Worst Voice ever....

[Jester]

Which was the worst TMNT voice?? Come on spill, we know someone has an opinion...

[ZariusTwo]

1. ZACH, I love that character, but you can't tolerate those kind of voices

2. Non-Avery Shredder, you gotta feel sorry for the imitiators who try and pull off the voice

3. Venus: She sounds like a ditz...then again she's a ditz PERIOD.

[Jester]

what do u think of the voices in the new TMNT toy comertials....yikes...."I wanted a meatball sub......horendus....

[TheRATKING]

3. Venus: She sounds like a ditz...then again she's a ditz PERIOD.

:lol: :lol: well said i agree :lol: :lol:

[Deathknight]

1989 and 1993 Raphael Alternative. God his voice was horrible, it didn't fit Raphael's character at all.

[Taloniss]

The new toy commercials. They're horrendous. Just get the regular voices, I'm begging you.

[Jester]

i totaly agree...the new figs with DVD have the comertials...and god those voices are terible....

[Jarrah White]

3. Venus: She sounds like a ditz...then again she's a ditz PERIOD.

:lol: :lol: well said i agree :lol: :lol:

Not this again :roll:

The voices I find really bad are the voices of the old show turtles. Raph's voice doesn't sound angry or agressive and his sarcasum quickly became annoying. Leo sounds thirty years older, Donatello is no better. As for Mike, let's just say I would have thought listening to George W Bush's speeches was torture enough. At far too many times I wanted to cover my ears because the voice actors were so dreadful. The new show really improves on the character's voices.

[Buslady]

ahh it was a toss up between tmnt 3 splinter and the commercials...stupid ads...

[TheRATKING]

i liked the old toon voices they were good for the most part they were not the way they would have sounded like in comics but hey it wasnt the comics and it was for kids.

[Taloniss]

Raph's voice doesn't sound angry or agressive

Maybe because he wasn't angry or agressive in the old show?

[TheRATKING]

Raph's voice doesn't sound angry or agressive

Maybe because he wasn't angry or agressive in the old show?

exactly

[Jarrah White]

Still his voice was terrible.

[TheRATKING]

Still his voice was terrible.
okay thats your opinion and ill respect that but i actually like it alot it was one of my favs. and the sarcastic stuff was great i used to love that stuff, i think thats where i picked up my wise ass side

[ZariusTwo]

Spitting on the godly voices of the original Ninja Turtles cartoon characters...that, laides and gentlemen is typical of Jarrah White :roll:

[TheRATKING]

isnt there a no bashing the old toon rule or something?

[Jo Dawn]

isnt there a no bashing the old toon rule or something?

Yes there is... opinions are opinions, guys... I don't wanna see anyone get warned! :)

[Dane E5R]

Yea. He's welcome to his opinion.

[ZariusTwo]

Yea. He's welcome to his opinion.

Yeah, of course, except he keeps FORCING his opinion on everyone, and expects everyone to agree with him, as if he somehow matters in this fandom, which is far from the truth.

He IS welcome to his own humble opinions...as long as he only states them once and does'nt try to enforce what he thinks on everyone else, people WILL disagree with others.

I hated it when he again stated "Not this again" earlier in this thread with my little line about Venus...which was meant as a joke for those who DO hate her guts, I mean, get the hell over it for god's sake, people WILL hate her and will make fun of her if they want to

[Jarrah White]

I'm not forcing my opinion down anyone's throat, I simple stated I dislike the voices. I have no problem with people liking them.

As for that 'Not this again' comment I made, sad to say it's difficult to miss the majority of anti-Venus/anti-NM posts. You've made yourself clear that you don't like the show, that's cool, just please cut back on bashing it. It's gotten to the point now I feel like I'm at some cocktail party having a lovly time, then all of a sudden the guy from work who won't leave me alone and can't stop pestering me about his favorite episode of Everybody loves Raymond is coming my way.

[Peanut]

:x I'M SICK OF YOU TWO! JUST SHUT UP! SHUT THE HELL UP!

[Jarrah White]

Now, now, stay calm and polite, Michaelangelo. :wink:

[Peanut]

When you saw him post that you should have just left well enough alone. You're only going to get yourself in trouble.

[DrSpengler]

I'm not forcing my opinion down anyone's throat, I simple stated I dislike the voices. I have no problem with people liking them.

As for that 'Not this again' comment I made, sad to say it's difficult to miss the majority of anti-Venus/anti-NM posts. You've made yourself clear that you don't like the show, that's cool, just please cut back on bashing it. It's gotten to the point now I feel like I'm at some cocktail party having a lovly time, then all of a sudden the guy from work who won't leave me alone and can't stop pestering me about his favorite episode of Everybody loves Raymond is coming my way.

You're not gonna go and make another Next Mutation thread after this, are you?

[Machias Banshee]

If they try, this threads gonna be locked. Maybe we can have a NM filter made as well... :evilgrin:

[ZariusTwo]

HOORAH! :lol: :P

[Machias Banshee]

that would also mean that you couldnt bash it either... :P

[Zachatello00]

Someone mentioned the Alternate Raph voice, there was also an alternate voice for Donnie and Bebop. It was so...wrong. I remember one episode (super rocksteady and mighty bebop i think, at least it's on that video) where the alternate Donnie get's his head bumped. The turtles say, "are you okay, Donatello?" To which, alternate voice Don replies;"Donatello, who's Donatello?"

To which I replied: "Not you, sucka!" :tthumbsd:

[remain in light]

I remember one episode (super rocksteady and mighty bebop i think, at least it's on that video) where the alternate Donnie get's his head bumped. The turtles say, "are you okay, Donatello?" To which, alternate voice Don replies;"Donatello, who's Donatello?"

To which I replied: "Not you, sucka!" :tthumbsd:

Heh, yeah, the alternative Don and Raph voices ticked me off when I was growing up, too. Wasn't Don's alternative VA also Scooter on Muppet Babies? I voted for the stoopid commerical voices, though. They make baby Jesus cry.

[Zachatello00]

That's right! It was scooter, i forgot about that.

[Jester]

ok.....i didn't intend this thread to be a NT:TNM bashing or support post.....it's just a forum for ur opinion on the absolute worst TMNT voices and if Jarrah wants to disagree and post jis opinion then let him. I didn't see enough NM eps to say...but i've heard that that's one rerason for the hate...please don't go at eachother's throth...again.....

[raphael_is_cool]

One thing I seem to notice is that while Zarius claims Jarrah is forcing his opinion on others (which he isn't really he just 'talks' a lot) Zarius is actually forcing his own upon Jarrah
Just an observation

Oh and on topic, I've never heard TNM voices but (and buslady won't be happy with me on this) I hate Raphael's voice in the first and second films (can't remember the third)

[Machias Banshee]

They both force each other's opinions. We know them, they've made it known, They should just accept that people disagree with them and shut it.


As for the voice. I gotta say Splinter from the third movie. Blah, I wanted to hide when he spoke... :dead:

[TheRATKING]

Oh and on topic, I've never heard TNM voices but (and buslady won't be happy with me on this) I hate Raphael's voice in the first and second films (can't remember the third)

i like that voice now but i remember that when i was a kid i didnt like it i dont know why tho :-?

[raphael_is_cool]

i like that voice now but i remember that when i was a kid i didnt like it i dont know why tho :-?

Are you saying I'm immature? :| :lol:

[Orochi Chimera]

I definitely didn't like the alternative voices for Raph or Shredder.

[Jephael]

Someone mentioned the Alternate Raph voice, there was also an alternate voice for Donnie and Bebop. It was so...wrong. I remember one episode (super rocksteady and mighty bebop i think, at least it's on that video) where the alternate Donnie get's his head bumped. The turtles say, "are you okay, Donatello?" To which, alternate voice Don replies;"Donatello, who's Donatello?"

To which I replied: "Not you, sucka!" :tthumbsd:

LOL, I remember that one. You're thinking of the scene in "The Mutagen Monster" which was included in the "Super Rocksteady and Mighty Bebop" video. I never really minded the substitute voices for the turtles, or Krang for that matter. However, I did mind it when they replaced Avery with Jim Cummings as Shredder. It just wasn't the appropriote quality.

[ZariusTwo]

They both force each other's opinions. We know them, they've made it known, They should just accept that people disagree with them and shut it.


As for the voice. I gotta say Splinter from the third movie. Blah, I wanted to hide when he spoke... :dead:

Yeah, I did'nt pay much attention to it

"Ha Ha I made a funny"=GOLD

[Krangfan]

Oh God, hard choices! Well, I don't really recall seeing much of any alternate Shredder voices, but I didn't like what I DID hear.

Splinter's third movie voice was also horrible

and in Next Mutation, I saw a clip, and I think it was Raph who sounded like Carlos from Transformers Armada ( :dead: :dead: :x )

and the new toy commericals...... BLAH! :dead:


where's the "I can't choose they're all pretty bad" option?

[Zachatello00]

LOL, I remember that one. You're thinking of the scene in "The Mutagen Monster" which was included in the "Super Rocksteady and Mighty Bebop" video.

yeah, that's right. Thanks man. I knew it was one of them. I don't own that one myself. Since I"m posting, i'll do another one that I never really like. Casey Jones in the old toon. For starters, he was SEVERELY underused, for the second, his voice was horrible. Kinda reminds me of old Clint Eastwood movies. Was Casey in any of the video's that got released?

[Serp]

Yeah the Toy commercial voices a cruddy.

[Zachatello00]

I have a comic book/tape set where the tape bascially reads the comic to you. Those voices are ungodly.

[Drtooth]

I'd have to say the commercial turtles... Completely off, almost as if they don't watch the shows at all.

G1 commercials: Bad ripoff theme song, real cartoon voices.

G2 commercials: Real theme song, bad ripoff voices.

Plus the alternate Raphael.... and the 3rd movie Splinter....


WAIT!!!!!!!

Too laqte to change my vote to otheer, but I just realized something...

Remember the random House Comic bbooks and tapes? ERRGH!!!! The Turtles were okay... passible.,.. but the guy who played Splinter (with a BAAAAAD chinese accent), and Leatherhead... all with blank delivery and just amaturish voice over work. and then don't forget the "Dr. Claw" sounding Krang.... talking like William Shattner.. .. oy gavolt....

[LAXtitan99]

Definately the commercials...blah :dead:

[TilasTrinity]

Alternate Raph's and Donnie's voices, hands down. Those just... *shudders* I wanted to cry when I first heard Raph... I thought he was an imposter! XP

[Jester]

yeah i remembe the random house voices...krang was the worst....anyone stil have the tape...i'd like a copy.

[Drtooth]

Alternate Raph's and Donnie's voices, hands down. Those just... *shudders* I wanted to cry when I first heard Raph... I thought he was an imposter! XP

Yeah... Raph's alternate sucked. I didn't mind Donny's alternate too much (if anything he sounded younger. one complaint about Don's regular was he sounded to old sometimes, but I liked it all the same) But I do think Greg Berg (not to be confused with Gregg Berger, who voiced the Pig, Orson on Garfield) sort of re-used the Baby Scooter voice he played on the Muppet babies.


>>yeah i remembe the random house voices...krang was the worst....anyone stil have the tape...i'd like a copy.<<

I used to have 2 of them (the one with leatherhead, especially... also return of Shredder) and well... I have to say, if anything else, the Intergalavtic Wrestling one was fun to listen to, if nothing else, for a laugh. the way Leatherhead shouts that "UT!" just busts me up every single darn time. I actually made a copy of it, and dubbed in different things (I replaced the add for TMNT coloring books, shameless self promotion I suppose, with the Spatula City ad from UHF, for one). Sadly, both tapes are now broke....

[Jester]

yeah i had the Turtle Tracks and the return of the shredder, but never heard they had the intergalactic wrestling on tape....i do havr the comic....but that's it....archie comics tmnt was very underated

[Drtooth]

Intergalactic Wrestling was Archie Comics issues 6,7, an' 8.... hope this helps...

[FAH Q]

new casey is horrendous, and raph i'm not a fan of, sure his character has never sounded like a teen in all incarnations, but damn. he's just annoying, but casey is worse.

[Cima]

Raphael in the Red Sky episodes...

[U2WaTCHer]

I think dragg even thou I didnt like him much sounded more like a good villianish sounding but only if he grew some balls and did coool stuff like tranport parts of the sun to earth I thought that was orginal and evil

[Ryan]

I remember watching the new commercials a few months before the show aired. The voices sucked so hard...ehh.

Ryan

[Misfit]

None of the voices really bugged me, apart from Baxter the Fly. Is it me or do Casey Jones and Rat King's voices sound identical (from the old toon)?

The voices I find really bad are the voices of the old show turtles. Raph's voice doesn't sound angry or agressive and his sarcasum quickly became annoying. Leo sounds thirty years older, Donatello is no better. As for Mike, let's just say I would have thought listening to George W Bush's speeches was torture enough. At far too many times I wanted to cover my ears because the voice actors were so dreadful. The new show really improves on the character's voices.Ugh let's NOT compare the Old Toon with New Toon. That's so old and pointless. Bit overboard don't you think? I respect your opinions but I really don't think the old TMNT voice's are nearly as bad as your making them out to be. I LOVE Leo's voice in the those first few episodes, it sounded so cool when it was less cartoony, he sounded so mature and you could easily believe he was a leader...

Alternate Don's voice weirded me out the first time I heard it. I prefer Regular Don's voice myself.

[Zachatello00]

Alternate Raph's and Donnie's voices, hands down. Those just... *shudders* I wanted to cry when I first heard Raph... I thought he was an imposter! XP

I'll give you that Don's voice was pretty bad, but after watching Red Sky on DVD again today, I've decided that Raph's voice isn't all that bad.

Sure it's not the original, but what can you do when actors aren't willing to do the part anymore? You can't just can the series. Sometimes, I can't even hear the difference. You gotta admit, they are pretty similar.

[Jephael]

I read in the interview with Barry Gordon on Ninja Turtles Network (http://www.ninjaturtlesnetwork.com) that they rerecorded his lines for the episodes he had to miss which could be features as an extra audio track in an upcoming DVD. That'd be pretty cool to see- er, uh hear!

[MGMae]

I agree with the alternate Raph and Donnie voices - blegh. I haven't seen any of the new commercials, thank goodness. :D
I've blocked alternate Raph from my mind, repressed it completely - but alternate Donnie is stuck in there. It was so...nasal. O_o (It DID sound like Scooter from the Mupet Babies! :lol:)

And I have to say, and this is going to be the most unpopular opinion of all time - but old school Leonardo. He started out great, and then towards the end of the series, around the cuff link and hick-aliens and fear of snakes episodes, later CBS stuff...seemed like Cam Clarke decided to try to make Leo as whiney as possible. Early old Leo - goooood. Later old Leo - oh look, my ears are bleeding...

*ducks* Send all hate mail to my Secretary. :D

[Zachatello00]

I've noticed the same thing with Leo in the films. He started out cool, but just got, kinda... I dunno, fruity or something. I wouldn't say that lightly, cause Leo's my favorite Turtle, but still.

[Nosferatu]

Whoa. I thought I already posted in here. I guess I must've just voted awhile back instead of posting. :goofygri:

The worst voices ever, without a doubt, are the ones from the new toy commercials. They just sound like crap. It's like they're being done by people that have never even heard of the TMNT, and I wouldn't be suprised if that was the case.

Every other voice was okay, to me. Some were better than others, but only the commercial voices really irritate me.

[Jester]

"Sure beats u dad's mini-van!!"
"Yo shredder, gettin' wetter!!!"
"Guys i really wanted a meatball sub!!!"
man that "suposed-to-be-mikey-but-just-sounds-like-fingernails-on-a-chalk-board" voice is lousy!!!! shrill and high.....it hurts dog's ears....i swear to god....

[Drtooth]

At the beginning when one of the Turtles says "It's Mutatin' time" at least it was sort of close to Leonardo... other than that.... all they do is bad impersonations of Curly from the 3 stooges... nyuk nyuk nyuk....

[Jester]

i have a new addition to ther list of crap voices.....alternate krang from Cowabinga Shredhead.....man he's god aweful.....i kring when i hear it...

[MGMae]

I've noticed the same thing with Leo in the films. He started out cool, but just got, kinda... I dunno, fruity or something. I wouldn't say that lightly, cause Leo's my favorite Turtle, but still.

It's as if the creative minds concluded - hey wait, responsibility must equal irritating! Because we all know the most responsible person in a group annoys the crap out of the rest of us.
*shrugs*
I don't know - but you're right. The quality goes down hill and I can only assume its supposed to be a reflection of maturation?? Or they just stopped trying because it was Leonardo - no offense to the character at all, but the writers (old cartoon, etc) always gave him the least amount of material to work with it seemed.

I'm so glad I've never seen these infamous commercials... :lol:

[Misfit]

I'm so glad I've never seen these infamous commercials... Yeah me too. They sound painful.

[Brinatello]

i have a new addition to ther list of crap voices.....alternate krang from Cowabinga Shredhead.....man he's god aweful.....i kring when i hear it...I read somewhere that Townsend Coleman (Mikey's VA) provided that voice for Krang! Whoa. Not sure 100% though. Oh, and Don's alternate voice was actor Greg Berger, who's an excellent VA, but his voice didn't fit the character at all. Being so used to Barry Gordon, it threw me at a huge curve! Kept seeing images of Scooter! :lol:

Oh, and Jarrah? I respect your opinion on voices, but when you say you don't like Raph's original voice, you may as well say you don't like Rob Paulsen's speaking voice. He sounds just like Raph in real life. And yeah, the funny thing is, Leo's voice actor, Cam Clarke, WAS 30 years old at the time! In 1987, he was 30, Barry was turning 39 on Dec. 21, Rob was 31, and Townsend was the youngest at 28! Yes, I know all their birthdays. Hee.

You're right, MGMae, Cam's voice was a lot better in the first few seasons. Something tells me he was directed to change his voice to sound whiney. I guess Susan Blu felt that male teenagers kind of whine when their voice is breaking to get deeper. Heh, with Cam, it went in reverse for Leo!

Okay, probably the worst voice ever in my opinion would have to be Raph's alternate. Not Hal Rayle for the UK eps or Michael Gough in the 1995-96 seasons, the other actor who filled in the late 80's early 90's. If I remember correctly, he kind of sounded like that one cop trapped in the alien camera in the episode, "Camera Bugged." Didn't it? Now, it's going to 'bug' me! :D

[Shreddette]

Any non James Avery Shredder. Especially that one in 'Shredderville'.

I also do not like Raph's new voice. The whole exaggerated New York accent is a bit much. I mean, hel-lo, they all grew up together, why give him a totally different accent? It's ridiculous.
I prefer his older voice much more, and his character was far more witty.

[Jephael]

They wanted to give Raphael the accent since he's considered the tough guy of the group. It's just like when they gave Michaelangelo the Californian accent in the original series.

[Shreddette]

Heh, good point, and that did sorta bug me when I was younger (Mike's surfer accent-- which I think is adorable now) but I think Raph's accent is a little over the top. The old Raph also sounded fairly tough, and had more personality. *shrugs*

Oh, and I see someone mentioned Baxter's voice as a Fly. Yep! That was also quite annoying!

I can't recall Don or Raph's alternative voiceovers, although I do remember thinking "bleh!" when I heard em.

[Misfit]

I also do not like Raph's new voice. The whole exaggerated New York accent is a bit much. I mean, hel-lo, they all grew up together, why give him a totally different accent?Same thing goes for Mikey too. Why does he have that sufer-dude Californian accent? It's not as heavy as it was in the old show, but it's still there. I agree new toon Raph's NY accent is a bit over the top but it's not too bad. It was worse in the early episodes of season one, where it sounded like he was on 60 a day for a while. :P

[Brinatello]

I'm thinking Mikey had the Californina surfer accent to appeal more to kids. They assume kids would like it more that way. I dunno. It never made sense to me. A California surfer accent is usually picked up in...well, California! As for Raph, he's gotta be grungey-sounding to fit his grungey attitude and, being in New York, he got the accent fairly quickly. I still love Rob's voice, too. It fit the sarcastic guy soooo well!

It also occurred to me that Raph and Mike are more of the people-person turtles. Meaning, they're more openly to humans, such as Raph befriending Casey and Mikey being the lady's man. Don and Leo seem quite distant from the humans and sort of keep more to themselves. That is, except for April who seems to get through to them somehow. But, that's why I think they have their own voices and don't try too hard on a noticeable accent.

[Jephael]

I had been theorising about Mike's accent. Suppose he was born on the west coast and shipped over to New York shortly after his mother hatched him. It actually would make sense since they wre about 6 or 7 when they got mutated in that universe.

[Nosferatu]

I had been theorising about Mike's accent. Suppose he was born on the west coast and shipped over to New York shortly after his mother hatched him. It actually would make sense since they wre about 6 or 7 when they got mutated in that universe.

But wouldn't he have lost that accent being around his brothers, Splinter, and from hearing the New Yorkers above the streets (through grates and the like)? Besides, since he learned to speak when he was being taught in New York, I very much doubt that he'd carry over an accent he never used.

I just think they were going with the really stereotypical idea of what a really fun loving, joking and partying type of person is and that's why they gave him the whole stereotypical surfer accent. Since, at least at the time, people seemed to mostly think of surfer types when thinking about what a typical care-free partier (sp?) is like.

That's my theory, anyway.

[Jephael]

What I meant was he could have very well picked up the accent very early on in his life, simply by being around someone with a thick surfer dude type voice.

[MGMae]

You're right, MGMae, Cam's voice was a lot better in the first few seasons. Something tells me he was directed to change his voice to sound whiney. I guess Susan Blu felt that male teenagers kind of whine when their voice is breaking to get deeper. Heh, with Cam, it went in reverse for Leo!


Although, strangely enough, I liked how Cam's Rocksteady progressed. Like Leonardo, I think Rocksteady's voice was really cool in the first few eps - and then it just got sillier and higher pitched. And yet...for Rocksteady, somehow that worked. :lol: At least in context of that particular show - if one were to drop Rocksteady into the new cartoon, it simply wouldn't work, he'd need to keep it the gruff and raw version.

As for Mikey's surfer accent debate...could it be possible that he got the accent from television?
I just got the vibe that he spent oodles of time in front of the tube from the old cartoon - more so than the others. Your accent's influenced by surroundings as we've said, but could it not be a matter of being more influenced by electronics than Splinter? :) I don't know - not a very viable theory (because in order for that to work, he'd have to be watching Valley Girl-esque programming ALL the time - which there was an abundance of for that time period, but still...)

[Nosferatu]

Maybe Mikey was just a really big fan of Fast Times At Ridgemont High and wanted to be just like Sean Penn's character in the movie? :D

[Shreddette]

Maybe Mikey was just a really big fan of Fast Times At Ridgemont High and wanted to be just like Sean Penn's character in the movie? :D

I always did think about Spicoli whenever Mikey talked, which brings about the question-- was Mikey a stoner? :lol:

I agree with your theory, too.

[Dane E5R]

Sure it's not the original, but what can you do when actors aren't willing to do the part anymore? You can't just can the series. Sometimes, I can't even hear the difference. You gotta admit, they are pretty similar.

Actually, Rob Paulsen didn't exactly want to leave. The higher ups treated him as though he was expendable, so he called their bluff.

[Brinatello]

What happened was Rob approached the producers and asked if he and the other actors could get a small raise because they had done close to 200 episodes. All they said to him was, "You know Raphael is replaceable." So he said, "You know, you're right - thank you very much, it's been fun, good luck." And walked out! I guess you can't really argue with those guys, and with the answer they gave him, there was no point in Rob wasting his breath. :(

[Jester]

Maybe Mikey was just a really big fan of Fast Times At Ridgemont High and wanted to be just like Sean Penn's character in the movie?
Or maybe he watched frankie and annette movies and gidget.....
if u look back at all the mikey voices....he always had a psudo-surfer voice, even in the movies...."Hey Donny, Wheel of Fortune, dude!!!"....pretty surfer to me....but hey thats just me.
so rob just wanted a raise, ala Simpsons stars and they told him "we can cast a new raph.' and he said u sure can....what balls....i think i'd have just said...well ok boss...what ever u say....like a wimpy bebop or rocksteady....

[MGMae]

they told him "we can cast a new raph.' and he said u sure can....what balls....i think i'd have just said...well ok boss...what ever u say....like a wimpy bebop or rocksteady....

And that is why Rob Paulsen rocks bananas.

(You rock too Jester.) :D

[Misfit]

What happened was Rob approached the producers and asked if he and the other actors could get a small raise because they had done close to 200 episodes. All they said to him was, "You know Raphael is replaceable." So he said, "You know, you're right - thank you very much, it's been fun, good luck." And walked out! I guess you can't really argue with those guys, and with the answer they gave him, there was no point in Rob wasting his breath. :( That's sad, but that's cool that he refused to take any crap. I'd have probably walked too.