History Main / OohMeAccentsSlipping

* Only God and Creator/MaisieWilliams know what accent Goona was supposed to have in ''WesternAnimation/EarlyMan''; it varies wildly across both UsefulNotes/{{England}} and UsefulNotes/{{Scandinavia}}.
* In WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania and its sequels, Dracula’s accent isn’t very consistent.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' Christmas special ''Arthur's Perfect Christmas'', the waiter at the restaurant Buster and his mom go to speaks with a French accent at first, calling Buster "monsieur" and serving him "omelet du fromage." Buster, confused, says he thought he ordered a cheese omelet, to which the waiter responds by sighing and saying in a distinctly American accent "It IS a cheese omelet!"
* Becomes a plot point in ''WesternAnimation/{{Madeline}}'''s movie - her Austrian relative (speaking with a German accent) comes to take her away. However, Madeline becomes suspicious because he trips and says "Sacre bleu!" all of a sudden. Him saying a French phrase isn't that suspicious seeing as [[TranslationConvention the characters had to have been speaking French to one another]] (knowing French isn't that suspicious, even if one is from Austria) it's the fact that he suddenly lapsed into a ''French'' accent.
* Flintheart Glumgold in his ''WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017'' incarnation has a forced Scottish accent as part of his FakeNationality (as a way to try and one-up Scrooge in ''every way possible'' by also being ''more Scottish than him''), even though he is actually South African. When Glumgold loses his memory in "The Ballad Of Duke Baloney!", he reverts back to his natural Boer accent.

* In the ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' Dangeresque shorts, Coach Z makes absolutely no effort to hide his thick, vaguely Midwestern accent when playing Renaldo (who, based on name and costume, is either Middle Eastern, Moroccan, Hispanic, or a shriner).

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* In-story example: Faye from ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' hides her Southern accent because she believes it makes people think less of her. When she gets angry, she even stops using contractions. However, when she gets drunk, the act flies out the window.
* Anja Donlan of ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' is UsefulNotes/{{Romani}} and not a native English speaker. By adulthood, her English is so good that you wouldn't be able to tell, but in one flashback she slipped a bit while crying over the death of a friend.
* When his love interest gets stabbed, [[spoiler:Higgs]] of ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' starts to slip into a Germanic accent. This one is complicated since TranslationConvention is in effect: Everyone is speaking German, but its only the [[SuperSoldier jägers]] who are written with the accent.
** The Jägers all have enormous fangs instead of teeth (even Maxim, who is as close to bishonen as you can get without having your personality surgically removed), with the implication that the "accent" is more like a speech impediment caused by trying to talk around their ginormous choppers; [[spoiler:Higgs]], however, has apparently normal human teeth, so it remains to be seen exactly what the deal is with that.
** The Jägers are all [[Really700YearsOld much older]] than they look, suggesting their accent is really a more archaic form of the local language, raising interesting possibilities for [[spoiler:Higgs]]. He [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100419 remembers]] old Heterodynes, after all.
** Again, it's meant to represent an older accent. A [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081029 perfectly human looking woman]] had this accent at one point.
*** Aside from which, Mechanicsburger accent/Jägersprach is not ''really'' German; it's more Slavic-Romanian in intent. ''Lingua europa'', the common language the story is presumably translated from, is a creole based on German, but it's nobody's native language.
* Jareth in ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'' speaks normally (with a slight British accent, and not too specific font) but reverts to the ForeignLookingFont other Scandinavian-Germanic / Magical characters (like [[spoiler:his father]] the Erlkönig or Odin) use when he is really angry. Seen [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-138-Loss-188692595 here]].
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* While Advertising/TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld is ostensibly a DashingHispanic, and at first had the appropriate accent, in later spots his actor's UsefulNotes{{New York|City}} Jew twang bleeds through every other word or so.

* ''Advertising/ClaudeTheCat'' has an English accent, but sometimes his voice actor's New Zealand accent will pop up. One especially prominent example of this is how he says the word ''ventilation'' in the one about caravans.
* While Advertising/TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld is ostensibly a DashingHispanic, and at first had the appropriate accent, in later spots his actor's New York Jew twang bleeds through every other word or so.
* A TV advert for [=Paypal=] had a long thin blonde girl stepping through a room full of goodies whilst extolling the virtues of the service. But her accent perceptibly wandered around the English-speaking world traveling five thousand miles within the same sentence. Here possibly British; there a hint of Suid-Efrrrrikka; there New Zealand; here American; there it's Irish; and ooh, now she's back in England again.

* Happens occasionally in anime dubs recorded in Canada or Texas.
** With Canada, it's noticeable with words like "about," "house," and "sorry" often being pronounced as "aboht," "hohse," and "soarry." It got really bad in the original dub of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' with words like "Sailor Scout" in constant use. ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' got it with "Dragon" sometimes being pronounced as "Draygon." In ''Sailor Moon'', Canadian terms like "bad marks" (instead of "bad grades") would also sneak into the script. ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' got this bad in an episode that revolved around a drama club. Every usage of the word "drama" was pronounced like "drayma" instead of "drauma." This was all more common back in the 90s before the US production outlets could easily keep tabs on the ADR process. Today, very few anime dubs are recorded in Canada, and this is often cited as one reason why. As late as 2008, however, this occasionally popped up in dubs recorded at the Ocean Group's sister studio Blue Water, one example being Kurapika's voice actress in ''Manga/HunterXHunter (1999)'' pronouncing "Phantom Troupe" as "Phayntom Troupe".

** It seems to be the opinion of the voice actors themselves that the most JustForFun/{{egregious}} accents were intentionally chosen.

* Even Creator/AnimEigo's old dubs (''Manga/AhMyGoddess'', ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'', ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest'', etc) had this, since they were recorded in North Carolina. Characters ranged from having no accent at all to a thick Southern drawl (Megumi in ''Goddess'' being an example of the latter). Notably, this wasn't the same as the Texas accents heard in dubs from ADV and [=FUNimation=], but more of a mid-Atlantic way of speaking.

* In ADV's dub of ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'', the lead character, Jean, has to speak with a French accent which is noticeably inconsistent in at least the first couple of episodes. Keep in mind, though, that his actor (Creator/NathanParsons) was only twelve years old when he did the part, and otherwise the accent works in favor of the character. He gradually improves on the accent as the show progresses.

* The Latin American dub of ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'' (aka ''Glitter Force'') is a pretty egregious example, as many characters slip into their voice actors' native accents at times, mainly American or Cuban accents. This is justified, as the dub was dubbed in Miami, Florida, a city with a big Cuban community.
* In the Disney Dub of ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'', Sheeta's accent seems to wander between Canadian, British, and Kiwi. The only thing consistent is that she sounds different from everyone else, who just use American accents.
* The English dub of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure's'' first arc, "Phantom Blood," features British characters while being dubbed with an American cast. Jonathan Joestar noticeably loses his English accent a few times when he begins getting enraged at Dio for kissing Erina near the end of the first episode.

* The audiobook of the ''Doctor Who'' novel "The Coming of the Terraphiles" is read by Clive Mantle, whose struggles to reproduce Amy Pond's Scottish accent result in him sounding not entirely unlike Mrs. Doubtfire.

* Deliberately invoked with Hank, American Alfred to the British Batman in ''Comicbook/KnightAndSquire''. In the text piece, Creator/PaulCornell says he imagines Hank as being played by an actor from Milton Keynes, with an accent that wanders all over the place, just like American characters on British TV when he was a kid.

* Many of the characters in ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'' speak turn of phrases decidedly not American/Texan and more Irish (writer Creator/GarthEnnis' homeland). These are usually funniest when the main character is written with his typical Texas drawl saying them.

* Olivia in ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'' has several different accents at once. English? Scottish? American? Who can tell? (Olivia's voice actress was actual Scot Susanne Pollatschek, while her dad was voiced by Alan Young - who as Scrooge [=McDuck=] must have sorted his accent out by then.)

** Stoick the Vast has a Scottish accent. Intermittently. The rest of the time, it tends to fluctuate. Again, it's Gerard Butler.
** See also Cate Blanchett's... um... uneven Scottish accent as Valka in ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2''.

* Only God and Maisie Williams know what accent Goona was supposed to have in ''WesternAnimation/EarlyMan''; it varies wildly across both England and Scandinavia.

* In ''Podcast/{{Sequinox}}'', Cassidy claims Jake's southern accent for his character Chell is so good that it caused her own southern accent to start coming out. However, Alan, also from the south, claims it was like "being dragged through hell".

* In ''Podcast/InterstitialActualPlay'', Wheels mentions in the first episode that they have to go through a small spiel to get into Criss Angel' proper voice. Otherwise, it starts to slip into Donald Trump.

* Hilariously {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in an episode of ''Wrestling/WWERaw''. The Ghanaian-American Kofi Kingston has been portraying a Jamaican character, complete with the stereotypical accent. In the episode in question, he inexplicably speaks in his American accent during a promo, and the ever-{{Jerkass}} [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold With a Heart of Gold]] Wrestling/TripleH just had to [[MetaGuy call him out]] on it.

* In ''Vanities'', Mary and Kathy both drop their [[DeepSouth Texas drawl]] for generic accents in the third act. In some productions, Kathy acquires a New York accent. In the HBO version, they kept their accents, although less strong than before. In the added scene of the musical, Joanne may lose her accent as well.
* In a Carnegie Hall performance from 1962, Creator/JulieAndrews and Carol Burnett sing a Texan-themed duet called "Big D" (from ''Theatre/TheMostHappyFella''); Julie's attempt to sing with a Texas draaaaawl is arguably just as embarrassing as the fake-Cockney that Dick Van Dyke would do a year later in ''Mary Poppins.''

* On ''Theatre/{{Matilda}}'''s Broadway cast album, Mrs. Wormwood often sounds more New York-ish than British (the actress, Lesli Margherita, is actually from California). Bruce Bogtrotter loses his accent for the first few lines of "Revolting Children", but regains it afterward.

* This is intentionally done ''and'' PlayedForLaughs in the [[https://youtu.be/afMQp5zoX1I "Beauty is Blind"]] sketch from Webvideo/BrandonRogers. At one point during this sketch, Jurgen, a blind German [[https://youtu.be/UtKQRnLTmgw fashion designer]] -- I mean -- professional hairdresser who has been ''literally'' running with scissors all day long predictably ends up [[BlindMistake suffering an accident]] and exclaims "I'M IN SO MUCH PAIN THAT I LOST MY ACCENT!"

* Linka of ''WesternAnimation/{{Captain Planet|AndThePlaneteers}}'' had a tendency for her "Eastern Europe" accent to slip all over the place.
** Gi had a vague Asian accent that slipped on and off for the first few episodes but was then basically abandoned.

* Multiple characters in ''Anime/WanWanCelebSoreyukeTetsunoshin'' have this issue, usually when trying to conceal their identities. Tetsunoshin is a native of Kyushu and slips into the accent when he gets riled up, but has to avoid doing so when in his [[HumanityEnsues human disguise]] to avoid linking it to himself. At one point Hanzou, who speaks in very traditional Japanese since he's a GratuitousNinja, has to impersonate John who uses a ridiculous {{Engrish}} accent, and he nearly blows his cover multiple times.

** Of course, the American versions of the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books actually did Americanize the spellings and word choice, so it's almost [[JustifiedTrope justfied]].

* In ''Manga/HimoutoUmaruchan'', Nana Ebina shows her Akita accent when she feels comfortable, for example when eating something from Akita, as seen in episode 11. She seems to have a hard time hiding it, tho.

* Even Creator/AnimEigo's old dubs (''Manga/AhMyGoddess'', ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'', ''Anime/YoureUnderArrest'', etc) had this, since they were recorded in North Carolina. Characters ranged from having no accent at all to a thick Southern drawl (Megumi in ''Goddess'' being an example of the latter). Notably, this wasn't the same as the Texas accents heard in dubs from ADV and [=FUNimation=], but more of a mid-Atlantic way of speaking.

** Texas anime dubs from ADVFilms and Creator/FUNimation are almost always pretty good about avoiding this, but they ran into it a bit early on. In ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', Asuka, Misato, and Kaworu all straight-up sounded like they were from Texas, and in ''LightNovel/DirtyPair'', it was obvious with Yuri pronouncing "Kei" closer to "Kai." [=FUNimation=]'s early years with ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' had it with Gohan, Bulma, Chi-Chi, and even Android 18 slipping into mild Texas accents from time-to-time. It's actually kind of amazing how little they run into this now, with several of their voice actors having thick Texas accents away from the microphone.

* In ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer: The Movie'', Eric Idle voices Slyly the arctic fox who speaks in a Brooklyn accent, occasionally Idle's natural British accent will slip out.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': In [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS2E14Homecoming "Homecoming"]], when she speaks with her father in private Hera slips from a common "galactic" accent to the one her father has. Presumably, her upbringing starts to shine through.

* The British accents in ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' will occasionally slip and reveal the actors' native Canadian accents. One example would be Brome, who tends to speak in his actor's Canadian accent, and in "Heroes and Fools" there is a pretty big example: when Keyla says "I'll show you how Keyla digs!" he loses his British accent.

** With Canada, it's noticeable with words like "about," "house," and "sorry" often being pronounced as "aboht," "hohse," and "soarry." It got really bad in the original dub of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' with words like "Sailor Scout" in constant use. ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' got it with "Dragon" sometimes being pronounced as "Draygon." In ''Sailor Moon'', Canadian terms like "bad marks" (instead of "bad grades") would also sneak into the script. ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' got this bad in an episode that revolved around a drama club. Every usage of the word "drama" was pronounced like "drayma" instead of "drauma." This was all more common back in the 90s before the US production outlets could easily keep tabs on the ADR process. Today, very few anime dubs are recorded in Canada, and this is often cited as one reason why.

* Mr. Plod from the {{Crossover}} ''Film/ChildrensPartyAtThePalace'' seems to wander from an English accent to a “southerner” American accent.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat'' episode "Fur Cut", Dongwa slips back into Oliver Grainger's native accent when he and Sheegwa are confronting Sagwa while she is telling a story. He ends up pronoucing "You gotta!" as "You '''gatt'''a!"

* In ADV's dub of ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'', the lead character, Jean, has to speak with a French accent which is noticeably inconsistent in at least the first couple of episodes. Keep in mind, though, that his actor (Nathan Parsons) was only twelve years old when he did the part, and otherwise the accent works in favor of the character. He gradually improves on the accent as the show progresses.

* Mr. Plod from the {{Crossover}} ''Film/TheChildrensPartyAtThePalace'' seems to wander from an English accent to a “southerner” American accent.