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2 | Madeleine Joan "Maddie" Blaustein (formerly credited as Adam Blaustein and Kendra Bancroft, October 9, 1960 - December 11, 2008) was an American voice actress and comic book writer, best known for her {{long run|ners}} as the voice of Team Rocket's Meowth on ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''. She was notable in her fields as a prominent UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} voice; though assigned male at birth, she was intersex (meaning she had both male and female biological traits) and transitioned later in life. |
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4 | If you need proof of her talent, just look at how varied her roles just within ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile'' are; being a transgender woman allowed her to voice a wide range of characters from all genders (though Maddie specialized in voicing men who were tough, sarcastic, or cowardly). You could have a show with her as the only voice actor, and [[ManOfAThousandVoices no one would notice]]. |
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6 | She was also Creative Director for the ''Magazine/WeeklyWorldNews'' and was herself a former writer and editor for Creator/MarvelComics before moving to Creator/DCComics, and later Creator/MilestoneComics, the latter of which saw her writing for flagship titles ''ComicBook/{{Static}}'', ''ComicBook/Hardware1993'', and the latter's spinoff miniseries ''Deathwish'', which is famous for featuring one of comic's first mainstream trans heroes in Marisa Rahm. She was also a content creator for ''VideoGame/SecondLife'' under the name Kendra Bancroft. Translator and localization director Jeremy Blaustein is her brother. |
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8 | On December 11, 2008, Blaustein died in her sleep from an untreated stomach virus she had a couple weeks prior. She was 48 years old. |
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11 | !!Roles by Maddie Blaustein: |
12 | * Arngrim, Barbarossa, Lezard Valeth, and Lawfer in the 1st ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile'' game (Creator/LiamOBrien replaced her as Valeth in the 2nd game) |
13 | * The Burnt Meatballs and Oslo in ''Manga/FightingFoodons'' |
14 | * Chef Kawasaki, Waddle Doo and others in ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' |
15 | * Grizzlepuss in Creator/VideoBrinquedo's ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'' knockoff, ''WesternAnimation/TheLittlePandaFighter'' |
16 | * Helga, Mr. Drake, and Spectre in ''VideoGame/DinosaurKing''. Upon her death, Creator/MikePollock took over the first two roles, while Creator/SeanSchemmel took over the third. |
17 | * Jillas in ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'' |
18 | * Dr. K in ''Animation/CubixRobotsForEveryone''. Led to an ActorAllusion in ''Manga/OnePiece''. |
19 | * Dr. Kureha on ''Anime/OnePiece'' |
20 | * Li Zhuzhen in ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts1'' |
21 | * Meowth and other minor roles in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' |
22 | ** Chatot in the ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers of Time and Darkness'' special |
23 | * The President in ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' |
24 | ** And E-123 Omega in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' & ''VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames'' |
25 | * Rassimov in ''WesternAnimation/HuntikSecretsAndSeekers'' |
26 | * Sister Jill in the 2004 ''Anime/CuteyHoney'' movie |
27 | * Solomon Muto on ''Anime/YuGiOh'' |
28 | ** Sartorius on ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' |
29 | ** Rex Goodwin for the first 15 episodes of ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' |
30 | * Wally Tusket and Warsman from ''[[Anime/UltimateMuscle Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy]]'' |
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33 | * AuthorAvatar: Blaustein stated that Marisa Rahm was her. Her real-life abusive ex-boyfriend Ivan was Deathwish. |
34 | * DiedDuringProduction: Sadly, she died prior to the completion of ''VideoGame/DinosaurKing''. Other voice actors would take over her characters for the remainder of the show's run. |
35 | * [[ManOfAThousandVoices Woman of a Thousand Voices]]: She had quite the range in her lifetime, from Meowth to Omega to many others. It'd be very difficult to tell it even is the same person! |
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