| 1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/riegel.jpg]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:Sam "Mad Lad" Riegel with his cursed flask.]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | ''[[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries "Sam Riegel's voice gives him super strength!"]]'' |
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| 6 | Samuel Brent Oscar Riegel (born October 9, 1976 in Washington, DC), also known as Sam Regal, Jack Lingo, or to Creator/SpikeSpencer, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDIjySyEfy4 "The Gay Man with the Fan"]], is a voice actor, writer and director who has worked on both Creator/FourKidsEntertainment dubs and too many California dubs to list, as well as video games, original animation series and on-camera roles. He is often typecast as a {{Muggle}} or one of ThoseTwoGuys, but when he's not, he'll probably be a [[LargeHam hammy]] antagonist. |
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| 8 | He is one of the hosts of Geek Pad, part of the [[https://www.youtube.com/user/comedycomedy ComedyComedy channel]] on Website/YouTube. He has been nominated for a 2009 Daytime Emmy for his writing on Imaginary Bitches, and then later won one in 2018 for his directing on Danger & Eggs. He also started a podcast, "[[http://allworknoplay.podbean.com/ All Work No Play]]", with fellow voice actor Creator/LiamOBrien. He is one of the [[CatchPhrase nerdy-ass voice actors]] starring weekly in the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' stream WebVideo/CriticalRole. |
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| 10 | Has a Website/{{Twitter}} [[http://twitter.com/samriegel account]]. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | You are not going to spell his name right on the first try. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | He's the older brother of Creator/EdenRiegel; a live-action actress who in the recent years entered the voice acting business. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | He's also a self-professed unrepentant [[MoneyDearBoy corporate shill.]] |
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| 19 | !!Notable roles by '''''[[Main/ThePerformerKing Emmy Award-Winning]]''''' Sam Riegel: |
| 20 | !!!Anime |
| 21 | * Abhmad Saluja, Dolji and Spartos in ''Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic'' |
| 22 | * [[WholesomeCrossdresser Array Danon Ci]] in ''Anime/LagrangeTheFlowerOfRinne'' |
| 23 | * Clovis la Britannia in ''Anime/CodeGeass'' |
| 24 | * Faust VIII in ''Manga/ShamanKing'' |
| 25 | * Furio Tigre in ''Anime/AceAttorney2016'' (a CastingGag as his character impersonates Phoenix Wright, whom Sam plays in the [[Franchise/AceAttorney main game series]]) |
| 26 | * Gunter von Christ in ''Literature/KyoKaraMaoh'' |
| 27 | * Kazuho Yoshii in ''Anime/{{Texhnolyze}}'' |
| 28 | * Kiyotsugu in ''Manga/NuraRiseOfTheYokaiClan'' |
| 29 | * Kudamon in ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'' |
| 30 | ** [=BlueMeramon=] in ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' |
| 31 | * Li'l Slugger in ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' |
| 32 | * Maki Ichinose and Ruri'iro Kujaku in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' |
| 33 | * [[GuileHero Mephisto]] [[ManipulativeBastard Pheles]] in ''Manga/BlueExorcist'' |
| 34 | * Metal Bat in ''Manga/OnePunchMan'' |
| 35 | * Creator/MinoruShiraishi in ''Manga/LuckyStar'' (as an allusion to him voicing Taniguchi in ''Haruhi Suzumiya'', who the real Minoru Shiraishi also voiced) |
| 36 | * Rex Raptor, Arkana/Pandora, and the first voice of Tristan Taylor in ''Anime/YuGiOh'' |
| 37 | * Shinobu Morita in ''Manga/HoneyAndClover'' |
| 38 | * Shirou Emiya in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' ([[TheOtherDarrin Darrin'd]] by Creator/BrycePapenbrook starting with ''Anime/FateStayNightUnlimitedBladeWorks'') |
| 39 | * Shuuichirou Oishi in ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'' |
| 40 | * Souichirou Kadotake in ''Manga/GhostTalkersDaydream'' |
| 41 | * Suzuki in ''Anime/KillLaKill'' |
| 42 | * Taniguchi in ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' and ''Manga/TheDisappearanceOfNagatoYukiChan'' |
| 43 | * Viral in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' |
| 44 | * Wan Derbard in ''Anime/KoBeast'' |
| 45 | * Yajiro Kojima in ''Anime/{{Grenadier}}'' |
| 46 | * Yashiro Isana in ''Anime/{{K}}'' |
| 47 | * Zaku, Baki, Rinji, and the first voice of Shino Aburame in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' |
| 48 | |
| 49 | !!!Video Games |
| 50 | * [[SupportingProtagonist Allegretto]] in ''VideoGame/EternalSonata'' |
| 51 | * Allegro Nantabile Cantabile in ''VideoGame/CodeOfPrincess'' |
| 52 | * Alphinaud in vanilla ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': A Realm Reborn |
| 53 | * Arthur and Jones in ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'' |
| 54 | * Azel and Ravel in ''VideoGame/GodHand'' |
| 55 | * Braham Eirsson in ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'' |
| 56 | * Donatello and Baxter Stockman in ''[[VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTurtlesInTime Turtles in Time Re-Shelled]]'' |
| 57 | * [[QuirkyBard Edward Chris von Muir]] in the remake of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' |
| 58 | * Flynn Scifo in ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' and ''The First Strike'' |
| 59 | ** [[VideoGame/TalesOfEternia Reid Hershel]] in ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' and ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheWorld: Radiant Mythology'' |
| 60 | ** Jude Mathis in ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'' and ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia2'' |
| 61 | * Gramble Gigglefunny in ''VideoGame/{{Bugsnax}}'' |
| 62 | * Jade, Ganache, and Younger Brother in the ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' series |
| 63 | * Jakob in ''[[VideoGame/NieR NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...]]'' ([[TheOtherDarrin replacing]] Creator/YuriLowenthal) |
| 64 | * Keldric in ''VideoGame/DawnOfMana'' |
| 65 | * King Jibral in the ''VideoGame/BlueDragon'' video game, and Jiro in the anime |
| 66 | * Kanata in ''VideoGame/TrinityUniverse'' |
| 67 | * Kazuki Sendo in ''VisualNovel/ToHeart'' |
| 68 | * Ky Kiske in ''VideoGame/GuiltyGearXrd -SIGN-'' ([[TheOtherDarrin replacing]] Creator/LiamOBrien) |
| 69 | * Marcus "Shamrock" Lampert in ''VideoGame/AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation'' |
| 70 | * Mori Motonari in ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' (both the anime and ''Samurai Heroes'') |
| 71 | * Phoenix Wright in the ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' series, starting with ''{{U|pdatedRerelease}}ltimate VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'', and later in ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'' and ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice Spirit of Justice]]'' |
| 72 | * [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade Raigh]] in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' |
| 73 | * Ren in ''VideoGame/{{Indivisible}}'' |
| 74 | * Renya Kagurazaka in ''VideoGame/TheGuidedFateParadox'' |
| 75 | * Silabus in ''VideoGame/DotHackGU'' |
| 76 | * ComicBook/SpiderMan in ''VideoGame/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' video game |
| 77 | * Stahl and Donnel in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' |
| 78 | * [[Series/TheATeam Templeton "Faceman" Peck]] in ''VideoGame/LegoDimensions'' |
| 79 | * [[TheStarscream Starscream]] in ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron'' and ''VideoGame/TransformersFallOfCybertron'' |
| 80 | * Steve Burnside in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheDarksideChronicles'' |
| 81 | ** Gabriel "Gabe" Chavez in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations2'' |
| 82 | * Teddie in ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'', ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'', and ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'': ''[[UpdatedRerelease Golden]]'' ([[TheOtherDarrin replacing]] Creator/DaveWittenberg) |
| 83 | ** Shu Nakajima in ''VideoGame/Persona4'' |
| 84 | * "Tennessee Kid" Cooper in ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime'' |
| 85 | * The male Walker in ''VideoGame/Rage2'' |
| 86 | * [[{{Jerkass}} Yuto Kannagi/York Neely]] in ''VideoGame/CrossEdge'' |
| 87 | * Zor in ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld'' |
| 88 | |
| 89 | !!!Web Video |
| 90 | * Scanlan Shorthalt [[spoiler:and Taryon Darrington]] (Campaign 1), Nott the Brave [[spoiler:aka Veth Brenatto]] (Campaign 2), Fresh Cut Grass (Campaign 3) in ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' |
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| 92 | !!!Western Animation |
| 93 | * Donatello, Dark Donatello, Zog and additional voices in the 2003 ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2003}}'' series |
| 94 | ** Raphael in ''The'' ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' ''in Pizza Friday'' (2016) |
| 95 | * Emperor Awesome in ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' (also the show's voice director) |
| 96 | * Jimmy/Iso in ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' |
| 97 | * Milo Scarlett and Leo Scarlett in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndBatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' |
| 98 | * Riven in the Nickelodeon version of ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' |
| 99 | * Scanlan Shorthalt in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina'' |
| 100 | * Vampos in ''WesternAnimation/{{Mixels}}'' |
| 101 | ---- |
| 102 | !!Staff: |
| 103 | !!!Voice Director |
| 104 | * ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' (2010) |
| 105 | * ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'' (2012) |
| 106 | * ''WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig'' (2013) |
| 107 | * ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' (2013) [[note]] He also voices Emperor Awesome [[/note]] |
| 108 | * ''WesternAnimation/FreshBeatBandOfSpies'' (2015) [[note]] He works with Colette Sunderman [[/note]] |
| 109 | * ''WesternAnimation/PickleAndPeanut'' (2015) |
| 110 | * ''WesternAnimation/DawnOfTheCroods'' (2015) [[note]] He worked on the first two seasons only and was replaced by showrunner Brendan Hay for the last two seasons [[/note]] |
| 111 | * ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'' (2016) |
| 112 | * ''WesternAnimation/HomeAdventuresWithTipAndOh'' (2016) |
| 113 | * ''WesternAnimation/FutureWorm'' (2016) |
| 114 | * ''ComicBook/{{Rocket|Raccoon}} & ComicBook/{{Groot}}'' shorts (2017) |
| 115 | * ''ComicBook/AntMan'' shorts (2017) |
| 116 | * ''WesternAnimation/DangerAndEggs'' (2017) |
| 117 | * ''WesternAnimation/WelcomeToTheWayne'' (2017) [[note]] He serves as the Los Angeles voice director while Darren Dunstan works things up in New York [[/note]] |
| 118 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Ducktales|2017}}'' (2017) |
| 119 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Unikitty}}'' (2017) [[note]]He was replaced by Wes Gleason in August 2018.[[/note]] |
| 120 | * ''WesternAnimation/TrollsTheBeatGoesOn'' (2018) [[note]]He only worked on "Eye'll Be Watching You/Sorry", while Katie McWane Diecker worked on the rest of the series.[[/note]] |
| 121 | * ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndBatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' (2018) |
| 122 | * ''WesternAnimation/FancyNancy'' (2018) |
| 123 | * ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' (2018) [[note]]He only worked on the episodes "No Princesses Left Behind", "Signals", and "Roll With It". Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn is the primary voice director for the series.[[/note]] |
| 124 | * ''WesternAnimation/HotStreets'' (2019) [[note]] He only worked on season 2 [[/note]] |
| 125 | * ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls'' (2019) (Creator/LaurenFaust series) |
| 126 | * ''WesternAnimation/TwelveForever'' (2019) [[note]] Coincidentally, it's the reverse of Unikitty, where he replaces Wes Gleason from the pilot, unlike the other way around in the latter series. [[/note]] |
| 127 | * ''WesternAnimation/ArchibaldsNextBigThing'' (2019) |
| 128 | * ''WesternAnimation/KidCosmic'' (2021) |
| 129 | * ''WesternAnimation/MoonGirlAndDevilDinosaur'' (2023) |
| 130 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Kiff}}'' (2023) |
| 131 | ---- |
| 132 | !!Tropes associated with Sam Riegel’s roles: |
| 133 | * CastingGag: After getting [[TheOtherDarrin replaced]] by Creator/EricVale as the voice of Phoenix Wright in the ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' [[Anime/AceAttorney2016 anime adaptation]], which is dubbed by Creator/{{Funimation}} and largely uses Dallas-based actors, Sam was cast in the anime's second season as Furio Tigre, a guy who impersonates Phoenix. |
| 134 | * CelebrityVoiceActor: One gag in ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' episode "The Favor" had him call upon his celebrity colleagues to endorse him for a joke about him running for president (long story). These celebrities were Creator/AimeeCarrero, Creator/YvetteNicoleBrown, and Creator/GreyGriffin from ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'' (he also worked/works with Grey on various other shows), Creator/BobbyMoynihan and Creator/BenSchwartz from ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', and Creator/TonyHale from ''WesternAnimation/ArchibaldsNextBigThing''. He also called on his old friend Dave Hewlett (presumably through Andrew Miller, who is Creator/EdenRiegel's husband) as well as Creator/TimothySimons. |
| 135 | * LargeHam: A lot of characters he voices fit into this, regardless if he's typecast or PlayingAgainstType. Even in real life, his antics in and out-of-character in ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' show that he can be a very theatrical prankster. |
| 136 | * PigeonholedVoiceActor: A large majority of the characters he voices are [[RidiculouslyAverageGuy Ridiculously average characters]] ([[Manga/LuckyStar Taniguchi]] and [[Creator/MinoruShiraishi Minoru]] [[Manga/LuckyStar Shiraishi]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Stahl, and Donnel]]) or [[BadassNormal badasses with no supernatural abilities]] ([[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Flynn Scifo]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Stahl and Donnel]]); and if they aren't, they tend [[BunnyEarsLawyer to be eccentric and quirky that can get the job done]] ([[Manga/BlueExorcist Mephisto Pheles]], [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]], [[Anime/LagrangeTheFlowerOfRinne Array]], and [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Teddie]]) [[WebVideo/CriticalRole Scanlan Shorthalt]] is arguably him pigeonholing ''himself'' into the latter archetype. |
| 137 | ** His typecast is subverted with Shiro in ''Anime/{{K}}'', where he is [[spoiler: a sophisticated 90-year-old immortal AllLovingHero and BigGood who got body-swapped into]] a 17-year-old high school student... and a ''maniacal cackling villain'' [[spoiler:when he's body-snatched]]. He does the latter ''really'' well, actually. |
| 138 | * PlayingAgainstType: |
| 139 | ** [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Viral]], [[VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron Starscream]], and [[VideoGame/SengokuBasara Mouri Motonari]]. |
| 140 | ** Doubly so with [[EvilSoundsDeep Shadow]] Teddie in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Golden''. |
| 141 | ** Also invoked with [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Ky Kiske]], a [[BaritoneOfStrength deep-voiced]][[labelnote:note]]Compared to most of his roles.[[/labelnote]] [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership knight-turned-world leader]] with a [[FakeBrit British accent]]. |
| 142 | ** In ''Anime/{{K}}'', his character Yashiro is, at different times, a rather {{Moe}} example of an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, a cackling maniacal CardCarryingVillain, and a rather sophisticated type. (At least one of these is not actually him, but let's not spoil which, since the point is that Sam does the voice for all of them). |
| 143 | ** One of the ''Anime/CodeGeass'' audio dramas shows a completely different side to his character from what you see in the anime - he goes from AlasPoorVillain JerkassWoobie to flat-out {{Moe}}. |
| 144 | * PromotedFanboy: When he announced he was the voice of Phoenix Wright in ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'', he also mentioned on Twitter that he's a big fan of the ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' games. |
| 145 | * StarMakingRole: |
| 146 | ** In terms of voice acting, Donatello in ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2003}}'' and Shirou Emiya in the 2006 ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' anime (the latter as a California-based actor). |
| 147 | ** For voice directing, it's ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst''. |
| 148 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: Auditioned to play the Shredder in ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012''; the role ended up going to Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson. |
| 149 | * WrittenByCastMember: He co-wrote a few episodes of ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' and ''WesternAnimation/PickleAndPeanut'' since he's the voice director for both shows. |
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| 152 | -->''[[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya I for-for-forgot my bag...]] [[NotWhatItLooksLike Whoa!]]''\ |
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| 154 | ''[[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife The one whose life is already ruined... is you!!]] [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 No alibi, no justice, no dreams, no hope! It's time to get a life and therapy!]] '''[[VisualNovel/AceAttorney TAKE]] [[TakeThat THAT!]]'''''\ |
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