My Top 20 Voice Actors 10: Tress MacNeille

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I continue my project of making pictures dedicated to my favorite roles performed by 20 of my favorite voice actors.

On my previous pictures, I've covered April Winchell, Jim Cummings, Rob Paulsen, Maurice LaMarche, Tony Jay, E.G. Daily, Tara Strong, Tom Kenny, and Clancy Brown.

Now I am making a picture that pays tribute to characters played by Tress MacNeille. And since she is my 10th actor in this series, that means I'm halfway done with this project now!

1. Disney

Tress MacNeille provides a lot of voice work for Disney

In Chip n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Tress is the voice of Chip as well as Gadget Hackwrench.

She is also the current voice of Daisy Duck, voicing her in pretty much every contemporary media to feature her, with the exception of Quack Pack, which for some reason had Donald's girlfriend voiced by Kath Soucie instead.

2. Tiny Toon Adventures

In this show, Tress MacNeille voiced Babs Bunny. Her full name is Barbara Ann Bunny, but she hates being addressed formally.

She simply serves as a younger counterpart to Bugs Bunny like Buster, since Tiny Toon Adventures was made long before Space Jam and therefore predates Lola Bunny.

3. Animaniacs

Tress MacNeille was the voice of Dot Warner.

The Warner Brothers and the Warner Sister were pretty funny, since they love nothing more than messing with everyone they get within ten feet of.

4. 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon

Tress MacNeille was the voice of Kala, the female Neutrino.

The Neutrinos were a race of pacifist aliens from Dimension X who were warring against the forces of Krang. Along with her fellow Neutrinos Dask and Zak, Kala became an ally to the Ninja Turtles and was also implied to have a thing going on with Michelangelo.

Because I don't believe in wasting anything, my interpretation of TMNT for my fan fics and comics have used Kala as a character, though I shipped her with Donatello instead, a decision partly inspired by Donatello showing affection for her in the Archie Comics adaptation of the Neutrinos' debut episode Hot Rodding Teenagers from Dimension X.

5. Rugrats

On this show, Tress was the voice of Charlotte Pickles, mother of the spoiled brat Angelica, wife of Drew Pickles, and therefore aunt to Tommy and Dil Pickles.

She was depicted as a workaholic, but at times it was made clear that she loved her family.

Tress MacNeille reprised her role in All Grown Up, a highly divisive spinoff to Rugrats where the babies and toddlers became preteens.

6. The Simpsons

Tress MacNeille voices a lot of characters, including Agnes Skinner, Jimbo Jones, Dolph Starbeam, Lindsey Naegle, Cookie Kwan, and Brandine Spuckler. She even voiced Lunchlady Doris after her original voice actress Doris Grau died.

7. Futurama

On this show, Tress MacNeille most notably voices Mom, a corrupt tycoon who is hilariously malicious. She's one of those characters who isn't nice at all, but their very horribleness is part of what makes them funny. My favorite Mom line is "Jam a bastard in it, you crap!"

In addition, Tress voices the characters Linda, Leela's mother Turanga Munda, Tinny Tim, Ndnd, and Hattie MacDoogal.

Since I am halfway done, and because I still want people to check out this project, here is a list of the remaining ten voice actors I plan to make pictures of their roles for this series: Dan Castellaneta, Corey Burton, Eric Bauza, Frank Welker, Rodger Bumpass, Kath Soucie, Pat Fraley, Dee Bradley Baker, Jess Harnell, and Tim Curry.

Chip n Dale: Rescue Rangers and Daisy Duck (c) Disney

Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs (c) Warner Bros.

TMNT and Rugrats (c) Nickelodoen

The Simpsons and Futurama created by Matt Groening