Sailor Moon/Narm: Difference between revisions

* When ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' was dubbed in English, the translators chose to give Luna an older, British, Julie Andrews–type voice rather than the voice of a young woman that she has in Japanese. It usually works fine, but there's [[Narm]] when, in the ''S'' movie, she falls in love with a much younger-sounding man and later appears briefly as a young woman with a much older-sounding voice.

* The ''R'' dub has one (which was probably intended to be funny, but not through stupidity):

** The movie has Fiore dramatically shoving Usagi in slow motion, which shocks everyone. Made especially hilarious in the English dub.

'''Lita:''' You should be ashamed! It's not right to push people! }}

* The [[Missing Episode|infamous]] [[Old Shame|dinosaur]]-[[No Export for You|related]] [[Beach Episode]] is Narm in pure form; but the most poignant moment is when Sailor Moon uses her finishing move to ''destroy a rock that was going to crush Chibiusa and her dinosaur friend''. Not only is the sight of Sailor Moon [[Mundane Utility|using her super attack to destroy a boulder]] stupid, but this also raises the question of why none of the other scouts do this. (They [[Hand Wave]] it by saying that they "were out of energy"; but they used their attacks only ''once'' each. Also — did the rock stop on thin air while Sailor Moon did her [[Transformation Sequence|attack choreography]]? Even if you accept the villains standing around and waiting, why would ''gravity'' do it?

** Some theorize that the transformations and attacks happen instantaneously in-universe; we're just seeing the flashy sequences to make it look more dramatic to us. It's just that the [[Rule of Perception]] is a powerful thing. (Billy Batson didn't have a ''long'' transformation sequence, did he?)

* [[Captain Obvious]] moments abound, and it gets either annoying or funny. Luna seems to do this a lot.

'''Luna:''' Careful, Sailor Moon! That monster can attack with water! }}

** Ami is a major offender, too, especially in the North American dub. [[Sailor Moon Abridged|The Abridged Series]] makes being Captain Obvious her defining trait.

'''DD Girl:''' Then how about a baked potato? }}

** Mercury's lonely death scene is sad, but this exchange is awkwardly funny and probably shouldn't have been.

* The ''SuperS'' movie. As if the Japanese wasn't already corny enough, the dub brought us some gems ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maQcHEruLdM&feature=related that can be seen in this video:])

** "Don't bite into the donut, Sailor Moon! It's dangerous!"

** As introductions:

"Rotten candy must be discarded! '''I'm''' Sailor Pluto!" }}

** "Set them all free ''right'' now, you '''evil, sick cow!!'''"

* Many serious scenes are this because of some of the English voice actors. Serena/Sailor Moon, Darien/Tuxedo Mask, Luna, Amy, Molly, Nephrite, Rini, and the strangely Yoda-sounding Zirconia were prime offenders here.

** A good scene of Narm involving Darien in the English dub? The beginning of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIefWYvcuj4&feature=related this scene] where he sounds like he's taking a dump before the scene cuts to Serena being held at Prince Diamond's lair.

* Zoicite screaming like a girl when confronted by rats. "It's a wall of rats!"