About
“Same Voice Actor” is an expression indicating that two or more fictional characters were voiced by the same person. Online, the phrase is often used to caption juxtaposed images of various video game, television and film characters.
Origin
On January 16th, 2009, the video game news blog GamesRadar[2] published an article about various video game characters who were performed by the same voice actor.
Spread
On May 3rd, 2010, the men’s interest blog Spike[5] published a listicle of fictional characters who were voice by the same actor. On October 22nd, 2012, the “Same Voice Actor” Tumblr[8] blog was launched, which highlights image macros juxtaposing two different anime characters voice by the same actor (shown below).
On November 12th, the Internet humor blog Smosh[7] published a listicle of notable cartoon characters using the same voice actor. On May 6th, 2013, a page for “Hey It’s That Voice” was created on TV Tropes[6] for examples of commonly used voice actors in animated works. On February 5th, 2014, the TeddyKGaming YouTube channel uploaded a video about various characters voiced by the same actor (shown below, left). Within two years, the video gained over 1.4 million views and 4,800 comments. On March 9th, TeddyKGaming uploaded a follow-up video with more notable voice actors (shown below, right).
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1]Dorkly – 45 Voice Actors You Didn’t Know Voiced Pretty Much Every Character Ever
[2]GamesRadar – Characters you never knew had the same voice actor
[3]Tumblr – Same Voice Actor
[4]DeviantArt – Search Results for ‘same voice actor’
[5]Spike – Top Nine Character You Didnt Know Shared the Same Voice
[6]TV Tropes – Hey Its That Voice
[7]Smosh – 10 Pairs Of Cartoon Characters You Didnt Know Were Voiced By The Same Actor
[8]Tumblr – Same Voice Actor