Dub edits

This is a list of changes in each dub of the series. In the Viz dub, however, all the characters' original names are kept and nothing is cut or edited.

General

 * Blood and artistic nudity (which both don't appear very often even in the original version) is consistently edited out to make it more child-friendly.
 * Violence is significantly toned down, but this varies from episode to episode.
 * Transformations are reanimated and redrawn. The most notable one is Nanette's Harmonix transformation, which is redrawn to her spinning and having a different ending pose. The body glow of the characters is also removed and, in the case of the females, replaced with a long white dress of light.
 * Japanese food product labels are often seen in the original, but they are typically edited to the closest equivalent American brand, even if it doesn't make sense.
 * Swear words are censored. Every time a character swears, they always end up with a beep.
 * The middle finger thing Jim does to other villains is cut.
 * The line "bloody vodka-drinkers" Jim uses against Phoenix is also censored, as it is considered to be offensive to Russians and Slavs.
 * Jim mentions his Kantonian ethnicity (true of all the characters in the series) and says that the Unovan president once ordered all Unovans of Kantonian ancestry to go to camps surrounded by trained Machamp and Venusaur on suspicion of being spies. This is removed from the dub to not be potentially offensive to real Japanese people or stereotype Americans, despite the fact that the original intended audience is Japanese.
 * At one point, Nanette says she was reborn from a Pokémon. In the 4Kids dub, Glorysia interuppts saying "don't say what's not scripted", breaking the 4th wall.
 * During the transformation speeches, the characters say their powerlines. In the Japanese dub, they only say their names. This might not apply to the Cures.
 * The 3D media have finalizations that may be rarely edited.

Cut episodes and clips

 * "Nijiko VS Event Horizon! Pure Hearts Will Conquer All!!" was cut from the 4Kids dub due to Nijiko being naked. The episodes before it and the one after it are cut out as well, and all of them are replaced with the Pocket Monster Arc Clip Show.
 * The epilogue of Act 17 showing the now-14/15 year-old girls 4 months later and getting a video call from Cure Supernova was only dubbed and aired by 4Kids years later, but Cure Supernova's flashback of when she was freed 4 months earlier is removed. The ending song at the end of the episode (Moonlight Densetsu as the credits roll) showing a shot of the girls laughing with their Pokémon also has the music completely changed.


 * Most episodes that significantly involve Japanese culture as the focus of the episode are removed due to the dubbing company not being able to find a way to "Americanize" them. However, the're still on the TCPi dub.
 * An episode focusing on Momoka trying on cosmetics with her sister was removed from the 4Kids dub since it includes a lengthy scene where they try on ganguro makeup, and the dubbers were afraid it would look like blackface to Americans.
 * In episode 2 of the Mega Man arc, Karyll trying to talk to the taxi driver got cut in the japanese dub, being added by 4Kids.
 * In the special episode "The Mysterious Succu-Girls! Miku-Miku Panic!", Crimvael showing their pants to Glorysia was cut in the dub. Instead, it used an angered Glorysia scene in a zoom.

Name changes (Japanese --> English)

 * Nijino Nijiko ---> Elizabeth Storybook
 * Nijino Haruna --> Flora Storybook
 * Moyasugawa Fubuki --> Fiona Woods/Glitter Incense
 * Moyasugawa Karena --> Carla Woods
 * Moyasugawa Kimi --> Kim Woods
 * Moyasugawa Kagome --> Ken Woods
 * Kabochichi-chan --> Pumpkin Bread


 * Kaori Momoka --> Marie Fragrans/Glitter Parfum
 * Atsu Yume --> Yvonne Burns/Glitter Chili
 * Atsu Kasai --> Chris Burns
 * Atsu Haruko --> Rebecca Burns
 * Shugadorimu --> Sugar
 * Baburus ("Shitasakan-chan") --> Bubbles ("Dragonet")
 * Nonomi Deijī --> Nanette Daisy/Faith Idol
 * Kiseki/Event Horizon/Cure Supernova --> Katrina/Event Horizon/Glitter Starburst
 * Jotaro Pourtaa --> Jim Porter/Warrior Joestar
 * Kaori Sakura --> Julia Fragrans
 * Kaori Akina --> Allison Fragrans
 * Kaori Arata --> Adam Fragrans
 * Bel --> Bianca
 * Akire Kawa --> Addison River
 * Natarīe Fourestā --> Natalie Forest
 * Yorushuyos --> Megamalignants
 * Touko --> Hilda Mari
 * Mei --> Rosa Mari
 * Satoshi --> Ash Ketchum
 * Yurī --> Gloria Tate

Episode editing

 * When Shitasakan-chan gives birth to Shugadorimu in the original, body fluids can be seen on the floor everywhere, but the show still doesn't show Shugadorimu actually coming out for obvious reasons. In the dub, this is all cut out and the camera only focuses on Dragonet's face as she pants and screams while giving birth to Sugar.


 * In the original, Yume eats a bag of Pretz to restore her energy after detransforming offscreen. In the dub, Yvonne eats a bag of Ritz pretzel sticks, despite the fact that Ritz is a brand of crackers, not pretzels.
 * Jim is supposed to not eat foods in the original as he runs on zero-point energies. In the dub, he requires food and drink in order to keep him functional. This is probably because once he eats or drinks something, the food he consumed will be converted into necessary energy for his zero-point micro reactor.
 * During points when the characters are eating, Nonomi eats a ball of mochi in the original, but in all the English dubs, she is edited with a spoon and bowl to make it look like she's eating ice cream. In the 4Kids dub, Nanette instead eats a fruit salad.
 * Regardless of what she eats, all dubs mention her being a very healthy 10-year-old girl.
 * In some grocery store scenes, bottles of sake can be seen in the background. The dub attempts to change them to Moomoo milk cartons, but all they did was add a logo of a Miltank over the bottles, and it is still obviously just alcohol with a Miltank pasted over it.
 * In the original, Nijiko, Rotom, and Dragonet are bored in her bedroom and are munching on a pack of Pocky.
 * In the Italian dub, it is referred to as biscotti (but they didn't bother to actually redraw it) and a cup of hot chocolate is added next to her.
 * In the 4Kids English dub, they are simply referred to as "chocolate-coated wafers."
 * In the other English dubs, they are correctly called Pocky sticks.
 * In the Korean dub, it is referred to as Pepero, an extremely similar Korean snack.
 * When only Yume is invited to a party that is actually a trap set up by Event Horizon to keep her from transforming without Momoka, in the original, she doesn't realize that the red Bluk-Mago Berry "punch" is actually Bluk-Mago Berry wine and gets drunk. In the 4Kids dub, the color is changed to orange and the dub explains it as her "getting a sugar rush from Leppa juice," even though she is still obviously drunk. As a result, Nina manages to step in and, in the original, tackle Event Horizon. Despite the dubs editing this to make her use Volt Tackle, she still gets herself knocked out due to fatigure.
 * Every episode when her Yorushuyo is defeated and she vows to herself to get revenge in her lair, Event Horizon calls the girls "N***rins" (a Japanese swear word). In the dub, she simply says "I will remember this!" In the Viz dub, she replaces the swear word in question with "idiots."
 * Fubuki's father's flashback of the car crash that killed his first wife is cut, even though it uses the common Disney movie technique of the crash in slow-motion while the character's eyes go wide knowing her impending doom and then the screen going black.
 * Nanette's own father dying in a similar accident wasn't cut in any of the dubs. This is because her creator says that her friends should eventually know the truth.


 * In a scene where due to a Frosslass's illusion, all the human characters briefly appear drawn in Foodyeater's art style, even the ones that were updated to proper anime proportions in the animated version, Jotaro screams that he has "skinny Pidgey legs." In the dub, in order to avoid the audience thinking of Pidgey drumsticks, Jim instead screams that his legs are like twigs.
 * In the dub, the sakura lattes (a popular latte flavor in Japan during the springtime) the girls and their Pokémon order at Hoshibaksu/Starmiebucks have the sakura print on the cup sleeves and the cherry on top of the whipped cream changed to strawberries. For Dragonet and Pumpkin Bread, however, it is changed to mint leaves, since strawberries are poisonous to Ninja Dragonets.
 * In "A New Destiny", Hilda briefly transforms into her Elemaximum and uses Pyro Ball for the first time. Only the 4Kids dub removes the transformation.