Examples of Role Reprise where the actor returned to voice the role in DC Universe Animated Original Movies - these include any cases where the role was originated in a different medium (e.g. video games or live action).
These have often featured voice actors from the DC Animated Universe returning to the roles, as well as some actors returning to the movies after lengthy gaps.
There is a minimum time gap for most examples. To qualify for the trope, the gap between appearances (based on release date) should be 5 years or more.
For the purpose of this trope, variants such as Alternate Universe and Alternate Continuity versions are treated as the same character.
- Justice League: The New Frontier: In a cameo, Alan Ritchson reprises his Smallville role as Aquaman. Bugs Bunny's cameo has him voiced by his regular voice actor at the time, Joe Alaskey.
- Batman: Gotham Knight: Kevin Conroy as Batman.
- Green Lantern: First Flight: Olivia d'Abo as (albeit pre-Star Sapphire) Carol Ferris
- Superman/Batman: Public Enemies and Superman/Batman: Apocalypse Both movies saw Conroy return as Batman and Tim Daly return as Superman. Public Enemies also saw Clancy Brown return as Lex Luthor, C.C.H. Pounder reprise the role of Amanda Waller, and Jennifer Hale reprise the role of Killer Frost, while Apocalypse sees Susan Eisenberg reprise the role of Wonder Woman and Ed Asner reprise the role of Granny Goodness.
- DC Showcase: Green Arrow: Grey DeLisle reprises her Batman: The Brave and the Bold role as Black Canary.
- Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam: George Newbern and Jerry O'Connell in the respective roles of Superman and Captain Marvel.
- Green Lantern: Emerald Knights: Grey DeLisle reprises her role from Duck Dodgers as Boodikka.
- Batman: Year One: Jeff Bennett reprises his role from Young Justice as Alfred.
- Justice League: Doom: Not only do Daly, Conroy, and Eiseberg return, but Carl Lumbly, Phil Morris, Oliviad Abo, Alexis Denisof, and David Kaufman reprise their respective roles as Martian Manhunter, Vandal Savage, Mirror Master, and Jimmy Olsen. Nathan Fillion also reprises his role from Green Lantern: Emerald Knights as Hal Jordan. Also, despite, voicing The Flash, Michael Rosenbaum does not count as this, as the Flash in Doom is Barry Allen, not Wally West.
- Superman vs. the Elite: George Newbern as Superman and David Kaufman as Jimmy Olsen
- Superman Unbound: Frances Conroy reprises her role from All-Star Superman as Martha Kent.
- Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox sees Conroy back as Batman and Dana Delany back as Lois Lane. It also sees Vanessa Marshall reprise her Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths role as Wonder Woman, Ron Perlman reprise his Teen Titans role as Deathstroke, Nathan Fillion return yet again as Hal Jordan, and Kevin Michael Richardson and Dee Bradley Baker reprise their respective Batman: The Brave and the Bold roles as the President and Etrigan.
- The DC Animated Movie Universe saw the following:
- In Justice League: War: Zach Callison reprises his role from Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam as Billy Baston.
- Son of Batman and Batman vs. Robin sees David McCallum reprises his Batman: Gotham Knight role as Alfred, the latter also seeing Kevin Conroy reprise his "Perchance to Dream" and Batman: Arkham Asylum role as Thomas Wayne.
- Justice League: Throne of Atlantis once again sees Nathan Fillion as Hal Jordan and Steve Blum reprise his Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox role as Lex Luthor, which he also reprised in Justice League vs. Teen Titans.
- Batman: Bad Blood sees McCallum replaced by another reprise, James Garrett, who voiced Alfred in Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
- Justice League Dark based on the comic of the same name, features Matt Ryan and Jeremy Davies reprising their respective Constantine roles as the show's title character and Ritchie Simpson.
- Teen Titans: The Judas Contract sees Crispin Freeman, and Masasa Moyo reprise their respective Young Justice roles as Speedy, Kid Flash, and Bumblebee. Jason Spisak reprises his reprise his JLA Adventures: Trapped In Time role as (Kid) Flash.note
- Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay sees Christian Slater reprising his Justice League Action as Deadshot, Tara Strong once again voicing Harley Quinn, and C. Thomas Howell reprising his Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox as Professor Zoom. In the case of Howell, this is because the movie is a Stealth Sequel to Flashpoint and thus is the same Thawne, from the moment of his death and using his powers to keep himself alive.
- The Death of Superman and Reign of the Supermen duology sees
Max Mittelman reprising his Justice League Action role as Jimmy Olsen, Paul Eiding reprising his Superman vs. the Elite role as Pa Kent, Jennifer Hale reprising her Legion of Super-Heroes role as Ma Kent, and Tony Todd replace Steve Blum as Darkseid, reprising his role from the LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes movies. - Batman: Hush sees The Joker voiced by Jason Spisak, who he previously voiced in the LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes movies and Hynden Walch also voice Harley Quinn, much like how she did on The Batman. According to the commentary, it was actually inverted with Peyton List, Poison Ivy's third actress on Gotham, as she'd had actually recorded for the film first, then was cast to replace Maggie Geha in Gotham.
- Wonder Woman: Bloodlines sees Hippolyta voiced by Cree Summer, who she voices on DC Super Hero Girls.
- Justice League Dark: Apokolips War sees King Shark voiced by John DiMaggio, who he first voiced in Batman: Assault on Arkham.
- Batman: Assault on Arkham, as befitting something set in the Batman: Arkham Series universe, sees the return of Kevin Conroy as Batman, CCH Pounder as the role of Amanda Waller, Troy Baker as the Joker, Nolan North as the Penguin, and Martin Jarvis as Alfred. Hynden Walch also reprises her The Batman role as Harley Quinn and Jennifer Hale reprises her role as Killer Frost. Hale also reprises her role from the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Chill of the Night!" as Poison Ivy, albeit as grunts.
- Justice League: Gods and Monsters sees Khary Payton reprises his Justice League: Throne of Atlantis role as John Henry Irons, Lauren Tom reprise her Justice League role as Kimiyo Hoisi (the heroic Doctor Light in the manstream DCU), and Dee Bradley Baker reprises his Batman: The Brave and the Bold role as Tin.
- Batman: The Killing Joke not only sees the return of Kevin Conroy as Batman, but his Batman: TAS costars Mark Hamill and Tara Strong as the Joker and Barbara Gordon respectively. Given The Stinger, it's also the first time Tara Strong voiced Barbara in both of her identities as Batgirl and Oracle in the same production as she voiced Barbara as Bargirl in B: TAS, Super Best Friends Forever, and Teen Titans Go!, and a younger version of Barbara as Oracle in Beware the Batman.
- Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders reunites Adam West as Batman, Burt Ward as Robin, and Julie Newmar as Catwoman, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the 1966 TV show. Fittingly, considering he admitted to trying to emulate Frank Gorshin for the role in the Batman: Arkham Series, Wally Wingert also reprises the role of the Riddler. Its sequel, Batman vs. Two-Face, also saw the return of West (for the last time, given his passing in 2017), Ward, and Newmar.
- Batman and Harley Quinn not only once again brings Kevin Conroy back as Batman, but features Loren Lester reprising his role as Nightwing, who hadn't voiced the character since Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu in 2003.
- Batman: Gotham by Gaslight sees Bruce Greenwood reprise his Batman: Under the Red Hood and Young Justice role as Batman. While Jennifer Carpenter voices Selina Kyle, her musical number has her singing done by Grey DeLisle Griffin, technically making it a role reprise since she voiced her in Batman: Arkham City .
- Batman Ninja sees this in both Japanese and English. The Japanese version gives a very interesting version: Kōichi Yamadera reprise his role as Batman from not only from the dubs of the LEGO movies, but also from the Japanese dub of the very first Batman film shown in TV Asahi in the 90s. For the English version, Roger Craig Smith, Tara Strong, and Grey Delisle reprise their Arkhamverse roles as Batman, Harley Quinn, and Catwoman, respectively. Tom Kenny also returns to the role of Penguin from The Batman. Fred Tatasciore also reprises his Young Justice role as Deathstroke and Strong also reprises her LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham role as Poison Ivy.
- Justice League vs. The Fatal Five :
- The movie sees Kevin Conroy, Susan Eisenberg, and George Newbern reprise their respective DC Animated Universe roles as Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman.
- Kevin Michael Richardson reprises his role as Kilowog from Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters and Green Lantern: The Animated Series. Tom Kenny also reprises his role from the latter as Salaak.
- The movie sees
- Batman vs. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has many voice actors reprising their roles from various DC and TMNT projects. They include:
- Troy Baker reprises his roles as Batman and Joker, respectively from the Lego Batman video games and Batman: Arkham Series. Tara Strong follows suit as Ivy and Harley from the respective projects.
- From the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles short Turtles Take Time And Space, Eric Bauza and Darren Criss return as Leonardo and Raphael.
- From Batman: The Brave and the Bold, John DiMaggio returns as Mr. Freeze.
- From The Batman, Tom Kenny once again voices The Penguin.
- Carlos Alazraqui reprises his Justice League: Doom role as Bane.
- Brian George reprises his role as Alfred from Batman: The Killing Joke
- Jim Meskimen reprises his role as James Gordon from Batman: Gotham Knight
- Superman: Red Son has the following :
- Phil LaMarr voices John Stewart, who he first voiced on Justice League.
- Vanessa Marshall voices Wonder Woman, who she first voiced on Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths.
- Roger Craig Smith voices Batman, who he first voiced in Batman: Arkham Origins.
- Superior Man, the movie's version of Bizarro, is voiced by Travis Willingham, who he previously voiced on Justice League Action, albeit as regular Bizarro.
- Superman: Man of Tomorrow has the following:
- Martian Manhunter is voiced by Ike Amadi, who he first voiced in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham.
- Piotr Michael voices Perry White, who he first voiced in Justice League Action.
- DC Showcase – Batman: Death in the Family has Bruce Greenwood, Vincent Martella, John DiMaggio, and Gary Cole reprise their roles as Batman, Jason Todd, the Joker, and Commissioner James Gordon from Batman: Under the Red Hood. It's also revealed in the default route that Bruce told was recounting the events of Under the Red Hood to Clark Kent/Superman, with Nolan North reprising the role from Young Justice .
- Batman: Soul of the Dragon sees Lady Shiva and Bronze Tiger voiced by Kelly Hu and Michael Jai White, who first played the respective characters in Batman: Arkham Origins and Arrow.
- Batman: The Long Halloween sees:
- Troy Baker, who voiced the young version of the Arkham Joker seen Batman: Arkham Origins and Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, as well as the tie-in film Batman: Assault on Arkham, also reprising the role for Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem, Batman Unlimited: Mechs Vs. Mutants and Batman vs. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, returns to voice The Joker in this film.
- Fred Tatasciore reprises his role from the Batman: Arkham Series and the aforementioned Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem as Solomon Grundy.
- Alastair Duncan reprises his role from The Batman and the aforementioned Batman Unlimited films as Alfred.
- The Injustice film sees Zach Callison reprise his role from the LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes special Shazam!: Magic and Monsters as Jimmy Olsen and Yuri Lowenthal reprise his DC Super Friends role as the Flash.
- Catwoman: Hunted sees Zehra Fazal and Kelly Hu their respective Young Justice roles (and in Fazal's case, DC Showcase – Batman: Death in the Family) as Talia al Ghul and Cheshire.
- Batman And Superman Battle Of The Super Sons has those the following:
- Troy Baker and Travis Willingham reprised as Batman and Superman respectively from LEGO video games, along with Nolan North as Jor-El.
- From The Batman, Tom Kenny is once again voicing the Penguin.
- Laura Bailey reprised her role as Lois Lane, after she previously voiced her in the Injustice film.
- Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham sees David Giuntoli reprise his Batman: Soul of the Dragon role as Batman himself, Jason Marsden reprise his Beware the Batman role as young Bruce Wayne, Brian George reprise his Batman: The Killing Joke and Batman vs. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles role as Alfred, William Salyers reprise his Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders and Batman vs. Two-Face role as the Penguin, and Navid Negahban and Emily O'Brien reprise their respective Gotham Knights (2022) roles as Ra's al Ghul and Talia.
- Part two of Justice League × RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen reunites three voice actors from LEGO video games: Travis Willingham as Superman, Troy Baker as Batman, and Laura Bailey as Wonder Woman.
- The third installment of Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths features the return of Mark Hamill as the Joker and a posthumous appearance from Kevin Conroy as Batman. Jason Spisak also reprises his role as Razer from Green Lantern: The Animated Series.
