Change of voices

[Weapon X]

Originally Posted by Jester

James Avery is Shredder.....the replacement for him wanged chung!

Yeah the replacement seemed like he was trying too hard or something.

[Sage Ninja]

Originally Posted by Masked Ninja

I just think it's kinda funny/weird/cool (which? *shrug*) that at least on the first old toon DVD, Leo's voice sounds almost exactly like Leo's from the new toon. Yes, they're differnent... but they're definitely the same, er, breed (?) of voice.

Yes I know what you mean by that "breed" of voice, you mean that noble sounding voice. In most mediums Leonardo has always had that strong handsome voice. I think both Mike (New toon V.A) and Cam (Classic toon V.A) do that sort of voice brilliantly. I really loved the voice that Cam Clarke gave to Leonardo in the first season.

I thought it was really sexy sounding excepically with the resonance he seemed able to pull off when he dropped his voice. Its kind of to bad that in the other seasons he tended to give Leonardo is sort of "going through puberty" sort of voice. Although I still thought that it maintained its core, strong and noble qualties in his voice. And I still thought his voice was sexy sounding, he just sounded more like a teenager than an adult in later seasons (except season seven and red sky) and I think that is what they where going for. I wish that Cam Clarke could have gotten the chance to sing as Leonardo, he has a really nice singing voice!

I hated his move voice though

I think I like old Mikey's voice better, aside from the retarded-sounding "duhawhawhaw's" he does. New Mikey's voice is a little to screechy and whiny for me.

I have to say I really like both the voices of Michaelangelo from the Classic toon and the New toon . However I always loved Michaelangelo's voice from the classic toon. Surprisingly his voice was probably the deepest out of the four turtles and yet he still managed to sound like a teenager. Others may disagree with me but I liked how Michaelangelo's voice in the old toon didn't sound whinny or brain dead, (I actually don't think he sounded like a retard and he could even sounded intelligent when the occassion warrented it) and he actually had variations to his voice. for instance he defenatly was the party dude type and was generally in a light mood; but his voice actually could sound serious, sad, frustrated or even upset with out it seeming odd or out of character. He voice was able to display different ranges of emotion with out it making his character apear weird.

I don't think I under stand what you mean by his "duhawhawhaw's" though

In the New toon I like his voice and I think it suits this Michaelangelo personallity well. I don't think his voice screechy sounding (except for when he screams). I think his voice is just a bit scratchy and even posses a bit of a gravel to it as well. Either way I think it suits him and his hyper active personalty.

Old Raph was great, but he wouldn't fit the personality of new Raph very well. I like the deep voice and Raph sounds great with a NY (ish) accent... maybe if it were a little less chainsmoker-y it'd be perfect.

I loved classic Raphael's voice it was great he was just able to get across such an range of emotions (generally disdain or sarcasm) with his voice and his dilvery on most lines and just generally how he would say them was just great.

I don't particualrly care for New toon Rapaheals voice only because out of the four of the turtles he sounds the least like a teenager. But I like that tough guy presence he seems to radiate.

Don? I love both his old and new toon voices. Huzzah.

I love both his voice too I can't decide which one I like best. I keep going back and fourth between New toon and classic toon Donatello's, and I keep comparing them against each other. and I'm like: classic toon Donatello sounds more brainy and techno-geekish and fits the whole genius persona better, but then i'm all: New toon Don sounds more charming and sounds more like a teenager, and more modern day computer geek-ish. I can't decide.

[GK Punk]

Originally Posted by Weapon X

Yep me too, except it's my mom rolling her eyes,

But yeah Rob was perfect for Old Toon Raph, just perfect.

haha, actually I've gotten that from her aswell

[Masked Ninja]

Originally Posted by Sage Ninja

I don't particualrly care for New toon Rapaheals voice only because out of the four of the turtles he sounds the least like a teenager. But I like that tough guy presence he seems to radiate.

I like his voice for the "tough guy" thing... but you're right, he sounds like a 35-year-old smoker rather than a teenager. Maybe soften up the voice a bit but keep the attitude.

Though now that I think about it... I have come across some teenage guys with pretty low voices - so it's possible. Still sounds a little off, but it is possible.

[Leonardo_]

Originally Posted by Sage Ninja

In most mediums Leonardo has always had that strong handsome voice.

In the german toon he has got a very whiny voice.

Don's first voice sounded like if he would be gay, but I always found it calmative.

[Sage Ninja]

that has always interested me on how the voices sounded when it was dubbed into other languages. Like if they where able to maintain the core essence of the chatacter they way it was portrayed by the orginal voices.

Like in the sounds clips section of this site where you can hear the theme songs in different languages, In the japanese dub Donatello seems to have a very deep almost tough sounding voice . As does Leonardo. Which I feel could change the perspective of the character.

I wish that we could have more sound clips of the TMNT dubbed voices from other countries just talking talking in general, from the classic toon.

Oh I'm notsure how true this is but I heard that in the classic toon Cam Clarke orginally supposed to voice Michaelangelo and Townsend Coleman was supposed to voice Leonardo. Does any one here know if that is true?

[Shreddette]

Originally Posted by Weapon X

Yeah the replacement seemed like he was trying too hard or something.

I agree. It was cringeworthy. I put up with it though cause he was in it, it was better than an episode with out him so I couldn't really complain.

I watched episodes without him (before red sky where I just dropped it entirely) merely out of habit, but I did pout about it.

Gimme the Avery Shredder or give me Death.

[Silent FOx]

I really didn't like the changes when I watch the eps now, but I kept watching the show and eventually got used to them after a few eps. All of the original voices were done the best, and of course are the 'real' voices. James Avery as Shread Head For Life But it is obvious why they made the changes, when I watched the show as a kid I would never notice the changes, because most kids didn't watch every single episode.

[Weapon X]

Originally Posted by Silent FOx

when I watched the show as a kid I would never notice the changes, because most kids didn't watch every single episode.

The one i noticed the most when I was little was Don's because I soooo recognized it as Scooter from Muppet Babies.

[Sage Ninja]

Originally Posted by Shreddette

I agree. It was cringeworthy. I put up with it though cause he was in it, it was better than an episode with out him so I couldn't really complain.

I watched episodes without him (before red sky where I just dropped it entirely) merely out of habit, but I did pout about it.

Gimme the Avery Shredder or give me Death.

Their where several alternates for Shredders voice. I know that one of them was Jim Cummings and this guy is a voice actor god. I know that Townsend Colman (Michaelangelo's voice actor) occassionally filled in as the voice of Shredder, Krang, and Splinter. And you know what? I never knew that their voices had changed . I never thought that any of them sounded like Michaealngelo when he was filling in for them.

The one i noticed the most when I was little was Don's because I soooo recognized it as Scooter from Muppet Babies.

OMG you are right!! I think that it was Scooter from the muppet babies. It is funny how some peoples voices can sound alike or similar even though they are diffferent. The guy that does Scooter voice is a very close match for Barry Gordon as Donatello. I guess thast is the same thing that Masked Ninja was talking about the "same breed of voice".

For instance Cam Clarke (Leonardo's voice actor) was often the replacement voice of Simba from the Lion King with the tv series about Timon and Pumba in place of Mathew Brodrick. I mean Cam And Mathew have very similar sounding voices, so it worked, I didn't even know that it wasn't Mathew Brodrick doing Simba's voice. Hey fun fact Cam Clarke does the singing voice of Simba in the second Lion King movie.