Lilly (Hana Mae Lee) is one of Pitch Perfect’s most intriguing characters, partially for her defining characteristic of speaking her lines very quietly. Especially in Lilly’s case, some of Pitch Perfect’s best comedic moments are due to their layers of humor, in which her quiet speaking voice and how no one can hear what she says is only the surface level of the joke. But the second part of the joke is the utterly bizarre things that Lilly says. The original film never resolved or explained why Lilly is this way, nor did it need to, but the latest Pitch Perfect movie explained some of the strangest eccentricities of Lilly’s character.

The original film tells the story of a college student named Bella (Anna Kendrick) who’s cajoled into ing her university’s all-female a cappella group. Once there, she meets Pitch Perfect's many locations and competitions. While she speaks in a normal tone occasionally throughout the three movies, this particular effect is one of Lilly’s defining character traits.

Lilly Gives A Wild Reason For Her Soft Voice In Pitch Perfect 3

While Lilly’s reason for speaking in such a particular way is left a mystery for most of the Pitch Perfect franchise, the last film finally explains why she has such a soft voice. At the end of the third movie, Lilly says, "Satan has finally left my body," before speaking in her full voice and confirming that her real name is Esther. This moment is fittingly strange for such a character, but it’s unclear whether it is true. Especially since Lilly occasionally speaks in her normal tone before this moment, this suggests that her speaking intonation is a personal choice of her own and one whose origins that the films may never truly reveal origin.

What Lilly Actually Says In Pitch Perfect's Nearly Inaudible Lines

While the reason behind Lilly’s muted tone and comedically unhinged statements in Pitch Perfect never be revealed, at the very least, audiences can still appreciate the character’s non-sequitur communication – as long as they have subtitles on, at least. The first of these lines is when Lilly introduces herself at the Bella auditions, saying, “Hello, my name is Lily Onakurarama. I was born with gills like a fish.” Her next startling but nearly inaudible line comes when the Bellas are doing their initial training. She asks what befell the musical group at last year’s competition, only to follow up her question with, “Do you want to see a dead body?”

Next, Lilly mentions to Donald (Utkarsh Ambudkar) on the ride to a competition that “I set fires to feel joy,” despite him having just complimented her for her ability to sing and beatbox at the same time. Then, Lilly confesses that “I did a turn at County” once Becca herself returns from jail after the Bellas attempt to break up a fight between the Treblemakers and the Tonehangers. Finally, one of Lilly’s most iconic lines in Pitch Perfect arrives during the cathartic moment when the Bellas have a vulnerable heart-to-heart conversation and confess things they’re hiding or troubling them. In this case, true to form, Lilly says, “I ate my twin in the womb.”