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See also: [[Power Glows]], [[Power Floats]], and [[Power Makes Your Voice Deep]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Just about ''everyone'' in ''[[Dragonball Z]]''.
* ''[[Digimon]]'' in all its incarnations echoes [[Calling Your Attacks|attack names.]] Can become [[Narm
* A common staple of ''[[Super Robot]]'' pilots when [[Calling Your Attacks|calling their attacks]]. An almost funny example is found in the ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' series (Alpha, mostly), where Kushua's voice echoes with authority when in the cockpit of her [[Humongous Mecha]], but she's rather soft-spoken otherwise.
* '''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann! Lagann... Lagann...]]'''
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* ''[[Tekkaman Blade]]'' has every Tekkaman gain an echo when they transform. Makes it much more impressive when they use [[Wave Motion Gun|Voltekka]]
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Galactus of the [[Marvel Universe]]. A staple for when incarnating or parodying the character.
== [[Film]] ==
* In [[The Lord of the Rings (film)|The Lord of the Rings]], Gandalf's voice gets deep and echoes when he declares: "'''''BILBO BAGGINS --'' DO NOT TAKE ME FOR SOME CONJUROR OF ''CHEAP TRICKS!!'' I AM ''NOT'' TRYING TO ROB YOU!'''"
* Also: '''YOU... SHALL NOT... ''PASS!!!'''''
** Also heard when Saruman is chanting [http://www.elvish.org/gwaith/sounds/saruman_spell.wav the spell] to "bring down the mountain" on the Fellowship in the Pass of Caradhras.
== [[Literature]] ==
*
** Also used in the animated adaptation of ''[[Discworld/Soul Music|Soul Music]]''. Of course, since he's voiced by [[Christopher Lee]], there's really no need for an echo.▼
* In the ''[[Young Wizards]]'' books, spellcasting sometimes echoes.▼
** The same effect is used in the [[Made for TV Movie]] of ''[[Discworld/Hogfather|Hogfather]]''.▼
▲*** There are, however, limits to what {{smallcaps|The Voice}} can do. For one, it is impossible for even a voice of eldritch command to get more money out of a Head Schoolmistress (in Thief Of Time.)
▲* In the [[Young Wizards]] books, spellcasting sometimes echoes.
== [[Live
* In the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek:TOS]]'' episode "Return to Tomorrow", when the aliens possess humans they gain echoing voices.
** In the second pilot "Where No Man Has Gone Before", the crewman altered by the galactic barrier gets this as well, as his condition gets more dangerous.
* In ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' there is a flashback to Ted's days as Dr. X, a pseudo-revolutionary radio host. It is basically just Ted in front of a microphone, so he doesn't have any sort of effects and does the echoes himself. "X marks the spot-ot-ot-ot-ot"
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* This troper's friend has created a tabletop RPG from scratch, and one of the abilities of the wizard class is this trope, where by expending a little extra effort, a high-level wizard can make his casting heard for hundreds of yards and cause fear in enemies nearby.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Almost all ''[[Dungeons
** Taken to a ridiculous extreme in [[Neverwinter Nights 2]] with the epic spell 'mass fowl' which sounds like a evil chicken clucking.
* {{spoiler|Anders}} in [[Dragon Age 2]] gets a more echoing voice after {{spoiler|merging with the spirit of Justice}}.
* In ''[[Final Fantasy IV]] DS'', Golbez echoes ominously with every word in voiced cutscenes. {{spoiler|The echoes stop when he's freed from Zemus' control.}}
* Lampshaded by Annah in ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'' after {{spoiler|you unite with the Transcendant One in one of the endings and your voice gains that echoing quality.}}
* In ''[[
** Lt Samir Duran also has an echo-y voice when he becomes Infested Duran.
*** Might have more to do with the [[Hive Mind]] than the power.
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** As do the Imperial Guard Psykers, when they're attacking or yelling.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''[[Whateley Universe]]'' example: the {{spoiler|demon}} of "Ayla and the Grinch" speaks like this.
* Given that it's one long [[Homage]] to ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' and the [[Rule of Cool]] in general, characters in ''[[Super Mario Bros Z]]'' have a tendency to do this when powered up. Mario in particular gets an impressive one when obtaining a ''[[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|fire flower]]''.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Gwen, the [[Magical Girl]] of ''[[Ben 10]]'', is quite possibly{{verify}} the current{{when}} undisputed champion of this trope in the west.
* ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'': Raven, when she recites the spell to release Malchior and later to open the portal to Azarath.
* Spoofed in an episode of ''[[Hercules (
* ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'': "I-I HAVE-AVE-AVE THE POWER-ER-ER-ER-ER-ER!!!!!"
* ''[[Invader Zim]]'': SPAAAAAAACE MEEEEEAAT!!!
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* Princess Luna in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' '''DOES THIS ALL THE TIME'''. She's struggling to break the habit after a thousand years on the moon, [[Fridge Logic|even though]] it's impossible to make ''sound'' on the moon, let alone echoes.
** She manages to rid herself of the echo, but has more trouble shaking off the [[Flowery Elizabethan English]] that comes with it.
* ''[[Discworld]]'' animated adaptations:
** Death's voice in the [[Animated Adaptation]] of the ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''[[Wyrd Sisters]]'' echoes with power constantly. This is a substitute for his voice in the books, which is rendered {{small-caps|Like This}}, and is described to sound "like a lead weight in your mind."
▲** Also used in the animated adaptation of ''[[
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