Clever Spiderman reference in DBZ...

firen · Post by **firen** » Mon May 22, 2006 3:09 am

If you watch "Gohan Goes To High School" Episode 185 where Videl, Gohan and Videl's friend are talking about the golden figher and all of a suden Sharpner says "...who in the world has heard of a little book nerd secretly being a super hero?"

I found this very interesting. Whethere it was intentional is a different question, interesting nonethelss.

Any thoughts on this matter?

Tsukento · Post by **Tsukento** » Mon May 22, 2006 4:32 am

I don't believe the intention was to be a joke regarding Spider-Man, but rather the concept of what Sharpner mentioned is exactly as he put it.

Not to mention, no such mention would have ever been done in the original, Japanese dialogue.

firen · Post by **firen** » Mon May 22, 2006 9:37 am

Haha you maybe right

But it's interesting to thing about don't you think? I mean such a funny coincidence.

Sun_Wukong · Post by **Sun_Wukong** » Mon May 22, 2006 11:40 am

Spiderman being the only nerd superhero? Apparently youve never heard of Superman.

Rocketman · Post by **Rocketman** » Mon May 22, 2006 1:06 pm

Sun_Wukong wrote:Spiderman being the only nerd superhero? Apparently youve never heard of Superman.

Superman is a jock disguised as a nerd.

Azure · Post by **Azure** » Mon May 22, 2006 1:25 pm

The great Saiyaman saga is a parody of the superhero/sentai genre so of course there's comic book jokes in. There's a strong superman thing runing through DBZ, and I'm pretty sure that's why Gohan has thick black framed glasses in GT that being the classic Clark Kent look.

theoriginalbilis · Post by **theoriginalbilis** » Mon May 22, 2006 1:54 pm

Not to poop on anyone's parade, but it's spelled "Spider-Man", not "Spiderman."

He's Spider-Man! Not Floyd Spiderman from accounting...

t0ffe3m4n · Post by **t0ffe3m4n** » Mon May 22, 2006 2:43 pm

Sun_Wukong wrote:Spiderman being the only nerd superhero? Apparently youve never heard of Superman.

.. or Gordon Freeman.

firen · Post by **firen** » Mon May 22, 2006 4:58 pm

Superman is NOT a nerd. Are you kidding me? Writing for a newspaper does not make you a nerd. It's quite obvious the first person almost anyone thinks of as a nerd disguised as a superhero is Spider-man! But ya, don't mean to make this into a big argument, just sharing my findings, that's all.

Kaze no Mune · Post by **Kaze no Mune** » Mon May 22, 2006 5:40 pm

firen wrote:Superman is NOT a nerd. Are you kidding me? Writing for a newspaper does not make you a nerd. It's quite obvious the first person almost anyone thinks of as a nerd disguised as a superhero is Spider-man! But ya, don't mean to make this into a big argument, just sharing my findings, that's all.

Well, I doubt that was what Toriyama was going for, but if we're talking about the English localization, then probably. Afterall, they were both highschool students when they became "super heroes".

Son Goku · Post by **Son Goku** » Mon May 22, 2006 7:06 pm

Sun_Wukong wrote:Spiderman being the only nerd superhero? Apparently youve never heard of Superman.

But Superman already exists in the DB world! (if you count Dr. Slump in)

DBZ MAN · Post by **DBZ MAN** » Tue May 23, 2006 12:17 pm

I thought it was something like 'supaman' or something. Which was a pisstake on the real superman.

veshira · Post by **veshira** » Tue May 23, 2006 12:24 pm

DBZ MAN wrote:I thought it was something like 'supaman' or something. Which was a pisstake on the real superman.

Speaking of which:
Warning on the back of a can of coffee in Slump World: CAUTION: Coffee will not give you super powers!

Sun_Wukong · Post by **Sun_Wukong** » Tue May 23, 2006 3:12 pm

firen wrote:Superman is NOT a nerd. Are you kidding me? Writing for a newspaper does not make you a nerd. It's quite obvious the first person almost anyone thinks of as a nerd disguised as a superhero is Spider-man! But ya, don't mean to make this into a big argument, just sharing my findings, that's all.

Ok for one, Spiderman lost that in the 80s. He ditched the glasses and got really ugly hair. Another, watch Christopher Reeve as Clark, you feel like shouting out "dork!"

Post by **Kaboom** » Tue May 23, 2006 3:37 pm

Aaaugh! It's "Spider-Man," people! There's a hyphen! A hyphen, I tell you! Stan Lee gave him a hyphen on purpose! Aaaugh!

:::Stylishly bursts a blood vessel:::

theoriginalbilis · Post by **theoriginalbilis** » Tue May 23, 2006 3:43 pm

I know, dude. I told people it's SPIDER-MAN, but no one seems to listen to Stan Lee.

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