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** The Italian dub of ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' is based on the English dub by Creator/FourKids. Though they changed Yugi Moto's name back to Yugi Muto, like it was in the original Japanese.

* The Latin American Spanish dub of ''Manga/DashKappei'' based on the Italian one. Since the the protagonist's Italian name is Gigi, that name is also kept in the Spanish version. However the show has a CompletelyDifferentTitle of "Chico Terremoto".

* The Italian dub of ''Anime/MajokkoMegChan'' changed Meg's name to Bia, and also [[{{Bowdlerise}} removed some episodes]] deemed unfit for syndication. The Polish and Portugeuse dubs are based on the Italian dub so they inherit these changes.
* Every foreign dubs of ''VideoGame/{{Medabots}}'' and ''Medabots Spirit'' beside the Italian and Taiwan Mandarin ones are based off the English dub by Nelvana, and as such keep the westernized character names, ForeignReScore and edited episode order.

* Many dubs of ''Anime/SmilePrecure'' go by the English dub, ''Anime/GlitterForce''. You can probably tell, because the main character is called Emily (instead of her Japanese name, Miyuki) in Italian, Danish, Polish, French, German, Dutch, and European Spanish. Or at least localized, as the European Portuguese dub names her Emília.

** The Brazilian Portuguese dub of ''Mew Mew Power'' was based on the Creator/FourKids dub. However, the Portuguese dubbers clearly weren't fluent with English, as lines like "I've brought my fly swatter" in English are translated to "I've brought my flying sweater" in Portuguese.

* ''Series/{{Spectreman}}'': The Brazilian dub is based on the American dub, including the OpeningNarration. Ra is named Karas, similar to his English name Karras, while Nebula is named Dominantes ("Dominant Ones"), thematically close (although not a literal translation) to the English name Overlords. This happens because the Brazilian TV channel to first air the show imported it from the USA instead of buying it directly from Japan.

* Due to a massive case of GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff regarding ''Series/{{The Persuaders}}'' the French dub is based on the German dub which almost completely changed the original dialogue with many cases of BreakingTheFourthWall making the series much more comedic in contrast to the original version. In fact, after watching three German episodes himself Creator/{{Tony Curtis}} wanted the German co-ordinator of the dubbing, Rainer Brandt, to write the original scripts due this success, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen which never happened though, since the series was not continued.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/FillyFuntasia'': The show's original language is in English, but because it took a long time to finalize that version, most dubs use the Italian version as a base.

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* Due to a massive case of GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff regarding ''Series/{{The Persuaders}}'' the French dub is based on the German dub which almost completely changed the original dialogue with many cases of BreakingTheFourthWall making the series much more comedic in contrast to the original version. In fact, after watching three German episodes himself Creator/{{Tony Curtis}} wanted the German co-ordinator of the dubbing, Rainer Brandt, to write the original scripts due this success, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen which never happened though, since the series was not continued.]]
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* Latin remains the official language of the Catholic Church, and all Bibles should be translated from the Latin Vulgate. However, as a practical matter most translations these days start from the English translation since Latin scholars who also speak the target language can be rare, or even non-existent in the case of translating into Asian languages.

* VideoGame/Pokemon:

** Many Pokémon species' names in languages outside of Japanese are based on the English names. All Pokémon species' names are the same in English, Spanish, and Italian except for Type: Null and [[VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Paradox Pokémon]].

* Prior to ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', all main series ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games were translated into English first, then the French, Italian, Spanish, and German translations were based on that.

Fortunately, there's a common way to get around this. Base your dub on the language of another dub. It gets around the issue of cultural issues if it's from a similar country, and most of the translation work is already done.

* The original language of anime and manga is Japanese. Here are some examples of the dubbings being based on non-Japanese dubs.
* Due to an entire string of reasons, Polish translations - overwhelming majority of which were {{Voiceover Translation}}s on top of it all - were either based on French, Italian, English or European Spanish dubbings - the "basis" language depending on TV station and/or corporation. If something received an actual dub, it came from the English version. It wasn't until the 2010s that dubbing directly from Japanese started to pop in.%%Way, way too many titles and cases to get into details with this.

* The Italian dub of ''Anime/SamuraiPizzaCats'' is based on the English dub by Creator/SabanEntertainment. Hence the Italian dub being two episodes short of the original Japanese series - the English dub skipped those ones too.

* The Latin American Spanish dub of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' is based on the American dub that ran on Creator/CartoonNetwork. It keeps in the [[{{bowdlerize}} bowdlerizations]], such as the ninjas drinking "elixirs" (alcohol).

* Many dubs of ''Anime/SmilePrecure'' go by the English dub, ''Anime/GlitterForce''. You can probably tell, because the main character is called Emily (instead of her Japanese name, Miyuki) in Italian, Danish, Polish, French, German, Dutch and European Spanish. Or at least localized, as the European Portuguese dub names her Emília.

** The Italian dub of ''Yu-Gi-Oh'' is based on the English dub by Creator/FourKids. Though they changed Yugi Moto's name back to Yugi Muto, like it was in the original Japanese.

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* According to [[https://imissbionix.wordpress.com/2017/04/09/wait-isao-takahatas-anne-of-green-gables-anime-series-was-dubbed-into-english/ this article]], all foreign dubs for the 1979 ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'' anime used the German dub as their basis, the English dub included, complete with dubbing the German dub's opening and ending themes.

* [[ForeignDubAsBasis/DragonBall Dragon Ball]]
* [[ForeignDubAsBasis/SailorMoon Sailor Moon]]

* The European Portugeuse dub of ''Anime/HelloSandybell'' was [[https://brincabrincando.com/ola-sandybell/#1564940173698-7414f254-df4e based on]] the Italian dub. It's why the European Portuguese and Italian theme songs sound so similar. The Portuguese dub also added a lot of it's own {{Dub Name Change}}s.

* The Dutch, Italian and French dubs of ''Anime/MagicalPrincessMinkyMomo'' were based on the English dub by Harmony Gold. The only dub that was based on the original Japanese script was the Arabic one.
* The Italian dub of ''Anime/MajokkoMegChan'' changed Meg's name to Bia, and also [[{{Bowdlerise}} removed some episodes]] deemed unfit for syndication. The Polish and Portugeuse dubs are based on the Italian dub so they inherit these changes.
* ''Anime/TheMysteriousCitiesOfGold'' was originally broadcast in Japanese. When the series was scheduled to be re-run on the NHK channel, it was discovered that the original Japanese audio track was missing. Thus, the series had to be re-dubbed in Japanese from the French-language script.
* The Latin American Spanish dub of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' is based on the American dub that ran on Creator/CartoonNetwork. It keeps in the [[{{bowdlerize}} bowdlerizations]], such as the ninjas drinking "elixirs" (alcohol).
* ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' was heavily {{Macekre}}d and released in America as ''Anime/BattleOfThePlanets''. The Italian, French and European Spanish dubs would be based on this, instead of the source material.

* Most foreign ''Anime/SonicX'' dubs are based on the {{bowdlerise}}d Creator/FourKids dub. The few exceptions based on the original Japanese script include the French and Korean versions.

* ''Anime/YoKaiWatch'': Most foreign dubs of the anime are based on the English dub produced by Disney XD (with the exception of the English dub made by Toonami Asia, which is more faithful to the Japanese script and keeps most of the imagery that was [[{{Bowdlerise}} cut from the Disney XD dub]]).

* ''Anime/DragonBall'':

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Dubbing is ''hard''. You have to translate text, rewrite it to fit [[ValuesDissonance cultural sensetivities]], make sure it [[{{Woolseyism}} appeals to the audience]] and avoid [[DubInducedPlotlineChange changing the context]].

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!!!Works that have their own pages

* [[ForeignDubAsBasis/SailorMoon Sailor Moon]].

** The Hungarian dub of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' is based on the French script, which led to them adapting a lot of it's [[DubInducedPlotHole/DragonBall Dub Induced Plot Holes]] - for example, Gohan being 5 years old, even though the first episode said he was 4 and two years have passed.
** The European Portuguese dub of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' is also based on the French script. However, because the dubbers didn't understand a lot of the anime's context, they ended up making it into a GagSeries.
** In Greece, ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' was never broadcasted on TV and only available through DVD release. The Greek dub was written by [=DeAgostini=] Hellas and based on the Italian dub.
** The original Latin American Spanish dub of ''Anime/DragonBall'' was based on the Harmony Gold dub. However a better Japanese-to-Spanish dub was made, which is what fans fondly remember to this day.
** ''Anime/DragonBallZDeadZone'': AB Groupe produced a 2003 English dub that based on the French dub and kept in Piccolo's notorious dub name "Big Green". This was before Funimation produced a direct Japanese-to-English dub of it in 2005.
** AB Groupe also produced English dubs of ''Anime/DragonBallZBojackUnbound'', ''Anime/DragonBallZLordSlug'' and ''Anime/DragonBallZTheWorldsStrongest'' based on the French dub. They utilized the same voice cast and had them speak English instead of French.

[[ForeignDubAsBasis/SailorMoon Sailor Moon has it's own page]].

(This is a Trivia trope)

* ForeignDubAsBasis

* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' has enough of this trope to warrant [[ForeignDubAsBasis/SailorMoon it's own page]].

* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'':
** According to [[https://wikimoon.org/index.php/Sailor_Moon_in_Romania#Translation_and_Channels Wiki Moon]], the Romanian dub of the first ''Sailor Moon'' movie, ''Anime/SailorMoonRTheMovie'', was based on the French dub.
** The Hungarian dub of ''Sailor Moon'', produced by [=HidiVox Stúdió=], [[https://wikimoon.org/index.php/Sailor_Moon_in_Hungary#Translation_and_Channels is based on]] the French dub. This was because at the time, French company AB International Distribution held the rights to ''Sailor Moon'' in Europe.
** The Dutch dub of ''Sailor Moon'' was adapted from the German dub by the studio Wim Pel Productions. However, only the first 3 seasons were dubbed. The Dutch dub also made Zoisite's gender female, even though the German dub kept him male.
** In Croatia, the first season of ''Sailor Moon'' and episodes 1-4 of ''Sailor Moon R'' episodes were shown in Japanese with Croatian subtitles on the channel [=NovaTV=]. Later, a Croatian dub was produced that was based on the German dub, that even inherited the German AlternativeForeignThemeSong song that was translated into Croatian. However, the Croatian dub retained Usagi's original name, unlike the German dub that changed it to "Bunny".
** In Russia, Seasons 1-3 were translated from Japanese to Russian. However Seasons 4-5 of the German dub were purchased by Russian dubbing company TNT and dubbed into Russian.
** The Greek ''Sailor Moon'' dub was based on the German dub. Nikoletta Samoili served as the Greek-to-German translator while Dimitra Dimitriadou served as the scriptwriter. Some satellite channels in Greece showed the German dub when the anime was being shown on RTL2.
** The Lithuanian dub of ''Sailor Moon'' was also based on the German dub, though the main character's names localized to sound more traditionally Lithuanian. For example Usagi Tsukino became Banė Tcukino, Rei Hino became Rėja Hino and Mamoru Chiba became Mamoras Chiba. The Sailor Senshi were translated [[https://wikimoon.org/index.php/Sailor_Moon_in_Lithuania#Names literally]] into Lithuanian.
** The Bulgarian dub of ''Sailor Moon'' is based on the German one. Hence, Usagi's name being "Bunny Tsukino"[[note]]Банни Тсукино[[/note]] in both Bulgarian and German.
** When ''Sailor Moon'' was being dubbed into Swedish, Creator/ToeiAnimation sent the dubbing company English-language scripts, that were intended to be translated into the language. Olav F. Andersen served as the English-to-Swedish translator. He complained that the script's grasp of the English language was "atrocious", but did his best to work with it.
** The Finnish dub of ''Sailor Moon'' was based on Olav F. Andersen's Swedish dub, with Arja Sundelin serving as the Swedish-to-Finnish translator. The names were also changed to sound more traditionally Finnish.
** The Polish ''Sailor Moon'' dub was based on the English-language scripts provided by Creator/ToeiAnimation, similar to the Swedish example above.
** In Ukraine, ''Sailor Moon'' followed the script of the Russian dub. This is mainly because Russian and Ukrainian are mutually intelligible languages, they even speak Russian in some parts of Ukraine.
** The Albanian dub of ''Sailor Moon'' only translated Seasons 1, 2, and 4, and were based on the Creator/DiCEntertainment English dub. The series was called "Luftëtarja e Hënës" there.
** The Turkish dub of ''Sailor Moon R'' was based on the Creator/DiCEntertainment English dub. They even dubbed the Sailor Says segments!
** In Brazil, ''Sailor Moon'' was dubbed by the studio Gota Mágica. They used the Latin American Spanish dub as a basis. However, only Season 1 was dubbed, as Gota Mágica went bankrupt later. As of 2022, Netflix has the first 3 seasons dubbed in Brazilian Portuguese.
** In Malaysia, ''Sailor Moon'' was dubbed by Speedy Video Distributors Sdn. Bhd in 1997. Though the dub was in Malaysian English, the [[https://wikimoon.org/index.php/Sailor_Moon_in_Malaysia#Translation_and_Channels TVB Cantonese dub]] was used as a basis.
** Manga example: In Sweden, the film comics (originally published by Kodansha in Japan) were published by Semic Press, who based them on the Italian translation.
** After Semic Press discontinued their publishing, Egmont took up publishing these comics, but this time they translated them from the German edition. Tord Jönsson and Anna Ling Meijer are credited as the editors, while Carin Bartosch served as the German-to-Swedish translator. In addition, dub writer Olav F. Andersen was involved in this release.
** In Hungary, the film comics were published by Adoc-Semic. Like the above example, they were translated from the Italian release. Bárány Ferenc served as the editor and Dolányi Ágnes served as the Italian-to-Hungarian translator.
** In Romania, the film comics were also dubbed based on the Italian release. This led to some unintentional {{Dub Name Change}}s, as in the Italian version the main character is named "Bunny" while in Romanian she is called "[[BarelyChangedDubName Usahgi]]".
* The Italian dub of ''Anime/SamuraiPizzaCats'' is based on the English dub by Creator/SabanEntertainment. Hence the Italian dub being two episodes short of the original Japanese series - the English dub skipped those ones too.

* This trope is why the Latin American Spanish dub of ''Anime/SherlockHound'' has the Italian dub's AlternativeForeignThemeSong, though the dialogue was translated.