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'''Shaggy''': [[LikeIsLikeAComma Like]], what did you say, Scoob?\\

* ''WesternAnimation/CuriousGeorge'': Creator/FrankWelker [[{{Expy}} repeats]] Abu's mannerisms in his performances as George.
* Astro from ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons''. (In fact it is from 1962 and older than Scooby; both characters were voiced by Creator/DonMessick and he used the same voice for both). The 80's episodes gave us Orbitty (also voiced by Welker).
** In "Elroy's Mob", Astro also ''writes'' the same way he speaks.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' gave us Nibbler (voiced by Frank Welker). Nibbler is intelligent, though usually ObfuscatingStupidity. He occasionally shows more intelligence by vocalizing rapidly and gesturing wildly to indicate danger. And then there's the fact that he's actually a member of an ancient race that can manipulate the minds of others to make it seem like he's speaking their language.
* Rufus from ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''. He's clearly more intelligent than a real naked mole rat would be, but he typically communicates in squeaks and growls with only a few actual words thrown in.

* Played with in one ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon with Bob [=McKimson's=] hound - without Foghorn Leghorn around to bother him, he was getting bothered by WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck. As his master, Mrs. Elmer Fudd, hears the parson is visiting for supper and doesn't know what to cook, the dog starts playing Charades with her, pantomiming roast duck. She's not good at playing, and when she finally guesses "roast dog", he has enough and shouts "NO, roast DUCK! D-U-C-K, DUCK! Sheeeesh!!!"

* Astro from ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons''. (In fact it is from 1962 and older than Scooby). The 80's episodes gave us Orbitty (also voiced by Welker).

** An earlier show featuring her had only knowing three English words: "telephone", "wonderful", and "Misterogers" [sic].

* Rufus from ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''. He's clearly more intelligent than a real [[SeldomSeenSpecies naked mole rat]] would be, but he typically communicates in squeaks and growls with only a few actual words thrown in.

* ''Manga/{{Touch}}'': Minami's pet dog "Punch", though technically the closest thing she does to speech is snickering.

[[folder:Real Life]]
* Some members of highly intelligent species, e.g, bonobos, gorillas, dolphins, border collies, have been taught to communicate with humans via sign language or by using symbols for words. However, they don't have the same grasp of complex grammar that humans do.
** Attempts have been made to teach primates sign language. Teaching them to make signs is very possible, and several have been taught to make hand signs (usually based on American Sign Language), but they're incapable of using them in a coherent fashion that would resemble language; while they can associate a sign to an object or person, they can't string them together into grammatically correct sentences. For example, Nim Chimpsky's longest "sentence" was "Give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you."
** Kanzi the bonobo that is able to use a series of symbols on a keyboard which translate to English words, as well as using limited sign language, and is capable of responding to simple commands. While the success rate in responding to commands seemed high on cursory inspection, later analysis revealed that [[https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/03/ape-language-ace-gets-tripped-simple-grammar the success rate was extremely low in situations where grammar was important, indicating very poor ability to grasp grammar]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/gardea23 Mishka the husky]] can talk, albeit not as clearly as a human.
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[[folder:FanFic]]
* ''FanFic/ItsNotTheRaptorDNA''; Elise is part human, so not only can she communicate through sign language, she has a larger understanding of human speech and grammar than other dinosaurs like Rexy and the Raptor Squad.

[[folder:Web Comic]]
* ''WebComic/{{Enjuhneer}}'': Tails is a pretty good example.
* In ''WebComic/YokokasQuest'', Tomo is a small critter who is mute. He still has speech bubbles ([[TranslationConvention in forest language colours!]]), which have so far contained either a circle of dashes, or an exclamation mark.

* ''WesternAnimation/MegaMan'': Rush in the Ruby-Spears cartoon spoke like Scooby-Doo. He was also responsible for all the non-[[OneLiner quip]] comic-relief, which manifested at arbitrary and occasionally inappropriate moments.

* Some members of highly intelligent species, e.g, bonobos, gorillas, dolphins, border collies, have been taught to communicate with humans via sign language or by using symbols for words. However, they don't have the same grasp of complex grammar that humans do, but a commercial fooled a lot of viewers. Snopes proves a rumor in an [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=G32YehcdUAw ad of an oranguatan communicating with a young girl]] to be false.

* This is one proposed explanation for a joke found on a Sumerian tablet: "a dog walks into a tavern and says, 'I can't see a thing; I'll open this one.'" The explanation goes that the punchline would have made it clear to a contemporary audience that the dog was commenting on the tavern's prostitutes, and where it said "nothing" should have said "widow."

* ''WesternAnimation/HitMonkey'': The protagonist mainly expresses himself through the usual monkey ways, which is to say growls, howls, gestures and violence, yet is surprisingly good at making his intentions clear to other people. His SpiritAdvisor Bryce seems to understand him better than most (though that may be due to their spiritual bond) and he can communicate directly with other animals (shown through black dialog boxes) such as rats, dogs, cats and other monkeys.

* ''WesternAnimation/HitMonkey'': The protagonist mainly expresses himself through the usual monkey ways, which is to say growls, howls, gestures and violence, yet is surprisingly good at making his intentions clear to other people. His SpiritMentor Bryce seems to understand him better than most (though that may be due to their spiritual bond) and he can communicate directly with other animals (shown through black dialog boxes) such as rats, dogs, cats and other monkeys.