History Main / WhatTheHellIsThatAccent

* This troper had no idea Donovan Hock, from the Kasumi MassEffect 2 [=DLC=], was supposed to be South African. Her guesses ranged from Russian to Scottish.

** YMMV on that one. I thought her accent sounded like how a French/Orlesian accent would change after living in England/Ferelden for as long as she has. Of course, she sounds the same in the ''Leliana's Song'' DLC...

* ''TheRoom'': Where the ''hell'' is Johnny supposed to be from? That voice is vaguely French, but not ''quite'' enough. This also applies to Tommy Wiseau in real life, by the by.

* In the ''DoctorWho'' story "Nightmare of Eden", the character Tryst has an utterly incredible accent, which the actor developed deliberately on the grounds that people on other planets in the future won't have the same accents as people on Earth in the present. It might have worked better if he hadn't been the only person in the story doing it. And Tom Baker didn't visibly keep cracking up whenever Tryst spoke.

** The Centauri and Minbari in particular seem to have a selection of accents. Turhan Bey used his native Austrian accent when portraying the Centauri Emperor, lending some credence to the quasi-Eastern European accent affected by Jurasik as Londo. Theodore Bikel used his native Yiddish accent when playing a Minbari, Reiner Schone as Dukhat used his native Austrian accent, and John Vickery affected a pronounced upper class British purr as Neroon.

** Delenn might count too, but that's technically the actress' own Croatian accent.
* In the ''DoctorWho'' story "Nightmare of Eden", the character Tryst has an utterly incredible accent, which the actor developed deliberately on the grounds that people on other planets in the future won't have the same accents as people on Earth in the present. It might have worked better if he hadn't been the only person in the story doing it.

-->'''Bobby''': Well, fellas, I would guess that this Enoch Root is the offspring of a long line of Dutch and possibly German missionaries in the South Sea Islands, interbred with Aussies. And furthermore, I would guess that—being as how he grew up in territories controlled by the British—that he carries a British passport and was drafted into their military when the war started and is now part of ANZAC.

* ''CatalinaCaper'' on ''{{MST3K}}'' - "Oh, what are you, Creepy Girl?...are you French, or Italian, or one of those swarthy Gypsy types, heh heh?"
** Another one from ''{{MST3K}}'': Natalie, the female protagonist from ''{{Film/Werewolf}}''.
** For that matter, most of the cast of ''{{Film/Werewolf}}'' has this to some degree...

** It might also be a case of DidNotDoTheResearch with the Actress thinking that Ancient Macedonians had a vague "slavic" accent, but it it still out of place in a movie that is Anvilicious about Ancient Macedonians being Greeks.

* Angelina Jolie as Olympiada in Oliver Stone's Alexander. She's supposed to have a Greek accent (in Greek the "R" has a much heavier sound than most western european languages, including English), but she sounds like Lzherusskie. In contrast, Val Kilmer as king Philippos II wisely [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent doesn't bother with a Greek-sounding accent]].

* Angelina Jolie as Olympiada in Oliver Stone's Alexander. She's supposed to have a Greek accent (in Greek the "R" has a much heavier sound than most western european languages, including English), but she sounds like [[Lzherusskie pseudo-Russian]]. In contrast, Val Kilmer as king Philippos II wisely [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent doesn't bother with a Greek-sounding accent]].

* Angelina Jolie as Olympiada in Oliver Stone's Alexander. She's supposed to have a Greek accent (in Greek the "R" has a much heavier sound than most western european languages, including English), but she sounds like pseudo-Russian. In contrast, Val Kilmer as king Philippos II wisely [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent doesn't bother with a Greek-sounding accent]].

* In ''{{Gargoyles}}'', Tim Curry appears as a MadScientist whose accent is...vaguely German, especially when it comes to pronouncing "th" like "z." The rest of the time...it's anyone's guess.

* The episode of RockosModernLife where Mr. Bighead dreamt he was a pirate when he sleepwalks.