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AH, so that's who it was. I prefered Alan Young's Scrooge. But then again, Will's version was a slightly different Scrooge, closer to the original comics. So it works.

And it's too bad about Gyro Gearloose in that special. He only had one line, and it was the only animated appearance the character got out side of Ducktales.
Yes, that Soccermania special didn't have any voice credits in the end. So I had to look them up in an animation book. And I was surprised that Will ended up voicing Scrooge while Alan Young did Scrooge in Mickey's Christmas Carol. And I thought Gyro sounded a lot like Rabbit when I heard him in that quick scene. But Russi Taylor voiced Huey, Dewey, and Louie just like in Ducktales. And Goofy was voiced by Tony Pope in that special, and it even featured sportscaster Chick Hearn.

Also in Soccermania, things looked a lot different from the later shown Ducktales. Scrooge had a butler named Jeeves instead of Duckworth and the Beagle Boys were all the same size and didn't have names.
 

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Yes, that was the episode. All that Randy really wanted to do was carve wooden reindeer and make a wooden reindeer shop. But I don't know who really did Randy's voice though.
Yeah, I hate that on the show, Marty Grabstein, Lionel Wilson, Arthur Anderson, and Thea White are really the only ones who are credited with the characters they supply their voices for, while everyone else is just "Addition Voices".

I do know the following, however...

Courage: Marty Grabstein
Muriel: Thea White
Eustace: Lionel Wilson (1999-2002), Arthur Anderson (2002)
Katz/Le Quack/Dr. Vindaloo/Cajun Fox/Freaky Fred/Snowman/Others: Paul Schoeffler
Shirley the Medium: Mary Testa
Ma: Billie Lou Watt
Computer: Simon Prebble
Baby Muriel: Kath Soucie
The Great Fusilli: Jim Cummings
Fran Brill: Fishonary, The Stitch Sisters
Fred Melamed: Magic Tree/Spirit of the Harvest Moon
Peter Fernandez: Benton Tarantella/Robot Randy
Ashley Albert: The Storm Goddess
Tim Chi Ly: Di Lung ("Watch where ya goin' ya foo!")
Arnold Stang: The Precious Wonderful Adorable Lovable Duckling/Alien Bacteria/Head Monk

All that's to the best of my knowledge.
 

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Yeah, I hate that on the show, Marty Grabstein, Lionel Wilson, Arthur Anderson, and Thea White are really the only ones who are credited with the characters they supply their voices for, while everyone else is just "Addition Voices".

I do know the following, however...

Courage: Marty Grabstein
Muriel: Thea White
Eustace: Lionel Wilson (1999-2002), Arthur Anderson (2002)
Katz/Le Quack/Dr. Vindaloo/Cajun Fox/Freaky Fred/Snowman/Others: Paul Schoeffler
Shirley the Medium: Mary Testa
Ma: Billie Lou Watt
Computer: Simon Prebble
Baby Muriel: Kath Soucie
The Great Fusilli: Jim Cummings
Fran Brill: Fishonary, The Stitch Sisters
Fred Melamed: Magic Tree/Spirit of the Harvest Moon
Peter Fernandez: Benton Tarantella/Robot Randy
Ashley Albert: The Storm Goddess
Tim Chi Ly: Di Lung ("Watch where ya goin' ya foo!")
Arnold Stang: The Precious Wonderful Adorable Lovable Duckling/Alien Bacteria/Head Monk

All that's to the best of my knowledge.
Thank you for sharing this list. :smile:

Yes, it does seem like the Courage series uses a lot of veteran voice artists. The late Lionel Wilson also voiced the classic Tom Terrific cartoon series as well as narrators for HBO Braingames like the Safari Solitare announcer and Chuck Roast the Riddler. Billie Lou Watt did voices for classic black and white anime shows and was the voices of the original Astroboy and Astrogirl. And Arnold Stang was the original Top Cat And I believe Arnold also voices the little toe from that giant foot that tried to threaten Courage and Muriel.
 

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And I believe Arnold also voices the little toe from that giant foot that tried to threaten Courage and Muriel.
*Snaps finger* That's right, how could I forget him?

And creator John Dilworth did little cameo voice spots, like that mama banana who accused Courage of trying to eat her baby. Also did the voice of "Capt. John Dilworth" who was flying the plane Courage took to sew the hole in the O-Zone over the North Pole.

Oh, and did you know Marty Grabstein's real-life wife, Nancy, did the voice of that lady who jumps off the plane that bearing Courage and the annoying little Baby Muriel?
 

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Also in Soccermania, things looked a lot different from the later shown Ducktales. Scrooge had a butler named Jeeves instead of Duckworth and the Beagle Boys were all the same size and didn't have names.
Oh yeah. It was like an alternate Universe of Ducktales. I think the boys even had different colored hats and shirts than they normally have, similar to older comic strips (One wears yellow instead of the normal color). It was on Youtube for a while (and it actually did have credits in there somewhere) but it may be gone.
 
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