than an actual thought process. Particularly strange, seeing as the series deals with the supernatural, so mind-reading is entirely possible, but since [[MagicAIsMagicA Magic A Is (usually) Magic A]], Phoebe should have had more of a reaction than mild surprise.
-->'''Phoebe:''' (But it can be hard to know where to start.)\\
'''Piper:''' ''*calling from upstairs*'' "Start with Dex!"
* In ''Series/TheOldenDays'', Governor Frontbottom is thinking to himself about how to deal with the mud-diggers, when an unnamed sergeant walks out of a tent and asks him to keep his thinking down because he can't sleep, "not with you walking around wrestling with inner demons."

* A RunningGag in ''ComicStrip/SallyForthHoward'' is that Hilary's friend Nona can somehow read her thought bubbles, which freaks her out.

* WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC used this in a competition between ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Rorschach]]. As the characters' mouths never move, this is only noted by stating it occuring and a slight change in inflection.
* One of the Pokémon Movie Review Crossovers being done by [[WebVideo/ThatDudeInTheSuede Suède]], [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]], and [[WebVideo/YouCanPlayThis Jew Wario]] starts off with the first two having deep internal monologues, about errors and their hatred of overblown narration respectively, when Jew Wario just stares at the camera for a moment thinking "....cats are funny....". A second round of internal monologues begin, this time about how much fun reviewing the movies was and their goal of getting the (fictional) Pokémon MMO released by reviewing all the movies. Except that Jew Wario starts to mentally sing his superhero theme, interrupting Linkara who notes it as "rude". Suède than asks them if "as long as we're breaking at least seven laws of physics" they want to review the next movie. They agree, and enter the game world.

* This is how every non-human character talks in ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'', carrying over [[ThoughtBubbleSpeech a tradition from the comics]]. However they move their mouths in WesternAnimation/TheGarfieldShow.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', Klaus and Haley consider using their telepathy to screw with Steve, but decide on a different plan instead.
* Played with on the season one finale on ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'', when the cast is aboard a helicopter fleeing a missile attack. Clara asks Wooldoor, who is the pilot, what is he doing. Everyone looks at each other and nods their heads. Clara responds with "Why are you all nodding?" Wooldoor then flies the heli through their house to evade the missile.

-->'''Alice:''' (There's no use in speaking.)
-->'''Passengers, in chorus:'''[[note]]The narrator doesn't know how people think in chorus, either.[[/note]] (Better say nothing at all. Language is worth a thousand pounds a word!)

-->'''Daisy (thinking):''' (It's times like this I wish I was telepathic. Don't you, Tim?)
-->'''Tim:''' ...
-->'''Daisy (thinking):''' (Damn!)

--> '''Phoebe:''' (But it can be hard to know where to start.)
--> '''Piper:''' *calling from upstairs* "Start with Dex!"

'''Homer:''' (I know you can read ''my'' thoughts, boy. ''sings the "Meow Mix" song in his head'')

* In ''Series/TheOldenDays", Governor Frontbottom is thinking to himself about how to deal with the mud-diggers, when an unnamed sergeant walks out of a tent and asks him to keep his thinking down because he can't sleep, "not with you walking around wrestling with inner demons."

* In ''Series/TheOlden Days", Governor Frontbottom is thinking to himself about how to deal with the mud-diggers, when an unnamed sergeant walks out of a tent and asks him to keep his thinking down because he can't sleep, "not with you walking around wrestling with inner demons."

* An episode of ''Series/{{Friends}}'' opens with the characters minds wandering when Ross is explaining something. Joey's internal monologue is just a random (doo doo-doo doo). Pheobe's is (Who's singing?)

* An interesting example from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', where both Principal Skinner & Homer think at Bart; it's not clear that Bart can hear them but it is implied that Homer can hear Skinner.
-->'''Skinner:''' (I know you can read my thoughts, Bart. Just a little reminder: if I found out you cut class, your [[PrecisionFStrike ass]] is mine. [[LampshadeHanging Yes, you heard me.]] I ''think'' words [[JustifiedTrope I would never say]].)
-->'''Homer:''' (I know you can read ''my'' thoughts, boy. ''sings the "Meow Mix" song in his head'')

* Played with on the season one finale on ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'', when the cast is aboard a helicopter fleeing a missile attack. Clara asks Wooldoor, who is the pilot, what is he doing. Everyone looks at each other and nods their heads. Clara responds with "Why are you all nodding?" Wooldoor then flies the helo through their house to evade the missile.

* This is how animals communicate to each other in ''FFilm/HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney''.

* Sayaka Maizono from ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa'' does this frequently. Jokingly claiming that she is psychic is pretty much her CatchPhrase.

* Played with on the season one finale on ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'', when the cast is aboard a helicopter fleeing a missile attack. Clara asks Wooldoor, who is the pilot, what is he doing. Everyone looks at each other and nods their heads. Clara responds with, why are you all nodding. He then flies the helo through their house to evade the missile.

** Underwater?