Jason Griffith

A prominent voice actor in several cartoons recorded or dubbed in New York, particularly those produced by 4Kids! Entertainment.

A Promoted Fanboy by accident (as he recalls at the 2010 Sonicon; he was young, and he needed the money), Griffith first rose to prominence as the VA for Sonic the Hedgehog in 4Kids' dub of on Sonic X. Naturally, the show was the subject of much hate discussions thanks to an already Broken Base and the overall nature of 4Kids. The subsequent casting of Griffith as Shadow The Hedgehog did not help.

And then Sega fired the original voice cast and replaced them with the 4Kids actors. One can only guess how the fans reacted.

To sum it all up, Griffith is the living embodiment of Love It or Hate It. Some people don't mind the changes, stating that Griffith has actually gotten better thanks to Vocal Evolution. Others, however, still detest him for taking the place of their precious Ryan Drummond, who played Sonic before Griffith. The fact that Drummond was not told by Sega about the change didn't help.

And now Griffith himself has been replaced, this time by Roger Craig Smith, shattering the base even further.

Notable roles from Jason Griffith:

 * Sonic the Hedgehog (2003-2010)
 * Shadow the Hedgehog (2004-2010)
 * Jet the Hawk in the first two Sonic Riders games and Sonic & the Black Knight
 * Tom Majors in Chaotic
 * Chikoriki in Go Go Riki
 * Usopp and Yasopp in One Piece (4Kids dub)
 * Miyamoto Usagi and several minor characters in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003). In the crossover movie Turtles Forever, he ends up playing.
 * Atticus Rhodes (Fubuki Tenjouin) and Nightshroud in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
 * Brawly, Looker, and Cilan in Pokémon
 * Sir Aaron in Pokémon: Lucario and The Mystery of Mew
 * Marcus in Pokémon Arceus and The Jewel of Life
 * Keita in Kurokami
 * Tatsuha Uesugi in Gravitation
 * Bevil Starling, a Guest Star Party Member in Neverwinter Nights 2