History RoleEndingMisdemeanor / WesternAnimation

* Skyler Page, the creator and former voice of ''WesternAnimation/{{Clarence}}'', was fired from Creator/CartoonNetwork after a number of incidents related to his increasing mental instability, the last straw being when a storyboard artist for ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' accused him of sexually assaulting her. Both positions were then taken over by writer Spencer Rothbell.
* The directing career of {{Creator/Disney}} and Creator/WarnerBros animator Earl Duvall, best known for his work on the ''Silly Symphonies'' at Disney and the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoons at Warner, was abruptly halted in 1934 when a salary dispute with producer Leon Schlesinger resulted in him being replaced by Jack King. It also didn't help that Duvall was an alcoholic at the time. After his Warner stint ended, Duvall became Ub Iwerks's story artist and returned to Disney before his retirement and eventual death in 1969.
* Even Creator/ChuckJones, of all people, wasn't immune to this trope—though he did subvert it soon after. His time as an animation director with Creator/WarnerBros came to an end in 1962 when the studio found out he'd put his name on the indie project ''WesternAnimation/GayPurree'', in violation of their exclusivity contract. Naturally, this got Jones booted out of the studio, but it proved to be a mere hiccup; he and most of his staff went to Sib Tower 12 Productions, which later became the visual arts division of Creator/{{MGM}}—with whom Jones would produce [[Literature/TheDotAndTheLine several more masterpieces]] [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas of animation]].

* Creator/ChrisSavino was suspended and subsequently dropped from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' following numerous claims of sexual harassment and threats of blacklisting his co-workers following the end of consensual relationships which had gone back as far as 2004 over multiple productions that he'd been involved with. Story editor Michael Rubiner took over his position as showrunner.
* Creator/ComedyCentral cancelled Creator/TJMiller's animated show, ''The Gorburger Show'', before it aired after word broke out about Miller's sexual assault allegations. After said sexual assault allegations, Miller got in even more trouble after a former friend accused him of transphobia, and Miller called in a fake bomb threat to get revenge. While he didn't lose his role in ''Film/Deadpool2'' (due to being in its final editing phase at the time), Creator/RyanReynolds has said he is not going to be called back for a hypothetical sequel or ''X-Force'' film. He also got kicked off of ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'', and predictably, his role as Fred in ''Disney/BigHero6'' was taken over by Brooks Wheelan in future media.
* Carlo Bonomi, best known for providing all of the voices in the Swiss stop-motion series ''WesternAnimation/{{Pingu}}'', was, in a sad note, deemed unable to reprise his roles when [=HiT=] Entertainment [[UnCanceled UnCanceled]] the series six years after the last episodes of the original series were produced. Although the exact reason for this is unknown, it's been said that Bonomi's inability to learn or speak English with his new executives from London became too much for them, and was consequently dismissed. Two local actors from London, one of whom had Italian ancestry similar to Bonomi, took his place instead.

* Rachel Butera managed to torpedo her role as Leia Organa in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance'' before the show even premiered. Less than two weeks before the series' October 7, 2018, premiere, Butera posted a video online mocking the voice of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, which was during the extremely controversial Brett Kavanaugh sexual assault accusation scandal, prompting calls for her to be replaced. When [[Recap/StarWarsResistanceS1E10StationThetaBlack "Station Theta-Black"]], the first episode with Leia in a speaking role, aired on December 9 of the same year, the credits revealed that Butera had been recast with Carolyn Hennesy.
* Jason Biggs was [[TheOtherDarrin replaced]] on ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' after sending some rather suggestive tweets about the 2012 Republican National Convention, right after Nickelodeon used the show's official account to promote him on Twitter. Leonardo was voiced by Dominic Catrambone for the rest of season 2, and then by Creator/SethGreen for the rest of the series after Season 2.

* Julia Vickerman was fired from ''WesternAnimation/TwelveForever'' for mistreating other crew members. She was replaced as showrunner by Shadi Petosky. It didn't help that it had also come to light that she wrote a story on her Tumblr (that has since been taken down and her Tumblr deleted) in which she stalked an underage boy and even tagged it as [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/107v3uq8gWp5wAYRGwvQe3oTko06WTgGmPnDKoveczrQ/edit "pedophile"]].

** It should be noted that, at that point, Warner Bros. has already decided to shut down its animation division. There's a strong chance that they just used this as an excuse to fire Jones since he was going to be eventually laid off anyway. Friz Freleng had also been laid off before the studio shut down for good.

** It should be noted that, at that point, Warner Bros. has already decided to shut down its animation division. There's a strong chance that they just used this as an excuse to fire Jones since he was going to be eventually laid off anyway.

* Even Creator/ChuckJones, of all people, wasn't immune to this trope—though he did subvert it soon after. His time as an animation director with Creator/WarnerBros came to an end in 1962 when the studio found out he'd put his name on the indie project ''WesternAnimation/GayPurree'', in violation of their exclusivity contract. Naturally, this got Jones booted out of the studio, but it proved to be a mere hiccup; he and most of his staff went and formed their own studio, Sib Tower 12 Productions, which later became the visual arts division of Creator/{{MGM}}—with whom Jones would produce [[Literature/TheDotAndTheLine several more masterpieces]] [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas of animation]].

* [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Chris_Latta According to]] [[Wiki/TFWikiDotNet Transformers Wiki]], Chris Latta (the voice of [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_%28G1%29 Starscream]] in [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers the G1 cartoon]], as well as Wheeljack, Reflector, and Sparkplug) had to be bailed out of jail so often that his characters were killed off in [[WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie the movie]]. He still worked on the show in minor guest spots (such as a [[GIJoe Cobra Commander]] crossover, Starscream's ghost, a Sweep, and a Headmaster in the three-part series finale), but not as a regular.
** He continued to work on ''WesternAnimation/GIJoe'' (produced by the same company) despite this, although in a reduced capacity; it seems rather fortunate that Hasbro had decided to [[MerchandiseDriven introduce a Cobra Emperor to the toyline]], and Serpentor's presence in the series reduced the Commander to... well, TheStarscream. [[Creator/DICEntertainment DiC]] even brought him back when they revived the series for two more seasons (and put the Commander back in charge, to boot).

* Joe Dougherty, the original voice of WesternAnimation/PorkyPig, was dropped by Creator/WarnerBrothers as his inability to control his stutter made it difficult for him to work with the crew. He was replaced with Creator/MelBlanc beginning with the short subject ''Porky's Duck Hunt''. It didn't help Dougherty that Blanc would end up becoming a staple for WB's ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' characters over the next several decades, fame that Dougherty never enjoyed, nor that said stutter also threatened the career of fellow WB staple Creator/FrizFreleng.
-->'''Friz Freleng''': He would begin to recite, but then he'd get stuck. He just couldn't get off certain words. We were recording on film at the time, and the film was running, and I figured, boy, if they find out how much film I used just to make a cartoon, they'll kick my ass off the lot.
** In retrospective, casting Dougherty in the role was considered a mistake. In ''WesternAnimation/IHaventGotAHat'' (1935), Porky's first appearance, it was considered amusing to cast a stuttering actor to play a stuttering character. It helped deliver some amusing scenes, but Dougherty only had to record a few speaking lines. Porky soon became the studio's biggest star, with his own sub-series. Dougherty had to appear in an ever increasing number of films, and to record most of the dialogue for them, while still being unable to control his stutter. While the whole series made him funny, it also made him extremely difficult to work with. He was kicked out of the series in 1937, and the rest of his career was spent with him as an extra in live-action film and television productions. Dougherty died in 1978, mostly forgotten by anyone not interested in animation history. His replacement Mel Blanc, meanwhile, voiced Porky in almost every appearance he made from 1937 until his death in 1989.
* Creator/JohnKricfalusi's notoriously bad temper and abrasive demeanor resulted in this trope more than once for him, eventually destroying his career outright:

* Even Creator/ChuckJones, of all people, wasn't immune to this trope—though he did subvert it soon after. His time as an animation director with Creator/WarnerBros came to an end in 1962 when the studio found out he'd put his name on the indie project ''WesternAnimation/GayPurree'', in violation of their exclusivity contract. Naturally, this got Jones booted out of the studio, but it proved to be a mere hiccup; he and most of his staff went and formed their own studio, Sib Tower 12 Productions, which later became the visual arts division of Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer—with whom Jones would produce [[Literature/TheDotAndTheLine several more masterpieces]] [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas of animation]].

* Even Creator/ChuckJones, of all people, wasn't immune to this trope—though he did subvert it soon after. His time as an animation director with Creator/WarnerBros came to an end in 1962 when the studio found out he'd put his name on the indie project ''WesternAnimation/GayPurree'', in violation of their exclusivity contract. Naturally, this got Jones booted out of the studio, but it proved to be a mere hiccup; he and most of his staff went and formed their own studio, Sib Tower 12 Productions, which later became the visual arts division of Creator/MGM—with whom Jones would produce [[Literature/TheDotAndTheLine several more masterpieces]] [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas of animation]].

** There are a couple of [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment conflicting accounts]] as to why was fired from ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'', but both of them fall under this trope. According to Kricfalusi himself, he was dropped due to his refusal to censor the episode "Man's Best Friend", which featured scatological humor, brief cursing, and above all else, [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence a lengthy sequence where Ren beats George Liquor with an oar.]] According to ''literally everyone else'', his firing was the result of Kricfalusi's tendency to significantly delay the production of numerous episodes, which came to a head during the second season when he told an already frustrated Nickelodeon that "[[BullyingADragon Spumco episodes will cost what they cost and take as long as they need]]"; the network promptly terminated his contract following that statement.

* There are [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment conflicting accounts]] as to how Creator/JohnKricfalusi was fired from ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'', but all of them fall under this trope.
** According to Kricfalusi himself, he was dropped due to his refusal to censor the episode "Man's Best Friend", which featured scatological humor, brief cursing, and above all else, [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence a lengthy sequence where Ren beats George Liquor with an oar.]] According to ''literally everyone else'', his firing was the result of Kricfalusi's tendency to significantly delay the production of numerous episodes, which came to a head during the second season when he told an already frustrated Nickelodeon that "[[BullyingADragon Spumco episodes will cost what they cost and take as long as they need]]"; the network promptly terminated his contract following that statement.

* The directing career of {{Creator/Disney}} and Creator/WarnerBros animator Earl Duvall, best known for his work on the ''Silly Symphonies'' at Disney and the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoons at Warner, was abruptly halted 1934 by a salary dispute with producer Leon Schlesinger resulted in him being replaced by Jack King. It also didn't help that Duvall was an alcoholic at the time. After his Warner stint ended, Duvall became Ub Iwerks's story artist and returned to Disney before his retirement and eventual death in 1969.

** In retrospective, casting Dougherty in the role was considered a mistake. In ''WesternAnimation/IHaventGotAHat'' (1935), Porky's first appearance, it was considered amusing to cast a stuttering actor to play a stuttering character. It helped deliver some amusing scenes, but Dougherty only had to record a few speaking lines. Porky soon became the studio's biggest star, with his own sub-series. Dougherty had to appear in an ever increasing number of films, and to record most of the dialogue for them, while still being unable to control his stutter. While the whole series made him funny, it also made him extremely difficult to work with. He was kicked out of the series in 1937, and the rest of his career was spent with him as an extra in live-action film and television productions. Dougherty died in 1978, mostly forgotten by anyone not interested in animation history. His replacement Mel Blanc voiced the character in almost all of Porky's appearances between 1937 and Blanc's death in 1989.

** In retrospective, casting Dougherty in the role was considered a mistake. In ''WesternAnimation/IHaventGotAHat'' (1935), Porky's first appearance, it was considered amusing to cast a stuttering actor to play a stuttering character. It helped deliver some amusing scenes, but Dougherty only had to record a few speaking lines. Porky soon became the studio's biggest star, with his own sub-series. Dougherty had to appear in an ever increasing number of films, and to record most of the dialogue for them, while still being unable to control his stutter. While the whole series made him funny, it also made him extremely difficult to work with. He was kicked out of the series in 1937, and the rest of his career was spent with him as an extra in live-action film and television productions. Dougherty died in 1978, mostly forgotten by anyone not interested in animation history. His replacement Mel Blanc voiced the character in almost all of Porky's appearances between 1937 and Blanc's death in 1989. 52 years of Blanc vs. 2 years of Dougherty. Guess which one is better remembered.

* Creator/ComedyCentral cancelled Creator/TJMiller's animated show, ''The Gorburger Show'', before it aired after word broke out about Miller's sexual assault allegations. After said sexual assault allegations, Miller got in even more trouble after a former friend accused him of transphobia, and Miller called in a fake bomb threat to get revenge. While he didn't lose his role in ''Film/Deadpool2'' (due to being in its final editing phase at the time), Creator/RyanReynolds has said he's not going to be called back for a hypothetical sequel or ''X-Force'' film. He also got kicked off of ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'', and predictably, his role as Fred in ''Disney/BigHero6'' was taken over by Brooks Wheelan in future media.

** According to Kricfalusi himself, he was dropped due to his refusal to censor the episode "Man's Best Friend", which featured scatological humor, brief cursing, and above all else, [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence a lengthy sequence where Ren beats the shit out of his abusive owner.]] According to ''literally everyone else'', his firing was the result of Kricfalusi's tendency to significantly delay the production of numerous episodes, which came to a head during the second season when he told an already frustrated Nickelodeon that "[[BullyingADragon Spumco episodes will cost what they cost and take as long as they need]]"; the network promptly terminated his contract following that statement.
** After Kricfalusi's [[https://www.buzzfeed.com/arianelange/john-kricfalusi-ren-stimpy-underage-sexual-abuse?utm_term=.dvZvXMkKv#.xd1QbAqkQ sexual predator behaviour towards his underage female employees came to light]] in March 2018, he was immediately fired from the new cartoon studio he tried to launch in Florida, and it's safe to say that his career, already in shambles as is due to his notorious reputation as a BadBoss, has been destroyed for good. Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}, Creator/CartoonNetwork and Creator/AdultSwim have already stated that they will never work with him again in light of this news.

* Jason Biggs was [[TheOtherDarrin replaced]] on ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' after sending some rather suggestive tweets about the Republican National Conference, right after Nickelodeon used the show's official account to promote him on Twitter. Leonardo was voiced by Dominic Catrambone for the rest of season 2, and then by Creator/SethGreen for the rest of the series after Season 2.

* Julia Vickerman was fired from ''WesternAnimation/TwelveForever'' for being mean to other crew members. She was replaced as showrunner by Shadi Petosky. It didn't help that it had also come to light that she was a [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/107v3uq8gWp5wAYRGwvQe3oTko06WTgGmPnDKoveczrQ/edit pedophile]].

* Phil Vischer who created ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' lost his reign of creative control after his company Big Idea was underfire in the early 2000s. According to him in his podcast, This happened after a new producer was mad at him when a production was shutdown that the new guy was working on. So when Classic Media rescued the company, the producer put under the contract that Phil shouldn't be in control of Big Idea. Hence why Phil was reduced to just writing episodes and voice roles afterwards. The producer later apologized much later about what happened and they became good friends, but Phil thinks that it was God telling to let go of his creation.
* Julia Vickerman was fired from ''WesternAnimation/TwelveForever'' for being mean to other crew members. She was replaced as showrunner by Shadi Petosky. It didn't help that it had also come to light that she was a [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/107v3uq8gWp5wAYRGwvQe3oTko06WTgGmPnDKoveczrQ/edit pedophile]].

* Julia Vickerman was fired from ''WesternAnimation/TwelveForever'' for being mean to other crew members. She was replaced as showrunner by Shadi Petosky. Also, it had come to light that Vickerman was a [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/107v3uq8gWp5wAYRGwvQe3oTko06WTgGmPnDKoveczrQ/edit pedo]].

* Phil Vischer who created ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' lost his reign of creative control after his company Big Idea was underfire in the early 2000s. According to him in his podcast, This happened after a new producer was mad at him when a production was shutdown that the new guy was working on. So when Classic Media rescued the company, the producer put under the contract that Phil shouldn't be in control of Big Idea. Hence why Phil was reduced to just writing episodes and voice roles afterwards. The producer later apologized much later about what happened and they became good friends, but Phil thinks that it was God telling to let go of his creation.

** He continued to work on ''WesternAnimation/GIJoe'' (produced by the same company) despite this, although in a reduced capacity; it seems rather fortunate that Hasbro had decided to [[MerchandiseDriven introduce a Cobra Emperor to the toyline]], and Serpentor's presence in the series reduced the Commander to... well, TheStarscream. [[Creator/DICEntertainment DiC]] even brought him back when they revived the series for two more seasons (and put the Commander back in charge, to boot).

* Similar to the Skyler Page incident, Creator/ChrisSavino was suspended and subsequently dropped from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' following numerous claims of sexual harassment and threats of blacklisting his co-workers following the end of consensual relationships which had gone back as far as 2004 over multiple productions that he'd been involved with. Story editor Michael Rubiner took over his position as showrunner.

** According to Kricfalusi himself, he was dropped due to his refusal to censor the episode "Man's Best Friend", which featured scatological humor, brief cursing, and above all else, [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence a lengthy sequence where Ren beats the shit out of his abusive owner.]] Other staff members attributed the firing to Kricfalusi's tendency to significantly delay the production of numerous episodes, which eventually caused Nickelodeon executives to terminate his contract.
** After Kricfalusi's [[https://www.buzzfeed.com/arianelange/john-kricfalusi-ren-stimpy-underage-sexual-abuse?utm_term=.dvZvXMkKv#.xd1QbAqkQ sexual predator behaviour towards his underage female employees came to light]] in March 2018, he was immediately fired from the new cartoon studio he tried to launch in Florida, and it's safe to say that his career, already in shambles as is due to his notorious reputation, has been destroyed for good. Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}, Creator/CartoonNetwork and Creator/AdultSwim have already stated that they will never work with him again in light of this news.

* Creator/ComedyCentral cancelled Creator/TJMiller's new animated show, ''The Gorburger Show'', before it aired after word broke out about Miller's sexual assault allegations. After said sexual assault allegations, Miller got in even more trouble after a former friend accused him of transphobia, and Miller called in a fake bomb threat to get revenge. While he didn't lose his role in ''Film/Deadpool2'' (due to being in its final editing phase at the time), Creator/RyanReynolds has said he's not going to be called back for a hypothetical sequel or ''X-Force'' film. He also got kicked off of ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'', and predictably, his role as Fred in ''Disney/BigHero6'' was taken over by Brooks Wheelan in future media.

** In retrospective, casting Dougherty in the role was considered a mistake. In ''WesternAnimation/IHaventGotAHat'' (1935), Porky's first appearance, it was considered amusing to cast a stuttering actor to play a stuttering character. It helped deliver some amusing scenes, but Dougherty only had to record a few speaking lines. Porky soon became the studio's biggest star, with his own sub-series. Dougherty had to appear in an ever increasing number of films, and to record most of the dialogue for them, while still being unable to control his stutter. What made him funny, also made him extremely difficult to work with. He was kicked out of the series in 1937, and the rest of his career was spent with him as an extra in live-action film and television productions. Dougherty died in 1978, mostly forgotten by anyone not interested in animation history. His replacement Mel Blanc voiced the character in almost all of Porky's appearances between 1937 and Blanc's death in 1989. 52 years of Blanc vs. 2 years of Dougherty. Guess which one is better remembered.

* There are [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement conflicting accounts]] as to how Creator/JohnKricfalusi was fired from ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'', but all of them fall under this trope.

* Subverted with Creator/RodgerBumpass, the voice of Squidward Tentacles in ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants''. Despite Bumpass' arrest on DUI charges, Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'s morals clause for the series didn't consider driving under the influence to be an immoral act, and thus he was not subject to the legal grounds for termination. It also could have fared badly for the series had Bumpass been fired, as it would have been extremely noticeable by children for Squidward to be removed from the series and/or recast/replaced.

** He continued to work on ''WesternAnimation/GIJoe'' (produced by the same company) despite this, although in a reduced capacity; it seems rather fortunate that Hasbro had decided to [[MerchandiseDriven introduce a Cobra Emperor to the toyline]], and Serpentor's presence in the series reduced the Commander to... well, TheStarscream. [[Creator/DICEntertainment DiC]] even brought him back when they revived the series for two more seasons (and put the Commander back in charge, to boot).
* Averted ironically with, of all people, ''Creator/TaraStrong'' famously known for her best known roles such as Harley Quinn of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', Raven of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', Twilight Sparkle of ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic MLP: FIM]]'' and [[ManOfAThousandVoices a huge amount of other characters]]. While known to being very political in the recent years, even fans of her felt she went too far when she posted a video on Twitter involving her and fellow ''Series/TwentyFour'' actress Rena Sofer [[https://twitter.com/i/moments/1060483991852236801?lang=en verbally harassed and argued with an immigrant Uber driver]] over the driver's political support of the Republican Party. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement Regardless of what you feel over politics]], it came off as very unethical and plain rude, especially for someone involved in children's voice acting. Strong would later on take down the tweet, but she and Sofer would defend their actions.

** He continued to work on ''WesternAnimation/GIJoe'' (produced by the same company) despite this, although in a reduced capacity; it seems rather fortunate that Hasbro had decided to [[MerchandiseDriven introduce a Cobra Emperor to the toyline]], and Serpentor's presence in the series reduced the Commander to... well, TheStarscream. [[Creator/DICEntertainment DiC]] even brought him back when they revived the series for two more seasons (and put the Commander back in charge, to boot).

* Creator/ComedyCentral cancelled Creator/TJMiller's new animated show, ''The Gorburger Show'', before it aired after word broke out about Miller's sexual assault allegations. After said sexual assault allegations, Miller got in even more trouble after a former friend accused him of transphobia, and Miller called in a fake bomb threat to get revenge. While he didn't lose his role in ''Film/Deadpool2'' (due to being in its final editing phase at the time), Creator/RyanReynolds has said he's not going to be called back for a hypothetical sequel or ''X-Force'' film. He also seems to have been kicked off of ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'', as he is no longer credited in the film's Website/IMDb page, and predictably, his role as Fred in ''Disney/BigHero6'' was taken over by Brooks Wheelan in future media.