History Main / EvilSoundsDeep

* This is present in many of the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' films.
** In ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'', Bruce Wayne invokes the trope by affecting a deep growl while he's being Batman.
** When people are tripping on the Scarecrow's drug, they perceive others (including the Scarecrow himself, of course) as evil monsters with inhumanly deep voices. While the Joker's voice is usually high-pitched and nasally, he goes surprisingly low for his choice lines, such as, '''"Look at me!"''' Bane zigzags the trope, in that the mask over his face does lower and distort Tom Hardy's rather nasally voice, but not very much. The only character to play it constantly straight is Henri Ducard, [[spoiler:a.k.a. the real [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's Al-Ghul]]]], portrayed by Creator/LiamNeeson with his usual deep, husky voice.

* Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse:
** ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'': Both evil spirits Enchantress and Incubus have this. Enchantress specially gains one after her transformation.
** ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'': When revealing himself to Diana and fighting her, Ares gains a deep, reverberating voice befitting his god status.
** ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'': The New God Steppenwolf has a deep and weary voice.
** ''[[Film/Shazam2019 SHAZAM!]]'': The evil corrupter spirits known as the SevenDeadlySins, combined with VoiceOfTheLegion sometimes.

* ''Film/DWar''. The evil dragon's human [[TheDragon Dragon]] (no pun intended) is the ''best example''.

* In ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'', when Dana Barrett (under possession by the demonic Zuul) tries to seduce Peter Venkman, he repeatedly deflects and asks to speak to Dana which angers her to the point where she responds in an inhuman, growling voice with '''[[ThatManIsDead "There is no Dana, only Zuul."]]''' ([[DeadpanSnarker to which Venkman replies "What a lovely singing voice you must have."]])
* ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'': The Doctor's voice is half crazy snake and half Darth Vader, and he manages to drop it an octave ''lower'' [[spoiler: when he upgrades to Cobra Commander and dons the new mask]]. It's no less deep or menacing in the sequel, ''Film/GIJoeRetaliation'', [[TheOtherDarrin even though he's played by a different actor who's dubbed over]].

* In ''Film/KillBill'' [=GoGo=] Yubari first uses a stereotypical high-pitched girlish voice (as well as looking cheerful) when she introduces herself to The Bride but then when she takes on a serious expression, her pitch drops rather dramatically.

* Several villains in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse have notable deep voices:
** Obadiah Stane, StarterVillain of the franchise in ''Film/{{Iron Man|1}}''. His voice even sounds deeper when he wears the Iron Monger armor in the climax.

** Thanos, the BigBad and GreaterScopeVillain of the Infinity Saga who debuted in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', has a notable deep voice.

* The drug dealer who [[spoiler: may have ordered Becket's mother's murder]] in Season 3 of ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'' has a deep, scary voice.
* Cole Turner in ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' has a much deeper voice in his demonic Belthazor form.

** Subverted with some of the Dalek Supremes in the classic series and the Creator/BigFinish stories -- their voices tended to be higher than the average Dalek's, making them sound even more unstable and [[{{Pun}} highly-strung]] than the norm.

** The Dalek Emperor from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays "The Parting of the Ways"]] has one of the deepest Dalek voices yet heard.
** The Sycorax leader from [[Recap/DoctorWho2005CSTheChristmasInvasion "The Christmas Invasion"]] has a low, rough voice.

** When Rose Tyler has her body taken over by the [[RichBitch vain Lady Cassandra]] in "New Earth", her voice gets significantly deeper, [[EvilBrit gaining Cassandra's Posh accent as well.]] This is ironically rather closer to Billie Piper's own accent.

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E10FaceTheRaven "Face the Raven"]] brings us the terrifying spectre of ''the Doctor'' entering this mode when, [[spoiler: after the death of his companion Clara]], who had spent the last few minutes of her life convincing the Doctor not to PayEvilUntoEvil after her demise, nonetheless drops his voice into an ultra-low register as he puts the fear of god into an immortal (launching a two-part story in which the Doctor becomes TheUnfettered and very nearly [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Woobie, Destroyer of Time]]).
* Although his [[WellIntentionedExtremist evilness is debatable]], [[MagnificentBastard Scorpius]] from ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' is tall, imposing, vicious, wears all black and speaks... [[SubvertedTrope quite a few octaves higher than everyone else]]. He is ''definitely'' a badass though.
** [[DoubleSubversion However, when upset, his voice drops to demonic levels]].
** The pitch of his voice is sort of a gauge on his emotions. When his voice is high and Sebacean/Humanesque, he is his usual five-steps ahead of you, eloquent MagnificentBastard, tightly-controlled self. When things start to go wrong, he starts to slip into his Scarran side and his voice drops about four octaves and picks up some teeth.
* On ''Series/GameOfThrones'', Tywin Lannister is played by Creator/CharlesDance and has [[EvilSoundsDeep a deep voice]] that makes him sound twice as serious and menacing as he would be otherwise. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47MazYDnmaU See here]]. His [[TheBrute biggest henchman]], Ser Gregor Clegane, is even deeper, nearing [[MediaNotes/VoiceTypes basso profundo]] territory, especially when played by Ian Whyte, who seems to be channeling Creator/ChristopherLee.

** ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'': Darkseid's BassoProfundo, of course, as befitting the ruler of [[{{Mordor}} Apokolips]].

* On ''Series/GameOfThrones'', Tywin Lannister is played by Creator/CharlesDance and has [[EvilSoundsDeep a deep voice]] that makes him sound twice as serious and menacing as he would be otherwise. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47MazYDnmaU See here]]. His [[TheBrute biggest henchman]], Ser Gregor Clegane, is even deeper, nearing BassoProfundo territory, especially when played by Ian Whyte, who seems to be channeling Creator/ChristopherLee.

* The Death Alpha from WebAnimation/WolfSongTheMovie speaks in a deep voice compared to most major characters, and he is the main antagonist. However this trope is zigzagged in the film. His lackey Cobalt speaks in a more moderate bordering on high pitched voice, but that is mostly to signify how insane he is, whereas Lightning, who is on the heroes' side firmly (and shares a voice actor with Cobalt) speaks in a deep, stern, gruff voice, which is about an octave deeper than the Death Alpha.

A deep voice makes the character sound strong, mature and competent, so it is a common trait for major villains that the audience is supposed to fear and respect. Consequently, such villains will usually speak in baritone register (or in villainesses' cases a contralto register), more rarely in [[BassoProfondo bass register]]. It also provides a contrast for the more youthful TenorBoy, especially in vocal music.

** The English dub does this with Frieza (portrayed then by Linda Young). Each time he transforms, his voice is artificially deepened. At first, it was just digital pitch-lowering with the 2nd form, but his 3rd form is more of a VoiceOfTheLegion deal. The 4th form, in a subversion, brings it back to normal -- high-pitched. This is [[BishonenLine entirely in keeping with the physical nature of his transformations]]: in his second form he grows larger and more muscular, in his third form he's larger still and looks like a [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph]], but his fourth form is barely larger than his first and is outwardly the least monstrous of them.

* Budzo from ''Animation/AdventuresInZambezia'' has a very deep voice courtesy of Creator/{{Jim Cummings|1952}}.

** In ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'', Bruce Wayne invokes the trope by affecting a [[RaspyAndTough deep growl]] while he's being Batman.

* According to Characters/{{Deadpool|WadeWilson}} of Creator/MarvelComics, GeniusCripple [[Characters/MarvelComicsAIM M.O.D.O.K.]] makes Terrence Stamp sound like Music/MichaelJackson. A tad ironic, considering how high most adaptations take his voice.