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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.

 

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.

 

== Anime & Manga ==

* 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.

* [[The Slayers|The Lord of Nightmares]].

* ''[[Pokémon the First Movie (Anime)|Pokémon the First Movie]]'' touches on this trope for a few lines, though there's a somewhat mundane explanation: Mewtwo is communicating telepathically with the heroes as himself while, at the same time, the possessed Nurse Joy is speaking his dialogue aloud. He quickly realizes it and releases his mental hold on her. It's a shame, as the sound of their combined voices, particularly when both of them respond to a failed attack with "child's play", makes for one of the creepiest moments in the movie.

* ''[[D Gray Man]]'' had {{spoiler|Jasdevi speak in this fashion when the two combine}}.

* 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.}}

* One of a the first of a series of horror stories stories from the manga "Gakkou de Atta Kowai Hanashi" had the main character, Ootsuka Kaho, and her three friends receive a cursed text message. When two of her friends suddenly disappear, Ootsuka begin to panic fearing she will be next, but is calmed by her remaining friend, Maaya, who reassures her that the other two will be found eventually. When Ootsuka, though her texts, finds Maaya on the roof, she notices her talking in a completely different voice, which then become many voices. In a [[Twist Ending]], it's revealed that it was Maaya who was sending her the cursed texts. Her negative emotions were absorbed and amplified by malevolent spirits, covering her body in misshapen faces, including Ootsuka's two missing friends who were jealous of Ootsuka's relationship with a popular boy they were attracted to.

 

* 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.

 

 

* Played straight in a written fanfiction no less. [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4695538/1/Angel_of_Massacre Samael/The Boy in the Theater] speaks in an alternating Bold and Italic accent. [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1053449/Numbnut10 The Author] has complained about the difficulty involved.

* B-3-K, of ''[[Yukari Is Free]].'' Portrayed in written form via different colors of text.

{{quote| ''a billion different voices in a billion different tones, a low flanging and echo present in it's ominous timbre.''}}

** This is represented via text with bold italicized block capital letters colored red.

*** 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 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 40000]]'' novel ''[[Grey Knights (Literature)|Hammer of Daemons]]'' is said to speak with a hundred voices at least.

* '''[[Star Trek|WE ARE THE BORG.]]'''

* The new ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' has an excellent example of this appear in the Season 2 two-parter "The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit". It is played very effectively. WE ARE THE LEGION OF THE BEAST!

** "I Am THE MIGHTY JAGRAFESS of the HOLY HADROJASSIC MAXARODENFOE!" (AKA Max)

** The Absorbaloff has this too, which makes sense, since his entire schtick is that he absorbs other people into him.

* 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]].

** 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.

* ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'':

** Riku gets to do this in ''[[Kingdom Hearts (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts]]'' after {{spoiler|allowing Ansem to take partial possession of him}}. Their voices speak in a creepy-yet-awesome as hell unison for the next few scenes, until Riku starts to disagree with some of the decisions they're making and tries to reassert his own will.

** 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]]''.

** Testament, from the same series, exhibits it all the time. In the first game, he speaks in a clear male/female duality, which sounds extra creepy during some of his more vocal specials. This effect was changed to a subtle trinoidal voice for the remaining games, though the effect was pumped up in Accent Core Plus, presumably to raise his creepy factor.

* Manah likes to do this in the ''[[Drakengard]]'' series.

* Taken from ''[[Alan Wake]]'' fluctuate from their normal voice to a strained voice to a creepy deep, snarly voice.

* In ''[[God of War (Video Game)|God of War]] 2'', Lahkesis speaks like this at first, {{spoiler|because Atropos is inside her body.}}

 

== Web Comics ==

* 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]].

* 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 ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|Gunnerkrigg Court]]'': in chapter 7, Robot's regular speech-bubble effect (pointed and white) is covered up by a round, purple speech bubble. This is Annie's first clue that he is [[Not Himself]].

** Presumably applies to {{spoiler|Sarda}} as well.

* The Xul'kgmarhin aliens from [[The FAN (Webcomic)|The FAN]] have no word bubbles, and their lines switch between red and green to create the impression that they use two distinct voices that speak in tandem.

** 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.

{{quote| '''''"BE STILL!"'''''}}

** It doesn't help that said outdated etiquette causes her to use the [[Royal We]] when referring to herself.