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* Rosa Diaz on ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', resident BadassBiker and KnifeNut. Her actress, Creator/StephanieBeatriz, actively pitches her voice lower, and the few times that Rosa has spoken closer to Beatriz's normal register tend to [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness terrify her fellow detectives]].

* In ''Series/TheDropout'' Before Elizabeth goes out to make presentations to venture capitalists, Sunny advises her against using her "giddy voice". Afterwards, Elizabeth makes a deliberate switch from her regular voice to one that's deeper, to project more power an authority. She tests out her new voice when Don Lucas calls her to tell her that Avie resigned. He asks her if she has a cold after he hears her raspier voice.

* [[Film/TheInventorOutForBloodInSiliconValley Elizabeth Holmes]] speaks in a noticeably deep voice that [[https://www.thecut.com/2019/03/why-did-elizabeth-holmes-use-a-fake-deep-voice.html people question whether it's as fake as her company's business.]] (also, some have taken the supposedly commanding tone as instead resembling a SimpletonVoice, "[[Film/RomyAndMichelesHighSchoolReunion Romy White]] doing a TED Talk")

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'': Luisa, the Madrigal granddaughter blessed with SuperStrength and muscle to match, has a beefy contralto voice--the lowest of any female character in the movie.

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'': Artemis's voice is lower than that of Miss Martian and Zatanna, both of whom are far more feminine than her. She's also quieter, more mysterious, and more tough-acting than them. In the second season, she plays this up as [[spoiler: a DeepCoverAgent among the villainous Light.]] Cheshire, Artemis' AntiVillain sister and Queen Bee also qualify for this trope.

* Deep, husky voices were fashionable for American women in the 1930s-1960s, especially in films, radio, and television, likely due in part to the high prevalence of cigarette smoking. Almost any seductive woman in media during that time was guaranteed to have a voice like this.
* Several roles for female villains have the actors in their middle age, due to the fact that voice deepens into old age.

* Megara from ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' has a sultry, husky voice, atypical of both Disney female {{Love Interest}}s in general and female characters in the movie. She's also working for Hades (albeit unwillingly), and at one point tries to seduce Herc into revealing his weaknesses, though she just ends up falling for ''him'' instead.

* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' and later Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse movies, Nebula has a very low, growly voice, and speaks in an almost constantly threatening tone. Creator/KarenGillan said the voice is "an impression of Creator/MarilynMonroe and Creator/ClintEastwood", with the former being what director James Gunn asked her to do.

* Rosa Diaz on ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', resident BadassBiker and KnifeNut. Her actress, Stephanie Beatriz, actively pitches her voice lower, and the few times that Rosa has spoken closer to Beatriz's normal register tend to [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness terrify her fellow detectives]].

* Jane Rizzoli from ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles'' played by Angie Harmon is an example of this. Her voice is much deeper than her costar's Maura Isles (Sasha Alexander). It is also notable that her voice gets lower and raspier than when she is upset or angered.
* In ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'', Xena's voice is much deeper than Gabrielle's, since between the two, Xena is a seasoned fighter, while Gaby is a bard.

* ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment '' continues the Creator/JenniferHale marathon with her contributing the voice of Fall-From-Grace. Grace is a demonic seductress who was captured by the insanely tyrannical devils, tortured, survived, bested them in a contest, won her freedom, redeemed herself, and is now a non-evil priestess of a sect following Epicurean beliefs. She runs a brothel where you can pay incredibly intelligent beautiful women to be nerdy with you and accompanies an amnesiac immortal on a dimension-hopping adventure, battling twisted angels, literal legions of devils, nightmarish shadows made from snuffed lives, an insane immortal witch, and many more with nothing but her spells, her kiss, and her bare hands. It's even more awesome than it sounds.

* Captain Marvel in the second season of ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes''. Not a surprise given that she's played by Creator/JenniferHale using her [[Franchise/MassEffect Commander Shepard]] voice.

* ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' has Pete's wife Peg, who usually speaks in a sweet soft voice, but will shout in a deep gruff voice when she's mad. Worth noting that she is also played by Winchell.

* Another character voiced by April Winchell, Muriel P. Finster from ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', is a SternTeacher with a deep, GutturalGrowler type of voice.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'': Luisa, the Madrigal granddaughter blessed with SuperStrength and muscle to match, has a beefy contralto voice.

* [[Anime/QueenEmeraldas Emeraldas]], the DistaffCounterpart of Anime/CaptainHarlock and probably the second most badass being in the Anime/{{Leijiverse}}, also had the lowest-pitched voice among notable female characters in every one of her many incarnations.

* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'':
** When a female character goes from their normal voice to this, something [[{{Understatement}} bad]] is about to happen.
** It also comes up when [[spoiler: Rika]] goes deeper into the DespairEventHorizon. She sounds more like an adult woman ([[spoiler: which she mentally is]]) than a child.

* Creator/NanaMizuki is often known for voicing high-pitched {{action girl}}s (like [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Fate]] ,[[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Tsubomi]] and [[Manga/{{Claymore}} Riful]]), which seems out of place with this trope. However, [[DoItYourselfThemeTune because she will almost always sing within the series she plays in]], the truth of her powerful voice is revealed, and expect plenty of asskicking [[AwesomeMusic/NanaMizuki to the tune of her awesome songs]]. Some of her roles, like [[Manga/RosarioPlusVampire Inner Moka]] (see below) or [[Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear Tsubasa]], play it perfectly straight, though.

* [[Creator/MegumiToyoguchi Revy]], [[Creator/MichieTomizawa Roberta]] and [[Creator/MamiKoyama Balalaika]] of ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', the three scariest and most badass women in the entire series, all speak with a contralto.

* ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' primarily inverts this, in a very subtle way. While ActionGirl [[Creator/SoraAmamiya Touka]] tends to use a rougher, lower voice, most of the truly dangerous women in the series have high-pitched and girlish voices. [[spoiler: As part of her role as the FakeCutie, [[Creator/SuzukoMimori Roma]] speaks in a high-pitched and squeaky voice while BigBad [[Creator/MaayaSakamoto Eto]] speaks in a girlish, playful voice that adds to her childlike disguise]].
* Rachnera in ''Manga/MonsterMusume'' has the deepest voice of all the girls. She is the most monstrous of Kimihito's roommates, being a gigantic spider, and delights in tormenting others and tying them up in her webs bondage style.
* [[Anime/QueenEmeraldas Emeraldas]], the DistaffCounterpart of Anime/CaptainHarlock and probably the second most badass being in the Anime/{{Leijiverse}}, also had the lowest-pitched voice among notable female characters in every one of her many incarnations.
* Temari from ''Anime/{{Naruto}}'' is one of the few {{Action Girl}}s with a competent record voiced by Creator/RomiPark.
* In ''Anime/{{Charlotte}}'', Yusa's HotBlooded {{Tomboy}} sister Misa speaks with a noticeably lower voice than she does. She doesn't get to act on it terribly often, but Misa is also ''quite'' willing to jump to more violent solutions if she finds it necessary (she throws threats around with her [[PlayingWithFire fire powers]] occasionally).
* ''Manga/FutureDiary'''s Uryuu Minene has a very low voice range among the females, Japanese or English dub. {{Inverted}} with Japanese![[{{Yandere}} Yuno.]]
* When in serious mode, ''Anime/TenchiMuyo's'' Mihoshi's Creator/YukoMizutani voice goes from sounding like WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse to raspy and hulking.
* ''VideoGame/PriPara'':
** Shion has the deepest voice out of the six main characters, fitting for her HotBlooded TheAce status.
** Love Tochiotome has a low voice and is physically strong and a passionate tennis player.
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'': Among the Brittanian Princesses shown, Cornelia has the deepest voice. She also is the one who fights in a mecha suit and conquers nations among them.
* The 16th Pokemon movie, ''Anime/PokemonGenesectAndTheLegendAwakened,'' features a [[NoBiologicalSex female-voiced]] Mewtwo, whose serious, commanding voice harks back to her counterpart from the [[Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie first movie]] and [[Anime/PokemonMewtwoReturns its sequel]].
* Ozen the Immovable in ''Anime/MadeInAbyss'' not only has a really low voice to begin with, she makes it even lower when being threatening.
* In the anime adaptation of ''Manga/TalentlessNana'', Nana speaks in a sweet, chipper, and youthful tone when speaking to others. [[spoiler:Once she drops the friendly facade her voice becomes ''much'' deeper and ominous, especially when she's monologing about how she has meticulously planned her latest murder.]]

* [[Myth/KingArthur Since she was a king prior to the story]], it should be no surprise that [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Arturia Pendragon]] has one in ''Fanfic/AKnightsTaleAsInquisitor''. Her voice, as heard by other characters, is strongly firm and sovereign, being naturally full of authority due to many years of ruling.

* The tough-as-nails SpaceMarine Sergeant Calhoun from ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' has the lowest female voice (she is voiced by Creator/JaneLynch) and is by far the most overtly badass character in the movie.

* In ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'', Mina Harker's normal voice isn't exactly high-pitched (she even does an [[Creator/SeanConnery Alan Quartermaine]] impersonation at one point), but it really dips down when she says, "Save your bullets, these men are mine!" right before turning vampirey and attacking the {{mook}}s going after them.
* Gogo Yubari's introduction in ''Film/KillBill'' has her wearing a stereotypical Japanese schoolgirl uniform and speaking in a stereotypical high-pitched voice. Then Creator/ChiakiKuriyama drops the smile, drops the business end of a spiked meteor hammer to the floor, and drops her voice an octave or two. Beatrix Kiddo knows she has a real fight on her hands.

* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' and later Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse movies, Nebula has a very low, growly voice, and speaks in an almost constantly threatening tone. Creator/KarenGillan said the voice is "an impression of Creator/MarilynMonroe and Creator/ClintEastwood", with the former being what director James Gunn asked her to do.

* In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', Selina Kyle initially plays the part of a flustered maid to Alfred, the other servants, and Bruce Wayne. It's only after Wayne almost instantly figures out that she's there for more than just work that her voice drops a bit.
-->'''Catwoman''': ''[[FemmeFatale Oops.]]''

* Galadriel from ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', a character often described by lesser mortals as incomprehensible and dangerous (which isn't surprising considering she hails from an age when her kin were the main source of trouble in the Middle Earth), speaks in a deep contralto in the book. In the movie she's played by actress Creator/CateBlanchett, who isn't exactly squeaky-voiced either.
* In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'' Amelia Bones' voice is described as "booming" and in between ''Order of the Phoenix'' and ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince Half-Blood Prince]]'' she gave Death Eaters a hard time and [[spoiler: Voldemort himself had to come out of hiding to kill her. It is implied she put up a fight too]].
* Descriptions of Admiral Michelle "Mike" Henke in the ''[[Literature/HonorHarrington Honorverse]]'' frequently include her 'husky' contralto voice. While she is neither a FemmeFatale nor a classic ActionGirl, she ''is'' an extremely dangerous commander with a devious mind, and a full-fledged FourStarBadass (and member of the [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething royal family]]) to boot.
* Darwi Odrade from ''Literature/HereticsOfDune'' is described as having a "soft contralto" voice. She is a Bene Gesserit, so the badass part goes without saying.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Yara Greyjoy's voice is deep and quite raspy, basically making her a female GutturalGrowler.
* In ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'', Xena's voice is much deeper than Gabrielle's, since between the two, Xena is a seasoned fighter, while Gaby is a bard.
* ''Series/IClaudius'' averts this with Messalina. She has a high, feminine voice, while being a rather villainous character.

* Funnily enough, while Creator/JessicaAlba does not qualify for this trope, her dubbing actress in the French dub of ''Series/DarkAngel'' has quite a deep voice befitting Max's ActionGirl status. It does not work that well with later roles of Alba though.
* Rosa Diaz on ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', resident BadassBiker and KnifeNut. Her actress, Stephanie Beatriz, actively pitches her voice lower, and the few times that Rosa has spoken closer to Beatriz's normal register tend to [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness terrify her fellow detectives]].
* Yo-Yo Rodriguez on ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' is a HotBlooded, ass-kicking badass with SuperSpeed, and she has the deepest voice of all the female cast.

* ''Franchise/MassEffect'':
** The female Commander Shepard, voiced by Creator/JenniferHale, speaks in a rough, smoky contralto and, since the games lean on PurelyAestheticGender, [[MookHorrorShow she's just as terrifying a combatant as the male version]]. A renegade Femshep sounds a half octave lower, especially when she is snarking or threatening to kill people.
** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', the female krogan "Eve", voiced by Creator/LaniMinella, has an unusually deep voice, not unlike the males of her race. Even the male krogan actors tend to have digital filters to sound deeper and gruffer, but Eve's actor matches them without one. She's also more than capable of not only holding her own, but rallying violent and hot-tempered krogan men to her cause.
** ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'':
*** Your squadmate Cora Harper (voiced by Creator/JulesDeJongh) has a voice pitched similarly to [=FemShep=]. She's an abnormally strong human biotic who was trained by asari commandos and [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter favors a shotgun]], and her unique Shield Boost power is considered a GameBreaker.
*** Nakmor Morda, the leader of the krogan colony New Tuchanka, has similar voice acting to Eve, and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown demonstrates]] when a male [[KlingonPromotion challenges her]] at the end of Elaadan's main quest just how she got to be the chieftain in a culture that firmly believes in AsskickingEqualsAuthority.
* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'':
** Commander Sarah Palmer, introduced in ''VideoGame/Halo4'' and voiced by Creator/JenniferHale, sports a deep tone whenever she talks on-screen, and is a FourStarBadass through and through.
** Mahkee 'Chava, a female [[PredatorPastiche Sangheili]] introduced in ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians'', speaks with a deep voice. It fits with the portrayal of the male Sangheili, who all have BadassBaritone voices themselves.

* ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'': When she's not a HeroicMime, Samus has a notably low voice (surprise surprise, she's also voiced by Creator/JenniferHale). Other games (notably ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'') use different voice actresses, but keep the badass contralto.
* ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}}'': Even though Tamamo no Mae is [[DudeLooksLikeALady a]] [[RareMaleExample guy]], his voice is provided by Creator/RomiPark. He sounds as seductive and badass as you can imagine, but also pretty feminine, making even [[ViewerGenderConfusion the players]] mistake his gender.
* ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment '' continues the Creator/JenniferHale marathon with her contributing the voice of Fall-From-Grace. Grace is a demonic seductress who was captured by the insanely tyrannical devils, tortured, survived, bested them in a contest, won her freedom, redeemed herself, and is now a non-evil priestess of a sect following Epicurean beliefs. She runs a brothel where you can pay incredibly intelligent beautiful women to be nerdy with you and accompanies an amnesiac immortal on a dimension-hopping adventure, battling twisted angels, literal legions of devils, nightmarish shadows made from snuffed lives, an insane immortal witch, and many more with nothing but her spells, her kiss, and her bare hands. It's even more awesome than it sounds.
* Ilona, in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare'', has a thick, low Russian accent, and is the only ActionGirl [[TheSmurfettePrinciple in the main cast]].
%% * [[JunglePrincess Zhu]] [[BoobsOfSteel Rong]] from VideoGame/DynastyWarriors. -- ZCE
* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'''s Baiken speaks in this tone, indicative of how violent and aggressive she is, and also alluding to the fact that she is based off [[Manga/RurouniKenshin Kenshin Himura]], whose seiyuu, the aforementioned Mayo Suzukaze, also spoke in a contralto for him. Justice also speaks in this tone, as befits the leader of the Gears.
* Likewise, Natsume from ''VideoGame/NinjaMastersHaoNinpoCho'' is a very violent and aggressive female fighter with a voice that's deeper than usual for Japanese women in video games.
* Due to the [[WorldOfBuxom nature of how the female characters are portrayed]], most female champions in ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' sport this. This is especially true with any champion voiced by Creator/KarenStrassman [[note]]Cassiopeia, Shyvana, Fiora, Zyra, Elise[[/note]], where the said champion will sport a deep voice, especially with Fiora, who sports a [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench a French accent]]. Just to make the list shorter, here are the female champions that ''doesn't'' sport a deep voice: Lulu, Tristana[[note]]Justified, both are yordles[[/note]], Annie[[note]]A young 10 year old girl[[/note]], Lux[[note]]A young teenager who supposed to play homage to the MagicalGirl character archetype[[/note]], and Jinx [[note]]An AxCrazy terrorist psychopath who has [[PsychopathicManchild a mentality of a child]][[/note]].
* Zigzagged in ''VideoGame/AkatsukiBlitzkampf''. Mycale plays it more or less straight as she's a pseudo-MagicalGirl whose voice is deeper than her child-like looks would make one expect, but the DarkActionGirl Marilyn Sue completely averts it with her high-pitched and almost shrill voice. In the meantime Kanae has a rather mature voice but sounds more squeaky when she gets hit, Perfecti borders on an antagonistic version of CuteButCacophonic, and the softspoken Anonym manages to reach a happy medium of sorts.
* ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'''s Painwheel, voiced by Creator/DanielleMcRae, has an intensely deep GutturalGrowler voice: quite fitting for an angry science experiment with a major bone to pick.
* A different take on this trope where Maria is given a seductive, deep voice provided by Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn in the [[TheOtherDarrin re-casting]] of ''VideoGame/SilentHill2''. Considering that she's [[spoiler: a projection made by Silent Hill to torment James, it fits in it's own way.]]
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'':
** [[Creator/YuuKobayashi Luc]][[Creator/LauraBailey ina]] comes from a ZombieApocalypse future with a voice deep enough to pass off for a man [[spoiler: or Marth.]] She also subverts it in a LighterAndSofter Drama CD, where Creator/YuuKobayashi [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNbQZfKDMyU gives her a more girlish and high-pitched tone]].
** Out of [[spoiler: Lucina]]'s prospect mothers, Sully (voiced by Momoko Oohara and Creator/AmandaCelineMiller) and a [[Creator/MiyukiSawashiro Fem]][[Creator/WendeeLee ale]] Avatar have fairly deep voices and are quite accomplished {{Action Girl}}s.
** Panne, who's voiced by Creator/YukiMasuda and Creator/JessicaGeeGeorge, is a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race Lady]] with quite the deep pitch.
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' has Effie, who, being a [[TheBigGuy hugely strong]] [[BigEater big-eating]] LovableJock, has a very deep voice to go with her.
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' has [[LadyOfWar Ingrid]] and [[BoisterousBruiser Catherine]], who are more than capable physical fighters, with some of the deeper voices amongst the female cast, especially Catherine.

* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'':
** Zarya, being a 195cm (6'5") tall bodybuilder and soldier known as The World's Strongest Woman, unsurprisingly sports the deepest voice of the game's female cast, complementing her [[HuskyRusskie thick Russian accent]].
** Moira, a MadScientist whose strongest emotion at any given time seems to be cool disdain, has a low contralto voice. Coupled with some of her voice lines,[[note]] "Stupidity is not a right." [[/note]] Moira definitely falls into the colder side of this trope.

* ''Franchise/BlazBlue'''s got several examples:
** Throughout the series, Noel is a generally harmless girl, though a competent combatant (mostly thanks to her weapon, the Bolverk), with a high and girly voice. When she's forced into the form of Mu-12, which harnesses the power of [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Kusanagi, the Godslayer]], her voice plummets several octaves. Crosses over with EvilSoundsDeep, and even once she gains conscious control of the transformation and joins the heroes again, using her Murakumo form still causes a noticeable difference in tone.
** Bullet's voice is the deepest of the female cast and she's pretty aggressive and pushy to boot.
** Kokonoe's voice is rather low in comparison to other characters, and she's pretty aggressive on top of owning a large vault of nukes.
* ''VideoGame/{{Paladins}}'':
** Ash is a tanky, close range bruiser and BloodKnight with a very raspy, deep voice that makes her sound very threatening.
** Seris is a dark and mysterious seer who has the deepest voice of the female champions with a [[VoiceOfTheLegion reverb]] that emphasizes how eerie she is.
%%* Black Heart [[Creator/ErinFitzgerald in the English dub]] of the ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' series, after VocalEvolution. -- ZCE
%% * The female Sole Survivor in ''VideoGame/Fallout4''. -- ZCE
* ''VideoGame/PrincessMaker2'':
** The major part of the female combatants avert the trope, but the tough and no-nosense Natasha Dripsikova plays it completely straight. Her deep voices goes quite well with her {{stripperiffic}} looks and how she [[CarryABigStick fights with a mace]].
** This is completely averted by Anita Cassandra, a CuteBruiser who doubles as the Daughter's Fighting Rival. Her voice has a very girly and high pitch, though to be fair, she's just 14 when she issues her challenge.
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfBerseria'', Creator/CristinaValenzuela starts off by giving Velvet Crowe a high-pitched girly voice reminiscent of [[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug Marinette Dupain-Cheng]]. After her brother is killed, her village is wiped out, and she is tossed in a hole in the ground for three years with nothing to subsist on save daemons, her voice drops about three octaves to symbolize [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge her new attitude]]. Her original Japanese voice actress, Creator/RinaSato, goes through a similar portrayal for the character, going with a cutesy, higher voice for the Velvet of the prologue before adopting a deeper and more intimidating performance for the vindictive and ruthless Velvet of the rest of the game.
** In the same game, the English version of Teresa Linares, dubbed by Creator/BrinaPalencia, has a voice which is noticiably deeper and more matured comparing [[Creator/YuiHorie to the Japanese version]].
* Ivy Valentine of the ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'' speaks with a booming, commandingly deep cut-glass RP accent, which suits her character as one of the more mature and intimidating women in the series.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'', the female Octoling's voice is noticeably lower than the female Inkling's iconic high-pitched voice to better fit the Octoling's serious demeanor.
* The Empress from ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'' is definitely deeper in tone than any other female in the game, and she's definitely intimidating enough to rock the voice.
* ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'': What signals [=GLaDOS=]'s turn from seemingly bumbling evil to a new level of LetsGetDangerous is when her voice deepens after Chell [[spoiler:accidentally destroys her Morality Core.]]
* Megaera in ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'' talks with a deep, raspy voice. She also talks barely above a whisper to show how in control she is.

* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestXI:'' Jade is one of the strongest fighters in the party, and has a much deeper voice than WhiteMagicianGirl Serena, despite only being a few years older.

* ''VideoGame/TrailsOfColdSteel I:'' Laura is a strong fighter, using a two-handed sword. She also has a deeper voice than one might expect for a 17-18 year old girl, and has a deeper voice than Instructor Sara, who is an adult woman.

* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': Any time [[AmoralAttorney Franziska]] [[WhipItGood von]] [[TheBaroness Karma]] is fully voiced, she has a rather deep voice. Also, Elise Deauxnim in case 3-5 uses the lower-pitched voice blips normally used for male characters (except in the ''Trilogy HD'' release for iOS), indicating that she has a deep voice, and [[spoiler:she's actually Misty Fey, the master of the Kurain Channeling Technique with unparalleled spiritual power]].
* Saber from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' has a rather deep register, fitting her nature as a powerful swordswoman and a LadyOfWar. [[spoiler:It's insinuated that this has to do with the fact that she's Myth/KingArthur, who disguised her identity and presented herself to Camelot as a male. Her more "relaxed" versions in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', such as her younger self and her [[BeachEpisode swimsuit version]], have her speak in a higher voice.]]
** This also applies to another fellow Servant, Caster (who serves as a significant antagonist in two routes; she is also coincidentally voiced by the [[Creator/AtsukoTanaka same actress]] as [[Franchise/GhostInTheShell Kusanagi]] above.)
* Eleonore von Wittenburg from ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae'' not only has the deepest and raspiest voice of the entire female cast, but also ranks among the most dangerous and nastiest members of the Longinus Dreizehn Orden.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Yang Xiao Long has the lowest voice register of her all-female team. She's also the physically strongest and is implied to be the best fighter as well.
* ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'': Played straight with [[BewareTheNiceOnes Trisha]], {{Inverted}} with [[HairTriggerTemper Brittnay,]] and {{Averted}} with [[VocalDissonance Ashley]].

* WebVideo/DiamandaHagan has an impressively deep voice most of the time, however when she's [[ClusterFBomb angry]] her voice [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome realistically]] gets higher. But considering the body count she racks up in her videos the "dangerous" part of this trope is still in full effect.

* ''WebVideo/TheVeronicaExclusive'': Jane has the lowest voice of all the female characters, and the second-lowest voice of the cast overall, second only to Kurt Kelly. She's also a murderous psychopath.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
** June, a bounty hunter Zuko hires to find and capture Aang, has a deeper voice than the other female characters to portray her as dangerous.
** Avatar Kyoshi also has a deeper voice. And both she and June are also done by Creator/JenniferHale.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'':
** Lin Beifong, who is an ActionGirl and is the chief of Republic City's Metal Bending Police, has a much deeper, and more commanding voice than the rest of the female cast by design to emphasize her position.
** Korra herself would also count as an example for having a deeper voice than some of the other female characters (like [[spoiler:her eventual girlfriend]] GirlyBruiser [[BadassNormal Asami]], or Tenzin's wife [[DeadpanSnarker Pema]]). This gets [[UpToEleven Turned Up to Eleven]] [[PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep when she enters the Avatar state]], [[VoiceOfTheLegion which makes her voice deeper still and more intimidating with a reverberating echo]]. Being TheHeroine, and a fighting prodigy, she's also the focus of most of the action in the show.
** And on the antagonists' side, there's the [[StatuesqueStunner towering]] [[BombThrowingAnarchists Red Lotus]] [[HavingABlast combustion-bender]] [[DarkActionGirl P'Li]] and her [[EvilSoundsDeep throaty growl]]. Kuvira, the ArcVillain of Book 4, also has a very commanding, deeper, and somewhat husky voice.

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'': Artemis's voice is lower than that of Miss Martian and Zatanna, both of whom are far more feminine than her. She's also quieter, more mysterious, and more tough-acting than them. In the second season, she plays this up as [[spoiler: a DeepCoverAgent among the villainous Light.]] Cheshire, Artemis' AntiVillain sister and Queen Bee also qualify for this trope.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' has Raven, a powerful DarkMagicalGirl who usually speaks in a deep-voiced, raspy monotone.
* Sylvia, Wander's snarky and ass-kicking steed in ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'', has a deep contralto courtesy of Creator/AprilWinchell.

* ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' has Pete's wife Peg, who usually speaks in a sweet soft voice, but will shout in a deep gruff voice when she's mad. Worth noting that she is also played by Winchell.
* Another character voiced by April Winchell, Muriel P. Finster from ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', is a SternTeacher with a deep, GutturalGrowler type of voice.
* Captain Marvel in the second season of ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes''. Not a surprise given that she's played by Creator/JenniferHale using her [[Franchise/MassEffect Commander Shepard]] voice.
* ''{{WesternAnimation/Arcane}}'' has Head Enforcer Grayson of Piltover, a grizzled and competent law enforcement officer voiced with [[Creator/ShohrehAghdashloo Shohreh Aghdashloo's]] distinctive deep, throaty rasp.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' has Raven, a powerful DarkMagicalGirl who usually speaks in a deep-voiced monotone.

** Panne, who's voiced by Creator/YukiMasuda and Jessica Gee, is a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race Lady]] with quite the deep pitch.

* [[TokenEvilTeammate Morrigan]] has a noticeably deeper voice than the other two female party members in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''. She's also the one who's the most offense oriented by default, as she starts out with only damage-dealing and debuff spells.

** If you so choose, you can give your [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition female Inquisitor]] this voice by choosing the American voice (Sumalee Montano).

* Creator/NanaMizuki is often known for voicing high-pitched {{action girl}}s (like [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Fate]] , [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Tsubomi]] and [[Manga/{{Claymore}} Riful]]), which seems out of place with this trope. However, [[DoItYourselfThemeTune because she will almost always sing within the series she plays in]], the truth of her powerful voice is revealed, and expect plenty of asskicking [[AwesomeMusic/NanaMizuki to the tune of her awesome songs]]. Some of her roles, like [[Manga/RosarioPlusVampire Inner Moka]] (see below) or [[Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear Tsubasa]], play it perfectly straight, though.

* Creator/NanaMizuki is often known for voicing high-pitched {{action girl}}s (like [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Fate]] and [[Manga/{{Claymore}} Riful]]), which seems out of place with this trope. However, [[DoItYourselfThemeTune because she will almost always sing within the series she plays in]], the truth of her powerful voice is revealed, and expect plenty of asskicking [[AwesomeMusic/NanaMizuki to the tune of her awesome songs]]. Some of her roles, like [[Manga/RosarioPlusVampire Inner Moka]] (see below) or [[Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear Tsubasa]], play it perfectly straight, though.

* While [[Creator/NanaMizuki Moka Akashiya]] of ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' fame is normally a GenkiGirl who talks in a higher pitched voice, when her rosary is removed and Inner Moka is let loose, her deeper, more guttural tone is just one indication that the S-class monster is released and someone is about to "[[CatchPhrase learn their place]]".

* Creator/NanaMizuki is often known for voicing high-pitched {{action girl}}s (like [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Fate]] and [[Manga/{{Claymore}} Riful]]), which seems out of place with this trope. However, [[DoItYourselfThemeTune because she will almost always sing within the series she plays in]], the truth of her powerful voice is revealed, and expect plenty of asskicking [[AwesomeMusic/NanaMizuki to the tune of her awesome songs]]. Some of her roles, like [[Manga/RosarioToVampire Inner Moka]] (see below) or [[Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear Tsubasa]], play it perfectly straight, though.

* WebVideo/DiamandaHagan has an impressively deep voice most of the time, however when she's [[ClusterFBomb angry]] her voice [[RealityEnsues realistically]] gets higher. But considering the body count she racks up in her videos the "dangerous" part of this trope is still in full effect.

** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', the female krogan "Eve", voiced by Creator/LaniMinella, has a deep, bass voice, not unlike the males of her race. She's also more than capable of not only holding her own, but rallying violent and hot-tempered krogan men to her cause.

Compare and contrast BadassBaritone, and WomenAreDelicate, at least when it comes to a "feminine" vs. "masculine" voice. May overlap with AltoVillainess and EvilSoundsDeep. May also have a TomboyishVoice.

* ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist'':

* [[Creator/YuuKobayashi Setsuna Sakurazaki]] in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' has a very low and powerful voice for such a slender and petite woman and is unarguably among the best fighters in the series. This also extends to the fact that [[{{Bifauxnen}} she can pass for a male]].

* Rachnera in ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl'' has the deepest voice of all the girls. She is the most monstrous of Kimihito's roommates, being a gigantic spider, and delights in tormenting others and tying them up in her webs bondage style.

** ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda''

* Zigzagged in VideoGame/AkatsukiBlitzkampf. Mycale plays it more or less straight as she's a pseudo-MagicalGirl whose voice is deeper than her child-like looks would make one expect, but the DarkActionGirl Marilyn Sue completely averts it with her high-pitched and almost shrill voice. In the meantime Kanae has a rather mature voice but sounds more squeaky when she gets hit, Perfecti borders on an antagonistic version of CuteButCacophonic, and the softspoken Anonym manages to reach a happy medium of sorts.

* ''VideoGame/{{Paladins}}''

%% * The female Sole Survivor in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}''. -- ZCE
* ''VideoGame/PrincessMaker 2'':

* ''{{VideoGame/Portal}}'': What signals [=GLaDOS=]'s turn from seemingly bumbling evil to a new level of LetsGetDangerous is when her voice deepens after Chell [[spoiler:accidentally destroys her Morality Core.]]
* Megaera in ''{{VideoGame/Hades}}'' talks with a deep, raspy voice. She also talks barely above a whisper to show how in control she is.
* Yuna in ''VideoGame/{{Ghost of Tsushima}}'' has a husky contralto, courtesy of Creator/SumaleeMontano, which matches her character as a badass thief and ActionGirl.

* Yuna in ''VideoGame/{{Ghost of Tsushima}}'' has a husky contralto, courtesy of Creator/{{Sumalee Montano}}, which matches her character as a badass thief and ActionGirl.