Most memorable BS dub lines / names

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Re: Most memorable BS dub lines / names

Post by ErikB » Sat Apr 25, 2015 9:27 pm

I think Whiskers the Wonder Cat has to be the winner for BS Dub Name.

As for line, I nominate Krillin in the last episode of GT (FUNi dub): "We had to find a rock with a turtle on its back."
I mentioned it before, and it still bugs the crap out of me. It makes no sense. It's just barely grammatically sound. It might be at home in a Malaysian dub, but it's in the FUNimation dub and performed by a native English speaker.

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Re: Most memorable BS dub lines / names

Post by One_Instance » Sat Apr 25, 2015 10:37 pm

"Spirit Ball" which comes from Sokidan.

Like a lot of the names for attacks it's really lame and generic. I would've listed more but all the ones I can think of off the top of my head have already been taken.

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Re: Most memorable BS dub lines / names

Post by Dyno » Sat Apr 25, 2015 10:40 pm

I also can't get the "Spirit Bomb". :| What's the problem with "Genki-Dama"?

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Re: Most memorable BS dub lines / names

Post by Duo » Sat Apr 25, 2015 10:46 pm

SSJ2FutureGohan wrote:
fadeddreams5 wrote:Perfect Cell (Ocean dub) fighting Vegeta - It's best to just watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56ZA0dza3JY
I.. can't.. even.. what.?
There aren't enough words in the entire fucking English language to address this. Whatever idea I thought I was going to contribute to this thread has been blown away along with the majority of my brains.

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Re: Most memorable BS dub lines / names

Post by Super Sonic » Sat Apr 25, 2015 11:20 pm

Dyno wrote:I also can't get the "Spirit Bomb". :| What's the problem with "Genki-Dama"?
Back in the 90s there was still the mindset on some things of "more Japanese, less American kids will like". And spirit bomb does sound kinda cool.

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Re: Most memorable BS dub lines / names

Post by Dyno » Sat Apr 25, 2015 11:25 pm

Odd, to say the least. My dub uses "Genki-Dama" and it is a pretty damn well received term.

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Re: Most memorable BS dub lines / names

Post by theoriginalbilis » Sat Apr 25, 2015 11:28 pm

I do like the sound of "Spirit Bomb" more, and it still works just fine as a translated/adapted name. I do tend to use "Genki-Dama" mostly on this forum, though.

As for dub lines that I find memorable... "I'm the Bean Daddy!" https://youtu.be/I_lXRSApM0Q?t=69
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Re: Most memorable BS dub lines / names

Post by fadeddreams5 » Sat Apr 25, 2015 11:32 pm

IMO:

Kienzan > Destructo Disc

Taioken < Solar Flare

Makankōsappō = Special Beam Cannon (the former is tricky to pronounce and spell for kids; the latter sounds lame)

Kikoho < Tri-Beam (love hearing Tien yell, "Tri-Beam...HA!")

Genki Dama < Spirit Bomb

Sokidan > Spirit Ball (the latter is very confusing and redundant, considering we already have Spirit Bomb).

Rōgafūfūken < Wolf Fang Fist
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Re: Most memorable BS dub lines / names

Post by One_Instance » Sun Apr 26, 2015 12:12 am

How about this, anything and everything from the Speedy dub.

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Re: Most memorable BS dub lines / names

Post by One_Instance » Sun Apr 26, 2015 12:34 am

Oh yeah! And how could we forget "Mondo cool!"?

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Re: Most memorable BS dub lines / names

Post by HG-Project » Sun Apr 26, 2015 1:50 am

In the English Funi dub? Basically anything Piccolo says, Daimao or Junior.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR4oWIkND2Q

Goku: "You missed all my vital organs!"
Piccolo:"*ALL OF THEM?! *grunts*"

"I admit, the move I made wasn't very smart, but I wanted to help Goku out, and then BOOM! Vegeta got in my way"

Kuririn: Man, that android's toast!
Piccolo; Yeah...more like BURNT TOAST.

Yup, Piccolo's the bomb diggity. As for stuff like Speedydubs and Big Green, now those are different beasts altogether.

Also, some dub names bug me a lot. For instance, changing Seripa into "F a s h a." Why?

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Re: Most memorable BS dub lines / names

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Re: Most memorable BS dub lines / names

Post by HG-Project » Sun Apr 26, 2015 1:56 am

fadeddreams5 wrote:Some lines:
Perfect Cell (Ocean dub) fighting Vegeta - It's best to just watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56ZA0dza3JY
That is beautiful but in an uncomfortable way.
Might need to check out the Ocean dub sometime just for the amped up ridiculousness, *raised on Funi dub, which is also ridiculous*

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Re: Most memorable BS dub lines / names

Post by Kakacarrottop » Sun Apr 26, 2015 2:05 am

"Raditz is faster than the speed of light"

"Moon-blast explode" and "dats enough, energy blast!" from the Saban dub for Tree of Might
"I will literally dress as Goku and walk around jumping up and down, pretending to fly, in public if this ever gets an official release"

- ShadowDude112 on Ocean's Kai dub

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Re: Most memorable BS dub lines / names

Post by 90sDBZ » Sun Apr 26, 2015 8:27 am

Goku against Kid Buu in the Westwood dub:
"He's tunneling under the ground. He's got to come up for air sometime".

Goku right before going Oozaru in Blue Water GT against Baby:
"The earth. The place where I was born and grew up."

Goku right before he tries to self-destruct to kill Syn Shenron in Blue Water GT:
"This is the move that defeated Majin Buu!"

Goku in Blue Water GT on the final episode during the flashback sequence where it shows him returning to earth for the 25th Tournament:
"Haha see ya!"

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Re: Most memorable BS dub lines / names

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Re: Most memorable BS dub lines / names

Post by Cold Skin » Sun Apr 26, 2015 10:24 am

fadeddreams5 wrote: Perfect Cell (Ocean dub) fighting Vegeta - It's best to just watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56ZA0dza3JY
Okay, I wouldn't have ever expected such a thing to happen but that gave me a good laugh! :lol:
Oh, Cell, you're just full of surprises after reaching perfection, even your screams are pitch-perfect!

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Re: Most memorable BS dub lines / names

Post by Piririn » Sun Apr 26, 2015 2:22 pm

(Funi Dub) Freeza's line to Goku: "All right, big guy. Whatever turns you on."

Nothing can top that one.

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Re: Most memorable BS dub lines / names

Post by Cetra » Sun Apr 26, 2015 2:25 pm

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Re: Most memorable BS dub lines / names

Post by Kakacarrottop » Mon Apr 27, 2015 3:08 am

Oh and i forgot to add this one. Goku's Kamehameha becomes "Kayo-Ken" for no reason at all. I sincerly hope whoever purposefully mistranslated that doesn't work for FUNi anymore
"I will literally dress as Goku and walk around jumping up and down, pretending to fly, in public if this ever gets an official release"

- ShadowDude112 on Ocean's Kai dub

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