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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).

** In the 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]]).

* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}} Evolution-R'': [[spoiler:When Rezo gets resurrected into Pokota's human body, his voice stays just the same as it used to be. It's kind of distracting hearing his deep voice coming out of a boy's mouth.]]

* 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.

* In the first OVA for the ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' first anime, Rito is [[GenderBender turned into a girl]] but has the same voice. However, [[VoicesAreNotMental his voice changes]] for every time after that.

''Literature/{{Turnabout}}'': Tim and Sally's voices go with their minds, which produces an unsettling effect when each speaks with the other's voice. They must work to adjust their voices to fit their new bodies.

* ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'':

* 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.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'': In the 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.

** Zig-zagged again with Belos' possessions. In "Thanks to Them", [[spoiler:Hunter initially speaks with his own voice after being possessed, but then Belos' voice is [[VoiceOfTheLegion layered over his]] until either Belos taunts Luz or Hunter starts fighting back]]. In "For the Future" when Belos possesses [[spoiler:Raine, they still talk with their own voice since he doesn't want to give himself away to the Collector]].

** Zig-zagged again with Belos' possessions. In "Thanks to Them", [[spoiler:Hunter initially speaks with his own voice after being possessed, but then Belos' voice is [[VoiceOfTheLeigon layered over his]] until either Belos taunts Luz or Hunter starts fighting back]]. In "For the Future" when Belos possesses [[spoiler:Raine, they still talk with their own voice since he doesn't want to give himself away to the Collector]].

* 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 that 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 uses for Monroe, while Miller voices Ray Ray in June's guise with a scratchier and boyish-sounding voice similar to Soucie's take. The characters both have to actively try to change the tones of their voices while talking to others.

* 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).

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In the "Treehouse of Horror IX" story "Hell Toupée", Snake Jailbird gets executed and Homer gets his hair in a transplant; when it possesses him, Homer speaks in Snake's voice.

* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/{{Spliced}}'' in the FreakyFridayFlip episode "Whirrel Call", in which 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.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'', Callum speaks with Aaravos's voice after [[spoiler: Aaravos possesses him through the mirror.

* 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.

* 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 that 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 uses for Monroe, while Miller voices Ray Ray in June's guise with a scratchier and boyish-sounding voice similar to Soucie's take. The characters both have to actively try to change the tones of their voice while talking to others.

* 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 that 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 uses for Monroe, while Miller voices Ray Ray in June's guise with a scratchier and boyish-sounding voice similar to Soucie's take.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'':

* ''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.

* 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]].

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 a voice worth hearing, such as a VoiceOfTheLegion. 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.