English Versions
This film was dubbed into English both in the United Kingdom and in the United States. The UK version was called "The Adventures of Lolo the Penguin" and was an English dub of the film as originally released. The UK dub was released in Australia by Force Entertainment (now called Beyond Home Entertainment).
The American version was called "The Adventures of Scamper the Penguin" by Enoki Films USA, was heavily localized, and cuts out most of the violent scenes from the original. Among them is
- a small overture playing glass harmonica music.
- both scenes of the Aurora Australis.
- a scene of Lolo invading a bird's nest, attempting to befriend a baby seagull, and being attacked by an adult seagull.
- a scene of Lolo being spanked by his father Toto.
- a scene where an orca is about to eat a leopard seal.
- a scene involving the death of Toto, as well as several other adult penguins.
- a scene where poachers are drowning from a tidal wave.
- a scene where the community of penguins mourns the fatalities.
Most scenes with blood are edited, with the exception of Lolo's wound from being abducted by an seagull.
The poachers are "zoo keepers", and the scene where Toto attacked a poacher and was then shot and killed, and then drowned leaving a trail of blood in the water, is deleted entirely. Toto's absence is not explained and the film's conclusion is rushed.
All of the characters' names are changed. Among them, is
- Lolo who is now Scamper
- Toto who is now Gilbert
- Lala who is now Gracie
- Pepe who is now Snowflake
- and Don who is now Cowboy.
- For more information about the name changes, see the cast list.
Narrations were made by a man. For "Scamper", they were made by a woman. Additional dialogue is added which includes expressive mumbling, and saying "hi" when waving, whether or not their mouths are open. And many dialogs are very far from the original.
A new soundtrack was made for Scamper the Penguin. It was arranged by Mark Mercury (credited as a band named "Bullets"). The music was synthesized instead of orchestrated. In "Lolo", there was only a soundtrack; there were no lyrics. For "Scamper", there were several songs with lyrics added. Example scenes are when the seagull birds attack while the male penguins leave the nest, young penguins sliding for the first time, and escaping from the poachers while on the ship.
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