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* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'', Leonardo spends the time between the Season 2 finale and Season 3 premiere in a coma. Once he wakes up, his voice actor is different (Creator/SethGreen instead of Dominic Catrambone, who himself was a temporary replacement for Creator/JasonBiggs). Casey comments on his voice being different and Donatello says it's a result of his injuries.

* In season 4 of ''WesternAnimation/SolarOpposites'', Korvo is voiced by Creator/DanStevens instead of Creator/JustinRoiland. In-universe, this is because Terry accidentally throws a dart into Korvo's throat; this leads to Yumyulack heading upstairs to retrieve the voice-fixing ray, which he uses to fix Korvo's throat and voice. This results in Korvo speaking with a noticeably different voice than before, which the other characters notice in-universe. Korvo's statement in the show's CouchGag [[CosmicRetcon confirms that this even retroactively applies to flashbacks.]]\\\
Out-of-universe, this is due to Roiland getting kicked out of the show's production team by Creator/{{Hulu}} due to a RoleEndingMisdemeanor.

%%* In the English dub of ''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]'', when the [[OurHomunculiAreDifferent homunculus]] Greed was [[spoiler:reabsorbed into Father then brought back into a new body]], he changed voice actors from Creator/ChrisPatton to Creator/TroyBaker. Said plot element was in the manga long before the story was adapted into animation and dubbed into English, and it's actually a good old-fashioned case of TheOtherDarrin, as Patton at that time had quit the business for a few years (both had the same voice in the Japanese version, and later on a character recognizes Greed by his voice) but the timing serendipitously makes it look like this trope. --If this is really The Other Darrin it doesn't belong here--please remove it. If it's really this trope, provide more context to explain why.
* In the original Japanese version of ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'', [[BigBad Naraku]] was originally voiced by Hiroshi Yanaka in his early appearances. At the end of the anime's first season, he takes over the body of a prince named Kagewaki, and upon doing so he is voiced by Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa for the rest of the series' run.

* WebVideo/TheDebbieAndCarrie Show featured two different versions of Debbie and two different versions of Carrie over the course of the saga. The original version of Debbie was a girl with pink hair shaped into pigtails, while the original Carrie was played by stock character model "Lizzie". Debbie then changed her hair (making it blonde and wavy) and Carrie began to be played by a custom built model to allow both of them to grow older over time.

** A non-actor example. In Season 8, the ninja were redesigned to match their [[WesternAnimation/TheLEGONinjagoMovie movie counterparts]]. It's implied in the [[Recap/NinjagoS8E75TheMaskOfDeception first episode]] of Season 8 that [[ForWantOfANail time travel effects]] from the previous season caused this. However, the ninja still sport their old designs in photographs and flashbacks from before Season 8, calling this explanation into question.

* In ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'', it's revealed that the current Despair is not the original – she was killed, and somehow, a new one replaced her. (A [[{{Fanon}} popular but unconfirmed theory]] is that her murderer was punished with the position.) The other Endless still consider Despair II their sister, however. [[spoiler:Eventually, Morpheus dies too, and his appointed heir, Daniel Hall, takes his place. He refers to himself as "Dream", claiming that both "Morpheus" and "Daniel" are, or at least ''feel'' like, different people than who he is now]].

Compare to: SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute (which introduces a new, separate character who is much like the old one to fill their narrative role), TheOtherDarrin (where the actor is replaced ''without'' any in-universe explanation), and LegacyCharacter (which introduces a different character holding the "title" of the previous character). See also DyingToBeReplaced (which this can involve if, as in the trope naming example, the process amounts to the death of the original) and ReplacementScrappy, which can be a reaction. For tropes where a character changes because of a transformation, see MidSeasonUpgrade, EvolutionPowerUp, and PlotRelevantAgeUp.

Compare to: SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute (which introduces a new, separate character who is much like the old one to fill their role), TheOtherDarrin (where the actor is replaced ''without'' any in-universe explanation), and LegacyCharacter (which introduces a different character holding the "title" of the previous character). See also DyingToBeReplaced (which this can involve if, as in the trope naming example, the process amounts to the death of the original) and ReplacementScrappy, which can be a reaction. For tropes where a character changes because of a transformation, see MidSeasonUpgrade, EvolutionPowerUp, and PlotRelevantAgeUp.

Compare to: SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute (which introduces a totally new character much like the old one), TheOtherDarrin (where the actor is replaced ''without'' an in-universe explanation), and LegacyCharacter (which introduces a different character to the "title" of the previous character). See also DyingToBeReplaced (which this can involve if, as in the trope naming example, the process amounts to the death of the original) and ReplacementScrappy, which can be a reaction. For tropes where a character changes because of a transformation, see MidSeasonUpgrade, EvolutionPowerUp, and PlotRelevantAgeUp.

* George Sunday from ''Series/MyHero2000'' is a StarfishAlien using a fake human body, so when Ardal O'Hanlon quit the show in the final season, George lost his body in a poker game and got a new one that looked like Creator/JamesDreyfus. Characters who didn't know he was an alien were told that he left his wife and that she got a new lodger called George Monday.

* Holly, the A.I. from ''Series/RedDwarf'', became a female character at the end of Series 2 and stayed female for the next three series, before later switching back to male.
** Less noticeable was the recasting of the android Kryten (with Robert Llewellyn replacing David Ross, who originally was to return but was unavailable). This was mainly achieved when the look of the series was entirely redesigned, with a greatly improved budget allowing for better costumes and prosthetics, plus the fact that Kryten was only in one episode previously. Llewellyn played the part very differently, with this being explained in an OpeningScroll as Lister rebuilding him but being unable to restore his personality; this was further explored in Series VIII Episode 2 "Back in the Red: Part 2" when Kryten's behaviour is 'reset' and his actions and mannerisms noticeably revert to the 'Ross' Kryten (before being restored to his old new self).

** ''Babylon 5'' also messed with the trope in a couple other ways. When the first actor to play Draal was unable to return due to illness, a new one was cast, the difference being remarked upon by Sheridan. Delenn replies that the Great Machine had restored to him his youth and appearance of thirty years prior. When the original actress to play [[spoiler:Anna Sheridan]] was unavailable, they recast her with [[spoiler:the real-life wife of the actor playing her onscreen husband]], and although the backstory involved would have made it ridiculously easy to hand-wave the change in appearance, they instead played it as TheOtherDarrin. Fortunately, it was easy not to notice that it was a different actress.

* Trance from ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'' is interesting in that it was to change her ''makeup design'' instead of her actress. Part way through season two she's replaced with a future version of herself who looks completely different (even having a different ''skin colour''), but she's still the same actress behind the makeup.

* ''Franchise/MassEffect'':
** The player can do this to Shepard between the games. The second game justifies this with Shepard dying in the opening and then being reconstructed by Cerberus. The third game, however, has no justification. Other characters will also easily recognize you just by your voice.
** Ashley gets this between the second and third game. Her AmbiguouslyBrown got swapped for a hotter, obviously Hispanic look.
** Due to being TheFaceless, Tali changing suits between the first and second game has a similar effect.

* Glossaryck from ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' was originally voiced by Jeffrey Tambor. Following being destroyed in "Book Be Gone" and being revived in "Rest In Pudding", he spent the whole third season just saying "Globgor". When Glossaryck finally started speaking in complete sentences again, after which he was voiced by Keith David, Star asked "Is his voice different?", implying he literally does sound different.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'', Leonardo spends the time between the season two finale and season three premiere in a coma. Once he wakes up, his voice actor is different (Creator/SethGreen instead of Dominic Catrambone, who himself was a temporary replacement for Jason Biggs). Casey comments on his voice being different and Donatello says it's a result of his injuries.

This is a catch-all for [[TheOtherDarrin the recasting of a character]] [[JustifiedTrope using an in-continuity explanation]]. It [[TropeNamers takes its name]] from ''Series/DoctorWho'', whose eponymous Doctor is a {{Human Alien|s}} capable of "[[ResurrectiveImmortality regenerating]]" into a new form when on the verge of death. This trope, both in the original show and others which employ it, has two benefits; not only can it increase the series' run by offering a method to depict a functionally immortal main character on a long-running show, it is also a wonderful way to derive drama, with the added bonus of implying that AnyoneCanDie, without having to lose major characters. Depending on the importance of the character, changing them in such a way can serve as a "soft reboot" of an ongoing production.

This is a catch-all for the recasting of a character using an in-continuity explanation. It [[TropeNamers takes its name]] from ''Series/DoctorWho'', whose eponymous Doctor is a {{Human Alien|s}} capable of "[[ResurrectiveImmortality regenerating]]" into a new form when on the verge of death. This trope, both in the original show and others which employ it, has two benefits; not only can it increase the series' run by offering a method to depict a functionally immortal main character on a long-running show, it is also a wonderful way to derive drama, with the added bonus of implying that AnyoneCanDie, without having to lose major characters. Depending on the importance of the character, changing them in such a way can serve as a "soft reboot" of an ongoing production.

** Eobard Thawne aka Reverse-Flash was initially played by Tom Cavanaugh, but it was revealed that Thawne had stolen the face of scientist Harrison Wells, and when the character reappeared with his chronologically original appearance, he was played by Matt Letscher. Both Cavanaugh and Letscher would alternate playing Reverse-Flash over the course of the various Arrowverse series, largely due to [[TimeyWimeyBall weird time shenanigans.]]

* ''WebAnimation/{{Eddsworld}}'': After Edd Gould's death, Edd the character got zapped by an alien voice changer in ''Space Face Pt. 2'' to explain Tim Hautekiet taking over as the his voice actor.