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1->''"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."''
2-->-- '''Stewie Griffin''' to Brian, ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS16E17SwitchTheFlip Switch the Flip]]"
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4When characters [[FreakyFridayFlip swap bodies]], [[GrandTheftMe get possessed]], 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).
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6If 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 will have to disguise their voice to sound like the person whose body they are inhabiting.
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8Very 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 has 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.
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10Of 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.
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12It's also worth mentioning 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.
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14This trope is the "sound" aspect of MorphicResonance. See also EyesAreMental.
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16Contrast VoicesAreNotMental, for when the voices stay with the body, not the mind. {{Aver|tedTrope}}sions and {{inver|tedTrope}}sions go there.
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23* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'':
24** After Al's soul [[AnimatedArmor became affixed to a suit of armor]], he has the same prepubescent voice as when he last had an actual body, even years later. This has differing implications depending on the version: In [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 the first anime]], it signified how [[spoiler:Al's body hadn't changed since he lost it]]. However, ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheConquerorOfShamballa'' has an inversion that makes even less sense. [[spoiler:Al's voice has deepened, due to his growing up after regaining his body, 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 second anime, [[spoiler:Al's real body is intact, connected to his armor-bound soul, and continuing to grow]], which makes his voice staying the same seem like a relic of the first anime's casting.
25** In the second anime, when [[spoiler:Greed and Ling]] are SharingABody, it speaks in the voice of who's in control at the time. One of them identified by voice, despite it not being his original body, indicate the change is literal. For reference, the manga indicated who was fronting by [[HidingBehindYourBangs which side of their face the hair covers]], and it was ambiguous if the character was identified by voice or the way they laughed.
26** Late in the second anime, [[spoiler:Father]] takes a much younger form, but [[VocalDissonance his voice still sounds like an old man's]].
27* 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 grandfathers 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.
28* Originally {{averted|Trope}} 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.
29* ''Manga/GirlsBravo'''s BeachEpisode not only had mental voices, but ''mental allergies''. {{Justified|Trope}} in that [[spoiler:they really are mental allergies -- a later episode reveals them to be psychosomatic]].
30* This happens in ''Anime/PokemonRangerAndTheTempleOfTheSea'' when the three members of the Team Rocket trio swap bodies thanks to Manaphy's Heart Swap attack.
31* ''Literature/{{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.]]
32* 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 Program}}s; they ''do'' have the same vocal cords if programmed to.
33* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
34** Used repeatedly in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' with Captain Ginyu, who can switch bodies with people. First, he switches bodies and voices with Goku, then with a ''frog'' (it actually says "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 [[CallingYourAttacks he needs 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.
35** 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.
36** 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]].
37* In ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'', IntellectualAnimal Mao is actually a Contractor with the ability to possess animals. He switches bodies a couple of times, so we get to see that he sounds exactly the same as a cat, a bird, or [[spoiler:a flying squirrel]] -- all of which sound like his original voice, as seen in a flashback.
38* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
39** Subverted by Yoruichi, who is able to speak while [[{{Animorphism}} transformed into a cat]], but has a ''completely'' different voice than when human. [[spoiler:At first the main characters were mistaken and thought that she was male.]]
40** One [[BonusMaterial Omake]] in which Rukia and Renji swap [[MeatPuppet gigai]] plays this completely straight.
41* 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.
42* Played with in ''Literature/{{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.
43* 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.
44* In the 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.
45* {{Inverted|Trope}} very creepily in ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' with [[spoiler:Hansel and Gretel. ''[[TwinSwitch 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]].
46* {{Inverted|Trope}} 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 also creates a huge PlotHole unless one assumes that the characters don't hear the difference.
47* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
48** Tony Tony Chopper can take the form of a giant reindeer-man, but has the same little kid voice, albeit slightly deeper. In the Creator/FourKidsEntertainment dub, his larger form instead has a deep, gravelly man's voice. Chopper's human-form voice is also deeper in ''Anime/TheGiantMechanicalSoldierOfKarakuriCastle''', [[TheOtherDarrin in which he was played by Kazue Ikura rather than Ikue Otani]].
49** The zombies made by Moria and Hogback keep the voices of the shadows' owners rather than having the voices of their original selves. Considering that a zombie's personality is largely defined by their shadow, it kinda makes sense. Although the zombie's voice sounds slightly different from the shadow's owner.
50** When Law [[FreakyFridayFlip switches people's minds around]], their voices remain the same. It's worth noting that the Straw Hats have to wear badges to know who is who in the swapped bodies.
51* 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]].
52* ''Anime/YuGiOh'':
53** Taken to another level 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. However, this is complicated by the fact that they have the same voice actor, so it might actually be the "same" voice.
54** 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.
55* The ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' anime has three episodes where Rito is [[GenderBender turned into a girl]]. In the first, it doesn't change his voice at all. In the second, [[VoicesAreNotMental "Riko" has a more feminine voice while speaking]], but thinks in his normal voice. In the third, Riko sounds like a girl while speaking ''and'' [[InvertedTrope while thinking]].
56* 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.
57* Played straight in ''Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ'' when 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 with Blossom in Bubbles' body, Bubbles in Buttercup's, and Buttercup in Blossom's.
58* 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.
59* 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 that she's taller and thinking that it's from all the milk she drank) and their voices swap to match as well.
60* 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.
61* In episode 21 of ''Anime/JewelpetTwinkle'', Miria and Sara swap voices along with their bodies after an accident involving Headmaster Moldavite mixing their potions.
62* Inverted in ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'', where Matsuri [[GenderBender being turned into a girl]] immediately changes his voice to a girl's even in his thoughts.
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66* ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'': In "Transfer Gun", the Boss and Lamput get their bodies swapped, and Lamput gains the Boss' deep-pitched [[SpeakingSimlish gibberish speech]] while the Boss gets Lamput's higher-pitched voice.
67* In the ''Animation/MotuPatlu'' episode "Soul Change", Motu and Patlu's voices switch to indicate which person is which when they swap bodies.
68* In episode 39 of ''Animation/NanaMoon'', Grunt and Master Satellite have their voices switched while they are under the effects of their body swap.
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72* In one story arc of ''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.
73* ''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.
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77* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'':
78** [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] 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 {{metamorphosi|s}}ng 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.
79** Played straight by [[TheAssimilator the Many]], as [[spoiler:their {{Mind Hive}}s']] psychic voices apparently consist of the voices of every victim they've assimilated.
80* ''Fanfic/AllAssortedAnimorphsAUs'': {{Invoked|Trope}} in "What if Tom was infested by a member of the Yeerk Peace Movement?" by Aftran, who agrees to speak in a higher pitch than Tom whenever she takes control of his body.
81* 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 [[BondCreatures daemon]] Jaxom pretends to be him because his mental voice sounds more like a teenage boy's.
82* {{Inverted|Trope}} in a FreakyFridayFlip fanfiction of ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' in which each body uses the right voices for each body -- ''even the accents''. Thus, using the body of someone German automatically gives one a German accent.
83* {{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]].
84* ''FanFic/RaptureFalls'' has a justified example, since the character in question is known for being a ManOfAThousandVoices; his original personality uses his natural voice and accent, while [[spoiler:the Atlas persona uses the Irish accent that Fontaine made up for Atlas when he was just another character of Fontaine's]].When [[spoiler: Fontaine takes over during the Big Sister fight]], several characters comment on his voice sounding odd- though they're distracted from investigating by the circumstances.[[spoiler: Brigid Tenenbaum, who knows him as both Fontaine and Atlas, is immediately suspicious- though what really gives the game away is Fontaine reacting poorly to being called 'Atlas'.]]
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88* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'', the Joker demonstrates that he can [[spoiler:speak in Tim Drake's voice even after transforming Tim's body to resemble his own]].
89* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfAmazingPleasantGoat'', 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.
90* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei retains her voice unchanged when she is in her giant red panda form despite it being the size of a large bear. Similarly, Mei's grandma and aunties voices are the same in their elephant-sized giant red panda forms. Only Ming's [[spoiler:{{Kaiju}}]]-sized red panda form has a deeper voice than her human form.
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94* {{Inverted|Trope}} 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 [[SurgicalImpersonation 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 cords, 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.
95* ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': [[spoiler:When the 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; 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.]]
96* Happens on and off in the ''Film/HarryPotter'' films via the Polyjuice Potion, though it's averted in the books.
97** It's most likely done for the audience's benefit in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', though this does actually happen in-universe as the characters comment on still having their own voices ("We still sound like ourselves! You need to sound more like Crabbe.") Draco never catches onto his lackies having the voices of his sworn enemies, though, likely because they don't speak much in the first place.
98** On the other hand, in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'', [[spoiler:Barty Crouch, Jr.]], whilst impersonating [[spoiler:Mad-Eye Moody]] is definitely ''not'' voiced by [[spoiler:Creator/DavidTennant]], and he's not busted until after [[spoiler:Crouch gets caught with the real Moody locked up in a chest]]. Unlike the previous instance, this one was meant to be a plot twist.
99** In ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'', 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.
100* This happens in ''Film/ScoobyDoo2002'' when the cast’s souls try to find their original bodies.
101* This 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]]]].
102* [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] in ''Film/ItsABoyGirlThing'' -- voices stay with the bodies, but the thoughts of the characters are given as voiceovers in the possessors' voice.
103* ''[[Literature/NightWatchSeries Day Watch]]'' 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.
104* In ''Film/TheGhostOfFrankenstein'', the monster takes on the voice of Ygor (Creator/BelaLugosi) after a brain transplant.
105* 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.
106* ''Film/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfILoveWolffy'': Weslie controlling Pi Zong via a device attached to his head is a plot point. While he's under his command, Pi Zong speaks using Weslie's voice.
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110* An {{inver|tedTrope}}sion of this concept appears in ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', in which characters [[{{Telepathy}} 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.
111* 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, particularly when it happens to a televangelist on live TV.
112* ''Literature/{{Patternist}}'': {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Doro the {{Body Surf}}er. His voice changes from host to host, but people who know him can identify him as soon as he speaks, no matter what.
113* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': In ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'', if [[BrainTransplant someone's brain has been removed and replaced with another brain]], they keep the body's voice but speak differently.
114* ''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.
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118* ''Series/ElChapulinColorado'' was redubbed when swapping the high-toned DamselInDistress and the baritone BigGuy. When everyone gets better, it happens again with one scientist and the [[RightHandCat Right-Hand Dog]].
119* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
120** {{Downplayed|Trope}} in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E1NewEarth New Earth]]". 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.
121** "[[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.
122** "[[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 is, can easily rearrange itself to create a different vocal pattern.
123* 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]].
124* The ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' episode "Out of Their Minds" begins with this, just so that 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).
125* ''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.
126* ''Series/GilligansIsland'': In the 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 whoever's mind is inhabiting it.
127* {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in the ''Series/HenryDanger'' episode "Captain Man-Kini":
128-->'''Captain Man (as Frankini):''' Didja hear Frankini's voice comin' outta my handsome face?
129* ''Franchise/KamenRider'':
130** 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. However, 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.
131** ''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.
132** ''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.
133* {{Subverted|Trope}} in the ''Series/MorkAndMindy'' episode "Metamorphosis -- The TV Show", in which Mork and Mearth switch bodies. They talk in each other's voices, but in this case, there are no dub-overs involved; instead, Creator/RobinWilliams and Creator/JonathanWinters expertly imitate one another.
134* In the first episode of ''Series/NowAndAgain'', Michael Wiseman is heard "speaking" to Dr. Morris, who informs him that he's just [[BrainInAJar a brain hooked up to a computer]] now. He still sounds like Creator/JohnGoodman. However, this may just be Wiseman'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 Wiseman is played and voiced by Eric Close for the remainder of the series.
135* In ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'', the evil vocal effect on the Thunder Rangers goes away once they reveal who they are to the Wind Rangers.
136* ''Series/RedDwarf'':
137** {{Justified|Trope}} in a few instances with Holly, who is technically a computerised voice. In "Queeg", [[spoiler: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 A.I., speaking with its deep, authoritative voice instead of her own.
138** When Lister has the mind of Executive Officer Carol Brown put into him so that 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]].]]
139** 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|Trope}} in Rimmer-Lister's case, as Rimmer is a [[ProjectedMan hologram]] and thus can be adjusted to use Lister's voice.
140* In ''Series/StargateSG1'', [[VoicesAreNotMental this trope is averted]] in the first body-swapping episode. The various actors do a hilariously good job of adopting each other's mannerisms, so it's still obvious who is in whose body, though the character with the body swapping technology that instigates the plot shares an actor with the main cast member who he swaps bodies with. However, in later cases, like the intergalactic communication device that exchanges two people's bodies, the trope is {{exaggerated|Trope}} and ''the actors'' are swapped out so that the audience will see the person whose mind is in control, even though the characters are seeing the person whose body is being controlled.
141* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'':
142** In "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E20ReturnToTomorrow Return to Tomorrow]]", several ''Enterprise'' personnel are (voluntarily) possessed by alien mental entities. When speaking, their voices are very different (louder and a different pitch, like in an echo chamber).
143** In "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E1SpocksBrain Spock's Brain]]", the [[BrainInAJar 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.
144** [[VoicesAreNotMental The trope is averted]] in the actual FreakyFridayFlip episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E24TurnaboutIntruder Turnabout Intruder]]".
145* 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 do follow the trope. A knock on the noggin with a hammer for each of them is enough to swap them back.
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149* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' often uses this, though in this case, given the lore of the series, it's more "Voices are tied to [[AnatomyOfTheSoul the heart]]".
150** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'': When Ansem possesses Riku, he first speaks with both of their voices at once, then eventually only Ansem's.
151** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'': Riku has taken on Ansem's form. He has Ansem's voice until Sora discovers who he is, at which point he drops the charade and suddenly has Mamoru Miyano's (Japanese) or David Gallagher's (English) voice.
152** ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'': One of their more effective uses of this trope is with [[spoiler:Xion, a [[OppositeSexClone female Sora clone]] -- using one of Kairi's voice actresses makes TheReveal more shocking. The scene in which she becomes physically identical to Sora]] while retaining her original voice makes for some effective NightmareFuel.
153** 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]].
154** There's also Vanitas, also from ''Birth by Sleep'', who's [[spoiler:[[TheHeartless 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 ''darn'' good job at sounding evil.
155* Played with to a certain extent in the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series. In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'', when Liquid possesses Ocelot, he speaks with Liquid's voice. In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'', "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 Creator/KojiTotani.
156* [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] in ''[[VideoGame/NicktoonsUnite Nicktoons: Globs of Doom]]'' whenever BigBad Globulous Maximus speaks through WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants. At 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.
157* 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]].
158* ''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 [[TranslationConvention the player hears them with the associated mind for convenience]].
159* [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] in ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxTheDevilsPlayhouse''. In episode 3, ''They Stole Max's Brain!'', [[spoiler:Sammun-Mak keeps his own voice when Sam [[BrainTransplant places his brain in Max's body]], while Max retains his own voice as a BrainInAJar]]. 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]]. This also occurs in Season 2 when Sam and Max swap bodies. Then there is the Monster, which can hold 2 souls simultaneously, switching between voices as [[PronounTrouble (t)he(y)]] talk(s). The demons emulate the possessed's voice, but sometimes fail.
160* In ''VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories'', any character that gets transformed into a monster by the Dark Sun retains their original voice.
161* 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 [[VoiceChangeling mimic other people's voices]] in cutscenes, but in gameplay, he always makes the same grunts regardless of who he's impersonating. ([[WatsonianVersusDoylist 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]].)
162* In ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo7'', when Arle is [[spoiler:possessed by Ecolo]], she has her own voice. However, when Satan [[spoiler:notices that [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight Arle is possessed]], her voice changes to Ecolo's]].
163* In ''VideoGame/SuperMario64 DS'', if your character lacks an ability required to complete the level, you can transform into a different character by finding his hat. Doing this does not change your voice.
164* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'': 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 [[spoiler:the Avatar goes on a berserk rampage in their dragon form following Mikoto’s death]], their agonized screams being mixed into their bestial roars.
165* 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|Trope}} in that he's a [[ArtificialHuman Synth]].
166* In an absolutely bizarre twist, ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' manages to [[ZigZaggingTrope play this straight, avert it, and play with it]] not only all in the same game, but all in the same ''scene''.
167** Played straight:
168*** [[spoiler:When Colette is finally possessed by Martel, it's Martel's voice that is used.]]
169*** 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]].
170** Averted: For at least Zelos in the above scene if you have chosen him, his own voice remains.
171** Played with: For Regal, ''both'' voices are used, one over the top of the other.
172* 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 this: [[spoiler:those Asgardians used advanced technology to periodically "reincarnate" themselves into humans. Your visions of Asgard aren't visions, they’re ''memories'']].
173* ''VideoGame/DivinityOriginalSinII'':
174** 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]].
175** {{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.
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179* 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.
180* 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.
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184* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'':
185** The first time that Church possesses 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]].)
186** 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, they would do away with it and just have Church's voice.
187** 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.
188** In-universe, this can be {{justified|Trope}} 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 cords of the host itself]].
189* Played with in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', after [[spoiler:Ozpin reincarnates into a young boy called Oscar by merging their [[OurSoulsAreDifferent souls]]. While both of them speak using the voice of Oscar's body, it's very easy to identify when Ozpin is in control due to his distinctive accent and speech patterns]].
190* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Weird Girl in "[=VRcade=]".
191-->'''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 it's done so the viewers don't get [[{{Malaproper}} confoosed]]?
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195* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': In "Sons of Mars", Magic Man uses a spell to swap bodies with Jake. They keep their true voices in their false bodies.
196* Played straight and {{averted|Trope}} in two different episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius''. When Jimmy and Cindy switch bodies, the "brains" retain their voices, but when Jimmy creates imperfect clones of himself, each has a different voice related to their personalities.
197* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': Humans are perfectly capable of talking even when their minds are transplanted into animal bodies, while their original bodies will only make animal noises.
198* ''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 or merely [[RuleOfPerception a cue to help the audience follow what's going on]]. The other characters never notice it, at any rate.
199* Happens in the pilot of ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' when Dexter and Dee Dee end up in each other's bodies at the episode's conclusion.
200* 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.
201* In ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'', Callum speaks with Aaravos's voice after [[spoiler: Aaravos possesses him through the mirror.]]
202* The ''WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill'' 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.
203* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' when the title characters swap bodies in one episode.
204* 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''.
205* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'': In the episode "Trading Faces", Darkwing switches minds with Gosalyn, Launchpad switches minds with Honker, and they all change voices accordingly.
206* ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'': "The Tick vs. Science" has a lot of fun with this, with human characters suddenly saddled with the vocalizations of a giant sentient tongue and so forth.
207* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'':
208** An aversion (in a sense) 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]]).
209** A fun story from one of the writers comes from the episode "[[Recap/TeenTitansS1E7Switched Switched]]": 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.
210** Briefly played with six ways from Sunday in the Larry episode "[[Recap/TeenTitansS2E11Fractured Fractured]]" -- reality is broken and mouths are traded around so that characters talk with other voices, leaving Beast Boy [[WipeThatSmileOffYourFace without a mouth]], making him [[TheUnintelligible hard to understand]]. Particularly charming is Cyborg talking smack via Starfire's voice.
211* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' plays around with this.
212** This is {{averted|Trope}} when the demon Shendu [[DemonicPossession possesses]] Jade, yet it's played straight when he later possesses Valmont and Jackie.
213** Also played straight and {{lampshade|Hanging}}d 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.
214* ''Franchise/Ben10'':
215** At first {{averted|Trope}}, 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.
216** Again played straight in "Ghostfreaked Out" whenever Ghostfreak possesses someone. (Also, [[EyesAreMental their eyes]] [[MindControlEyes change]].)
217** Later averted in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'', when an alien is turned into a clone of Ben that just has much more serious and stilted inflection. This was probably so that 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.
218** 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 except for Upgrade (who seems to be synthesizing his voice). In contrast, Ben's EvilCounterpart Kevin 11 retains the same voice in all his forms when he shapeshifts into several of Ben's different alien forms.
219** Played straight in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'' in which Kevin and Gwen are each turned into several of Ben's alien forms, all of which are their voice actors impersonating the voices which each alien normally has (including Gwen's VA impersonating [[Creator/JohnDiMaggio Rath]]).
220** 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.)
221** ''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.
222** Kevin's appearances in ''WesternAnimation/Ben102016'' 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.
223* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'', when the girls are {{Freaky Friday Flip}}ped with the Professor, the Mayor, and Miss Bellum, they not only retain their voices but their '''''[[NewBodyOldAbilities powers]]''''' as well. Granted, it's mainly because (as the Professor’s {{Technobabble}} explains) they switched outer "layers" rather than their entire bodies being swapped.
224* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'': In "A Fine Mess", when a computer glitch in Lyoko [[FreakyFridayFlip switches Odd's and Yumi's bodies]], they also switch voices. The same occurs in episode "Nobody in Particular", in which a disincarnated Ulrich still retains 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]].
225* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'':
226** Both {{averted|Trope}} and {{subverted|Trope}} in ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers''. Starscream's ghost possesses Cyclonus, and can imitate both his voice and Cyclonus' voice. When he cries out in surprise, however, his troops notice that he sounds like Starscream.
227** In the ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' episode "Possession", in which Waspinator is possessed by Starscream's spark, he consequently sounds like a ''G1'' Starscream sound-alike. His Predacon insignia even becomes a Decepticon insignia.
228** {{Averted|Trope}} in the ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBots'' episode "Switcheroo", in which the characters retain the original voices of their bodies yet change mannerisms and personalities of the ones they swap with. The entire episode idea itself came from [[WordOfGod the cast goofing off and imitating each others' characters]].
229* ''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.
230* {{Subverted|Trope}} 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.
231* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' does this with two different brain swaps in the FreakyFridayFlip episode. In both cases, [[DarkActionGirl Shego]] thinks that it's just a hoot. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d but {{hand wave}}d by Kim, who explains away her regular voice as "puberty".
232* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'' had a FreakyFridayFlip with his little sister, with this trope hard at work.
233* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'':
234** Played straight and {{averted|Trope}} 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.
235** Another episode has Batwoman initiate a FreakyFridayFlip with Batman; they keep their voice actors, who imitate each other's 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?"]]
236* ''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. Presumably, he was simply faking the body's original voice.
237* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' has Egon and Slimer switch minds and voices. On top of that, Egon's ''vision problems'' apparently transfer over along with his mind, because Egon (in Slimer's body) insists on wearing his glasses.
238* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
239** Happens in one episode where Peter and Lois accidentally switch bodies for a brief moment, when they try one of Stewie's inventions.
240** 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.
241* Weird variant in the ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' episode "Monster Mutt" when Heloise switches Beezy and Cerbee's minds around. Beezy plays it straight in Cerbee's body, but Cerbee makes deep woofs when in Beezy's body instead of his usual high pitched barks.
242* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' episode "Presto-Change-O", though you could just say it was due to [[AWizardDidIt the magical way they switched bodies]].
243* Shown in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "The Prisoner of Benda", in which 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, especially considering that at least three of the characters switching are played by Creator/BillyWest. Additionally, it may only be audible to the audience, since the characters still need to tell each other who's who. However, it is worth noting that even without the voices switching, sharp-eyed viewers can 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 crabwalk in Fry's body.
244%%* Happens in the ''WesternAnimation/HeyDuggee'' episode "The Voice Badge".%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample
245* ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlackTheSeries'':
246** One episode has Kay [[FountainOfYouth turned into a baby]] but retain the same voice. This isn't just for the audience -- he sounds the same to all of the characters, which [[TalkingAnimal Frank]] [[HypocriticalHumor finds weird]].
247** Another episode takes this trope to its logical conclusion when Zed's brain is removed and the disembodied brain talks with Zed's voice.
248* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'':
249** In "Once Upon a Swap", when Eda performs a body swap spell on herself, Luz, and King, they still speak with their own voices, [[EyesAreMental as well as have changes in their facial features]]. The same goes for other characters who end up swapped later in the episode. Interestingly, when they are changed back, they are wearing the same things they wore in the other's body, suggesting that the spell might not have switched the minds so much as transformed their bodies.
250** Zig-zagged when it comes to illusion spells. In "Labyrinth Runners", members of the Emperor's Coven use illusions to disguise themselves as other people which includes their voices, but a few episodes later in "Clouds on the Horizon" Eda uses a concealment stone to disguise herself as Raine but is told it won't change her voice, and when Gus disguises Luz and Hunter as each other neither of them talk. This could be justified as changing appearances and voices being two separate spells, and Gus was shown looking tired afterwards since he was casting other spells at the same time.
251** Zig-zagged again with Belos' possessions. In "Thanks to Them", [[spoiler:Hunter initially speaks with his own voice while 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.
252* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': In the switch-a-roo episode "Does This Duckbill Make Me Look Fat?", Candace and Perry switch bodies. Cue Candace being able to talk and sound like herself in Perry's body and "Perry the Teenage Girl" chattering.
253* {{Subverted|Trope}} 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.
254* ''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.
255* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
256** When Mabel is possessed in "[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E5TheInconveniencing The Inconveniencing]]", she has the voice of the ghost controlling her.
257** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in "[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E14BottomlessPit Bottomless Pit!]]" when Dipper uses a potion to change his voice and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Mabel]] immediately attacks the "[[WrongGenreSavvy body-stealing warlock]]" who she assumes is possessing her brother.
258** The body-swapping in "[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E16CarpetDiem Carpet Diem]]" gives each body the voice of the mind inhabiting it. It even applies when humans are possessing animals.
259** 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 "[[Recap/GravityFallsS2E4SockOpera 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 "[[Recap/GravityFallsS2E17DipperAndMabelVsTheFuture Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future]]"]]), VoicesAreNotMental until TheReveal.
260* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'':
261** The first episode features a brain/body switch between the Red Skull and Captain America. Both speak in their own voice (including the Skull's [[ObviouslyEvil villainous German accent]]) when their bodies are switched.
262** In the Season 2 episode "Head to Head", each Avenger’s mind and voice ends up in the body of another member of the team.
263* In the ''WesternAnimation/ThreeTwoOnePenguins'' episode, "Invasion of the Body Swappers", Zidgel's and Kevin's voices switch when they switch bodies.
264* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
265** 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.
266** In "Holidays of Future Passed", Lenny and Carl are revealed to have switched bodies with each other in the future, resulting in Lenny speaking in Carl's voice and vice versa.
267* ''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 [[ActingForTwo share the same voice actor]], Cedric Yarbrough.
268* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'':
269** When Ludo is possessed by [[spoiler:Toffee]], he speaks with the latter's voice. Later on, Star finds herself also possessing Ludo, causing him to speak with her voice.
270** In one episode, Eclipsa switches bodies with Rhombulus, which also switches their voices.
271* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
272** 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 disguises herself as Jasper, she just does [[BadImpressionists a bad impression of Jasper in her own voice]]. [[spoiler:Pink Diamond]] permanently, radically changing her ShapeshifterDefaultForm didn't change her voice, either.
273** [[FusionDance Gem fusions]] usually have unique voice actors, but unstable ones instead have the components' voices [[VoiceOfTheLegion layered on top of each other]].
274** 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.
275** White Diamond can take over the bodies of other gems, which causes them to speak in her voice.
276** However, VoicesAreNotMental for Steven, both when shapeshifting and when he [[DemonicPossession possesses someone]].
277* ''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.
278* ''WesternAnimation/TheCrumpets'': In the episode "The Mix-Up", Ms. [=McBrisk=] and T-Bone accidentally swap bodies from use of an ElectronicTelepathy machine. Their voices swap as well, and this is between a human and a ''dog''.
279* Played with in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Spliced}}'' episode "Whirrel Call". When Entree switches bodies with [[MixAndMatchCritters a whirrel (whale-squirrel)]], he hears himself speaking in his own voice while in the whirrel's body, but other characters only hear whirrel noises from him. On the other hand, the whirrel in Entree's body speaks in a slow, low-pitched voice very unlike Entree's natural voice.
280* ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'': In the episode "Mutts Ado About Nothing", Annabelle puts Charlie and Itchy's souls into each other's bodies to punish them until they show a little kindness and understanding toward each other. Their voices go along with the personalities they end up with.
281* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'': In "The Old Switcheroo", an accident at a lab causes Splinter and Shredder to switch minds during a fight with each other. While trapped inside their bodies, Splinter and Shredder still have their real voices when they're talking in thought, but they have the opposite voice when talking out loud.
282* ''WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry'': {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in the episode "The Big Switch-a-Roo", in which 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.
283-->''I'm not light on my feet, I clank and I squeak\
284But my voice is the same when I speak?''
285* ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee'':
286** A variation. 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.
287** In another episode, when June and Ray Ray use a magic gel to disguise themselves as office workers to infiltrate their enemies, it’s specifically stated that the gel doesn’t change the voice, so they have to be quiet to maintain their cover. They end up being caught when Ray Ray speaks and they notice his voice doesn’t match his disguise.
288* In the ''WesternAnimation/ZigAndSharko'' episode "Me, Myself and I", 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.
289* ''WesternAnimation/RollingWithTheRonks'' plays this straight in "Body Swap", with Flash in Mormagnon's body voiced by Creator/TomKenny, Mormagnon in Flash's body voiced by Creator/CharlieAdler and other mind swaps also having the involved character speaking in the voice of whoever's brain they have.
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293* 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'. Thus, voices are partly 'mental' in the sense that they're head-related.
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