Why doesn't Toad's voice sound like it used to?
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- Toad has a VERY distinctive voice - loud and screechy is how I'd describe it. But it wasn't always that way - so why on earth did it change so much?
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SOURCES
• Genericon 2014: godzil... Jen Taylor talking about mimicking Japanese voice of Toad
• SacAnime 2019: Super M... Sam Kelly Talks about doing Toad voice when she was young (34:30)
• Kenny James and Samant... Sam Kelly talking about Toad voice
CREDITS
- Wario’s Woods Gameplay by TheVandal172 via World of Longplays
- Mario Kart 64 Gameplay by Mad-Matt via World of Longplays
- Footage of Isaac Marshall from • Nintendo 64 Unveiling ...
MUSIC
- All music via Epidemic Sound - Hry
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Can you do one for Toadette? Ik she isn't that well known, but she's been becoming very popular since the 2010s being put into main series games.
I have been waiting for this video, NOICE
Toad before: *little kid voice*
Toad now: *high pitched demonic screeching*
lol
He still has a little kid voice.
That's what kids are like. They're screeching little demons. I know this because I am a little demon child but I'm not so screechy
he's just through with Toad puberty and grown himself some chest-hair...
Poor thing wasn't vaccinated in time
"Extremely distinctive voice" [ LOUD SCREECHING ]
LMFAO FR!!
kinda like poofesure
Toad be like : AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAA A A A A A A. AÆA A A A A A A A. AA A A A A A A A
Sounds distinctive enough
😂😂
Toad has a new voice actor for the movie and *_THE WHOLE AUDIENCE IS GONNA FEEL HIS WRATH._*
Yeah I wonder if he'll be able to do it
@@aussiefurbymogwaifan6621 as a comedian, he may give a high voice
KENOBI!!!!!!!
@@scoutart1508 I think Charlie Day did a great job impersonating Toad
@@DovahGirlie it's keegan michael-key
Toad's current voice is the biggest reason why I've been maining him in Mario Kart since MK7. The way he cackles when his attacks land is the best
In a few years they'll just use literal gravel for Toad's voice.
Eventually they'll cut out the middleman and just stick drills in your ears.
@@BenMarcWilliams same effect XD
@@maxizredder4271 Literally no difference, really.
Put some gravel in a metal maraca
Maybe just put the sound of nails on a chalkboard
Toad became a chain smoker in the past 20 years.
Thats what I was thinking 💀
If your listening to peach and daisy all day and following their demands, wouldn't you need something?
I didn’t know that 💀
10 years later he's gonna have a adult voice Sounding like he just smoked ciggerates💀
(I'm just saying)
6:52 , I interpreted that as her saying "I did an impression of the original voice, and that's what got me the role", not her saying "in my performance you hear in the game, I'm doing an impression of the original voice"
That scream at 8:03 always made me laugh, especially how it trails out at the end.
I always killed Toad in SMA just to hear that death rattle.
AAAaaAAaAaaaa....
honestly i’m not old enough to remember it being different from the screeching
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the old version was the only one I've ever known, the new screeching one is god awful
The only reason I remember the original voice is because "I'm the best" is a common sample
Don’t forget about “bup” and “waaaahh”
Skip???
I was just watching your video
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weirdly enough, i agree.
Favorite was the Mario Kart 64 version of his voice. Charming, joyful, and not annoying to hear after sometime.
Toads voice in Mario Kart 64 is still to this day, my favorite voice for him.
Toad then: Energetic kid
Toad now: Chain-smoking smurf
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It has been about 20 years, afterall
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He's not blue
Nobody:
Toad: *B r e a k f a s t*
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H E L L O
The idea of Toad sounding masculine in any kind of way is...amazing.
Not gonna lie, I love Toad's modern voice (even more than his honestly kinda bland MK64 voice). Apart from being iconic, it also manages to perfectly walk that fine line of having a raspy and high-pitched voice without going into grating territory; and it actually sounds low-key endearing. And considering how throat-aching that kind of voice is, it's something I give MAD props to.
Well, except for Kelsey Hutchinson's take. No hard feelings towards her, but that one take is *LITERALLY* everything that people who hate Toad's modern voice say Toad's modern voice is.
Time for adventure~
Ehh I don't usually judge people's opinions harshly but the fact that you prefer his annoying voice over his MK64 voice which suited him perfectly is -kinda- questionable.
is this a deaf person?!
@@colt45revolver456 Lol
@@colt45revolver456 It's better than him sounding like a girl.
Can't wait for the episode "Why does Goomba's voice not sound the same as it did?"
Air. To air.
Goombas have voices?
@@randomericthings7506 ...
Nobody:
Smart CZcamsrs: If you are over the age of 20 you can not hear this sound.
Me, an Intellectual: G O O M B A
Is its mario 64 jump sfx considered a voice?
N64 Toad was a treasure. We should have never taken him for granted.
Yeah that's the best toad's voice impression.
Mute.
I honestly liked the English va guy for toad for Mario kart 64 and the va for green toad in warios woods the best I feel like they’re the best fits and don’t hurt your ears as bad like the modern day smoker screeches
Yeeees he sounded so adorable
I dont know why adults doing kids voices... To me its sounds bad to me.
Yeah but the MP1-2-3 and MKSC Toad is cool too
"My voice hurts after doing the toad voice" maybe thats a sign that we should bring the old toad voice back. The soothing cute voice is a million times better than "AHHHHHHHHHH"
I just tried the toad voice and I actually did it REALLY similar I was so surprised 😭
I miss that "oh woh woh wohh" toad sound from N64
What about AAAAAAAHHHHH
@@mariajimenafigueroa233 bup
genuinely wishing they'd stayed with that voice instead.
@Baldhina Asnake They're talking about the specific Toad voice, not the line itself
@@catboygremlin Agreed! Bring back Isaac Marshall!
Green Toad sounds like someone with a high pitched voice trying way too hard to go down an octave.
Well, I think that's what he is.
Red Toad sounds like Ash Ketchum.
@@thatduo4126 LMAO
Out of all toad lines in "Mario Kart 64" I think the "Bup" is such meme quality
I wouldn't be surprised if Jen Taylor's gruffness with Toad was to differentiate from Peach's voice - both were quite high-pitched and maybe it was feared that they would sound too similar otherwise, coming from the same voice actor.
"Toad's voice is pretty hard to recreate"
Toad singing let-it-go girl: "Hold my microphone"
It's not that hard for me to do lol and I'm a male
@@DrunkenHorseman bro same
Well I do the voice quite alot
Haha, it's only hard if you're NORMAL and not BROKEN like ME
Toad sings Chandelier is better 😏
not gonna lie, when he said they had a temporary voice actress for toad i was like "LESLIE SWAN???" lmaooo
Yeah, that was a whole big line of being asked to voice peach lol.
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Yeah, umm.. I thought that too!
@@boom.kalips8003 you sure?
It’s completely possible that they wanted Jen to mimic the cartoon version of toad, it’s also possible that Nintendo asked her to add a more distinctive and notable voice to him.
Toad’s Mario Kart 64 voice lines are ICONIC!
As someone who can do a slightly decent Toad impression, I can confirm that it hurts. A lot.
As someone learning voice impression, Toad's voice sound painful
Toads voice def is s gravely one. Like Dr. Girlfriend from Venture Bros.
I can "accidentally" do toads voice and yes it always hurts and i always regret doing it
I just accendently did the toad voice
It did not hurt
@@cathygraham4274 It does after a few minutes of using it, at least for me. It also hurts my family's ears...
Despite how much care Nintendo generally puts into sound design in their games, your documentaries have highlighted how haphazardly their voice acting has been managed
they went with a "fuck it it's fine" approach
If I had to guess it probably didn't get much priority because there's barely any actual voice acting in stuff.
There aren't many actual words or sentences they need to record tbf, it's just a whole lot of screeching and "YA-HOO"-ing.
I feel like Nintendo just handles it like stock footage or stock recordings. They just make these actors say a bunch of things/sounds and choose whatever fits the current game and situation lol...
"Fuck around and find out"
12:21 Toad becomes Marge Simpson
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7:45 i like how you say "this gruff, Marge Simpson sound"
"For some reason, this story seems to attract mysterious individuals."
Well, toad is pretty mysterious himself tbh so it makes sense...
Oh crap you're right! What do we truly know about Toad? 🤔
His legs are mysterious, I'll give you that
He's full of mystery! Like... is that his head? or a hat? Did we ever get a conclusive answer on that? And more importantly, why does he walk around without a shirt?
@@Anthony-fu6cl he walks around without a shirt cuz hes a total chad lol
well he is mysterious, he doesn't have a neck
“Green toad has his own unique set of voice clips...”
*Cut to the most generic male voice ever* “HELLLOO”
Idk why but that cracked me up so much
ironically, it's unique because it's so generic
I think it sounds like Arin Hansen
HAHAHHAAA
That absolutely just killed me 😂
BREAKFAST
When I think of Toad I always think of Mario Kart 64. Miss the old days
Isaacs high notes are very impressive
Considering how that initial voice actor had to voice both toad and peach, I could see the raspiness originally being her way of differentiating the two
That wasn't her I don't
I know! but why on Mario kart tour toads makes my ear bleed like frenzy mode is a little bit too much
That MK 64 "AHHHHHHHHH" Toad scream is etched into my memory. It's nice to know who actually made that scream.
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I can hear it in my head. the "IM THE BEST" too XD
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The “awowowowowowo” too
Mario Kart 64 voice was the best out of all of them and that’s a fact!
6:54 she’s saying she was mimicking the voice of the girl who went for toad before her and then she was up next
In the audition
Toad: “winner, score” then out of the blue “breakfast!”
Me when I'm hungry:
I won!
Great!
...
OK let's eat now.
Me: WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!!??
Toad: BEKAFAST!!
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Can we just take a moment to appreciate Isaac Marshall’s toad? That voice is such a childhood throwback for me. New toad is way more iconic, but still.
Honestly even thinking of it makes me feel warm and happy
I'm shocked at how much he sounds like the original Japanese voice. I honestly never realized a man did it.
I agree
im surprised a man did it tbh
Marshall had the best "I'm the best" imo. I like his story too. Game testing then one day just doing a voice that a lot of us remember as kids before the screech-show started.
Thats so cool that MK64 toad was voiced by a QA tester
Issac was NOT QA. He worked in the TREEHOUSE and was a Product Evaluator. He was one of 6 people who decided what games were released in the U.S and what wasn't. All treehouse staff got credited for QA. Issac was cool AF.
Can confirm, if you do the toad voice for an hour or two, especially without a proper warmup, you don't have your full register for a little while
I know Toad's current voice is very iconic, but I do like how he sounded in Mario Kart 64
Witch one tomoko Maruno or Isaac Marshall Isaac Marshall’s I think is better than tomoko maruno
@@amatoy23 Isaac Marshall was the best
I really like the mk64 voices
Agreed
Yessssss
“Why has Toad’s voice changed?”
Puberty… and chain-smoking. But mostly the chain-smoking.
Lol ya probably makes sense
I think he went through reverse puberty twice and then smoked 24/7 for a full 2 years
He sounds like dried mushroom now. All crackly!
He is a mushroom himself what yall expected?
In the voice acting world, many companies hire the same person to voice multiple characters in the show/game/etc. since usually they get to pay the actor for basically only one character in many Instances. I have a feeling that they used Jen Taylor for toad as well because of that reason, (btw I’m not a pro on this topic since I’ve only been studying voice acting and have not personally experienced this myself)
I really think Toad's voice fits him a lot
If a professional voice actor's voice is killed by just that much of a high pitched scream, R.I.P to the rando who sung chandiler by sia in a toad voice :omgcry:
man, imagine truffles and toad singing together
Maybe she recorded Toad's voice after doing Peach's lines and her voice was starting to give, or doing a voice that high pitched was out of her range at the volume she needed to project. Or the original clips she was referencing had really bad audio quality and she imitated that. Or doing that voice was fun.
Someone should ask her where the graveliness came from. Maybe she has a Twitter?
Yeah thats what I was thinking, it sounds like she was doing an impression of the original audio that had been compressed. I bet if you compressed the original audio and toned down the quality it would sound similair to Jen's toad voice.
I think it's the Muppet effect. He looks a little like a puppet, so then the tendency is to use a Muppet voice. It's like an adult trying to imitate a small thing but on purpose and then exaggerating... At least it makes sense to me
i love how Toad sounds in Mario Strikers, he just sounds like a more feral and excited Daisy and it's hilarious.
Keegan Michael Key better bring back the OG toad voice.
I think Jen's voice cracked while making voice lines, and now everyone knows the voice
Toad is a broken AI confirmed
@@IDoABitOfTrollin But Toad isn't an AI...
@@128Cores Jen Taylor voiced Cortona from halo
@@128Cores called a joke pal
Toad. Destroyer of voices.
Lol- 💀
Can you please stop saying that i heard that a 1000 times and im tired of hearing it
@@dabsterlxgamingstudios8576 okay dude, you won't hear letters being displayed in a screen for a time
This was excellent! Thank you!
You went so hard on Jen lmao they do good work.
I remember when I was able to do a perfect Toad impression
*Everything changed when Puberty hit* 😔
Oh my god! I found Toad's 3rd uncle's cousin!
damn i’m 13 and i could still do toad’s voice. it ain’t gonna be good for me soon
I could do Yoshi before puberty.
Now I can do Waluigi
OK
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I could honestly see Mario Kart 64 toad’s Japanese voice actor as Toadette
I love his newer voice, it’s actually the voice of a character and doesn’t sound like an adult imitating a child
04:50 boo Hague owowoowowowoow ahhhhhh yah I’m the best
Toad is a character that you cannot be quiet and subtle when doing an impression of him
Did you mean subtle?
@@Craigy2818 yes 🤦♀️💀
Toad’s voice from Mario Kart 64 is my favorite. It still stands out, even today. All the voice clips from that game are instantly recognizable, at least to me haha.
Bup
To this day I still remember her echoing cry
Yeah and I also like Jen Taylor's toad from Mario golf 64 to Mario kart DS
4:55 when i was younger i used to hear this all the time ina roblox game AND FINALLY I KNOW WHOS VOICE IT HOLDS TRUE TO
3:45 she sounds so joyful and happy
Green Toad from Wario's Woods sounds like a car salesman
I’ve always been able to do Toad’s voice fairly well, screaming and all, and my throat hurts for a good while afterwards. Huge props to the people who have to do that as their job.
Me too. But for me, I’m able to manipulate my throat so it doesn’t hurt as bad. I don’t know how I do it, but I would love to be a voice actress someday and toad would honestly be amazing to voice someday
From one Toad voice impersonator to another, here’s hoping you’ll be able to pursue that dream someday! Voice work seems like a lot of fun, despite the challenges unique to the field.
0:27 why is old toad funny 😭😭
This series is honestly really interesting, I’d love to see more for other video games!
i've defo got more in the works! stay tuned 👀
@@ThomasGameDocs Could you possibly do Princess Daisy? She sounds very different now compared to her voice in Mario Party 3.
@@MalosKalos Not really
@@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234 You might need to clean your ears, because the difference is drastic lmao 😂
@@ThomasGameDocs do the donkey kong pls
Title" "why does toads voice sound different?"
Me: "how interesting can it be?" *watches full 15 minute video*
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right he could’ve passed with “there are different voice actors” and i would’ve been fine 😭
my exact reaction to all of his videos
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I'm so into mini documentaries like this. I love everything Mario related haha
I’m a bigger fan of the modern Toad voice than the original.
The modern Toads always sounded like the actors doing a riff on Toad's voice from the Super Mario Super Show. Toad has a very distinctive raspy voice there and I always thought it was the oddest thing to carry over from that series.
Honestly that voice stuck with me since I was a kid. I thought the Taylor voice was mimicking THAT voice.
@@jordansean18 I heard an interview with John Stocker (who did Toad’s voice in the Super Show and Mario 3 cartoon) a few years ago, and according to the interviewers, they asked/researched the newer voice actors and there’s no real intentional connection. Maybe it’s just the logical place to go for that character.
Right, but I think Thomas should have at least *mentioned* the similarity since that portrayal of Toad had a similarly raspy voice.
@@jordansean18 yes it's far too similar to ignore
I always thought the same thing, since I used to watch that show (yes, I'm old too), and that's always been the voice I most associated with Toad (and, of course, his "squeaky toy" sound effect). But I'm pretty sure it has to be a coincidence, because Nintendo has always considered those shows to be totally unofficial.
Here's an example of Toad in the cartoon: czcams.com/video/2pMgxVxvldQ/video.htmlm20s
"What's this icky paint-like goop?"
"It's moving!!"
"Now now, boys. Don't touch that stuff."
_"Hmm? Look-a like Mario's gonna have to find a job."_
"A door? Another door? hello door, hello gloryhole"
If only more Mario games had actual voice acting.
Lol
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1:38 He sounds like the Lego Island guy that says “Oops! You forgot to put the CD in your computer!”.
Toad's voice in 2045 is just going to be the Dial Up internet noise.
It could work because nobody will know what that is by then.
It feels like Toad needs some water. He always has a weird dry throat that I hate.
Yeah.
Smoker
😂😂😂
Whenit comes to Kelsey Hutchison's voice as Toad, it almost sounded like NotNico's voice when he was a kid.
When i think about Toad the voice that comes to my head is from Mario Party 64
When I was a kid playing Mario Kart 64, Toad's yelling scared my grandma one time and she rushed in the room and asked me what child was screaming.
I feel bad for her
Lol 😂
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Lol
So, let me get this straight, Cortana herself voiced not only Princess Toadstool but also her loyal subject Toad back in the day? That’s awesome by the way. 🤣
So in this instance you should definitely have considered the Super Mario Brothers Super Show as an influence. The screechy demon wail voice started there. I'm certain it was involved in the decision process, either from Nintendo or the VA herself. I kinda love how she sort of reminds me of Marge Simpson too.
I’m now on a super nostalgia trip. Warios woods was my first ever puzzle game. I used to play it all the time. Very underrated game. Simple yet addictive
RIP for the throats of the voice actors of toad over the years
I can do it easily jsjdbdjdh
@@KingkyLeor Rip
@@KingkyLeor ok
i love how you always make these nowadays
I'm having fun making them!!
thats nice
Variety Who?
oml, when I heard the Toad voice the one made to sound like the first Japanese one I was able to do it spot on talking to my dog then right after you are saying it was hard xD
Fun fact: I can do a perfect toad impression
I kinda think Nintendo just went with Toad's voice sounding gruff and screechy as a play on the word TOAD. The voice often has that hoarse and croaky-sound that the expression to have a "frog (toad) in your throat" comes from.
I'll believe it
Well it sounds terrible
The answer is simple. Toad found drugs and almost always has a cigarette in his mouth unless he’s on camera. Just listen to that raspiness.
Sad to see another childhood star go down that road 😔
Toad doesn't need drugs. He is drugs. He's literally just a walking talking shroom.
0:30 the toad on the left-💀
i know im a bit late for this video, but 5:00 that sounds so much like sir pelo's spooky month, doesn't it?
"I'm going to ignore the cartoons" ...because that's where the gruff voice originally came from and probably what Jen Taylor was immitating. Have you never seen the Super Mario Bros Super Show (1989) at all?
Lol I was just going to comment this
Dude forgot his research lmao
It’s unlikely this is actually the case. Nintendo as a company has shown precedent in the past where those imitating “unofficial” iterations of voices have been asked to change their tone or outright never hired.
@@projectalpha22_va Okay you can trust precedent or your own ears.
@@trailersic I’m gonna trust precedent. Did you know that the per capital consumption of cheese marches nearly exactly the same amount of people who die by becoming tangled in their bedsheets?
Causation does not equal correlation, it’s very possible that two people both looked at Toad and came to the same conclusion on how to voice him. I won’t trust my ears, I’ll trust the data, thank you very much! 😁 That’s not to say it’s IMPOSSIBLE, but it’s also a large stretch that cannot be confirmed with far more evidence to the contrary than towards your point. As a historical video, speculation could be made but it isn’t like they missed a vital fact, it was a footnote at most of something interesting.
Him: "Green Toad has a unique set of phrases!"
The Toad in question: "BREAKFAST!"
"He has such a way with words..."
one of the common phrases of toad:
First, we decide the TURNNNNN ORDERRRRR!!!!!
(He likes to decide the turn order xD)
I wish Nintendo of America could just be diverse with voice actors one time so that we can get the smoothest Toad voice that will last for decades to come!
I LOOOVE Isaac Marshall’s version. It sounds just right imo. Toad sounds so cute, happy, energetic and squishy. On top of all that, I can actually understand what he’s saying
1:39
I literally said “wtf” out of shock. This voice line sounds literally nothing like toad.
"H E L L O!!"
I MADE A HIGH PITCHED SOUND AT 2 AM BECAUSE I WAS N O T EXPECTING THAT
Sounds like Dr Phil
It’s funny going past it then coming to this comment and just hearing “HELLO!”
@@brandonmiller5104 I want you to start living as a gay toad.
I knew that Toad originally had a boy like voice in Wario’s Woods but I never knew that there was another Toad with a...umm.... interesting voice
Jen Taylor may have added the growl to mimic the soft clipping on the older recordings, and then just started associating Toad with that growl.
Personally I love the Isaac Marshall takes on Toad it just works for me and the “I’m the best” line is just so iconic