British Dubs of DuckTales???

[Scrooge MacDuck]

Did I miss something here? The "DuckTales Wiki" (which I would not trust overmuch, but there you have it) mentions 'British voices' for the Nephews. Is DuckTales 2017 going to be dubbed for its U.K. release? …Why? Has Disney ever done anything like this before? What a strange idea!… 

[Pan Maciej]

I know some preschoolers shows (Nick Jr "Nella the Princess Knight" for example) do it. From my understanding the idea is that characters in the dubb use a bit diffrent vocabulary so kids woudn't get to attached to foreign frazes as they are still grasping their own languages and it can get easily muddle. I guess it make since seeing how "slang-heavy" nephews dialog can get (On other hand Kate Micucci is Webby in both Dubbs)

Also it appears that it's a genuine concern that British children are growing up with American accents and cartoons are to blame : 
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3348330/British-children-growing-American-accents-flood-cheap-imported-TV-shows-says-creator-Teletubbies.html

Seams fair especialy since America is producing much more cartoons then UK, so american television must be the main thing kids there are expose. 


It work borh ways as for example the Harry Potter books where change in American edition from orginal British for vocabulary reasons as well.



EDIT : Make you wonder will they re-write the scene where Webby and Lena pretend to be British. Maybe now they will talk with a Texas acent or something.

[Scrooge MacDuck]

Oct 24, 2017 23:19:31 GMT Pan Maciej said:

I know some preschoolers shows (Nick Jr "Nella the Princess Knight" for example) do it. From my understanding the idea is that characters in the dubb use a bit diffrent vocabulary so kids woudn't get to attached to foreign frazes as they are still grasping their own languages and it can get easily muddle. I guess it make since seeing how "slang-heavy" nephews dialog can get (On other hand Kate Micucci is Webby in both Dubbs)

Also it appears that it's a genuine concern that British children are growing up with American accents and cartoons are to blame : 
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3348330/British-children-growing-American-accents-flood-cheap-imported-TV-shows-says-creator-Teletubbies.html

Seams fair especialy since America is producing much more cartoons then UK, so american television must be the main thing kids there are expose. 


It work borh ways as for example the Harry Potter books where change in American edition from orginal British for vocabulary reasons as well.



EDIT : Make you wonder will they re-write the scene where Webby and Lena pretend to be British. Maybe now they will talk with a Texas acent or something.

Well, it makes sense for preschoolers, yes, but DuckTales 2017 seems intended for a somewhat older audience, I think… And yes, I did wonder how they're going to handle the "Britannia!Lena" thing, because an American accent wouldn't make any sense either unless they also redubbed Mrs Beakley to have one and MY BRAIN HURTS.

[Pan Maciej]

Maybe that's the reason they left Webby sounding American?

Still, while not a show for Preschoolers they can still watch it.

[RobbK1]

Oct 25, 2017 9:37:31 GMT Pan Maciej said:

Maybe that's the reason they left Webby sounding American?

Still, while not a show for Preschoolers they can still watch it.

Webby is residing in USA as a young child.  She's a LOT more likely to speak with an American accent than with the British (English) accent of her mother.  Children speak like their peers.

[Scrooge MacDuck]

Oct 25, 2017 23:27:51 GMT RobbK1 said:

Webby is residing in USA as a young child.  She's a LOT more likely to speak with an American accent than with the British (English) accent of her mother.  Children speak like their peers.

Don't know if you've seen the relevant episode yet, Robb, but remember Webby doesn't have peers as such. She seems to have been more or less confined to McDuck Manor for all her life. The moment we are discussing occurs in The Beagle Birthday Massacre; Webby puts on a flawless British accent for the sake of a ruse, and, when asked how she learned to do that, she answers that living in the same house as Mrs Beakley and Scrooge McDuck, she "didn't hear an American accent until she was seven years old". 

[RobbK1]

Oct 26, 2017 9:12:19 GMT Scrooge MacDuck said:

Oct 25, 2017 23:27:51 GMT RobbK1 said:

Webby is residing in USA as a young child.  She's a LOT more likely to speak with an American accent than with the British (English) accent of her mother.  Children speak like their peers.

Don't know if you've seen the relevant episode yet, Robb, but remember Webby doesn't have peers as such. She seems to have been more or less confined to McDuck Manor for all her life. The moment we are discussing occurs in The Beagle Birthday Massacre; Webby puts on a flawless British accent for the sake of a ruse, and, when asked how she learned to do that, she answers that living in the same house as Mrs Beakley and Scrooge McDuck, she "didn't hear an American accent until she was seven years old". 

Stands to reason.  I assume that Mrs. Beakley, Scrooge and his butler were "home schooling" her.  She must be receiving a curriculum and taking and passing examinations.  Maybe she is being schooled online?

[Minotaur]

On the second thought, is it legal to keep young child at home? School education is compulsory, right?

[Scrooge MacDuck]

Oct 27, 2017 9:13:50 GMT Minotaur said:

On the second thought, is it legal to keep young child at home? School education is compulsory, right?

Depends on the country. Knowing the Duckburg judiciary system in general, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't really have any rules about this. 

[Matilda]

Oct 27, 2017 9:13:50 GMT Minotaur said:

On the second thought, is it legal to keep young child at home? School education is compulsory, right?

"Homeschooling" by parents/guardians is legal throughout the USA, if the parents/guardians get approval. This is a matter of state law, not federal law, so the exact legal structure of homeschooling varies from state to state. Some states have multiple legal structures for homeschooling, each carrying separate requirements.

[Baar Baar Jinx]

One gets the impression that DuckTales '17 Scrooge had little to do with Webby until the nephews moved into McDuck manor and she began tagging along with them. So I don't think Scrooge was home-schooling her ... must have been Beakley's decision.

Have the episodes with dubbed British voices aired in the UK yet? I'd be curious to hear them. There aren't any clips on YouTube that I could find. The UK Disney Channel's early promos featured the American voices:




I realize there's only one line by a nephew, and a short one at that. But it's the only British DuckTales '17 promo I could find.