History FakeShemp / WesternAnimation

* ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth'' DeVon Furtive-Oldman was one of the major characters of the series, but after since his voice actor Jak Knight, [[spoiler:had token out his life]], his character has now been appearing rarely, having silent cameos.

* A well-known joke from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': While the family are discussing the benefits of animated shows over live-action, Ned Flanders walks past the window and adds, "plus you can replace [the voice actors], and no one can tell the diddly-ifference" in a voice that is obviously not Ned's. At the time, ''The Simpsons''[='=] voice actors were in a pay dispute with Creator/{{FOX}}, who threatened to replace them with soundalikes.
** Speaking of the Simpsons, the show's crossover with ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' saw this happen with Harry Shearer. As Shearer did not want to participate in the crossover, while several of his characters appear in it, none of them have any dialogue except for Lenny's single "eh", which was done by an imitator instead of Shearer.
** ''Family Guy'' parodied the trope in an episode with this scene:
---> '''Announcer:''' We now return to ''Series/TheOrville''.\\
''[Peter shoots the TV]''\\
'''Chris:''' Why do you hate that show so much?\\
'''Peter:''' (''with a different voice'') Because its preventing me from doing my work here at Family Guy.

* This is how ''WesternAnimation/GetAHorse'' presents itself as a retro throwback [[spoiler: before the characters are thrown into the “real world”]] . It mixes the audio of Walt Disney, Marcellite Gardner and Billy Bletcher[[note]] who died in 1966, 1993 and 1979 respectively[[/note]] with bits and pieces provided by Russi Taylor and Will Ryan[[note]] Mickey’s dialogue is entirely recycled from old recordings of Walt and a single line from James [=MacDonald=][[/note]] to bring the oldest versions of these character to life as a “lost short” from the earliest days of Mickey Mouse.

* ''[=WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants=]'': After the death of Creator/ErnestBorgnine in 2012, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy were regulated to silent cameos since 2012. With the passing of Creator/TimConway in 2019 this has become definitive.

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': in the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTimeDistantLands'' episode "Together Again" the original Death, who is only seen in flashbacks remains silent due to the death of his voice actor Creator/MiguelFerrer in 2017. This ends up working in favor of the episode as Death attempts to teach his son the art of zen.

** "The Batman/Superman" Story uses Poison Ivy as the catalyst for Lex Luthor's scheme. The catch? She's trapped in a glass prison and thus can't speak beyond the occasional grunt. Probably easier that getting Creator/PieraCoppola to record such a small amount of dialogue.