TVTropes Now available in the app store!
Open

Follow TV Tropes

Following

Dragon Ball Z Abridged

Go To

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#32676: Sep 24th 2018 at 1:42:34 PM

I'm assuming Panchy = Bulma's mom

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#32677: Sep 24th 2018 at 1:49:03 PM

Yeah, I believe that there was a Toriyama interview where he said that if he gave her a name, it would be along the lines of "Panchy", and the name stuck as popular fanon.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#32678: Sep 24th 2018 at 2:04:19 PM

Oh right. Bulma's mom still has no actual name.

Yeesh. He sure likes doing that huh? I mean, I get that she's totally irrelevant to the entire story, but it takes so little effort to name a character (especially if they are re-occuring) that I'm baffled by how you can't even take the five or six seconds it would probably take and get it out of the way.

One Strip! One Strip!
fasoman1996 Google "big ears" from Argentina (A.K.A. Naziland) Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
Google "big ears"
#32679: Sep 24th 2018 at 2:50:33 PM

Well, it did take more than two decades to finally give names to characters such as Android 17, Android 18 or the Nameless Namekian.

And i think Bulma's Mom name is Panti. Because Toriyama loves his Family Theme Naming

Uni cat
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#32680: Sep 24th 2018 at 3:10:15 PM

Panchi is basically the Japanese pronunciation of the word "panty".

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#32681: Sep 24th 2018 at 3:23:00 PM

I feel like 17 and 18 are good enough names for them.

It emphasizes the great wrong that was done to them.

Having not just their bodies, but even their names, memories, their entire lives stolen by a mad man's revenge.

Learning their "real" names sorta. Cheapens that.

Edited by unnoun on Sep 24th 2018 at 6:27:08 AM

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#32682: Sep 24th 2018 at 3:25:48 PM

Well, they never learned their real names as far as I remember. They don't really seem to care either.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#32683: Sep 24th 2018 at 3:40:23 PM

Well, it did take more than two decades to finally give names to characters such as Android 17, Android 18

Yup.

or the Nameless Namekian.

One Strip! One Strip!
PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#32684: Sep 24th 2018 at 4:09:02 PM

Got logged out for some reason.

I have to concur, though, WHAT?!?

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#32685: Sep 24th 2018 at 4:19:37 PM

I hope Katas had a name for his son.

Even if said son didnt know it.

And then split himself in half, and one half decided to call himself "God" while the other half named himself after a woodwind instrument.

Edited by unnoun on Sep 24th 2018 at 7:20:46 AM

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#32686: Sep 24th 2018 at 4:21:17 PM

The nameless Namekian not having a name is kind of the point, though? That's not laziness.

fasoman1996 Google "big ears" from Argentina (A.K.A. Naziland) Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
Google "big ears"
#32687: Sep 24th 2018 at 4:24:00 PM

False alarm, Nameless Namekian is still Nameless. I thought his name was Katas.

I suppose 17 and 18 do remember their real name but don't bother with it. Also, unlike Goku, they don't have someone like Vegeta who insists on calling them by their real name.

Least they reveal an Android equivalent of Broly who gets triggered by their real name.

Uni cat
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#32688: Sep 24th 2018 at 5:31:01 PM

False alarm, Nameless Namekian is still Nameless. I thought his name was Katas.

...

...You now need to change your name to Sperber.

One Strip! One Strip!
Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#32689: Sep 24th 2018 at 6:06:50 PM

Thinking of things I'm looking forward to see in the next arc, (or wondering if TFS will include in one case)

  1. Goku "re-uniting" with the World Tournament Announcer guy who recognizes him and Krillin. It's actually an endearing scene.
  2. Their take on Gohan teaching Videl Ki.
  3. Goku being kind of jackass about Krillin and 18 being married. And not being aware Krilling isn't actually bald.

fasoman1996 Google "big ears" from Argentina (A.K.A. Naziland) Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#32691: Sep 24th 2018 at 6:53:43 PM

The tournament announcer guy is actually one of my favourite Dragonball characters. He's known Goku since he was a kid and knows who the real heroes are. I am really looking forward to that reunion. Don't think he has a name either.

Nightwire Since: Feb, 2010
#32692: Sep 25th 2018 at 12:04:44 AM

So, Imperfect Cell introduced himself by saying, "WANNA SEE ME DRINK THIS GUY?"

I wonder if Super Buu is gonna say, "WANNA SEE THIS GUY DRINK ME?"

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#32693: Sep 25th 2018 at 2:22:44 AM

Yes. Yes, absolutely yes.

Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#32694: Sep 25th 2018 at 6:50:43 AM

I'm thinking it'll be more like "DID YOU SEE ME EAT THAT GUY?!"

The legend has returned.
TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
(•̀⤙•́)
#32695: Sep 25th 2018 at 6:57:58 AM

I feel like 17 and 18 are good enough names for them.

It emphasizes the great wrong that was done to them.

I feel like that's exactly why 17 and 18 are not good names for them. If someone was raped by a dude who kept calling her Sugar Muffin in the middle of assaulting her, would it be appropriate to continue calling her Sugar Muffin for the rest of her life?

My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.
PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#32696: Sep 25th 2018 at 6:58:06 AM

[up][up]Naw, it's Super Buu. The moment where he liquifies and force-feeds himself to a dude.

Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Sep 25th 2018 at 6:57:40 AM

fasoman1996 Google "big ears" from Argentina (A.K.A. Naziland) Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
Google "big ears"
#32697: Sep 25th 2018 at 7:08:11 AM

I feel Super Buu might have a lot of jokes referencing Imperfect Cell.

Because bitch, i eat people.

Uni cat
unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#32698: Sep 25th 2018 at 8:05:06 AM

I'm honestly surprised at you Tobias, you should know better than to crassly, reductively simplify all traumatic and dehumanizing experiences to rape. I could be misremembering, but I could have sworn you've said that yourself.

A better comparison would be something like a military, or a cult, or, y'know, the African slave trade, which did take people's names and past and heritage away from them and made those names impossible to recover or even know about in some cases even to this day.

A great wrong was done to the android twins, but they're still able to move forward and move past it, because sometimes that's the only thing you can actually do. Reparations are nice, sure, like decapitating Gero and smashing his brain. But at the end of the day, you have to do something to take care of yourself. Like fucking a noseless Buddhist monk with dwarfism or a zoologist, or being a park ranger.

Edited by unnoun on Sep 25th 2018 at 11:16:50 AM

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#32699: Sep 25th 2018 at 8:31:04 AM

I don't remember 17 or 18 ever acting like they've been super wronged or feel traumatized. Yeah, they don't like Gero, but it didn't seem like overpowering hatred and fear or anything. I don't think you're supposed to read more into it than Toriyama thinking it's cool to give them robot names.

TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
(•̀⤙•́)
#32700: Sep 25th 2018 at 8:40:25 AM

[up][up] IIRC, they were abducted against their will and had their bodily autonomy violated without consent for the sake of satisfying another man's desires. That's a lot closer to rape than it is to military service. 17 and 18 are victims, not soldiers.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Sep 25th 2018 at 9:41:10 AM

My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.

Total posts: 40,340
Top