History Main / CleanDubName

* In the Brazilian dub of ''TheLionKing'', the term "Hakuna Matata" was changed to "Ha'''tu'''na Matata", again, to eliminate the "ku" (read the entries for InuYasha and HunterXHunter, above). Ironically, there are some pieces of merchandise (some official, most not) that use the original name.

** Actually it means that in Japanese too. The manga made a pun about it in an early issue.

** Due to this, the Latin American Spanish dub of SaberMarionette changes the last name of the main character Otaru Mamiya with "Otaru Namiya".

** Kagome's name was changed to "Aome" in Spanish as well for the same reason mentioned above, and ''also'' for sounding like "cágame" or "cagame", both meaning "crap on me".

* The Spanish dub of ''KikisDeliveryService'' had Kiki renamed Nikki, since Kiki is a slang word in Spanish associated with sex.

** Capt. Panaka (which is almost ''panaca'', "moron") became "Panacé".

* Astrid Lindgren's ''Pippi Långstrump'' was ''Pippi Longstocking'' in English-speaking markets, but she had to change name to Fifi Brindacier in French or Peppi Dlinnyichulok in Russian because "Pippi" sounds like words for urine in those languages. But oddly enough, in German "Pipi" means the same, but Pippi is still called Pippi.

* And [[{{InuYasha}} Kagome]], whose name was changed to Agome, because "Kagome" sounds like "cago-me", or "I crap on myself". Also, both Naraku and Miroku were changed to Narak and Mirok, to eliminate the "ku" (which is similar to the Brazilian word meaning "ass"). Oddly, the manga kept these changes in Naraku and Miroku's name, but reverted Kagome's name back to the original.

** Though the British pronounciation is the same, ''Robotech'' is American, so this may be a kind of subversion.

** Again, this is [[HatesEveryoneEqually Swift]] we're talking about. It's probably a BilingualBonus StealthPun, [[ScienceIsBad calling science a whore]]. This is also the same reason it's the name of the target in ''DoctorStrangelove''.

* "[[AvatarTheLastAirbender Suki]]" means "bitches" in Russian. So in russian dub she was called Zuki (in season 1 and 3) and Suyuki (in season 2) instead.
** Why would they change the name from one season to the next, and then change it back?
*** Long story short: TheyJustDidntCare.

** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacrosse I'm not sure whether to be confused]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_lacrosse_case or to]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeardley_Love crack a]] [[TooSoon tasteless joke.]]
** Little correction: the verb "se crosser" is slang for masturbation. Not "Jouer à la crosse", which actually does mean playing Lacrosse. (The sport.)

* Roy Focker from ''{{Macross}}'' became Roy Fokker in ''{{Robotech}}'' since his original surname was one letter away from "fucker".

* In German productions of the opera ''Madama Butterfly'', the surname of Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton is altered to "Linkerton" to avoid suggesting the word "pinkeln" (to pee). Also, the reason why the same character is referred to as F. B. Pinkerton is apparently that Puccini saw the original play in London, where to avoid the British slang abbreviation of "bloody fool" the character was renamed Francis Blummy Pinkerton.

* In the Brazilian dub of ''HunterXHunter'', the character Kurapika was renamed Korapaica, since "Cu-ra-pica" can be translated to something like "Ass-penis". Or "Heals penis".
* And [[{{InuYasha}} Kagome]], whose name was changed to Hagome, because "Kagome" sounds like "cago-me", or "I crap on myself". Also, both Naraku and Miroku were changed to Narak and Mirok, to eliminate the "ku" (which is similar to the Brazilian word meaning "ass").

** Sifo-Dyas was renamed Zaifo Vias (a phonetic transcription), since the original name sounded so much like "fucking himself".

* In ''FZero Maximum Velocity'' there is a track with a ''GulliversTravels''-inspired name Laputan Colony (with some Laputa-like [[FloatingContinent floating islands]] in the scenery backdrop). For the same reason as ''CastleInTheSky'', Laputan Colony was renamed in English to Empyrean Colony.

* In ''FZero Maximum Velocity'' there is a track with a ''{{Gulliver's Travels}}''-inspired name Laputan Colony (with some Laputa-like [[FloatingContinent floating islands]] in the scenery backdrop). For the same reason as ''CastleInTheSky'', Laputan Colony was renamed in English to Empyrean Colony.

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** Count Dooku became "Dookan" to avoid jokes with (''do cu'' = "from the ass"). Dooku can also sound like "Dou o cu", "I can be ass-fucked". Weird.
** Sypho Dias was renamed Typho Vias, since the original name sounded so much like "fucking himself".

* The FinalFantasyV English translation changes Butz's name to Bartz, because Butz sounds like, well, Butts.

* The brand name Vicks was changed to Wick in Germany, because in German, "vick" is pronounced like ''Fick'', which means "fuck".