10 sets of cartoon characters with exactly the same voice

10 Scooby-Doo and Astro

The Jetsonswhich debuted as a prime-time show The series became a classic in 1962, but it did not regain that status until the 1980s, when it was re-aired on Saturday mornings with new episodes. And so, when Scooby-Doo came in 1969, six years after The Jetsons was canceled, voice actor Don Messick thought nothing of reusing Astro’s voice for the brand new, mysterious dog.

9 Tommy Pickles and Buttercup

Interesting fact No. 1: Buttercup from The Powerpuff Girls and Tommy Pickles from The Rugrats are both voiced by EG Daily (Buttercup has more attitude than the lump-headed Tommy though). Fun Fact #2: Daily played Dottie in Pee-wee’s big adventure.

8th Raphael and Donatello

If that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles When the series was rebooted for Nickelodeon in 2012, showrunner Ciro Nieli wanted to honor the franchise’s history and cast Rob Paulsen, the original Raphael, as his new Donatello.

7 Bob Belcher and Coach McGuirk

H. Jon Benjamin‘s voice can be heard throughout modern animations. You can currently hear her as Bob from Bob’s Burgersbut Benjamin also played Coach McGuirk in the Adult Swim show Home Videos and Benjamin Katz in Dr. Katz, specialist therapist.

6 The Mad Hatter and King Candy

Unlike the previous entries, the Mad Hatter from Disney’s Alice in Wonderland and King Candy from Destroy it Ralph did not have the same voice actor – the films were released 61 years apart, after all. They sound similar, however, because when Alan Tudyk voiced King Candy, he was imitating the legendary vaudeville comedian Ed Wynn, who voiced the Mad Hatter.

5 Kermit and Ernie

Jim Henson may have been a visionary, but his singing style had its limitations, which is why there isn’t much difference in sound between Kermit and Ernie. Henson also used pretty much the same voice for Rowlf the Dog and Doctor Teeth, except Doctor Teeth is growlier.

4 Marty Sherman and Gosalyn Mallard

Jay Sherman’s son Marty from The critic was voiced by the late Christine Cavanaugh, who lent her voice to many cartoon characters, including Gosalyn Mallard from Darkwing Duck. The characters debuted just three years apart, but had completely different target audiences. And aside from their voices, they are nothing alike. Case in point: one of them is a duck.

3 Peter Griffin and Ted

When Ted came out in 2012, Seth MacFarlane had already provided his Peter Griffin voice on family Guy for 13 years; yet he decided to use exactly the same voice for the raw teddy bear. In my opinion, once a voice has reached a certain level of fame, it should be used for only this character. Just imagine how strange it would be if Homer Simpson’s voice suddenly appeared as an animal sidekick in a Disney movie – no one would ever allow that.

2 Orson Welles and the Brain

Pinky and the Brain were based on the animation writers Eddie Fitzgerald and Tom Minton, but voice actors Maurice LaMarche did not know this when he was asked to write The Brain in AnimaniacsSo he imitated his favorite actor, Orson Welles. In the end, he turned out to be a perfect match for the megalomaniac mouse and it stuck.

LaMarche even warmed up for the role by repeating Welles’ infamous radio tape in which he argues with a voice actorand Brains “Nyah!” was born from a Wine commercial starring a drunken Welles.

In addition to The Brain, LaMarche has perfected his Orson Welles imitation for The simpsons, The critic and the movie Ed Woodamong others.

1 Stimpy and Larry Fine

When Billy West did the voice for Stimpy, he did an imitation of Larry Fine out of The Three Stooges. And for the pedants out there who want to tell me that Larry Fine wasn’t a cartoon character, the man lent his voice to several different animated versions of himself – not to mention that the Three Stooges were pretty much live-action cartoon characters anyway.