History Main / ReligiousRedub

* Inverted. Series/{{Gerbert}} was a ReligiousEdutainment show in its original run, but was then turned into a secular EdutainmentShow for its second airing.

* Inverted. Series/Gerbert was a ReligiousEdutainment show in its original run, but was then turned into a secular EdutainmentShow for its second airing.

* ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' has a rare inversion. The show was originally very much intended to teach kids about the Bible and Christianity. However, when it was aired on NBC's Creator/{{qubo}} block, references to Christianity were initially removed. Protests from parent groups led to the content being restored in its second season.

So you're watching a rerun of an old TV show you used to love as a kid, when suddenly the characters start saying "That reminds me of what the Bible tells us with [insert any Bible verse here]". Then you realize... it's been redubbed to preach the gospel.

* In the 1970s-80s, artist Al Hartley produced an officially licensed series of ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' in which all the characters were born-again Christians, with Archie and Betty generously quoting the Bible and preaching the gospel to all their friends.

So you're watching a rerun of an old TV show you used to love as a kid, when suddenly the characters start saying "That reminds me of what the Bible tells us with [insert any Bible verse here]". Then you realize... it's been redubbed to preach gospel.

* A modified version ''WesternAnimation/DangerRangers'' was releases on some home videos aimed at Christian audiences. While the episodes are unedited with no religious references, each episode would end with a scripture lesson from The Bible that is relevant to an episode.

* Since the TurnOfTheMillennium, the originally-secular ''Literature/BerenstainBears'' series has been heavily marketed towards Christian families, with newer books having very Christian themes. This wasn't to goose falling sales; the creatives simply noticed how popular the franchise was with that particular market due to its wholesome, Aesop-driven nature.

* ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' has a rare inversion. The show was originally very much intended to teach kids about the Bible and Christianity. However, when it was aired on NBC's Creator/{{qubo}} block, references to Christianity were initially removed. Protests from parent groups led to the content being restored in its' second season.

** The Islamic dubs of ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' actually caused controversy.

* The infamous religious version of ''WesternAnimation/JayJayTheJetPlane'' by Tommy Nelson. The stories are unchanged, but the dialogue is altered to make mentions to Christianity and the Bible throughout. This is to the point that the episode descriptions on the back of the VHS releases actually end the plot summaries with something like "Feels like Romans 8:25" (the religious summarization of "Tracy's Shooting Star").

-->'''Carl Sagan:''' Scientists believe the universe it's four b-'''HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD.''' Scientists have determines that the universe was created by a s-'''GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD'''-ig Bang.

* ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' has a rare inversion. The show was originally very much intended to teach kids about the Bible and Christianity. However, when it was syndicated references to Christianity were initially removed. Protest led to the content being restored later.

-->'''Carl Sagan:''' Scientists believe the universe is roughly -'''HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD'''- and believe it was created by-'''GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD'''-bang.

This was a brief fad amongst some distributors, and that is if you want to keep an old kids' show that's not doing well with syndication on the air for a longer time, just redub it with religious context and sell it to any religious broadcaster that's interested.

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* When the Dutch Christian broadcasting company Evangelische Omroep aired Creator/DavidAttenborough's ''The Life of Mammals'', they omitted any references to the evolution theory, and completely left out the episode dealing with apes and humans. Naturally, Attenborough was not amused.
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* PlayedForLaughs in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', when Peter embraces the [[LowerClassLout Redneck]] lifestyle. He decides to watch Creator/CarlSagan's ''Series/{{Cosmos}}'', which has been "edited for rednecks". The edits muffle over any scientific explanations with creationist viewpoints.

* In recent years, the ''Literature/BerenstainBears'' series has been heavily marketed towards Christian families, with newer books having very Christian themes.

* In 2010, Music/CeeLoGreen covered the famous song "Music/{{Imagine}}" by Music/JohnLennon, replacing the (admittedly ''very'' pro-atheist) lyrics "and no religion too" with "all religions true", resulting in an immediate backlash from fans who believed that he had disrespected Lennon's legacy by changing the lyrics of his most iconic song. But this wasn't the only one, some interpretations also changed that line for "and one religion too", to better appeal to Christian listeners.

* ''WesternAnimation/MeteorAndTheMightyMonsterTrucks'' has a religious version, "Monster Truck Adventures", with the race announcer book-ending the show and using a Scripture reference to help summarize the plot.

* A variant regarding the Arabic dub of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', [[https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Al-Shamshoon Al-Shamshoon]], not only does it rename the characters (Homer Simpson becomes Omar Shamsoon) but it removes all elements incompatible with Islamic law: pork becomes beef, beer becomes soda, Moe's Tavern is removed, etc.
** The original show also parodied this - at Lisa's school, old educational films used originally to introduce kids to the idea of Evolution are redubbed - badly and obviously - to sell Creationism and "intelligent design".
* PlayedForLaughs in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', when Peter embraces the [[LowerClassLout Redneck]] lifestyle. He decides to watch Creator/CarlSagan's ''Series/{{Cosmos}}'', which has been edited for rednecks. The edits muffle over any scientific explanations with creationist viewpoints.

* ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' has a rare inversion. The show was originally very much intended to teach kids about the Bible and Christianity. However, when the show was syndicated, references to Christianity were initially removed. Protest led to the content being restored later.

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So you're watching a rerun of a old TV show you used to love as a kid, when suddenly the characters start saying "That reminds me of what the Bible tells us with [insert any Bible verse here]". Then you realize... it's been redubbed to preach gospel.

* There exist alternate Islamic Arabic dubs of several cartoons and animes. The difference? There's no music, the theme song's a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasheed nasheed]] (being sung a capella), and most of the time characters state religious things about Islam.
** ''WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol'' is one of the few known shows to have a Islamic dub but not a secular dub.

* In 2010, Music/CeeLoGreen covered the famous song ''Music/{{Imagine}}'' by Music/JohnLennon, replacing the (admittedly ''very'' pro-atheist) lyrics "and no religion too" with "all religions true", resulting in an immediate backlash from fans who believed that he had disrespected Lennon's legacy by changing the lyrics of his most iconic song. But this wasn't the only one, some interpretations also changed that line for "and one religion too", to better appeal to Christian listeners.

* When the Dutch Christian broadcasting company Evangelische Omroep aired Creator/DavidAttenborough's ''The Life of Mammals'', they omitted any references to the evulution theory, and completely left out the episode dealing with apes and humans. Naturally, Attenborough was not amused.

* ''WesternAnimation/MeteorAndTheMightyMonsterTrucks'' has a religious version, "Monster Truck Adventures", with the race announcer book-ending the show and using a bible scripture to help summarize the plot.

* A variant regarding the Arabic dub of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', [[https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Al-Shamshoon Al-Shamshoon]], not only does it rename the characters (Homer Simpson becomes Omar Shamsoon) but it removes all elements incompatible with Islamic law (pork becomes beef, beer becomes soda, Moe's Tavern is removed, etc.).

* PlayedForLaughs in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', when Peter embraces the [[LowerClassLout Redneck]] lifestyle. He decides to watch Creator/CarlSagan's ''Series/{{Cosmos}}'', which has been edited for rednecks. The edits muffle over any scientific explanations with a creationist viewpoints.

* ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' has a rare inversion. The show was originally very much intended to teach kids about the Bible and Christianity. However when the show was syndicated, references to Christianity were initially removed. Protest lead to the content being restored later.