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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
Now there's a gripe worthy of the Vent and Rant thread. I freaked when I first heard the Pink Panther talking, and Tom and Jerry's vocalizations are certainly no improvement over the classics. Now I understand Disney's Tinkerbell has started running off at the mouth. This just ain't right; no way, no how. It's a sure sign if ever there was one of the decline of Western civilization.
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I'm not sure if Tinkerbell's speaking indicates that the character is still not silent. The impression I've gotten from the CGI movies is that she speaks words only to other fairies, and non-fairies hear her speech as the tinkling. On the other hand, if everyone starts hearing Tinkerbell speaking words...
Sometimes a voice is a key component to a character and what is surprising is how often a voice actor can alter their voices for different characters within the same program. One great example of this in the English dub for the anime series "Bleach." Kyle Hebert does two voices (Ganju Shiiba and Sosuke Aizen) that are about as far apart as you can get and I was surprised to find out the same person did both voices.
Another example of this is in "My Little Pony - Friendship Is Magic." One of the surprises is in the voice cast. I've heard them in other roles in other shows and its surprising how different they sound in this show. An example is Nicole Oliver, the voice actor for Princess Celestia. She first came to my attention in the English dub of "Key The Metal Idol" as Key and it's about the least emotional role that I've ever heard. Another example is Cathy Weseluck. See the following:
As Spike:
As Shampoo: