History Main / TalkingToHimself

** In Japanese version, both [[FinalFantasyVII Aerith]] and [[FinalFantasyXIII Lightning]] are voiced by MaayaSakamoto. Initially this wasn't a problem since they're completely different games... until they both appeared in ''VideoGame/Dissidia012FinalFantasy''. If we get [[MirrorMatch two Lightnings to face each other, both assisted by Aeriths]], we can get an instance of [[HilarityEnsues four Maayas talking at once]].

** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' seems to introduce the player to a world inhabited by clones of Gregory Alan Williams and Katherine Pawlak. Conversely, most of the characters from the DLC's have unique voice actors, and Super Mutants have more varied voices than in ''FO 3'', where they all had the voice of Wes Johnson, including Fawkes. The Ghouls also partially avert this.

** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' seems to introduce the player to a world inhabited by clones of Gregory Alan Williams and Katherine Pawlak. Conversely, most of the characters from the DLC's have unique voice actors, and Super Mutants have more varied voices than in ''FO 3'', where they all had the voice of Wes Johnson, including Fawkes.

* Barely averted in ''LuckyStar'', where she does Tsukasa and Minami... Minami's in Yutaka's group though, and she's also TheQuietOne.

** In one scene of ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]'', the two idols, Lacus Clyne and Meer Campbell face off in the ruins, resulting in their voice actress (both Japanese and English dubs -- RieTanaka and ChantalStrand, respectively) acting out this trope.

* The English dub of ''Let's Go Quintuplets'' features ChantalStrand voicing best friends, Vanessa and Bridget. Due to their friendship, this tends to happen.

* In ''Battle of the Planets'', six VAs had the bulk of the voice work. Keye Luke, as both Zoltar (the Spectran leader) and his superior, the Luminous One, did this regularly.
* In one episode of {{Busou Shinki}}, {{Kana Asumi}} voices seven characters. Justified in that all of them are Arnval model Shinki, and confusion between two of them is a plot point.

* ''CampLazlo'': TomKenny voices both Lumpus and Slinkman. Likewise, Jodi Benson plays both Patsy and Jane Doe.

* ''FanFic/TurnaboutStorm'':

** {{Defied|Trope}} in ''Part 3 - Twilight'' when the Judge comments that he doesn't want to speak with [[AudioPlay/DoctorWhoovesAndAssistant Doctor Whooves]] as he thinks [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall it might cause some sort of paradox]].

** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' seems to introduce the player to a world inhabited by clones of Gregory Alan Williams and Katherine Pawlak. Conversely, most of the characters from the DLC's have unique voice actors, and Super Mutants have more varied voices than in ''FO 3'', where they all had the same voice, including Fawkes.

** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' seems to introduce the player to a world inhabited by clones of Gregory Alan Williams and Katherine Pawlak. Conversely, most of the characters from the DLC's have unique voice actors, and Super Mutants have more varied voices than in ''FO 3'', where they all had the same voice.

** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' seems to introduce the player to a world inhabited by clones of Gregory Alan Williams and Katherine Pawlak. Conversely, most of the characters from the DLC's have unique voice actors.

** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' seems to introduce the player to a world inhabited by clones of Gregory Alan Williams and Katherine Pawlak. Conversely, most of the characters from the DLC's have unique voice actors.

* In ''FanFic/TurnaboutStorm'' it happens between one of the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Ponyville]] Detention Center's guards and [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]] in ''Part 1'', and between Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie in ''Part 3 - [[SimultaneousArcs Twilight]]''.

* Mark Meer, the voice of a male Commander Shepard in ''MassEffect'' also does voices for some of the alien NPC's, including the vorcha and a few volus. It makes the encounter with Niftu Cal (the [[MemeticBadass BIOTIC GOD!]]) even more hilarious if Shepard is a biotic himself. Tali also brings up the vorcha similarities in the third game [[spoiler: when she gets drunk.]]

* In the cartoon version of the DrSeuss story, ''Literature/GreenEggsAndHam'', PaulWinchell plays Sam-I-Am and the nameless guy he keeps bothering.

* In ''TheSpiderwickChronicles'', Freddy Highmore plays both the Grace brothers including one fistfight where they are rolling around the ground with each other.

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''
** Bruce Greenwood: Batman, Wotan, Pieter Cross

** Stephanie Lemelin: Artemis, Catherine Cobert, The Justice League Computer.

** With RichardHorvitz doing both Billy and his father Harold, Greg Eagles doing Grim and Sperg, and of course PhilLamarr doing Irwin's entire family (sans him and his mom, whom were ''also'' voiced by the same person, VanessaMarshall); his father, his grandmother, and [[spoiler:grandfather {{Dracula}}]].

* Many versions of ''Manga/DragonBall Z'':

* Creator/JimCummings (a voice actor of considerable talent) is the voice of both WinnieThePooh and his best friend Tigger, ever since halfway through the late-1980s Saturday morning series (although Creator/PaulWinchell did return for the sequel film).

* In the short lived 1999 cartoon ''Rayman: The Animated Series'', Danny Mann voiced both Rigatoni and Lac-Mac, and CarlosAlazraqui voiced both Razorbeard and Cookie. So not only did Mann get to order himself around, Alazraqui got to argue with himself...''in the same episode.''

* ''RockosModernLife'' has roughly five main characters (if you count Rocko's dog Spunky), and a ''lot'' of recurring characters, yet, the show had only five people in the main voice cast; four of them male actors, and only one actress. They consisted of CarlosAlazraqui (voices Rocko, Spunky, Leon Chameleon, Squirmy, and a few other incidental male characters), TomKenny (voices Heffer, Chuck Chameleon, Mr. Smitty, Peaches, Flecko, Really Really Big Man, Bloaty, the Newscaster, and practically half of the incidental male voices on the show, as well as a few incidental females), Doug Lawrence (voices Filburt, Peter Wolfe, and a few other incidental characters), CharlieAdler (voices Ed and Bev Bighead, George Wolfe, Grandpa Wolfe, Gladys the Hippo Lady, Mr. Dupette, and several other incidental males and a few females as well), and Linda Wallem (voices Dr. Hutchison, Virginia Wolfe, Cindy Wolfe, Tammy, and many other incidental female characters.) Though there were a few minor exceptions, such as Richard Simmons voicing ''himself'' in an early episode, and series creator Joe Murray voicing Ralph Bighead (and himself in one episode).

* Similar to the example for TomKenny above, both he and fellow ''Handy Manny'' VA Nika Futterman have this happen a lot to their characters; Tom Kenny voices Pat, of the main cast and Mr. Lopart of the supporting, who occasionally have dialogues. Nika Futterman has it happen a bit more though, because ''both'' her main characters (Stretch and Squeeze) will frequently chat between themselves, and she also voices many of the adult female supporting cast members. Another VA, Carlos Alazraqui, also has this happen to a degree because besides Felipe in the main group, he also voices many of the adult male supporting cast.

* JeremyIrons played identical twins in DavidCronenberg's psychological thriller ''Film/DeadRingers''.

** Stephanie Nadolny voiced all of the male members of Goku's family as kids, with the exception of Goten, who was voiced by Videl's voice actress, Kara Edwards. Mike [=McFarland=] played a few characters himself, voicing Master Roshi, Yajirobe, Mez, Baby Vegeta, and others. Another frequently used voice actor was Kyle Hebert, who voiced Adult Gohan, Pikon, East Kai, the King, Appule, General White, the Ox-King, and also narrated DBZ. Dale D. Kelly voiced Ginyu and narrated a few seasons of the pre-remastered version (and used pretty much the same voice, it was obvious). In addition, Justin Cook voiced Raditz, Super Buu, and adult Dende; Linda Young voiced Frieza, Fortune Teller Baba, and Fasha; Meredith [=McCoy=] voiced Android 18, Launch, and Maron; Sonny Strait voiced Krillin, Giru, and Bardock; Brad Jackson voiced Oolong and King Cold; Monika Antonelli voiced Puar and Chiaotzu; Chuck Huber voiced Emperor Pilaf, Garlic Jr, Android 17, Mr. Robot, Mr. Shu, and Kibito; Laura Bailey voiced Dende, Kid Trunks, Hasky, Kid Chichi, Princess Oto, Ranfan, Akane, Erasa, and some appearances of young Vegeta; Susan Huber voiced Suno, Upa, young Pan, and adult Videl; Josh Martin voiced Commander Red, Fat Buu, and Kidd Buu (who spend about four episodes fighting each other); and last but not least, Sean Schemmel, the voice of Goku, also voiced as King Kai and Nail (which led to confusion sometimes). The studio's voicepool was fairly small in the beginning, mix that with the show's [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters large cast]], and you've got a lot of this! While some of this has been corrected over time, DBZ Kai had ColleenClinkenbeard voice both Gohan and Android 18, characters originally voiced by different actors in DBZ (Stephanie Nadolny and Meredith [=McCoy=] respectively).
*** It's worse when you account for additional characters, since the voices above were recycled for those too.

** The {{Funimation}} dub deliberately takes steps to avoid this. In the DVDCommentary, it's been stated that the VAs who play members of the Straw Hat crew are typically not allowed to voice other One Piece characters(ColleenClinkenbeard has voiced some small female roles like Moodie and Myrue, but since her main role is [[CrossdressingVoices Luffy]], it is less of an issue) so that they don't have to concern themselves with accidentally sounding like another character they happen to voice. It makes more sense when you remember that {{Funimation}} picked up One Piece when it already had [[LongRunners 300+ episodes]].

** The 4Kids dub was pretty bad about this. David Wills voiced both Buggy and Arlong, J David Brimmer voiced both Captain Morgan, Gaimon, Lucky Roux, Gold D. Roger, and Crocodile. Tara Sands also voiced Miss Kaya, Nojiko, Makino, and Young Luffy, and Erica Schroeder herself voiced both Luffy and Miss New Year's Eve (Miss DoubleFinger).

** The English dub has some of this, although since it had a fairly large talent pool to work with, not as much as other dubs. It's been mentioned that the voice directors were also trying to avoid using the same voices too much, but a few examples of this happened. The most glaring example is Emilie-Claire Barlow filling in for Katie Griffin as Sailor Mars for the last 17 episodes of R before also taking over Sailor Venus for S and SuperS (when Griffin returned to voice Mars), but since she never voiced the characters at the same time, this wasn't a big deal. Another noticeable example was Barbara Radecki voicing Serena's Mother before also voicing Sailor Neptune; she also voiced Queen Serenity for one brief appearance, as well as a few monsters of the day. These were usually voiced by Maria Vacratsis early on, but were later voiced by other people like Mary Long (who also voiced Molly, and became the second voice for Katzy), Loretta Jaffelice (Diana's voice), and Catherine Disher (who also voiced Mimette). Jill Frappier, Luna's voice, was also heard as Sailor Pluto's voice for her VERY first vocal appearance in the Luna-P, and filled in as Queen Beryl during a flashback. Tracey Moore, Sailor Moon's original voice actress, later voiced one of the Doom-and-Gloom Girls, but since the voice was completely different, it was hardly noticeable. Sabrina Grdevich also voiced both Ann and Sailor Pluto, and Vince Corazza voiced Alan before he took over Tuxedo Mask. In S, Susan Aceron voiced both Sailor Pluto and Mistress 9, and Jen Gould, Hotaru/Sailor Saturn's voice, voiced Para-Para in Super S.

** Stephanie Nadolny voiced all of the male members of Goku's family as kids, with the exception of Goten, who was voiced by Videl's voice actress, Kara Edwards. Mike McFarland played a few characters himself, voicing Master Roshi, Yajirobe, Mez, Baby Vegeta, and others. Another frequently used voice actor was Kyle Hebert, who voiced Adult Gohan, Pikon, East Kai, the King, Appule, General White, the Ox-King, and also narrated DBZ. Dale D. Kelly voiced Ginyu and narrated a few seasons of the pre-remastered version (and used pretty much the same voice, it was obvious). In addition, Justin Cook voiced Raditz, Super Buu, and adult Dende; Linda Young voiced Frieza, Fortune Teller Baba, and Fasha; Meredith [=McCoy=] voiced Android 18, Launch, and Maron; Sonny Strait voiced Krillin, Giru, and Bardock; Brad Jackson voiced Oolong and King Cold; Monika Antonelli voiced Puar and Chiaotzu; Chuck Huber voiced Emperor Pilaf, Garlic Jr, Android 17, Mr. Robot, Mr. Shu, and Kibito; Laura Bailey voiced Dende, Kid Trunks, Hasky, Kid Chichi, Princess Oto, Ranfan, Akane, Erasa, and some appearances of young Vegeta; Susan Huber voiced Suno, Upa, young Pan, and adult Videl; Josh Martin voiced Commander Red, Fat Buu, and Kidd Buu (who spend about four episodes fighting each other); and last but not least, Sean Schemmel, the voice of Goku, also voiced as King Kai and Nail (which led to confusion sometimes). The studio's voicepool was fairly small in the beginning, mix that with the show's [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters large cast]], and you've got a lot of this!

* In both ''TenchiMuyo'' and the ''PrettySammy'' [=OAVs=], Sasami and Tsunami talked to each other in both the Japanese (ChisaYokoyama) and English (SherryLynn) versions.

** The {{Funimation}} dub deliberately takes steps to avoid this. In the DVDCommentary, it's been stated that the VAs who play members of the Straw Hat crew are typically not allowed to voice other One Piece characters(ColleenClinkenbeard mentioned giving a few lines for a female background character at one point, but since she voices [[CrossdressingVoices Luffy]], it was less of an issue) so that they don't have to concern themselves with accidentally sounding like another character they happen to voice. It makes more sense when you remember that {{Funimation}} picked up One Piece when it already had [[LongRunners 300+ episodes]].

* In 'WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', Charles Fleischer voiced both Roger and Benny the Cab, who get into two different arguments.

** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' seems to introduce the player to a world inhabited by clones of Gregory Alan Williams. Conversely, most of the characters from the DLC's have unique voice actors.

* In the title track of Rush's 2112, Geddy Lee voices both the unnamed protagonist and the priest in an argument about music.