Barbapapa (American English, Centauro)

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Barbapapa

Series Barbapapa
Country link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United States United States
Language American English
Dubbing studio Centauro Comunicaciones
Seasons 2
Episodes 100
Original release 2006[1]
Related media Barbapapa (British English)
Barbapapa (Magno Sound and Video)
Barbapapa (Canadian English)
Barbapapa (Japanese English)
Barbapapa: One Big Happy Family!

Barbapapa is one of two American English dubs of the 1974 TV series of the same name, and is one of five English dubs overall. It was produced by Centauro Group in Miami, Florida, and was released on DVDs in South Korea in 2006[1] to teach Korean children English. It is the second American English dub made for the series, and the fifth English dub overall. Like the original, a narrator did the voices for every character in season one, while in season two the characters all have individual voices.

Clips of the dub can be seen on Centauro's demo reel videos.[2][3]

Cast[edit]

Like the original version of the series, season one only utilizes one voice actor. In season two, the characters were all given individual voices performed by various actors, and the voice of Barbapapa himself was replaced while the narrator retained his primary role. Nearly the same actors also reprised their roles for Barbapapa Around the World, except for the narrator, who was replaced by a female narrator in that series. It is not known who all of these actors are.

The only voice actors who have revealed that they've voice acted on this dub is Kian B. Fan[4] (though according to him, his role was so minor that he did not know whoever he was voicing, and Centauro would not tell him) and Kais Kappler, who was the female singer of all the songs[5].

Dub name Common name Season 1 Season 2
Barbapapa ? ?
Barbamama ?
Barbazoo ?
Barbabeau ?
Barbabelle ?
Barbabravo ?
Barbalib ?
Barbabright ?
Barbalala ?
Francois Frank ?
Cindy ?
Narrator ?

Crew[edit]

The dubbing studio for this dub was Centauro Comunicaciones, recorded in Miami, Florida, U.S.

Translations[edit]

The transformation phrase that the Barbapapas say when they shapeshift was simply translated as "Barbatrick!".

Episode Guide[edit]

Every volume goes in a pattern of eight episodes, then seven episodes (with the exception of the final volume, lasting only two episodes coupled with Barbapapa Around the World segments); totalling 14 volumes.

№ English title French title Release
FIRST SEASON
1 Acquaintance La naissance 2006
2 Le feu
3 Beach La plage
4 Voyage En route
5 La mer
6 L'Inde
7 L'Amérique
8 Barbamama
9 Harbour Le port 2006
10 New House Le château
11 Problème de maison
12 Maison de Barbapapa
13 Playtime Le petit train
14 Desert Trip Le désert
15 Civilisation (Part 1) Les œufs
16 Art School Les beaux-arts 2006
17 Be a Good Sport Le sport
18 Babysitter Baby-sitter
19 Orange Press/Microscope Le microscope
20 Runaway Train Chef de gare
21 Beau's Modeling La poterie
22 Africa La valise
23 L'Afrique
24 Sheepshearing Time La tonte des moutons 2006
25 Le tissage
26 Milking Time Le taureau
27 In the Stables Le biberon
28 Metamorphosis La métamorphose
29 Hairstyle La coiffure
30 Skiing Le ski
31 Animal Rescue (Part 1) La forêt 2006
32 Civilisation (Part 2) Le pique-nique
33 Boat Race La régate
34 Beau's Friends Les puces
35 Wine Party Les vendanges
36 Insects Les insectes
37 Bright's Machines La machine
38 Model Contest Photos de mode
39 Concert Le concert 2006
40 Barbapapa's Cake L'anniversaire
41 Mountaineering L'alpiniste
42 Animal Rescue (Parts 2-5) Pollution
43 La chasse
44 Le sauvetage
45 Retour sur Terre
SECOND SEASON
46 Barbalib's Piggy Bank La tirelire 2006
47 Barbapapa's Matador Matador
48 Barbapapa Visita Mexico Mexique
49 Setting a Trap Le piège
50 Baby Food Le repas de bébé
51 Barbapapa's Circus Le cirque
52 Doctor Barbazoo Docteur Barbidou
53 The Pig Mailman Le facteur
54 The Baby's Birthday L'anniversaire de bébé 2006
55 Mysterious Animals Les animaux mystérieux
56 The Barbapapa Family's Concert
57 Barbapapa Playground Le terrain de jeux
58 Barbapapa's Toy Factory
59 The Mysterious Thief Le voleur mystérieux
60 The Robot Washing Machine Le robot
61 Barbapapa's Big Game Hunting Les jouets 2006
62 Save the Whale Sauvons les baleines
63 Barbapapa's Hide and Seek Cache-cache
64 The Big Gun Fight Bataille au saloon
65 The Mystery of the Vanished Pie Mystère de la tarte
66 The Mystery of the Eggs Mystère des œufs
67 Barbabravo's Motorcar L'auto
68 Barbapapa Out West
69 Watch Out a Dinosaur Le dinosaure 2006
70 Missing Barbapapa La disparition de Barbapapa
71 The Barbapapa Outdoor School (Part 1) Fête à l'école
72 The Dog Show Exposition canine
73 The Barbapapa's Christmas Noël
74 The Ghost Reappears Le retour du fantôme
75 Terror in the Wilderness
76 Barbapapa's Music School École de musique 2006
77 The Ghost House La maison hantée
78 Professor Panda Professeur Panda
79 Who's the Thief? Le voleur
80 Barbabeau's Secret Le secret de Barbouille
81 The Big Car Race La course automobile
82 Whales in Antartica L'Antarctique
83 Barbabright the Magician Le magicien
84 Musical Comedy La comédie musicale 2006
85 Barbabeau's Pottery Le potier
86 Barbapapa's Theatre Le théâtre
87 Barbapapa's Outdoor School (Part 2) Ecole en plein air
88 Mystery in the Jungle Le mystère de la jungle
89 The Barbapapa Festival
90 The Barbapapa Garden Le jardin
91 Barbapapa Migratory Bird L'oiseau migrateur 2006
92 Music Ⅰ Starring Barbapapa's Family and Barbabright Barbibul
93 Music Ⅱ Starring Barbabeau and Barbabelle Barbouille et Barbabelle
94 Music Ⅲ Starring Barbazoo and Barbalala Barbidou et Barbalala
95 Local Horse Race La course de chevaux
96 The Shy Dragon Le dragon
97 The Journey in a Balloon En montgolfière
98 Camping
99 Barbamama Umbrella Le parapluie 2006
100 Squirrel and Acorn Histoire d'amour des écureuils

Song Guide[edit]

All of the songs were dubbed, and were appropriately used as they were in the original version. They were uploaded to the official Barbapapa YouTube channel, but all of them are shortened to 30 seconds. To this day, the full songs have not seen an official release.

The intro in this dub accidently repeats Barbabelle's name during the roll call, and in exchange leaves out Barbalib's name. It is also the only English dub to do the roll call in the closest way to the original. The subtitles reveal that the role caller was meant to say Barbalib's name at the second time he says Barbabelle's.

The lyrics in these songs are mostly taken from the British versions of them when available. In one of the songs, the British version has a dad telling his kid to grab a hammer and nail and "when [he] nods his head, hit it", and then he says "Owww!", implying that the kid hit the dad's head. However this was changed in Centauro's cover, which has him talking about holding a ladder.

French name English name Episode(s) Link
Voici venir les Barbapapa The Barbapapa Family All episodes (intro) Show-size
Extended (30s)

Gallery[edit]

Images taken from here and here.

  • A picture of one of the episodes, with English subtitles.

    A picture of one of the episodes, with English subtitles.

Videos[edit]

Notes[edit]

  • The dub was released on South Korean DVDs with English and Korean subtitles.
    • Despite having Korean subtitles as an option, these DVDs don't contain a Korean dub.
    • On these DVDs, certain episodes were given the same title and treated as "parts", due to sharing the same plot. For example, the first two episodes of the first season are both titled "Acquaintances", despite otherwise being two separate episodes.
    • Some of the episodes share titles with later episodes; for example, the first part of "Animal Rescue" is episode 31, while the final episodes of the first season all continue on with the same title.
    • Also, the episode titles appear for a few seconds at the start of each episode, in yellow font.
  • This dub shares a similar script with the Japanese English dub that would, similarly, only be made available in DVDs and VHSes in Japan years earlier. Because of this, it shares some similarities, such as Frank's name still being localized as Francois in season 1; but there are also some differences, such as their transformation phrase being translated here simply as "Barbatrick!".
  • In season two, Frank's name (who was previously known as Francois here) is suddenly kept as Frank.
  • The first 75 episodes of this dub was included in the first DVD set, while the rest and Barbapapa Around the World episodes were included in the second set.
  • In the first season, Barbamama was given a slightly Irish accent. Barbapapa's voice in that season has also been noted to sound very much like Goofy.
  • Despite being produced in the United States, this dub was not aired or released anywhere in that country, unlike the first American English dub.
  • A few typos and mistakes were made on some episode titles, such as:
    • In one episode, "mysterious" is mispelled as "mystrious".
    • "Barbabravo's Motorcar" was mistyped as "Barbabaravo' Motorcar".
    • An episode was titled "The Barbapapa Outdoor School" in part 1, however when part 2 was released, the title was suddenly changed to "Barbapapa's Outdoor School".
    • "Milking Time" was listed as "Milking Time 1", indicating that there would be a second part, however this didn't happen.
    • The title of the episode "Harbour" uses the British/Canadian/Australian spelling of the word "harbor," despite the dub being in American English and produced in the United States.
    • Some spelling mistakes were also made in the subtitles for the episodes. It can be assumed that they weren't issued out by Centauro themselves and were instead done by the Korean people who made the DVDs.
  • This dub might be the most faithful of all the English dubs of the series; like the original, the narrator does the voice for all of the characters in the first season while gaining individual voices in the second, the musical melodies within the episodes are fully dubbed, and the dialogue is appropriately translated.
  • Centauro Comunicaciones would also dub the 1999 spin-off series, Barbapapa Around the World on the same set as most of the second season, as shown here.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://gglec.go.kr/n_library/nonbook.aspx?gotopage=13&category=%BE%C6%B5%BF&word=%A4%B2
  2. ↑ https://vimeo.com/209610025
  3. ↑ https://vimeo.com/209610256
  4. ↑ https://filmlocal.com/wp-content/uploads/ultimatemember/3505/cast-resume-Kian-B-Fan-Resume-5-23-1.pdf
  5. ↑ https://vimeo.com/215562406

External links[edit]

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