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Okay, so a lot of you know that I've always griped and groaned about the stupid dub names of *cough* Case Closed. Heck, I was the one who got addicted to the manga with THE ACTUAL NAMES IN IT.

You also know that I'm reading the Anime Encyclopedia. So, I said, "Hey, for fun, let's look up the entry for Conan. I'll bet it's a shining review!" Ha. Ha. Ha.

First of all, it wasn't listed under Meitantei Conan. So I looked under Detective Conan. No dice. I had to go to the index. Finally, I find it, listed under: Conan the Boy Detective and Famous Detective Conan. *gag* Meitantei Conan sounds so much better! Jeez, even Case Closed sounds better than Conan the Boy Detective! Gah! People, people!

Now, you may be wondering, "What does this have to do with a scary name?" Listen my children and you shall hear... (of the midnight ride of Paul Revere.)

I kept reading, because I was interested, y'know? It was, after all, a good review. I read about how this was actually dubbed before... in Spanish. I thought, "Woah. Okay, that's not bad." It got worse, and I quote:

"The series was dubbed in the U.S., but into Spanish, where the hero was renamed Bobby Jackson."

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARG!

BOBBY JACKSON?!! Hell, at least Jimmy SOUNDS like Shinichi.

I swear, I will NEVER complain about another dub name until I find out what someone else did to it...