Voices Are Mental: Difference between revisions

* Happens in ''[[Rah Xephon]]'': {{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|Inner Monologues]] 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 Powerpuff Girls]]'', when the girls were [[Freaky Friday Flip|Freaky Friday Flipped]] with the Professor, the Mayor, and Miss Bellum, they not only retained their voiced but their '''''[[Powers As Programs|powers]]''''', too. Granted, it was mainly because as the Professor's [[Techno Babble]] explained, they switched outer "layers" rather than their entire bodies being swapped.

* ''[[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 Jim -- or ''Kiwi'', actually talking through the dog.

* Notably averted in ''[[Gargoyles (Animation)|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.

** This is worked into the plots of said episodes, as it allows them to conceal which personality is in control of a body until [[The Reveal]].

** Speaking of ''Transformers'', played straight in the ''[[Beast Wars (Animation)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "Possession" where Waspinator is possessed by Starscream's spark; he consequently sounds like a ''G1'' Starscream soundalike.

** Both averted and subverted in the original ''G1'' series. Starscream's ghost possessed Cyclonus, and could do both his voice and Cyclonus' voice. When he cried out in surprise, however, his troops noticed that he sounded like Starscream.

* Partly averted in ''[[Tale Spin (Animation)|Tale Spin]]''. Baloo and Kit switch bodies but don't switch voices. Instead, the voices stay with the bodies, but Kit's voice is pitchshifted down and Baloo's is pitchshifted up.

** Notably, it's shown that it's not just a case of [[Rule of Perception]] but something ''other characters can notice'', as they had to trick Rebecca into thinking there was something wrong with her hearing.

** The larynx actually has very little to do with how voices sound, but it's not much mental, either. The larynx is a bit like the mouthpiece of a brass instrument. All mouthpieces sound about the same alone, but the sound quality changes drastically depending on whether its attached to a trumpet or tuba. In this case, the entire human head acts as the actual "instrument."

* Of course, any accent or [[Verbal Tic]] would not be removed if switching bodies was somehow made possible.

 

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