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G1 Starscream is MALE!! Why he may have had a female voice actor for the french dub would be because they probably couldn't find a male voice actor who could come close to his english amercian voice. That's my take on that. If you were to watch any anime, like DBZ for an example, Goku's japanese voice actor was female though in the english dubs his voice was done by a male voice actor.

You have to admit though, it would be funny if Megatron started referring to him as a femme xD

I wonder how the voice actor felt after each day behind the mic. Lol. Trying to be high pitched and gravely at the same time.

Starscream's Girl wrote:G1 Starscream is MALE!! Why he may have had a female voice actor for the french dub would be because they probably couldn't find a male voice actor who could come close to his english amercian voice. That's my take on that. If you were to watch any anime, like DBZ for an example, Goku's japanese voice actor was female though in the english dubs his voice was done by a male voice actor.

No really. In the French from France dub of the 1986 TF movie, Starscream really have a womanly voice. Almost like a femme-fatale. Also, Megatron refer to "her" as a "she".
I MovieMaker'd this video to show you.



In case of broken link:
http://s141.photobucket.com/albums/r76/ ... scream.mp4

So what do you think?

Like I said, that was the french. TF G1 started here and in Japan and he is a male. All counties have their own thing and voice actors. I stick with my childhood and in that childhood, G1 was done here and shown here in America.

Starscream's Girl wrote:Like I said, that was the french. TF G1 started here and in Japan and he is a male. All counties have their own thing and voice actors. I stick with my childhood and in that childhood, G1 was done here and shown here in America.

Guess you misunderstood me. Of course Starscream is male. Just in the alternate reality of the French from France Movie (not french from Québec)he was female.

My other point is it kinda fit the character and body type (pointing out "air intake boobs" ^^ )It just too bad that he was never a "she" officially.

Which make me think. In Animated, when Starscream created his clones based on aspects of him, maybe that's where Splitstream come from.

Overall, G1 Starscream IS really effeminate. In Armada, Energon, Animated, and Prime, he's normal manly. In Galaxy Force, with the original japanese voice, he's manlier than Chuck Norris.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Starscream's Girl wrote:
Overall, G1 Starscream IS really effeminate. In Armada, Energon, Animated, and Prime, he's normal manly. In Galaxy Force, with the original japanese voice, he's manlier than Chuck Norris.

I wouldn't say he's "really" effeminate at all. Being sinister and calculating like he is portrays a more cerebral/intellectual set of characteristics that isn't a typically "alpa male" villain profile such as Megatron or jsut a plain old bruiser type of bad guy. He's a slippery slimy dude and those mannerisms suit that villain type. He's a manipulator. It's an archetype designed to be unnerving or unsettling if not predatory.

Think, Vincent Price, as an example.

monstergrotusque wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Starscream's Girl wrote:
Overall, G1 Starscream IS really effeminate. In Armada, Energon, Animated, and Prime, he's normal manly. In Galaxy Force, with the original japanese voice, he's manlier than Chuck Norris.

I wouldn't say he's "really" effeminate at all. Being sinister and calculating like he is portrays a more cerebral/intellectual set of characteristics that isn't a typically "alpa male" villain profile such as Megatron or jsut a plain old bruiser type of bad guy. He's a slippery slimy dude and those mannerisms suit that villain type. He's a manipulator. It's an archetype designed to be unnerving or unsettling if not predatory.

Think, Vincent Price, as an example.

Hmmmm, brings about an interesting alternative school of thought on Starscream, however, had he truly been female, Megatron just might have not made it...