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[[File:TravisWillingham.jpg|frame|[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Animeanime)|When I become Roy Mustang, all female cast members will be required to wear...TINY MINISKIRTS!]]]]
 
If [[Authority Equals Asskicking|authority needs to kick some ass]], it needs a proper charismatic voice to do so.
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[[And the Fandom Rejoiced|Enter]] [[Travis Willingham]].
 
Travis Willingham is one of the more recent voice actors, originally starting out as Col. Roy Mustang in [[Fullmetal Alchemist (Animeanime)|the 2003 anime adaptation]] of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Mangamanga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]''. After that, he started getting [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor|pigeonholed]] into voicing characters that are either [[Badass|badasses]] or have a high rank or status, be it military or some other thing (not to mention a few characters [[Playing Withwith Fire]]). He is somewhat [[Memetic Mutation|memetically popular]] thanks to his infamous "tiny miniskirts" decree and the fact that "HE LOVES DOGS!" (and he actually ''[[Cuteness Proximity|does]]'' [[Cuteness Proximity|like cute things]] -- not hard to believe considering his recent role as [[Ouran High School Host Club|Mori-senpai]]). Like [[Vic Mignogna]] and [[Aaron Dismuke]]'s Risembool Rangers, his loyal Miniskirt Army follows him from con to con. He is among the few voice actors to also get many live-action roles.
 
In 2005, he become famous for his non-anime activities when he took on [[Monica Rial]] in a tequila shot contest after an AWA con. Needless to say, the result was hilarious and has come to be known as The Travis Willingham Tequila Story. Multiple versions were told; [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYZoe5ctqxI one by Vic Mignogna], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvkWJchjv6k&feature=related one by Monica Rial], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN8iWp1p5us&feature=fvwrel and one by the man himself].
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=== Anime Roles ===
* Roy Mustang in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Animeanime)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' and ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Mangamanga)|Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]''
* Portgas D. [[Bowdlerise|(Tr)]]Ace in ''[[Fan Nickname|FUN]] [[One Piece|Piece]]''
* Andreas Dalton in ''[[Code Geass]]''
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* The King of Gods in ''[[Shuffle]]!'' (with [[Vic Mignogna]] as the King of Demons)
* [[Large Ham|Tougou]] in ''[[School Rumble]]''.
* Kanda Yu in ''[[D Gray Man|D.Gray-Manman]]''
* The [[Badass]] monk Takigawa in [[Ghost Hunt (Manga)|Ghost Hunt]]
* [[The Incredible Hulk]], [[Fantastic Four|Human Torch]], Piledriver and Skurge the Executioner in ''[[The Super HeroSuperhero Squad Show]]''
* Free in ''[[Soul Eater]]''
* Iggy in ''[[Ergo Proxy]]''
* Christof Sievernich in ''[[Monster (Animemanga)|Monster]]''
* Toga Yagari in ''[[Vampire Knight]]''
* Amagiri in ''[[Darker Than Black]]''
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=== Video Game Roles ===
* Guile in ''[[Street Fighter IV (Video Game)|Street Fighter IV]]''
* Sideswipe in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]'' (also Hot Rod in the DS version)
* Knuckles the Echidna and Storm the Albatross in [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] (2010-current)
* Theodore in ''[[Persona 3 Portable]]''
* Relius Clover in ''[[Blaz Blue]]''
* Evan Bernard in ''[[Time Crisis|Time Crisis 4]]''
* Gabriel Cunningham in ''[[Trauma Center|Trauma Team]]''
* Cell in ''[[DragonballDragon Ball]]: Raging Blast'', ''Raging Blast 2'', and ''Tenkaichi Tag Team'' (replacing [[Dameon Clarke]])
** Was set to continue voicing Cell in ''[[Dragon Ball Kai]]'', but [[Dameon Clarke]] (Cell's original voice actor), opted to rejoin the project.
* Dan Marshall in ''[[Binary Domain]]''
* Yodai Higashizawa in ''[[The World Ends With You]]''
* Tadashi Nikaido in ''[[Devil Survivor (Video Game)|Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked]]''
* Johnny Ariga in ''[[Catherine (Video Game)|Catherine]]''
* Bacchus D-79 in ''[[Star Ocean the Last Hope (Video Game)|Star Ocean the Last Hope]]''
* Xu Huang and Zhou Tai in ''[[Dynasty Warriors]] 7''
 
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=== Tropes associated with Travis Willingham ===
* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: Though he got into it pretty late, he was a massive fan of Dragonball Z and therefore [[Jumped At the Call|jumped at the chance to voice an anime character.]] ''ANY'' anime character.
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: With [[Fullmetal Alchemist (Mangamanga)|Roy Mustang]] and among others.
* [[Badass]]: A lot of character he voices fit into this.
** [[Badass Baritone]]: A good factor as to why his vocal performances are so effective for this type of character.
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* [[Gentle Giant]]: Very tall, but can be a big sweetheart. Exhibit A: Playing [[Ouran High School Host Club|Mori]] for a Honey cosplayer at [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi4apf4hiHo Kawaii-Con].
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: As he's 6'3", he is most likely to be this with his wife [[Laura Bailey]].
* [[Kill It Withwith Fire]]: the modus operandi of several of the characters he has been cast as in his career, something he himself is happy to point out.
* [[Large Ham]]: Oh YEAH!!! There is a reason why he is called Travis Willing'''[[Incredibly Lame Pun|HAM]]'''! Apparently he auditioned for Armstrong in [[Fullmetal Alchemist (Animeanime)|the 2003 anime adaptation]] of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Mangamanga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', but got Roy's part instead.
** And then there's his performance as [[Bleach|Charlotte]], which is massively [[Playing Against Type]] but still manages to be so absurdly [[Camp Gay]] and FABULOUS it borders on ridiculous.
*** Going further than that, there is also [[Blaz Blue|Relius]]. Although given that he looks a lot like the [[Phantom of the Opera]], it was obvious he would be this. And thanks to some leaked footage of the English dub, his performance doesn't disappoint.
* [[Order Versus Chaos]]: if [[Authority Equals Asskicking]] rings a bell, a lot of his characters he voices will fall into the "order" side.
* [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor]]: normally the high authority/military figure or law-abiding character who [[Authority Equals Asskicking|shows his authority by kicking some ass]]. [[Fullmetal Alchemist (Mangamanga)|Roy Mustang]], [[Street Fighter|Guile]], and recently [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Knuckles]]. However, he is slowly moving away from his typecasting ever since he moved to California.
** Considering one of his most recent roles was [[Bleach|Char]][[Drag Queen|lotte]]...mission accomplished.
*** And now he's [[Blaz Blue|Relius Clover]], practically the furthest character from his pigeonhole, being a [[Mad Scientist]] [[Complete Monster]] and all. Unless you count that despite his atrocity, Relius is still one of the highest ranking member of NOL and one of the people who could've been stronger than Hazama, thereby adhering to [[Authority Equals Asskicking]].
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