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* Averted at the last minute on ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]''. When ''Futurama'' was set to create new episodes for [[Comedy Central]], FOX scared fans by stating that the original voice actors ([[Billy West]], [[Married With Children|Katey Sagal]], John DiMaggio, [[Lauren Tom]], et al.) would be replaced due to a pay dispute. The pay dispute was settled and the original voice actors continued to do the show.

** Also played straight and mixed in with [[What Could Have Been]] with Zapp Brannigan. Originally, Phil Hartman was supposed to voice Zapp Brannigan when ''Futurama'' was in its pre-production phase. When Hartman was murdered by his wife, Billy West was cast instead.

* ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'':

*** Almost. Carl Stevens played a 10-year-old Fred in [[A Pup Named Scooby Doo]].

*** Not even Scrappy has been safe from this! His original voice actor, Lennie Weinrib, left the franchise shortly after the original "Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Show", and was replaced with Don Messick in pretty much all media until the character was written off the franchise. When Scrappy re-appeared in later media such as commercials, and his role as a villain in the live action movie, Scrappy has been voiced by Scott Innes.

** A brief in-series example: At one point, Mozenrath's voice actor Jonathan Brandis was unavailable, so he ended up being voiced by Jeff Bennett for one episode. Brandis returned as Mozenrath's voice in subsequent episodes.

* Played straight, parodied and [[Lampshaded]] in ''[[Re Boot]]''. When Bob returns from being lost in the net in Season 3, he has a new look and a new voice actor. In Season 4, a second Bob, supposedly the User's backup, with the original look and voice shows up, and Dot notes he sounds more like the "real" Bob. She nearly marries this Bob, but {{spoiler|of course he was [[The Dragon|Megabyte]] in disguise using his new [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Trojan]] [[Shape Shifter|Horse]] [[Master of Disguise|capabilities]].}}

* In the new CGI ''[[Star Wars the Clone Wars]]'' series, Jar Jar Binks was voiced in the launch movie and one subsequent episode by his original film performer Ahmed Best, but was inexplicably replaced for all subsequent episodes by one BJ Hughes, apparently a Lucasfilm employee.

** Ahmed Best returned for a Season 3 episode, "Supply Lines".

** Ironically, Coulier also replaced Peter Venkman's voice actor in ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]''.

*** Here's another thing: Dave Coulier sounds more like Bill Murray than Rick Moranis.

** In the 4Kids version, Caren Manuel voiced Stella for the first season, but she was replaced with Christina Rodriguez for the last two seasons of the 4Kids run, though she did continue her role of Darcy. In addition, Dani Schaffel quit her role as Tecna after the second season, and the character was voiced by Rebecca Soler for the third and final season of 4Kids version.

** In the Cinelume English version created for international markets, Bloom was notably voiced by Helena Evangeliou for the first 3 seasons of the show before taking leave and was replaced with Angela Galuppo for the fourth season. Lezlie Karls voiced Tecna for all of the first season, as well as a few episodes of the second before she left, the role subsequently went to Jodie Resther for the rest of Season 2, as well as all of seasons 3 and 4. Sarah McCullough voiced Musa until a few episodes into the third season before the character was recast with Anik Matern.

* In ''[[Bobby's World]]'', Bobby's older brother, Derek, was voiced by Kevin Smets in the first five seasons; for the remainder of the series, he was voiced by Pamela Adlon because Smets had gone through puberty.

* In ''[[Fantastic Four (Animation)|Fantastic Four]]'', Brian Austin Green—yes, ''[[Beverly Hills 90210|that]]'' Brian Austin Green—as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch was replaced by [[Quinton Flynn]] in the second season.

** Also, T.J.'s older sister, Becky, was played by [[Sabrina the Teenage Witch|Melissa Joan Hart]] in the movie. In ''Taking the Fifth Grade'', she's replaced with [[Tara Strong]].

* This happened in ''[[Sabrina the Animated Series]]'' when it became ''Sabrina's Secret Life''. Emily Hart (Melissa Joan Hart (the live-action Sabrina)'s younger sister) played her in the regular series, only to be replaced by [[Baby Looney Tunes|Britt McKillip]] for the spin-off. Nick Bakay was replaced by [[Maurice La Marche]] as the voice of Salem, and Hilda and Zelda got replaced as well. The only character without a voice switch was Harvey, whose voice actor continued doing his voice, but made his voice a little lower. The changes were due to Bunea Vista and Melissa Joan Hart no longer producing (as well as pre-production companies [[Eek the Cat|Savage Studios]] and [[Doug|Jumbo Pictures]] leaving), leaving [[Di C]] by themselves to have to hire a new production and voice team.

** The first VA for Garfield was Scott Beach, done for a cat food commercial. Lorenzo Music voiced him from ''Here Comes Garfield'' through the end of ''Garfield and Friends'', and for subsequent appearances until his 2001 death. [[Frank Welker]] took over for all subsequent animated appearances, and [[Bill Murray]] voiced him in [[The Movie]].

* In ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants (Animation)|SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', Man Ray's first appearance in "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V" was voiced by Guy Siner and John Rhys-Davies. Man Ray's subsequent appearances have been voiced by Bob Joles.

* ''[[Captain Planet and The Planeteers]]'' changed the majority of the voice cast of its villains after the first season, probably because the originals were rather high profile and cost more to use.

* Before ''[[Megas XLR]]'' became a full-fledged series, the voice of Gorrath was [[Mick Foley]] (yes, ''[[WWE|that]]'' Mick Foley) in the short "Lowbrow". When "Lowbrow" was reworked into the first episode of ''[[Megas XLR]]'', [[Clancy Brown]] took over as Gorrath's voice.

** [[Fan Nickname|Bonbon]] is probably better known for this than any other pony. Out of the few speaking lines she has, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhp4JoEVhuc compare how different they are.]

* [[Secret Squirrel]] and Morocco Mole: [[Mel Blanc]] and Paul Frees in the original, Jess Harnell and Jim Cummings in the 1993 retool.