User blog:GlitterInformer/Smile Pretty Cure!/Glitter Force SDC: Episode 35 (Sub), 28 (Dub)

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Japanese title: "Yayoi, Protect the Earth! Pretty Cure Becomes a Robot!?”

English title: “Super-Lucky-Bott”

The magical girl genre and the mecha genre cross paths! And yes – the English title does say “Bott”, not “Bot”. Is Saban trying to be cool or something?

We start the episode off with a robot show, probably one of Yayoi/Lily’s. A giant mecha is being threatened by a shadowy overlord. As the mecha stands, damaged, the overlord claims that this will be the mecha’s end.

Name Change: In the sub, the mecha’s name is Robotter. In the dub, it’s Superbott.

Robotter/Superbott is being piloted by a young boy, who asks if the mecha is okay. He has a younger, more feminine voice in the sub than the dub. Robotter/Superbott replies to the boy that as long as the earth needs his protection he won’t stop fighting. The boy, encouraged, tells Robotter/Superbott to use a move to finish the villain (How vague!).

Name Change: In the sub, the boy in the robot is named Takeru. In the dub, he’s Travis.

Robotter/Superbott attacks. Robotter shouts, “Robotter Energy! Full Power! Ultra Robotter Punch!”; Superbott shouts, “Superbott Surge, full power! Super Superbott Powersmash!” (How redundant!). This attack consists of Robotter/Superbott’s hand coming off, hitting the victim, and creating an explosion.

It turns out the whole thing’s a toy ad (kind of like Pretty Cure itself. Burn!). In the sub, the collection is called Iron Warrior Robotter DX; in the dub, it’s Superbott Deluxe Collection. This means the final shot of the ad gets its text changed in the dub.



Overall: This was an entertaining parody of the mecha genre. Unfortunately, since I don’t watch robot shows, I may have missed some jokes and references. However, the fight was cool, and in typical Smile fashion, all five girls played a major role in the story despite it being Yayoi/Lily’s focus episode. Additionally, I find the dubbed version of this episode to be better than the sub, not only due to removing repetition, but also due to adding jokes to the dialogue here and there.

Next time: Akane falls in love with a foreign guy named Brian!