Guttural Growler: Difference between revisions

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A character who speaks with a deep, throaty rasp. This style of speaking gives the character an ominous or solemn tone, so it's usually the domain of [[Anti-Hero|Anti Heroes]], protagonists of [[Darker and Edgier]] works, and [[Evil Sounds Deep|villains.]]

For music, see [[Harsh Vocals]] for the use of growled vocals and [[Basso Profundo]] for someone whose voice is simply extremely low. Compare [[Soprano and Gravel]] for a common vocal pairing involving this voice type. [[I Thought It Meant|Has nothing to do with]] [[Growling Gut]].

For music, see [[Harsh Vocals]] for the use of growled vocals and [[Basso Profundo]] for someone whose voice is simply extremely low. Compare [[Soprano and Gravel]] for a common vocal pairing involving this voice type. [[I Thought It Meant|Has nothing to do with a Growling Gut]].

== Anime and Manga ==

* Yukio Yamagata, who was therefore quite an appropriate choice for the wild-animal-themed ''[[Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger]]'' theme.

* Kaidou Kaoru from ''[[Prince of Tennis]]''. How a fourteen-year-old has rumbly bass like a grumpy avalanche is beyond me. And yet, it's strangely hot.

* Quincy in ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]''.

* Vegeta, in the English dub of ''[[Dragonball Z]]''.

** As well as fellow [[Heel Face Turn|heel turned villain]] Piccolo.

* Croquet in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''.

* Lucy from ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' provides a female example of this trope.

== Comic Books ==

* Rorschach in ''[[Watchmen]]''. His speech bubbles are ragged and frayed. He also uses clipped syntax, and several characters note his eerie monotone voice.

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== Film ==

== Films -- Live-Action ==

* Rorschach from ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]'' in, well... ''[[Watchmen (film)|Watchmen]]''.

* The [[Dark Knight Trilogy]]'s [[Batman]] speaks this way, partially to conceal his identity. [[Christian Bale]] based his Batman voice off of the one from ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'', although that voice was nowhere near as extreme.

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* The Humungous in ''[[The Road Warrior]]'': his voice sounds just as devastated as what little we can see of his face looks.

* Any character played by British actor James Mason.

== Literature ==

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** It gets bonus points for having the only speaking role requiring the Legion's birth language and [[Black Speech]] for extra creepy and evil.

* Butler from [[Artemis Fowl]] is described as having a 'gravelly bass'.

== Live-Action TV ==

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* William Adama from ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]''. This is how he got the callsign "Husker"

* ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'': Various monsters had guttural growler voices, but the most notable character who talked like this would be [[The Dragon|Goldar]].

== New Media ==

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* [[Olan Rogers]] uses this for many of his characters, most of which are parodies of [[Anti-Hero|Anti Heroes]]. Needless to say, he's a [[Large Ham]].

== Theatre ==

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== ~~Theater~~ ==

* Trekkie Monster from ''[[Avenue Q]]''

== Video Games ==

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* [[Blood Knight|Sergei "Eater" Brynner]] from ''[[Ace Combat Assault Horizon Legacy]]''. A few of his squadron members also qualify.

* [[Big Bad|Bowser]] from ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' onwards, but not in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. He regained this type of voice in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''.