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* Darkseid's voice is very deep in both ''{{Superfriends}}'' and ''JusticeLeague''. His son Kalibak had a very raspy voice in the former but a very deep one in the latter, as well. It helps that this version of Kalibak is voiced by Michael Dorn. Then there's Despero...

* Oogie Boogie from ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''.

* Darkseid's voice is very deep in both ''{{Superfriends}}'' and ''JusticeLeague''. His son Kalibak had a very raspy voice in the former but a very deep one in the latter, as well. It helps that this version of Kalibak is voiced by Michael Dorn. Then there's Despero...

* Played for laughs in an ''All That'' sketch called Bridget's Slumber Party, the goth girl Claudia who has supernatural powers would often talk in a demonic voice especially if she was angry. Also in the Poetry with Claudia short which had her read poetry to children, she would alternate the lines of the rymes to sound creepy - at the end she would scare the kids by saying the final line in a demonic voice.

* DMX's ''Damien'' songs occaisionally fall in to this, especially when Damien reveals his evil nature-- "You sold me your soul when you didn't say 'no.' Just let a human with dark skin go? Well '''Give me what you owe!'''" If you listen closely, in the first song, Damiens voice even sometimes has a deep reverb to it.
* Lupe Fiasco does this occaisionally as well, such as the intros to the songs ''Little Weapon'' and ''Put You On Game.'' In ''The Coolest', the last seven words of "The ones that had deadbeat daddies, and well-to-do mommas, '''But not well enough to keep 'em from us...'''" are spoken with a second, deeper voice behind his own.

* {{Eminem}} does this in the song "My Darling", where his seperate identity (Slim Shady) is heard in a deep, demonic voice.

** May be a subversion, as Enjolras has been played by baritones many times, and Marius' song "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" is more in the baritone register.

* Surverted in ''Khovanshchina'': Dosifey, the bass, is a good, wise priest.

* Inverted in ''{{Myst}} IV: Revelation'', where the the good guys [[spoiler:Achenar, Atrus, your spirit guide]] have low tenors or baritones, whereas the bad guys[[spoiler:, that is to say Sirrus,]] are nearly countertenors but not sqeaky or unpleasant to hear. This is, of course, leaving out Yeesha, who is neither bad nor deep-voiced, but also prepubescent and female, excusing her soprano tones.

* The DoctorWho EighthDoctorAdventures have an antagonist called Sabbath, who, due to not-exactly-evil motives and frequent EnemyMine situations, is about as non-evil as you can get when you perform MeatgrinderSurgery and continually try to screw up TheMultiverse. His "resonant bass" voice gives him villain points, though.[[hottip:*:I could have sworn that the Doctor's voice is more on the baritone side, but it's described twice as a [[TenorBoy tenor]] in the same book as Sabbath's voice is mentioned.]] It probably goes along with the StoutStrength and "hands like hams".

* [[AC:Death]] from the ''{{Discworld}}'' is definitely a subversion.

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* Scarpia in ''Tosca'' is a baritone, but lately, often sung by bass-baritones. He's an evil son of a bitch who wants to kill the tenor and rape the soprano.

* Both of the villains in ''KingdomHearts'' have deep bass voices, especially Xemnas. It helps that most of the {{Big Bad}}s are different incarnations of the same deep-voiced man. Also averted in that the guy voiced by Sir ChristopherLee is an {{Antihero}}.

* In ''{{Tekken}}'', when [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Devil Jin]] talks, his voice is much lower than the normal Jin Kazama's. And in Tekken 6, though it's subtler, [[FaceHeelTurn regular Jin]] has a slightly lower-sounding voice as well.
* Both of the villains in ''KingdomHearts'' have deep bass voices, especially Xemnas. It helps that most of the [[BigBad Big Bads]] are different incarnations of the same deep-voiced man. Also averted in that the guy voiced by Sir ChristopherLee is an AntiHero.

* Inverted with [[HarryPotter Voldemort]], who is described as having a high, cold voice. [[spoiler:Inverted again with [[ReverseMole Snape]], who has a deep, ominous voice; it doesn't really help either that he's portrayed by Alan Rickman in the films.]]

* Non-evil example: [[DarkKnightTrilogy Nolanverse]] {{Batman}} affects a ([[{{Narm}} widely mocked]]) deep, [[strike: intimidating]] humorous growl.
** Of course, this is taken directly from ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', in which KevinConroy voices Batman and Bruce Wayne completely differently. (Being a skilled voice actor, he pulls it off much better.) His successor, Terry [=McGinnis=], follows his lead in this regard.
*** What's interesting is that he uses the Batman voice even while Batman is out of costume. The Bruce Wayne voice is only used when among the people, but when he's talking with his allies he uses the same deep voice, signifying that it has become his natural voice. Also, pre-Batman Bruce is shown in ''BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm'' speaking with the higher Bruce Wayne voice, signifying his psychological shift.
*** In ''JusticeLeague'' his voice becomes deeper, and in ''BatmanBeyond'' it's even deeper and gravelly.
*** In ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', Harvey Dent's voice becomes a deep growl when the Two-Face personality is in control.
---> Just one problem... [[PreAssKickingOneLiner You're talkin' to the wrong Harvey.]]
** Please note that the villains of Nolan's Batman films (CillianMurphy and Heath Ledger) both have relatively high voices. In fact, Ledger sounds like the demonic crossbreed of [[MST3K Crow T. Robot]] and Al Franken.
*** The Nolanverse plays this straighter thank you think. The Joker's voice is high-pitched except in a few choice lines - "Look at me!" anyone? Also, when people are hallucinating under Scarecrow's fear toxin, they hear his voice as gravelly and inhumanly deep.
**** Also, Cillian Murphy's voice sounds much deeper in it's natural Irish accent. It tends to happen when foreign actors adopt a different accent for a role.
*** What people tend to overlook is that [[Film/{{Batman}} Michael Keaton]] also adopted a growl for Batman and regular voice for Bruce Wayne. It's not as deep or noticable as Christian Bale's but it's there.

* [[AC:[[{{Ghostbusters}} There is no Dana. There is only Zuul.]]]]

* [[OsmosisJones Thrax's]] voice is done by LaurenceFishburne- you know, [[TheMatrix Morpheus]]? That, combined with his slick, slangy drawl is probably why he can fall under EvilIsSexy despite ''not being human''.

* Xerxes in ''[[ThreeHundred 300]]'' also had his voice deepened, to the point of sounding inhuman. In fact, he sounds almost exactly like a [[StargateSG1 Goa'uld]]. Who wants so start the WildMassGuessing here?
** Well, let's see, he falsely claims to be a god, has armies made up of conquered peoples, most of the movie has him trying to intimidate the [[BadAssArmy Spartans]] rather than come up with a solid plan, executes minions for the slightest failure... It might have been an intentional [[ShoutOut shoutout]]

* Inversion: the predominant vocal style in DeathMetal consists of a low, menacing and almost completely incomprehensible [[GutturalGrowler growling]], while in BlackMetal, mid- to high-pitched shrieking and screaming tend to be used. The inversion becomes apparent when you learn of the violence (church burnings, murders and one particularly infamous suicide) that was part and parcel of the BlackMetal scene around the time of its inception. Additionally, the death metal growl as a style is much-derided, pejoratively referred to as [[SesameStreet "Cookie Monster vocals"]].

* Subverted in ''KeychainOfCreation''. [[WordOfGod Padraig]] says that he imagines Secret as sounding like [[TheLordOfTheRings Andy Serkis's portrayal of Gollum]], but she's one of the heroes. She is an Abyssal, however, and they're usually {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s.
** No, he says he imagines her sounding like Emiliana Torrini in [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4o52a_emiliana-torrini-gollums-song_music Gollum's Song]], not like Andy Serkis.

* Both of the villains in ''KingdomHearts'' have deep bass voices, especially Xemnas. It helps that most of the BigBads are different incarnations of the same deep-voiced man. Also averted in that the guy voiced by Sir ChristopherLee is an AntiHero.

* [[{{Ghostbusters}} [[AC:There is no Dana. There is only Zuul.]]]]

* [[{{Ghostbusters}} "There is no Dana, there is only Zuul!"]]

An easy way to tell if someone is evil is that their voice is much deeper than a normal character, often artificially so. If someone undergoes a FaceHeelTurn, then along with their EvilMakeover their voice will either drop a few octaves, get put through a voice modulator or be combined with another voice speaking in a much deeper tone of voice. If an AntiHero decides to move a few notches down the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism, then he will start talking in a deeper, more serious tone of voice. Female characters get a sexy, sultry cadence, male ones an unapproachable, commanding one.