To the Battleground, Antarctica (Kessen no Basho Nankyoku e)
First Japanese airing: 1995.07.14
First English airing: 2000.03.24
Dialogue Changes
Trowa, to Heero: "You can't forgive yourself for killing a pacifist."--"Killing" was changed to "assassinating." Hey, if that pacifist happened to be Relena, I would certainly forgive him ;P
Trowa, to Noin: "Sounds like this Zechs fellow here is just one hell of an admirable guy."--This sentence was changed around a bit to, "Sounds like this Zechs fellow of yours is quite an adimirable guy." Ooh, "quite" again. Now Trowa wants to sound proper ^_^
Pagan, to Relena: "The wife of Marshall Noventa, Chief Commander of the Alliance, who was killed by your Gundam acquaintance at New Edwards."--As usual, "killed" became "destroyed."
OZ soldier: "Dammit!"--This became "blast it!"
OZ soldier: "Dammit!"--The second time, this became "dang it!"
Noin: "Damn you!"--This became "blast you!"
Trowa: "Dammit!--(Again?!) Like the second one, this became "dang it!" Wow, four "damn"s in a row...is that some kind of record? And look at the clever way they alternated "blast" and "dang"...it's almost like poetry :P (I'm in a very sarcastic mood today...edit: and in later summaries, I'll just be sarcastic all the time, with scattered bitchiness ^_-)
Edits
Heero's blood: Apparently, that whole self-destruction thing did damage Heero a bit, and now he's got that nasty little habit called "bleeding"...I have to wonder how that bandage on his arm manages to magically clean itself throughout this episode and the next...
In General
"How'd they get away with that?" Yes, it's the fifth (and last) appearance of our favorite almost-swear word. Here's what an OZ soldier says when he thinks Trowa's talkin' smack to him: "I don't have to take that crap from the likes of you!" And that is the last appearance of our little friend, in both the cut and uncut versions. Well, since the episodes got a little more keen on censorship after episode 13, I guess they decided that "crap" really wasn't appropriate for a show with a Y7 rating...Oh well, it was fun while it lasted ^_^ At least it lasted longer than the one-time-only "Don't piss off the God of Love!" in Dragonball Z...