History Main / AccentInterest

* The novelization of VideoGame/AssassinsCreed occasionally mention how Altair's companions occasionally find his ex-crusader wife's english accented arabic to be either amusing of fascinating.

->''''Woah...''\\

A very ''attractive'' accent. Pearl had never heard anything like it.''
-->--''Fanfic/IveGotYourBack''

* ''Film/NationalTreasure'': Abigail has a touch of a Saxony German accent, which Ben notices but initially mistakes for Pennsylvania Dutch.
-->'''Abigail:''' I am an American, I just wasn't born here.
* ''Film/Passenger57''. Marti shows [[LesYay open admiration]] for the English accent of a fellow stewardess played by Creator/ElizabethHurley. So does a cop on the airplane, joking that she's likely to become his next ex-wife. Unfortunately she turns out to be an accomplice of the EvilBrit he's guarding, so the accent is actually foreshadowing.

* [[AvertedTrope Averting this trope]] is the reason why Black Widow from ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' speaks English in a plain American accent. After all, she wouldn't be a very good spy if everyone remembered a beautiful Russian woman. ''Series/AgentCarter'' reveals that the Red Room trains its spies to speak foreign languages like native speakers.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/GhostbustersII'', where Janosz has an [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent inexplicable accent]] and [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Comically Misses the Point]] when asked about it:
-->'''Venkman:''' Where are you from, originally?\\
'''Janosz:''' Ze upper-vest side.

* ''Film/BlueIguana2018'': Londoner Dawn asks Paul to repeat the phrase "Yes, ma'am" because she finds his American accent sexy. Paul takes advantage of her attraction to Americans by pretending to be an astronaut named Teddy Roosevelt whose last girlfriend tragically dumped him while he was heroically saving the earth from an asteroid. Dawn laps it up.
* ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'': In the film version, as Lecter is giving Clarice [[HannibalLecture the "You look like a rube" speech]], his mocking of her includes pointing out that her accent is a tell to her "poor white trash" background.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'', where the Swedish Javelin ([[FakeNationality played by German]] Creator/FlulaBorg) charms the American Harley Quinn ([[FakeNationality played by Australian]] Creator/MargotRobbie):
-->'''Javelin:''' American women ''love'' accents.
-->'''[[BrooklynRage Harley]]:''' It's true! [[HypocriticalHumor It's because we don't got none!]]

* In ''Literature/AStudyInCharlotte'', Jamie is homesick for London and surrounded by Americans. When he hears Charlotte's English accent, it isn't exotic to him: on the contrary, it reminds him of home.
* In the Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse novel ''[[Literature/FortunesOfWar Dreadnought!]]'', the main character is a human whose homeworld was not Earth, so when she meets Mr. Scott, she's delighted by his Scottish burr but has no idea where he could hail from, and is surprised to learn later on that it's an Earth accent.

* In ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'', two different rulers to whom "Ordeith" plays TreacherousAdvisor take note of the fact that he speaks in a grandiose, archaic, aristocratic accent, which sometimes [[AccentSlipUp slips]] into a coarse peasant dialect. He gets the former accent from being possessed by an ancient ghost, whose [[TheCorrupter corrupting powers]] distract the rulers from the fact that he's clearly completely insane.
* In ''Literature/EarthsChildren'', almost every character in the last book, ''The Land of Painted Caves'', comments on Ayla's accent.
* Brandon Sanderson works:
** In ''Literature/TheCosmere'' novels, this is usually a hint to readers that someone is a [[DimensionalTraveler Worldhopper]]. Most people in the setting aren't aware that interplanetary travel is possible, but they can pick up on a visitor's unique accent all the same.
** [[MasterOfDisguise Wayne]] in ''Literature/WaxAndWayne'' collects accents, although he refers to it as [[InsistentTerminology stealing]]. He often employs them in his disguises, but it's mostly because he finds them fascinating. A true connoisseur, Wayne doesn't just read class or city of origin, but age, job, and district, how their parents and grandparents spoke. The one he really wants to steal is [[GrimReaper Death's]], which is less unreasonable than it sounds given that Death spoke to his friend Marasi.
* ''Literature/AFarewellToArms'' by Creator/ErnestHemingway. The protagonist (an American volunteer in the Italian army) is arrested as a German spy because he speaks Italian with an accent -- as does the military policeman arresting him (as he points out to no avail) as most Italians were more familiar with their local dialect.
* In ''Literature/AreYouSeeingMe'' a girl in Seattle yells at Perry, "Hey, put anotha shrimp on the bah-bee, sexy Aussie man!"

* The host and panellists on ''Series/{{QI}}'' sometimes show interest in the accents of other panelists. When Ross Noble made a remark about rounded triangles and proposed a "Toblerone-Rolo combo", Phill Jupitus commented that "Toblerone-Rolo combo" spoken in a Geordie accent is his new favorite sound. When there is an American on the panel (usually Rich Hall), sometimes their {{Eagleland}} qualities will be pointed out or played up, including their accents.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Series/PeterCapusottoYSusVideos'' with Quiste Sebáceo. He's a satanist who sings about the evilness in the world, but what gets people interested in him is the weird way he pronounces the Z and soft C letters in Spanish.

* When looking for a [[SixthRanger new addition to their band]], The Misfits from ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' come across Jetta, a British saxophonist with a Cockney accent. Roxy hates her from the start, but when she asks Stormer if Jetta should be allowed in, all Stormer replies with is "I love her accent!"
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', the new student Ladonna Compson has a Southern-American accent, which the other kids describe as "cool".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' episode "Kid-Kart Derby", Mr. Peterson takes note of Jet's apparent Midwest accent. Jet says that Bortron is in the middle of their spiral arm of the galaxy, so midwest was accurate. Luckily, Mr. Peterson avoids finding out that Jet is an alien by assuming that Bortron is somewhere in Iowa.
* Upon meeting Linka in ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'', Wheeler says "Love your accent, babe. You Russian?". Linka gets upset at being called Russian (she ''is'' Russian, but [[InsistentTerminology prefers to be called a "Soviet"]]).

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' fanfic ''FanFic/TotalDramaLegacy'', Ezekiel's daughter Katherine has [[CanadaEh a thick Canadian accent]], [[LikeParentLikeChild just like her father]]. Naturally, several characters comment on her accent, including her LoveInterest Link (who finds her accent "so cute").

* ''Series/RedDwarf''. Lister is in a

* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': Caleb's Zemnian accent becomes an occasional problem when the party travels to Xhorhas in Campaign 2, as it marks him as a native of the Dwendalian Empire, which is at war with Xhorhas's ruling dynasty.

* ''Seires/HowIMetYourFather'': Women flock to Charlie because of his RP accent. He hates it because they only see him as a British plaything. Jesse suggests they switch places so Charlie puts on an American accent while Jesse imitates a young Creator/MichaelCaine. Through this they get dates with a pair of women, but now have to find a way out of their fake accents. [[SnowballLie They wind up pretending to be actors, who are then requested to do a scene...]]

SisterTrope to ArousedByTheirVoice, where this attention has an erotic or amorous intent. Can lead to an InUniverse version of WhatTheHellIsThatAccent Often TruthInTelevision, as most people who have moved to an area with a very different accent to theirs can attest. Be careful, though, as it can get tedious and be [[{{Dehumanization}} dehumanizing]]. It's okay to be interested, but be interested in the person, not something that marks them as different.

SisterTrope to ArousedByTheirVoice, where this attention has an erotic or amorous intent. Can lead to an InUniverse version of WhatTheHellIsThatAccent Often TruthInTelevision, as most people who have moved to an area with a very different accent to theirs can attest. Be careful, though, as it can get tedious and be {{dehumanizing}}. It's okay to be interested, but be interested in the person, not something that marks them as different.

SisterTrope to ArousedByTheirVoice, where this attention has an erotic or amorous intent. Can lead to an InUniverse version of WhatTheHellIsThatAccent Often TruthInTelevision, as most people who have moved to an area with a very different accent to theirs can attest.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Fanfic/AGameOfCatAndCat''. [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence Leon Belmont]] is the ghost of a French knight from the Middle Ages, so him speaking English with a Southern US accent completely dumbfounds [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Soma Cruz]]. When [[BackAlleyDoctor Doctor Dude]] asks about the accent, Leon clarifies that he learned English in Texas.