History Main / PoorMansSubstitute

** He's also an excellent stand-in for Hans Conried, having taken over as Captain Hook's offical voice actor in all Disney's Peter Pan media.

** Creator/CoreyBurton is basically the Patron Saint of this trope for ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' having filled in for Hans Conreid as Captain Hook, Bill Thompson as the White Rabbit, Paddi Edwards as Flotsam and Jetsam, Joseph Kearns as the Doorknob, Creator/MiguelFerrer as Shan Yu, Creator/DavidWarner as Sark and the MCP, Creator/RobinWilliams as the Peddler, Edward Ivory as Santa Claus, Creator/ChristopherLee as [=DiZ=]/Ansem the Wise, Creator/TonyJay as Claude Frollo, Creator/RipTorn as Zeus, and Michael Rye as Yen Sid!... Whew.

** He's also an excellent stand-in for Hans Conreid, having taken over as Captain Hook's offical voice actor in all Disney's Peter Pan media.

** Actually, this happens quite a bit in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', probably due to the nature of the whole thing - Tate Donovan apparently turned down the role of Hercules for the first game, so Disney hired Creator/SeanAstin. However, once it took off, Donovan reprised the role for ''II''. Susanne Blakeslee fills in for the late Eleanor Audley as Maleficent and Lady Tremaine. Nowadays, they still have [[TheOtherDarrin four major Darrins]], the voice actresses for Kairi and Naminé, presumably because Creator/HaydenPanettiere was doing ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' and Brittany Snow was off doing... something[[note]] Panettiere ''herself'' was, in turn, TheOtherDarrin to Alyson Stoner when she replaced her as the voice of Xion; Stoner had previously been TheOtherDarrin to Panettiere as Kairi and is now the current voice actor for Kairi and Xion. Got it memorized?[[/note]], Creator/CoreyBurton who filled in for Creator/ChristopherLee as [=DiZ=]/Ansem the Wise in a couple of the spinoff games before taking over the character fulltime after Lee's death, and the voice actor for Ansem, Seeker of Darkness (Creator/RichardEpcar replacing Creator/BillyZane). Also, all of the voices of the Hollow Bastion Restoration committee (plus Sephiroth) were replaced for ''II'' (resulting in Music/MandyMoore, Aerith, being replaced and resulting in a hugely amusing voicing situation for Yuffie). And the game ''RE: Chain of Memories'' offers Darrins for the entire Castle Oblivion party because all their voice clips in the [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories original game]] were of Japanese actors simply with any sentences or spoken phrases removed. There are, however, quite a few surprising aversions for this trope, regardless; the original game had Kathryn Beaumont, the original voice actress of [[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland Alice]] and [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Wendy]].

** Actually, this happens quite a bit in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', probably due to the nature of the whole thing - Tate Donovan apparently turned down the role of Hercules for the first game, so Disney hired Creator/SeanAstin. However, once it took off, Donovan reprised the role for ''II''. Susanne Blakeslee fills in for the late Eleanor Audley as Maleficent and Lady Tremaine. Nowadays, they still have [[TheOtherDarrin four major Darrins]], the voice actresses for Kairi and Naminé, presumably because Creator/HaydenPanettiere was doing ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' and Brittany Snow was off doing... something[[note]] Panettiere ''herself'' was, in turn, TheOtherDarrin to Alyson Stoner when she replaced her as the voice of Xion; Stoner had previously been TheOtherDarrin to Panettiere as Kairi and is now the current voice actor for Kairi and Xion. Got it memorized?[[/note]], Creator/CoreyBurton who filled in for Creator/ChristopherLee as [=DiZ=]/Ansem the Wise in a couple of the spinoff games before taking over the character fulltime after Lee's death, and the voice actor for Ansem, Seeker of Darkness(Creator/RichardEpcar replacing Creator/BillyZane). Also, all of the voices of the Hollow Bastion Restoration committee (plus Sephiroth) were replaced for ''II'' (resulting in Music/MandyMoore, Aerith, being replaced and resulting in a hugely amusing voicing situation for Yuffie). And the game ''RE: Chain of Memories'' offers Darrins for the entire Castle Oblivion party because all their voice clips in the [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories original game]] were of Japanese actors simply with any sentences or spoken phrases removed. There are, however, quite a few surprising aversions for this trope, regardless; the original game had Kathryn Beaumont, the original voice actress of [[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland Alice]] and [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Wendy]].

** Timon's voice casting in ''Kingdom Hearts II'' is kinda funny - he's played by Bruce Lanoil, but they already had another of Lane's substitutes in the cast: Creator/QuintonFlynn, who was already playing a supporting role. Note that both of them have played ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Final]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Fantasy]]'' characters... and even in the same game (''X'') to boot. Lanoil would reprise his role as Timon in ''Disney Think Fast'' and ''Wild About Safety'', educational shorts played at various Disney Parks.

* Creator/JeremyIrons damage his vocal chords while screaming "'''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 You won't get a sniff without me!]]'''"? Creator/ChristopherLloyd [[WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}} just can't sing]]? Just need someone to say something while sounding somewhat like someone else? Call [[Creator/JimCummings1952 Jim Cummings]]! Cummings is an embodiment of this trope, having replaced Louis Prima as Louie from ''[[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 The Jungle Book]]'', Creator/MelBlanc as the Tasmanian Devil, and Sterling Holloway and Paul Winchell as Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, respectively.

* Creator/JeremyIrons damage his vocal chords while screaming "'''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 You won't get a sniff without me!]]'''"? Creator/ChristopherLloyd [[WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}} just can't sing]]? Just need someone to say something while sounding somewhat like someone else? Call Creator/JimCummings1952! Cummings is an embodiment of this trope, having replaced Louis Prima as Louie from ''[[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 The Jungle Book]]'', Creator/MelBlanc as the Tasmanian Devil, and Sterling Holloway and Paul Winchell as Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, respectively.

* Creator/JeremyIrons damage his vocal chords while screaming "'''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 You won't get a sniff without me!]]'''"? Creator/ChristopherLloyd [[WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}} just can't sing]]? Just need someone to say something while sounding somewhat like someone else? Call Creator/JimCummings! Cummings is an embodiment of this trope, having replaced Louis Prima as Louie from ''[[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 The Jungle Book]]'', Creator/MelBlanc as the Tasmanian Devil, and Sterling Holloway and Paul Winchell as Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, respectively.

* Creator/JeremyIrons damage his vocal chords while screaming "'''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 You won't get a sniff without me!]]'''"? Creator/ChristopherLloyd [[WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}} just can't sing]]? Just need someone to say something while sounding somewhat like someone else? Call Creator/JimCummings! Cummings is an embodiment of this trope, having replaced Louis Prima as Louie from the Jungle Book, Creator/MelBlanc as the Tasmanian Devil, and Sterling Holloway and Paul Winchell as Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, respectively.

* Want Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor to voice a badass character? Too bad, [[UsefulNotes/UnionsInHollywood union issues]]. Until his career-ending scandal, Creator/VicMignogna often filled in.

->''There have been a number of projects where I've said no to, whether it's cause I was just too busy. For instance, the remake of ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia''; 'cause I've voice matched for Creator/TroyBaker on a number of things when he got too busy to do some of the projects that he had originally began, which made for a tenuous beginning of our friendship. I was like "I don't know what to do!" But, we're fine now. But, for that bit, I was approached to possibly do that, I was very busy, and also, I didn't want to continue a trend of being known as the "budget Baker", if that makes sense. Like, I covered for him on a number of projects, and I found myself in a place where I know somebody else who could probably use this more than I could and step up to the plate, and yeah, I didn't want to continue this trend of being "the guy that covers for Troy when he can't do it". So I politely declined that project.''
-->-- '''Creator/MatthewMercer''' during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0rdH3pehS4&feature=youtu.be&t=3992 this interview]]

->'''Mr. Burns:''' Get me Creator/StevenSpielberg!\\
'''Smithers:''' He's unavailable.\\
'''Mr. Burns:''' Then get me his non-union Mexican equivalent!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E18AStarIsBurns A Star Is Burns]]"

** Scott Innes and Creator/MatthewLilliard have voiced Shaggy when Creator/CaseyKasem was unavailable, with Lilliard eventually taking over the role after Kasem retired from it.

** Creator/TomKane often stands in for Creator/FrankOz as Yoda.

* '''InAWorld''' where Creator/DonLaFontaine is no longer with us, Hal Douglas gave us 6 more years for dramatic movie trailer voiceovers.
** As well as Creator/PeterCullen. He did great with Creator/{{Toonami}} for years.
** In a land [[UsefulNotes/{{London}} where there is much tea and crumpets and a constitutional monarchy]], there is Redd Pepper.
** In Japanese trailers, Creator/FumihikoTachiki does the same job as well, or Creator/HirokiYasumoto.
** Ditto with Sebastian Llapur in Mexico.
** In Brazil, there was Jorgeh Ramos. Luiz Feier Motta has picked up most of his gigs after Ramos died
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvv8SMTyAgk Pablo Francisco]]; he also does good imitations of Creator/KeanuReeves, Creator/JackieChan and Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger.
** Jon Bailey showcases in Webvideo/HonestTrailers how good he is to narrate previews. His Peter Cullen impression even landed him gigs in actual ''Transformers'' works.
* On a similar note, Creator/CreeSummer can do a good impression of the late Creator/EarthaKitt, as she once replaced Kitt as the voice of Vexus in a few episodes of ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' and also voiced ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} in Creator/LaurenFaust's ''WesternAnimation/{{DC Super Hero Girls|2019}}'' with an Eartha Kitt impression.

* Too cheap to get Creator/PeterCullen to voice [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]]? Use the non-union Jake Foushee as seen in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRescueBotsAcademy'' and ''WesternAnimation/TransformersWarForCybertronTrilogy''. [[CreatorBacklash Notably Cullen was not happy about the later, feeling both disapointed that he was never contacted to reprise the role and stating the use of non-union VA's for the series set a bad precedent that undermined the credibility of the actors union.]]

* Creator/RobertCait can pass as Creator/NormMacdonald, at least in voice acting. (See: ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' in Fairy Idol)
** So can Adam Carolla.
** While we're on the subject of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', Creator/TaraStrong can pass as Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus in voice acting too (see Big Wanda and Fairy Idol).

* Creator/JeremyIrons damage his vocal chords while screaming "'''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 You won't get a sniff without me!]]'''"? Creator/ChristopherLloyd [[WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}} just can't sing]]? Just need someone to say something while sounding somewhat like someone else? Call Creator/JimCummings!
** Creator/JimCummings is the embodiment of this trope. He's replaced Louis Prima as Louie from the Jungle Book, Creator/MelBlanc as the Tasmanian Devil, and Sterling Holloway and Paul Winchell as Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, respectively.
* Creator/BillyWest can do a very good imitation of the late Creator/PhilHartman. Case in point, Zapp Brannigan in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', whose part was written with Hartman in mind before he passed away.
** Or, if you can't get Billy West, there's always Creator/DaranNorris.

* Creator/MicahSolusod is often considered to be Creator/{{Funimation}}'s equivalent to Creator/JohnnyYongBosch. This was mainly because his role as the titular character of ''Manga/SoulEater'' was misattributed to Johnny. To hammer this comparison out, Micah's recent role as Liszt in ''Literature/OkamiSan'' sounds ''exactly'' like Johnny's role as [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya Itsuki.]] And made funnier when it's been announced that he will be replacing Johnny in the role of Kazuki Makabe in the [[Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor Fafner]] film adaptation and Claus Valca in the ''Anime/LastExile'' [[Anime/LastExileFamTheSilverWing sequel.]]
* Want Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor to voice a badass character? Too bad, [[UsefulNotes/UnionsInHollywood union issues]]. But you can hire Creator/VicMignogna instead! This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=9z4I04iFLcc the comments of a Disgaea 3 gameplay.]]
** [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor Oh wait...]]

* Creator/JessicaBoone and Creator/MelissaDavis also get mistaken for each other, whenever either of them use a teenage-like voice, they sound creepingly the same.
** Add Creator/EmilyNeves to that group, as well.
* Creator/JeffBridges or Creator/AlecBaldwin unavailable for voice work? Just call Creator/FredTatasciore.
* When ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' made its ChannelHop from CBS to ABC, Nicole Jaffe was replaced as the voice of Velma with Pat Stevens. She did serviceable work, but she left in the middle of the 1979 season and was replaced with Marla Frumkin, whose voice reading was flat and disjointed.
** Scooby himself had his voice filled by Hadley Kay and Scott Innes following the death of original voice Creator/DonMessick until Creator/FrankWelker (Fred) became his new permanent voice.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' is notorious for pulling this on the ''entire main cast'' of the dub from the ''Anime/PokemonTheMastermindOfMiragePokemon'' special onwards when the Pokémon Company took over from 4Kids and replaced most of the longstanding cast with soundalike VA's to cut costs. While the replacements did improve over time (generally agreed to be around the second season of ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl Diamond & Pearl]]''), some older fans are still understandably bitter about this and the shabby way the original cast was treated.

** Creator/RobertZemeckis (''Film/RomancingTheStone'', ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Film/ForrestGump'', ''Film/{{Contact}}'' and ''Film/CastAway''), which is not surprising since Spielberg helped produce many of Zemeckis's 1970s and '80s films

* Creator/AlexisTipton can be seen as this towards Creator/LauraBailey due to her voice being uncannily similar to Bailey’s. Tipton even inherited several of Bailey’s old voice acting roles after the latter left to voice act in California and started to do mostly Union-only voice-over work. Among said roles, they include: Erasa in ''Anime/DragonBallZKai'', Kid Trunks in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Platinum the Trinity in ''Anime/BlazBlueAlterMemory'' & ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCrossTagBattle'', Lucina in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriors'' & ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage'' and Palla in ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia]]'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes''.

** And a whole bunch of other Lifetime regulars count, like Chelsea Gilson (Creator/KateHudson), Alyshia Ochse (Creator/OliviaWilde), Jhey Castles (Creator/MariskaHargitay) and Monroe Cline (Creator/MichelleTrachtenberg).

* Worried that we'll never get a voice like Music/FrankSinatra's again? Don't worry, Creator/SethMacFarlane (himself a huge fan of the Music/RatPack) will do in a pinch.

* Worried that Creator/AndrewRannells being dedicated to theater now has left an anime character voiceless? No problem! Hire Daniel J. Edwards to fill in for him!

* Creator/MillaJovovich too expensive or busy working on another of her husband's movies? Try Creator/KristannaLoken. And if you can't get Kristanna, you might need to settle for Natassia Malthe.

** [[RoleEndingMisdemaneor Oh wait...]]

** Creator/CoreyBurton is basically the Patron Saint of this trope for ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' having filled in for Hans Conreid as Captain Hook, Bill Thompson as the White Rabbit and Mr. Smee, Paddi Edwards as Floatsam and Jetsam, Joseph Kearns as the Doorknob, Creator/MiguelFerrer as Shan Yu, Creator/DavidWarner as Sark and the MCP, Creator/RobinWilliams as the Peddler, Edward Ivory as Santa Claus, Creator/ChristopherLee as [=DiZ=]/Ansem the Wise, Creator/TonyJay as Claude Frollo, Creator/RipTorn as Zeus, and Michael Rye as Yen Sid!... Whew.

** Actually, this happens quite a bit in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', probably due to the nature of the whole thing - Tate Donovan apparently turned down the role of Hercules for the first game, so Disney hired Creator/SeanAstin. However, once it took off, Donovan reprised the role for ''II''. Susanne Blakeslee fills in for the late Eleanor Audley as Maleficent and Lady Tremaine. Nowadays, they still have [[TheOtherDarrin four major Darrins]], the voice actresses for Kairi and Naminé, presumably because Creator/HaydenPanettiere was doing ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' and Brittany Snow was off doing... something[[note]] Panettiere ''herself'' was, in turn, TheOtherDarrin to Alyson Stoner when she replaced her as the voice of Xion; Stoner had previously been TheOtherDarrin to Panettiere as Kairi and is now the current voice actor for Kairi and Xion. Got that?[[/note]], Creator/CoreyBurton who filled in for Creator/ChristopherLee as [=DiZ=]/Ansem the Wise in a couple of the spinoff games before taking over the character fulltime after Lee's death, and the voice actor for Ansem, Seeker of Darkness(Creator/RichardEpcar replacing Creator/BillyZane). Also, all of the voices of the Hollow Bastion Restoration committee (plus Sephiroth) were replaced for ''II'' (resulting in Music/MandyMoore, Aerith, being replaced and resulting in a hugely amusing voicing situation for Yuffie). And the game ''RE: Chain of Memories'' offers Darrins for the entire Castle Oblivion party because all their voice clips in the [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories original game]] were of Japanese actors simply with any sentences or spoken phrases removed. There are, however, quite a few surprising aversions for this trope, regardless; the original game had Kathryn Beaumont, the original voice actress of [[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland Alice]] and [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Wendy]].

** Timon's voice casting in ''Kingdom Hearts II'' is kinda funny - he's played by Bruce Lanoil, but they already had another of Lane's substitutes in the cast: Creator/QuintonFlynn, who was already playing a supporting role. Note that both of them have played ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Final]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Fantasy]]'' characters... and even in the same game (''X'') to boot.

** ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'': [[AllStarCast While all the cast of the original movie]] reprised their roles in the sequels (except Creator/RowanAtkinson as Zazu, so Edward Hibbert filled in the role), only Pumbaa, Ed, and Rafiki retain the same voice actor in ''WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa'' and, joined by Banzai, ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''. (Mufasa had a different voice in ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'', and was "voiced" by archive recordings of James Earl Jones for ''Kingdom Hearts II''). Simba had the same voice in both movies (save for his singing voice, which was different in both-- [[Music/{{Toto}} Joseph Williams]] vs. Creator/CamClarke), as did Nala. ([[AllStarCast For all of the two lines she appeared in it]].) Creator/CamClarke also did Simba's speaking voice in ''Timon and Pumbaa'' ''House of Mouse'' and ''Kingdom Hearts II''. A single archive recording of Jonathan Taylor Thomas as Young Simba was also used for ''Kingdom Hearts II".