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Not every villain has to sound like one. Perhaps, instead of having a malevolent rasp, a gloating shrill, or a booming baritone, the villain's voice is instead light and low. They don't yell or intimidate, and might not even be impolite - instead they speak with a soft tone that seems unassuming, meek or even kind, with a soft chuckle and a sort of warm energy... hiding the menace within. The end result is something dissonant and creepy, a monster who might describe just how horribly he's going to mangle you, while speaking in a voice that's anything but monstrous.
See also [[Affably Evil]], [[Faux Affably Evil]], [[Dissonant Serenity]], and [[Creepy Monotone]] and compare [[Wicked Cultured]]. Note that if and when they eventually drop this soft-spoken demeanor, then that's a surefire sign things are going to get worse. Contrast with [[Evil Is Hammy]]. [[OOC Is Serious Business]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Frieza from ''[[Dragon Ball]]'', in all but the Brazilian dub, where he had a [[Badass Baritone]] instead.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Roose Bolton from ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' is mild mannered, courteous, and speaks so softly that others have to listen closely to hear anything he says. House Bolton also has a flayed man as their sigil, and has a legendary reputation for torture.
* [[Harry Potter|Snape's]] outward [[Sadist Teacher]] personality is described as managing to keep the whole class at attention without going much louder than a whisper in the first book, and even though his speech often contains contempt and sardonicism, he rarely ever does anything but speak softly - which serves to make the times he does outwardly show his rage all the more significant. Also, Voldemort who speaks in an almost snake-like whisper, especially shown during the first chapter of Book 7. He rarely raises his voice, and when he does, it is suppossedly extremely terrifying.
* Nurse Ratched in ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''.
* In [[Vernor Vinge]]'s ''Fire upon the Deep'', Flenser is described as having a voice like this.
* Lord Vetinari of ''[[Discworld]]'', in his scarier moments, though he's at least nominally a good guy.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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* In ''[[The X-Files]]'', the Cigarette-Smoking Man has a pleasant, avuncular New England accent. (Except for the times he has a pleasant, avuncular [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping|Canadian accent]].)
** Most villains from [[The X-Files]], but in particular the death fetishist who kidnapped Agent Scully in season 2.
* In the ''[[Star Trek:
* Adelai Niska, ''[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'s'' resident psychotic crimelord, can be very soft-spoken in the tone of a kindly old man. The fact that he does this while he's [[Electric Torture|zapping the living daylights out of you]], [[Ear Ache|cutting off your ear]], or [[Cold-Blooded Torture|even worse]] [[Complete Monster|things]] makes him ''utterly rutting creepy''.
* Marlo Stanfield from ''[[The Wire]]''. He's very soft spoken and almost never raises his
* In ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'', Lucifer is very calm, collected, and acts in a casual and gentle manner. He also tortures and kills anyone to get what he wants.
* The [[Puppeteer Parasite|Goa'uld]] Tanith in ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''. Unlike most of his kind, who are very much of the [[Large Ham]] variety, Tanith preferred to coldly taunt his enemies before utterly destroying them. Politely wiped out an entire civilization.
* Wynn Duffy from ''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]'' is a ruthless Dixie Mafia henchman, but he has a very soft, almost meek voice.
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* From the Harold Pinter play ''One For The Road'', Nicholas is an extremely genial person who happens to be in charge of torture for his government.
* [[Hamlet|CLAUDIUS]]. Dear God, Claudius.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* [[Magnificent Bastard|Yuri]] from ''[[Command
* Leon in ''[[Star Fox]] 64'' is implied to be a sadist.
* Dutch Van Der Linde of ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'' has a rather quiet, soft voice, which contrasts sharply with his violently insane nature.
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