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{{quote|[[Rob Paulsen|Gee, Mr. LaMarche, what do you want to do tonight?]]
[[Pinky and The Brain|The same thing we do every night, Paulsen]]...[[Take Over the World|try to take over the world]]! {{color|white|OF COURSE!}}}}▼
▲[[Pinky and The Brain|The same thing we do every night, Paulsen]]...[[Take Over the World|try to take over the world]]!
Yup, he is best known for the voice of The Brain in ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]''. In creating the voice for Brain, LaMarche says he looked at a picture of the character and immediately thought of [[Orson Welles]], although the character wasn't modeled after Welles. Voicing Brain gave LaMarche the opportunity to make use of his signature impersonation of Welles. Many Pinky and the Brain episodes are nods to Welles' career. LaMarche won an Annie Award for his role as the Brain.
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{{quote|''"Oh, that's it. I don't have any funny left in me. I'm done."''}}
[[Maurice LaMarche]] began voice-acting on ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' (and even appeared onscreen as Gadget in a couple of live-action segments of ''[[The Super Mario Bros Super Show]]'') and went on to ''[[Dennis the Menace]]'', ''Popeye and Son'' and ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]''. After ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'', LaMarche became a regular mainstay of the voiceover industry appearing in such shows as ''[[Tale Spin]]'', ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'', ''[[G.I. Joe]]'', ''[[Attack of the Killer Tomatoes]]: The Animated Series'', ''[[Taz-Mania]]'', ''[[Where's Waldo]]'', ''[[The Little Mermaid (animation)|The Little Mermaid]]'', ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'', and ''[[Bonkers]]'' before landing perhaps his most recognized role in 1993 as The Brain. Following this, LaMarche worked on ''[[The Critic]]'' (he once voiced 29 characters in one 30 minute episode), ''[[Freakazoid!]]!'', and ''[[The Tick (animation)]]'' before being cast in ''[[Extreme Ghostbusters]]''. The stretch of two years after this saw LaMarche portray characters in such shows as ''[[Duckman]]'', ''[[Hey Arnold!]]!'', ''[[King of the Hill]]'', and ''[[Sonic Underground]]''. It was at this time, 1999, that [[Maurice LaMarche]] began work on ''[[Futurama]]''. Since ''[[Futurama]]'' he has continued to work steadily in television, including guest roles on ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' (where he once again parodied Orson Welles).
LaMarche acted, voice only, in the second episode of the hit [[NBC]] show ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', ''Don't Look Back'', as the villain Sylar. His voice is heard in a chilling recorded phone conversation on Chandra Suresh's answering machine. The role of Sylar was later played by [[Zachary Quinto]].
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* Verminous Skumm in ''[[Captain Planet]]''
* Jeremy Hawke and most of the male celebrities in ''[[The Critic]]''
* Longhorn in ''[[Freakazoid!]]''
* Handy in ''[[The Tick (animation)]]''
* Reverend Thomason in ''[[King of the Hill]]''
* Mortimer Mouse in ''[[House of Mouse]]''
* Big Bob Pataki in ''[[Hey Arnold!]]''
* Sleet in ''[[Sonic Underground]]''
* Master Fung in ''[[Xiaolin Showdown]]''
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