This Banned Show Was Insane

British commentators Vs American commentators
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[@JordansScript]

thank you for not naming this “Huge Gameshow Drama” happy to see that you’re finally recovering

[@viderevero1338]

It's only a matter of time my brother. Only a matter of time...

[@JimJK]

stole my comment smh my head

[@dmitrivologoslav]

@@JimJK not like it was original anyway

[@JimJK]

@@dmitrivologoslav wooooosh

[@AgentDeathProof]

people who say this are so much unfunnier than pyro himself

[@TooTsaka]

Takeshi's Castle should be how prisoners get their chance of freedom. If years upon years of prison doesn't reform them, then going through the brutality of this show certainly will.

[@SebastianGertner]

isnt this the plot of squid games 3🧐

[@NicoNicoNessieSub]

@@SebastianGertner nope, the contestants of squid game were people desperate for money. They were all volunteer citizens. You might be thinking of something else

[@SupremeUnit]

Just months and months of failing stupid borderline rigged obstacle courses and humiliation lmao

[@noctislucis9521]

you mean Deadman wonderland? its like a game show for prisoners

[@noctislucis9521]

@@NicoNicoNessieSub i think deadman wonderland the anime

[@lackcerebro]

Sitting down on a weekend, no school, switching on the telly to Challenge, and binging Takeshi's Castle omnibus will forever be peak nostalgia

[@jstar3382]

"telly" 💀💀💀

[@lackcerebro]

​@@jstar3382 ye oim bri'ish. owd you know?

[@undeaddragon40]

​@@jstar3382 you're literally watching a British KZbinr grow up

[@kalicok]

@@undeaddragon40 chewsday

[@ABIGD0G]

@@undeaddragon40 that doesnt make "telly" less ridiculous

[@TheImmediatePastPrez]

When I clicked on this video, I was hopeful that this was what it was about. I love how insanely dangerous this show was, and I binge watched it as a kid

[@mohammedmaniar6722]

We had that show run at night and was the funniest shit we ever saw with the Hindi dub. Takeshi’s castle is what every wipeout like show wants to be.

[@mycelius7312]

Huge show drama

[@thegreatslothlord7796]

I used to absolutely love it when I was a kid but here in Australia, it went by MXC on I think MTV, I remember the dub we had was probably pretty faithful to the original in terms of still keeping the Japanese but just dubbed in English. Probably got it wrong since it has been literally years since I’ve seen this.

[@jjcoola998]

I was always insanely hype for this whenever it came on!

[@gluesniffer908]

it was dubbed by jaffrey jawed, right ?@@mohammedmaniar6722

[@Gobbygoblin]

fun fact this show was made by takeshi kitano, famous comedian, director and actor. hes been in films such as battle royale and is one of the most accomplished japanese filmmakers.

[@SupremeUnit]

The fact this is the same guy who made films like Sonatine and Outrage is hilarious

[@kcmuir957]

Also one time game developer

[@ashikjaman1940]

@@kcmuir957 and one time Yakuza character

[@burnmanderson246]

He also made a game that was impossible to finish so he's just like to torture people

[@kcmuir957]

@@burnmanderson246 i remember Jontron beat it but it was basically trial and error

[@kapkant6197]

Takeshi's Castle is old enough that when another KZbinr Chris Broad worked in Japan as an English teacher he got asked what his favourite Japanese TV show was and because he didn't watch TV he just said Takeshi's Castle since he watched it back in the UK like a true British patriot. None of the kids knew what he was talking about and only the old soon to be in the grave boomer teacher knew what he was talking about.

[@witherfang1368]

talking about the youtube channel abroad in japan right? i watched that video a long time ago lol

[@sumyth]

being an indian i have seen the hindi commentary over this show and the commentator once in the interview said that he also donot know what is happening on the show so he just freestyle most of his commentary his commentary made this show 100 times better. i loved this show growing up and its still finds it funny as heck

[@afkass4965]

Yeah the hindi commentary was elite. Javed Jaffrey had top tier comedy

[@marzin0mbk]

Javed was a good comedian and used to see this coming after school! Don't see many Indians here on pyro's channel though! 😊

[@TheBiomedZed]

If you ever binged this show as a kid then you know Bridge Ball was easily the most brutal challenge. The Emerald Guards would genuinely get off on the fact that they could pelt the contestants with bowling balls from their cannons and dome them.

[@pomuf_]

What's actually Insane is Pyro's dedication to providing us with daily slop like this

[@ablone]

I'll eat it up happily

[@loaduscoolclipz5505]

I LOVE SLOP! I LOVE CONSOOOMING!

[@corsh2715]

ITS SLOPPING TIME

[@schqrr]

@@ablone same 😂

[@schqrr]

And you’re here commenting on it

[@WolfrostWasTaken]

As an italian, I remember this show being a huge part of my childhood especially because of the italian "casters" commenting the show, which are called "Gialappa's Band". They elevated the already funny show so much with their comments. Dude that shit was funny trust me!

[@Ironbanner12]

Damn even in Italy too?

[@polipod2074]

@@Ironbanner12 Yeah, if you ask about it to any Italian who's old enough to have seen it they would probably have at least heard of it

[@JinteiModding]

Cazzo si, takeshi's castel in Italia era bellissimo

[@creepyghost2001]

E io mi ricordo Lillo e Greg che commentavano, mamma mia che bei tempi

[@el-massy]

Used to see it on Boing lol

[@Timmy_Horsenutz]

I nearly had a heart attack watching the clips for this. I remember watching a show called Most Extreme Elimination Challenge on Spike TV around 2006. It was a show that dubbed over what I now know to be Takeshi's Castle. Vic Romano and Kenny Blankenship got me through High School. To see the show without their voices over it is so surreal to me.

[@daftpunk89]

"Right you are Ken!"

[@gabrielhicks8043]

I had all of the DVDs as a kid, watching OnlyMXC on twitch recently was been so fun

[@professorpenne9962]

I remember the dub overs and how the would make up insane backstories for the contestants. it was funny asf.

[@HoChiMints2007]

we stan Babaganoush in this house

[@matthewbalbuena1710]

That shit was hilarious 😂😂😂

[@susfringgaming4018]

The funniest part of the whole show is that the host, Beat Takeshi is a super serious actor in Japanese crime films, pretty much the Japanese Robert De-Niro

[@shadedias5563]

Craig Charles narration and commentary makes this show great, always loved this show as a kid.

[@mikester4896]

"You wazzock" in his voice is just deeply ingrained into my mind

[@spaceinaspace8452]

@@mikester4896 "Happy Clappy Jappy Chappy"

[@crickcrackcricketycrack5501]

FACTS that other American commentator was trash. No shade to the US of course.

[@StickMaster500]

All these games from Takeshi's Castle are ingrained into my memory from watching this so many years ago on the Challenge Channel. Those where good times. Also for those who won, they actually did win 1 million yen which would be around £6000 in today's money.

[@PumpyGT]

Dick Master 10

[@bronzetrophy2171]

You again?! Ahhhh! Why do you show up in every comment section?!

[@user-ue8il6jx3b]

Oh cool, I actually thought that people who won got nothing

[@kevinneace9008]

Discovered this show through the American parody dub MXC. Still one of the funniest shows I've ever seen.

[@KRABPXL]

I watched MXC with my parents as a kid, good times

[@professorpenne9962]

the boulder challenge was funny as hell

[@jessegar94]

Bro I remember watching it as a kid and it was funny as hell! 😂

[@orngbutrcream3767]

Bro I loved Kenny Blankenship and Vic Romano

[@sebastianholtsvendsen2597]

Gotta tell pyro that there was a Japanese game show where a guy was literally locked into a small house where he only were allowed to live off prizes won in daily competitions. He was locked in and couldn't leave before he finished the challenge. He was literally kept imprisoned while being filmed for national tv. Also when he finished he was taken to south Korea where he was pranked by the producers before getting locked in again just Korea this time.

[@energyvanquish]

Stepping stones and the wobble bridge was the most brutal parts of the show easily

[@rezsteven309]

The big American fella from the football game was Brad Lesley, better known as Animal. He was one of my favourite characters in the show. Rest in peace Animal 🙏🏽

[@EldritchDoodler4828]

I saw the thumbnail and was thinking “is this Takeshi’s Castle? No way is this Takeshi’s Castle”- and lo and behold there it was Pays off to be a British Pyro fan sometimes lol

[@Ironbanner12]

Takeshi's castle was very popular in India too. The Hindi dub was insane 😂😂

[@DHIRAL2908]

Bro that Javed Jaffery commentary tho!😂

[@vaidvilson]

Takeshi's Castle was absolutely goated. I had no idea british people got to see it as well. Watching this show was some of my most cherished childhood memories. As an Indian the Hindi Dub of this show will always be my personal favourite.

[@buzzkill7542]

It would be sick if they made a game based on this

[@DaShrimpEater]

Fall Guys?

[@airwave6610]

Fall Gays

[@buzzkill7542]

@@DaShrimpEater No there is just an actual videogame based on this show that came out alongside the show. Equally as insane as the show.

[@mekacrab]

It's probably in the top 10 most unfair games ever tbh, and it sucks. You can get softlocked every 5 minutes in Takeshi's challenge for the NES (famicom)

[@milkkee540]

@@mekacrab realistic tho

[@FZone96Official]

Takeshi's Castle was quite popular in Germany too. We just had a narrator voicing all over the japanese footage making it funnier than it actually was, and in some episodes instead of water pistols they had actual light guns with sensor targets that will detonate a gunpowder contraption on the Kart as an indicator that the contestants are out (I assume they replaced the gunpowder with paper targets to reduce injuries.)

[@bruhman5829]

holy shit they had those motherfuckers blowing each other up

[@clem1776]

The show's coming back this year. I hope they don't nerf the challenges because i like the fact that we only get winners for once in a blue moon

[@that_dwayneee]

I remember Dick and Dom were on one of the episodes of this show, and also I think literally one guy beat the show in its entire run Edit: Craig Charles, the commentator, was also the commentator for the original seasons of Robot Wars a long ass time ago

[@diabeticman2194]

I remember seeing one person winning it, it was unreal when I saw it

[@jonbrass684]

And he is lister, and he played some guy in Corrie for a bit

[@animeguy6752]

36 people have won i believe. in the water tank round there were 10 people who trapped the general and destroyed his paper target but because the host couldn't see who dealt the last blow the prize money was split. that was also why they switched from paper targets to lazers and also there was another prize called the heroic spirit which was awarded to the person who was charismatic or who had the funniest fail i think

[@Luke-nc6fj]

Gawd damn the older series of Robot Wars was the best

[@stelmaria-mx]

Robot wars was the shit

[@sheeps4485]

Pyro (a british man) saying "it's like calling soccer kickball" when british people (like him) call it "football" is the greatest tragedy

[@gregrobinette8620]

Soccer is/was a British word, football is what it should be called lol

[@cynicat74]

@@gregrobinette8620 Then how come I've NEVER heard the word "soccer" used in this country?

[@Echo_Artsist]

I remember watching this in my pyjamas on a lazy day with my dad. It was very entertaining to watch and I would watch it all day. I think I watched it on challenge tv too. The nostalgia is strong with this one

[@Safersephiroth777]

Here in Greece they did showed the show and I was watching this along with my mom some times. And the guys that there were the commentators who didn't speak Japanese of course and they would just say random comments. I think I only saw 2 or 3 times that the contestants won the whole game. Also there was one Japaenese guy that kept coming back to the show and even saw him training because he had become famous since ke kept coming back. Also there was a special episode where took part non Japanese people. Meaning every foreigner they could find and there was a Greek guy that managed to reach the finals too! I was so proud back then!

[@janemba42]

I used to love watching Takeshi's castle. I'll always remember the moment where a contestant was trying to show off, tried to do a backflip and landed directly on their head

[@daneenja2215]

The fact Pyro can't seem to figure out the plan for "rice bowl down hill" is to lean back so when you hit the water your momentum jerks you forward to you stay in the bowl has just given me brain rot.

[@vectisabbey777]

Takeshis castle was filmed in the 80s. The actor that plays the Count Takeshi is the actor Takeshi Kitano (comedian and was the teacher in the film Battle royale (kids killing each other on a tropical island, last standing wins). The guys who play the minions (ie the guys stopping the contestants in the honeycomb maze were actually pro wrestlers at the time, not sure how big they got in the business but they weren't unemployed) and they're currently trying to reboot it. My other half has mates in Japan and they had this convo a few months ago.

[@thecruzer5856]

If some of u knew there is also one more crazy japanese show which kind of more on the Athletic side called "Ninja Warrior". I used to watch it a lot back in the day. The show is basically just a test of Endurance,Agility, and parkour all through the end for the contestant to reach the goal while also being timed ( i think its about 1 and a half minute or maybe even 2 minute) This show is really good aswell

[@gregrobinette8620]

Yeah us in the US have American Ninja Warrior, its a good show! I watched it with my dad recently, fun

[@PacyMitchEditz]

Ninja warrrior although isn't on TV anymore they still do the show in Japan and thr 41st season comes out December 27th 2023 9am UK time on KZbin then on a website

[@haristahir3472]

I just love how 24:00 onwards it's just pyro getting distracted by random games.

[@wolvzie172]

didn’t the creators of fall guys watch the british commentary of takeshis castle growing up since they grew up when this was big in the uk

[@hawkseyy]

Every day is a gameshow, waiting to see if Pyro will have huge in the title

[@quandariusquanglebangle9634]

this comment will blow up.

[@PosterityIslesNews]

@@quandariusquanglebangle9634 most original comment ever

[@Mccaigg]

Another missed opportunity for “huge game show drama”

[@daytonadangler9455]

In America we had MXC a translation of the show voiced by fake announcers Kenny Blankenship and Vik Romano. Classic.

[@whoami784]

Really love Pyro's reaction through all of this. It was very entertaining. Takeshi's castle is genuinely a fun show that has a place in my childhood memory

[@MicaCZ]

Watching Takeshi's Castle on the weekends was a thing in Czechia as well. I guess it is the most popular Japanese show in Europe, right after Pokemon.

[@mekacrab]

This game is still easier than the videogame Takeshi made for the Famicom, called Takeshi's challenge (Takeshi no chōsenjō). One of the videogames of all time.

[@Pestytheclown]

In the US it’s called MXC and they voice over it without trying to translate it. They dub it as ridiculously as they can

[@alexwilkinson96]

You can tell by his reactions and questioning that Pyro knew about/was aware of Takeshi's Castle, but never actually watched it haha

[@Queggletank]

Pyro quoting the commentator word for word before it happens is too funny All british people are memed into the same person, actual hivemind, ant people with their queen

[@stardustjessie]

As a kid I used to watch these kinds of shows and there was one that really stuck with me but I never learnt its name. It aired in MTV Brazil in late 2000's or early 2010's on late night MTV. It was like in a traditional ancient japanese structured library, and the contestants just had to do crazy shit. I think it indeed was a japanese show, because the host (Or game master idk) was a Japanese guy dressed as an ancient emperor or something. I'd love to watch that show again!

[@reeddank479]

This was amazing because the gameshow was replicated in the states as MXC which came in like a CD-ROM with Americans commentating over the funnies.

[@Drumb_]

Jesus christ this show was absolutely hell and I loved it. It looked hard as hell and unfair but that's what made it so fun, I don't even think iv ever seen anyone win.

[@hollhoz7661]

Well good news, soon there will be a reboot of it

[@claudiob_]

We had Takeshi’s Castle dubbed here in Italy and it became a sort of cult classic for kids in the mid 2000s. Glad to see we weren’t the only one to experience this rollercoaster of a show

[@Sandcastledog]

This is a KZbin comment.

[@x9kz]

Bro this comment needs more love

[@MunciMunci]

Takeshi's castle looked like some trials through hell where everyone was smiling

[@freedomgoddess]

watching takeshi's castle as a young greek is basically the only good memory i have of my father. happy times. yeah you'd think he left or died, wouldn't ya?

[@nogatonis]

10:46 i like how you say that since in Italy soccer is just called "calcio" which means literally "kick"

[@mcnasty]

MXC >>>>>> the dubs made it so much funnier.

[@Noxthajan]

Da box man knows wut's up

[@stipuledfatcat]

Right you are Ken!

[@Sadnike234]

No British is better

[@TheFerkle]

Loved watching this show growing up! Here in Canada it was called MXC (Most Xtreme Challenge)

[@elias_xp95]

The weekly program, aired by the Tokyo Broadcasting System was watched by nearly 15 million people as of 2002. There has been no reported casualties resulted from the making of "Takeshi's Castle", however there are a number of injuries contestants has suffered from playing. Broken ribs 41 Broken jaws 19 Bruised chin 312 Bruised shins 282 Knocked out 9 Concussion 35 Winded 276 Fractured Skull 2 Black eye 112 Torn muscles 62 There are several incidents leading to injury 1.)College student Takahiro Saito, 19, was hospitalized after falling more than six feet into a four-foot-deep water-filled moat. 2.)Another contestant was hospitalized after trying to catch a 100-pound plastic ball, nearly six feet in diameter. 3.) The company was apologizing for the death of a middle school student in central Japan who choked to death on a bread roll while imitating a "speed eating" game along the lines of TBS's "Food Battle Club."

[@DoctorKarkand]

In Spain, Taleshi's castle was called "Humor Amarillo" and the commentators had the liberty to just come up with random stuff and storylines for some of the contestants, it actually made the show even more enjoyable because of how insane the commentary was. Edit: they also dubbed the contestants, which is partially why they came up with those stories too.

[@austinbuhl2604]

The fact Pyro mentioned Red Dwarf is a massive W

[@yong-jinlee756]

This was the only ethical Squid Game in our reality that was around.

[@Mrpbj-qh1zn]

You need to watch the english dub of this show, Most Extreme Elimination Challenge (MXC), the commentators are really hilarious with the jokes they make

[@jeffjoff1985]

How brave of Pyro to not have the title as "Huge Gameshow Drama"! Truly Rehab has been effective.

[@i_282]

Wow what a creative and original comment

[@caretakercat7176]

i remember there`s this one guy coming in clutch targetting the main boss`s car through out and actually managed to rip through the paper target but he was disqualified after it was found out that he hit the target with the gun`s nuzzle a bit

[@the_watcherel3trico374]

THE SLOOP, LETS GOOOO

[@Rad_Brad813]

I couldn't imagine finding out about this show any other way than the US dub called MXC. The way they completely changed every word that was said into something else that was usually crude, ridiculous, and hilarious, was the best thing ever. They named the host "Guy LeDouche" lol

[@HeisenbergFam]

Japanese shows are as peculiar as August 27th, purely mind blowing

[@9_1.1]

for people who are about to say “OMG YOU’RE EVERYWHERE 🤓”, just know that what this guy does is he goes to every popular channel and leaves a generic comment for likes. hes not the “next guy without a mustache” you newborns.

[@focusprx]

@@9_1.1 ratio + who asked + you forgot to put a username

[@9_1.1]

@@focusprx dont care + likes your own comment + twitter user

[@muttipi]

@@9_1.1 i mean atleast their comments are related to the channel or video’s subject instead of being like “omg my content is better than pyros click the link in my name and dont read my pfp” bot comments.

[@9_1.1]

@@muttipi well yeah, most people have caught onto those. this guy isn’t malicious or anything, he’s just so lonely that he only gets enjoyment out of validation from little kids. the first reply to my comment was so obviously a 12 year old.

[@smf4297]

Love this show growing up. It was pretty well-known here in the Philippines and they dubbed it in Tagalog with the host doing the commentary in a really bad Japanese accent 😂

[@aloox395]

Pyro is so good at just sitting there and reacting to content while contributing nothing to the video & occasionally pausing & making extremely unfunny jokes

[@KazzKadia]

In the States, Takeshi's castle was re-ran as 'MXC' or 'Most Extreme Elimination Challenge', and the voiceovers where done by Americans instead of Brits.

[@omgemojixd9739]

The “show of hands” challenge is so funny for no reason, just seeing the hands flop onto the cards is hilarious

[@antyvirusuk8056]

Red Dwarf main channel vid when? One of my favourite shows of all time

[@ejm1225]

6:26 "...and I'm watch Succession at the minute, and that's actually kinda good." Who's going to bet that Pyro is going to start making Succession references later on?

[@henrikhumle7255]

It adds so much to the experience to have a commentator in there who's literally as clueless as the viewer.

[@bigbombgaming113]

Pyro at the beginning 'i used to watch this show as a kid' pyro half way through the vid 'this show is so bad'

[@alazarth2985]

This show was such a big part of my childhood, remember watching it on our old Skybox.

[@stipuledfatcat]

Not even a mention of MXC? That was the most hilarious "dub" from my childhood.

[@DiabolicCrusher]

Takeshi's castle was goated indeed. Used to wait for every episode to be run on tv as a kid.

[@OwnaDge]

Pyro smashing it turning all his content into just stream clips POGGERS

[@r00tan16]

id love to see pyro react to the behind the scenes of robot wars (i think someone has already done a video on this if scrolling through the wiki is too boring). craig charles hosted that as well during the 90s and early 2000s and holy shit, that show was SO umsafe. i loved it as a kid but reading up on it as an adult, the lack of proper safety precautions taken for a show involving fighting robots with hydrolic flippers, spinning blades, axes, etc is shocking side note: red dwarf based, i had the whole show from series 1 to series 7 recorded on vhs back in the day lol

[@sophiebubbles07]

Believe it or not, only 9 people ever won Takeshi’s Castle across its entire run.

[@raccoon.legion]

The moment he said Takeshis castle nostalgia just hit me like a damn truck, holy moly that was a throwback

[@sublimize]

man i miss watching takeshis castle. it was one of my favorite shows along with ninja warrior and wipeout.

[@METALmurdererOG]

Oh hey! I remember watching the re edit on Spike TV called "MXC - Most Extreme Elimination Challenge", aired in the mid 2000s

[@Genasidal]

When I realised this was about Takeshi's Castle I popped off. As a British kid around the same age as Pyro, I would also sweat ChallengeTV to watch this show. Definitely one of my favs as a kid. It's a shame he never watched the one with the cannonballs. Honestly one of the funniest fucking things ever man.

[@playerchef]

I was also scared of how they deleted animan studios in 2012. Truly a shocking moment of history 😔

[@EpiscopalLamb]

In Spain, TVE got the licence for this show, and called it "Humor Amarillo" (Yellow humor). The thing that made this one special was that they received freedom to do anything they wanted with the voice over, so they decided to do a "Ghost Stories" and parody the hell out of it. I still remember watching it when I was little, and it was the funniest shit ever. Funnier than the english dub, and even funnier than the original.

[@bbdanny]

we had a the english version of the show with subtitles in finland. the finnish name's literal translation was "the crazy japanese"

[@shekharxparmar]

I remember reading somewhere that most people that joined the show to participate did it because it was fun. They wanted to be in the show not win most of the time and you can see that in the show

[@Lightfulsyn]

Ps5:no games Teceshes castle:no winners

[@Slushee]

That show was called "yellow humor" in Spain, wild

[@crystal1211797]

Omg I'm from India and we had the BEST host voice-over ever Javed Jaffrey! Takeshi's Castle was one of the best shows I watched as a kid, mainly because of him :')

[@keepitclean8791]

Takeshi was an unhinged lunatic that loved the suffering of mere mortals, bro even had a game on the Famicom called Takeshi no Chōsenjō or Takeshi's ultimate challenge, it was literally the hardest video game ever made..

[@mr_kwkd]

yeah that’s like calling soccer foot ball or something

[@luckyrapidflower]

Here is some little trivia: in Finland, Takeshi's Castle was called 'The Crazy Japanese'.

[@zuluchief8159]

Pyro has gone from making breaking bad references to rainbow six references

[@MooseChicken]

After a heavy analysis and 3 day long video essay, I can confirm that this banned show was indeed insane.

[@prgr]

3:00 door stuck DOOR STUCK!!!!

[@fridaythedeerfox2982]

I like the narrators pun during the rice bowl bit, "He's cupsized!"

[@guywithrevolver]

I love how the commentator is just a british dude recording his reactions to a show he can't understand the language of and is trying to make more entertaining for the viewers who also cannot understand the shows language

[@brominete9]

Bro like in india, something similar happend, where we had a gyuy speaking in hindi and commentating this show. The beautiful part about our version was that the person that used to voiceovers in our Takeshi's castles, he used to also give the people quirky words in hindi which was pretty stupid

[@literally-nobody242]

its just an early reaction video lmao

[@azazelmumford2465]

Takeshi's was a classic for me when visiting my grandparents. What a banger.

[@ajtheaj8266]

holy shit you just brought back a vaulted memory

[@ohamatchhams]

I appreciate mr Niall highlighting these great television classics Back in 2001, this show was my 6 years old's television jam alongside other locally dubbed versions of Doraemon, Crayon Shinchan, OG Trio Heisei Ultraman and Teletubbies, which were around 3-4 years before Nickelodeon classic got finally got local dubs akin to Spongebob, Hey Arnold, Rugratz, KND, etc Oh, there was also a lot of dubbed Chinese shaolin movies too, including a bizarre adaptation of Journey to The West

[@darlingtondeathbeam]

Australia used to air MXC, which is just Takeshi's castle with the most deliberately douchey, MTV-like American dub. It was one of the only things I'd watch.