# Where did this YouTube voice come from?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 17, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-youtube-voice-come-from/981303 "2023-03-17T20:57:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-youtube-voice-come-from/981303/1 "2023-03-17T20:57:11Z")

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Sometimes between scenes there will be voice that says something like “one hour later”, a little haltingly in some weird, probably fake, accent. WTF is that? Maybe from some game?

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**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-youtube-voice-come-from/981303/2 "2023-03-17T20:58:08Z")

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Spongebob Squarepants:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MXcMV-d_2Js/maxresdefault.jpg "One Hour Later... | SpongeBob Time Card #122") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXcMV-d_2Js)

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**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-youtube-voice-come-from/981303/3 "2023-03-17T21:37:40Z")

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Yes, Spongebob, and the voice was supposed to be an impression of Jacques Cousteau.

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**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-youtube-voice-come-from/981303/4 "2023-03-18T04:08:00Z")

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I think you shortchanged him.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/43QFXJiqZRE/maxresdefault.jpg "ALL SPONGEBOB TIME CARDS IN ORDER (1999-2020) (MUST WATCH!!!)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43QFXJiqZRE)