Macleod's debut will see Milhouse in a minimized role, as the character only has one line in the episode — and will appear in a scene where he, Bart, and Lisa are all adults, so all of their voices will probably sound a little different from their usual adolescent selves.

What an odd way to introduce a new voice actor.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 12 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

actually pretty typical for a recurring character like this. you start small and outside of regular context and keep expanding so the weekly audience can acclimate to the change

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Amazing World of Gumball pulled it off multiple times with switching to entirely new main cast the next episode after introducing new voices in a small way in an episode. So it's possible to do on a smaller time-frame as well in a two episode jump.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I guess I find it odd compared to Jimbo Jones, who Hayden also voiced. Mo Collins took over and it was a regular episode with Jimbo having several lines.

Maybe it's because Collins did an amazing job... But if that's the case find a better replacement for Milhouse.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 3 points 22 hours ago

Jimbo is also frankly less iconic than milhouse

[–] ninja@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I think it'd be perfectly normal if they just didn't write around it and that was the amount of Millhouse that was planned in the episode regardless of the voice actor.

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

That's what I'd prefer and that's how they (seemingly) handled it with Jimbo Jones. Mo Collins replaced Pamela Hayden, he had a small but significant role in the episode with a handful of lines. Done & done.

Giving the new voice actor a single line as older Milhouse seems weird.

Ultimately it's going to be fine, but just weird.