Weird Old Dub Stuff

[WittyUsername]

Were the “lost episodes” dubbed later than the rest of the show? I was under the impression that FUNimation dubbed them first, but simply held off on releasing them until after the rest of the show already aired.

[Scsigs]

Yeah that stood out to me on my recent rewatch. But honestly the scripts and baughmans pan felt a bit off from what came before .. er... Later in the "lost episodes" dub.

Baughman's Pan, I've never really liked much, tbh. While I wouldn't call her bad & I didn't hate her, I kinda prefer the new VA from Super Hero.

[Metalwario64]

Yeah that stood out to me on my recent rewatch. But honestly the scripts and baughmans pan felt a bit off from what came before .. er... Later in the "lost episodes" dub.

Baughman's Pan, I've never really liked much, tbh. While I wouldn't call her bad & I didn't hate her, I kinda prefer the new VA from Super Hero.

Same. Her line delivery was always just kinda weird to me. I mean a lot of the cast was back then but I guess since she wasn't really putting on much of a voice it made it more apparent or something?

Were the “lost episodes” dubbed later than the rest of the show? I was under the impression that FUNimation dubbed them first, but simply held off on releasing them until after the rest of the show already aired.

Definitely were because like the performances lined up much more with the end of the Shadow Dragons arc with Chandler being much less.. dry, flat and edgy in his narration being a good tell. And Elise Baughman's Pan sounded a bit higher pitched suddenly during the episodes they original dubbed compared to before where she was like... trying less to sound so forcefully youthful I guess?

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

And Elise Baughman's Pan sounded a bit higher pitched suddenly during the episodes they original dubbed compared to before where she was like... trying less to sound so forcefully youthful I guess?

One thing we can give the Blue Water dub credit for is casting age appropriate roles. Caitlynne Medrek was 13 and Zoe Slusar was 14 when they were cast as Pan and kid Goku respectively.

[LostTimeLord]

Speaking of GT, I have a theory regarding the infamous "think you know GT" teaser. One of the curious things about it is that they used the actual instrumental for Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku in that teaser even though their eventual English cover (recorded for the 'remastered' DVDs) would use new synth instrumentals.

Why record a new backing track if they have the original? Well, maybe they didn't. Maybe the teaser sourced that instrumental from the scene in episode 61 where Kaioshin listens to Dan Dan on his cassette player? And if so, maybe the tinny sound of the music coming from Kaioshin's headphones is what prompted them to add a VHS filter over the video?

Either way, the version of the dub with the Japanese music has Kaioshin humming the rap song over the top of Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku, which is kinda funny. It's the scene immediately after the eyecatch.

[M16U3L2015]

Just wondering, has any DB song ever been dub in English by Funimation using the original instrumental before Kai finally did it?

I know that the Blue Water dub of GT used the original instrumental for Dan Dan Kokoro and the English version of “Cha La Head Chala” for the english Filipino dub.