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Comparision of the voice over actors who have been the voice of Doug Funnie with sound clips and images.
EDITOR'S OPINION
Today we start the Doug Voice Compare section with the eponymous character of the series... DOUG FUNNIE! We shall of course start with the original Nickelodean episodes of Doug when he was voiced by Billy West. Doug Funnie was not only one of Billy West's first roles and VA performances, his work as Doug is still one of the more renowned aspects of Billy West's career and understandably so. Billy's voice and performance for the role definitely suited Doug's "Sympathetically Dorky" persona rather well. Granted in retrospection Billy's voice for Doug did make him seem a bit older than he was in the Nickelodean episodes but Billy's performance definitely more than made up for it for sure. Basically Billy West's performance as Doug Funnie is still a VERY memorable example of his work.When Disney took over the show in the mid 90's while the majority of the cast of the Nick episodes did reprise their roles in the Disney episodes Billy West declined the chance to reprise his roles in the Disney episodes so Thomas McHugh got to take over the role. I know that Thomas' voice-work for the show wasn't that well received (much like the show itself) but to be honest I never thought that Thomas' work as Doug (much like the Disney episodes) was all that bad. Thomas' voice and performance still did suit Doug's "Sympathetically Dorky" persona well enough (and ironically enough while the show tried to use puberty as a reason why Doug's voice changed he actually sounds a bit younger). Okay I admit I do agree that Thomas' work as Doug is not as good as Billy West's but its still a good performance nevertheless especially when viewed by its own merits. Overall both of these performances were good but Billy West's work is a bit more classic.
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JT4949 said at 3:31 AM on Tue Apr 10 2012
Billy West IS Doug.
Thomas McHugh...whatever voice he was doing here, that doesn't sound like at all like it could be a real person. Just a bizarre voice.
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Thomas McHugh...whatever voice he was doing here, that doesn't sound like at all like it could be a real person. Just a bizarre voice.
BlankSlate said at 8:48 AM on Fri Oct 21 2011
Billy's voice for Doug sounds a bit like his Fry voice, but his performance, of course, is WAY better than Thomas'.
ReplyTServo2049 said at 12:32 PM on Wed Apr 20 2011
I'm willing to bet that Billy West was replaced because he had moved from New York to Los Angeles in the interim between the old series and the new one. Since both the Nick and Disney versions were made in New York, I'm assuming that Jinkins and co. chose to recast Billy's characters with N.Y. talent to keep all the voice production close to home, rather than go out to L.A. just to record Billy's characters.
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PurpleWarrior13 (Moderator) said at 2:01 AM on Thu Oct 20 2011
@TServo2049 All the recording sessions took place in Hollywood, like pretty much every animated series. Billy didn't return because Disney wasn't willing to pay him as much as Nick did.
ReplyRocket_Giovanni said at 10:06 PM on Tue Apr 19 2011
McHugh is OK, but Billy West is the better actor.
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ajhz said at 11:09 AM on Mon Apr 18 2011
I'm also going with Billy West here...also there is the Robot Chicken Doug Voiced by Seth Green
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PurpleWarrior13 (Moderator) said at 2:21 PM on Sun Apr 17 2011
Honestly, both are nostalgic to me. I never really noticed the voice switch when I was younger. But when I judge based on the performance alone, Billy West is the better Doug.
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said at 5:16 PM on Fri Jul 27 2012
Of the two, Bill West is classic and just comes off more genuine of the two, but McHugh is a GREAT stand in as well. No problems with either Doug.