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1	When a person speaks, what they actually say comprises only about half of what's being communicated. The tone of their voice, or even the sound of the voice itself, can deliver ''as much or more'' of a message than the actual words being spoken.
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3	These tropes explore the various ways in which different voices, vocal effects, and vocal deliveries affect how we perceive characters, and how they can drastically change the message a quote conveys.
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6	!!Tropes:
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9	See also:
10	+ AccentTropes
11	+ CharactersAndCasting
12	+ LanguageTropes
13	+ VoiceActingTropes
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16	* AccidentalVentriloquism: Thinking an inanimate object is speaking. The voice belongs to an out-of-sight character.
17	* AltoVillainess: Villainesses sound better with an alto voice.
18	* ArousedByTheirVoice: A character thinks another character's voice is hot.
19	* AuthoritySoundsDeep: An authority figure's status is denoted by their deep voice.
20	* BaritoneOfStrength: A physically strong character has a deep voice.
21	* BeautifulSingingVoice: A character is acknowledged in-universe as having a great singing voice.
22	* BrokenEcho: Instead of repeating a voice, an echo either refuses to repeat or actually ''replies''.
23	* ChildLikeVoice: Someone sounds younger than they are.
24	* CompellingVoice: A voice with a supernatural compulsion to follow its commands.
25	* ComputerVoice: Computers in fiction often tend to speak with voices that are a bit uncanny.
26	* CongestionSpeak: A character with a stuffy nose has their dialogue written with certain consonants replaced.
27	* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: A character is made creepier with an intensely high-pitched voice.
28	* CreepyMonotone: When speaking in a flat, unchanging voice becomes really creepy and off-putting, if not outright terrifying.
29	* CrossDressingVoices: A male actor provides the voice of a female character, or vice versa.
30	* CuteButCacophonic: A small or cute character has a shockingly loud voice.
31	* DoIReallySoundLikeThat: Somebody is surprised by what a recording of their own voice sounds like.
32	* DramaticChoirNumber: A choir accompanies the lead vocal singer(s) in a song.
33	* DyingVocalChange: A character's voice dramatically changes as they die.
34	* TheEchoer: Someone can only speak by copying another person's words.
35	* EffeminateVoice: A feminine male character with a soft and high-pitched voice.
36	* ElectronicSpeechImpediment: Computers that are malfunctioning in some way stutter or develop other speech impediments while speaking.
37	* EvilSoundsDeep: Evil characters generally speak with much deeper voices than heroes do.
38	* EvilSoundsRaspy: Villains tend to have much harsher, rougher voices than heroes do.
39	* FlirtyVoicePloy: A character uses a sexy, flirting voice to manipulate someone.
40	* GenderConcealingVoice: Someone changes their voice pitch to conceal their gender.
41	* HarshVocals: Growling or croaky voices applied to music.
42	* HearingVoices: A character hears disembodied voices due to insanity or supernatural forces.
43	* HeavyVoice: Characters tend to get deeper, thicker voices upon gaining a large amount of weight.
44	* HeliumSpeech: A high-pitched voice effect acquired through either inhaling helium before speaking, or by pitch-shifting a voice recording.
45	* InnocentSoprano: Heroines (especially [[BeautyEqualsGoodness beautiful ones]]) are almost always soprano in musical theater.
46	* InopportuneVoiceCracking: A character's voice cracks at a bad time.
47	* InstantSoprano: {{Groin Attack}}s cause the victim to speak or scream at a higher pitch.
48	* LarynxDissonance: The fairly uncommon ability to convincingly sound like a person of the opposite gender.
49	* MachineMonotone: Machines tend to speak in monotone as a reflection of their lack of ability to feel emotion.
50	* TheMomVoice: A character, usually female, will lecture, discipline, command, or even comfort someone with a tone of voice that is reminiscent of a mother.
51	* MotorMouth: A character talks extremely fast, sometimes to the point of being unintelligible.
52	* MusicalInstrumentVoice: A character's voice is actually an instrument.
53	* NerdyNasalness: A nerdy character that has a nasally voice.
54	* NoIndoorVoice: A character cannot or will not speak quietly, and shouts or near-shouts everything they say.
55	* NoisyDuck: A duck is loud and annoying.
56	* PerishingAltRockVoice: A vocal style common in indie rock, characterized by weak, exhausted voice and flattened emotional register.
57	* PowerEchoes: Obtaining supreme magical powers adds several layers of reverb and echo to your voice.
58	* PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep: Obtaining incredible supernatural powers makes your voice drop a few octaves for some reason.
59	* ProfessionalVoiceDissonance: The voice a character uses for their job sounds very different to how they speak normally.
60	* RadioVoice: Voices become distorted in some way whenever characters speak over a communication device.
61	* ResizedVocals: For some reason, being shrunken or grown changes your voice as well.
62	* SameVoiceTheirEntireLife: A character keeps their voice actor even in flashbacks, or younger characters keep their voices in flash-forwards.
63	* SecretIdentityVocalShift: Changing the sound of your voice in order to protect your secret identity.
64	* ShiftingVoiceOfMadness: An insane character has an inconsistent speech pattern.
65	* ShockingVoiceIdentityReveal: A mysterious figure's identity is only revealed when their voice is recognized.
66	* SimpletonVoice: A halting, quavering, low-pitched voice that signals stupidity in characters.
67	* SingingVoiceDissonance: A character's singing voice sounds completely different from their normal speaking voice.
68	* SssssnakeTalk: Ekssssagerating your esssesss ssso that you sssound like a hisssssing ssssnake.
69	* SoftSpokenSadist: A villain with a gentle voice/mannerism, creating an unsettling dissonance.
70	* SpeechImpairedAnimal: An otherwise normal animal that can talk, albeit with a speech impediment.
71	* SpeechImpededLoveInterest: A character's love interest can't speak properly. Usually serves to make them endearing through vulnerability.
72	* SpeechImpediment: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
73	* StimulantSpeedtalk: Stimulants bring about a need to talk, often at high speed, often about nothing.
74	* SuperScream: A character can shout so hard, their voice serves as a weapon.
75	* TalkLikeAPirate: Arrr, this is when ye talk like ye been sailin' the seven seas in search of plunder!
76	* TenorBoy: Many heroes of an opera or musical tends to have the highest register of all the male characters.
77	* TomboyishVoice: A masculine female character with a deep voice.
78	* TrrrillingRrrs: Therrre is a heavy emphasis on this parrrticularrr letterrr...
79	* VictoriousRoar: When a character just has to let everyone know they won, they do it LOUDLY!
80	* VocalDissonance: A character speaks in a voice you would ''not'' expect coming from someone like them.
81	* VocalRangeExceeded: A person tries to sing outside of their natural range, and their voice cracks.
82	* TheVoice: A character who is heard speaking, but never physically seen.
83	* VoiceChangeling: A character can perfectly imitate other voices ''without'' changing their physical appearance.
84	* VoiceChangeSurprise: A character speaks in a voice that isn't their own, or makes a weird sound, much to their shock.
85	* VoiceOfTheLegion: A character speaks in a voice layered with echoes pitched higher or lower than the main voice, as though multiple entities are speaking through them at once.
86	* VoicesAreMental: Characters who swap bodies ''do'' swap voices as well.
87	* VoicesAreNotMental: Characters who swap bodies ''do not'' swap voices as well.
88	* VoiceOnlyCameo: A cameo role that is only heard and not seen onscreen.
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