History Main / SilentSnarker

** Garfield himself is an odd case of us actually seeing what the SilentSnarker is thinking. If we couldn't read his thoughts, he would count for this. This is explored with the [[http://www.truthandbeautybombs.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=4997&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 Silent Garfield]] experiment, which removes his dialogue but leaves him in the panel, still making his grins and aside glances.

** Garfield himself is an odd case of us actually seeing what the SilentSnarker is thinking. If we couldn't read his thoughts, he would count for this.

** Gromit's silent snarking ''so'' effective that back when ''A Grand Day Out'' was in production, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen he was originally supposed to talk]], but a scene where he reacts silently to Wallace stood out so much to the creators that they made him permantely silent.

-->But Baddeley was stout. "No, ma'am, it is Miss Price; I am certain of its being Miss Price." And there was a half-smile with the words, which meant, "I do not think you would answer the purpose at all."

-->But Baddeley was stout. "No, ma'am, it is Miss Price; I am certain of its being Miss Price." And there was a half-smile with the words, which meant, "I do not think you would answer the purpose at all."

-->'''Baddeley:''' (to Fanny, whose suitor has come to discuss things with her and her uncle) Sir Thomas wishes to speak with you, ma'am, in his own room.

* Gromit from ''{{Wallace and Gromit}}'' is the long-suffering master of this trope.

* ''{{Phineas and Ferb}}'': Perry the Platypus in regards to his Nemesis Dr. Doofenshmirtz, and his Allies Major Monogram and Carl the Intern.

May overlap with TheSilentBob. If the character is TheUnintelligible, this can sometimes overlap with SoWhatAreYouSaying.

* Oddly enough, the T-1000 from {{Terminator}} 2 fits this. Odd in that he's a machine with ostensibly no personality at all.

[[caption-width-right:203: Considering [[AbsentmindedProfessor who he has]] [[TooDumbToLive to deal with]], can you blame him?]]

* ''[[Film/HowToTrainYourDragon How to Train Your Dragon]]'': Toothless picks up some of Hiccup's [[DeadpanSnarker snarkiness]].

* Tinkerbell from ''[[Disney/PeterPan Peter Pan]]'', before she became SuddenlyVoiced in the sequels.

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* Snoopy from ''{{Peanuts}}'' combines this with LargeHam. He doesn't just snark Charlie Brown, he gets angry, yells and ''throws books at him''. This only applies to the animated specials, where Snoopy is silent ([[SuddenlyVoiced Most of the time)]].

* Snoopy from ''{{Peanuts}}'' combines this with LargeHam. He doesn't just snark Charlie Brown, he gets angry, yells and ''throws books at him''.

-->-- '''Dr. Doofenshmirtz'''. ''{{Phineas and Ferb}}''

* Pangur Ban in ''TheSecretOfKells'' is a borderline example: as an ordinary cat, she doesn't understand the greater significance of most things that happen to her, and will therefore react with expressions of annoyance, indignation or plain puzzlement that are great for puncturing otherwise dramatic moments.

* Feral from "Strays".

* Rico from "ThePenguinsOfMadagascar" sort of fits, as he is (usually) "TheUnintelligible" Although, often times his snarks are the ONLY intelligible things he says.
-->Private: "That won't be necessary. Private LIKES big.
-->Rico: "Oh boy."
* [[{{Peanuts}} Snoopy]] combines this with LargeHam. He doesn't just snark Charlie Brown, he gets angry, yells and ''throws books at him''.

* Rico from "ThePenguinsofMadagascar" sort of fits, as he is (usually) "TheUnintelligible" Although, often times his snarks are the ONLY intelligible things he says.

[[caption-width-right:280: Considering [[AbsentmindedProfessor who he has]] [[TooDumbToLive to deal with]], can you blame him?]]

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'''TheVoiceless and TheUnintelligible characters only. If they can talk, or at least talk frequently, they don't count for this trope.'''

* ''{{Chowder}}'': Schnitzel. "Radda radda."

'''TheVoiceless and TheUnintelligible characters only. If they can talk, they don't count for this trope.'''

The Silent Snarker is just that. A combination of DeadpanSnarker and TheVoiceless, TheSpeechless or TheUnintelligible. A character who does not speak, usually a sidekick, who is a lot more competent than his superior, [[SnarkBait who does things most]] [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snarkers]] [[SnarkBait would have a field day with]]. But since they cannot or don't speak, they communticate their snark through eyerolls, [[{{Facepalm}} facepalms]], furrowed brows and [[AsideGlance aside glances]]. These characters normally have very expressive faces to properly convey their silent exasperation.