Oh god! How do I choose between Piccolo, Dinobot, Rattrap, Duo Maxwell, and Toa Tahu? They're all so good and memorable! Not to mention his role as Tallboy on Riverdale!
I think my favorite role of his would have to be Deadeye Duck on Bucky O'Hare, cuz he basically got to play The Punisher if he was a duck. I always thought it was a great for him, and that it sucked that he didn't get cast to play cartoon ducks all that often.
You could have just 4 characters in beast voiced by one actor and it would still be entertaining. there should be a spinoff series that involves waspinator, dinobot, silverbolt and rattrap.
Caitlyn Green yes he did Rikuo, Lord Raptor, and Anakaris in Darkstalkers as well as Ken, Rolento, and Blanka/Charlie from Street Fighter and Proto Man and Dr. Wily in Mega Man. He reminds me of Michael Bell. Scott McNeil's birthday is on the same day as Colleen O'Shaughnessey's Birthday and a day before B.J. Ward's Birthday. Plus he is a distant cousin of Tress MacNeille.
If Mel was still alive, I could imagine him and Scott having a conversation as Daffy and Waspinator respectively, considering how often they got shot/blown up/etc.
He reminds me of Michael Bell, also his birthday is on the same day as Colleen O'Shaughnessey's Birthday and a day before B.J. Ward's Birthday, also he is a distant cousin of Tress MacNeille.
3:30 Perfection at its finest from all his characters. “One more crack like that, vermin, I will take you out the old fashioned way: BRUTALLY!” “Yeah?! I’d like to see you try, Dinoboob! Or should I say, Lizard Lips!”
M. Knight Shayamalan made a critical error in the casting of Split. McAvoy ain't got nothing on McNeil! Seriously, the fluidity and consistency of how he switches from one voice to another in this interview tape is truly otherworldly!
I really liked when Scott was talking about how Dinobot knew he was going to die 5 episode before Scott knew. That genuinely incredible and a real testament to the writers.
I love how eccentric and goofy Scott is in this interview. It reminds me a lot of how Jim Carrey tends to portray his characters. Scott definitely has Jim's zaniness down pat. Also, I WANT THOSE MEGATRON BOOTS! How the heck did he get those?! I mean, damn. I would wear those all the time if I had them! I'd walk through the part of them on every day! I don't care if people thought I was a Barney The Dinosaur cosplayer, I would rock those Megatron boots like it was no tomorrow!
The Megatron costume might have been something Mainframe Entertainment owned (you can also see the mask in the background). I suspect these interviews were filmed at Mainframe's office. In one of the other videos coming up later, one of the Mainframe animators is also wearing pieces of the costume.
Actually this interview FYI was a Madman Entertainment set. So actually it is NOT filmed in a Mainframe office, I can tell you this because in the back ground you can see a Beast Wars DVD set with an Australian Ratings Label on the set(yellow and white) A set that I own. Also Scott refers to the interviewer "Us Aussies" so it's very obviously done for Madman's release at the time. As for the Megatron head, boots and T-Rex arm, I have no idea, I do think he brought them along with him haha.
Yea, I know this is from the Madman DVD. However there's zero chance this was filmed at Madman. There's no way they would have flown 10 people to Australia to film a 10-20 minute interview each, when they could much more easily and cheaply fly one of their people to Canada to conduct all the interviews. Since there are six Mainframe employees interviewed, and because of the Beast Wars poster in the background; the same one that I've seen in an interview with Mainframe Producer Chris Brough, I'm guessing this was filmed in some office Mainframe opperated at the time.
@@BullSession Well to follow up. There was a Beast Wars episode 1 commentary a couple of them did and unfortunately as noted on TF wiki you can hear background traffic noise. They did fly a few voice actors and others out to interview them for the anniversary stuff. Madman are a pretty big distributor. And in fact one of the few. Also again he used specific Australian lingo referring to the interviewer as a fellow Aussie. That strongly implies where the interview took place.
Obviously the interviewer is Australian... I never disputed that; it's an Austrailian DVD. However, I went and read the article on TF wiki, and there's nothing in it about Madman flying anybody to Australia. In fact the article specifically mentions that this DVD set was pretty low-budget, as evidenced by the poor sound quality, and the fact that as you noted, traffic can be heard in the background. I therefore find it unlikely that Madman opted to fly ten Canadians to Australia and back just to get interviews with them. It makes far more sense for them to have flown one or two Australian Madman employees to Canada to conduct the interviews. Presumably this is why Simon Furman's interview appears to be recorded in his home, with his own camera (since Furman lives in the UK rather than Canada). If indeed everyone else being interviewed had been flown to Australia, then why not Furman as well? And why film David Kaye's interview in a different location? It seems pretty clear to me that these interviews were not filmed in Australia. It would make absolutely no logisical sense whatsoever to do it that way. If you can provide a source on your claim though, I'd happily concede.
This interview was recorded in 2006 for the 10th anniversary DVD's. OMG it feels like it was just yesterday. BTW it's a big pitty there wasn't a big cast reunion at the Con for the 20th anniversary. :(
Code of a Hero, was an amazing episode of BEAST WARS and television history ,period. Mr. Mc Neill's acting in that episode was Oscar Caliber. Amazingly talented actor. 😍😍😍
Favorite role and the one I know him best for is definitely Piccolo. That menacing voice tells you to "Take your hands off Gohan!" you better do it! (unless you're villain of the week, of course)
My First Introduction to Scott McNeil was in Transformers: Armada, where he Vocied Jetfire, I love his role as Jetfire, I hope he get to meet Peter Cullen the Voice of Optimus Prime
Thank you so much for uploading this Voice wise as a kid I would like Waspinator the most. But looking back, I really liked Rat Trap's voice. There wasn't that many two dialogue in the same line characters back then(sarcasm into sadness, quippy then blunt, etc.)
Scott McNeil reminds me of Michael Bell and also his birthday is on the same day as Colleen O'Shaughnessey's birthday and a day before B.J. Ward's birthday, also he is a distant cousin of Tress MacNeille.
Met him at youmacon. Was very witty and friendly, immediately agreeing to a picture. Completely forgot to show him my Dinobot voice (a little bit star struck)
Watching these QnAs with voice actors is always a treat as a massive Transformers fan. And they've even helped and advised me when learning performing arts and voice acting. Scott McNeil did a perfect job in giving the characters life and is what made them so enjoyable as characters. Scott McNeil, you did great! Also, where can I find those Megatron boots? They look very fashionable.
Scott: "cartoon characters never die, I'm pretty sure mine was the first!" everyone else: "......eh...Scott?......I think the original Optimus Prime would disagree with you on that one."
i wonder if scott will return for beast wars if it really get the reboot that been spreading around for the last couple of years online for 2019 or 2020 release rumor was
i didn't know he played Dinobot, Waspnator, and Silverbolt also, i know he played Rattrap and Duo Maxwell, but at first i didn't know who the actor was in til now.
as a kid I had no idea dinobot died; last episode I watched was when optimus went into that star and his little craft exploded then it said "The End?" I didnt have time to watch it anymore
@@pyramidhead138 Ahhh, was gonna' say most of us over here stopped at that point. Not by choice, they just decided to not tell ANYONE when it came back on TV in a weird time slot :/ (you know the show is trying to be killed off when: ).
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Happy Birthday, Scott!
What's your favourite Scott McNeil role? Comment below!
Oh god! How do I choose between Piccolo, Dinobot, Rattrap, Duo Maxwell, and Toa Tahu? They're all so good and memorable! Not to mention his role as Tallboy on Riverdale!
I think my favorite role of his would have to be Deadeye Duck on Bucky O'Hare, cuz he basically got to play The Punisher if he was a duck. I always thought it was a great for him, and that it sucked that he didn't get cast to play cartoon ducks all that often.
if where not counting beast wars which is where i knew him first from, my favorite character scott voiced would be gundam wing's duo maxwell
You could have just 4 characters in beast voiced by one actor and it would still be entertaining. there should be a spinoff series that involves waspinator, dinobot, silverbolt and rattrap.
Dinobot and Rattrap equally. C'mon, "Code of the Hero" ?! I want that played at my wake party....along with Yuna sending souls...
Silverbolt: "Strong, proud, brave, and smart as a sack of hammers!" lol!
That pretty much sums him up.
And that’s why we love him.
bravo to him if he came up with that line on the spot without any second or third takes
Scott McNeil is such an underrated voice actor from being wolverine to the original voice of piccolo it is aways awesome to see him in animated shows
He also did in megaman with dr Willy, protoman and eddie.
Including darkstarkers saga.
Caitlyn Green yes he did Rikuo, Lord Raptor, and Anakaris in Darkstalkers as well as Ken, Rolento, and Blanka/Charlie from Street Fighter and Proto Man and Dr. Wily in Mega Man. He reminds me of Michael Bell. Scott McNeil's birthday is on the same day as Colleen O'Shaughnessey's Birthday and a day before B.J. Ward's Birthday. Plus he is a distant cousin of Tress MacNeille.
his piccolo is awesome i still picture his voice when i watch DBZ
TheEmanExperience if Brian Drummond can come back to play goo Vegeta then Scott needs to come back and play a Namekian
He'll always be Dinobot, Rattrap, Waspinator and Silverbolt to me.
The best Waspinator moment, in my opinion, is the "Waspinator sick of being evil" scene
My personal favourite line is "Waspinator don't want to be destroyed, Waspinator has plans"
The one that mine might always goes back to is "Waspinnator has a headache and his whoooole body".
I feel that is the most relatable Waspinator quote.
This guy is the Mel Blanc of Beast Wars.
If Mel was still alive, I could imagine him and Scott having a conversation as Daffy and Waspinator respectively, considering how often they got shot/blown up/etc.
@@brianlevine871
L0L, I concur
True !!
The Frank Welker of Beast Wars
He reminds me of Michael Bell, also his birthday is on the same day as Colleen O'Shaughnessey's Birthday and a day before B.J. Ward's Birthday, also he is a distant cousin of Tress MacNeille.
Waspinator finally happy
He'll always be Piccolo, Koga, and Duo to me.
He is my Piccolo
Wolverine and the other characters.
Ok cringelord
@@sissei798 I'll embrace that moniker 😁
3:30 Perfection at its finest from all his characters.
“One more crack like that, vermin, I will take you out the old fashioned way: BRUTALLY!”
“Yeah?! I’d like to see you try, Dinoboob! Or should I say, Lizard Lips!”
I'm 21 and every time I watch Code of Hero's I still cry and salute with the maximals when Dinobot passes
Dweeb
@@HistoryandReviews loser
@@bigzealot indeed you are
M. Knight Shayamalan made a critical error in the casting of Split. McAvoy ain't got nothing on McNeil!
Seriously, the fluidity and consistency of how he switches from one voice to another in this interview tape is truly otherworldly!
Director: he's DEAD!
Scott: there goes my pay cheque
😂😂😂😂
His normal voice sounds like Silverbolt.
Dinobot, Rattrap, Waspinator, Silverbolt, Piccolo, Koga, Duo, Wolverine, Toa Tahu.
Scott will forever be one of the greatest VA's of all time.
Had the pleasure of meeting him at a MetroCon in 2018. He’s such an amazing and funny guy!!!
Wow he’s so talented, effortlessly switching distinct characters like that.
I hear his voice and know he's done so many voices over the years, my favorite being Dinobot and Rattrap....but all I hear is Wolverine now.
Yea Wolverine is very much his default
His slippers are the best. Silverbolt is his voice, awesome.
Haha yea, it's basically his normal voice, but with the cadence of an archetypical super hero
Really interesting, deepened slightly. Great seeing the full interview.
Code of a Hero still gets me to this day.
Me too...
I cried, so much when I first saw it. Still makes me sad today.
Same
I love Code of a hero
Code of Hero*
I really liked when Scott was talking about how Dinobot knew he was going to die 5 episode before Scott knew. That genuinely incredible and a real testament to the writers.
Shit! I didn't realize that all of my favorite characters from "Beast Wars: Transformers" were voiced by one person. Is this what they call... Love?
I absolutely LOVE his ability to switch between 10 different voices in the span of a minute! It's something I like to do when I'm with friends.
All of Scott McNeil's rolls are my favorite! He is a uniquely talented vocal actor that any show would be very VERY lucky to have him!
This guy is seriously talented. The way he can instantly switch between characters is amazing.
Hearing Scott saying that Beast Wars was his favorite show he ever worked on is so heartwarming
are those... megatron boots?
edit: OH MY gOD IT IS, And HE HAs A MAtCHINg GLOVE!!!!
Yeeeeeeesssss...
Where do you get those!? I need them now, yyeeeeeessssss
I loved how he just owned the boots, then the head popped up and I just LOST IT.
Oh my God! You're right! 😂😂😂
neotic the head glove literally looks liked it was edited in it looks that accurate
oddly enough, he could pass for a rockstar
Among voice actors, he basically is a rock star
I love how eccentric and goofy Scott is in this interview. It reminds me a lot of how Jim Carrey tends to portray his characters. Scott definitely has Jim's zaniness down pat. Also, I WANT THOSE MEGATRON BOOTS! How the heck did he get those?! I mean, damn. I would wear those all the time if I had them! I'd walk through the part of them on every day! I don't care if people thought I was a Barney The Dinosaur cosplayer, I would rock those Megatron boots like it was no tomorrow!
The Megatron costume might have been something Mainframe Entertainment owned (you can also see the mask in the background). I suspect these interviews were filmed at Mainframe's office. In one of the other videos coming up later, one of the Mainframe animators is also wearing pieces of the costume.
Actually this interview FYI was a Madman Entertainment set.
So actually it is NOT filmed in a Mainframe office,
I can tell you this because in the back ground you can see a Beast Wars DVD set with an Australian Ratings Label on the set(yellow and white)
A set that I own.
Also Scott refers to the interviewer "Us Aussies" so it's very obviously done for Madman's release at the time.
As for the Megatron head, boots and T-Rex arm, I have no idea, I do think he brought them along with him haha.
Yea, I know this is from the Madman DVD. However there's zero chance this was filmed at Madman. There's no way they would have flown 10 people to Australia to film a 10-20 minute interview each, when they could much more easily and cheaply fly one of their people to Canada to conduct all the interviews. Since there are six Mainframe employees interviewed, and because of the Beast Wars poster in the background; the same one that I've seen in an interview with Mainframe Producer Chris Brough, I'm guessing this was filmed in some office Mainframe opperated at the time.
@@BullSession Well to follow up.
There was a Beast Wars episode 1 commentary a couple of them did and unfortunately as noted on TF wiki you can hear background traffic noise.
They did fly a few voice actors and others out to interview them for the anniversary stuff.
Madman are a pretty big distributor.
And in fact one of the few.
Also again he used specific Australian lingo referring to the interviewer as a fellow Aussie.
That strongly implies where the interview took place.
Obviously the interviewer is Australian... I never disputed that; it's an Austrailian DVD.
However, I went and read the article on TF wiki, and there's nothing in it about Madman flying anybody to Australia. In fact the article specifically mentions that this DVD set was pretty low-budget, as evidenced by the poor sound quality, and the fact that as you noted, traffic can be heard in the background. I therefore find it unlikely that Madman opted to fly ten Canadians to Australia and back just to get interviews with them. It makes far more sense for them to have flown one or two Australian Madman employees to Canada to conduct the interviews.
Presumably this is why Simon Furman's interview appears to be recorded in his home, with his own camera (since Furman lives in the UK rather than Canada). If indeed everyone else being interviewed had been flown to Australia, then why not Furman as well? And why film David Kaye's interview in a different location? It seems pretty clear to me that these interviews were not filmed in Australia. It would make absolutely no logisical sense whatsoever to do it that way. If you can provide a source on your claim though, I'd happily concede.
Voicing 4 different characters is a true talent
In the same show no less!
the only other one I know who voiced 4 characters is Russi Taylor, and three of the four characters are the opposite gender.
Dinobot and Rat-trap, one of my favorite buddy-buddy combos ever! lol
56 and still handsome as hell. *swoon* I love his talent too. My fav voice actor.
Scott is such a hoot in this. Such a fun guy.
This interview was recorded in 2006 for the 10th anniversary DVD's. OMG it feels like it was just yesterday. BTW it's a big pitty there wasn't a big cast reunion at the Con for the 20th anniversary. :(
What an incredibly talented voice actor! Definitely inspiring.
Beast Wars: Transformers is my no.1 Sci Fi show of all time!
Code of a Hero, was an amazing episode of BEAST WARS and television history ,period. Mr. Mc Neill's acting in that episode was Oscar Caliber. Amazingly talented actor. 😍😍😍
Waspinator happy at last
Favorite role and the one I know him best for is definitely Piccolo. That menacing voice tells you to "Take your hands off Gohan!" you better do it! (unless you're villain of the week, of course)
Scott McNiel is like the voice actor equivalent to Jim Varney.
So many personalities all rolled into one and I’m totally here for it.
My First Introduction to Scott McNeil was in Transformers: Armada, where he Vocied Jetfire, I love his role as Jetfire, I hope he get to meet Peter Cullen the Voice of Optimus Prime
so he basically did all the cool bots...and Rattrap (lol) WASPINATOR RULES!
The way he just switches between voices SEAMLESSLY
He did all 4 voices in 4 seconds flat XD
"Just be yourself."
"I CAN'T! I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT!"
Thank you so much for uploading this
Voice wise as a kid I would like Waspinator the most. But looking back, I really liked Rat Trap's voice. There wasn't that many two dialogue in the same line characters back then(sarcasm into sadness, quippy then blunt, etc.)
I will always remember him as my first exposure to dragonball z, and inuyasha and of course dinobot!
Magnificent, thanks for sharing this with those of us who didn't get those OOP Australian DVDs.
Omg never knew. So basically this guy was crying over his own death as Rattrap for Dinobot. Hahaha!
I just want those Megatron boots and head!!!
It was an amazing show remember it as a young child today's kids got screwed :((((
Yes, I Agree sadly
Why not retcon beats machines and continue the series similar to DBS or retell the original seasons but make it longer?
*BRUTALLY!* Thanks for this Bull Session! I freaking love this!
It's surreal watching him do all four voices back to back
The Shawn Michaels of voice acting
He lives in the same city that I do. How have I never once stumbled across this guy?!
I really was hoping he'd have a full Megatron costume by the end of the interview 😂
I love how when he talks different reactions sound like different characters. Like when he said YEAH RIGHT it sounded just like rattrap
Happy Birthday Scott McNeil and happy 1 year anniversary to this video.
This man is hilarious. I love him even more.
This guy is a magician, thanks for the upload Paul!!
Yea he really is haha, you're very welcome
Scott McNeil reminds me of Michael Bell and also his birthday is on the same day as Colleen O'Shaughnessey's birthday and a day before B.J. Ward's birthday, also he is a distant cousin of Tress MacNeille.
I loved him as Dinobot, Beautiful Man
Met him at youmacon. Was very witty and friendly, immediately agreeing to a picture. Completely forgot to show him my Dinobot voice (a little bit star struck)
I love the way he voice my favorite Beast wars Dinobot
EXCELLENT ACTOR NEVER GIVEN A BAD PERFORMANCE HE HAS ALOT OF POTENTIAL
God I love this guy. Thanks for uploading this.
I find it funny that tom kenny basically replaces him in transformers animated waspanator and rattrap are both voiced by him
Watching these QnAs with voice actors is always a treat as a massive Transformers fan. And they've even helped and advised me when learning performing arts and voice acting. Scott McNeil did a perfect job in giving the characters life and is what made them so enjoyable as characters.
Scott McNeil, you did great!
Also, where can I find those Megatron boots? They look very fashionable.
You the man Scott!!!! Thanks for all your awesomeness!!! Got the honor of meeting him many times at NDK and was quite the thrill seeing him again!
Still holds up🤘
The Frank Welker of the beast wars.
I appreciate this way more than I could articulate.
Thank you so much for uploading this.
This guy looks as cool as I hoped he would be
I cried so hard when dinobot died my parents were pissed at the show for upsetting their kid. Yeah I was a mess
Scott: "cartoon characters never die, I'm pretty sure mine was the first!"
everyone else: "......eh...Scott?......I think the original Optimus Prime would disagree with you on that one."
Dinobot was more permanently dead.
@@firepuppies4086 except for the part where Dinobot resurrected (in a very comic booky way) and saved the day in the final episode
Yesss
I'm a huge fan of Scott Mcneil in Bionicle
I like how he had megatron’s legs throughout the whole interview
5:14 "Wait.. this move launched Sharon Stone's career..."
BWAAHAHAHAHAH!! Oh, that was brilliant!
Thanks so much for uploading this!
Brilliant voice actor!
i wonder if scott will return for beast wars if it really get the reboot that been spreading around for the last couple of years online for 2019 or 2020 release rumor was
That would be fantastic. Hell, just have Scott McNeil play every role.
Damn! This dude is THE BEST!!!!!
Wow Paul, thanks so much for this upload I thoroughly enjoyed it
You're welcome! Scott McNeil is the best
He's beautiful What a vevrsatile voice
If Yu Yu Hakusho ever gets an Ocean Dub, who'd wanna see McNeil Voice Kuwabara?
This guy is awesome.
Idk why he is wearing Dinosaur pants.
But it puts a smile on my face :)
Scott McNeil rocks!
i didn't know he played Dinobot, Waspnator, and Silverbolt also, i know he played Rattrap and Duo Maxwell, but at first i didn't know who the actor was in til now.
Petition to have him return for the Beast Wars movie.
Petition for the beast wars movie to not suck
I mean they got Peter Cullin ,and Frank Welker in the bayverse so why not get David Kaye, and Scott McNeill.
What about garry chalk?
@@80skidwannabe69 ah man I forgot about him but yes him as well.
Wow !
as a kid I had no idea dinobot died; last episode I watched was when optimus went into that star and his little craft exploded then it said "The End?" I didnt have time to watch it anymore
You are from the uk right? XD
@@CrashHeadroom US unfortunately
@@pyramidhead138 Ahhh, was gonna' say most of us over here stopped at that point. Not by choice, they just decided to not tell ANYONE when it came back on TV in a weird time slot :/ (you know the show is trying to be killed off when: ).
God, I love Scott.
holy crap i did not know dinobot, rattrap, waspinator and silverbolt were all played by the same guy
Scott McNeil is strange, yet awesome
If i had my own cartoon, Scott McNeil would definetly be in it, as a voiceactor
This is amazing - thank you for posting
I wonder if he just keeps changing voices all the time in real life. Can't determine if that would be fun to be around or would get old.
Actually , he is still doing voice acting , also , wow , he wore that cowboy hat even back then ?!