# Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whiskey-tango-foxtrot/766321>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 19, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whiskey-tango-foxtrot/766321 "2016-09-19T01:12:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Shockaholics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Shockaholics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shockaholics)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whiskey-tango-foxtrot/766321/1 "2016-09-19T01:12:33Z")

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[Yeah, we couldn’t figure it out either.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzijBi0dxew)

Now that voice’s gonna haunt my nightmares. Let that scary robot voice haunt your nightmares.

…please for the love of god let Metal Sonic have that voice again in the next Sonic game

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**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whiskey-tango-foxtrot/766321/2 "2016-09-19T04:31:00Z")

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So this is a two-second fragment from a cartoon starring Sonic the Hedgehog. And it starts with the sound of a robotic voice which you seem to be particularly impressed with, even though to me it sounds like a fairly simple auto-tune pitch correction + reverb.

Is this it?

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whiskey-tango-foxtrot/766321/3 "2016-09-19T04:45:25Z")

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Yeah, I’m getting old. I don’t get it, and I’m not sure I’d characterize the robot voice as “scary.”

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**Author:** ![Shockaholics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Shockaholics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shockaholics)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whiskey-tango-foxtrot/766321/4 "2016-09-19T15:49:49Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> Yeah, I’m getting old. I don’t get it, and I’m not sure I’d characterize the robot voice as “scary.”

Like I said, I couldn’t figure it out either.

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whiskey-tango-foxtrot/766321/5 "2016-09-19T16:35:59Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> Yeah, I’m getting old. I don’t get it, and I’m not sure I’d characterize the robot voice as “scary.”

Kinda soothing, actually.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whiskey-tango-foxtrot/766321/6 "2016-09-19T23:52:48Z")

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And, as always, I end up watching **Primus** videos for an hour every time there is a link to YouTube.

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**Author:** ![Shockaholics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Shockaholics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shockaholics)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whiskey-tango-foxtrot/766321/7 "2016-09-20T00:52:18Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> Kinda soothing, actually.

Is this gonna be the new ASMR video? Can we have Gary Dehan as an ASMR artist?