15 "Chiisana Yuusha, Masha Inochigake no Yuujou"
(A Little Hero, Masha Risks His Life for Friendship)
2002-07-13
14 "A Hero Lies in Mew" 2005-09-17
Summary here

Other than all the SDA, the first half of the episode is pretty good. The second half is the messy part with all the cuts and scene moves.

Episode was decent. Lots and lots of bizarre dialogue and the like. They were doing so well with cuts for the first half of the episode, then in the second half... BAM! Like Emeril! (Congratulations if you know where that came from.)
Mini-Mew just doesn't sound as cute when he speaks in sentences, in my opinion.
Now I shall leave you with this thought: Masha wearing a pimp hat and holding a pimp cane.


What is with all this SDA!? And alterations!? Surprisingly, there weren't any cuts for the first HALF of the episode, and then they threw a bunch of random ones at us.

Ribbon Strawberry Surprise is renamed Rose Bell, Full Power.

"I'm so tired I can't even lift this teacup to my mouth."

No comment.

"I've often wondered if I could use Mini-Mew to dust my bedroom furniture or to powder my nose."

And so the next picture of Masha punching something doesn't make sense. The original line was "But, he might be hiding an amazing knockdown-punch!"

RETURN OF THE MINI RAP!

"So girls, are you going to mew-tilate me?"

Haven't had a mew-tilate in a while.

"I brought my flyswatter!"
"Huh? What's a flyswatter...? Well yeah, I brought catnip!"
"Ahhh...Catnip..."

This was a really funny scene in the original. Tart calls Ichigo an old hag, making her repeat chibiko (runt) to him over and over again.

"He must've been mew-napped!"

Hey, that's a new one.

"Aww, too bad your little mew-tant girlfriends aren't here to save you now!"

Masha da pimp!

The Keiichiro/Ryou scene in the basement when they get the SOS from Masha is moved to before the aliens zap Masha. Also, instead of them saying they're getting an SOS from Masha, they talk about increasing their range.

The text in Masha's eyes is erased.

Instead of finding the door to the other dimension, the Mews are going to a tower to increase the range.

(3 seconds) A shot of Ryou talking is cut.

(25 seconds) Ichigo musing (or is it mewsing?) to herself about Masha is cut.

(3 seconds) Ichigo staring at Aoyama after he appears is cut.

(39 seconds) The Ichigo/Aoyama scene is really cut down in length. The original had a lot more talking about believing in friends.

A shot of a computer screen was added in the scene before the girls run out of the cafe. The shot is zoomed in and originally appeared after the girls transformed.

Lettuce's mark on her chest is taken out by Mr. Digital Paint Bucket.

Ribbon Strawberry Surprise's animation is sped up like Strawberry Check's was. Her spinning looks fake since it's so fast.

(7 seconds) A bit of Ichigo and Masha during the episode's ending is cut. Also, the scenes are moved around.

Scene moves~

Original:
Ichigo holding Masha
Masha flies up and nuzzles Ichigo
Shot of Lettuce and Pudding
Shot of Mint and Zakuro
Masha promising not to fight again (this was the cut scene)
Shot of the Mews from the back

Dub:
Ichigo holding Masha
Shot of Lettuce and Pudding
Shot of the Mews from the back
Shot of Mint and Zakuro
Masha flies up and nuzzles Ichigo

Total Retained 84%