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** [[Christopher Sabat]] does many, many voices in ''[[Dragonball Z]]'': Vegeta, Piccolo, Yamcha,Shenron, General Silver, Kami, King Piccolo, Zarbon, Jeice, Burter, Recoome, Guru, Korin, Mr. Popo, and far more extra characters.
*** He's also General Cross Marian of ''[[D.Gray-man]]'', Rome of ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', Roronoa Zoro of ''[[One Piece]]'', and Kuwubara of ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]''.
*** [[Dissidia Final Fantasy|CHRISTOPHER SABAT]] [[Final Fantasy I|WILL KNOCK YOU ALL DOWN!]]
*** [[Fullmetal Alchemist|THE ABILITY TO DO MANY VOICES HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN IN THE ARMSTRONG FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS!]]
** Along with Chris Sabat, we also have [[Brina Palencia]], [[J Michael Tatum]], [[Chris Ayres]], [[Colleen Clinkenbeard]], [[Mike McFarland]] and [[Todd Haberkorn]].
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* [[Tara Strong]] has been heard as [[Cross-Dressing Voices|10 year old boy]] Timmy Turner, gothic superheroine Raven ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' as well as the minor character [[Alpha Bitch|Kitten]], Twilight Sparkle in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', [[Genki Girl]] Rikku in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', [[Jekyll and Hyde|split-personalitied]] [[Dark Magical Girl]] Elisa/Ursula in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]: Portable Ops'', Ben Tennyson on ''[[Ben 10]]'', Presea on ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'', both Toot Braunstein and Princess Clara on ''[[Drawn Together]]'', Truffles and additional voices in ''[[Chowder]]'', and even [[Batman: The Animated Series|Batgirl]]. She's possibly best known as Bubbles from ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''. Despite voice acting not typically being a very lucrative career, she's done so many voices that she's able to afford a large house in Los Angeles (as seen on ''Take Home Chef'').
** Also known to stand-in for ''other'' voice actresses when a singing role is required, as exemplified when she stood in for [[Mila Kunis]]' voice of Meg Griffin on ''[[Family Guy]]'' when Meg [[Non-Singing Voice|was required to sing extensively]].
* [[Scott McNeil]], who has gone from [[X-Men|#1 mutant BadAss]] to [[Fullmetal Alchemist|mysteriously wise yet absent father]] to [[Broken Saints|a sleazy strip club owner and a devout Muslim fundamentalist (both characters in the same series)]] to [[Beast Wars|robotic butt monkey to robot deadpan snarker]] to one half of [[Re Boot|a quirky duo of minions]], to [[Dawn of War|a METAL BAWKSE crazed psychopath]].
** To elaborate on the ''[[Beast Wars]]'' example, he voiced Dinobot and Rattrap, who feuded constantly throughout the series, so he's arguing with himself for about five minutes in just about every season one and two episode. He also played the ridiculously noble Silverbolt and the [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] Waspinator.
* Julie McWhirter
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* [[Pat Fraley]] has one of the longest credit lists ever, and he is so proficient in voice acting that he beat out several talented nominees like Bob Bergen for the voice over lifetime achievement, which takes at least ''25 years'' or more to be nominated for. Considering that he did the voices for [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987|Krang, General Traag, Baxter Stockman, Burne Thompson]] and many other characters all on the same show, [[Talking to Himself|and sometimes in the same scenes]], his award was definitely earned with his vast talent.
** He's also Marshall Moo Montana on ''[[Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa|Wild West Cowboys of Moo Mesa]]''.
* Although not yet ''prolific'' as such, [[Michelle Ruff]] has admirable range and completely avoids [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor|pigeonholing]] herself. Among others, she does the deliciously snarky [[Disgaea|Etna]], the [[Kuudere]] [[Wild
* Beyond cartoons, [[Peter Sellers]]' initial fame as a radio performer was built on this, whether he was doing celebrity impersonations or character roles. In ''[[The Goon Show]]'' -- where everyone voiced multiple roles, major and minor -- he voiced Major Bloodnok, Bluebottle, Hercules Grytpype-Thynne and Henry Crun out of the major characters alone. Sellers could also substitute for absent performers and their characters as needed. When [[Spike Milligan]] - who had roughly as many characters as Sellers - was absent, Sellers could do all of them himself. When ''he'' was absent, ''four'' performers had to be brought in to substitute for all his roles.
** [[Truth in Television]]; [[Michael Bentine]], his colleague on ''The Goon Show'', complained that after speaking to Sellers for a while, you would find him speaking to you in your own voice, completely unconsciously, and would only stop if this was pointed out to him.
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*** MORBO MOCKS YOUR TROPE ANALYSIS!
** In one episode of [[The Critic]], he did 29 ''different'' characters. It's a 22 minute show.
* All three ''[[Futurama]]'' voice actors mentioned above have referred to fellow voice (and live action) actor Dave Herman as one of these as well. In addition to providing the voices of recurring characters like Scruffy, Roberto, and Mayor Poopenmeyer, he's often the "go-to" guy for incidental and secondary characters. Billy West in particular has praised him for being able to create unique and often hilarious voices for characters that only appear for a few seconds of screen time.
* [[Paul Winchell]], both as a ventriloquist and as a cartoon voice actor.
* Watch the ''[[Bleach]]'' dub. You won't even tell that [[Cool Big Sis|Yoruichi]], [[Bokukko|Tatsuki]], and [[Waif Fu|Ururu]] all have [[Wendee Lee|the same voice]].
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* Egoraptor (Arin Hanson) and Tomamoto (Joshua Tomar) are well-known voice actors on the Internet, particularly on Newgrounds. Egoraptor is most famous for his "Awesome" Shorts, and Tomamoto is known for his Fandubs, both of which showcase their ridiculous range.
** In the Newgrounds series the Decline of Videogaming, Egoraptor voices all three of the Evil Developers and Shigeru Miyamoto... all of whom have different voice pitch and word pronunciation. They don't sound alike at all.
** This is turned [[Up to Eleven]] when Arin voiced Kanji Tatsumi, [[Ambiguously Gay|who's heavily implied to be gay]], in the Persona 4 Hiimdaisy Comic Dub. The group goes to save Kanji in the TV, and when they find him they see his Shadow Self, who says in a stereotypical gay man's voice, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|"I'm Kanji Tatsumi and I enjoy naked men. Oh yeah~"]]. Seriously, you wouldn't even know it was him.
* The creators of ''[[The Venture Bros]]'', Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick, in addition to doing all the writing, concept art, and most of the producing/directing, also do the voices of a ridiculous amount of characters in-show, from main characters to bit pieces. A bit less range than some of the names here, but if you do 90% of the voice acting on one show, you deserve to be here.
** Publick deserves special mention - he voices fifteen characters on his own and does most of the [[Talking to Himself]] sequences.
* [[Bob Bergen]]. Has voiced [[Lupin III]], Porky Pig and other ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' characters on a number of occasions, and is Lucas Arts' choice of voice actor for Luke Skywalker.
* Lorne Lanning, creator of the [[Oddworld]] series, is the voice of every [[Player Character]] and most [[NPC]]'s.
* [[Dee Bradley Baker]]. Pretty much anything non-human in any American animation will be voiced by him (for example, the monsters in ''[[Ben 10]]'', Perry of [[Phineas and Ferb]], and Appa and Momo of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''). He has also voiced numerous minor human characters, such as about ten different characters in [[SpongeBob SquarePants]] and [[The Fairly Odd Parents]].
** He's also [[Halo|A monument to all of your sins.]]
** And [[Legends of the Hidden Temple|Olmec]]. Oh yeah!
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* [[James Arnold Taylor]] is well known to have large flexibility in voice acting. He voice acting ranges from [[Keet]] Tidus from ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' to Ratchet from ''[[Ratchet and Clank]]'', Obi-Wan Kenobi from ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars]]'', [[Green Arrow]] from ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'', the titular character of ''[[Johnny Test]]'', and Wooldoor Sockbat from ''[[Drawn Together]]''. He's a man of thousands of voices, and [[Wild Mass Guessing|makes you wonder]] why his [[Anime]] roles are very small and limited. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5oLAff_oDo&feature=sub Listen for yourself to believe it]!
* Oddly enough, [[Ben Affleck]]. He has a habit of impersonating one of his co-stars in every movie he does, and some of them say it's freaky how good he is. Just as an example, on the set of ''[[The Sum of All Fears]]'', he did his impression of [[Morgan Freeman]] for Freeman himself, whose response was, "You ever do that again, I'll kill you."
* On radio, [[Bob and Ray|Bob & Ray]] fit this trope perfectly between them, double-handedly maintaining the illusion of a large supporting 'cast' (male ''and'' female) plus endless one-shot guest-stars.
* Check the credits of any UK/Canadian children's series with a female or little boy character; chances are s/he's being voiced by [[wikipedia:Maria Darling|Maria Darling]].
* Chances are, if you play a video game, [[Nolan North]] is in it. He's even played black guys at times.
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* Go to youtube and watch any video that features [[Naruto|Gaara]] speaking in the english dub. Now do the same thing for [[Code Geass|Lloyd.]] Both are voiced by [[Liam O'Brien]].
** He also voices [[The Hero|Vayne]] in [[Mana Khemia]].
* Sadly, Jim Ward doesn't get nearly as much coverage as his skill deserves. He's the resident [[Man of a Thousand Voices|Voice Deity]]/ConspiracyTheorist on ''[[The Stephanie Miller Show]]'', and gets plenty of requests for his imitations of Wolf Blitzer, Kim Jong Il, and Tom Brokaw. He's also the voice actor of [[Ben 10|Diamondhead, XLR8, Wildvine]], [[The Fairly Odd Parents|Chet Ubetcha]], [[Ratchet and Clank|Captian Quark]], [[Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines|Maximillian Strauss, Baron Isaac Abrams, Brother Grünfeld Bach,]] [[Porco Rosso|and]] [[Spirited Away|background]] [[Dragon Age|voices]] [[Destroy All Humans!|in]] [[Killer 7|dozens]] [[Dirge of Cerberus|of]] [[Knights of the Old Republic|other]] [[Resident Evil 4|works]].
* Lani Minella is definitly one. She's been voicing video game characters since 1994, IMDB lists at least 400 acting credits to her name. She's been in [[Starcraft]], [[Diablo]], [[World of Warcraft]], [[Nancy Drew]], well, it would be easier to list the games she isn't in. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm1BGVfqWC0 That video really shows her talent.]
* [[Tabitha St. Germain|Tabitha St Germain]]. She's voiced 15 different characters (and possibly more, we're not sure) across two and a half generations of ''[[My Little Pony]]'' according to [[The Other Wiki]]. And then there's all the anime and Canadian animation roles she's had, check out her [http://www.tabithastgermain.com/have-a-listen.html demo video] on her website. [[Shakugan no Shana|Shana]]? [[Black Lagoon|Roberta]]? [[Death Note|Naomi Misora]]? [[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy|Nazz]]? [[Jimmy Two-Shoes|Heloise]]? All her. Also on ''[[Martha Speaks]]'' she's everyone from the title character (a talking dog) to an 18-year old baby to an 80-year old lady. If that's not range I don't know what is!
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* Daisuke Namikawa is one of the voice actors pegged down in several roles that could be very much grate your skulls, playing the [[The Scrappy|irritating]] [[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam|Katz Kobayashi]], the [[Ax Crazy|rough and wild]] [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Michael Trinity]], the [[Bratty Half-Pint|super loud mouthed]] [[Sengoku Basara|Miyamoto Musashi]] or. However, he also had his share of straight, goody-two-shoes heroes such as the main character of ''[[Persona 4]]'', [[Odin Sphere|Cornelius]] or the remake voice of [[Star Ocean|Claude Kenni]]. Then, you've got the [[The Stoic|melancholic]], [[Manipulative Bastard|manipulative]] [[Beta Baddie]] [[Bleach|Ulquiorra Sciffer]] or the [[Manipulative Bastard|ultra-manipulative]] [[Big Bad]] Toutaku from ''[[Ikki Tousen]]'' amongst his portfolio. Then you'll never look at him the same again.
** He also does dubs of lots of famous actors like Brad Pitt, Anakin Skywalker, Elijah Wood...
** And he's [[Pokémon (anime)|Lucario]].
** He also voices BOTH [[Axis Powers Hetalia|North and South Italy]].
* [[Toshiyuki Morikawa]] does [[The Hero]] roles ([[Street Fighter|Ryu]], [[Tekkaman Blade|Takaya aka D-Boy]]), [[The Stoic]] roles ([[Super Robot Wars|Kyosuke]]), Evil Bastard roles ([[Tekken|Kazuya Mishima]], [[Final Fantasy VII|Sephiroth]])... very affable [[Hot Shoujo Dad]] that sounds so light ([[Shuffle|Forbessi]]) and loud-mouthed idiots ([[Slam Dunk|Nobunaga Kiyota]]).
* [[Miyuki Sawashiro]] is what some people call versatile, she can be voicing spunky boys with an cheery attitude like Milanor from ''[[Yggdra Union]]'' or Carl Clover from ''[[Blaz Blue]]'', a demanding [[The Ojou|Ojou]] such as Perrine or Shinku or cute bubbly Nekomimi girls like [[Mana Khemia Alchemists of Al Revis|Nike]] or [[Galaxy Angels|Mint]]. Younger characters are not her only forte either. [[Stripperiffic]] troubled [[Odin Sphere|Velvet]] and [[Little Miss Badass]] [[Woman Scorned]] [[Basilisk|Hotarubi]] would like a word for you.
* [[Takehito Koyasu]] has probably ''literally'' voiced a thousand roles... from [[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing|a fallen prince who fights for world peace]], to [[Turn
* Try pigeonholing [[Nobutoshi Canna]]. This man has voiced [[Badass|Badasses]] in many flavors, from laid back bad asses ([[GetBackers|Midou Ban]], [[Fate/stay night|Lancer]]), scary bad asses ([[Berserk|Guts]], [[Super Robot Wars|Axel Almer (not the silly type)]], [[Dynasty Warriors|Cao Pi]]) or goof off bad asses ([[Super Robot Wars|Silly Axel]], [[Fushigi Yuugi|Tasuki]]). If that's not enough, he also has two [[Bruce Lee Clone]] roles on his resume ([[Soul Series|Maxi]], [[Shaman King|Lee Pai Long]]), or someone who sounds like a clown ([[Bleach|Nnoitra Gilga]]). And, oh, you want to know who's behind the voice who yells [[Macross 7|"LISTEN TO MY SOOOOONGGGG!!!"]]? Yeah. Him too.
** He's also pulled off the sensitive young Nowaki in ''[[Junjou Romantica]]'', a startling contrast with... well... pretty much every character listed above. Canna's capable of bringing the smoove when called upon.
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* Gyula Szombathy voices ([[The Other Darrin|or has once voiced]]) [[Donald Duck]], [[Goofy]], Goofy's narrator, [[Porky Pig]], [[Pepe Le Pew]], Grandma Puckett in ''[[Hoodwinked]]'', [[Frasier]] Crane, [[Popeye]], Kaa from ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]'', Scuttle from ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'', Fagin from ''[[Oliver and Company]]'', Gizmoduck from ''[[DuckTales]]'', Mambo from ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'', Mung Daal from ''[[Chowder]]'', and Billy the rat from ''[[Cat City]]'' (Macskafogó). He also voices [[Steve Martin]] in the ''[[Pink Panther]]'' movies.
* István Mikó voices ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]'', Genie from ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', Quasimodo in ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'', Ray from ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'', Bernard from ''[[The Rescuers (Disney film)|The Rescuers]]'', Archimedes from ''[[The Sword in the Stone]]'', Barney Rubble in one of the several dubs of ''[[The Flintstones]]'' and is the official Hungarian voice of [[Robin Williams]].
* József Kerekes voices Peter Griffin from ''[[Family Guy]]'', Donkey from the [[Shrek]] franchise, Dale from Chip and Dale, Wildcat from ''[[Tale Spin]]'', Barney Rubble from a VHS-only ''[[Flintstones]]'' dub, Lumpy Space Princess in ''[[Adventure Time]]'', Pesto from ''[[Animaniacs]]'', Drix from ''[[Ozzy and Drix]]'', Roquefort from ''[[The Aristocats]]'', Chester from ''[[Kids Next Door]]'', Jimbo Kern from ''[[South Park]]'''s early seasons, Kowalski from ''[[Madagascar]]'' and its [[Sequel]] and [[Spin-Off|spin-offs]], and is the official Hungarian voice of [[Jim Carrey]].
* Gábor Seder provides the voices for ''[[Futurama]]'''s Bender, Quagmire from ''[[Family Guy]]'', Heatblast, Ghostfreak and probably a bunch of other aliens in ''[[Ben 10]]'', Dr. Blowhole from ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]'', all life-stages of Emrick the Petalar and about half the Lizard army in ''[[Thundercats 2011]]''. There's way more, but those are in his regular voice.
** How about Logan from ''[[Big Time Rush]]'', Angel from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Slips Python from ''[[My Gym Partner's a Monkey]]'', and Mike from ''[[Total Drama Island|Total Drama: Revenge of the Island]]''?
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