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Another Rainbow Brite fan.

Having done some work in TV myself (only in the Public Access capacity though), I'd have to look at this from the Producer's standpoint. Many voice dubbing companies have their own 'stable' of actors that they use for all of their productions, because these are the people they are comfortable with. These are the people who they've worked with in the past, and who have worked with each other in the past. They catch on to the game, do their work, and there's no 'getting used to' or 'adjustment' time.

A VA's job is literally half a day's work, if done right. If the inflections can be nailed and the words come out smoothly, they can be in and out of the studio without bothering to change out of pajamas.

From the fandom point of view, I see your point. I'd like to scream every time I hear Rob Paulson's voice. Oh, you've heard his voice. Any time you hear a cartoon character and go "Dude, that guy sounds JUST LIKE Raphael from the old Ninja Turtle's show"-that's Rob Paulson. He was the second "Arthur" on 'The Tick.' He's every single sidekick character on every single Nicktoon except Spongebob. He's the obnoxious yellow version of Stitch in 'Lilo and Stitch the TV Series.' His voice makes me want to SCREAM.

BUT. He keeps getting the work because obviously, he is extremely good at what he does. Many many producers of animation ask for him by name because he's such a good hand in the business.

And the same is said for the people who do the voices for Bruce Timm's shows. Bruce knows Mark Hamil, Michael Rosenbaum, Phil LeMarr and the rest of the people who do multiple voicing. When you already know who you have and what they can bring to the table, why waste the time and money to find someone brand new?

Lorenzo Music didn't do the voice of Brain. He was Garfield and Pete tho.

EDIT: He died in 2001, meaning he COULDN'T have been Brain's voice.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005606/

Oh yeah. And Pinky's voice? Rob F'n Paulson.

Does Rob Paulson have b***h tits? surprised

Anyway, in some cases (to me) the constant reuse of voice actors is remeniscent of Hollywood of the 1930's/40's when actors were usually exclusive to a particular studio and were "loaned out" to others. Sometimes it's nice, to hear a familiar voice, but sometimes you just get sick of encountering them again and again. I call this Jude Law Syndrome.

Among my favourite VA's are Cree Summer (whose sultry tones I first fell for when she was in Inspector Gadget and who I haven't heard in anything since Atlantis: The Lost Empire) Richard Steven Horvitz (who I tend to think of as Daggit rather than Zim, since I prefer Angry Beavers to Invader Zim), and Billy West (I was really stunned when I found out he was also Professor Farnsworth and Zapp Brannigan...really). There are tons of others, but they're the main three.

Did I just hear Constantine say "b***h tits"? I'm calling HAX. I think that my favorite VA's would have to be the woman who did Tak in Invader Zim (I keep forgetting to find out her name), Jason Lee, and Brian Cox. I know it's bad form to be picking screen actors, but they're really my favorites. Cox was just the ultimate in creepy in Manhunt.

All I could think of was Meatloaf in Fight Club, but I'd be kind of surprised if you've seen that movie.



That's impossible you git, I've only mentioned her once before, in Pinder's thread about wrongful attractions and other such things.

Sadly I haven't watched it in months because I lent out my copy and never got it back. I just think of him as Bob, didn't make the connection. *Shrug*