Non-Dubbed Grunts: Difference between revisions

* In the German dub of the [[Donald Duck]] cartoon, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIoidpHcIhQ "Donald's Snow Fight"] Huey, Dewey and Louie have conventional human voices, their laughter on the other hand is clearly non-dubbed from their English duck voices.

* In an episode of the UK dub of ''[[The Save Ums]]'', Custard's laughter is left undubbed, meaning you hear is voice slip into a deeper one with an American accent.

** In fact, in ''Melee'', the ''only'' character that was redubbed was [[Pokémon|Jigglypuff]]. Other characters had their dialogue removed (Mewtwo, some of Fox and Falco's lines), spoke [[Gratuitous English]] (Ness, Peach, Captain Falcon, [[Kirby]]'s "Falcon Punch", the rest of Fox and Falco's lines), retained their Japanese lines (Marth and Roy), or didn't speak intelligibly in the first place (everyone else), but no one but 'Puff had redubbed dialogue. Heck, Jigglypuff was only changed because of her [[Pokémon-Speak]]. ''Brawl'' redubs all characters that required it.

* Hiro, the main character of ''[[Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete|Lunar 2: Eternal Blue]]'', is voiced in Japanese by [[Hikaru Midorikawa]]. His voice is so distinctive, it's ''very'' noticeable when the English version leaves Hiro's gasps and grunts undubbed.

* In the video game ''[[The Witcher]]'', while the in-game dialog is dubbed, grunts during combat sequences are not (they're taken from the original Polish version). It's more noticeable with Geralt's grunts and screams when he does combos (the grunts are much deeper and more gutturals than Geralt's raspy and nasal voice (in English)). It's the case with the other dubs too (not sure, having only tested the French and English dub).

** This seems to have been mostly fixed as of the [[Updated Rerelease|PSP version of the game]], both the battle and cutscene voices are in the language the game is set to, though it's quite possible that the wordless grunts some characters make during battle might be the same regardless of language setting.

** One noteable one is Etna's final episode preview. After the charcters note she's being serious and given an accurate preview of the next Episode. They panic. The panicked screams are left undubbed and sharp eared players can note Jennifer shouting help in Japanese.

* Many of the FMV cutscenes in ''[[Fire Emblem]]: Radiant Dawn''.

* Very noticeable in the first ''[[Shadow Hearts]]'' game. If you have Margarete use her Grenade attack, you hear her English VA recite: "Yeah, I could use some help here," followed by the undubbed grunt as she throws it.

* Minorly noticeable in ''[[Persona 3]]'', in which the [[Hello, Insert Name Here|Main Character]]'s grunts when taking damage are a bit higher than his [[Yuri Lowenthal|English voice]]. "Minorly noticeable" since he [[Calling Your Attacks|rarely says anything]] [[Heroic Mime|to begin with]].

** Also seen earlier in [[Persona 2]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUaZc-BbPcU Eternal Punishment], the Japanese shouts are left untranslated. Whenever you hear a monster grunt it's pretty clearly got a Japanese flavor to it.

* It is very apparent in many [[Dingo Pictures]] cartoons.

* [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] in ''[[Mega Man X|Mega Man X7]]'', where, when playing with the Japanese voice track, the grunts and battle quotes are the only sounds in English.

* Hungarian dubs do this all the time, but there are instances when they put a twist on it: in some movies and cartoons, a number of cries and screams are dubbed over, but in another scene (within the same movie/episode), the original voices can be heard. And sometimes the voice actors grunt ''over'' the original, still audible track, creating a very strange effect. It is also common for animal or monster roars to be dubbed over, even when the original roar can still be clearly heard.

* Interestingly goes in the other direction with ''[[Naruto]]: Rise of a Ninja'' (and its sequel ''Naruto: The Broken Bond''). The games are based on the American localization of the anime series so they feature an English voice track. However it is possible to activate a Japanese dialogue option (through a downloadable patch for ''Rise of a Ninja'' or an option toggle in ''Broken Bond'') but any non-conversational vocalizations are not from the Japanese voice actors.

* In the German dub of "[[The Simpsons]]", Homer's "D'oh" is dubbed, but when he gets hurt, his "Ouch"es often aren't. It's quite a contrast considering his German voice actor Norbert Gastell has a higher and softer voice than Dan Castellaneta.

 

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