Frank Welker - Blog Posts

My Neighbor Totoro English dub (Catbus)

and also Who Framed Roger Rabbit

posts that make you go "wait why was Abu in Hercules"

okay remember I said he was Abu? he was also the Cave of Wonders. in the movies in the video games in whatever

posts that make you go "wait why was Abu in Hercules"

tv shows you forgot existed in one breath purely from this one actor's imdb:

deep breath

pac-man gi joe trollkins heathcliff mighty mouse crazylegs crane fantastic four mr magoo jabberjaw butch cassidy tarzan lord of the jungle sport billy kwiky koala the little rascals shirt tales ri¢hie ri¢h little muppet monsters inspector gadget dungeons & dragons the jetsons teen wolf rambo centurions berenstain bears little clowns of happytown bionic six foofur yogi cbs storybreak slimer and the real ghostbusters hägar the horrible fantastic max chip 'n' dale ducktales the wizard of oz alvin and the chipmunks gummi bears i am running out of breath my face is blue i cannot do this anymore

but that was not even half. not even a third. and these were only some of the more recognizable ones

posts that make you go "wait why was Abu in Hercules"

Now for some full movies you might recognize him from:

Catch-22 (Lt. J.S. McWatt)

Raiders of the Lost Ark ("Special Vocal Effects, voice, uncredited")

Zorro: The Gay Blade (Narrator)

The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (wHAT *wheezes*)

Gremlins

Explorers (1985)

My Science Proejct (1985)

Back to Next Saturday (1985)

My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)

I could go on and on but you know how IMDb works, go do the work yourself

(IMDb I love you so much)

and I have a new watchlist from just this IMDb rundown alone

posts that make you go "wait why was Abu in Hercules"

...

he was also Abu in all three Aladdin movies and probably every Aladdin spinoff series or video game to ever exist

posts that make you go "wait why was Abu in Hercules"

HE WAS ABU IN KINGDOM HEARTS

posts that make you go "wait why was Abu in Hercules"

AND THAT GUY WAS ALSO:

CURIOUS GEORGE

and also:

the puppy from Bubble Guppies

Dynomutt on occasion

Garfield

various Transformers

a couple of dragons

so many LEGO video game voices

the cat from the Smurfs

Grimace from a McDonald's tv show that somehow lasted over three decades

Bolt the Super Dog???

Goddard in Jimmy Neutron

Werewolf vocal effects for Alvin and the Chipmunks

I can't anymore

posts that make you go "wait why was Abu in Hercules"

Hey did you know Fred Jones and Scooby Doo are the same voice actor most of the time?

posts that make you go "wait why was Abu in Hercules"

oh yeah and spinoff tv series spit out like tickets on a prize-winning machine. look at this. there's more of those than there are original contents. look at this. look at this this dude was in like 14 tv shows in one year. there are more iterations of classic feature length animated movies than the ocean could ever hope to swallow

posts that make you go "wait why was Abu in Hercules"

posts that make you go "wait they hired a person each and every single time they needed an animal to make animal noises in a cartoon? don't they have a soundboard for that yet?"

posts that make you go "wait why was Abu in Hercules"

posts that make you go "man I wish this was on my resume"

posts that make you go "wait why was Abu in Hercules"

posts that make you go "wait why was Abu in Hercules"