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Of course, in a body switch one wouldn't expect the subjects to sound the same as their current body usually does anyway (slight differences in mouth shape, lung capacity and the vocal cords themselves would make differences when somebody new tried to control them without practice), but nor should they sound like their real bodies as this completely ignores the physical aspect of speech. The way your voice sounds depends on the shape of your vocal chords and the shape of your mouth. No amount of brain swapping is going to change that.
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* ''[[Girls Bravo]]'''s [[Pool Episode]] not only had mental voices, but ''mental allergies''.
** The ''mental allergies'' were justified in that {{spoiler|they really were mental allergies: They turned out in a later episode to be psychosomatic}}.
* This was averted by, of all things, ''a [[Hentai]] OVA'', fittingly called ''Body Transfer''. Plausibly enough the voices of [[Internal Monologue
* Happens in ''[[Pokémon Ranger and The Temple of The Sea]]'', when the three members of Team Rocket swap bodies thanks to Manaphy's Heart Swap attack.
* Happens in ''[[The Slayers|Slayers Evolution-R]]'': {{spoiler|When Rezo got resurrected into Pokota's human body, his voice stayed just the same as it used to be. It's kind of distracting hearing his deep voice coming out of a Shotaro boy's mouth.}}.
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* Tony Tony Chopper from ''[[One Piece]]'' can take the form of a giant reindeer-man, but has the same little kid voice. The 4Kids! dub averted this, but it's generally agreed that the voice used for his large form sounded ''horrible''.
* Happens in ''[[RahXephon]]'': {{spoiler|Ernst von Bähbem takes over the body of his "niece" Helena in order to survive just long enough to see the end of the world that he orchestrated. While in body of a thirty-something woman, von Bähbem still talks with his raspy old man voice.}}
* Taken to another level in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', with mental voices as well. Yami and Yugi normally have different voices, but this also applies when they're thinking; if the two [[Mind Meld]], then their [[Inner Monologue
* In the first OVA for the ''[[To Love Ru]]'' first anime, Rito is [[Gender Bender|turned into a girl]], but has the same voice. Averted in the second anime, as "Riko" instead has a female voice ([[Cross-Dressing Voices|but the same voice actor]]) for speaking while his [[Inner Monologue]] remain in his male voice.
* The ghost Amanojaku manages to retain his original voice in ''[[Ghost Stories]]'' even after possessing Kaya, a cat, despite the fact that cats don't even have a vocal tract capable of producing language, and Kaya appeared to be nothing but an ordinary cat before the possession.
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* Happens on and off in the ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter]]'' films, via the Polyjuice Potion, though its averted in the books and is most likely for the audience's benefit since in ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets|Harry Potter]]'', Draco never catches on to Harry & Ron as Crabbe and Goyle, and in ''Deathly Hallows'', when the potion is used, a disguised Ron briefly spoke in the voice of the person he was impersonating until he realized he was talking to Harry. In the fourth film, this is definitely confirmed when {{spoiler|Mad-Eye Moody}} is definitely ''not'' voiced by {{spoiler|David Tennant}}, because this wasn't revealed until after {{spoiler|he was caught with Moody locked up in a chest}}.
* Happens in [[The Movie]] of ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' when the cast's souls were trying to find their original bodies.
* Happens at the end of ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men: The Last Stand]]'' {{spoiler|after the credits when Prof. X reappears in the body of the mindless coma patient. It's [[Hand Wave
* In the 2006 movie ''[[Its a Boy Girl Thing]]'', voices stay with the bodies, but the thoughts of the characters are given as voiceovers in the possessors' voice.
* ''[[Night Watch|Day Watch]]'' has Anton and Olga switch bodies in order to avoid Anton being dragged in by the Day Watch for a suspected murder. The voices carry over with the personality, and they each have to perform a small glamour in order to sound like who they look like.
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== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', [[Speech Bubbles]] are colored differently to distinguish the different characters' voices. And Reynardine's bubbles are the same color regardless of whose body he's possessing. [[Word of God]] clarifies that his voice is always recognizably his own, but he doesn't sound ''exactly'' the same in different bodies.
** Which is reasonable. Different people have different ways of speaking with their [[Verbal Tic
*** Might it perhaps involve [[A Wizard Did It|magic]]?
* Also suggested in ''[[Looking for Group]]'' when [http://lfgcomic.com/page/171 Richard is summoned back from the Plane Of Suck] and ends up in Pella's body. Richard's trademark speech bubble is there, clearly indicating who is supposed to be the one doing the speaking. This is also used when Richard [http://lfgcomic.com/page/206 takes over a stone golem].
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'''Lex:'''No, because ''I'm evil.'' }}
** Also averted in the episode "Dead Reckoning", where characters don't change voices when possessed by Deadman. They do, however, gain his accent and mannerisms.
* In ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', when the girls were [[Freaky Friday Flip
* ''[[Code Lyoko]]'' plays this straight. In "A Fine Mess", when a computer glitch in Lyoko [[Freaky Friday Flip|switches Odd's and Yumi's bodies]], they also switch voices. The same in episode "Nobody in Particular", where a disincarnated Ulrich still retain his own voice while possessing
** That last part is actually quite ironic since Ulrich and Kiwi have [[Cross-Dressing Voices|the same voice actress]].
* Notably averted in ''[[Gargoyles]]''; Coldstone has three different personalities, all of which use Coldstone's voice with minor inflections when they're in control of the body. The female personality, the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3tHy08ZJ98&feature=related first time she controlled the body], even said "My voice. It's different!" In a later episode, Puck switches the minds of various members of the cast (including all three of Coldstone's alternate personalities) and everyone's voice matches the body, rather than the mind, of the speaker.
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