History Main / WipeThatSmileOffYourFace

* In WesternAnimation/MaoMaoHeroesOfPureHeart, after Badgerclops and Adorabat break one of Mao Mao's prized possessions, he refuses to talk to them; just to emphasis this, he somehow manages to wipe the mouth off of his face and spends the majority of the episode this way. Badgerclops tries to mimic this, unsuccessfully.

** In issues #262-263, Banshee briefly has his mouth removed by the flesh-warping Masque, in order to nullify his [[MakeMeWannaShout screaming power]].

* ''Film/FantasticBeastsTheCrimesOfGrindelwald'': A young Leta casts the Oscausi spell on a Gryffindor girl who was badmouthing her, which erases her mouth.

%%* In ''Violent Sky'', an agent "silences" the genius of the protagonist's side by stabbing her in the back of the head and cutting a nerve for expressing thoughts. The victim is later implanted with an A.I. who's meant to impose her until her body dies of old age. Her nerve self-healed by luck later.
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* In ''Violent Sky'', an agent "silences" the genius of the protagonist's side by stabbing her in the back of the head and cutting a nerve for expressing thoughts. The victim is later implanted with an A.I. who's meant to impose her until her body dies of old age. Her nerve self-healed by luck later.

* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy''

* In ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century'', Dodgers demands that Eager Young Space Cadet Porky wipes the smile off his face. He does so [[TheFaceless rather literally.]]

* An ad for Hardee's (and Carl's Jr.) depicts a robot unwrapping a sandwich from the sponsor, putting it to his face and recognizing that he has no mouth. Slogan: Machines can't eat them. They shouldn't make them.

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* Arseface, from ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'', is a teenage boy who tried to kill himself, in imitation of Kurt Cobain, by shooting himself in the face with a shotgun. It didn't work. He is left with a giant gaping hole instead of a mouth. [[spoiler:He eventually goes on to become a world-famous rock star.]] Based on the real-life botched suicide of James Vance, although that was allegedly due to hearing subliminal messages in Music/JudasPriest songs.
* In ''ComicBook/TheBooksOfMagic'', one fey has his mouth magically removed when he wouldn't shut up.

* During the "ComicBook/EmperorJoker" storyline in ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'', Joker removes ComicBook/{{Batman}}'s mouth. Batman then communicates by Morse code using his jaw. [[CrazyPrepared Because he's Batman]].
* In ''[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]: First Thunder'' #2, Loki sets about working mischief by transforming the employees at [[SecretIdentity Donald Blake]]'s hospital into strange and terrible new forms. Jane Foster is one such victim. She ends up missing a mouth after Loki is done with her. Even more FridgeHorror kicks in when you remember that Loki's [[MouthStitchedShut lips were once sewn shut]], and this incident was a huge part of what embittered him toward Asgard -- and Thor -- to begin with. What he did to Jane was reflective of ''the worst thing that had ever happened to him'', dealt out to someone else this time.

* The SerialKiller Murmur from ''ComicBook/TheFlash'' cut out his own tongue and sewed his own mouth shut.
* In ''ComicBook/AfterlifeWithArchie'', ComicBook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch's punishment for reviving Hot Dog and accidentally starting a ZombieApocalypse is having her mouth removed [[spoiler:and being forced to marry [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulu]].]]
* In the sixth part of the ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' story ''ComicBook/TimeAndTimeAgain'', when Etrigan the Demon reveals Morgaine Le Fey's black knight to be Superman during her assault upon Camelot, Myth/{{Merlin}} the magician bids the hero to speak, only to see that a metal plate has covered his mouth via one of Morgaine's magic spells.
* At the beginning of Steve Gerber and Val Mayerik's graphic novel ''Void Indigo'', Zepharr of the Dark Lords magically [[https://totally-epic.kwakk.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019-12-15T150404.9-scaled.jpg erases Jhagur's concubine Ren's mouth]] before going on to torture her for over a day.

* ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'': An AlternateUniverse Reed Richards boasts to [[spoiler:Wanda Maximoff]] that Black Bolt can destroy her with a single whisper from his mouth. Probably not the wisest thing to say to a RealityWarper, since her response to simply say "What mouth?". [[spoiler:He then accidentally lets out a muffled SonicScream in panic, which causes [[YourHeadAsplode his head to implode]].]]

* ''Film/ChipNDaleRescueRangers2022'': Toons in debt to the Valley Gang are kidnapped and bootlegged when they can't make their payments, with their mouths erased so they can't scream or call for help. This is demonstrated when they kidnap [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Flounder]] [[spoiler:and almost happens to Chip before Ellie (and [[TheMole Captain Putty]]) intervenes]].

* The last sentence of the Creator/PaulJennings story ''Santa Claws'' has one of the characters utter "[[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor I wish you didn't have]] [[LiteralGenie such a big mouth.]]"

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* [[MeaningfulName Zippy]] from ''Series/{{Rainbow}}'' has a zipper for a mouth, so when he's being particularly obnoxious, other characters will zip it shut. For unexplained reasons, he usually seems unable to open it himself.
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* The mutant Chamber in Creator/MarvelComics blew off his entire lower face when his powers manifested. Technically, he can't even speak -- he talks telepathically, with a FunetikAksent.

* During the "ComicBook/EmperorJoker" storyline in ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'', Joker removes Franchise/{{Batman}}'s mouth. Batman then communicates by Morse code using his jaw. [[CrazyPrepared Because he's Batman]].
* ''[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]: First Thunder'' #2: Loki sets about working mischief by transforming the employees at [[SecretIdentity Donald Blake’s]] hospital into strange and terrible new forms. Jane Foster is one such victim. She ends up missing a mouth after Loki is done with her. Even more FridgeHorror kicks in when you remember that Loki's [[MouthStitchedShut lips were once sewn shut]], and this incident was a huge part of what embittered him toward Asgard -- and Thor -- to begin with. What he did to Jane was reflective of ''the worst thing that had ever happened to him'', dealt out to someone else this time.
* ''[[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League Of America(2006)]]'' #23: Zatanna has her own powers turned against her by Amazo, who uses them to “EVOMER S’ANNATAZ HTUOM.” She restores herself to normality by writing out a spell with her own blood.
* ''ComicBook/NewMutants'' #21: Trista, a mutant who can control the behaviour of others just by [[CompellingVoice speaking to them]], has her mouth magically sealed by an arcane device operated by Doug Ramsey.

* Murmur, psychotic member of ComicBook/TheFlash's Rogues Gallery, cut out his own tongue and sewed his own mouth shut.
* In ''ComicBook/AfterlifeWithArchie'' ComicBook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch's punishment for reviving Hot Dog and accidentally starting a ZombieApocalypse is having her mouth removed [[spoiler:and being forced to marry [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulu]].]]
* In the sixth part of the ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' story ''ComicBook/TimeAndTimeAgain'', when Etrigan the Demon reveals Morgaine Le Fey's black knight to be Superman during her assault upon Camelot, Myth/{{Merlin}} the magician bids the hero to speak, only to see that a metal plate has covered his mouth via one of Morgaine's magic spells.
* At the beginning of Steve Gerber and Val Mayerik's graphic novel Void Indigo Zepharr of the Dark Lords magically [[https://totally-epic.kwakk.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019-12-15T150404.9-scaled.jpg erases Jhagur's concubine Ren's mouth]] before going on to torture her for over a day.

** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. When Charlie X finally starts to go off the rails. "There will be no more laughing!" Soon they're all moaning as their faces become blank.
** In ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', episode "Q2", q (Q's son, who has been told to stay on ''Voyager'') is approached by cheerful, talkative Neelix. Except he still has his RealityWarper powers. Whoops. Neelix doesn't just get his mouth removed, but also ''his vocal cords''.
* ''Series/TheXFiles'', episode "Je Souhaite", where a LiteralGenie is passed around. One man wishes another man would "shut up". You know what happens...