Jason's Gallery - Three's a Crowd, Thy Name is Mai Valentine!

Mai Valentine, the lovely Harpie Queen of Duel Monsters, showing her affection towards Anime Jason, much of the dismay of Jason's two fictional crushes, Supergirl and Karai, even though Mai is old enough to be his motherly figure. Awkward! 

 

Even though he has two favorite crushes in Supergirl and Karai, there was one woman that has grown affectionately towards Anime Jason, and that's our lovely Harpie Queen herself, Mai Valentine. As she presses her chest onto Jason, Mai shows her motherly side towards the intrepid animation crusader himself, much of dismay of Kara and Miwa. So the way I see, if Kara is Betty and Miwa is Veronica, I guess that makes Mai Cheryl Blossom. Talk about being awkward.

Mai: "Oh, Jason! You are such a cute, little boy! I want to hug you for all time, you sweet, sensitive little man!"

(Supergirl gets furious while Karai hisses out of jealousy)

The Brave Lion and the Snake Lady - RIP Dan Hennessey and Morgan Lofting

This just in.

And there is not much about them in their wiki pages, but I will bring it to you, the passing of two of our childhood favorites in voice acting, Dan Hennessey and Morgan Lofting.

Dan Hennessy passed away on November 13th, 2024, he was 82 years old. Hennessy voiced such characters as Genghis Rex from Dinosaucers, Father Bear from Little Bear, Chief Quimby from Inspector Gadget (the first season, anyway), Zed and Tackleberry from Police Academy: The Series, Turbo Tu-Tone from C.O.P.S., Alex Murphy/RoboCop from the RoboCop animated series, Roy "Bully" Koopa from both The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and The New Super Mario World, Ruckus from the 90s X-Men cartoon, and his most favorite of them all, Brave Heart Lion from Care Bears. In addition of being a voice actor, he was also the voice director for such shows like Rescue Heroes, Saint Seiya, Ultraforce, Monster Force, and the aforementioned 90s X-Men cartoon. He died due to complications from Parkinson's Disease. And now, from one voice from our childhood to the next...

Morgan Lofting died on November 27th, 2024, she was 84 years old. With that distinct voice, Lofting was multi-talented either with an Eastern European accent or not. The character voices include, Aunt May and Black Cat from the 80s Spider-Man cartoon (the one before Amazing Friends), Moonracer and Firestar (the female Autobot, not Angelica Jones) from one episode of Transformers, Fistina and Yetta from Ben 10, and my most favorite character she voiced, The Baroness from G.I. Joe. I will never think of anyone else to voice this femme fatale but her, especially with the accent, darling. No word on how she died, but her passing was so sudden. Got the news from Michael Bell himself through Facebook.

For what is worth, these two voice actors are another example why we need to raise awareness on how voice actors are more relevant and important than all the regular actors combined. As long as we remember them, they will never truly be gone. Thank you for making my childhood worthwhile. Whether bellowing out COBRA!! or roaring like a lion, I will never forget the innocent times back in the 80s and beyond. Godspeed, both of you. Be at peace, to the bravest of the Care Bear Cousins and the seductive femme fatale in glasses and leather.

Daniel Robert Hennessey
(August 25th, 1941 - November 13th, 2024)

Morgan Lofting
(February 2nd, 1940 - November 27th, 2024)

This has been a Retro Rebellion Special Report

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