Random Trivia Friday: Cartoons!

9 Legendary Cartoon Voices

Nancy Cartwright
Nancy Cartwright, AKA Bart Simpson, has also been the voice of Rufus on Kim Possible, Kip Kangaroo on Shirt Tales and, for a few episodes, Chuckie on Rugrats.

Billy West
For five shows, Billy West gave Stimpy a voice on Nickelodeon’s Ren and Stimpy; he’s been Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Pepe Le Pew and Elmer Fudd on various projects since the 1996 movie Space Jam; and he was the voice of Philip J. Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg, Zapp Brannigan, Leo Wong and President Richard Nixon’s Head on Futurama. He’s also the current voice of Buzz, the Honey-Nut Cheerios Bee.

Eleanor Audley
Eleanor Audley is the voice of the psychic whose head is floating in the crystal ball at the Magic Kingdom’s Haunted Mansion. In addition, she supplied the voice for Maleficent in Sleeping Beauty and Lady Tremaine, the wicked stepmother, in Cinderella.

Verna Felton
Verna Felton is another voice actress the Disney company frequently employed. She was one of the fairy godmothers in Sleeping Beauty (Flora), Aunt Sarah in Lady and the Tramp, the fairy godmother in Cinderella, and the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland.

Patrick Warburton
Patrick Warburton has played Kronk from The Emperor’s New Groove, Joe Swanson, the cop on Family Guy, Brock Samson from the Venture Brothers, Buzz Lightyear in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.

Daws Butler
Daws Butler is probably best known for being the voice of Yogi Bear, but he was also Elroy Jetson, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, Peter Potamus and Wally Gator. He also provided the voices for both Cap’n Crunch and Snap of elf trio Snap, Crackle and Pop. For a time he held an actor’s studio out of his home, where one of his students was none other than Nancy Cartwright.

Tress MacNeille
Chip and Gadget, of TV's Rescue Rangers, were both voiced by the same person – Tress MacNeille. She now voices more than 17 characters on The Simpsons including Mrs. Skinner, Dr. Hibbert’s wife, Apu’s wife, the crazy cat lady, Lunchlady Doris and Plopper, and the pig from The Simpsons Movie. She was also Babs the Bunny on Tiny Toon Adventures and Dot on Animaniacs.

Information from the ever fabulous Mental Floss