History Main / ShockingVoiceIdentityReveal

* ''Machinima/RedVSBlue'':
** In [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy Season 13]], [[ButtMonkey Doc]] [[TheBusCameBack returns after he was he stranded in a different dimension]] and [[SanitySlippage begins]] {{laughing|Mad}} when he finds out the Reds and Blues forgot about him, [[spoiler: [[SplitPersonality then his voice changes into that]] of [[UnstoppableRage Omega/O'Malley's]].]]

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth "The Stolen Earth"]] reveals its iconic monster in the same way as "Jubilee" and "Dalek". [[spoiler:For the same reason.]] In this case, the message is broadcast worldwide, with a who's-who of previous companions [[MassOhCrap reacting in horror]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/BarbieSpySquad'', Barbie and Teresa are flabbergasted when the apparently American Auntie Zoe reveals herself to be a British secret agent.

See also SpoiledByTheCastList, where this trope happens because two allegedly different characters share the same actor.

--->'''Doc:''' Huh, crazy. ''(starts chuckling)'' Crazy? ''(starts laughing)'' Crazy?! [[spoiler:''(in Omega's voice)'' You incompetent fools! You will all taste '''''OBLIVION!!!''''']]
** In Season 16, [[LazyBum Grif]] allows Doc use of the time travel device so the latter can use it to save lives, [[spoiler:and [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished Doc takes it and hits Grif over the head with it, and then he,]] [[TheBusCameBack or rather O'Malley,]] [[TrappedInThePast leaves Grif stranded in the past]].]]
--->'''Doc:''' [[spoiler:Ha ha ha… Oh Grif… ha ha ha... ''(in Omega's voice)'' Ah, you fool!]]\\
'''Grif:''' [[spoiler:[[OhCrap O’Malley?!]]]]

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' [[HeWhoMustNotBeHeard avoids letting us hear]] [[spoiler:Pink Diamond]] speak even though she's important to the plot. [[spoiler:That's because she's actually Rose Quartz, and that she [[VoicesAreMental speaks with her voice]] is shown as the reveal.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' has [[spoiler:Pink Diamond]] as an example, as she doesn't have a speaking role even though she's important to the plot. [[spoiler:That's because she's actually Rose Quartz, and speaking onscreen would've spoiled the reveal to the audience.]]

** In ''Discworld/TheTruth'', William discovers the identity of the mastermind ([[spoiler:his father]]) not by his voice but by his favorite quote which he gives out ad nauseam captured on a recording device.

** "[[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 [[TalkingLightbulb the way that Daleks emote]].
** An in-universe one happens in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia Utopia]]" when Martha recognizes the voice of [[spoiler: the newly-regenerated Master]] as politician Harold Saxon.

* Twice on ''Series/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]].

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth "The Stolen Earth"]] reveals its iconic monster in the same way. [[spoiler:For the same reason.]] In this case, the message is broadcast worldwide, with a who's-who of previous companions [[MassOhCrap reacting in horror]].

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E11WorldEnoughAndTime "World Enough and Time"]]: Missy talks with the odd Mr. Razor, who keeps asking whether she recognises him. Then he asks if she likes disguises. [[spoiler:Halfway through his question, Mr. Razor starts speaking in the unmistakable sound of John Simm's voice, as he removes his mask, revealing the Master.]]

[[folder:Audio Play]]

** In [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho040Jubilee "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, "[[AC:[[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.

[[folder:Film]]

* Happens in ''Series/{{Elementary}}'' when Kitty Winter hears the voice of [[spoiler:Del Gruner, Watson's new boss]]--and realizes that's he's the SerialKiller and rapist who victimized her (and many other women, none of whom survived).

-->[[spoiler:Joker]]: Can't... You... Just... Play... '''ALONG?'''

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

** [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor "The Day of the Doctor"]]: The Doctor is babbling to himself about how he could curate an art gallery, and he could retire and do that. Then someone interrupts him by saying "I really think you might", in the unusual, distinctive voice of [[spoiler:the Fourth Doctor]], immediately leaving him dumbstruck.

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E11WorldEnoughAndTime "World Enough and Time"]]: As Missy talks with the odd Mr. Razor, who keeps asking whether she recognises him. Then he asks if she likes disguises. [[spoiler:Halfway through his question, Mr. Razor starts speaking in the unmistakable sound of John Simm's voice, as he removes his mask, revealing the Master.]]

* The reveal of the final villain in ''Anime/{{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.

** 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, "[[AC:[[RoboSpeak The Doctor is an enemy of the Daleks. He must be exterminated.]]]]"

* Two of the lead characters in The Dolls of New Albion" have a moment like this when [[spoiler: John O'Brien]] recognizes [[spoiler: Constance]] as his daughter and sings to her an old lullaby he had sang when she was a child, thus jogging her memory.

[[folder: Comic Books]]

* ''Film/CollateralDamage'' had a bad guy identified that way.
* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': "Remember ME EDDIE? When I killed your brother, I TALKED JUST ''LIKE'' '''THIS!!!'''"

* In ''Film/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?"

* In ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', many people die and don't realize that they're dead until they hear the distinctive voice of fan-favorite [[AC:Death]], who always [[AC:talks like this.]]

* "The Man" on ''Series/{{Alias}}''

* On ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', Clark occasionally phoned Lois as "The Red and Blue Blur" using a voice modulator to disguise his voice. One time (when we discover that Chloe has a tap on his phone, and on all the other phones in the world) some Meddling Kids mess with Chloe's setup, rendering Clark's modulation ineffective, and she heard his real voice.
* Twice on ''Series/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]].
* An episode of ''Series/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.

** Variation: In the 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.
** "[[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 [[TalkingLightbulb the way that Daleks emote]].
** "The Stolen Earth" reveals its iconic monster in the same way. [[spoiler:For the same reason.]] In this case, the message is broadcast worldwide, with a who's-who of previous companions [[MassOhCrap reacting in horror.]]
** In "Day of the Doctor", the Doctor is babbling to himself about how he could curate an art gallery, and he could retire and do that. Then someone interrupts him by saying "I really think you might", in the unusual, distinctive voice of [[spoiler: the Fourth Doctor]], immediately leaving him dumbstruck.
** "World Enough and Time": As Missy talks with the odd Mr. Razor, who keeps asking whether she recognises him. Then he asks if she likes disguises. [[spoiler:Halway through his question, Mr. Razor starts speaking in the unmistakable sound of John Simm's voice, as he removes his mask, revealing the Master.]]

* Averted in ''Series/{{Cracker}}''. A woman who was blindfolded and raped is later picked up at her house by a taxi driver who's actually the rapist. She recognises his voice, but thinks it's just a traumatic response causing her to see her rapist in every man she meets.

-->[[spoiler:'''Lord Vyce:''' [[EvilSoundsDeep That is not my name.]]]]

-->[[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!]]]]

-->'''Doc:''' Huh, crazy. ''(starts chuckling)'' Crazy? ''(starts laughing)'' Crazy?! [[spoiler:''(in Omega's voice)'' You incompetent fools! You will all taste '''''OBLIVION!!!''''']]

-->'''Doc:''' [[spoiler:Ha ha ha… Oh Grif… ha ha ha... ''(in Omega's voice)'' Ah, you fool!]]\\

* A RunningGag on ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' is that whenever they meet Boris in disguise, Rocky always asks "That voice! Where have I heard it before?" In one episode, Bullwinkle answers, "In about 365 other episodes, but I don't know who it is either."
* In ''WesternAnimation/BarbieSpySquad'', Barbie and Teresa are flabbergasted when the apparently American Auntie Zoe reveals herself to be a British secret agent.

** In [[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy Season 13]], [[ButtMonkey Doc]] [[TheBusCameBack returns after he was he stranded in a different dimension]] and [[SanitySlippage begins]] {{laughing|Mad}} when he finds out the Reds and Blues forgot about him, [[spoiler: [[SplitPersonality then his voice changes into that]] of [[UnstoppableRage Omega/O'Malley]].]]

* Likewise in the ''Series/TheEqualizer'', a blind woman steps into an elevator holding several other people and recognizes the voice of the man who raped her years before. She hires [=McCall=] to establish who else was in the elevator at the time.

* In ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', [[spoiler:Manfred von Karma]] is ultimately confirmed as the killer of [[spoiler:the DL-6 Incident]] this way. After Phoenix reveals that he can prove that [[spoiler:the bullet in von Karma's shoulder comes from the same gun that killed Gregory Edgeworth, Von Karma]] lets out a scream- that Miles Edgeworth recognizes as the same one he heard [[spoiler:when his father was shot.]]

-->[[spoiler: ''Lord Vyce:'' [[EvilSoundsDeep That is not my name.]]]]