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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 the Finale]].
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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 (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]'', where most of the roles were recast despite only a few years passing after the first anime finished. The English dub, by contrast, uses almost the exact ''same'' cast as [[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|the 2003 adaptation]].
* [[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 (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' series managed to have the same actor (John Morris) who played Andy as a kid, adolescent and young adult through all three films, with the third movie being made 11 years after the second movie. The characters grew up in approximate real time, 15 years have passed in real life and Andy aged about 12 years. All of the main characters are also voiced by the same actors, with only one (Slinky) being recast due to Jim Varney's death.
** 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 with Him|Doc Hudson]]}}.
* One of the biggest accomplishments of the ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter]]'' movies was keeping all of the same actors who played various parts in the same role over the course of ''a decade'' and
* [[Jeff Bridges]] reprising the role of Kevin Flynn in ''[[Tron: Legacy]]'' after more than 25 years.
* 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 (film)|Star Trek]]'' film, after not having played the character since 1991's ''[[Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country]]''. This is somewhat ironic, as he almost didn't show up in the original movies due to not being interested in playing Spock anymore. He ended up playing his character longer than anyone else.
* [[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.]]
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* When ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'' was revived as a film two decades after the series ended, the same actor returned to play Charlie.
* 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 ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' in the first three movies (1981, 1984 and 1989), and then reprised the role in the [[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull|fourth movie]] from 2008. Karen Allen also reprised the role of Marion Ravenwood from the first movie.
* [[Jeffrey Combs]] as Herbert West in ''Beyond [[Re-Animator]]''. Explaining in an interview that West had been in prison for 13 years, the interviewer asked Combs if he'd be wearing aging make up. The answer was no, he was actually 13 years older.
* 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 ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]'', [[Sean Connery]] came back as James Bond for ''[[Diamonds Are Forever]]'' before [[Roger Moore]] took over in ''[[Live and Let Die (film)|Live and Let Die]]''.
** In 1980, [[Sean Connery]] came back as Bond in the Unofficial James Bond film ''[[Never Say Never Again]]''.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' pulled off a rather impressive string of actors reprising their characters in a single scene in the 7th season opener, with all previous [[Big Bad
* As a long-runner, ''[[Doctor Who]]'' has done this several times. The 2005 revival includes [[Elisabeth Sladen]] reprising her role as Sarah Jane Smith in "School Reunion", and later in spinoff ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', which also featured appearances from Jo Grant and the Brigadier, while Peter Davison reappeared as [[The Nth Doctor|the Fifth Doctor]] in "Time Crash".
* ''[[Smallville]]'': Michael Rosenbaum was brought back as [[Lex Luthor]] for the [[Grand Finale]], despite having been [[Killed Off for Real]] several seasons earlier.
* The Pilot of ''[[Star Trek: The
** 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:
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** 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
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* The Video Game remake of ''[[From Russia with Love]]'' featured, for the first time since ''[[Never Say Never Again]]'', the return of [[Sean Connery]] as James Bond.
* [[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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