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7	->''"Later," said a second voice. This too belonged to a man, but it was strangely high-pitched, and cold as a sudden blast of icy wind. Something about that voice made the sparse hairs on the back of Frank's neck stand up.''
8	-->-- ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire''
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10	The [[OppositeTropes inverse]] of EvilSoundsDeep. Just as characters with unnaturally deep voices can sound scary, so can characters with unnaturally high voices. May be combined with EvilSoundsRaspy for a very shrill, unpleasant-sounding voice.
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12	As noted on EvilSoundsDeep, deep voices are usually seen as attractive, which can lend itself well to villainous characters. This has the opposite effect, by making villains sound sickly and grotesque. This works especially well when the heroes have "manly" voices.
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14	It should be noted that, unlike EvilSoundsDeep, which is usually just plain intimidating, this trope can be used to make villains sound creepy ''or'' comical... [[LaughablyEvil or both]].
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16	Also note that for the most part, this trope does not generally include evil women or children because they usually do have higher voices. However, a villainess or CreepyChild could count if their voice is exceptionally high, especially considering that villainesses sometimes have a low voice. The WickedWitch is a specific female villain that can count for this trope, because actresses who play evil witches typically raise their voices above their normal pitch to sound elderly and haggardly. If the actor of a scary character is clearly making their voice higher-pitched than normal, they are almost certainly going for this effect.
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18	[[folder:Types of villains who may have high-pitched voices]]
19	* Animals:
20	** HeinousHyena
21	** ManiacMonkeys
22	** WickedWeasel
23	** YouDirtyRat
24	* Clowns:
25	** MonsterClown
26	** PracticallyJoker
27	** VillainousHarlequin
28	* DepravedDwarf
29	* EunuchsAreEvil
30	* GripingAboutGremlins
31	* TheImp
32	* MadScientist, or other {{Evil Genius}}es
33	* OurImpsAreDifferent
34	* OurGoblinsAreDifferent
35	* PsychopathicManchild
36	* ScarySkeleton, especially if they're based on [[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse Skeletor]]
37	* SissyVillain
38	* TheStarscream, to fit their backstabbing nature.[[note]]The TropeNamer, [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Starscream]], is usually an example of this trope as well.[[/note]]
39	* SubvertedKidsShow cast members like DepravedKidsShowHost, Evil {{Toon}}s and the PerversePuppet
40	* Toys:
41	** CreepyDoll
42	** DemonicDummy
43	** KillerTeddyBear
44	** ScaryJackInTheBox
45	** VengefulAbandonedToy
46	* WickedWitch
47	[[/folder]]
48
49	Related to HeliumSpeech, EffeminateVoice and NerdyNasalness. May overlap with VocalDissonance, GigglingVillain, and SoftSpokenSadist.
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51	!!Examples:
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53	[[foldercontrol]]
54
55	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
56	* ''Anime/DeathNote'': Unlike his nemesis and NominalHero L, [[VillainProtagonist Light]] speaks in a very youthful tenor voice that doesn't particularly do much to dull his levels of moral absolutist murderous insanity.
57	* In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Goku Black is a sadistic, sociopathic mass-murderer and the EvilTwin to [[TheHero Goku]], who [[ActingforTwo shares]] his [[Creator/MasakoNozawa voice actress]] and the same high-pitched voice as his good counterpart, albeit in a lower register.
58	* ''Manga/KarakuriCircus'': Most of the lesser automata have almost-annoying high-pitched voices even before they reveal their monstrous true forms.
59	* Yami Bakura from ''Anime/YuGiOh'' is [[CrossDressingVoices voiced by a woman]] in the Japanese version despite looking like a teenage boy, which creates an impish, CreepyChild effect and an odd juxtaposition with his rude speech patterns. He also {{giggl\|ingVillain}}es.
60	[[/folder]]
61
62	[[folder:Comic Books]]
63	* ''ComicBook/PaulTheApostleGraphicStoryBible'' by Mario Dematteo is a graphic novel retelling the story of Paul from the ''Literature/ActsOfTheApostles'' as a sci-fi epic with an alien cast. [[https://youtu.be/BTBYb3UvVCA In the book's trailer]], which includes voice acting, Paul (then known as Saul) initially speaks with a sniveling, high-pitched voice as he leads a violent purge of Christians. After his HeelFaithTurn and subsequent name change to Paul, he has a much more normal, human-sounding voice.
64	[[/folder]]
65
66	[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
67	* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': Yzma's voice is already quite energetic and high-pitched compared to previous female Disney villains such as [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ursula]]. However, this trope is exaggerated and PlayedForLaughs late in the movie when [[spoiler:Yzma is transformed into a kitten. She gets a chipmunk-like voice, but still attempts to kill Kuzco]].
68	-->'''Yzma:''' Is that my voice? Is that... ''my'' voice? Oh well.
69	* ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'':
70	** Jack Skellington, who is regarded as the Pumpkin King and the scariest of all the monsters, has a tenor voice. Although he sometimes lowers his voice when he's trying to be intimidating, he is also prone to high-pitched {{Evil Laugh}}s, cementing him as a HorrifyingHero.
71	** As you would expect from a creepy clown, the Clown with the Tear-Away Face has a very screechy voice, at least until he tears away his face.
72	** The Creature Under the Bed. What we hear of its voice is surprisingly high-pitched, but it's still a creepy creature. The creature's gender is unknown, but it's voiced by a woman, Carmen Twilie.
73	** The Creature Under the Stairs has a [[MediaNotes/VoiceTypes Basso profundo]] voice in the English version (and a similarly deep voice in most dubs), but the Russian dub inverts the pitches of it and the Creature Under the Bed's voices: The CUTB has a deep, growly voice, while the CUTS has a high-pitched voice.
74	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceAndThePauper'': The weasel {{Mooks}}, especially the ones voiced by Creator/CharlieAdler, have high-pitched voices that fit their [[LeanAndMean thin, gangly]] appearances. This contrasts with their boss, Pete, who has a [[EvilSoundsDeep deep, booming voice]]. However, there is also at least one weasel voiced by Creator/BillFarmer who has a deeper SimpletonVoice.
75	* In ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', the Evil Queen starts out with a low voice. But when she concocts a spell to disguise herself as the Witch, one of the ingredients is "an old hag's cackle" to age her voice, making it much more high-pitched. She laments the change in her voice during her transformation into the Witch.
76	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', the Snifit that captures and brings Luigi to Bowser has a high-pitched, raspy voice, fitting because it's a small but eerie creature.
77	* King Candy from ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' has a goofy high-pitched voice complete with a [[SpeechImpediment lisp]], which helps his image as a SissyVillain and a comical {{Expy}} of Ed Wynn's performance as the Mad Hatter in ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland''. He keeps this voice even as we start to learn that he's not as friendly as seems. [[spoiler:His true form as the psychopathic GreenEyedMonster Turbo has an almost identical voice, minus the lisp, which serves as an early hint that Candy is Turbo when we first hear Turbo's voice in a flashback sequence.]] And his voice gets even more terrifying in the climax when [[spoiler:he starts glitching between his forms as King Candy and Turbo, heavily distorting his voice]].
78	* The Chief Blue Meanie from ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' speaks in a very high pitched effeminate voice, it becomes deeper and more menacing when he gets angry.
79	[[/folder]]
80
81	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
82	* ''Film/Aladdin2019'': The EvilChancellor Jafar has a high-pitched, almost effeminate-sounding voice, unlike the version from [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} the original]] who had a very deep voice.
83	* The Joker's pitch fluctuates throughout ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', but whenever he's joking or mocking someone, he puts on a very nasally voice to do it, only succeeding in making him look more unstable and dangerous.
84	* ''Film/DollFactory'': The titular dolls speak in high-pitched voices and are a bunch of killing machines.
85	* In ''Film/Goosebumps2015'', Creator/JackBlack gives the DemonicDummy Slappy a high-pitched voice reminiscent of Creator/MarkHamill's performances as the Joker.
86	* Late Soviet (premiered already after dissolution of USSR) film rendition of Moliere's ''Theatre/Tartuffe'', in the end song after Tartuffe is caught as criminal but escapes arrest and reveals himself as personification of immortal hypocrisy rather than just a person. Even creepier since he is played and sung by actor and singer Mikhail Boyarsky, probably the quintessential Badass Baritone of Soviet cape-and-sword films since 1970s (d'Artagnan, Don César de Bazan, Black Jack, etc).
87	* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'':
88	** The BigBad Judge Doom's voice turns squeaky when [[spoiler:he is revealed to be a psychopathic Toon in disguise]]. Due to his UncannyValley-looking [[spoiler:transformation]] and [[EvilIsHammy extra-hammy behavior]], it's absolutely ''terrifying''. He'd also just [[HeliumSpeech inhaled a bunch of helium]] in order to [[spoiler:reinflate his flattened body]], but his comment implies he ''always'' talks like that [[spoiler:when out of disguise]].
89	** Smarty, the leader of the {{Wicked Weasel}}s, has a low voice, but the others' voices are higher, especially [[AxCrazy Psycho]].
90	* [[EunuchsAreEvil Evil Eunuchs]] in many a Hong Kong {{Wuxia}} movie will more often than not have this kind of voice.
91	[[/folder]]
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93	[[folder:Literature]]
94	* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
95	** {{The\|Dreaded}} {{Dark\|Is Evil}} [[BigBad Lord Voldemort]] is described as having a high-pitched and very cold voice, reflective of his [[TheSociopath utterly sociopathic]] and [[AxCrazy violent nature]].
96	** [[SadistTeacher Dolores Umbridge]] is described as having a very high-pitched, girlish voice that grates on Harry's nerves. She turns out to be one of the most vile characters across the series.
97	* ''Literature/TheHellboundHeart'': One of the sadomasochistic [[HumanoidAbomination Cenobites]] has a voice that's "light and breathy -- the voice of an excited girl", in stark contrast with the dozens of pins driven into its head, face, and tongue. This and its [[OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous sexual ambiguity]] are scrapped in the [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} film adaptations]], which make Pinhead deep-voiced and male.
98	* The orc Grishnakh from ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' is described as having a voice that is high yet still menacing and evil. This is in contrast to fellow orc Ugluk who is more EvilSoundsDeep. This trait is also in the films where Grishnakh's voice is high and raspy, which highlights that he is a nasty piece of work even for an orc.
99	* In ''Literature/RuslanAndLudmila'', Naina the witch is mentioned to have a "squeaky" voice.
100	* ''Literature/SecretSeries'': The villainous Ms. Mauvais is frequently described as having a high, tinkling voice like glass. This is fitting because [[FauxAffablyEvil she puts on a front of being a cheerful, bubbly socialite]].
101	* Toothguard in ''Literature/TailchasersSong'' all talk in a high-pitched whisper accentuated by [[VerbalTic slithering their words]]. It makes them look all the more like deformed newborn kittens.
102	* ''Literature/ToyAcademy'': Chancellor Thornbones, the leader of Evil Toy Academy, is described as having a grating, high-pitched voice. This is most likely because he's an {{Expy}} of [[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse Skeletor]], who has a similar voice.
103	* Scourge from ''Literature/WarriorCats'', in addition to being TheNapoleon, had a very high-pitched and brittle voice. This made him even creepier as a villain, as he gave off the appearance and sound of a kit, but with the mind of a [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] and murderous dictator.
104	[[/folder]]
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106	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
107	* ''Series/Batman1966'': Cesar Romero's flamboyant, silly portrayal of the Joker was helped greatly by the clownish voice he used for the role.
108	* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
109	** The average Dalek screams every single word with a shrill monotone. This tips viewers off to the Daleks' inhuman natures immediately, if that wasn't given away by the salt shaker-shaped tanks they live in or by their delightful catchphrase, "Exterminate".
110	** Dalek leaders such as the Dalek Supreme or the Emperor fall firmly under EvilSoundsDeep. The Dalek Prime Minister on the other hand is definitely this trope. Combined with his oddly conversational manner, instead of the usual NoIndoorVoice RoboSpeak, and the effect is bizarrely creepy. And let's not even get ''started'' on [[MadOracle Dalek Caan]]...
111	* Played with in ''Series/{{Farscape}}'': series BigBad Scorpius normally speaks several octaves higher than most of the cast; combined with his [[SoftSpokenSadist soft-spoken delivery]] and [[AffablyEvil urbane manners]], it serves to contrast his monstrous, leather-clad appearance. However, it turns out that this is a deliberate affectation on his part, and when Scorpius gets angry, his voice [[EvilSoundsDeep drops to a demonic snarl]].
112	* ''Series/MrBlobby'' speaks in a distorted, high-pitched voice that fits his very disturbing design. This is fitting because he was intended as a parody of children's show characters.
113	* Capt. Simcoe, the seething psychopath villain of ''Series/{{Turn}}'', has a high-pitched piping voice, to go along with being very tall and having a cold stare. The overall effect is unsettling.
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115
116	[[folder:Music]]
117	* Many BlackMetal vocalists use high-pitched, raspy shrieking and screaming in order to sound evil and inhuman.
118	* Music/{{Eminem}} pitched his naturally high-pitched and nasal voice up even higher to portray his HeroicComedicSociopath [[AlterEgoActing persona]] Slim Shady on ''Music/TheSlimShadyLP'' - particularly on "My Name Is". He mostly dropped it after this album, to make it easier to blend his personas.
119	* While Music/DannyBrown doesn't always use it, he's particularly famous for rapping in an insane falsetto squawk, reflecting his nihilistic UndiscriminatingAddict persona. He was inspired by Music/{{Eminem}} above to develop this -- he'd been trying to find a specifically Detroit element for his sound, and assumed from Eminem's success that people would expect Detroit rappers to rap in a high pitched voice about being crazy and doing drugs.
120	* The Atlanta rapper 645AR is famous for rapping about drugs and guns in an extreme high pitched falsetto (his natural voice is a baritone). While often laughed at online, he's been noted for his technical innovations in [[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jun/08/evolution-rap-dizzee-busta-nicki-minaj-kanye-beasties-snoop using his thyrohyoid muscle to produce the squeak tone]], something that is not a conventional part of a singer's toolbox and contributes to the weird feel of his music.
121	[[/folder]]
122
123	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
124	* Wrestling/PaulBearer, in his role as an evil mortician, used a very high-pitched voice, most evident when he said his catchphrase, "Oh, yes!"
125	[[/folder]]
126
127	[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
128	* The slimy, power-hungry Skeksis Chamberlain in ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'' speaks in a sinister whine, peppered from time to time with a grating VerbalTic ("Hmmmmmmmmm!").
129	[[/folder]]
130
131	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
132	* In D&D, Manticores, the [[LawfulEvil Lawful Evil]] race of man-eating, common speaking, flying, spike shooting race of bat winged lion with four-too-many rows of iron teeth speaks, against all odds, in a constant falsetto. Note: "Manticores were known to be savage man-eaters and allies of evil creatures. Manticores were intelligent creatures and often worked beside other evil beings to bring strife and suffering to the world.."
133	[[/folder]]
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135	[[folder:Theatre]]
136	* ''Theatre/DerFreischutz'': This is the most common way to play Samiel, possibly to contrast him with the Hermit, who is a basso.
137	* In ''Theatre/JasperInDeadland'', [[LouisCypher Little Lu's]] voice is noticeably higher and/or squeakier than the voices of the slaves trapped in his factory.
138	[[/folder]]
139
140	[[folder:Video Games]]
141	* Downplayed with Lance from ''VideoGame/BalanWonderworld''. His tenor voice isn't as high-pitched as most other examples of this trope, but it's still noticeably higher-pitched than the voice of his GoodCounterpart, Balan. He's still the BigBad, though.
142	* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'': Gruntilda is a WickedWitch who speaks in high-pitched grunts and does some creepy cackles as well. This is especially notable because she was voiced by a man (Chris Seavor.)
143	* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum''[='=]s version of ComicBook/TheScarecrow has a really high pitched voice courtesy of Creator/DinoAndrade that doesn't make him any less unsettling, [[EvilSoundsDeep completely inverted]] [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight the next time]] we see him though due to being [[TheOtherDarrin Darrin'd]] by Creator/JohnNoble.
144	* ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite'': Songbird, the giant mechanical bird that hunts and potentially kills Booker, has a high pitched scream.
145	* ''VideoGame/CarnEvil'':
146	** Umlaut, the {{magical\|Clown}} VillainousHarlequin head who taunts you throughout the game, has a very shrill voice. It goes especially high when he does his SignatureLaugh.
147	** Dr. Klot, the MadDoctor clown enemy found in the Big Top level, speaks with a high pitched voice. Funnily enough, there's also a midget clown enemy called Smeek who has a deep, gravelly voice!
148	* [[Literature/TheLegendOfSleepyHollow Ickybod Clay]] from ''VideoGame/ClayFighter'' series has a high-pitched voice, specially notorious in ''[=CF63 1/3=]''. Also his stage in this game (a haunted house) has high-pitched ghostly laughs.
149	* ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'':
150	** Downplayed with Conker himself. He has a gentle, high-pitched voice that fits his appearance as a seemingly kid-friendly cartoon animal. However, while he may not be the cruelest character in the game, he is still a sociopathic AntiHero. He has no problem with brutally murdering his enemies (along with at least one other creature that isn't an enemy: that poor [[spoiler:baby dino]].)
151	** Played straight with Professor Von Kriplespac. His wispy, high-pitched voice is not only fitting for a MadScientist weasel, but it also helps paint him as a pathetic, scheming traitor.
152	* ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'': Ripper Roo is a LaughingMad kangaroo who is [[InstitutionalApparel almost always wrapped in a straitjacket]]. He speaks, laughs, and grunts in a very high-pitched voice.
153	* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'': Cicero is a psychotic jester with a very high-pitched voice for a man.
154	* ''VideoGame/FarCry3'': The secondary antagonist Vaas Montenegro, as voiced and performance-captured by Creator/MichaelMando, has a rather high-pitched and at times raspy voice with a vague Colombian accent. Vaas' voice tends to almost crack at times by how high-pitched he gets when he launches into his many rants; these speeches varying from poetic to psychopathic.
155	* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': [[Myth/{{Faust}} Mephistopheles]] has a screechy falsetto and NoIndoorVoice. Given that he's styled himself as a MonsterClown, and sometimes drops into Creator/TakehitoKoyasu's deep voice, [[InvokedTrope he may be doing it himself, on purpose]].
156	* ''VideoGame/{{Figment}}'': The Plague, an evil nightmare representing the fear of disease, has a screechy, sickly high-pitched voice.
157	* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'':
158	** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'': Despite being a bulky robotic bear, Funtime Freddy's voice is surprisingly high-pitched and clownish, making him perhaps the most LaughablyEvil of the game's HostileAnimatronics.
159	** Molten Freddy from ''VideoGame/FreddyFazbearsPizzeriaSimulator'' has the same voice, but somewhat more distorted. Although Molten Freddy's body is made up of several animatronics, this would seem to indicate that Funtime Freddy is the one "leading" them all.
160	** ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach'': Played with in regards to the Daycare Attendant. Its Sun form has a manic high-pitched voice, but it's a HarmlessVillain who is only a problem because it wants to play with Gregory, a child that wandered into its area. Even then, it is incapable of giving a GameOver, instead serving as a brief obstacle. When it undergoes its NighttimeTransformation into its Moon state, it switches to a [[EvilSoundsRaspy raspy voice]] as it attempts to "punish" Gregory for being up past his bedtime, becoming a more active threat in the process. It's implied that the Daycare Attendant is [[HatedByAll particularly disliked]] among the [=PizzaPlex=] guests, crew members, and even its fellow animatronics for being [[UnnecessarilyCreepyRobot too creepy for a robot intended to look after young children]]. [[note]]Fun fact: the Daycare Attendant and Funtime Freddy also share [[Creator/KellenGoff the same voice actor]].[[/note]]
161	* ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'': Therons and Kantuses has a noticeably shrill and raspy voice in contrast with the regular Locust Drones.
162	* ''VideoGame/{{Granny}}'': Granny has a very high pitched and [[EvilSoundsRaspy raspy]] voice that makes her sound menacing. Justified somewhat by the fact that she is an elderly woman, though it's noticeable even compared to real life elderly women.
163	* Vortigaunts from the first ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' game have high pitched voices which sound arguably creepy. Averted in the [[VideoGame/HalfLife2 second game]], in which their voices are [[EvilSoundsDeep low]] and [[EvilSoundsRaspy gravely]].
164	* The titular antagonist of ''VideoGame/IMMeen'' has a very high-pitched voice. Fitting, considering that he's a bit of a PsychopathicManchild.
165	* ''VideoGame/ISpy'': Skelly the skeleton from ''Spooky Mansion'' speaks with a hushed, feminine voice. Skelly isn't too evil, just kind of mischievous, but the overall effect is still pretty creepy.
166	* ''VideoGame/JudgeDreddDreddVsDeath'': Judge Fire sounds unnaturally high-pitched.
167	* Joka from ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}'' has this in all of his appearances. How exactly it sounds depends on who's voicing him - his voice may sound like a CreepyChild, or more clownish, but either way, his voice is always high-pitched - barring the scene before [[spoiler:his boss battle]] in ''Door To Phantomile'', where he suddenly gains a VoiceOfTheLegion.
168	* ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'': [[BunnyEarsLawyer Goro Majima]]'s natural voice, which he uses when he is [[LetsGetDangerous being serious]], is a smooth, cultured, butter-rich baritone. However, when he is playing up the AxCrazy "Mad Dog"-part of his persona, his voice rises at least two octaves and gains a screechy quality, and he puts on a Kansai accent thick enough to cut with a knife. The effect is unsettling at best, and flat out terrifying at worst.
169	* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'': Ridley’s piercing, high-pitched screech whenever he appears for a boss fight is infamous in the fanbase for how loud it can be.
170	* ''NeverwinterNights2/MaskOfTheBetrayer'' has One-of-Many, whose initial voice is an electronically processed, high-pitched whisper speaking an extremely creepy variant on {{S\|peakingSimlish}}imlish.
171	* ''VideoGame/NightmareNed'': The rats in the Bathroom level, who have chipmunk-like voices, throw electrical objects at you while singing a VillainSong about how they enjoy electrocuting people.
172	* Two examples from ''VideoGame/OctopathTravelerII'':
173	** Castti's ArcVillain, The Plaguemaster ([[spoiler:or Trousseau]]), has a naturally high voice, initially meant to showcase how [[PureIsNotGood innocent]] he was. Once he snaps, however, his voice constantly wavers between sounding like he's three seconds away from a breakdown and being filled with unhinged glee, which combines with his young-sounding voice to be even creepier.
174	** The Voice in Hikari's head which serves as a manifestation of his Clan Ku curse is slightly higher and significantly more bloodthirsty-sounding than his regular speaking voice.
175	* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'': The villainous MadBomber Junkrat has a high-pitched voice, fitting for his AnimalMotifs. His partner Roadhog, on the other hand, has a very [[EvilSoundsDeep deep]] voice.
176	* ''VideoGame/{{Polyroll}}'': The game's villain, Kaiser Kiwi, has a high-pitched squawk for a voice, fitting for a smallish [[FeatheredFiend bird]] like him.
177	* ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'':
178	** Recurring villain Dr. Nefarious speaks with a somewhat screechy voice.
179	** ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction'': Emperor Percival Tachyon, the game's BigBad, has an extremely shrill and loud voice, fitting, considering his [[TheNapoleon stature]].
180	* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' has featured this in varying... variants in its penchant for PsychopathicManchild characters.
181	** Alfred Ashford from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica'' has a high-pitched voice that emphasizes his theatrically flamboyant delivery and susceptibility to becoming dangerously flustered, takes his [[GigglingVillain already high-pitched giggling and cackling]] over the top, and gives him a feminine feel that furthers his similarity to his sister Alexia, with whom he forms a [[HalfIdenticalTwins Half-Identical]] CreepyTwins duo. [[spoiler:Speaking of Alexia, it also lends plausibility in advance to TheReveal that the Alexia who the player encounters throughout the first half of the game is actually Alfred [[CreepyCrossdresser impersonating her to a T]].]]
182	** Ramon Salazar from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' is a DepravedDwarf with a voice so high that there are times that he sounds like a ''hyena''.
183	** Lucas Baker from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard'' has a somewhat harsh voice on the higher side, and can regularly be heard singsonging, giggling, or screeching with laughter all the higher into it as he taunts victims, matching with his darkly playful and almost {{Keet}}-y personality.
184	* Hugh Bliss from ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' has a rather effeminate high-pitched voice, which combined with his DissonantSerenity, as well as being albino, lend him an air of creepiness, which turns out to be fitting when he is revealed as the BigBad of Season 1.
185	* Carnage from Activision's ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' has a high pitched raspy voice.
186	* ''VideoGame/SunsetOverdrive'': Fizzie has a high-pitched voice that fits him as a cutesy corporate mascot, but he is also a sadistic AI who enjoys killing people.
187	* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
188	** Recurring villain Kamek is almost always given a high-pitched voice. In the ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' games, he makes funny-sounding high-pitched noises, but in the later Mario games, he does more of a shrill screech.
189	** Since ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', the recurring [[NightOfTheLivingMooks ghost enemy]] Boo has been assigned a high-pitched laugh and voice. [[KingMook King Boo]]'s voice is lower, but [[EvilSoundsRaspy still pretty raspy]].
190	** Fellow undead enemy [[DemBones Dry Bones]] has, in some games, used some of Boo's old voice clips.
191	** [[CriminalDoppelganger Shadow Mario]] from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'' has some voice clips in a distorted version of Mario's already high-pitched voice, while others are just squeaks. His true form, [[spoiler:Bowser Jr.]], has a high-pitched voice, as well, due to being [[spoiler:[[EnfanteTerrible a small child]]]].
192	** Cosmic Mario from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'', along with Cosmic Luigi from the same game and the Cosmic Clones from [[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2 the sequel]], have Mario's voice but pitched-up.
193	* ''VideoGame/SuperSolvers'': Morty Maxwell, the self-proclaimed Master of Mischief and BigBad of the series, has a high-pitched voice.
194	* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'': [[spoiler:Flowey the Flower]] has high-pitched sounds for his VoiceGrunting, and as we quickly learn, [[TheSociopath he is cruel and sadistic]]. Justified in that [[spoiler:[[EnfanteTerrible his true form is that of a child]]]].
195	* Creator/RichardEpcar gives the Joker this type of voice in the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' series, the ''Franchise/{{Injustice}}'' series, and ''VideoGame/InfiniteCrisis'', befitting his status as a MonsterClown.
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198	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
199	* ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'':
200	** When the Urashima Woman speaks, her voice is modulated so that it comes out in an unnaturally high, warbling tone.
201	** Like the Urashima Woman, Killer Peach's voice is edited to be unnaturally high-pitched, first heard by Akira and the player when she laughs wickedly while stalking them.
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205	* The Commander of Blue Laser, the enemy fighting force in ''WebAnimation/CheatCommandos'', speaks in an incredibly shrill, high-pitched screech. This also applies to his in-universe voice actor, around whom Crack Stuntman, another actor in the cartoon, seems to feel uncomfortable.
206	* ''WebAnimation/FatherTucker'': Father Tucker is a PedophilePriest, the most prolific pedophile in the history of mankind in fact with 6'273'410 counts of pedophilia including infantophilia. Fitting for such a mega uber creep, he has an extremely high pitched voice that lets you know he is bad news.
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210	* ''WebVideo/AcquisitionsIncorporated'': PlayedForLaughs and lampshaded in the intro of the episode "Five Heads are Better than None", which starts with TheNarrator narrating in a high-pitched voice, but then it is paused, a sound options menu is opened, and the voice being changed from "Weird old creep" option to "Regular voice".
211	* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'': The dub of Episode of Bardock has the villainous Lord Chilled speak in a cartoonishly high falsetto, similar to Music/TinyTim.
212	* ''LetsPlay/TheRunawayGuys'': In their playthrough of ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamland'', Chugga gives Magolor a silly, high-pitched voice that the others compare to [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]]. When Magolor [[spoiler:turns out to be EvilAllAlong and goes OneWingedAngel]], Chugga ''shouts'' Magolor's lines, [[https://youtu.be/uIQumKIT_7w making the "Elmo" voice sound downright demonic]]. The other players are initially freaked out before eventually laughing it off.
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215	[[folder:Western Animation]]
216	* Starting with ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' and continuing in other series in the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse, Creator/MarkHamill became famous for giving the Joker a high, thin voice that lent itself well to [[LaughingMad psychotic laughter]].
217	* [[AlternateCompanyEquivalent For similar reasons]], many animated iterations of ComicBook/SpiderMan go this route with the [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Green Goblin]], with Neil Ross’s and [[Creator/SteveBlum Steve Blum’s]] portrayals from ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' respectively being the most notable examples.
218	* ''WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters'': Downplayed with the Gromble. He has a high-pitched voice and is a LargeHam, and acts like a SadistTeacher sometimes, but deep down, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold he seems to really care for his students]].
219	* ''WesternAnimation/TheDoverBoys'': [[DastardlyWhiplash Dan Backslide]] speaks - or rather, [[EvilIsHammy shouts]] - with a very shrill voice.
220	* Herbert the creepy elderly pedophile who lusts after Chris Griffin and other boys from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' speaks in a very high pitched effeminate voice, it sometimes gets raspy when he gets irritated or angry.
221	* Bill Cipher from ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' has a [[NoIndoorVoice loud]] high-pitched voice by default. When he's entirely pissed off, it changes [[EvilSoundsDeep in the opposite direction]].
222	* The evil Skeletor from ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'' has a very reedy voice.
223	* Eric's tech-savvy peer Techrat from ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' has a nasal, high pitched voice. He helps Eric with his schemes.
224	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda1989'':
225	** As the first person to give the villainous Ganon a voice, Creator/LenCarlson gave Ganon a raspy, monstrous voice that was often very high-pitched. He did sometimes briefly [[EvilSoundsDeep lower his voice for creepy effect]], though.
226	** In "Stinging a Stinger," the backstabbing con man Sleezenose has a similarly raspy voice, although even higher-pitched than Ganon's. It fits because he seems elderly, and it also shows how pathetic and repulsive he is.
227	* The MadScientist Dr. Doofenshmirtz on ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' speaks in a high-pitched voice with a vague {{Ruritania}}n or {{Uberwald}}ian accent to boot.
228	* HIM from ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'' has a very effeminate-sounding voice, fitting for his status as a SissyVillain. Although the [[VoiceOfTheLegion reverb effect]] in his voice is one of the things that actually make him [[KnightOfCerebus legitimately scary]].
229	* [[TheCollector Demongo the Soul Collector]] from ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' is a demonic henchman working for [[BigBad Aku]], who has an amusingly high-pitched voice that contrasts greatly with his overall appearance. Jarringly enough he's voiced by Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson, who's better known for playing many other characters on the same show that have very deep voices.
230	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Silverwing}}'': The evil rat king Remus has a snivelling, high-pitched voice. His [[CainAndAbel good brother]], Romulus, has a much deeper voice.
231	* ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'': Snively, TheDragon, is aptly named for his ''snivelly'' high-pitched voice. This is a strong contrast to the BigBad, Dr. Robotnik, who has a menacing deep voice. [[spoiler:In the last episode, when Snivelly takes over as the new BigBad, he does an especially high-pitched EvilLaugh.]]
232	* On ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse still speaks in his trademark squeaky voice while brutalising Music/TheJonasBrothers to keep them in line. The rather {{anvilicious}} point here is that companies like Creator/{{Disney}} maintain a stranglehold over their young stars' lives by imposing lofty standards of ContractualPurity and keeping the poor kids from enjoying a normal adolescence.
233	* Aquamarine from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' has a childlike, pixie-ish voice and appearance, and Steven at first mistakes her as a kid like him. It doesn't take long for him to be rid of that notion as Aquamarine swiftly [[spoiler: kidnaps citizens of Beach City and threatens to use them as a HumanShield in a fight if necessary]].
234	** Spinel from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie'' is one of the most dangerous foes seen so far in the series, [[spoiler: effortlessly destroying the Gems in their first fight,]] but has a cutesy voice and appearance that harken back to the WesternAnimation/BettyBoop style of animation.
235	* ''WesternAnimation/StrangeHillHigh'' had one VillainOfTheWeek being the Tooth Fairy, who has a squeaky high-pitched voice. This is actually lampshaded InUniverse where none of the characters are able to take him seriously as a villain with a voice that high.
236	* The late Chris Latta voiced villains with shrill and high voices in several of the 1980's Hasbro cartoons: Cobra Commander in ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'', Starscream in ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' and D'Compose in ''WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}}''.
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239	[[folder:Real Life]]
240	* In normal conversation, UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler had a [[EvilSoundsDeep deep]], [[EvilSoundsRaspy raspy]] voice but [[ProfessionalVoiceDissonance during his speeches]], he shouted with a high-pitched, maniacal screech. This was because of a scar on his neck incurred from a piece of shrapnel during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
241	* The public speaking voice of UsefulNotes/JosephStalin was not what you would have expected ''at all''. Recordings of Stalin delivering speeches show that his voice was higher-pitched, nasal, and rather reedy, marked by a non-standard regional accent. People who remember the British prime minister UsefulNotes/HaroldWilson have remarked that Stalin's voice is basically Wilson speaking Russian. [[note]]Wilson's speaking voice was nasal, reedy and higher-pitched with a North-West/Liverpool accent; this was beloved of comic impressionists at the time, such as Mike Yarwood, as it was regarded as comedy gold. Although a Russian Mike Yarwood seeking to "do" Stalin would have lasted perhaps thirty seconds.[[/note]]
242	* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Michael_Stephani Paul Michael Stephani]] was a SerialKiller who was nicknamed the "Weepy-Voiced Killer" due to a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYVrbMQx77M series of telephone calls he made to police, anonymously reporting his crimes in a remorseful and high-pitched voice.]] (CAUTION: May be [[NightmareFuel disturbing]] to some individuals!)
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