18 facts about what the real names of the Disney cartoon characters were
Childhood is still associated with the heroes of these cartoons for most of us… Only now insidious censorship and the imagination of translators have greatly distorted their real names. Maybe it's for the best?..
"Duck Stories"
A shrine. The first Disney series for many… So, Billy, Willie and Dilly turn out to be Huey, Dewey and Lewie.
Zigzag McQuack, an aerial eagle in the image of a duck, was indeed a McQuack, but in the original his name is Launchpad McQuack. And how could it be adequately translated? MccRack launch pad?
Ponochka (that's a strange name!) initially seemed suspicious. And that's right, she's not a Pony, but Webbigail "Webby" Vanderquack - Webbigail "Webby" Vandercrack. They say webby is something like "with webbed paws".
Under the mask of the good-looking Mrs. Klyuvdia hides Mrs. Bentina Beakley — Bentina Bickley (derived from beak — "beak").
Inadequate inventor Screw Loose - even Gyro Gearloose, Giro Girlus.
Let's end up with the Gavs brothers, it's no stranger to hiding their true names. Overseas, this gang is known as The Beagle Boys — an obvious reference to the Beagle dog breed.
"Chip and Dale rush to the rescue"
It seems that it was the second most important series of those times. Rescue Rangers, that is, rangers, were hiding behind euphonious and neutral "Rescuers", and this already sounds much more ominous!
The nut, the sexiest mouse in the world, which left unhealed scars in the souls of many boys, was officially called Gadget Hackwrench. It's hard to imagine how it would sound in Russian... a Burglar Key thing?..
And Rocky? Accept it — he's not Rocky and never has been. He's a drum roll - Monterey Jack! The reason is that the Monterey Jack cheese was not heard in our stores. But everyone knew about the Roquefort cheese.
Whizz is a Zipper, Zipper.
The Fat-bellied cat, the main antagonist of the series, was more lucky — he became a Fat-bellied Fat Cat, which, you see, is not very insulting.
"Miracles on bends"
The ball was lucky, but the well-known Whale Vetrogon, a cheerful but responsible air hooligan, actually bore the name Kit Cloudkicker, that is, a whale ... ahem ... a Cloudminder?
Balamut, the permanent flight engineer of the "Dive" and part-time mad inventor, was called in English a little bland and strange - Wildcat, Wildcat.
"Black Cloak"
First of all, Che-Pe himself got it. Darkwing Duck — that's what his name is in the original, however, the children who were the happy owners of the 8-bit game console and the game of the same name were aware of this. His trademark cry "From the screw!" was also adapted. Authentic Che-Pe proclaimed: "Let's get dangerous!" - which can be translated as "Let's make it dangerous!" or something like that.
Gusena, a pretty cute, though possessed, duck, is familiar to the English-speaking viewer as Gosalyn Mallard. Something like a Mallard Goose.
Antiplash, the main opponent and villain of the local world, originally sported the name Negaduck.
"Gummi Bears"
Here we were deceived in everything. Sorcerer Gummi - Zummy Gummi, Grumpy - Gruffy Gummi, Grandma - Grammy Gummi, Fat - Tummy Gummi, Sunny - Sunny Gummi, and Baby - Cubby Gummi.
Well, the kawaii nedogoblin is a Sycophant. In the original, he was a Toadie, but here we can judge in two ways, whether he really is a Flatterer, a Sycophant, or some kind of Toad. Anyway, it doesn't work out very well.