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I admit to knowing next to nothing about the One Piece dubs because the manga series has always seemed too aggressively silly for my tastes, but I think the rule you're looking for is Speculative Troping. Unless there's actual IRL evidence that this is what 4Kids was planning to do with "Dub Piece", the second example block can safely be cut. And if that evidence comes from producer statements rather than, say, published scripts or episodes that were filmed but never aired, it's What Could Have Been.
Trust me, I'm an engineer!There are no producers statements, the speculation arises from the fact that 4kids REALLY cut out a MASSIVE amount of stuff that turned out to be extremely important down the line, and its only natural to assume it would create plotholes.
But this entry DOES work if we do think the entirety of the "TV Deal Dub Piece" was MEANT to be in continuity with each other, If Funimation had continued...Wait no, nevermind that's just "It could have caused plot holes down the line" again. But this has never really been adressed. We need to know if this is misuse.
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I tried in the forums and got no answer: Is A really Dub-Induced Plot Hole, REALLY there if the dub was cancelled halfway and it never adapted the parts that would have resulted in the plot hole?
We all know by now not adapting Crocus and Little Garden would create plot holes so huge it was for the best the 4Kids dub of One Piece was cancelled halfway through.
So I think this a kosher example, this isnt an actual example from the page, but put it here so I can add it.:
And this isnt:
- Plot holes that would have happened if the 4Kids dub lasted longer:
- The Straw Hats' knowing the giant whale Laboon turns out to be the primary reason Brook decides to join them; the 4kids dub ended before he had the chance to appear.
- Meeting the Elbaf Giants, Dorry and Broggy, on Little Garden provided the motivation for Usopp to finally start improving himself. It's also how he convinced the Gatekeeper Giants of Enies Lobby (Season 5) to turn on the World Government and briefly team up with the Straw Hatsnote The giants were former members of the Elbaf Pirate crew. When they were caught by the Marines, the Marines lied that Dorry and Broggy had been caught too, but if the Giants served as Gatekeepers for 100 years, the Marines would let them all go. Learning via Usopp that Dorry and Broggy were just fine and they'd wasted over half a century of their lives made them instant and very angry allies., that later scene didn't show up in the 4kids dub.
Edited by AegisP