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'''Madeleine Joan Blaustein''' (October 9, 1960 — December 11, 2008), most commonly credited as '''Maddie Blaustein''', was an American voice actress for the English-language [[dub]] of the [[Pokémon anime]]. Her most famous role is that of {{MTR}}. In [[S01|season 1]], she was credited under her birth name '''Adam Blaustein''', while in [[S02|seasons 2]] and [[S03|3]], as well as the [[M01|first]] [[M02|three]] [[M03|movies]], she was credited as '''Addie Blaustein'''.

Blaustein was born in {{wp|Long Island|Long Island, New York}}, USA, as '''Adam John Blaustein'''. She was a male-to-female {{wp|Transsexualism|transsexual}}. Because of this, she was usually cast as male characters.

In addition to being a voice actress, Blaustein was also an artist and writer. She had written and edited for {{wp|Marvel Comics}} and, at the time of her death, was the senior digital artist at {{wp|DC Comics}}. She created the character of Rubber-Band Man from the cartoon {{wp|Static Shock}}. Blaustein was an artist in [http://www.trannyroadshow.com Tranny Road Show], a performing group composed of {{wp|transgender}} artists and performers. She had also collaborated with Gina Kamentsky on the cartoon ''Platform 6''. She also coached [[Kayzie Rogers]] for anime voice acting.

{{bulbanews|Fan sites report Maddie Blaustein death}}

Pokémon fan sites [[PokéBeach]] and [[Serebii.net]] both reported that anonymous sources, at least one affiliated with [[4Kids Entertainment]], told them Blaustein died in her sleep on December 11, 2008, after saying she was not feeling well.<ref>[http://pokebeach.com/2008/12/maddie-blaustein-passes-away Maddie Blaustein Passes Away - PokéBeach]</ref><ref>[http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?373102-A-Sad-Loss-To-Us-All-R-I-P-Maddie-Blaustein-1960-2008&s=be112a76d93f25482cfa52e9c18023be&p=9159007#post9159007 Hello, I'm Mary, and I am the source - Serebii forums]</ref>

Several days later on December 16, a blogger for 4Kids' The Buzz news feed posted confirmation of Blaustein's death.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20081220082420/http://www.4kids.tv/buzz/view/2005 Maddie Blaustein, 4Kids Voice Actress - 4Kids The Buzz]</ref>

Blaustein was one of the original voice actors on Pokémon. [[Kayzie Rogers]], a student of hers, helped her get her first role on the show, where she initially only played [[character of the day|characters of the day]], but after [[EP032]], she took over [[Nathan Price]]'s role as {{MTR}}. She had commented that she tried to view the Japanese version of the series, and one of her goals was to emulate the scream that [[Inuko Inuyama]] gives Meowth. She remained with the series until the end of [[S08|the eighth season]], when {{TPCi|Pokémon USA}} and [[TAJ Productions]] [[Pokémon USA recasting controversy|took over the dubbing and distribution of the series]]. Most of her roles were taken over by [[Bill Rogers]] and [[Carter Cathcart|Billy Beach]].

She returned in the [[SS020|special based on]] [[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness]] as the voice of {{OBP|Chatot|Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky}}, which is her only role in the PUSA dub, as well as her final role on [[Pokémon]] before her death.

* [[Bill]]

* [[Lt. Surge]]

* [[Bruno]]

* [[Seymour]]

* [[A.J.]]

* [[Damian]] ([[EP011]])

* {{OBP|Anthony|EP029}}

* [[Dario]]

* [[Kaz]]

* [[Melvin]]

* [[Oswald]]

* [[Professor Jacuzzi]]

* [[Scuz]]

* {{MTR}} ([[EP032]]-[[AG145]], [[M01]]-[[M08]], [[Pokémon Chronicles]], [[Mewtwo Returns]])

* [[Growlie]] ([[EP048]])

* [[Tyson's Meowth]]

* [[Brawly's Hariyama]]

* [[Magikarp salesman's Magikarp]]

* {{DL|List of Pokémon temporarily owned by the Team Rocket trio|Magikarp|Jessie's Magikarp}}

* [[James's Magikarp]]

* {{MTR}}

* Jillas ({{wp|Slayers|Slayers TRY}})

* {{fzw|Dr. Clash|Dr. Clash}} ({{fzw|F-Zero: GP Legend (anime)|F-Zero: GP Legend}})