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[[Rob Paulsen (Creator)|Gee, Mr. LaMarche, what do you want to do tonight?]]
 
[[Pinky and The Brain (Animation)|The same thing we do every night, Paulsen]]...[[Take Over the World|try to take over the world]]!
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Over the next five years, LaMarche's career would gradually progress, playing comedy clubs all over the U.S., with several appearances on Merv Griffin and ''An Evening At The Improv'', but in spite of such interest, LaMarche always believed that, while his impersonations and stage presence were strong, he needed to develop funnier comedy material. Despite being so critical of himself, LaMarche would be granted the opportunity of being part of the 1985 HBO production, Rodney Dangerfield Hosts the 9th Annual Young Comedians Special, on which also appeared Bob Saget, Rita Rudner, Louie Anderson, Yakov Smirnov, and the breakout first appearance of Sam Kinison. Although he was received (and reviewed) favorably, in looking back on his own performance in that special, LaMarche believed he was "probably about five years away from going from being a good comedian to being a great comedian" and being the "only impressionist that actually comes from somewhere". Unfortunately, LaMarche wouldn't get that chance.
 
On March 9, 1987, [[Maurice La MarcheLaMarche]]'s father was murdered, shot to death by a lifelong friend in a Toronto hotel lobby, in front of dozens of witnesses. [[Creator Breakdown|This sent LaMarche into depression and alcoholism for the next two years, effectively stalling his stand up career]]. After getting sober on Inauguration Day in 1989, LaMarche embarked again into the world of his first love, standup comedy, in the early part of 1990. However, just as he was regaining lost momentum, tragedy struck once more, as his eighteen-year-old sister was killed in a car accident in September of that year. At this point, though he remained sober, LaMarche decided he just couldn't do standup comedy anymore.
 
{{quote| ''"Oh, that's it. I don't have any funny left in me. I'm done."''}}
 
[[Maurice La MarcheLaMarche]] 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 (Animation)|The Real Ghostbusters]]''. After ''[[The Real Ghostbusters (Animation)|The Real Ghostbusters]]'', LaMarche became a regular mainstay of the voiceover industry appearing in such shows as ''[[Tale Spin (Animation)|Tale Spin]]'', ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures (Animation)|Tiny Toon Adventures]]'', ''[[G.I. Joe]]'', ''[[Attack of the Killer Tomatoes]]: The Animated Series'', ''[[Taz-Mania]]'', ''[[Where's Waldo]]'', ''[[The Little Mermaid (Animationanimation)|The Little Mermaid]]'', ''[[Batman: The Animated Series (Animation)|Batman the Animated Series]]'', and ''[[Bonkers (Animation)|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 (Animation)|Freakazoid]]!'', and ''[[The Tick]]'' before being cast in ''[[Extreme Ghostbusters (Animation)|Extreme Ghostbusters]]''. The stretch of two years after this saw LaMarche portray characters in such shows as ''[[Duckman]]'', ''[[Hey Arnold (Animation)|Hey Arnold]]!'', ''[[King of the Hill]]'', and ''[[Sonic Underground (Animation)|Sonic Underground]]''. It was at this time, 1999, that [[Maurice La MarcheLaMarche]] began work on ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]''. Since ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'' he has continued to work steadily in television, including guest roles on ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|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]].
 
His time on ''[[The Critic]]'' also afforded LaMarche the opportunity to once again parody Welles, this time after a video reading of a will (the Critic's family was so wealthy, they'd hired [[Orson Welles]] to narrate it) dissolves into a commercial for Mrs. Pells Fishsticks (as well as another for Rosebud Frozen Peas, and another for Blotto Bros. wine). Finally, he provided the voice of Welles in a scene for [[Tim Burton]]'s ''[[Ed Wood (Filmfilm)|Ed Wood]]'', in which Welles delivers [[An Aesop]] to the eponymous struggling filmmaker. Welles' body was played in that scene by Vincent D'Onofrio.
 
LaMarche is also well known for his legendary belching. Think of Wakko Warner letting one loose. That's Maurice LaMarche. ''With no computer effects''.
 
=== Some of Maurice LaMarche's more prominent roles include: ===
* The Brain in ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'' and ''[[Pinky and The Brain (Animation)|Pinky and The Brain]]''
* Chief Quimby in ''[[Inspector Gadget]]''
** LaMarche also plays Gadget himself these days. He got his start as Don Adams' singing double in ''[[Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas]]'', and started doing the voice proper in ''Inspector Gadget's Last Case.''.
* George Wilson in ''[[Dennis the Menace]]''
* Dr. Egon Spengler in ''[[The Real Ghostbusters (Animation)|The Real Ghostbusters]]'' and ''[[Extreme Ghostbusters (Animation)|Extreme Ghostbusters]]''
* Zoltan in ''[[Attack of the Killer Tomatoes]]''
* Dizzy Devil in ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures (Animation)|Tiny Toon Adventures]]''
* Aloysius 'Al' Vermin in ''[[Bonkers (Animation)|Bonkers]]''
* Verminous Skumm in ''[[Captain Planet]]''
* Jeremy Hawke and most of the male celebrities in ''[[The Critic]]''
* Longhorn in ''[[Freakazoid (Animation)|Freakazoid]]''
* Handy in ''[[The Tick]]''
* Reverend Thomason in ''[[King of the Hill]]''
* Mortimer Mouse in ''[[House of Mouse]]''
* Big Bob Pataki in ''[[Hey Arnold (Animation)|Hey Arnold]]''
* Sleet in ''[[Sonic Underground (Animation)|Sonic Underground]]''
* Master Fung in ''[[Xiaolin Showdown (Animation)|Xiaolin Showdown]]''
* [[Big Bad|Father]] in ''[[Codename Kids Next Door (Animation)|Codename: Kids Next Door]]''
* Stan Freezoid and about half of the classic [[Hanna-Barbera]] characters in ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney Atat Law]]''
* The Chief in ''[[Tak and Thethe Power of Juju]]''
* Principal Pixiefrog in ''[[My Gym Partner's a Monkey (Animation)|My Gym Partners a Monkey]]''
* Morbo, Kif, Calculon, Lrr, and others in ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'' (in a commentary, LaMarche admits that Lrr, Morbo and the Horrible Gelatinous Blob are basically all the same voice with different amounts of grumbling)
* Mr. Freeze in ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
* The Grand Master Wizard in ''[[Adventure Time (Animation)|Adventure Time]]''
* Avocado Soldier in the ''[[Axe Cop (Webcomic)|Axe Cop]]'' motion comic
* The garbage man in the animated adaptation of ''[[Dilbert (Animationanimation)|Dilbert]]''
* [[One-Scene Wonder]] character Sixgun in ''[[The Transformers (Animationanimation)|The Transformers]]''
* [[Doctor Doom]] in ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man (TVanimation)|Ultimate Spider-Man]]''
* And of course, [[Orson Welles]] in... pretty much anything where he's allowed to do the impression.
 
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[[Rob Paulsen|Gee, Mr. LaMarche, what do you want to do tomorrow night?]]<br /><br />[[Book Ends|The same thing we do every night,]] [[Rob Paulsen (Creator)|Paulsen]]...Try to take over the--<br /><br />'''''<big>[[The Stinger|Stingers]] [[Futurama (Animation)|do not work that way!]] [[Memetic Mutation|Good night!]]</big>'''''
 
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