Former Dragon Ball Z Vegeta Voice Actor Brian Drummond Rejects Gift After Judging Fan’s Twitter Timeline “Offensive”

Spencer Baculi |

Jun 23, 2020

Brian Drummond, the prolific voice actor known for voicing Milliardo Peacecraft in Gundam Wing, Copy-Vegeta in Dragon Ball Super, and providing the famous “It’s Over 9000!” line for Vegeta in the Ocean Dub of Dragon Ball Z, rescinded an offer to accept a fan gift after presuming the fan’s political viewpoints and claiming that their Twitter timeline featured “numerous offensive tweets and retweets.”

Twitter user @timkester91, also known as ‘Mr. Sarcasm,’ is a fan-artist who regularly creates stylized collages composed of various characters voiced by a given voice actor.

Once completed, @timkester91 shares his work with the featured voice actor and regularly offers to send them an item, such as t-shirt or coffee mug, displaying the artwork as a token of his fan appreciation.

His fan works have been accepted by voice actors such as Fire Emblem: Fates (Corrin – Female) and Naruto (Tenten) voice actress Danielle Judovits:

We have ourselves another happy customer of my custom shirts! Danielle Judovits! #customshirts pic.twitter.com/U1XT72PQPk

— Mr. Sarcasm (@timkester91) May 28, 2020

David Lodge, best known for voicing Jiraya in Naruto and various villains throughout the Power Rangers franchise also accepted a shirt.

Great Super Fan Tim Pike made Lord Jiraiya a unique T shirt! How soy like it fans? Can u name some of these?!? 🌴😎 pic.twitter.com/cm14TYdf71

— David Lodge (@DavidLodgeVOPro) June 16, 2020

And Naruto (Neiji) and Bleach (Hitsugaya) actor Steve Staley also showed off his shirt.

Thanks @timkester91 for this amazing and artistic T showcasing 20 years of characters! From Neji and Hitsugaya to Kadaj! What an incredible gift! Thank you. pic.twitter.com/0kN5lDRd2l

— steve staley (@staleybud) June 22, 2020

On June 23^rd, Mr. Sarcasm presented one of his collage pieces, this time on a coffee mug, to Drummond.

@BrianDrummondVO now I know you said no on the shirt…. but would you turn down a coffee mug with your characters on display? pic.twitter.com/AC8Kd8H1Y1

— Mr. Sarcasm (@timkester91) June 23, 2020

Drummond enthusiastically responded, ““now you’re talkin’ !!”

Now you’re talkin’ !! 😁

— Brian Drummond (@BrianDrummondVO) June 23, 2020

This prompted Mr. Sarcasm to reach out for shipping info.

DM me somewhere to ship it to, & I’ll have it made & sent out.

— Mr. Sarcasm (@timkester91) June 23, 2020

Surprisingly, Drummond quickly changed his mind, rejecting the gift after finding what he deemed “numerous offensive tweets and retweets” during a cursory glance of Mr. Sarcasm’s timeline, warning the fan that “what you say has consequences.”

It’s nice that you’ve enjoyed my work Tim, but I won’t accept this gift. I just had a look at your timeline, and I was so very sorry to see numerous offensive tweets & retweets. What you say has consequences. #BelieveWomen #BLM #TrumpOut2020

— Brian Drummond (@BrianDrummondVO) June 23, 2020

Despite Drummond’s use of the three hashtags, presumably used to cite his specific concerns with Mr. Sarcasm’s timeline, nothing on the fan artist’s timeline explicitly disagrees with any of these subjects.

Drummond’s assumption that Mr. Sarcasm does not ‘believe women’ appears to be based on his support for Vic Mignogna and the ‘#IStandWithVic’ community in the face of the accusations of sexual misconduct leveled at the former Dragon Ball Super: Broly voice actor. At no point has Mr. Sarcasm ever stated that his opinion on the Mignogna events is his blanket view towards hypothetical sexual assault accusations.

While Mr. Sarcasm has retweeted Tweets critical of the Black Lives Matter movement and of the late George Floyd’s criminal history, he has also regularly called for “justice for George,” even asserting that his death “was no accident.”

At no point in Mr. Sarcasm’s recent timeline does he even mention President Donald Trump, with the closest he has come to an outright political retweet being from the account of actor and vocal conservative James Woods. Mr. Sarcasm has regularly noted that he is “not a fan of the guy.”

Mr. Sarcasm assumed that his “religious beliefs” were the cause of Drummond’s refusal.

I have his too…. he signed my Rock The Dragon Set 5 years ago, & I was always the one saying I prefer him over Sabat any day…. I didn’t know religious beliefs could make you hate your fans…. pic.twitter.com/uOXzwpk7Qf

— Mr. Sarcasm (@timkester91) June 23, 2020

Drummond clarified that he “said nothing of religious beliefs” and did not hate him, but would not accept his gift due to his personal beliefs.

Please read my original reply to you Tim.I said nothing of religious beliefs…zero & nothing of hating you…absolutely not.I found some of your tweets offensive & therefore said I won’t accept a gift.These are my beliefs, you don’t have to agree.I’m sorry you are hurt by this.

— Brian Drummond (@BrianDrummondVO) June 23, 2020

Mr. Sarcasm then clarified that he doesn’t “want anyone to lose their jobs” and though he is disappointed, does not hold a grudge against Drummond:

It’s exactly what I said, I don’t want anyone to lose their jobs, & I forgive Brian…. if he doesn’t want a mug or a shirt, there are others that do, I wanted to show him appreciation for signing my stuff for me 5 years ago

— Mr. Sarcasm (@timkester91) June 23, 2020