Most Painful Line

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 12:08 am

This name alone evokes utter repulsion in me: "Brad"

Must... not... harm... small animals. I die when i hear "Michelle" talking about her "sweet Brad." T_T.... what have they done to my Michi? Even my brother, who HATES Sailor Moon, laughed his ass off at that one.

Sakuya · Post by **Sakuya** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 9:15 pm

Michiru had a boyfriend named Brad??

Jumbled Thoughts · Post by **MarioKnight** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 9:16 pm

She apparentally had an ex-boyfriend named Brad according to the CWi dub. *shudder*

Celexa · Post by **Celexa** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 9:17 pm

Michiru doesn't, but Michelle does...Cloverway thought "MUST BE STRAIGHT!!!11!!" so they gave "Michelle" more boyfriends than I care to count.

EDIT: I didn't see Dan's post, and posted at the same time he did...-_-;; And by more than I care to think about, I was exaggirating a little...

Dinozore · Post by **Dinozore** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 9:38 pm

I only remember one or two people being named.

Admittedly, the scenario isn't impossible. We don't know what Michiru did before she met Haruka, and she may well have had a boyfriend or two. I think it was mostly the execution that failed...

J Anderson · Post by **J Anderson** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 2:29 am

The line in the talent show episode, where Serena talks to the audience.

Anthy · Post by **Anthy** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 2:45 pm

Jeff wrote:This name alone evokes utter repulsion in me: "Brad"

Must... not... harm... small animals. I die when i hear "Michelle" talking about her "sweet Brad." T_T.... what have they done to my Michi? Even my brother, who HATES Sailor Moon, laughed his ass off at that one.

I feel your pain, Jeff. I hated how her entire character was changed. She was so nice to Usagi in the original. Michelle is just a horrible bitch. Poor poor Michiru. ;_;

Even more, poor Haruka. ^^''

Rainbow · Post by **Rainbow** » Thu Nov 27, 2003 3:31 pm

That's rather interesting, as I didn't start getting annoyed at Sailor Uranus until AFTER I saw the original version. She was one of my favorites as a new dubbie (along with Mars and Chibi...err, Mini Moon). I think for me I wasn't used to seeing strong-willed, and yes, even tough and "bratty" girls on shows, and saw them as a welcome change. Come to think of it, I used to hate Usagi.

Neo Dead Moon · Post by **Neo Dead Moon** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 5:08 pm

Oh, c'mon, how vcould anyone forget the oh-so-popular "These are funny symbols!" line from S? To me that, combined with "Jupiter Thunder Power", made me cringe at Optimum worse than I ever did in the Classic and R dubs.

Rainbow · Post by **Rainbow** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 5:19 pm

Neo Dead Moon wrote:Oh, c'mon, how vcould anyone forget the oh-so-popular "These are funny symbols!" line from S? To me that, combined with "Jupiter Thunder Power", made me cringe at Optimum worse than I ever did in the Classic and R dubs.

Tee hee! I had my final exam on funny symbols!

(translation: Japanese class exam)

I find myself more inclined, for the most part, to make fun of/laugh at the stupid dub lines rather than get angry about them (except for a certain one about fainting being princess-like).

Dinozore · Post by **Dinozore** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 5:47 pm

iirc, nothing was ever said about "funny symbols"... "symbols", yes, but not "funny symbols".

Anna Roz · Post by **Anna Roz** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 6:00 pm

The most painful dub line for me was hearing any one of CWI's many names they used for "Venus Love-Me Chain", such as "Venus Love CHAIN!" "Venus Love Chain Harness!" "VEEEENNUUUS!" (okay, wtf?) "Venus Love Chain WHIP!" "Super Venus Love Chain!" and "Venus Love Chain Knockout!". If they were gonna use a dub name for the attack, they would've been better off with just using Dic's equally lame-sounding "Venus Love Chain Encircle", but then again, this is CWI/Optimum we're talking about..Like I said in another topic, can't poor Minako-chan remember her own attack name? Or for that matter, be able to read her native language? I mean, in later episodes, despite the flipping of car scenes, they acknowledge that the show takes place in Japan (er, sometimes), yet poor dub Minako has to read a letter "With her imagination" because she couldn't understand the funny looking "symbols"..

Post by **Tiff** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 8:07 pm

Dinozore wrote:iirc, nothing was ever said about "funny symbols"... "symbols", yes, but not "funny symbols".

I'm going to end this debate once and for all.
AND I QUOTE:
Mina: "I read this with my imagination."
Lita: "How could you read it?! It's nothing but symbols!!"
Amy: "It looks like there was a letter or two, but they were erased."

So Dinozore is right. It says nothing about "Funny" symbols, just symbols and it being read with her imagination.

Dan or Bob, you may want to change that in the SMU comparisons.

Rainbow · Post by **Rainbow** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 7:12 am

Wow! You know, the reason I thought it said "funny symbols" was because people said that on the old thread about that line on the old forum, and I believed them since I haven't watched the NA dub in so long and forgot what had exactly been said there.

Hmm, I guess that makes that line less offensive then and just weird. Mina, didn't you know that ALL written languages are made of symbols?

marspeach · Post by **marspeach** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 11:42 am

Ah, the symbols line! I hated that. Couldn't they have said something about poor spelling or handwriting or something? So, not only are they implying that hiragana is not a "real" writing system, they're also implying that Serena is so dumb that she doesn't know the letters of the alphabet! The whole thing was stupid though, because the dub takes place in Japan too! What idiots! I had forgotten about this line too.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Dec 14, 2003 1:34 pm

KoiNoVash wrote:Serena: Imagine sitting around all day and getting roses to mate!

C'mon, that's just an insult to everyone's intelligence. There is a clear difference between stupidity and airheadedness!

Ugh, i know. I was watching taht episode when my dad came and heard that. He's like "You actually watch this for entertainment?!"
:Bows head: :Sweat drop: Its not soppose to be like this...

Sailor Moon · Post by **Sailor Moon** » Fri Jan 02, 2004 11:56 pm

Their are so many painful linnes. The DiC lines were always really cute. Well, back in 1995 I always thought "wicked cool" was "wicked cool". Cloverway, on the other hand, cracks me up with their slang. The most painful line is...

"Hey Serena, what's up dog?"

This was said by Unazuki, err... Lizzie... err... Elizabeth. First of all, it's out of character for Unazuki to be talking like a rapper gangsta. Whazzup dog is something you hear rappers say, usually ccompanied by homie g and busta cap. Hearing someone in a very timid voice say "What's up dog?" is just aaaahhhhh.

Neo Dead Moon · Post by **Neo Dead Moon** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 3:45 pm

"What's up dog?" is bad. But so was Luna's "Is that your final answer?" line in one episode of the S dub.

Luna does not equal game show host. -_-[/spoiler]

Rainbow · Post by **Rainbow** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 4:32 pm

Neo Dead Moon wrote:"What's up dog?" is bad. But so was Luna's "Is that your final answer?" line in one episode of the S dub.

Luna does not equal game show host. -_-[/spoiler]

What is wrong with the dub making a reference to an American TV show? I've heard that American TV shows are popular in Japan; what if Luna saw it and wanted to be cool/exotic? Why else do the Senshi shout their attacks in English and have English names of anime characters like some of the Pokemon and the Senshi's superhero names? Because I've heard the Japanese think it's cool or something to use English words, so maybe Luna watched the Millionaire game show? We DO see her watching TV sometimes.

Neo Dead Moon · Post by **Neo Dead Moon** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 1:16 pm

Rainbow wrote:
Neo Dead Moon wrote:"What's up dog?" is bad. But so was Luna's "Is that your final answer?" line in one episode of the S dub.

Luna does not equal game show host. -_-[/spoiler]
What is wrong with the dub making a reference to an American TV show? I've heard that American TV shows are popular in Japan; what if Luna saw it and wanted to be cool/exotic? Why else do the Senshi shout their attacks in English and have English names of anime characters like some of the Pokemon and the Senshi's superhero names? Because I've heard the Japanese think it's cool or something to use English words, so maybe Luna watched the Millionaire game show? We DO see her watching TV sometimes.

Not if we go by the fact that the episode was originally made in Japan in 1994, and thus Luna should not be making references to shows that don't exist yet (yeah, I know the dub takes place in the 21st century, but still..) =D