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Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#28126: Jul 2nd 2017 at 12:55:17 PM

Opinions are like ogres, if you get too close to one they will crush you with a giant club.

Hobgoblin Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#28127: Jul 2nd 2017 at 12:55:21 PM

Opinions are like assholes.

Opinions are like Stands. If you show yours to someone, they will know your weaknesses.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#28128: Jul 2nd 2017 at 3:25:09 PM

...So I was just checking the Z series Character page on This Very Wiki...

Wait? That reporter's name is actually Jimmy Firecracker!? I thought the Abridged crew just came up with that!

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Hobgoblin Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#28129: Jul 2nd 2017 at 3:31:42 PM

TFS are pretty accurate on names. HETAP is that soda brand that keeps popping up in the series.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#28130: Jul 2nd 2017 at 4:13:00 PM

It just...I assumed Toriyama just wouldn't bother to name him, as he is wont to do with characters, some attacks that are just generic ki blasts, and entire races if Frieza is anything to go by.

I mean, he names this dude, but not the Budokai announcer, who's been around for way longer? We went years not knowing the name of Bulma's mom until recently (come to think of it, when the hell did we find out she was named Panchy?) and there's a whole lot of other shit that gets casually hand waved as unimportant despite being pretty impactful to the franchise, but this bum fuck jackass who shows up for a few episodes of one arc is somehow worthy of not only a name, but a full name (when only the Son family and their various offspring get such)?

It's a little baffling.

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#28131: Jul 2nd 2017 at 4:31:47 PM

Panchy was named in a 2004 interview in Dragon Ball Forever.

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#28132: Jul 2nd 2017 at 4:44:56 PM

He only mentions it in the anime, and it's part of the filler scenes he's in.

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#28133: Jul 2nd 2017 at 4:52:11 PM

Toriyama is such a Scapegoat Creator for this series, it's insane. It doesn't help that there's so much misinformation regarding what he's said.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#28134: Jul 2nd 2017 at 9:21:46 PM

Eh either we blame him or we blame Toei.

I never pegged him as a Scapegoat Creator. True, I give him a lot of shit, but that's because of massive Opinion Myopia that has me convinced my ideas are better.

One day, I'll eat those words. I hope they tasted good.

Then again, there are all the rumours about him doing this and doing that (forgetting characters, changing things because the audience wanted him too, shit like that ), so I could believe that he might sometimes take some undeserved flak.

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SpookyMask Since: Jan, 2011
#28135: Jul 2nd 2017 at 10:00:12 PM

Wow, you guys stretched that opinion gag really far [lol]

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#28136: Jul 2nd 2017 at 10:18:01 PM

Now that I think about it, is Jimmy Firecracker the only character in the series with a blatantly English name? Besides Mr. Satan's real name being Mark, that is.

edited 2nd Jul '17 10:18:14 PM by KnownUnknown

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#28137: Jul 2nd 2017 at 10:42:34 PM

Define "blatantly English" because a large number of characters have names in English.

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Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#28138: Jul 2nd 2017 at 10:45:49 PM

Yeah, Trunks, Bra, Cell, Piccolo, Lunch, Brief, and Nail, to name a few.

edited 2nd Jul '17 10:45:58 PM by Memers

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#28139: Jul 3rd 2017 at 1:35:00 AM

It just...I assumed Toriyama just wouldn't bother to name him

As far as we know, Toriyama didn't script the Funi dub.

[up][up][up][up] Well, setting aside the canon names from English words, Funi added a lot of English/western names to characters who weren't named in the original. So no, he isn't the only one.

edited 3rd Jul '17 1:38:29 AM by Saiga

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#28140: Jul 3rd 2017 at 5:51:47 AM

[up]

Bah. I should have known.

Well, done with this topic I guess. On to the next one.

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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#28141: Jul 3rd 2017 at 7:31:39 AM

[up][up][up]You know that's not the same thing.

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#28142: Jul 3rd 2017 at 7:37:26 AM

[up]Yeah. Piccolo is Italian.

edited 3rd Jul '17 7:38:35 AM by Ghilz

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#28143: Jul 3rd 2017 at 11:28:27 AM

Define "blatantly English" because a large number of characters have names in English.

Names that are explicitly English given or surnames, and not individual words picked as part of Theme Naming.

Or in other words, culturally English/American/Etc names. Rather than names that are simply based on words that are linguistically English.

edited 3rd Jul '17 11:30:33 AM by KnownUnknown

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#28144: Jul 3rd 2017 at 3:10:44 PM

On that topic of theme names, what is the theme for Namekian's? I find it hard to believe that there woudn't be one given pretty much everyone has one, but between Picollo, Dende, Nail, and Guru (?), I can't see a running theme.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#28145: Jul 3rd 2017 at 3:14:58 PM

The Namekians, as in those from Namek, were various slug and snail puns. King Piccolo and all his children including Piccolo Jr. were named after musical instruments.

And Guru wasn't actually his name.

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#28146: Jul 3rd 2017 at 3:15:43 PM

Dende = denden-mushi, which is another Japanese word for "snail".

Nail = Snail

namek = namekuji which means "slug".

Elder Moori & Katta (Kami's dad) = kattatsumuuri, a Japanese word for "snail"

All of King Piccolo's "children" are Musical instruments: Tambourine, Cymbal, Drum & Piano (And Piccolo Junior, Obviously)

edited 3rd Jul '17 3:19:52 PM by Ghilz

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#28147: Jul 3rd 2017 at 3:20:06 PM

Ooooooh, alright that makes sense. That's what I get for not watching Dragon Ball while trying to figure this out.

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#28148: Jul 3rd 2017 at 3:25:54 PM

Don't forget Cargo.

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#28149: Jul 3rd 2017 at 4:13:52 PM

So I've been rewatching the series at work - well, "watching" is a generous term; I'm playing the audio while working - and I noticed something. The Princess Trunks gag from the Broly movie was the payoff to a lot of "Trunks is effeminate" gags that actually started with Goku, when he remarked, "What a nice young lady," as Trunks departed their first meeting.

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#28150: Jul 3rd 2017 at 4:20:32 PM

Both him and Veggie agree that "Trunks" is a girl's name...apparently.

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