History Main / VoicesAreMental

->''"This device will allow me to inhabit your body and you mine. That way I can fix your life and return your body to you. Now the instructions gave me a couple of options. I chose the one where my voice will be coming from your body and vice versa. Still, from time to time we will have to imitate the other person's voice to fool those who don't know what we've done, which is everyone."''

If the result of possession, it may be {{lampshade|Hanging}}d with another character noticing that "You sound different...", but if so, it will be shrugged off or explained away and will generally otherwise be ignored. It will be noticed in body-swap cases only as the plot demands and most likely the audience is expected to believe that in-universe, the voices didn't switch over. Sometimes, however, [[VocalDissonance the other characters will notice the change]], and the swapped person [[HilarityEnsues will have to disguise their voice to sound like the person whose body they are inhabiting.]]

Very prevalent in animation, where it's much easier to pull off since the animation comes after the voice dubbing and trying to make the switch apparent through body language and mannerisms may not work as well. In film and live-action television, using a different voice to come out of someone's mouth requires redubbing and is less likely to appear unless the possessor is someone with a voice worth hearing, such as {{Satan}}. In purely visual media like webcomics, it's usually {{averted|Trope}}, but may be played with [[PaintingTheMedium using the colors, fonts, and styles of the respective characters']] SpeechBubbles if one or both characters normally use special dialog bubbles.

** A variation; Al sounds the same when his soul becomes affixed to a suit of armor, even though he doesn't even have a body anymore.
** Played somewhat straight in the movie, in which [[spoiler:Al's voice has deepened, due to his growing up after regaining his body (at the same age he lost it), but when he transfers his soul through a suit of armor (that just ''happens'' to look almost exactly like the one he was in) to our world, his voice is back to being high-pitched]].

* Originally averted in ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'''s FreakyFridayFlip, but then played straight in the dub. Kero and Shaoran Li's voices remain the same, but their speech patterns and mannerisms are noticeably swapped.
* ''Manga/GirlsBravo'''s BeachEpisode not only had mental voices, but ''mental allergies''. Justified in that [[spoiler:they really were mental allergies: They turned out in a later episode to be psychosomatic]].
* Happens in ''Anime/PokemonRangerAndTheTempleOfTheSea'' when the three members of the Team Rocket trio swap bodies thanks to Manaphy's Heart Swap attack.

* The Japanese version of ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' gives the Biomerged Digimon unique voices. However, the American dub blends the voices of the two partners. Because the identities of those involved are well established, this doubles as ViewersAreGoldfish. ''Both'' versions also have the SleepModeSize and combat forms voiced in ''exactly'' the same manner, ignoring the fact that (1) a tiny bunny/puppy hybrid and a HumongousMecha will ''not'' have the same size/shape of vocal cords, and (2) Mega Digimon with Rookie voices [[{{Narm}} really doesn't sound very good]]. Perhaps {{justified|Trope}} by Digimons' nature as living computer programs; they ''do'' have the same vocal cords if programmed to.

** Played with in ''Anime/DragonBallGT'': when Baby possesses most people, he talks in their voice, but when he settles on Vegeta as a permanent host, he speaks in his own voice. To be fair, he also modifies Vegeta's body to make it more and more similar to his own true self, so he might have changed Vegeta's vocal cords as a matter of preference.

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', where unlike the example with Mao above, Yoruichi's voice in human form and animal form is very different [[spoiler:so much so that at first the main characters were mistaken and thought that she was male]].
** One [[BonusMaterial Omake]] in which Rukia and Renji swap [[MeatPuppet gigai]] plays this completely straight.
* Used in the second bonus OVA of ''Anime/DaphneInTheBrilliantBlue'' when Maia and Gloria are switched. The switch in voices is brought up, but treated in such a way as though the other characters fully expect it to come with the territory.
* Played with in ''LightNovel/{{Kampfer}}'', [[spoiler: after the four wake to find themselves in the bodies of their messenger dolls]] and vice versa. Along with UnusualEars and [[LittleBitBeastly a tail]] this creates a PaperThinDisguise.

* Inverted very creepily in ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' with [[spoiler:Hansel and Gretel. ''Each takes turns being Hansel or Gretel,'' and when they switch identities, their voices switch too. When there is only one “twin” left, the voice switching is creeeeepy]].
* Inverted in the Japanese and Latin American versions of ''Manga/CaseClosed''. [[FountainOfYouth “Conan’s”]] young voice isn’t just used when he’s talking but also most of the time when he is ''thinking.'' In the English and European Spanish dubs, his thoughts are still in his older voice. In the Catalan dub, his voice while talking shifts between a child and an adult (two different voice actors) almost at random. Not only does this sound weird, but it creates a huge plothole unless one assumes the characters don’t hear the difference.

** Tony Tony Chopper can take the form of a giant reindeer-man, but has the same little kid voice, albeit slightly deeper. In the 4Kids! dub, his larger form instead has a deep, gravelly man’s voice. Chopper’s human-form voice is also deeper in ''Anime/TheGiantMechanicalSoldierOfKarakuriCastle''', [[TheOtherDarrin where he was played by Kazue Ikura rather than Ikue Otani]].
** When Law [[FreakyFridayFlip switches people’s minds around]], their voices remain the same.
*** It’s worth noting the Straw Hats had to wear badges to know who was who in the swapped bodies.
* Happens in ''Anime/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 the body of a thirty-something woman, von Bähbem still talks with his raspy old man voice]].
* Taken to another level in ''Anime/YuGiOh'', with mental voices as well. Yami and Yugi normally have different voices, but this also applies when they’re thinking; if the two MindMeld, then their {{Inner Monologue}}s have Yugi’s voice. If it’s only Yami, then it’s his own voice.
** Though this is complicated by the fact that they have the same voice actor, so it might actually be the “same” voice.
** When it comes to mind control (especially done by Marik), things get a little… messy. For example, in the dub, his voice is used simultaneously with the controlled person’s voice; in the original, it’s much more inconsistent. For example, Jounouchi (Joey) has the same voice as always when controlled, but Anzu (Téa)’s voice becomes 100% Marik’s.
* In the first OVA for the ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' first anime, Rito is [[GenderBender turned into a girl]], but has the same voice. [[VoicesAreNotMental His voices changes]] for every time after that, however.
* The ghost Amanojaku manages to retain his original voice in ''Anime/GhostStories'' 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.
* Played straight in ''Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ'' where the girls swap bodies with each other after accidentally knocking into each other’s heads during a battle with Fuzzy. Blossom ends up in Buttercup’s body, Bubbles in Blossom’s, and Buttercup in Bubbles’. They do it again after another battle with Fuzzy at the end of the episode, only this time, Blossom in Bubbles’ body, Bubbles in Buttercup’s, and Buttercup in Blossom’s.
* This happens in the Japanese version of ''Manga/FairyTail'' when everyone in the Village of the Sun gets [[FountainOfYouth turned into children by Doriath’s curse]], keeping their [[VocalDissonance adult voices]] despite normally using higher registers (or [[CrossDressingVoices female actors]] in Natsu and Gray’s cases) during flashbacks to their childhood. This is mainly done to indicate that they technically ''aren’t'' children, but just given significantly weaker bodies. The English dub, on the other hand, [[VoicesAreNotMental fully avoids this]] by giving them their respective child voices.
* In episode 7a of ''Anime/{{Tamagotchi}}'', when Chamametchi presses a button in the Mamemame Labratory, she and Mametchi experience a FreakyFridayFlip (with Chamametchi not understanding this, but noticing she’s taller and thinking it’s from all the milk she drank) and their voices swap to match as well.
* In the Italian dub of ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', Saga’s good side speaks in a woman’s voice, which can be heard when he’s monologuing with himself, but also results in Saga talking with a woman’s voice when the “good side” is in charge, reverting to his normal male voice when evil.

* ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'': In “Transfer Gun”, the Boss and Lamput get their bodies swapped, and Lamput gains the Boss’s deep-pitched [[SpeakingSimlish gibberish speech]] while the Boss gets Lamput’s higher-pitched voice.
* In the ''Animation/MotuPatlu'' episode “Soul Change”, Motu and Patlu’s voices switch to indicate which person is which when they swap bodies.

* In one story arc in ''ComicBook/GhostRider'', a woman named Linda Littletrees is possessed by Satan, who uses her to seek out Johnny Blaze. The first time Satan speaks to someone, he thinks how he has to be careful to disguise his voice, since “the raspy tones of Satan” coming from a young woman would surely draw unwanted attention.
* ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' managed to convey this in a medium with no sound. In a story from ''Riverdale High'', Archie and Mr. Weatherbee switch bodies. Until they switch back, any speech bubble that comes out of Archie’s mouth has a picture of Mr. Weatherbee inside, and any speech bubble that comes out of the Bee’s mouth has a picture of Arch. The same motif applies to thought balloons.

** ZigZagged by [[TwoBeingsOneBody Monster X]]. Both San and Vivienne Graham’s respective physical voices emitted from their respective mouths in Monster X’s first form are described by the author as sounding like the Gravemind in ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', and only when they scream do their voice(s) prominently sound like a mix of Ghidorah’s roar and a human scream. After [[{{Metamorphosis}} metamorphosing]] into their second form, San and Vivienne communicate with humans via radio waves; San’s radio voice is indicated to be the same as his mental voice, while Vivienne’s radio voice explicitly sounds like her original human voice.
** PlayedStraight by [[TheAssimilator the Many]], as [[spoiler:their {{Mind Hive}}s’]] psychic voices apparently consist of the voices of every victim they’ve assimilated.
* ''Fanfic/AllAssortedAnimorphsAUs'': {{Invoked|Trope}} by Aftran in “What if Tom was infested by a member of the Yeerk Peace Movement?”, who agrees to speak in a higher pitch than Tom whenever she takes control of his body.
* It's noted multiple times in ''Fanfic/{{Daemorphing}}'' that [[{{Telepathy}} thought-speak]] voices sound like people's out-loud voices (when applicable); for example, when the Yeerks interrogate Loren under the assumption that she's David, her [[BondCreature daemon]] Jaxom pretends to be him because his mental voice sounds more like a teenage boy's.
* {{Inverted|Trope}} in a FreakyFridayFlip fanfiction of ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' in which each body uses the right voices for each body -- ''even the accents''. So using the body of someone German automatically gives one a German accent.
* {{Downplayed|Trope}} in the ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' fanfic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/6226924 Happily Ever After]]''. While EyesAreMental, and [[spoiler: Cinder’s eyes change from yellow to green after Pyrrha takes over]], the voice is [[spoiler:Cinder’s]], but it sounds off, since the inflections and such are [[spoiler:Pyrrha’s]].
* Averted in Chapter 10 of ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/16602230/chapters/39159952 The Command Quarters]]'' - while [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Megatron and Starscream]] swap bodies, their voices do not change.

* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf: Amazing Pleasant Goat'', the body-swapped Paddi and Wolffy also have the other’s voice instead of their own, which somehow doesn’t tip off Weslie when he finally finds Paddi… a.k.a. Wolffy in Paddi’s body.

* Inverted in ''Film/FaceOff''. The swapped guys have the voices of the actors who play them -- but not before and after. This is explained via a scene after Archer comes out of his surgery with the face of Creator/NicolasCage (Castor), but still speaks with the voice of Creator/JohnTravolta (Archer pre-surgery), because they only had a face transplant, with the rest of their bodies, including their vocal chords, remaining the same. An inhibitor chip is inserted into his larynx to modulate his vocal cords from Archer’s nasally voice to Castor’s huskier tones.
* ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': [[spoiler:When the [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingGhidorah Ghidorah skull]]’s consciousness remnants awaken and hijack the connection to Mechagodzilla, faint repetitions of Ghidorah’s alpha roar are audible to signify what is happening; and when Ghidorah’s consciousness is actually inside and reprogramming the Mecha, the repetitions of Ghidorah’s roar gradually grow more mechanized. Afterwards, for the rest of the film when Mechagodzilla has effectively become Ghidorah reincarnated; listen closely and you’ll definitively hear Mechagodzilla producing slightly-mechanized versions of Ghidorah’s vocalizations ]].
* Happens on and off in the ''Film/HarryPotter'' films, via the Polyjuice Potion, though it’s averted in the books.
** It’s most likely for the audience’s benefit since in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', Draco never catches on to Harry and Ron when they’re impersonating Crabbe and Goyle.
** In ''Deathly Hallows'', during the trio’s infiltration of the Ministry, a disguised Ron briefly speaks in the voice of Reg Cattermole, the person he’s impersonating, until he realizes he is talking to Harry.
** In ''Goblet of Fire'', this is definitely confirmed when [[spoiler:Barty Crouch, Jr.]], whilst impersonating [[spoiler:Mad-Eye Moody]], is definitely ''not'' voiced by [[spoiler:David Tennant]], because this wasn’t revealed until after [[spoiler:Crouch gets caught with the real Moody locked up in a chest]].
* Happens in TheMovie of ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' when the cast’s souls were trying to find their original bodies.
* Happens at the end of ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' [[spoiler: after the credits when Prof. X reappears in the body of the mindless coma patient. It’s {{Hand Wave}}d by the fact that the coma patient was [[AllThereInTheManual his twin brother]]]].
* In the 2006 movie ''Film/ItsABoyGirlThing'', voices stay with the bodies, but the thoughts of the characters are given as voiceovers in the possessors’ voice.
* ''Film/DayWatch'' has Anton and Olga switch bodies in order to avoid Anton being dragged in by the Day Watch for a suspected murder. The voices carry over with the personality, and they each have to perform a small glamour in order to sound like who they look like.
* In ''Film/TheGhostOfFrankenstein'' (1942), the monster takes on the voice of Ygor (Creator/BelaLugosi) after a brain transplant.
* The UrExample may be ''Film/{{Turnabout}}'', a 1940 FreakyFridayFlip comedy in which the souls of a married couple switch bodies, and their voices go along.

* An inversion of this concept appears in ''Literature/{{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.
* In ''Literature/GoodOmens'', when various characters get [[DemonicPossession angelically]] [[BodySurf possessed]], [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Aziraphale]] speaks through them with his normal (genteel, British) voice. He ends up holding conversations aloud with the bodies’ original inhabitants, each speaking in their own voice. Onlookers tend to be unnerved by this, and HilarityEnsues when it happens to a televangelist on live TV.

* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': In ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'', if someone’s brain has been removed and replaced with another brain, they keep the body’s voice, but speak differently.

* ''Series/ElChapulinColorado'' redubbed ForTheLulz when swapping the High-Toned DamselInDistress and the baritone BigGuy. And when everyone got better, they did it again with one scientific and the [[RightHandCat Right Hand Dog]].

** “[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E1NewEarth New Earth]]”: {{Downplayed}}. When Lady Cassandra possesses Rose and the Doctor (constantly alternating between the two), she speaks with the host’s voice but has her posh accent. With Rose, this means that Creator/BilliePiper uses her native RP accent instead of the Cockney accent she normally uses, while for the Doctor, Creator/DavidTennant uses a modified version of the English accent he adapted for the character.
** “[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife The Doctor’s Wife]]”: In her attempts to explain who she is to the Doctor, Sexy opens her mouth and makes the wheezing sound of the TARDIS perfectly.
** “[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E6TheAlmostPeople The Almost People]]”: While the Ganger Doctor is trying to cope in the beginning of the episode, he speaks in the [[Creator/TomBaker Fourth]] and [[Creator/DavidTennant Tenth Doctor’s]] voices. {{Justified|Trope}} in that the Flesh, adaptive as it was, could easily rearrange itself to create a different vocal pattern.
* In the ''Series/{{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]].
* The ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' episode “Out of Their Minds” begins with this, just so the viewers get what’s going on immediately, by blending the voices of the two people involved. Later in the episode, though, the characters have all reverted to the body’s voice, with each actor just using the other’s body language and vocal patterns (or trying to).
* ''Series/GetSmart''. Maxwell Smart asks a fellow Control agent to be the Best Man at his wedding. The agent is apparently a MasterOfDisguise, as he’s a gorgeous female cabaret dancer with a (dubbed) male voice.
* ''Series/GilligansIsland'' episode “The Friendly Physician”. MadScientist Dr. Boris Balinkoff takes the castaways to his own island for mind-switching experiments. Each castaway speaks with the voice of whichever character’s mind is inhabiting it.
* Lampshaded in the ''Series/HenryDanger'' episode “Captain Man-Kini”:
-->'''Captain Man (as Frankini):''' Didja hear Frankini’s voice comin’ outta my handsome face?
* Non-standard example in ''Series/KamenRiderWizard'' that goes here more than anywhere else: BigBad Wiseman and [[spoiler: the White Wizard]] have different voices courtesy of different actors. Then we meet [[spoiler: Sou Fueki]] who also has his own actor. But when [[spoiler: Fueki]] first transforms into [[spoiler: White Wizard]] onscreen, suddenly and from then on, [[spoiler: the White Wizard]] speaks with the voice of [[spoiler: Fueki]]. Later, when [[spoiler: Wiseman]] is revealed to actually be [[spoiler: Fueki as well]], ''he'' suddenly spends the rest of the series speaking with the voice of [[spoiler: Fueki]]. Different forms sounding different makes sense (vocal cords, muffling, etc. and perhaps deliberate disguising via magic), but it really doesn’t make sense for them to ''change'' once the ''viewer'' knows who’s behind the mask.
* ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'' plays this straight with the usual Bugster virus infection as people controlled by Bugsters have a demonic voice thing going on. On the other hand, it’s played with when [[spoiler:Parado]] [[DemonicPossession controls]] [[spoiler: Emu]], whose voice remains the same, but the speech patterns are so distinctly [[spoiler: Parado]]’s that [[PuppeteerParasite he]] outs [[PronounTrouble himself]] pretty quickly.
* ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'': When [[spoiler: [[EnemyWithin Naki]]]] takes over [[spoiler: [[AntiHero Isamu]]]], their soft, quiet voice replaces his deep, loud snarl. It’s more than a little eerie.
* Subverted in the ''Series/MorkAndMindy'' episode “Metamorphosis-The TV Show” where Mork and Mearth switch bodies. They talk in each other’s voices but in this case there are no dubovers involved; instead Creator/RobinWilliams and Jonathan Winters expertly imitate one another.
* In the first episode of ''Series/NowAndAgain'', Creator/JohnGoodman’s character is heard “speaking” to Dr. Morris who informs him that he’s just a brain hooked up to a computer now. Still sounds like Goodman. However, this may just be the character’s mental reconstruction of his own voice; when he wakes up in his new body, we still see him as John Goodman until he takes a look in the mirror, at which point he becomes played and voiced by Eric Close for the remainder of the series.

** In the episode “Bodyswap”, Rimmer and Lister switch bodies and their voices also switch, which was why it was the first episode ''not'' to be filmed in front of a live studio audience. This is clearly for RuleOfFunny as much as any other reason. Partially justified in Rimmer-Lister’s case, as Rimmer is a [[VirtualGhost hologram]] and thus can be adjusted to use Lister’s voice.
** And earlier, when Lister has the mind of Executive Officer Carol Brown put into him so he can stop an auto-destruct sequence, he speaks with her voice. [[spoiler:It doesn’t work, but that’s okay; Holly got rid of the bomb long ago. She might’ve mentioned it, but [[YouDidntAsk they didn’t ask]].]]
** Justified in a few instances with Holly, who is technically a computerised voice. In “Queeg”, [[spoiler:both Queeg speaks with Holly’s voice when he reveals the episode’s gag, and Holly speaks with Queeg’s voice just prior to the end.]] There’s also an instance in “Justice” when Holly is briefly possessed by Justice World’s AI, speaking with its deep, authoritative voice instead of her own.
* In ''Series/StargateSG1'', this trope was averted in the first body-swapping episode. The various actors did a hilariously good job of adopting each others’ mannerisms, so it was still obvious who was in whose body, though the character with the body swapping technology that instigates the plot shared an actor with the main cast member he swapped bodies with. But in later cases, like the intergalactic communication device that exchanges two people’s bodies, they played the trope extra-straight and swapped out ''the actors'', so the audience would see the person whose mind was in control, even though the characters were seeing the person whose body was being controlled.

** In the 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 “[[Recap/StarTrekS3E24TurnaboutIntruder Turnabout Intruder]]”.
** In “[[Recap/StarTrekS3E1SpocksBrain Spock’s Brain]]”, the disembodied organ of the title manages to speak through the computer system it’s plugged into. For some reason, it talks in Spock’s voice without having his vocal cords. And this is actually not the biggest logic failure in the episode.
* In ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'', 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 an episode of ''Series/Warehouse13'', Pete and Myka switched bodies (thanks to an [[MonsterOfTheWeek artifact]]), but their voices [[AvertedTrope remained the same]]. To emphasis the switch, the actors (rather impressively) mimicked the other character’s mannerisms.

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' often uses this, though in this case, given the lore of the series, it’s more “Voices are tied to the heart”.
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'': When Ansem possesses Riku. First he speaks with both voices their voices at once, then eventually only Ansem’s.
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'': Riku has taken on Ansem’s form. He has Ansem’s voice till Sora discovers who he is. Then he drops the charade and suddenly has Mamoru Miyano’s (Japanese) or David Gallagher’s (English) voice!
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'': One of their more effective uses of this trope is with [[spoiler: Xion, a [[OppositeSexClone female]] [[CloningBlues Sora clone]], 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.
** Another interesting version of this trope is used in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' [[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. This detail wasn’t able to be replicated in the dub, though the implication is still there. Following Chikao’s death, Akio Ohtsuka took over as Master Xehanort’s voice]].
** Then, there’s Vanitas, also from ''Birth by Sleep'', 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.
* Played with to a certain extent in the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series. In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'', when Liquid possessed Ocelot, he’d speak with Liquid’s voice. In the fourth game “Liquid Ocelot” always speaks with Ocelot’s voice in the English version, and Liquid’s voice in the Japanese version due to the unfortunate death of Kōji Totani.
* Averted and played straight in ''[[VideoGame/NicktoonsUnite Nicktoons: Globs of Doom]]'' whenever BigBad Globulous Maximus speaks through WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants. First, it’s merely [=SpongeBob=] acting evil; the second time, we start with evil [=SpongeBob=] who switches to Globulous’ voice ''mid-sentence'' (which is the cue needed for [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Jimmy Neutron]] to note that he’s speaking through him and for WesternAnimation/InvaderZim to complain about Globulous being a [[LargeHam larger ham]] than him. Yep.) and after that, it’s a hammy Creator/DeeBradleyBaker “voicing” the yellow guy.
* Averted in Relius’ joke ending in ''VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift Extend'', which is all about body switching. The voices actors of the characters don’t change when they switch bodies, though their tone of voice does change accordingly.
* Averted in the video game adaptation of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' part five. Near the end of the game, everyone switches bodies, but they retain the voice of the bodies owner. Their Stands swap with them, though.
* In response to the ninth ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' movie example above, strangely averted in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' with Manaphy’s Heart Swap attack when it comes out of a Poké Ball. Making Zelda sound like Donkey Kong and vice versa would be a little weird, in retrospect.
* When Momohime is being controlled by Jinkuro in ''VideoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade'' she still uses her own voice actor, but at a noticeably lower register. [[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns She also switches pronoun use to a pronoun commonly used by old men.]]
* ''VisualNovel/Remember11'' goes back and forth on this. When Kokoro and Satoru switch bodies, they retain the same voice actors (i.e. Kokoro in Satoru’s body still has Kokoro’s voice), but the fact that people have trouble telling them apart, as well as things such as recordings made by Satoru-in-Kokoro’s-body having Kokoro’s voice, imply that their voices ''do'' stay with the bodies in-universe, but the player hears [[TranslationConvention them with the associated mind for convenience]].
* Both applied and averted in ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse''. In episode 3, ''They Stole Max’s Brain!'', [[spoiler:Sammun-Mak keeps his own voice when Sam places his brain in Max’s body, while Max retains his own voice as a brain in a jar]]. However, in episode 5, ''The City That Dares Not Sleep'', [[spoiler:When Grandpa Stinky and one of General Skun-ka’pe’s minions swap brains toward the end of the episode, their voices (as well as Grandpa Stinky’s Scottish accent) remain with their original bodies]].
** Also in Season 2, when Sam and Max swap bodies. Then there is the Monster, which can hold 2 souls simultaneously, switching between voices as (t)he(y) talk(s). The demons emulate the possessed’s voice, but sometimes fail.

* It’s hard to tell whether this applies to ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'', since we don’t know exactly how the main character’s shapeshifting works. He can mimic other people’s voices in cutscenes, but in gameplay, he always makes the same grunts regardless of who he’s impersonating. (From a Doylist perspective, the explanation is that they didn’t bother to program alternate grunts for him; a Watsonian one could be that Alex himself doesn’t bother messing around with his vocal cords for every single form he ever takes.)
* In ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo7'', when Arle is [[spoiler:possessed by Ecolo]], she has her own voice. But when Satan [[spoiler: notices the fact that [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight Arle is possessed]], her voice changes to Ecolo’s]].
* Averted in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' when the boss gets plastic surgery to look exactly like [[spoiler: Cyrus Temple]]. The sound of the voice changes appropriately, but the mannerisms remain the same.

* The various animal shapeshifters in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' retain their voices while transformed in battle, albeit with a reverb added to it. It’s used to rather unsettling effect in the latter game when the [[spoiler: Avatar goes on a berserk rampage in their dragon form following Mikoto’s death]], their agonized screams being mixed into their bestial roars.
* In ''VideoGame/Fallout4'', [[spoiler:Nick Valentine briefly starts speaking as Kellogg, in his voice, as a result of residual signals after being connected to part of the latter’s brain]]. Justified in that he’s a [[ArtificialHuman Synth]].
* In an absolutely bizarre twist, ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' manages to play this straight, avert it, and play with it not only all in the same game, but all in the same SCENE.
** PlayedStraight:
*** [[spoiler: When Colette is finally possessed by Martel, it’s Martel’s voice that is used.]]
*** This also applies to all of the female characters, depending on if you choose one of them in Flanoir, [[spoiler: when Mithos possesses them and takes them to Dherris-Karlan]].

** Played with: For Regal, BOTH voices are used, one over the top of the other.
* In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedValhalla'', your character experiences visions of being Odin in the mythical realms of Asgard and Jotunheim. Several of the characters have the same voices as people they know in their real life, and there’s a good reason for it: [[spoiler:those Asgardians used advanced technology to periodically “reincarnate” themselves into humans. Your visions of Asgard aren’t visions, they’re ''memories''.]]

** Possessed characters speak in their possessor’s voice when the possessor is exerting direct control, such as when Lohse’s {{demon|icPossession}} gains the upper hand and when the GreaterScopeVillain pulls a VillainOverride on the Voidwoken or his [[YourSoulIsMine Sworn]].
** {{Justified|Trope}} with Fane, who explains that he can still speak as a [[DemBones fleshless skeleton]] through {{Telepathy}} that people’s minds interpret as his normal voice.

** The first time that Church possess someone (Sarge), he speaks as Church pretending to be Sarge; later, when possessing Donut, he speaks in his normal voice, which Tucker and Caboose hear as Church and Grif and Simmons hear it as Donut. Later, when Church possesses Lopez, he speaks in his normal voice ''in a different language'', apparently because Lopez is physically unable to speak English; however, Grif and Simmons still don't notice a change. (The latter case is {{enforced|Trope}}: [[ActingForTwo both Church and Lopez are voiced by Burnie Burns]].)

* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' has this happen whenever someone is possessed, leading at least twice to one character arguing with themselves with two distinct voices. Like the temporary eye colour change of possessed people, it is somewhat confusing as to whether this is actually happening in the DP world or merely [[RuleOfPerception a cue to help the audience follow what’s going on]]. The other characters never notice it, at any rate.
* Happens in the pilot of ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', where Dexter and Dee Dee end up in each other's bodies at the episode's conclusion.

* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'',when the title characters swap bodies in one episode.
* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'', during a three-way between Gameboy, a ''Film/KingKong''-sized version of Donkey Kong, and Mother Brain, ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'''s giant brain-in-a-jar with the voice of Audrey II from ''LittleShopOfHorrors''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' in the episode "Switched".
** A fun story from one of the writers: the voice actresses for [[Creator/TaraStrong Raven]] and [[Creator/HyndenWalch Starfire]] were originally ''supposed'' to switch roles, with [[EmotionlessGirl "Starfire" speaking in monotone]] and [[GenkiGirl "Raven" speaking cheerfully]]. It then turned out that both actresses were so good at mimicking the other character’s voice that they could barely tell a switch had been made, leading the writers to simply drop the idea.
** An aversion (in a sense) from the same show comes in the form of [[BodySurf Jericho]], a HeroicMime who only seems to be able to speak when he's possessing someone who can speak. As he has no voice of his own, it can be assumed that he uses their voice to speak (though this would be a more definite assertion if the only time the viewer was shown this wasn't when he was possessing [[TheBrute Cinderblock]]).
** Briefly played with six ways from Sunday in the Larry episode "Fractured" -- reality is broken ans mouths are traded around so that characters talk with other voices, leaving Beast Boy without a mouth, making him [[TheUnintelligible hard to understand]]. Particularly charming is Cyborg talking smack via Starfire's voice.

** ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' again goes back and forth on it. In "Arrested Development", a de-aged Ben is voiced by his original series VA. Two episodes later in "Ben Again", young Ben and teen Ben switch places via MentalTimeTravel. The voices go with the minds, and other characters even hear the difference.
*** The Omnitrix-wielding "Gwen 10" from an alternate timeline also [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zags]] this for her appearances in ''Omniverse'' -- her versions of Wildvine and [=XLR8=] are voiced by her regular VA Ashley Johnson, while her version of Diamondhead is instead voiced by Tara Strong. However, the version appearing in a WhatIf episode of the original series uses multiple voices similarly to Ben.

* ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'': In one episode, Baloo and Kit switch bodies and voices. Notably, it's shown that it
s not just a case of RuleOfPerception but rather something that ''other characters can notice'', as they have to trick Rebecca into thinking that there's something wrong with her hearing.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'':
** In "[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS3E4OutOfThePast Out of the Past]]", this trope serves as TheReveal that [[spoiler:Ra's al Ghul pulled a GrandTheftMe on ''[[FamilialBodySnatcher his own daughter]]'', Talia al Ghul]]. However, it's a bit odd given that the body's real voice is also accessible.
** Another variation shows up in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'', in which the Joker demonstrates that he can [[spoiler:speak in Tim Drake's voice even after transforming Tim's body to resemble his own]].

* 'WesternAnimation/MenInBlackTheSeries'':

** When Mabel is possessed in "The Inconveniencing", she has the voice of the ghost controlling her.
** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d when Dipper uses a potion to change his voice and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Mabel]] immediately attacks the "[[WrongGenreSavvy body-stealing warlock]]" she assumes is possessing her brother.
** The body-swapping in "Carpet Diem" gives each body the voice of the mind inhabiting it. It even applies when humans are possessing animals.
** Played with whenever [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Bill Cipher]] [[DemonicPossession takes over someone else's body]]. When the audience is shown the possession occurring (as happens to Dipper in "Sock Opera"), the body speaks in Bill's voice, but none of the characters notice the difference. When Bill possessing someone is a surprise ([[spoiler:Blendin in "Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future"]]), VoicesAreNotMental until TheReveal.

** Sometimes fusions will end up TalkingToThemself when their parts are out of sync, usually before defusing. When this happens to Alexandrite in "Fusion Cuisine", we hear Alexandrite's voice overlapping with that of whoever is out of sync (e.g., Pearl finding food disgusting when Amethyst wants to eat). When [[spoiler:Garnet nearly defuses]] in
"Keeping It Together", [[DownplayedTrope she still speaks in her own voice]] but switches between Ruby and Sapphire's style of speaking as each gives different reactions to what they saw.

->''“This device will allow me to inhabit your body and you mine. That way I can fix your life and return your body to you. Now the instructions gave me a couple of options. I chose the one where my voice will be coming from your body and vice versa. Still, from time to time we will have to imitate the other person’s voice to fool those who don’t know what we’ve done, which is everyone.”''
-->-- '''Stewie Griffin''' to Brian, ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', “[[Recap/FamilyGuyS16E17SwitchTheFlip Switch the Flip]]”

When characters [[FreakyFridayFlip swap bodies]], [[GrandTheftMe get possessed]], [[CloningBlues are cloned]], or otherwise change form, there has to be [[ViewersAreMorons some way to remind the folks at home]] [[RuleOfPerception 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).

If the result of possession, it may be {{lampshade|Hanging}}d with another character noticing that “You sound different…”, but if so it will be shrugged off or explained away, and will generally otherwise be ignored. It will be noticed in body-swap cases only as the plot demands and most likely the audience is expected to believe that in-universe, the voices didn’t switch over. Sometimes, however, [[VocalDissonance the other characters will notice the change]], and the swapped person [[HilarityEnsues will have to disguise their voice to sound like the person whose body they are inhabiting.]]

Very prevalent in animation, where it’s much easier to pull off since the animation comes after the voice dubbing and where trying to make the switch apparent through body language and mannerisms may not work as well. In film and live-action television, using a different voice to come out of someone’s mouth requires redubbing and is less likely to appear unless the possessor is someone with a voice worth hearing, such as TheDevil. In purely visual media like {{Webcomics}}, it’s usually averted, but may be played with using the colors, fonts, and styles of the respective characters’ SpeechBubbles if one or both characters normally use special dialog bubbles.

Of course, in a body switch one wouldn’t expect the subjects to sound the same as their current body usually does anyway (slight differences in mouth shape, lung capacity and the vocal cords themselves would make differences when somebody new tried to control them without practice), but nor should they sound like their real bodies as this completely ignores the physical aspect of speech. The way your voice sounds depends on the shape of your vocal cords and the shape of your mouth. No amount of brain swapping is going to change that.

Worth mentioning too that, in cases where the voices DON’T switch, what should switch is the characters’ accents, since that ''is'' mental. But that would require very good actors.

This trope is the “sound” aspect of MorphicResonance. See also EyesAreMental.

Contrast VoicesAreNotMental, for when the voices stay with the body, not the mind. Aversions and inversions go there.

* Variation in ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist''; Al sounds the same when his soul becomes affixed to a suit of armor, even though he doesn’t even have a body anymore.
** Played somewhat straight in the movie, where [[spoiler: Al’s voice has deepened, due to his growing up after regaining his body (at the same age he lost it), but when he transfers his soul through a suit of armor (that just ''happens'' to look almost exactly like the one he was in) to our world, his voice is back to being high-pitched]].
** In the [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist second anime]], [[spoiler: Greed/Ling]]’s voice sounds different depending on who’s in control at the time (which is probably based on how the manga indicated it with [[PeekaBangs which side of his face his hair covered]]).

** Alphonse’s voice in the second anime is actually playing this much straighter when you take into account the [[TheReveal revelation]] that [[spoiler:Al’s real body is intact, connected to his armor-bound soul, and continuing to grow]] yet his voice remained the same.
* In Episode 148 of the ''Manga/InuYasha'' anime, we briefly witness an interesting variation: When Naraku takes Kikyo’s form to make the protagonist think she betrayed him, his voice sure sounds like Kikyo’s, but his internal monologue still sounds like himself, which leaves one weirdly surreal impression considering that you hear a deep male voice coming from a frail-looking girl. Something similar can be seen in a flashback when he transforms into a pretty girl to fool one of the protagonist’s grandfather but stops bothering to disguise his voice when he finally confronts him and curses his family. This is averted both in thought and speech when he takes the form of a young nobleman, but this can be traced to Naraku’s decision to [[ShapeShifterDefaultForm permanently keep]] that appearance, and by extension, the voice, presumably because he liked them.
* Originally averted in ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'''s FreakyFridayFlip, but then played straight in the dub. Kero and Shaoran Li’s voices remain the same, but their speech patterns and mannerisms are noticeably swapped.

* Happens in ''Anime/PokemonRangerAndTheTempleOfTheSea'', when the three members of the Team Rocket trio swap bodies thanks to Manaphy’s Heart Swap attack.
* Happens in ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}} Evolution-R'': [[spoiler: When Rezo got resurrected into Pokota’s human body, his voice stayed just the same as it used to be. It’s kind of distracting hearing his deep voice coming out of a Shotaro boy’s mouth.]].
* The Japanese version of ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' gave the Biomerged Digimon unique voices, however, the American dub blended the voices of the two partners. Because the identities of those involved are well established, this doubles as ViewersAreGoldfish.
** ''Both'' versions also have the SleepModeSize and combat forms voiced in ''exactly'' the same manner, ignoring the fact that (a) a tiny bunny/puppy hybrid and a HumongousMecha will ''not'' have the same size/shape of vocal cords, and (b) Mega Digimon with Rookie voices [[{{Narm}} really doesn’t sound very good]]. Perhaps justified by Digimons’ nature as living computer programs; they ''do'' have the same vocal cords if programmed to!
* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': Used repeatedly with Captain Ginyu, who can switch bodies with people. First he switches bodies and voices with Goku; then with a ''frog'' (it actually said “ribbit” in Ginyu’s voice), and finally with Bulma. ''Nobody'' seems to notice this big drill sergeant voice coming out of a normally-sized woman. Making this even weirder is the fact that he needed to say the attack’s name for it to work, and a frog being unable to talk is exactly why he was stuck that way.
** Played with in ''Anime/DragonBallGT'': when Baby possesses most people, he talks in their voice, but when he settles on Vegeta as a permanent host, he speaks in his own voice. To be fair, he also modifies Vegeta’s body to make it more and more similar to his own true self, so he might have changed Vegeta’s vocal cords as a matter of preference.
** Averted, however, in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' with [[spoiler:Goku Black, who turns out to be an alternate Present Zamasu who swapped bodies with Goku using the Super Dragon Balls and speaks with his voice -- Goku is also shown speaking with Zamasu’s voice in a scene showing the body swap process]].

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', where unlike the example with Mao above, Yoruichi’s voice in human form and animal form is very different [[spoiler:so much so that at first the main characters were mistaken and thought that she was male]].

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* In ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'', SpeechBubbles are colored differently to distinguish the different characters’ voices. And Reynardine’s bubbles are the same color regardless of whose body he’s possessing. WordOfGod clarifies that his voice is always recognizably his own, but he doesn’t sound ''exactly'' the same in different bodies.
* Also suggested in ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'' when [[http://lfgcomic.com/page/171 Richard is summoned back from the Plane Of Suck]] and ends up in Pella’s body. Richard’s trademark speech bubble is there, clearly indicating who is supposed to be the one doing the speaking. This is also used when Richard [[http://lfgcomic.com/page/206 takes over a stone golem]]. Given that Richard is a lich of some sort, this might be justified in that he’s using magic.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' plays with this trope a few ways. The first time Church possess someone (Sarge) he speaks as Church pretending to be Sarge, later when possessing Donut, he speaks in his normal voice, who Tucker and Caboose hear as Church and Grif and Simmons hear it as Donut. Later, when Church possess Lopez, he speaks in his normal voice ''in a different language'', apparently because Lopez is physically unable to speak English, Grif and Simmons still dont notice a change however. (the latter case is justified: both Church and Lopez are voiced by Burnie Burns)
** The reason behind the first change is because the writers couldn’t decide if Burnie would pretend to be the character he was possessing or if they would have the possessed character’s VA do their voice different or try to sound like Church. Ultimately Burnie decided that because his Donut impression sounded too much like another character, that they would do away with it and just have Church’s voice.
** Another curious example, Church's second robot body is seen only speaking French, yet Church speaks English in his normal voice when inhabiting it, inverting the Lopez example.
** In universe, this can be justified by [[spoiler: Church actually being an A.I., and using the armor of his host to project his own voice rather than using the vocal chords of the host itself]].
* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', [[spoiler: Ozpin reincarnates into a young boy called Oscar by merging their [[OurSoulsAreDifferent souls]]. The body speaks in the voice of whoever is in control currently.]]
* Averted in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': When Goku and Ginyu swap bodies, their voice actors swap as well, but speak with the other character’s mannerisms and accent. Goku and Ginyu still think in their normal voices, however.
* Averted in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaLdfMbV_LU Mann Swap]]''. When the Scout and Heavy switch brains, Heavy-in-Scout’s-body speaks with Scout’s voice in a Russian accent, while Scout-in-Heavy’s-body uses Heavy’s deep voice but now Brooklyn-accented.
* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Lampshaded by Weird Girl in “[=VRcade=].”
--> '''Weird Girl''': Have you done the body-switching thing where the voices change too, even though our voices are formed by our vocal cords and not our minds, but its done so the viewers don’t get [[{{Malaproper}} confoosed?]]

* Played straight and averted in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius''. When Jimmy and Cindy switches bodies, the “brains” retains their voices, but when Jimmy creates imperfect clones of himself, each has a different voice related to their personalities.
* Played straight in ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', to the point that humans are perfectly capable of talking even when their minds are transplanted into animal bodies, while their original bodies will only make animal noises.

* Happens in the pilot of ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', where Dexter and Dee Dee end up in each others’ bodies at the episode’s conclusion.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' episode “Send in the Clones”, the Beagle Boys impersonate Huey, Dewey and Louie with help from Magica De Spell, who later uses her magic to disguise herself as Mrs. Beakley. They have the appearances spot-on, but retain their true voices.
* The ''[[WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill Blinky Bill]]'' episode “Blinky the Hypnotist” has Blinky learning hypnotism, which he uses to switch Flap, Splodge and Marcia’s personalities respectively with Mr. Wombat, Miss Magpie and Mayor Pelican. Their voices go along with the personality they end up with.
* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'', where the title characters swap bodies in one episode.
* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'', during a three-way between Gameboy, a Film/KingKong sized version of Donkey Kong, and Mother Brain, Franchise/{{Metroid}}’s giant brain-in-a-jar with the voice of Audrey II from ''LittleShopOfHorrors.''
* Happens in the ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' episode “Trading Faces”. Darkwing switches minds with Gosalyn, Launchpad switches minds with Honker, and they all change voices accordingly.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'': “The Tick vs. Science” had a lot of fun with this, with human characters suddenly saddled with the vocalizations of a giant sentient tongue and so forth.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' played this straight in “Switched”.
** A fun story from one of the writers: the voice actresses for [[Creator/TaraStrong Raven]] and [[Creator/HyndenWalch Starfire]] were originally ''supposed'' to switch roles, with [[EmotionlessGirl “Starfire” speaking in monotone]] and [[GenkiGirl “Raven” speaking cheerfully]]. It then turned out that both actresses were so good at mimicking the other character’s voice that they could barely tell a switch had been made, leading the writers to simply drop the idea.
** An aversion (in a sense) from the same show comes in the form of [[BodySurf Jericho]], a HeroicMime who only seems to be able to speak when he’s possessing someone who can speak. As he has no voice of his own, it can be assumed that he uses their voice to speak (though this would be a more definite assertion if the only time the viewer was shown this wasn’t when he was possessing [[TheBrute Cinderblock]]…)
** Briefly played with six ways from Sunday in the Larry episode “Fractured” -- reality was broken, mouths were traded around, so characters talked with other voices, leaving Beast Boy without a mouth, making him [[TheUnintelligible hard to understand]]. Particularly charming, Cyborg talking smack via Starfire’s voice.

** This is averted when the demon Shendu [[DemonicPossession possesses]] Jade, yet it’s played straight when he later possesses Valmont and Jackie.
** Also played straight and lampshaded when Jade and Jackie switch bodies in “Sheep In, Sheep Out”; Jackie asks why Jade’s voice is coming out of his body and vice versa.
* ''Franchise/{{Ben10}}'':
** At first averted, then played straight in the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' episode “A Change of Face”. When Charmcaster switches with Gwen they keep their normal voices, but when Gwen and Ben wind up in each other’s bodies, the voices go with the minds. Even Ben’s alien forms get deeper female voices. It is never explained why Charmcaster and Gwen retain their normal voices, though it is speculated to be either that they are both female or that they both have magic abilities, which Ben does not.
** Again played straight in “Ghostfreaked Out” whenever Ghostfreak possesses someone. (Also, [[UhOhEyes their eyes]] [[MindControlEyes change.]])
** Later averted in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'', when an alien is turned into a clone of Ben that’s just has much more serious and stilted inflection. This was probably so it would be hard 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.
** The largest aversion is that Ben’s alien forms are voiced by several different voice actors, all of them different from Ben’s normal voice actor but Upgrade (who seems to be synthesizing his voice). In contrast, Ben’s EvilCounterpart Kevin 11 retained the same voice in all his forms when he was shapeshifting into several of Ben’s different alien forms.
** Played straight in an episode of ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien Ultimate Alien]]'' where Kevin and Gwen are each turned into several of Ben’s alien forms, all of which were their voice actors impersonating the voices those aliens normally had (including Gwen’s VA impersonating [[Creator/JohnDiMaggio Rath]]).
** Also, since the Omnitrix aliens are derived from DNA samples, the voice ''really'' shouldn’t change based on who uses the form. Four Arms, for example, comes from the same chunk of Tetramand DNA no matter who’s wearing the Omnitrix -- it’s temporarily becoming a clone of ''one guy in particular.'' This is true even when it’s ''not the same device'': We eventually learn about the Codon Stream where all the samples exist. The original Omnitrix, Albedo’s Omnitrix, and the Ultimatrix ''all'' access the same sample.)
** ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' again goes back and forth on it. In “Arrested Development,” a de-aged Ben is voiced by his original series VA. Two episodes later in “Ben Again,” young Ben and teen Ben switch places via MentalTimeTravel. The voices go with the minds, and other characters even hear the difference.
*** The Omnitrix-wielding “Gwen 10” from an alternate timeline also zig-zags this for her appearances in ''Omniverse'' -- her versions of Wildvine and [=XLR8=] are voiced by her regular VA Ashley Johnson, while her version of Diamondhead is instead voiced by Tara Strong. However, the version appearing in a WhatIf episode of the original series uses multiple voices similarly to Ben.
** Kevin’s appearances in the 2016 reboot as a more direct EvilCounterpart, with his own counterpart to the Omnitrix, also demonstrates this trope with the only difference being subtle pitch variations, while Ben’s aliens are still performances by multiple voice actors.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', when the girls were {{Freaky Friday Flip}}ped with the Professor, the Mayor, and Miss Bellum, they not only retained their voices but their '''''[[NewBodyOldAbilities powers]]''''', too. Granted, it was mainly because as the Professor’s {{Technobabble}} explained, they switched outer “layers” rather than their entire bodies being swapped.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' plays this straight. In “A Fine Mess”, when a computer glitch in Lyoko [[FreakyFridayFlip 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.
** That last part is actually quite ironic since Ulrich and Kiwi have [[CrossDressingVoices the same voice actress]].
* Played straight in the ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' episode “Possession” where Waspinator is possessed by Starscream’s spark; he consequently sounds like a ''G1'' Starscream soundalike.
*** His Predacon insignia even becomes a Decepticon insignia.
** 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.
** Averted in the [[WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots Rescue Bots]] episode “Switcheroo” as well, where the characters retain the original voices of their bodies, yet change mannerisms and personalities of the ones they swapped with. The entire episode idea itself came from [[WordOfGod the cast goofing off and imitating each others’ characters.]]
* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin''. Baloo and Kit switch bodies and voices. Notably, it’s shown that it’s not just a case of RuleOfPerception but something ''other characters can notice'', as they had to trick Rebecca into thinking there was something wrong with her hearing.
* Subverted in the ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'' short “I. Architect”. Owing to a surgical mishap, Weasel and Baboon’s brains are switched. Creator/MichaelDorn (Baboon-in-Weasel) imitates Creator/CharlieAdler’s goofy way of speaking, while Adler (Weasel-in-Baboon) speaks with Dorn’s dry precision. The effect is pretty hilarious.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' did it with two different brain swaps in the FreakyFridayFlip episode. In both cases, [[DarkActionGirl Shego]] thinks it’s just a hoot.
** Lampshaded but handwaved by Kim, who explains away her regular voice as “puberty”.

** Played straight and averted with Deadman when he possesses Batman. Deadman’s VA speaks, but when he possesses Speedy, the same VA just imitates Deadman’s New York accent.
** Another episode has Batwoman initiate a FreakyFridayFlip with Batman; they keep their voice actors, who imitate each others’ acting (albeit Bader [[RuleOfFunny is acting much more effeminate than Batwoman ever really did]]). Which means we get to hear Batman ask Nightwing and Batgirl [[DoesThisMakeMeLookFat “Does this cape make my butt look big?”]]

** In “[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS3E4OutOfThePast Out of the Past]]”, this trope serves as TheReveal that [[spoiler:ComicBook/RasAlGhul pulled a GrandTheftMe on ''[[FamilialBodySnatcher his own daughter]]'', ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul]]. Though it’s a bit odd given that the body’s real voice is also accessible.
** Another variation shows up in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'', in which ComicBook/TheJoker demonstrates that he can [[spoiler:speak in Tim Drake’s voice even after transforming Tim’s body to resemble his own]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' had Egon and Slimer switch minds and voices. On top of that, Egon’s ''vision problems'' apparently transferred over with his mind, because Egon (in Slimer’s body) insists on wearing his glasses.

** Happens in one episode where Peter and Lois accidentally switch bodies for a brief moment, when they try one of Stewie’s inventions.
** When Peter shapeshifts into Britney Spears in “Family Guy Viewer Mail #1,” his voice doesn’t change at all. Humorously enough, neither does his body language; he manspreads when he sits down, and complains about how out of shape he is, as though he still has his normal (very overweight) figure.
* Averted in a ''WesternAnimation/LloydInSpace'' 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. Though oddly Lloyd admitting he switched minds with her, then through the rest of the episode acting like a 6 year old, then whining for his mother while in the fetal position did not tip Douglas off.
* Weird variant in the ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' episode “Monster Mutt” when Heloise switches Beezy and Cerbee’s minds around. Beezy-in-Cerbee plays it straight, but Cerbee-in-Beezy’s voice is Beezy’s voice actor, Brian Froud, making deep woofs instead of Cerbee’s high pitched barks (which are done by Sean Cullen, who also voices Lucius).
* Ditto in ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' episode “Presto-Change-O”, though you could just say it was due to [[AWizardDidIt the magical way they switched bodies]].
* Shown in the ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'' episode “The Prisoner of Benda”, where virtually the entire cast, [[ItMakesSenseInContext 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 only be audible to the audience, since the characters still need to tell each other who’s who. Considering at least 3 of the characters switching are played by Creator/BillyWest… Though it is worth noting that even without the voices switching, sharp-eyed viewers could see that each character does subtly change their body mannerisms to match the current mind. It’s easiest to notice when Zoidberg is doing his signature crab-walk in Fry’s body.
* Happens in the ''WesternAnimation/HeyDuggee'' episode, “The Voice Badge”.
* ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlackTheSeries'' once had Kay [[FountainOfYouth turned into a baby]] but retain the same voice. This wasn’t just for the audience, he sounds the same to all the characters, which [[TalkingAnimal Frank]] [[HypocriticalHumor finds weird.]]
** Another episode takes this trope to its logical conclusion when Zed’s brain is removed, and the disembodied brain talks with Zed’s voice.
* “Does This Duckbill Make Me Look Fat?” was a switch-a-roo episode on ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' where Candace and Perry switch body. Cue Candace being able to talk and sound like herself in Perry’s body and “Perry the Teenage Girl” chattering.
* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuestTheRealAdventures'': Jeremiah Surd performs a “neural cyber-transfer” with Race Bannon. At first he talks in Surd’s voice but then when he explains how he plans to sneak up on and kill Dr. Quest, he clears his throat, then finishes his sentence in the voice of Race Bannon, hammering home how perfect his possession of Race’s body is. Race-in-Surd’s body talks like Race but with a noticeable electronic echo, representing the breathing apparatus Surd’s crippled body uses.
* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'': When the [[PowerParasite Parasite]] absorbs Earl Garver’s personality, Garver takes control of the Parasite’s body and talks in his own voice. Makes sense since the Parasite already demonstrated the ability to copy the voice of a person whose energy he drains.

** When Mabel is possessed in “The Inconveniencing”, she has the voice of the ghost controlling her.
** Lampshaded when Dipper uses a potion to change his voice, and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Mabel]] immediately attacks the “[[WrongGenreSavvy body-stealing warlock]]” she assumes is possessing her brother.
** The body-swapping in “Carpet Diem” gives each body the voice of the mind inhabiting it. It even applies when humans are possessing animals.
** Played with concerning [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Bill Cipher]] [[DemonicPossession taking over people’s body]]: When the audience is shown the possession occurring (as happens to Dipper in “Sock Opera”), the body speaks in Bill’s voice, but none of the characters notice the difference. When Bill possessing someone is a surprise ([[spoiler:Blendin in “Dipper and Mabel vs the Future”]]), VoicesAreNotMental until TheReveal.
* The first episode of ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' features a brain/body switch between the Red Skull and Captain America. Both speak in their own voice (including the Skull’s [[ObviouslyEvil German villain]] accent) when their bodies are switched.
** In the Season 2 episode “Head to Head”, each Avenger’s mind and voice ended up in the body of another member of the team.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/ThreeTwoOnePenguins'' episode, “Invasion of the Body Swappers”, Zidgel’s and Kevin’s voices switch when they switch bodies.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In the “Treehouse of Horror IX” story “Hell Toupée”, Snake Jailbird gets executed and Homer gets his hair in a transplant, and when it possesses him, Homer speaks in Snake’s voice.
* Played straight in ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' episode “Stinkmeaner Strikes Back”. [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Colonel Stinkmeaner]] possesses Tom [=DuBois=], and Stinkmeaner’s voice is heard whenever he takes direct control of [=DuBois=]. Humorously enough, both characters [[TalkingToHimself share the same voice actor]], Cedric Yarbrough.

** Gems can shapeshift their bodies radically--Amethyst has become things such as a pro wrestler, a horse, and a ''helicopter''--but they don’t, and apparently can’t, change their voices (any more than a human could). Even when Amethyst disguised herself as Jasper, she just did [[BadImpressionists a bad impression of Jasper in her own voice]]. [[spoiler:Pink Diamond]] permanently, radically changing her ShapeshifterDefaultForm didn’t change her voice either.
** [[FusionDance Gem fusions]] usually have unique voice actors, but unstable ones instead have the components’ voices [[VoiceOfTheLegion layered on top of each other]].
** Sometimes fusions will end up TalkingToThemself when their parts are out of sync, usually before defusing. When this happened to Alexandrite in “Fusion Cuisine”, we heard Alexandrite’s voice overlapping that of whoever was out of sync (e.g. Pearl finding food disgusting when Amethyst wanted to eat). When [[spoiler:Garnet nearly defused]] in “Keeping It Together”, [[DownplayedTrope she still spoke in her own voice]], but switched between Ruby and Sapphire’s style of speaking as each gave different reactions to what they saw.

** However, for Steven VoicesAreNotMental both when shapeshifting and when he [[DemonicPossession possesses someone]].
* ''WesternAnimation/JacobTwoTwo'': In the FreakyFridayFlip episode “Jacob Two-Two and the Big Brain Exchange”, Jacob and Principal Greedyguts switch bodies, and naturally end up talking with each other’s voices as well.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheCrumpets'' episode “The Mix-Up”, Ms. [=McBrisk=] and T-Bone accidentally swap bodies from use of an ElectronicTelepathy machine. Their voices swap too, and this is between a human and a ''dog''.
* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/{{Spliced}}'' in its FreakyFridayFlip episode “Whirrel Call”, where the voice is only mental depending on which character perspective we're seeing things from. We hear Entree in the whirrel's body speaking in his own voice when the episode is showing things from his perspective, but when we see him from the other characters' perspectives, we only hear whirrel noises.
* Played straight in the ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'' episode “Mutts Ado About Nothing”. As punishment, Annabelle puts Charlie and Itchy’s souls into each other’s bodies until they show a little kindness and understanding toward each other. Their voices go along with the personalities they end up with.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'': In the “The Old Switcheroo”, an accident at a lab caused Splinter and Shredder to switch minds during a fight with each other. While trapped inside their bodies, Splinter and Shredder still had their real voices when they were talking in thought but had the opposite voice when talking out loud.
* ''WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry'': [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] in the episode “The Big Switch-a-Roo”, where Donkey Kong (having swapped bodies with a robot) sings the below line in the OncePerEpisode song “Metal Head”. This trope also applies to Candy and Klump, who also get body-swapped.
-->'''Donkey Kong:''' ''I’m not light on my feet, I clank and I squeak''\\
''But my voice is the same when I speak?''
* A variation occurs in ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee''. When June has to attend to a dispute, she uses a spell that changes Ray Ray into a double of her and Monroe into a double of Ray Ray so no one will notice her absence. They initially retain their own voices and June has to use a separate spell to change their voices. Interestingly, despite Ray Ray and Monroe then being voiced by June and Ray Ray’s respective voice actors Creator/LaraJillMiller and Creator/KathSoucie, Soucie voices Monroe in Ray Ray’s guise with the same Scottish accent that Creator/CarlosAlazraqui used for Monroe, while Miller voices Ray Ray in June’s guise with a scratchier and boyish sounding voice similar to Soucie’s take.
* Happens in the ''WesternAnimation/ZigAndSharko'' episode, “Me, Myself and I” when the two title characters switch bodies. While there is zero dialogue (like the rest of the series) you can still hear noises like grunting and laughter [[TheHyena (especially laughter with Zig)]] of the original body.

* Larynx transplants have been possible since 1998, and, in at least one case, the recipient sounded like he did before his own larynx was crushed, rather than sounding like the donor. This is due to the larynx being like the mouthpiece of a brass instrument. All mouthpieces sound about the same alone, but the sound quality changes drastically depending on whether it’s attached to a trumpet or tuba. In this case, the entire human head acts as the actual “instrument.” So voices are partly “mental” in the sense that they’re head-related.

* ''Franchise/{{Ben10}}:

* At first averted, then played straight in the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' episode “A Change of Face”. When Charmcaster switches with Gwen they keep their normal voices, but when Gwen and Ben wind up in each other’s bodies, the voices go with the minds. Even Ben’s alien forms get deeper female voices. It is never explained why Charmcaster and Gwen retain their normal voices, though it is speculated to be either that they are both female or that they both have magic abilities, which Ben does not.

* ''WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry'': [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] in the episode “The Big Switch-a-Roo”, where Donkey Kong (having swapped bodies with a robot) sings the below line in the [[OncePerEpisode obligatory per-episode song]] “Metal Head”. This trope also applies to Candy and Klump, who also get body-swapped.

Worth mentioning too that, in cases where the voices DON’T switch, what should switch is the characters’ accents, since that is mental. But that would require very good actors.

* It's noted multiple times in ''Fanfic/{{Daemorphing}}'' that [[{{Telepathy}} thought-speak]]] voices sound like people's out-loud voices (when applicable); for example, when the Yeerks interrogate Loren under the assumption that she's David, her [[BondCreature daemon]] Jaxom pretends to be him because his mental voice sounds more like a teenage boy's.

* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/{{Spliced}}'' in its FreakyFridayFlip episode “Whirrel Call”. Entree hears himself speaking in his own voice when he’s in the body of a whirrel [[MixAndMatchCritters (a whale-squirrel)]], but everyone else only hears Entree speaking in whirrel noises. It’s the same for viewers depending on whether we’re listening from Entree’s perspective or someone else.

* Happens in the WesternAnimation/ZigAndSharko episode, “Me, Myself and I” when the two title characters switch bodies. While there is zero dialogue (like the rest of the series) you can still hear noises like grunting and laughter [[TheHyena (especially laughter with Zig)]] of the original body.

* Inverted in ''Film/FaceOff''. The swapped guys have the voices of the actors who play them -- but not before and after. This is explained via a scene after Archer comes out of his surgery with the face of Creator/NicolasCage (Castor), but still speaks with the voice of Creator/JohnTravolta (Archer pre-surgery), beaucse they only had a face transplant, with their vocal chords remaining the same. An inhibitor chip is inserted into his larynx to modulate his vocal cords from Archer’s nasally voice to Castor’s huskier tones.

* Subverted in the ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'' short “I. Architect”. Owing to a surgical mishap, Weasel and Baboon’s brains are switched. Michael Dorn (Baboon-in-Weasel) imitates Charlie Adler’s goofy way of speaking, while Adler (Weasel-in-Baboon) speaks with Dorn’s dry precision. The effect is pretty hilarious.

* A variation occurs in ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee''. When June has to attend to a dispute, she uses a spell that changes Ray Ray into a double of her and Monroe into a double of Ray Ray so no one will notice her absence. They initially retain their own voices and June has to use a separate spell to change their voices. Interestingly, despite Ray Ray and Monroe then being voice that June and Ray Ray’s respective voice actors Creator/LaraJillMiller and Creator/KathSoucie, Soucie voices Monroe in Ray Ray’s guise with the same Scottish accent that Creator/CarlosAlazraqui used for Monroe, while Miller voices Ray Ray in June’s guise with a scratchier and boyish sounding voice similar to Soucie’s take.

->''"This device will allow me to inhabit your body and you mine. That way I can fix your life and return your body to you. Now the instructions gave me a couple of options. I chose the one where my voice will be coming from your body and vice versa. Still, from time to time we will have to imitate the other person's voice to fool those who don't know what we've done, which is everyone."''
-->-- '''Stewie Griffin''' to Brian, ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS16E17SwitchTheFlip Switch the Flip]]"

When characters [[FreakyFridayFlip swap bodies]], [[GrandTheftMe get possessed]], [[CloningBlues are cloned]], or otherwise change form, there has to be [[ViewersAreMorons some way to remind the folks at home]] [[RuleOfPerception 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).

If the result of possession, it may be {{lampshade|Hanging}}d with another character noticing that "You sound different...", but if so it will be shrugged off or explained away, and will generally otherwise be ignored. It will be noticed in body-swap cases only as the plot demands and most likely the audience is expected to believe that in-universe, the voices didn't switch over. Sometimes, however, [[VocalDissonance the other characters will notice the change]], and the swapped person [[HilarityEnsues will have to disguise their voice to sound like the person whose body they are inhabiting.]]

Very prevalent in animation, where it's much easier to pull off since the animation comes after the voice dubbing and where trying to make the switch apparent through body language and mannerisms may not work as well. In film and live-action television, using a different voice to come out of someone's mouth requires redubbing and is less likely to appear unless the possessor is someone with a voice worth hearing, such as TheDevil. In purely visual media like {{Webcomics}}, it's usually averted, but may be played with using the colors, fonts, and styles of the respective characters' SpeechBubbles if one or both characters normally use special dialog bubbles.

Of course, in a body switch one wouldn't expect the subjects to sound the same as their current body usually does anyway (slight differences in mouth shape, lung capacity and the vocal cords themselves would make differences when somebody new tried to control them without practice), but nor should they sound like their real bodies as this completely ignores the physical aspect of speech. The way your voice sounds depends on the shape of your vocal cords and the shape of your mouth. No amount of brain swapping is going to change that.

Worth mentioning too that, in cases where the voices DON'T switch, what should switch is the characters' accents, since that is mental. But that would require very good actors.

This trope is the "sound" aspect of MorphicResonance. See also EyesAreMental.

* Variation in ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist''; Al sounds the same when his soul becomes affixed to a suit of armor, even though he doesn't even have a body anymore.
** Played somewhat straight in the movie, where [[spoiler: Al's voice has deepened, due to his growing up after regaining his body (at the same age he lost it), but when he transfers his soul through a suit of armor (that just ''happens'' to look almost exactly like the one he was in) to our world, his voice is back to being high-pitched]].
** In the [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist second anime]], [[spoiler: Greed/Ling]]'s voice sounds different depending on who's in control at the time (which is probably based on how the manga indicated it with [[PeekaBangs which side of his face his hair covered]]).

** Alphonse's voice in the second anime is actually playing this much straighter when you take into account the [[TheReveal revelation]] that [[spoiler:Al's real body is intact, connected to his armor-bound soul, and continuing to grow]] yet his voice remained the same.
* In Episode 148 of the ''Manga/InuYasha'' anime, we briefly witness an interesting variation: When Naraku takes Kikyo's form to make the protagonist think she betrayed him, his voice sure sounds like Kikyo's, but his internal monologue still sounds like himself, which leaves one weirdly surreal impression considering that you hear a deep male voice coming from a frail-looking girl. Something similar can be seen in a flashback when he transforms into a pretty girl to fool one of the protagonist's grandfather but stops bothering to disguise his voice when he finally confronts him and curses his family. This is averted both in thought and speech when he takes the form of a young nobleman, but this can be traced to Naraku's decision to [[ShapeShifterDefaultForm permanently keep]] that appearance, and by extension, the voice, presumably because he liked them.
* Originally averted in ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'''s FreakyFridayFlip, but then played straight in the dub. Kero and Shaoran Li's voices remain the same, but their speech patterns and mannerisms are noticeably swapped.

* Happens in ''Anime/PokemonRangerAndTheTempleOfTheSea'', when the three members of the Team Rocket trio swap bodies thanks to Manaphy's Heart Swap attack.
* Happens in ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}} Evolution-R'': [[spoiler: When Rezo got resurrected into Pokota's human body, his voice stayed just the same as it used to be. It's kind of distracting hearing his deep voice coming out of a Shotaro boy's mouth.]].
* The Japanese version of ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' gave the Biomerged Digimon unique voices, However, the American dub blended the voices of the two partners. Because the identities of those involved are well established, this doubles as ViewersAreGoldfish.
** ''Both'' versions also have the SleepModeSize and combat forms voiced in ''exactly'' the same manner, ignoring the fact that (a) a tiny bunny/puppy hybrid and a HumongousMecha will ''not'' have the same size/shape of vocal cords, and (b) Mega Digimon with Rookie voices [[{{Narm}} really doesn't sound very good]]. Perhaps justified by Digimons' nature as living computer programs; they ''do'' have the same vocal cords if programmed to!
* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': Used repeatedly with Captain Ginyu, who can switch bodies with people. First he switches bodies and voices with Goku; then with a ''frog'' (it actually said "ribbit" in Ginyu's voice), and finally with Bulma. ''Nobody'' seems to notice this big drill sergeant voice coming out of a normally-sized woman. Making this even weirder is the fact that he needed to say the attack's name for it to work, and a frog being unable to talk is exactly why he was stuck that way.
** Played with in ''Anime/DragonBallGT'': when Baby possesses most people, he talks in their voice, but when he settles on Vegeta as a permanent host, he speaks in his own voice. To be fair, he also modifies Vegeta's body to make it more and more similar to his own true self, so he might have changed Vegeta's vocal cords as a matter of preference.
** Averted, however, in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' with [[spoiler:Goku Black, who turns out to be an alternate Present Zamasu who swapped bodies with Goku using the Super Dragon Balls and speaks with his voice -- Goku is also shown speaking with Zamasu's voice in a scene showing the body swap process]].

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', where unlike the example with Mao above, Yoruichi's voice in human form and animal form is very different [[spoiler:so much so that at first the main characters were mistaken and thought that she was male]].

* Played with in ''LightNovel/{{Kampfer}}'', [[spoiler: after the four wake to find themselves in the bodies of their messenger dolls]] and vice versa. Along with {{unusual ears}} and [[LittleBitBeastly a tail]] this creates a PaperThinDisguise.
* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' [[spoiler:all of the different bodies used by Pain]] except the female one have the voice of the first one we saw, even though that's not the same voice as the one controlling them.
* In original Japanese dub of ''Manga/MurderPrincess'' Alita and Falis switch voices when they switch bodies. However, this trope was purposely averted in the English dub.
* Inverted very creepily in ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' with [[spoiler:Hansel and Gretel. ''Each takes turns being Hansel or Gretel,'' and when they switch identities, their voices switch too. When there is only one "twin" left, the voice switching is creeeeepy]].
* Inverted in the Japanese and Latin American versions of ''Manga/CaseClosed''. [[FountainOfYouth "Conan's"]] young voice isn't just used when he's talking but also most of the time when he is ''thinking.'' In the English and European Spanish dubs, his thoughts are still in his older voice. In the Catalan dub, his voice while talking shifts between a child and an adult (two different voice actors) almost at random. Not only does this sound weird, but it creates a huge plothole unless one assumes the characters don't hear the difference.

** Tony Tony Chopper can take the form of a giant reindeer-man, but has the same little kid voice, albeit slightly deeper. In the 4Kids! dub, his larger form instead has a deep, gravelly man's voice. Chopper's human-form voice is also deeper in ''Anime/TheGiantMechanicalSoldierOfKarakuriCastle''', [[TheOtherDarrin where he was played by Kazue Ikura rather than Ikue Otani]].
** When Law [[FreakyFridayFlip switches people's minds around]], their voices remain the same.
*** It's worth noting the Straw Hats had to wear badges to know who was who in the swapped bodies.
* Happens in ''Anime/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 the body of a thirty-something woman, von Bähbem still talks with his raspy old man voice]].
* Taken to another level in ''Anime/YuGiOh'', with mental voices as well. Yami and Yugi normally have different voices, but this also applies when they're thinking; if the two MindMeld, then their {{Inner Monologue}}s have Yugi's voice. If it's only Yami, then it's his own voice.
** Though this is complicated by the fact that they have the same voice actor, so it might actually be the "same" voice.
** When it comes to mind control (especially done by Marik), things get a little... messy. For example, in the dub, his voice is used simultaneously with the controlled person's voice; in the original, it's much more inconsistent. For example, Jounouchi (Joey) has the same voice as always when controlled, but Anzu (Téa)'s voice becomes 100% Marik's.

* The ghost Amanojaku manages to retain his original voice in ''Anime/GhostStories'' 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.
* Played straight in ''Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ'' where the girls swap bodies with each other after accidentally knocking into each other's heads during a battle with Fuzzy. Blossom ends up in Buttercup's body, Bubbles in Blossom's, and Buttercup in Bubbles'. They do it again after another battle with Fuzzy at the end of the episode, only this time, Blossom in Bubbles' body, Bubbles in Buttercup's, and Buttercup in Blossom's.
* This happens in the Japanese version of ''Manga/FairyTail'' when everyone in the Village of the Sun gets [[FountainOfYouth turned into children by Doriath's curse]], keeping their [[VocalDissonance adult voices]] despite normally using higher registers (or [[CrossDressingVoices female actors]] in Natsu and Gray's cases) during flashbacks to their childhood. This is mainly done to indicate that they technically ''aren't'' children, but just given significantly weaker bodies. The English dub, on the other hand, [[VoicesAreNotMental fully avoids this]] by giving them their respective child voices.
* In episode 7a of ''Anime/{{Tamagotchi}}'', when Chamametchi presses a button in the Mamemame Labratory, she and Mametchi experience a FreakyFridayFlip (with Chamametchi not understanding this, but noticing she's taller and thinking it's from all the milk she drank) and their voices swap to match as well.
* In the Italian dub of ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', Saga's good side speaks in a woman's voice, which can be heard when he's monologuing with himself, but also results in Saga talking with a woman's voice when the "good side" is in charge, reverting to his normal male voice when evil.

* ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'': In "Transfer Gun", the Boss and Lamput get their bodies swapped, and Lamput gains the Boss's deep-pitched [[SpeakingSimlish gibberish speech]] while the Boss gets Lamput's higher-pitched voice.
* In the ''Animation/MotuPatlu'' episode "Soul Change", Motu and Patlu's voices switch to indicate which person is which when they swap bodies.

* In one story arc in ''Comicbook/GhostRider'', a woman named Linda Littletrees is possessed by Satan, who uses her to seek out Johnny Blaze. The first time Satan speaks to someone, he thinks how he has to be careful to disguise his voice, since "the raspy tones of Satan" coming from a young woman would surely draw unwanted attention.
* ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' managed to convey this in a medium with no sound. In a story from ''Riverdale High'', Archie and Mr. Weatherbee switch bodies. Until they switch back, any speech bubble that comes out of Archie's mouth has a picture of Mr. Weatherbee inside, and any speech bubble that comes out of The Bee's mouth has a picture of Arch. The same motif applies to thought balloons.

** ZigZagged by [[TwoBeingsOneBody Monster X]]. Both San and Vivienne Graham's respective physical voices emitted from their respective mouths in Monster X's first form are described by the author as sounding like the Gravemind in ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', and only when they scream do their voice/s prominently sound like a mix of Ghidorah's roar and a human scream. After [[{{Metamorphosis}} metamorphosing]] into their second form, San and Vivienne communicate with humans via radio waves; San's radio voice is indicated to be the same as his mental voice, while Vivienne's radio voice explicitly sounds like her original human voice.
** PlayedStraight by [[TheAssimilator the Many]], as [[spoiler:their {{Mind Hive}}s']] psychic voices apparently consist of the voices of every victim they've assimilated.
* ''Fanfic/AllAssortedAnimorphsAUs'': {{Invoked|Trope}} by Aftran in "What if Tom was infested by a member of the Yeerk Peace Movement?", who agrees to speak in a higher pitch than Tom whenever she takes control of his body.

* {{Downplayed|Trope}} in the ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' fanfic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/6226924 Happily Ever After]]''. While EyesAreMental, and [[spoiler: Cinder's eyes change from yellow to green after Pyrrha takes over]], the voice is [[spoiler:Cinder's]], but it sounds off, since the inflections and such are [[spoiler:Pyrrha's]].

* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf: Amazing Pleasant Goat'', the body-swapped Paddi and Wolffy also have the other's voice instead of their own, which somehow doesn't tip off Weslie when he finally finds Paddi... a.k.a. Wolffy in Paddi's body.

* Inverted in ''[[Film/FaceOff Face/Off]]''. The swapped guys have the voices of the actors who play them -- but not before and after. This is explained via a scene after Archer comes out of his surgery with the face of Creator/NicolasCage (Castor), but still speaks with the voice of Creator/JohnTravolta (Archer pre-surgery), beaucse they only had a face transplant, with their vocal chords remaining the same. An inhibitor chip is inserted into his larynx to modulate his vocal cords from Archer's nasally voice to Castor's huskier tones.
* ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': [[spoiler:When the [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingGhidorah Ghidorah skull]]'s consciousness remnants awaken and hijack the connection to Mechagodzilla, faint repetitions of Ghidorah's alpha roar are audible to signify what is happening; and when Ghidorah's consciousness is actually inside and reprogramming the Mecha, the repetitions of Ghidorah's roar gradually grow more mechanized. Afterwards, for the rest of the film when Mechagodzilla has effectively become Ghidorah reincarnated; listen closely and you'll definitively hear Mechagodzilla producing slightly-mechanized versions of Ghidorah's vocalizations ]].
* Happens on and off in the ''Film/HarryPotter'' films, via the Polyjuice Potion, though it's averted in the books.
** It's most likely for the audience's benefit since in ''Film/{{Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}}'', Draco never catches on to Harry and Ron when they're impersonating Crabbe and Goyle.
** In ''Deathly Hallows'', during the trio's infiltration of the Ministry, a disguised Ron briefly speaks in the voice of Reg Cattermole, the person he's impersonating, until he realizes he is talking to Harry.
** In ''Goblet of Fire'', this is definitely confirmed when [[spoiler:Barty Crouch, Jr.]], whilst impersonating [[spoiler:Mad-Eye Moody]], is definitely ''not'' voiced by [[spoiler:David Tennant]], because this wasn't revealed until after [[spoiler:Crouch gets caught with the real Moody locked up in a chest]].
* Happens in TheMovie of ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' when the cast's souls were trying to find their original bodies.
* Happens at the end of ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' [[spoiler: after the credits when Prof. X reappears in the body of the mindless coma patient. It's {{Hand Wave}}d by the fact that the coma patient was [[AllThereInTheManual his twin brother]]]].
* In the 2006 movie ''Film/ItsABoyGirlThing'', voices stay with the bodies, but the thoughts of the characters are given as voiceovers in the possessors' voice.

* An inversion of this concept appears in ''Literature/{{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.
* In ''Literature/GoodOmens'', when various characters get [[DemonicPossession angelically]] [[BodySurf possessed]], [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Aziraphale]] speaks through them with his normal (genteel, British) voice. He ends up holding conversations aloud with the bodies' original inhabitants, each speaking in their own voice. Onlookers tend to be unnerved by this, and HilarityEnsues when it happens to a televangelist on live TV.

* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': In ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'', if someone's brain has been removed and replaced with another brain, they keep the body's voice, but speak differently.

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E1NewEarth "New Earth"]]: {{Downplayed}}. When Lady Cassandra possesses Rose and the Doctor (constantly alternating between the two), she speaks with the host's voice but has her posh accent. With Rose, this means that Creator/BilliePiper uses her native RP accent instead of the Cockney accent she normally uses, while for the Doctor, Creator/DavidTennant uses a modified version of the English accent he adapted for the character.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife New Earth]]": In her attempts to explain who she is to the Doctor, Sexy opens her mouth and makes the wheezing sound of the TARDIS perfectly.
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E6TheAlmostPeople The Almost People]]": While the Ganger Doctor is trying to cope in the beginning of the episode, he speaks in the [[Creator/TomBaker Fourth]] and [[Creator/DavidTennant Tenth Doctor's]] voices. {{Justified|Trope}} in that the Flesh, adaptive as it was, could easily rearrange itself to create a different vocal pattern.
* In the ''Series/{{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]].
* The ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' episode "Out of Their Minds" begins with this, just so the viewers get what's going on immediately, by blending the voices of the two people involved. Later in the episode, though, the characters have all reverted to the body's voice, with each actor just using the other's body language and vocal patterns (or trying to).
* ''Series/GetSmart''. Maxwell Smart asks a fellow Control agent to be the Best Man at his wedding. The agent is apparently a MasterOfDisguise, as he's a gorgeous female cabaret dancer with a (dubbed) male voice.
* ''Series/GilligansIsland'' episode "The Friendly Physician". MadScientist Dr. Boris Balinkoff takes the castaways to his own island for mind-switching experiments. Each castaway speaks with the voice of whichever character's mind is inhabiting it.
* Lampshaded in the ''Series/HenryDanger'' episode "Captain Man-Kini":
-->'''Captain Man (as Frankini):''' Didja hear Frankini's voice comin' outta my handsome face?
* Non-standard example in ''Series/KamenRiderWizard'' that goes here more than anywhere else: BigBad Wiseman and [[spoiler: The White Wizard]] have different voices courtesy of different actors. Then we meet [[spoiler: Sou Fueki]] who also has his own actor. But when [[spoiler: Fueki]] first transforms into [[spoiler: White Wizard]] onscreen, suddenly and from then on, [[spoiler: the White Wizard]] speaks with the voice of [[spoiler: Fueki]]. Later, when [[spoiler: Wiseman]] is revealed to actually be [[spoiler: Fueki as well]], ''he'' suddenly spends the rest of the series speaking with the voice of [[spoiler: Fueki]]. Different forms sounding different makes sense (vocal cords, muffling, etc. and perhaps deliberate disguising via magic), but it really doesn't make sense for them to ''change'' once the ''viewer'' knows who's behind the mask.
* ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'' plays this straight with the usual Bugster virus infection as people controlled by Bugsters have a demonic voice thing going on. On the other hand, it's played with when [[spoiler:Parado]] [[DemonicPossession controls]] [[spoiler: Emu]], whose voice remains the same, but the speech patterns are so distinctly [[spoiler: Parado]][='s=] that [[PuppeteerParasite he]] outs [[PronounTrouble himself]] pretty quickly.
* ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'': When [[spoiler: [[EnemyWithin Naki]]]] takes over [[spoiler: [[AntiHero Isamu]]]], her soft, feminine voice replaces his deep, loud snarl. It's more than a little eerie.
* Subverted in the ''Series/MorkAndMindy'' episode "Metamorphosis-The TV Show" where Mork and Mearth switch bodies. They talk in each other's voices but in this case there are no dubovers involved; instead Creator/RobinWilliams and Jonathan Winters expertly imitate one another.
* In the first episode of ''Series/NowAndAgain'', Creator/JohnGoodman's character is heard "speaking" to Dr. Morris who informs him that he's just a brain hooked up to a computer now. Still sounds like Goodman. However, this may just be the character's mental reconstruction of his own voice; when he wakes up in his new body, we still see him as John Goodman until he takes a look in the mirror, at which point he becomes played and voiced by Eric Close for the remainder of the series.

** In the episode "Bodyswap", Rimmer and Lister switch bodies and their voices also switch, which was why it was the first episode ''not'' to be filmed in front of a live studio audience. This is clearly for RuleOfFunny as much as any other reason. Partially justified in Rimmer-Lister's case, as Rimmer is a [[VirtualGhost hologram]] and thus can be adjusted to use Lister's voice.
** And earlier, when Lister has the mind of Executive Officer Carol Brown put into him so he can stop an auto-destruct sequence, he speaks with her voice. [[spoiler:It doesn't work, but that's okay; Holly got rid of the bomb long ago. She might've mentioned it, but [[YouDidntAsk they didn't ask]].]]
** Justified in a few instances with Holly, who is technically a computerised voice. In "Queeg", [[spoiler:both Queeg speaks with Holly's voice when he reveals the episode's gag, and Holly speaks with Queeg's voice just prior to the end.]] There's also an instance in "Justice" when Holly is briefly possessed by Justice World's AI, speaking with its deep, authoritative voice instead of her own.
* In ''Series/StargateSG1'', this trope was averted in the first body-swapping episode. The various actors did a hilariously good job of adopting each others' mannerisms, so it was still obvious who was in whose body, though the character with the body swapping technology that instigates the plot shared an actor with the main cast member he swapped bodies with. But in later cases, like the intergalactic communication device that exchanges two people's bodies, they played the trope extra-straight and swapped out ''the actors'', so the audience would see the person whose mind was in control, even though the characters were seeing the person whose body was being controlled.

** In the 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 "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E24TurnaboutIntruder Turnabout Intruder]]".
** In "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E1SpocksBrain Spock's Brain]]", the disembodied organ of the title manages to speak through the computer system it's plugged into. For some reason, it talks in Spock's voice without having his vocal cords. And this is actually not the biggest logic failure in the episode.
* In ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'', 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 an episode of ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'', Pete and Myka switched bodies (thanks to an [[MonsterOfTheWeek artifact]]), but their voices [[AvertedTrope remained the same]]. To emphasis the switch, the actors (rather impressively) mimicked the other character's mannerisms.

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' often uses this, though in this case, given the lore of the series, it's more "Voices are tied to the heart".
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'': When Ansem possesses Riku. First he speaks with both voices their voices at once, then eventually only Ansem's.
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'': Riku has taken on Ansem's form. He has Ansem's voice till Sora discovers who he is. Then he drops the charade and suddenly has Mamoru Miyano's (Japanese) or David Gallagher's (English) voice!
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'': One of their more effective uses of this trope is with [[spoiler: Xion, a [[OppositeSexClone female]] [[CloningBlues Sora clone]], 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.
** Another interesting version of this trope is used in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' [[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. This detail wasn't able to be replicated in the dub, though the implication is still there. Following Chikao's death, Akio Ohtsuka took over as Master Xehanort's voice]].
** Then, there's Vanitas, also from ''Birth by Sleep'', 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.
* Played with to a certain extent in the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series. In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'', when Liquid possessed Ocelot, he'd speak with Liquid's voice. In the fourth game "Liquid Ocelot" always speaks with Ocelot's voice in the English version, and Liquid's voice in the Japanese version due to the unfortunate death of Kôji Totani.
* Averted and played straight in ''[[VideoGame/NicktoonsUnite Nicktoons: Globs of Doom]]'' whenever BigBad Globulous Maximus speaks through WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants. First, it's merely [=SpongeBob=] acting evil; the second time, we start with evil [=SpongeBob=] who switches to Globulous' voice ''mid-sentence'' (which is the cue needed for [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Jimmy Neutron]] to note that he's speaking through him and for WesternAnimation/InvaderZim to complain about Globulous being a [[LargeHam larger ham]] than him. Yep.) and after that, it's a hammy Creator/DeeBradleyBaker "voicing" the yellow guy.
* Averted in Relius' joke ending in ''VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift Extend'', which is all about body switching. The voices actors of the characters don't change when they switch bodies, though their tone of voice does change accordingly.

* In response to the ninth ''Pokémon'' movie example above, strangely averted in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' with Manaphy's Heart Swap attack when it comes out of a Poke Ball. Making Zelda sound like Donkey Kong and vice versa would be a little weird, in retrospect.

* ''VisualNovel/{{Remember11}}'' goes back and forth on this. When Kokoro and Satoru switch bodies, they retain the same voice actors (i.e. Kokoro in Satoru's body still has Kokoro's voice), but the fact that people have trouble telling them apart, as well as things such as recordings made by Satoru-in-Kokoro's-body having Kokoro's voice, imply that their voices ''do'' stay with the bodies in-universe, but the player hears [[TranslationConvention them with the associated mind for convenience]].
* Both applied and averted in ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse''. In episode 3, ''They Stole Max's Brain!'', [[spoiler:Sammun-Mak keeps his own voice when Sam places his brain in Max's body, while Max retains his own voice as a brain in a jar]]. However, in episode 5, ''The City That Dares Not Sleep'', [[spoiler:When Grandpa Stinky and one of General Skun-ka'pe's minions swap brains toward the end of the episode, their voices (as well as Grandpa Stinky's Scottish accent) remain with their original bodies]].
** Also in Season 2, when Sam and Max swap bodies. Then there is the Monster, which can hold 2 souls simultaneously, switching between voices as (t)he(y) talk(s). The demons emulate the possessed's voice, but sometimes fail.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2|CursedMemories}}'', any character that gets transformed into a monster by the Dark Sun retains their original voice.
* It's hard to tell whether this applies to ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'', since we don't know exactly how the main character's shapeshifting works. He can mimic other people's voices in cutscenes, but in gameplay, he always makes the same grunts regardless of who he's impersonating. (From a {{Doylist}} perspective, the explanation is that they didn't bother to program alternate grunts for him; a {{Watsonian}} one could be that Alex himself doesn't bother messing around with his vocal cords for every single form he ever takes.)
* In ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo7'', when Arle is [[spoiler:possessed by Ecolo]], she has her own voice. But when Satan [[spoiler: notices the fact that [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight Arle is possessed]], her voice changes to Ecolo's]].

* The various animal shapeshifters in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' retain their voices while transformed in battle, albeit with a reverb added to it. It's used to rather unsettling effect in the latter game when the [[spoiler: Avatar goes on a berserk rampage in their dragon form following Mikoto's death]], their agonized screams being mixed into their bestial roars.
* In ''VideoGame/Fallout4'', [[spoiler:Nick Valentine briefly starts speaking as Kellogg, in his voice, as a result of residual signals after being connected to part of the latter's brain]]. Justified in that he's a [[ArtificialHuman Synth]].

** Played Straight:
*** [[spoiler: When Colette is finally possessed by Martel, it's Martel's voice that is used.]]

* In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedValhalla'', your character experiences visions of being Odin in the mythical realms of Asgard and Jotunheim. Several of the characters have the same voices as people they know in their real life, and there's a good reason for it: [[spoiler:those Asgardians used advanced technology to periodically "reincarnate" themselves into humans. Your visions of Asgard aren't visions, they're ''memories''.]]

** Possessed characters speak in their possessor's voice when the possessor is exerting direct control, such as when Lohse's {{demon|icPossession}} gains the upper hand and when the GreaterScopeVillain pulls a VillainOverride on the Voidwoken or his [[YourSoulIsMine Sworn]].
** {{Justified|Trope}} with Fane, who explains that he can still speak as a [[DemBones fleshless skeleton]] through {{Telepathy}} that people's minds interpret as his normal voice.

* In ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'', SpeechBubbles are colored differently to distinguish the different characters' voices. And Reynardine's bubbles are the same color regardless of whose body he's possessing. WordOfGod clarifies that his voice is always recognizably his own, but he doesn't sound ''exactly'' the same in different bodies.
* Also suggested in ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'' when [[http://lfgcomic.com/page/171 Richard is summoned back from the Plane Of Suck]] and ends up in Pella's body. Richard's trademark speech bubble is there, clearly indicating who is supposed to be the one doing the speaking. This is also used when Richard [[http://lfgcomic.com/page/206 takes over a stone golem]]. Given that Richard is a lich of some sort, this might be justified in that he's using magic.

** The reason behind the first change is because the writers couldn't decide if Burnie would pretend to be the character he was possessing or if they would have the possessed character's VA do their voice different or try to sound like Church. Ultimately Burnie decided that because his Donut impression sounded too much like another character, that they would do away with it and just have Church's voice.

* Averted in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': When Goku and Ginyu swap bodies, their voice actors swap as well, but speak with the other character's mannerisms and accent. Goku and Ginyu still think in their normal voices, however.
* Averted in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaLdfMbV_LU Mann Swap]]''. When the Scout and Heavy switch brains, Heavy-in-Scout's-body speaks with Scout's voice in a Russian accent, while Scout-in-Heavy's-body uses Heavy's deep voice but now Brooklyn-accented.
* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Lampshaded by Weird Girl in [='VRcade'=].
--> '''Weird Girl''': Have you done the body-switching thing where the voices change too, even though our voices are formed by our vocal cords and not our minds, but its done so the viewers don't get [[{{Malaproper}} confoosed?]]

* Played straight and averted in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius''. When Jimmy and Cindy switches bodies, the "brains" retains their voices, but when Jimmy creates imperfect clones of himself, each has a different voice related to their personalities.

* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' has this happen whenever someone is possessed, leading at least twice to one character arguing with themselves with two distinct voices. Like the temporary eye colour change of possessed people, it is somewhat confusing as to whether this is actually happening in the DP world or merely [[RuleOfPerception a cue to help the audience follow what's going on]]. The other characters never notice it, at any rate.
* Happens in the pilot of ''Westernanimation/DextersLaboratory'', where Dexter and Dee Dee end up in each others' bodies at the episode's conclusion.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' episode "Send in the Clones", the Beagle Boys impersonate Huey, Dewey and Louie with help from Magica De Spell, who later uses her magic to disguise herself as Mrs. Beakley. They have the appearances spot-on, but retain their true voices.
* The ''[[WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill Blinky Bill]]'' episode "Blinky the Hypnotist" has Blinky learning hypnotism, which he uses to switch Flap, Splodge and Marcia's personalities respectively with Mr. Wombat, Miss Magpie and Mayor Pelican. Their voices go along with the personality they end up with.

* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'', during a three-way between Gameboy, a Film/KingKong sized version of Donkey Kong, and Mother Brain, Franchise/{{Metroid}}'s giant brain-in-a-jar with the voice of Audrey II from ''LittleShopOfHorrors.''
* Happens in the ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' episode "Trading Faces". Darkwing switches minds with Gosalyn, Launchpad switches minds with Honker, and they all change voices accordingly.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'': "The Tick vs. Science" had a lot of fun with this, with human characters suddenly saddled with the vocalizations of a giant sentient tongue and so forth.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' played this straight in "Switched".
** A fun story from one of the writers: the voice actresses for [[Creator/TaraStrong Raven]] and [[Creator/HyndenWalch Starfire]] were originally ''supposed'' to switch roles, with [[EmotionlessGirl "Starfire" speaking in monotone]] and [[GenkiGirl "Raven" speaking cheerfully]]. It then turned out that both actresses were so good at mimicking the other character's voice that they could barely tell a switch had been made, leading the writers to simply drop the idea.
** An aversion (in a sense) from the same show comes in the form of [[BodySurf Jericho]], a HeroicMime who only seems to be able to speak when he's possessing someone who can speak. As he has no voice of his own, it can be assumed that he uses their voice to speak (though this would be a more definite assertion if the only time the viewer was shown this wasn't when he was possessing [[TheBrute Cinderblock]]...)
** Briefly played with six ways from Sunday in the Larry episode "Fractured" -- reality was broken, mouths were traded around, so characters talked with other voices, leaving Beast Boy without a mouth, making him [[TheUnintelligible hard to understand]]. Particularly charming, Cyborg talking smack via Starfire's voice.

** This is averted when the demon Shendu [[DemonicPossession possesses]] Jade, yet it's played straight when he later possesses Valmont and Jackie.
** Also played straight and lampshaded when Jade and Jackie switch bodies in "Sheep In, Sheep Out"; Jackie asks why Jade's voice is coming out of his body and vice versa.
* At first averted, then played straight in the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' episode "A Change of Face". When Charmcaster switches with Gwen they keep their normal voices, but when Gwen and Ben wind up in each other's bodies, the voices go with the minds. Even Ben's alien forms get deeper female voices. It is never explained why Charmcaster and Gwen retain their normal voices, though it is speculated to be either that they are both female or that they both have magic abilities, which Ben does not.
** Again played straight in "Ghostfreaked Out" whenever Ghostfreak possesses someone. (Also, [[UhOhEyes their eyes]] [[MindControlEyes change.]])
** Later averted in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'', when an alien is turned into a clone of Ben that's just has much more serious and stilted inflection. This was probably so it would be hard 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.
** The largest aversion is that Ben's alien forms are voiced by several different voice actors, all of them different from Ben's normal voice actor but Upgrade (who seems to be synthesizing his voice). In contrast, Ben's EvilCounterpart Kevin 11 retained the same voice in all his forms when he was shapeshifting into several of Ben's different alien forms.
** Played straight in an episode of ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien Ultimate Alien]]'' where Kevin and Gwen are each turned into several of Ben's alien forms, all of which were their voice actors impersonating the voices those aliens normally had (including Gwen's VA impersonating [[Creator/JohnDiMaggio Rath]]).
** Also, since the Omnitrix aliens are derived from DNA samples, the voice ''really'' shouldn't change based on who uses the form. Four Arms, for example, comes from the same chunk of Tetramand DNA no matter who's wearing the Omnitrix -- it's temporarily becoming a clone of ''one guy in particular.'' This is true even when it's ''not the same device'': We eventually learn about the Codon Stream where all the samples exist. The original Omnitrix, Albedo's Omnitrix, and the Ultimatrix ''all'' access the same sample.)
** ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' again goes back and forth on it. In "Arrested Development," a de-aged Ben is voiced by his original series VA. Two episodes later in "Ben Again," young Ben and teen Ben switch places via MentalTimeTravel. The voices go with the minds, and other characters even hear the difference.
*** The Omnitrix-wielding "Gwen 10" from an alternate timeline also zig-zags this for her appearances in ''Omniverse'' -- her versions of Wildvine and [=XLR8=] are voiced by her regular VA Ashley Johnson, while her version of Diamondhead is instead voiced by Tara Strong. However, the version appearing in a WhatIf episode of the original series uses multiple voices similarly to Ben.
** Kevin's appearances in the 2016 reboot as a more direct EvilCounterpart, with his own counterpart to the Omnitrix, also demonstrates this trope with the only difference being subtle pitch variations, while Ben's aliens are still performances by multiple voice actors.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', when the girls were {{Freaky Friday Flip}}ped with the Professor, the Mayor, and Miss Bellum, they not only retained their voices but their '''''[[NewBodyOldAbilities powers]]''''', too. Granted, it was mainly because as the Professor's TechnoBabble explained, they switched outer "layers" rather than their entire bodies being swapped.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' plays this straight. In "A Fine Mess", when a computer glitch in Lyoko [[FreakyFridayFlip 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.

* Played straight in the ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' 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.
** Averted in the [[WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots Rescue Bots]] episode "Switcheroo" as well, where the characters retain the original voices of their bodies, yet change mannerisms and personalities of the ones they swapped with. The entire episode idea itself came from [[WordOfGod the cast goofing off and imitating each others' characters.]]
* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin''. Baloo and Kit switch bodies and voices. Notably, it's shown that it's not just a case of RuleOfPerception but something ''other characters can notice'', as they had to trick Rebecca into thinking there was something wrong with her hearing.
* Subverted in the ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'' short "I Architect". Owing to a surgical mishap, Weasel and Baboon's brains are switched. Michael Dorn (Baboon-in-Weasel) imitates Charlie Adler's goofy way of speaking, while Adler (Weasel-in-Baboon) speaks with Dorn's dry precision. The effect is pretty hilarious.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' did it with two different brain swaps in the FreakyFridayFlip episode. In both cases, [[DarkActionGirl Shego]] thinks it's just a hoot.
** Lampshaded but handwaved by Kim, who explains away her regular voice as "puberty".

** Played straight and averted with Deadman when he possesses Batman. Deadman's VA speaks, but when he possesses Speedy, the same VA just imitates Deadman's New York accent.
** Another episode has Batwoman initiate a FreakyFridayFlip with Batman; they keep their voice actors, who imitate each others' acting (albeit Bader [[RuleOfFunny is acting much more effeminate than Batwoman ever really did]]). Which means we get to hear Batman ask Nightwing and Batgirl [[DoesThisMakeMeLookFat "Does this cape make my butt look big?"]]

** In "[[Recap/BatmanBeyondS3E4OutOfThePast Out of the Past]]", this trope serves as TheReveal that [[spoiler:ComicBook/RasAlGhul pulled a GrandTheftMe on ''[[FamilialBodySnatcher his own daughter]]'', ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul]]. Though it's a bit odd given that the body's real voice is also accessible.
** Another variation shows up in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'', in which ComicBook/TheJoker demonstrates that he can [[spoiler:speak in Tim Drake's voice even after transforming Tim's body to resemble his own]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' had Egon and Slimer switch minds and voices. On top of that, Egon's ''vision problems'' apparently transferred over with his mind, because Egon (in Slimer's body) insists on wearing his glasses.

** Happens in one episode where Peter and Lois accidentally switch bodies for a brief moment, when they try one of Stewie's inventions.
** When Peter shapeshifts into Britney Spears in "Family Guy Viewer Mail #1," his voice doesn't change at all. Humorously enough, neither does his body language; he manspreads when he sits down, and complains about how out of shape he is, as though he still has his normal (very overweight) figure.
* Averted in a ''WesternAnimation/LloydInSpace'' 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. Though oddly Lloyd admitting he switched minds with her, then through the rest of the episode acting like a 6 year old, then whining for his mother while in the fetal position did not tip Douglas off.
* Weird variant in the ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' episode "Monster Mutt" when Heloise switches Beezy and Cerbee's minds around. Beezy-in-Cerbee plays it straight, but Cerbee-in-Beezy's voice is Beezy's voice actor, Brian Froud, making deep woofs instead of Cerbee's high pitched barks (which are done by Sean Cullen, who also voices Lucius).
* Ditto in ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' episode "Presto-Change-O", though you could just say it was due to [[AWizardDidIt the magical way they switched bodies]].
* Shown in the ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'' episode "The Prisoner of Benda", where virtually the entire cast, [[ItMakesSenseInContext 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 only be audible to the audience, since the characters still need to tell each other who's who. Considering at least 3 of the characters switching are played by Creator/BillyWest... Though it is worth noting that even without the voices switching, sharp-eyed viewers could see that each character does subtly change their body mannerisms to match the current mind. It's easiest to notice when Zoidberg is doing his signature crab-walk in Fry's body.
* Happens in the ''WesternAnimation/HeyDuggee'' episode, "The Voice Badge".
* ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlackTheSeries'' once had Kay [[FountainOfYouth turned into a baby]] but retain the same voice. This wasn't just for the audience, he sounds the same to all the characters, which [[TalkingAnimal Frank]] [[HypocriticalHumor finds weird.]]
** Another episode takes this trope to its logical conclusion when Zed's brain is removed, and the disembodied brain talks with Zed's voice.
* "Does This Duckbill Make Me Look Fat?" was a switch-a-roo episode on ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' where Candace and Perry switch body. Cue Candace being able to talk and sound like herself in Perry's body and "Perry the Teenage Girl" chattering.
* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuestTheRealAdventures'': Jeremiah Surd performs a "neural cyber-transfer" with Race Bannon. At first he talks in Surd's voice but then when he explains how he plans to sneak up on and kill Dr. Quest, he clears his throat, then finishes his sentence in the voice of Race Bannon, hammering home how perfect his possession of Race's body is. Race-in-Surd's body talks like Race but with a noticeable electronic echo, representing the breathing apparatus Surd's crippled body uses.
* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'': When the [[PowerParasite Parasite]] absorbs Earl Garver's personality, Garver takes control of the Parasite's body and talks in his own voice. Makes sense since the Parasite already demonstrated the ability to copy the voice of a person whose energy he drains.

** When Mabel is possessed in "The Inconveniencing", she has the voice of the ghost controlling her.
** Lampshaded when Dipper uses a potion to change his voice, and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Mabel]] immediately attacks the "[[WrongGenreSavvy body-stealing warlock]]" she assumes is possessing her brother.
** The body-swapping in "Carpet Diem" gives each body the mind inhabiting it. It even applies when humans are possessing animals.
** Played with concerning [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Bill Cipher]] [[DemonicPossession taking over people's body]]: When the audience is shown the possession occurring (as happens to Dipper in "Sock Opera"), the body speaks in Bill's voice, but none of the characters notice the difference. When Bill possessing someone is a surprise ([[spoiler:Blendin in "Dipper and Mabel vs the Future"]]), VoicesAreNotMental until TheReveal.
* The first episode of ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' features a brain/body switch between the Red Skull and Captain America. Both speak in their own voice (including the Skull's [[ObviouslyEvil German villain]] accent) when their bodies are switched.
** In the Season 2 episode "Head to Head", each Avenger's mind and voice ended up in the body of another member of the team.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/ThreeTwoOnePenguins'' episode, "Invasion of the Body Swappers", Zidgel's and Kevin's voices switch when they switch bodies.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In the "Treehouse of Horror IX" story "Hell Toupée", Snake Jailbird gets executed and Homer gets his hair in a transplant, and when it possesses him, Homer speaks in Snake's voice.
* Played straight in ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' episode "Stinkmeaner Strikes Back". [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Colonel Stinkmeaner]] possesses Tom [=DuBois=], and Stinkmeaner's voice is heard whenever he takes direct control of [=DuBois=]. Humorously enough, both characters [[TalkingToHimself share the same voice actor]], Cedric Yarbrough.

** Gems can shapeshift their bodies radically--Amethyst has become things such as a pro wrestler, a horse, and a ''helicopter''--but they don't, and apparently can't, change their voices (any more than a human could). Even when Amethyst disguised herself as Jasper, she just did [[BadImpressionists a bad impression of Jasper in her own voice]]. [[spoiler:Pink Diamond]] permanently, radically changing her ShapeshifterDefaultForm didn't change her voice either.
** [[FusionDance Gem fusions]] usually have unique voice actors, but unstable ones instead have the components' voices [[VoiceOfTheLegion layered on top of each other]].
** Sometimes fusions will end up TalkingToThemself when their parts are out of sync, usually before defusing. When this happened to Alexandrite in "Fusion Cuisine", we heard Alexandrite's voice overlapping that of whoever was out of sync (e.g. Pearl finding food disgusting when Amethyst wanted to eat). When [[spoiler:Garnet nearly defused]] in "Keeping It Together", [[DownplayedTrope she still spoke in her own voice]], but switched between Ruby and Sapphire's style of speaking as each gave different reactions to what they saw.

* ''WesternAnimation/JacobTwoTwo'': In the FreakyFridayFlip episode "Jacob Two-Two and the Big Brain Exchange", Jacob and principal Greedyguts switch bodies, and naturally end up talking with each other's voices as well.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheCrumpets'' episode "The Mix-Up", Ms. [=McBrisk=] and T-Bone accidentally swap bodies from use of an ElectronicTelepathy machine. Their voices swap too, and this is between a human and a ''dog''.
* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/{{Spliced}}'' in its FreakyFridayFlip episode "Whirrel Call". Entree hears himself speaking in his own voice when he's in the body of a whirrel [[MixAndMatchCritters (a whale-squirrel)]], but everyone else only hears Entree speaking in whirrel noises. It's the same for viewers depending on whether we're listening from Entree's perspective or someone else.
* Played straight in the ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'' episode "Mutts Ado About Nothing". As punishment, Annabelle puts Charlie and Itchy's souls into each other's bodies until they show a little kindness and understanding toward each other. Their voices go along with the personalities they end up with.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'': In the "The Old Switcheroo", an accident at a lab caused Splinter and Shredder to switch minds during a fight with each other. While trapped inside their bodies, Splinter and Shredder still had their real voices when they were talking in thought but had the opposite voice when talking out loud.
* ''WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry'': [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] in the episode "The Big Switch-a-Roo", where Donkey Kong (having swapped bodies with a robot) sings the below line in the [[OncePerEpisode obligatory per-episode song]] "Metal Head". This trope also applies to Candy and Klump, who also get body-swapped.
-->'''Donkey Kong:''' ''I'm not light on my feet, I clank and I squeak''\\

* A variation occurs in ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee''. When June has to attend to a dispute, she uses a spell that changes Ray Ray into a double of her and Monroe into a double of Ray Ray so no one will notice her absence. They initially retain their own voices and June has to use a separate spell to change their voices. Interestingly, despite Ray Ray and Monroe then being voice that June and Ray Ray's respective voice actors Creator/LaraJillMiller and Creator/KathSoucie, Soucie voices Monroe in Ray Ray's guise with the same Scottish accent that Creator/CarlosAlazraqui used for Monroe, while Miller voices Ray Ray in June's guise with a scratchier and boyish sounding voice similar to Soucie's take.
* Happens in the WesternAnimation/ZigAndSharko episode,"Me, Myself and I" when the two title characters switch bodies. While there is zero dialogue (like the rest of the series) you can still hear noises like grunting and laughter [[TheHyena (especially laughter with Zig)]] of the original body.

* Larynx transplants have been possible since 1998, and, in at least one case, the recipient sounded like he did before his own larynx was crushed, rather than sounding like the donor. This is due to the larynx being like the mouthpiece of a brass instrument. All mouthpieces sound about the same alone, but the sound quality changes drastically depending on whether it's attached to a trumpet or tuba. In this case, the entire human head acts as the actual "instrument." So voices are partly "mental" in the sense that they're head-related.

** ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'': One of their more effective usees of this trope is with [[spoiler: Xion, a [[OppositeSexClone female]] [[CloningBlues Sora clone]] 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 ''VideoGame/{{Puyo Puyo}} 7'', when Arle is [[spoiler:possessed by Ecolo]], she has her own voice. But when Satan [[spoiler: notices the fact that [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight Arle is possessed]], her voice changes to Ecolo's]].

* Inverted in the Japanese and Latin American versions of ''Manga/DetectiveConan''. [[FountainOfYouth "Conan's"]] young voice isn't just used when he's talking but also most of the time when he is ''thinking.'' In the English and European Spanish dubs, his thoughts are still in his older voice. In the Catalan dub, his voice while talking shifts between a child and an adult (two different voice actors) almost at random. Not only does this sound weird, but it creates a huge plothole unless one assumes the characters don't hear the difference.

*** The Omnitrix-wielding "Gwen 10" from an alternate timeline also zig-zags this for her appearances in ''Omniverse'' -- her versions of Wildvine and XLR8 are voiced by her regular VA Ashley Johnson, while her version of Diamondhead is instead voiced by Tara Strong. However, the version appearing in a WhatIf episode of the original series uses multiple voices similarly to Ben.

* ''Fanfic/AllAssortedAnimorphsAUs'': {{Invoked}} by Aftran in "What if Tom was infested by a member of the Yeerk Peace Movement?", who agrees to speak in a higher pitch than Tom whenever she takes control of his body.

* A variation occurs in ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee''. When June has to attend to a dispute, she uses a spell that changes Ray Ray into a double of her and Monroe into a double of Ray Ray so no one will notice her absence. They initially retain their own voices and June has to use a separate spell to change their voices.

* Inverted in ''[[Film/FaceOff Face/Off]]''. The swapped guys have the voices of the actors who play them -- but not before and after. This is explained via a scene after Archer comes out of his surgery with the face of Creator/NicolasCage (Castor), but still speaks with the voice of Creator/JohnTravolta (Archer pre-surgery). An inhibitor chip is inserted into his larynx to modulate his vocal cords from Archer's nasally voice to Castor's huskier tones.

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', where unlike the example with Mao above, Yoruichi's voice in human form and animal form is very different [[spoiler:so much so that at first the main characters are mistaken and think that she is male]].

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', where unlike the example with Mao above, Yoruichi's voice in human form and animal form is very different [[spoiler:so much so that at first the main characters ar mistaken and think that she is male]].

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', where unlike the example with Mao above, Yoruichi's voice in human form and animal form is very different [[spoilerso much so that at first the main characters ar mistaken and think that she is male]].

* Subverted in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', where unlike the example with Mao above, Yoruichi's voice in human form and animal form differs [[spoiler:even sounding like they have completely different genders]]. HilarityEnsues once other characters (and the audience) figure this out.

-->-- '''Stewie Griffin''' to Brian, ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', "[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/FamilyGuyS16E17SwitchTheFlip Switch the Flip]]"