Intolerable VAing?

[Radical Raven]

It occured to me; I've never actually watched a show, or amovie, where the voice acting was so god-awful that it rendered the thing unwatchable. I've had bad dubbing (even Bebop had some of that) and the occasional badly delivered line (especially, sadly, during climax scenes), but never anything too unreasonable. Has anyone hear ever seen something like that.

[mowub]

Not a cartoon, but Lani Minella as Pit in SSBB. He sounded like a cocky deep-voiced woman, as opposed to the younger-sounding Japanese version.
I will say Lani did a better job voicing Lucas.

[creativerealms]

Thundercats. Even when I was a kid and Thundercats was new to me the show bored the hell out of me because of the voice acting. It was just bad and sucked all the run out of the show. When i was young I did not even understand why I did not like Thundercats but as I got older the reason was clear, it was the voice acting.

[Behonkiss]

Usually it was a cute voice, but when Tara Strong would scream or get excited as Bubbles from The Powerpuff Girls, it got excruciating.

[macattack]

Cree Summers. She-Hulk. Enough said.

[mowub]

Sometimes Kath Soucie's voice can get pretty annoying. She pretty much uses the same exact kid voice for Phil and Lil, Ray-Ray, and Cubert.

[Mini Garbonzo]

A large amount of the lines in the "Bakugan" dub are one of the reasons I don't really tolerate that show.

[Lonestarr]

Intolerable voice acting?

Ladies and gentlemen, there is only one answer for this question:

Daran Norris as Cosmo on "The Fairly Oddparents".

I don't know whose genius idea it was to have Norris (whom I otherwise respect) voice Cosmo like he's been castrated, but that someone needs to be fired...from a cannon into the sun.

Cosmo's impossibly high, only-dogs-can-hear-this-frequency voice is but one of several flat-out bad decisions made by the show's staff in recent years.

[mowub]

Tom Kenny's "new" SpongeBob voice.

[All Star Blitz]

I agree with the VA that does Cosmo. He sounds like a castrato on helium. And then sped up 300%.

I found Spongebob's voice annoying even before he started going higher.

[Yusuke Urameshi]

A large amount of the lines in the "Bakugan" dub are one of the reasons I don't really tolerate that show.


Im gonna second you on that, even 4kids could do better.

[Tay the Cat]

A large amount of the lines in the "Bakugan" dub are one of the reasons I don't really tolerate that show.
Oh come on, it's not that bad...

[Dr.Pepper]

I remember seeing commercials for the Atlantis:Milo's Return (or whatever) and Milo's voice was so bad it made me never want to watch that movie...ever.

[Ryusuke]

Not a cartoon, but still intolerable all the same. Chaos Wars. Done by the staff of the localization instead of professional voice actors.

The result? This: http://se.youtube.com/watch?v=jyNjSAv_OuY

[Light Lucario]

I have to agree with Norris as Cosmo on FOP. Like most of the characters, he started out fine, but his voice became way too high pitched for my taste. Though, it probably doesn't help that his personality has been altered completely as well.

[Mini Garbonzo]

Oh come on, it's not that bad...
Oh for me it is, Scott McCord could have used his Owen voice and that probably would fit more as well as be more entertaining. And don't get me started on Julie Lemieux...

[Luna]

Sometimes Kath Soucie's voice can get pretty annoying. She pretty much uses the same exact kid voice for Phil and Lil, Ray-Ray, and Cubert.Agreed...I don't really like any of the "child" characters she's voiced because the voice she uses is that annoying,though,for the most part,she does well voicing adult female characters (like Princess Catherine on Gargoyles)....though I also don't like her voice for The Nightmare Before Christmas' Sally in the Kingdom Hearts games (I can't quite put my finger on it,but it just doesn't sound right,and I still think they could've gotten someone who sounded more like Catherine O'Hara)...

[Tay the Cat]

Oh for me it is, Scott McCord could have used his Owen voice and that probably would fit more as well as be more entertaining. And don't get me started on Julie Lemieux...

Ah, well. I guess I'm able to tolerate different things...

[Hyper Shadow X]

The old Sonic the hedgehog movie basically all the voices in the movie were bad. Couldn't stand them at all the only good thing about the movie was the music.

[Mini Garbonzo]

Ah, well. I guess I'm able to tolerate different things...
Yeah like how you're able to tolerate Vic Mignogna as Tamaki. :p Nah, I kid I kid, he's alright.

[Tobias]

The original VA of Scrappy Doo in his debut year, which is what most fans base their hatred of Scrappy on. Once Don Messick took over the role, the writers started mellowing Scrappy out, and by the time 13 Ghosts rolled around, he was actually a pretty fun character.

[Fool's Gil]

I can't stand the entire dub of Bleach. The VA's (including Johnny Yong Bosch) are way too stiff. Ironic because Johnny is also on Code Geass, and on there he's on top form and full of emotion.

[Mesousa]

Oh for me it is, Scott McCord could have used his Owen voice and that probably would fit more as well as be more entertaining. And don't get me started on Julie Lemieux...

They're resistable for me, although Runo sounds weird.

[Mini Garbonzo]

They're resistable for me, although Runo sounds weird.
They all sound weird to me, IMO the only tollerable VA's in the show are the ones who voice some of the main little bakugans, and even then they're not that great.

[Mek]

Sometimes Kath Soucie's voice can get pretty annoying. She pretty much uses the same exact kid voice for Phil and Lil, Ray-Ray, and Cubert.

The only time I really ever liked Kath Soucie's voice acting was her stint as Amanda in Tomb Raiders Legend and Underworld.

Otherwise, all of her characters sound the exact same and therefore irritating IMHO.

[Gokou Ruri]

The only time I really ever liked Kath Soucie's voice acting was her stint as Amanda in Tomb Raiders Legend and Underworld.

Otherwise, all of her characters sound the exact same and therefore irritating IMHO. Kath Soucie sounds fine when she's voicing adults. Her work as Nerissa was great, especially the subtle difference in her voice between old and young Nerissa. But yeah, all her child voices sound the same for the most part. Adults however, well, Amanda and Nerissa don't sound anything alike, so she has some range there.

[macattack]

They all sound weird to me, IMO the only tollerable VA's in the show are the ones who voice some of the main little bakugans, and even then they're not that great.

I think a couple of the adults (such as Dan's parents) sound okay, but that's it. The rest of the cast is either adults who are unconvincingly voicing kids or trying to act all energetic for the monsters and failing epically at that.

[garfield15]

It's funny how I go back now and realize that I can't get through a single episode of Beyblade because the voices are driving me nuts. They sound so...I don't know...stiff. I mean, not like Bakugan-level bad but I really wonder how I enjoyed that show.

But I still like Ray's voice for some reason...

[warnerbroman]

Grey's "Vally girl" voice

[Marvin Tikvah]

Do you mean Grey Delisle's Kimiko voice? That's the only thing I can connect to "Grey's valley girl". I like her work, but yeah, she uses that one a bit too much.

As for bad voice acting, well I've seen clips of the official localization of Bible Black and wow, those voice actors fail at putting any emotion behind their delivery. The lines are also direct translations, judging by the subtitled version.

[warnerbroman]

Do you mean Grey Delisle's Kimiko voice? That's the only thing I can connect to "Grey's valley girl". I like her work, but yeah, she uses that one a bit too much.. yes

[Dee]

Tom Kenny's "new" SpongeBob voice.

Oh geez theres a new voice?? I'll have to tune in to hear this.

[Zekehawk]

It's the same voice, but at a higher pitch.

[Desensitized]

Not a cartoon, but Lani Minella as Pit in SSBB. He sounded like a cocky deep-voiced woman, as opposed to the younger-sounding Japanese version.
I will say Lani did a better job voicing Lucas.The Japanese version drives me up the wall. "NANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANAN" times infinity.

I far prefer the North American version in this case.

[Umino]

Whoever voiced Jose in Cybersix. He was annoying to begin with, the acting didn't help.

[Lonestarr]

Do you mean Grey Delisle's Kimiko voice? That's the only thing I can connect to "Grey's valley girl". I like her work, but yeah, she uses that one a bit too much.

I don't really mind her Kimiko voice. It's cute to me.

However, while we're on the subject of Grey DeLisle (and though it's annoying, it's sounds of the ocean compared to New Cosmo; I could sure go for a refreshing glass of Cosmo Classic), I've become quite irked by her tendency to lapse into Vicky mode when I hear Riley on "The Replacements". It's not all the time; just when Riley gets mad. Just because DeLisle likes the character of Vicky (YouTube 'Grey DeLisle New Zealand television' if you don't understand), that's no reason to inflict it on better shows.

[Monterey Jack]

With the exception of Brian the dog, all of the voice work on Family Guy is deeply, deeply irritating on some level or another. Why must every character SHOUT!!! or whine or rasp or lisp each and every line of dialogue?! :mad: It's a badly-written show, but the voice work makes the series exponentially worse.

[Bloody Marquis]

With the exception of Brian the dog, all of the voice work on Family Guy is deeply, deeply irritating on some level or another. Why must every character SHOUT!!! or whine or rasp or lisp each and every line of dialogue?! :mad: It's a badly-written show, but the voice work makes the series exponentially worse.
Alex Borstein's all right. Seth can do a handful of good voices. But hearing Mike Henry using that lisp over and over again quickly gets annoying.

[warnerbroman]

I don't really mind her Kimiko voice. It's cute to me.

However, while we're on the subject of Grey DeLisle (and though it's annoying, it's sounds of the ocean compared to New Cosmo; I could sure go for a refreshing glass of Cosmo Classic), I've become quite irked by her tendency to lapse into Vicky mode when I hear Riley on "The Replacements". It's not all the time; just when Riley gets mad. Just because DeLisle likes the character of Vicky (YouTube 'Grey DeLisle New Zealand television' if you don't understand), that's no reason to inflict it on better shows.
I hate her voice for that charter on the mighty B

[Gokou Ruri]

I don't really mind her Kimiko voice. It's cute to me.

However, while we're on the subject of Grey DeLisle (and though it's annoying, it's sounds of the ocean compared to New Cosmo; I could sure go for a refreshing glass of Cosmo Classic), I've become quite irked by her tendency to lapse into Vicky mode when I hear Riley on "The Replacements". It's not all the time; just when Riley gets mad. Just because DeLisle likes the character of Vicky (YouTube 'Grey DeLisle New Zealand television' if you don't understand), that's no reason to inflict it on better shows. All her voices sound extremely similar to me. Vicky, Mandy, Sam, Miranda, Azula, Kimiko, Frankie.. the only difference is the small things like her tone and how they talk (though that's more of a script thing). Frankie/Kimiko are nicer sounding while Vicky/Azula sound meaner... but they all still sound pretty DeLisle-y to me with minor tweaks (except for her singing voice). Not that that's bad or anything.

[LivelyLorikeet]

Personally, I thought the voice of Foamy in the early episodes of Neurotically Yours was impossible to listen to. I don't know what he did in the later episodes to make it better (if he slowed it down, or had it pitched better, or what), but his newer way of speaking is much easier on the ears. Did anyone else notice this?

In the field of video games, I fully agree with the person who mentioned Super Smash Brothers Brawl; most of the English voices in that game are pretty bad.

I'd say the worst, though, is probably the Gamecube game Star Fox Adventures: Dinosaur Planet. If you haven't played this game, and have thus never heard its lame excuses for "cut scenes", consider yourself lucky.

[stephane dumas]

I don't really mind her Kimiko voice. It's cute to me.

However, while we're on the subject of Grey DeLisle (and though it's annoying, it's sounds of the ocean compared to New Cosmo; I could sure go for a refreshing glass of Cosmo Classic), I've become quite irked by her tendency to lapse into Vicky mode when I hear Riley on "The Replacements". It's not all the time; just when Riley gets mad. Just because DeLisle likes the character of Vicky (YouTube 'Grey DeLisle New Zealand television' if you don't understand), that's no reason to inflict it on better shows.

What about her voice of Tootie in FOP? She seems a bit too high-pitched even more high-pitched then Rini/Chibi-Usa 1st English VA Tracey Hoyt in Sailor Moon.
And speaking of SM, add to the list, the 3rd voice of SM, Linda Ballantyme who unfortunately got huge shoes to shoe to replace Terri Hawkes.

EDIT: I forgotted to mention some intolerable VA in other languages. All the old Bugs Bunny French dubs was redubbed and replaced by a new voice who don't achieve the excellent top done by the original French VA of Bugs Bunny Guy Pierrault (Pierrauld? I don't remember exactly)

[Mesousa]

Whoever voiced Jose in Cybersix. He was annoying to begin with, the acting didn't help.

His name was Alex Doduk, who is only mostly known for being Zoids and in a few Inuyasha episodes...

[mowub]

IMO, Dan Castellaneta's Homer Simpson started out dopey and dumb, then got better for a while, but over the next ten years, the voice got dumb again, and a lot of his lines sound like he's talking in falsetto.

[Monterey Jack]

IMO, Dan Castellaneta's Homer Simpson started out dopey and dumb, then got better for a while, but over the next ten years, the voice got dumb again, and a lot of his lines sound like he's talking in falsetto.

Ah yes, Homer's "fairy" voice. Funny in small does, but he seems to talk in this high-pitched, strangled voice a lot these days.

[Mek]

I'd say the worst, though, is probably the Gamecube game Star Fox Adventures: Dinosaur Planet. If you haven't played this game, and have thus never heard its lame excuses for "cut scenes", consider yourself lucky.

Star Fox hasn't exactly been a shining example of voice acting in general.

Then again, a majority of Nintendo's 1st party games aren't (I know SFA was made by Rare, but bear with me here) exactly well-voice acted... anyone ever hear Story Mode in F-Zero GX? With the aside exception of Black Shadow's V/Aing in the op. to chapter 6 (which has some smooth delivery), it's HORRIBLE. But given that F-Zero hasn't ever taken itself seriously, it should be no surprise.

Though FWIW, I thought the dub of F-Zero: GP Legend was adequate. Rick, Dr. Stewart, Jody, Dr. Clash (RIP Alex/Maddie Blaustein) and Lucy had some of the better voices.

Also, I'm glad I'm not the only one who's noticed that Spongebob and Homer sound higher pitched these days.

[rubberchicken]

As for bad voice acting, well I've seen clips of the official localization of Bible Black and wow, those voice actors fail at putting any emotion behind their delivery. The lines are also direct translations, judging by the subtitled version.
American H-dubs tend to be done by porn stars.

[Mini Garbonzo]

Dee Bradley Baker can be hit or miss for me when it comes to his skills as a voice actor, sometimes he manages to really get into his role and sound really good, but most of the time he just sounds...annoying. I willing to bet that one of his best, well done roles was as Appa from "Avatar: The Last Airbender".

[Ickis]

Sometimes I can't take Funimations Chopper but I really do not like their Luffy, he's WAY too itchy voiced and sounds like he's either being choked or theres something in his throat half the time, 4kids's Luffy was a bit more bearable though still not that good.

[peterg14]

As for bad voice acting, well I've seen clips of the official localization of Bible Black and wow, those voice actors fail at putting any emotion behind their delivery. The lines are also direct translations, judging by the subtitled version.

It's just porn, no one's watching it for the voice work.

I could go on about some piss poor voice acting like Amy in Sonic X. Oh man, generic girl voice is super generic and girly, but I guess that's Lisa Ortiz's style.

[Classic Speedy]

American H-dubs tend to be done by porn stars. Or anime VAs under a pseudonym.

As for my choice, I really can't stand Billy from Billy & Mandy. That voice makes the show near unwatchable for me.

[Taco Wiz]

Just about every voice in Cow and Chicken wares old after awhile.

[garfield15]

Or anime VAs under a pseudonym.

ISN'T THAT RIGHT, DAN GREEN!? (and his 4 hentai pseudonym names)

(It is very funny to hear Yami's voice trying to be "sexy")

[creativerealms]

Wow i have a high tolerance for bad voice acting as Thundercats (And David Moo) bother me even in the slightest.

[warnerbroman]

ISN'T THAT RIGHT, DAN GREEN!? (and his 4 hentai pseudonym names)

(It is very funny to hear Yami's voice trying to be "sexy"):eek:

[Daxdiv]

I could go on about some piss poor voice acting like Amy in Sonic X. Oh man, generic girl voice is super generic and girly, but I guess that's Lisa Ortiz's style.

Well it also doesn't help that most girls Brock flirted with sounded way too similar to Linda Inverse as well. But with VA 4kids uses, it more the direction than anything else, since I have been watching some other NY based work, and they don't sound as bad in them.

Though for anything I have to go with it has to be Jason GRIFFITH! It took the man 4 years to get the voice for Sonic down. He is better as Sonic as in proof of Secret Rings, Brawl, and Unleashed. But then again I have said that I do like Jaheel White as Sonic.

[creativerealms]

:eek:

Yeah those New York VAs are actually in quite a bit of Hentai dubs.

[Treadwell]

Thundercats. Even when I was a kid and Thundercats was new to me the show bored the hell out of me because of the voice acting. It was just bad and sucked all the run out of the show. When i was young I did not even understand why I did not like Thundercats but as I got older the reason was clear, it was the voice acting.

Yes.
It's like they had an inexperienced voice director who was paranoid about clarity. Sooo.evvvvry.chaaracterrrr.spokkkke.verrrry.slowwwwly.and.distinnnnnctly.

Ugh.

I recall the 80s Alvin and the Chipmunks having a similar problem. They knew they'd be speeding the voices to raise pitch so they tried to talk slower during the original recording, and overcompensated. All the chipmunk voices speak with unnatural deliberation.

[Mesousa]

Dee Bradley Baker can be hit or miss for me when it comes to his skills as a voice actor, sometimes he manages to really get into his role and sound really good, but most of the time he just sounds...annoying. I willing to bet that one of his best, well done roles was as Appa from "Avatar: The Last Airbender".

Can't believe you didn't mention his Og role in Mike, Lu & Og, it is his worst role, in my opinion, it felt like hearing many nails on a chalkboard, literally.

[AJW73]

Did anyone besides me not like John Kassir replacing Charlie Adler as Buster Bunny? I understand why he got replaced, but I think WB should have someone who was close enough to do the voice.

[All Star Blitz]

Can't believe you didn't mention his Og role in Mike, Lu & Og, it is his worst role, in my opinion, it felt like hearing many nails on a chalkboard, literally.

I didn't have any problems with Og's voice myself.

[Dr.Pepper]

Can't believe you didn't mention his Og role in Mike, Lu & Og, it is his worst role, in my opinion, it felt like hearing many nails on a chalkboard, literally.
I kind of liked his voice for some reason:sweat:

[Mini Garbonzo]

:eek:
Sadly, they are not making this up.:shrug:

[FGfan]

Luanne's in KOTH. >.< How did Brittany Murphy do such a cute Joseph and such a horrible Luanne?

Rem's voice in Death Note: The Last Name. Yes I know she was male in Japanese, but did THAT have to get dubbed in?

[cyde]

I'll tell you something else--in the classic Fat Albert toons, most of the mother characters were all voiced by a female who sounded like she had a rough sounding voice, like she had a bad throat problem.

[Ickis]

Just about every voice in Cow and Chicken wares old after awhile. Well a decent portion of them are from Charlie Adkler who I don't consider too talented in the first place.

[Sidewinder1984]

Well a decent portion of them are from Charlie Adkler who I don't consider too talented in the first place.

That's rich coming from someone calling themselves 'Ickis'.
;)

[Super Sonic]

Intolerable voice acting?

Ladies and gentlemen, there is only one answer for this question:

Daran Norris as Cosmo on "The Fairly Oddparents".

I don't know whose genius idea it was to have Norris (whom I otherwise respect) voice Cosmo like he's been castrated, but that someone needs to be fired...from a cannon into the sun.

Cosmo's impossibly high, only-dogs-can-hear-this-frequency voice is but one of several flat-out bad decisions made by the show's staff in recent years.

I read an interview on Frederator (that's the name of that website, right?) that had an interview with Daran Norris where he said that Butch Hartman was responsible with coming up with the idea of Cosmo having a higher pitched voice. Such a shame, because that voice makes it even harder to like Cosmo, who has already become a quite unlikable character. I guess we should be happy Norris didn't just come up with that himself and was just following orders...

[Terra Branford]

Masato from Pokémon of America's dub of Pokémon. Almost everytime he spoke, I expected him to say "Let's go play Kirby!"

[warnerbroman]

Luanne's in KOTH. >.< How did Brittany Murphy do such a cute Joseph and such a horrible Luanne?? I reverse that statement

[Ishtar]

Linda Ballantyne as Serena in Sailor Moon during S and Super S. What were they thinking? Her voice sounded way too fake and really annoying. Jonathon Todd Ross as Marik in Yu-Gi-Oh! was also hard to listen to a lot of the time, because he made the character sound so high pitched and nasaly. Who's idea was it to make Marik sound like the Green Goblin? Of course, there's also Jason Griffith as Usopp. It sounded more decent when the voice sounded more like his Sonic voice, but most of the time he made Usopp sound way too goofy.

Yeah those New York VAs are actually in quite a bit of Hentai dubs.
Yep. In fact, Tom Wayland is actually pretty involved with that, both voice work and ADR work under the name Dick Tripwire. He even hosts panels on Hentai dubbing at anime conventions.

[HadesSphere]

Who ever voiced Mary Jane in the 90s Spider-Man cartoon. She sounded like a guy doing an impression of a chick.

[Radical Raven]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnd I've found it.

Disney's "The Secert of the Magic Gourd", an animated/live-action production from Japan. Corbin Bleu voices the Gourd. This is one film that I am going to watch subtitled, thank you very much (not to mentione that live-action dubs=blah.)

[Daxdiv]

In One Piece, it has to be Bella Hudson's Luffy. What the hell, why is every line screamed at the top of lungs, isn't that dangerous to her vocal chords, I always wonder what the sessions were like after she voiced Luffy for a few episodes.

GRIFFITH's Usopp was okay, it was just that the director probably didn't have a set voice for Usopp, it kept fluctuating with the pitch that it was annoying. David Moo, well we all know that story.

[Chris_2xtreme]

For me, just about the majority of Matt Hill's roles.

[PC!]

I'm usually extremely tolerant of voice acting, no matter how bad or how grating the voice is, but I've finally found the one voice that I just can't stand to hear: that little gargoyle thing from Huntik. I've never heard a voice that sounds so much like the actor is TRYING to sound annoying.

[DarthGonzo]

Most of the voices on Fairly Oddparents.

Nails. On. Chalkboard.

[Elven Moon]

She's not a bad voice actress per se, but Tress MacNeille is getting on my nerves. She's in everything, and since I watch a lot of shows she gets old after awhile. And sometimes she takes on this TONE that irritates me.

[rattis1]

I think im going to have to say Scrappy aswell. Scrappy in any incarnation.

And for some reason, i also always get annoyed whenever Raven from Teen Titans opens her mouth. But i honestly dont know whether that is mainly beause of the sound of her voice or the things she says (i cant stand "witty" characters that are'nt actually witty, or "creepy" characters that are'nt actually creepy, and she happens to be both).:raven:

[Eddy]

Most of the voices on Fairly Oddparents.

Nails. On. Chalkboard.
This.

[Kryten]

Flpajack. Oh, my god, Flapjack. Spongebob is like a symphony orchestra next to him. He makes late-series Cosmo sound like Barry White.

[Lonestarr]

Flpajack. Oh, my god, Flapjack. Spongebob is like a symphony orchestra next to him. He makes late-series Cosmo sound like Barry White.

The crucial difference being that Flapjack is a boy and therefore is supposed to sound like his junk hasn't dropped yet, unlike Cosmo.

[WolfieKiwi]

Most of the voices on Fairly Oddparents.

Nails. On. Chalkboard.

I'm gonna have to agree with this considering my favorite episode is where Timmy wishes for no sound. :anime:

[foxwolf2099]

you know wots painful to watch in terms of voice acting? Star Wars the Clone Wars.

omg, its like curse that anyone playing Anakin loses all ability to act. i think its the star wars curse in general. I've only watched a couple of full eps but man, all the acting seems really sedated. and most of the actors are actually quality voice actors. So i is confused :S

[warnerbroman]

Scott Melville as shaggy


WTF were they thinking

just because Casem played as robin dose not mean that Scott can play as shaggy

[Plague Rat]

Most of the voices on Fairly Oddparents.

Nails. On. Chalkboard.
THIS.

Also Jared's voice on Superjail! bothers the crap out of me, although then again, it provides more unintentional hilarity to his character.

Oh yes, and every anime English dub by 4Kids.

[DarthGonzo]

I actually don't find Back at the Barnyard to be a bad show. But someone should tell whoever voices Abbey to stop shouting all of her lines. Sometimes she's almost unbearable.

[Ickis]

That's rich coming from someone calling themselves 'Ickis'.
;)
I wanted to be called that on this board when I was younger and less picky, now I've releised how over-used Charlie Adfler was, he's okay but like Tom Kenney they're all too familiar to my ears.

[Plague Rat]

I actually don't find Back at the Barnyard to be a bad show. But someone should tell whoever voices Abbey to stop shouting all of her lines. Sometimes she's almost unbearable.
She must be married to the Billy Maze guy of those OxyClean infomercials. D;

[chdr]

The crucial difference being that Flapjack is a boy and therefore is supposed to sound like his junk hasn't dropped yet, unlike Cosmo.I think the weirdest part for me is that Flapjack's voice is coming out of a big, bearded man. And it's his actual voice in real life.

[warnerbroman]

I think the weirdest part for me is that Flapjack's voice is coming out of a big, bearded man. And it's his actual voice in real life.and creepy when you see it live

[baycrum267]

That lady from chowder with the mushroom on her head.I can't remeber her name but her voice is so annyoying.

[warnerbroman]

That lady from chowder with the mushroom on her head.I can't remeber her name but her voice is so annyoying.Tara strong

[mowub]

Tara strong

This won't end well.

[Mad Mod 49]

Oh yes, and every anime English dub by 4Kids.
If you're saying that every voice actor in 4Kids is terrible, I beg to differ. Despite some lousy direction, many of the actors there are great. Y'know, with the exception of some (Pete Zarustica, Karen Neil, and David Moo come to mind.)

[DarthGonzo]

That lady from chowder with the mushroom on her head.I can't remeber her name but her voice is so annyoying.

The character's name is Truffles.

[Tay the Cat]

If you're saying that every voice actor in 4Kids is terrible, I beg to differ. Despite some lousy direction, many of the actors there are great. Y'know, with the exception of some (Pete Zarustica, Karen Neil, and David Moo come to mind.)
And even David Moo has his good days.

[Ian]

If you're saying that every voice actor in 4Kids is terrible, I beg to differ. Despite some lousy direction, many of the actors there are great. Y'know, with the exception of some (Pete Zarustica, Karen Neil, and David Moo come to mind.) Okay, Karen Neil I'll give you unconditionally. Moo I feel is underrated, thanks to a combination of a very badly-directed role--Sanji--a lack of a distinctive voice, and his general scarcity due to the first two. But Zarustica? What roles are you referring to, specifically? I've always thought him good in TMNT, and appropriate, if not great, in the other roles I remember him from (Django, Morty), but never quite horrible.

[Harukuro]

And even David Moo has his good days.

Xellos anyone? I thought he did a good job with that role despite a few scenes where he over reacted.

[Mad Mod 49]

Okay, Karen Neil I'll give you unconditionally. Moo I feel is underrated, thanks to a combination of a very badly-directed role--Sanji--a lack of a distinctive voice, and his general scarcity due to the first two. But Zarustica? What roles are you referring to, specifically? I've always thought him good in TMNT, and appropriate, if not great, in the other roles I remember him from (Django, Morty), but never quite horrible.

Damn, should have mention Zarustica's Django. I actually liked that a bit better than the Funimation voice for that character. I was refering to his voices in Yugioh (Zeigfried, Akunadin, Aster Phoenix) and Pokemon (Drew. Just Drew.)

Moo rarely gets work, though I'm sure he could've improved if he had been given more or more fitting roles. And yeah, I liked his silly con-man voice for Xellos too, even if his actual acting was sometimes questionable.

[Light Lucario]

Damn, should have mention Zarustica's Django. I actually liked that a bit better than the Funimation voice for that character. I was refering to his voices in Yugioh (Zeigfried, Akunadin, Aster Phoenix) and Pokemon (Drew. Just Drew.)

Moo rarely gets work, though I'm sure he could've improved if he had been given more or more fitting roles. And yeah, I liked his silly con-man voice for Xellos too, even if his actual acting was sometimes questionable.

I can definitely understand Zeifried, but I thought that he was good as Aster Phoenix and as Drew, at least by the time of his second appearance in Advance Challenge. I also thought that David Moo was great as Xellos. I didn't really see much of a problem with his voice, but I can understand why some people would see his acting as questionable as well.

[Silverstar]

That lady from chowder with the mushroom on her head.I can't remeber her name but her voice is so annyoying.

You mean Truffles, voiced by Tara Strong. And the voice doesn't bother me, since I'm used to it; Mrs. Strong used more or less the same voice for Toot on Drawn Together.

Another reason I don't mind the voice is because Truffles is one of my favorite characters on Chowder.

[Craig Crumpton]

I've had bad dubbing (even Bebop had some of that) and the occasional badly delivered line (especially, sadly, during climax scenes), but never anything too unreasonable. Has anyone hear ever seen something like that.Good example on Bebop. As much as I loved that show, the more I watched it the more intolerant I was of Beau Billingslea as Jet.

I normally avoid criticizing voice actors (except for poor celeb performances) due to my visibility in fandom (and as a voice actor as well), but I just couldn't stand the performance. It was forced and contrived and just didn't fit the character. Normally I might fault the voice director or whoever cast Billingslea in the role, but his performance just never comes anything close to the original Japanese.

Funny thing, I was at an anime con a few years ago and one of the pro dubbers on an anime dub panel was very vocal about Billingslea's performance on Bebop. Said he "absolutely hated" it.


I've become quite irked by her tendency to lapse into Vicky mode when I hear Riley on "The Replacements". It's not all the time; just when Riley gets mad. Just because DeLisle likes the character of Vicky (YouTube 'Grey DeLisle New Zealand television' if you don't understand), that's no reason to inflict it on better shows.I don't think it's fair to assume Grey is doing that on purpose. I doubt it's intentional. I've watched the show many times and never really thought that. It's just inflection and volume from the same voice actor that causes the similarity in the two performances. If there's resemblance, it's just coincidental. I can't imagine she would do it on purpose -- that just doesn't make sense to me.


It's like [Thundercats] had an inexperienced voice director who was paranoid about clarity. Sooo.evvvvry.chaaracterrrr.spokkkke.verrrry.slowwwwly.and.distinnnnnctly.:lol: Y'know, I never thought to look up who the voice director was on T'cats, and even after checking IMBd, Wikipedia, and Googling I can't find one credited for the series at all. I'll have to send a query to Larry Kenny to see if he can answer that. I'm really curious now to know who it was.


I recall the 80s Alvin and the Chipmunks having a similar problem. They knew they'd be speeding the voices to raise pitch so they tried to talk slower during the original recording, and overcompensated. All the chipmunk voices speak with unnatural deliberation.That's actually what Ross Bagdasarian has been doing with The Chipmunks since the very first recording. When I was a kid, my mom had an old vinyl of The Chipmunks Christmas song and I would spin it manually very slowly to hear what the real voices sounded like.


I'll tell you something else--in the classic Fat Albert toons, most of the mother characters were all voiced by a female who sounded like she had a rough sounding voice, like she had a bad throat problem.That was Erika Scheimer, daughter of the producer Lou Scheimer who also voiced several characters on the show (including Dumb Donald).

I remember reading an interview with Erika several years ago where she was asked about her performances on "Fat Albert" and why so many of them sounded the same. She laughed about it and admitted she was an inexperienced voice actor back then. She normally worked in sound and music production.


Scott Melville as shaggy


WTF were they thinking

just because Casem played as robin dose not mean that Scott can play as shaggyYou mean Scott Menville? I didn't think he was that bad. He at least is an experienced voice actor, as opposed to Scott Innes who simply did a good Shaggy impression but he had no training as a cartoon voice actor. Scott's a super-nice guy and very talented, but I can only listen to him doing Shaggy in small doses. He uses the same inflection when he performs Shaggy and it becomes a little monotonous. That's the difference between doing an impression and keeping it consistent performing an impression for an extended period as an actual character. They end up focusing on the impression and forget about the acting.


That lady from chowder with the mushroom on her head.I can't remeber her name but her voice is so annyoying.

Tara strongWow, can't believe I missed that one. I never thought to check the credits. I assumed Truffles was voiced by Carol Kane (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001406/). It sounds just like her.

[Radical Raven]

Good example on Bebop. As much as I loved that show, the more I watched it the more intolerant I was of Beau Billingslea as Jet.



I've heard that argument before, but Jet actually didn't bother me that much... except in the first episode. I don't know what was going on there, but Jet sounded like a atypical tough guy (and not even an entertaining one), Spike sounded like a ******, and the bounty's (Asimov?) "Keep those eyes open" line was painful to watch.

In addition to Corbin Bleu in "The Magic Goird", I'd like to mention whoever plays Edmund (the cat) from Rock-a-Doodle. Who in the hell thought throwing a whiny little kid into the story was a good idea?

[Harvey Kent]

Alex Borstein's all right. Seth can do a handful of good voices. But hearing Mike Henry using that lisp over and over again quickly gets annoying.
What character(s) does Mike Henry voice on Family Guy? Sorry, but my knowledge of voice actors is fairly limited, especially compared to other members on these forums.

[Ishtar]

Okay, Karen Neil I'll give you unconditionally. Moo I feel is underrated, thanks to a combination of a very badly-directed role--Sanji--a lack of a distinctive voice, and his general scarcity due to the first two. But Zarustica? What roles are you referring to, specifically? I've always thought him good in TMNT, and appropriate, if not great, in the other roles I remember him from (Django, Morty), but never quite horrible.
Karen Neil has to be one of the worst voice actresses in the business. I know a lot of the time the voice actor is to blame, but she really can't act. Most of the time her characters just seem to lack emotion and her monotone voice is aggrivating to listen to after a while. Vivi comes to mind as an example, but her Ishizu Ishtar wasn't much better.

Honestly, I don't think Pete Zarustica voiced Jango. That sounded a lot more like Wayne Grayson to me. Listen to it carefully and you can hear a hint of Michelangelo and Joey Wheeler.

A few other voice actors that have come to mind that can be aggrivating:

David Wills: His Arlong voice lacked a lot of emotion and it got annoying to listen to, especially with the added echo. Same goes for Nesbitt (Tech Expert of The Big 5) from Yu-Gi-Oh!, which was also synthesized to sound mechanical.

David Brimmer (AKA Michael Alston Bailey): His Crocodile had potential, but he just made him sound less threatening and more whiney and annoying. My biggest problem was that he talked way too much, like a broken record.

[Lonestarr]

What character(s) does Mike Henry voice on Family Guy? Sorry, but my knowledge of voice actors is fairly limited, especially compared to other members on these forums.

Off the top of my head, Cleveland and Herbert.

[Mad Mod 49]

Karen Neil has to be one of the worst voice actresses in the business. I know a lot of the time the voice actor is to blame, but she really can't act. Most of the time her characters just seem to lack emotion and her monotone voice is aggrivating to listen to after a while. Vivi comes to mind as an example, but her Ishizu Ishtar wasn't much better.

Agreed. I'm surprised you didn't give mention to J.T Ross though. While Karen Neil underacted as Ishizu, Ross really overacted as Marik.


Honestly, I don't think Pete Zarustica voiced Jango. That sounded a lot more like Wayne Grayson to me. Listen to it carefully and you can hear a hint of Michelangelo and Joey Wheeler.

Not sure. In all sources I see it says Zarustica did Jango.



A few other voice actors that have come to mind that can be aggrivating:

David Wills: His Arlong voice lacked a lot of emotion and it got annoying to listen to, especially with the added echo. Same goes for Nesbitt (Tech Expert of The Big 5) from Yu-Gi-Oh!, which was also synthesized to sound mechanical.

David Brimmer (AKA Michael Alston Bailey): His Crocodile had potential, but he just made him sound less threatening and more whiney and annoying. My biggest problem was that he talked way too much, like a broken record.


I agree about David Wills. What's weird is that while he did such a bad Arlong, he also did Buggy the Clown and I thought that voice was good. Not as good as Mike McFarland voices him but still good.

But David Brimmer is really good from what I've heard from him. He did good voices from back in the days of Pokemon's first season, his Odion sounded better than Ishizu and Marik did, and I thought his voice fit Crocodile. Again, his Crocodile wasn't as good as the Funimation voice for the character, but it was Brimmer's problem came mostly from bad voice direction and dialouge.

[D Dubbs]

David Willis is a great actor when given roles that fit him. His Spike Taylor in Dinosaur King, Fergy Fudgehog in Viva Pinata and Boboriki and Docoriki in GoGoRiki are all good evidence of this. He's pretty talented when it comes to comedic voice acting.

[Daxdiv]

But Arlong he is not. Chris Rager is a better Arlong. Dave Willis is actually pretty good VA, I like his Buggy even though it sounded somewhat like Krusty.

While I like Brimmer portrayal better than the FUNi VA, I just wished that it didn't feel flat.

[Mad Mod 49]

But Arlong he is not. Chris Rager is a better Arlong.

True, but I'll always feel that Funimation wasted an opportunity to cast Dameon Clarke as Arlong. I think he would've nailed it.

[Treadwell]

I think im going to have to say Scrappy aswell. Scrappy in any incarnation.

And for some reason, i also always get annoyed whenever Raven from Teen Titans opens her mouth. But i honestly dont know whether that is mainly beause of the sound of her voice or the things she says (i cant stand "witty" characters that are'nt actually witty, or "creepy" characters that are'nt actually creepy, and she happens to be both).:raven:

With me, it's the fake gravelly-ness of her voice. I don't know why so many VAs do this, but if your voice isn't naturally gravelly, don't force it. It is never convincing, at least to me.

[Ishtar]

True, but I'll always feel that Funimation wasted an opportunity to cast Dameon Clarke as Arlong. I think he would've nailed it.
Dameon Clarke hasn't done anything for FUNi recently afaik, since I believe he moved to LA. Also, about J.T. Ross as Marik, I already mentioned that earlier in the thread.