| 1 | * Casting director Creator/AndreaRomano has made an award-winning career out of casting gags and a huge ProductionPosse. She's probably the fourth most important person in the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse after Creator/BruceTimm, Creator/PaulDini, and Alan Burnett. |
| 2 | ** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' |
| 3 | *** Arguably the best casting gag of the DCAU was in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' when Creator/AdamWest was cast to play a washed-up TypeCast actor by the name of Simon Trent, who resents his prior role as a live-action TV hero. |
| 4 | *** Thomas Wayne is voiced by Richard Moll, who also voiced Harvey Dent and was one of Bruce's few friends in Gotham. Another gag is seen by the roles of Martha Wayne and Selina Kyle/Catwoman (both of which are some of the most important women in Bruce's life; judging from The Cat and the Claw) played by Adrienne Barbeau. |
| 5 | *** In the tie-in comic ''Batman Adventures'', an in-universe example occurred as Bruce Wayne had some creative control in producing a new Grey Ghost movie and chose Simon Trent to play the mayor. |
| 6 | ** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' |
| 7 | *** In the Batman Beyond 2-parter "The Call" which featured the Justice League, Creator/ChristopherMcDonald voiced the older Superman; [=MacDonald=] also notably voiced Superman's father Jor-El in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''. There's also another gag in the episode with the aquatic heroine Aquagirl, who's voiced by Jodi Benson of ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' fame. |
| 8 | *** In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'', Creator/DeanStockwell played the adult version of [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Tim Drake]]. [[spoiler: Given the Tim is made into a child version of the Joker, it refers to the film, ''The Boy with Green Hair'', where Stockwell as a child actor played the title character.]] |
| 9 | *** Music/HenryRollins, an anti-authoritarian and passionate rock musician, was cast as Mad Stan, an anti-authoritarian and passionate villain with a penchant for high explosives. He even quotes part of his "Information overload" monologue as Spider from ''Film/JohnnyMnemonic''. |
| 10 | %%Needs more context.*** (Most amusingly) Creator/GeorgeLazenby as the latest King in the Royal Flush Gang in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': |
| 11 | ---->'''King:''' "Do you have any idea what it's like [[Film/JamesBond living in someone's shadow?!]]" |
| 12 | ** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' |
| 13 | *** Not to mention Creator/NathanFillion as Vigilante... [[Series/{{Firefly}} a cowboy who flies a spaceship]] with Creator/GinaTorres' character, ComicBook/{{Vixen}}. Vigilante is also very unhappy about the events of a previous episode's war-scale crisis. |
| 14 | *** Also Arte Johnson was brought in as Virman Vundabar, who voiced him essentially as his Wolfgang character from ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn'', complete with a "Very interesting ..." |
| 15 | *** Another joke was the casting of the Royal Flush Gang (Justice League version). All of the voice actors cast were the ones that played the principal characters in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003''. |
| 16 | *** Speaking of which, Kid Flash has the same voice actors as his ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' counterpart, Creator/MichaelRosenbaum. This was flipped when Speedy appeared in ''Unlimited'' as Mike Erwin also reprised the role. |
| 17 | *** A somewhat obscure but particularly clever example of this was casting Fred Savage and Jason Hervey (the brothers from ''Series/TheWonderYears'') as Hawk and Dove, only reversing the relationship dynamic by casting Savage as Hawk and Hervey as Dove. Legend has it originally Savage and Hervey had the opposite roles, but for one take they decided to switch characters, and the director decided it worked better. |
| 18 | *** Another involving Creator/MichaelRosenbaum: the episode "The Great Brain Robbery" saw The Flash (played by Rosenbaum) accidentally switch brains with Lex Luthor, who was portrayed by Rosenbaum in ''Series/{{Smallville}}''. |
| 19 | %%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample*** Music/RobZombie voicing evil god Ichthultu. |
| 20 | %%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample*** The ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'' adaptation of ''ComicBook/ForTheManWhoHasEverything'' has Creator/KevinConroy voicing the mugger who shot the Waynes. |
| 21 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' is quite fond of this: |
| 22 | *** The mayor of Gotham is voiced by none other than ''Creator/AdamWest'' himself who, other than AdamWesting it up, turns in a pretty serious and genuine performance. |
| 23 | *** ''Creator/JeffBennett'', who voiced HARDAC in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', returns to once again play a villainous A.I. this time in the form of D.A.V.E. |
| 24 | *** Robin's father is voiced by ''Creator/KevinConroy'' and mobster Tony Zucco is voiced by ''Creator/MarkHamill''. Fans of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' will recognize the voices of Batman and The Joker once again locked in combat. |
| 25 | *** Franchise/TheFlash is voiced by Creator/CharlieSchlatter, who played him in a single S:TAS episode, rather than Creator/MichaelRosenbaum, who played him in JL/JLU (and a whole lot more.) The reason it's a casting gag? WordOfGod says the Flash is Barry and promo materials state and ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', the Flash is Wally. This was repeated in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom'' with Schlatter's replacement as the DCAU Flash, Creator/MichaelRosenbaum. |
| 26 | *** J'onn J'onzz is voiced by Creator/DorianHarewood, who previously played another Martian hero, Modo from ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars''. |
| 27 | ** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' |
| 28 | *** She's brought in Creator/AdamWest and [[Series/Batman1966 Julie Newmar]] to play the Waynes alongside ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' alumni Creator/MarkHamill, Creator/KevinConroy and Creator/RichardMoll as ComicBook/TheSpectre, ComicBook/ThePhantomStranger and Lew Moxon for the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' episode "Chill of the Night". Especially poetic since the Phantom Stranger (Conroy, who played Batman before) wants Batman to remain a force for justice and the Spectre (Hamill, who played the Joker before) who wanted him to become a merciless killer of criminals; they were gambling for his soul at the time. |
| 29 | *** For the episode "The Super-Batman of Planet X!" Kevin Conroy reprises his [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman]] role, and Creator/DanaDelany and Creator/ClancyBrown reprise their ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' roles. [[JustForFun/RecycledINSPACE Sort of.]] |
| 30 | *** Creator/BillFagerbakke's best-known live-action role was assistant coach Michael "Dauber" Dybinski in ''Series/{{Coach}}''. In ''Brave and the Bold'', he voiced Ronnie Raymond, [[ComicBook/FirestormDCComics Jason Rusch]]'s gym coach. |
| 31 | *** "The Knights of Tomorrow" ends with a future version of Batman (voiced again by Creator/DiedrichBader) fighting crime alongside his son, who has become the future version of Robin. The new Robin was voiced by Sebastian Bader, Diedrich's real-life son. |
| 32 | *** Another ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' one: John Wesley Shipp played Barry Allen on the short-lived ''[[Series/TheFlash1990 Flash]]'' live-action series in the 90s. In "Requiem for a Flash", he voiced EvilCounterpart, the Reverse-Flash/Professor Zoom. (It gets better: In that live-action series, when trying to get information from the bad guys, Barry once pretended to be a "Professor Zoom" who created the Flash. So he's kinda-sorta reprising the role of Professor Zoom.) |
| 33 | *** A subtle one: Jarvis Kord, Ted's EvilUncle, is voiced by Tim Matheson, who previously played Maxwell Lord in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "Ultimatum". In the comics, Max was Ted's killer; in the series, it's Jarvis. |
| 34 | ** For ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'': |
| 35 | *** We've got C. Thomas Howell as Professor Zoom and Danny Huston as Sam Lane. Considering [[ComicBook/{{Flashpoint|DCComics}} the comic it's based on]], this basically means [[Series/CriminalMinds George Foyet]] and [[Film/XMenOriginsWolverine William Stryker]] have decided to replace Aaron Hotchner and Wolverine as the targets of their respective torments with the Flash and Superman. |
| 36 | *** The same film features Sam Daly voicing Superman, whose father Tim was also known for portraying the [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Man]] [[WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanPublicEnemies of]] [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom Steel]]. |
| 37 | ** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsRobin'' sees Jeremy Sisto, who voiced Batman in ''[[ComicBook/DCTheNewFrontier Justice League: The New Frontier]]'', as Talon. |
| 38 | ** Billie Hayes, who'd been Wilhelmina W. Witchiepoo in ''Series/HRPufnstuf'', playing witchy Mother Mae-Eye in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003''. |
| 39 | * In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', the garnet is the traditional birthstone of people born in January, and Garnet's voice actress, Estelle, has a birthday on January 18th. |
| 40 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': |
| 41 | ** The season 3 episode "Fight at the Museum" introduces Creator/AnikaNoniRose as Dr. Jan, meaning she's once again playing [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog a woman who gets caught up in supernatural events involving talking frogs]]. |
| 42 | ** King Andrias Leviathan was according to the creators based on King Vendrick from ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII''. When they needed someone to voice Andrias' father, Aldrich, they got Vendrick's voice actor, Creator/WilliamHouston. |
| 43 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' has a few: |
| 44 | ** Creator/JessicaWalter heads up the main cast as a [[RichBitch wealthy]] EvilMatriarch who has a tumultuous romantic history with a recurring character played by Jeffrey Tambor, and one of her employees is a sexually voracious CloudcuckooLander [[SexySecretary secretary]] played by Creator/JudyGreer. [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment Sounds familiar...]] |
| 45 | ** In the episode that featured Thomas Lennon as the [[MonsterOfTheWeek villain of the week]], Archer dressed up as Terry, a recurring gay prostitute from Lennon's series ''Series/{{Reno 911}}''. |
| 46 | ** The two-part Season 4 finale casts Eugene Mirman and Kristen Schaal as boyfriend and girlfriend. The two play a brother and sister on H. Jon Benjamin's other show, ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers''. |
| 47 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' |
| 48 | ** Snarf has gone from the original's TalkingAnimal NonHumanSidekick with a VerbalTic to a TeamPet who can only PokemonSpeak. His voice actress is Creator/SatomiKoorogi, who voiced Togepi and Pichu in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''. |
| 49 | ** Larry Kenney, the voice of Lion-O in the [[WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985 original series]] returns to voice Claudus, Lion-o's father. Which means he also gets to be the first to say "Thunder! Thunder!! Thunder-cats! HOOOOOOOO!!" |
| 50 | ** We now have Creator/JimCummings1952, the voice of [[Franchise/WinnieThePooh Tigger]] and many other cat-like characters, as Caspin, a member of the ''Tiger'' clan. |
| 51 | * Just before the resurgence of superhero movies stated above, Creator/StanLee has already been making cameo appearances in assorted Creator/MarvelComics animated series, specifically the ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' ones. The first season of ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', already has this covered. Of special note is his cameo in the '90s ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' -- [[spoiler:as himself, when Spider-Man travels to an alternate universe, implied to be ours, where Spider-Man is a comic book character.]] He's also the janitor in ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'' and the mayor in ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow.'' |
| 52 | -->'''Stan Lee:''' (''[='90s=] Spider-Man cartoon finale'') [[spoiler:Now how do I get down from here... Maybe the ComicBook/FantasticFour will swing by...]] |
| 53 | ** Also of note, Joan Clayton Lee, Stan Lee's wife, played the voice of Madame Web in that series. [[spoiler: So naturally, writer Stan finds Madame Web quite interesting in the finale.]] |
| 54 | ** Creator/EdAsner was famous for his role as news editor Lou Grant (a character very similar to J Jonah Jameson) in MTM Enterprises' shows. He was eventually cast as JJ in this show. |
| 55 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' does this a lot with ''Franchise/StarTrek''. The original two antagonists were members of the TNG cast, and over the course of the series, seven other primary cast members from across four ''Franchise/StarTrek'' series appeared on the show, many of them in reoccurring roles. |
| 56 | * On ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
| 57 | ** Creator/DavidHydePierce playing the role of Cecil, Sideshow Bob (Creator/KelseyGrammer)'s brother on (alluding to the show ''Series/{{Frasier}}'', in which he played Niles, the brother of another Kelsey Grammer character, Frasier). In a later episode, Bob and Cecil's dad was voiced by John Mahoney, who played Frasier and Niles' dad on ''Frasier''. |
| 58 | *** At one point, Bart even covers Cecil's eyes with his hands and declares "Guess who?" Cecil's response is "Maris?", who's [[TheUnseen Niles' wife]] on ''Frasier''. |
| 59 | ** In the episode "Let's Go Fly A Coot", Milhouse Van Houten's Dutch cousin Annika was played by...Dutch actress ''Carice'' Van Houten. |
| 60 | * ''Franchise/GIJoe'' and ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'', both being Hasbro-produced MerchandiseDriven series, tend to have a few of these. ''Franchise/GIJoe'' has Creator/CoreyBurton and Creator/MichaelBell playing twins Tomax and Xamot. ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' has them as twins Sunstreaker and Sideswipe. Also, Chris Latta, Creator/BrianDobson, and Creator/CharlieAdler have played both Starscream and the Cobra Commander. |
| 61 | * ''WesternAnimation/RobbieTheReindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind'' casts Creator/GillianAnderson of ''Series/TheXFiles'' fame as the invading alien queen. |
| 62 | * When the JLA-[[{{Expy}} expies]], the ComicBook/SquadronSupreme, appeared on ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'', Creator/AdamWest (who played Batman [[Series/Batman1966 in the 60s TV series]] and the last two seasons of ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'') and Creator/SusanEisenberg (Franchise/WonderWoman on ''Westernanimation/JusticeLeague'', ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse'', and ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom'') were cast in the respective roles of Batman-expy Nighthawk and Wonder Woman-expy Power Princess. Retroactively, Creator/TravisWillingham, who voiced Hyperion (and is a regular cast member as the Hulk), voiced Superman in the ''VideoGame/LegoBatman'' games. |
| 63 | * Pat Buttram played a canine with a Southern accent in ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats''. He was then cast again as one in ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'', and then ''again'' in ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound''. |
| 64 | * Creator/JulieLemieux has voiced two different ([[CrossDressingVoices male]]) bat characters with a fairly similar voice: Sleepy Bat on ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdz}}'' and Batty on ''WesternAnimation/AlmostNakedAnimals'' a good 13 years later. |
| 65 | * After voicing Iago, the loud-voiced parrot in ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', Creator/GilbertGottfried was cast as two other loud-voiced birds, Digit in ''WesternAnimation/{{Cyberchase}}'' and the Aflac duck. |
| 66 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': |
| 67 | ** Asami is voiced by one Seychelle Gabriel, who played Princess Yue in the [[Film/TheLastAirbender live-action film by M. Night Shyamalan.]] Expect to hear a line about [[MemeticMutation beliefs.]] |
| 68 | ** In a flashback of the episode "Old Wounds", a teenage Suyin Beifong is voiced by Creator/JessieFlower, who voiced Suyin's mother Toph in [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender the original series.]] |
| 69 | ** Zuko's grandson [[DeadGuyJunior General Iroh II]] is voiced by Creator/DanteBasco, Zuko's original voice actor. |
| 70 | ** Ming-Hua, one of the villains in season 3, is voiced by Creator/GreyDeLisle, the voice actress of Azula in the original series. In contrast to Azula who was a firebender, Ming-Hua is a waterbender. |
| 71 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': |
| 72 | ** In the episode "Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000," one of the villains trying to trick the Apple family out of their farm is voiced by Creator/SamuelVincent, who has had previous experience [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy pulling off scams.]] |
| 73 | ** And Discord, a very chaotic Trickster God type, is voiced by Creator/JohnDeLancie, aka [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Q]]. |
| 74 | ** Tirek, the magic-devouring SatanicArchetype ArcVillain of Season 4, is voiced by Mark Acheson, who previously voiced Unicron in ''Anime/TransformersArmada''. |
| 75 | * When WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb went to Hawaii, the hotel manager was voiced by Phill Lewis, who also plays a hotel manager on [[Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody some]] [[Series/TheSuiteLifeOnDeck other]] Creator/DisneyChannel shows, where he deals with the antics of a couple of young brothers. And since Candace decides to take time off from busting her brothers, he becomes the one running around trying to stop two boys from causing havoc... |
| 76 | ** This casting gag gets even better, perhaps, when you remember Candace is voiced by Music/AshleyTisdale, one of Lewis’s “Suite Life” co-stars. |
| 77 | ** Also Ferb's love interest Vanessa is played by Olivia Olson, who was also Thomas Brodie-Sangster's love interest in Love, Actually |
| 78 | * When the celebrity voice actors were replaced in the transition from the ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'' films to ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'', celebrity voice actor Creator/SachaBaronCohen (the voice of King Julien) was replaced by Danny Jacobs. Jacobs previously played an impersonation of Cohen's ''Film/{{Borat}}'' character in ''Film/EpicMovie''. |
| 79 | * ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'': |
| 80 | ** Alyssa Milano was cast as Poison Ivy. She had starred in ''Poison Ivy II: Lily'' early in her career. |
| 81 | ** ''Young Justice'' also has Tye Longshadow voiced by the same actor who played Long Shadow from ''Justice League.'' Both are based on Apache Chief from ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' ([[DontExplainTheJoke with his size-changing power, he casts a long shadow.]] Though the YJ version basically creates giant energy astral projections of himself around him.) |
| 82 | ** Creator/BenDiskin plays Harm, an AxCrazy villain with bizarre verbal idiosyncrasies. Just like his [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} last role]] in a Creator/GregWeisman [[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan cartoon]]. |
| 83 | ** Creator/JoshKeaton plays Black Spider, a villainous CaptainErsatz of ComicBook/SpiderMan. Keaton's previous gig in a Greg Weisman show? The title role in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan''. |
| 84 | ** When it came time to cast the Flash, a crime scene investigator-turned-superhero, who did they choose? Why none other than former ''{{Series/CSI}}'' star George Eads! |
| 85 | ** ComicBook/{{Cyborg}}’s father is voiced by Creator/KharyPayton, who is arguably considered the definitive Cyborg voice thanks to his work on ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' and other DC productions. The crew seemed to go out of its way to point out the fact that Payton is ''not'' voicing Cyborg, who is instead voiced by Creator/ZenoRobinson. Additionally, Payton voices a random classmate of Cyborg's who yells "Booyah!" a lot, and Robotman, another part-man, part-machine superhero who is explicitly positioned as Cyborg's counterpart in a segment parodying the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' cartoon. Said parody also has the rest of the ComicBook/DoomPatrol voiced by the cast of ''Teen Titans Go!'', with Creator/TaraStrong as Negative Woman, Creator/HyndenWalch as Elasti-Girl, and Creator/ScottMenville as the Chief. The homage was completed by the presence of Creator/GregCipes, who voiced Beast Boy on both shows. |
| 86 | ** Miss Martian's father is voiced by Creator/CarlLumbly, who famously voiced her uncle ComicBook/MartianManhunter in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''. |
| 87 | ** InUniverse example: ComicBook/BeastBoy’s mother was the star of a short-lived cult sitcom when she was a teenager. Years later, Beast Boy becomes the star of a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' clone, and the actor who played his mom’s boyfriend is cast as TheCaptain to highlight their characters’ quasi-father-son relationship. |
| 88 | * An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'' featured Hank becoming a Robin-like teen sidekick to a superhero named Captain Sunshine. Who voiced Sunshine? Creator/KevinConroy, known for playing Batman. Though interestingly enough, the hero is more of a Superman parody despite the sidekick relation. |
| 89 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' has Captain America's sidekick [[Characters/MarvelComicsBuckyBarnes Bucky Barnes]] share a voice actor with ''the'' KidSidekick, ComicBook/{{Robin}}, from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003''. Of course, TT Robin is a leader and no one's sidekick anymore. |
| 90 | * It seems doing this with the ComicBook/SquadronSupreme is popular as ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' gets into the act as they've cast: |
| 91 | ** Creator/BrianBloom (who voiced Franchise/{{Superman}}'s MirrorUniverse counterpart, Ultraman, in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'') as Superman-{{expy}} Hyperion |
| 92 | ** Creator/AnthonyRuivivar (who voiced Franchise/{{Batman}} in ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman'') as Batman-expy Nighthawk |
| 93 | ** Creator/JasonSpisak (who voiced Kid Flash in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' and Franchise/TheFlash in ''WesternAnimation/JLAAdventuresTrappedInTime'') as Flash-expy Speed Demon |
| 94 | ** Creator/PhilLaMarr (who voiced the John Stewart Franchise/GreenLantern in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' and ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'') as Green Lantern-expy Doctor Spectrum. Retroactively, [=LaMarr=], who also voiced Firestorm-expy Nuke, also voiced Firestorm in ''WesternAnimation/LegoDCComicsSuperHeroes: The Flash''. |
| 95 | ** ''Avengers Assemble'' also has Creator/TaraStrong, known as the modern voice of ComicBook/HarleyQuinn, voice Typhoid Mary, ''another'' psychotic and flamboyant female villain with a painted-up face. |
| 96 | ** Black Panther's father T'Chaka is voiced by Creator/KeithDavid, who voiced T'Challa in ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourTheAnimatedSeries''. |
| 97 | * ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'': |
| 98 | ** Creator/DanteBasco playing the Scorpion, [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender an exiled warrior obsessed with honor]]. |
| 99 | ** The Halloween special has the Living Mummy voiced by Creator/OdedFehr, best known for his role in the ''Film/TheMummyTrilogy''. |
| 100 | ** It also has Creator/CoreyBurton, an actor well-known for his Christopher Lee impression, as the Marvel version of Dracula, one of Lee's most famous characters. |
| 101 | ** Rapper and ''Series/{{Community}}'' star [[Music/ChildishGambino Donald Glover]] ignited an internet firestorm after he campaigned to play [[RaceLift Peter Parker]] in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'', and the ensuing racial controversy partially led to the creation of [[Characters/MarvelComicsMilesMorales Miles Morales]], the [[AffirmativeActionLegacy second]] ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan''. When it came time to cast someone as Miles for the cartoon, guess who Marvel went with? |
| 102 | ** Spyder-Knight is voiced by Christopher Daniel Barnes, who voiced Spider-Man in the [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries 90's cartoon]] (as well as ComicBook/SpiderManNoir in ''VideoGame/SpiderManShatteredDimensions'' and ComicBook/SpiderMan2099 in ''VideoGame/SpiderManEdgeOfTime''). |
| 103 | ** ComicBook/SpiderHam is voiced by Creator/BenDiskin, who voiced Spider-Man in ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance 2'' (as well as voicing ComicBook/{{Venom}} in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan''). |
| 104 | ** Batman {{Expy}} ComicBook/MoonKnight is voiced by Creator/DiedrichBader, who used to voice Batman in ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold The Brave and the Bold]]''. |
| 105 | ** [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Peter Parker]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsMaryJaneWatson Mary Jane Watson]] are voiced by Creator/DrakeBell and Creator/TaraStrong, who both played the role of Timmy Turner in ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Drake played Timmy in the [[Film/AFairlyOddMovieGrowUpTimmyTurner live]]-[[Film/AFairlyOddChristmas action]] [[Film/AFairlyOddSummer movies]], while Tara voiced Timmy in the cartoon. |
| 106 | * Creator/RobertEnglund guest-starred in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'' as Myglom, an alien sadist who torments his victims by using their own nightmares and greatest fears against them, much like Freddy Krueger, the ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' character that Englund is famous for playing. |
| 107 | * ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': |
| 108 | ** "The Fearless Ferrett" has Ron Stoppable as the next "Fearless Ferret," an in-joke in that Ron's VA, WillFriedle, voiced Terry [=McGinnis=] as the Future Batman in WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond. The first Fearless Ferrett, Timothy North, is voiced by Creator/AdamWest. When Mr. North sees Kim, he muses about "Ferret Girl"...then calls her "Ferret Girl" again when he sees Kim again when The White Stripe tries to take on Ron. |
| 109 | ** In "Steal Wheels", Ron and Felix (Creator/JasonMarsden) become good friends. WillFriedle and Creator/JasonMarsden are good friends in RealLife. |
| 110 | * The title of the ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' episode "Gadget Goes Hawaiian" is an obvious play on ''Gidget Goes Hawaiian'', the second ''Gidget'' film. Gadget's Hawaiian IdenticalStranger, Lahwhinie, was voiced by Deborah Walley, who played Gidget [[TheOtherDarrin in that film]]. |
| 111 | * In ''WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig'', title character Sanjay Patel is voiced by Maulik Pancholy, who previously played a character of the same name on ''Series/{{Weeds}}''. |
| 112 | * The writers for ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' modeled one of the main villains after Khan from ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''. They never really expected Ricardo Montalban to play the role. |
| 113 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'': |
| 114 | ** Creator/RobPaulsen, who was Raphael in ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' makes an apperance here... as Donatello. |
| 115 | ** And Corey Feldman, who provided Donatello's voice in ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'' and [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze its sequel]], is now [[spoiler: Slash.]] |
| 116 | ** Creator/NolanNorth and Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson, who both had major roles in [[WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}} another Ninja Turtles project]], respectively handle duties as the show's BigBadEnsemble as the Kraang and the Shredder. |
| 117 | ** Season 3 has Renee Jacobs, the actress who voiced April in [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 the original series]], voicing April's mother. |
| 118 | ** Minae Noji, who played Karai in [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014 the 2014 film]] plays Tang Shen, Master Yoshi's wife [[spoiler: who in this version is also Karai's mother.]] |
| 119 | ** Creator/DavidTennant plays the Fugitoid, a [[Series/DoctorWho runaway alien scientist]], not unlike the runaway alien he famously played on ''Series/DoctorWho''. |
| 120 | ** Creator/MichaelDorn, best known for playing Worf in the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' franchise, voices Captain Mozar, the leader of an alien space fleet. |
| 121 | ** An example where the gag originates from the series: Creator/HoonLee played [[MentorArchetype Splinter]], the turtles' mentor and sworn enemy of [[BigBad the Shredder]]...which makes it mildly ironic that in the next series, ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', he played the Shredder himself. |
| 122 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'': |
| 123 | ** Will Forte voices Abraham Lincoln. [[WesternAnimation/CloneHigh Again]]. |
| 124 | ** Superman and Green Lantern are respectively voiced by Creator/ChanningTatum and Creator/JonahHill, with Green Lantern constantly getting on Superman's nerves. The two played the leads in directors Creator/PhilLordAndChrisMiller's [[Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet previous film]]. |
| 125 | * ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'': |
| 126 | ** Creator/CaseyKasem, who voiced Shaggy in the original ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'', has a recurring role as [[MythologyGag Shaggy's father]]. |
| 127 | ** In the episode "The Night the Clown Cried", a character voiced by Matt Lanter (who had previously voiced Anakin Skywalker in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'') turns out to be the true identity of that episode's MonsterOfTheWeek--who is voiced by Creator/MarkHamill (Luke Skywalker in the classic ''Franchise/StarWars'' trilogy). Said MonsterOfTheWeek is also a supervillain with a MonsterClown gimmick, referencing [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Hamill's second most famous role]]. |
| 128 | ** The recurring character Professor H.P. Hatecraft ([[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed a thinly-veiled parody of]] Creator/HPLovecraft) is voiced by Creator/JeffreyCombs, who's best known for playing Dr. Herbert West in the film version of Lovecraft's ''Film/ReAnimator''. |
| 129 | ** The recurring character Marcie Fleach (aka "[[EmbarrassingNickname Hot Dog Water]]"), who's initially introduced as Velma's [[TheRival rival]], is voiced by Creator/LindaCardellini--who played Velma in [[Film/ScoobyDoo2002 the 2002 live-action film]]. |
| 130 | * Disney's ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseworks'' series features several shorts featuring WesternAnimation/TheThreeLittlePigs. These updated cartoons feature Bill Farmer as Practical Pig and Creator/JimCummings1952 as the Big Bad Wolf. This makes the second time they've played a {{Foil}} to one another, the first being respectively as WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} and Pete, in tribute to the fact that these sets of characters were originally voiced by Pinto Colvig and Billy Bletcher back in the 1930s. |
| 131 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': |
| 132 | ** Creator/ErnestBorgnine and Tim Conway are paired together as the comically inept nautical-themed superheroes Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, referencing the duo's previous roles as the comically inept naval officers Quinton [=McHale=] and Chuck Parker in the 1960s sitcom ''Series/McHalesNavy''. When TimeTravel is used and their younger selves are encountered in one episode, said younger selves are voiced by Creator/AdamWest and Burt Ward, in an obvious nod to ''Series/Batman1966''. |
| 133 | ** In "Tango Tangle", Plankton and Karen take tango lessons. Creator/RosiePerez [[SpecialGuest guest stars]] as their instructor, and she's a professional choreographer and dancer in real life. |
| 134 | * The GrandFinale to ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' features an appearance by the Sith Lord Darth Bane, voiced by none other than Creator/MarkHamill! |
| 135 | ** Creator/SimonPegg, who famously ''hates'' the prequels, was cast as Dengar. |
| 136 | * ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTalesOfTheJedi'': The teenage Qui-Gon Jinn (famously played as an adult by Creator/LiamNeeson in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'') is voiced by Micheál Richardson, Neeson's real-life son. |
| 137 | * In ''WesternAnimation/LEGOStarWarsTheYodaChronicles'', Lando's father Lindo Calrissian is voiced by Creator/BillyDeeWilliams, who played Lando in the original movies. |
| 138 | * In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' the main villain is a Shadow Archetype of main character Twilight Sparkle, named Sunset Shimmer. In addition to having similar names and contrasting color schemes (that being a red/yellow version of dusk rather than purple), the gag extends all the way to their voice actresses. Sunset's actress? Twilight's singing voice: Creator/RebeccaShoichet |
| 139 | * In the Creator/DisneyChannel UK ''Franchise/DisneyFairies'' short "Pixie Hollow Bake-Off" the role of Gelata, the leader of the Baker Fairies who challenge Tinker Bell and her friends to a bake-off is Lisa Faulkner, who won the British ''Celebrity Series/{{Masterchef}}'' in 2001, and has since hosted cookery shows in addition to her acting career. |
| 140 | * ''WesternAnimation/JLAAdventuresTrappedInTime'' has a few: |
| 141 | ** Jason Spisak as Franchise/TheFlash and Creator/GreyDeLisle as Franchise/WonderWoman, as they've both previously voiced these characters' respective [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010 kid]] [[WesternAnimation/SuperBestFriendsForever sidekicks]]. |
| 142 | ** A possible one exists in Creator/DanteBasco as Karate Kid - a hot-headed atoner, just like his most famous role, Zuko from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. |
| 143 | * An episode of ''WesternANimation/TheAdventuresOfPussInBoots'' features an expy of the Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles. To drive the reference further, three of them share a voice actor with a different incarnation of Michelangelo. |
| 144 | * In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', Marceline's mother was for a long time a mystery, and Marceline's backstory was heavily written and expanded on by one of the series' writers, Rebecca Sugar, who left early in season 5 to make [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse her own show]]. When an episode in season 7 finally calling for a voiced appearance by Marceline's mother came along, guess who returned to the Adventure Time production for an episode to voice her. Go on, guess. |
| 145 | * Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, a guy known for being typecast as the ScaryBlackMan, voices a character in ''WesternAnimation/FishHooks'' who is a parody of his ScaryBlackMan persona, seeing as he plays a drama coach with a rather aggressive personality. |
| 146 | * ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': |
| 147 | ** When the original voice of Arnold, [[Creator/LaneToran Toran Caudell]], started going through puberty and sounded too old, they created the character Wolfgang, an older bully who picks on Arnold and his friends, for him to voice so he could stay on the show. Phillip Van Dyke took over the voice of Arnold for a few seasons before the same thing happened and Spencer Klein would replace Phillip. This all ended up being subtly referenced in the episode "New Bully on the Block", where Wolfgang, a new bully character named Ludwig (voiced by Phillip), and Arnold get into a war over who should own the vacant lot. |
| 148 | ** In ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie'' most of Lasombra's henchmen are voiced by Toran Caudell and Jamil Walker Smith, the original voices of Arnold and Gerald. |
| 149 | * The Mexican Spanish dub of ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'' manages to pull this twice: |
| 150 | ** The VA for Matthew "Matt" Holt is Creator/EduardoGarza, who played Pidge Gundersson in the dub of the original ''Voltron''. [[spoiler:Even better, ''VLD's'' Pidge is ''Matt's cross-dressing little sister Katie''.]] |
| 151 | ** In the original, Creator/CarlosSegundo voiced Prince Lotor. In VLD, he voices Gyrgan of Rygnirath. |
| 152 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries'' episode "Food Fight" the host of the underground cooking competition is played by [[Series/GoodEats Alton Brown]], and Cass's first opponent is played by Creator/GordonRamsay. |
| 153 | * ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': |
| 154 | ** In "The Living Mummies of Toth-Ra!", Creator/CreeSummer plays Amunet, a living mummy in modern day. She also played a living mummy in modern day in ''WesternAnimation/MummiesAlive''. |
| 155 | ** "The Missing Links of Moorshire!" features a pair of kelpies, colorful magical ponies, voiced by Creator/TaraStrong and Creator/AndreaLibman, who also voiced major characters on a show all about colorful magical ponies, ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. |
| 156 | ** Black Heron (who was introduced in an episode homaging ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'') is voiced by Creator/AprilWinchell, daughter of Creator/PaulWinchell, the original Zummi Gummi. Her description of the Gummiberry Juice emphasising the bouncing qualities also hearkens to Paul Winchell's other most popular Disney role of Tigger in ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh''. |
| 157 | ** In "Last Christmas!", Young Donald is played by Russi Taylor, in the same voice she used when playing Huey, Dewey, and Louie in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987''. |
| 158 | ** In "The Duck Knight Returns!" features a security guard who has never heard of Darkwing Duck. They're voiced by Tad Stones, Darkwing's original creator. |
| 159 | ** In "Quack Pack!", Jaleel White plays Gene the Genie -- appropriate, given the reality he's constructed consciously mirrors the genre conventions of Franchise/{{TGIF}} shows like ''Series/FamilyMatters''. |
| 160 | ** In "The Last Adventure!", Creator/RikiLindhome voices May, who is a clone of Webby (voiced by Lindhome's Music/GarfunkelAndOates bandmate Creator/KateMicucci). |
| 161 | * ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction'' had an online short in which two supervillains capture a celebrity, only to be foiled by a superhero... with ''every role'' played by Creator/MarkHamill (the villains being the Joker and the Trickster, the hero being Swamp Thing, and the celebrity Hamill himself). Hamill even distracts the Joker and Trickster by throwing his voice to make himself sound like them and getting them to argue. |
| 162 | * Creator/RitaMoreno, the voice of Carmen Sandiego in the [[WesternAnimation/WhereOnEarthIsCarmenSandiego '90s cartoon]], voices a criminal named Cookie Booker in the two-part premiere of the 2019 ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'' reboot. [[spoiler:In a clever PassingTheTorch moment, Carmen’s iconic red coat and hat are revealed to be an outfit she stole from Cookie [[MuggedForDisguise in order to impersonate her after tying her up]].]] |
| 163 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheMrMenShow'': There is Little Miss Bossy, who is voiced by Cheryl Chase, the voice of the equally bossy Angelica Pickles on ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' (which the show's executive producer previously worked on). |
| 164 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' had a few episodes with Nigel Planter, a blatant Franchise/HarryPotter parody. The Latin American dub takes it even further by having him voiced by Creator/VictorUgarte, who voices Harry from the third film onwards. |
| 165 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', the show's incarnation of Wreck-Gar is played by Music/WeirdAlYankovic, whose song "Dare to be Stupid" was used to accompany the Junkions in ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'', which was the introduction of the original Wreck-Gar to the franchise. |
| 166 | * In ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', Ed is a GentleGiant, while Eddy is TheNapoleon. In real life, between the Eds' three voice actors, Creator/TonySampson (Eddy's voice actor) is the tallest, while Creator/MattHill (Ed's voice actor) is the shortest. Either way, this puts Creator/SamuelVincent (and his character, Edd) right in the middle. |
| 167 | * Monkey King from ''WesternAnimation/MonkieKid'', [[MonkeyKingLite a character based on Sun Wukong]], is voiced by Creator/SeanSchemmel. AKA, the guy most well-known for voicing '''THE''' [[Franchise/DragonBall character based on Sun Wukong]]. |
| 168 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{MODOK|2021}}'', ComicBook/WonderMan is voiced by Creator/NathanFillion, who was previously slated to portray the character's alter ego of Simon Williams on a poster in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' [[DeletedRole before the scene was cut]]. |
| 169 | * In ''Film/{{Gremlins}}: Secrets of the Mogwai'', Ming-Na and B.D. Wong, who were love interests in ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', play the protagonist's parents. Further, James Hong, who was Wong's character's strict supervisor, plays his character's father. |
| 170 | * Creator/DavidMacaulay's ''WesternAnimation/{{Pyramid|Documentary}}'' features, as did his other animated documentaries, several voices from several actors who were famous for their roles in Roman drama ''Series/IClaudius''. When it came time to cover pyramids, the animated segments are a WholePlotReference to ''Claudius'', compressed and with the addition of discussions on architecture. Of note: Derek Jacobi playing a royal son who'd rather be a scholar than a ruler (unlike Claudius, Hordedef gets his wish). Then there is the third queen who plays a long, patient, murderous game to place her son on the throne ahead of his rivals--voiced by Livia herself, Creator/SianPhillips. |
| 171 | * All but one of the Eldwurms in ''WesternAnimation/DOTADragonsBlood'' are voiced by horror icons: Sylrak is voiced by Creator/TonyTodd (the Film/{{Candyman}} and [[Franchise/FinalDestination William Bludworth]]), Aethrak is voiced by Creator/RobertEnglund ([[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]]), Lirrak is voiced by Cassandra Peterson (Creator/ElviraMistressOfTheDark), Vahrak is voiced by Creator/JohnKassir ([[Series/TalesFromTheCrypt The Crypt Keeper]]), Byssrak is voiced by Creator/DougBradley ([[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} Pinhead]]), and Indrak and Orrak are voiced by Bradley's co-stars in the first ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'', Creator/AndrewRobinson and Ashley Laurence (Larry and Kristy Cotton). |
| 172 | * ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': |
| 173 | ** This is not the first show to have Creator/AshleighBall playing the main protagonist. Just ask [[WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012 Blythe Baxter]]. |
| 174 | ** Uncle Zucchini, Jet's uncle, is voiced by Creator/IanJamesCorlett. We have Ashleigh Ball voicing a young male character, and his uncle is voiced by Ian James Corlett. That's not the first time it [[WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain happened]]. |
| 175 | ** Tatyana Vesyolkina voices Jet in the Russian dub. She also voiced the protagonists ([[WesternAnimation/HeyArnold Arnold]] and [[WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain Buddy]]) in the Russian dubs of Creator/CraigBartlett's two other shows. |
| 176 | * Creator/MirandaRichardson has been in so many roles that involve [[OffWithHisHead beheading]] -- Queen Elizabeth in ''Series/{{Blackadder}} II'', the Queen of Hearts in 1999's ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' TV miniseries, Lady Van Tassel in ''Film/SleepyHollow1999'' -- that it's hard to imagine her role as the chicken-killing Mrs. Tweedy in ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' being anything other than an allusion to her past head-removing roles. |
| 177 | * [[Music/JenniferLopez J-Lo]] as Tip's mom in ''WesternAnimation/Home2015'', as a reference to [[AdaptationNameChange Oh's name]] in ''Literature/TheTrueMeaningOfSmekday'' -- the novel the film was based on. |
| 178 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'', Skeleton Jorge was played by famous Spanish opera singer Plácido Domingo and in the film who states that instead of bullfighting he wanted to sing at Operas. |
| 179 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', Holly Hunter plays Elastigirl, a superhero forced into mandatory retirement when politicians pass a SuperRegistrationAct. In ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', she plays Senator Finch, a politician trying to pass a SuperRegistrationAct herself. |
| 180 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' has Flora D'esplora, who -as her name suggests- is a parody of ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer''. Naturally, she's voiced by Eileen Galindo, who was also the voice of Dora's mother. |
| 181 | * In the French language version of ''WesternAnimation/LuckyLuke1983'', Jacques Thébault voiced Luke. Thébault previously dubbed James West (Creator/RobertConrad) in ''Series/TheWildWildWest'', another famous heroic [[TheGunslinger gunslinger]] in an episodic [[TheWestern Western]] series. |
| 182 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' episode "Jack and the Labyrinth", Jack encounters a thief who's very clearly modeled off [[Franchise/LupinIII Daisuke Jigen]]. In the Japanese dub, the thief is voiced by Creator/KiyoshiKobayashi, Jigen's longtime ''seiyū''. |
| 183 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Harley Quinn|2019}}'': |
| 184 | ** [[TheCommissionerGordon Jim Gordon]]'s voice actor is Creator/ChristopherMeloni, [[Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit best known for his iconic role as a cop.]] |
| 185 | ** Firefly is voiced by Creator/AlanTudyk, known for his role on... ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. |
| 186 | ** Destined reincarnated lovers ComicBook/{{Hawkman}} and Hawkgirl are voiced by Creator/TylerJamesWilliams and Creator/QuintaBrunson, respectively, who play love interests in ''Series/AbbottElementary''. |
| 187 | * The season 2 finale of ''WesternAnimation/{{Invincible}}'' features an appearance of a Comicbook/SpiderMan {{Expy}} called Agent Spider, voiced by Creator/JoshKeaton, who previously voiced Spidey in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan''. |
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