Trivia / Braceface

• Banned in China: The episode "Busted" was banned in many countries (including the United States) because its plot revolves around Sharon wearing a special bra to make her chest larger to impress a boy she has a crush on.
• Celebrity Voice Actor:
  • Alicia Silverstone voices main protagonist Sharon in the first two seasons.
  • The Latin Spanish dub had Sharon Spitz voiced by telenovela actress & model Agustina Cherri.
  • The Brazilian Portuguese dub has Mariana Ximenes as Sharon.
• Channel Hop: While the show aired in its home country on Teletoon from start to finish, in the States, it originally ran on Fox Family but later moved to Disney Channel
• Children Voicing Children: A young Michael Cera voices Sharon's younger brother, Josh.
• Cross-Regional Voice Acting: For the first two seasons. Alicia Silverstone recorded Sharon's lines from Los Angeles, but the rest of the cast was based in Toronto.
• Descended Creator: Alicia Silverstone, who produced the show, voices Sharon during the first two seasons.
• Executive Meddling: Sharon becoming a vegetarian was largely an idea added at the assistance of Alicia Silverstone, who is a well-known and vocal vegetarian and animal rights activist. Tellingly, this trait was downplayed in Season 3 when Silverstone’s role on the show became much less prominent.
• International Co Production: Between Nelvana in Canada and Jade Animation in China.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: Nothing after the first season is available on DVD, but the entire show is available through streaming on Tubi.
• Missing Episode: A missing season in this case. The third season did not air in America because of the heavier subject matter of some episodes (like, in an infamous example, "Busted") that Disney Channel probably found inappropriate for children (though the show's demographic probably has to go through issues like this every day). The episodes that aired in seasons one and two also had parts cut to remove anything considered too controversial for American children (due to Values Dissonance between Canada and the States regarding what is appropriate to air on kids' TV).
• The Other Darrin: Stacey DePass, who most viewers may recognize as the voice of Nikki Wong from 6teen, replaced Alicia Silverstone as Sharon in the third season. While the change between a celebrity voice actor and a regular voice actor doing a celebrity impersonation can be jarring and, at times, painfully obvious that the higher-ups hired a replacement, DePass's impression of Silverstone is uncanny.
• Recycled Script: The episode "Act Your Age" has a similar plot to the Sister, Sister episode "It's A Love Thang".
• Screwed by the Network: More like screwed by two networks, at least in the US. It originally aired on Fox Family there, but then Fox Family became ABC Family after the first season aired. Despite Braceface having pretty good ratings, ABC Family dropped it in the middle of airing its second season due to wanting to revamp the network and lose all "kids' shows" (Totally Spies! and S Club 7 were also axed from their lineup for the same reason). Then, Disney Channel picked up Braceface. Not only did Disney not air any episodes that weren't already shown on ABC Family, but they also skipped many episodes that were shown (such as "Worst First Date Ever. Period." and "Miami Vices") due to the content being deemed inappropriate for the network's demographic. To this day, 37 episodes of Braceface remain unaired in the United States. However, the 37 episodes in question (along with the rest of the series) are available on Tubi.

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