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* The main antagonist of ''Anime/DigimonTamers'', the D-Reaper, also uses a Creepy Monotone (this time because it is evil/a computer program). This is made twelve times creepier because the CreepyMonotone it uses is the voice of Jeri, one of the main characters, whom it had absorbed early on.

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* Chachamaru in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' (played by Creator/AkenoWatanabe, who also plays [[Anime/WitchHunterRobin Robin Sena]]). This trait was carried over into the dub [[BritishStuffiness by giving her a British accent]], and casting Creator/CaitlinGlass to play her.

* Monodam of ''VisualNovel/NewDanganronpaV3'', the only Monokub who is outwardly robotic in appearance, TALKS-LIKE-THIS. Well, [[TheQuietOne once he finally opens up, anyway]].

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*** This is all the more unnerving as her previously clinical monotone shifts to a more organic (some might even say ''sultry'') monotone.

** Not only that, but her voice changes comparing to what's happening to her. In the beginning she sounds like a hyperadvanced Microsoft Sam, then when you escape her [[spoiler:deathtrap]] her voice, and reasoning, becomes more disjointed, and when you destroy her morality core her voice becomes less Microsoft Sam-ish, but more smooth and... one might even say sexy, were it not that [[spoiler:she hates your guts and wants to murder you real bad]].

** XERXES in part 2 plays it straight, however. Turns into ''CreepyMonotone'' once he starts spouting stuff like "Glory to the flesh. Glory to [[TheVirus the Many]]."

* KOS-MOS in Xenosaga speaks monotone, although her evil counterpart [[AIIsACrapshoot TELOS]] speaks normally in Xenosaga III

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* Auto the autopilot from ''WesternAnimation/WallE'', itself a [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] of HAL-9000.

* The computer from ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster''.
* The voice that all of Syndrome's machines use in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', at one point serving as the "automated captain" for the plane Mr. Incredible takes on his second mission.

* ARIA in ''Film/EagleEye'', probably the best thing in all the movie.
* "Max", from ''Film/FlightOfTheNavigator''. At least, until it downloaded information from David's brain and accidentally took in some of his personality and started to sound like a sci-fi [[PaulReubens Pee-Wee Herman]]...

* In Gene Roddenberry's failed pilot ''Questor'', the titular android (played by the always excellent Robert Foxworth) spoke like this.

* In ''Film/DarkStar'', the female computer's sexy but creepily monotone voice during emergency situations.

* ''VideoGameShinMegamiTenseiIV'': Pluto the Tormentor, to the point that it sounds like it's been voiced by a Text To Speech software. Hilariously, once you defeat it, its Machine Monotone is replaced by what sounds halfway between a malfunctioning sound card and ''dubstep'' (with a bit of WebAnimation/YoutubePoop too).

* Creator/IssacAsimov:

** The Decepticon Shockwave is described as an evil version of [[Series/StarTrek Mr. Spock]], though that mostly refers to the comic-book version, who is every bit as fond of the word 'logic' as the Vulcans. However, he does speak in a very emotionless manner, with a bit of rasp as well. The ''Animated'' version talks the same way, and has the same actor, but [[spoiler: in his disguise as Longarm]], he talks much more normally and even has a different accent.

* The [=WOPR=] supercomputer ("Joshua") from ''Film/WarGames''. Somewhat justified, because WOPR isn't really "talking", it's simply printing text which is run though a fairly simple text-to-speech synthesizer on the protagonist's home computer. The voice was provided by Falken's actor John Wood, who recited his dialogue word-for-word in reverse to give it a flat affect, e.g. "Shall we play a game?" was recited as "game? a... play... we... Shall"

* The [=WOPR=] supercomputer ("Joshua") from ''Film/WarGames''. Somewhat justified, because WOPR isn't really "talking", it's simply printing text which is run though a fairly simple text-to-speech synthesizer on the protagonist's home computer. The voice was provided by Falken's actor John Wood, who recited his dialogue word-for-word in reverse to give it a flat affect: "game? a... play... we... Shall"
-->"Shall we play a game?"

* "Satisfaction" by Music/BennyBenassi, though as it's a house or dance song it's limited to a chorus. There is a "male" and a "female" voice though.

* Creator/StephenHawking. His synthesiser was actually quite antiquated (over thirty years old by the time of his death), yet he continued using it ''because'' the synthesiser's monotone was so universally associated with him and was, in effect, his actual voice as far as most everyone is concerned.