History Main / MauriceChevalierAccent

* In the original dub of ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'', Jean Vicquemere (played by the English Dot Major) is voiced with this kind of accent ("'''Arry, I'm your FACk-quing PART-néirrrrrrre!!''"), emphasising his FrenchJerk qualities. When ''The Final Cut'' replaced him with an actor doing a geniune Franco-American accent, several fans reported finding the new accent [[RealityIsUnrealistic unrealistic]].

* Whenever he did a French impression, Creator/RobinWilliams used this accent. See above in the Film - Animated folder.

* Whenever he did a French impression, Creator/RobinWilliams used this accent.

Compare with MockCousteau, whenever a scene takes place underwater.

Nowadays the Maurice Chevalier Accent will be used to voice every French character. In comedy and animation this can be amusing, but in serious stories it becomes JustAStupidAccent and can really take you out of the story, because it literally becomes ridiculous PoirotSpeak. In fact, whenever a comedic accent is needed you can rest assured that it will usually be French. It gets to the point of overkill. Sometimes, like in the movie ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' (where the British character RobinHood [[UnexplainedAccent inexplicably speaks English with a French accent]][[note]]This may be explained by the fact that Robin Hood was a Norman[[/note]]), people are depicted as being French for no apparent reason other than evoking laughs while using the accent.

"She's right! We all talk like Maurice Chevalier! On-hon-hon"''

"She's right! We all talk like Maurice Chevalier!"''

*** The French dub of the movie rolls with this by keeping Lumière's accent but having everyone else use modern intonations.

* The Broadway production of ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' has Lafayette, originally played by Daveed Diggs, use this accent when he appears in Act 1 to fight alongside the revolting Americans fighting for independence from Britain after coming from France. It becomes very impressive when he gets to his lines in "Guns and Ships", in which he has to rap in that accent at what is probably the fastest lines in Broadway history at ''nineteen words in three seconds'' while also jumping around the stage.

** Louis the cook in ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''.
** Lumière in ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', whose voice actor (Jerry Orbach) goes beyond the usual joke and actually [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed does a full Chevalier impression]], not just the accent- though note that that the entire story takes place in France and yet he and his feather duster girlfriend are the only ones speaking in a heavy French accent.

** Prince Naveen in ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', even though he's supposed to be from a fictional European country, and the few native words he uses sound closer to Italian than to French.
** The Genie in ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' plays a French waiter and typical Frenchmen near a romantic dinner, while using the accent.

** Played straight in ''Series/StarTrekPicard'', when Picard is trying to pretend to be a black marketeer with an eyepatch. He opts to go for an over-the-top French accent.

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* ''Webcomic/Polandball'': Franceball's laugh is usually portrayed as "Hon hon hon", but its actual way of speaking is more PoirotSpeak like other non-anglophone countries.

** Lumière in ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast''. Also note that that the entire story takes place in France and yet he's the only one speaking in this heavy French accent [[AnachronismStew from the early twentieth century]].

Compare with MockCousteau, whenever a scene takes place under water.

* Although he cannot be heard, as this is the printed page, Batroc the Leaper is [[FunetikAksent written with a thick "Frontch" accent]], and has even reflected (in his own plainly written thought balloons) that he plays it up for effect.

* Creator/TheMarxBrothers, ocean liner stowaways in ''Monkey Business'', each try to pass themselves off as Chevalier at the passport desk by singing - Harpo's sounds most accurate, thanks to the phonograph record he's lip synching to.
* ''Film/TheRedShoes1948'': Some people speak actual French, other talk English with a grotesque French accent.

* This accent was used in a recurring nasal-sounding voice from Bally and Williams machines in the latter half of the 90's. The most prominent usages are in ''Pinball/AttackFromMars'', as a Parisian bystander watching the Martians [[MonumentalDamage wreck the Eiffel Tower]]; and in ''Pinball/MedievalMadness'', as EliteMook Francois du Grimm.