A character suddenly adopts a much deeper voice than usual. Often used to exaggerate how angry, mean, loud, or forceful they are at the moment, but sometimes for no reason except because it sounds funny.
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Music
- Ray Stevens: In "The Dooright Family", the bass singer in the titular gospel family band (voiced entirely by Ray) is asked to "go for another octave". He does (by way of studio trickery on Ray, who is a baritone at best in Real Life), causing him to explode onstage.
Theatre
- Osmin in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio. The singer with the manliest voice plays a eunuch (although that's technically possible if he was castrated after his voice changed).
Western Animation
- The Amazing World of Gumball: In "The Kids", Gumball and Darwin start undergoing puberty when their voices start cracking — which results in them going so deep that the world around them shakes from the bass and uncontrollable volume. This leads to further confusion and hijinks. When asked what is happening to them, the doctor can't help but giggle at the situation because they don't know what it means that their voices are breaking.
- In the Dexter's Laboratory episode "Dee Dee Be Deep", Dexter tried to improve his sister Dee Dee's awful singing voice with one of his inventions, but thanks to Dee Dee messing around with it she became a very exaggerated bass. While she didn't get into the school choir, it worked out for her in the end; she joined a Barbershop Quartet instead.
- Phineas and Ferb: Ferb's solo in "Gitchee Gitchee Goo", which sounds very unlike his normal speaking voice, continues a gag seen in "Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror".Ferb: Bay-buh, bay-buh, bay-buh, bay-buh...
