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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#18851: Mar 15th 2016 at 12:42:30 PM

Tien Shinhan is how is name was spelled in the dub. It's only one name in the original Japanese, Tenshinhan.

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#18854: Mar 15th 2016 at 3:42:53 PM

I think someone mentioned a gag from the manga on how Videl figured out Gohan was Goku's son because they're the only people with a first and last name or something.

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WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#18855: Mar 15th 2016 at 3:43:28 PM

He got it from Gohan, so whoever he was when he was still alive must've been important somewhere.

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#18856: Mar 15th 2016 at 4:14:18 PM

[up][up]Yes. She commented she memorized the last World Tournament champion's name because it was unusual for someone to have a surname, and used that to deduce he was Gohan's father.

If I remember correctly she didn't say no one have a surname, just that it is rare. So, there might are probably people other than the Son family who have surnames, they just never appeared in the manga.

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#18857: Mar 15th 2016 at 5:19:30 PM

I still like the whole Briefs family thing, in spite of guidebooks and stuff. I just prefer it that way.

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#18858: Mar 15th 2016 at 7:26:34 PM

Me too.

I mean, it just kinda makes sense to me.

It's amazing how many little things Toriyama just doesn't bother with:

  • Refusing to name Frieza's race

  • Not bothering to name Bulma's mom

  • .....I was sure there was some other stuff, but now I'm drawing blanks.

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PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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#18859: Mar 15th 2016 at 7:33:23 PM

I don't get what's so hard to accept about Freeza's race being called the Freeza Clan. And Bulma's mom has the unofficial name 'Panchy', at least.

Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#18860: Mar 15th 2016 at 7:50:29 PM

Did it used to be named the Cold Clan before Frieza was born?

edited 15th Mar '16 7:50:41 PM by Moth13

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#18861: Mar 15th 2016 at 7:58:22 PM

That's a definite possibility.

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#18862: Mar 15th 2016 at 8:29:37 PM

Hey guys, Unnoun's suspension just got lifted. I'm glad, because I've been missing her the past few days.

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#18863: Mar 15th 2016 at 8:34:57 PM

Das cooool, mang.

More new minds are welcome.

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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#18864: Mar 15th 2016 at 9:39:34 PM

That's good news. She was always great to have around.

32ndfreeze Since: Mar, 2012
#18865: Mar 16th 2016 at 2:40:42 AM

Yay! That makes me happy.

edited 16th Mar '16 2:40:54 AM by 32ndfreeze

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#18867: Mar 16th 2016 at 3:28:03 AM

It's too late for that.

Sorry for your loss.

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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#18869: Mar 16th 2016 at 7:23:42 AM

That review forgot to mention Vegeta throwing a temper tantrum, that was a super good moment.

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#18870: Mar 16th 2016 at 7:27:42 AM

After a while, Vegeta's temper tantrums kind of fade into the background noise.

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#18871: Mar 16th 2016 at 7:32:34 AM

Glad to have you back, unnoun. smile

Toriyama's refusal to name Frieza's race makes perfect sense to me. As far as he's concerned, because Frieza and his father are mutants, they're basically unique entities. Whatever species on whatever asscrack planet somewhere in the universe spawned them is not now, nor will it probably ever be relevant to the story. Fleshing them out would just be world-building for its own sake, contributing nothing to the plot.

And because Frieza and Cold are mutants, there's no guarantee that anything people might find interesting about them would even fit. "They have an average power level of 80 million!" No, they don't. "They can all transform a bunch of times!" Probably not. "They're masters of ki!" Maybe, but no promises.

They might not even exist, given that - by definition - Frieza and Cold's homeworld would have been the first planet the pair ever interacted with.

In the end, Toriyama wants Frieza and Cold to be considered unique and special snowflakes, not representative of any species.

edited 16th Mar '16 7:34:18 AM by TobiasDrake

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#18872: Mar 16th 2016 at 8:09:09 AM

And then Chilled showed up...

Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#18873: Mar 16th 2016 at 8:15:39 AM

Is Chilled canon?

Honestly I think Frost is more damning, both because he's canon and he's from another universe. There are plenty of alternate versions of races, but no examples of an Alternate Self.

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#18874: Mar 16th 2016 at 8:16:21 AM

Chilled doesn't exist, there is no special where Bardock goes back in time, it never happened.

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#18875: Mar 16th 2016 at 8:22:23 AM

And Percel. The true hero of DB classic.

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