Let me just start by saying that the script for this episode was completely awful. I thought that some of the Cloverway scripts were bad, HO-HO-HO, boy was I wrong. The script for this episode was so off that I was getting confused by what my sub was saying and what my dub was saying. Basically, this is how I think they did the script. First, they hire writers. Second, they give the writer a two paragraph summary of the episode. Next, the writer has to implement that into the dub script and has to ad-lib everything he/she's not sure of. Last, we get a final product where in the dub they're usually saying absolutely nothing close to what was being said in the original. Yes, that bad. The original Background music and sound effects are completely taken out for the dub and a new, much crappier score is put in. The only good thing about the DiC score is DiC knows how to use their score appropriately - in other words, they're pretty good at keeping the original emotion of a scene, although it's nowhere near as effective as the original stuff. Usagi's name is changed to Serena. SERENA HAS A GREAT VOICE. It sounds young, cheerful, ditzy, overall just a great voice. Just note that the girl who does her voice in this episode is Tracy Moore. Queen Beryl retains her name. Nice voice, fits her well. I actually kinda like this voice almost as much as I like the Japanese voice, if not more-so. Too bad she can't act better. Jadeite retains his name. Another good voice, sounds normal, just good. Naru's name is changed to Molly. I must say that I hate her voice, it's awful. Not only is it a New York accent, it's a FAKE new york accent (or at least that's how it sounds). It's really awful. Umino's name is changed to Melvin. Although the voice is obviously fake, it still fits well as Umino is, and always will be, a nerd. ~_^ Tuxedo Kamen's name is changed to Tuxedo Mask, but this really isn't anything to bicker over since Kamen is Mask in Japanese, so basically, they just translated his name. No big deal. The youma retains her name of Morga. The youma themselves do not retain their name, and are not called "youma" in the dub. The term "Sailor Senshi" (Sailor Soldier) is changed to Sailor Scout (dear God, why) Odango Atama is translated as "Meatball Head"...Eh, close enough in my book. Luna retains her name. She has a HORRIBLE voice. Originally, Luna was a youthful, cynical cat, not some 50 year old Mary Poppins. This voice doesn't fit Luna well at all, considering Luna is actually pretty young. The Dark Kingdom is changed to the Negaverse. Artemis apparently retains his name (although he wasn't in the original version, he was mentioned in the dub). Queen Serenity of the Moon Kingdom retains her name (although not in the original, she was mentioned in the dub). Umm....Wow, that was a long list....I think that was it, if I missed anything, I'm sorry. Now onto other things.

Considering that my tapes would constantly fall out of sync, I believe that the dub's animation was slightly sped up....Don't ask why, my guess is because they added a 1:20 clip to the beginning....I explain about that a little bit farther in the comparison.

Just so you guys know, you know those CGI effects that are used to change the scene sometimes? Well, those were not there in the original, they were digitally added by DiC. It would be impossible for me to list every single scene changer thing so I'm just noting it here and whenever you see a CGI scene changer thing, you'll know it was digitally put there. Also, in Queen Beryl's crystal ball, there were digital effects added. In the original, there was nothing inside Beryl's ball except blackness. In the dub, you'll sometimes see lightning balls and other things inside of it. Again, it would be impossible for me to list every time there was stuff digitally put there, so whenever you see stuff other than blackness inside Beryl's crystal ball, you'll know it was digitally put there.

The original opening is replaced with a new opening. It has new animation from several scenes from the opening and the series with a new song that has the same melody as "Moonlight Densetsu" but nowhere close to the same meaning (Moonlight Densetsu was talking about love and never mentions the Sailor Senshi). Also of extreme annoyance to me is that it started out "From a far away place and time, earth's greatest adventure is about to begin". Considering that it's not from a far away place and time (it's earth for goodness sakes, and the moon isn't really that far away in astronomical terms) and what the hell do they mean by a far away time? The present?? One can argue they are talking about the Silver Millennium but...No. It still doesn't work. The added opening text.

You know the first 1:20 seconds of the dub where it explains about the Moon Kingdom and its downfall? Well, that wasn't there in the original. Originally, we don't find this stuff out until MUCH MUCH later in the series. This kind of ruins everything because it makes it QUITE obvious that Usagi is the Moon Princess where in the original, we just really weren't sure. The scene was made by taking clips from future episodes and putting them here. Oh yeah, and Queen Serenity's voice is done by Serena's Mom who also did Sailor Neptune later in the series. This is just interesting to note since Queen Serenity's voice changes in future episodes (if I'm not mistaken).

(17 seconds) The very first shot in the original version is cut. It shows Usagi in bed from above. She narrates about herself, stating her name, age, and some things about her. ZzZzZzZz...

(11 seconds) After Luna does a backflip onto the car after Usagi takes the bandage off of her, there is a cut. The shots cut include Luna creeping closer to Usagi and investigating her. Nice kitty......

If you look closly, you can see that DiC decided to add a glow effect to Luna's cresent moon when Usagi removed the bandage. Shot 1 - Original Shot 1 - Dub Shot 2 - Original Shot 2 - Dub

(17 seconds) This cut happens when Usagi arrives at school. We see the outside of the jyuban middle school, then we see Usagi having to stand out in the hall because she was late. She then perks up and realizes that she can have her lunch now, which is where the cut stops (this is promptly followed by Haruna showing Usagi her grade on her paper). Usagi in the hallway Mmmmmm.... food....

This isn't a particular line that's stupid, but a conversation. In the original, Usagi had never heard of Sailor V until Naru and Umino told her, in the dub, she already previously knew about her, ruining a few scenes later in the episode (like when she saw the Sailor V poster).

(20 seconds) This cut is really hard to pick out because DiC did it in the middle of a scene rather than cutting off a beginning or an end of the scene. It's during the scene where Usagi, Umino, and Naru are talking outside. The cut starts in when Serena (this is the dub) says "Can we shop for some earrings?" In the original, they weren't talking about earrings, they were talking about Sailor V. Right after that we see shots of Sailor V. The cut then stops when dub Molly suggests they go to her mom's jewelry store.

In the opening that was created by DiC explaining about the Silver Millennium and later when we see Beryl, they talk about something called the "Negaforce". Now, I'd like to ask, what the hell is a negaforce?!?! Obviously this is a dub invention, and unfortunately, I think they replaced the Dark Kingdom's "great ruler" with the "Negaforce". Dear God, I feel like I'm going to be sick.

(1 second) A first person perspective of Queen Beryl looking into her crystal ball is cut short by one second.

(3 seconds) A shot of a tall building in Jyuban right before we see Osa-P, Naru's mom's jewelry store. The tall building

(7 seconds) A silhouette shot of Jadeite, gathering energy. Shadows are evil

(4 seconds) Another silhouette shot of Jadeite gathering energy, this time from farther away and from the front....Did I miss something here? When did Silhouette's become evil? Very evil

(3 seconds) During the confrontation between Mamoru and Usagi, a shot where Usagi sticks her tongue out at Mamoru is cut....Of course this is because if kids emulate this and stick their tongues out at other people, they'll go to hell. Yep, that's what it must be. Hardcore tongue action

(2 seconds) A shot of Mamoru from far away after Usagi walks away from him.

(1 second) When Usagi sees the Sailor V poster there's a one second cut.

(5 seconds) During the scene where Usagi is looking at the Sailor V poster, there are three shots/poses of Sailor V that are cut. Se!.... Ra!.... V!

(1 second) When Usagi is crying while Luna is watching (this is still while Usagi is in front of the Sailor V poster), a chunk of her crying is cut, making her crying stint a bit shorter in the dub.

(3 seconds) This happens after the commercial (the original's commercial break, probably 2nd commercial break for dub watchers). We see Usagi's house and a sign that says "tsukino residence". A little bit of the house shot and the whole shot of the sign are cut. The sign

(4 seconds) A shot of Usagi's mom SCREAMING at her right before she kicks Usagi out of the house and locks the door. I think she might be a bit mad...

(20 seconds) Directly after Usagi gets thrown out of the house, Shingo shows up. He mocks Usagi and makes fun of her for being so stupid. Usagi gets enraged by this and does a Sailor V kick at Shingo, unfortunately, it lands on the door and Usagi feels lots of pain. Quite a funny scene, too bad dub viewers had to miss it. Shingo mocking Usagi. That looks like it might hurt Oh yeah, that hurt

(1 second) A shot of Osa-P is cut short a bit.

"Moon Prism Power, Make Up!" = "Moon Prism Power" Also, "Moon Tiara Action" = "Moon Tiara Magic". Why they changed the attack name and got rid of the "Make Up!", I'll never know, I've never really seen a good explanation as to why they changed this stuff..........

(1 second) This occurs when Luna tells Usagi to say "Moon Prism Power, Make Up!" ("Moon Prism Power" in the dub). You see, moon prism power make up has 7 syllables in it, while moon prism power only has 5, thus the part of the scene where Luna's mouth moves to utter those last two syllables is cut, making "Moon Prism Power" fit Luna's mouth movements perfectly. Did that make any sense at all?

Usagi's transformation into Sailor Moon is WAY WAY WAY sped up in the dub. It's hilarious to watch Usagi transform in fast motion.

(7 seconds) This is a combination of a 3 second cut and a 4 second cut, but since they were both cuts because of the same reason, I decided to just list it as one cut. These were cuts where Morga was choking Molly (even though some shots of the choking were left in).

(4 seconds) After Sailor Moon appears, the youma turning her body around to face her (you see, her face was already facing her, in other words, her head was completely turned around.....yeah, gross) is cut. That shouldn't be allowed...

Sailor Moon's speech is horribly awful. It goes like this. "I'm Sailor Moon, the champion of Justice. I will right wrongs and triumph over evil, and that means you!" Originally, her speech goes like this - "For love and justice, I am the Pretty Sailor Suited Soldier, Sailor Moon! And in the name of the moon, I shall punish you!" Basically, if the episode included the "and that means you!" speech, the script was probably way off, while if it included the "I shall punish you!" speech, it was probably pretty accurate.

In the original, a girl goes after Sailor Moon with a broken glass bottle, thus causing her to slam into that blue pillar. In the dub, this is replaced with a shot of Morga coming at her. Apparently they felt that the broken glass bottle scene was too violent. The broken bottle The broken bottle's replacement

I noticed that after coming back from the last commercial in the dub, they replay some footage from the last seconds of where they left off. This doesn't happen in the original, JSYK.

The part of "Moon Tiara Action!" where she is spinning around with the tiara in her hand is WAY sped up, just like her transformation. I guess they're doing all this speeding up to save time....That's just my guess ~_^

(3 seconds) The scene where we see hearts in Sailor Moon's eyes over Tuxedo Kamen is cut short by a second and the beginning of the next scene showing a shot of the Jyuban school is cut.

You thought it was over, right? WRONG! After the credits role (oh wait, it's before the credits role), we're treated to the WONDERFUL SAILOR SAYS SEGMENT!!! In this totally made for dub scene, Sailor Moon gives us a moral for the day for all of the kids out there. How sweet! *CHOKE GAG* Seriously, the Sailor Says is probably the thing I hate most about the dub. Interesting of note though, you'll often see cut segments in the Sailor Says section that were not included in the episode. I'll try and note when a cut appears in the Sailor Says segment, but this is very difficult to do so I might not find too many (even though they may be there).