History Trivia / Dragonball

** The dub of ''The Path to Power'' had Major Metallitron voiced by Chris Sabat instead of his series actor Chris Rager due to the characters being totally different entities.

** ''Mystical Adventure'' had some differences too as it was dubbed a full year before Funimation began production on the actual series. Korin was voiced by stage comic Mark Britten before Chris Sabat would replace him in the series while Creator/KaraEdwards was Upa before Susan Huber inherited the part later. The Pilaf gang also had different voices in their brief cameo. Mike [=McFarland=] was Pilaf, Creator/JustinCook was Shū, and Creator/CynthiaCranz was Mai. They would all be recast with Creator/ChuckHuber, Chris Cason, and Julie Franklin respectively. The Gatchans were voiced by [=McFarland=] as well before of Creator/JohnBurgmeier took over for the Dragon Ball/Dr. Slump crossover much later.

** Two years after the Frontier dub, ''Dragon Ball'' was licensed in the U.S. by Harmony Gold who spliced the first and third movies together, along with the first five episodes of the anime, and aired them on television as part of a test to see if audiences would bite. All the characters' names were altered, such as Goku being called '''Zero''', but it was considerably less censored than what Funimation would start out doing with the property initially. The casting included Creator/BarbaraGoodson as Goku, Creator/WendeeLee as Bulma, Kerrigan Mahan as Yamcha, Dave Mallow as Oolong, Cheryl Chase (yes, ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} that]]'' Cheryl Chase) as Puar, and Creator/SteveKramer as Shenron. When things didn't catch on, likely due to lack of consistent advertising, Harmony Gold dropped the license which left the way clear for Funimation to scoop it up years later in 1995. The latter company was very small at the time, so they outsourced the voiceover work to talent in Vancouver, Canada, which was when the flooding of other darrins went out of control.

** Demon King Piccolo's voice, Creator/TakeshiAono, suffered a stroke in 2010 which ended his career. His role was inherited by Creator/BinShimada in ''Dragon Ball Heroes''. Creator/NobuoTobita took over Aono's other role, Sergeant Murasaki, in the same game having previously voiced the ninja in the 1997 ''Manga/DrSlump'' crossover with ''Dragon Ball''. Aono sadly passed away in 2012.

* NoExportForYou: There is [[NoDubforYou no Hebrew dub for]] the original ''Dragon Ball'' anime in Israel because of its sexual and inappropriate humor. And the ''Super'' episode 89 were also suffered the same fate because Master Roshi's sexual misbehavior seemed as "inappropriate, uneducational, and unworthy of screen-time" by the Israelis.

** Namu's original actor Creator/KanetoShiozawa, died tragically in 2000 after falling down a flight of stairs, so Eiji Takemoto voiced the character for his appearance in ''Budokai Tenkaichi 3'' and ''Dragon Ball Origins''.

** Back in Canada during the 2000s, once Westwood had wrapped on ''Dragon Ball Z'' and ''Dragon Ball GT'', they went back to dub all of the original ''Dragon Ball'' despite Vancouver having previously dubbed the Pilaf arc alongside ''Curse of the Blood Rubies''. Like with ''GT'', instead of reusing the Vancouver talent pool, production was outsourced to their sister branch in Calgary Blue Water Studios. Zoe Slusar and Jeffrey Watson voiced Goku's childhood and teenage selves respectively whilst other casting included Lena Davies as Bulma, Victor Atelevich as Yamcha, Mike Thiessen as Krillin, Ethan Cole as Piccolo (Jr.), Mike Sheperd as Demon King Piccolo and Kami, plus Brendan Hunter as Tien Shinhan.

* NoExportForYou: Not only that but also [[NoDubforYou No Hebrew Dub for]] the original ''Dragon Ball'' anime in Israel because of its sexual and inappropriate humor. And the ''Super'' episode 89 were also suffered the same fate because Master Roshi's sexual misbehavior seemed as "inappropriate, uneducational, and unworthy of screen-time" by the Israelis.
** However, it somehow averted with Dragon Ball films.

** Back in Canada during the 2000s, once Westwood had wrapped on ''Dragon Ball Z'' and ''Dragon Ball GT'', they went back to dub all of the original ''Dragon Ball'' despite Vancouver having previously dubbed the Pilaf arc alongside ''Curse of the Blood Rubies''. Like with ''GT'', instead of reusing the Vancouver talent pool, production was outsourced to their sister branch in Calgary Blue Water Studios. Zoe Slusar and Jeffrey Watson voiced Goku's childhood and teenage selves respectively whilst other casting included Lena Davies as Bulma, Ethan Cole as Piccolo (Jr.), Mike Sheperd as Demon King Piccolo and Kami, plus Brendan Hunter as Tien Shinhan.

** Demon King Piccolo's voice, Creator/TakeshiAono, suffered a stroke in 2010 which ended his career. His role was inherited by Creator/BinShimada in ''Dragon Ball Heroes''. Creator/NobuoTobita took over Aono's other role, Sergeant Murasaki, in the same game. Aono sadly passed away in 2012.

*** Draculaman was recast with Takahiro Fujimoto after his original actor Creator/KojiTotani, died in 2005. Mira-kun's actor, Creator/ShozoIizuka, was also recast with Daisuke Matsubara due to the former's age catching up with him.

** ''Curse of the Blood Rubies'' wasn’t redubbed uncut until 2010 due to Trimark withholding the home video rights to it alongside the Pilaf arc. By the time Trimark relented, most of the characters were recast with their voices from ''Anime/DragonBallZKai'' due to various reasons. To put things in perspective, the only one of the band of five who retained his voice from the series was Yamcha. As for the rest:

** ''Mystical Adventure'' had some differences too as it was dubbed a full year before Funimation began production on the actual series. Korin was voiced by stage comic Mark Britten before Chris Sabat would replace him in the series while Kara Edwards was Upa before Susan Huber inherited the part later. The Pilaf gang also had different voices in their brief cameo. Mike [=McFarland=] was Pilaf, Creator/JustinCook was Shū, and Creator/CynthiaCranz was Mai. They would all be recast with Creator/ChuckHuber, Chris Cason, and Julie Franklin respectively. The Gatchans were voiced by [=McFarland=] as well before of Creator/JohnBurgmeier took over for the Dragon Ball/Dr. Slump crossover much later.

** ''Curse of the Blood Rubies'' wasn’t redubbed uncut until 2010 due to Trimark withholding the home video rights to it alongside the Pilaf arc. By the time Trimark relented, most of the characters were recast with their voices from ''Anime/DragonBallZKai'' due to various reasons. To put things in perspective, the only one of the band of five who retained his role was Chris Sabat as Yamcha. As for the rest:

*** Baba: Linda Young --> Christopher Sabat (Young was apparently unavailable to record, making this game the only bit of media where Baba is voiced by a man like in the original Japanese)

* ActorAllusion: In the '95 Canadian dub of the original series, the pteranodon who tries to eat Bulma is voiced by Doug Parker, who at the time was best known for voicing Terrorsaur in ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''.
** In Funimation's dub, one of the detectives who arrests Konkichi in episode 83 is voiced by Phillip Wilburn using the same voice as his [[Franchise/LupinIII Inspector Koichi Zenigata]].
*** The leader of the punks worshipping Piccolo in episode 117 is voiced by Aaron Hatch in a similar manner to his role as Kaname "Sniper" Hagiri of ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', arguably Funimation's second best-known property from the 2000s.

** Namu's original actor Creator/KanetoShiozawa, died tragically in 2000 after falling down a flight of stairs, so Eiji Takemoto voiced the character for his appearance in ''Budokai Tenkaichi 3''.

** Jim Conrad was the first Canadian narrator for the original ''Dragon Ball'' anime and the movie ''Curse of the Blood Rubies'', but he was replaced by Doc Harris for the Ocean dub of ''Z'' with the latter's narration mostly eclipsing his predecessor in the minds of many.
** Both Shenron and the Turtle were voiced by Doug Parker early on but were replaced in ''Z'' by Don Brown and Creator/ScottMcNeil respectively (in Turtle's case Don voiced him in the Ocean-produced seasons, Scott in ''The World's Strongest'' and Terry Klassen for Westwood's dub). In addition, Puar was voiced by Kathy Morse in early DB before Creator/CathyWeseluck replaced her in ''Z''.

** When Creator/ChrisAyres fell ill due to his chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, his role as Freeza was taken over by Creator/DamanMills when he wasn't available. For video games starting with ''Dragon Ball [=FighterZ=]'' and during the Tournament of Power in ''Super'', though he came back to redub for the home release and he came back for ''Dragon Ball Super Broly''. Tragically, Ayres did not survive as of October 18th, 2021, making it likely Mills is the permanant replacement.

** Majin Buu has several, depending on the people he's absorbed (the main ones being "Buutenks"/"Super Buu 2", "Buuccolo"/"Super Buu 1.5" and "Buuhan"/"Super Buu 3").

** Masaharu Sato voiced many one-episode characters throughout the original Dragon Ball series, including the Bear Thief in Episode 3 and a Rabbit Gang member in Episode 12, before he was cast as Staff Officer Black. He also voiced Master Roshi in [[Anime/DragonBallZWrathOfTheDragon Wrath of the Dragon]] following Kouhei Miyauchi's death, but he wouldn't take over for Roshi fulltime until [[Anime/DragonBallZKai Kai]].

*** Laura Torres plays both child!Goku, child!Gohan and child!Goten.

*** Humberto Solórzano voiced Raditz, King Cold, Tamborine, King Chappa and Akuman. In this case the only time there was an actual example of Talking to Himself was when King Chappa was one of Tamborine's hit targets.

* ChannelHop: A weird case due to studio acquisitions. Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox distributes the more recent films in Japan, while Creator/{{Funimation}} handles international distribution. As of 2019, Creator/{{Disney}} distributes those films in Japan through Fox, while Creator/{{Sony}} distributes the same internationally through Funimation.

* Adjustments in the Kanzenban edition: two title pages were redrawn (one featured Bulma smoking a cigarette originally; this was removed in the redraw), one of the members of the Pilaf gang, Shu, had his name fixed (in the manga, he was originally called Soba, but was renamed Shu in one chapter), a sign in chapter 205 saying "WELL COME" was changed to say "WELCOME", Vegeta's power level against Recoome was changed from 30,000 to 20,000, an instance of Goku saying "Ore" instead of "Ora" in Japanese was fixed, the date of the Cell Games was changed from "M 17" to "May 26th", and most critically, two chapters towards the end had some different and additional pages; Kid Boo's death was expanded slightly, with a little aftermath added (after Goku defeats Boo, Vegeta thinks to himself "Phew, took you long enough", then Goku gives him a thumbs up, and he thinks "What's with that goofy look on his face? I seriously can't stand you!..." then he loosens up and cracks a smile). Most significantly, however, the chapter included a new, adjusted ending written and drawn by Toriyama, drawing parallels between Goku and Oob as well as highlighting Vegeta's rivalry with him, though Toriyama's original farewell message to the fans from the chapter was removed.

** Creator/TakeshiKusao is in an early filler episode of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' as Pigero, a one-shot character who helps out Gohan. He returns over a hundred episodes later as BreakoutCharacter Trunks. Creator/AyaHisakawa played Chiko in the same episode, then returned nearly thirty years later [[TheOtherDarrin to assume the role of Bulma]] after [[AuthorExistenceFailure the death]] of her longtime actress, Creator/HiromiTsuru.

* ''Anime/{{Gintama}}'' notably parodied a scene from ''DBZ'' where Piccolo fired a Special Beam Cannon at Goku and Raditz. In the English dub of Gintama, [[https://twitter.com/voiceofnitro/status/827059148693053441 they had the original English voice of Piccolo voice the Piccolo stand-in in the scene]].

* ThePeteBest: Funimation's first in-house dub of the second ''Dragon Ball'' film, ''Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle'', featured Broadway actress Leslie Alexander as Bulma, which was her only time she voiced the character. This is also her only anime role to date. Tiffany Vollmer and Creator/MonicaRial are much better associated with the character, the former providing her voice up until the end of the 2000s, while the latter took over from 2010 onward. For a long time, Alexander wasn't even listed among Bulma's English voice actresses on [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]].

* QuoteSource:
** GodJob
** HardWorkHardlyWorks

*** RecursiveCanon (former exemple)

*** Veteran voice actress Creator/MasakoNozawa voices Goku, as well as both his sons ''and'' his deceased father Bardock. Not to mention Tullece.

*** RecursiveCanon

* NoExportforYou: Not only that but also [[NoDubforYou No Hebrew Dub for]] the original ''Dragon Ball'' anime in Israel because of its sexual and inappropriate humor. And the ''Super'' episode 89 were also suffered the same fate because Master Roshi's sexual misbehavior seemed as "inappropriate, uneducational, and unworthy of screen-time" by the Israelis.