Lisa: Isn't mid-season just a dumping ground for second-rate shows that weren't good enough for the fall schedule?
Homer: You're thinking of all the other years. This year's shows are classic. There's "The Laughter Family" — that's animated. Networks like animation 'cause they don't have to pay the actors squat!
Ned Flanders: (appears with voice provided by Karl Wiedergott) Plus, they can replace them and no one can tell the diddley-ifference!
Homer: You're thinking of all the other years. This year's shows are classic. There's "The Laughter Family" — that's animated. Networks like animation 'cause they don't have to pay the actors squat!
Ned Flanders: (appears with voice provided by Karl Wiedergott) Plus, they can replace them and no one can tell the diddley-ifference!
Corny Collins: You can't fire Corny Collins from the Corny Collins Show!
Velma Von Tussle: They do it all the time on Lassie!
Velma Von Tussle: They do it all the time on Lassie!
"What the?!? They replaced Darrin!"
— David Morgan-Mar, Irregular Webcomic!
"Duffman can never die! Only the actors who play him!"
— Duffman, The Simpsons, "Jaws Wired Shut"
"Wait a second, you're not Kirstie Alley! Who are you?!"
— Linkara, reviewing the comic book adaptation of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Dr. Manhattan: You know what's interesting?
Sabretooth: What?
Dr. Manhattan: I can understand anything about nuclear and particle physics.
Sabretooth: Yeah?
Dr. Manhattan: And I can invent technological advances decades ahead of their time.
Sabretooth: Uh-huh.
Dr. Manhattan: And I can even understand the concept of time to the point where I do not experience it linearly.
Sabretooth: Right.
Dr. Manhattan: And even I don't know how Liev Schreiber could become Tyler Mane.
Sabretooth: What?
Dr. Manhattan: I can understand anything about nuclear and particle physics.
Sabretooth: Yeah?
Dr. Manhattan: And I can invent technological advances decades ahead of their time.
Sabretooth: Uh-huh.
Dr. Manhattan: And I can even understand the concept of time to the point where I do not experience it linearly.
Sabretooth: Right.
Dr. Manhattan: And even I don't know how Liev Schreiber could become Tyler Mane.
Iron Man: In my next movie, Rhodey will become War Machine.
Batman: In my next movie, Katie Holmes will become Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Batman: In my next movie, Katie Holmes will become Maggie Gyllenhaal.
—I'm a Marvel... And I'm a DC (before Rhodey was also recast)
Kimimaro: Didn't you used to be British?
Kabuto: Didn't you used to be healthy?
Kabuto: Didn't you used to be healthy?
"You're looking at a woman who lived through two world wars, fifteen vendettas, four major operations, and two Darrins on Bewitched!"
— Sophia, The Golden Girls
Narrator: Huh? Wait a minute! Who the heck are you?!
George: Me new George. Studio too cheap to pay Brendan Fraser.
George: Me new George. Studio too cheap to pay Brendan Fraser.
Jenko: Cap, does Schmidt look any different to you?
Dickson: No! That's Schmidt! I don't know what you talking about, man! He look exactly the same to me...
Rogen!Schmidt: I got new glasses.
Dickson: Yeah, man, he just got some new glasses, man. Goddamn.
Rogen!Schmidt: No one's gonna fucking notice.
[one awful sequel later]
Jenko: Really, really glad you're back, Schmidt.
Hill!Schmidt: What're you talking about? What contract dispute?
Dickson: No! That's Schmidt! I don't know what you talking about, man! He look exactly the same to me...
Rogen!Schmidt: I got new glasses.
Dickson: Yeah, man, he just got some new glasses, man. Goddamn.
Rogen!Schmidt: No one's gonna fucking notice.
[one awful sequel later]
Jenko: Really, really glad you're back, Schmidt.
Hill!Schmidt: What're you talking about? What contract dispute?
— 22 Jump Street parodying this trope
"We couldn't afford to get Mike Myers to do the voice of Shrek."
"Oh, and one last thing, friends. Remember Jane's adorable son? Well, he's still adorable, but now he looks like this. What can I say — in novelas, you must be prepared for change, after all."
— Latin Lover Narrator, Jane the Virgin
Sparx: Hey, Spyro, man, you're alive.
Spyro: Sparx! It's good to see you too! You okay?
Sparx: Huh, you know, little stiff, voice keeps changin', but I'm good.
— The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon, hanging a lampshade on Sparx' frequently changing voice actors
Josh and Zoe climb a mountain and meet a shadowy figure who is in fact … Hugo Weav--
Ross Marquand: <<Ahemcoughcough>> Surprise it’s me, the Red Skull, exactly as you heard and saw him in Captain America 1!
Ross Marquand: <<Ahemcoughcough>> Surprise it’s me, the Red Skull, exactly as you heard and saw him in Captain America 1!
— The Editing Room’s abridged script for Avengers: Infinity War
Bat-Mite: For the next shark jump I think I'll recast the show's breakout character. Sorry, Aquaman's John DiMaggio, but you're being replaced!
Narrator: The role of Aquaman will now be voiced by Ted McGinley.
McGinley!Aquaman: That evil anthropoid is rampaging through Gotham!
Batman: Aquaman, are you okay? You seem a little... off.
Narrator: The role of Aquaman will now be voiced by Ted McGinley.
McGinley!Aquaman: That evil anthropoid is rampaging through Gotham!
Batman: Aquaman, are you okay? You seem a little... off.
—Batman: The Brave and the Bold, "Mitefall!"
Bastian (Jason James Richter): Mr. Coreander, don't you remember me? Bastian, Bastian "Balthazar" Bux!
Mr. Coreander (Freddie Jones): Bastian? What in the world happened to you?
Critic!Bastian: They changed actors, twice!
Mr. Coreander (Freddie Jones): Bastian? What in the world happened to you?
Critic!Bastian: They changed actors, twice!
Mr. Krabs: Spongebob, this flappin' robot crisis...
Zach: Wow, what!?
Chris: That is not his voice!
Zach: The entire crew reprised their roles except for him.
Lyle: (Mr. Krabs impression) I'm a person here!
Zach: (does a comically poor impression of Mr. Krabs) It's me I'm Mr. Kra... hey Spongebob, you have to go, you have to go help me find these.
Lyle: (as Spongebob) You've got his skin, and you've got his face. But you aren't it!
Zach: Wow, what!?
Chris: That is not his voice!
Zach: The entire crew reprised their roles except for him.
Lyle: (Mr. Krabs impression) I'm a person here!
Zach: (does a comically poor impression of Mr. Krabs) It's me I'm Mr. Kra... hey Spongebob, you have to go, you have to go help me find these.
Lyle: (as Spongebob) You've got his skin, and you've got his face. But you aren't it!
—The OneyPlays cast, playing Spongebob SquarePants Battle For Bikini Bottom Rehydrated after noticing Joe Whyte voicing Mr. Krabs instead of Clancy Brown.
She [Wanda] recast Pietro?!
—Darcy Lewis, WandaVision
Well, there were fourteen Tarzans.
Martin: (Referring to Roseanne) So who's playing the daughter this week?
Mandy: Don't you just hate that, when they keep the same character and change the actor? (Both characters proceed to look at Matthew).
—Game On, also referring to Neil Stuke taking over from Ben Chaplin for the role of Matthew.
Anybody can play Gerard! Y'know why? Batman! He was uh, Michael Keaton, yeah? Then the changed him into Val Kilmer. Then he became George Clooney, but George Clooney brought too much sex to the role. So they got rid o' him, and they brought in Ben Affleck, Christian Bale and now he's that's skinny bastard from the Twilight.
—Howie, The Bubble
Nicholas and Antonio (via email): Have you ever been watching your favorite shows and sequels, and suddenly realized that your favorite character has been unscrupulously replaced with another actor?
Strong Bad: Wait, you guys are really asking me that? We do that to you people all the time. There've been, like, twelve King of Towns.
Strong Bad: Wait, you guys are really asking me that? We do that to you people all the time. There've been, like, twelve King of Towns.
—Strong Bad Email #177 "original"
Spock: Lieutenant Saavik, you seem different from when I last saw you.
Saavik: I changed my hairstyle... Oh yeah, and my face!
— Sev Trek, on
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock You had to know what he sounded like if you were hired for one of those gigs, not that you can’t wait to cross over a dead body, you know, it’s not like that. I mean, some people leave the franchise whether they die or they’re too old to do it. But, I think they want the character to move on if they’re mature about it.
Colossus: Let us go talk to the Professor.
Deadpool: McAvoy or Stewart? These timelines are confusing.
Deadpool: McAvoy or Stewart? These timelines are confusing.
