| 042 | Japan | 12/10/1986 | 危機一髪！！
ガンバレ８ちゃん
Kiki Ippatsu!! Ganbare Hatchan
A Critical Moment!! Hang Tough, Hatchan |
| USA | 02/28/2002 | The Secret of Dr. Flappe |
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With Muscle Tower gone, Hatchan chooses to live with the villagers, and he decides to visit his "creator", Dr. Frappe, to have the bomb within him removed.
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Even in Japanese, this episode is another one infamous for its plothole creation. But the dub handled it relatively well, with the only edits relating to Gokuu's ever wacky urination.
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Dr. Frappe's name is changed to Dr. Flappe. Not only that, but it's pronounced like the word "flap." "Frappe," of course, is a real word, and the E is only silent in some anglicizations (IE, not in France, and not in the Japanese version of this episode).
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(2 seconds) After Sno and Hatchan decide to move on when Gokuu's taking a piss, footage of him pissing on the tree is cut.
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(4 seconds) After Murasaki drops the camouflage, a shot of the piss stain on his pants scrolling up to the shot of him pissed off is cut.
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Where once there was silence, narration takes place during the Hatchan creation flashback scene.
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