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10_ FERGIE/SALLY BROWN
Who knew that the prim and proper Sally Brown was voiced by none other
than the singer Fergie? Granted, this wasn’t in the television series but was in
the television specials. As a kid in the ‘80s, Fergie portrayed Sally in several of
them. She didn’t yet have the throaty, husky voice for which she has become
so famous. Around this time she was also in a girl group, Wild Orchid, and part
of the ensemble kid show Kids Incorporated. The stresses of being a child actor
caused her to lead a life of addiction and gang violence in her teens, but
eventually, she started focusing on music again once the Wild Orchids were no
more. Her addition to the Black Eyed Peas as the lead female vocal brought
what was once an underground group into the mainstream.
9_KATHLEEN WILHOITE/PEPPER ANN
Most people may know Kathleen Wilhoite from ‘80s movies like Witchboard,
Murphy’s Law, and Road House, or ‘90s shows like Will and Grace, Buffy the
Vampire Slayer, and Ally McBeal. But she also lent her voice talents to Family
Guy and played the titular character in the ‘90s cartoon Pepper Ann. For those
unfamiliar with Pepper Ann, it followed the exploits of a middle schooler
named Pepper Ann, a character that began as a comic strip in YM Magazine.
Pepper Ann usually makes the wrong decision when faced with a problem and
learns a moral lesson, but the character was always spunky, eccentric, and
likable. Pepper Ann aired on Toon Disney and dealt with issues of loss, death,
gender equality, and other themes that were pretty mature for the Saturday
Morning cartoon block.
8_SETH MACFARLANE/PETER GRIFFIN
Seth Macfarlane, comedian, writer, singer, and creator of some of the most-
watched animated shows on television also lends his voice to them. He’s most
famed for voicing Peter Griffin, but also does several others in the household
of Family Guy, such as Brian and Stewie. He also voices Stan and Roger over on
American Dad, but in Peter, we find the character he’s the most opposite to in
looks and tact. Seth was a writer and animator for several animated series at
Hanna Barbera in the ‘90s, like Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, and Dexter’s
Laboratory. Before he’d even gone to the Rhode Island Institute of Design, he’d
had a comic strip published in his local newspaper at age nine! Currently, he’s
starring in the live-action sci-fi show The Orville on CBS but has plans to start
another mystery series soon.
7_MARK HAMILL/THE JOKER
It’s not exactly a secret that the vocal talent widely recognized as the definitive
voice of The Joker in every animated version since the ‘90s belongs to Mark
Hamill. While originally the role in Batman: The Animated Series was supposed
to go to Tim Curry, producers thought his portrayal was actually too demented.
Mark portrayed him in the series, in films based off the series, and even in the
Arkham Asylum video games. Mark Hamill is a noted voice actor, with a career
spanning decades. He’s also, you know, Luke Skywalker. During the filming of
The Empire Strikes Back he was involved in a major car crash, which resulted in
him needing plastic surgery on his face, this prompted Lucas to add in the
Wampa attack seen to explain why his face had changed. He got fewer film
roles after that and began to do a breadth of voice work.
6_LANE TORAN/ARNOLD
Much has been made about the hipster good looks of Lane Toran, who notably
voiced Hey Arnold in the early 2000s. With arm sleeves, a fade, and a huge
beard, he’s become the portrait of the typical lumbersexual. Like so many
others on this list, he also lent his voice to Recess voicing King Bob, but it was
as Arnold in the series Hey Arnold! That he is most fondly remembered. When
he reemerged from childhood looking so studly, people took notice. As a teen,
he appeared in 7th Heaven, and Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard, and as a
singer/songwriter he now has his own band DieRadioDie. In voice acting news,
he returned as the voice of Arnold in the Hey Arnold! The movie came later in
2017.
5_ASHLEY JOHNSON/GRETCHEN GRUNDLER
With her huge coke bottle glasses, buck teeth with a space between them, and
gangly frame, no one would assume Gretchen Grundler on Recess was a hottie.
But like most nerdy characters, she’d voiced by one, in the form of Ashley
Johnson. She also played Terra on the Teen Titans.
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