What's so bad about 'Bulla?'

[DBZAOTA482]

Because it's not her fucking name...

[Lord Beerus]

I've always seen the dissatisfaction among the Dragon Ball community around the name "Bulla" being entered around the fact that it ruins the pun behind her original name.

[8000 Saiyan]

Because people would have been offended by her original name, I guess.

[Robo4900]

Because people would have been offended by her original name, I guess.

So the word "Bra" is more objectionable than Videl's fight with Spopovich?

[8000 Saiyan]

Because people would have been offended by her original name, I guess.

So the word "Bra" is more objectionable than Videl's fight with Spopovich?

For those sensitive people, it probably is or isn't.

[Robo4900]

Because people would have been offended by her original name, I guess.

So the word "Bra" is more objectionable than Videl's fight with Spopovich?

For those sensitive people, it probably is or isn't.

It's pretty stupid, though. And a little sexist, given "Trunks", "Dr. Briefs", and kid Goku's junk constantly showing up are all okay.

[TheQuazz]

Because people would have been offended by her original name, I guess.

So the word "Bra" is more objectionable than Videl's fight with Spopovich?

Well, the English dub of the Videl/Spopovich fight was heavily censored when shown on TV, so your point is kind of invalid.

[Puto]

But it wasn't censored on the uncut DVDs, whereas Bra's name was.

[sangofe]

With everyone's negative reactions to the Dragon Ball Super Sub calling Bra 'Bulla'. I just have to ask a question what's so bad about the name Bulla?

Firstly, it completely loses the intended pun /allusion. Secondly, it sounds like bully.

[Deathbringer]

Now that I think about it, Bulla is a very masculine sounding name, it straight up has the word "bull" in it.

And once again, if you follow the (uncut version of the) series from beginning of DB to end of DBZ you would have already seen things like Ran Fan stripping to her underwear, Kuririn lifting up Bulma's shirt, Bulma walking around in her underwear in filler episodes on the way to Namek, multiple scenes of Bulma in the bath and quite a few other sexy moments.

I can understand why a kids TV time slot would want to censor things like this but they should have changed Bulla to Bra on the DVDs like how they changed Hercule to Mr Satan. (Although having said that, there are plenty of names they should have corrected on the DVDs while they had the chance, seeing as the American fanbase was surprisingly accepting of the name Mr Satan being used in the dub over Hercule)

[SingleFringe&Sparks]

Well, I think it was the closest what they were trying to relate it to, as opposed to just completely making up a name out of the blue for her like they did with Mr. Satan and still poorly do with Tenshinhan. "Bulla" at the least sounds like a diminutive of "Bulma". For the sake of subs, I do agree that they shouldn't use the dub names for it, only because of how circular it is, and the fact that people think the dubisms, are the direct translations because they read them in the subs.