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* Lon'Qu in FireEmblemAwakening.
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* Portgas D. [[{{Bowdlerise}} (Tr)]]Ace in ''[[FanNickname FUN]] [[OnePiece Piece]]''
* Andreas Dalton in ''CodeGeass''
* Takashi "Mori" Morinozuka in ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub''
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* Portgas D. [[{{Bowdlerise}} (Tr)]]Ace in ''[[FanNickname FUN]] [[OnePiece [[Manga/OnePiece Piece]]''
* Andreas Dalton in ''CodeGeass''
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* Takashi "Mori" Morinozuka in ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub''
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* Ginko in ''{{Mushishi}}''''Manga/{{Mushishi}}''
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* [[LargeHam Tougou]] in ''SchoolRumble''.

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* [[LargeHam Tougou]] in ''SchoolRumble''.''Manga/SchoolRumble''.



* The BadAss monk Takigawa in Manga/GhostHunt

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* The BadAss monk Takigawa in Manga/GhostHunt''Manga/GhostHunt''



* Free in ''SoulEater''
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* Free in ''SoulEater''
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* Toga Yagari in ''{{Vampire Knight}}''

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* Toga Yagari in ''{{Vampire ''Manga/{{Vampire Knight}}''



* Kojuro Katakura in ''SengokuBasara''
* Jugo and Zetsu in ''{{Naruto}}''

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* Kojuro Katakura in ''SengokuBasara''
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* Jugo and Zetsu in ''{{Naruto}}''''Manga/{{Naruto}}''
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* O'neil in ''[[VideoGame/AliensColonialMarines Aliens: Colonial Marines]].''
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Has a {{Twitter}} [[https://twitter.com/WillingBlam account]].

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Has a {{Twitter}} {{Website/Twitter}} [[https://twitter.com/WillingBlam account]].
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In 2005, he become famous for his non-anime activities when he took on MonicaRial in a tequila shot contest after Anime Weekend Atlanta. Needless to say, the result was hilarious and has come to be known as The Travis Willingham Tequila Story. Multiple versions were told; [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYZoe5ctqxI one by Vic Mignogna]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvkWJchjv6k&feature=related one by Monica Rial]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN8iWp1p5us&feature=fvwrel and one by the man himself]].

Recently he has begun doing dubbing for many California-based works, as have many other FUNimation voice actors such as TroyBaker and Creator/LauraBailey. And now, he's even ''living'' there. He's married to LauraBailey as of 2011, and thus [[MemeticMutation he's now officially]] [[StreetFighter a family man]].

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In 2005, he become famous for his non-anime activities when he took on MonicaRial Creator/MonicaRial in a tequila shot contest after Anime Weekend Atlanta. Needless to say, the result was hilarious and has come to be known as The Travis Willingham Tequila Story. Multiple versions were told; [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYZoe5ctqxI one by Vic Mignogna]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvkWJchjv6k&feature=related one by Monica Rial]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN8iWp1p5us&feature=fvwrel and one by the man himself]].

Recently he has begun doing dubbing for many California-based works, as have many other FUNimation voice actors such as TroyBaker Creator/TroyBaker and Creator/LauraBailey. And now, he's even ''living'' there. He's married to LauraBailey as of 2011, and thus [[MemeticMutation he's now officially]] [[StreetFighter [[Franchise/StreetFighter a family man]].
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* {{Superman}}, [[DownloadableContent Bizarro and Gorilla Grodd]] in [[LegoAdaptionGame Lego Batman 2: DC Superheroes.]]
* Jul 'Mdama ([[StarfishLanguage Not that you could tell by listening to him]]) and Paul [=DeMarco=] in ''[[{{VideoGame/Halo4}} Halo 4]]''

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* {{Superman}}, {{Franchise/Superman}}, [[DownloadableContent Bizarro and Gorilla Grodd]] in [[LegoAdaptionGame Lego ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame LEGO Batman 2: DC Superheroes.]]
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* Jul 'Mdama ([[StarfishLanguage Not that you could tell by listening to him]]) and Paul [=DeMarco=] in ''[[{{VideoGame/Halo4}} Halo 4]]''
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* HugeGuyTinyGirl: As he's 6'4", he is most likely to be this with his wife LauraBailey.

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* HugeGuyTinyGirl: As he's 6'4", he is most likely to be this with his wife LauraBailey.Creator/LauraBailey.
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*** Going further than that, there is also [[BlazBlue Relius]]. Although given that he looks a lot like the PhantomOfTheOpera, it was obvious he would be this. And thanks to some leaked footage of the English dub, his performance doesn't disappoint.

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*** Going further than that, there is also [[BlazBlue [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Relius]]. Although given that he looks a lot like the PhantomOfTheOpera, ThePhantomOfTheOpera, it was obvious he would be this. And thanks to some leaked footage of the English dub, his performance doesn't disappoint.



* PigeonholedVoiceActor: normally the high authority[=/=]military figure or law-abiding character who [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking shows his authority by kicking some ass]]. [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Roy Mustang]], [[StreetFighter Guile]], and recently [[SonicTheHedgehog Knuckles]]. However, he is slowly moving away from his typecasting ever since he moved to California.

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* PigeonholedVoiceActor: normally Normally the high authority[=/=]military figure or law-abiding character who [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking shows his authority by kicking some ass]]. [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Roy Mustang]], [[StreetFighter [[Franchise/StreetFighter Guile]], and recently [[SonicTheHedgehog [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Knuckles]]. However, he is slowly moving away from his typecasting ever since he moved to California.
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* InkSuitActor: Paul [=DeMarco=] in ''Halo 4'' is essentially him with a shaved head.
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-->''TVTropesWillRuinYourLife, [[Franchise/StreetFighter so go home and be a family man.]][[note]]I mean, I did become a family man with LauraBailey[[/note]]''

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-->''TVTropesWillRuinYourLife, [[Franchise/StreetFighter so go home and be a family man.]][[note]]I mean, I did become a family man with LauraBailey[[/note]]''Creator/LauraBailey[[/note]]''
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* Jul 'Mdama and Paul [=DeMarco=] in ''[[{{VideoGame/Halo4}} Halo 4]]''

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* Jul 'Mdama ([[StarfishLanguage Not that you could tell by listening to him]]) and Paul [=DeMarco=] in ''[[{{VideoGame/Halo4}} Halo 4]]''
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* Yodai Higashizawa in ''TheWorldEndsWithYou''

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* TheIncredibleHulk, [[FantasticFour Human Torch]], Piledriver and Skurge the Executioner in ''TheSuperHeroSquadShow''

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* HugeGuyTinyGirl: As he's 6'3", he is most likely to be this with his wife LauraBailey.

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* HugeGuyTinyGirl: As he's 6'3", 6'4", he is most likely to be this with his wife LauraBailey.
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* Jul 'Mdama in ''[[{{VideoGame/Halo4}} Halo 4]]''

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** And then there's his performance as [[{{Bleach}} Charlotte]], which is massively PlayingAgainstType but still manages to be so absurdly CampGay and FABULOUS it borders on ridiculous.

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** And then there's his performance as [[{{Bleach}} [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Charlotte]], which is massively PlayingAgainstType but still manages to be so absurdly CampGay and FABULOUS it borders on ridiculous.



** Considering one of his most recent roles was [[{{Bleach}} Char]][[DragQueen lotte]]...mission accomplished.

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** Considering one of his most recent roles was [[{{Bleach}} [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Char]][[DragQueen lotte]]...mission accomplished.
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* Love Aikawa, Ashido, Charlotte Chulhorne, and Findorr Calius in ''{{Bleach}}''

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* Jul 'Mdama in Halo4

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* Christof Sievernich in ''{{Anime/Monster}}''

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* Antonio Lopez from TigerAndBunny

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* King Roland II in ''SofiaTheFirst''
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*** And now he's [[BlazBlue Relius Clover]], practically the furthest character from his pigeonhole, being a MadScientist CompleteMonster and all. Unless you count that despite his atrocity, Relius is still one of the highest ranking member of NOL and one of the people who could've been stronger than Hazama, thereby adhering to AuthorityEqualsAsskicking.

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*** And now he's [[BlazBlue Relius Clover]], practically the furthest character from his pigeonhole, being a MadScientist CompleteMonster and all. Unless you count that despite his atrocity, Relius is still one of the highest ranking member of NOL and one of the people who could've been stronger than Hazama, thereby adhering to AuthorityEqualsAsskicking.

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* AscendedFanboy: Though he got into it pretty late, he was a massive fan of Dragonball Z and therefore [[JumpedAtTheCall jumped at the chance to voice an anime character.]] ''ANY'' anime character.

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Though he got into it pretty late, he was a massive fan of Dragonball Z and therefore [[JumpedAtTheCall jumped at the chance to voice an anime character.]] ''ANY'' anime character.character.
** He's also a huge comic book fan; he got to play several characters in TheSuperHeroSquadShow and is going to be playing Thor in ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble''.
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Travis Willingham is one of the more recent voice actors, originally starting out as Col. Roy Mustang in [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the 2003 anime adaptation]] of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. After that, he started getting [[PigeonholedVoiceActor pigeonholed]] into voicing characters that are either [[BadAss badasses]] or have a high rank or status, be it military or some other thing (not to mention a few characters PlayingWithFire). He is somewhat [[MemeticMutation memetically popular]] thanks to his infamous "tiny miniskirts" decree and the fact that "HE LOVES DOGS!" (and he actually ''[[CutenessProximity does]]'' [[CutenessProximity like cute things]] -- not hard to believe considering his recent role as [[OuranHighSchoolHostClub Mori-senpai]]). Like VicMignogna and AaronDismuke's Risembool Rangers, his loyal Miniskirt Army follows him from con to con. He is among the few voice actors to also get many live-action roles.

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Travis Willingham is one of the more recent voice actors, originally starting out as Col. Roy Mustang in [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the 2003 anime adaptation]] of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. After that, he started getting [[PigeonholedVoiceActor pigeonholed]] into voicing characters that are either [[BadAss badasses]] or have a high rank or status, be it military or some other thing (not to mention a few characters PlayingWithFire). He is somewhat [[MemeticMutation memetically popular]] thanks to his infamous "tiny miniskirts" decree and the fact that "HE LOVES DOGS!" (and he actually ''[[CutenessProximity does]]'' [[CutenessProximity like cute things]] -- not hard to believe considering his recent role as [[OuranHighSchoolHostClub Mori-senpai]]). Like VicMignogna and AaronDismuke's Creator/AaronDismuke's Risembool Rangers, his loyal Miniskirt Army follows him from con to con. He is among the few voice actors to also get many live-action roles.
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Recently he has begun doing dubbing for many California-based works, as have many other FUNimation voice actors such as TroyBaker and LauraBailey. And now, he's even ''living'' there. He's married to LauraBailey as of 2011, and thus [[MemeticMutation he's now officially]] [[StreetFighter a family man]].

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Recently he has begun doing dubbing for many California-based works, as have many other FUNimation voice actors such as TroyBaker and LauraBailey.Creator/LauraBailey. And now, he's even ''living'' there. He's married to LauraBailey as of 2011, and thus [[MemeticMutation he's now officially]] [[StreetFighter a family man]].
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-->''TVTropesWillRuinYourLife, [[StreetFighter so go home and be a family man.]][[note]]I mean, I did become a family man with LauraBailey[[/note]]''

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-->''TVTropesWillRuinYourLife, [[StreetFighter [[Franchise/StreetFighter so go home and be a family man.]][[note]]I mean, I did become a family man with LauraBailey[[/note]]''
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-->''TVTropesWillRuinYourLife, [[StreetFighter so go home and be a family man.]][[hottip:*:I mean, I did become a family man with LauraBailey]]''

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-->''TVTropesWillRuinYourLife, [[StreetFighter so go home and be a family man.]][[hottip:*:I ]][[note]]I mean, I did become a family man with LauraBailey]]''LauraBailey[[/note]]''
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If [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking authority needs to kick some ass]], it needs a proper charismatic voice to do so.

Enter TravisWillingham.

Travis Willingham is one of the more recent voice actors, originally starting out as Col. Roy Mustang in [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the 2003 anime adaptation]] of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. After that, he started getting [[PigeonholedVoiceActor pigeonholed]] into voicing characters that are either [[BadAss badasses]] or have a high rank or status, be it military or some other thing (not to mention a few characters PlayingWithFire). He is somewhat [[MemeticMutation memetically popular]] thanks to his infamous "tiny miniskirts" decree and the fact that "HE LOVES DOGS!" (and he actually ''[[CutenessProximity does]]'' [[CutenessProximity like cute things]] -- not hard to believe considering his recent role as [[OuranHighSchoolHostClub Mori-senpai]]). Like VicMignogna and AaronDismuke's Risembool Rangers, his loyal Miniskirt Army follows him from con to con. He is among the few voice actors to also get many live-action roles.

In 2005, he become famous for his non-anime activities when he took on MonicaRial in a tequila shot contest after Anime Weekend Atlanta. Needless to say, the result was hilarious and has come to be known as The Travis Willingham Tequila Story. Multiple versions were told; [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYZoe5ctqxI one by Vic Mignogna]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvkWJchjv6k&feature=related one by Monica Rial]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN8iWp1p5us&feature=fvwrel and one by the man himself]].

Recently he has begun doing dubbing for many California-based works, as have many other FUNimation voice actors such as TroyBaker and LauraBailey. And now, he's even ''living'' there. He's married to LauraBailey as of 2011, and thus [[MemeticMutation he's now officially]] [[StreetFighter a family man]].

Has a {{Twitter}} [[https://twitter.com/WillingBlam account]].
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!!Notable roles from TravisWillingham:

!!Anime Roles
* Roy Mustang in ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' and ''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]''
* Portgas D. [[{{Bowdlerise}} (Tr)]]Ace in ''[[FanNickname FUN]] [[OnePiece Piece]]''
* Andreas Dalton in ''CodeGeass''
* Takashi "Mori" Morinozuka in ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub''
* Ginko in ''{{Mushishi}}''
* Love Aikawa, Ashido, Charlotte Chulhorne, and Findorr Calius in ''{{Bleach}}''
** Kokuto in Bleach Soul Resurrección. He'll likely reprise the role for Movie 4.
* The King of Gods in ''{{Shuffle}}!'' (with VicMignogna as the King of Demons)
* [[LargeHam Tougou]] in ''SchoolRumble''.
* Kanda Yu in ''[[DGrayMan D.Gray-Man]]''
* The BadAss monk Takigawa in Manga/GhostHunt
* TheIncredibleHulk, [[FantasticFour Human Torch]], Piledriver and Skurge the Executioner in ''TheSuperHeroSquadShow''
* Free in ''SoulEater''
* Iggy in ''ErgoProxy''
* Christof Sievernich in ''{{Anime/Monster}}''
* Toga Yagari in ''{{Vampire Knight}}''
* Amagiri in ''DarkerThanBlack''
* Kojuro Katakura in ''SengokuBasara''
* Jugo and Zetsu in ''{{Naruto}}''
* Antonio Lopez from TigerAndBunny

!!Video Game Roles
* Guile in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''
* Sideswipe in ''TransformersWarForCybertron'' (also Hot Rod in the DS version)
* Talon in ''LeagueOfLegends''
* Knuckles the Echidna and Storm the Albatross in SonicTheHedgehog (2010-current)
* Theodore in ''{{Persona 3 Portable}}''
* Relius Clover in ''{{BlazBlue}}''
* Evan Bernard in ''[[TimeCrisis Time Crisis 4]]''
* Gabriel Cunningham in ''[[TraumaCenter Trauma Team]]''
* Cell in ''DragonBall: Raging Blast'', ''Raging Blast 2'', and ''Tenkaichi Tag Team'' (replacing DameonClarke)
** Was set to continue voicing Cell in ''DragonBallKai'', but DameonClarke (Cell's original voice actor), opted to rejoin the project.
* Dan Marshall in ''BinaryDomain''
* Yodai Higashizawa in ''TheWorldEndsWithYou''
* Tadashi Nikaido in ''[[VideoGame/DevilSurvivor Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked]]''
* Johnny Ariga in ''{{VideoGame/Catherine}}''
* Bacchus D-79 in ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheLastHope''
* Xu Huang and Zhou Tai in ''DynastyWarriors 7''
* {{Superman}}, [[DownloadableContent Bizarro and Gorilla Grodd]] in [[LegoAdaptionGame Lego Batman 2: DC Superheroes.]]

!!Other Roles
* Surprisingly enough, one of the four young punks at the bar in the '''live action''' film ''SecondhandLions''. Surprising because instead of portraying an authority figure, he plays a rebellious youth with a lot of disdain towards authority.
** Also the source of one of his favorite stories to tell at conventions, as the director assumed Travis was a stuntman (given the fact that he's tall and quite buff), which resulted in RobertDuvall actually hitting him during the fight scene. After learning that Travis is a regular actor, Duvall apologized profusely and gave him some money to make up for it.

!! Tropes associated with Travis Willingham
* AscendedFanboy: Though he got into it pretty late, he was a massive fan of Dragonball Z and therefore [[JumpedAtTheCall jumped at the chance to voice an anime character.]] ''ANY'' anime character.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: With [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Roy Mustang]] and among others.
* {{Badass}}: A lot of character he voices fit into this.
** BadassBaritone: A good factor as to why his vocal performances are so effective for this type of character.
* FriendlyRival: With VicMignogna.
* GentleGiant: Very tall, but can be a big sweetheart. Exhibit A: Playing [[OuranHighSchoolHostClub Mori]] for a Honey cosplayer at [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi4apf4hiHo Kawaii-Con]].
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: As he's 6'3", he is most likely to be this with his wife LauraBailey.
* KillItWithFire: the modus operandi of several of the characters he has been cast as in his career, something he himself is happy to point out.
* LargeHam: Oh YEAH!!! There is a reason why he is called Travis Willing'''[[IncrediblyLamePun HAM]]'''! Apparently he auditioned for Armstrong in [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the 2003 anime adaptation]] of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', but got Roy's part instead.
** And then there's his performance as [[{{Bleach}} Charlotte]], which is massively PlayingAgainstType but still manages to be so absurdly CampGay and FABULOUS it borders on ridiculous.
*** Going further than that, there is also [[BlazBlue Relius]]. Although given that he looks a lot like the PhantomOfTheOpera, it was obvious he would be this. And thanks to some leaked footage of the English dub, his performance doesn't disappoint.
* OrderVersusChaos: if AuthorityEqualsAsskicking rings a bell, a lot of his characters he voices will fall into the "order" side.
* PigeonholedVoiceActor: normally the high authority[=/=]military figure or law-abiding character who [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking shows his authority by kicking some ass]]. [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Roy Mustang]], [[StreetFighter Guile]], and recently [[SonicTheHedgehog Knuckles]]. However, he is slowly moving away from his typecasting ever since he moved to California.
** Considering one of his most recent roles was [[{{Bleach}} Char]][[DragQueen lotte]]...mission accomplished.
*** And now he's [[BlazBlue Relius Clover]], practically the furthest character from his pigeonhole, being a MadScientist CompleteMonster and all. Unless you count that despite his atrocity, Relius is still one of the highest ranking member of NOL and one of the people who could've been stronger than Hazama, thereby adhering to AuthorityEqualsAsskicking.
* PoorMansSubstitute: Vocal example; he sounds very similar to DanGreen. Probably at least part of the reason why he took over Dan Green's roles of Knuckles and Storm in the Sonic series.
** His voice is also very often confused with PatrickSeitz.
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: The now famous Travis Willingham tequila story.

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-->''TVTropesWillRuinYourLife, [[StreetFighter so go home and be a family man.]][[hottip:*:I mean, I did become a family man with LauraBailey]]''
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