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{{trope}}
There is [[The Other Darrin]], where a character is recast with a new actor due to various circumstances (death, legal, scheduling or backstage issues). This is the opposite, where after a prolonged period of time the character is played by the same actor.
This tends to come as a surprise that they were able to get the actor back, just because of the length of time involved and scheduling issues. Generally, this should be about relative extremes such as not showing up for
Compare [[Regular Character]], [[Recurring Character]], [[Remake Cameo]] and [[Back for
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== [[Anime]] ==
* ''[[Dragon Ball Kai]]'' got together most every possible voice actor who worked on the original series to voice the same character in the [[
* Inverted in the Japanese version of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (
* [[Spike Spencer]] was brought in to reprise his role as Shinji Ikari in the ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion]]'' movies, even though he's now a West Coast VA and [[FUNimation]] is located in Texas.
** And [[Tiffany Grant]] still voices Asuka in the second film, though she had already been doing some work for [[FUNimation]] since [[ADV Films]] closed down.
** They also brought Allison Keith-Shipp out of semi-retirement to voice Misato again.
* ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'' features a bizarre variation. For the role of Lynn Minmay in their English dub of the show, ADV cast Mari Iijima--''who had voiced the character in the Japanese version more than 20 years prior.''
== [[Film]] ==
* The ''[[Toy Story (
** As with everyone in [[Cars|''Cars 2'']] except for Fillmore, who is given a new voice actor due to the death of [[George Carlin]]; Red, who stopped speaking altogether due to the death of [[Joe Ranft]]; and {{spoiler|[[The Character Died
* One of the biggest accomplishments of the ''[[Harry Potter (
* [[Jeff Bridges]] reprising the role of Kevin Flynn in ''[[Tron
* One of the more impressive feats of getting the ''[[Star Trek]]'' movies was all of the original series characters being played by their original actors. Various bit characters played by bit actors also appeared in the movies, such as Yeoman Rand and Lieutenant Kyle.
** [[Leonard Nimoy]] reprising Spock in the 2009 ''[[Star Trek (
* [[Peter Cullen]], the original voice of Optimus Prime, reprised his role in the live-action ''[[Transformers]]'' films, [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]. Seriously. [[Unpleasable Fanbase|It may be the only thing they agree on.]]
** The filmmakers considered offering Megatron's original voice actor, [[Frank Welker]], the chance to reprise his role, but ultimately decided against it as the voice that Welker had used in the original cartoon would not fit with the redesigned look of the movie's version of Megatron and they felt that it was too iconic of a voice to ask him to change it. Welker did join the voice cast in the second and third movies to reprise the role of Soundwave, the other major Decepticon that he had voiced in the original cartoon, though his voice didn't have the heavy modulation that the original went through.
* When ''[[
* Quite a few ''[[Star Wars]]'' actors from the original movies showed up again for the prequels. Probably the most impressive example is Ian McDiarmid; having played the Emperor under heavy aging makeup in his mid-30s, he ended up being just about the right age to play the younger version with no makeup at all by the time the prequels rolled around. Anthony Daniels also returned as C-3PO. As a respect to the actor who portrayed the shakes and movements of R2-D2, Kenny Baker, they credited him in the prequels although by that time R2 was largely motorized or CG.
* Despite the length of time from the first to the fourth, [[Bruce Willis
* [[Harrison Ford]] plays ''[[
* [[Jeffrey Combs]] as Herbert West in ''Beyond [[Re
* Everyone in [[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|''The Hunchback of Notre Dame II'']] except [[The Other Darrin|Laverne the gargoyle]], due to the death of actress Mary Wickes.
* After George Lazenby's only role as James Bond in ''[[
** In 1980, [[Sean Connery]] came back as Bond in the Unofficial James Bond film ''[[
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[
* As a long-runner, ''[[
* ''[[
* The Pilot of ''[[Star Trek:
** Zephram Cochrane was played by James Cromwell in ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]'', and reprised the role 5 years later in a video cameo that bridges the events of that movie with ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''.
** Carolyn McCormick playing a memorable holographic character named Minuet in a first season episode, then reprised the role in a very brief but pivotal cameo 2 years later.
* The [[Milestone Celebration|200th]] ''[[NCIS]]'' episode "Life Before His Eyes" featured cameos from main and minor charaters from previous seasons, [[Back
* Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale reprised their roles from the original ''[[Perry Mason]]'' series in the TV movies, 19 years later.
* [[Power Rangers]] was known for bringing back older characters into later series as semi-regulars. For example:
** Jason Lee Scott (role reprised by Austin St John) in [[Power Rangers
** Tommy Oliver (role reprised by Jason David Frank) in [[Power Rangers Dino Thunder]]
** Bulk (role reprised by Paul Schrier) in [[Power Rangers Samurai]]
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Batman:
** ''[[DC Universe Online]]'' not only brought back Kevin Conroy for Batman and Mark Hamill for the Joker, but also Arleen Sorkin for Harley Quinn. Interestingly, they also brought back [[Corey Burton]] for the voice of Brainiac.
* ''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution
* ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' used the Disney voice actors in several languages.
* Not only is Peter Cullen back in the Transformers film series as Optimus Prime, but he also voiced Optimus Prime in [[War for Cybertron|''Transformers: War For Cybertron'']]
** Interestingly, the upcoming sequel [[Fall of Cybertron]] will feature [[Gregg Berger]] reprising his role of Grimlock.
* Michael Gough would return in Diablo2 and Diablo3, reprising his role of Deckard Cain in both games. Lani Minella would reprise her role as Adria the Witch in the latter game.
* [[Star Craft 2]] brought back Jim Raynor from the original [[
* While [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] was known for its [[The Other Darrin|''Other Darrin'']] status (First from the original voice cast to the 4Kids cast to the current cast), only one voice actor from the 4Kids realm returned to join the new cast, and that was [[Mike Pollock]] as Dr Eggman.
** Sonic's guest star status in [[Super Smash Bros Brawl]] featured [[Jason Griffith]] (Under the name Adam Caroleson) voicing the Hedgehog. Also, the addition of Solid Snake, the other guest star, featured [[David Hayter]] providing the voice in many unique ways(He's also joined by [[Paul Eiding]] as Colonel Roy Campbell, Christopher Randolph as Otacon and Kim Mai Guest as Mei Ling
* Here's an interesting approach for [[Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi|''Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3'']]. The Japanese dub of the game features the return of [[Mami Koyama]] as Arale Norimaki
* The Video Game remake of ''[[From Russia
* [[Clay Fighter|''Clayfighter 63 1/3'']] brought in many well-known voice actors like [[Jim Cummings]], [[Rob Paulsen]], [[Charlie Adler]] and [[Frank Welker]]. Ironically, there was one reprisal, and that's by [[Dan Castellaneta]] as [[Earthworm Jim]] from the animated cartoon series
* While the English-language release of ''[[Mafia: Definitive Edition]]'' saw an all-new cast, the Czech dub has most of the voice actors from the 2002 ''Mafia'' game return to reprise their roles.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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*** Also joining him was Susan Blu as Arcee, John Moschitta as Blurr and Judd Nelson for Rodimus Prime
* [[The Looney Tunes Show]] brought back Jeff Bergmann from [[Tiny Toon Adventures]] and early 90s Looney Tunes Shorts for Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Tweety and Foghorn Leghorn. Jim Cummings is back as Taz, Bob Bergen is back as Porky and June Foray is back as Granny. Sadly, due to her aging voice, she was unable to voice Witch Hazel(Now Witch Lezah)
* [[Star Trek:
** To add to this, Walter Koenig wrote one episode for the series: The Infinite Vulcan
* ''[[Western Animaiton/Batman The Braveandthe Bold|Batman The Braveandthe Bold]]'' featured a Pre-episode short called Space Safari, which was a crossover between Batman and [[Western Animaiton/Space Ghost|Space Ghost]]. To sweeten the deal, [[Gary Owens]], the original voice of Space Ghost, returns to reprise his role.
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