Critical Role: Your Voice DIRECTOR Is Showing

I love when when these nerdy arse voice actors give each other voice direction during the show.
Hope you enjoy it too :)
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[@thothrax5621]

Liam a man with an American accent, is pretending to be Caleb who has a German accent, who is pretending to be Travis who has an American accent, who is pretending to be Fjord who has a British accent, who is pretending to be Vandran who has Texan accent

[@figisfruit8256]

Eltritch blaeeeeeest

[@jpumbaa1]

He's just a dude....

[@gianrcarlo]

I never thought hard about it until just now but holy shit...

[@Tboneallstar]

and it made for the funniest impression I've ever heard. Elttttritchhh Bleeeeast

[@Mika-_-link]

Layers here.

[@ciferlu254]

0:50 It is officially canon that Grog is too stupid to spell his own name but speaks fluent Japanese, fight me

[@tonybishop3686]

I like the thought of this

[@adamkaris]

He thinks he made up the language.

[@bettyplatt9947]

yes. But does Travis actually speak Japanese? I need to know!

[@Hyproxious]

probably not but he has worked on dubs for a lot of animes so he naturally picked up lines

[@realmofdoors9605]

I love how when Laura jabs him to make him stop, even his "Ow" is Anime.

[@virginiamooney4105]

"I hear accents get better if you do them louder"

[@wenbluepirate3954]

Timestamp plis

[@averynerdybookworm972]

Wen BluePirate 5:28

[@Fairfieldfencer]

That's actually a deeper joke than you think because a person's natural accent gets stronger when they're yelling so you have to keep that in mind if you are a voice actor.

[@DizzyTrendermen]

That’s only the Irish

[@treyatkinson7564]

@@DizzyTrendermen false, Irish gets thicker when they are drinking straight whiskey from the bottle

[@deburrito6882]

The fact that Taliesin does the perfect crow sound at 0:20 solidifies his position as the one and only Goth King

[@alycias7345]

even though this has 800 likes, still underrated comment.

[@charlesschneider7798]

Where do you think the Crows learned?

[@clickpause8732]

@@charlesschneider7798 "The pyramids gave the crows their voice."

[@treyatkinson7564]

@@clickpause8732 Taliesin is actually an embodiment of the pyramids confirmed

[@madmiico]

he probably voiced those crows in the last of us 2

[@09spidy]

Nott: try to sound like Fjord Caleb: Eltrich blaayyyst Nott: nope.

[@HyenaFox]

"I think you even added *extra* consonants that aren't even there!! Like, 3 of those letters are not even in that word... You added like, an E, a Y... Maybe an I?"

[@FoxandHart]

Liam as Caleb doing poor impressions of the other PCs is all I need

[@MsCunningLinguistic]

"I em e leetle gobeline gurl" is almost as good as Marisha's "OH HELLO AI HAILE FROM THEE MONNTENS" in the very first ep of Critical Role xD

[@jolinevdk]

Doing something poorly on purpose that you're actually good at is the mark of a true master

[@shaylic3795]

El.dree.tch Blay.ssst

[@MmeHyraelle]

Eldritch blaaaaaaaaaaayssst

[@symphony_in_plaid4592]

@@MsCunningLinguistic that is the best transcription I could ever imagine. Thank you so much 😂😂😂

[@michaelbraico631]

"Aeldritch Blaeeest" is my favorite thing, ever.

[@Carnagevenomtoxin]

18:55 I love that Tallesin is so used to getting direction from his job that he doesn't even realize he was doing it until half way through.

[@sierrafly9242]

Liam voice directing was so painful and good. I lost it everytime sam said Pick Up lol

[@XoIoRouge]

My best part is that the rest of the cast are trying to muffle their laughs; because they're really living the recording studio vibe in the episode!

[@MrHeart12]

what is that from? i have never seen that.

[@XoIoRouge]

@@MrHeart12 Liam's First One-shot from a few years back

[@MrHeart12]

@@XoIoRouge do you know the name of it? it looks interesting.

[@XoIoRouge]

@@MrHeart12 I'm back because I knew where to look. This video is harder to find than I thought. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYXHnWl9nc6Gf5o

[@alexhillsdon6368]

"Alright, T-Pose." Matt you are precious

[@arthurgomes3227]

As someone who worked as a Mocap technical director, the way they were moving while T posing made me almost yell " stand still , heads forward please!!". Fucking muscle memory lol

[@sylvex7]

1:00 Travis just deadass said the title for Fullmetal Alchemist in Japanese, knowing full well of his association with the series lol

[@ChonmageXIV]

Well, he said "The Alchemist Hagano" which in all fairness was a petty nobleman (mediocris) who achieved influence in Lotharingia and West Francia during the rule of Charles the Simple (898-922), but by no means an alchemist. :)

[@carrie1939]

"don't actually speak Japanese, Grog" I just fucking lost it 😂😂

[@bexclearly]

17:46 When this one-shot first aired I thought that it was Travis talking and was VERY confused as to why his lips were not moving.

[@lawrencealcantara]

took me a while to find out who was talking omg XD

[@bamcki991]

That voice turns me on...

[@MmeHyraelle]

@@bamcki991 this explain laura

[@mikaylabowen5185]

I high key thought that was Travis when Sam was doing his deep voice holy- I’m shooketh

[@jmercedesd]

TBH, I think most people watching that one-shot got Sam and Travis confused for a solid half an hour. XD

[@geoffrose9647]

Matt and Marisha at @12:00 Awwww

[@bexclearly]

they are so obviously in love with each other it HURTS

[@evieisamarshmallow]

‘eltritch blaaaayyyst’ kills me every single time omg

[@Gordyan_Knot]

So many spelling variations of Caleb's "eldritch blast" and they're *all* correct.

[@zevo9314]

did they really T pose in and T Pose out like there was motion capture suits on them?

[@sodawax3457]

Yes and it was the best.

[@zevo9314]

@@sodawax3457 i missed that one. i may have to go back and look for it

[@elliephantparade]

The real beauty here is the abrupt shift from "When I smile I create a dim light with my teeth!" to "Do you feel like you're better then us now?"

[@bamcki991]

Half of the video is just them roleplaying their work.

[@sodawax3457]

Yep :)

[@pikagammerpluspizza7478]

I 100% think Sam practiced 2:15 in secret just for that joke

[@Chigen_Atomic]

I love Travis' shift from Japanese to "Ow!" Ashley's narrations for Pillars, which is more than likely what he's referring to, are great. Also, go buy Pillars of Eternity 1 and 2, they're great games.

[@BoltyLive]

Man, this video was gre- ugh, Pick up! Man this video was great! I re- Pick up! Manthi- Pick up! Man this video was great, I really love when Liam was DM and made them voice act in game.

[@hoki3697]

0:59 Travis still remembers Fullmetal alchemist. :D

[@EvilPaladin11]

Who was he in FMA?

[@hoki3697]

@@EvilPaladin11 He was Roy Mustang.

[@MasterCrander]

Didn't put 2 and 2 together until 10:05; it sounded so damn familiar until I realized it's because Laura is doing her Eltariel voice. Didn't know it was _her_ I was listening to for hours and hours until right then

[@arkxerxes8017]

Talion you are not alone

[@worrywirt]

I don’t know why but “pickup” made me howl every time. Wish I had that irl when I’m nervous and mess up what I wanna say 😂

[@IceMetalPunk]

"Do you want to, um... pickup! Would you like to maybe, I dunno, uh... pickup! Wanna go out with me 😏?" "...no." "PICKUP! For God's sake, PICKUP!"

[@lary6420]

Percy's Crow is still scarily good

[@lethalsandwhich]

He has had all of the known time to perfect it, as the immortal being that he is.

[@mollyhunter6239]

9:25 when Sam leans back to view the fruits of his labor

[@Kasino80]

Which one shot is this from?

[@emmaginative]

Travis body-language'ing his old accent @ 7:48 is something that will make me cry of laughter every single time

[@yamiscapex]

The irony is that Liam O’Brien, Taliesin Jaffe and Sam Riegel are ACTUAL voice directors on the side.

[@LeDameMarciana]

yamionthetrap! “ON THE SIDE” LMAAAAAO

[@honorburke474]

Laura used to direct when she worked at Funimation in Dallas, too

[@charliea.5546]

lmao critical role is on the side

[@nirobu]

@@charliea.5546 is it though? not sure how much VAs make on the side, but they must be making more bank with Critical Role as a company. What with merch, subs, and whatnot.

[@charliea.5546]

@@nirobu they were originally voice actors/direcors, and that still what they mainly do. its like if an engineer did youtube and made more moneynfrom youtube, its still on the side

[@InfinityMax365]

Ok. 17:59 I wasn’t looking at the video and thought that that was Travis speaking, when Travis actually talked I did a double take, God Dam Sam??

[@Thiccyg]

@0:20 HOW DOES HE DO THAT. Trying to add voice effects into my dm'ing and WTF THIS BAR IS SO HIGH

[@mudkipjuice]

To be fair he is an ancient eldritch being. Mere human vocal cords can't compare.

[@drpg7924]

It took me some time to learn it but I eventually got it. Best I can explain is it's like coughing but from further up in your throat.

[@Thiccyg]

Ngl i learned it 5 mins after i posted but the hyriad of other voice affects astonishes me. Partularly fron the "your voice actor is showing" series

[@EarthFaery26]

Right?? The first time i watched the original video i legit had no idea where it came from and thought it was an actual bird.

[@firapolemos3879]

Is anyone else going to talk about 16:33 with Travis tickling Taliesin's ear?

[@lilypad.7485]

anyways matt and marisha@ 12:04 so good, love them, they love each other

[@cassiehamilton4170]

I love that most of these are from one of Liam's one shots!

[@anna-maria1412]

You'd think I know Liam's accent game is fucking perfection but I get surprised every damn time, that Neil was so good

[@sleepingArisu]

It's usually hard for me to see couples being couples, but Matt and Marisha are so cute at 12:03

[@taylors4895]

oh my heart.

[@peterchan2096]

I hadn't gotten to that part of the video yet so I clicked the time stamp and my fucking heart melted 🥺🥺

[@Taurusus]

If I recall correctly, isn't that the one-shot where they were both killed off in the first half, so they could go on their honeymoon?

[@paragonjones13]

Why hard?

[@ihaveaplan.ijustneedmoney.9777]

I love their inside jokes so much~ you get really small glimpses of what their workplace is like x)

[@Caimber]

Liam processes a whole lot of feelings in regards to Sams deep voice in the Lorelei one shot. 10/10 love it they are husbands

[@julesking1303]

16:29 as they all t-pose, look at Travis He grins, realizing that his hand is in proximity to Taliesin’s ear, and proceeds to mess with him just for fun. in retaliation, Taliesin bites at his fingertips to get him to stop. Hardcore sibling energy and chaotic CEO energy as well (yes i know this was before he was CEO, it has a Geek And Sundry logo on it lol)

[@beemoney19]

"I made different choices."

[@BrianSierakowski]

0:41 "you are our jester" :D

[@WithASideOfTibbs]

Yo, their crow impressions, especially Taliesin's, at the beginning are amazing what the hell-

[@starboy3860]

... You know what I'm not even surprised that Taliesin does a good crow impression. It's awesome but I'm also incredibly unsurprised.

[@topturv528]

I love when Matt turns so pink in the face from laughter

[@aurag1760]

I am so proud of this community. CR compilations are always gold

[@sodawax3457]

💜thank you :-)

[@LocoDodoXD]

Someone should make a "Matt being a total cutiepie for X minutes straight" compilation! 12:02 should be in it xD

[@sodawax3457]

Hmmm

[@thebuzzard4543]

6:16 Blaahst? No!

[@NickiPlague]

Sam's werewolf character gets me everytime. That voice! Oh my Goddess! XD

[@ladyamphy]

I think you missed one. From the live show at last years gencon when they pretending to send an illusion down the stairs. Taliesin was the one pretending to be the director.

[@sodawax3457]

Oh no! I'm going to go search for it right now!!

[@sodawax3457]

got any other clues? do you remember anything they said?

[@sodawax3457]

I found it...oh no its such a good one too :) Good find thank you kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppqviXewj9p0gc0h35m56s

[@DetectiveLance]

There's something impossibly meta here....it's killing me XD

[@jadelee6555]

Holy shit Taliesin's crow croak was INCREDIBLE!!

[@shakurasender5583]

14:12 i think the accent that would eventually become Chetney jumped out here

[@lilypad.7485]

fairly new critter here why does liam go all voice director on his one shots lol i love it dont get me wrong

[@sodawax3457]

I guess its because he is a voice director and he enjoys it. When I DM I go all teacher because that is my real job. I suppose we use what we know.

[@lilypad.7485]

@@sodawax3457 ah, I see thanks for the insight

[@symphony_in_plaid4592]

Plus wasn't he playing himself as a director directing them in that one game?

[@carlosangel9404]

Liam probably does the best Niel Druckman impression I've ever seen. I was fucking crying!

[@Crow-lamari]

Absolutely loving these! I know you must put a lot of work into logging times and things and the effort really does show in these compilations. Please, keep this up!

[@sodawax3457]

Thank you. I'm almost finished with my oneshot one. Its just taking a bit liner because I don't know the oneshots as well. Thank you :) Im so glad your enjoying them

[@DEinarsson]

This is brilliant!

[@LegendsSeeker]

I really want real Neil Druckmann as guest on Critical Role. And Cory Barlog too. I wonder what these creative game directors can bring to the table.

[@ProfessorShnacktime]

Neil Drunkman would create a good narrative and then destroy it the second time he comes on

[@TheTsugnawmi2010]

18:10 I thought it was Travis talking! I was so confused when it was Sam's lips moving

[@MFWb00bi3s]

0:17 I can't stop replaying this. Laura catching the last moment and losing it. Matt saying it's so good before he realizes it gets even better. Tal's directness and Sam's theatrical synergy. It's just magical.

[@yuliaramsidi7675]

A kind of video I never knew I needed it, thank you so much!!

[@sodawax3457]

You are very welcome :-)

[@folkwhore8322]

Liam doing Neil is trippy

[@Emnms68]

“Elteridge Blehst”

[@ryanrhino2318]

Pick up

[@MercuryCat]

Make ha- pick up

[@seraphinaedan1033]

Welllllllll *hell* GOT ME SO HARD LMAOOOO

[@sodawax3457]

I missed this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppqviXewj9p0gc0h35m56s and this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6HSeaSJnM-HoMk at 2min40sec The clip that starts at around 8mins an unlisted one-shot. You can find it here kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYXHnWl9nc6Gf5o

[@ErdTirdMans]

Man, why is that unlisted? I have friends playing catch-up and that one shot is so damn good :(

[@Aliyahu]

Where's the clip right after it from?

[@sodawax3457]

@@Aliyahu kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnnMpZRoqZpnrrs

[@Aliyahu]

@@sodawax3457 Oh thanks! Guess I haven't caught up to there yet.

[@MrZombieZealot]

I feel like Sam has a lot of experience with fucking up his lines.

[@IceMetalPunk]

I just joined Critical Role for ExU and now C3; was that one-shot with Liam as the DM just... them roleplaying their own day jobs? 😂

[@sodawax3457]

Yes and no. It gets pretty trippy. Link to part 1 and 2 here kzbin.info/aero/PLUEVwee3mUp0_frnyLamF0DK5sskL60iG

[@diandrar2896]

I just realized Sam wears the same shirt in all the one-shots

[@remmingtonreyburn8884]

Has anyone else noticed that Matt’s hair line turns red when his face turns red?

[@dagello]

eeldreetch bleeeeaaassst

[@TonkarzOfSolSystem]

"Eldrige" Blast?

[@iristhai5969]

This is just wholesome..

[@sodawax3457]

So glad you enjoyed it :)

[@TheProteanGeek]

We've all lost our Sean Connery now

[@dragone236]

The way Sam just instantly picked up the crow after Taliesin did it blows my mind

[@k4rapace874]

i think he is actually just mouthing it and taliesin is making the noise! got me too though

[@k4rapace874]

oh realizing you might have been joking

[@dragone236]

@@k4rapace874 oh shoot you’re right lol. I didn’t even realize

[@ranun5973]

1:02 “An I OOP-“

[@bebop417]

this is awesome

[@sodawax3457]

Glad you like it 😊😊

[@blairbird8022]

NANI!?

[@Moby41]

eltritch blaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyst

[@saintpoli6800]

That Neil Druckmann thing killed me.

[@morganmae8396]

Gooooooodness

[@redrevelry]

this video makes me want to be a voice actor

[@TheWobbinator1]

Liam O'Brian is my king.

[@MilesTailsProwerfan9]

Funny how voice director Talesin didn't do one of those jokes. XD

[@FormerlyDavid]

How many times did Liam run / did they do this bit? I think I counted three different casts at the table.

[@renzesparza6281]

Apparently I’m obsessed with low voice Sam

[@MrCorycool2]

3:10 rip Shawn Connery

[@danieloceansmith3156]

DAMN IT THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I RANDOMLY GOT THEM T-Posing!!!! WHAT IS THIS ABILITY I HAVE TO FIND A T POSE IN A FILM AT RANDOM?!

[@didiwin78]

Which oneshot is from 8:00 - 11:00. I Can't seem to find it.

[@bryanwoods3373]

It's the first one Liam did, Liam's Quest.

[@sodawax3457]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYXHnWl9nc6Gf5o

[@Jacules]

I've watched every person on the table but I can't figure it out: who the hell says "douzo" at 0:56?

[@zakarymoninger7845]

I think its Taliesin. You can see his throat move a bit, his face is really close to their mics, and it's most similar to his voice.

[@Jacules]

@@zakarymoninger7845 I think you're right. Looks like there's a little bit of lag between the audio and video so that's probably why I was confused. Thanks!

[@DeadHooded-Mat]

@@Jacules I think it's Matt, you can see his lips move à few secs later

[@jshu-_-]

Oretty syre that was Travis saying sousou. You can easily say it without moving your lips

[@Polopony20.]

10:00 where and what is this whole thing from/for?

[@nikolajovanovski7481]

I've only seen C2, what are the voice over thingies?

[@sodawax3457]

If you look at critical role's play lists the voice over thing is from Liam's one-shot.

[@AlexPerez-tt9ru]

Which oneshot is from 11:09- 17:44 . I don't remember watching that one

[@sodawax3457]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWnXaXyGnNd8aq8

[@AlexPerez-tt9ru]

@@sodawax3457 that's not the one. It's the one before that clip

[@Juanelo000001]

Liam's Quest: Full Circle. It's basically a love letter from Liam to his friends that got me crying at the end, that got everyone crying at the end. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnnMpZRoqZpnrrs

[@sodawax3457]

@@AlexPerez-tt9ru kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYXHnWl9nc6Gf5o

[@Horsemaniax12]

0:40 Jester origin confirmed?!?

[@takana5927]

Sam is a real director voice.

[@theanyktos]

Can anyone tell who says (and I'm spelling this phonetically, bc I don't know Japanese) "dohotho" at 0:55 ? I kept replaying it, and watching them and I can't tell.

[@sodawax3457]

I'm think it's Travis

[@hiyaitselia]

Can anyone send me the link to the episode at 8:01? I really want to see the whole thing!

[@sodawax3457]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYXHnWl9nc6Gf5o

[@hiyaitselia]

@@sodawax3457 Thank you so much!

[@bagel4404]

They call him Samurai. He speaks fluent Japanese.

[@mattneese8571]

Anyone know what episode the Liam voice director scenes are from?

[@sodawax3457]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYXHnWl9nc6Gf5o

[@theta8529]

Whats the One Shot With Liam O Brian In the DM's Chair with Travis, Laura, Tallisan and Sam?

[@rizahawkeyepierce1380]

Pretty sure it's just called Liam's One Shot - it was pretty early on in the stream