Major Metallitron?

[MoltenMan]

Hey guys, got a quick name question for you.

The android in Dragon Ball that Goku fights soon after entering Muscle Tower, what's the general name for this guy? Full Metal Jacket, Major Metallitron, Sergeant Metallic? What's his real name?

[Kamiccolo9]

Sergeant Metallic, I believe.

At least, that's what Herms has listed in the Strength Checker.

[MoltenMan]

Thanks. It's kind of confusing. Been reading the Viz manga and they call him Full Metal Jacket, I believe the dub calls him Major Metallitron, but I don't know enough about him to see what people generally call him when they refer to him.

I wonder why such a drastic redesign in Path to Power?

[Kamiccolo9]

Thanks. It's kind of confusing. Been reading the Viz manga and they call him Full Metal Jacket, I believe the dub calls him Major Metallitron, but I don't know enough about him to see what people generally call him when they refer to him.

I wonder why such a drastic redesign in Path to Power?

Well, Viz is full of weird "Vizisms," like Vegerot and Hercule, while the Funimation dub has its share as well, like Tien, Korin, and General Tao.
And then there's the whole "androids vs cyborgs" thing.

Theres plenty of inconsistency concerning English names for this series.

[KentalSSJ6]

Thanks. It's kind of confusing. Been reading the Viz manga and they call him Full Metal Jacket, I believe the dub calls him Major Metallitron, but I don't know enough about him to see what people generally call him when they refer to him.

I wonder why such a drastic redesign in Path to Power?

Well his original design is a blatant reference to Schwarzenegger's Terminator. Perhaps they changed up the design to avoid any legal issues due to his likeness being used without his permission?

[MoltenMan]

Yeah, that's true.

Reason I asked about the name is, I'm thinking of buying a PS4 soon, and when I sign up for PSN I like to use names of obscure characters I like. Just to kind of get the name out there. On XBL I've always used "MoltenMan" but the name is taken. I wanted a name of a character I thought was cool, and Metallic is one idea I'm throwing around.

[Kamiccolo9]

Yeah, that's true.

Reason I asked about the name is, I'm thinking of buying a PS4 soon, and when I sign up for PSN I like to use names of obscure characters I like. Just to kind of get the name out there. On XBL I've always used "MoltenMan" but the name is taken. I wanted a name of a character I thought was cool, and Metallic is one idea I'm throwing around.

Gotta love obscure Lee/Dikto Spider-Man villains.

[Kaboom]

The "Metallic" name is not JUST in reference to the fact that he's a robot and made of metal. It's also part of the Red Ribbon Army characters' "colors" name theme, in this case referring to metallic colors.

[MoltenMan]

The "Metallic" name is not JUST in reference to the fact that he's a robot and made of metal. It's also part of the Red Ribbon Army characters' "colors" name theme, in this case referring to metallic colors.

Ah, yeah, good point. Which kind of makes Funi's name a bit weird. "Metallitron" Which then, they call him a Major, and another name is Sergeant. Now I'm all kinds of confused.

Viz's Full Metal Jacket, I'm not sure how they translated that. I'd like to know his it was in the original Japanese manga.

[Kaboom]

Ah, yeah, good point. Which kind of makes Funi's name a bit weird. "Metallitron" Which then, they call him a Major, and another name is Sergeant. Now I'm all kinds of confused.

Well that's because FUNimation's localization/scripting people apparently hate Dragon Ball's clever "themed "names. See their lost-in-translation names for Bardock's crew, the Ginyu Force, "Cui," "Dabura," and so forth.

[TheDevilsCorpse]

Viz's Full Metal Jacket, I'm not sure how they translated that. I'd like to know his it was in the original Japanese manga.

Sergeant Metallic. Viz was trying to be clever by changing the name, something that was never asked of them.

[Herms]

Not much to add at this point, but yeah, in Japanese the dude's name is メタリック/Metarikku="Metallic". It's flat-out just the English word, no translation required. For such a straightforward name, it's rather odd that both the Funi dub and Viz ended up changing it. I guess they both felt it was too straightforward?

Viz's "Full Metal Jacket" is a reference to the Kubrick film of the same name.

[Gyt Kaliba]

Well that's because FUNimation's localization/scripting people apparently hate Dragon Ball's clever "themed "names. See their lost-in-translation names for Bardock's crew, the Ginyu Force, "Cui," "Dabura," and so forth.

Wait, I can see the argument against Metallitron and Bardock's crew, but what did they do to the last three? The Ginyu Force names still seem pretty much on par, and I don't remember there being anything greatly different with the other two names in the subtitled version.

[Kamiccolo9]

Ah, yeah, good point. Which kind of makes Funi's name a bit weird. "Metallitron" Which then, they call him a Major, and another name is Sergeant. Now I'm all kinds of confused.

Well that's because FUNimation's localization/scripting people apparently hate Dragon Ball's clever "themed "names. See their lost-in-translation names for Bardock's crew, the Ginyu Force, "Cui," "Dabura," and so forth.

For Dabura, they just directly translated the name as written in Japanese into English, didn't they? That one's a weird case of remaining accurate at the cost of losing the pun, if I've got that right.

[Kaboom]

Wait, I can see the argument against Metallitron and Bardock's crew, but what did they do to the last three?

The Ginyu Force get their names from dairy products (curd, creme, butter, cheese), and their spellings and pronunciations in FUNimation's dubs only partially reflect that, at best. Same with the "kiwi" sourced name turning into "Cui." As for...

For Dabura, they just directly translated the name as written in Japanese into English, didn't they? That one's a weird case of remaining accurate at the cost of losing the pun, if I've got that right.

Yeah, but his name comes from "abracadabra," so in this case the 'U' in 'Dabura' may represent the Japanese characters more strictly and accurately, but kind of undermines the point of his name.

[MoltenMan]

It's weird how they couldn't even keep the rank the same. Sergeant, Major, agree on something will ya!?

[Gyt Kaliba]

The Ginyu Force get their names from dairy products (curd, creme, butter, cheese), and their spellings and pronunciations in FUNimation's dubs only partially reflect that, at best. Same with the "kiwi" sourced name turning into "Cui." As for...

True, but...eh, I dunno. It's still easy enough to see where the name puns are coming from with 'Burter' and 'Jeice', but I guess that could be because I do know where it's coming from and therefore I can make the connection. And it's still 'Recoome' (well, 'ReCoome') if I recall right in the subs, so that's still an unclear-ish one anyway. 'Gurd' is definitely more on the nose than 'Guldo' though, yeah.

As for Cui, ah, that's right. I keep forgetting his name pun or that FUNi changed the K to a C for 'Cui'. My bad. ^_^;

Yeah, but his name comes from "abra cadabra," so in this case the 'U' in 'Dabura' may represent the Japanese characters more strictly and accurately, but kind of undermines the point of his name.

True...but eh. That just becomes a bit too...pedantic, at that point, at least for me. I can see your point of course, but I just don't think that ranks up there with some of the other more blatant name changes like Metallitron. But then, I'm also fine with the hated 'Fr-i-eza' spelling too, so what do I know.

It's weird how they couldn't even keep the rank the same. Sergeant, Major, agree on something will ya!?

They were really bad with that kind of thing in regards to the RRA for some reason, as evidenced by 'General Tao' for a time.

[bkev]

It's weird how they couldn't even keep the rank the same. Sergeant, Major, agree on something will ya!?

I think that was done in the interest of alliteration. Strange as it may be, if they had to change the name and rank, that didn't go over too poorly with me.

[FoolsGil]

What was his deal? Anyone else wonder if he was a prototype Android of Gero?

[Gaffer Tape]

True...but eh. That just becomes a bit too...pedantic, at that point, at least for me. I can see your point of course, but I just don't think that ranks up there with some of the other more blatant name changes like Metallitron. But then, I'm also fine with the hated 'Fr-i-eza' spelling too, so what do I know.

Well, I wouldn't say it's pedantic because it's not really the spelling in and of itself that makes it so blatantly bad. The spelling, though, contributes to what does make it so blatantly bad, though: the pronunciation, which is one of the most off the mark pronunciations the dub has ever had and what takes it completely away from the joke.

It's not duh-BOOOOR-uh. It's DAH-bra. I don't necessarily have a problem spelling it Dabura. I also spell Yamucha like that, but I'd be up in arms if someone decided that meant his name was pronounced yuh-MOOOO-cha.