History DubNameChange / EnglishAndOtherLanguagesToForeign

* ''TokusouSentaiDekaranger'' to ''Power Rangers SPD'' (not to be confused with [[Series/PowerRangersSPD the actual Power Rangers series]])

* ''MagicKnightRayearth''

* ''{{Batman}}''

** [[{{Batman}} The Riddler]] became O Charada (The Riddle, The Puzzle)

* ''{{Batman}}''(Latin America)

* ''ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' to ''La Bataille des Planètes'' (loosely based off Sandy Frank's English adaptation)
** Ken Washio to Mark
** Joe Asakura to Thierry (one name not based off the ''BattleOfThePlanets'' scripts)
** Jun to Princesse
** Jinpei to Kipo
** Ryu to Allumette

** Sunfire to Sole Ardente (Burning Sun)

* Film/{{Brave}} had its title changed to "Ribelle The Brave".

** JokeyWolf to Lobo Joca

** Monkey D. Luffy to Monkey D. [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Ruffy]]

* ''BobTheBuilder'' to ''Puuha-Pete''

** Elves to 'Elben'. Here again, Tolkien himself had a hand in this. The usual German translation for ''elves'' is ''Elfen''. But like its English counterpart [[AdaptationDisplacement (before LotR)]], the image it evokes was more that of pixie- or fairy-like creatures, an association Tolkien desired to avoid, supposing instead the older, less-used term Alb(en)/Elb(en) for the translation.

* The Japanese version of the ''TransformersGeneration1'' cartoon switched two characters' names in order to correct an animation error that reversed their colours (the two were identical aside from colour schemes).
** Rumble to Frenzy (and vice versa)
%%In addition, many other name changes took place, such as:

* The HarryPotter translation changes any name that has a meaning or allusion. (Except for ''Potter''...)
* TheHobbit and TheLordOfTheRings turn English names into Finnish. Non-English names are left alone.

** Mr. Krabs to Don Kangrejo
** Sandy Cheeks to Arenita Mejillas (nearly literal translation).

** Professor Utonium to Profesor Utonio

* ''TopCat'' to ''Don Gato y su pandilla'' (''Don Cat and his Gang'', Latin American dub)

*** Gloton (older versions of the X-Men comics, and the first live-action movie)

** The Riddler to Acertijo (Latin American) (Enigma in Spain)

** Chichi to Milk - In Spanish, the word "chichi" is slang for girl parts; in Mexico it's slang for breast (which curiously, matches one of the [[PunnyName meanings for the original Japanese name]])

* Other shows like ''Anime/SailorMoon'', ''SaintSeiya'' and ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' gets the English versions of the names but the footage and everything else was from the Japanese versions (except things like the EarWorm main song of ''SaintSeiya'' on his first transmissions) and other translated versions of anime main songs)

* ''Manga/DetectiveConan''

* ''Anime/{{Naruto}}'' keeps almost all the names of the human characters intact, but some terms are translated (Latin America):
** ''Iccha Iccha Paradise'' to ''Haciéndolo en el Paraiso'' (Doing that in Paradise)

** Iron Man to Der Eiserne ("the iron one", the literal translation "Eisenmann" would have been too close to Iceman's German name, presumably)

** Fix-it Felix Jr. to Master Felix Jr.

** Orson to Gombi
** Roy to Koki
** Wade to Hapi
** Bo to Bubi
** Lanolin to Biri
** Booker to Pepi
** Sheldon to Tonsci

* ''ProWrestling'': First, an explanation: During the 90s, the WWE tried (and failed) to enter to the Mexican wrestling market and some wrestlers got a name change in Mexico (but not everywhere). That practice died out in the 2000s after the WWE became more popular in that country and all the wrestlers are named with the original English names.
** TheUndertaker to ''El Enterrador''
** The British Bulldog to ''El Bulldog Britanico''
** TedDiBiase ''The Million Dollar Man'' to ''El Hombre del Millon de Dolares''
** SgtSlaughter to ''Sargento Slaughter'' or ''Sargento Bravo'' (Sgt. Brave)

* ''{{Lazytown}}''

* ''LazyTown''

* ''Manga/DragonBall''

* ''Manga/DragonBall'', ''Manga/DragonBall Z'' and ''Manga/DragonBall GT'' (Mexican dub - averted in the Mexican print of the manga).

* Some examples from ''DragonBall'':

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': In ''Discworld/SoulMusic'', the name of one of the main characters, Glod, was changed to "Buog" (like "Bóg", God) for sake of preserving a single minor pun ("[[BluesBrothers We're on a mission from Glod]]"). Unfortunately, this caused an inconsistency with an earlier book, where "Glod" was also the name of an angry dwarf summoned by a dyslexic magic wish for "gold", and his name was translated differently back then.

** Edd's nickname was changed from Double D to Chudy Edd, or Chudy for short (lit. Thin Edd[=/=]Thin One).

* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy''

* ''WreckItRalph'' to ''Rive-Rolf'' (literally translates as "Tear Down Rolf") :

* WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures

* ''WreckItRalph'' to ''Detona Ralph'':

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' (pt-PT dub): Iron Will to Vontade de Ferro (literal translation)

** Millenium Falcon to Ezeréves Sólyom (Thousand Year Old Falcon)
** Rancor to Monstrosaurus (original ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' dub); Az Ádáz ("The Fierce", subsequent dubs)

* ''{{Garfield}}''
** Odie to Ubul

* ''WreckItRalph'' to ''Rive-Rolf'':