Voices Are Mental: Difference between revisions

* 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]]s have Yugi's voice. If it's only Yami, then it's his own 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.

 

* In the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode "Return to Tomorrow", several ''Enterprise'' personnel were (voluntarily) possessed by alien mental entities. When speaking, their voices were very different (louder and a different pitch, like in an echo chamber).

** The trope is averted in the actual bodyswap episode "[[Star Trek/Recap/S3/E24 Turnabout Intruder|Turnabout Intruder]]".

* In the ''[[Super Mario Bros Super Show]]'', Mario gets his mind swapped with that of Frank N. Stein's monster. It's not exactly the best dub job out there, but they did follow the trope. A knock on the noggin with a hammer for each of them is enough to swap them back.

* In the ''[[Dollhouse]]'' episode "A Love Supreme", {{spoiler|Alpha downloads Ballard's personality into himself. When Ballard briefly manages to take control of Alpha, he speaks with his own voice}}.

*** Players of the original might not even notice the symbolism because Ansem/{{spoiler|Xehanort}} suddenly changed voice actors between games, making an already confusing situation even stranger.

** Let's just say ''Kingdom Hearts'' loves this trope.

*** Another interesting version of this trope is used in ''[[Birth By Sleep]]'' {{spoiler|When Master Xehanort possesses Terra, becoming the Xehanort that is the main villain of the series. Now Master Xehanort and Xehanort have different voices, but in the Japanese version they are voiced by father and son Chikao and Akio Ohtsuka, with the implication that it's the same voice, only younger sounding. Alas, this little detail wasn't able to be replicated in the dub}}

*** Then, there's Vanitas, who's {{spoiler|the physical manifestation of all darkness within Ventus' heart.}} He shares {{spoiler|Sora's}} voice actor in both versions, although it isn't noticeable at first, because they just do a that ''darn'' good job at sounding evil. Once you figure it out, however, it leads to a lot of [[Fridge Brilliance]].

* Averted in a ''[[Lloyd in Space]]'' episode where Lloyd and Francine switched minds. The voices stayed with their respective bodies and only their personalities and mannerisms switched. Possibly done because Lloyd's genius friend Douglas would have noticed the obvious change in voice.

* Used in the ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' episode "Monster Mutt". Especially weird since one of the subjects was an animal.

** An early episode where Timmy changed bodies with Vicky's dog averted this: when in Timmy's body Doydle sounded like Timmy and when in Doydle's body Timmy could only bark/"speak dog" and there's what's obviously a voiceover to let us know what he's really trying to say.

* Shown in the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "The Prisoner Of Benda", where virtually the entire cast, plus a washbucket and an Emperor, switch bodies but retain their voices. It's necessary, though, since the sheer amount of body-swapping would confuse anyone if they didn't keep their original voices. Additionally, it may be for the audience's benefit, since the characters still need to tell each other who's who.

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