History Main / AccentAdaptation

* In the Spanish-language dub of the live-action 'Film/{{Transformers'' movie, the Spanish-speaking Fig actually speaks English!

* The most commonly used German translation of ''MyFairLady'' represents Cockney with Berlin dialect. This dialect is also commonly used for German versions of ''Pygmalion''. However, in Munich they prefer to use the Munich Bavarian dialect for both.
** In Swedish translations of ''MyFairLady'', Eliza usually spoke a heavy working-class Stockholm accent. In the most recent adaptations, she instead uses the Gothenburg accent, since the working-class Stockholm accent hardly exists any more.

** Gin Ichimaru of ''{{Bleach}}'' has one, although mixed with his actions and word choice it comes off as creepy and duplicitous.

* In the Norwegian version of ''FantasticMrFox'', Rat has a North-Norwegian accent.

* ''FawltyTowers'': An example of the FunnyForeigner getting a nationality change: Manuel is an Italian in the Spanish dub of the show.

* In the English translation of Creator/{{Aristophanes}}' ''Theatre/TheBirds'', Herakles speaks in the manner of a dim-witted Italian-American.

* In the Russian dub of ''HotelTransylvania'', instead of sounding... well, like FranDrescher, Frankie's wife Eunice will occasionally lapse into Ukrainian, resulting in no one understanding her. Ukrainian is close enough to Russian to understand for most viewers, though.
** This is a meta case, as in the Russian version of TheNanny the FranDrescher counterpart speaks with a Ukrainian accent. This was probably the intent of the translators.

** Oddly Whitney has an even ''thicker'' KansaiRegionalAccent in the Japanese games but it's removed in both the anime and Special (at least in the dub and translations).

* ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', the animated series, had one or two episodes featuring Vikings. The Norwegian dub lumps their dialects right into New Norwegian.

* In the Russian dub of AtlantisTheLostEmpire Vinni's accent was changed from Italian to Georgian.

* The dub of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' adapted Armadimon's Osaka-ben into a Texan accent. The earlier ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' dub completely ignored Tentomon's Kansai accent, [[AvertedTrope however]]. The stereotype would have had him sounding ''less'' intelligent, so as the 'mon who seems to know ''everything,'' he as given a more "geek" sounding voice instead.

* The dub of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' adapted Armadimon's Osaka-ben into a Texan accent. The earlier ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' dub completely ignored Tentomon's Kansai accent, [[AvertedTrope however]].

* In the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/{{Sonic Rush|Series}} Adventure'', Marine the Raccoon is TheIdiotFromOsaka. In the English version, she has a ([[Land Down Under hilariously exaggerated]]) Australian accent. Since Sonic Team is partially US-based, there's no telling which came first.

* The Oerbans were given an Australian accent in the localized release of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' solely for the throwaway gag that Gran Pulse is [[Land Down Under "down under"]] Cocoon.

* In the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/{{Sonic Rush|Series}} Adventure'', Marine the Raccoon is TheIdiotFromOsaka. In the English version, she has a ([[LandDownUnder hilariously exaggerated]]) Australian accent. Since Sonic Team is partially US-based, there's no telling which came first.

* The Oerbans were given an Australian accent in the localized release of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' solely for the throwaway gag that Gran Pulse is [[LandDownunder "down under"]] Cocoon.

* In an example that counts also as LuckyTranslation, ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' made [[spoiler: Spanish mode Buzz]] a clear Spaniard stereotype rather than [[LatinLand the usual]] mix-match of Spanish-speaking countries that often appears in Hollywood productions. As a result, in the Latin American version the original Castilian accent is maintained (if slightly exaggerated for comedy), while in the Spain version he is voiced with a thick Andalusian accent since both [[TorosYFlamenco Flamenco]] and the Don Juan stereotype often associated abroad with Spain in general are actually Andalusian in origin. To ice the cake, the Gypsy Kings version of "You Got A Friend In Me" is sang in this very same accent in the original and every other version.

* An episode of ''Series/TheATeam'' has the gang going to a [[CaliforniaDoubling horribly]] [[LatinLand inaccurate version]] of Valencia, Spain. In one scene, Murdock pretends to be a local pilot in front of the bad guys by speaking broken Spanish. When this episode was later released in Spain, Murdock was given an over the top, but completely accurate Valencian accent in this scene, making it completely unexpected and jaw-droppingly hilarious.

* In an example that counts also as LuckyTranslation, ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' made [[spoiler: Spanish mode Buzz]] a clear Spaniard stereotype rather than [[LatinLand the usual]] [[SpExico mix-match]] of Spanish-speaking countries that often appears in Hollywood productions. As a result, in the Latin American version the original Castilian accent is maintained (if slightly exaggerated for comedy), while in the Spain version he is voiced with a thick Andalusian accent since both [[TorosYFlamenco Flamenco]] and the Don Juan stereotype often associated abroad with Spain in general are actually Andalusian in origin. To ice the cake, the Gypsy Kings version of "You Got A Friend In Me" is sang in this very same accent in the original and every other version.

* In ''ILoveLucy'', Ricky Ricardo's friends from Cuba became his friends from Italy in the Latin American dub.

* An episode of ''Series/TheATeam'' has the gang going to a [[CaliforniaDoubling horribly]] [[LatinLand inaccurate version]] [[{{Spexico}} of Valencia, Spain]]. In one scene, Murdock pretends to be a local pilot in front of the bad guys by speaking broken Spanish. When this episode was later released in Spain, Murdock was given an over the top, but completely accurate Valencian accent in this scene, making it completely unexpected and jaw-droppingly hilarious.

->'''Bill:''' Not "far"! ''[[KillItWithFire Far]]''!

* In the Spanish-language dub of the live-action [[TransformersFilmSeries ''Transformers'']] movie, the Spanish-speaking Fig actually speaks English!

* In the German dub of ''TransformersAnimated'', Professor Sumdac's Indian accent became a Chinese one.

* In ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'''s Japanese version, Jin has a Tohoku accent. In the dub, he has an Irish accent. Chu uses an Australian accent in the dub. Botan gains a British accent, probably to emphasize how knowledgeable she is.

** In Swedish translations of ''MyFairLady'', Eliza usually spoke a heavy working-class Stockholm accent. In the most recent adaptations, she instead uses the Gothenburg accent.

** On the other hand, in the Mexican Spanish dub of ''RanmaOneHalf'', Shampoo speaks Spanish without any accent, other than using Chinese phrases sometimes and having a very ''[[AudioErotica sweet voice]]''.