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DBZ Names. Akira Toriyama, the pun master.. DRAGON BALL by House of infographic: s KAKAROT CARROT VEGETA VEGETABLE GOH AN SK?" rice Emmi r iall, lla., RADISH NA

Akira Toriyama, the pun master.

DRAGON BALL
by House of infographic: s
KAKAROT CARROT VEGETA VEGETABLE GOH AN
SK?" rice Emmi r
iall, lla.,
RADISH NA PPA NAPA CABBAGE PAN PAN
KURI
chestnut - Japanese
BLOOM ERS
SHINHAN TIEN CHUN FAN JIMBEI
din sum - chanese fried rice - when dumpling v charus,
TAM CHA
LAUNCH LUNCH YAJIROBE YAJIROBE PICCOLO Ln
Emma my musical instrument
MR. SATAN VIDEL FRIEZA FREEZER
OOLONG OOLONG KORIN HARIOTT
tea
japanesse Additional mack
BABIDI BUU "." ABRACADABRA
Cinderella magic meal‘
Illegally, ! i;
BUBBL ES BUBBLES MR. Pta PO
corn
chimpanzee pet
drag tanjatt.
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#4 - fedoralover ONLINE (03/14/2015) [+] (14 replies)
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nah kakacarrot cake is real super sand not a ******* vegetable filthy casul and stop it with your thumbnails
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User avatar #3 - popnotes (03/14/2015) [-]
But what about Cooler, King Cold and Chilled?

WILL WE EVER KNOW THE ORIGINS OF SUCH ENIGMATIC NAMES?!
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#33 to #3 - thatsdrfryetoyou (03/14/2015) [-]
you need to chill out
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#42 to #3 - lotengo ONLINE (03/14/2015) [-]
Cooler is the name of a cooler, like in the pic.
King cold is an ice cold beer, goes in the cooler

Chilled is named after chilli, the dish.
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User avatar #26 to #3 - bjornkrage (03/14/2015) [-]
one of them is even named "refridgerator"
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User avatar #34 to #26 - realreality (03/14/2015) [-]
VS??
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#11 - kenshirokisame (03/14/2015) [-]
pe
king
order
MAGGOTS
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User avatar #16 to #11 - cloakndagger (03/14/2015) [-]
Peking Order Maggots? Is that like Peking Duck? But...But I don't want to eat maggots.
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User avatar #66 to #16 - kyubii (03/14/2015) [-]
DBZ Abridged Best of Mr Popo
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#24 to #16 - egibrako (03/14/2015) [-]
go watch dbz abridged by tfs on youtube. youre welcome
go watch dbz abridged by tfs on youtube. youre welcome
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User avatar #49 to #24 - cloakndagger (03/14/2015) [-]
I know. Hard to imagine anyone that doesn't know these days. I was just making a joke.
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#67 to #24 - anon (03/14/2015) [-]
kenshiro spelled it as "peking" when it should have been "pecking", cloak was just making a joke
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#9 - ravepen (03/14/2015) [-]
best wallpaper
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User avatar #32 to #9 - komandantmirkoo (03/14/2015) [-]
you am not real super sand legend
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User avatar #20 - pootisspencer (03/14/2015) [-]
Refreshing, but sadly, incomplete. Here are a few more:

Ginyu = Gyunyu (Japanese word for milk)
Jeice = Cheese
Burter = Butter
Recoome = Cream (Pronounced Ku-REE-Mu in Japanese)
Guldo = Yogurt (Japanese = Yogurto)

Bardock = Burdock
Turles = Lettuce
Toma = Tomato (renamed Tora in English)
Seripa = Anagram of Parsley (renamed Fasha in english, based on Fava beans)(Concept name was Korn)
Borgos = Renamed, orignally Toteppo, based on Potato
Shugesh = Originally Pumbukin, after Pumpkin
Gine (Bardock's Wife/Goku's Mother) = Anagram of Negi, AKA Green Onions
Brolly =Broccoli
Paragus = Aspragas
Tarble, Vegeta's brother = vegeTABLE

Dende = Japanese word (denden-mushi) meaning Snail
Dende's brother, Cargo = Escargot
Moori (Elder of Dende's village) = Katatsumuri, another Japanese Snail
Nail = Snail. Derp.

Bojack = Japanese word (bōjakubujin) for arrogance
Bujin = See Bojack
Kogu = Japanse word (gokuakuhidou) for heinous/inhumane
Bido = The "hido" part of Kogu's name
Zangya = Japanese word (zangyaku) for cruelty

Bulma's Daughter, Bra = Bra
Bulma's Sister, Tights = Tights
Bulma's Mother, (unofficially named by Toriyama in an interview) Panchy = Panty
Bulma's Father and surname, Brief = Briefs

There are plenty more, but I'm tired and done typing for now.
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User avatar #69 to #20 - megaton (03/14/2015) [-]
wtf is a burdock
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User avatar #79 to #74 - megaton (03/14/2015) [-]
oh its an old world root vegitable. makes sense since karots and radish and been sprouts are all edibale roots/root vegitables.
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User avatar #43 to #20 - lotengo ONLINE (03/14/2015) [-]
how bout Fasha?
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User avatar #50 to #43 - pootisspencer (03/14/2015) [-]
Fasha = See entry for Seripa under the list of Saiyan names.
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#46 to #43 - anon (03/14/2015) [-]
That's Burter
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User avatar #45 to #20 - foreveranonymous (03/14/2015) [-]
Jeice = Cheese?
I always assumed Jeice = Juice :v
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User avatar #48 to #45 - pootisspencer (03/14/2015) [-]
Jeice's Japanese name was Jisu, pronounced Jee-soo. The Japanese pronunciation of "Cheese" is "Chee-soo." Also, the Ginyu Force's name theme is dairy products, so juice doesn't fit, but I can see why people would think that.
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User avatar #51 to #48 - foreveranonymous (03/14/2015) [-]
Ohh I understand now, thanks for the explanation!
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User avatar #47 to #45 - lotengo ONLINE (03/14/2015) [-]
I always asumed it was Jeice = Rice
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#52 to #20 - anon (03/14/2015) [-]
Nice list, here's to add on:

The Freeza type , their power level is based on how "cold" they are

Freeza (Freezing), Kura (Cooler), King Cold, Chilled. Only exception would be Kuriza, Freeza's son.
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User avatar #54 to #52 - pootisspencer (03/14/2015) [-]
Well, Kuriza has a chestnut-shaped head. The Japanese word for Chestnut is Kuri, which is ALSO the source of Krillin's name, "Kuririn."

So... I guess Kuriza is the sone of Frieza and... Krillin?

Yikes.

Although, Frieza DID penetrate Krillin pretty hard that one time...
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User avatar #55 to #54 - pootisspencer (03/14/2015) [-]
*son, not sone.
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#61 to #20 - dende (03/14/2015) [-]
I wasn't forgotten
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User avatar #62 to #61 - pootisspencer (03/14/2015) [-]
Of course, not, Little Green.
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#53 - oily (03/14/2015) [-]
ka-ka-carrot cake.
ka-ka-carrot cake.
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#36 - iampopo (03/14/2015) [-]
I am comfortable....
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#35 - thesecretbear (03/14/2015) [-]
haha popo
haha popo
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#59 - asasqw ONLINE (03/14/2015) [-]
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User avatar #14 - nyawgga (03/14/2015) [-]
When I was a kid, and we were all playing and pretending we were DBZ (I had no idea what it was nor had I watched it yet), I would just play along. I remember being the characters piccollo and Frieza, and I could only picture myself being a pickle or a freezer. All my friends thought I was retarded.
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#21 to #14 - viralkamina (03/14/2015) [-]
now you are on funnyjunk and your friends know you are retarded. If you told them that is... dont worry i still luv u
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User avatar #10 - skittyjess (03/14/2015) [-]
Lets all name the characters quickly, before we go for lunch
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#1 - skyrimdovah (03/14/2015) [-]
Love me some DBZ content
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User avatar #85 - cascarita (03/14/2015) [-]
『ドラゴンボールZ　復活の「F」』 予告編 Soo FJ, what are your thoughts?
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User avatar #87 to #85 - cascarita (03/14/2015) [-]
* About the new DBZ movie trailer? *
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#91 to #85 - potaravegito (03/15/2015) [-]
Concerning.

I really really loved Battle of the Gods. Easily the best DBZ movie and maybe my favorite DBZ thing in the entire series.

But the premise of this is just so... what? Freiza becomes an oscar? The transformation is enough to beat God Goku or at least SSJ3? Of course these are all assumptions I've pieced together from watching the trailer, and it could be all explained well and executed better.

I'm excited, because I love new direction DBZ has gone in so far, but skeptical because the premise for this just seems dumb.
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User avatar #95 to #91 - cascarita (03/15/2015) [-]
I understand your concern. I'm actually kind of hyped about it but without high expectations. The only thing that is bugging me is the wish. I thought that Shenron could not revive someone who has been dead for a really long time or is it just me?
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#96 to #95 - potaravegito (03/15/2015) [-]
Actually I feel like that might have been mentioned? It's ringing a very vague bell. I just looked through the DB wiki on dragon balls and Shenron and nothing like that came up.

So... maybe, maybe not?
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User avatar #71 to #25 - takesomemorewater (03/14/2015) [-]
"Prepeerr ter deerrr"
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User avatar #22 - dustykeyboard (03/14/2015) [-]
Son Gohan isn't named after the gohan dish he's named after goku's "grandfather" gohan, who is named after the dish.
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User avatar #7 - charagrin (03/14/2015) [-]
I don't think they are puns so much as just names based off of food. Kakarot is just a name, asking someone if they like Kakarots in their salad would be a pun.
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#89 - potaravegito (03/14/2015) [-]
So... Vegetable Carrot? Sounds a bit redundant. It'd be like calling your pet a Poodle Dog.

But hey! Did you ever wonder how Vegeta and Goku makes Vegito? Well, let's find out! You see, Vegito is actually one hell of a botched name when it comes to the dub of the show. To be exactly, Vegito comes from Vegeta and Kakarotto, Goku's japanese version of his Saiyan name. So, when you squish them together, it becomes Vegeto!... But wait it's spelled Vegito? Yep! Why? Because! I really don't know. Most translations of the show do spell it Vegeto, but Fundimation had it spelled Vegito for... some reason?
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User avatar #98 to #89 - Vegeto (03/15/2015) [-]
Time for Vegeto facts!

The character's name is ベジット (bejitto). It's a combination of ベジータ (bejiita) and カカロット (kakarotto).

The "tto" sound (as opposed to just "to") generally infers a harder consonant sound. That "o" sound is, in a way, just a relic of the Japanese phonetic system and doesn't necessarily need to be over-pronounced.

Basically, you get "Kakarot" (or "Kakarrot" if you want to make the "carrot" pun a little more obvious) when you transliterate and adapt into our alphabet.

And "Vegeta" is a pretty standard adaptation, considering how obvious the pun is and what English word it comes from.

The thing is, the "tto" ending in ベジット proves a problem if you use "Vegeta" and "Kakarot" if you want to be super consistent about things. It's especially troubling when you literally have the character saying something like, "Vegeta and Kakarot? I guess that makes me _______!" You have to make some sort of compromise.

Do you leave off the "o" in "tto"...? If so, you end up with "Veget" (or "Vegett")... which... would just as likely be construed as a typo of "Vegeta". For what it's worth, a lot of very early DBZ fans online used "Vejit" for his name spelling.

Do you just call the character what he is, as-is, and don't worry about over-explaining it? Go with "Vegetto". Or, if you're FUNimation, you spell it as "Vegito" for some strange reason (once again adding in a letter "i" for some inexplicable reason).

Do you try to adapt the name pun in some other way? Maybe you go with "Vegerot" like Viz did.

This is why translation is an art and not a science, particularly when it comes to Toriyama's names and puns.
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#73 - sweetellie (03/14/2015) [-]
When my brother used to watch dragonball Z I always thought Piccolo was some kind of pickle man because he was green and stuff. Pickle-O.
When my brother used to watch dragonball Z I always thought Piccolo was some kind of pickle man because he was green and stuff. Pickle-O.
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#2 - pagedown (03/14/2015) [-]
how the hell did i not know that videl was an anagram for devil....
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#94 - therian (03/15/2015) [-]
In one of the more recent DBZ specials, there are some alien twins named Abo and Kado. They can also combine and form Abocado.
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User avatar #92 - jordanish (03/15/2015) [-]
The Ginyu force are all named after dairy products like butter Burter and cheese Jeice with Ginyu being similar to the Japanese word for milk.
Demon king Piccolo also had Tambourine, Drum and Cymbal as minions (three guesses as to the theme there)
Kami is a Japanese word meaning god who walks the earth This is more because Kami doesn't actually know his own name and so just goes by his job title and a Guru is a spiritual leader and teacher
And of course the filler villians, Garlic Jr. Pepper, Cinnamon Ginger, Mustard and Vinegar.
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