Lost dubs for the Nickelodeon Monsters vs Aliens TV series
Jul 3, 2023 18:53:35 GMT
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Post by pizzabob on Jul 3, 2023 18:53:35 GMT
I'm sure you heard of the Dreamworks movie "Monsters vs Aliens", however not many people have heard of the TV show based on the movie, it aired on Nickelodeon (like the Penguins of Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda series), premiering in 2013 and ending in 2014.
I am very passionate about the movie, the show and international dubs in general, thus, I have been archiving dubs of the Monsters vs Aliens show, so they won’t become lost, sadly some have already been lost, I know most of you probably won’t care or won’t help out, but maybe there’s someone out there who cares and will try to find these dubs.
Albanian: This dub is very partially found, I have uploaded the intro onto my YouTube channel, and I ripped a few minutes of episodes 1 and 2, and fully ripped episode 17. The dub premiered at some point in the 2010s, it used to air on Çufo, and reaired multiple times on there, with the latest being 2021, it reaired on Bang Bang beginning in May 2023, ending last week, replacing with THE PAC IS BACK…
Bulgarian: Interestingly, the show never aired on Nickelodeon Central and Eastern Europe, this isn’t unknown to the channel, a few Nickelodeon shows didn’t air on there, including Breadwinners (although that show later aired on Nicktoons Central and Eastern Europe), this dub aired on bTV and bTV Action in Bulgaria at some point in the 2010s, this dub is actually a voiceover (which if you don’t know, it’s basically a dub where voice actors dub over the English audio, making the English audio easily audible), episodes 1 and 13 are available online, but these are the only episodes available online.
Danish: This dub premiered on Nickelodeon Scandinavia in 2013, and later reaired on Nicktoons Scandinavia in 2017 to 2018, it is also available on Viaplay. Someone on Discord sent me episode 5, however this is the only episode "found" (he has other episodes but his internet connection is slow, this isn’t even a lie, other people who know him on Discord know this very well). The dub is available on European copies of the DVD of the show "Monsters vs Aliens: Cloning Around," on Italian copies and maybe British copies (As a fellow Brit, I haven’t gotten a British copy (or any copy) of the DVD yet, the UK cover only says English audio, but an Amazon UK review claims it has multiple audio tracks, like the Italian release, so I'm not sure), if I have a British/Italian copy, I can rip it as soon as I have a laptop/computer (which will probably be a very long time…)
Dutch: I don’t know if this dub aired on Nickelodeon Netherlands or not, but it definitely aired on Nicktoons Netherlands in 2017 to 2018, only the intro is found (and even then, the last second is missing), Dutch copies of Monsters vs Aliens: Cloning Around have the dub, which I don’t have.
European Portuguese: BARELY ANY FOOTAGE FOUND: the only things I found of the dub was 2 promos that i uploaded to my YouTube channel, one is when it was premiering on Nickelodeon Portugal in 2013, and one when it was premiering on an Angolan channel called Zap Viva in 2016 as part of it’s Clube Z block, which unlike the Nickelodeon Portugal promo has footage of the dub, around 8 seconds of footage, but hey, it's footage. No episodes are found, not even the intro is found, only 8 seconds of the dub is found… very sad. Episodes 1-3 used to be on Nickelodeon Portugal's website, but they don’t play on the Wayback Machine,
Finnish: This isn’t a dub, but instead subtitled, it is ONLY available on Italian and maybe British copies of Monsters vs Aliens: Cloning Around.
French: This dub is partially found, no full episodes have been found but Nickelodeon France's YouTube channel uploaded the intro and loads of clips, this dub has a lot of ways to be found, Italian, French, Dutch and MAYBE British copies of Monsters vs Aliens: Cloning Around, plus, websites that have French-dubbed shows might have the dub (I tested some and have no luck).
Hebrew: This dub aired on Nickelodeon Israel at some point in the 2010s (probably premiering in 2013/2014), only the intro is found, the dub is still available on an Israeli VOD service, the problem is that the only person I know who has access to it (as he is Israeli) doesn’t like me anymore, and disguising myself using alts doesn’t work (I tried for some other things, mostly didn’t work).
Korean: (pretty much) NO FOOTAGE FOUND… there is a promo when it was premiering on Nickelodeon South Korea in 2013 that is found, which had like, 2 seconds of footage, and I found 2 photos, one is low quality, seriously, no intro, no episodes, just 2 photos and a promo, that's it… very sad, it’s like European Portuguese all over again.
Latin American Spanish: You would expect it to be found considering how it aired on Nickelodeon Latin America, Nicktoons Latin America and Canal 5 Mexico, and was available on Latin American and Brazilian Portuguese copies of Monsters vs Aliens: Cloning Around, but nope, partially found. The intro was hard very to find, took me nearly a year to find it, and it was found via a copyrighted YouTube video (god bless VPNs exist), the only things that are found of the dub are the intro, 2 low quality episodes (one partial) THAT AREN'T COPYRIGHTED FOR SOME REASON and a clip that I uploaded to my YouTube chan el, considering how Latin American dubs are usually very easy to find, this shocked me.
Norwegian: Only the intro is found, like I said for Danish, Nickelodeon Scandinavia and Nicktoons Scandinavia aired it, Viaplay has it and European copies of Monsters vs Aliens: Cloning Around has it.
Swedish: Same with Norwegian.
Taiwanese Mandarin: No episodes are found, only the intro and a few clips are found (with the clips being on a website that I can't remember the name of as of now, it definitely wasn’t BiliBili though).
Turkish: NO FOOTAGE IS FOUND, not even a promo is found, absolutely no footage of the dub is found, it aired on Nickelodeon Turkey at some point in the 2010s and also aired on CNBC-e's Nickelodeon block before the channel shut down in 2014. Interestingly, the dub uses the English title, even though the original movie had a localised Turkish title. I have found a Facebook post from 2014 that is a link to a website that had episodes of the dub, but it’s no longer available and doesn’t work on the Wayback Machine.
Vietnamese (YouTV): There are 2 Vietnamese dubs of the show, one being a full dub that premiered on YouTV in 2016 as part of it's Nick & You block and aired occasionally until 2022, and the other being a voiceover and premiering at an unknown date on Happy Kids, with the earliest known date being 2022. The intro, a few promos and plenty of low quality clips are found, with the intro being undubbed, no full episodes are found though, because YouTV replaced it's Nick & You block with a generic children's block in late 2022, the chances of the dub reairing are low.
Vietnamese (Happy Kids): NO FOOTAGE IS FOUND, same with Turkish, no promos found either, I’m sorry this particular part is so short, I am getting tired of typing.
Whilst most of you won’t find this interesting, and there is a low chance someone will help out with this search, it would be nice if you do help out. I am passionate about this show, the original movie and international dubs, and I’m sure at least someone will notice this, even if they don’t necessarily care about it.
As for me, goodbye!
I am very passionate about the movie, the show and international dubs in general, thus, I have been archiving dubs of the Monsters vs Aliens show, so they won’t become lost, sadly some have already been lost, I know most of you probably won’t care or won’t help out, but maybe there’s someone out there who cares and will try to find these dubs.
Albanian: This dub is very partially found, I have uploaded the intro onto my YouTube channel, and I ripped a few minutes of episodes 1 and 2, and fully ripped episode 17. The dub premiered at some point in the 2010s, it used to air on Çufo, and reaired multiple times on there, with the latest being 2021, it reaired on Bang Bang beginning in May 2023, ending last week, replacing with THE PAC IS BACK…
Bulgarian: Interestingly, the show never aired on Nickelodeon Central and Eastern Europe, this isn’t unknown to the channel, a few Nickelodeon shows didn’t air on there, including Breadwinners (although that show later aired on Nicktoons Central and Eastern Europe), this dub aired on bTV and bTV Action in Bulgaria at some point in the 2010s, this dub is actually a voiceover (which if you don’t know, it’s basically a dub where voice actors dub over the English audio, making the English audio easily audible), episodes 1 and 13 are available online, but these are the only episodes available online.
Danish: This dub premiered on Nickelodeon Scandinavia in 2013, and later reaired on Nicktoons Scandinavia in 2017 to 2018, it is also available on Viaplay. Someone on Discord sent me episode 5, however this is the only episode "found" (he has other episodes but his internet connection is slow, this isn’t even a lie, other people who know him on Discord know this very well). The dub is available on European copies of the DVD of the show "Monsters vs Aliens: Cloning Around," on Italian copies and maybe British copies (As a fellow Brit, I haven’t gotten a British copy (or any copy) of the DVD yet, the UK cover only says English audio, but an Amazon UK review claims it has multiple audio tracks, like the Italian release, so I'm not sure), if I have a British/Italian copy, I can rip it as soon as I have a laptop/computer (which will probably be a very long time…)
Dutch: I don’t know if this dub aired on Nickelodeon Netherlands or not, but it definitely aired on Nicktoons Netherlands in 2017 to 2018, only the intro is found (and even then, the last second is missing), Dutch copies of Monsters vs Aliens: Cloning Around have the dub, which I don’t have.
European Portuguese: BARELY ANY FOOTAGE FOUND: the only things I found of the dub was 2 promos that i uploaded to my YouTube channel, one is when it was premiering on Nickelodeon Portugal in 2013, and one when it was premiering on an Angolan channel called Zap Viva in 2016 as part of it’s Clube Z block, which unlike the Nickelodeon Portugal promo has footage of the dub, around 8 seconds of footage, but hey, it's footage. No episodes are found, not even the intro is found, only 8 seconds of the dub is found… very sad. Episodes 1-3 used to be on Nickelodeon Portugal's website, but they don’t play on the Wayback Machine,
Finnish: This isn’t a dub, but instead subtitled, it is ONLY available on Italian and maybe British copies of Monsters vs Aliens: Cloning Around.
French: This dub is partially found, no full episodes have been found but Nickelodeon France's YouTube channel uploaded the intro and loads of clips, this dub has a lot of ways to be found, Italian, French, Dutch and MAYBE British copies of Monsters vs Aliens: Cloning Around, plus, websites that have French-dubbed shows might have the dub (I tested some and have no luck).
Hebrew: This dub aired on Nickelodeon Israel at some point in the 2010s (probably premiering in 2013/2014), only the intro is found, the dub is still available on an Israeli VOD service, the problem is that the only person I know who has access to it (as he is Israeli) doesn’t like me anymore, and disguising myself using alts doesn’t work (I tried for some other things, mostly didn’t work).
Korean: (pretty much) NO FOOTAGE FOUND… there is a promo when it was premiering on Nickelodeon South Korea in 2013 that is found, which had like, 2 seconds of footage, and I found 2 photos, one is low quality, seriously, no intro, no episodes, just 2 photos and a promo, that's it… very sad, it’s like European Portuguese all over again.
Latin American Spanish: You would expect it to be found considering how it aired on Nickelodeon Latin America, Nicktoons Latin America and Canal 5 Mexico, and was available on Latin American and Brazilian Portuguese copies of Monsters vs Aliens: Cloning Around, but nope, partially found. The intro was hard very to find, took me nearly a year to find it, and it was found via a copyrighted YouTube video (god bless VPNs exist), the only things that are found of the dub are the intro, 2 low quality episodes (one partial) THAT AREN'T COPYRIGHTED FOR SOME REASON and a clip that I uploaded to my YouTube chan el, considering how Latin American dubs are usually very easy to find, this shocked me.
Norwegian: Only the intro is found, like I said for Danish, Nickelodeon Scandinavia and Nicktoons Scandinavia aired it, Viaplay has it and European copies of Monsters vs Aliens: Cloning Around has it.
Swedish: Same with Norwegian.
Taiwanese Mandarin: No episodes are found, only the intro and a few clips are found (with the clips being on a website that I can't remember the name of as of now, it definitely wasn’t BiliBili though).
Turkish: NO FOOTAGE IS FOUND, not even a promo is found, absolutely no footage of the dub is found, it aired on Nickelodeon Turkey at some point in the 2010s and also aired on CNBC-e's Nickelodeon block before the channel shut down in 2014. Interestingly, the dub uses the English title, even though the original movie had a localised Turkish title. I have found a Facebook post from 2014 that is a link to a website that had episodes of the dub, but it’s no longer available and doesn’t work on the Wayback Machine.
Vietnamese (YouTV): There are 2 Vietnamese dubs of the show, one being a full dub that premiered on YouTV in 2016 as part of it's Nick & You block and aired occasionally until 2022, and the other being a voiceover and premiering at an unknown date on Happy Kids, with the earliest known date being 2022. The intro, a few promos and plenty of low quality clips are found, with the intro being undubbed, no full episodes are found though, because YouTV replaced it's Nick & You block with a generic children's block in late 2022, the chances of the dub reairing are low.
Vietnamese (Happy Kids): NO FOOTAGE IS FOUND, same with Turkish, no promos found either, I’m sorry this particular part is so short, I am getting tired of typing.
Whilst most of you won’t find this interesting, and there is a low chance someone will help out with this search, it would be nice if you do help out. I am passionate about this show, the original movie and international dubs, and I’m sure at least someone will notice this, even if they don’t necessarily care about it.
As for me, goodbye!
