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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"[Black Mage] has got some sort of screaming demon background noise reverb thing going on with his voice. I think he just wants attention."''
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Evil characters get a lot in the way of cool toys, [[Bad Powers, Bad People|powers]], and even [[Spikes of Villainy|wardrobe]] [[Evil Costume Switch|options]], but one of the coolest additions a sufficiently evil and powerful character gets is being able to speak with the Voice of the Legion.
The character's voice gains a reverberating [[Power Echoes|Echo]], sometimes a completely different voice(s) speaking in tandem and just ''slightly'' out of sync. Their voice will often [[Power Makes Your Voice Deep|drop an octave]] and become [[Evil Sounds Deep|deeper]], though even a falsetto can become jarringly creepy with the reverb alone.
The cause can be anything from channeling spirits, a [[Freaky Friday Flip]] situation, [[Demonic Possession]], or an [[Eldritch Abomination]] (or its servants) deigning to [[Aliens Speaking English|speak in English]] rather than the [[Black Speech]], except their accent bleeds through (like blood from the throats of so many virgin sacrifices) and makes the English they speak in sound positively scary and nightmarish. This is distinct from the [[Creepy Monotone]] in that the character may not speak in a monotone, but the voice ''itself'' is creepy.
Heroes or good characters ''can'' use this power, [[Dark Is Not Evil]] after all, and the possessing/channeled spirits might not be evil. Often, a good character will get this from performing a [[Fusion Dance]] with another good one, rather than a [[Demonic Possession]]. [[God
In [[Manga]] and [[Comic Books]], this is represented with [[Painting the Fourth Wall|stylistic indicators]] (e.g., using very large, heavy strokes) used in [[Speech Bubbles]] for "monster voice".
This trope is named for [[I Am Legion]], the mental version. Sometimes this overlaps with [[Voices Are Mental]]. May contain [[Vader Breath]], may be used when [[Hearing Voices]]. Compare [[Speak in Unison]], where many people speak as one.
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== [[Anime]]
* In ''[[Dragon Ball Kai]]'', Goku's voice turns [[Nightmare Fuel|slightly demonic]] for a short while just as he turns Super Saiyan for the first time.
* In ''[[Birdy the Mighty
* Parodied in ''[[Bobobo-Bo
* ''[[Digimon]]'' characters performing a [[Fusion Dance]] speak with the voices of both entities involved in the process (though each individual will speak on his/her own at times).
* Any Fusion character from ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', which might be the originator of this variation.
** The original English dub for Cell's first form has him drop into an ''extremely'' deep register when he {{spoiler|kills Piccolo}}. Very creepy and effective.
** And although the Portuguese dub may not be perfect, one thing they did well was giving Piccolo this kind of voice, suits him very well considering his status as alien and former status as "Demon King".
* Yami Bakura from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' In the dub, his accent becomes noticeably harsher (his hair rises [[Anime Hair|and accentuates the pointiness of it]]) when the spirit of the Millenium Ring takes over Bakura's body.
** How about Dark Marik? Normal Marik has a high, nasal whine. Dark Marik's voice is lower and snarlier, and overlaid by at least two or three others, some lower, some higher. Throw in the constantly stretching face, and you get the impression that something even worse than our resident [[Complete Monster]] is fighting to get out.
** The English dub of Yugioh liked this Trope considerably. Whenever Malik possessed someone, they would receive a slightly distorted reverb sound effect to make it sound two voices at once. This effect was also used repeatedly to give villainous characters an "evil" voice, the "Dark" Malik for example.
* When Chrono from ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' begins to transform into his [[Older Alter Ego|true form]], his voice takes on an ethereal-sounding echo. (However, once he transforms his voice sounds normal, only deeper.) This is particularly noticeable in the second episode, when he's trying to transform without Rosette releasing the seal.
* The [[Night of the Living Mooks|Mariages]] from ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Sound Stage X]]'' all speak with an echo, being [[Ninja Pirate Robot Zombie|Cyborg Zombie]] [[Super Soldier
* Lots of examples in ''[[Inuyasha]]''; standard anime monster speech.
* The original ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' had Baron Ashura, who would speak in a female voice when only its female half was visible, a male voice from the other side, and both at once when both sides of its face were visible.
* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]: Brotherhood'', there's The Truth, Hulk!Envy, Pride, and Father toward the end of the series.
* In the
* The Visored from ''[[
* [[The Slayers|The Lord of Nightmares]].
* ''[[Pokémon:
* ''[[D
* In ''[[Transformers Energon]]'', the Alpha Quintesson's fifth, unseen "true face." {{spoiler|It sounds like many voices talking at once because it is -- "the voice of all those lost" when Unicron made a meal of his solar system.}}
* When [[Claymore
* One of a the first of a series of horror stories stories from the manga
== [[Comic Books]] ==
== Comics ==▼
* V in ''[[V for Vendetta]]'', at least in the comic.
* [[Ax Crazy|Jei-san]] in ''[[Usagi Yojimbo]]'' {{spoiler|and anyone who is possessed by him/it.}}
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* Alpha One of ''[[The Mighty]]'' has this by showing a unique outline in his speech balloons.
* [[The Spectre]], who typically speaks in dripping green speech balloons.
* In ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)|Preacher]]'', Jesse's words are in red when he's using [[Compelling Voice|the Word of God]]. Except when the typographer slips up, which happens.
== [[Fan
* Played straight in
* B-3-K, of ''[[Yukari Is Free]].'' Portrayed in written form via different colors of text.
* In the
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** This is represented via text with bold italicized block capital letters colored red.
* In ''[[
* Played with in the Disney film ''[[
== Films -- Animation ==▼
* One of the experimental voices of God in ''[[The Prince of Egypt]]'' involved using every voice Moses had ever heard in life at once. After creating "many excellent voices for Satan" and apparently running out of time they dropped all the special effects in favor of {{spoiler|[[Talking to Himself|just having God use Moses' own voice]].}}<ref>Which unintentionally added a [[Genius Bonus]] for anyone familiar with ''[[w:The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind|The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind]]'' by [[w:Julian Jaynes|Julian Jaynes]].</ref>▼
▲* Played with in the Disney film ''[[Chicken Little (Disney)|Chicken Little]]''. The title character is abducted and put in a black room where a sinister bunch of eyes yells at him in a deep voice... and then a woman is heard telling said bunch of eyes to "turn off the Big Voice." A door opens and we find out that the owner of those eyes is about the size of [[Kirby]].
* ''[[
▲* One of the experimental voices of God in ''[[The Prince of Egypt]]'' involved using every voice Moses had ever heard in life at once. After creating "many excellent voices for Satan" and apparently running out of time they dropped all the special effects in favor of {{spoiler|[[Talking to Himself|just having God use Moses' voice]].}}
▲* [[Film/Coraline The|Other Bobinsky,]] towards the end of the film. [[Nightmare Fuel|"Not even that...]]''[[Nightmare Fuel|anymore."]]''
* Aisling briefly speaks with this in ''[[The Secret of Kells]]'' as she's attacked by Crom Cruach.
* [[The Mysterious Stranger]] in ''[[The Adventures of Mark Twain]]'' is voiced by a male and female speaking simultaneously.
* In ''[[Care Bears]] 2'', the villain Dark Heart speaks this way occasionally.
* Used for the voice of Drazuul in the film ''The Gamers: Dorkness Rising''
* Regan from ''[[
* Also used in ''[[The Exorcism of Emily Rose]]'' when the priest orders the possessing demon to name itself. Several voices answer back, in different languages, each overlapping. One of them actually identifies itself as Legion.
* ''[[Ghostbusters]]'': "There is no Dana. [[That Man Is Dead|There is only ZUUL!]]"
* Blackheart from ''[[Ghost Rider (
** He even says the line "[[I Am
** Blackheart also has the
* [[Hamlet]]'s father, in [[Kenneth Branagh]]'s movie, has a Darth Vader rasp, a deep voice, and there's a mike (not shown, but you can hear it) inside his helmet. Possibly done to show just how scary [[Shakespeare]] meant it to be when Hamlet is visited by his father's ghost.
* [[Peter Jackson]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings (
** "In place of a Dark Lord, you would have a queen! Not dark, but beautiful and terrible as the dawn! Treacherous as the sea! Stronger than the foundations of the earth! All shall love me, and despair!" This scene is almost [[Large Ham]] levels of [[Narm]] in the movie.
** And don't forget Gandalf's voice overlaid with Saruman's in the second film, purely for the purpose of confusing the viewer as to which character is speaking (as his face is obscured). Both the overlayed voices imitate each other's style of speech for extra confusion.
** When Gandalf speaks the Ring verse in Rivendell, which is only seen in the extended cut of the film, but present in the book.
** The Mouth of Sauron from the extended version of ''Return of the King''. As the envoy for the undisputed lord of Darkness across all of Middle-Earth, the Voice of Sauron's actual voice is six kinds of
* In ''[[Howard the Duck (
* [[David Lynch]], in his film version of ''[[Dune]]'', depicts the Voice used by the Bene Gesserit to control minds in this way. It gets especially creepy when Alia does it, being not yet 7 years old at the time.
* [[Grim Reaper|The Angel of Death]] in ''[[Hellboy (
* {{spoiler|Tia Dalma/Calypso}} in ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: At World's End''.
* ''[[Paranormal Activity]]'': A mockumentary, Blair Witch-like movie about a guy, Micah, who videotapes his girlfriend, Katie, as she is repeatedly tormented by a vicious unseen "demon" that has haunted her since her childhood. The attacks get progressively worse until the demon drags her from her bed and bites her. Right after the incident, she hysterically pleads to get out of the house. When making preparations for leaving, Micah finds Katie in bed, noticeably calm and wishing to stay despite her earlier pleas. When Micah leaves the room in confusion, Katie (in one of the scariest moments in the movie) whispers "I think we'll be OK now", her voice layered with a chilling undertone, and then smiles eerily, suggesting she has been possessed by the demon. {{spoiler|This is boosted by the fact that they die that very night, or [[Revised Ending|Micah anyway]].}}
* ''[[
* Good ol' Satan from ''[[The Last Temptation of Christ]]'' speaks in quite a few voices, one of them being this.
* In the ''[[Stargate (
* Dr. Emilio Lizardo/Lord John Whorfin sounds this way in ''[[The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension]]''.
== [[Literature]] ==▼
▲== Literature ==
* A rare literary example of the tandem voice occurs in ''[[Perdido Street Station]]'', where the representative of the demons appears as a perfectly normal human man with a perfectly normal voice... followed on a slight delay by the faint and far more unsettling voice of his true form.
*
** An apparent literary example would be {{small-caps|Death}}. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9bJgZ5y5jU Theatrical example!]
** An arguably more creepy version is actually a subversion. The Auditors of Reality do not have voices as one would think of them. Instead, they simply alter the nature of reality such that ''they have already spoken''. The words appear fully formed in the mind.
*** Which is represented as their dialogue being without speech marks. Unfortunately this was replaced with more generic italics in ''[[
*** Death's voice is often described as going to the brain while skipping the ears completely. The Auditors don't do even that. You just suddenly remember that something was said moments ago.
** The voice of the [[Big Bad]] in ''[[The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents]]'', like the Auditors', goes directly into the mind without entering the ears:
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▲*** Death's voice is often described as going to the brain while skipping the ears completely. The Auditors don't do even that. You just suddenly remember that something was said moments ago.
** In ''[[Sourcery]]'', the Archchancellor's Hat plays this trope straight, which is appropriate for something that derives its intelligence from its hundreds of previous wearers.
* In Dennis L. McKiernan's ''Mithgar'' series, all necromancers must deal with this when trying to find out information. Nothing is hidden from the dead, but whenever a corpse is raised hundreds of spirits try to speak through it, and only a necromancer's intimidating power can force the voice he wants to speak just ever so much more loudly. [[Nightmare Fuel|Considering]] [[Body Horror|what most]] [[Complete Monster|necromancers]] [[Cold-Blooded Torture|are like]], this is hardly a surprise.
* In Jonothan Stroud's ''The Amulet of Samarkand'', the demon Ramuthra's voice sounds as if spoken by a large group.
* Raezazel the Cunning from the ''[[Warhammer
* In a non-demonic example, the two-headed Puppeteers in Larry Niven's [[
* The Goddess Verra in the ''[[Dragaera]]'' series. Vlad compares it to two identical voices speaking slightly out of sync.
* Soulcatcher from ''[[The Black Company]]'' speaks in the voices of all those whose souls she's caught.
** Although usually only one at once, each with regular human intonation; listeners still get freaked out by the rapid switching of gender, age and mood, though.
* Used by the Raggedy Man in Stephen King's ''Cell''. The Raggedy Man himself is {{spoiler|the psuedopod of a massive hive-mind}}, and can only speak through other characters.
* The [[Silicon
* In ''[[Belgariad|Polgara the Sorceress]]'', an adolescent Polgara shows off at one point by singing with three voices (and three different vocal ranges) at once.
▲== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' has invoked the trope on more than one occasion, including Willow in the midst of her black magic rampage, Caleb after merging with the First, and The Anointed One, who being a [[Creepy Child|child]] had a high regular voice.
** A non-evil version happens when a ritual grants Buffy the [[The Power of Friendship|combined power]] of the Scooby Gang, she speaks with all four of their voices simultaneously.
* The Goa'uld from ''[[
** The Tok'ra also do this, but only so people can tell if it's the host or symbiote speaking.
** The Goa'uld seem to see their unique vocal pattern as symbolic of their claims of being [[A God Am I|gods]]; hence Baal (who unlike most Goa'uld doesn't fall for his own propaganda, instead being rather flippant about his "godhood") being prone to speaking normally to people who know he's not a god, reserving the Voice of the Legion effect for intimidation and for maintaining the illusion among his true believers.
* [[Stargate Atlantis]]: The voice of the Wraith have a bit of reverb too. Wraith queen's mind control also echoes in the victim's head.
* '''[[Star Trek|WE ARE THE BORG.]]'''
* The new ''[[
** Quite literally, since an [[Expy]] for [[Satan]] is mind-controlling a legion of [[Keystone Army|service industry workers]] who share a [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?|single consciousness]] that has to be orbiting over an [[Eldritch Location]].
** "I Am THE MIGHTY JAGRAFESS of the HOLY HADROJASSIC MAXARODENFOE!" (AKA Max)
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** In contrast, ''[[Super Sentai]]'' only rarely uses this trope, with most villains and monsters speaking in normal human voices. Desumozorlya from from ''[[Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger]]'' is a rare counterexample.
* In contrast to Super Sentai, [[Ultraman]], when aliens speak, applies effects to their voices, especially the reverberating laughter of [[Ditto Aliens|Baltan]]-seijin.
* Arch-villain Sylar occasionally talks like this on ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', although there's no real plot-related reason why he does. The writers have admitted they put it in just because it sounds cool.
** Eden McCain would also do this when influencing people with her ability. A clear [[Shout
* In ''[[True Blood]]'', Sookie hears people's thoughts with this effect. This gets specially creepy when she tries to read {{spoiler|Maryann's mind}} where [[Creepy Monotone]] and [[Gratuitous Greek]] are added to said effect.
* In the "Small Worlds" episode of ''[[Torchwood]]'', the fairy things sound like multiple voices as once whenever they talk.
== [[Music]] ==▼
▲== Music ==
* Used a lot in Black, Gothic and Death Metal. The precursor is most probably King Diamond.
** Behemoth's album ''Demigod'' was both lauded and criticized for extensive use of this technique. The backwards Sumerian at the beginning of the single, "Slaves Shall Serve", stands out, but the vocals for the majority of the album are heavily layered for this effect.
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* Strangely, makes a brief appearance in the Coldplay song "Rainy Day" in one verse. Hearing Chris Martin singing near the top and bottom of his vocal range simultaneously is both creepy and very cool sounding. (Likely the way it was meant to come off, considering the hodgepodge tone of Rainy Day.
== [[New Media]] ==▼
* "Scary"/"in G Major" videos (ab)use this effect. There are various ways of achieving it, from simple reverb to layering multiple "voices" in different pitches over each other.▼
== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], [[Myth and Legend]] ==
* In ''[[The Bible]]'', Daniel sees a vision of a man who spoke with "the voices of a multitude" (Daniel 10:6).
* And, of course, Legion, the [[Trope Namer]].
== [[Puppet Shows]] ==▼
▲== New Media ==
▲* "Scary"/"in G Major" videos (ab)use this effect. There are various ways of achieving it, from simple reverb to layering multiple "voices" in different pitches over each other.
▲== Puppet Shows ==
* ''[[Captain Scarlet]]'': "This is the Voice of the Mysterons. We qualify in all the above respects, Earthmen."
== [[Theatre]] ==
* [[Older Than Radio]]: [[Our Dragons Are Different|Fafner]] in [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''Siegfried'' has a bass voice amplified by megaphone, and sings mostly in tritones before being mortally wounded by Siegfried.
* The extra-terrestrial "messenger" Astron, in Michael Tippett's opera ''The Ice Break'', is sung simultaneously by a tenor and a mezzo-soprano, to emphasise its alien-ness and sexlessness.
== Toys ==
* Zaktan from ''[[Bionicle]]'', being [[The Worm That Walks|composed of millions of small insects]]. It mixed with [[Demonic Possession]] in one scene, when the [[Evil Sounds Deep|deep voice]] of [[Big Bad|Makuta Teridax]] could be heard over his own words.
== [[Video Games]] ==▼
* In the new{{when}} ''[[Prince of Persia]]'', the god of darkness has a two distinct voices (one male and one female) that alternate speaking and will sometimes overlap. Each individual voice also has a reverberating echo to it.▼
▲== Video Games ==
▲* In the new ''[[Prince of Persia]]'', the god of darkness has a two distinct voices (one male and one female) that alternate speaking and will sometimes overlap. Each individual voice also has a reverberating echo to it.
▲{{quote| Ahriman: ''All you have to to, is'' '''ask.''' THE ASKING IS YOURS.<br />
Ahriman: ''[[Deal
▲The Mourning King: You know that is that I ask!<br />
▲Ahriman: ''[[Deal With the Devil|If you would have your wish]]''...[[Deal With the Devil|THEN GIVE ME]] ''[[Deal With the Devil|MINE.]]'' }}
* Xel'lotath in ''[[Eternal Darkness]]'' has two voices with apparently different personalities. Its Greater Guardian has a standard Voice of the Legion.
* The Dormin in ''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]'' speak with a male and female voice. Even in [[Speaking Simlish|Simlish]], it's creepy.
* ''[[Star Fox (
* ''[[System Shock]]'''s SHODAN starts alternating between thousands of distinct voices after being hacked to remove her [[
** See also: The Many from ''System Shock 2'' who has three voice actors. A variation, as each voice speaks distinctly and separately, but with identical tempo and diction.
*** And SHODAN in her appearance in the same. And it is [[Nightmare Fuel|terrifying]].
*** With her inconsistent diction, she can alternate between [[Evil Sounds Deep]] and its inversion for equal menace, especially when all her distinct voices join in the same pitch change simultaneously.
* Viktoria of ''[[Thief the Dark Project]]'' and ''Metal Age'', played by SHODAN's voice actress, also drifted in and out of
* Death knights in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' have this as a selectable option in the game's sound menu.
** Thaddius, one of the main bosses in Naxxramas, also has such a voice. If you listen carefully, you can hear a female voice when he speaks.
*** This is entirely justified as Thaddius is "[[Nightmare Fuel|built from the flesh of women and children, it is said that their souls are fused together -- eternally bound within that foul prison of flesh.]]" Upon killing him, they say "Thank... you..."
** In ''[[
*** This is because {{spoiler|the evil side of Arthas has taken control and proverbially killed both his good side and Ner'zhul.}}
*** Ner'zhul also had the echoing version of this trope before the merge.
*** [[Multiple Head Case|Dentarg]] in ''Warcraft II Beyond the Dark Portal'' had such a voice. The main reason seems to be simply that his two heads are speaking in perfect unison.<ref>Which means that his
** Members of the Infinite Dragonflight tend to speak with an echoing voice.
** Although now impossible to loot, the Corrupted Ashbringer would speak to the player. In the first eleven speeches, Highlord Mograine, the Ashbringer himself, speaks as does an unknown voice. In the twelfth final speech, the voices merge. They closely resemble that of the Lich King and command the player to "kill them all."
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** {{spoiler|Nyx Avatar}} from ''[[Persona 3]] '' has it too. It sounds pretty cool, which is a [[Sequential Boss|very]] [[Marathon Boss|good]] [[That One Boss|thing]].
* The Great Mizuti in ''[[Baten Kaitos]]'' has this, presumably due to the mask Mizuti's always wearing. It comes off at one point, taking the Voice of the Legion with it.
** Similarly, Guillo of ''[[Baten Kaitos]] Origins'' has two voices: one [[Samuel L. Jackson]] impersonation, and the other a [[Sassy Black Woman]]. It works well with his constant sarcasm, as well as seeming quite inhuman.
* The Dark Eldar in ''[[Dawn of War]]'' all speak with this voice, most notably with the Scourge and the Haemonculus.
** Your [[Mission Control]] while playing as the [[Horde of Alien Locusts|Tyranids]] in ''[[Dawn of War]] II'' is apparently part of the [[Hive Mind]], and sounds like male and female voices speaking in monotonous unison.
* The B&B corps from ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'' speak with two voices overlapped, one female, different for each member, and the male beast, shared between all 4.
* Dark Archons from ''[[
** The Protoss in general, including the regular Archon.
** And the Zerg Overmind. The Terran hero units also get a bit of it if they've been infested.
** Samir Duran, who already had the
* The Collective in ''[[Warzone 2100]]'' address the player and their own units in a menacing, reverb-laden voice. {{
* ''[[Mass Effect]]'' plays this trope completely straight with {{spoiler|Sovereign, the game's [[Big Bad]]}}. For bonus points it even says that "we are legion" at one point.
** ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' has Harbinger, who attains this when possessing other collectors.
** The hanar, which communicate with bioluminescence, but the [[Translator Microbes]] give them a "forward echo" effect to their speech.
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** Ironically, the geth sniper in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' that comes to be ''[[I Am Legion|known as Legion]]'' doesn't use this trope, despite its consciousness consisting of 1,183 separate and distinct software programs.
* Arguably the G-Man from ''[[Half-Life]]''. Done in an exceedingly cool and creepy way, as the guy's voice drops and heightens in pitch, elongates syllables and pauses completely at random. Similarly, although they're only footsoldiers who use vocoder devices, the Civil Protection and Transhuman Overwatch forces of the Combine fit this trope to the point where it's hard to understand them.
* The monster/demon/zombie/thing boss Chaos from the old [[
* The Master from ''[[Fallout]]'' has four voices that he alternates between. The dominant one is of an old man, another of an aggressive man, a sultry woman, and a [[Creepy Monotone]] computer-like voice. Creepy.
* In ''[[
* God Rugal in ''Capcom vs. SNK 2'' uses this. It's actually a bit less intimidating than regular Rugal's voice in the eyes of some players.
* The Beast in ''[[
** Actually, "parts" are enemy ships. Own ships are "selves".
** Probably justified in that it may use parts of all the transmissions it ever heard to synthesise it's own messages.
** That's true. To quote the Naggarok:
{{quote|
** Ever heard the Naggarok's death scream?
*** ... Which devolves into [[Narm]] when you notice the scream is going on long after the Naggarok has exploded.
* In [[Super Robot Wars|Super Robot Taisen: Original Generations]]: During her tenure being forced into the ODE plug, Lamia Loveless will gain this voice, the other voice is either Wilhelm von Juergen or Duminuss, depending on who's managing the ODE.
** On a similar note, this happens whenever Cobray Gordon is possessed by {{spoiler|Ingram Prisken}} in Alpha 3. Only, he's still a good guy, which is a relief considering he's piloting a machine [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|that can erase its target from existence using a weapon powered by the spirits of the dead]].
* Arakune from ''[[
** In one of the Story Mode [[Nightmare Fuel|Bad Endings]] The Black Beast speaks with the combined voices of {{spoiler|Ragna and v-13}}.
* [[Manipulative Bastard|The]] [[The Chessmaster|Gravemind]] from ''[[Halo]]''. Considering he speaks in <s>iambic heptameter</s> trochaic [[Arc Number|septameter]], it gets even more creepy.
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And has its mind concluded.
This one is but flesh and faith
And is the more deluded.'' }}
** Cortana also gets one in the similarly-named level of ''Halo 3'', when aforementioned [[Manipulative Bastard]] Gravemind seems to be attempting to ''[[Grand Theft Me|assimilating her]]'' It gets to the point where the annoying hologram of Cortana switches to the Gravemind's odd tunnel vision effect.
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* Jack of Blades in ''[[Fable]]'' does this. Ironically, the higher-pitched voice in the original ''Fable'' sounds a lot more impressive and evil than the deep voice in The Lost Chapters.
* ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'':
** Riku gets to do this in ''[[Kingdom Hearts (
** In ''[[Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days
** And in ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep]]'' when Ven is possessed {{spoiler|by Vanitas. [[Jesse McCartney]]'s and Haley Joel Osment's voice qualities are similar enough that their voices mesh a little ''[[Nightmare Fuel|too]]'' well.}}
* Algol and Nightmare in ''[[Soul Series|Soul Calibur IV]]''.
** In Soul Calibur V, there is an option to add varying levels of this to custom characters. It is referred to in-game as "malfestation".
* The souls which created the Soul Cube in ''[[Doom]] 3''.
* Countess Ingrid from ''[[Battalion Wars]]'' literally gets a Voice of the Legion; the undead soldiers (named the Iron Legion) souls fuse into a demon and possess her, giving her [[Evil Eye
* The mysterious child {{spoiler|(later revealed to be [[Big Bad|the Firstborn]])}} from ''[[Clive
* Tear in ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'' speaks with the Voice when Lorelei possesses her so it can communicate with the party.
* Zappa in ''[[Guilty Gear]]'' does this occasionally; several of his lines, both during fights and in Story Mode conversations with other characters, are delivered in his own voice and S-ko's at the same time.
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* [[Cosmic Horror|Black Doom]] from ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog]]'' had this to an extent. {{spoiler|[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Not that]] [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|it helped him.]]}}
* Taken from ''[[Alan Wake]]'' fluctuate from their normal voice to a strained voice to a creepy deep, snarly voice.
* In ''[[God of War (
* The eponymous Darkness from ''[[The Darkness]]'' video game speaks in a form like this. Sometimes guttural, a dry whisper or demonic screeching, often changing in between words in a sentence. Extra super creepy points go to [[Mike Patton]] for voicing the part and not using any post-processing to achieve the effects, just his own voice.
* In ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'', {{spoiler|Aribeth de Tylmarande gets a
* A lot of the characters in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', particularly those of undead, eldritch, demonic, or deity based origins. Examples include:
** Aeonus the dragon of the Infinite Dragonflight, who appears to speak with several voices at different time intervals, a result of him being "lost" in time.
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** Some of the dragons, especially the corrupted black dragon [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHnWLcQjOGA Deathwing].
** The H.P. Lovecraft inspired old gods [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLCE18C6fKQ C'thun] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_n1An8buCQ Yogg-Saron] (who can also impersonate other voices, such as the voice of his female mortal form, Sara).
** The Lich King himself (speaks with the voices of Arthas and Ner'zhul when the minds join together in the beginning, but then reverts to the old-fashioned type by the arrival of the next game).
** Arthas undead Nerubian servant [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp-XGu1M9M4 Anub'arak].
** The arch lich [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE2RZpLRFr0 Kel'Thuzad].
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1FvVwvaQtE Ashbringer] (which happens to be a weapon corrupted along with its wielder by the Lich King's influence). In addition, while it speaks the voice of the Lich King can be heard, but is more difficult to discern what is being said. However, in the final clip both voices are united in saying "Kill... them... all!" Creepy.
** Most demons, and a lot of the eredar.
** All the elementals, servants of the Old Gods, with special mention to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEel80FvkXg Ragnaros] the lord of the fire elementals. Including the new [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsAMs9wlsq8 Neutral Fire Lord] hero.
** The construct of Chaos, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UFNWbGaxOM Setesh] and Earthrager [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtRo67iIMDg Ptah].
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** Listen to any character possessed by a demon. If you listen closely, you can just make out another, appropriately demonic, voice under their own.
* In ''[[Mortal Kombat]] 2011'' the otherworldly ninja Ermac is composed of the souls of thousands of slain warriors, and speaks with a strongly echoed/reverbed voice to reflect this. Going a step further, Ermac refers to himself with the first-person plural: "We are Ermac. We are many. You are but one."
* In ''[[
** In the credits, {{spoiler|[[
* Gaol in ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]'' has this.
* In an English translation patch of ''[[Fire Emblem Jugdral|Fire Emblem 4]]'', killing the final boss {{spoiler|Julius, who is the reincarnation of the dark dragon Lopoutosu}} with {{spoiler|Julia and her Narga tome}} causes him to utter his final dying words in all caps, except the first letter of each word is in lowercase, kIND oF lIKE tHIS. Intentional or otherwise, it really made his death that much more awesome.
* The Draug in ''[[The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
* When The Meta from ''[[
== [[Web
* From ''[[Buck Godot: Zap Gun for
▲* When The Meta from ''[[Red vs. Blue (Machinima)|Red vs. Blue]]'' talks (as opposed to snarling), you can make out a number of distinct voices speaking in unison, as befitting a composite consciousness.
* In ''[[
* ''[[
== Web Comics ==▼
▲* From ''[[Buck Godot Zap Gun for Hire|Buck Godot: Zap Gun For Hire]]'', there's He-Who-Must-Be-Watered, who speaks from many mouths and with many voices. (Humorously undercut by one mouth that speaks out of turn, paraphrasing whatever the other mouths just said [[Layman's Terms|in a more colloquial style]].) He is, apparently, the personal servant of Lord Thezmothete, who is considered a Class 1 Power. (Humanity, by way of reference, is a Class 12 power.)
▲* In ''[[Looking for Group (Webcomic)|Looking for Group]]'', Richard's undead warlock voice comes across as red and black [[Speech Bubbles]].
▲* ''[[A Miracle of Science (Webcomic)|A Miracle of Science]]'' does this to the extreme by having the box filled with echoing voices when a martian is channeling the [[Hive Mind]].
** They also get [[Black Eyes of Evil]], even though they aren't. Evil, that is.
* In ''[[
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'''Redcloak:''' Well, you're undead now, you don't have a trachea or a larynx, much less lungs to expel air through them. So your voice is magically created by the negative energy that powers you now.
'''Xykon:''' Sweet! I like the little bit of reverb on it. Really gives it that "evil mastermind" vibe. }}
** The demonic-based characters like Qarr the imp get this effect too, along with {{spoiler|V after he/she makes a [[Deal
* In ''[[
** Seeing as the castle is basically [[Malevolent Architecture|a living building with the personality of one of a past evil heterodyne]] I'd probably liken it to having one voice come from every direction on a surround sound system.
* The Sidera in ''[[Earthsong]]'' get big [[Speech Bubbles]] with multicoloured, multifonted speech all saying the same words, which tend to be few. They are the [[Hive Mind|collective consciousness]] [[Genius Loci|of the stars.]]
* Possibly the case in ''[[
* ''[[8-Bit Theater
** Presumably applies to {{spoiler|Sarda}} as well.
* The Xul'kgmarhin aliens from [[
* Winnie-the-freaking-Pooh gets one in ''[[Dirty Potter|Dirty the Pooh and the Hundred-Acre Shitpile, Chapter Three]]'': "I want souls... Thousands and thousands of doomed souls..."
* This effect is pretty much the whole point of a minor [[YouTube]] fad called "[[Nightmare Fuel|Extra Scary]]", where the video is placed in a weird colour scheme and the voice track has several pitches playing in equal widths apart in a voice-of-the-legion-esque style.
* In the ''[[Dragonball Z Abridged]]'' version of ''Lord Slug'', Goku develops a Legion-esque voice when he goes pseudo-Super Saiyan.
* The voice given to ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''' Tabuu in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUsh2zETGk4 The Dubspace Emissary].
* The Administrator from ''[[
* In the [[Metro City Chronicles]], Squid Kid will occasionally adopt a voice that's described as "three-part Harmony-of-the-Damned."
* Representatives of the [[Image Boards|Anonymous movement]] are typically rendered this way, such as in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrXyLrTRXso&feature=related this video], which is about the danger of [[Big Brother|NDAA]].
== [[Western Animation]] ==▼
* In ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
▲== Western Animation ==
* In ''[[
▲* In ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]'', whenever Junior [[Shapeshifting|takes the form of another person]], he speaks with his original voice overlaid with theirs.
▲* In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', when Aang enters the [[Unstoppable Rage|Avatar State]], he speaks with the voices of all the Avatars. All 1000+ of them. When he's mad, [[Nightmare Fuel|the effect is quite terrifying]].
** [[Berserk Button|"TELL ME WHERE APPA IS!"]]
* Desiree from ''[[Danny Phantom]]''. Quite spooky.
** All ghost have a reverb effect to their voice, (including Danny in ghost mode) however with most it's much more subtle.
* [[The Devil|Him]], from ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', is an example of this trope ''with a falsetto''.
** And it is ''[[Nightmare Fuel|damned creepy]].''
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfTD1NDNFIg a set of examples], though really only the first line is necessary.
* In ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'', the Delightful Children From Down the Lane literally are a voice of a legion. I mean, five kids acting like just one kid?
* When Luthor and Braniac merge into one being in ''[[Justice League]]'', so do their voices. Sometimes one or the other is slightly dominant, based on the subject of conversation: Luthor tends to do the egotistical boasting, while Brainiac is only interested in the task at hand.
* In ''[[
* Venom of ''[[Spider-Man]]'' fame. The [[Spider-Man:
** One possibility is that Peter is still fighting the violent instincts it gives him, while Eddie has fully embraced
* This trope is masterfully used in the ''[[
* In ''[[Code Lyoko]]'', people possessed by XANA's specters and Polymorphic Clones talk like this, at least once they're unmasked (along with [[Hulk Speak|serious reduction of vocabulary]]). Also happens to the mind-controlled heroes on Lyoko, most notably William who spends the whole Season 4 like this.
* In the ''[[
** Partial example: In a [[Cutaway Gag]], Brian dresses in a barbershop quartet outfit and sings 'Moonlight Bay' for the Griffin family, singing in full four-part harmony with himself.
* Used by two different characters in ''[[
* [[Transformers Generation
* Phobos talks like this in the first season finale of ''[[WITCH (
* This is [[Horny Devils|Callie's]] version of shouting in ''[[Ugly Americans]]''.
* Tiamat in the ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (
* Baron Violent in ''[[The Tick (animation)]]'' cartoon, when he's wearing his power belt. When Arthur starts using the belt, he starts speaking like this.
* Buufo in ''[[
** Also Princess Monster Wife, a [[Biological Mashup]] of body parts the Ice King stole from various princess to make his own princess. Because her misshapen head is made from the face parts of Princess Bubblegum, Lumpy Space Princess, and Turtle Princess, she speaks in all of their voices.
* In the episode "Aftershock" of ''[[Teen Titans (
** She also does this when she freaks out on Dr. Light during "Nevermore".
* Master Cyclonis of ''[[Storm Hawks]]'' occasionally had ''just enough'' of a creepy reverberation in her voice to drive the point home that there's something ''very'' wrong with her.
* Normally Princess Luna of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
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** It doesn't help that said outdated etiquette causes her to use the [[Royal We]] when referring to herself.
** Pinkie, when she gets really, really, REALLY, mad.
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** Queen Chrysalis also has it, which adds to her already creepy appearance.
* In ''[[Young Justice (
* In the ''[[Ben 10
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Tuvan Throat Singing is an art form practiced by the Tuvan people of southern Siberia. In this style two or more pitches sound simultaneously over a fundamental pitch, producing a mesmerizing, even entrancing sound. They literally sing in more than one voice as they are able to sing harmonies with one person.
* A live chorus will give this effect while performing, preferably in a music hall or a cathedral with good acoustics.
** As will a bunch of people reciting something from memory at the same time, or repeating after someone, such as the Pledge of Allegiance
* Similar to the throat singing, there's a technique when playing wind instruments called dual harmonics. The player plays one pitch on their instrument and sings another. This is most easily done with notes that are harmonically related otherwise the interference can make the sound difficult to control.
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