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Need a good voice for a [[Jerkass]]? Hire this guy.

[[Troy Baker]] is a voice actor from Texas whose forte seems to be playing [[0% Approval Rating|assholes]], be they heroic or villainous. On the other hand, though, he's also good at playing [[Plucky Comic Relief|comedic]] characters, even though some of them [[Obfuscating Stupidity|just might end up being the former when provoked]].

Recently he has been doing voiceover work in California and with this change his forte has switched to playing [[Magnificent Bastard|Magnificent Bastards]]. If he voices a character like this, expect a character voiced by [[Johnny Yong Bosch]] to oppose him. Also seems to like playing a [[Fake Brit]], generally either the [[Evil Brit]] or [[The Mean Brit]] <ref>Kazkis Proxy and Schneizel have that [[Ambiguously Gay]] [[Evil Brit]] thing going for them; November 11 and Excalibur are actually supposed to be British and have aspects of [[The Mean Brit]].</ref>

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{{examples|Notable roles from [[Troy Baker]]}}
* Terrance Brooke, as well as additional voices, in ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops|Call of Duty Black Ops]]''
* Lt. Col. Frank Archer in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]''
** {{spoiler|The second Greed}} in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]''
* Schneizel el Britannia in ''[[Code Geass]]''
* Sol Badguy in ''[[Guilty Gear]] 2: Overture''
* Jin Kariya in ''[[Bleach]]''
** He was also Ganryu in [[The Movie]] ''Bleach: Memories of Nobody''.
* Action Bastard in ''[[Crayon Shin-chan]]''
* Abel Nightroad in ''[[Trinity Blood]]'' (Who is [[Playing Against Type|the nicest guy in the world]])
* Kouga Gennosuke in [[Basilisk]]
* Yuri Lowell in ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]''
** [[Playing Against Type|Regal Bryant]] in ''[[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World]]'' (uncredited)
* Kanji Tatsumi in ''[[Persona 4]]''
** Eikichi 'Michel' Mishina in ''[[Persona 2]]''
* November 11 in ''[[Darker than Black]]''
* Excalibur in ''[[Soul Eater]]''
* [[Playing Against Type|Snow]] [[The Hero|Vill]][[The Idealist|iers]] in ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]''
* Zuuma in ''[[Slayers]] Revolution''
* Yun in ''[[Mana-Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy]]''
* Akatsuki Kain in ''[[Vampire Knight]]''
* Van Kleiss and Biowulf in ''[[Generator Rex]]''
* Kazkis Proxy in ''[[Ergo Proxy]]''
* Madarao and Kaguro in ''[[Kekkaishi]]''
* Markus Vaughn in ''[[Trauma Center]]''
* Yamato and Pain in ''[[Naruto]]''
* Random Army Rangers in ''[[Modern Warfare 2]]''
* [[Badass Bookworm|Jet]][[Defector From Decadence|fire]] in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]'', ''really'' playing against type; he was also Zeta Prime.
* [[Incredible Hulk|Makoto]] [[Shout-Out|Kawazu]] in ''[[Desert Punk]]''
* Mitsunari Ishida in ''[[Sengoku Basara]]: Samurai Heroes''
* Espio the Chameleon in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' (2010-current)
* Vincent Brooks in ''[[Catherine]]''
* Logan Thackeray in ''[[Guild Wars 2]]''
* Two-Face and Robin in ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
* Booker DeWitt in ''[[BioShock Infinite]]''
* Alec Mason in ''[[Red Faction]]: Guerilla''
* One of the voices for The Boss in ''[[Saints Row]] 3''
* [[The Danza|Appropriately]], as Sgt. Matt Baker in ''[[Brothers in Arms]]''
* Lord Valvatorez in ''[[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]]'', where he really [[Large Ham|puts those chords to good use.]]
* James in the Xbox 360/PS3 version of ''[[Silent Hill 2]]''
* [[Nova]] in ''Ultimate [[Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]''
* Zenith in ''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]''
* Whirlwind, Clay Quartermain, Grey Gargoyle, Blizzard, Ulik, Faradei, Groot, and Michael Korvac in ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes|Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes]]''
* [[Dirty Coward|Kai]] [[Complete Monster|Leng]] in ''[[Mass Effect 3]]''
* Siris in ''[[Infinity Blade]]''
* Pyrrhon, and Arlon in ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]''
* Migrant AC, Zodiac #3 and the second computer voice in ''[[Armored Core]] 5''
* Joel in ''[[The Last of Us]]''

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* [[Adorkable]]
* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: [[Soul Eater|Excalibur]] definitely counts.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Admit it, he's ''very'' cute.
** As of now, he has [http://troybakerfans.proboards.com a core fan club] of 35 people, only three of whom are male so far.
** He also tends to play these characters, regardless of whether they're assholes/evil or not.
* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: Whenever he plays a villain, expect them to have a deep voice.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Lately with writer/musician Brian Foster Kane.
* [[Large Ham]]: [[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten|Hammy? HAMMY?! I prefer the term sardiny]].
* [[Man of a Thousand Voices]]: As expected from a veteran Funimation voice actor residing in LA.
* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]
* [[Nerds Are Sexy]]
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Older Than They Look]]: He's 35, but his appearance would have you believe otherwise.
* [[One of Us]]: A few days after this [[TV Tropes]] page was posted on Troy's official Facebook fanpage, he mentioned at a convention the similarities between Ganryu and Kariya, and his PTSD whenever he sees [[Johnny Yong Bosch]]. Coincidence?
* [[Playing Against Type]]: [[Camp Gay|Shadow]] [[Persona 4|Kanji]]. Actual YouTube comment: "Why, Troy Baker, why?"
** If flamboyance could count as against type, then [[Persona 2|Eikichi]] probably qualifies too.
** His performance as [[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes|Michael Korvac]] seems to draw mostly from feelings of paranoia and fear.
** [[Final Fantasy XIII|Snow]] [[Final Fantasy XIII-2|Villiers]] is a famous example.
* [[Promoted Fanboy]]
* [[Self-Deprecation]]
* [[Shout-Out]]: If you meet him at a convention, ask him for one of these. [[Literal-Minded|Dare you.]] [[The Scream|Double dare you.]]
* [[Surreal Humor]]: That, or he's a bona fide [[Cloudcuckoolander]].

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