History Creator / SpikeSpencer

However, that all changed when he was cast as the psychotic [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Arakune]]. This came as a shocking surprise to fans, and has finally broken him out of the pigeonhole. These days he's cast in all kinds of roles, though hilariously he's gravitating a bit more to suave, ladies-man-esque or wise person roles these days (due to his voice getting a bit deeper as he ages).

However, that all changed when he was cast as the psychotic [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Arakune]]. This came as a shocking surprise to fans, and has finally broken him out of the pigeonhole.

!!Tropes Associated with Spike Spencer

''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion I mustn't click away,]] [[TvTropesWillRuinYourLife I mustn't click away!]]

[[RageAgainstTheAuthor ...You ran out of tropes too, didn't you, ya bastards?]]''

Noted for being an extremely funny guy who is very welcoming to his fans. He once referred to SamRiegel as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDIjySyEfy4 "the gay man with the fan"]]. He's also a black belt (which makes him wonder why he's cast as the helpless kid). He also hates Creator/HideakiAnno for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL8pvC3mxGo running out of ink]] to [[GainaxEnding finish NGE]], [[YouBastard that bastard]]!

* Akito Tenkawa in ''MartianSuccessorNadesico''
* Ginta Toramizu in ''{{MAR}}''
* Goh in ''{{Pretear}}''

* Mackie Stingray in ''BubblegumCrisis: Tokyo 2040''
* Majic Finn in ''SorcererStabberOrphen''

* Takuma Ichijo in ''VampireKnight''

* Atsuro in ''[[VideoGame/DevilSurvivor Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor: Overclocked]]''.

* Claude Kenni in ''[[VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory Star Ocean:]] [[VideoGameRemake Second Evolution]]''

* Jack "Harmonica" Hamilton in ''ArTonelico: Melody of Elemia''

* Ringabel[=/=][[spoiler:Alternis Dim]] in ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault''

** [[{{Durarara}} Saburo]] [[PlayingWithCharacterType is a subversion]]; the character's still a ButtMonkey, but {{emo}} is definitely ''not'' a defining trope of the character. [[TheChewToy His unlucky moments are still funny though]].
* PlayingAgainstType: As [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Arakune]], [[MarchenAwakensRomance Ginta Toramizu]], [[Manga/{{Spriggan}} Little Boy]], [[PokemonOrigins a blue-haired Team Rocket member]], [[Manga/BusouRenkin Papillon]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Excellus]] and most recently [[VideoGame/BravelyDefault Ringabel]].

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Has done a lot of voice work with fellow ''[[NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]]'' alumni AmandaWinnLee and TiffanyGrant.

* PlayingAgainstType: As [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Arakune]], [[MarchenAwakensRomance Ginta Toramizu]], [[Manga/{{Spriggan}} Little Boy]], [[PokemonOrigins a blue-haired Team Rocket member]], [[Manga/BusouRenkin Papillon]] and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Excellus]].

!!Notable roles by SpikeSpencer:

* PlayingAgainstType: As [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Arakune]], [[MarchenAwakensRomance Ginta Toramizu]], [[Manga/{{Spriggan}} Little Boy]], [[PokemonOrigins a blue-haired Team Rocket member]], and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Excellus]].

* SupremeChef: The man can cook like you wouldn't believe. He also stars in his own cooking show, ''[[http://dontkillyourdate.com/ Don't Kill Your Date (and Other Cooking Tips)]]'', where he shows you how to cook ''and'' impress the ladies.

* PlayingAgainstType: As [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Arakune]], [[MarchenAwakensRomance Ginta Toramizu]], [[Manga/{{Spriggan}} Little Boy]] and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Excellus]].

* UnionsInHollywood: He's quite critical of this trope.
** Though ironically, his official resume lists him as an [[http://spikespencer.com/resume/ SAG/AFTRA]] member (though this could be more related to business issues rather than his own political beliefs, since voice acting in Los Angeles is highly unionized).

* Shinji Ikari in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' (and the re-image/reboot film series RebuildOfEvangelion)

* Shinji Ikari in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''

He's probably ''the'' poster guy for PigeonholedVoiceActor. He's [[NeverLiveItDown never been able to live it down]], and up until 2009 had been voicing pretty much Shinji in a different form. We're looking at you, [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Hanataro]] (less emo, more timid) & [[Anime/CodeGeass Rolo]] (more emo, less timid, and even more [[HoYay homoerotic]] not to mention [[AxCrazy psychotic]]).

* [[SissyVillain Excellus]] in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' [[note]]As stated above, he does not reprise his role as Marth.[[/note]]

** And if he's not voicing [[ButtMonkey some]][[ChewToy one]] like that, he's voicing someone who's [[AxCrazy batshit insane]].

** [[{{Durarara}} Saburo]] [[PlayingWithCharacterType is a subversion]]; the character is still a ButtMonkey, but {{emo}} is definitely ''not'' a defining trope of the character. [[TheChewToy His unlucky moments are still funny though]].

* SupremeChef: The man can cook like you wouldn't believe. He also stars in his own cooking show, ''[[http://dontkillyourdate.com/ Don't Kill Your Date (and Other Cooking Tips)]]'', where he shows you how to cook AND impress the ladies.

* UnionsInHollywood: He's quite critical of this trope. See the YMMV page.

* PlayingAgainstType: As [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Arakune]], [[MarchenAwakensRomance Ginta Toramizu]], [[{{Spriggan}} Little Boy]] and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Excellus]].

Noted for being an extremely funny guy who is very welcoming to his fans. He once referred to SamRiegel as [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDIjySyEfy4 "the gay man with the fan"]]. He's also a black belt (which makes him wonder why he's cast as the helpless kid). He also hates HideakiAnno for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL8pvC3mxGo running out of ink]] to [[GainaxEnding finish NGE]], [[YouBastard that bastard]]!

* Shinji Ikari in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''

* Papillon in ''Manga/BusouRenkin''
* Rolo Lamperouge in ''Anime/CodeGeass''

* Dr. Shiouji (and a Scottish terrier with glasses) in ''Anime/ExcelSaga''
* Yugo in the ''[[Manga/{{Gunnm}} Battle Angel]]'' OVA
* Akito Tenkawa in ''MartianSuccessorNadesico''

* Ginta Toramizu in ''{{MAR}}''
* Goh in ''{{Pretear}}''

* Takuma Kugayama in ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic''
* Takuma Ichijo in ''VampireKnight''

* Milanor in the PSP version of ''VideoGame/YggdraUnion''

* [[AffablyEvil Yeager]] in ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia''

* Attumen the Huntsman from ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''
* Atsuro in ''[[VideoGame/DevilSurvivor Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor: Overclocked]]''.

* Guan Suo in ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors 7''
* Nagamasa Azai in ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors 3''
* [[JourneyToTheWest Wukong]] in ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends''

* [[SissyVillain Excellus]] in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' [[note]]As stated above, he does not reprise his role as Marth.[[/note]]

* {{Keet}}: He's been described by AmandaWinnLee as one of the most hyper people ever, which makes his pigeonholing even more ironic.

* Marth ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS Mars]]) in the ''FireEmblem'' OVA

* [[SissyVillain Excellus]] in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening''

* PlayingAgainstType: As [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Arakune]], [[MarchenAwakensRomance Ginta Toramizu]], [[{{Spriggan}} Little Boy]] and [[FireEmblemAwakening Excellus]].

* Excellus in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening''

* PlayingAgainstType: As [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Arakune]], [[MarchenAwakensRomance Ginta Toramizu]], and [[{{Spriggan}} Little Boy]].