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** Nelson's voice has changed considerably over the years. It used to be higher pitched before becoming low and gruff sounding.
** Nelson's voice has changed considerably over the years. It used to be higher pitched before becoming low and gruff sounding.
** Police Chief Clancy Wiggum originally had a much deeper, more gruff sounding voice. [[Hank Azaria]] gradually found him slipping into a more high-pitched, whiny sounding voice.
** Police Chief Clancy Wiggum originally had a much deeper, more gruff sounding voice. [[Hank Azaria]] gradually found him slipping into a more high-pitched, whiny sounding voice.
** Bart and Lisa's voices were much higher in the earlier seasons. Now they sound much more mature in the later seasons.
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'': [[Tom Kenny]] has made SpongeBob ridiculously more high-pitched and effeminate, adding to that ever-present "SpongeBob is gay" notion. Fortunately, the thought has been around for so long that most people don't really even care any more. Although he's gone in the opposite direction, switching back to the marginally deeper voice of the earlier seasons.
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''
** Starting in the first movie, SpongeBob's voice became a lot more high-pitched and effeminate, adding to that ever-present "SpongeBob is gay" notion. As of Season 8, however, SpongeBob's voice is lower pitched once again.
** Plankton had a much deeper and menacing voice in the early seasons before becoming higher pitched in the later seasons.
* Aang of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' has a voice actor who started off around the same age as him (twelve), and the recordings were mostly done in a linear order. This meant that as the episodes continued, his voice deepened and broke naturally with Zack Tyler Eisen's. Listening to anything from the first season to anything from the third season—especially "Day of Black Sun" onward—will really throw this into light. Because of the production lull, by the end of the series they actually had to start pitching Zack's voice up a little.
* Aang of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' has a voice actor who started off around the same age as him (twelve), and the recordings were mostly done in a linear order. This meant that as the episodes continued, his voice deepened and broke naturally with Zack Tyler Eisen's. Listening to anything from the first season to anything from the third season—especially "Day of Black Sun" onward—will really throw this into light. Because of the production lull, by the end of the series they actually had to start pitching Zack's voice up a little.
** Zuko has a distinct lisp during the first season, which made him an odd mixture of sinister and somewhat childish. The lisp goes away with time, and by the third season Zuko had developed a more confident, almost parental voice. (Particularly effective when giving rousing speeches.) Of course, this was probably a deliberate creative decision than just evolution. He's also a rare exception of a high-school age character in a western cartoon who gets ''less'' whiny-sounding over time.
** Zuko has a distinct lisp during the first season, which made him an odd mixture of sinister and somewhat childish. The lisp goes away with time, and by the third season Zuko had developed a more confident, almost parental voice. (Particularly effective when giving rousing speeches.) Of course, this was probably a deliberate creative decision than just evolution. He's also a rare exception of a high-school age character in a western cartoon who gets ''less'' whiny-sounding over time.
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