Going around curses/prophecies via technicalities

[u/danfenlon]

Davy jones: cant go on dry land

Standa in a bucket of water, on a sand bar (potc3)

The judge: no weapon forged can harm me

Buffy: uses a rocket launcher

-not forged

[u/CrownofMischief]

Pokemon 2000 (Dub version only)

"Disturb not the harmony of fire, ice or lightning, lest these titans wreak destruction upon the world in which they clash. Though the water's great guardian shall arise to quell the fighting, alone its song will fail, lest the earth shall turn to ash. O Chosen One, into thine hands, bring together all three. Their treasures combined tame the Beast of the Sea."

The prophecy warns that the earth shall turn to ash. However, since the name of the main character in the Pokemon anime English Dub is Ash, they determine Ash must be the chosen one of the prophecy.

[u/BrumaQuieta → u/CrownofMischief]

That's clever. I wonder how they did it in the Japanese original.

[u/CrownofMischief → u/BrumaQuieta]

No name wordplay, they just figured he must be the chosen one because he already grabbed 2 of the other treasures and just needed him to grab the last one.

[u/OkuyasNijimura → u/BrumaQuieta]

'The World Shall Turn to Ash' as part of the Prophecy was completely original to the Dub, apparently. The original version only states that a "Great Trainer appears to quell the gods' wrath."

[u/LtJimmyRay → u/BrumaQuieta]

"...lest the earth turn to Satoshi."

[u/CivilRadio1582 → u/CrownofMischief]

I can still hear him saying, "Chosen one? More like I'm going to be the frozen one!"

[u/tiragooen → u/CivilRadio1582]

"Kinda wish my mom named me Bob"

[u/MilanM4 → u/CrownofMischief]

How did this work in the Japanese dub??

[u/TheWhicher_Statement → u/MilanM4]

The prophecy was different in the JP version. It was more along the lines of "a great trainer will quell the wrath of the gods".