History Main / VocalDissonance

* Wrestling/BrockLesnar's voice is a bit high compared to his large and imposing figure and his screams sound more like screeches than roars.

* Another wrestling example (albeit not as dramatic) was the strange incongruence of the voices of Wrestling/ChrisBenoit and Wrestling/{{Edge}} (who were tag-team champions together on two occasions) to their respective physical appearances. Benoit was [[PintSizedPowerhouse a short but very muscular man]] who often sported a [[ManlyFacialHair "hobo beard"]], but his voice was relatively high-pitched. Edge was tall, rather lanky, and had perfectly styled long blond hair, but his voice was often a low growl and noticeably more masculine than Benoit's. (And just to add to the irony, both men were Canadian.)

* Hilariously used in one of the ''Advertising/LaLlamaQueLlama'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_uNsZWKVR spots]] for an Argentinian telecom. [[EverythingsBetterWithLlamas The baby of the llama family]] is about to say his first words and his relatives (parents, older brother, grandfather) are waiting anxiously to hear them... and he speaks in the voice of a grown old man.

* Played with in the ''[[Machinima/YogscastMinecraftSeries Shadow of Israphel]]'' machinima series, since all but one of the voices are done by one person putting on accents (even within the plot, and without the actual characters ''knowing'' they're being voiced), leaving several characters with either incredibly out of place voices or voices that change with every appearance.

** In the sixth book, Harry is surprised to hear Goyle's and Crabbs' voices and to hear how high pitched they are.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** Lie Ren has a BadassBaritone despite his slender build and a rather effeminate appearance.
** Cardin Winchester of team CRDL is a big, bulky guy[[note]]going by Jaune's official height of 6'1", Cardin's easily around 6'4" or taller[[/note]], leading one to expect him having a deep, intimidating voice. In actuality, however, Cardin has a fairly very high-pitched, almost nasally-sounding voice. Additionally, the other voiced-in-English member of his team, Russel Thrush, is much smaller and leaner than him but has a much deeper voice.
** For a non-human example, the Grimm Dragon that appears in the climax of Volume 3 does not have the deep, terrifying roar one would expect of a giant demonic dragon, but instead squeak-screeches like a giant bat.
** Oscar is a young-looking 14-year old boy with a deep, adult-sounding voice.
** [[VocalEvolution Depending on the volume]], Ruby's voice comes off as unusually high-pitched for a 15-17 year old.

CuteButCacophonic is a subtrope of this, specifically referring to when "an extremely cute and/or tiny animal turns out to have a surprisingly loud cry." InstantSoprano, another subtrope, occurs when this trope arises in response to a GroinAttack. This trope also could be the result of an InopportuneVoiceCracking. Often overlaps with MostWritersAreAdults when young children in animation are depicted with somewhat deep, adult-like voices. Not to be confused with LarynxDissonance, which involves an actor attempting to impersonate their opposite gender, or LyricalDissonance, which involves song lyrics. If a character who didn't initially have this suddenly does, it can lead to VoiceChangeSurprise.

* In ''Literature/{{Maledicte}}'', Maledicte is a slight, pretty [[SweetPollyOliver young man]] with an incredibly harsh, rasping voice. {{Justified}} in that he purposefully took poison to damage his voice.

* ''Pinball/{{Spectrum}}'' has the BaldWoman ArtificialIntelligence "Computor" speak with a distinctly masculine MachineMonotone voice.

* Another wrestling example (albeit not as dramatic) was the strange incongruence of the voices of Wrestling/ChrisBenoit and Wrestling/{{Edge}} (who were tag-team champions together on two occasions) to their respective physical appearances. Benoit was [[PintSizedPowerhouse a short but very muscular man]] who often sported a [[BadassBeard "hobo beard"]], but his voice was relatively high-pitched. Edge was tall, rather lanky, and had perfectly styled long blond hair, but his voice was often a low growl and noticeably more masculine than Benoit's. (And just to add to the irony, both men were Canadian.)

* Similarly, Boltage [=McGammar=]'s LetsPlay of ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages]]'' featured reading [[BigBad Veran]]'s lines as a breathy, saucy SouthernBelle. And accidentally uses it for one of Ralph's lines when he couldn't tell who was talking.

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* ''Series/GetSmart''. On a couple of occasions Maxwell Smart would meet with a CONTROL agent disguised as a scantily-clad showgirl, who spoke with a dubbed male voice for RuleOfFunny.

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* ''Film/HerculesReturns'' is an Australian GagDub of an Italian SwordAndSandal movie, so we have a beautiful Greek princess with a grating Ocker accent and CampGay muscleman Machismo. When [=McBain=] is fighting with Kent at the end, the voice of Hercules is dubbed over his own . Kent tells him off for trying to talk like a mythical hero.

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* ''Literature/LesMiserable'': Eponine is a young woman in her early twenties, but near-life-long homelessness and alcohol abuse have left her with a voice that is described as easily mistaken for that of a middle-aged ''man''. This does not carry over to the stage, where Eponine is a mezzo-soprano.

CuteButCacophonic is a subtrope of this, specifically referring to when "an extremely cute and/or tiny animal turns out to have a surprisingly loud cry." InstantSoprano, another subtrope, occurs when this trope arises in response to a GroinAttack. This trope also could be the result of an InopportuneVoiceCracking. Often overlaps with MostWritersAreAdults when young children in animation are depicted with somewhat deep, adult-like voices. Not to be confused with LarynxDissonance, which involves an actor attempting to impersonate their opposite gender, or LyricalDissonance, which involves song lyrics. If a character suddenly has this, it can lead to VoiceChangeSurprise.

CuteButCacophonic is a subtrope of this, specifically referring to when "an extremely cute and/or tiny animal turns out to have a surprisingly loud cry." InstantSoprano, another subtrope, occurs when this trope arises in response to a GroinAttack. This trope also could be the result of an InopportuneVoiceCracking. Often overlaps with MostWritersAreAdults when young children in animation are depicted with somewhat deep, adult-like voices. Not to be confused with LarynxDissonance, which involves an actor attempting to impersonate their opposite gender, or LyricalDissonance, which involves song lyrics. If a character suddenly has this, it can lead to VocalChangeSurprise.

CuteButCacophonic is a subtrope of this, specifically referring to when "an extremely cute and/or tiny animal turns out to have a surprisingly loud cry." InstantSoprano, another subtrope, occurs when this trope arises in response to a GroinAttack. This trope also could be the result of an InopportuneVoiceCracking. Often overlaps with MostWritersAreAdults when young children in animation are depicted with somewhat deep, adult-like voices. Not to be confused with LarynxDissonance, which involves an actor attempting to impersonate their opposite gender, or LyricalDissonance, which involves song lyrics.

* In ''Literature/EvaLuna'', Eva's CoolBigSis Mimi is a beautiful woman with a very deep voice. [[spoiler: She is [[{{Transgender}} the re-invented and finally able to transition Melecio]]; she manages to find a medium of sorts, voice-wise, and "reserves" her deepest pitch [[BewareTheNiceOnes for when she needs to make a point]].]]

-->-- '''Strong Bad''', ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail'' #120 "radio"

* Wrestling/BrockLesnar's voice is a bit high compared his large and imposing figure and his screams sound more like screeches than roars.

* Wrestling/TerryFunk is one of the toughest SOBs in the wrestling industry (having wrestled for 50 years and counting) and he certainly looks the part. However, Funk happens to have a rather soft and kindly voice, which can be quite jarring to hear coming out of a man who has fought in more hardcore matches than you can shake a stick at.

* "Lass Kicker" [[Wrestling/{{BeckyLynch}} Becky Lynch]] has a very athletic yet feminine figure, and her voice is deeper than a good portion of the ''male'''s WWE roster.