DBZanimeFreak3 Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 ok, i know this series isn't from my country, but naming your kid bra? my friends all find vegeta funny, me too at first, but if the ages 11- 14 aren' t bad enough but naming your kids after fruit and underware! ~DBZanimeFreak3~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Well, Toriyama heavily puns the series. I would say that it's meant as a joke, if anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SephirothNIN Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Well a lot of names in DBZ aren't meant to be serious. Vegeta = vegetable, radditz = raddish, brolli = broccoli. Pan is bread goten is air.....do you really want to watch a show where the planet is saved by Steve? Or perhaps a Bob? The saiya-jins are vegetables, and before they took over they lived on planet Plant. Dr. Briefs, Trunks and Bra are just a mini-theme running in Vegeta's family I guess. I'm sure there are others but you get the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiroMunkie Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 [color=indigo]Yeah, just about everything in the [i]Dragonball[/i] series is a pun. The Japanese name for Namek means "slug", so then you have Lord Slug and a bunch of Nameks whose names mean certain things about slugs with the exception of Piccolo and Nail.. and Kami. Paragus is a play off of asparagus. There are hundreds more, but they escape my mind right now.[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transtic Nerve Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 It all has meaning. Whether humorous or significant. It's just a show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panther3751 Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 I have a partial answer, at least for names like "Gohan" (which means rice). Chinese traditional names are sometimes food (such as "Little Bun" or something) or an ordinary object. The old folklore goes, that if you give them a name like that, in times of darkness, the demons can't steal their name from them. I'll try to get a hold of the source for that soon. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GriffXL Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 planet vegeta (or planet vegetable or plant)used to be planet fruit.When it was the truffles (think thats what they are called) vs the saiyans it was the fruits vs the plants.Also in dball the rabbit gang,when goku sends them to the moon its actually a child story that says rabbits live on the moon and make kids marshmellow treats.Everything is a pun even jackie chun (sounds familiar?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D x SaBrE Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 That's all apart of Toriyama's sense of humor. I mean, take a look at the whole Dragon Ball series...all comedy. Not so much in DBZ, but alot in DBGT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegeta rocker Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 well i plan on naming my kid vegeta and if a daughter vegeta still,now seeing the irony in my life they will hate vegetables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegeta Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Transtic Nerve [/i] [B]It all has meaning. Whether humorous or significant. It's just a show. [/B][/QUOTE] I know what you mean, whats the big deal, its a show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 And like a carrot (kakarot) is the brother of a radish (radditz) thats funny, but Bra? He's overdoing it. He didn't even changed it a little bit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS Vegeta Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Vegeta [/i] [B] I know what you mean, whats the big deal, its a show. [/B][/QUOTE] I know what you mean, I don't see why it is a big deal. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 does it really matter whether they have puns in their names? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Saiyangohan2002 Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 [color=green] Toryamas sense of humor cannot be doubted. He puns the hell out of everything and anyone (Jackie Chan) Even that sub video of the cell games with those real bad actors in huge masks was a parody of the media. anyway I think all questions have been answered [/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maester Seymour Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 Majin Buu what is that a pun on ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiroMunkie Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 [color=indigo]Cinderella: Bibi-di, Babbi-di, Buu Meheheh, that one still mkaes me laugh. :p[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juu Posted July 10, 2002 Share Posted July 10, 2002 LOL, yeah... but mainly most anime names are puns.... Right? like I thought sakura ment cherry blossom or something.... *shrugs* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angedramon Posted July 10, 2002 Share Posted July 10, 2002 [COLOR=royalblue]Don't forget about the Ginyu Force. They were allnamed after dairy products. Ginyu - milk Jeice - cheese Guldo - yogurt Recoome - cream Burter - butter [/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Posted July 13, 2002 Share Posted July 13, 2002 Kamehameha was king of Hawaii from 1782-1819 :laugh: :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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