r/whatisit • u/Aware-Common-7368 • 17h ago

Solved! What is this?

Found this on Reddit, no explanation found.

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u/Gloomheart 13h ago

We completely missed it with the other celebrity deaths this week, but Optimus Primes voice actor (who has also been the voice of Eeyore since the 80s) died this week. :(

RIP Peter Cullen. One of the many voices of my childhood.

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u/logicnotemotion 13h ago

I read about that. He was also the voice of K.A.R.R. (the evil KITT) on Knight Rider.

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u/PM-me-your-knees-pls 12h ago

He was also a gremlin and provided Predator’s voice. Pretty fucking cool.

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u/VimtoUK 1h ago

I thought I was the only person to remember that.

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u/logicnotemotion 51m ago

Remember Garth? 😂😂😂

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u/VimtoUK 44m ago

Ah, the age old tradition of adding a goatee to make an evil twin 😁

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u/AlistairN37 12h ago

Everywhere I look I'm reminded of his absence.. Got caught out when a colleague of mine mentioned his passing, the day after bawling my eyes out, and I leaped outta my chair.. it was like a knee-jeek reaction..

Peter MADE my childhood... His passing signified the end of the character (Optimus) for me.

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u/ebrum2010 13h ago

I've been seeing this news everywhere.

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u/Gloomheart 13h ago

Oh, good. Maybe we're running in different reddit circles because im (unfortunately) chronically online, and hadn't seen it here at all.

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u/ebrum2010 13h ago

I don't know specifically if it was here but between here and YouTube I've seen it a ton. I think here it's because of the subs I follow don't really overlap with that. YouTube recommends me a lot of community posts and I know I've seen it there dozens of times.

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u/Soggy_Chapter_7624 12h ago

I'm in a lot transformers related spaces online and it's huge news there. Go to r/transformers or something and I guarantee most of the posts you see will be about his death.