Line #81 Main/DubPronunciationChange


1	Foreign translations can often play with character names. They may be [[DubNameChange changed into something different]], or [[BarelyChangedDubName they can be only slightly changed]].
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4	But sometimes they don't. Or, in some cases, they are still ''written'' the same way but the way it's pronounced differs from the original version. This may be because the language the dub is made with is used to pronounce certain phonetics in a different way than in the original language the name was written with, or just for a mistake.
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7	This trope often comes about due to trying to make the word feel as natural in the local language as possible, where excessive fidelity to foreign language terminology may break the flow of dialogue. It likewise may attempt to recontextualize words that have unfortunate meanings in another language.
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10	Compare with ViewerPronunciationConfusion. Can sometime overlap with CleanDubName and InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike, if the change is made to make the name not sound like a swear word. If at a certain point the original pronounciation is brought in, it counts as DitchingTheDubNames.
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12	!!Examples:
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16	* In the Italian dub of ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'', Shun's name is pronunced "Sean".
17	* In the ''Cardcaptors'' dub of ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', Sakura's name is pronounced "Sah-coo-rah" instead of "Sock-oo-rah". It's [[InconsistentDub inconsistent]] whether the accent is on the first or second syllable. There is also the occasional "suck-URR-ah." There's also the pronunciation of "Clow". The original Japanese and the Animax English dubs has it rhyme with "flow", but in all of the other English dubs including the dub of [[Manga/CardcaptorSakuraClearCard Clear Card]] it's pronounced similarly to "cloud". Kero is pronounced "keh-ro" in the original Japanese and ''Clear Card'' dubs but pronounced like "key-ro" in the Nelvana and Animax English dubs.
18	* In the Italian dub of ''Manga/CaseClosed'', Genta's name is pronounced "Jenta".
19	* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'': In the original Japanese dub, Angemon's name is pronounced "ain-jeh-mon", but in the English dub, his name either has the original pronunciation or is said like "ahn-jeh-mon" [[InconsistentDub depending on the episode]]. And in the German dub, his name is pronounced "ahn-geh-mon".
20	* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'':
21	** In the original version, Gian is pronounced like the English word "Giant", only without the letter "T". In the Italian dub, it's pronounced like the Italian name Gian, which sounds like "jahn".
22	** Also in the Italian dub, Dekisugi's name is pronounced with a soft G instead of a hard one.
23	* ''Manga/DragonBall'':
24	** In the Italian dub, Chichi's name has been almost always pronounced as "Kiki", since "ch" is always a hard sound in Italian language. The only time it didn't happen is in the earlier dub of the films, which had a more faithful localization than the show's.
25	** Chichi's name is kept the same in the European Spanish dub, but adds more emphasis on the second "chi" ("chee-CHEE") to keep it from sounding too much like the slang term for boobs.
26	** In Creator/TheOceanGroup's English dub, the Kaioh-ken move is pronounced "Kei-yo-ken" rather than "Kai-yo-ken". Later English dubs revert to the Japanese pronunciation.
27	** In the Italian dub of ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Jaco's name is pronounced "Yaco" since the Italian language usually pronounces the letter J as a "ee" sound.
28	** In the Danish dub, the "ch" sound in Chiaotzu's name is pronounced like a "k" sound (so his name pronunciation becomes "Kao-Zoo"), possibly because "ch" can be pronounced in that way in some Danish names of German origin.
29	** Since the Hungarian dubs of ''Dragon Ball'' and ''Dragon Ball Z'' were based on the French dubs, many French name pronunciations were carried over, such as "Zhys" for Jeice and "Zhinoe" for Ginyu. The latter was also kept for ''Dragon Ball Super'' for the sake of consistency, despite this dub being based on the Japanese original.
30	* ''Manga/FairyTail'':
31	** Erza's name is pronounced closer to "Air-zuh" in Japanese, while the English dub calls her "Ur-zuh".
32	** Laxus's name is pronounced closer to "Lock-sus" in the English dub, as opposed to "Lack-sus", as per the Japanese pronunciation.
33	** In Japanese, Simon's name is pronounced "See-mon". In English, it's "Sigh-mun".
34	** The guild Crime Sorcière has a [[GratuitousFrench French]] name that's pronounced "Crim Sor-see-air". While the English dub follows the correct French pronunciation for "Sorcière", the word "Crime" is pronounced like the English version.
35	* In the Italian dub of ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'', Nagisa's name is pronounced "Na-gee-sa" instead of "Nag-he-sa".
36	* The French dub of ''Anime/GlitterForce'' changes Harriet's pronunciation from "hair-ee-ette" to "ah-ri-ette".
37	* ''Franchise/LupinIII'':
38	** In English, the Creator/StreamlinePictures dub of ''Anime/TheMysteryOfMamo'' and Creator/{{Funimation}}'s dubs of the movies and specials pronounce Lupin's name as "Loo-pin" rather than "Loo-pahn". Funimation only switched to the latter pronunciation for their dub of ''[[Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine The Woman Called Fujiko Mine]]'' years later.
39	** In the Italian dubs:
40	*** Lupin is always pronounced "Loo-pehn" instead of "Loo-pahn".
41	*** Goemon's name has always been pronounced "Ghemon", as if the O was mute.
42	*** For years, Fujiko Mine's last name had been pronounced as if it was the English word "mine". It was corrected to the Japanese pronounciation starting with ''[[Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine The Woman Called Fujiko Mine]]''.
43	* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'':
44	** "Gundam" itself is pronounced in Japanese as "GAHN-dah-mu", which typically becomes "GUN-dumb" in English and similar languages, as it was meant to combine the words "gun" and "freedom". The English dubs of the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam 0079]]'' [[CompilationMovie compilation movies]] pronounced it with an emphatic "Gun-Damn". The Italian dubs throughout the franchise pronounces Gundam as "Goon-Dum".
45	** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'': Char Aznable is name after the French musician Music/CharlesAznavour, which the Japanese versions reflects by pronouncing like "Shaw". Most English dubs pronounce it as a homophone for "char", as if shortening the English pronunciation of "Charles".
46	** [[StateSec The Titans]] from ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' are called "''tee''-tan-zu" in Japanese, mimicking the word's Greek origin. The English dub pronounces it as the word usually is in the language, a homophone for "tightens".
47	* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': In Japanese, Sasuke's name is pronounced like "Sas-keh". In the Italian, French, German, and Romanian dubs, he's pronounced "Sa-soo-keh".
48	* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': The Japanese dubs pronounce NERV and SEELE approximating the word's German origins, "NELF" and "ZEE-leh". All of the English dubs but VSI's pronounce NERV as the English word "nerve" and SEELE as "SAY-lay".
49	* ''Manga/OnePiece'': In the Italian dub, Usopp's name has the first two letters pronounced like the English word "us". After the episode 578, they go back to the correct Japanese pronunciation.
50	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
51	** Italian is one of the few languages that keeps the English names for the namesake creatures, but dubs often stumbled with some pronounces and [[InconsistentDub went back and forth with different takes]].
52	*** Meowth's name has been pronounced "Meh-o" from the beginning until 2009, when it was changed to a more faithful "Meow".
53	*** Around late 2012, with the release of ''Pokédex 3D Pro'', multiple Italian pronounciations were changed permanently, with the new takes being used in every piece of media (anime, games and so on). Weirdly, this means that a lot of names that were pronounced in correct English have been replaced with more Italian-ish and wrong-sounding ones (such as Wobbuffet being pronounced "Wob-boo-fet", Lugia becoming "Lou-jah" and most bafflingly Glaceon being pronounced "Glace-on", making it [[DubInducedPlotHole sound completely different from the other Eeveelution names]]).
54	** In [[DuelingDubs one of the Portuguese dubs]], Pikachu's name is kept the same, but the humans say it like "peek-a-shoo" [[InconsistentDub even though Pikachu himself clearly pronounces it like "peek-a-choo"]].
55	** In the Czech version, Pichu was simply nameless due to the fact that its name [[CleanDubName sounds like their word for "cunt"]]. Later on, however, its name was pronounced like "pic-chu".
56	** In Japanese, Arceus's name is pronounced "ar-say-us", but in the English version, it is pronounced "ark-ee-us" because the original pronunciation [[CleanDubName sounds too much like "arse"]].
57	** Doubling over with InconsistentDub in the English version, Regice's name was initially pronounced as "redge-ee-ice" in ''Anime/PokemonLucarioAndTheMysteryOfMew'', but in later appearances it is pronounced "Redge-ice". Oddly enough, Regice still clearly pronounces its own name like "redge-ee-ice".
58	** In the Japanese dub, Serena's name is pronounced "seh-reh-na", but in the English dub, it is pronounced "suh-reena".
59	** In the Japanese dub, Lusamine's name is pronounced "loo-sa-mee-neh", but the English dub changed it to "loo-sa-meen".
60	* In the early episodes of the English dub of ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'', Anthy's surname was pronounced "him-eh-ME-ya" but later episodes corrected to "him-EH-me-ya," which was how it was pronounced in Japanese.
61	* ''Anime/SailorMoon'': In the Italian dub, Chibiusa and Chibi-Chibi are pronounced "Kibiusa" and "Kibi-Kibi".
62	* In the Latin American Spanish dub of ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'', Kagato's name is pronounced "ka-ha-toh", probably because the pronunciation of his name sounded too much like "cagado" ("shat", as in, "he cagado", meaning "I have shat").
63	* The Italian dub of ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' has Vash ([[InconsistentDub and only Vash]]) pronounce the "K" in Knives's name, like "Knish". Oddly, it's only adult Vash that does this, even child Vash pronounces his name correctly.
64	* In the English dub of ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', Kuwabara's name is pronounced "koo-wah-BA-rah" instead of "koo-WAH-ba-rah" like in the original Japanese. Yusuke's surnname Urameshi is pronounced "Yur-a-mesh-i" throughout, while in Japanese it's "Oo-ra-me-shi".
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68	* ComicBook/{{Batman}}:
69	** His name is pronounced "bah-tch-mahn" on most Brazilian Portuguese dubs. Out of all the DC superhero names that end in "man", his is notoriously the only one that doesn't somewhat replicate the original pronunciation.
70	** In a similar way, Italian dub always pronounced his name as "But-mahn".
71	* ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk's name is usually pronounced "Hoolk" in Italian dubs.
72	* ComicBook/SpiderMan: Usually pronounced "Speeder-man" in European French and European Spanish dubs, including the MCU films.
73	* ''ComicBook/XMen'':
74	** Professor Xavier's name is pronounced "Eks-ay-vee-er" in most English dubs, but the Brazilian dubs change it to "Sha-vee-ehr".
75	** In Brazilian Portuguese, [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]] is called "Mag-neh-to" instead of "Mag-nee-to".
76	** ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s name is pronounced as "vol-veh-Ree-nee" in Brazilian Portuguese dubs.
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80	* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': In the Italian dubs of the animated adaptations, Linus is usually pronounced "Lee-nus" (fitting, since it's a name of Latin origin) instead of "Lie-nus", and Schroeder is pronounced as "Shreh-der" instead of "Shroh-der".
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84	* In the Italian dub of ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'', Alice's name is pronounced with the Italian pronunciation of the name (ah-LEE-chay). In [[Film/AliceInWonderland2010 the live-action remake]], they used the English pronunciation in the title (since the title is left in English) but the Italian pronunciation in the actual movie.
85	* ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' film dubs:
86	** The Japanese dubs, [[UnfinishedDub which were only made for the first two films]], pronounced character names phonetically to keep them close to the originals. Vakama, for example, was changed to "Wakama" but still pronounced with a 'v'.
87	** In the Hungarian dubs, Matoran was always pronounced with an elongated '-án' at the end. Lewa became "Leva", Onewa became "Oneva" (as in many languages, 'w' and 'v' are pronounced the same), Nuju became "Nuyu", Dume became "Duma", Keetongu oddly became "Keetongoo", and more strangely, Pewku (Poo-koo) became Pevku.
88	* The Italian and Brazilian dubs of ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' had the pronunciation of Merida's name from Mérida (MEH-rid-da) to Merída (Meh-REE-da), presumably to avert sounding similar to ''merda'', [[CleanDubName which means "shit" in both languages]].
89	* ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'': In the English dub, the titular city of Laputa is pronounced "lap-uta" because the original pronounciation was "lah-poo-tah", which is Spanish for "the whore".
90	* Kowalski's name in the Polish dub of ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' is consistently pronounced according to Polish pronunciation rules, as "Ko-val-skee".
91	* In the Hungarian dub of ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'', the word 'ogre' remains untranslated (as there is no good equivalent to it except for the overly generic ''szörny'' or ''óriás'', meaning "monster" or "giant"), but it's pronounced phonetically as "oh-greh".
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95	* German dubs of ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' films have inconsistently pronounced Mothra either as "Mosra" or "Mottra". Also, King Ghidorah became "Jidorah" in ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster''.
96	* The German dub of ''Film/GameraVsBarugon'' is a peculiar example. [[DubNameChange Barugon's name was changed to Godzilla]] as a particularly brazen act of false advertising, yet it's pronounced incorrectly as "Got-chilla".
97	* ''Franchise/HarryPotter'':
98	** The Hungarian dub of the films change the pronunciation of several names. Notably, the protagonist's family name is pronounced with a longer "t" than in English (as double consonants in Hungarian are always pronounced longer than single consonants), and Hermione's name is pronounced as "Her-mee-o-neh" instead of "Her-my-nee".
99	** The Italian dub also pronounces Hermione's name as "Her-mee-o-neh". This actually caused a small flub as the Italian translation of ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'' has Krum mispronouncing Hermione's name in a way similar to the one used in the movie dub while she corrects him with the original English pronounce.
100	** The European Spanish dub pronounces Hermione´s name as "Her-mee-on".
101	* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
102	** In some foreign dubs, the term "Jedi" is pronounced according to the local phonetics. For example it's "Ye-dee" in German, "Jay-dee" in Italian and "Je-dee" in Hungarian.
103	** The Italian dub of ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' has Palpatine's name pronounced "palpa-tine" instead of "palpa-teen" (which is used in the dub of every other appearance of the character before and after it).
104	** In the Hungarian dubs, Sith is always pronounced as "Sit" and Darth as "Dart", as the language has no "th" sound. Also, Anakin was pronounced more as "Enikin" in the Original Trilogy to match the English pronunciation, but the Prequels changed it to the more natural sounding "Ah-na-kin".
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108	* Most Italian translations of ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' media pronounce Energon with a hard g ("ener-gone") rather than a soft one ("ener-john"). The only exception is ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', where the soft g is used. ''Animated'' is also the only dub where Ultra Magnus's name is pronounced as "mag-noose" rather than "man-yous".
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112	* ''Series/{{Friends}}'':
113	** Alice's name is pronounced with the Italian pronounciation (A-lee-chay) in her first appearance, only to go back to the English pronounciation in her later appearances.
114	** In the Italian dub, Phoebe's name is pronounced "feh-beh".
115	* In the Italian dub of ''Series/HappyDays'', Richie and Chachi's names are pronounced as if they were Ricky and Chucky.
116	* The Italian dub of ''Series/OneTreeHill'' initially pronounced Keith's name as [[GenderBlenderName "Kate"]], correcting it with the English pronounciation starting from season 3.
117	* The Latin American Spanish dub of ''Series/{{Voyagers}}'' was particularly inconsistent with this. One episode about the Roosevelt family correctly pronounced the family name as "rose-ah-belt" (when even some American works pronounce it "ROOS-belt"), but the episode about Harry Houdini pronounced his last name following Spanish conventions rather than American English ones, resulting in his last name being pronounced "ow-dee-nee" instead of "hoo-dee-nee".
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121	* In the Latin American Spanish dub of ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'', Ojo's name is kept the same, but is pronounced "oh-ho" rather than "oh-jo".
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125	* In the French dub of ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'', Lord Bale's name is now pronounced the same as Baal, while O'Kais (Oh-Ka-Ees) now sounds like the word "Okay".
126	* In the English localization of the ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' titles, the character names are read using the English pronounciation. This results Cao Cao being spelled "Cow Cow" instead of "T'sao T'sao", amongst others. Most of this has been fixed starting from the 6th game, but some less egregious ones, like Guan Yu not being read as "Kuan Yu", still remains.
127	* In ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' King Dedede's name is pronounced like "day day day" in the original Japanese but "Dee Dee Dee" in English and "Deh Deh Deh" in Italian.
128	* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', Lucina's name is spelled the same in both Japanese and English official materials, but in Japanese it's pronounced "Luke-ina" while in English it's "Lu-see-na". This is most noticeable in ''Smash Bros'', which has [[Creator/XanderMobus the same (native English-speaking) announcer]] in both English and Japanese, but he pronounces Lucina differently in the latter.
129	* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': In the German-themed nation of Mondstadt, Klee's name should be pronounced like "kleh" since it's the German word for "clover". The Japanese dub pronounces it the German way, but in the English dub it is pronounced like "tree".
130	* ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory'': In Japanese Rena's name is pronounced "Reh-na", but it's pronounced "Ray-na" in the English dub.
131	* The Italian dub of ''VideoGame/PokemonStadium'' changes multiple prounciations for the various Pokémon names. The most notable ones are Blastoise being called "Blust-was" and Scyther being pronunced "Sky-ter".
132	* Creator/{{Sega}}'s name was pronounced "See-ga" in Italy during the 90's, mainly because the correct pronunciation is also the Italian word for "saw" and [[CleanDubName a slang term for masturbation]].
133	* Italian dubs of ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' media go back and forth with the correct pronounce of Shadow's name: games usually keep the original "Shay-dow", while in other medias they call him "Shud-ow".
134	* The Italian dub of early ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon'' games pronounced the titular character's name as "Spee-ro" rather than "Spy-ro". The English pronounce was reinstated in later games.
135	* In Polish translations of ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' media, Koopa is usually pronounced "Koh-puh" because the original pronounciation sounds like ''kupa'', the Polish word for poop.
136	* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'': In the Italian translation, [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Lucina]] and [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2 Pyra]]'s names are pronounced "Lu-chee-na" and "Pee-ra" instead of the English "Lu-see-na" and "Pie-ra".
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140	* In the Italian and Romanian dubs of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', Sokka and Katara's names are both pronounced as written rather than "Suh-ka" and "Ke-ta-ra" respectively. Zhao's name is pronounced with a 'z' instead of the sound found in the word 'measure'.
141	* In the Latin and European Spanish dubs of ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'', Judo's name is pronounced "yoo-doh" as opposed to "joo-doh".
142	* The Italian dub of ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' changes the pronounciation of the main characters' last name Belcher from "Bel-chair" to "Bel-care" and the one of Zeke's name from "zeek" to "Zeck".
143	* In the Italian dub of ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'', Beatrice's name is pronounced "beh-a-tree-chay", which is the Italian version of the name.
144	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': In the Italian dub, Wanda is pronounced "Vanda", and Chet Ubetcha's last name is [[InconsistentDub either pronounced]] "Oo-batch-ka", "Oo-Back-uh" or "Oo-batch-uh".
145	* WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck retains his original English name in Norway, unlike in all the other Scandinavian countries, but the pronounciation was norwegianized into "DO-nahld doock" rather than "Dohn-ald Duck".
146	** Similarly, his AlternateCompanyEquivalent, WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck also retains his English name in Norwegian even though most other ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' characters had their names completely changed (Sylvester, Taz and Speedy Gonzales being the exceptions). While the English pronounciation of "Duck" is retained in this case however, his first name is pronounced "Dah-ffy".
147	* In the Italian dub of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', Quagmire's last name is pronounced "Quag-meyer" and Stewie's name is pronounced "stee-wee" instead of "stoo-ee".
148	* The Italian dub of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has Leela's name pronounced as "Leh-la" instead of "Lee-la".
149	* Both the Italian and Romanian dubs of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' pronounce Pacifica's name as "Pa-chee-fee-ca" instead of "Pa-see-fee-ca".
150	* In the Italian and Romanian dub of ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'', Gil's name is pronounced with a soft 'G' instead of a hard 'G'.
151	* In the Danish dub of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', the "A" in "Amy" (as in the villain [=DNAmy=]) is pronounced like the 'A's in "Africa" instead of the original English 'ay' sound to reflect how the abbreviation "DNA" is pronounced in Danish.
152	* In the Mexican Spanish dub of the first few ''WesternAnimation/{{Madeline}}'' specials (as well as the first two seasons of the show), Madeline's name is kept the same, but is pronounced "mad-eh-len". From ''Madeline in London'' and onwards, though, her name reverted back to the English pronunciation.
153	* In the Romanian dub of ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus'', Wanda's name is pronounced "Vanda" despite the name being pronounced correctly in other works.
154	* In the English, Korean, Russian, and Chinese dubs of ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', Lila's name is pronounced "lie-lah" instead of "lee-lah".
155	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
156	** In the Romanian dub, Celestia's name is pronounced with a 'ch' sound instead of an 's' one, although the first two Equestria Girls movies keep the English pronunciation. In Season 2, Cadance is called "Ke-dens" instead of "Kay-dens", but future seasons translate her name to Cadența (pronounced "cuh-DEN-tsa"). Philomena is pronounced "Filamena" instead of "Filamina". In the case of places, Manehattan is pronounced the same as Manhattan, while Equestria is pronounced "Ek-ves-tri-a".
157	** In the Italian dub, Cadance is pronounced "Ca-dance" instead of "Kay-dance"
158	** The latter half of Rainbow Dash's name is pronounced "Duh-sh" instead of "Deh-sh" in the Italian, Polish, French and Latin American dubs.
159	** In the Italian dub, Sapphire Shores's name is pronounced in [[InconsistentDub two different ways]], neither of them matching the original one: the original version is "Seff-hire", while in the Italian dub it's pronounced "Saf-fire" by Rarity and "Saf-fear" by everyone else.
160	* ''WesternAnimation/TheOctonauts'':
161	** The French dub fudges the titular team's pronunciation from "ok-to-nots" to "ohk-to-nohts".
162	** In the American dub, Peso [[AccentAdaptation is given a Hispanic accent]] and pronounces his own name like "peh-so", but everyone else[[note]]except for his mother and Pinto, who are also given Hispanic accents[[/note]] pronounces it "pay-so". It's never commented on in-universe, so it seems that both pronunciations are valid.
163	** In "The Scared Sperm Whale", Simon's name (which is pronounced "sai-min" in the original English dub) is pronounced "see-mohn" in the French and European Spanish dubs.
164	* ''WesternAnimation/OctonautsAboveAndBeyond'': In the Latin American Spanish dub, Paani's name is pronounced like the word "pony" instead of "pah-nee". Similarly, in the European Spanish dub, it's pronounced "pow-nee".
165	* ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'':
166	** In the Latin American Spanish dub, the 'PAW' in 'PAW Patrol' is pronounced "pow" as opposed to "pah" in the original English version. In that same dub, Marshall's name is inconsistently pronounced like "mar-chawl" instead of "mar-shawl", such as in the theme song.
167	** In the Italian dub, this doubles with InconsistentDub, as it's pronounced "pah" in the theme song but "pow" in the proper show.
168	* In the Italian dub of ''WesternAnimation/PJMasks'', the name of the titular hero team is usually pronounced as if it was "Pijamask".
169	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'': Mojo Jojo's name is a point of contention between dubs.
170	** In the Latin American Spanish dub, his name is pronounced "mo-ho ho-ho", in accordance with Spanish pronunciation rules.
171	** In the Polish dub, his name is pronounced as "mo-yo yo-yo", also in accordance with Polish phonology.
172	** In the Hungarian dub, his name is a combination of the above two examples: "Mo-ho Yo-yo". This was deliberate, as ''mohó'' means "greedy".
173	* In the Mexican Spanish dub of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', Angelica's name is pronounced the Spanish "ahn-hel-ee-ca" instead of the original "an-jell-ica".
174	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has some examples in the Italian dub;
175	** Most notably, the H in Homer's name is silent, due to H always being silent in Italian.
176	** Apu's name is pronounced "AH-pu" instead of "a-PU".
177	** Milhouse's name is pronounced with the stress on the 'house' rather than the 'mil', and the H also becomes silent
178	* ''WesternAnimation/TrueAndTheRainbowKingdom'': In the European Spanish dub, Bartleby's name is pronounced "bart-leh-bee" as opposed to "bartle-bee".
179	* Hungarian dubs of ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' series often struggle with English names.
180	** In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', the ship Harbinger was said both with a soft and hard "g" in different scenes.
181	** In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise2015'', Steeljaw was pronounced as "Steel-Joe" at first, then changed to "Steel-Jah", as the language has no simple equivalent of the "-aw" sound. Also, Octopunch was pronounced as "Octopoonch".
182	* The Italian dub of ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'' pronounces Keith's name as if [[GenderBlenderName he was called "Kate"]].
183	* In the Romanian dub of ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'', Wuya's name is pronounced "Vuya". Shen Gong Wu is similarly pronounced with a 'v' sound. Clay's name is pronounced more like "Clye" in the first series, but ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinChronicles'' uses the English pronunciation. Fung's name uses the English pronunciation in the second season, but he's called "Foong" in the other seasons and in ''Chronicles''.
184	* The French dub of ''WesternAnimation/ZekesPad'' alters the pronunciation of Rachel ("ray-chul")'s name to "rah-shell", which is the French pronunciation of that name.
185	* ''Website/TheZimmerTwins'': The French Teletoon-aired shorts tended to pronounce Edgar's name as "ed-GAHR" instead of "ED-ger".
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