Changes: LeapPad Storyteller

Revision as of 19:21, 22 December 2018

The LeapPad Storyteller is an offscreen voice who narrates the stories and speaks the prompts for LeapPad books. The narrator is mostly a male, sometimes a female, and always breaks the fourth wall to the players.

Narrators

Storyteller's VA	Years	Notes	Voice Type
Jim Marggraff	1999-2004	Starting from Lil's Loose Tooth; narrator for over 35 books	Male
Whoopi Goldberg	1999	Lessons for Life series and Leap's Friends from A to Z only	Female
David Bamber	late 2000-2006	UK version	Male
Christiane Crawford	2001-2003	Starting from Leap's Big Day (shared with Julie Stevens), narration for 6 My First LeapPad books	Female
Julie Stevens	2002-2004	Starting from I Know My ABCs (shared with Christiane Crawford), and appears mostly for directing the English/Spanish games in the 2004 re release of Leap's Big Day), narration for 7 My First LeapPad books	Female
Bob Ayres	2002	Disney Princess Stories, Amazing Bible Stories and Bob and Lofty Save the Day	Male
Michael Mendelsohn	2002-2003	Starting from Phonics Program; narrator for over 20 books, like the Smart Guide to Kindergarten, and the Smart Guide to 1st Grade	Male
Robin Smith	2002-2006	Starting from Thomas the Really Useful Engine; narrator for 20 LeapPad books, including the non Thomas related LeapPad book, Anna's First Ballet.	Male
Morwenna Banks	2003-2006	Narration for 8 My First LeapPad books, UK version	Female
Unknown	2003-2005	Narration for SpongeBob SquarePants Salty Sea Stories, and many LeapPad books like The Cat in the Hat (based off of the 2003 film, Shrek 2, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, (from the Plus Microphone) Hop on Pop (also from the Plus Microphone), the Smart Guide to 2nd Grade, and Madagascar.	Male
Unknown	2003-2007	Guide for most Leapster games, narration for some LeapPad books, including Fox in Socks, Finding Nemo, Stanley Surprise Safari and Cars, as well as the narrator for the My First LeapPad book There's a Wocket In My Pocket	Male
Unknown	2003-2004	Narrator for Fiesta in the House, The Lion King, 4th Grade History for the Quantum Pad, and guide for the Turbo Twist games,as well as the narrator for the My First LeapPad book The Foot Book	Male

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 |Bob Ayres
 |2002
-|Disney Princess Stories and Bob and Lofty Save the Day only
+|Disney Princess Stories, Amazing Bible Stories and Bob and Lofty Save the Day
 |Male
 |-
 |Michael Mendelsohn
 |2002-2003
-|Starting from Phonics Program; narrator for over 20 books
+|Starting from Phonics Program; narrator for over 20 books, like the Smart Guide to Kindergarten, and the Smart Guide to 1st Grade
 |Male
 |-
 |Robin Smith
 |2002-2006
-|Starting from Thomas the Really Useful Engine; narrator for 20 LeapPad books
+|Starting from Thomas the Really Useful Engine; narrator for 20 LeapPad books, including the non Thomas related LeapPad book, Anna's First Ballet.
 |Male
 |-
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 |Unknown
 |2003-2005
-|Narration for SpongeBob SquarePants Salty Sea Stories, and many LeapPad books
+|Narration for SpongeBob SquarePants Salty Sea Stories, and many LeapPad books like The Cat in the Hat (based off of the 2003 film, Shrek 2, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, (from the Plus Microphone) Hop on Pop (also from the Plus Microphone), the Smart Guide to 2nd Grade, and Madagascar.
 |Male
 |-
 |Unknown
 |2003-2007
-|Guide for most Leapster games, narration for some LeapPad books, including Fox in Socks
+|Guide for most Leapster games, narration for some LeapPad books, including Fox in Socks, Finding Nemo, Stanley Surprise Safari and Cars, as well as the narrator for the My First LeapPad book There's a Wocket In My Pocket
 |Male
 |-
 |Unknown
 |2003-2004
-|Narration for Fiesta in the House, and guide for the Turbo Twist games
+|Narrator for Fiesta in the House, The Lion King, 4th Grade History for the Quantum Pad, and guide for the Turbo Twist games,as well as the narrator for the My First LeapPad book The Foot Book
 |Male
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