History Main / DoIReallySoundLikeThat

* In one of ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'''s drug-induced dreams, he gets a phone call from himself, where the other him is firing off an really off-color PrivateEyeMonologue. Max never realizes that it is himself talking, and thinking it is a load of gibberish he dismisses it as a prank call, but he still can't help but get a nagging sense that the caller sounded familiar.

TruthInTelevision. We hear our own voices through our own ears, which are interrupted by our brains' perception and we often perceive it as different from how it really is and are surprised by the real thing. Part of this is because your voice reverberates through your ''own skull'', making it sound deeper.

Compare with RealityIsUnrealistic.

-->'''Buzz 2:''' All Rangers are to be in hypersleep until awoken by authorized personel!\\

* A variation from ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': Yzma has [[spoiler:been turned into a fluffy little cat]] and reacts to her voice sounding [[spoiler:higher]] with "Is that my voice? Is that... ''my'' voice?!"

* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', when the Dingbot containing Agatha's holographic message about the Other ''finally'' turns up again in England, playing the message shows its journey through [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php#.Xf0javzgqUk snippets of conversation]], since apparently it plays all its recordings and then records a new one, presumably assuming it's a reply. The snippets all begin with the person who's handing it off reacting to the recording of them receiving it, including "Goodness, do I ''really'' squint like that?" "''Heavens'' -- Hadn't realised I was ''that'' fat..." and "Ugh, do I really sound like that?"

* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', when the Dingbot containing Agatha's message about the Other ''finally'' turns up again in England, playing the message shows its journey through [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php#.Xf0javzgqUk snippets of conversation]], since apparently it plays all its recordings and then records a new one, presumably assuming it's a reply. The snippets all begin with the person who's handing it off reacting to the recording of them receiving it, including "Goodness, do I ''really'' squint like that?" "''Heavens'' -- Hadn't realised I was ''that'' fat..." and "Ugh, do I really sound like that?"

* The ''actual'' [[Webcomic/MegaTokyo Dom]] once [[http://megatokyo.com/strip/825#rant747 blogged]] on the ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'' website that having appeared once on ''Jeopardy!'', he could never watch the tape because his recorded voice disturbs him too much.

-> '''George''': Why won't the doors lock?\\

-->-- [[Webcomic/BobAndGeorge ''Bob and George,'' comic #1890]]

[[folder:Comics]]
* [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Robot Thor]] frequently repeats "Please tell me I don't sound like that." upon meeting the real Thor in ''Comicbook/TheUltimates'' Volume 3.
* A ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' cartoon had two scrawny geeks listening to a tape-recorder: "Does my voice really sound that funny?"

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10493511/1/Plans Plans]], Hannah is watching a Crime TV episode showing her crimes (that is, an actress pretending to be a younger version of her) and is greatly distressed at how the actress is mangling her accent:
-->'''Hannah:''' This isn't what I sound like. ''(to Lumen)'' I ''don't'' sound like that. Do I sound like that?
-->'''Lumen:''' You don't sound like that.

[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'': Buzz encounters another Buzz who believes himself to be the real Buzz.
-->'''Buzz 2:''' All Rangers are to be in hypersleep until awoken by authorized personel!\\
'''Buzz 1:''' Tell me I wasn't this deluded.

** [[OrSoIHeard Apparently]], this was Eartha's reaction when she heard what [[spoiler: cat!]] Ysma's voice sounded like. They [[ThrowItIn threw it in]].

-->'''Astrid:''' ''[in squeaky, nasal tones]'' Not now, Dad, I've got a whole day of goofing off to get started!
-->'''Hiccup:''' Wha...? Okay, first of all, I-I don't sound like that. Who - what is this character? And...and second, ''what'' is [[CharacterTic that thing you're doing with my shoulders]]?

[[folder:Films -- Live Action]]
* In ''Film/TheBadNewsBears in Breaking Training'' Ahmad cringes at watching himself give a quite respectable interview to at TV news reporter

* In ''Film/TheThirteenthWarrior'', as Ibn Fadlan is learning the Norse language, he catches the end of one viking doing an impression of another, to which the other says "I don't sound like that" ''in the exact same voice.''
* This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl6SMOSXa7A&feature=player_embedded sound test]] for Creator/AlfredHitchcock 's "Blackmail"

* A variation from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''; when Rick Blaine reads Major Strausser's dossier on him, he asks, "Are my eyes really brown?"
* In ''Film/TwentyTwoJumpStreet'', Schmidt is the only one who doesn't think Mr. Walters' impression of him is spot on.
-->'''Schmidt:''' That doesn't sound anything like me.
-->'''Jenko:''' It's not ''not'' you.
* In ''Film/{{Annie 2014}}'', when the title character sees video footage of herself for the first time, her reaction is "Whoa, my hair's gigantic!"

* In the first book of ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'', Threepio's voice is modded to sound like Leia's so that he can act as a decoy. Leia herself, listening to him, wonders the phrase of this trope.
* Creator/EmmaBull's ''Literature/WarForTheOaks'' has the heroine under a spell that removes all glamours. A side-effect is that she can hear her voice as she sounds to other people, which is a bit disorienting.
* In ''Literature/TheTamuli'' series by David Eddings, Sparhawk has this reaction when they magically disguise Berit as Sparhawk.

[[folder:Live Action TV]]

* ''Series/LoisAndClark'' episode "Virtually Destroyed": Clark is bemused by the Virtual Superman's style of speech, using cheesy terms like "Good Day Citizens!" and asks Lois if he really talks like that.

* ''Series/TheWestWing'': "Anyone else do a good Bartlet?"
* Another variant in ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', "Invasion of the Neptune Men".
-->'''Mike:''' ''[as Japanese scientist looking at blurry photo]'' Is that really what I look like?
* On one episode of ''Series/MythBusters'', Grant recorded the "Coming up on Mythbusters!" pre-commercial thing on one of the oldest voice recording machines, and after hearing it played back asked if he really sounded like that. Then the next several things he said were all in a deliberately deeper voice.

* The visual variant shows up in ''Series/DoctorWho'''s 2011 Comic Relief special, with Amy Pond.
-->'''Amy 1''': Do I really look like that?\\
'''Amy 2''': Yeah. Yeah, you do.\\
'''Amy 1''': [[ItMakesSenseInContext Mmm...]] [[UnusualEuphemism I'd give you]] a driver's licence.\\
'''Amy 2''': [[ScrewYourself I'll bet you would.]]
** A similar version happens in "Listen" when Clara Oswald checks out herself from slightly earlier in her timeline, striding away in a tight skirt.
-->'''Clara:''' Is that what I look like from the back?
-->'''The Doctor:''' It's fine.
-->'''Clara:''' I was thinking it was ''good.''
* In ''Series/TheNanny,'' Fran usually seemed absolutely oblivious to her [[AnnoyingLaugh nasal goose-honk]] like voice. One time, when hearing herself on TV, she said there must be something wrong with the set because sounded so nasal. However, later, when she's trying to climb out of a stuck elevator, she screams.

* In one episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' Bernadette has become tired of hearing about Howard's trip to space and suggests he find something else to talk about, later he tries to bring it up at a Halloween party but he's afraid she'll tell him to stop and he gets upset, when she asks him what's wrong he responds while mocking her high pitched voice and she replies in a completely different voice "I don't sound like that!".
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''. When Sam meets his soulless self in a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind, Soulless!Sam asks if he's really that gawky.

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'', in "Nikki Heat", when actress Natalie Rhodes starts dressing and acting like Beckett in order to research the lead role in an upcoming Nikki Heat movie. She gets Beckett's mannerisms eerily close:
-->'''Beckett''' (watching Natalie chew her knuckle): Do I really do that?
-->'''Castle''': Yes, and it's adorable.
* ''Series/RoyalPains'' had a [[PlayedForDrama serious]] example. Their patient of the week has an Eastern European accent, but is referenced as being from the American mid-west. This leads them to realize that she's suffering from Foreign Accent Syndrome and likely has serious brain damage. They reveal this to her by recording her voice and playing it back for her. She even says the trope name when she hears her voice.
* In ''Series/Runaways2017'' season two, Nico's reaction to Xavin shapeshifting into her exact double is to ask if she's really that short.

-->'''Rhoda:''' Listen to her voice. She sounds just like you!
-->'''Diane:''' Pfft. I don't sound like that.

** If Garrus is present, he'll admit he doesn't have much room to criticise after being told how often he uses the word "calibrations".

* In ''Series/Runaways2017'' season two, Nico's reaction to [[spoiler: Xavin shapeshifting into her exact double]] is to ask if she's really that short.

* In ''TheBadNewsBears in Breaking Training'' Ahmad cringes at watching himself give a quite respectable interview to at TV news reporter

'''Homer:''' ''(into the microphone)'' Hi. This is Homer Simpsons saying hello to all you ladies in Springfield. ''(Bart rewinds and plays the recording)'' AAH!
** They also subverted it in one episode, where Bart plays a recording of a "conversation" he "had" with "Marge" (it was Bart doing both the voices, poorly imitating his mother's) about whether Otto could live in their garage.

* [[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2 Hiccup]] is less than amused by Astrid's spot-on impression of his body language (and more joking impression of his voice).