Basic Trope: An old person who has a scratchy voice.
- Straight: Old Man Bob has a raspy voice.
- Exaggerated:
- All of the old characters in the work have scratchy voices.
- Old Man Bob's voice is so scratchy that it's impossible to understand a thing he's saying.
- Downplayed: Bob is a little older than middle-aged and has a slightly rough voice.
- Justified:
- Old Man Bob smokes (or used to smoke).
- Old Man Bob has always had a rough voice - it's just more prominent now that he's older.
- Old Man Bob once had some sort of injury that damaged his vocal chords and hasn't entirely recovered from it.
- This is Truth in Television to some extent, as aging does cause the vocal chords to weaken.
- Inverted:
- Little Bob has an extremely scratchy voice.
- Old Man Bob has a very smooth voice.
- Subverted: Old Man Bob is introduced speaking in a scratchy voice, but he just has a sore throat.
- Double Subverted: When he recovers, his voice is still raspy, though.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted: There are no old characters in the work.
- Enforced: The actor playing Old Man Bob has a raspy voice as well, so the writers decided to incorporate it into his character.
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Old Man Bob makes sure to take care of his voice.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "Old folks in fiction usually have scratchy voices, but I don't see that happen often in real life."
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