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5	[[quoteright:300:[[Series/{{Bewitched}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/darrinz.png]]]]
6	[[caption-width-right:300: [[Creator/DickYork York]] or [[Creator/DickSargent Sargent]], [[DoubleEntendre which Dick do you prefer?]]]]
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9	->'''Narrator:''' Huh? Wait a minute! Who the heck are you?!\
10	'''George:''' Me new George. Studio too cheap to pay Creator/BrendanFraser.
11	-->-- ''Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle2''
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13	This is when a new actor is brought on to play the same character as a previous actor who has left the series, with no explanation for the switch given to the audience. [[TropeNamers Named]] for the famous Darrin swap case: Creator/DickYork to Creator/DickSargent, on ''Series/{{Bewitched}}''.
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15	Sargent-York became a notable phenomenon only with the rise of series television. Prior to TV, there was no expectation that a role in a theater production would be played by the same actor. It was, and still is, assumed that any production of a particular work would seek out whatever actors it wanted for the roles, and a single production can feature different actors in the same role on successive nights.
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17	However, TV broadcasting made a bond between a role and a particular actor. Television audiences, unlike theater audiences, found it more difficult to suspend their disbelief in this respect. Maybe this was because reruns existed which would forever tie the appearance of a character to the actor that played them. Or maybe because a TV series, however long, is still perceived as a single, continuous narration -- as opposed to multiple performances of a theater play.
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19	In daytime soaps, there are several standardized ways this is done:
20	# The new actor takes over with no announcement. In this variety, the actor is playing a character who has not recently been on the show. The audience is initially unaware that this person is the character we know, as his/her first interactions are always with characters who have joined the show since he left. Then someone he/she knew addresses him by name, and we are surprised. Though rarely seen outside daytime, this was done on ''Series/{{CSI}}'' in the episode "Hollywood Brass", in which Brass's daughter was played by a new actress with a different hair color.
21	# The new actor takes over a major recurring character, and the characters make a point to address them as such from the very beginning of the episode.
22	# The first shot of the new actor will be accompanied by a short {{narrator}} announcement explaining that "the part of (character) will now be played by (new actor)." This is a more common method in {{telenovela}}s.
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24	Contrast TheNthDoctor, which is the trope for cases where a character's new voice and appearance ''are'' explained in-universe. If there's a TimeSkip and most of the cast remains the same then it can be a TimeShiftedActor if the age difference justifies the particular change. For long-term cast attrition in general, see LongRunnerCastTurnover. FlashbackWithTheOtherDarrin is a subtrope where a previous scene is reshot with the new actor.
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26	This often is the case for spinoff series and video game versions of animated films. Celebrities typically do not reprise their roles in these cases, either because the producers cannot afford them, or because they work solely in films.
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28	For obvious reasons, this phenomenon is much easier to hide in animated works, where actors aren't actually seen onscreen. In these cases, it might happen to a character who was originally played by a [[SpecialGuest celebrity guest star]] who would be too expensive to hire for a regular or recurring role, necessitating the casting of a professional voice actor (or [[ActingForTwo an established member of the regular cast]]). For example: Akira in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' was originally played by Creator/GeorgeTakei in a guest role, but by Creator/HankAzaria in all subsequent appearances; and Roger "Booda" Sack in ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' was originally played by Creator/ChrisRock in a guest role, but by Creator/PhilLamarr in all subsequent appearances.
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30	Unsurprisingly, this tends to be the cause of many cries of TheyChangedItNowItSucks from the fandom, especially if the previous actor had been associated with the character for so long that they're considered to be ''the'' actor for that character. Sometimes though, the new actor can be wholly embraced by the fandom, with the new actor being regarded as ''the'' actor instead of the previous one. Unsurprisingly, when these two sides meet, the results tend to be [[BrokenBase predictable]].
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32	Compare SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute (when the characters have different names but are otherwise meant to be the same), FakeShemp, TheOtherMarty, ObviousStuntDouble, SameCharacterButDifferent (when there is a change in the character, without a change in creator). Directly related to CharacterOutlivesActor. Contrast with YouLookFamiliar for when the actor returns as a different character in a later installment. Can be {{Hand Wave}}d via DirectLineToTheAuthor. Often subject to ReplacementScrappy-ism. Or on the other hand, look to ThePeteBest when replacement surpasses the original in popularity. Often done with {{Continuity Reboot}}s. Occasionally explained away with MagicPlasticSurgery. Usually the replacement is a PoorMansSubstitute.
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34	Defiance of this leads to RoleReprise. If the original actor returns to the role later on after being recast, see TheOriginalDarrin.
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37	!!Examples:
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39	[[index]]
40	* TheOtherDarrin/{{Advertising}}
41	* TheOtherDarrin/AnimeAndManga
42	* TheOtherDarrin/ComicBooks
43	* TheOtherDarrin/CrossMedium
44	* TheOtherDarrin/{{Film}}
45	* TheOtherDarrin/LiveActionTV
46	* TheOtherDarrin/{{Music}}
47	* TheOtherDarrin/ProfessionalWrestling
48	* TheOtherDarrin/PuppetShows
49	* TheOtherDarrin/{{Radio}}
50	* TheOtherDarrin/{{Theatre}}
51	* TheOtherDarrin/ThemeParks
52	* TheOtherDarrin/VideoGames
53	* TheOtherDarrin/WebAnimation
54	* TheOtherDarrin/WebOriginal
55	* TheOtherDarrin/WesternAnimation
56	[[/index]]
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60	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
61	* Common in ''Animation/ThreeThousandWhysOfBlueCat''. Blue Cat alone has been voiced by Creator/WangFeng, Creator/GePing, Creator/ZengLing, Creator/SongXiaoyu, etc.
62	* Two seasons of ''Animation/HappyHeroes'' were dubbed by Lookus. The second of the two dubbed seasons switches some of the voice actors for unexplained reasons.
63	* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': The English dub. They keep changing the voices of the characters with each season they dub.
64	[[/folder]]
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66	[[folder:Fan Works]]
67	* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' fanfics, some of the characters have different voice actors, while some reprise their roles.
68	[[/folder]]
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70	[[folder:Literature]]
71	* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' essentially did this with most of the cover models, as the original models grew up and went off to college. The re-release, of course, did it again, replacing the original covers with updated ones and cover models who are the right age at the time of re-release.
72	* Steve O'Brien illustrated the first four Creator/DaveBarry books. For the rest of his writing career, Jeff [=MacNelly=] (creator of the comic strips ''ComicStrip/{{Shoe}}'' and ''ComicStrip/{{Pluggers}}'') illustrated both the books and Barry's recurring newspaper column. After [=MacNelly=] died in 2000, the illustrations were done by Gary Brookins, also [=MacNelly's=] successor on his two comic strips.
73	* An in-Universe example occurs in the ''Literature/DreamPark'' novel ''The California Voodoo Game'', when the role of Bobo the guide is commandeered by Alex Griffin so he can keep an eye on Bishop. The players take the exchange in stride, assuming that Bobo's original Game-actor came down with the flu or something.
74	[[/folder]]
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76	[[folder:Pinball]]
77	* ''Pinball/TwilightZone'': Tim Kitzrow, who voiced Rod Serling in the game. Justified in that Serling had died twenty years prior.
78	* Michael J. Fox denied permission for Creator/DataEast to use his likeliness for their ''Pinball/BackToTheFuture'' pinball. Data East ended up using a substitute actor for the voice, and artist Creator/PaulFaris had his son play Marty on the playfield and backglass art. By all accounts, neither effort succeeded.
79	* Creator/SternPinball's ''[[Pinball/BatmanStern Batman]]'', which used substitute voice actors for all of the characters.
80	* In ''Pinball/JunkYard'', the TimeMachine modes [[Pinball/TheAddamsFamily "Mamushka"]] and [[Pinball/Terminator2JudgmentDay "Payback Time"]] (in early revisions) have noticeably different voices, presumably because the original voices were licensed, and thus could not be used.
81	* Part of the reason production of the ''Pinball/{{Shrek}}'' pinball was delayed was due to the time required for Mike Myers, Creator/EddieMurphy, and the other actors to give final approval for their substitute voices.
82	* In ''Pinball/TheShadow'', Tim Kitzrow provides the voice for Lamont Cranston/The Shadow, though Alec Baldwin's speech from the film itself appears as well.
83	* In ''Pinball/JackBot'', Lia Mortensen replaced Stephanie Rogers as the voice of The Machine.
84	* ''Pinball/Alien2017'': [=MU/TH/UR=] 6000 is voiced by Carol Thiel instead of Helen Horton (as in ''Film/{{Alien}}'').
85	* ''Pinball/ToyStory42022'': Instead of Creator/TomHanks, Woody's voiced by his younger brother Jim (who frequently acts as a soundalike for the character in media outside of the original films).
86	[[/folder]]
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88	[[folder:Podcasts]]
89	* ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'' had Carlos's first lines (a voicemail left for Cecil) spoken by show creator Jeffrey Cranor. Later episodes would feature Dylan Marron voicing Carlos.
90	* During her brief appearance in season 1 of ''Podcast/BatmanTheAudioAdventures'', Harley was voiced by Creator/HeidiGardner. Season 2 sees Harley voiced by Creator/GillianJacobs.
91	[[/folder]]

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