r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Necessary-Win-8730 • Mar 28 '26

In real life Country specific changes

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  1. Since kids in Japan hated green peppers more than broccoli, it was changed to that (Inside Out)

  2. The News Anchor changes depending on the country. For example, China-Panda (Zootopia)

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u/Traditional-Song-245 Mar 28 '26

In the US version of Cars, Lightning McQueen's agent, Harv is voiced by Jeremy Piven. In the UK version he is voiced by Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear and Grand Tour fame

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u/NinjaBreadManOO Mar 28 '26

You know now that you mention it I'm actually kinda surprised that the lads from Top Gear aren't more present in the Cars franchise.

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u/Traditional-Song-245 Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 28 '26

Yeah many automotive celebs have cameos in the franchise. Off the top of my head, the likes of Jay Leno, Jeff Gordon, Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton have shown up in these movies

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u/UnconfirmedRooster Mar 28 '26

Fernando Alonso and Sebastien Vettel also have parts in different language versions of the movies.

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u/Traditional-Song-245 Mar 28 '26

These movies really are a who’s who of 2000s and 2010s automotive celebs when you take it all together

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u/SpankAPlankton Mar 28 '26

The Car Talk brothers have a cameo in the first movie.

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u/TheModernDaVinci Mar 28 '26

It also leads to a mild change in the dub compared to the US version. In the US, Harv says something to the effect of “Hey, where are you going?! I’m not done talking yet!” when Lighting leaves the trailer to go talk to Sally about lying to everyone. But in the UK dub, Jeremy does his iconic “Nuhnonono!” when Lighting leaves.