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* An inversion of this concept appears in Animorphs, where characters communicating mentally will pause frequently if they are out of breath, as if panting between words. Presumably this is simply because we're used to pausing if attempting to speak when out of breath, and the characters never trained themselves out of the habit for thought-speak.

** Also averted in the episode "Dead Reckoning", where characters don't change voices when possessed by Deadman.

* ''TeenTitans'' averted this in "Switched", when Raven and Starfire switch bodies. Their voice actresses remain in place -- they just talk how the other one would, with such accuracy that you could be forgiven for thinking a switch had been made.

* Partly averted in TaleSpin. 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.
* Subveted in an "I Am Weasel" short. Owing to a surgical mishap, Weasel and Baboon's brains are switched. Michael Dorn (Weasel-in-Baboon) imitates Charlie Adler's goofy way of speaking, while Adler (Weasel-in-Baboon) speaks with Dorn's dry precision. The effect is pretty hilarious.

* Played straight and averted with Deadman in ''{{Batman The Brave and the Bold}}'': when he possesses Batman Deadman's VA speaks, but when he possesses Speedy, the same VA just imitates Deadman's New York accent.

When characters [[FreakyFridayFlip swap bodies]], [[GrandTheftMe get possessed]], or [[CloningBlues are cloned]], there has to be some way to remind the folks at home which character is doing what. The solution? Base the voice off of the "mind" (when bodies are swapped/stolen) or make it relevant to the personality (in instances of cloning).

* In ''{{Naruto}}'' [[spoiler:all of the different bodies used by Pain]] have the same voice, since the same person controls them all (except the female one, because that would just sound weird). This ends up hinting at/spoiling [[spoiler:the true controller of Pain]], when a flashback has the voice of [[spoiler:Pain]] coming not from the person he looked like, but a completely different one.

* This was averted by, of all things, ''a {{Hentai}} OVA'', fittingly called ''Body Transfer''. InternalMonologues of characters remain the same voice regardless of bodies.

*** Another interesting version of this trope is used in ''BirthBySleep'' [[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]]

*** But the most effective use of this trope is with [[spoiler: Xion, a [[CloningBlues Sora clone]] with a female voice. Using one of Kairi's voice actresses made TheReveal more shocking. The scene where she becomes physically identical to Sora]] while retaining her original voice makes effective for NightmareFuel.

* In an episode of ''{{Warehouse13}}'', Pete and Myka switched bodies (thanks to an [[DisasterOfTheWeek artifact]]), but their voices [[{{Averted}} remained the same]]. To emphasis the switch, the actors (rather impressively) mimicked the other character's mannerisms.

* In an episode of {{Warehouse13}}, Pete and Myka switched bodies, but their voices [[Averted remained the same]]. To emphasis the switch, the actors (rather impressively) mimicked the other character's mannerisms.

* Of course, given that Richard is a lich of some sort, this might be justified in that he's using magic.

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. The only thing about your voice that a body switch would change is the accent.

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.

* ''KimPossible'' did it with two different brain swaps in the FreakyFridayFlip episode. In both cases, [[DarkActionGirl Shego]] thinks it's just hilarious.

* Shown in a recent ''Futurama'' episode where Amy, Bender, and Farnsworth switch bodies but retain their voices.

** Later averted in ''Ben10AlienForce'', when an alien is turned into a clone of Ben that's just has much more serious and stilteds inflection. Of course, this was probably so it would be harded for the audience to figure out before TheReveal, and because the guy was apparently an alien like Greymatter before it would have sounded even more ridiculous than usual.