Applying TVTropes.org's voice acting tropes to TMNT

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I find this a great link for those who want to get more serious into how to understand the concept of voice-overs and is a fun way to spend an hour or two relating to them.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...ceActingTropes

However, the presence of TMNT is absent on most of these, which leads me to apply some of these to the various situations.

Audio Erotica: In the original series, it occurs with April briefly with Rocksteady in one episode and Irma a couple times, Tiffany to Burne, Leo to Lotus, and Mona Lisa to Raph; albeit in a somewhat subdued manner.

Can't Un Hear it: When reading the Mirage comic versions, we generally think of the 4Kids voice first coming to mind, and in Archie, the Fred Wolf voice comes first; since each series had episodes which were adopted/adopted into the comic. For other comic series, it often comes down to a personal preference of your favorite voice.

Celebrity Voice Actor: Corey Feldman and Kevin Clash from the '90s movies and Sarah Michelle Gellar and Chris Evans from TMNT.

Cross-dressing Voices: It's pretty minor in the OT, but a few incidental boys are voiced by Renae Jacobs or Jennifer Darling.

Guttural Growler: Dregg and most 2K3 villains are subject to this.

Ink Suit Actor: Probably the only character to have ANY resemblence to the real life voice actor in any incarnation is Baxter Stockman from the 4kids series, and someone commented on a video that Scott Williams had some resemblence to him.

Non-dubbed grunts: On the first episode of the Spanish dub, the turtles' introductions by Splinter keep the english recording as well as the locations of the various places in the "Ninja District", and there are others scattered about that episode and others.

Now which one was that Voice: While applying to just the secondary/incidental characters in the 4kids, this of course applies to all in the 1987 series listing only the actors in the credits without roles, since almost all voiced more than one character at some point. It's even worse in some foreign dubs. In the Spanish, Dutch, and German versions, they only show the english voice talent during the credits; and for the French and Italian dubs (as well as for the english european vacation episodes), they don't even show any voice talent listing at all!

Pigeonhole Voice Actor: The opposite of the "Man of 1,000 voices trope", this applies to Peter Renaday (mostly authoritative roles and/or narration), James Avery (tough-sounding, throaty men), Barry Gordon (nerdy charachters, even Bebop has some nerdiness to it "I want to press some of the buttons", "Fire laserbeam"), and Jennifer Darling.

Softspoken Sadist: Describes OT Shredder and to a degree Krang pretty well, especially when not in attack mode.

Synthetic Voice Actor: Used with Shredder in the 4kids cartoon with enhanced sounds, and even occurs in some foreign dubs with Shredder and/or Krang. Also, in the original series episode The Incredible Shrinking Turtles, when April notes the turtles are small, despite being in a normal state, April's voice is electronically enhanced.

Talking to Himself: While the site mentions Cam Clarke's (Leo/Rocksteady), Barry Gordon's (Donatello/Bebop), and Pat Fraley's (Krang/Baxter) correctly by having consecutive dialogue of the different characters by the same voice actor, it misses some. I've seen instances where Townsend Coleman has Mike/Shredder in Season 7, and a couple Mike/Rat King and Mike/Usagi moments as well, Rob Paulsen with Raph/Zach the fifth turtle talking consecutively, Peter Renaday with Splinter followed by Vernon, and even an episode with Renae Jacobs going from Lotus to April a couple times in "Beware the Lotus".

Voice of Dramatic: Basically any mention of "Turtle Power!", "Cowabunga!", or any other battle cry is subject to this.

Vocal Evolution: Of course many know how Cam Clarke's Leonardo deepened over the course of the first few seasons, but I've noticed others as well. Pete's Splinter got clearer as the show progressed, Townsend's Mikey got a bit more mature in later seasons, and Krang's voice was real wobbly in the first two seasons then got clearer with more distinctive burping later on.

Voices in One Room: The entire 1987 series and approximately first four seasons of the 4kids series. Also, it states that Andrea Romano's preferred directing style is this, so we will likely see the same method for the 2012 series.