Guest hilaryfan80 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 The voice of Purankuton (プランクトン), the Japanese Plankton, has a female voice if you didn't know. The only exception is in the first SpongeBob movie, where he has a male voice. In SOoW, though, he has a female voice once more. In Japan, the Japanese tend to think that small things must have small tiny voices, so they probably gave Plankton a girl's voice to emphasize how small he is. In other words, it's a cultural change. Either way, it's hilarious to watch Plankton with a little girl voice trying to steal the secret formula. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosferatu! Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NegiSpongie Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Doesn't Patrick have a female voice as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hilaryfan80 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 13 minutes ago, Rudy said: Doesn't Patrick have a female voice as well? No. If you watch the video, you'd hear Patrick's voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NegiSpongie Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Just now, Mikuru said: No. If you watch the video, you'd hear Patrick's voice. Oh, I remember seeing a SpongeBob episode in Japanese years ago, and Patrick sounded really high-pitched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illiniguy34 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 It's funny how Spongebob has a deeper voice than Plankton here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crushingmayhem Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Plankton with a female voice? idk for some reason I can't picture it. But in Japan its possible given how tiny he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NegiSpongie Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 (edited) Also, I was right about Patrick having a female voice in Japanese. Though he does for some reason have a male voice in the second movie, this is what he normally sounds like... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eqN2FVyqtc Edited December 29, 2015 by Rudy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpongeBob's #1 Fan Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Wait, what?!?!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 プランクトンはとてもかわいいですよ！ Seriously though that high pitch voice threw me off hardcore when I first heard it. Plankton is too kawaii for me. xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hilaryfan80 Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 2 hours ago, Rudy said: Also, I was right about Patrick having a female voice in Japanese. Though he does for some reason have a male voice in the second movie, this is what he normally sounds like... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eqN2FVyqtc Ask and you shall receive: Patrick's voice is normally voiced by Ikuko Tani, an elderly Japanese woman. She's also known for her role as Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter films. In the first movie, he is voiced by Takashi Nagasako, a male, who also voices Donkey Kong and Ganondorf in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. In the second movie, he is voiced by Mitsuki Kanuka, a male. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicNickelodeon Fan 1 Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 (edited) I think I would be more surprised about this had I not just read something about how in Japanese culture, cats are usually voiced by females (read that on Kiki's Delivery Service's Wikipedia page, but it did have a source to backup the claim: http://www.stomptokyo.com/movies/kikis-delivery-service.html). Since cats are smaller creatures too, I basically put two and two together. ...plus there's this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXYjDXhb80k Edited December 29, 2015 by ClassicNickelodeon Fan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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