User:Becarbone/sandbox/Doraemon (2014-2015; US Dub)

#MS-903 "Doraemon" or simply Doraemon(ドラえもん Doraemon) is the titular deuteragonist of the Doraemon franchise. Manufactured in the Factory in 22nd century, the robot is sent back in time by his owner Sewashi Nobi to help out Sewashi's great-great-grandfather, "Nobita Nobi" in becoming a successful person having a bright future.

In 2014, his show was brought in the Untied States on Disney XD, in that he was heavily flanderized in that dub.

Bad Qualties
'''NOTE: This page will only be talking about his behavior in The US English dub of the show when it was brought on Disney XD, as his original Japanese counterpart and even his UK English dub counterpart is likable. Also, this is no hate page. And this isn’t biased or opinionated. Some of these characteristics were also carried over from Stand By Me: Doraemon, the movie that was released the same year as the US dub.'''


 * 1) To get the elephant out of the room, He is almost nothing like his Japan and UK counterpart, as, instead of being friendly and intelligent, he is now (at least only in the US dub) a painfully annoying, irritating and obnoxious jerk who had nearly all of his positives sucked out, and, as a result, had his negatives and character flaws cranked and dialed up.
 * 2) Recasting an iconic Japan character like Doraemon from The Doraemon franchise who previously portrayed protagonist roles as an obnoxious and annoying jerk with little to no good qualities is an awful idea that was bad right from the start, and made some fans of Doraemon angry or upset. While he does have moments of being nice, it has decreased quite a bit.
 * 3) He is a jerk to Noby, as he constantly scolds him over the slightest things, and when he isn’t scolding him or being a generally rude person, he can still rather annoying.
 * 4) His US actor, which is provided by Mona Marshall is not-so-good at best and very unpleasant and harsh-sounding to listen to at worst, with the worst offenders being his crying, screaming, and scolding. It doesn’t help that she also voices another unlikable character with an annoying voice, and overall, Mona Marshall severely wasted her talents on him.
 * 5) The US dub ends with him giving Nobita (or in the US dub Noby) a voice changer pill, that changes his voice, and while Noby did ask him to change his voice back to normal, he refuses to listen to him and just smirks and laughs semi-sadistically, which kind of shows how selfish he can be at times.
 * 6) He doesn’t really get punished for his actions, which makes him a bit of a Karma Houndi.

Good Qualities

 * 1) Despite heavily wasting her talents on this character (as said in WHNGCFTF#4), Mona Marshall does a decent job voicing Doraemon.
 * 2) He still has his moments of being a nice person. And was far better in the other dubs of the show, as well as his original Japan counterpart.
 * 3) His design hasn't changed a bit and is still good.
 * 4) Him scolding at Noby could be justified since he often uses his gadgets for his own selfish needs and for his own amusement.
 * 5) Although the execution was pretty bad, the concept of bringing a character who barely had any recognition in the US whatsoever is a very clever idea. And despite him being flanderized, he didn't lower down the show too badly, and the US dub is still amusing to watch.