Chatterbox alert: These 7 talkative characters from movies can literally make your ears hurt

While talkative characters are written to provide comedic relief in movies, we often see them using talking as a form of defence mechanism. Their constant chatter, which might be irritating or annoying for others, is a tool for them to take control of the situations around them. Here is a list of 7 talkative characters from movies that can literally make your ears hurt!

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1) Tony Stark (MCU – Iron Man, 2008)

It is a fact well known that Tony Stark is filled with wit and sarcasm that he doesn’t hesitate to fire rapidly. He finds silence uncomfortable and fills it with snarly comebacks and humour. In fact, he asserts his dominance over people through talking by constantly interrupting them or talking over them, establishing that he is the superior one in the conversation.

Whether it is dense monologues, ranting about his philosophies, or a showoff about his genius intellect, he is always speaking. Talking is his emotional avoidance mechanism; be it grief, guilt, love, or a crisis, he always talks his way out of these situations.

2) Deadpool (Deadpool, 2016)

Deadpool talks so much that he broke the fourth wall and started talking directly to the audience. He has no filter and talks non-stop, even when performing daring action sequences.

His mental mindset is chaotic, inflicted with deep trauma, anger, grief, and confusion about self-identity; the verbal chaos he brings with him is a reflection of the same.

In fact, words to him are a weapon. He often draws out his enemies with his words, provokes them, confuses them, and even insults them. But if one looks past his chatterbox tendencies, then they can see how he is a deeply vulnerable person who uses words just to diminish the constant silence that otherwise envelopes his life.

3) Donkey (Shrek, 2001)

Donkey from Shrek is well known for his talkative tendencies. He just never stops talking! Even when people stop listening to him, he goes on and on with no breaks. He is a comic relief character, and endless chatter is his trademark; be it joking, singing, telling stories, or rambling, he will continue to eat your ear off.

Maybe it's his anxiety or his desperate need for connection that makes him ramble so much that he even starts narrating his own thoughts. But all in all, Donkey and his talkativeness are a symbol of his innocence and transparency, and are adored by the audience… mostly.

4) Dory (Finding Nemo, 2003)

Another character famous in the world of movies, especially for their constant chatter, is Dory from the 2003 movie, Finding Nemo. One always finds Dory talking, no matter what she is doing.

She will be talking if she is lost, if she is having a panic attack, or even if she is in the midst of surviving some great danger. Everything else is secondary for her, non-stop chatter is what comes first.

Dory suffers from short-term memory loss, so she often repeats herself again and again to keep things fresh in her memory, which has become a characteristic for her.

5) Olaf (Frozen, 2013)

Olaf from Frozen will say just anything and everything that pops up in his mind without a second thought. He has a childlike curiosity and naivety to him, which makes his constant chatter a reminder of pure optimism that drives the world forward.

Verbal affection is very important to him, and he doesn’t shy away from constantly expressing his love and gratitude towards Anna and Elsa. People might dismiss his rambling as being nonsensical, but they are often filled with deep wisdom and insightfulness.

6) Cher Horowitz (Clueless, 1995)

While Cher from Clueless is known for her fashion sense, another famous characteristic about her is her fast-paced, dramatic speaking and endless monologues. Her verbal skills are unparalleled, and she often utilises them to control situations.

Her rambling might make your ear hurt at a point, but in the end, it all seems pretty endearing. In fact, it is through her speech that she attains emotional growth over the course of the events of the movie.

7) Annie Hall (Annie Hall, 1977)

Annie Hall indulges in nervous rambling, and her constant chatter is a reflection of her self-doubt and under-confidence. She is insecure and self-conscious, and thereby rambles on and on.

She feels so awkward usually that she ends up narrating her thoughts and inner dialogues unnecessarily. She finds a certain freedom in speech and therefore ends up speaking with no filter or second thought.

In fact, she also loves to sing and adds music to her form of self-expression, expressing her vulnerability in an unfiltered and unapologetic manner, which was very rare for females in the 1970s, when the movie was released.