History Main / AccentRelapse

* On ''Series/{{CSINY}}'', a man pretending to be Jewish is revealed to be a German former Hitler Youth soldier. Even after 64 years of pretending to be a non-practicing Polish Jew, marrying a Jewish woman, and raising an Orthodox Jewish son, he reverts to his German accent when his crime is revealed.

** In the English dub of [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc the first game]], [[ConsummateLiar Celestia Ludenberg]] often drops her French accent when yelling angrily, indicating that it, like everything else about her, is a big fat lie. [[spoiler:She drops it permanently after being found guilty of murder and revealing her real name, Taeko Yasuhiro]].

* In ''TheWatsonsGoToBirmingham1963'', Kenny notes that his mother, Wilona, reverts to her southern accent whenever she's extremely angry (pronouncing "here" as "he-uh", "buster" as "bust-ah", etc.). When they visit Grandma Sands in Birmingham, she and her mother talk to each other so southern style that Kenny can hardly discern much of what they're saying.

*** Discussed but subverted when Caleb casts a Tongues spell on Jester. Caleb, who usually speaks with a Zemnian[[note]]similar to real-world German[[/note]] accent, suddenly sounds Common [[note]]similar to real-world middle American, since the actors are all American[[/note]] to Jester, who gets confused until he points out he is speaking flawless Zemnian to her, and she is hearing what he sounds like to a native Zemnian speaker -- he doesn't have an accent in his native language, proving the spell works.

*** Discussed but subverted when Caleb casts a Tongues spell on Jester. Caleb, who usually speaks with a Zemnian[[note]]similar to real-world German[[/note]] accent, suddenly sounds Common [[note]]similar to real-world middle American, since the actors are all Americans[[/note]] to Jester, who gets confused until he points out he is speaking Zemnian to her, and she is hearing what he sounds like to a native Zemnian speaker.

*** Discussed but subverted when Caleb casts a Tongues spell on Jester. Caleb, who usually speaks with a Zemnian[[note:]]similar to real-world German[[/note]] accent, suddenly sounds Common [[note:]]similar to real-world middle American, since the actors are all Americans[[/note]] to Jester, who gets confused until he points out he is speaking Zemnian to her, and she is hearing what he sounds like to a native Zemnian speaker.

** WebVideo/CriticalRoleCampaignTwo has a heroic example with Fjord. After [[spoiler: [[FaustianRebellion breaking his pact with Uko'toa]]]], he permanently reverts back to speaking in British accent, in contrast to his [[SouthernFriedGenius initial Texan drawl]]. It's implied by Jester, and later confirmed by Fjord that [[spoiler: he was imitating Vandran's voice and mannerisms in an attempt to cope with his own DarkAndTroubledPast and self esteem issues]]. Part of the healing process was realizing that the Mighty Nein still cared for and respected him after he lost the affectation [[spoiler: and his powers]]. Notably, he had a few moments of AccentSlipUp prior to this that hinted at his true voice.

** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour "The Eleventh Hour"]], when the policewoman/kissogram with the Estuary English accent reveals to the Doctor that she's a grown-up Amelia Pond, the "little Scottish girl" [[TheSlowPath he just met five minutes ago, in his mind]], she switches back to her native Scottish accent to drive the point home. The Doctor later uses the fact that she never lost her native accent after 12 years growing up in a British village as proof that she would want to travel with him.

** Happens to the Doctor himself in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E2ToothAndClaw Tooth & Claw]]". Having spent the episode putting on a Scottish accent (on account of being in Victorian Scotland), he slips back to his normal Estuary English in all the excitement. Queen Victoria notices, and it just makes her even more outraged and untrusting of him than she already was.

** In the ''[[TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu]]: Shadow of the Crystal Palace'' one shot, [[spoiler: British celebrity spiritualist Septimus Goodfellow]] turns out to be an Irish PhonyPsychic, who reverts to his real accent when he reveals he doesn't know how to stop the shadows chasing them.

** WebVideo/CriticalRoleCampaign2 has a heroic example with Fjord. After [[spoiler: [[FaustianRebellion breaking his pact with Uko'toa]]]], he permanently reverts back to speaking in British accent, in contrast to his [[SouthernFriedGenius initial Texan drawl]]. It's implied by Jester, and later confirmed by Fjord that [[spoiler: he was imitating Vandran's voice and mannerisms in an attempt to cope with his own DarkAndTroubledPast and self esteem issues]]. Part of the healing process was realizing that the Mighty Nein still cared for and respected him after he lost the affectation [[spoiler: and his powers]]. Notably, he had a few moments of AccentSlipUp prior to this that hinted at his true voice.
** In the ''[[TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu]]: Shadow of the Crystal Palace'' one shot, British celebrity spiritualist Septimus Goodfellow turns out to be an Irish PhonyPsychic, who reverts to his real accent when he reveals he doesn't know how to stop the shadows chasing them.

* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' has a heroic example in Campaign 2 with Fjord. After [[spoiler: [[FaustianRebellion breaking his pact with Uko'toa]]]], he permanently reverts back to speaking in British accent, in contrast to his [[SouthernFriedGenius initial southern drawl]]. It's implied by Jester, and later confirmed by Fjord that [[spoiler: he was imitating Vandran's voice and mannerisms in an attempt to cope with his own DarkAndTroubledPast and self esteem issues]]. Part of the healing process was realizing that the Mighty Nein still cared for and respected him after he lost the affectation [[spoiler: and his powers]].

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': During an especially tense argument with her estranged father, [[AcePilot Hera]] very briefly slips back into the Rylothian accent (represented as a French accent through the TranslationConvention) she had as a kid. [[ChekhovsGun Later on]], she deliberately relapses into it while posing as a maid during a stealth mission, which unfortunately fails because [[MagnificentBastard Grand Admiral Thrawn]] is attentive enough to notice that she is affecting an accent and thus has something to hide.

* Wolfsbane from the ''ComicBook/NewMutants'' initially had a Scottish brogue, which she lost during the second volume of the series. She inexplicably began using her accent again in ''Comicbook/XFactor'', which was eventually explained in an issue of ''New X-Men''. Turns out she tried to hide her accent from her friends in order to seem "cool," but no longer felt any pressure to do so once she joined X-Factor.

* ''Film/NoWayOut'': At the end of the film, TheMole is finally revealed to the audience. As he is being interrogated by his superiors, [[spoiler:Kevin Costner's character]] apologizes for his poor Russian accent with the excuse that he's been speaking English for so long that he's become rusty.