1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bob_bergen.jpg]] |
2 | ->''"You wrinkle your nose, you make it kinda nasal, and it's eh-buh-beh-eh boy. For the third sound you push it more. Eh-buh-BEH-eh-boy. Eh-ch-CH-eh-chair. Eh-d-D-eh-desk. And then you have to put together full sentences. The eh-beh-beh-boy sat in the eh-ch-ch-chair next to the eh-de-de-eh-desk. And nobody can do that, and that's why I have job security."'' |
3 | -->-- '''Bob Bergen''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXC_j5QB6v8 on performing]] WesternAnimation/PorkyPig's characteristic stutter, ''Film/IKnowThatVoice'' |
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5 | Robert Bergen (born March 8, 1964 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a prolific American voice actor with several voice roles in western cartoons and a few in anime and video games. He has been the voice of WesternAnimation/PorkyPig, [[WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird Tweety]] and other ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' characters, as well as voicing Anime/LupinIII in Streamline's dubs of ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'' and ''Anime/TheMysteryOfMamo'', and [[Franchise/StarWars Luke Skywalker]] in most of his non-film appearances (the ''VideoGame/RogueSquadron'' series, ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront'', ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'', etc.), he has also done creature sound effects in many feature films including ''Film/{{Gremlins}}, Film/FrightNight1985, Film/ArmyOfDarkness, Film/DunstonChecksIn'', and ''Film/TotalRecall1990''. He also did voice acting on ''Animation/{{Seal Team|2021}}''. |
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7 | Bergen also has two connections to {{Game show}}s: he was a contestant on ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' in 1980, and the host of ''Jep!'', a short-lived children's adaptation of ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' that aired on Creator/{{GSN}} in 1997. |
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10 | !!Notable roles of Bob Bergen include: |
11 | * WesternAnimation/PorkyPig and [[WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird Tweety Bird]] in various ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' productions and ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken''. |
12 | * Marvin the Martian in ''Film/SpaceJam'' |
13 | * WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales in ''WesternAnimation/BahHumduckALooneyTunesChristmas'' |
14 | * Gabby Goat in ''WesternAnimation/WabbitALooneyTunesProduction'' |
15 | * Bucky the Squirrel in ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool'' |
16 | * Hex in ''VideoGame/DisneyUniverse'' |
17 | * Luke Skywalker in various ''Franchise/StarWars'' video games, and for most of the character's appearances in ''Robot Chicken''. |
18 | * Ody Mandrell in ''VideoGame/StarWarsRacer'' |
19 | * Lama Su in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' and ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch'' |
20 | * Comet the Reindeer in ''Film/TheSantaClause2'' |
21 | * Dunston the Orangutan in ''Film/DunstonChecksIn'' |
22 | * Ned Leeds in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' |
23 | * Wembley Fraggle in the AnimatedAdaptation of ''Series/FraggleRock'' |
24 | * [[Franchise/TheMuppets Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Link Hogthrob]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMuppetMonsters'' |
25 | * Various Mogwai and Gremlins in ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'' |
26 | * Doug in ''WesternAnimation/{{Vampirina}}'' |
27 | * Eric Kauffman in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheCyberChase'' |
28 | * Kai and Masaru in the original 1988 dub of ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' |
29 | * Mr. Peabody in ''WesternAnimation/RidleyJones'' |
30 | * Mame in the dub for ''Anime/ALetterToMomo'' |
31 | * Winter Soldier in ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' |
32 | * Shōgo Yahagi in the Streamline dub of ''Anime/Megazone23'' |
33 | * Additional Chickens in ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' |
34 | * The Necronomicon and various Deadites in ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' |
35 | * the Rat Ghoulie in ''Film/GhouliesIIIGhouliesGoToCollege'' |
36 | * The Happy Meal Fries in ''Advertising/McDonaldland'' |
37 | * Kaonashi and Aogaeru in ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' |
38 | * Kichi in ''Anime/RobotCarnival'' |
39 | * Additional Voices in ''WesternAnimation/OnceUponAStudio'' |
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41 | !!Tropes relating to Bob Bergen and his work: |
42 | * ActingForTwo: He voices Porky, Tweety, Speedy, and Marvin in several different ''Looney Tunes'' projects. At least one episode of ''WesternAnimation/WabbitALooneyTunesProduction'' has him voicing both Porky AND Gabby Goat. |
43 | * ManOfAThousandVoices: Would you have been able to guess that the current voice of Porky Pig has also done the voice of Luke Skywalker? |
44 | * NiceGuy: He is a VERY nice and friendly person. |
45 | * PromotedFanboy: He's just as huge of a fan of the classic ''Looney Tunes'' shorts as we are. In fact, he's wanted to do the voice of Porky since he was a kid. Now, he's provided Porky's voice more times than even Creator/MelBlanc! |
46 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: He [[https://www.tvshowsace.com/2019/02/05/exclusive-interview-bob-bergen-talks-about-27-years-as-wb-looney-tunes-porky-pig-and-more/ auditioned to provide the voice of Boo-Boo]] in ''Film/YogiBear'', a role that ultimately went to Music/JustinTimberlake. |
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