{{short description|American voice actor}} {{Infobox person | name = Travis Oates | birth_place = [[Modesto]], [[California]], [[United States]] | occupation = Voice actor | years_active = 2001&ndash;present }} '''Travis Oates''' is an American voice actor. He was born in [[Modesto]], [[California]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=22 Things You Need To Know About Modesto Before You Move There |url=https://www.modestogov.com/DocumentCenter/View/5343/22-Things-You-Need-To-Know-About-Modesto-Before-You-Move-There---Movoto-PDF |access-date=November 30, 2023}}</ref> He took over the voice role of [[Piglet (Winnie-the-Pooh)|Piglet]] in Disney's ''[[Winnie the Pooh (franchise)|Winnie the Pooh]]''-related media after the death of the original voice actor [[John Fiedler]] in 2005. Oates started voicing Piglet in ''[[Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie]]'' as an understudy actor for Fiedler finishing his recording work due to his death during production, and he later became the character's official voice actor full time beginning with ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'' and continuing in other Winnie the Pooh productions. He and [[Jim Cummings]] were the only two voice actors to return for the [[Winnie the Pooh (2011 film)|2011 film]]. He also was one of the original co-hosts of the [[G4 (U.S. TV channel)|G4TV]] original program ''Arena'', a competitive gaming show with [[Wil Wheaton]] in 2002.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Brooker |first=Heather |date=April 4, 2016 |title=TRAVIS OATES GIVES US A PEAK INTO THE VOICE OF PIGLET AND PUNCH-UPS |url=https://motherhoodinhollywood.com/travis-oates/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512175412/https://motherhoodinhollywood.com/travis-oates/ |archive-date=May 12, 2023 |access-date=May 12, 2023 |website=motherhoodinhollywood.com}}</ref> Oates owns and manages the [[ACME Comedy Theatre]] in [[Costa Mesa, California]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}} He directed the 2014 film ''[[Don't Blink (film)|Don't Blink]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Mark L. |date=2014-12-12 |title=DON'T BLINK (2014) |url=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/69779#8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922212516/http://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/69779 |archive-date=September 22, 2021 |accessdate=2015-09-14 |work=[[Ain't It Cool News]]}}</ref>

== Filmography == ===Television=== *''Arena'' - Co-host (2002)<ref name=":0" /> *''[[Doc McStuffins]]'' - Piglet (2017)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whyte |first=Alexandra |date=January 5, 2017 |title=Disney bows Doc McStuffins-Winnie the Pooh crossover ep |url=https://kidscreen.com/2017/01/05/disney-bows-doc-mcstuffins-winnie-the-pooh-crossover-ep/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517015823/https://kidscreen.com/2017/01/05/disney-bows-doc-mcstuffins-winnie-the-pooh-crossover-ep/ |archive-date=May 17, 2022 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=kidscreen.com}}</ref><ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Travis Oates (visual voices guide) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Travis-Oates/ |access-date=28 July 2021 |website=Behind The Voice Actors |type= A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information}}</ref> *''[[My Friends Tigger & Pooh]]'' - Piglet *''[[Piper's QUICK Picks]]'' - Himself - Guest *''[[The Emperor's New School]]'' - Rudy, Additional voices *''Mini Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'' - Piglet

===Film=== *''[[Deadly Lessons]]'' - Bulwart *''Engaging Peter'' - Jack *''Fish in a Barrel'' - Hippie Cashier *''Poet Heads'' - Club Manager *''[[Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie]]'' - Piglet, Additional voices *''[[Kronk's New Groove]]'' - Additional voices *''Winnie the Pooh: Shapes and Sizes'' - Piglet<ref name="btva" /> *''Winnie the Pooh: Wonderful Word Adventure'' - Piglet<ref name="btva" /> *''[[Winnie the Pooh (2011 film) |Winnie the Pooh]]'' - Piglet<ref name="btva" />

===Video games=== *''[[Kinect Disneyland Adventures]]'' - Piglet *''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'' - Piglet *''[[Kingdom Hearts III]]'' - Piglet *''[[The Lego Movie Videogame]]'' - Additional voices *''[[Turning Point: Fall of Liberty]]'' - Farrel *''[[White Knight Chronicles]]'' - Amir<ref name="btva" />

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