Japanese to English Episode Comparisons
Eps <18>
As much as people complained about how this episode was
butchered, I have to say that it's pretty much on par with
the episode 'Snow Way Out' as far as major cutting is
concerned. It wasn't as bad as some make it out to be and
I've even seen some false information around the place. I'm
gonna try to set things straight here. Misty saying how she thought they'd be meeting her at the
snack bar was originally a little self-flattering
introduction. Not a big deal, I guess, especially since
Ash's remark to Misty afterwards was actually kept,
justifying that beach ball to the face! Now, onto the actual changes...
Firstly, when Meowth is pumping oil into Moe's barbeque, the
words 'oil' on the can and 'gas' on Moe's gas tank has
been.. painted away!!! Unbelievable, I don't know what the
4Kids digital painters were smoking to end up with an
episode where nearly all the Japanese text all over the
place was kept, and then the only sign of English text in
the entire episode was painted blank. Hmm, if 4Kids were a
Japanese company.. ^_^ This whole text erasing thing is
stupid, all Japanese & English text should be kept. Only
Japanese text should be translated if it's necessary for the
story, and never should it be simply erased. Now, allow me to outline to you all exactly the way the
James' boobs scene was actually cut, in order of appearance,
I will now list all alterations.. Cut-26 seconds-Just after Misty and
her Pokemon do their display, and she is being sprinkled by
water from Squirtle, Misty is bumped off stage... by Jessie
in a bikini and James... in a bikini! Misty protests the
fact that James is in fact a guy, but he's got inflatable
breasts under there and to prove it, he blows them up even
bigger!! ^_^ The dub cuts back in and shows the
crowd cheering, and English audiences are supposed to assume
this is for Misty, but in fact it's the audience cheering
for Jessie and James. Cut-4 seconds-After seeing the
audience, we go back to James who is apparently having a lot
of fun up there, he holds his breasts waving them in Misty's
face as she just stands there crying, in a very amusing sort
of way. The rest of the contest is shown,
with a bit of altered dialogue to give the impression
Team Rocket's Pokémon entered the contest alone,
without their two very feminine trainers. Cut-7 seconds-Backstage, after
Misty figures she's out, we see Jessie and James still in
costume, peeking from behind James arguing that he's way
more sexy than those girls out there, and Brutella shows up
pulling them away from the whole thing, to which the dub
cuts back in for the last time. Lastly, 4Kids completely erased the
text on the trophy Ash's mom held. They made it into an
appreciation trophy for Ash, for saving the people from Team
Rocket. The original trophy was in fact to Ash's mom,
for winning the contest.