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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#12476: Jun 15th 2015 at 3:02:05 AM

"Krillin" isn't wrong at all and the pronunciation difference between it and "Kuririn" is fairly minuscule (provided you pronounce it properly).

I normally stick to the FUNimation dub for names but I once slipped and called the Supreme Kai "Kaioushin" and was like "Ah, fuck it." I also tried to called King Kai "Kaiou-sama" once but it felt weird. I'll probably switch to Tenshinhan and Chaozu, though, since I don't understand their English names.

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#12477: Jun 15th 2015 at 4:37:47 AM

Oh, just for the record, Gan pronounces "shin" (as in "Shin Kikouhou) incorrectly (as does damn near every English speaker when given that word). This is the proper pronunciation (to make it super easy, it sounds exactly like the word "sheen").

Now someone will tell to kikou fuck myself because that is the only proper reply.

edited 15th Jun '15 4:40:12 AM by Zelenal

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#12478: Jun 15th 2015 at 4:40:36 AM

Wait, how do people usually pronounce it?

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#12479: Jun 15th 2015 at 4:43:02 AM

Tri Beam

Oh really when?
unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#12480: Jun 15th 2015 at 4:43:29 AM

[up][up][up] Kikou fuck yourself.

...Also, I thought Hercule came from the Spanish version, where the reason he wasn't called Satan was because that was what Piccolo was called.

edited 15th Jun '15 4:43:37 AM by unnoun

Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#12481: Jun 15th 2015 at 4:48:21 AM

[up][up][up] Like how Gan pronounced it: Like the English word shin.

edited 15th Jun '15 4:49:02 AM by Zelenal

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#12482: Jun 15th 2015 at 4:50:42 AM

French, but yeah. Piccolo was Satan Littleheart.

The English dub just needed a replacement name and used that. I don't blame them for it at all, but I do blame people who necessitated that because they can't accept Satan.

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#12483: Jun 15th 2015 at 4:52:52 AM

I dunno, maybe it's just because I grew up with it but I kinda like Hercule as a name.

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#12485: Jun 15th 2015 at 5:04:35 AM

'cept Mr. Satan is his stage name, not his last name. Unless you're saying he has two stage names.

edited 15th Jun '15 5:04:42 AM by Zelenal

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#12486: Jun 15th 2015 at 5:10:39 AM

I can see him legally changing his name to his stage name.

And then coming up with a new stage name because he's not all that bright.

edited 15th Jun '15 5:11:01 AM by unnoun

Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#12487: Jun 15th 2015 at 5:14:17 AM

'cept Videl states that Gohan is odd for having a family name since he's the only person she knows who does.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#12488: Jun 15th 2015 at 5:19:07 AM

...It's been so long I can't remember what they said in the dub and how they handled that.

I mean, one obvious way to handle it is that the Satan family and the Briefs family are more European/"Western" so their family name comes last, while the Sons are more "Eastern" so their family name comes first.

There's a very definite "East" and "West" thing in early Dragon Ball. Like, when it started, we didn't know what the map of the world looked like, but we did know that Bulma came from the west, and had a lot of the hallmarks of western culture and technology, and Goku came from the east.

And, yes, he's an alien, but he was raised in a certain way. And aside from his tail, he passed as human for years. Comments about him not being human were treated as jokes, because the characters were still caught by surprise when the reveal came.

...And Chichi basically literally dresses like a Chinese princess stereotype whenever she can.

edited 15th Jun '15 5:31:53 AM by unnoun

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#12489: Jun 15th 2015 at 9:15:19 AM

Mister Sir Satan Motherfucker

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#12490: Jun 15th 2015 at 9:51:04 AM

[up][up] There is no Briefs family. It's just Dr. Briefs, Bulma, and her unnamed mother.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#12491: Jun 15th 2015 at 10:55:09 AM

They're called the Briefs in the anime.

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#12492: Jun 15th 2015 at 11:15:49 AM

Unnoun don'tcha know? You're not allowed to use the anime as a point of reference for anything.

Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#12493: Jun 15th 2015 at 11:21:28 AM

Their family name is only implied to be Briefs in the English dub of the anime because FUNimation decided to refer to Bulma's mom as Mrs. Briefs. In the manga and original Japanese version of the anime, she's just referred to as Bulma's mom.

Besides, if it was a family name then Videl is either lying, forgetful, or stupid since you'd probably be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't know of Bulma's family at least in name.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#12494: Jun 15th 2015 at 11:35:45 AM

I don't think Videl says that line about the family names in the English dub of the anime.

Again, I don't remember.

[up][up] Fuck that.

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#12495: Jun 15th 2015 at 11:39:21 AM

I understand the decision to turn Mr. Satan into Hercule back then, but now that it's 2015 I think they shouldn't bother calling him that anymore.

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#12496: Jun 15th 2015 at 11:44:08 AM

They don't. At least, when FUNimation redubbed for Kai, they just left him as Mr. Satan. Same for Battle of Gods.

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#12497: Jun 15th 2015 at 12:09:14 PM

Enlong, no. You're not allowed to use a nickname for someone cool like Henry for someone lame like Hercule.

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#12499: Jun 15th 2015 at 5:41:50 PM

I still like the idea that the family name is Briefs, and Bulma's Dad's first name is Boxer.

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