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Subtitle Zealot 

An extreme anime nut (see otaku) who refuses to watch any anime cartoon with anything other than the original Japanese voice acting. Anything English on their screen other than subtitles will immediately induce a screaming, whining fit. Claims that even an excellent English dub somehow ruins the original "integrity" or "beauty" of the series. May have some substance to their argument, as anime is often "dumbed down" or censored for North American audiences, but any decent points are drowned out by their yelling about subtitles, as if they were Satan himself and were violently raping their mother in front of them at the time.

Often may make an attempt to learn Japanese so they can do away with subtitles altogether. May also attend an anime convention, cosplay, or enjoy reading MegaTokyo. Extremely vocal nutcase which should generally be avoided at all costs.
"Hey, Cowboy Bebop is on Cartoon Network."
"AAAAHHH A DUB GET THAT FILTH OFF THE TV SCREEN."
"Get out of my house, subtitle zealot!"
Subtitle Zealot by RealGTX April 1, 2005

Subtitle Drunk

As brought to us from How I Met Your Mother: getting so drunk that people need subtitles to understand what you are saying.
Billy got so subtitle drunk... that no one at the bar could understand him.
Subtitle Drunk by Yanksfan1421 September 5, 2013

subtitle supremist

a subtitle supremist is an anime fan who not only frowns on an english dubbed anime, but they go all out hating most to all english dubbed anime, they may shame or condescend others for watching english dubs .
person A: "I think Yu Yu Hakusho is better subbed and in fact you should avoid the dub like the plague."
person B: "What are you? A subtitle supremist?? i understand some dubs are horrible, but dang! Yu Yu Hakusho's dub cast did a great job.

subtitle anger 

When you get so angry at something, you can't form words strong enough to describe it, so you just end up vibrating your hands/body in absolute rage. Common causes of subtitle anger include other people's hypocrisy and ignorance.
"When that guy said "You're not special for reading the Great Gatsby, we all went to high school." and then when someone quoted a line from it to him, he said "I haven't read the book.".. I suffered from subtitle anger.
subtitle anger by MDPlayer1 March 30, 2016

Subtitle syndrome 

If you have 'subtitle syndrome' you can't stop reading the subtitles on screen in a show/movie despite being fluent in the spoken language.
It can be pretty annoying and distracting when trying to enjoy a movie.
"I'm sure I could've appreciated the visuals of the movie some more if I didn't have subtitle syndrome"
Subtitle syndrome by NoxiousLydom December 15, 2023

where are the subtitles? 

When someone speaks in a different language and you can't understand them
Person 1: *speaking in Chinese*
Person 2: WHERE ARE THE SUBTITLES?!
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