Darcy—Winx Club Dub Voice Ranking
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RULES: Primarily, the episodes used will be S1 ep 2, ep 5, ep 8 & 9. In terms of the Nickelodeon dub, ep 2 of the Nick S1 special will be used. Otherwise, it will be specified. The English dub will be separated into Cinelume, 4Kids, and Nickelodeon.
Though some of them I was not able to find, not even clips involving Darcy.
There will be four categories: Voices I love, voices I like, those I am neutral about, and those I dislike. These four categories will flow into each other with number rankings, and the reason there are four categories is to make it easier for me to organize my thoughts.
There will, of course, be multiple dubs with the same ranking (ie, 9/10) and these singular rankings will also be ordered from favourite to least favourite, top to bottom.
ALSO: I am not an expert. This is for fun. I am BIASED.
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Loved Voices (8/10-10/10)
10/10: Polish dub—Is anyone surprised? No. But when I first watched this dub, the delivery in S1 ep 2 slapped me in the face. This is Darcy's voice, hands down. I especially love how she comes off as condescending to Bloom when she addresses her in S1 ep 8, during the argument after the Red Rose race.
10/10: Portuguese (Brazilian) dub—This was so close to beating the Polish dub for me. It fits her so well, and the voice acting is perfection. I love the voice they chose for her, and it's definitely a favourite.
10/10: Spanish (Castellian)—Practically perfect in every way, and holy fuck, it is so good. Low voice? Yes. Emotion? Yes. The voice actress gets the S1 ep 2 chuckle perfectly? Yes, yes, and yes.
Special Mention: Spanish (Catellian, S3 ep 5)—This dub is already perfect, but Darcy's voice in season three had such good delivery in this episode, and it fits her perfectly, too.
10/10: Turkish dub—The emotion in the voice is so good! It fits Darcy so well, and it was bringing a smile to my face. She sounds so sweet yet threatening. So, so amazing!
10/10: Italian dub—It fits her wonderfully, and the emotion in her voice, the times she chuckles evilly, and all situations are always so good. I adore this dub, and I need to watch it again now that I'm actually learning Italian.
9/10: German dub—She sounds both so threatening and sweet at the same time. Especially sweet in S1 ep 8 when she's talking to Riven. I swear that she sounds just internally flustered/excited, and this dub has a lot of emotion.
9/10: Ukrainian dub—The art of this dub shows in ep 9 when Darcy talks to Riven. There's a lot of emotion in her voice, and it fits her very well! Some other dubs just excel a bit more in consistency of quality.
9/10: English 4kids dub—Look, my brain cells heard the gravelly voice and were hooked. It's not as low as I remember it, but in the places it gets a bit lower than how it was in S1 EP 2 (ie, in S1 ep 8, later into the conversation with Riven), it is one of my favourites and shows emotions well.
9/10: Bulgarian dub—I don't know why, but I love it. It fits her quite a lot. I like how it's slightly gravely. It just hits hard and slays.
8/10: English Nickelodeon dub—yes, yes, I know it's Nick, but this is the voice that raised me. Can you tell I'm biased toward slightly gravelly voices for Darcy? I do think it truly fits.
8/10: Indonesian dub (S7 ep 24, 25, 26)—It fits her so well, omg, and I wish there were more lines given to Darcy. Perfection, just not a lot to go off of, as I only found S7.
8/10: Serbian (Latin) dub—THIS DUB YES! Especially in ep 2 of s1, it slayed so hard, just the voices above fit her a bit more in my opinion.
8/10: Croatian dub—In episode 2, I was in awe of how good it was, despite how her laugh threw me off quite a bit. Her voice seems to get higher in S1 ep 5 & 9, and would be better rated if not for that.
8/10: Norwegian dub—I could only find S1 ep 2 of the dub, but the voice is really good for Darcy. Not the type of voice I would typically imagine for her, but given the limited material I found, it definitely made an impression.
8/10: Korean dub—Does it fit her? Yes, definitely. The voice acting? Also, a total slay. I just prefer some of the other dubs.
8/10: Romanian dub—Her voice actress slayed so hard when Darcy introduced herself to Riven in ep 8, though her voice caught me off guard in ep 9. Not in a bad way, but I can definitely see myself getting used to this voice.
8/10: Arabic dub—in ep 2 it was very good, but with the other episodes, something was missing.
7/10: Slovenian dub (S1 ep 2 & 9)—It wasn't liked too much during episode 2, but in ep 9 the voice actress did so well! It would be in the loved voices if not for ep 2.
7/10: Hindi dub—Her voice is very good in this dub, but it doesn't fit her/hit as hard as some of the other ones. Very close to being loved, though.
7/10: Spanish dub (Latin)—It was very good, especially in episode 2, but it didn't hit as hard as others. Such as during episode 9 when she was talking to Riven.
7/10: Macedonian dub (S1 ep 3)—I only found one clip and voiceline (Darcy saying 'veritogo'), but regardless, the voice seems to fit her very well. Just the lack of material I found.
6/10: Albanian dub—I didn't like it much at first, but I think it fits her pretty well. Especially when she snaps at Stormy in S1 ep 9.
5/10: Dutch dub—I think it's quite good, and it does fit her. Like a lot of the other voices, the chuckle in S1 ep 2 was amazing.
5/10: Finish dub—Close to being neutral, but it does fit her better than some of the other voices. Quite like it.
Neutral Voices (3-10-4/10)
4/10: Thai dub (S1 ep 2 & 8)—Her voice in ep 2 was so good, but I don't know what happened with episode 8. It was perfect, and then something happened. The beauty of ep 2 and whatever happened in ep 8 merge to make this a neutral voice.
4/10: Portuguese (European) dub—Her voice in this dub is giving me quite a bit of whiplash. Sometimes I love it (ie, when she corners Bloom in ep 2), sometimes I don't (her first line), and a lot of the time I'm neutral about it.
4/10: English Cinelume dub—I used to adore this voice, but it has gone downhill over the years of watching this dub. I don't think it fits her greatly, but enough that it's not lower than 4/10.
4/10: Czech dub—I think the voice is okay, despite how it was higher-pitched. It would be a bit lower if not for how fitting and perfect the chuckle was in S2 ep 2.
4/10: Armenian dub (S3 ep 10)—It's pretty good despite being layered on top of another dub. I care about it a bit, but not much.
3/10: Shinhalese dub (The Mystery of the Abyss)—the laugh when the Trix showed up to attack Bloom and Sky sent shivers down my spine, that was PEAK, but Darcy's voice, I don't have much to say and no feelings on it.
3/10: Valencian dub—It's a cool and interesting voice for her, but in terms of delivery, it didn't show through as much.
3/10: Mongolian dub (S8 ep 22)—The small clip I found was okay, and if I could hear more of it, I think it would get a 4/10 rating.
3/10: French dub—not many thoughts, besides that it fits her an okay amount, and it's good enough that I don't dislike it.
3/10: Danish dub (S3 ep 1)—No thoughts, no fucks to give, but I don't hate it. Fully neutral about this voice.
3/10: Tamil dub—It was also quite a high voice for Darcy, but it fits a bit more than the Swedish dub, so here it is in neutral voices.
3/10: Russian dub—No fucks to give, and a bit lower than truly neutral. I don't think I like this voice for her much.
Disliked Voices (1/10-2/10)
2/10: Malay dub (S6 ep 3)—The voice on its own I like, but it truly sounds like it would fit Griffin or an older woman character than Darcy. It would fit Darcy if she were old. But now? No.
2/10: Swedish dub—The voice actress did such a good job, but the voice is so high for Darcy, I feel like. It reminds me a bit of the reboot voice for Darcy and doesn't fit her as much as others.
2/10: Greek dub (S1 ep 14)—I don't despise it, I just think that it doesn't fit her and that it doesn't convey much emotion whatsoever.
2/10: Azerbaijani dub (S1 ep 3 clip)—I only found one clip of the Trix, and the voice is one thread away from the bottom ranking. It's... interesting.
1/10: Vietnamese dub—Putting aside the dub being layered over the English dub, the voice doesn't fit Darcy at all. Her vibes? Tone? Nothing whatsoever. Nada. This dub threw Darcy's vibes into the void and chose a random voice.
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This journey has felt more like a pilgrimage to show my love for this character and appease her after all the times I made her suffer. I now know suffering after hours of searching for dubs and going through them, and I will say that toward the end, this was torture.
BUT I FINISHED THIS THING!
I hope that you all enjoyed it <3