![]() VIKI from I Robot is also another good example.Of course, given the level of Persis Khambatta's acting skills, this may be a case of fiction imitating life.The Ilia-probe from Star Trek the Motion Picture spoke like this. ![]() When he begins to sound emotional, it's an indication that something is very wrong with his programing. Smith's effectiveness in juggling his monotone and emotional voices comes from the fact that for an agent program such as himself, the permanent monotone is how he is supposed to sound.Naturally, you could argue that Agent Smith is a subversion, since he is the creepiest when he instantly changes his voice from barely controlled anger to Creepy Monotone, Mr Anderson.The agents from The Matrix all talk like this, even while in the midst of a gunfight.The T-1000, on the other hand, is shown to be able to mimic vocal inflection? it just doesn't do it unless it's necessary. But he still pretty much speaks in a flat monotone. In the first sequel, it is revealed that the longer he spends in contact with humans, the more human he will come to act.The original model Terminator always spoke like this, even when mimicking someone else?s voice.Another interpretation HAL has emotions (pride of achievement, embarrassment, fear of disconnection/failure), but they are not recognized by the human crew.Two conflicting sets of orders simply drive him bonkers. He's supposed to be sympathetic, though - his condition is compared to schizophrenia, rather than sociopathy, and the book implies that his murderous actions may have been entirely unconscious, since he's programmed to protect the crew.HAL 9000 of 2001: A Space Odyssey, showcases his monstrous inhumanity and insanity by killing his crew and locking out Dave Bowman, all in the same calm and polite monotone.Her comment? "You're a louse, Roger Smith". The hero Roger has just literally kicked her into the middle of a crossfire - she emerges with her shell sootied, her clothes tattered, and her frazzled hair sticking out every which way.The gynoid Dorothy from The Big O speaks in a level electronic grate - although peculiarly, instead of making her seem detached or dispassionate, it transforms her into a snickeringly incisive Deadpan Snarker.This trait was carried over into the dub by giving her a British accent, and casting Caitlin Glass to play her. Chachamaru in Mahou Sensei Negima (played by Akeno Watanabe, who also plays Robin Sena).Project 2501 "the Puppetmaster" from Ghost in the Shell speaks in monotone constantly, and for added dissonance, has a male voice in a female body, and does not move the mouth.This is made twelve times creepier because the Creepy Monotone it uses is the voice of Juri, one of the main characters, whom it had absorbed early on. The Cosmic Horror of Digimon Tamers, the D-Reaper, also uses a Creepy Monotone (this time because it is evil/a computer program).Aizen's English voice from Bleach, his VA used HAL as an a inspiration.The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: Yuki Nagato.A few minor events suggest that Tres does some of this intentionally, he's certainly not as unemotional as people think. ![]() Probably one of the only example who actually acts as unemotional as a walking computer would. He's still the kind of guy who proposes killing a small child for simplicity's sake, and lacks emotions of any kind.
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