- "Isn't it ironic to yell the word silence?"
- ― Fighter (8-Bit Theater)
The ability to remove a being's ability to speak or vocally communicate. Sub-power of Voice Manipulation and Silence Manipulation.
Also Called
- Silencing
- Vocal/Voice Revocation
- Vocal/Voice Dampening
- Vocal/Voice Silencing
Capabilities
The user can remove target's ability to speak or vocally communicate temporarily or permanently, which can severely limit an opponent's ability to relay information. If the target has to speak to use their abilities (speaking to cast a spell, activate technology, etc.), this naturally makes them impossible to use.
Associations
- Muscle Manipulation if the effect is caused by manipulating vocal cords.
- Sensory Deprivation
- Silence Manipulation
- Sound Absorption
- Sound Manipulation
- Voice Thievery
Limitations
- Silence Adaptation
- Opponents with Telepathy are not hindered by the user's ability.
- If the user is incapacitated, the user's power will wear off.
- May have a limit on how many people user can affect at once or at the same time.
- Cannot affect the users of Supreme Voice.
Known Users
- Marnot (Marvel Comics)
- Walter Shreeve/Shriek (Batman Beyond)
- Mother of Creation (Image Comics)
- Demons (Judo-Christian Mythology)
- Val Santiago (Lost Girl)
- Jesse Turner (Supernatural)
- Gabriel (Supernatural)
- Cain (Supernatural)
- Silencing Charm Users (Harry Potter)
- The Gentlemen (Buffy the Vampire Slayer); via Voice Thievery
- Chameleons (Shadow Falls); their voices and sounds numb while invisible
- Mutran (BIONICLE)
- Baji (Naruto)
- Valentine Morgenstern (The Mortal Instruments)
- Monkey Totem (Charmed)
- The Silent Card (Cardcaptor Sakura)
- Regina Mills/The Evil Queen (Once Upon a Time)
- Remiel (Tales of Symphonia); via Angel Toxicosis
- Lolph (Gravity Falls)
- Charity Callaghan (Charmed 2018)
- Chirox (BIONICLE); via Kanohi Shelek
- Vochaos (Ghostforce); in Booster Mode
- Monspeet (The Seven Deadly Sins/Nanatsu no Taizai); via Commandment of Reticence
- Miraculous holders (Miraculous Ladybug); to their kwamis
- Luka Couffaine/Silencer (Miraculous Ladybug)
- Language (Undead Unluck)
- Tella (Undead Unluck)
- Jazz Hands (Totally Spies); via accordion
- Some Decepticons who attack Bumblebee (Transformers film series)
- Megatron (Transformers: Prime)
- Megatron (Transformers: Cyberverse)
- Blitzwing (Transformers reboot films)
Known Powers
- Untell (Undead Unluck)
- Itsuki Inubozaki's Mankai (Yuki Yuna is a Hero); first time
Known Locations
- Island of Silence (Marvel Comics)
- Stream of Silence (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Gallery
Charity Callaghan (Charmed 2018) muting Mel's voice magically.
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As one of the oldest demons in existence, Cain (Supernatural) can...
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...easily silence a talkative King of Hell.
Walter Shreeve/Shriek (Batman Beyond) has a muting device on his right generator that can suppressed the sound of a contiguous area, produced absolute silence and made the waves cancel each other by replaying the sound it captured out of sync.
Monspeet's (The Seven Deadly Sins/Nanatsu no Taizai) Commandment of Reticence cause anyone who expresses hidden feeling and/or emotions rendered unable to speak.
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When a Miraculous holder wishes, they can snap their fingers pointing at their kwami or being told to shut up, be quiet, or just "Silence!", their mouths are sealed, rendering them completely mute, until the holder snaps their fingers (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir)
Stream of Silence (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Itsuki Inubozaki (Yuki Yuna is a Hero) was muted after using Mankai for the first time.
Bumblebee (Transformers film series) has his voice box damaged by some Deceptions, possibly Megatron, usually unable to talk. He can only communicate through a car radio inside his body.
Bumblebee (Transformers: Prime) lost his voice box to Megatron, until it was restored by the Omega Lock's energy field.
Marnot (Marvel Comics) demonstrated the ability to remove a person's ability to speak.
Videos
A Gathering of Gods - Supernatural-2