History Main / ShockingVoiceIdentityReveal

* In the ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' for ''ComicBook/{{Ultimate|Marvel}} [[ComicBook/SupremePower Power]]'' #4, Linkara is yelling at Erin, when [[spoiler:the moment he says "Human", Linkara's voice changes into that of the Entity's.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''The Entity, possessing Linkara:''' [[WhamLine No,]] [[VerbalTic human]], [[HesBack this]] ''[[DemonicPossession is]]'' [[TomatoSurprise a]] [[FromBadToWorse game]]--[[SuddenlyShouting and it's one I intend to win!]]]]

* In the ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' for ''ComicBook/{{Ultimate|Marvel}} [[ComicBook/SupremePower Power]]'' #4, Linkara is yelling at Erin, when [[spoiler:the moment he says "this", Linkara's voice changes into that of the Entity's.]]

** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek Dalek]]", an adaptation of the audio play ''Jubilee'' (listed above), steals the introduction of the titular monster. It works even better on camera due to [[ActionFigureSpeech the way that Daleks emote]].
** "The Stolen Earth" reveals its iconic monster in the same way. [[spoiler:For the same reason.]]

* The big reveal of Chaptain Schwann's identity in 'VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' comes when you hear him speak for the first time, [[spoiler: and his voice is unmistakably that of Raven, one of your party members.]] As stated on the WhamLine page, the line is a Wham not for the line itself, but the voice it's said in.

* Notorious spy Robert Hanssen was finally caught when the FBI, which had focused in on a different person as the suspect, obtained a voice recording of the spy and the agent who listened to the tape recognized Hanssen's voice.

In short, this is when a familiar voice reveals the identity of a character in a moment that is shocking to the audience and/or other character(s). See also HeyItsThatVoice, where the audience recognizes the voice actor.

* Late in ''Anime/{{Monster}}'': Eva Heinemann realizes that [[spoiler:her lawyer's partner is in fact "Roberto", a former hit man working for Johann who'd been her lover before trying to kill her]]. She'd spoken to him over the phone once or twice, but when she heard his voice in person, it hit her like a ton of bricks.

* In the {{Tintin}} book ''Recap/TintinLandOfBlackGold'', Tintin wonders about the saboteur leader's voice. It turns out to be Dr. J.W. Muller from ''Recap/TintinTheBlackIsland''.

* An episode of ''MarriedWithChildren'' has the NO MA'AM men horrified beyond belief when Peggy's horrifically obese mother demonstrates that she is the voice behind "Butter", the phone sex girl they'd been talking to.

** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek Dalek]]", an adaptation of the audioplay ''Jubilee'' (listed below), steals the introduction of the titular monster. It works even better on camera due to [[ActionFigureSpeech the way that Daleks emote]].

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* In the Series/DoctorWho audio adventure starring Creator/ColinBaker "The Holy Terror" the Doctor forces a RealityWarper EnfantTerrible to adjust his age (and thus voice) to match up with his father's, thus revealing to the Doctor the key to the plot.
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* ''TotallySpies'' episode "Miss Spirit Fingers (Jazz Hands' Return - Part 2)": While Alex and Clover are eavesdropping on a conversation between the villain Jazz Hands and Miss Spirit Fingers, they notice that Miss Fingers has the same voice as Sam. They realize that Sam is masquerading as Miss Spirit Fingers and (wrongly) conclude that Sam has defected and joined Jazz Hands.

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* AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho does this rather a lot, especially for TomatoSurprise reasons:
** In "Jubilee", a pair of interrogators are torturing a creature in the Tower of London, and it refuses to talk. The torturers beg it to 'speak', but it doesn't make a sound (only, eventually, a scream). We only hear it talking when the Doctor goes in to communicate with it and it suddenly shouts, "[[RoboSpeak THE DOCTOR IS AN ENEMY OF THE DALEKS. HE MUST BE EXTERMINATED.]]"
** "The Holy Terror" concerns a [[GooGooGodlike child god]] with a face that the one-shot companion, Eugene, claims to have seen before. In order to determine who the child is, the Doctor asks it to talk in a lower voice 'like adults do'. As its voice decreases in pitch and ages we realise it's the voice of Eugene.
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* Twice on ''TheMuppetShow'' a mysterious character appears with a mask - a black knight in one episode, a [[Film/StarWars Darth Vader]] parody on another. But when the character speaks, it is clear by his distictive voice that it's Gonzo. That and [[GagNose the nose]].

* Twice on ''TheMuppetShow'' a mysterious character appears with a mask - a black knight in one episode, a [[StarWars Darth Vader]] parody on another. But when the character speaks, it is clear by his distictive voice that it's Gonzo. That and [[GagNose the nose]].

* On an episode of ''BurnNotice'', Season 2 ("Bad Breaks"), Michael is unexpectedly stuck in a bank in the middle of a robbery. He pretends to be a doctor, which gives him various opportunities to cause trouble for the bad guys. After many fun shenanigans, Sam ends up calling the head bank robber on his cell phone, pretending to be a powerful, scary guy who "really owns the bank". Michael confirms that he "recognizes the voice", and relates a story about what a powerful, scary guy Sam is, which causes dissension in the ranks of the remaining robbers.

* BigFinishDoctorWho does this rather a lot, especially for TomatoSurprise reasons:

* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': "Remember ME EDDIE, When I killed your brother! I TALKED JUST ''LIKE'' '''THIS!!!'''"

* ''Death and the Maiden'': When Paulina Escobar hears Doctor Miranda speak and laugh, she recognizes his voice as that of the man who was in charge of her torture and rape by government thugs years earlier.
* ''CollateralDamage'' had a bad guy identified that way.

* In TheCrow, Brandon Lee's rock artist Eric was good friends with a young girl before his murder. Upon returning as a super-powered revenant based on vengeance, he winds up meeting the girl again. He speaks to her a bit then quotes one of his songs, at which point he escapes into the night and she loses sight of him. The girl calls out, "Eric?"

* ''DungeonsAndDragons'' adventure "Night of the Vampire": When Lady Constantina is impersonated by her maid, the players can recognize this by the difference in their voices on the audio CD track.

* The reveal of the final villain in ''{{Digimon Adventure 02}}'' [[spoiler: Myotismon]] has this effect in the English dub; his laugh for [[spoiler: Gatomon]] and his voice for audiences who saw the first season and would recognize it.

* Tom realizes that Shaker was his son's kidnapper in ''{{Ransom}}'' when he sees his son Sean's [[BringMyBrownPants reaction]] to his voice.

* Variation: In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' story "The Macra Terror", Ben seems to have been {{Brainwashed}}, but we don't realise for sure until his usual Cockney accent suddenly changes mid-sentence to the RP one used by the CompellingVoice.