Flash Thompson

Comparision of the voice over actors who have been the voice of Flash Thompson with sound clips and images.

Created by Pokejedservo on Sat Dec 12 2009, 18 Comments, Add Comment

Special thanks to Jackson_H for additional sound clips.

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981)

Frank Welker

Spider-Man (1994) (1994)

Patrick Labyorteaux

Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (2003)

Devon Edward Sawa

The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008)

Joshua LeBar

Ultimate Spider-Man (2012)

Matt Lanter

EDITOR'S OPINION

Ah Eugene "Flash" Thompson quite possibly the poster boy of "Jerk Jock" and one of the founding fathers of how one does not need to be a super villain in order to be a douche bag in Superhero comics. (Granted I do know that alike the majority of other Marvel characters he has received sympathetic depictions before but it's not often.)

In the 80's series Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends he was voiced by Frank Welker; granted one has probably noticed that his Flash voice is basically his Iceman voice only slightly deeper. (Which I wouldn't be surprised if anyone noticed that even back then especially considering that his Iceman voice is his Fred voice from Scooby Doo.) But still despite the overly slight difference in tone, Frank's Flash Thompson voice did work nevertheless and his performance does suit Flash's rather Macho persona.

In the 90's Spider-Man series he was voiced by Patrick Labyorteaux in which Flash's depiction in this series is a bit more smug than macho but Patrick's voice work for Flash does indeed work. Sure its not one of the best performances in that series but Patrick's voice work for Flash does get the job done.

In the New Spider-Man series that came out shortly after the movies Flash starred in one episode in which he was voiced by Devon Sawa and this worked as well. Devon's Flash Thompson voice was by all means fitting and his performance is probably one of the better ones in that show.

And last but not least is the highly renowned recent Spider-Man series in which he was voiced by Joshua "Josh Weinstein" Lebar. Like the other 3 shows Flash is still very much a big example of a "Jerk Jock" and Joshua's performance is also rather suitable as well but I did like on how his performance can also reflect well on how Flash is kind of insecure as well.

Overall I liked all 4 of them, they have all done well with this role.

Pokejedservo

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Starscreamsfan
said at 5:41 AM on Fri Nov 14 2014

My Top 5:

1) Welker
2) Lanter
3) Labyorteaux
4) Sawa
5) LeBar

llawliet159
said at 11:02 AM on Mon Feb 24 2014

2 Shout Outs!

Joshua LeBar, because his take on Flash Thompson was hilarious and entertaining, while giving his character three dimensions like Chris Zylka's take in TASM.

Matt lanter was blandddd

Finister2
said at 7:20 AM on Tue Jan 21 2014

I wonder if Nolan North would make a good Flash Thompson?

Fulgore2005
said at 2:53 AM on Sun Dec 22 2013

1 Shout Out!

Think I'll be going with Matt Lanter. For a mediocre show, I thought his Flash Thompson was fantastic.

Fulgore2005
said at 7:28 AM on Wed Nov 12 2014

@Fulgore2005 I take it back about USM. It isn't as bad as I thought.

Regardless, I still think Matt Lanter does the best job as Flash Thompson.

Galactic_Cyrus
said at 10:52 AM on Tue Oct 8 2013

2 Shout Outs!

1. Josh LeBar - Easily the most entertaining performance here.
2. Devon Edward Sawa - Nails it. Very close to how I'd imagine Flash to sound.
3. Matt Lanter and Patrick Labyorteaux - One is too rough while the other is too soft, but they both do fine.
4. Frank Welker - A deeper version of his Iceman voice, and he sounds like a complete doofus.

chaosincarnate
said at 5:15 PM on Fri Dec 20 2013

@Galactic_Cyrus I was about to write a ranking, but your thoughts are pretty much synonymous with mine. Josh and Devon really are the best VA's for the character.

Ross123
said at 3:19 PM on Mon Jul 15 2013

Frank sounds a bit like a drunk Fred well he is the voice of Fred that's for sure.

Patrick is too soft voiced for Flash but it was all right.

Devon doesn't sound tough like Flash should sound.

Joshua is cool but Matt is even cooler 2 me so that's who i'm going with.

coolgeek176
said at 8:56 PM on Sun Oct 14 2012

Joshua LeBar is the best. Matt Lanter is good too though.

Galactic_Cyrus
said at 12:47 AM on Mon Jul 9 2012

1. Josh LeBar
2. Matt Lanter
3. Devon Edward Saba
4. Patrick Labyorteaux
5. Frank Welker

SmartyBoyboy
said at 1:09 PM on Tue Jun 5 2012

Sorry, but I canNOT TRUST ANYONE who has been in a Seltzerberg movie! I'm voting for LeBar

TheVengeanceKnight
said at 9:34 AM on Wed Apr 11 2012

2 Shout Outs!

Joshua LeBar was the best, though Matt Lanter's good too.

101mariner
said at 4:55 PM on Tue Apr 10 2012

Joshua LeBar !!!
worst:Matt Lanter

Patrick
said at 3:07 PM on Fri Dec 30 2011

1: Frank Welker ---- Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981)

as for this question " (Which I wouldn't be surprised if anyone noticed that even back then especially considering that his Iceman voice is his Fred voice from Scooby Doo.)"

YES I did notice back then that Frank's Flash , Iceman and Fred voice was the same guy Frank Welker.

who wouldn't notice that.

Anicomicgeek
said at 1:33 PM on Wed Oct 12 2011

Joshua LeBar for Flash here, though Patrick Labyorteaux is good, too. That said, Devon Sawa was good, but his Flash is an even bigger bully than usual, being becausing a thug, while both LeBar's and Labyorteaux's versions had the decency Flash turns out having.