History Main / VoicedDifferentlyInTheDub

* ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'': Less the voice itself as it is the post-processing of said voice, but in the original English, Alastor's voice is given [[RadioVoice audible crackling]] akin to old American radios from the 1920s and 30s, befitting for somebody known as [[RedBaron the Radio Demon]]. The Japanese dub drops this vocal effect for the character, as Japanese radios from that time were less likely to have that level of audio distortion due to being built to different standards, meaning the joke wouldn't have translated quite as well.

** Yajirobe in the original Japanese version retains his high-pitched raspy voice as an adult voiced by Creator/MayumiTanaka, [[CrossdressingVoices a woman]], in the English dubs he is usually given a deep gruff voice.

** In the Italian dub of the original trilogy Luke Skywalker is given a deep, {{basso profundo}} voice, [[VocalDissonance quite at odds with his youthful farmboy appearance]].

* The Swedish dub of ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'', gives the villain, Sir Ruber a much [[EvilSoundsDeep deeper voice]] than Creator/GaryOldman's original tenor voice, courtesy of Tommy Nilsson who does his typical [[BassoProfundo basso profundo]] voice which suits the character design much more. Nilsson also plays up [[EvilFeelsGood Ruber's enjoyment of being evil]] as well as the obvious humor in Ruber's dialogue.

* In European French, Creator/DanielBeretta sounds absolutely nothing like Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, with the Austrian accent Arnold kept on purpose notably absent, but he was chosen by the man himself for ''Film/RedHeat'' and has voiced him ever since. Ditto when Arnold was voiced by Creator/RichardDarbois and Creator/PascalRenwick.
* Also in European French, Creator/AlainDorval's voice sounds deeper and smokier than that of the actor he has dubbed in almost everything, Creator/SylvesterStallone.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheTrueStoryOfPussNBoots'': In the original French, Puss has the kind of suave, smooth voice you would expect of a cunning con artist. For the English dub, Creator/WilliamShatner gave him a very high-pitched voice that has drawn comparisons to Franchise/WinnieThePooh.

** The Canadian Ocean Group dub of ''Z'' (which was the first English dub of the show to become broadly popular) did something similar to the French version; Vegeta was given a distinctively [[EvilSoundsRaspy raspy]] hiss, provided by Creator/BrianDrummond. This worked well enough, and spawned many {{Memetic Mutation}}s, in the Saiyan and Namek sagas, where Vegeta was either an outright villain or [[TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil only slightly less of a threat than Frieza]], but while Drummond's performance is remembered fondly by many, it's also considered an ill fit for the Android and Buu arcs, where Vegeta began to evolve into a more sympathetic character.

* ''Anime/TweenyWitches'': Lennon is an androgynous boy who is assumed to be a girl, with a young, high-pitched voice that can pass as both masculine and feminine. The Italian dub, however, gives him a blatantly deep voice that makes one wonder how anyone could think he's a girl.

* Generally, the English dub gives all of the characters accents based on their place of origin (with Blades typically being given American accents), whereas the Japanese dub does not give any special attention to accents or slang.

* ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'': In the original English, Alastor's voice has [[RadioVoice audible crackling]], fitting for somebody known as [[RedBaron the Radio Demon]]. The Japanese dub drops this quality, likely because Japanese radios are less likely to make such noises due to being built to different standards.

** Creator/KristenSchaal voices Mabel from with a voice that comes relatively close to her natural speaking voice. Her Danish voice actress, Julie Agnete Vang, tries to sound more like an actual 12-year-old, hyperactive girl - though this results in her voicing Mabel with an extremely screechy, high-pitched and nasal voice that doesn't sound very similar to her original voice.

When a dubbing studio is given a TV show, commercial or movie to dub to their language, they will try to keep a consistency with the characters' voices: if in the original language a specific character has a deep voice, then they will give that character a deep voice in the dub, or when a GirlyGirl character has a high-pitched voice in the original language, then they will give that GirlyGirl character a high-pitched voice in the dub.

* In most iterations of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'', Shaggy has a high-pitched and nasal voice. Italian dubs initially followed the route, until the live action movies where Creator/OresteBaldini became the character's main voice actor and started voicing him with a lower pitch sounding like something in between a SimpletonVoice and a {{surfer dude}}.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'':

* ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'': In the original audio, Popis originally had a very nasal voice, which was often mocked by the other characters, in her three initial appearances. The character was later removed for one year and returned permanently with a non-nasal voice. In the Brazilian Portuguese dub, her VocalEvolution happened the opposite; since the episodes were aired in Brazil in a completely random order, the predominant episodes where she had a normal voice in the original version were aired first and thus, used as basis for her voice actress Marta Volpiani, who just did a regular high-pitched little girl's voice in the episodes dubbed from 1984 to 1988 (ironically, including one of the three only episodes where she originally had a nasal voice). In 1990, Marta decided that the voice she was doing for Popis sounded too generic and more of the same than any other little girl's voice from other TV shows, so she decided to differentiate by doing the nasal voice in all episodes, a change which stuck and remained in the dub for all subsequent incarnations of the franchise.

** In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', Frieza has a [[Creator/RyuseiNakao definitely male]] yet very feminine voice in the original Japanese dub. In the Mexican Spanish dub, he is voiced by deep voiced Creator/GerardoReyero, whereas in the original English dubs he straight-up sounds like an elderly lady, until Kai finally replaced Creator/LindaYoung with Creator/ChrisAyres, who gives a performance very similar to the original.

** The Canadian Ocean Group dub of ''Z'' (which was the first English dub of the show to become broadly popular) did something similar to the French version; Vegeta was given a distinctively [[EvilSoundsRaspy raspy]] hiss, provided by Creator/BrianDrummond. This worked well enough, and spawned many {{Memetic Mutation}}s, in the Saiyan and Namek sagas, where Vegeta was either an outright villain or only slightly less of a threat than Frieza, but while Drummond's performance is remembered fondly by many, it's also considered an ill fit for the Android and Buu arcs, where Vegeta began to evolve into a more sympathetic character.

** James has a traditionally masculine voice in the original Japanese, but the English dub gave him a campier, more flamboyant voice. Both versions of him enjoy crossdressing and have some effeminate interests, but the differences in voice acting means that the Japanese take on him comes off more like a case of RealMenWearPink than his English counterpart's CampStraight personality.
** In the original Japanese track, Meowth is voiced by a female actress, who uses a very high pitched hissy voice to make for a more cat-like speech impediment (he even has a meowing VerbalTic). Through the English dub, he is usually voiced by a male actor (though at one point was voiced by Creator/MaddieBlaustein, a trans woman capable of deep voices), with his vocal range being a more gravelly slick talking Brooklyn accent.

** Guilmon was voiced by Creator/MasakoNozawa who gave him an innocent, child-like female voice, while in the dub Creator/SteveBlum gave a high, nasally, and somewhat gravelly voice, but retained the innocent nature. In Spain, Creator/PepeCarabias gave him a glass-shattering high-pitched voiced.

* In the Japanese version of ''Anime/RingingBell'' (''Chirin no Suzu'') Chirin is voiced by Creator/MinoriMatsushima who made the character sound very young and cute as a reminder that he's the youngest of the flock. In the English Dub, he's voiced by Creator/BarbaraGoodson who gives a similar performance, but occasionally talks in a bleating tone. Chirin's bleating pattern is notable since the English Dub made [[FillingTheSilence him more vocal and nosier (such as grunts, whimpering, and gasps)]]. In addition, the English Dub has [[VocalEvolution Chirin's voice slowly getting]] much [[GutturalGrowler deeper and gruffer]] as more terrible things happens to him compared to the Japanese version where his voice remains unchanged.

* In ''VideoGame/MapleStory'', Kyle is a young boy-turned teenage warrior for his entire race as latest incarnation of the legendary hero Kaiser. He's dubbed as such in the Japanese and Korean release, but in the Global release he's given the voice of a man twice his age. And while the Japanese and Korean dubs made him a HotBlooded ScreamingWarrior, his Global lines make him come across as a GutturalGrowler at times.

** Zeke in Japanese has Creator/KenjiroTsuda's signature GutturalGrowler shouty voice. In English, he instead has a more "hoity-toity" sounding voice with a pronounced London accent.
** Jin is the opposite, being voiced by Creator/TakahiroSakurai in Japanese and sounding ''exactly'' like his [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife]], but having a lower GutturalGrowler voice in the English dub.

** The Norwegian dub gives Rocko a slightly angry voice as opposed to his soft-spoken voice in the original English dub. Pretty unfitting given his innocent, timid demeanor.

** Rocko is voiced by Creator/CarlosAlazraqui, a grown man in the English dub, but in the European Portuguese dub, he is voiced by a woman.

However, sometimes a character will have a noticeably different voice in comparison to the original language. It can be because the studio doesn't have a voice actor with the specific voice tone, or because trying to emulate the original voice actor would be too hard or even impossible, or simply because they feel that the character's original voice is very unrealistic, accidentally funny or simply didn't fit the character.

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Atelier}}'' series' Mysterious subseries (starting with ''VideoGame/AtelierSophieTheAlchemistOfTheMysteriousBook''), Plachta's Japanese voice is soft and very high-pitched, making her sound young and innocent, while the English dub has her speak in a somewhat deeper, more mature tone to reflect her very long life.

* In its home region of Finland, the' 90s ''Literature/TheMoomins'' anime gives Moomintroll a young masculine voice (this take is generally uniform with other animated works). In the Japanese edit however, he is voiced by a female actress, giving him a very childlike voice. The English dub follows the direction of the Japanese version.

** In the Latin American Spanish dub, BMO [[ShesAManInJapan is a male]] rather than having an ambiguous gender, so he has a high-pitched male voice, which becomes deeper starting in Season 5, making him sound like a teenager.