History Main / NerdyNasalness

** Chuckie Finster has a perpetually constipated nose, giving him a nasal voice. He fits other nerdy stereotypes: he's gawky, neurotic, jumpy and bespectacled. One episode has him trying a treatment to cure his condition, but it only works for a short time.

* Entrapta of ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' is a reclusive GadgeteerGenius with a very nasal voice and laugh. When Scorpia [[ToKnowHimIMustBecomeHim starts imitating Entrapta in an effort to find her notes]], she makes her own voice much more nasal.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Peridot speaks in a nasal voice, befitting her decidedly awkward social nature and fascination with earthly things.

* Hal, Emma, and Huey Emmerich from ''Franchise/MetalGear'' all have slightly nasally, higher-pitched voices befitting their socially awkward, nerdy personas, although not to the same exaggerated degree as some others on this list. Huey and Hal share the same voice actor and are [[IdenticalGrandson father and son]], so it makes sense they have very similar-sounding voices.

** Especially at the beginning of his career, Em had a very nasal voice that made it difficult for him to get taken seriously - since, in addition to looking like a skinny, white dork in glasses, he also sounded exactly like one. After making many attempts to mask it with different contrived voice tones and accents, he eventually decided to embrace it by making his AlterEgoActing character Slim Shady speak in a voice even more nasal and [[AcceptableEthnicTargets stereotypically-white-sounding]] than his own actual one - playing up how much of a [[AntiRoleModel loser]] Slim is, despite his [[HeroicComedicSociopath over-the-top gangsta behaviour]]. While he soon stopped doing this voice for Slim and Eminem's voice got deeper as he aged, it's still something he views as his signature:

* Donatello from the WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 cartoon is the nerdiest of the turtles and is given a nasally voice, curtesy of Barry Gordon.

* Many of the actors in ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' are putting on silly voices. Leonard is much more nasal than his actor's normal speaking voice.

May go along with a NerdyInhaler, CongestionSpeak, or AnnoyingLaugh. It can also be combined with other [[SpeechImpediment Speech Impediments]]. Might overlap with CreepyHighPitchedVoice for certain kinds of monstrous nerds, like {{Mad Scientist}}s, or a normal geek who's gone FromNobodyToNightmare.

* Hal, Emma, and Huey Emmerich all have slightly nasally, higher-pitched voices befitting their socially awkward, nerdy personas, although not to the same exaggerated degree as some others on this list. Huey and Hal share the same voice actor and are [[IdenticalGrandson father and son]], so it makes sense they have very similar-sounding voices.

** Kyle's cousin [[NamesTheSame Kyle]] is a stereotypical Jewish nerd. He wears large glasses, he has heavy breathing, due to asthma and he exaggerates his nasally voice. He invokes the [[JewishAndNerdy Jewish stereotype]], [[StopBeingStereotypical much to the former's chagrin]].

This often overlaps with having a Jewish/[[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents Brooklyn Accent]] even if the character is AmbiguouslyJewish at best, stemming from the fact that a lot of {{Nerd}} stereotypes are based on [[JewishAndNerdy Jewish stereotypes]].

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* In ''WebVideo/{{RWBY ABRG}}'', Jaune has a slight nasally tone to his voice. He's a ButtMonkey and the most average of the characters (ability wise).

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* In ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird'', whilst wandering through a medieval high school, Shrek runs into two nerds playing a dungeons and dragons style game. They both have nasally voices.
%%* Bernard from WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}.
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* ComicBook/TheMask, in his WebAnimation/DeathBattle against ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}, puts on NerdGlasses and points out that the [[RealityWarper Continuity Gem]] Deadpool has just pulled out is not canon, in a nasal voice.

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May go along with a NerdyInhaler or AnnoyingLaugh. It can also be combined with other [[SpeechImpediment Speech Impediments]]. Might overlap with CreepyHighPitchedVoice for certain kinds of monstrous nerds, like {{Mad Scientist}}s, or a normal geek who's gone FromNobodyToNightmare.

* ''WesternAnimation/GetAce'': The nerdy protagonist Ace sounds like this either due to his braces or going through puberty (he's a high school freshman).

* ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7X2lu8UYvw&ab_channel=NickelodeonUK Macie Lightfoot]], of many allergies and a nervous LittleMissSnarker personality has this voice.