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Basic Trope: A foreign adaptation/dub pronounces a character's name differently from how it was originally, in spite of being written just like it originally was.

  • Straight: In "C'est la comedie!", the official French adaptation of "The Bob N' Alice Comedy Show", Alice's name is stays the same visually, but is pronounced "ah-LEES" instead of "AL-iss".
  • Exaggerated: Alice's name is pronounced and written the same way it was in the English version… but everyone else's is pronounced differently!
  • Downplayed: The pronunciation of Alice's name is merely "AL-ees" in the French adaptation which, in spite of being close to its original English pronunciation of "AL-iss", is still noticeably different.
  • Justified: Alice was originally from another country, so she's intentionally changing her name's pronunciation to fit in with everyone else and/or avoid potential conflicts.
  • Subverted: In the first episode, it seems like Alice is being introduced as "ah-LEES", only for someone to point out that they were talking about someone else with that pronunciation!
  • Double Subverted: Then, they pronounce Alice's name "A-LICE". (Yes, like those bugs.)
  • Averted: Alice is always referred to as "AL-iss", or something else entirely.

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