History VocalDissonance / VideoGames

** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]''

** Link from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' looks like a teenager in official art, yet his voice in the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance remake was reused voice clips of Young Link from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''. That Link seems several years younger than the Link in ''A Link to the Past''. This kiddie voice was kept in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'' and the remake of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'' (which uses the same Link design).
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', [[spoiler:Majora's Wrath, the final form that Majora's Mask takes]], is a hulking and muscular HumanoidAbomination, yet its shrieks are very high-pitched and child-like. It serves to emphasize this monster's PsychopathicManChild nature.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild''

** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'': Alucard has the appearance of a well-dressed {{bishonen}} dandy, with vaguely feminine facial features and long, silver-blond hair. His Japanese voice and original English dub, however, are both very deep and commanding, sitting right on the edge between baritone and basso. Given what a badass he is in canon, it fits his ''character'' perfectly even if it doesn't match his appearance.
** In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'', {{Dracula}} is over eight hundred years old by this point but almost sounds like a teenager in the English dub.

*** Noctis looks like your typical {{Bishonen}} protagonist, but in the English ''Episode Duscae'' demo he has a surprisingly deep and [[GutturalGrowler raspy]] voice. This was due to the voice acting being rushed and is averted in the game proper where his voice is younger and lighter.

* ''VideoGame/Onmyoji2016'''s Kurodōji is a cute, if not [[ViewerGenderConfusion androgynous]], little boy with a deep and honestly ''frightening'' voice that is always either [[LaughingMad cackling]], hissing or [[GutturalGrowler growling]] provided by Creator/TomokazuSugita of all people.

** Captain Cross (also known as "the Specialist") is the sort of person with a reputation of being a hardened, experienced badass capable of taking on [[PersonOfMassDestruction Alex]] [[HumanoidAbomination Mercer]] in a straight fight and getting away alive. He also has the softest voice of anyone in the game (except maybe Karen Parker), particularly when compared to [[GutturalGrowler Alex]].
** Additionally, Alex Mercer can shapeshift; in cutscenes, he can also mimic voices but in normal gameplay, he doesn't. Which means you can be disguised as a young woman, but keep the [[GutturalGrowler gravelly voice]].

* ''VideoGame/Splatoon3'': The shopkeep Mr. Coco is a very large and muscular coconut crab, but his VoiceGrunting is high and gentle.

** Despite being 19 by WordOfGod, Boyfriend's beeps and boops are somewhat high-pitched coming from a dude that went through puberty. If [=KawaiSprite=]'s vocals on "Fresh (Boyfriend Remix)" are BF's ''true'' voice, then the deep vocals combined with his [[TeensAreShort tiny frame]] make it look even more dissonant.

* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'', Yagrum Bagarn, [[spoiler:[[TheLastOfHisKind the last living]] [[OurDwarvesAreDifferent Dwemer]]]] sounds nothing like one would expect. The Dwemer were GeniusBruiser {{Naytheist}}s fond of constructing {{Humongous Mecha}}s and [[ForScience warping the very laws of physics and nature]] in order to [[RagnarokProofing make their creations last]]. The only force in history that seriously challenged them was an army of [[ProudWarriorRace Nords]] led by masters of the [[MakeMeWannaShout Thu'um]], and even then the Dwemer were victorious after [[EnemyMine allying with their rival]] Chimer. Given all of this, it would not be unreasonable for one to expect a deep voice. However, Bagarn's voice sounds like a [[NerdyNasalness stereotypical nerd]] with a bad case of the sniffles. (This is possibly {{Justified|Trope}}, considering that Bagarn is actually suffering from the [[BodyHorror Corprus Disease]] and his voice may well be another example of how badly Corprus can affect its victims.)

*** In the 2.5 main story, you meet a certain character that has a very booming and deep voice that is suited to him because he's a dragon that is nearly the size of an airship. Later on, he gains a new body that is no bigger than a person's head, yet he still retains the same deep voice.

*** Near the end of the 5.1 story, you run into a Nu Mou whose voice sounds like an old woman's. However, said Nu Mou is actually male.

** Akatsuki's voice is surprisingly deep for a {{fighting game}} hero, probably to remark on how he's ''not'' a young man [[OlderThanTheyLook despite his almost teenage-like looks]] and to offer a contrast with [[BigBad Murakumo's]] borderline TenorBoy-like voice. Note that [[TalkingToHimself Akatsuki and Murakumo are voiced by the same actor]].

** [[VideoGame/Mother Ness and Lucas]] are voiced [[CrossdressingVoices by women]] that gives them prepubescent high pitched voices (Although Lucas' is a bit deeper than Ness'), which fit their "little boy" appearances... but not so much their ages of [[OlderThanTheyLook 13]].

** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'': Alucard has the appearance of a well-dressed {{bishonen}} dandy, with vaguely feminine facial features and long, silver-blond hair. His Japanese voice, however, is very deep and commanding, sitting right on the edge between baritone and basso. Given what a badass he is in canon, it fits his ''character'' perfectly even if it doesn't match his appearance.

** Akatsuki's voice is surprisingly [[BaritoneOfStrength deep]] for a {{fighting game}} hero, probably to remark on how he's ''not'' a young man [[OlderThanTheyLook despite his almost teenage-like looks]] and to offer a contrast with [[BigBad Murakumo's]] borderline TenorBoy-like voice. Note that [[TalkingToHimself Akatsuki and Murakumo are voiced by the same actor]].

* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'', Yagrum Bagarn, [[spoiler:[[TheLastOfHisKind the last living]] [[OurDwarvesAreDifferent Dwemer]]]] sounds nothing like one would expect. The Dwemer were GeniusBruiser {{Naytheist}}s fond of constructing {{Humongous Mecha}}s and [[ForScience warping the very laws of physics and nature]] in order to [[RagnarokProofing make their creations last]]. The only force in history that seriously challenged them was an army of [[ProudWarriorRace Nords]] led by masters of the [[MakeMeWannaShout Thu'um]], and even then the Dwemer were victorious after [[EnemyMine allying with their rival]] Chimer. Given all of this, it would not be unreasonable for one to expect a BaritoneOfStrength voice. However, Bagarn's voice sounds like a [[NerdyNasalness stereotypical nerd]] with a bad case of the sniffles. (This is possibly {{Justified|Trope}}, considering that Bagarn is actually suffering from the [[BodyHorror Corprus Disease]] and his voice may well be another example of how badly Corprus can affect its victims.)

** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'': The Nopon are a RidiculouslyCuteCritter race that look like puffballs with winglike arms and typically speak in squeaky, high pitched voices. Riku, the team's mechanic and UltimateBlacksmith, talks in a BaritoneOfStrength that sounds quite odd coming from someone who looks like [[https://images.nintendolife.com/998af9fbc7bf7/xenoblade-3-riku.large.jpg a blue furball with a fuzzy hat.]]

** Akatsuki's voice is surprisingly [[BadassBaritone deep]] for a {{fighting game}} hero, probably to remark on how he's ''not'' a young man [[OlderThanTheyLook despite his almost teenage-like looks]] and to offer a contrast with [[BigBad Murakumo's]] borderline TenorBoy-like voice. Note that [[TalkingToHimself Akatsuki and Murakumo are voiced by the same actor]].

* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'', Yagrum Bagarn, [[spoiler:[[TheLastOfHisKind the last living]] [[OurDwarvesAreDifferent Dwemer]]]] sounds nothing like one would expect. The Dwemer were GeniusBruiser {{Naytheist}}s fond of constructing {{Humongous Mecha}}s and [[ForScience warping the very laws of physics and nature]] in order to [[RagnarokProofing make their creations last]]. The only force in history that seriously challenged them was an army of [[ProudWarriorRace Nords]] led by masters of the [[MakeMeWannaShout Thu'um]], and even then the Dwemer were victorious after [[EnemyMine allying with their rival]] Chimer. Given all of this, it would not be unreasonable for one to expect a BadassBaritone voice. However, Bagarn's voice sounds like a [[NerdyNasalness stereotypical nerd]] with a bad case of the sniffles. (This is possibly {{Justified}}, considering that Bagarn is actually suffering from the [[BodyHorror Corprus Disease]] and his voice may well be another example of how badly Corprus can affect its victims.)

* In both ''VideoGame/FateExtra CCC'' and ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', Creator/HansChristianAndersen appears to be a ten-year-old boy... but he has the BadassBaritone voice of Creator/TakehitoKoyasu. Explained in-story since he actually is a grown man, but a peculiarity in his summoning as a Servant Caster resulted in him showing up in a child's body instead.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':

** Shadow the Hedgehog is in a body of a teenage hedgehog similar to Sonic's, but his voice sounds deep. {{Justified}}, as he's in fact [[OlderThanTheyLook over 50 years old]] and supposed to have a dark nature.

* ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'':

* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'':

** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'': The Nopon are a RidiculouslyCuteCritter race that look like puffballs with winglike arms and typically speak in squeaky, high pitched voices. Riku, the team's mechanic and UltimateBlacksmith, talks in a BadassBaritone that sounds quite odd coming from someone who looks like [[https://images.nintendolife.com/998af9fbc7bf7/xenoblade-3-riku.large.jpg a blue furball with a fuzzy hat.]]

* In ''VideoGame/KlonoaDoorToPhantomile'', Klonoa has a high-pitched voice fitting for a boy. The Wii remake, on the other hand, exchanges his [[SpeakingSimilish Phantomilian]][[note]]assuming you don't have the audio track set to the Phantomilian language, which was retained in the remake[[/note]] for proper voice acting that sounds much deeper, making him sound more like Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'':

* ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'': %% Sorted by multiple games, then by chronological release of game

* ''{{VideoGame/Onmyoji}}'''s Kurodōji is a cute, if not [[ViewerGenderConfusion androgynous]], little boy with a deep and honestly ''frightening'' voice that is always either [[LaughingMad cackling]], hissing or [[GutturalGrowler growling]] provided by Creator/TomokazuSugita of all people.

* ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey V: Beyond the Myth'' and ''Etrian Odyssey Nexus'' have no restrictions on portrait[[note]]Each class has two male portraits and two female potraits[[/note]]-voice combinations. As such, it is entirely possible to create an elderly man character with the voice of a young girl, among other silly possibilities.

* ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'':
** Yuri is a thin, LongHairedPrettyBoy who has been subject to numerous instances of ViewerGenderConfusion (and [[DudeLooksLikeALady in-story gender confusion]]), so many are surprised to find that he has a rather deep, masculine voice.
** There's also Duke. He's a somewhat dandy-looking PrettyBoy, who happens to have the voice of Creator/JamiesonPrice.
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia2'', you'll occasionally run into some very unusual sounding cats. Said cats are actually voiced by the actors who provided the voices of the main cast, and they generally aren't even trying to sound convincing. For instance, one is obviously [[Creator/TomokazuSugita Alvin]] going "Nyao, nyao" in a sarcastic manner, while another is clearly [[Creator/RyotaroOkiayu Gaius]] meowing in his usual tone.

** Alexstrasza the Life-Binder's voice in patch 4.0 was that of an old woman. You could see what they were going for-- she's the Aspect of Life, so a comforting, grandmotherly voice makes sense for her from a story point of view. Problem is, she takes the form of a young elf bombshell who runs around in a ChainmailBikini. The effect was ''extremely'' disconcerting. Later patches gave her humanoid form a new voice more suited for its appearance and made the older voice only play when she's in her dragon form, before eventually removing it entirely.




* Rosie in ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' smokes quite a bit in the manga and apparently off-screen as well, leading one of the character artists in the VC Design Archive to wonder if this could give her singing voice a gravelly tone. It doesn't, and no part of this habit is reflected by her Japanese or English actresses during the scenes where she can instead be heard singing with perfect clarity.
* T. Hawk's English voice in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''. You wouldn't expect a Native American man that's built like a mountain to have the voice of what sounds like a teenager.
** In ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'', Seth has transferred from the destroyed male body used previously into a female body. Seth's deep, masculine voice has ''not'' changed to match the new body. It is extremely off-putting.
* ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' series
** Libra. She's female, but her voice is that of a man's, thus, explaining why [[BigBad Dr. Nefarious]] sounded annoyed when he said her name.
** In ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankSizeMatters'', there is also [[TheCutie Luna]]. At first, it's averted, as she sounds like an adorable little girl. [[spoiler: But once you free her from Mungo, she suddenly speaks like an adult woman when she pulls a FaceHeelTurn. It's later revealed that "she" is actually a [[NoBiologicalSex genderless]] puppet-ship shaped like a child, and is TheDragon to Otto Destruct. When you finally confront Luna on Dayni Moon, it speaks with a male voice]].
* Teddie from ''VideoGame/Persona4'' is a {{mascot}} character who looks like he should be voiced by a woman, but is voiced by Creator/DaveWittenberg and Creator/SamRiegel, doing an ''impression'' of a typical mascot character in the English version. (Albeit his Japanese voice actor, Creator/KappeiYamaguchi, ''does'' actually fit the character to a T.) Of course, being a mascot character, this isn't really all that noticeable, until [[spoiler: he gains a human form, who most definitely ''should'' be voiced by a woman, as this is what you would expect from a prepubescent boy with his ultimate {{Bishounen}} looks, but the voice actors go, in fact, for an even ''deeper'' tone of voice when voicing Teddie as a human, which can be quite jarring in the first few scenes after the human form's first appearance and takes some time to get used to. For the Japanese version, Yamaguchi stated at one point that he originally even intended to use the same pitch of voice for both of Teddie's forms, but the Dissonance was so startling that he ''needed'' to change one of his different voice-types instead.]]
** And once you've gotten used to Teddie's voice, [[spoiler:Shadow Teddie appears, whose voice is a deeply unfitting baritone rasp.]]
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'':
** [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade Lyn]] appears as an Assist Trophy, [[Creator/MakikoOhmoto Her Japanese voice]] fits her given age of 15/18 (Respectively in the Japanese and English versions), but [[Creator/LaniMinella her English voice]] is ''much'' deeper, and more fitting for a woman in her thirties. ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' replaces Lani Minella with Creator/WendeeLee, and she sounds more properly youthful.
** In ''Brawl'', Ivysaur/Fushigisou has a [[Creator/TomokoKawakami surprisingly high-pitched voice in the Japanese version]], this is coming from a mini-dinosaur with a plant on its back. The English version gave it a much deeper voice in contrast.
** [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Greninja]]'s [[PokemonSpeak cries]] in English are in a high-pitched, squeaky and nasally voice despite being a stealthy and serious adult-like ninja frog Pokémon. The voice actor is retained from Ash's Froakie (its unevolved form) from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY'', using a ''slightly'' deeper tone than what he used for Froakie (at that point in the anime, Ash's Froakie hadn't even evolved into Frogadier).
** Mewtwo's (telepathic) voice is appropriately deep and masculine for a semi-muscular human-shape Pokémon that is [[NoBiologicalSex technically genderless but appears to identify as male]]. Where this trope comes into play is when it takes its Y-type Mega Evolution in ''for [=3DS/=]Wii U'' and ''Ultimate'', acquiring a more condensed figure that looks much closer to its progenitor, [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Mew]]... but retains the deep masculine voice.[[labelnote:*]]Worth noting is that when a Mega Mewtwo Y appeared in the anime, it was a different Mewtwo than the original and spoke with a female telepathic voice.[[/labelnote]]
* In ''Demon's Score'' the player can infuse Serenity with the power of various demons she has slain. In doing so it causes both her clothes to change and her to take on the voice of whatever demon she is currently infused with. Some of those demons are male leading to this trope.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** Link from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' looks like a teenager in official art, yet his voice in the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance remake was reused voice clips of Young Link from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''. That Link seems several years younger than the Link in ''A Link to the Past''. This kiddie voice was kept in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'' and the remake of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'' (which use the same Link design).
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', [[spoiler:Majora's Wrath, the final form that Majora's Mask takes]], is a hulking and muscular HumanoidAbomination, yet its shrieks are very high-pitched and child-like. It serves to emphasize this monster's PsychopathicManChild nature.
** Yunobo in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' is a young adult Goron with a hulking body and well-toned abs. Gorons are known for their deep and burly voices and grunts. Yunobo sounds like a teenager in the beginning stages of puberty. In fact, in the Japanese version, he has [[Creator/KumikoWatanabe a female voice actor]].
*** The same could be said for the English voice of Prince Sidon -- his soft-spoken, polite tone is somewhat appropriate considering the mannerisms and elegance of the [[FishPeople Zora]] in general, but fans have commented on their surprise when this tall, well-built, muscular, badass-looking [[SharkMan shark]] prince with a mouth full of [[ScaryTeeth sharp teeth]] speaks in a respectful, quiet voice, at least in the English dub.
*** In a bit of SignificantDoubleCasting, the past and current chiefs of the Gerudo tribe, Urbosa and Riju, are both voiced by Creator/ElizabethMaxwell in the English dub. But while Urbosa is an adult LadyOfWar and the TeamMom for the Champions, Riju sounds only slightly younger than her despite being no older than 13. ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'' would give Riju a more appropriately young-sounding voice, albeit still from the same voice actor.
* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** The English dub of ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' gave Tikal an adult woman voice that sounds like something you would hear in a computer program with a navigator voice. It was probably chosen because she voices the tutorial sections and hints, which she does as a ball of light, but it sounds ''really'' out of place when [[spoiler:she's in her physical form and you hear the voice coming out of a young girl.]]
** Shadow the Hedgehog is in a body of a teenage hedgehog similar to Sonic's, but his voice sounds deep. {{Justified}}, as he's in fact [[OlderThanTheyLook over 50 years old]] and supposed to have a dark nature.
** Rouge's second English voice actress (done by Caren Manuel) matches her design well. The problem is that [[YoungerThanTheyLook despite her looks]], Rouge is only eighteen at oldest. It's a bit odd hearing the sultry voice of an older woman coming out of a teenager's mouth.
** Creator/RogerCraigSmith's voice for Sonic is controversial mainly because of this reason. Sonic has a deep voice for a fifteen-year-old.
** Espio and Knuckles have mature-sounding voices for teenagers.
* In the ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' series, starting with the second game, the PlayerCharacter is completely customizable down to the voice, with zero restrictions. You want to make a beefy TopHeavyGuy with a huge ManlyFacialHair and then give him the SpicyLatina voice? You got it.
* ''VideoGame/XCOMChimeraSquad'' could just as well be called VocalDissonance the Game. Or at least regarding the aliens, which all have completely human voices.

* ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'': In ''Blood and Wine'', Geralt can take a brew that lets him talk to his mare Roach. One of the dialogue options has Geralt lampshading that for a young mare, Roach has a masculine voice. Roach's response is to say that since she is Geralt's first experience with talking animals, he's in no position to judge how animal voices are "supposed" to work.
* ''VideoGame/Splatoon3'': The shopkeep Mr. Coco is a very large and muscular coconut crab, but his VoiceGrunting is high and gentle.

** ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'': Shaymin is a hedgehog, but its cry sounds like birds chirping.
%%*** Dialga sounds like a scared chicken. %Why is that dissonant?

* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** Lenne from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'' is revealed to have had a rather husky voice for a young woman who looked no older than her 20's.
** Not unlike the above examples, in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'', Ashe's deceased husband Rasler looks like a typical {{Bishonen}} but his voice is surprisingly deep. It's jarring because he doesn't talk at all in his earlier appearances until [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdMh6iN5bJM a flashback]] late in the game.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'':
*** In the 2.5 main story, you meet a certain character that has a very booming and deep voice that is suited to him because he's a dragon that is nearly the size of an airship. Later on, he gains a new body that is no bigger than a person's head, yet he still retains the same deep voice.
*** Near the end of the ''Shadowbringers'' story, the player character is SuddenlySpeaking [[spoiler: due to Arbert fusing his soul with theirs]] and use their voice in that one scene regardless of the player's gender.
*** Near the end of the 5.1 story, you run into a Nu Mou whose voice sounds like an old woman's. However, said Nu Mou is actually male.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'':
*** Noctis looks like your typical {{Bishonen}} protagonist, but in the English ''Episode Duscae'' demo he has a surprisingly deep and [[GutturalGrowler raspy]] voice. This was due to the voice acting being rushed and is averted in the game proper where his voice is younger and lighter.
*** Dino Ghiranze is a svelte pretty boy on par with Noctis, which has thrown players for a loop when he speaks with a thick, stereotypical New York accent.

* In ''VideoGame/Fallout4'', Assaultrons have a FemBot design, but a masculine voice (played by actress Colleen Delany). Weapons vendor KL-E-0 of Goodneighbor makes the Assaultron voice sound dangerous and sultry.
* Played for laughs in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysWorld''. A post-game area contains a minigame called "Foxy Fighters," which has actual voice acting given to the animatronics. (Whereas before, dialogue was simply displayed as text on the screen.) As this is one of the [[StylisticSuck intentionally absurd]] "spinoffs" you're supposed to destroy, most of the voices don't exactly match up. Fredbear, a smiling yellow bear animatronic, sounds like an old man. JJ's voice sounds a bit too mature for an animatronic with a child's appearance, and so on.
-->'''Fredbear:''' Holy crap! Is that my voice?! Voice acting?! NOOOOO! [[Creator/ScottCawthon He's]] [[SelfDeprecation gone too far this time!]]

* The SuperDeformed style of ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonMagicalMelody'' causes this with several male characters. They have deep voices despite their cutesy and young looking designs. Dan, however, is an exception as he has a high-pitched voice for his looks.

* Many dub voices across the ''Franchise/MegaMan'' series:
** ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'' has some of the most infamous examples:
*** The worst case is probably Mega Man himself. While he was voiced by a woman in both English and Japanese, the former made his voice too feminine, to the point of sounding like a little girl.
*** Duo, a huge, bulky, powerful-looking space robot, has an actor whose voice is so soft that it hardly goes above a whisper, to the point that a large portion of his voiced dialogue is drowned out by sound effects or background music.
** ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'':
*** Mega Man again, although not for the same reasons as in ''8''. The English dub averts CrossdressingVoices and gives him the voice of a young teenager a la the ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'' cartoon series, but at the same time retains his preteen design from the rest of the Classic games.
*** Considering ''Mega Man 8'' gave him a voice more or less appropriate for his design, it can be a little jarring to hear the rotund, square-jawed mechanic Auto open his mouth and speak with a high-pitched, nasally New York twang.
*** Bounce Man is by far the largest Robot Master in the game and a contender for the largest in the series but sounds like an excited 7-year-old. Possibly justified in that he was originally built as the mascot for a kids' indoor activity center.
** In ''VideoGame/MegaManX4'', X himself is a robot built to resemble a young man in his early twenties, but is voiced by the same squeaky-voiced woman as Mega Man in ''Mega Man 8''.
* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'', Yagrum Bagarn, [[spoiler:[[TheLastOfHisKind the last living]] [[OurDwarvesAreDifferent Dwemer]]]] sounds nothing like one would expect. The Dwemer were GeniusBruiser {{Naytheist}}s fond of constructing {{Humongous Mecha}}s and [[ForScience warping the very laws of physics and nature]] in order to [[RagnarokProofing make their creations last]]. The only force in history that seriously challenged them was an army of [[ProudWarriorRace Nords]] led by masters of the [[MakeMeWannaShout Thu'um]], and even then the Dwemer were victorious after [[EnemyMine allying with their rival]] Chimer. Given all of this, it would not be unreasonable for one to expect a BadassBaritone voice. However, Bagarn's voice sounds like a [[NerdyNasalness stereotypical nerd]] with a bad case of the sniffles. (This is possibly {{Justified}}, considering that Bagarn is actually suffering from the [[BodyHorror Corprus Disease]] and his voice may well be another example of how badly Corprus can affect its victims.)
* ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey V: Beyond the Myth'' and ''Etrian Odyssey Nexus'' have no restrictions on portrait[[note]]Each class has two male portraits and two female potraits[[/note]]-voice combinations. As such, it is entirely possible to create an elderly man character with the voice of a young girl, among other silly possibilities.
* In both ''VideoGame/FateExtra CCC'' and ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', Creator/HansChristianAndersen appears to be a ten-year-old boy... but he has the BadassBaritone voice of Creator/TakehitoKoyasu. Explained in-story since he actually is a grown man, but a peculiarity in his summoning as a Servant Caster resulted in him showing up in a child's body instead.
* In ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroesIII'', Travis' pet cat, Jeane, became SuddenlyVoiced in the last game, and now that the audience can hear her speak, she sounds like a man with a deep baritone voice.
* In ''VideoGame/PrincessMaker2 Refine'', the "Young Officer" [[spoiler: aka the Prince]] that the Daughter can befriend in January [[spoiler: and marry in the end if they have enough love points]] is supposed to be around the girl's same age (starting the game as an 11-year-old), and yet even in the early stages he sounds like an older teen.
* Glass Joe is a scrawny [[{{Jobber}} loser]], but ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' for the Wii gives him an incredibly deep and pleasing baritone voice.

* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'s'' Guardians and Elder Guardians appear to be one-eyed fish-like creatures encased in ancient stone. They make ominous droning sounds that befit their looks when in their natural habitat underwater. ''Outside'' the water, they make cute, high-pitched squeaky noises.
* ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' has [[spoiler: the Terminals, the BigBad of the game]]. While they initially sound like little girls befitting their appearance, during the VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon their voices change into old mens' voices.
* ''VideoGame/MrHoppsPlayhouse'': Mr. Hopp, a lanky stuffed rabbit, has a voice befitting that of a big, hulking monster's.
-->'''''"PLAY WITH ME, RUBY!"'''''

* ''VideoGame/TheNeverhood'' has a weird case with Klaymen. Every character has a voice that is fitting to their personality: [[BigBad Klogg's]] voice is high and haughty, [[BigGood Hoborg's]] voice is deep and relaxed, and [[DumbIsGood Willie Trombone's]] voice is goofy and scratchy. Klaymen doesn't talk often, but when he does, but his voice sounds extremely normal compared to everyone else's. Adding onto this, he's a TopHeavyGuy with a goofy face and awkward, gangly movements.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'': Ludwig the Accursed spends the first half of his boss fight shrieking like the giant horse monster that he is, but when [[spoiler: he regains his humanity in the second phase]], he's revealed to have a lovely, smooth baritone voice that's very much at odds with being the most grotesque boss in the entire game.

* ''Franchise/FireEmblem''
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'':
*** In the Japanese version, the [[ShrinkingViolet shy]] yet sensual and ladylike dancer Olivia has a voice that sounds more fitting for a child or preteen than for [[VagueAge a late teenager/young woman]] - in fact, her voice actress (Rei Matsuzaki) also voices [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Nah]], a preteen-looking (and, occasionally, preteen-acting) girl who is more fitting for that voice overall. Creator/KarenStrassman, who voices her in English, gives her a voice more befitting of her [[VagueAge probable (teens/early twenties)]] age.
*** All three of the English voice options for a male [[PlayerCharacter Avatar]] are very deep and mature, and they clash with the fact that one of the Avatar's three body types includes [[AdorablyPrecociousChild a childlike appearance]]. A similar effect carries over to the Avatar's youthful-looking [[KidFromTheFuture child]], Morgan, while this only applies to the female version in English, Male Morgan has [[Creator/YoshimasaHosoya deep]] [[Creator/ToddHaberkorn voice]] in ''both'' languages.
*** In the dub, Creator/EdenRiegel gave [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Nah]] a more mature-sounding, late teens/early 20s voice, possibly to match Nah's personality being mature for her age.
** The English voice for Nyx in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' is very high and mouse-like in contrast to [[Really700YearsOld her age.]] Effie also has a gruff voice despite being a LadyOfWar.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'':
*** Regular [[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Lachesis]] is the most notorious example of this trope in the English dub. Though Christina Vee gave her a mature yet fitting voice for the character, her art makes her look way younger that she normally is. Her Dancer variant averts this by making her look more mature.
*** In the Japanese version of the game, Kosuke Toriumi gave all variants of [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade Young Hector]] an age-appropriate voice, which clashes too much with his design, and, ironically, [[YoungerThanTheyLook said design looks way too mature for a teenager like him]].
*** Zig-zagged with his daughter [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade Lilina's]] case in the English Dub. For her first two variants, as well as a resplendent of her regular self, this was played straight, as she has a voice that just sounds a bit too high pitched and raspy for someone who's 15 and very meek, whereas her summer variant's voice sounds a bit lower. This was subverted with her younger self, but it was played straight yet again with her Legendary Variant, though this time with a very low-pitched voice that sounds more like it belongs to an adult woman instead. However, this is justified, as her Legendary variant seems to be an older version of Lilina that came from a time after ''The Binding Blade'' when she now leads the Lycia Alliance.
*** Some younger (or young-looking) characters, most notably [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Sara]] and Young Zephiel, are given voices that sound deeper than anyone would expect from them. In Sara's case, it's also extremely jarring, since she's the youngest non-manakete female character in the franchise's history, whereas Jamieson Price just uses Zephiel's adult voice instead of a more age-appropriate one, which the Japanese dub does give him.
* Unintentional yet remarkably common in the Space Stage of ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'' since voices of aliens contacted by the player are chosen based on class, regardless of how the aliens in question actually look. This tends to result in things like attractive females with gruff masculine voices, [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] with soothing lyrical voices, and hulking HumongousMecha with [[{{Keet}} overexcited high pitched voices]]
* In the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series, this trope is definitely in play when you consider Meta Knight's voice. He has a deep and mature voice, befitting his role, but he's still just a WaddlingHead, [[spoiler:and is just as cute as Kirby when he's unmasked.]]

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Shaymin, introduced in ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'', is a hedgehog. Its cry sounds like birds chirping.
** Dialga, introduced in the same set of games, sounds like a scared chicken.
** In the SpinOff game ''VideoGame/DetectivePikachu'', the titular Pikachu [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9j9RWkPstc speaks with a young man's voice]] despite his adorable Pikachu appearance; even his PokemonSpeak is unusually deep. There was a petition for the American dub of ''Detective Pikachu'' to be voiced by Creator/DannyDeVito. He ended up being voiced by Creator/KaijiTang, with Creator/RyanReynolds replacing him in the [[Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu film adaptation]].

* In ''VideoGame/AkatsukiBlitzkampf'', [[TheHero Akatsuki's]] voice is surprisingly [[BadassBaritone deep]] for a {{fighting game}} hero, probably to remark on how he's ''not'' a young man [[OlderThanTheyLook despite his almost teenage-like looks]] and to offer a contrast with [[BigBad Murakumo's]] borderline TenorBoy-like voice. Similarly, [[DarkActionGirl Marilyn Sue Dae Jie]] talks in such a high-pitched tone that she sounds almost like a little girl... and at first hearing, it clashes a lot with her FemmeFatale looks
** The first case is rather hilarious because [[TalkingToHimself Akatsuki and Murakumo are voiced by the same dude.]]
** Marilyn may be doing this on ''on purpose'' as part of her [[ObfuscatingStupidity bubbly Chinese girl act]].

* In ''Videogame/{{Bloodborne}}'' ''The Old Hunters'', [[spoiler:Ludwig the Accursed]] looks, sounds, and fights like a crazed and monstrous beast. [[spoiler:When the light of the Moonlight Greatsword restores a measure of his sanity and he becomes Ludwig the Holy Blade again]], he speaks with an eloquent voice that does not match his hideous appearance.
** Over in the Research Hall of the same DLC, Blood Saint Adeline is a horrible, mutated brain monster that still has a gentle female voice, which does exactly nothing to make the phrase "mushy, murky Brain Fluid" less nauseating.

* Normally, Orendi from ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'' talks and sounds like a screaming laughing little maniacal homicidal gremlin. However, there are times when she talks and sounds like a saner older young woman, a dissonance that doesn't match her appearance but goes in line with her chaotic nature. Basically, she sometimes sounds like the young adult characters [[Creator/AshlyBurch her voice actress]] voices.
* ''VideoGame/DoubleOhSevenFromRussiaWithLove'', a video game adaptation of ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'', had Creator/SeanConnery himself reprising the role of Film/JamesBond. In the forty years between the film and game, Connery's Scottish accent had become even thicker, which can be jarring hearing his younger self use.

* ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight''.
** The Doctor. A ScaryBlackMan easily over 6 feet tall. With [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ1zTKdQQ_M a shrill and high pitched]] [[GigglingVillain laugh]].
** On the opposite end is [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet2010 The Nightmare]]. With a deep and booming laugh to contrast his below average height and appearance.

* [[EvilChancellor Affogato Cookie]] in ''VideoGame/CookieRunKingdom'' is noted for looking ''[[DudeLooksLikeALady very]]'' feminine even for a game where ViewerGenderConfusion runs rampant. His ''voice'', on the other hand, is both rather deep and ''distinctly'' male. It can take some getting used to.

* ''{{VideoGame/Onmyoji}}'''s Kurodōji is a cute, if not [[ViewerGenderConfusion androgynous]], little boy with a deep and honestly ''frightening'' voice that is always either [[LaughingMad cackling]], hissing or [[GutturalGrowler growling]] provided by Creator/TomokazuSugita of all people.

* ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'':
** Captain Cross (also known as "the Specialist") is the sort of person with a reputation of being a hardened, experienced badass capable of taking on [[PersonOfMassDestruction Alex]] [[HumanoidAbomination Mercer]] in a straight fight and getting away alive. He also has the softest voice of anyone in the game (except maybe Karen Parker), particularly when compared to [[GutturalGrowler Alex]].
** Additionally, Alex Mercer can shapeshift; in cutscenes, he can also mimic voices but in normal gameplay, he doesn't. Which means you can be disguised as a young woman, but keep the [[GutturalGrowler gravelly voice]].


* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
** Mario (since he gained a voice actor in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'') has a very high falsetto voice, especially when he's excited, almost like WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse. Especially noticeable when contrasted to [[DivergentCharacterEvolution Luigi's]] more down-to-earth tenor.

** Bowser's appearance in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'' is infamous for his goofy [[Series/SesameStreet Cookie Monster]] voice, especially compared to the demonic roars more fitting for a giant dragon turtle he gives in other games.
* ''VideoGame/GuiltyParty'' has Butch. In appearance, he's Film/{{Shaft}}-lite. His voice, however, is high pitched and slightly lisping. While never [[LampshadeHanging the subject of an actual joke]], it is suggestive of his nature as a GentleGiant and is definitely one of the more comedic aspects of his character.
* Tony Jay voiced many characters in the ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'' series, usually powerful and intimidating beings. He also voiced the kindly, polite and unsure boy King William the Just. His delivery was fine, but his voice was too low and mature.
* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'':
** Alucard, in the original dub of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight''. He has the appearance of a well-dressed {{bishonen}} dandy, with vaguely feminine facial features and long, silver-blond hair. His ''voice'', however, is very deep and commanding, sitting right on the edge between baritone and basso. Given what a badass he is in canon, it fits his ''character'' perfectly even if it doesn't match his appearance.
** In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'', {{Dracula}} is over eight hundred years old by this point but almost sounds like a teenager in the English dub.
* [[WarriorMonk Xavi]] in ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' is one of the biggest characters in-game, yet his voice sounds quite odd and high.
* In ''VideoGame/Spyro2RiptosRage'', there's a sidequest involving reuniting a Land Blubber and Breezebuilder, appropriately named Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet. When you finally reach the latter, the pretty, colorful bird turns out to sound like [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Zazu]]. Sadly averted in the [[VideoGame/SpyroReignitedTrilogy Reignited Trilogy]], where she has a more appropriate-sounding female voice.
* The adorable little [[http://starfox.wikia.com/wiki/Trainer raccoon teacher]] in ''VideoGame/StarFox64'''s training mode originally spoke in clicks, but in the 3DS remake, he was finally given a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to_sk12YQVI smooth, deep voice]] akin to Music/BarryWhite.
* In ''VideoGame/TheSpaceBar'', you spend a lot of time chasing after a hidden criminal who taunts you occasionally over your PDA with a deep, very creepy and threatening voice. When you finally catch up with him, you find out [[spoiler:that his true form as a shapeshifter is a tiny little utterly adorable blue Smurf-like alien thing]].

** For the most part, bosses sound about how you'd expect them to. Then there's the [[http://www.wowhead.com/npc=33293 XT-002 Deconstructor]]: an absolutely ''enormous'' killer robot... with a child's voice and personality.
** Unintentional example with Deiza Plaguehorn, a draenei Master Pet Tamer in the Eastern Plaguelands, who despite appearing to be a Death Knight with necrotized skin and brown Acherus Knight gear has a regular draenei female voice instead of the gravely voice that [=DKs=] have.

* ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'':
** Yuri is a thin, LongHairedPrettyBoy who has been subject to numerous instances of ViewerGenderConfusion (and [[DudeLooksLikeALady in-story gender confusion]]), so many are surprised to find that he has a rather deep, masculine voice.
** There's also Duke. He's a somewhat dandy-looking PrettyBoy, who happens to have the voice of Creator/JamiesonPrice.
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia2'', you'll occasionally run into some very unusual sounding cats. Said cats are actually voiced by the actors who provided the voices of the main cast, and they generally aren't even trying to sound convincing. For instance, one is obviously [[Creator/TomokazuSugita Alvin]] going "Nyao, nyao" in a sarcastic manner, while another is clearly [[Creator/RyotaroOkiayu Gaius]] meowing in [[TheComicallySerious his]] [[BadassBaritone usual tone]].
* In ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheDiabolicalBox'' [[spoiler: Anton]]'s boyish face and deep, [[StupidSexyFlanders seductive]] voice don't seem to match.