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* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'':

* In Steve Cutts' ''Where Are They Now?'', Cutts himself voices all of the has-been cartoon characters, including [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Jessica Rabbit]], giving her a [[GutturalGrowler gravelly]] [[MisplacedAccent Cockney accent]].

* Shellpeople in ''Literature/TheShipWho'' books [[WetwareCPU don't breathe and can't open their mouths]], but inputs implanted in their throats carry impulses to speakers. They learn to speak in a different way from most humans. Helva, the titular ''Ship Who Sang'', was complimented on the quality of her humming and decided to find a way to sing, ending up capable of manipulating her throat, diaphragm, and even nasal cavities in such a way that [[ManInTheMachine through her speakers]] she can sing any part she wishes, deep voiced males included.

* ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}}'': As if Tamamo-no-Mae (himself a GenderFlip of a female mythological figure) isn't androgynous enough, Creator/RomiPark's performance as him sounds more awkwardly nasal than convincing, which is unexpected from an AllStarCast game whose voice work is otherwise flawless. Gets even worse in his Awakened forms when she outright gives him a feminine voice.

* Creator/MichaelBell had a few of these on ''Anime/{{Voltron}}''.

* Some male [[LetsPlay Lets Players]] tend to do this. An infamous example being LetsPlay/{{Raocow}} with his [[VocalDissonance voice]] for [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Marisa]]. With it being [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4OODjuvbOg#t=30s strangely bizarre]] and [[CantUnhearIt hard to get out of your head]].

* There's Alice in ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'', but the voice is certainly not feminine, in fact all that's traditionally feminine about her is her breasts and her name. {{Justified}}, since she's a transgender woman, and most trans women have masculine voices due to transitioning after they've gone through male puberty.

* Creator/RobinWilliams managed an almost convincing voice in ''Film/MrsDoubtfire''. It may have helped that he played an old woman, not a young one. [[AcceptableTargets A British one, at that]].

* The 1989/1990 Afrikaans dub of ''WesternAnimation/LuckyLukeDaisyTown''. With the exception the female singing voices, all of the speaking cast are, for some reason, male and the female characters' voices are noticeably falsetto (this includes the main dance-hall singer's one non-singing line). The dub of the 1980s ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' animated series (mostly with the same cast) averted this by actually having female voice actors.

* James in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' whenever he dresses like a woman. He can pull off a rather decent-sounding female voice [[Creator/ShinichiroMiki in the Japanese version]], but in the dub (at least when voiced by Creator/EricStuart), he speaks in a cheesy [[Franchise/TheMuppets Miss Piggy]]-esque falsetto voice that can actually be quite funny (''especially'' in [[Recap/PokemonS1E15BattleAboardTheStAnne "Battle Aboard the St. Anne"]]).

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'''s Creator/MaddieBlaustein is an interesting case. Besides Meowth, she mostly played males, including the [[NarmCharm ridiculously gruff]] Lt. Surge. Of course, Maddie is transgender, which could possibly make her an exception if that wouldn't also make her an exceptional case of CrossdressingVoices as she also played young, soft-voiced boys [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and A.J.]]

* Edna Turnblad in ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'' '''is''' this trope. She's a female character who was played by drag queen Divine in the original movie. Harvey Fierstein originated the role on Broadway.
** Creator/JohnTravolta in the 2007 movie plays it more realistically, with a distinctly softer lilt than Fierstein's. Other stage versions have Ednas that barely try to sound feminine at all.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', Granny Goodness was played by Creator/EdwardAsner. Who, it must be noted, was instructed ''not'' to try to hide his voice. Hearing an old granny with a man's voice can be rather nightmarish, which fits right into Granny's character. It may also be an extension of the [[{{Pantomime}} panto]] tradition of evil dames like Cinderella's Stepmother and Stepsisters.

* Both of Granny Goodness' appearances in movies in the WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies line have this. In ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse'', Creator/EdwardAsner reprises the role. In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueGodsAndMonsters'', she's voiced by Creator/KharyPayton.

** Joe's half-sister is also voiced by a guy, but like with Dr. Girlfriend, he doesn't try to do a woman's voice, so normally, she sounds like a man. When she talks on the phone, she pinches her noise to make her voice sound higher.

** Dr. Orpheus's master always takes on a different form each time he appears on the show, from a three-headed dog to ''SantaClaus',' with [[Creator/HJonBenjamin his voice]] [[MorphicResonance being the only consistent trait between forms]]. In one episode, he takes on the form of Orpheus's ex wife, thus invoking this trope.

* Another rather disturbing [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse DCAU]] instance happens in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', [[spoiler:when Talia, after being absent from Bruce's life for decades comes back in his life... only to reveal that it's actually ''[[UnsettlingGenderReveal her father]]'', Ra's al-Ghul, who put his conscoiousnes into her body to cheat his own body's death, and who now wants Bruces body, as he prefers being a he]]. The last word in this phase, and all subsequent ones uttered by the villain, are in his male voice despite, his current female body:

** Lumpy Space Princess, who is basically series creator Creator/PendletonWard playing a ValleyGirl with little change in timbre. Lampshaded by the {{genderswap}}ped version of LSP sounding and looking the same except for some facial hair. The only time his voice sounds different is when [[HerCodenameWasMarySue LSP herself tells his story]], which had it changed to a regal British accent courtesy of Peter Serafinowicz.

* Creator/PaulFrees once voiced a minor female character in ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodysImprobablyHistory'' using the same voice he used in ''Film/SomeLikeItHot'' (see above). In addition, Walter Tetely, Sherman's voice actor, also voiced a little girl character (Napoleon's daughter) in one episode. This trope is due to there not usually being any female characters in the show, and thus, there was no need for female voice actors, except on the rare occasion the major historical figure was female (i.e. Cleopatra).

* On ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'', sisters Auntie Whispers and Adelaide of the Pasture are voiced by Tim Curry and John Cleese, respectively. Adelaide talks in a somewhat high-pitched voice, but Tim Curry doesn't even bother making Auntie Whispers sound feminine in the least.

** Perhaps ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' is the most famous example, most notably Creator/NancyCartwright voicing Bart Simpson. It goes even further in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E10TheresSomethingAboutMarrying There's Something About Marrying]]", where Patty (who [[ComingOutStory just came out as a lesbian]]) is engaged to a woman named Veronica, [[spoiler:who's later revealed to be a man DisguisedInDrag. Creator/TressMacneille still provided the man's actual voice, sounding like a lower version of the voice she uses for the bully Dolph.]]

!!![[AC:Imitating a Female Voice]]

!!![[AC:Imitating a Male Voice]]

** The dub similarly opted to cast Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn as Chimpette, using a ContraltoOfDanger even deeper and huskier than many of her previous roles to match the seiyuu's performance.

* ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}}'': As if Tamamo-no-Mae (himself a GenderFlip of a female mythological figure) isn't androgynous enough, Creator/RomiPark's performance as him sounds more awkwardly nasal than convincing, which is unexpected from an AllStarCast game whose voice work is otherwise flawless. Gets even worse in his Awakened forms when she outright gives him a feminine ContraltoOfDanger.

* Edna Mode of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles.'' She's played by the director Brad Bird himself because he couldn't find anyone else who could pull off the Japanese/German accent he wanted.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'':

* ''LightNovel/ShangriLa'' has two female-looking transgender characters obviously voiced by males.

* Several (otherwise unremarkable) attempts at [[TheAbridgedSeries abridging]] ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' on Website/YouTube have had Kyon being voiced by an obvious female.

* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' Monophanie is voiced by Koichi Yamadera in the Japanese Version. Also Subverted in the English version, where she is voiced by [[Creator/NatalieHoover Natalie Hoover]] who gives her a VERY [[CreepyHighPitchedVoice high-pitched]] [[ChildLikeVoice childlike voice]].

''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' Monophanie is voiced by Koichi Yamadera in the Japanese Version. Also Subverted in the English version, where she is voiced by [[Creator/NatalieHoover Natalie Hoover]] who gives her a VERY [[CreepyHighPitchedVoice high-pitched]] [[ChildLikeVoice childlike voice]].

* In ''Series/{{Eureka}}'', S.A.R.A.H., the AI who manages Sheriff Carter's "Smart House", has a female persona. However, Douglas Fargo, her creator and the town's resident ButtMonkey, based her voice on himself doing a female impression. (He claims he wanted to use Sarah Michelle Gellar, but she hadn't returned his calls). It's just obvious enough to {{squick}} Carter, and even though she has no physical presence, drops her squarely in the UncannyValley.

** Also in the Japanese version of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' where [[CuteAndPsycho Monophanie]] is voiced by a [[Creator/KoichiYamadera man]]. This is subverted in the English version, where she's voiced by a [[Creator/NatalieHoover woman]] who gives her a [[CreepyHighPitchedVoice ridiculously high-pitched]] [[ChildLikeVoice child-like]] voice.

** Subverted in the English version, where the character [[CrossdressingVoices is voiced by]]

[[Creator/DorothyEliasFahn a woman]].

** Subverted in the English version, where the character [[CrossdressingVoices is voiced by]] [[Creator/DorothyEliasFahn a woman]].

** Interestingly, dubbed versions [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Incredibles_characters#Edna_Mode varied between using male and female voice actors for her]].

* Creator/LievSchreiber has done two drag roles, and he doesn't even bother to disguise his (rather deep and masculine) voice. One was [[https://youtu.be/AOZT63AbKYo Chris from Mixed Nuts]], who complains "My voice doesn't suit me." The other is [[https://youtu.be/906pQ5ZHUBI Vilma]], who Schreiber described as a "gay man who wears women's clothing." He does, however, make his voice sound kind of gentler than normal.

* In 1964, in honour of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's 400th birthday, Music/TheBeatles performed a skit on a part of ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'' in their show "Around The Beatles". Music/JohnLennon played the role of Thisbe in a very deep male voice. [[https://youtu.be/y24geONER0k Can be found on YouTube multiple times]].
* Averted and subverted in the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' "Gap Girls At The Mall" sketch. Creator/ChrisFarley, Creator/DavidSpade, and Creator/AdamSandler dress in drag impersonating teenage girls at the mall. In an intentional case, the three simply use high-pitched versions of their own voices. This becomes a [[Funny/SaturdayNightLive Crowning Moment of Funny]] for Farley, in a skit where they're eating French fries, [[spoiler: Spade's character says to Farley's character: "I thought you were trying to lose weight?" Farley breaks character by using his normal voice and saying, "Lay off me, I'm starving!"]] This has become MemeticMutation for those familiar with Farley's career.

* Both the male and female voice in [[https://youtu.be/wGz3Neb9Ik8 this song]], "Shoes by Tiga," are done by the same man (the aforementioned [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tiga_(3).jpg Tiga]]) with the help of audio-editing software.

* Eurobeat singer Davide di Marcantonio often did this, likely with the aid of pitch-shifting, especially in [[https://youtu.be/2I1FfJ9TPTY Rose & John - Living in America]].

* Music/NeilSedaka, especially in [[https://youtu.be/SsYIiY2wnyU&feature=related this song]]

* Nick Pitera, who is capable of singing all the vocal parts of [[https://youtu.be/Zp1BYzIVi0U multiple Disney movies]], both male and female.
* Russel Mael of Music/{{Sparks}}, who usually has an [[https://youtu.be/QAzESJ62irI insanely feminine voice]].

* [[https://youtu.be/r8P3qxR1mk0 Luc Arbogast]], medieval countertenor. Large, shaved head, tattooed like whoa, and has the voice of an operatic diva.

** Dr. Orpheus's master always takes on a different form each time he appears on the show from a three-headed dog to ''SantaClaus'' with [[Creator/HJonBenjamin his voice]] [[MorphicResonance being the only consistent trait between forms]]. In one episode, he takes on the form of Orpheus's ex wife, thus invoking this trope.

* Another rather disturbing [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse DCAU]] instance happens in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', [[spoiler:when Talia, after being absent from Bruce's life for decades comes back in his life... only to reveal that it's actually ''[[UnsettlingGenderReveal her father]]'', Ra's al-Ghul, who swapped bodies with her to cheat his own body's death, and who now wants that of Bruce as he prefers being a he]]. The last word in this phase and all subsequent ones uttered by the villain are in his male voice despite his current female body:

* The episode "Bridle Gossip" of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has the Mane 6 afflicted by a pranking plant in various ways. Fluttershy's usually soft and ''very'' feminine voice is replaced by a [[https://youtu.be/rmGJJDL5EUA very deep sounding male voice actor]], namely, Creator/BluMankuma.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'' gives Luffy a raspy woman's voice, courtesy of Creator/MayumiTanaka. She is really able to highlight Luffy’s childish nature and easily brings out his serious, angry and tragic sides when needed.[[https://youtu.be/LLpeOXAepXU This is most definitely award deserving voice acting]].

* ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'' has [[TheHero Yu]] crossdressing during a school pageant, and getting into character very easily. The Japanese version just has Creator/DaisukeNamikawa using feminine speech patterns and a ''slightly'' softer voice, but the English dub has Creator/JohnnyYongBosch pull off a rather convincing feminine voice.

* Guy Hamdon from ''WesternAnimation/SheZow'' speaks with a high pitched voice when he's [=SheZow=].

* Creator/MitsukiSaiga and Creator/{{Kujira}} are VERY good at this.

* Lumpy Space Princess from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', who is basically series creator Creator/PendletonWard playing a ValleyGirl with little change in timbre.
** Lampshaded by the {{genderswap}}ped version of LSP sounding and looking the same except for some facial hair. The only time his voice sounds different is when [[SelfFanservice LSP herself tells his story]], which had it changed to a regal British accent courtesy of Peter Serafinowicz.
** Turtle Princess as well.