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* '''Downplayed''': Evulz does speak on occasion, but it's very rare.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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Evulz does speak on occasion, but it's very rare.rare.
** Evulz occasionally makes vocalizations, but never speaks properly.



* '''Inverted''': Evulz has NoIndoorVoice, ever.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Evulz has NoIndoorVoice, ever.ever.
** HeroicMime



* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???
"He just doesn't talk... I think that makes him scarier."
* '''Invoked''': ???
Evulz decides to learn to be quieter as a villain in order to be more intimidating.
* '''Exploited''': ???
Evulz uses his silence to sneak up on his victims.
* '''Defied''': ???Evulz decides to have a regular speaking role.
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'''Basic Trope''': An antagonist that never speaks, especially as a way to make them more intimidating.
* '''Straight''': Emperor Evulz, the BigBad of the story, never speaks.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Evulz doesn't even make any noise at all - even his footsteps are silent.
** None of the villains speak.
* '''Downplayed''': Evulz does speak on occasion, but it's very rare.
* '''Justified''':
** Evulz is unable to speak. He could simply be mute, or he could even be an animal, creature, or [[EnfantTerrible young child]].
** Evulz has learned to be as quiet as possible in order for nobody to hear him coming.
* '''Inverted''': Evulz has NoIndoorVoice, ever.
* '''Subverted''': Evulz is introduced as silent, but then has a recurring speaking role.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, it only seemed to be "recurring"; this was the only time in the story he ever spoke.
* '''Parodied''': Evulz immediately makes a room silent when he goes into it, to the point in which one can be forgiven if they thought the volume on their TV stopped working.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Whether or not Evulz speaks seems to depend on the writer.
* '''Averted''': Evulz has a regular speaking role.
* '''Enforced''': Can be a way of using NothingIsScarier.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': "Has anyone ever noticed that Evulz never speaks?"
* '''Conversed''': "I wonder why some antagonists don't talk."
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%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
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%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???

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