Nanites port from /tg/station, original coder XDTM

code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/megafauna/colossus.dm

@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ Difficulty: Very Hard
 		to_chat(user, "It is activated by [activation_method].")
 
 /obj/machinery/anomalous_crystal/Hear(message, atom/movable/speaker, message_langs, raw_message, radio_freq, spans, message_mode)
-	..()
+	. = ..()
 	if(isliving(speaker))
 		ActivationReaction(speaker, ACTIVATE_SPEECH)
 

code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/parrot.dm

@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
 		stat("Mode",a_intent)
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/parrot/Hear(message, atom/movable/speaker, message_langs, raw_message, radio_freq, list/spans, message_mode)
+	. = ..()
 	if(speaker != src && prob(50)) //Dont imitate ourselves
 		if(!radio_freq || prob(10))
 			if(speech_buffer.len >= 500)
@@ -151,7 +152,6 @@
 			speech_buffer |= html_decode(raw_message)
 	if(speaker == src && !client) //If a parrot squawks in the woods and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? This code says yes!
 		return message
-	..()
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/parrot/radio(message, message_mode, list/spans, language) //literally copied from human/radio(), but there's no other way to do this. at least it's better than it used to be.
 	. = ..()

code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/slime/say.dm

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /mob/living/simple_animal/slime/Hear(message, atom/movable/speaker, message_langs, raw_message, radio_freq, spans, message_mode)
+	. = ..()
 	if(speaker != src && !radio_freq && !stat)
 		if (speaker in Friends)
 			speech_buffer = list()
 			speech_buffer += speaker
 			speech_buffer += lowertext(html_decode(message))
-	..()