 Silent Bob is not so silent. In Clerks and _Mallrats (1995)_ (qv) he  speaks only once, but in _Dogma (1999)_ (qv) he speaks twice. In  _Chasing Amy (1997)_ (qv) he has quite a long speech while in  _Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)_ (qv) he becomes almost  chatty.