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* ''[[Batman]]''
** The Riddler to Le Sphinx (French-Canada) and L'Homme-Mystère (France)
** Two-Face is either Deux-Face, Double-Face ou Pile-ou-Face, depending on your era/location
** Poison Ivy to L'empoisoneuse. In some more recent materials, the English name is retained.
** Bane to Calamité, [[Batman and Robin (film)|Batman and Robin]] (the movie) only.
** In some early translations, Joker to Rigolard.
** Clayface to Gueule d'argile, sometimes
* ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' to ''Batman: La Relève''
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** Shriek to Stridor
** Payback to Laserman
* ''[[Cars]]'':
** Lightning McQueen to Flash McQueen
** Mater to Martin (France only; in Quebec [[Inconsistent Dub|the movies are dubbed locally while the Cars Toons are dubbed in France]], so the French on the back of Canadian ''Cars Toons'' DVD cases refers to him as "Mater alias<ref>(AKA)</ref> Martin")
* ''[[Danger Mouse]]'' to ''Dare Dare Motus''
* [[Discworld]] to Le Disque-monde
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** Scrooge McDuck to Balthazar Picsou
** Huey, Dewey and Louie to Riri, Fifi and Loulou
** Duckburg to Donaldville(Donald Town) in the [[Disney Ducks Comic Universe]] and Canardville (Duck Town) in ''[[DuckTales (1987)]]''
** Gladstone Gander to Gontran Bonheur
* ''[[Harry Potter]]''
** Draco Malfoy to Drago Malefoy
** Severus Snape to Severus Rogue
** Tom Marvolo Riddle to Tom Elvis Jedusor (to work with the bit where he spells out "I am Lord Voldemort", which became "Je Suis Voldemort"). Works doubly well because "jedusor" is phonetically French for "game of fate"
*** Marvolo Gaunt to Elvis Marvolo Gaunt to justify Tom's name
** Hogwarts to Poudlard
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** Oddly, Fleur Delacour is still Fleur Delacour and Beauxbatons is still Beauxbatons, probably because it would be hard to [[Keep It Foreign]] (Hogwarts was still in Scotland and Beauxbatons still in France, remember).
* ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' to ''Le Guide Galactique'' or ''Le Guide du Voyageur Galactique''
** Arthur Dent to Arthur Accroc
** Ford Prefect to Ford Escort
*** A case of [[Woolseyism]]: the namesake car was out of production by the time the translation was published, so they substituted its replacement.
** Zaphod Beeblebrox to Zappy Bibicy (BBC, get it?)
** Slartibartfast to Saloprilopette
** All of the above were restored to their English names in the 2005 re-release of the novel.
* ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'':
** Penny to Sophie
** Brain to Fino
** Dr. Claw to Dr. Gang
** Quimby to Gontier
** MAD is still MAD, but Penny's derogatory expansion of it is "Méchants Abrutis Débiles" (something like "Meanies Airheads Dimwits")
* ''[[Kim Possible]]''
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** Wade to Wallace
* ''[[Kirby]]'':
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* ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' to ''Le Seigneur des Anneaux''
** Bilbo Baggins to Bilbon Sacquet
** Frodo Baggins to Frodon Sacquet, both of which allow for
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** The Shire to La Comté ('The County')
** Treebeard to Sylvebarbe
* ''Marvel Comics''
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* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''
** Nightmare Moon to Séléniak
* ''[[Powerpuff Girls]]'' to ''Les Supernanas'' (''The Superchicks'')
** Blossom to Belle (Beauty)
** Bubbles to Bulle (literal translation)
** Buttercup to Rebelle (guess)
* Revenge of the Island:
** Dawn to Aurore
** Lightning to Perceval
* ''[[Shrek]]''
** Donkey is always referred to as "l'Ane" (''[[Spell My Name with a "The"|The]]'' Donkey), for some reason.
** Puss in Boots to "Le Chat Potté" (modified from "Le Chat Botté" to explain the "P" he carves on the tree; however, it literally means "The Potted Cat" or "The Lucky cat" (from the French expression ''"avoir du pôt"'' meaning "being lucky" rather than "Puss in Boots").
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' to ''Bob L'éponge''
** Squidward Tentacles to Carlo le Calmar (Carlo Tentacules in French-Canada)
** Mr. Krabs to Capitaine Krabs
* ''[[Star Wars]]'': Although practically ''every single character'' received a name change in the French versions of the original ''[[Star Wars]]'' movies (allegedly due to an insane fixation on the dubbers' part of avoiding [[Lip Lock]], which also resulted in some rather... odd... dialogue changes [[Avoid the Dreaded G Rating|including some strong language!]]), most of these name changes were reverted for the prequels and/or the EU; some were also reversed for the Special Edition.
** The franchise itself was originally known as ''La guerre des étoiles'' (a literal translation) and is still occasionally referred to as such by French-speakers, though now the original title is more widely used. However, the translated title is also occasionally used to refer to ''[[A New Hope]]'' (''[[Department of Redundancy Department|Star Wars épisode IV]]: [[The Foreign Subtitle|La guerre des étoiles]]'')
** Darth Vader to [[Gratuitous English|Dark]] Vador (One of the few characters to permanently retain his French name change, at least in Europe; the English name is now used in Quebec)
*** Darth (in general) to Dark ("Dark Maul", etc.) Even extends to parodies (see ''[[Tripping the Rift]]'' below).
** Han Solo to Yan Solo (the French translations of the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] inconsistently use both "Han" and "Yan")
** Chewbacca to Chiktabba (Somehow, they believed that the original name had something to do with "chew tobacco", don' ask.)<ref>"Chew tobacco" = "Chique tabac"</ref>
** C-3PO to Z-6PO
** R2-D2 to D2-R2
** [[The Force Unleashed|Galen Marek]] to Jacob Nion (actually an ''English'' name that was ultimately scrapped)
** Jabba the Hutt to Jabba le Forrestier ("Forrestier" means "forest-dweller".)
** ''Millennium Falcon'' to ''Millénium Condor'' (changed to "''Faucon Millénium''" in the EU and "''Faucon Millénaire''" in French-Canada)
** Death Star to Etoile Noire ("Black Star"; [[Soul Eater|no not that one!]]; reverted in Special Edition)
* ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]''
** Slade to Deathstroke (his actual supervillain name in the comics, changed in the adaptation to avoid [[Never Say "Die"|saying "death"]])
** Beast Boy to Changeling (again, a name he used in the comics)
** Johnny Rancid to Johnny Perfide ("Insidious", presumably the translator didn't know about [[Rancid|the punk band]])
* ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]] And Friends'' to ''Thomas Le Petit Train/Thomas Et Ses Amis''
** Peter Sam to Pierre-Jean
** Harold to Herbert
** Sodor to Shicolor
* ''[[Total Drama Island]]''
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** Lindsay to Tania
* ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' to ''Histoire de Jouets'' (Quebec only)
** Buzz Lightyear to Buzz l'Eclair (France only. Yes, one region changes the series name only while the other region changes the character name only.)
* ''[[Transformers]]'': Only for French-Canadian versions of ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'' and ''[[Beast Wars]]'' (itself renamed to "Robo-Bêtes" in French Canada and "Animutants" in France).
** Optimus Prime to Optimus Primus
** Bumblebee to Bourdon
** Ironhide to Rhino
** Starscream to Ego (used in English as the name of a ''[[Transformers: TransTech|Transtech]]'' character)
** Soundwave to both Sonore and Radar
** Frenzy to Frénétik
** Waspinator to Bizznator
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** Captain Chode to [[Woolseyism|Ardillon]]
** [[Monster Clown|Darph Bobo]] to Dark Bobo (see ''[[Star Wars]]'' above)
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** Eeyore to Bourriquet
** Owl to Maître Hibou
** Rabbit to Coco Lapin
** Kanga to Grand Gourou
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* ''[[The Worst Witch]]'' to ''Amandine Malabul''
** Mildred Hubble to Amandine Malabul
** Maud Moonshine to Maud Mouchete (television series)/Paméla (book)
** Enid Nightshade to Enid Datura (television series)/Isabelle Tromplamor (book)
** Ethel to Edith Aigreur (television series)/Octavie Pâtafiel (book)
** Drusilla Paddock to Drusilla Pagaille
** Ruby Cherrytree to Rubie Cerisier
** Griselda Blackwood to Griselda Bravoure (television series)/Grisoline de Noirlac (book)
** Fenella Feverfew to Fenella Folavoine
** Sybil Hallow to Sybille Aigreur (television series)/Nathalène Pâtafiel (book)
** Miss Gimlet to Mademoiselle Lorgnette
** Frank Blossom to Frank Massue
** Miss Cackle to Mademoiselle Caquet (television series)/Mademoiselle Jollidodue (book)
** Miss Hardbroom to Mademoiselle Arebours (television series)/Mademoiselle Bâtonsec (book)
** Miss Bat to Davina Bcasse (television series)/Mademoiselle Chauveroussie (book)
** Miss Drill to Mademoiselle Vrille (television series)/Mademoiselle Dumollet (book)
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