The real reason is that Grim's VA knew everyone else auditioning would be doing spooky and intimidating voices for the Grim Reaper. So he tried something different and it payed off big.
That's the exact same reason Sebastian from the Little Mermaid and Hermes from Futurama have Jamaican accents. The voice actor just started doing a Jamacian accent during auditions and the rest of the staff thought it was hilarious.
How do you lose against 2 pathetic human kids?
They cheated lmao
He should've seen that one coming
bullshit, you can't cheat death
>kiss kiss
Why not?
because it's funny
He was supposed to be Dutch, but the voice actor couldn't do a Dutch accent.
It's funny.
The real reason is that Grim's VA knew everyone else auditioning would be doing spooky and intimidating voices for the Grim Reaper. So he tried something different and it payed off big.
That's how James Woods got Hades, risks pay off sometimes.
paid*
That's the exact same reason Sebastian from the Little Mermaid and Hermes from Futurama have Jamaican accents. The voice actor just started doing a Jamacian accent during auditions and the rest of the staff thought it was hilarious.
huge risk equals huge reward
It's funny.
Because he down wit da voodoo, skeleton and zombie be de domain of island people
The pilot is him playing Limbo for their Hamster's soul
Limbo is from Trinidad
It’s a Caribbean island, you know
it started from there but Jamaica is where it became a real thing. Limbo music comes from Jamaica and the name comes from Jamaican 'limba' - to bend
Zombies are literally African and Caribbean creatures in origin
Voodoo, hoodoo and all kinda weird shit.
They probably wanted the accent from death in bill and ted 2, but everyone sucked at it and this guy was funny doing the Jamaican accent
Did you guys seriously miss the "Limbo in limbo" joke?
They don’t know limbo is a word for purgatory
LIMBO IN THE LIMBO