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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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5Robert 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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7Bergen 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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