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Why do cartoon villains speak in foreign accents?

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  1. patience_limited
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    There's also the little problem that the cheapest, best-trained voice actors are usually British. I wouldn't mind seeing some dialogue analysis, though. I'm not paying direct attention to kids'...

    There's also the little problem that the cheapest, best-trained voice actors are usually British.

    I wouldn't mind seeing some dialogue analysis, though. I'm not paying direct attention to kids' media, but the bits and pieces I see have a preponderance of villains using educated diction and longer (often sciency-baloneyum) words. There's enough ingrained anti-intellectualism already without programming kids to believe that nerds are always secretly plotting to abuse their advantages.

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  2. Micycle_the_Bichael
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    I would say that the answer to the question in the headline is fairly obvious, however the specifics from the research study was mildly surprising and interesting to read.

    I would say that the answer to the question in the headline is fairly obvious, however the specifics from the research study was mildly surprising and interesting to read.

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