History TheOtherDarrin / Pokemon

** Also, right before the big switch, Officer Jenny was recast from Lee Quick to Jamie Davyous Owens for her last few appearances in Advanced Battle (Season 8) as well as for ''Anime/PokemonChronicles''. After the big switch she went from Kayzie Rogers (10th Anniversary Special as Jamie Peacock) to Maya Rosewood (first Season 9/Battle Frontier appearance) to Emlyn Morinelli (rest of Season 9 to Season 13 as Emily Williams) to Lipica Shah (Season 14 to 16) to Saskia Maarleveld (Season 17 to Season 19) to Samantha Moon and Martha Harms (Season 20 onwards). Justified since they're different lookalike people, and the switches often happen between regions and series.
** Nurse Joy suffered a similar fate going from Creator/MeganHollingshead (leaving after her first Season 7 appearance) to Creator/EricaSchroeder (rest of Seasons 7-8, as well as ''Chronicles'' as Bella Hudson) to Diane Stillwell (10th Anniversary Special) to Creator/MicheleKnotz (Seasons 9-13) to Creator/AlysonLeighRosenfeld (Season 14-16, and in the 21st movie which was set in an AU - coincidentally, she's dubbing over Chika Fujimura who voiced Nurse Joy in the Unova region) to Jennifer Forziati-[=DaCosta=] and Kate Bristol (Seasons 17-19) to Suzy Myers (Season 20 onwards). Schroeder later returned in a 16th Season episode voicing an older Nurse Joy, as well as in the 20th (and presumably 22nd) movie as a Kanto Nurse Joy. Hollingshead returned for ''Pokémon Journeys'', which features a greater number of LA-based voice actors. In Horizons Creator/EricaMendez voices that series Nurse Joy
Justified similar to Officer Jenny.

** Nurse Joy suffered a similar fate going from Creator/MeganHollingshead (leaving after her first Season 7 appearance) to Creator/EricaSchroeder (rest of Seasons 7-8, as well as ''Chronicles'' as Bella Hudson) to Diane Stillwell (10th Anniversary Special) to Creator/MicheleKnotz (Seasons 9-13) to Creator/AlysonLeighRosenfeld (Season 14-16, and in the 21st movie which was set in an AU - coincidentally, she's dubbing over Chika Fujimura who voiced Nurse Joy in the Unova region) to Jennifer Forziati-[=DaCosta=] and Kate Bristol (Seasons 17-19) to Suzy Myers (Season 20 onwards). Schroeder later returned in a 16th Season episode voicing an older Nurse Joy, as well as in the 20th (and presumably 22nd) movie as a Kanto Nurse Joy. Hollingshead returned for ''Pokémon Journeys'', which features a greater number of LA-based voice actors. Justified similar to Officer Jenny.

** Professor Cerise’s assistant Ren (Renji) was portrayed in ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries'' by Creator/BillyKametz in the first 93 episodes, and was replaced by Barrett Leddy from 94 on (with an InMemoriam card in that episode.

* Not to mention James' original voice changed drastically nine episodes in (from Creator/TedLewis to Creator/EricStuart, [[TalkingToHimself Brock's voice]]) when the original began touring with a play (although he later returned to voice other major characters such as Tracey), and Meowth's voice changed after episode twenty-nine (from Matthew Sussman (AKA Nathan Price) to the late Creator/MaddieBlaustein) when his original voice actor semi-retired from regular voice work (although he continued to provide additional voices for a few years).

** Also, while Creator/IkueOtani's Japanese voice for Pikachu is usually left intact, there were some early episodes where Creator/RachaelLillis voiced it instead when Otani's voice couldn't be salvaged. Apparently Lillis was originally cast as Pikachu's English voice before it was decided to retain Otani's vocals, they still kept her on board for any additional vocals they needed to do for Pikachu, especially for American-made Pokémon commercials and other productions.
** In 2017, Kayzie Rogers (who has been mentioned quite a few times already) decided to retire from voice acting, so her current most prominent role, Wobbuffet, was given to Erica Schroeder. Her other most prominent role, Mimey - Delia Ketchum's Mr. Mime - was given to Michele Knotz.

** ''Anime/PokemonOrigins'' ended up being dubbed in Los Angeles instead of New York, and while few original characters reappeared, the ones that did, such as Brock, Professor Oak, and Giovanni, ended up with different voices (Creator/KyleHebert, Creator/JohnnyYongBosch, Creator/JamiesonPrice among others). Red's voice was also different from the one he had in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' (being voiced by Creator/BrycePapenbrook instead of Kayzie Rogers). Justified in that they're different interpretations of the characters.

* The entire American voice cast was replaced (with the exceptions of Creator/JimmyZoppi and Kayzie Rogers) toward the end through the Advanced arc (specifically, for the [[Anime/PokemonTheMastermindOfMiragePokemon anniversary special]] and ninth season). This was due to Pokémon USA (now The Pokémon Company International) reacquiring the rights to dub the anime from 4Kids, and the then-current ADR studio, TAJ Productions, decided not to contract the original voice actors for future episodes, despite working with them ''very'' regularly in the past. Supposedly, there were some contract issues (specifically, the actors had a two-year "non-compete" clause in their contracts) and minor salary concerns, and to this day, not even the voice actors know exactly why they were replaced.

** Also, right before the big switch, Officer Jenny was recast from Lee Quick to Jamie Davyous Owens for her last few appearances in Advanced Battle (Season 8) as well as for Pokemon Chronicles. After the big switch she went from Kayzie Rogers (10th Anniversary Special as Jamie Peacock) to Maya Rosewood (first Season 9/Battle Frontier appearance) to Emlyn Morinelli (rest of Season 9 to Season 13 as Emily Williams) to Lipica Shah (Season 14 to 16) to Saskia Maarleveld (Season 17 to Season 19) to Samantha Moon and Martha Harms (Season 20 onwards). Justified since they're different lookalike people, and the switches often happen between regions and series.
** Nurse Joy suffered a similar fate going from Creator/MeganHollingshead (leaving after her first Season 7 appearance) to Creator/EricaSchroeder (rest of Seasons 7-8, as well as Chronicles as Bella Hudson) to Diane Stillwell (10th Anniversary Special) to Creator/MicheleKnotz (Seasons 9-13) to Creator/AlysonLeighRosenfeld (Season 14-16, and in the 21st movie which was set in an AU - coincidentally, she's dubbing over Chika Fujimura who voiced Nurse Joy in the Unova region) to Jennifer Forziati-[=DaCosta=] and Kate Bristol (Seasons 17-19) to Suzy Myers (Season 20 onwards). Schroeder later returned in a 16th Season episode voicing an older Nurse Joy, as well as in the 20th (and presumably 22nd) movie as a Kanto Nurse Joy. Hollingshead returned for ''Pokémon Journeys'', which features a greater number of LA-based voice actors. Justified similar to Officer Jenny.

** Mewtwo was voiced by Jay Goede (credited as Philip Bartlett) in [[Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie the original movie]], and in ''Mewtwo Returns'', he was voiced by Creator/DanGreen instead for reasons unknown. Female Miriam Pultro later voiced another Mewtwo in the 2013 movie, ''Anime/PokemonGenesectAndTheLegendAwakened'' and its prologue. In addition Masachika Ichimura's Japanese vocals were kept for ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'', but the dialogue can only be heard if the player switches the game's language from English to Japanese. In English, Mewtwo's dialogue consists mainly of grunts and evilish laughs. This also applies to ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', where the late Creator/KeijiFujiwara voiced the character.

** This is most prominent with Misty, as she largely [[PutOnABus left the series]] a few episodes before the big VA change, as opposed to Brock, who stuck around until the end of the ''Diamond and Pearl'' series. When both characters [[TheBusCameBack briefly returned]] in the ''Sun and Moon'' series (almost ''12 years'' after the [=VA=] switch), Brock sounds "normal" while Misty sounded a bit "off" since most people are much more familiar with Rachael Lillis' performance rather then Michelle Knotz's rendition. On a minor note, Jigglypuff (who was [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome missing from the anime]] for a good ''14 years'') also returned in ''Sun and Moon''. She's similarly now voiced by Michelle Knotz as opposed to Rachael Lillis.

* The Italian dub featured a lot of changes: Gary changed voices twice (Nicola Bartolini Carrassi -> Paolo Sesana -> Massimo Di Benedetto), Brock changed at the end of Season 2 (Nicola Bartolini Carrassi -> Creator/LucaBottale), Meowth changed in Season 7 (Giuseppe Calvetti -> Creator/PietroUbaldi) and Dawn in Season 12 (Creator/TosawiPiovani -> Ludovica De Caro). Misty was also replaced for the redub (Creator/AlessandraKarpoff -> Benedetta Ponticelli).

* The Italian dub featured a lot of changes: Gary changed voices twice (Nicola Bartolini Carrassi -> Paolo Sesana -> Massimo Di Benedetto), Brock changed at the end of Season 2 (Nicola Bartolini Carrassi -> Creator/LucaBottale), Meowth changed in Season 7 (Giuseppe Calvetti -> Creator/PietroUbaldi) and Dawn in Season 12 (Tosawi Piovani -> Ludovica De Caro). Misty was also replaced for the redub (Creator/AlessandraKarpoff -> Benedetta Ponticelli).

** Ash was darrin'd by Creator/IrwinDaayan by the last chapters of the Season 11 and later their original voice actor (Creator/GabrielRamos) returned for the Season 12, although eventually replaced by Miguel Ángel Leal since Season 13, because SDI Media refused to allow Ramos to record alone in Argentina. While Ramos returned to Mexico in 2015, he would instead voice Remo.
** Dawn's voice in Season 12 was changed from Gaby Ugarte to Leyla Rangel, due to a change of the dub studio, from ''Candiani'' to ''AF: The Dubbing House'', but in season 13, after another change of studio, Gaby Ugarte returned to voice Dawn.
** The same happened with Paul, who was voiced by Gerardo García, but it had to be changed for Season 12. The first time that he appeared in that season, the voice was made by Gabriel Ortiz, and in the latest appearances his voice is Miguel Angel Ruiz, then, in Season 13, Gerardo García returned to voice Paul after the aforementioned change of studio.
** Diana Pérez, the voice of Jessie, died in April 2021. As of season 24, Jessie is now voiced by Rebeca Gomez.

* The Italian dub featured a lot of changes: Gary changed voices twice (Nicola Bartolini Carrassi -> Paolo Sesana -> Massimo Di Benedetto), Brock changed at the end of Season 2 (Nicola Bartolini Carrassi -> Luca Bottale), Meowth changed in Season 7 (Giuseppe Calvetti -> Creator/PietroUbaldi) and Dawn in Season 12 (Tosawi Piovani -> Ludovica De Caro). Misty was also replaced for the redub (Creator/AlessandraKarpoff -> Benedetta Ponticelli).

* The Italian dub featured a lot of changes: Gary changed voices twice (Nicola Bartolini Carrassi -> Paolo Sesana -> Massimo Di Benedetto), Brock changed at the end of Season 2 (Nicola Bartolini Carrassi -> Luca Bottale), Meowth changed in Season 7 (Giuseppe Calvetti -> Creator/PietroUbaldi) and Dawn in Season 12 (Tosawi Piovani -> Ludovica De Caro). Misty was also replaced for the redub (Alessandra Karpoff -> Benedetta Ponticelli).

* The Italian dub featured a lot of changes: Gary changed voices twice (Nicola Bartolini Carrassi -> Paolo Sesana -> Massimo Di Benedetto), Brock changed at the end of Season 2 (Nicola Bartolini Carrassi -> Luca Bottale), Meowth changed in Season 7 (Giuseppe Calvetti -> Pietro Ubaldi) and Dawn in Season 12 (Tosawi Piovani -> Ludovica De Caro). Misty was also replaced for the redub (Alessandra Karpoff -> Benedetta Ponticelli).

** When Creator/IkueOhtani went on maternity leave during ''Battle Frontier'', they still used her voice clips as Pikachu, but Team Rocket's Mime Jr. was instead voiced by Tomoe Hanba.

** Mewtwo was voiced by Jay Goede (credited as Philip Bartlett) in [[Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie the original movie]], and in ''Mewtwo Returns'', he was voiced by Creator/DanGreen instead for reasons unknown. Female Miriam Pultro later voiced another Mewtwo in the 2013 movie, ''Anime/PokemonGenesectAndTheLegendAwakened'' and its prologue. In addition Masachika Ichimura's Japanese vocals were kept for ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'', but the dialogue can only be heard if the player switches the game's language from English to Japanese. In English, Mewtwo's dialogue consists mainly of grunts and evilish laughs.

** Nurse Joy suffered a similar fate going from Creator/MeganHollingshead (leaving after her first Season 7 appearance) to Erica Schroeder (rest of Seasons 7-8, as well as Chronicles as Bella Hudson) to Diane Stillwell (10th Anniversary Special) to Michele Knotz (Seasons 9-13) to Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld (Season 14-16, and in the 21st movie which was set in an AU - coincidentally, she's dubbing over Chika Fujimura who voiced Nurse Joy in the Unova region) to Jennifer Forziati-[=DaCosta=] and Kate Bristol (Seasons 17-19) to Suzy Myers (Season 20 onwards). Schroeder later returned in a 16th Season episode voicing an older Nurse Joy, as well as in the 20th (and presumably 22nd) movie as a Kanto Nurse Joy. Hollingshead returned for ''Pokémon Journeys'', which features a greater number of LA-based voice actors. Justified similar to Officer Jenny.

* In the French dub, Meowth's voice actor moved permanently to France after the Advanced Generation.

** Starting in ''XY & Z'', the dub moved completely to Rio after over 18 years. This is partially justified, because Fábio Lucindo (Ash) no longer lives in Brazil, but this change did not go over well with longtime fans of the series. While some of the new voices got good reviews (Serena and Meowth), others were heavily criticized (Jessie, James, and Bonnie).

* In Germany, Caroline Comrinck voiced Ash for the first three seasons before leaving the country to study in New York. Veronika Neugebauer took over the role beginning with Season 4, however, she suddenly passed away from cancer shortly after Season 11, and Caroline returned to voice Ash the following seasons. As of season 20, Ash now has a male voice actor, Felix Mayer.

* The Hungarian dub is also bad about this. Ash (Balazs Szvetlov - Gergely Ungvari - Csongor Szalay), Meowth (Peter Minarovits - Peter Szokol), Brock (Gabor Sotonyi - Soma Zambori), James (Tamas Toth - Tamas Markovics), Professor Oak (Akos Koszegi - Gabor Vass), Gary (Daniel Hamvas - ?), May (Marta Talmacs - ?), Max (Adam Czeto - Csongor Szalay), the narrator (Peter Tarjan - ?)... The only exception is Jessie, who's been voiced by Erika Kiss since season 1. The movies Mewtwo Returns, 4ever (except Kiss and Szokol), and Destiny Deoxys (except Szvetlov, Szalay, and Sotonyi) ignored most of the series dubbers.