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* Although the ''All Stars''-recognized [[Franchise/PrettyCure Pretty Cures]] tend to have one completely different seiyuu each, twenty-two of them had voiced minor characters before voicing Precures.

** Creator/MariyaIse voiced [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar Mari Yamaguchi]] and [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Cure Lemonade]].
** Ai Nagano voiced [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Yoshimi Takenouchi, Seekun]] and [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Cure Mint]] (and also her identical CoolBigSis).
** Creator/EriSendai voiced [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Shiho Kubota, Harmonin]] and [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Milky Rose]].
** Kanae Oki voiced [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar several]] [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 students and Aki Yamamoto]] before becoming [[Anime/FreshPrettyCure Cure Peach]].
** Akiko Nakagawa voiced [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Chiaki Yabe]], [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar Kaya Andou]], [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 a woman]], and [[Anime/FreshPrettyCure Cure Pine]].
** Creator/FumieMizusawa voiced [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Miu Kagamiya, Eternalun]] and [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Cure Marine]].
** Creator/AmiKoshimizu voiced the [[HilariousInHindsight wannabe Cure]] [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Natsuko Koshino]] and [[Anime/SuitePrettyCure Cure Melody]].
** Creator/FumikoOrikasa voiced [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Katsuko Nagasawa]], [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Azusa Takagishi]], and eventually [[Anime/SuitePrettyCure Cure Rhythm]].
** Creator/MisatoFukuen voiced [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar a boy named Tomoya]] and [[Anime/SmilePrettyCure Cure Happy]].
** Creator/ChinamiNishimura voiced [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Dark Dream]] and [[Anime/SmilePrettyCure Cure Beauty]].[[note]]She is one of two official Cures voiced by Dark Precure 5 seiyuu, the other being Ace.[[/note]]
** Creator/HitomiNabatame voiced [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Yumiko Nakagawa]] and [[Anime/DokiDokiPrecure Cure Heart]].

** Creator/RieKugimiya voiced [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Dark Lemonade]] and [[Anime/DokiDokiPrecure Cure Ace]].[[note]]She is one of two official Cures voiced by Dark Precure 5 seiyuu, the other being Beauty.[[/note]]

** Creator/RieTakahashi voiced a student in ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'' before becoming [[Anime/MahoGirlsPrecure Cure Miracle]].
** Creator/YuiHorie voiced [[Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure Orihara Tsumugi]] and [[Anime/MahoGirlsPrecure Cure Magical]].
** Tomo Muranaka voiced [[Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure Kin]] and [[Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode Cure Gelato]].
** Creator/SakiFujita voiced [[Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure Chieri]] and [[Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode Cure Macaron]].
** Rie Hikisaka voiced [[Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode Junko Mitsuoka]] and [[Anime/HugttoPrettyCure Cure Yell]].
** Creator/KiyonoYasuno voiced [[Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode Lumière]] and [[Anime/StarTwinklePrettyCure Cure Soleil]].[[note]]Although the ''All Stars''-recognized Pretty Cures tend to have one completely different seiyuu each, this is the closest call due to Lumière being more important to the season-wide plot.[[/note]]

** '''Creator/JunkoTakeuchi''' voiced [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar Kenta Hoshino]] and '''[[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Cure Rouge]]'''. Apparently, this does have its perks because he is one of the few minor characters with a speaking role in ''Anime/PrettyCureAllStars''.
** '''Creator/MariyaIse''' voiced [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar Mari Yamaguchi]] and '''[[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Cure Lemonade]]'''.
** '''Creator/AiNagano''' voiced [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Yoshimi Takenouchi, Seekun]] and '''[[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Cure Mint]]''' (and also her identical CoolBigSis).
** '''Creator/EriSendai''' voiced [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Shiho Kubota, Harmonin]] and '''[[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Milky Rose]]'''.
** '''Creator/KanaeOki''' voiced [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar several]] [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 students and Aki Yamamoto]] before becoming '''[[Anime/FreshPrettyCure Cure Peach]]'''.
** '''Creator/AkikoNakagawa''' voiced [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Chiaki Yabe]], [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar Kaya Andou]], [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 a woman]], and '''[[Anime/FreshPrettyCure Cure Pine]]'''.
** '''Creator/FumieMizusawa''' voiced [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Miu Kagamiya, Eternalun]] and '''[[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Cure Marine]]'''.
** '''Creator/AmiKoshimizu''' voiced the [[HilariousInHindsight wannabe Cure]] [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Natsuko Koshino]] and '''[[Anime/SuitePrettyCure Cure Melody]]'''.
** '''Creator/FumikoOrikasa''' voiced [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Katsuko Nagasawa]], [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Azusa Takagishi]], and eventually '''[[Anime/SuitePrettyCure Cure Rhythm]]'''.
** '''Creator/MisatoFukuen''' voiced [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar a boy named Tomoya]] and '''[[Anime/SmilePrettyCure Cure Happy]]'''.
** '''Creator/ChinamiNishimura''' voiced [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Dark Dream]] and '''[[Anime/SmilePrettyCure Cure Beauty]]'''.[[note]]She is one of two official Cures voiced by Dark Precure 5 seiyuu, the other being Ace.[[/note]]
** '''Creator/HitomiNabatame''' voiced [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Yumiko Nakagawa]] and '''[[Anime/DokiDokiPrecure Cure Heart]]'''.
** '''Creator/MaiFuchigami''' voiced a student council executive in ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' before voicing '''[[Anime/DokiDokiPrecure Cure Rosetta]]'''.
** '''Creator/RieKugimiya''' voiced [[Anime/YesPrettyCure5 Dark Lemonade]] and '''[[Anime/DokiDokiPrecure Cure Ace]]'''.[[note]]She is one of two official Cures voiced by Dark Precure 5 seiyuu, the other being Beauty.[[/note]]
** '''Creator/KanakoMiyamoto''' voiced "herself" in ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'' before voicing '''[[Anime/DokiDokiPrecure Cure Sword]]'''. She also returned cameoing in ''Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode'' as an idol named Kanako.[[note]]While Sentai has let many rangers portray different characters following their main role (even letting them voice a second ranger), no such privilege is ever given to Pretty Cures. Kanako Miyamoto gets a pass for her unusually close connection to the franchise.[[/note]]
** '''Creator/MegumiHan''' voiced a child in ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'' before voicing '''[[Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure Cure Princess]]'''.
** '''Creator/YuShimamura''' voiced a girl in ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' before voicing '''[[Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure Cure Flora]]'''.
** '''Creator/MiyukiSawashiro''' voiced [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure some girl named Arisa]] before voicing '''[[Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure Cure Scarlet]]'''.
** '''Creator/RieTakahashi''' voiced a student in ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'' before becoming '''[[Anime/MahoGirlsPrecure Cure Miracle]]'''.
** '''Creator/YuiHorie''' voiced [[Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure Orihara Tsumugi]] and '''[[Anime/MahoGirlsPrecure Cure Magical]]'''.
** '''Creator/TomoMuranaka''' voiced [[Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure Kin]] and '''[[Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode Cure Gelato]]'''.
** '''Creator/SakiFujita''' voiced [[Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure Chieri]] and '''[[Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode Cure Macaron]]'''.
** '''Creator/RieHikisaka''' voiced [[Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode Junko Mitsuoka]] and '''[[Anime/HugttoPrettyCure Cure Yell]]'''.
** '''Creator/KiyonoYasuno''' voiced [[Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode Lumière]] and '''[[Anime/StarTwinklePrettyCure Cure Soleil]]'''.[[note]]Although the ''All Stars''-recognized Pretty Cures tend to have one completely different seiyuu each, this is the closest call due to Lumière being more important to the season-wide plot.[[/note]]

** In the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' that introduced the Cardassians, "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E12TheWounded}} The Wounded]]," Marc Alaimo guest-starred as the Cardassian leader Gul Macet. When the Cardassians' role was expanded for ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', the producers wanted Alaimo back, but the Macet character was too nice a guy to make a good villain, so they removed his truly unfortunate facial hair and named the new character [[BigBad Gul Dukat]]. The ExpandedUniverse explains the resemblance by making them cousins (and the facial hair, otherwise nigh-unknown on Cardassians, as something Macet grew specifically so he would look ''less'' like Dukat).

* ''Series/{{Alphas}}''/''Series/{{Eureka}}''/''Series/Warehouse13'': (Due to the crossover of Lindsay Wagner's Dr. Vanessa Calder from ''Warehouse 13'' onto an episode of ''Alphas'', and the multiple crossover episodes between ''Eureka'' and ''Warehouse 13'', all three can be considered in the same universe.)
** Laura Mennell originally appeared on ''Eureka'' as Dr. Rivers and was later recast as ''Alphas'' main cast member Nina Theroux.

** Jane Moffat appeared on a ''Warehouse 13'' episode as Wanda before being in eight episodes of ''Alphas'' as Sandra Bell.

** Sean Murray first appeared on ''JAG'' as a one-shot character named Ensign Terry Guitry; he then had a five-episode arc as Danny Walden a couple of years later. A few years later, he joined its ''NCIS'' as Special Agent Timothy [=McGee=].

** Michelle Hurd appeared in a minor part in an episode of ''L&O'' before being cast as Monique Jeffries on ''SVU''.

** Kelli Giddish appeared as a one-off suspect in ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' episode "Depths" before later joining the main cast of ''SVU'' as Detective Rollins.

** Tamara Tunie guest-starred on a Season 7 episode of the parent series before being cast as ''SVU'' regular Dr. Melinda Warner.

** Annie Parisse had a one-off role a few years before becoming a regular as ADA Alexandra Borgia.
** Milena Govich had a one-off role on ''Law & Order'' preceding ''two'' regular roles in the franchise: first as ADA Jessica Rossi in the short-lived ''Series/{{Conviction}}'', then back in ''L&O'' as Detective Nina Cassaday.
** Annabella Sciorra played a defense lawyer in ''Series/LawAndOrderTrialByJury'' before being cast as Carolyn Barek on ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent''.
** Creator/BebeNeuwirth appeared as a one-shot character in ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit''. Six years later she was cast as [=EADA=] Tracey Kibre, the lead character on ''Series/LawAndOrderTrialByJury''.

** Peter Scanavino had guest-appearances in the other shows in the franchise before being cast as Sonny Carisi in ''SVU''.

* In the 1997 ''Anime/RecordOfLodossWar'' anime, Creator/JunkoNoda voiced a character named Arteen in the first episode. She later [[TheOtherDarrin took over as]] Deedlit in the last six episodes when Creator/ShiihoNiyama took ill.

* In the 1997 ''Anime/RecordOfLodossWar'' anime, Creator/JunkoNoda voiced a character named Arteen in the first episode. She later [[TheOtherDarrin took over as]] Deedlit in the last six episodes when Creator/ShihoNiyama took ill.

** Dan Starkey has been playing random Sontaran warriors since the return of the series, then was cast as recurring character Strax. Notably, this means he has played two different lead characters at the BBC ''Doctor Who Proms'' (Skorr — which he played in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E4TheSontaranStratagem two 2008]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E5ThePoisonSky episodes]] — and Strax). Those are two of three different speaking Sontaran parts he's had (the other being [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime Jast]][[labelnote:*]][[OneSteveLimit Not to be confused]] with [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday Dalek Jast]][[/labelnote]]). He has, though, [[YouLookFamiliar played different extra roles even after starting as Strax]], because of the reasonable anonymity afforded him for all the Sontaran makeup: another random Sontaran warrior in an episode without Strax, and Ian in [[Recap/DoctorWho2014CSLastChristmas "Last Christmas"]].

* ''Series/KamenRiderKiva'': Shoma Yamamoto first appeared in TheMovie as the antagonist Takato Shiramine (Kamen Rider Rey). Reportedly, the staff liked his performance so much that he was cast in the TV series proper as Taiga Nobori (Kamen Rider Saga), a major character in the latter half of the show [[spoiler:and also the protagonist's long-lost older brother.]]

* On ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
** Ty Olsson plays Benny, a vampire who's been an ally to Dean. He previously played a completely different vampire in an episode way back in season 2.
** Erica Carroll initially played a nurse in a one-off role in an early season, and then was brought back playing an angel named Hannah in season 9.
** Tyler Johnson played a kid in season 1 episode Bugs, and then later played recurring angel Samandriel.
* ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'': Jennifer Bini Taylor had multiple cameos as minor characters before being cast as Charlie's long-time fiancee Chelsea Melini.
* In Season 2 of ''Series/VeronicaMars'', James Jordan appeared as the mentally unstable janitor Tommy "Lucky" Dohanic for a few episodes, then reappeared in Season 3 as recurring character Tim Foyle, the graduate student of Dr. Landry.

* Creator/MasakoNozawa voiced Botako, a minor character with seven episodes to her credit, in the 1973 ''Doraemon'' anime, before [[TheOtherDarrin she took over]] for Kousei Tomita in the second half.

** Creator/KazuyuiSogabe voiced Gama, Kurama's opponent in the Dark Tournament, then returned as Genkai's Dark Tournament foe turned ally, Suzuki.

** Creator/DaisukeSakaguchi had a few minor roles in season one and ''S'' before he was cast in ''[=SuperS=]'' as Kyyusuke Sarashima, who was previously voiced by Kazumi Okushima in his sole appearance in ''R''.

* ''Series/CSIVerse'': ''Series/{{CSI NY}}'' regulars Carmine Giovinazzo and A.J. Buckley had each previously appeared in a one-off role in original-flavor ''Series/{{CSI}}''.

* ''Series/{{NUMB3RS}}'': Sophina Brown, who began playing Agent Nikki Bentencourt in Season 5, had a one-scene appearance as an environmental activist in a Season 2 episode.

** Creator/TakeshiKusao is in an early filler episode of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' as Pigero, a one-shot character who helps out Gohan. He returns over a hundred episodes later as BreakoutCharacter Trunks. Creator/AyaHisakawa played Chiko in the same episode, then returned nearly thirty years later [[TheOtherDarrin to assume the role of Bulma]] after the death of her longtime actress, Creator/HiromiTsuru.

** Before becoming Uncle Arthur in Season Two, Creator/PaulLynde appeared in the Season One episode "Driving is the Only Way to Fly" as Harold Harold, the insecure and neurotic instructor who was hired to teach Samantha how to drive. Elizabeth Montgomery and Paul Lynde loved working together so much and the crew got such a big kick out of him that Uncle Arthur was created so they could work with him on a semi-regular basis.

** Jeremy Sisto played a one-off role as a defense lawyer in the final episode of season 17 before making his debut as Detective Cyrus Lupo ''one episode later'' in the first episode of season 18.

** Anthony Anderson appeared as a different cop on ''SVU'' before being cast as Detective Kevin Bernard in ''Law & Order''.

** Tracy Lynn Cruz was an extra in Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers season 3's Christmas Special, ''I'm Dreaming of a White Ranger'', before getting cast as Ashley Hammond, the Yellow Ranger of [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo two consecutive]] [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace seasons]].

* John Larroquette guest-starred several times on ''Series/ThePractice'' as MagnificentBastard Joey Heric. A few years later, he became a regular on the show's spin-off, ''Series/BostonLegal'', playing senior partner Carl Sack.

** In another inversion, Anjli Mohindra, who played Rani Chandra on ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'', guest-starred as Queen Skithra in series 12 episode [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E4NikolaTeslasNightOfTerror "Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror"]].

** In another inversion, Anjli Mohindra, who played Rani Chandra on ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'', played a guest role in Series 12.

* Creator/AoiYuuki voiced minor recurring character Aika Nakamura in ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'' before voicing main party member Futaba Sakura in ''VideoGame/Persona5''. Diito for Aika's English voice actor Creator/CassandraLee, who would later on voice main party member Morgana.

* ''Series/MacGyver'':

** Creator/KazukiYao had several minor roles in ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'', including Sorama and Gates Capa, before getting cast as Judau Ashta in ''MobileSuitGundamZZ''.

** Creator/KazukiYao had several minor roles in ''Anime/MobileSuitZGundam'', including Sorama and Gates Capa, before getting cast as Judau Ashta in ''MobileSuitZZGundam''.

%%** In another inversion, Anjli Mohindra, who played Rani Chandra on ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'', appeared as Queen Skithra in Series 12. %%Please do not uncomment until official confirmation of said information. Thank you.