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** Maggie Roswell left the show in season eleven over her contract not covering her commute to voice acting sessions, leading Maude Flanders [[ActorLeavesCharacterDies to be killed]] when the crew wanted to open up more storylines for Ned Flanders, while the rest of her characters (Ms. Hoover, Luanne Van Houten, and Helen Lovejoy) were recast by Marcia Mitzman Gaven, who also voiced Maude Flanders in "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily", the episode where the character died. Roswell returned to voicing all her previous characters in season fifteen (only in flashbacks and non-canon episodes such as the "Treehouse Of Horror" stories in Maude's case).

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[[caption-width-right:350:Film/JamesBond in his [[Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice fifth]], [[Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService sixth]], and [[Film/DiamondsAreForever seventh]] film appearances, as played by Creator/SeanConnery, Creator/GeorgeLazenby, and [[RoleReprise Sean Connery]].]]

* ''[[Radio/IntergalacticalMagicalRadio The Wacky Musical Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Intergalactical Magical Radio]]'' was an obscure AudioAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyAdventuresOfRonaldMcdonald'' that only saw distribution through United Airlines' in-flight radio and notably had Creator/RussiTaylor, Creator/FrankWelker and Carl W. Wolfe reprise their respective roles as Birdie the Early Bird, Grimace and Hamburglar rather than using their ''Wacky Adventures'' voice actors Creator/ChristineCavanaugh, Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson and Creator/CharlieAdler. Russi Taylor reprising her role as Birdie is the only one that counts as The Original Darrin, as she was the only voice actor Birdie had in the standard Advertising/McDonaldland ads and Frank Welker and Carl W. Wolfe weren't the first people to voice Grimace and Hamburglar.

* Creator/MichaelKeaton played [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne / Batman]] in ''Film/Batman1989'' and ''Film/BatmanReturns'' but didn't return for ''Film/BatmanForever'' after being displeased with Creator/WarnerBros' [[ExecutiveMeddling decision]] to tone down the film series into a more LighterAndSofter[=/=]DenserAndWackier territory along with the fact that director Creator/TimBurton was relegated to producer after ''Returns'' didn't gross what WB had hoped for with Creator/JoelSchumacher replacing him, thus he was replaced by Creator/ValKilmer for said film and Creator/GeorgeClooney for ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''. In August 2020, it was confirmed that he would reprise his role in Creator/AndresMuschietti's Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse film ''Film/{{The Flash|2023}}'', where he co-stars with his DCEU successor Creator/BenAffleck. Affleck himself is also a example, reprising the role after leaving ''Film/TheBatman2022'', causing Creator/RobertPattinson to replace him in that (and also coming back for additional photography in ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'').

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': Susie was voiced by Creator/ElizabethDaily in the episodes "The Last Babysitter" and "Angelica's Birthday" due to Susie's normal actress Creator/CreeSummer being unavailable.

* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters2002'' saw [[Franchise/TheKingOfFighters the series']] premier SNKBoss, Rugal Bernstein (in his Omega Rugal form), not voiced by his usual voice actor Toshimitsu Arai (who voiced him as far back as [[StarterVillain his original appearance]] in ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters94 '94]]'') but by Creator/NorioWakamoto (who previously voiced Igniz, the FinalBoss of ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters2001 KOF 2001]]''). Interestingly, most fans preferred the original VA over Wakamoto, and come ''[[UpdatedRerelease 2002: Unlimited Match]]'' (released in 2009, just prior to ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXII XII]]'' [[note]]as such, ''[=2002UM=]'' was the very last game to use the original UsefulNotes/NeoGeo sprites, with ''XII'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXIII XIII]]'' opting for hand-drawn, higher definition ones and ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXIII XIV]]'' [[TwoAndAHalfD ditching 2D sprites altogether]][[/note]]), Omega Rugal was once again voiced by Arai (who also provided updated voice work for [[ColonelBadass Heidern]] and [[CloningBlues Original]] [[GravityMaster Zero]]).

* For the majority of the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series, Snake (both Solid Snake and his [[CloningBlues "father"]] Naked Snake/Big Boss) is played by Creator/DavidHayter. That includes spin-offs and non-canon appearances like ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl''. Come ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidV'', the role of (Venom/Punished) Snake was handed off to Creator/KieferSutherland. [[labelnote:Spoiler warning!]]And although this Snake turned out to be a BodyDouble for Big Boss who posed as him after the events of ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVGroundZeroes Ground Zeroes]]'', Sutherland also voiced the real deal in both ''Ground Zeroes'' and the TwistEnding of ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain The Phantom Pain]]''.[[/labelnote]] However, with Snake's return to ''Smash Bros.'' in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', Hayter reprised his role via reused audio from ''Brawl''. Earlier that same year (2018), an update for ''VideoGame/SuperBomberman R'' also saw Hayter voice both Solid Snake and Naked Snake -- or rather, [[AdaptationSpeciesChange Solid Snake Bomber and Naked Snake Bomber]].

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** The 2011 ''WesternAnimation/{{Winnie the Pooh|2011}}'' film saw Bud Luckey replace Creator/PeterCullen as Eeyore. Six years later, the ''WesternAnimation/DocMcStuffins''/''Winnie The Pooh'' crossover brought Cullen back to the role.

* In the second season of ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'', George [=McGrath=] took over the role of puppeteering Pterri, though Pterri's usual performer John Paragon remained in the onscreen role of Jambi. Paragon was back to performing Pterri for the third season onward.

** In the original Japanese track of ''Anime/DragonBallZKai,'' Creator/YukoMinaguchi did not voice Videl due to her studying abroad, so she was played by Creator/ShihoKakinuma instead. Minaguchi returned as Videl for ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'', ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF'' and ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''.

** Meredith [=McCoy=] also did not return for the ''Kai'' dub, with Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard filling in as Android 18. She returned for the dubs of both films and ''Super''

* Creator/LeeVanCleef played the title character in the first and third films of Film/TheSabataTrilogy, with Creator/YulBrynner taking over for the second film. Ironically, Van Cleef was unavailable because he was committed to ''The Magnificent Seven Ride,'' in which he was taking over a part that Brynner had played in ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960''.

** The Mexican Spanish dub of the first 98 episode of ''Kai'' infamously replaced most of the original voice actors, though Creator/EduardoGarza, [[Creator/RocioGarcel Rocío Garcel]], Creator/IrwinDaayan, Mario Sauret and Humberto Solórzano returned to reprise their roles as Krillin, Bulma, Dende, Ox King and Raditz, respectively. For ''The Final Chapters'', most of the original cast, including Creator/MarioCastaneda and Creator/ReneGarcia, returned to reprise their roles; except for Sauret, who was replaced by Enrique Cervantes as Ox King and Marcos Patiño as Majin Buu due to the former living outside of Mexico City at the time.

* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters2002'' saw [[Franchise/TheKingOfFighters the series']] premier SNKBoss, Rugal Bernstein (in his Omega Rugal form), not voiced by his usual voice actor Toshimitsu Arai (who voiced him as far back as [[StarterVillain his original appearance]] in ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters94 '94]]'') but by Creator/NorioWakamoto (who previously voiced Igniz, the FinalBoss of ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters2001 KOF 2001]]''). Interestingly, most fans preferred the original VA over Wakamoto, and come ''[[UpdatedRerelease 2002: Unlimited Match]]'' (released in 2009, just prior to ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXII XII]]'' [[note]]as such, ''[=2002UM=]'' was the very last game to use the original UsefulNotes/NeoGeo sprites, with ''XII'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheKingOfFightersXIII XIII]]'' opting for hand-drawn, higher definition ones[[/note]]), Omega Rugal was once again voiced by Arai (who also provided updated voice work for [[ColonelBadass Heidern]] and [[CloningBlues Original]] [[GravityMaster Zero]]).

** A odd example occurs in ''VideoGame/SonicRiders'' and its sequels. As a playable racer in the first game, Dr. Eggman was voiced by his original voice actor, the late Deem Bristow, using [[QuoteMine archived audio]] from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', instead of Creator/MikePollock, who, along with the rest of the English voice cast from ''Anime/SonicX'', had [[TheOtherDarrin taken over]] voice work for the games [[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog the previous year]]. The same applies to the second game as well. [[note]]Pollock still voiced Eggman in both games' cutscenes and recorded a few lines pertaining to the second game's new gravity mechanics.[[/note]] It wasn't until ''Sonic Free Riders'' (which ironically saw the entire ''Sonic X'' cast, sans Pollock, subjected to TheOtherDarrin) that he did all of Eggman's voice work for a ''Riders'' game, retroactively replacing Bristow in the process.
** Creator/KateHiggins returned to record new lines for Tails in ''VideoGame/SonicColorsUltimate'', after being replaced by Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey from 2014 onwards.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Soul|Series}}'' series provides a plot-justified example of the trope in the Japanese versions. Creator/NobuyukiHiyama voiced [[BigBad Nightmare]] in ''Soulcalibur'' (1998) and ''Soulcalibur II'' (2002), where Siegfried, who Hiyama first voiced in ''Soul Edge'' (1995), [[BrainwashedAndCrazy was the host of Soul Edge]]. At the end of ''II'''s story, Siegfried canonically broke free of Soul Edge's influence and no longer assumed the mantle of the Azure Knight, with Hiyama continuing to voice Siegfried in all subsequent appearances. Because Soul Edge was now [[AnimatedArmor without a host]] in ''III'' and ''IV'' and then found a ''different'' host in ''[[VideoGame/SoulcaliburV V]]'', Hiyama did not voice Nightmare in those games. [[note]]This also applied to ''Soulcalibur Legends'', an {{interquel}} set between ''Soul Edge'' and ''Soulcalibur'', though that game [[CanonDiscontinuity was non-canon]] and [[ContinuitySnarl would've done a number on the series' continuity if it were canon]].[[/note]] Then, 16 years after he last portrayed the character, Hiyama resumed the role of Nightmare in 2018's ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburVI''. But that's because ''VI'' is a ContinuityReboot that returns to the ''Soulcalibur'' era of the series, and thus Siegfried is [[SignificantDoubleCasting also donning]] the identity of Nightmare once again.

** Whereas Jay Gordon and Creator/JoshKeaton filled in for them in the first two games, ''VideoGame/SpiderMan3'' would see Creator/JKSimmons and James Franco reprise the respective roles of J. Jonah Jameson and Harry Osborn.

** Princess Peach was voiced by Leslie Swan in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' and ''VideoGame/MarioKart64'', but was replaced by Creator/JenTaylor starting with ''VideoGame/MarioGolf''. Leslie would return for ''Videogame/SuperPaperMario''. Jen Taylor would retire the role in the mid-00s, with Nicole Mills brought on as a temporary replacement before Samantha Kelly took on the role from 2007 onwards. However, archived recordings of both Jen Taylor and Nicole Mills were used in some later games.

* ''VideoGame/StarOcean1'' was remade for the [=PSP=] as ''Star Ocean: First Departure,'' and with it, replaced the entire voice cast. When the remake was ported to the Switch as ''Star Ocean: First Departure F'', the cast from the original Super Famicom game were brought back to voice the characters, with the game giving the option to switch between the two casts. The same thing happens with ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory'', where the player can switch between its original and remake's Japanese cast. The English language avert this, as only the remake's English voice cast is brought back.

* ''ARG/TheNoedolekcinArchives'': Lyric West briefly returned to the role of Kirk Odd in a [[https://twitter.com/MK70016/status/1657766972766011394 video message]] before leaving the team for good.

** When Creator/SeanConnery left the series after ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'', Creator/GeorgeLazenby was cast as Bond to replace him for ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''. Lazenby left afterwards on the advice of his agent (who he later fired after a string of hippie film flops), so the producers paid Connery a then-record $1.25 million to return for ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', his final Creator/EonProductions outing as Bond.

** After the change in dubbing studios from Season 9 onward, Creator/TedLewis (as Ed Paul) and Creator/MikePollock were both replaced with Craig Blair as Giovanni and Mr. Contesta. However, when Blair quit working for the studio, the two were brought back to reprise their respective roles.

* The band Music/FromFirstToLast reformed in 2013-2014 after a months-long Kickstarter campaign, introducing Spencer Sotelo of another band (Periphery) as the lead singer and Ernie Slenkovich as drummer, recording the ''Dead Trees'' albium. However, the two new members were replaced after 2016 by Music/{{Skrillex}} (their most famous FaceOfTheBand and lead singer back in 2004-2006) and Derek Bloom (their old drummer from 2002 up to his replacement by Slenkovich).

** Maggie Roswell left the show in season eleven over her contract not covering her commute to voice acting sessions, leading Maude Flanders [[ActorLeavesCharacterDies to be killed]] when the crew wanted to open up more storylines for Ned Flanders, while the rest of her characters (Ms. Hoover, Luanne Van Houten, and Helen Lovejoy) were recast by Marcia Mitzman Gaven, who also voiced Maude Flanders in "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily", the episode where the character died. Roswell returned to voicing all her previous characters in season fifteen (only in flashbacks in Maude's case).

* Creator/CoreyFeldman voiced Donatello in ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', but was unable to reprise his role in [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze the sequel]] due to being in rehab at the time. He would return to the role in ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII''.

* A odd example occurs in ''VideoGame/SonicRiders'' and its sequels. As a playable racer in the first game, Dr. Eggman was voiced by his original voice actor, the late Deem Bristow, using [[QuoteMine archived audio]] from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', instead of Creator/MikePollock, who, along with the rest of the English voice cast from ''Anime/SonicX'', had [[TheOtherDarrin taken over]] voice work for the games [[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog the previous year]]. The same applies to the second game as well. [[note]]Pollock still voiced Eggman in both games' cutscenes and recorded a few lines pertaining to the second game's new gravity mechanics.[[/note]] It wasn't until ''Sonic Free Riders'' (which ironically saw the entire ''Sonic X'' cast, sans Pollock, subjected to TheOtherDarrin) that he did all of Eggman's voice work for a ''Riders'' game, retroactively replacing Bristow in the process.

* ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'' brings back Linda Hamilton to play Sarah Connor after being [[ActorLeavesCharacterDies killed off]] for ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'', and portrayed by Lena Headey in the TV show ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'', and Emilia Clarke in ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' (all three of the later works are in different canon timelines).

* ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'' brings back Linda Hamilton to play Sarah Connor after being [[ActorLeavesCharacterDies killed off]] for ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'', and portrayed by Lena Headey in the TV show ''Series/Terminator/TheSarahConnorChronicles'', and Emilia Clarke in ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' (all three of the later works are in different canon timelines).

* ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'' brings back Linda Hamilton to play Sarah Connor after being [[ActorLeavesCharacterDies killed off]] for ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' and portrayed by Emilia Clarke in ''Film/TerminatorGenisys''.

* ''VideoGame/StarOcean1'' was remade for the [=PSP=] as ''Star Ocean: First Departure,'' and with it, replaced the entire voice cast. When the remake was ported to the Switch as ''Star Ocean: First Departure F'', the cast from the original Super Famicom game were brought back to voice the characters, with the game giving the option to switch between the two casts.

* ''ARG/TheNoedolekcinArchives'': Lyric briefly returned to the role of Kirk Odd in a [[https://twitter.com/MK70016/status/1657766972766011394 video message]] before leaving the team for good.

* TheOriginalDarrin: Lyric briefly returned to the role of Kirk Odd in a [[https://twitter.com/MK70016/status/1657766972766011394 video message]] before leaving the team for good.

** The Italian dub of ''1 ½'' has Timon once again voiced by Creator/ToninoAccolla, after Creator/RobertoPedicini replaced him in ''Timon and Pumbaa''

** The Clones were originally portrayed by Creator/TemueraMorrison, who also played Jango Fett and dubbed Boba Fett's dialogue in the Original Trilogy. Morrison also voiced the Clones in some video games up until the original 2005 ''Videogame/StarWarsBattlefrontII'', but starting with ''The Clone Wars'', the Clones were voiced by Creator/DeeBradleyBaker. Even though Morrison returned to voice Boba Fett in [[Videogame/StarWarsBattlefront2015 the]] [[Videogame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017 two]] EA Battlefront games, the Clones were still voiced by Baker in 2017's ''Battlefront II'' (likely to keep Boba distinct from his "brothers"). And when the Clones made live-action cameos in ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'', they were portrayed by stand-ins. In ''Obi-Wan Kenobi'', Morrison portrays a homeless 501st clone that Obi-Wan encounters on Daiyu in the second episode.