A page for describing LampshadeHanging Western Animation. Lampshades hung in western animated shows. Series with their own pages Phineas and Ferb In. Hatched from Matt Groenings brain, Futurama follows pizza guy Philip J. Fry, who reawakens in 31st century New New York after a cryonics lab accident. Now part of. Catch up on all the latest TV news, photos, videos, and opinion. A-Hobo-And-A-Rabbit-Making-A-Hobbit-In-Futuramas-Benders-Game_408x408.jpg' alt='Futurama: Bender`S Game Stream' title='Futurama: Bender`S Game Stream' />The Maxx is an American comic book series created by Sam Kieth and originally published monthly by Image Comics, then collected in trade paperback by DC Comics. Most Iconic Cartoon Character Voices. For close to a century animated characters have spoken on screen, starting with Max Fleischers short Come Take a Trip in my Airship in 1. Gradually, the sound quality got better and better and voice actors started experimenting with more interesting, goofier and more nuanced voices that perfectly epitomized the personality of their characters. Sometimes the voices were based on famous actors, sometimes they were a hybrid of famous people and some guy they knew back in high school, and sometimes they were completely original and wonderfully bizarre creations. For this list of the most iconic and memorable voices in animation history, we decided to limit our rankings to only one character per show or movie in what were calling The Simpsons Rule, meaning this list could very easily have been half filled with Simpsons characters if we didnt restrain ourselves. Protect your pic a nic baskets and release the hounds, its the 1. Most Iconic Cartoon Character Voices. BEAVIS AND BUTT HEADWell start things off by sort of breaking our one rule, with a two for one deal, and what a two for one deal it is. Were ranking Beavis and Butt Head together not because theyre interchangeable, exactly, but because its almost impossible to separate one from the other theyre equally iconic. Lets call it a tie, to keep our rule intact. The stars of the 1. MTV series Beavis and Butt Head were both voiced by series creator Mike Judge and both were chuckling, cranky teenage metalhead burnouts with low IQs and a taste for potty humor. Their voices, though, were very different. For Beavis, who actually seemed slightly dumber if thats possible, Judge went higher pitched from the back of the throat, a little growly and with a bit of a lisp. Truth be told, he didnt say much at all, mostly chuckling and uttering sentences that rarely ran longer than three words. Butt Head, on the other hand, was much more verbose. Sure, he also chuckled all the time, but he had more to say, and he said it in a deeper, dopier voice. Both voices, though, are immensely memorable. WINNIE THE POOHYoure not going to see much more of a contrast on this list than Beavis and Butt Head followed by Winnie the Pooh although both do involve distinctly potty centric names, if were being honest. Pooh is the epitome of a wholesome Disney cartoon character who wouldnt hurt the butterfly that landed on his nose, while those snickering teens probably want to perform experiments on the butterfly. But we digress. Were talking voices here. Poohs voice was supplied by legendary voice actor Sterling Holloway, who was also known as Alice in Wonderlands Cheshire Cat, the snake Kaa in The Jungle Book, and the voice of Purina Puppy Chow commercials. Stan Lee Presents: Mosaic Watch Online. Holloway provided the gentle, slightly sad voice of the honey loving bear until 1. Pooh actors since then, Hal Smith and Jim Cummings, have been faithful to Holloways original tones. Just a year before his death in 1. Holloway was honored as the first voice actor to be named an official Disney Legend. SHREKPrior to the 1. But when popular screen actors like Robin Williams Aladdin, 1. The Lion Kings 1. Matthew Broderick and Jeremy Irons gave standout performances, it paved the way to make it the norm for famous actors to voice big screen cartoon characters. Many simply use a slight variation on their regular speaking voices Tom Hanks in Toy Story, Owen Wilson in Cars. Then Mike Myers came along and blew them all out of the water with his Scottish take on the titular ogre in Shrekand its sequels. In 2. 00. 1, when the first film came out, Myers was still red hot and in the middle of the Austin Powers franchise, where he played a British spy, so he was known for accents of the British isles. Late actor Chris Farley had actually recorded much of the film as Shrek before he died, using his regular, slightly Wisconsin area accent. When Myers came in he helped re shape the role entirely, not just with his distinctive voice, but also by suggesting key rewrites. He actually originally recorded it using a different voice, then had the idea to make it sound more like his Scottish mother, and re recorded the entire film in the voice we know and love as Shrek. DARIAJumping back to the 9. Dariawas a spinoff of our list leadoff series, Beavis and Butt Head. Airing on MTV for five seasons from 1. Daria Morgendorffer who had one thing and one thing only in common with her chuckling classmates misanthropy. In every other way, she was their opposite, with a fierce intelligence that produced a sharp, sarcastic wit. Tracy Grandstaff, who was also a writer on the show, brought the character to low key life with a droning, world weary monotone that underscored how unimpressed she was by the world around her. It perfectly matched her face, which barely moved when she spoke, her perpetually half lidded eyes occasionally shifting from side to side behind her round glasses. While at the time the character seemed influenced by the comedy and style of Janeane Garofalo, her legacy seemed to live on in many ways in the Parks Recreation character April Ludgate, played by Aubrey Plaza, who recently filmed a spot on live action take on Daria. FAT ALBERTWhile things are much, much different these days, once upon a time it seemed Bill Cosby could do no wrong. That time was the 1. NBC series I Spy, star of one of the most beloved sitcoms of all time The Cosby Show, and the creator and voice actor of the 7. Saturday morning cartoon Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. The Fat Albert show was largely based on Cosbys own childhood in Philadelphia and his group of friends. It was the eponymous portly, red shirted hero whose voice is most associated with the show, thanks to his deep, bellowing, somewhat gravelly catchphrase, Hey, hey, heyThere was certainly a weirder, and equally memorable voice on the show, though. That would be Mushmouth, also voiced by Cosby, with his Ubbi dubbi speaking style, where he inserts ub between many syllables. OPTIMUS PRIMECanadian voice actor Peter Cullen was the first voice of Optimus Prime in the original 1. Transformers animated series, and for many fans hes the only voice of Optimus Prime worth listening to. His take on the Autobot leader is not terribly emotive, but definitely authoritative and just gentle and sympathetic enough to make him adored not only by his fellow Autobots, but Transformers fans as well. Cullen has also voiced Prime in all five movies, including the upcoming Transformers The Last Knightdue in theatres June 2. Who gets credit for inspiring Optimus voice That would be Cullens brother, who fought in Vietnam and taught him about quiet leadership. The distinguished voice actor can also be heard alongside another character on this list, as Winnie the Poohs depressed donkey friend Eeyore. THE JOKERMark Hamill is not only beloved by geeks far and wide as Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars franchise, but also as the definitive voice of the Joker in various animated series. It all started with Batman The Animated Series in 1. As Hamill told the tale on a recent Nerdist Podcast, heading into the audition he didnt feel he had a chance, since hes so associated with Skywalker, the ultimate good guy. How could he be taken seriously as a deranged evildoer Thinking he had nothing to lose, he went all out, really pushing the envelope with the madness. As it turns out, thats what landed him the role. Hamills take is characterized, appropriately, by equal parts madness and silliness, quick transitions from high pitches to low, and different insane laughs for different occasions. He most recently voiced the Joker in this past summers animated film Batman The Killing Joke, but even more recently hes been busy reading Donald Trump tweets in the Jokers voice. BULLWINKLEUnless you live in the National Lampoons Vacation universe and obsess over Marty Moose, everyones favorite cartoon moose is most definitely Bullwinkle J.