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* Parodied on ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys''. A bratty kid shows Eliza (who can actually talk to animals) a device which can attract animals and demonstrates it on Darwin. After he leaves, Darwin asks Eliza what the device was and why it was talking about apple pie.

->'''Dug:''' Hey. would you--[[GratuitousSpanish cuerdo con tigo]][[note]]I will talk with you[[/note]]I use that collar [[GratuitousJapanese watashi wa hanashi ma]].[[note]]I will talk with you.[[/note]] to talk with ''(in Southern accent)'' I would be happy if you stop.

->'''Dug:''' Hey. would you--[[GratuitousSpanish cuerdo con tigo]][[note]]I will talk with you[[/note]]I use that collar[[GratuitousJapanese watashi wa hanashi ma]].[[note]]I will talk with you.[[/note]] to talk with ''(in Southern accent)'' I would be happy if you stop.

->'''Dug:''' Hey. would you--[[GratuitousSpanish cuerdo con tigo]][[note]]I use that collar[[/note]] [[GratuitousJapanese watashi wa hanashi ma]].[[note]]to talk with.[[/note]] ''(in Southern accent)'' I would be happy if you stop.

* ''InspectorGadget 2'', the sequel to the live-action ''Inspector Gadget'' movie, featured a collar that translates dog language to English, which they put on Brain.

* Brain also gets a translating collar when he makes a return appearance in ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget and the Gadgetinis''; in the earlier series he could only bark and mime.

* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BowLingual BowLingual]], if it works.

->'''Dug:''' Hey. would you--[[GratuitousSpanish cuerdo con tigo]][[note]]I use that collar[[/note]] [[GratuitousJapanese watashi wa hanashi ma]][[note]]to talk with[[/note]]. ''(in Southern accent)'' I would be happy if you stop.

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* The dog collars in ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'' also come with different language settings and a screen with tra-'''SQUIRREL!''' tracking information.
* Steve the monkey in ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' involves a sweatband and a Speak'n'Spell.

* WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom has one where Jack tries to build a ghost-to-human translator. However, as the ghosts in the series can speak English (or other human languages) anyway, all it accomplishes is giving Jack yet another hint that his son is part-ghost, which of course he completely ignores.

->'''Dug:''' Hey would you ''cuerdo con tigo''[[note]]I use that collar[[/note]] ''watashi wa hanashi ma''[[note]]to talk with[[/note]] . I would be happy if you stop.

* Sakamoto's Handkerchief / Bandana / Collar in ''{{Nichijou}}''.

* Parodied in a panel of ''TheFarSide'' involving an inventor who created a device for translating dogs' barking, which he carried around with him. As he walked down the street, all he heard was "HEY!" "HEY!" "HEY!" "HEY!" "HEY!" "HEY!" "HEY!"

* In ''{{seaQuest DSV}}'', Darwin the dolphin is able to communicate with his human crewmates using a device that Lucas built. However, due to the abstract nature of a dolphin's thought processes, his communications aren't always clear.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/MyFriendsTiggerAndPooh'', Rabbit invents a device to translate what Buster's saying, which doesn't work. (Yes, Rabbit's a talking rabbit. Yes, he says [[FurryConfusion dogs can't really talk]]. [[MST3K Just go with it]].)

* The PoweredArmor used by Poipoider and other porpoises in ''MarsDaybreak'' translate their language as well as letting them walk on land.

->'''Dug:''' Hey would you ''cuerdo con tigo''[[note]]Spanish[[/note]] I use that collar ''watashi wa hanashi ma''[[note]]Japanese[[/note]] to talk with. I would be happy if you stop.

* ''{{We 3}}'': the protagonist.

* In the movie adaption of ''Congo'' as in the book, Amy the gorilla had been taught sign-language. Unlike the book however, the movie gave her a robotic glove that would translate her signing into audible speech to make things easier on the audience.

* The otherworlders of {{Miamaska}} are an example of #3, explained briefly [[http://miamaska.tidalcomics.com/index.php?strip_id=33 here]].

* In ''PowerRangersSPD,'' a MonsterOfTheWeek who uses one of these switches bodies with Sky, and breaks it so Sky can't tell anyone. This... really shouldn't work, as Sky still knows English and the bad guy ''wouldn't,'' but maybe it's really a case of the alien's vocal cords not being able to make the right sounds.

* ''Literature/RatsBatsAndVats'' by EricFlint and DaveFreer played with this trope. The anthropomorphic rats were genetically engineered to be bipedal. However, their minds were uplifted with alien microchip technology and they needed an implant to speak to humans.

* Brain also gets a translating collar when he makes a return appearance in ''InspectorGadget and the Gadgetinis''; in the earlier series he could only bark and mime.

->'''Dug:''' Hey would you ''cuerdo con tigo''[[hottip:*:Spanish]] I use that collar ''watashi wa hanashi ma''[[hottip:*:Japanese]] to talk with. I would be happy if you stop.

* Steve the monkey in ''CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' involves a sweatband and a Speak'n'Spell.
* JimmyNeutron has a device that lets him talk to fish.
* A scientist on ''ScoobyDoo, Where Are You!'' (episode "Scooby's Night with a Frozen Fright") also had a device that let him talk to fish. The fish looked at Scooby and said, "Scooby Doo! Scooby Doo!"

* Parodied on ''TheWildThornberrys''. A bratty kid shows Eliza (who can actually talk to animals) a device which can attract animals and demonstrates it on Darwin. After he leaves, Darwin asks Eliza what the device was and why it was talking about apple pie.
* Related: In an episode of ''TheSimpsons'', Unkie Herb invented a Baby Translator, which transformed Maggie's "goo-goo-gaa-gaa" into phrases that the parents could understand like "Burp me," "Oh, dear, I seem to have soiled myself," etc.

* In an episode of ''MyFriendsTiggerAndPooh'', Rabbit invents a device to translate what Buster's saying, which doesn't work. (Yes, Rabbit's a talking rabbit. Yes, he says [[FurryConfusion dogs can't really talk]]. [[MST3K Just go with it]].)

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', Lady Rainicorn gets one but is causes her to talk like an old man.
* In ''{{Dogstar}}'' episode "Pedigree", Lincoln Clark creates a 'voice-box' for dog-scent sniffer-cat Boombah. They quickly discover that Boombah has nothing interesting to say, and that Simone has been lying about being able to talk to the cat.