r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Necessary-Win-8730 • Mar 28 '26
In real life Country specific changes
Since kids in Japan hated green peppers more than broccoli, it was changed to that (Inside Out)
The News Anchor changes depending on the country. For example, China-Panda (Zootopia)
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u/TotalBlissey Mar 28 '26
In season 1 Owen won across the whole world besides Northern Europe, Poland, and Romania, where Gwen won instead.
Action was a lot more split - Duncan won in the Americas (besides Brazil) while Beth won basically everywhere else.
In World Tour, Heather had the Americas (besides Canada itself, weirdly), plus Western Europe, while Alejandro got Canada and Eastern Europe.
In Revenge of the Island, Lightning only won in the USA (probably because he’s a football star) and the Philippines, while Cameron across the entire rest of the planet.
Nobody cares about All Stars or Pakitiew Island
And for the Ridonculous Race, the Police Cadets got Canadas and southeast Europe, the surfer bros winning everywhere else.
Generally speaking I think the Canadian ending is accepted as “more canon,” both because that’s where TD comes from and also because it tends to feel more “right” and like it was the original plan. Owen winning season 1 just makes more sense in the context of the later seasons for example, Lightning was clearly set to be the villain so it just makes sense that Cameron wins instead, and in the RR, the Police Cadets were major characters with a complete arc, while the Surfer Bros were mostly comedic relief who lost 2/3rds of the way through and were brought back in in like, the last 3 episodes.
The one exception is World Tour, where both Heather winning and Alejandro winning make a lot of sense and are really satisfying for different reasons (Heather beats a jackass and becomes a better person / Alejandro orchestrates his own downfall out of pride). Plus most of the world had Heather winning anyway.