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1The human voice is a diverse and varied instrument, and we often use certain inflections to convey a specific emotion. Consequently, when we are especially angered, we tend to either heighten our voices into shouting, or tense up our voices, in which case they sound coarser than usual.
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3Often times in fiction, this kind of coarseness tends to be used as a defining timbre of voice for characters who are TheCynic, have a HairTriggerTemper, are HotBlooded, prone to fits of {{Angrish}} or are the GrumpyOldMan (in which case they're also a ScratchyVoicedSenior). This is especially prevalent in animated media, where a raspy quality in the voice can be used more freely as a short-hand way of describing a character's temperament, without being taken as {{Narm}}.
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5Not to be confused with AngryAnimalisticGrowl, which denotes a one-off instance of a character's voice getting coarse as a response to extreme provocation, though there can be overlap, for obvious reasons.
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7Compare EvilSoundsRaspy, where a coarse voice is used on a villain; SmokyVoice, where the voice sounds coarse and raspy due to abuse from smoking; and HarshVocals, the closest equivalent this trope has in music.
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9!!Examples:
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12* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'': Inosuke Hashibira, the WildChild member of the main trio, is an exuberant, temperamental, and hot-headed Demon hunter who has a coarse, raspy voice that fits both his demeanor and his boar-like headdress.
13* ''Franchise/LupinIII'':
14** Daisuke Jigen, the resident SarcasticDevotee of Lupin's gang. His voice comes across as this at times, particularly in the specials before Creator/KiyoshiKobayashi retired from the role in 2021 (having voiced Jigen since ''1969''). Kobayashi's successor Creator/AkioOtsuka carries on the trend.
15** The HotBlooded Inspector Zenigata has the roughest voice in the cast, courtesy of Creator/GoroNaya's SmokyVoice. Naya's successor Creator/KoichiYamadera gives Zenigata an even ''coarser'' voice.
16* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': The angry, rageful [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaKatsukiBakugo Katsuki Bakugo]], as portrayed by Creator/NobuhikoOkamoto (Creator/CliffordChapin in English), has a very coarse, raspy voice to match his personality. In fact, you'll be hard-pressed to find a single scene where his voice sounds even close to normal.
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20* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Batman has a fairly noticeable deep, slightly raspy voice when on a case/mission. His most-known voice actor, the late Creator/KevinConroy, famously voiced the character with a casual, average voice for Bruce and a deep, gravelly one for the Bat.
21* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'': Wolverine has been known for this since Creator/CalDodd portrayed him in ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries''. This was more pronounced in the comics during the time he had gone more feral thanks to Genesis failing to rebond him with adamantium, his speech bubbles taking a more jagged look.
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25* ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheButterfly'': Valentina is a worldly woman who likes fighting and is tough as nails (which is why it's a bit of a surprise for everyone when [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan she and Bruno fall in love]]). Her EstablishingCharacterMoment shows her as having a raspy voice. Downplayed, though, in that she mainly acts tough and violent because, for her, that's the only way to survive. Once she learns that she doesn't need to fight for survival in the Encanto, she loosens up and shows herself to be a very loving (in her own way) woman.
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29* ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaur}}'': Bruton, Kron's cantankerous and rough second-in-command, has a notably coarse, raspy voice.
30* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'': Banzai, the most aggressive and trigger-happy of the three hyenas, is played with the raspiest voice.
31* ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'': Grumpy the Dwarf has the roughest personality of the Dwarfs. He's also got a fairly raspy voice.
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35* ''Film/TheHobbit'':
36** Dwalin, the rowdiest and most aggressive of the Company, speaks with a low, gruff voice coupled with an equally brash [[ViolentGlaswegian Scottish accent]].
37** Beorn the [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent skin-changer]], first introduced in ''Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug'', speaks with a low, raspy voice with a prominent growl (which could double as an AnimalSpeciesAccent, seeing as he can turn into a [[BearsAreBadNews massive black bear]]), and his backstory here gives him an AdaptationalAngstUpgrade, seeing as he's the LastOfHisKind after the other skin-changers were killed, enslaved and tortured by [[TheHeavy Azog the Defiler]]. Because of this, Beorn is very stand-offish, and he [[FantasticRacism doesn't like Dwarves any more than Orcs]], which is why the Company have to introduce themselves to him one by one, so that he doesn't get overwhelmed and lash out at them.
38* ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'': J. Jonah Jameson, Peter's cantankerous boss at the Daily Bugle, is played by Creator/JKSimmons, an actor known for his gravelly, gruff voice, who puts it to very good effect for this trope.
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42* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
43** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': Dr. Leonard "Bones" [=McCoy=] has a slightly raspy voice and, despite being a dedicated, talented doctor, often snarks at his patients, the captain, the enemy... If it speaks, he's snarked at it. Repeatedly.
44** This trope also applies to the Ferengi of [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]], as they speak in high-pitched yet raspy voices, and are known to be a race of sexist, unpleasant, greedy con artists/shrewd businessmen.
45** Captain Liam Shaw from season 3 of ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' has a gruff voice, a world-weary demeanor, and a noticeable dislike of Admiral Picard. It's then revealed that he was a survivor of the Battle of Wolf 359 -- which left him with massive SurvivorGuilt -- and he still sees Picard as Locutus of Borg.
46* ''Series/TrailerParkBoys'': Jim Lahey is a CrassCanuck, and a mean, cynical, vicious old [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]], and the late John Dunsworth portrayed him with a faint liquor-induced rasp to his voice (which became more prominent as he aged). His rasping becomes more prominent when he's threatening the [[SitcomArchnemesis Boys]], either through [[SoftSpokenSadist whispering warnings to Bubbles]] about the "winds of shit", or when he's openly raging at Ricky for [[PapaWolf interacting with his daughter Treena]]:
47-->'''Lahey:''' [[TranquilFury You've crossed the line this time, you little bastard]]! (''subjects Ricky to an AngryCollarGrab'') '''[[SuddenlyShouting How DARE you involve my daughter in your HEMISPHERE OF SHIT]]?!'''
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51* Cranky villagers in ''Franchise/AnimalCrossing'' notably have deep-pitched Animalese throughout the entire series. Joan, an elderly turnip seller, also notably received a unique Animalese pitch in early games. Some special characters (Notably Booker, Brewster, and Wilbur) use the Cranky voice.
52* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'': Gladiolus, the grumpiest of the quartet, has a deep, gravelly voice.
53* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' features [[UltimateBlacksmith Ornn, the Fire Below the Mountain]], a powerful, yet reclusive demigod of the forge who prefers to stay away from civilization. He's consequently [[TerseTalker not very talkative]], but when he ''does'' speak -- usually to deliver some [[DeadpanSnarker dry snark]] and grumble about the humans bothering him while he's working -- his voice is very deep and rumbling, akin to a GrumpyOldMan.
54* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'': Solid Snake has a distinctive gruff voice, partially due to being a [[SmokyVoice heavy smoker]], and is the most pessimistic out of the playable characters, and the least tolerant of non-box related nonsense.
55* ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'': Sub-Zero, AKA Bi-Han, is the grandmaster of the Lin Kuei and is characterized as an aggressive, callous individual, with a deep and raspy voice to match.
56* ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'': Daisaku Kuze, one of the Dojima Family lieutenants who pursues the protagonist Kazuma Kiryu throughout the game, is also the most openly aggressive of the three. He also happens to have a SmokyVoice to fit his temperament.
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60* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': Mrs. [=LaBonz=] the grouchy ApatheticTeacher has a very rough voice [[VocalEvolution in her later appearances]][[note]]She's one of many female characters to be voiced by a man[[/note]], which is justified, as [[SmokyVoice she is frequently seen smoking]].
61* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': Eddy is the angriest, most rageful member of the titular trio, and he happens to be the one who has the coarsest voice of them.
62* ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'': Pete, as portrayed by Creator/{{Jim Cummings|VoiceActor}}, has a low, gruff voice to go hand in hand with his irritable, crass personality.
63* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': Grunkle Stan. Creator/AlexHirsch set the grifter/con man apart from the other characters he voices (i.e. Soos, Old Man [=McGuckit=], Bill Cipher, etc) by giving him a short temper, cynical outlook on life, and a guttural, raspy voice.
64* ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'': Husk, the hotel's grumpy and cynical bartender, initially had a gravelly voice. However, [[VocalEvolution later in the first season]] his voice actor Creator/KeithDavid switched to giving him a much smoother, sonorous voice as he became something of a confidant for the others.
65* ''WesternAnimation/TheMrMenShow'': This is common among the Mr. Men and Little Misses with negative personality traits, such as Mr. Grumpy, Mr. Stubborn, and Miss Bossy.
66* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': Buford the bully (although he got a lot of CharacterDevelopment over the show's run) has the shortest fuse of his friend group and often does things to torment or prank his friends (with Baljeet being his most common target). His voice is noticeably raspy, which is something he actually takes pride in.
67-->'''Buford:''' You need to scream in a closet for hours to get it this way. ''Hours!''
68* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'': Buttercup has the raspiest voice of the trio (courtesy of Creator/EGDaily, who did a similarly raspy voice for [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Tommy]]), and she's a short-tempered BloodKnight.
69* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'':
70** Grandpa Lou can get cantankerous and [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]], and his voice is quite gruff. [[VocalEvolution His voice became higher-pitched]] when Creator/JoeAlaskey voiced him, but he went back to sounding rough later on.
71** Boris is [[JewsLoveToArgue very argumentative]] and [[JewishComplaining complainy]], and he has a raspy voice with a Yiddish accent.
72* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Abe Simpson the GrumpyOldMan can be even crabbier than his son Homer, and he has a rather scratchy voice.
73* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'': Most depictions of Raphael give him the deepest, raspiest voice of the Turtles (most notably in the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003 series]], which also gave him a [[BrooklynRage Brooklyn accent]]). The same arguably goes for Casey Jones, whose temper rivals Raph's (although his voice, depending on the incarnation, is usually not as deep as the turtle's).
74* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': Ratchet is very much this trope, with him having the shortest fuse of the Autobots (rivaled only by Bumblebee) and a raspy voice with a slight Southern accent. That said, he's clearly a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who cares about his Autobot crew, and it's revealed partway through season one that a lot of his anger comes from the traumas he faced [[ShellShockedVeteran as a field medic during the war on Cybertron]].
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