History Main / GagDub

* The Australian comedy ''Film/HerculesReturns'' has a storyline that's just an excuse for the main characters to take an Italian sword and sandal movie from the 1960s and give it the most ridiculous dub imaginable. The dubbed part of ''Hercules Returns'' was based on the live show performed by the comedy group Double Take in the early 1990s. [[labelnote:*]]They would show a movie and perform the dialog and some sound effects on microphones from the rear of the theatre. They did four different shows, dubbing ''Hercules Returns'', ''The Astrozombies'', ''The Pirates'' and ''The Killer Bees''.[[/labelnote]]

* The third episode of ''Series/{{Angel}}'', "In the Dark", opens with [[Funny/{{Angel}} Spike]] standing on a rooftop watching Angel rescue a {{damsel in distress}} and supplying [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwKZT332JSs his own dialogue]].
-->'''Spike as Rachel:''' How can I thank you, you mysterious black-clad hunk of a night thing?\\
'''Spike as Angel:''' No need, little lady, your tears of gratitude are enough for me. You see, I was once a badass vampire, but love and a pesky curse defanged me. Now I'm just a big, fluffy puppy with bad teeth.\\
''[Rachel tries to hug Angel, but he backs away]''\\
'''Spike as Angel:''' No, don't touch the hair! Never the hair!\\
'''Spike as Rachel:''' But there must be some way I can show my appreciation?\\
'''Spike as Angel:''' No, helping those in need is my job, and working up a load of sexual tension and prancing away like a magnificent poof is truly thanks enough.\\
'''Spike as Rachel:''' I understand. I have a nephew who is gay, so...\\
'''Spike as Angel:''' Say no more. Evil is still afoot. And I'm almost out of that nancy-boy hair-gel I like so much. Quickly, [[ToTheBatNoun to the Angel-mobile,]] away!

** Scrubs also has an in-universe example. At one point, JD tries to break the ice with a child by performing improv over the image of the child's parents and Dr. Cox arguing soundlessly through a window; however, all the dialogue JD comes up with is pie-related, and the child is unimpressed. JD resolves to change to an improv class that doesn't meet upstairs from a pie shop.

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* [[Series/Batman1966 The 1960s Batman series]] was parodied by two Brazilian friends who did an obscene dubbing (out of every three words said by any character, you can bet that one will be a swearword) in Portuguese of. Among other things, ComicBook/TheJoker gets an invitation to "fuck Batman's aunt". Titled "Batman Feira da Fruta" ("Batman fruit fair" after the song that plays in the background) it was made in the 80s with a VCR and resurfaced in the early years of Website/YouTube, spawning a series of imitators.

* [=YouTuber=] ''[[WebVideo/{{Tomotasauce}} Tomotasauce]]'' is known for doing gag dubs of ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', where [[spoiler:The Golden Guard]] is a child that loves doing Joe Mama and Ligma Balls style jokes who's main motivation is getting their [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation5 PS5]] back from Emperor Belos, Andrias is obsessed with singing (especially the Wellerman song) and Anne sounds like ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse''.

* InUniverse example in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', when Peter watches a redneck-targeted dub of Creator/CarlSagan's ''Series/{{Cosmos}}'' that replaces mentions of science, carbon dating, evolution, and the like with Biblical references and ProductPlacement for Mountain Dew.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretShow'' has one entire ''official'' episode based around the characters trying to overdub a previous episode in ''Martian''. Halfway through, they just decide to give up and watch it instead. Changed Daily didn't even bother to learn Martian. Instead, he just decides to speak gibberish.
* An in-universe example appears in the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Candace Gets Busted", where Dr. Doofenshmirtz reveals that he enjoys watching movies from a nearby drive-in theatre and creating his own dialogue.

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* WebVideo/MyWayEntertainment: This parody troupe is infamous for ''The Juggernaut Bitch!!'' (''WesternAnimation/XMen'')), and makes other gag dubs of ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'', among others. The Juggernaut line became an AscendedMeme in the third ''[[Film/XMenTheLastStand X-Men]]'' film.

* Creator/DisneyXD's WesternAnimation/MarvelUniverse block has the ''WesternAnimation/MarvelMashUp'' series, which gives this treatment to clips from Creator/MarvelComics cartoons produced during the 1970s and '80s, such as ''WesternAnimation/TheFantasticFour1978'', ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'', and an AnimatedAdaptation of ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk''. The results feel like an AbridgedSeries in all but name.

* The Glitter Force dubs of ''Anime/SmilePrecure'' and ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'' somewhat counts as this as there are lampshade hangings, the TalkingIsAFreeAction during the transformation and Glitter Peace's TastesLikeDiabetes catchphrase.

* The Glitter Force dubs of ''Anime/SmilePrecure'' and ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'' somewhat counts as this as there are lampshade hangings, the TalkingIsAFreeAction during the transformation and Glitter Peace's TasteLikeDiabetes catchphrase.

* ''Anime/GhostStories'' got a whole new script and became a completely comedic series by taking RefugeInAudacity to [[UpToEleven whole new extremes]]. The lead writer for the English dub, Steven Foster, was told to do whatever it took to sell the series overseas as long as he kept the general plot elements and major character names in the story; everything else was fair game, including the way in which they ''explain'' those story elements.

* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': The Creator/{{Funimation}} dub {{flanderiz|ation}}es some of the countries' character traits (which were themselves blatant stereotypes to begin with) and turns the RefugeInAudacity that was already in the Japanese version UpToEleven. [[BrokenBase Half the fandom thinks it's hilarious, the other half hates it and thinks some of the newly added jokes are very offensive]].

%%* Funimation strikes yet again with their ''Anime/OhEdoRocket'' dub. It takes the goofiness UpToEleven. Well, that, and it has LOTS of swearing.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwU-3MvnrEE I-van el Trolazo]]"[[note]]I-Van the CampGay[[/note]] is a He-Man gag dub by WebVideo/ElBananero that takes the HomoeroticSubtext internet meme [[UptoEleven to the extreme]].

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDPRwLlpdTU The Legend of Beavis]]'' takes an episode of the animated ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda'' series and replaces Link and King Harkinian's lines with clips from ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'' (as well as [[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHeadDoAmerica the movie)]], while keeping everyone else's original voice acting intact. There's even a FreezeFrameBonus wherein a mirror behind Link shows Beavis' reflection. Mostly sticks to the plot of the original episode despite this new characterization, [[spoiler: until there's a sudden ''WesternAnimation/Sealab2021'' crossover ending]].

* ''VideoGame/TheNeverhood'': The unofficial Russian translation is this. Klogg's whole character largely becomes a TakeThat to Windows 95, Hoborg is renamed after Tuborg beer, and the lore of the [[NarrativeFiligree Hall Of Records]] is replaced with jokes and anecdotes. The mood of the game generally stays the same due to having very little in the way of dialogue.

--->'''Mio:''' Shirotabi, please forgive me for bringing you back to life! I know now that it could never work between us. As much as we want it to, it could never be! Not because [[InterspeciesRomance you're a rabbit]], but because you're '''''Black'''''.

-->-- '''Meowth''', ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' (English dub)

'''Ship's robot:''' Greetings. I am Fambot 3. I am beautiful. I love you.\\

* [=YouTuber=] ''[[WebVideo/{{Tomotasauce}} Tomotasauce]]'' is known for doing gag dubs of ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', where [[spoiler:The Golden Guard]] is a child that loves doing Joe Mama and Ligma Balls style jokes who's main motivation is getting their PS5 back from Emperor Belos, Andrias is obsessed with singing (especially the Wellerman song) and Anne sounds like ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse''.

* [=YouTuber=] ''[[WebVideo/{{Tomotasauce}} Tomotasauce]]'' is known for doing gag dubs of ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', where [[spoiler:The Golden Guard]] is a child that loves doing Joe Mama and Ligma Balls style jokes, and Anne sounds like ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse''.

* The 1979 anime of ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' had an obscure British English dub that was made in the 90's that had silly and inappropriate dialogue that was not included in the original Japanese version. To make it even funnier, [[VocalDissonance Nobita and Shizuka sounded nothing like normal 10-year old children]]. This English dub was going to air on {{Creator/MTV}} UK, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen but they decided not to air it and only a pilot was produced]].

--> '''Ken''': Décidément, [[BilingualBonus les temps comme les oeufs sont durs]].[[labelnote:Translation]] "Times are hard, and so are boiled eggs."[[/labelnote]]

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' goes temporarily gag dub mode when it comes to the scenes with Yuki Nagato simply reading a book in "Someday In The Rain". Seeing as how it's just a long, boring moment of silence in the original, the dub actors decided to fill it in by speaking aloud the contents of the book to humorous results.

* The Pioneer/Geneon dub of ''Anime/LupinIIIPartII'', which aired on Creator/AdultSwim in the early 2000's, added a number of jokes and pop culture references that are out of place for a show from the 1970's (e.g. references to Shaquille O'Neil, ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', and UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror). The anachronistic references disappear almost completely after the first season, and the following two seasons are more {{Woolseyism}}. However, because Adult Swim only aired the first season, viewers assume the entire run of the dub is like that.

* The first few episodes of the original ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'' anime series, dubbed by Creator/ADVFilms, were chalk full of profanity and script rewrites in the English version, including a rewritten personality for one particular character. These differences were gradually toned down over the course of the series; the second half of the series and the Requiem film are much more in-line with the Japanese version. Compare the character of Hakkai between the first few episodes and the film.

* In the Latin-American dub of ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' (and its sequels), Donkey was voiced by Mexican comedian Eugenio Derbez. Since he is so well known in the region, they had him introduce his own brand of humor into much of the dialogue, including the addition of quite a few local pop-culture references.
* ''WesternAnimation/FritzTheCat'' had [[DuelingDubs two Italian dubs released almost simultaneously]]: one was serious and faithful to the original, while the other was a full fledged gag dub where the entire plot was thrown away to have the characters crack puns and make jokes about sex and politics. The former one is currently lost.

* The entire series ''Kung Faux'' was old kung-fu action films with various hip-hop people doing voiceovers. Most of the voices weren't too high profile (Queen Latifah was a character in an episode) but even to the rap-challenged it sounds like some hilariously bad blacksploitation film. Throw in an avalanche of visual effects, a bunch of on-screen commentary, [[UnsoundEffect Unsound Effects]] like KRAK and SCHOOLED and the occasional [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud Saying A Sound Effect Out Loud]] for additional comedy. Possibly the funniest example was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlS8WN6_IRM#t=0m50s ''Ill Masta'']].

* The French series "Messages à caractère informatif" (close enough to PublicServiceAnnouncement) does this to 80s training videos and ads, such as turning a construction company ad into a CrazySurvivalist showing off his nuclear-proof bunker.

* The 2004 Canadian series ''Steve Smith Playhouse'' (starring [[Series/{{The Red Green Show}} Red Green himself]]) provided a twist on the gag dub format, as Steve only dubbed over ''one'' lead character. This, plus editing to the half hour timeslot, was enough to severely change the tone and plot of the original movie despite every other character retaining their original dialogue.

** In Australia it's been re-dubbed and re-edited in about 3 more ways in addition to showing both of the American and UK versions.
** In Spain it was gag dubbed as "Humor Amarillo" (Yellow Humour), and was quite popular in the early 90s. It was briefly revived in 2006-2007 and reruns are syndicated.

* The UK broadcast of the 1970s Japanese TV adaptation of ''Literature/TheWaterMargin'' was like this. The dubbing team didn't receive any translation of the scripts beyond brief plot synopses, and threw in a lot more humour than was present in the original.

* [[VideoGame/{{STALKER}} GSC game world]] is responsible for pirate Russian translations of ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'' and ''VideoGame/{{Blood}}'' where monsters, aliens and zombies talk in obscenities, with Caleb from Blood playing role of Ukrainian nationalist. There are [[VideoGame/{{Quake}} other]] Russian bootleg translations filled with random gags by various authors.

* [=YouTuber=] ''[[WebVideo/{{Tomotasauce}}]]'' is known for doing gag dubs of ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', where [[spoiler:The Golden Guard]] is a child that loves doing Joe Mama and Ligma Balls style jokes, and Anne sounds like ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse''.

* [=YouTuber=] ''[[WebVideo/Tomotasauce]]'' is known for doing gag dubs of ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', where [[spoiler:The Golden Guard]] is a child that loves doing Joe Mama and Ligma Balls style jokes, and Anne sounds like ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretShow'' has one entire ''official'' episode based around the characters trying to overdub a previous episode in ''Martian''. Halfway through, they just decide to screw it all and watch it.
--> Changed Daily didn't even bother to learn Martian, and as a result, he just decides to speak gibberish.

* ''WebVideo/MrDoodleburger'' is a series of highly offensive and profane BlackComedy gag dubs of two Australian television shows - the sitcom ''Series/HeyDad'', and soap drama ''Series/HomeAndAway''. The dubs of Hey Dad are couched in the RealitySubtext that the actor of the main character (Robert Hughes) was convicted of sexual assault on children in 2014. They are so dark that Youtube eventually removed and banned the account where they were initially posted.

* The first few episodes of the original ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'' anime series, dubbed by ADV Films, were chalk full of profanity and script rewrites in the English version, including a rewritten personality for one particular character. These differences were gradually toned down over the course of the series; the second half of the series and the Requiem film are much more in-line with the Japanese version. Compare the character of Hakkai between the first few episodes and the film.

* ''Anime/GhostStories'' got a whole new script and became a completely comedic series by taking RefugeInAudacity to [[UpToEleven whole new extremes]]. ADV was told to do whatever it took to sell the series overseas as long as they kept the general plot elements and major character names in the story; everything else was fair game for the actors, including the way in which they ''explain'' those story elements. The voice actors weren't given scripts, just general storylines and improvisational prompts like "[[HarpoDoesSomethingFunny your character comes in and says something belittling to the cop]]".
** The last point is a popular myth, rather than fact, and one actively refuted by Steven Foster (the writer for the dub) in interviews. He's actually described much of the process that went into the dub in depth, and while the script was written in a haphazard 'on the fly' way, very little actual improvisation by the voice actors ever happened. "The actors would chime in with a joke or a line every now and then, which is, I guess, how the rumor got started that the whole show was ad-libbed," is a direct quote.

%%* Many see Funimation's dub of ''Anime/Danganronpa3'' as such. With some even going so far [[FanNickname referring to the dub]] as Funimation's official Abridged Series.

* The ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'' episode "Turner Classic Birdman" is a dub of several classic ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdman}}'' shorts, replacing the characters' lines with far more ridiculous dialogue.

** One of ''WesternAnimation/PostmanPat'', where Pat is a [[AdaptationalVillainy drug dealer]] who cheats on his wife ( [[WhatAnIdiot and bragging about it to her face]] ), and unintentionally causes the death of Major Forbes' wife ( [[LackOfEmpathy not that Pat really cares]] ). The dub ends with Pat DrivenToSuicide after losing his job, getting kicked out of his home by his wife, risking both jail and getting killed by his crime boss for losing some heroin.

-> '''Johnny Yong Bosch''': ''HERE IT COMES, FOLKS! THE WORST COMEDY SKIT IN HISTORY! GET READY!''

-->'''Mio:''' Shirotabi, please forgive me for bringing you back to life! I know now that it could never work between us. As much as we want it to, it could never be! Not because [[InterspeciesRomance you're a rabbit]], but because you're '''''Black'''''.

* The American dub of the hentai series ''Bible Black'' features eardrum-puncturing cheesy voices and a cornucopia of over-the-top foreign accents, possibly meant as a way of stripping the series of some of its tension and scariness. Because as we all know, a show that at its core is made [[EverybodyHasLotsofSex just for people to masturbate to]] definitely needs some of its more extreme elements toned down.

* The ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'' episode "Turner Classic Birdman" is one of several classic ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdman}}'' shorts, replacing the characters' lines with far more ridiculous dialogue.