Not quite as easy to notice, but if you listen hard enough you can hear little bits of some of his other voices in Rundas from Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.
He's Ayame Sohma in Fruits Basket, and you can hear it when he goes low. Other than that, it's NOT his usual role!
Kuwabara from Yu Yu Hakusho, with the most distinctive voice ever...but also the ridiculously sexily-voiced Raizen, from the same anime. This troper (who hadn't seen DBZ at the time) nearly died when she heard the connections!
His voice as Giroro in Keroro Gunso is basically his Piccolo voice. It's even lampshaded a few times.
Katey Sagal
Peg Bundy has provided the voices for Leela and Spinelli's Mom on Recess, among others.
That voice however is similar with Rie Kugimiya's small-girl voice, so one may mistake that Rie Kugimiya's character is voiced by Chiwa Saito, and vice versa.
This troper's brain kind of broke when she finally realized why the Medicine Seller sounded so familiar: He was Kanda. Much-calmer-than-usual Kanda, but she was still struck by the resemblance.
Adult!Loki? Please meet Motimon, Tentomon, et al. All these years later and this Troper's mind is still blown.
Just think about hearing Yusuke's voice and then listening to Shin Mouri. I still look funny at my dvds.
And don't forget he was also the voice of Mello! How's that for mind-screwy?
Akira Sasanuma
Fans will be pleased to note that there is one similarity between Austria-san and Link, the Hero of Twilight; they both share the same seiyuu, the one and only Akira Sasanuma.
This troper freaked out when he realized his favorite Reyvateil had the same distinct Tsundere voice as Houjo Reikaand the characters even have the same name. Also, quite notable are Shinku (who is also very Tsundere) as well as Velvet, who has the same voice, but much less Tsun.
If this troper remembers correctly, she also voiced X-Chara Diamond. The normal Diamond, on the other hand, was voiced by Kanae Ito, the same voice actress as Amu— Oh great, Talking to Himself again?!
How could this troper forget Cammy from Street Fighter IV?! Also, after hearing Carl's Japanese voice in BlazBlue, you could definitely hear Sawashiro Miyuki in his voice, despite the character being a Cute Shotaro Boy.
It was very difficult for This Troper not to laugh when she heard Milanor's voice coming out of Kanbaru Suruga's mouth. They have the exact same pitch and occasionally the same speech patterns. One is an idiot thief. The other is a card-carrying yandere lesbian/BL fangirl/lolicon/possible troll.
AND a certain archaeologist the Gaang runs into in the Earth Kingdom.
AND a Republic clone, Delta-62, "Scorch." Guess what his specialty is...
This troper referred to the character as "Carth" while playing Mass Effect because she couldn't remember the character's name but knew she recognized that voice.
This troper did a double-take when he saw a network-run reality show where an actor would pretend to be racist against an actress to see people's reactions. Playing the part of "racist Dunkin' Donuts (TM) counter man" was none other than Carth Onasi.
It's really bad when Shep's Biote and the Ebon Hawk pilot are the sanest things the dude seems to have played. This Troper was doing her homework and not paying attention to the tube. Queue the episode of Journeyman where he's playing a deranged and probably developmentally disabled mass murderer. The instant "I'll blow your head off" came out of the guy's mouth, there went my homework. Likewise, just TRY watching the Cold Case episode "Thrill Kill" where he's also playing someone clearly deranged without a few inappropriate snickers.
While unconfirmed, if it was not him voicing the 2010 Disney Vacations DVD, it was someone who sounded remarkably like him.
This troper couldn't place who voiced Lucario in Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew until near the end when he lends his aura to Mew, where his yell sounds vaguely familiar..."Holy crap, it's GOKU!"
He also reprises his role as Lucario in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, making it obligatory to shout "Kame-hame-HA!" whenever the player executes a Final Smash.
Sadly, we all wish that was the case. Lucario's VA in Brawl and the main anime is Bill Rogers, current voice of Brock.
Thrasher on the 80's G.I. Joe, but best known as the voice of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in his own solo, hardly-seen syndie show, the pre-cursor to Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. On an episode of Alice, Mel, dressed in a hero costume for a party, accidentally thwarts a bank robber played by Schwartz. You didn't even have to guess.
Not only did he write and narrate the openings and closings of every episode of The Twilight Zone, he also narrated the opening of Phantom of the Paradise. So, even if you think that he can't act or write, he can introduce the HELL out of stuff.
This troper swears that Stephanie Sheh's voice for Orihime Inoue is just her Hinata Hyuga voice with an attempt to sound three years older.
Even though they sound almost identical, this troper only just realized Orihime Inoue is also Isane Kotetsu
And her voice for Mikuru is her Orihime voice, except about five times more timid. (According to maths, this means Mikuru Voice = ((Hinata Voice) + (3(older)))/(5(timid)). )
While Future Mikuru sounds like a more confident Orihime.
Reading that Stephanie Sheh does the voice for both Hinata and Naruto's Sexy Jutsu was rather amusing
She also voiced Kin.
The fact that she voices Kyrie is also amusing, since it means her love interest is Ichigo.
What is just freaking weird is any scene in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, where Mikuru is being inappropriately touched by Haruhi, so any of them. It sounds for all the world like Hinata is being molested by Tatsuki from Bleach.
Stephanie Sheh sounds quite similar in her voice acting for Dub!Orihime in Bleach and Dub!Hinata in Naruto, and the similarity is especially noticeable in that Orihime and post-timeskip Hinata have similar appearances, both struggle with issues of self-confidence, and both are in love with the main character of their respective series.
Oddly enough, on my first viewing of Haruhi Suzumiya, this led to an inversion of the trope. I heard Mikuru speak and went "Holy crap, it's Tsukasa! Just a bit more timid." While Tsukasa's VAis in Haruhi Suzumiya, she voices Yuki.Stephanie Sheh actually has a major part in Lucky Star - as AkiraKogami (!). (Who, come to think of it, sounds like Mikuru being really, really cutesy. But only when being kawaii. Her Grumpy Bear personality sounds nothing like her.)
You know what's wild? Sango is almost every Barbie you could see in a movie.
Sango's also Wanda Maximoff. And Inuyasha is her brother, Pietro. Miroku? He's Cyclops. Kagome is Nightcrawler's girlfriend, Amanda Sefton. Sesshomaru is even Professor X. Both shows were so much more fun after realizing this.
She was also one of the 12 little girls in two straight lines. Try to digest that, and then digest the fact that she's Barbie. Your head will explode!
Armin Shimerman
Subverted in BioShock: Until looking it up on IMDB, this troper had absolutely no clue that Andrew Ryan was, in fact, Quark.
And while he may not have been as annoying as his turian counterpart, the salarian councillor was still a credit to obstructive bureaucrats everywhere.
He was also Fai Dan. So stop asking him why the colonists of Zhu's Hope are so weird!!!
He also played a Nox in Stargate SG-1's first season. Although both his Quark role and this one are live-action, they are both aliens with elaborate costumes and makeup, and so he is rather hard to recognize (although it's possible if you know who he is).
On Kaori Shimizu, when this troper watches Shinkon Gattai Godannar!!, she plays as the Loli Lou Roux, which obviously had her using her loli-ish voice (as shown in Serial Experiments Lain). Except when she starts her battle Kiai... whereas this troper suddenly get vibes that either Signum or Lamia possessed her and gives her some hot blood elements (of course, at that time, The Hero Goh was also doing his own Kiai, so it might not sound so obvious). Then again, that seiyuu also has Hiyori Tamura in her resume, and she sounded NOTHING like any of these mentioned roles.
This troper was also puzzled by the casting of Ms. Shimizu as Hiyori, even though she rose to the occasion admirably. A little research shows that she also played Motoko in Fruits Basket and Keiko in Genshiken, which goes a long way towards explaining it.
Then, taken on full throttle in Mugen no Frontier. Aschen seems to be a normal Genki Girl... but when she uses a certain move in her Genki mode... This Troper is pretty sure Shimizu Kaori uses the exact SAME voice she uses for Hiyori.
Again on Nanoha-related connections, when Signum came in, this troper thought, "I think I recall this tone of voice..." until he is reminded about Lamia Loveless from Super Robot Wars. But then, the VA uses a slightly softer tone so both the voices of Signum and Lamia are a bit distinct, while quite familiar (except when she is doing a battle cry, whereas the similarity with Lamia's voice become more obvious). But then, when Signum pulls out Sturm Falke, it was then this troper finally realized that she is one magnificent Expy of Lamia. And to add this Expying business further, as the series enters the third season, it looks like the seiyuu, Kaori Shimizu, uses exactly Lamia's voice tone (which is actually her current standard voice) as Signum's voice. Whether this means it's Executive Meddling to make the Expy-ness look more obvious, or it's a flaw in her voice-acting, this troper doesn't know.
When one plays the ClannadVisual Novel, it might be shocking to discover that Kappei is having a hard time performing menial tasks, knowing that he shares the same seiyuu with Hayate Ayasaki.
For maximum WTF value watch a clip of the (short-lived) dub of GaoGaiGar and you'll probably wonder if Guy will ever spontaneously shout Go Team Venture!".
Everyone who's watched that might get that same deja vu when watching Slayers Revolution, as he's confirmed to be voicing Xellos.
A Running Gag in the TV sitcom Herman's Head involved office worker Louise (played by Yeardley Smith) being told by someone she was talking to on the phone that she sounded exactly like "that Lisa Simpson character".
In Transformers Animated, the minor supervillain Professor Princess sounds like an even more grating version of Lil from Rugrats.
I don't care how she tries to disguise it, either with a Russian accent (as in Captain Planet) or a British accent (as in The Replacements or Dial M For Monkey), I know Kath Soucie's voice ANYWHERE. Okay, it is a little bit difficult to tell Phil and Lil from Nerissa...
She's both Jetta Hanover from Clifford the Big Red Dog and Daffodil from Clifford's Puppy Days. In both case, she was a b...witch as well. Go figure.
And oh, she has been the voice of Kanga in the Winnie the Pooh franchise since the 80s.
Oddly enough, she voiced Shock, and Sally (in Oogie's Revenge, and Kingdom Hearts), and reprised THOSE roles in Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2, but not Kanga.
She's also Cooke in Lost Odyssey. This troper shat bricks when he finally manage to recognize (read: looked up on Wikipedia) Phil and Lil's voice after so many years.
Imagine the surprise when watching Code Geass R2 on the [adult swim] website, when Rolo had the voice of Shinji come out of his mouth.
It's kind of distracting since when he's introduced Lelouch sounded like Renton (as opposed to his usual, mostly adult sounding voice) when he's introduced, and since Rolo sounds like Shinji it makes Lelouch sound younger than him.
I was more surprised to hear murderous tykebomb Yandere Rolo sharing a voice with HanataroYamada, of all people.
Spike...and half of Evangelion's cast, are in Gunsmith Cats.
I SWEAR he voiced Milanor in Yggdra Union. The character may be more butch than Spike's standard fare, but just listen to him when he's yelling. I'd recognize that scream anywhere.
Spike seems to be all about the mechas: first, Evangelion, then Code Geass R2, and now Steambot Chronicles.
Recently played a Saburo Togusa of Durarara!!, a character that actually doesn't sound like Shinji for once. Oh, also Papillon
What? No mention of Arakune??? You failed me Internet.
He opted out of mechas and turned to cyborgs in the Battle Angel OVA of the Battle Angel Alita franchise. He played Yugo/Hugo, a maintenance worker for Dr. Ido.
Ben Stein is well-known for his dull, drab monotone voice. So dull, in fact, that it's interesting, bringing mathematical paradox to mind. Among the roles in which he's alternately amused the audience/bored them to tears:
On Duckman, Stein plays Duckman's psychiatrist neighbor, who just happens to be named...Ben Stein.
On Animaniacs, Stein tormented the Warners as Francis "Pip" Pumphandle, a man prone to telling very long, very dull anecdotes in a monotone voice while following the Warners everywhere, no matter where they tried to run.
On The Fairly OddParents, Stein voiced the incredibly dull and boring Pixies, a race of Obstructive Bureaucrats who wanted to make Fairy World as drab and lifeless as they were.
In The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion, you're pretty much sent on a world-saving quest by Captain Picard! Or as Morgan Webb put it, "When Picard says 'Quest!', I say 'How long?'"
Stewart also narrates, and sends you on a quest, in the Forgotten Realms console game Demon Stone.
Then again, Stewart does such a good job as the Emperor that it's actually easy to forget that it's him.
Stewart's stint in that role makes for an interesting case of Fridge Logic when one realizes the Emperor looked more like Patrick Stewart when he wasn't played by Patrick Stewart.
He also reprises the role of Professor X in a number of games.
He makes an interesting Great Prince of the Forest in Bambi II.
He also does commercials now such as one for Goodyear tires, and narrates the occasional documentary.
And let's not forget his regular role as Bullock in American Dad.
David Ogden Stiers
When this troper got into Mash in her early teens, it didn't take her too long to figure out Maj.Winchester (that is, David Ogden Stiers) was actually Cogsworth from Disney's Beauty and the Beast and Gov. Ratcliffe (andWiggins) in Pocahontas.
Speaking of One Piece and Dragon Ball, Sonny Strait uses a very similar voice for Usopp as he did for Krillin. Reruns of Dragon Ball Z were aired right after new episode of One Piece, so it's very easy to compare.
As the page quote lampshades, Eric Stuart has similar voices for Brock and Kaiba, as well as Gourry, though he has a completely different style when he did James, Wataki, and Meta Knight. Ironically, Yami's own VA is quite recognizable in 4Kids shows himself (especially when doing the Yami tone), because he's voiced byDAN GREEN!
Kiefer Sutherland
Jack Bauer rescues you from a Japanese POW camp in the very first mission of Call of Duty: World At War.
In an episode of Hayate the Combat Butler season 2, the cast are trapped in a dungeon. Nagi finds herself in the vicegrip of a robot, and Hayate wishes he had the power to save her. Cue dead priest Linn telling him to Image it.
Light has the same voice of Quatre of Gundam Wing. Oh, Quatre...(not to mention that insane follower Mikami's dub voice is Trowa; in the original Japanese, he's the Ohtori Kyouya to Light's Tamaki.)
Not really surprising, considering that Brad Swaile's done several notable Gundam characters, including the protagonist of the original series. And yet again, he's been tapped for more Gundam - he's the VA for Setsuna in the English dub of Gundam 00 as well...
Swaile also played Nightcrawler in X-Men: Evolution. Try reconciling the fuzzy blue dude with Light Yagami.
I can top that. Brad Swaile also voices Lan from Mega Man NT Warrior. You can do a double take upon hearing that particular voice for Light, rather understandably as Lan is the ultimate personification of the Idiot Hero...not to mention twelve.
This troper was really looking forward to seeing The Story of Saiunkoku but couldn't bring himself to watch it when he found out the leading man Ryuki Shi was none other than Light Yagami!
Given the popularity of both shows on this wiki, This Troper is honestly astonished that no one else pointed out that StrikerS! Chrono is also Kyon before he did.
What makes it more funny is that Inspector Acous is also Itsuki. That scene where they are eating cake together never fails to make me laugh.
And then there's that extremely obvious Shout Out in Kanon 2006...
This troper had a fangasm when she watched the opening moments of SHUFFLE! and heard Mikuru's voice come out of Kaede's mouth. Then she literally exploded when she heard Kyon's voice come out of Rin's.
And now we have Ronove, whose relationship with Battler completely reverse the dynamic shared by Kyon and Koizumi.
And he's got white hair, an...interesting sword and gets into comical fights over food with a weird being who has no concept of proper behavior. It's not Gintoki it's Ragna the Blood Edge!
This troper had to go look up a clip of Hector's voice in Japanese, because she read that he had the same voice actor as Shirou. They sound very similar. They act absolutely nothing alike.
Nicole Sullivan provides the voice for Shego from Kim Possible and Franny Robinson from Meet The Robinsons. Needless to say, this troper kept expecting Franny's hands to start glowing green at any moment.
Franny's younger self is voiced by Jessie Flower, who also voices Toph on Avatar The Last Airbender. Young Franny's threats of using her martial arts skills suddenly make more sense.
You'd think Zack Saturday would behave better, knowing that Mom not only has a Flaming Sword, but those glowing green hands...not to mention that she was tough enough to take on Jerry Stiller as a dog-walking client. Not the dog owner, but as someone to be walked.
Let's not forget a girl who could be an older and evil version of Susie Carmichael, if not her older and evil cousin. Miranda. (Fun fact: Miranda was actually retconned as black because of her actress)
Also Maxine Gibson. Terrifingly, she also plays Mercy Graves in Superman: Doomsday, there was nothing more shocking for this trooper than to see the sexy if heartless bodyguard open her mouth... and hear Maxine Gibson speaking to Lex Luthor.
She was also Numbuh 5's sister, also named Cree. It wasn't that noticeable, in that if you didn't know Cree Summers was Cree, you wouldn't think that they sounded alike.
This troper was playing Tony Hawk's American Wasteland when he made the connection between punk chick Mindy and energetic poodle Cleo from Clifford the Big Red Dog on the nearby TV where his younger brother was watching.
All five of us who played Arc The Lad's sequel Twilight Of The Spirits would recognize that Cree Summer is also playing Tatjana. Odd considering Tatjana's blonde and caucasian.
And from really obscure shows: Macbeth in Project Geeker, and Chloe in the animated Sabrina.
Also does the voice of Cynder in The Legend of Spyro A New Beginning.
This Gundam fan was pretty freaked out when he realized he knew Tatewaki Kuno's seiyu from somewhere. In fact, The Other Wiki did proof he is indeed the very same as Noah Bright. Never imagined I'd ever laugh about Bright-san...
George Takei
Does the warden of the Fire Nation's prison ship in episode 1x06 of Avatar The Last Airbender sound a bit like Lieutenant Sulu, by any chance? It's no coincidence; that is indeed George Takei providing his voice.
"Sulu? What are you doing on Transformers Animated?" Answer: Voicing cyber-ninja master Yoketron.
While watching Clannad, one might mutter "White Devil? Is that you?" upon hearing Mei speak. Both characters were voiced by Yukari Tamura. This troper wonders if the Fan Sub's usage of "Speak of the devil" to refer to Mei in one scene was intentional or not.
And then it goes around full circle when Yukari Tamura voices Rika Furude, whose regular cutesy voice sounds almost exactly like Mei, and her serious voice sounds almost exactly like Mai.
Mayumi Tanaka is known primarily for playing the role of various young males in shonen anime. Hearing her play possible female romance interest Kanna Kirishima in Sakura Taisen using a voice similar to plucky male hero Monkey D. Luffy is really, really weird.
And in the Digimon Savers dub, the two newcomers to the series playing main characters also had ties to Naruto: Gaomon is Might Guy and Marcus is Iruka — that is to say, Skip Stellrecht and Quinton Flynn respectively.
Listen to the voice of James Raynor's chief engineer/mechanic/new-unit-provider, Mr. Swann. If you've played Gears of War, doesn't he sound familiar? That's right, DamonBaird is the Hyperion's engineer!
This Troper ended up spending several minutes trying to place Tidus's voice. When she did, she nearly started shouting at her TV, recognizing him as Yggdrassil.
Recently, she's the voice of the floor announcer for 1 vs. 100. Having Cortana ask you what the Daikatana ads said John Romero was going to make us was a priceless moment for me.
Gracie Lizzie had no interest in Dinosaur King when she first heard it. Then she caught a few seconds of the dub and did a double take when she recognized Ash from Pokémon 's voice in Max's body. That is, Veronica Taylor. The show now makes Gracie Lizzie smile for the nostalgia kick (as Veronica Taylor and the rest of the Pokémon got a case of The Other Darrin forced on them and because Gracie Lizzie hasn't watched Pokémon in ages).
Love Is Weird had the same reaction, with "Wait a sec, isn't Ash a Pokemon Trainer?"
Don't be surprised if you start playing Ape Escape 2 and ask yourself, "Since when did Ash change careers to chasing monkeys?"
Maybe when Chimchar decided to play with him by stealing his hat.
For his leads, Mr. Templeman is often typecast to play Magnificent Bastards, for which he usually employs the same voice. It's quite interesting to find out that Kain not only has a feud going with Reed Richards and a stake in the Jade Empire arena, he is also making a bid for the throne of Ferelden.
Don't forget about Bill Thompson! He's the voice of Smee, The White Rabbit and Mr. Dodo, King Hubert, five different parts in Lady and the Tramp (including Jock the Scottish Terrier), Ranger Woodlore from the Humphrey the Bear series, and he even got the honor of playing Scrooge McDuck in the featurette Scrooge McDuck and Money before Alan Young came along. As for a non Disney example, Bill Thompson is also Droopy Dog and Spike/Butch!
Two Words: Kirk. Thornton. This troper has just gotten into the Gungrave anime (where he is the dubbed voice of Brandon Heat/Beyond the Grave). All I could think was....Roland? JIN??? Is that you?
Kisame Hoshigaki? Yeah, he's Don Patch. When this troper mentioned this at GameFAQs, they couldn't believe it.
Taranee and Trixie really couldn't be any more different (except for a few episodes in the second season), but it's pretty easy to tell that they're voiced by the same woman.
This troper was flipping past ABC one Saturday morning and came across a short-lived kids' show called Teamo Supremo, then heard Rope Girl speak up and yelled, "That's Josie!"
Okay, so this VA probably isn't as well known as other examples on this page, but I definitely got a deja-vu vibe while playing BlazBlue and joked that dual-gunslinger Noel Vermilion could pass for a slightly-grown-up Nanoha Takamachi.
A VA whose most famous work is one of the Eds on Ed, Edd n Eddy. This Troper was seriously disturbed to find out Tieria Erde and Athrun Zala were done by the same guy as Double D.
He went from Double-D to Aerrow. That'll make your head Spin.
If you watch any anime featuring a powerful, Magnificent Bastard-style villain, or Ax Crazy maniac bad guy, chances are quite high that they will be voiced by a certain Norio Wakamoto. He has voiced many villains in his time, ranging from Cell of Dragon Ball to M. Bison of Street Fighter fame, Black Shadow in the F-Zero anime, Emperor Charles Di Britannia from Code Geass and Igniz, the final boss of King Of Fighters 2001 (and at one point, Rugal). this troper was surprised to face Rugal in KOF 2002 and suddenly blurt out "You mean this time he's voiced by CELL?!"
Norio has also voiced a select few number of good guys as well, from Lando Calrissian in the Japanese dub of Star Wars to Shuren in Fist of the North Star.
Not really good or evil, but he has also voiced a cat and a [[Nichijou wooden cube]], I kid you not. Heavy dramatic voice and all.
While playing Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny, this troper couldn't quite figure out why the Big Bad Golba sounded so familiar...until he realized that he was expecting Golba to turn into a certain perverted yellow sphere...
Someone pointed out in the Moe page that Hynden Walch, who voiced Yutaka in Lucky Star, also voiced Starfire in Teen Titans, only in a much higher pitch. Just look at about 2:35 in on this...
Nia (pre-Time Skip) = Starfire (she even talks similarly). It actually works pretty well. Though after the Time Skip she has an entirely different VA.
Princess Bubblegum and Penny Sanchez sound... exactly the same. Both hail from shows from Frederator, both hail from shows starting out cartoon shorts shows, and both are (insufferable) genius female inventors. It took watching both on DVR back to back for me to figure out that they sound exactly alike.
Oh, come on — Kronk is a nice guy — until you diss his spinach puffs!
He is also your friendly chief flight attendant in the safety video on the Soarin' over California attractions at Disney's California Adventure Park and Epcot.
Also Ed Dillinger, Sark, and the MCP (the former two live-action roles, the latter voice-only, and all those only in the original movie—reprisals of any of those roles tend to fall to Corey Burton).
The Spike TV series Deadliest Warrior is narrated by none other than David Wenham. The same David Wenham who played the narrator Dilios in 300. Yeah...
Even versatile voice actors can have this happen when they voice a lot of characters. The prolific Frank Welker is, among other roles, recognizable as Soundwave in Transformers, Darkseid in the two "Super Powers" series of Super Friends, Freddy in Scooby-Doo and Dr. Claw in Inspector Gadget.
The G1 Transformers episode "Roll For It" has a scene where Soundwave's "Excellent, Ravage!" line didn't get processed, so it sounds exactly like Dr. Claw.
And neither was it for the entirety of Revenge Of The Fallen, meaning he was pretty much Dr. Claw on a satellite. It's pretty damn effective though.
The above tropers have a talent for understatement. Frank Welker is arguably the most prolific voice actor of all times (over 90 movies, not counting TV shows). Known especially for his critter voices. Welker is listed as the number one "All Time Top 100 Stars at the Box office," not as a box office draw, but in terms of the total revenue the over 90 films he has participated in have generated. Slimer, Abu, Scooby-Doo, G1 Megatron, Rumble/Frenzy, Scooter, Lord Nibbler (both his squeaking and talking versions), and Goddard are just some of the voices he's done. Odds are, if you've watched a cartoon in the last 40 years, you've sampled his work.
When the "critter" role on Gargoyles was being cast, another actor who was auditioning for the part said, "I'll just hold the script until Frank gets here."
And he was suggested as a cameo in the first live action Scooby-Doo film, but the casting people didn't see the point, since they didn't have a clue who he actually was... Of course, when someone was needed for the creature noises, the first and only person the effects people went to was... Frank Welker!
You know you've watched way too many cartoons when you find yourself being able to recognize Welker by his animal sounds.
And speaking of Galvatron and Spock, there is one other man who has played both characters: the ever ubiquitous Frank Welker.
This Troper noticed immediately when watching Futurama for the first time that Fry's voice sounded exactly like Doug Funnie's did (the original Doug, not the newer series).
As a kid, this troper couldn't get over the fact that Ren and Stimpy were the same person (see above).
Dr. Zoidberg's voice was lent to a Stegosaurus in the Histeria episode "The Dawn of Time".
Red M&M, the current Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd and Porky Pig and Woody Woodpecker, some incarnates of Stitch and Rayman, Professor Farnsworth, Zapp Brannigan, Lars Fillmore, Leo Wong, Richard Nixon's head (during two commentaries he uses Nixon's voice to say "Rubber baby buggy bumpers,") know him?
I cracked up after hearing Ellyvan during an episode of Jungle Junction since all that was missing was a Fry style wisecrack thanks to who knows how many Futurama epsiodes.
Not to mention that in Sonic Underground he did the speaking voices of all three hedgehog siblings (yes, he voiced Sonia), while their singing voices were given by different actors.
Speaking of Travis Willingham, after realizing he was Roy Mustang, this troper couldn't take Takashi from Ouran High School Host Club seriously anymore, couldn't stop picturing Takashi suddenly shouting to the club "TINY MINISKIRTS!!".
That said, hearing Roy Mustang's voice angsting about cavities killed this troper with the hilarity.
Would you expect Ragna the Bloodedge to say something like that? No? Of course not.
Except that's not Travis Willingham, it's Patrick Seitz.
This Troper laughed his ass off when he heard a modified version of Roy Mustang's voice coming out of Ace'sFunimation-dubbed mouth.
Hearing Roy Mustang's voice coming out of Kanda's mouth in the dub version of D. Gray-Man was the funniest thing this troper had heard in a while.
Diagnostician Gabriel Cunningham's voice was eerily familiar to This Troper when she was watching Fullmetal Alchemist's Roy Mustang. You don't need a beaker to make scrambled eggs, Gabe - use alchemy.
Considering how many well-known roles Dave Wittenburg is, the fact that he wasn't already mentioned surprises me...but considering that some of his roles are drastically different sounding than each other...Not everyone can make the link.
Kefka sounds an awful lot like Teddie for a few moments, doesn't he?
Heeeeey...he's a narrator on I didn't know I was pregnant and Mystery ER.
He also does the English narration for Ninja Warrior. It makes sense.
Commander Irving Vold Valeria on Wild ARMs Twilight Venom sounds like a Smug Snake!Kaoru Hanabishi. Talk about your differing personalities. Wittenberg joins another AYA alum on this series; See Michelle Ruff's entry.
Take one look at Dave Wittenberg's Wikipedia page and see how many roles he plays you actually recognize as him before reading it. I dare you. This troper somehow didn't even make the connection between Henri and Katsuya before he read it up.
You're telling me that Allen is the distant descendant of Sunnyside?
He also played a nameless extra of a scientist who talked to Alex Mercer during one of the Web Of Intrigue segments (specifically, the one where the real Alex mentions that he wasn't paid to feel) — I was wondering what Kakashi was doing working in the Big Applesauce. I checked the very long credits list to be sure. He's actually not listed for that one.
James Woods
CJ has to jump on board a plane and kill everyone while it's taking off? Why should he? Oh, Hades told him to. OK then.
This troper finds it hard to imagine anyone played by Mayumi Yamaguchi (Lee Jenrya in Digimon Tamers, Forte from Galaxy Angel, for example) as anyone but Envy from Fullmetal Alchemist. It can be kind of jarring at times.
In relation to Shmion, this troper first encountered her as Misae Sagara, so when Shion started to shout "Satoshi-kun," she noticed her inflection and voice sounded a lot like "Shima-kun."
Ian Ziering
Back in the late nineties, this troper watched Beverly Hills 90210, starring Ian Ziering as Steve Sanders. Fast forward to 2004, and he played Freelancer, starring Ian Ziering as Edison Trent — this time with an older, deeper voice.
