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* In ''[[Blood+ (Anime)|Blood Plus]]'', [[Flamboyant Gay]] chiropteran Nathan Mahler changed his voice to a demonic rumble whenever he wanted to sound threatening. {{spoiler|Even the [[Dragon-in-Chief]] Amshel will back down when this happens, because Nathan is ''far'' more powerful and dangerous than he seems. Good thing he's not actually evil.}}

* ''[[GaoGaiGar (Anime)|Gao Gai Gar]]'' has Pasdar and Palparepa.

* Xanxus from ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn (Manga)|Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'' has a much deeper voice than most of the good guys in the show - though most noticeably, much deeper than Tsuna ([[Cross Dressing Voices|who is voiced by a girl]]).

* Xanxus from ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn (Manga)|Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'' has a much deeper voice than most of the good guys in the show - though most noticeably, much deeper than Tsuna ([[Cross-Dressing Voices|who is voiced by a girl]]).

* Marik Ishtar's shadow self in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (Anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]''. His normal self's voice is actually higher-pitched than a normal man. There's also Bakura, who, on top of being deep-voiced, is [[Evil Brit|British]], which increases his evilness.

** When Marik pretends to be a protagonist and after his [[Heel Face Turn]], his voice gets higher and softer.

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* In the Disney version of ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' Frollo is given a deep baritone by the late great [[Tony Jay]].

* In the ''[[Transformers (Film)|Transformers]]'' movies, instead of [[Frank Welker]]'s [[Transformers Generation 1|screechy, gravelly]] delivery as Megatron, we get a deep, growly performance by Hugo Weaving. The sequel also gives us [[The Man Behind the Man|The Fallen]] and {{spoiler|[[Broken Pedestal|Sentinel Prime]]}}.

* [[Alan Rickman]] has plenty of nice, sweet characters in his filmography, but thanks to his very deep voice it's his nastier characters people tend to remember. Namely, [[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Film)|Judge Turpin]], [[Die Hard (Film)|Hans Gruber]], and [[Robin Hood Prince of Thieves|the Sheriff of Nottingham]].

* [[Alan Rickman]] has plenty of nice, sweet characters in his filmography, but thanks to his very deep voice it's his nastier characters people tend to remember. Namely, [[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Film)|Judge Turpin]], [[Die Hard (Film)|Hans Gruber]], and [[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves|the Sheriff of Nottingham]].

** And, of course, [[Harry Potter (Film)|Severus Snape]].

* ''[[D-War]]''. The evil dragon's human ''[[Dragon]]'' (no pun intended) is the ''best example'' (check it out at 7:12 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvUCINe0sK0&feature=related here]).

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* {{smallcaps|Death}} from the ''[[Discworld (Literature)|Discworld]]'' is definitely a subversion; he's [[Don't Fear the Reaper|not nearly as bad]] as he looks or sounds.

** Doubly so in the animated miniseries of ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Wyrd Sisters|Wyrd Sisters]]'' and ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Soul Music|Soul Music]]'', where he's voiced by [[Christopher Lee]], who practically based his career around the trope.

* The ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)|~~Doctor Who]]'' [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]] have an antagonist called Sabbath, who, due to not-exactly-evil motives and frequent [[Enemy Mine]] situations, is about as non-evil as you can get when you perform [[Meatgrinder Surgery]] and continually try to screw up [[The Multiverse]]. His voice, described as a "low rumble" and a "resonant bass", gives him villain points, though. Extra villain points for the fact it functions as a mild, mundane version of [[Charm Person]]. It probably goes along with the [[Stout Strength]] and "hands like hams".

* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]] have an antagonist called Sabbath, who, due to not-exactly-evil motives and frequent [[Enemy Mine]] situations, is about as non-evil as you can get when you perform [[Meatgrinder Surgery]] and continually try to screw up [[The Multiverse]]. His voice, described as a "low rumble" and a "resonant bass", gives him villain points, though. Extra villain points for the fact it functions as a mild, mundane version of [[Charm Person]]. It probably goes along with the [[Stout Strength]] and "hands like hams".

* When the High Seekers in the [[Emberverse]] really want to intimidate, they'll let loose a deep voice that borders on the aural equivalent of [[Alien Geometries]].

* In the [[Horus Heresy]] series from the ''[[Warhammer 40000 (Tabletop Game)|Warhammer 40000]]'', First Captain Ezekyle Abbaddon of the Luna Wolves/Sons of Horus is described as being a big man with an incredibly low voice, even for an [[Super Soldier|Astartes]]. In the "present day" of the franchise, he has since became [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Abaddon the Despoiler]], Warmaster of the Black Legion. As such, he is the closest thing the [[The Corruption|Chaos]] [[Always Chaotic Evil|Space Marines]] have to a [[Enemy Civil War|cohesive leader]].

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* On ''[[Knight Rider]]'', Michael Knight's [[Evil Twin]] Garthe Knight had a noticeably deeper voice than Michael (as well as a [[Beard of Evil|goatee]], of course.)

** KITT's [[Evil Twin]] KARR also has deeper voice than KITT does.

* In ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)|~~Doctor Who]]'', several villains have deep voices. The Beast and Sutekh, both voiced by Gabriel Woolf, have deep voices to represent their ancient, primal evil. Meanwhile in the new series, the Dalek Emperor from "Parting of the Ways" and both Supreme Daleks seen so far have deep voices to denote their supremacy. The Cybermen have had either high or deep voices, depending on when the episode was made, and the Sycorax chief from "The Christmas Invasion" has a low, rough voice.

* In ''[[Doctor Who]]'', several villains have deep voices. The Beast and Sutekh, both voiced by Gabriel Woolf, have deep voices to represent their ancient, primal evil. Meanwhile in the new series, the Dalek Emperor from "Parting of the Ways" and both Supreme Daleks seen so far have deep voices to denote their supremacy. The Cybermen have had either high or deep voices, depending on when the episode was made, and the Sycorax chief from "The Christmas Invasion" has a low, rough voice.

** Interestingly played with the Cult of Skaro - Dalek Sec has a higher pitched voice than any of his followers, but as it turns out, he is also slightly less evil than your average Dalek - not that it's saying all that much.

** Subverted with some of the Dalek Supremes in the classic series and the [[Big Finish]] stories - their voices tended to be higher than the average Dalek's, making them sound even more unstable and [[Incredibly Lame Pun|highly-strung]] than the norm.

** The Black Guardian, voiced by [[Valentine Dyall]], who, in life, could've challenged [[Brian Blessed]] in a booming voice contest.

** From new series 6, we have [[Doctor Who ~~(TV)~~/Recap/S32 E1 The Impossible Astronaut|The]] [[Doctor Who ~~(TV)~~/Recap/S32 E2 Day of the Moon|Silence]] and [[Doctor Who ~~(TV)~~/Recap/S32 E4 The Doctors Wife|House]].

** From new series 6, we have [[Doctor Who/Recap/S32 E1 The Impossible Astronaut|The]] [[Doctor Who/Recap/S32 E2 Day of the Moon|Silence]] and [[Doctor Who/Recap/S32 E4 The Doctors Wife|House]].

* Inverted in ''[[Kings]]'': [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] William Cross has a high, thin voice. Evil is relative in a [[Deadly Decadent Court]], but he seems to be the only one {{spoiler|(still alive, anyway)}} who wants war.

* [[Played for Laughs]] in an ''[[All That]]'' sketch called Bridget's Slumber Party; the goth girl Claudia who has supernatural powers would often talk in a demonic voice especially if she was angry. Also in the Poetry with Claudia short which had her read poetry to children, she would alternate the lines of the rhymes to sound creepy - at the end she would scare the kids by saying the final line in a demonic voice.

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* Frontman Milan Fras of Slovenian group Laibach.

* [[Eminem (Music)|Eminem]] does this in the song "My Darling", where his separate identity (Slim Shady) is heard in a deep, demonic voice.

* [[Weird Al Yankovic (Music)|Weird Al Yankovic]] in the song ''Your Horoscope For Today'' when he gets to Sagittarius.

* [["Weird Al" Yankovic (Music)|Weird Al Yankovic]] in the song ''Your Horoscope For Today'' when he gets to Sagittarius.

{{quote| ''All your friends are laughing behind your back.'' '''''[[Crowning Moment of Funny|KILL THEM.]]'''''}}

* Dimmu Borgir's song "The Sacrilegious Scorn" has [[Satan]] appearing as [[Hot As Hell|a beautiful woman]], who turns out to have a deep voice as she performs a spoken-word rendition of one verse.

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