Examples of Role Reprise where the actor returned to voice the role in Robot Chicken - these include any cases where the role was originated in a different medium (e.g. video games or live-action).
Many of Robot Chicken's pop culture sketches have actors from the works they are parodying.
There is a minimum time gap for most examples. To qualify for the trope, the gap between appearances (based on release date) should be 5 years or more.
For the purpose of this trope, variants such as Alternate Universe and Alternate Continuity versions are treated as the same character.
English Version
- Main voice actor on the show Breckin Meyer often times reprises his role as Jon Arbuckle from Garfield during some of RC's Garfield sketches.
- The main cast of Scooby-Doo reprise their roles as Mystery Incorporated in several of Robot Chicken's Scooby-Doo sketches (likely due to the fact that Seth Green starred in the sequel Scooby-Doo: Monsters Unleashed). If Daphne isn't voiced by Sarah Michelle Gellar in a sketch, chances are she'll be voiced by Grey DeLisle, the current voice of Daphne during the show's airing.
- Danny Goldman (during season 1-5) would reprise his role as Brainy Smurf in their Smurfs sketches.
- Frank Welker has reprised his roles as Megatron and Soundwave from the Generation 1 Transformers cartoon in "The Sad Fate of Soundwave" and "Nicky Passion" as well as his role as Dr. Claw from Inspector Gadget in "Go Go Gadget Killing Machine", "Case Insensitivty" and "The Truth Behind Catfish". The former sketch also has him reprise his role as Brain.
- Speaking of Megatron, David Kaye reprised his role as the Beast Wars iteration of the character in the sketch "Megatron's Dilemma".
- Speaking of Inspector Gadget, Cree Summer reprises her role as Penny Gadget from Season 1 in "Go Go Gadget Killing Machine" and "Gadget Weaponized".
- "The Same Thing Every Night" has Maurice LaMarche reprise his role as the Brain from Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain.
- "Not Funnie" has Billy West reprise his role as Doug Funnie from Doug (oddly enough, he does not reprise his role as Roger Klotz, who is voiced by Seth Green in the sketch).
- "3 Fast 3 Furious" has Burt Reynolds and Dom De Luise reprise their roles as J.J. McClure and Victor Prinzim from Cannonball Run.
- "Previously on Robot Chicken" has Seth MacFarlane, George Lowe and Dana Snyder reprise their roles as Peter Griffin, Space Ghost and Master Shake from their respective shows. Dana Snyder would later reprise his role as Master Shake again in the "Best Robot Chicken Ever" sketch from "1987".
- "Ren McCormack" has Kevin Bacon reprise his role as Ren McCormack from Footloose. The sketch itself even has the character point out that he is "Kevin Bacon's character from Footloose".
- Greg Cipes reprises his role as Michelangelo from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) in both of the Ninja Turtles sketches from the episode "Super Guitario Center". Roughly around the same time Seth Green was announced as the new voice for Leonardo from season 3 onwards.
- Bob Bergen, the current voice for Porky Pig, reprises his role in "8 Carrot" and "Wooper".
- Mark Hamill:
- Hamill guest stars as himself during the "Meteorgeddon" sketch from "Plastic Buffet" (where he also voices Harrison Ford), who makes a reference to his role as Luke Skywalker from Star Wars. Then several episodes later, he actually does reprise his role as Luke Skywalker in the "Welcome to the Spoilers" sketch from "Vegetable Funfest".
- Played with when it comes to reprising his role as the Joker. He reprised his role as the Clown Prince of Crime in "The Arkham Redemption" and "The Joker". Then, months later after the "The Joker" sketch, Hamill would retire from the role. Once Hamill returned as the Joker, he would reprise his role again in "Seinfeld Meets the Joker".
- The Robot Chicken Star Wars Specials:
- Ahmed Best reprises his role as Jar Jar Binks in all three of the specials. Likewise, Billy Dee Williams reprises his role as Lando Calrissian in "Episode II" and "III".
- "Episode II" has Carrie Fisher reprise her role as Princess Leia Organa.
- "Episode III" has Anthony Daniels reprise his role as C-3PO and Tom Kane reprise his role as Yoda from both Clone Wars shows and various video games.
- Speaking of which, while "Clone Curiosity" isn't part of any of the specials, Dee Bradley Baker reprises his role as the Clone Troopers from Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
- The Robot Chicken DC Comics Specials:
- Nathan Fillion reprises his role as Green Lantern/Hal Jordan from Green Lantern: Emerald Knights in all three of the specials.
- Tara Strong reprises her role as Harley Quinn from Batman: Arkham City in Specials 1 and 2.
- "Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 3: Magical Friendship" sees Adam West reprise his role as the 60's Batman from Batman (1966).
- "The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking" has Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Chandler Riggs, Danai Gurira, Michael Rooker, Melissa McBride, Lennie James, Scott Wilson, Josh McDermitt, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan reprise their roles as Rick Grimes, Shane Walsh, Lori Grimes, Daryl Dixon, Glen Rhee, Maggie Greene, Carl Grimes, Michonne, Merle Dixon, Carol Peletier, Morgan Jones, Hershel Greene, Eugene Porter, and Negan from The Walking Dead respectively.
- "Sawed by the Bell" has most of the cast from Saved by the Bell reprise their roles, which include Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Lark Voorhies, Dustin Diamond, Mario Lopez, and Dennis Haskins as Zack Morris, Lisa Marie Turtle, Screech, A.C. Slater, and Principal Belding respectively.
- Mark-Paul Gosselaar would reprise his role as Zack Morris again in the "Time Out Avengers" sketch from "Ext. Forest - Day".
- Macaulay Culkin reprises his role as Kevin McCallister from Home Alone in "Robot Chicken's DP Christmas Special".
- Ralph Macchio and William Zabka reprise their roles as Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence from The Karate Kid in "Karate Kid Bodybags".
- Christopher Lloyd reprises his role as Doc Emmett Brown in at least three of RC's Back to the Future sketches.
- Roger L. Jackson reprises his role as Ghostface from Scream in "Big Horror Movie Brother".
- Dave Foley reprises his role as Flik from A Bug's Life in "A Bug's Short Life".
- "The Wild Thornberrys: Wild as F***" has Lacey Chabert, Danielle Harris, and Jodi Carlisle reprise their respective roles as Eliza, Debbie, and Marianne.
- "The Nerd on the CW" has Tom Cavanagh reprise his role as Harrison Wells/Eobard Thawne from The Flash (2014) and Kristin Kreuk reprise her role as Catherine Chandler from Beauty and the Beast (2012).
- "Insert SHIELD Joke Here" has Michael Chiklis reprise his role as Vic Mackey from The Shield. Chiklis also reprises his role as the Thing from Fantastic Four (2005), along with Chris Evans and Julian McMahon as the Human Torch and Doctor Doom respectively.
- Michael Winslow and Marion Ramsey reprise their roles as Larvell Jones and Laverne Hooks from the Police Academy movies in the "X-Academy" sketch.
- Bill Ratner reprises his role as Flint from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero in "A Go Job for Snow Job" and "Our Newest Member, Calvin".
- Alex Winter reprises his role as Bill S. Preston from Bill & Ted in "Excellent Genocide" and "Bill & Ted's Not So Excellent Adventure".
- In the "Disney Princess War" segment in "Stone Cold Steve Cold Stone", Ginnifer Goodwin once again plays Snow White from Once Upon a Time.
- In the "Oswald Floats" segment in "Scoot to the Gute", Fred Savage reprises his role as the titular character from Oswald.
- In the "Cavatar: The Last Cabbagebender" segment in "May Cause Numb Butthole", Dante Basco reprises his role as Zuko.
- Sarah Michelle Gellar reprises her role as Buffy Summers in "Buffy: Season 8", while Anthony Head reprises his role as Rupert Giles in "Nerd the Vampire Slayer".
- Soleil Moon Frye reprises her role as the titular character from Punky Brewster in "No Need for Glomer" and "Punky Power".
- In the "Greatest American Nerd" segment in "Yancy the Yo-Yo Boy", Robert Culp reprises his role as Bill Maxwell from The Greatest American Hero.
- In the "Revenge on the Revenge of the Nerds" segment in "Boo Cocky", Robert Carradine reprises his role as Lewis Skolnick from Revenge of the Nerds.
- In the "Uncle Glen" segment in "Bionic Cow", Zachary Quinto reprises his role as Sylar from Heroes.
- In the "Bionic Woman" segment in "Love, Maurice", Lee Majors reprises his role as Col. Steve Austin from The Six Million Dollar Man.
- Elijah Wood reprises his role as Frodo Baggins from The Lord of the Rings film trilogy in "The Ring Is Mine".
- In the "They're All Gonna Laugh At You" segment in "Rebel Appliance", Larisa Oleynik reprises her role as the titular character from The Secret World of Alex Mack.
- In the "Breaking Bad Rap" segment in "Food", Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, and RJ Mitte reprise their respective roles as Walter White, Skyler White, and Walter White, Jr. from Breaking Bad.
- In the "Oz Prison" segment in "The Departy Monster", J. K. Simmons reprises his role as Vernon Schillinger from Oz. Simmons also reprises his role as J. Jonah Jameson from the Spider-Man Trilogy for two sketches in "Gimme That Chocolate Milk".
- In the "Dune Buggies" segment in "Disemboweled by an Orphan", Patrick Stewart reprises his role as Gurney Halleck from Dune. Stewart also reprises his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation in "Star Trek: The Sext Generation" and "There Are Four Lights".
- Speaking of Star Trek, "Captain Kirk Gets Real" has Chris Pine reprise his role as Captain James T. Kirk from Star Trek (2009).
- In the "Harriet the Spy: 20 Years Later" segment in "3 2 1 2 333, 222, 3...66?", Michelle Trachtenberg reprises her role as Harriet M. Welsch from the 1996 movie Harriet the Spy.
- Ross Marquand reprises his role as the Red Skull from Avengers: Infinity War (2018) in "Red Skull's Loneliness" and "Larry David Joins the Avengers".
- In the "Drake & Josh Face/Off" segment in "May Cause Immaculate Conception", Drake Bell and Josh Peck reprise their roles as Drake Parker and Josh Nichols from Drake & Josh.
- "That '00s Show" has most of the cast from That '70s Show reprise their roles, which include Topher Grace, Danny Masterson, Ashton Kutcher, Wilmer Valderrama, Kurtwood Smith, and Debra Jo Rupp as Eric Forman, Steven Hyde, Michael Kelso, Fez, Red Forman, and Kitty Forman respectively.
- The "Napoleon Bonamite" sketch has Jon Heder and Efren Ramirez reprise their roles as Napoleon Dynamite and Pedro Sánchez from the film Napoleon Dynamite.
- In the "I Don't Want Your Sandwich" segment in "Massage Chair", James Van Der Beek reprises his role as Jonathan "Mox" Moxon from Varsity Blues.
- The "Frakking Galactica" sketch has Katee Sackhoff, Michael Hogan and Tahmoh Penikett reprise their roles as Kara Thrace, Colonel Saul Tigh and Karl C. Agathon from Battlestar Galactica (2003).
- In the "Meet the Bachelors" segment in "Major League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", Lea Thompson reprises her role as Lorraine Baines-McFly from the Back to the Future film trilogy.
- The "Tak'n" sketch has Gary Coleman reprise his role as Arnold Jackson from Diff'rent Strokes.
- The "Hurt Locker Angel" sketch has Jeremy Renner reprise his role as Sergeant First Class William James from The Hurt Locker.
- In the "Sabrina Exhumed" segment in "Executed by the State", Melissa Joan Hart reprises her role as Sabrina Spellman from Sabrina the Teenage Witch as well as Hilda Spellman from the animated series incarnation.
- In the "Reboot Team-Up" segment in "Choked on Multi-Colored Scarves", Whoopi Goldberg reprises her role as Celie Harris Johnson from the film The Color Purple.
- In the "Data's D***" segment in "Caffeine-Induced Aneurysm", Brent Spiner reprises his role as Dr. Noonien Soong from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
- A sketch spoofing Awkward. from "Cake Pillow" has Ashley Rickards reprise her role as Jenna Hamilton.
- In the "Battle of the Exes II" segment in "Joel Hurwitz", Famke Janssen reprises her role as Jean Grey from the X-Men Film Series.
- A sketch spoofing Kenan & Kel from "Fridge Smell" has Kel Mitchell reprise his role as Kel Kimble.
- A sketch from "Triple Hot Dog Sandwich on Wheat" titled "Game of Thrones: Shadow Baby" has Carice Van Houten reprise her role as Melisandre from Game of Thrones.
- "Toy Story Meets Pinko" has Jim Hanks reprise his role as Woody from various Toy Story spin-offs and merchandise, replacing his brother Tom Hanks from the movies.
- A sketch from "We Don't See Much of That in 1940s America" has Luke Evans reprise his role as Scott Hipwell from the film The Girl on the Train.
- A sketch from "What Can You Tell Me About Butt Rashes?" titled "Ash Chooses Glinda" has Kristin Chenoweth reprise her role as Glinda from the musical Wicked.
- Anndi McAfee reprises her role of Phoebe Heyerdahl from Hey Arnold! in "Helga's Secret".
- Alfred Molina reprises his role as Satipo from Raiders of the Lost Ark in "Indy's Whip".
- A sketch spoofing Thelma & Louise from "Ginger Hill in: Bursting Pipes" has Susan Sarandon reprise her role as Louise Sawyer.
- A sketch from "Bugs Keith in: I Can't Call Heaven, Doug" has George Takei reprise his role as Lt. Hikaru Sulu from Star Trek: The Original Series.
- A sketch from "Spike Fraser in: Should I Happen to Back Into a Horse" has Thomas Jane reprise his role as The Punisher from the film The Punisher (2004).
- A sketch spoofing Hocus Pocus from "Ghandi Mulholland in: Plastic Doesn't Get Cancer" has Kathy Najimy reprise her role as Mary Sanderson.
- In the "X-23 Joins the Descendants" segment in "Sundancer Craig in: 30% of the Way to Crying", Booboo Stewart reprises his role as Jay from the Descendants movies.
- In the "Disney Parents Heaven" segment in "May Cause Internal Diarrhea", Elizabeth Lail once again plays Anna from Once Upon a Time.
- A sketch from "May Cause Season 11 to End" has Chris McCulloch and Doc Hammer reprise their roles as The Monarch and Henchman 21 from The Venture Brothers in a fake-out promo for Season 8.
Foreign Dubs
- The French dub of Robot Chicken is done in Belgium. Given that the majority of movies and TV shows spoofed in RC are dubbed in France instead, this leaves very few opportunities for role reprises in RC's French dub. With that said, because Pokémon: The Series is dubbed in Belgium as well, they were able to have Aurélien Ringelheim reprise his role as Ash Ketchum in the "Poké Ball High Life" sketch from "Cracked China".
- The Italian dub's main gimmick is that the entire cast is voiced by the same three voice actors (Nanni, Oreste, and Antonella Baldini). Sometimes, by pure accident, this means that they can reprise some of their older roles. Some examples include Oreste Baldini as both Fred and Shaggynote or Antonella Baldini as Dora's Backpack.
- Also, the only exception to the "only three voice actors" rule: when James Bond appears, he's voiced by Francesco Prando, who already voiced the Daniel Craig iteration of the character.
