History Main / RadioVoice

* In a ''Carling Black Label'' advert spoofing ''Film/TheDamBusters'', the British pilots all have their voices distorted by their oxygen/radio masks as per the movie, until two pilots remove their masks so they can speak normally. At least the pilot does--turns out the copilot's normal voice [[RuleOfFunny sounds just like the radio voice]].

* Used in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' movies, in particular the first movie with the attack on the Death Star, where the distortion was filtered through what sounded like a single sideband transmitter. ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' suggested that this was at least somewhat deliberate on the part of the Rebellion, as it naturally disguised their voices (and being rebels, they would prefer to keep their identities unknown or at least plausibly deniable) and they'd rather use their limited bandwidth for things like better encryption, frequency hopping, etc than high fidelity. Though they say very little, the Imperial pilots' voices are significantly less distorted.
** And any time a stormtrooper talks, his or her voice is flattened and made to sound a little more artificial. It's supposedly the speaker in the helmet. Droids, too.
** TruthInTelevision if you use a voicemitter mounted on a [[GasMaskMooks gas mask]]. The first time you wear one, it can be very difficult not to talk about missing droids or transferring prisoners to holding cells.

* ''Franchise/StarWars''' fighters had the same effect for their military radios. It's a close simulation of the actual sound of single sideband radio, as still used by ham operators today, and military voice comms a few decades ago. Besides the "telephone filter" there is a slight, and changing, pitch shift.

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* The in-head cyber-telepathy used in all ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' media (except manga, obviously) recycles a distinctive filter set from TheMovie. It's basically just a spatializer, designed to make the sound seem far away, in a way different from a standard reverb or echo.
* Used in ''Manga/{{Pretear}}'' for all of the scenes that allow us to listen to [[ShowWithinAShow Sasame's "Words Gate" radio show]]. Particularly notable is when Mawata is listening to a recording of his show, only for her player to run out of batteries as Sasame's voice comes in loud and clear to repeat what he said on the show--in person.

->'''[[Creator/MichaelWinslow Radar Technician]]''': ''(screen goes to hash)'' Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhit! ''(talks into the communicator in a high staticky voice)'' [[AC:Sir?]]\\

'''Technician''': [[AC: Can I talk to you for a moment please, sir?]]\\

'''Technician''': [[AC: I'm having trouble with the radar, sir!]]\\

'''Technician''': [[AC: I'm having trouble with the radar, sir!]]\\

->'''[[Creator/MichaelWinslow Radar Technician]]''': ''([[SnowyScreenOfDeath screen goes to hash]])'' [[AstonishinglyAppropriateInterruption Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhit!]] ''(talks into the communicator in a high staticky voice)'' [[AC:Sir?]]\\

* The Grand Galactic Inquisitor from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' has this when masked. He has NoIndoorVoice.

** Also, most versions of Decepticon communications officer Soundwave get an almost musical multi-layered version of it, presumably to signify that he's broadcasting and receiving on many frequencies at once. Except ''much'' fan rage when any version of Soundwave [[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen lacks]] [[WesternAnimation/TransformersCyberverse it]].[[/folder]]

* ''Videogame/MarvelHeroes'' uses this with IronMan, Doctor Doom, and [[ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}} Ghost]].

* TruthInTelevision - er, I mean Radio: Some BBC Radio productions achieve the effect of a radio voice by the simple yet obvious expedient of feeding the voice through an appropriately-sized loudspeaker.
* In the radio version of Radio/TheShadow, the audio cue for "Lamont's turned invisible now" was the same filter used for "This character is talking over the telephone". Which somewhat limited the scriptwriters -- Lamont Cranston could ''get'' phone calls from other characters, but could only ''call'' other characters (and be heard over the line from their [=POV=]) as The Shadow.
* ''TheFiresignTheater'' "Nick Danger" radio show parody has the title detective's inner monologue played in a tinny effect.
-->'''Nick:''' That reminded me - how did she get mixed up with that sleazy weasel Rococo? And...how do I make my ''voice'' do this?
* ''Radio/TheFoundationTrilogy'':
** "Part One: The Psychohistorians and the Encyclopedists": During Hari Seldon's trial, everyone's voice gains a reverb to indicate that they're using a microphone to speak to the room.
** "Part Three: The Merchant Princes": During Hober Mallow's trial, he and his prosecutor take on a soft reverb and the background fills with AudienceMurmurs to indicate a large room and microphones to carry their voices.
** "Part Seven: The Mule Finds": The mental voices used for PsychicPowers develop a reverb so that they are not mistaken for verbal dialogue.

Variant: Voice communication over any kind of magical or psychic link (e.g. telepathy) will have a different effect, making the voice sound spooky or echoey instead of metallic, but the trope is the same.

* All the callers to ''Series/{{Frasier}}'''s show, which is quite logical (and disguises the fact that many of them are uncredited {{cameo}}s). Interesting in that some of the dialogue for those scenes is written, some is ad-libbed to give it a more believable feeling of sponteneity.

* ''Franchise/StarTrek'', all series. [[TeleportersAndTransporters Beam living people from one place to another?]] Check! [[HolodeckMalfunction Perfect the fully immersive, utterly realistic holodeck?]] Check? Build a communicator that can transmit sound with better quality than an FM radio? Still on the to-do list.

* Ben's various forms in the original ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' series were typically voiced by different voice actors than human Ben. For the bulk of the series, the only exception was the technology-based alien form, Upgrade, who spoke with Ben's voice with the RadioVoice distortion effect.
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* The person running Radio VK6DF in ''Film/TheseFinalHours''. Throughout the film he provides background of when the other countries/continents were incinerated by the meteor's inferno along with providing some comfort and solidarity to what remains of Australia's crumbling society (given that Australia is basically the last continent thriving with life). His [[DespairEventHorizon despondent and resigned tone]] throughout the film also helps the fact of how the world is [[ForegoneConclusion doomed from the get-go.]]

** This is averted for the soldiers in ''HalfLifeOpposingForce'', as every NPC soldier you meet speaks without using a radio. Played straight however when you actually use radios to listen in on soldiers who aren't with you.

** This is averted for the soldiers in ''Half-Life: Opposing Force'', as every NPC soldier you meet speaks without using a radio. Played straight however when you actually use radios to listen in on soldiers who aren't with you.

* ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'': UsefulNotes/RobertOppenheimer spits his lines in his battle against [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Thanos]] using a voice altered to sound like it's coming through a 1940's television, befitting for a man whose most well known appearances were from television interviews around the dawn of the Nuclear Age.

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The audio equivalent of HologramProjectionImperfection. Goes well with WalkieTalkieStatic. See Also: TheCoconutEffect.

* Parodied in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', where a policeman is driving down the road and hears an utterly unintelligible static-choked mumble from his radio. The policeman picks up the handset and talks into it in an equally meaningless [[{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown]]-esque mumble, revealing that it's not actually radio interference--in this world, cops just talk like that. Both sides can apparently understand each other perfectly.