History Main / AccentAdaptation

* In the Russian dub of the ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "1969", Daniel's German-accented English was rendered as German-accented Russian. In "Full Alert", they gave Mikhailov an English accent (probably to distinguish him from Russian-speaking Americans), which was OneshotRevisionism given how all the other Russians spoke Russian with no accent in the dub.
* In ''Series/ILoveLucy'', Ricky Ricardo's friends from Cuba became his friends from Italy in the Latin American dub and speak with the according accent.
* ''Series/SuddenlySusan'': Nestor Carbonel's Cuban photographer character was made Russian in the Latin American dub and speaks with the according accent.
* An episode of ''Series/TheATeam'' has the gang [[CaliforniaDoubling supposedly going]] to [[TorosYFlamenco Barcelona]] to foil a plane hijacking by unspecified TerroristsWithoutACause. Their plan includes Murdock infiltrating the plane by posing as a Spanish co-pilot, so he speaks [[JustAStupidAccent English with a Spanish accent]] and throws a lot of GratuitousSpanish. In the Spanish dub, Murdock speaks in this scene with a Catalan accent.
* ''Series/DharmaAndGreg'': The Slovak dub of an episode which involved Greg's family relative from Texas rendered his stereotypical Texan accent as the Záhorie regional accent (think of a mixture of rural Slovak and Czech with some German bits), with elements of other western Slovak accents thrown into the mix. Surprisingly, it worked pretty well.

* Done in-universe in ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E10VincentAndTheDoctor one episode]], the TranslatorMicrobes decide that speaking English with a Scottish accent should make you sound like you're from Holland in French... and vice versa. Likewise, another episode gives the crew of a Soviet submarine several different British accents, depending on their role (officers talking posh, a sailor who sounds like a Cockney, etc.)

** The books describe the Dornish accent as a lazy drawl "spiced with the flavors of the Rhoyne", which the show depicted with a Spanish accent, extending the Dornish country's similarity to Spain. The actor who played Oberyn Martell, the first major Dornish character, was the first to work out the accent, and everyone else tried to copy him. Oberyn's accent was criticized for being inauthentic, but was actually based on the actor's father's Chilean accent (and the actor himself is biligual). Unfortunately, the Dorne subplot in Season 5 was so hastily thrown together (with many scenes written ''during'' filming, giving the actors no time to practice) that many characters' "Spanish" accents are so unrefined as to be truly distracting.

** The books mention that each of the Seven Kingdoms has its own local accent. The show didn't attempt to portray this difference at all; while the books emphasize that the difference is subtle, it can be detected (for example, when Tyrion is traveling through the Free Cities in the fifth novel and fears that spies will specifically recognize his Westerlands accent).

** In the case of speakers of the [[ConLang fictional languages]] Dothraki and Valyrian, the professional linguist who constructed the languages also worked out what their accents would sound like if they spoke the Common Tongue (rendered in the show as English), making logical predictions of which English sounds these speakers would have trouble pronouncing.

** In a departure from the cinematic trilogies, where the Hobbits generally have West Country accents, the series’ Harfoots are mostly voiced with Irish accents.

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

* In ''Series/{{Eurotrash}}'', clips of assorted Europeans from all parts of the continent doing doubtful, tacky, sleazy, or just downright ill-advised things were overdubbed in British regional accents. An Italian porn star badly overdubbed in a thick Birmingham accent or a Danish muscleman whose words came out in broad Glaswegian made the clips ten times funnier. The hosts (native French people) also used stereotyped French accents a hundred times thicker than when normally speaking English. Typical excerpt [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXT2oWU-o88&index=8&list=PLgmAxK6JZOV2kxXfg9OCqr_ri0-FWAwmO here]] - and of course it's {{NSFW}}.

If a joke or characterisation relies on NationalStereotypes, the nationality will often be transferred to one with corresponding stereotypes in the target culture -- for example, what the English think of the Welsh, Australians think of New Zealanders, Germans think of the Swiss or the French think of the Belgians.

** The books vaguely mention in passing that Northmen have their own accent. The show renders this as a Northern English accent, even though many of the actors have to fake it. The wildlings are given the same Northern English accents, as both groups are descended from the First Men (being analogues of the Celtic peoples) . A major reason Rose Leslie was cast as Ygritte is her having shown her ability to affect the accent on ''Series/DowntonAbbey''.

If a joke or characterisation relies on NationalStereotypes, the nationality will often be transferred to one with corresponding stereotypes in the target culture -- for example, what the English think of the Welsh, Australians think of New Zealanders, Germans think of the Swiss and the French think of the Belgians.

* Many anime characters with very polite or sophisticated Japanese speaking patterns are given various levels of British accents in English dubs, either to signify [[TheQueensLatin higher social class and education]] or to emphasize [[EvilBrit sophisticated evilness]].

** In ''Manga/ShamanKing'', Ren and Jun have British accents, while an actual British character is given an American accent.
** The Creator/DiC dub of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' gave British accents to both Luna and Amy/Sailor Mercury. In Luna's case, her voice was also deeper and more authoritative than the original's, while Amy's accent went away when her voice actress changed with the transition to the Creator/{{Cloverway}} dub.

** In ''Anime/RoninWarriors'', Sai has a British accent to emphasize his politeness and gentleness. (Talpa inexplicably has a Welsh accent.)
** In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', Gin Ichimaru is given a British accent, which when combined with his actions and word choice comes off as [[EvilBrit particularly creepy and duplicitous]].
** In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'', Rau Le Creuset is given a British accent courtesy of his voice actor Creator/MarkOliver, who sought to emphasize his poshness. Arthur from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'' also has one, not because of poshness, but rather quirkiness (and also happening to have a [[Myth/KingArthur quintessential British name]]).

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** An episode had a Norwegian student was visiting the school. In the Norwegian dub, he was given New Norwegian dialogue.
** The Swedish dub cast a real Norwegian as the student since most Swedes and Norwegians understand each others language pretty well.

** The Norwegian dub (which is based on the American dub rather than the original Japanese version) for whatever reason gives Etemon a ''hilarious'' Swedish accent.

* An episode of ''Series/TheATeam'' has the gang [[CaliforniaDoubling supposedly going]] to [[TorosYFlamenco Barcelona]] to foil a plane hijacking by unspecified TerroristsWithoutACause. Their plan includes Murdock infiltrating the plane by posing as a Spanish co-pilot, so he speaks [[JustAStupidAccent English with a Spanish accent]] and throws a lot of GratuitousSpanish. In the Spanish dub, Murdock speaks in this scene with a Catalan accent, which is both unexpected and hilarious.
* ''Series/DharmaAndGreg'': The Slovak dub of an episode which involved Greg's family relative from Texas rendered his stereotypical Texan accent as the Záhorie regional accent (think of a mixture of rural Slovak and Czech with some German bits), with elements of other western Slovak accents thrown into the mix. Surprisingly, it worked pretty well (and was pretty hilarious in itself).

* In the Japanese version of ''[[VideoGame/SonicRushSeries Sonic Rush 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 Canadian dub is a bit more interesting, because it's not a particularly straight dub and adds local references to Canadian politicians and celebrities. The accents are used to draw a class divide -- most characters have a Quebec accent, the blue-collar workers like Homer and Barney speak in a very strong "joual" drawl typical of working-class Montrealers, and the town elite (like Principal Skinner and Reverend Lovejoy) speak in Parisian French, which would sound snobby and stuffy to Quebecois ears. Apu is given a creole dialect, Carl speaks with the accent of a black immigrant from Haiti and the episode where the family goes to Toronto (and also the one in London) gives everyone hilarious English accents typical of Torontonians who had to learn French in school and showed no interest in it. The accent also allows for a hilarious resolution to Bart's attempt to communicate with a Parisian policeman for help who doesn't understand him -- in the original English he realises that he can speak French thanks to exposure, in the European dub he accidentally words his plight in a way that sounds like he's just a homesick kid on a school trip and then realises he should tell him about how he's being abused and that his abusers are making wine with anti-freeze but in the Canadian dub, the cop doesn't understand Bart's accent and once Bart figures it out (after musing, "I thought they spoke French in France"), he speaks with a hilariously exaggerated Parisian accent.

** The English translation generally avoids this but does do it occasionally, most notably giving two "rural Egyptians" and Bucolix the village farmer exaggerated Somerset accents, associated in Britain with farmers. It also gives a Briton named [=McAnix=] ([=MacAnoterapix=] in the original version) a Scottish accent, while he did not speak differently from the other Britons in the original French.

* The Latin American Spanish dub of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' gives Asuka a real German accent with [[TrrrillingRrrs a lot of rrrs]] as well as some words in GratuitousGerman, especially when she's angry.

* In the Mexican dub of ''Film/MrsDoubtfire'', the eponymous character fakes an accent from Spain instead of the original fake British accent. Stu, who's really British in the original, is really from Spain in the dub.

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* ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'': Most of the main characters were given different accents in the English dub; as such, King Dedede was given a thick southern accent not unlike [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Foghorn Leghorn]], Meta Knight was given a Spanish accent as an obvious nod to ''Franchise/Zorro'', Lady Like being given a French accent, Sir Ebrum being given a British accent, and Blade Knight being given an Scottish accent so thick that it makes nearly all of his dialogue [[IntelligibleUnintelligible incomprehensible]].

** Subverted with Whitney, who possibly has the thickest Kansai accent depicted in the series but is translated the same as everyone else in the English translation.
** Fantina from ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' has this apply to her between versions. In the Original Japanese Version, she speaks in an American Accent, while in the English Translation, she speaks with an French Accent, and in the French Translation of the Game, she speaks in a Japanese Accent. The former two were preserved for her voiced lines in the anime and ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters''. This was done by the Developers to make Fantina [[KeepItForeign seem like a foreigner]] no matter which version you played.

* The fan translation for ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' contains two mice in an attic that speak in incomprehensible Cockney. [[https://earthboundcentral.com/2010/08/mother-3-cockney-mice/ They originally spoke a similarly incomprehensible dialect of Japanese from somewhere in Nagasaki.]]

** The Japanese dub gives Apu no local accent but a [[{{Keigo}} very polite register]], to emphasize his role as a humble shopkeeper (it works ''so'' well for his frequent "thank you, come again!")