9 Hit Cartoons That Look Different In Different Countries

1. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Sony

In Israel, the meatballs changed into falafel: Cloudy with a Chance of Falafel -- an attempt to add a national delicacy?

2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Netflix

In Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, Michelangelo’s weapon, nunchucks, was replaced by a rope in British version to avoid “ the surge of violence”.

3. The Simpsons

20th Century Fox

In order to release the cartoon in the Middle East, the creators of The Simpsons remove any references to Christianity, such as Moe’s Tavern, Homer’s favorite beer, pork, etc.

5. Gravity Falls

Disney Channel

In Russia, all the violent scenes were deleted and the language was also “smoothed over” as this unusual cartoon was considered appropriate for children over 12 years.

6. Doraemon

Shin-Ei Animation

For the concern that Americans wouldn’t understand some of the Japanese life, the creators of Doraemon made some tweaks in the American version by replacing Japanese yen with dollars, chopsticks with forks and spoons.

7. Pokémon

The Pokémon Company

In the American version, the character named Lenora “got rid” of her apron since the apron on a woman with dark skin is associated with a time of racial segregation.

8. Garfield

20th Century Fox

In Lithuania version, lasagna was called kugelis, a traditional Lithuanian potato dish, to enable people to “feel” the character better.

9. Sailor Moon

Tōei Animation

As all the violent and nude scenes are cut out in Europe and the USA version, this anime series are shown to younger children while in Japan they are produced for teenagers.