Lap 01 - Legendary Start/4Kids English Dub Changes

The F-Zero Legend of Falcon / F-Zero Farukon Densetsu anime is known as F-Zero GP Legend in the 4Kids English Dub version. This page refers to a list of changes made in the 4Kids English Dub version of the 1st episode, known as "The Legend Begins." In the original JP version, it is the opening lap, "Legendary Start." The 4Kids version of the series also excludes Jack and Ryu's original banter during the previews for the next episode, as well as cutting out Bart's F-Zero Classroom segments.

## 4Kids English Dub Changes

* Ryu Suzaku’s name has been changed to Rick Wheeler.
* CGI is used for the F-Zero machines like the original JP version, but the 4Kids dub uses CGI even when the original JP version would show hand drawn machines. This carries on beyond the first episode as well.
* The F1 announcer states that Rick Wheeler has won the Big Apple Grand Prix for the second year in a row.
	+ Originally, the F1 announcer only states that Ryu has become the 2051 champion.
* The 4Kids dub changes the color of the various guns, as well as sound effects for gunfire, even beyond the first episode.
* The police radio reports that Zoda’s stolen vehicle was described as a brown Sedan.
	+ Originally, the police radio reports that Zoda had escaped prison and was heading towards the Brooklyn Bridge (from Operation Spin Booster’s fansubs. Dreadopp and Zedopp render this as “the harbor.”)
* Even beyond the first episode, everyone mostly refers to Galaxy Police Director John Tanaka by his last name, as opposed to his title of “Director.” They also treat him with less respect in the 4Kids dub.
* The Galaxy Police’s secret race division is referred to as the Elite Mobile Task Force.
	+ This isn't much different from the way it is rendered in Dreadopp and Zedopp's fansubs, as well as Operation Spin Booster's fansubs. However, the Elite part is omitted, probably because the Mobile Task Force would actually reach elite status by the end of Lap 39, something the 4Kids English dub ultimately never reached due to only airing the first 15 episodes.
* After Dr. Stewart and Jody tell Rick that New York is now known as Mute City, and that he has been in cold sleep for 150 years, a flashback of his encounter with Zoda is added to the scene.
* Dr. Clash has been given a Russian accent.
* When Jack finds Rick at Brooklyn Bridge Park and teases him about the ring, he tells Rick “Too late to get your money back on that thing.”
	+ Originally, Jack asks Ryu if Haruka had “the right features.”
* In the same scene, Jack also teases Rick about his age and says that they can potentially find a girl who’s into older men, for Rick. Rick retorts that he’s old enough to know that no girl with “half a brain” would like an “obnoxious overgrown brat” like Jack. Jack then boasts that the girls love him anyway because he’s an “F-Zero superstar,” and that he can prove it by taking Rick to “the hottest club in Mute City.” He then tells Rick to “watch the ladies lose it.”
	+ Originally, Jack notices Ryu’s dedication to Haruka and says “I, on the other hand, am too popular to be tied down like that.” Ryu notes that Jack is part of the Mobile Task Force, and Jack asks if Ryu is interested. However, Ryu remarks that “It can't be all that great if there are members like you in it.” Jack then challenges Ryu to a race, but offers to take him somewhere else first, as part of the “initiation” process into the Task Force.
* After Jack and Rick’s race, Jack makes a remark that he’ll look “sweet” behind the wheel of the Dragon Bird, and tells Rick to fix it up before bringing it to him.
	+ Originally, Jack tells Ryu “Please, you can't beat me. You can't use what you learned 150 years ago. It would be best if you just went back to sleep.”
* In the Task Force’s meeting room, Dr. Stewart asks for Rick’s whereabouts. Jack claims that he was trying to teach Rick how to handle the Dragon Bird, but Rick “banged it up a little.” Jack then claims that Rick told him to take the Dragon Bird, and says that a traffic scooter is more of Rick’s speed.
	+ Originally, Dr. Stewart asks about Ryu’s whereabouts, and Jack says that Ryu “probably got scared and ran away”. When asked about what he did to Ryu, Jack says that he “merely taught him a lesson” and that Ryu is “useless” to the Mobile Task Force anyway.
* The painted illustration of Ryu heading out with the rest of the team is cut from the 4Kids version for some reason. The 4Kids version of the episode ends when Jody instructs her team to move out and Rick concludes his monologue.
	+ Originally, the episode continues, showing Ryu facing off with Octoman and Bio Rex, and Captain Falcon’s brief appearance.