Frank Welker is 'milking it' as Soundwave, and Discusses Favourite Characters

[@winterstar5750]

Hard to believe that such a bubbly, fun-loving man was behind some of the most notorious villains of our childhoods. I love Frank Wlker

[@InformationIsTheEdge]

I get the impression that Frank Welker is the kind of guy you want to have show up at your barbecue picnic. Even if he didn't do a single of his voice characters!

[@a_diamond]

Oh totally!!

[@LarryMoonlink3892]

*LOL!!* I could imagine my brother Peter Cullen inviting Frank Welker to his BBQ picnic party........................ which is a good idea for friends to do together!

[@ziggybarone3168]

I feel like he's permanently Fred. Not that I dislike it, but it truly makes him recognizable. Imagine Fred at your picnic away from traps.

[@judgedrekk2981]

OH idk, I'd ask him to pull Ralph the dog just for a laugh lol but I bet he has lots of funny stories....he seems like that kind of guy to me...that and he's probably always playing jokes with his voice lol

[@InformationIsTheEdge]

@@judgedrekk2981 I bet you're right! I get the same impression too.

[@Davidmoire96]

I love how Megatron sounded like he had an english accent, like an old , strained Christopher Lee, he said he wanted pain when he used Megatron's voice, and it worked, to this day i have never heard anyone do a voice like that, to me he will always be the best among many giants, the work he did with Chris Latta was legendary

[@HybridVigilante]

Love this. Him, Peter Welker, David Kaye, Keith David, Tara Strong, Steve Blum, and Christopher Lee are inspirational to me. ❤😊

[@GangsterofloveSpacecowboy]

When he talks in his real voice you can hear Rumble.

[@Muldfeld]

Wow. What a kind-hearted, generous guy. So great that he's kind to his fans.

[@matthewreynoso6904]

Now I want to meet him so badly!

[@sub-zero5433]

@@LarryMoonlink3892 tf are you on about

[@RicoLee27]

@@LarryMoonlink3892 ???? You smoke?

[@sub-zero5433]

@@LarryMoonlink3892 clearly you aren’t lmao

[@sub-zero5433]

@@LarryMoonlink3892 you aren’t unique just cause ur “quirky”

[@StarFox_SNES]

Hey, nobody calls Soundwave “uncrasimatic!”

[@athlonen]

Wow.. Dude just went from Soundwave/Dr. Claw (and possibly even Darkseid from Challenge of the SuperFriends) to Rumble and sounding like he just came out of hanging out with Joe Pesci, to Ralph, the TV Studio Lot guard from Animaniacs!

[@lordhoganproductions1050]

Don't forget krulos from dinoriders.

[@Bboykidcombo]

Destroy the child"-soundwave(voice)

[@commandersoundwave2845]

*is rocking back and forth, thinking about everything that has happened to me recently...*

[@darthdmc]

To think when it came to the G1 rosta (Series 1), he did around 70% of the Decepticons, and a handful of Autobots.

[@LarryMoonlink3892]

Frank Welker: *reading this comment* WHAT????!!!!! *INTENSE ANGERED 74 YEAR OLD AMERICAN DUDE WHO IS A VOICE ACTOR* Frank Welker(again): *faints and falls and lands on back* Pikachu Thunderstruck the electric dragon: *roars and then does CPR on Frank Welker and electric shocks Frank Welker back to life* Also Frank Welker: *TRIGGERED AF TO THE POINT WHERE HE TURNS INTO MIDNIGHT WELKER* all of Frank Welker's haters: OH NO! FRANK WELKER IS GONNA END US FOR HATING HIM! Midnight Welker: WELL! LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO HATERS? Peter Cullen: *yeets a bunch of snickers and crosses at Frank Welker who is currently Midnight Welker* Frank Welker(after returning to normal): *confused* what happened? Me: Frank Welker, your evil twin Midnight Welker took control over your body but then Peter Cullen went throwing Snickers and holy crosses at you to get you back to normal..... Frank Welker: *COMPLETELY DOESN'T UNDERSTAND AND YET HUGS ME SUPER TIGHTLY* Me: Frank Welker, I think you're squeezing me! Frank Welker: *stops* Megatron the Metal dragon: *stares at everybody in confusion* WHAT THE FLYING TURKEY IS HAPPENING???? *AWKWARD SILENCE OCCURS LATER*

[@decepticonvendetta5253]

He is the Greatest voice actor of all time

[@Ricobaca]

Mel Blanc.

[@matthewreynoso6904]

Yes he is! My favorite my idol.

[@thegamingkaiser2874]

He isn't the greatest, he is one of the greatest though

[@BrotherDerrick3X]

@@Ricobaca Mel Blanc was one of Frank's mentors.

[@surprisevegeta8838]

He is

[@Devalis]

If there ever was a successor to Mel Blanc, it's Frank Welker.

[@ziggybarone3168]

He and Steve Blum are literally everywhere. Still, in multiple roles that don't involve anime and action, Welker dominates.

[@matthewreynoso6904]

ziggy barone Why have they been unable to put Frank Welker in any anime?

[@jayjay86443]

@@matthewreynoso6904 DISCLAIMER: I'M NOT HIM Putting it simply, he's a legend, he's a Union actor ($$$), and I don't think he likes anime. At least not to the point of voicing in it. I'm also sure he's seen what's been happening to Funimation (bad) and Viz (actors on Strike). He doesn't tolerate any drama in his studios, or screwy pay.

[@vassa1972]

Love Frank's voices during the original g1 transformers series

[@metalmeister3054]

Man... such talent!!! He will forever be a staple of my childhood.

[@BlackLivesMatter23]

Turns out, Soundwave and Dr. Claw have the same voice. Wow

[@athlonen]

More than that. Ever notice how Galvatron and Glove from the Bionic Six have the same voice? Yep.. that guy.

[@athlonen]

@TwinTurbo Ray I never said that Welker was the original voice of Galvatron, though. Since he took over for Nimoy after landing in that lava pit on Charr and went BSC, he was the voice of Galvatron.

[@seanrichardgreen]

A national treasure this man.

[@civilwildman]

Would love to find out the following: 1) How he came up with the voices of Mirage from The Transformers and Elminster from Baldur's Gate. 2) Speaking of Baldur's Gate, if he was actually following a script for Xzar or if he was allowed to improv any of that. 3) How he came up with the voice for Odin from the recent Marvel cartoons and how he feels voicing a fictional version of a real god.

[@blacktemplarchaplainmarius42]

Is it me or Frank Welker was the demon voice from Doom 2016??

[@XBlazePS3]

If you mean Dr Samuel Hayden then no but not sure on which demon

[@thecursor1]

Frank has done the SoundWave voice for a lot of stuff and it messed me up as a kid every time.

[@jaco5187]

Frank Welker - voice modulator = Dr. Claw

[@chichiboypumpi]

Why is it often that those who voice bad guys like Skeletor and Megatron are very nice guys in real life?

[@AK-Drakoin]

You gotta be pretty nerdy and fun loving to pull off such dramatic voices like that

[@Jeezes718]

Sometimes you need the most chill people to look at a script telling them to go full ham and go 'challenge accepted '

[@initiatorhater0688]

I hear that Frank Welker's appearance fee's are very high for conventions

[@handlebarcubermons8415]

Well he's the greatest

[@thespaceram2879]

They all do it. They even want their trips to conventions paid, hotel stay, food and transportation included.

[@matthewreynoso6904]

HandlebarCuber Mons Yeah, because he's so versatile!

[@missvideogamegirl]

I love this 😂

[@SamanthamusPrimeV28050]

I had this dream where I was riding a 1947 presidents conference committee streetcar, to a party, and Frank Welker was sitting next to me, and my friend Catie Bowman s sitting across the aisle from us, and my friend had Sonny Cullen sitting next to her, and catie was just collecting schedules and counting how many she collected in total, and she was wearing her dad's work hat which says "SEPTA traffic department" and the trolley was being operated by SEPTA, and the trolley route was route 15 to 63rd and girard. Frank Welker and I talked, to each other. Catie and Sonny talked to each other, and it was 4 people talking moment.

[@Rebmetpes4]

Frank does it all he really does!

[@SaviourV]

That sounds less like Soundwave and more like Dr. Claw. 😅

[@MrKersey]

Actually, Soundwave's voice is exactly as Dr Claw's, except it was rendered through a sound processor which gave it it's unique timbre.

[@LarryMoonlink3892]

They had to autotune Dr. Claw's voice in order to make it sound like Soundwave... in the making of Transformers G1......

[@PositiveDay6543]

Spumoni's Voice in the Garfield Show => 1:36

[@Ironcabbit]

I hear a lot of Fred Jones and Dr. Ray Stantz in Mr. Welker’s natural voice.

[@madhavkrishna2287]

his face looks like Megatron

[@LarryMoonlink3892]

*OOF!* If he sees this comment, he is gonna jumpscare you while he's doing Megatron's growl sound effect........

[@lucasalejaga1175]

@@LarryMoonlink3892 nice one 😂😂

[@LarryMoonlink3892]

@@lucasalejaga1175 lol... yeah, it's probably my first FNAF based joke with Transformers characters and Voice actors/actresses!...

[@roseandfriends4697]

@@LarryMoonlink3892 😂😂😂

[@thepinkdickpuppeteer2844]

Fucking Soundwave is the shit!!!!

[@RR-me5lp]

1:57 I wonder that he know FIBRIR

[@Adriel-hl6pv]

1:35

[@johnensel6295]

Dead End Kids first showed up in a Humphrey Bogart film.

[@tardiscommand1812]

All hail Megatron!

[@alextomlin5674]

Frank Welker Did The Voice of The Thing in Eddie Murphy Movie The Golden Child / Exactly How he is doing Soundwave in This Video./ The Only Voice Actor Who Did Freddy Jones In Scooby-Doo From 1969 till Now ( That's Amazing ) No offense but the Emmy's / Grammy's @ Oscar's Need to have A lifetime achievement award in Voice Acting ( These Actors work there asses off to entertain us / If It wasn't for Mel Blanc These Gifted Talents would never get a shot / he open the doors for these guys @ girls of voice acting. You Know what's weird The Black Actor who does The Alstate Insurance commercials of his voice @ in person / He sounded the Same in A TV Episode of Buck Roger's in 25th Century back in 1980's/ I said wow he sounds the same way, actors The Late Eli Wallach from Magnificent 7 @ The Good / The Bad In The Ugly ,did voice acting work in those early 1980's Toyota Commercials / Actor Gene Hackman, Use to voice act the United Airline Commercials in late 80's and 90's , / actor Sam Elliot Did The Dodge Ram Commercials in the 2000's Till now from time to time @ Now John Cena / Ex WWE Wrestler no Actor Does The Honda Commercials voice over work. / Black Actor Keith David From / Platoon @ John Carpenter's The Thing @ John Carpenter'sThey Live @ other Movie @ Tv Work is doing voice acting work ( he voiced ( Spawn in Animated Series For HBO ) Voice Acting Is Good / Especially When Hollywood is Not calling you for live acting rolls are not available.

[@carmineredpigment]

What was the voice he did at 3:06 after Frenzy? Couldn’t really understand what he said. EDIT: Nvm, I got it now. He was doing an impression of Huntz Hall

[@amitypredator9385]

Dead end kids= the Bowery boys. Rumble was based on Leo Gorcey😂

[@josemontano7767]

I hear pee wee from the Smurf’s

[@626STAH]

Gold

[@darthsherminator5868]

this seems like such a wholesome event. the vibes are immaculate!

[@TheJesterCW]

is it just me, or does Frank look like an older Jack Black.

[@optimusprimealsoknownasjoh4855]

It is you... *LOL!*

[@hygog]

what skirt was that guy wearing

[@athlonen]

The kid was dressed as Spike, the father was dressed as Sparkplug.

[@AmberTheFangirl]

Does anyone have a photo of the outfit?

[@shelby4355]

@@AmberTheFangirl I want to see them too :(

[@bradfordward]

@@shelby4355 So, funny story, I actually happen to be the kid in the video dressed as Spike. If you see this reply I’d be happy to send you a picture of me and my dad in our costumes!

[@bradfordward]

@@AmberTheFangirl Funny story, I was scrolling through the comments of this video reminiscing on TFcon, when I came across your comment. If you see this reply, I’d be happy to send you a picture of my dad and I in our costumes, as I’m actually the kid in the video dressed as spike.

[@Rebmetpes4]

He can do Fat Albert better than the Cos can 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dimviesel]

milking it?🤨

[@triciaflintoft]

Ravage eject

[@LarryMoonlink3892]

This might shock you all but........ I am pregnant with Frank Welker's child and yet I have a crush on Frank Welker... I ain't gonna explain the story cause I don't feel like explaining it cause it might make you all self destruct or something like that...