Question about a dub line in the Garlic Jr. Saga

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 3:15 pm

This may seem like a dumb question but I really want to know the answer.
In episode 114 when Kurririn was fighting Garlic's purple henchmen in the dub the henchmen utters a line that I find hilarious because of how random it is. "Well whuddya know, I found the meatball!" he then proceeded to stop on Kurririns ass. Is this a saying any of you have ever heard before? Is it supposed to mean anything or was it just the dub script writers messing around?

Li'l Lemmy · Post by **Li'l Lemmy** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 4:59 pm

I'd never heard of such a saying, myself. I'm guessing it's either something that's straight outta Texas or just more nonsensical dub "language" along the lines of tear a strip out of me and I know tonsils who fight better, etc.

~Da Lemmy

Super Saiyan Turlast x4 · Post by **Super Saiyan Turlast x4** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:06 pm

Yeah, that line was stupid. I don't even know why he said that, but I remember it, and will likely check it later.

Xyex · Post by **Xyex** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:39 pm

Li'l Lemmy wrote:I'd never heard of such a saying, myself. I'm guessing it's either something that's straight outta Texas or just more nonsensical dub "language" along the lines of tear a strip out of me and I know tonsils who fight better, etc.

~Da Lemmy

I don't know about the first (what's the context for that one?) but the tonsils thing makes a sort of sense if you think French. XD

Li'l Lemmy · Post by **Li'l Lemmy** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:54 pm

Xvex wrote:I don't know about the first (what's the context for that one?) but the tonsils thing makes a sort of sense if you think French. XD

I don't actually have any context for the Texas thing per se. It's just that Neptune's situation is so very, very similar to something I caught years ago on DBZ Uncensored. Having no idea what "I found the meatball!" means or where it comes from, I've simply retreated to using the ol' Chris Psaros "Texas" excuse for dumb and/or confusing dub dialogue:

Chris Psaros once wrote:And I've gotta place Ginyu into his own special category. He gets the "What the Hell Is He Talking About?" award hands down. His dialogue ranges from the charmingly incoherent: "I've got to get the strength up in this body, or I'm done like dinner!" to the downright obscure: "I hope you're both wearing clean underwear, because you're both about to take a trip to the emergency ward!" Done like dinner? Um...... whaaa?? Is there a single one of you out there that has ever heard this expression before? Is it code? Is it some Texas thing? And that underwear threat... um... well, that just doesn't work at all does it?

. . .

Chris Psaros later wrote:Again, I talked about this bafflingly stupid line in my season 3 editorial, and I should mention that I actually took a lot of crap from Texans when, in trying to figure out its origin, I said, "is it some Texas thing?" I mean people were REALLY irate at that, and made all sorts of assumptions about what I was saying. Just from those simple FIVE WORDS, people read all SORTS of things into it, and I got called bigoted, prejudiced, even (heh) racist. One guy was so mad he said he'd never come to my site again.

My God, is this some Texas thing? Did I touch a nerve or what? Man, settle the HFIL down, people! The only reason I said that is because FUNimation is based IN TEXAS and the dubbing is being done IN TEXAS. Therefore, I figured, maybe some Texan expression that I'm unfamiliar with had gotten in there. I still think it's a stupid line, and that Southerners have a whole lot of funny peculiarities (I lived in Louisiana for a year), but I also think that we Californians have a whole lot of our OWN stupid expressions and peculiarities, and I'm just as willing to make fun of those. So stop complaining about this, guys! I'm not some ignorant bigot, and I know that, in reality, Texas isn't what the common stereotypes make it out to be. So calm down, put on your cowboy hats, and have some chewin' tabacky! (Heh)

As for the tonsils . . . well.

Yes.

. . .

EDIT: Oh, wait! You meant the context of tear a strip out of me. Blargh. Well, I'm too lazy to undo everything I just researched and/or posted, but tear a strip out of me is something Vegeta says to Kuririn when he's asking to be injured. It makes perfect sense, of course. That's why Sabat chose to change it to the infinitely more sensical "punch a hole in me" in the second dubbing. Yeah.

~Da Lemmy

Saiyan-Professor · Post by **Saiyan-Professor** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:43 pm

I was born and raised in Texas and I have never heard that phrase before. I guess it was just a crack at Kuririn’s stature and his head does look like a meatball. So why do we get blamed for such things?

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:56 pm

Saiyan-Professor wrote:I was born and raised in Texas and I have never heard that phrase before. I guess it was just a crack at Kuririn’s stature and his head does look like a meatball. So why do we get blamed for such things?

It's not an attack on Texas, we assume it is a Texas phrase because Funi is based there. Maybe they are just using a slogan unused by any other location, a ton of other areas have such things. If Funimation was based in the UK we would wonder if it was a British saying.

Saiyan-Professor · Post by **Saiyan-Professor** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:13 pm

I was just playing around but to be honest with you there is a lot of what some would call weird or stupid phrases but that one is new to me.

The Time Traveller · Post by **The Time Traveller** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 12:05 am

NeptuneKai wrote:
Saiyan-Professor wrote:I was born and raised in Texas and I have never heard that phrase before. I guess it was just a crack at Kuririn’s stature and his head does look like a meatball. So why do we get blamed for such things?
It's not an attack on Texas, we assume it is a Texas phrase because Funi is based there. Maybe they are just using a slogan unused by any other location, a ton of other areas have such things. If Funimation was based in the UK we would wonder if it was a British saying.

No, they'd use horrible American accents and make up Americanisms like the good old days.

Unless it's like Laughing Target, that was really disturbing to watch...

Musume · Post by **Musume** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 12:47 am

Done like dinner? Um...... whaaa?? Is there a single one of you out there that has ever heard this expression before? Is it code? Is it some Texas thing?

Seems pretty straightforward to me. Sounds like it's in the same vein as "Your goose is cooked!"

SSJ2bardock · Post by **SSJ2bardock** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 1:03 am

Musume wrote:
Done like dinner? Um...... whaaa?? Is there a single one of you out there that has ever heard this expression before? Is it code? Is it some Texas thing?
Seems pretty straightforward to me. Sounds like it's in the same vein as "Your goose is cooked!"

Or "winner winner, chicken dinner".

Casual Matt · Post by **Casual Matt** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:37 am

Eh, the FUNi dub of the Garlic Junior Arc still has the best line from anything ever:

Krillin: I dunno, Piccolo, that plan sounds pretty half baked to me.
Piccolo: I assure you, it's fully baked.

Top notch.

Onikage725 · Post by **Onikage725** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:19 am

Saiyan-Professor wrote:I was born and raised in Texas and I have never heard that phrase before. I guess it was just a crack at Kuririn’s stature and his head does look like a meatball. So why do we get blamed for such things?

Did anyone ever see the old mock debate between "Bush" and "Gore" on SNL?

Gore: *gives little speech about health care and the "lockbox"*

Bush: I don't know what that was all about, but I will say this: don't mess with Texas.

Gore: I didn't mess with Texas!

Moderator: Gov. Bush, I listened very closely to the Vice President's remarks, and I do not believe he messed with Texas.

SonEric84 · Post by **SonEric84** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 12:06 pm

Casual Matt wrote:Eh, the FUNi dub of the Garlic Junior Arc still has the best line from anything ever:

Krillin: I dunno, Piccolo, that plan sounds pretty half baked to me.
Piccolo: I assure you, it's fully baked.

Top notch.

haha Oh Funimation, your wit never ceases to amuse.

The Time Traveller · Post by **The Time Traveller** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:55 am

SonEric84 wrote:
Casual Matt wrote:Eh, the FUNi dub of the Garlic Junior Arc still has the best line from anything ever:

Krillin: I dunno, Piccolo, that plan sounds pretty half baked to me.
Piccolo: I assure you, it's fully baked.

Top notch.

haha Oh Funimation, your wit never ceases to amuse.

Sounds like something Groucho Marx would say...

Super 17 · Post by **Super 17** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:02 am

Hey there are far more worst lines that got misplace instead of saying what was said in the original Japanese. I remember watching one of the episodes of the english dub, I think my first one too, anyways I remembered Piccolo telling Nappa, "Have you ever heard of the story of David and Goliath" and I was like WTF? As if Piccolo would even know who they are. I don't even know who they are. Unless Piccolo started reading books and trying to find out famous people.

saiyanprincess · Post by **saiyanprincess** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:42 am

Super 17 wrote:Hey there are far more worst lines that got misplace instead of saying what was said in the original Japanese. I remember watching one of the episodes of the english dub, I think my first one too, anyways I remembered Piccolo telling Nappa, "Have you ever heard of the story of David and Goliath" and I was like WTF? As if Piccolo would even know who they are. I don't even know how they are. Unless Piccolo started reading books and trying to find out famous people.

I could just see Piccolo standing in a library with a huge stack of books, - that explains what he was doing when he was training Gohan in the wilderness! He left Gohan in the middle of nowhere because he did not want him to ever discover his secret desire of reading romance novels and historical encycolpedias.

I'm not sure but I think David and Goliath is one of the old stories about a huge giant... Kind of like Nappa I guess, and a little weedy man. Turns out the weedy man is really strong and he beats the giant.
Its just basically saying size does not matter.

Rocketman · Post by **Rocketman** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:57 am

saiyanprincess wrote:Turns out the weedy man is really strong and he beats the giant.
Its just basically saying size does not matter.

The little guy uses a sling to smash a rock into the giant's frontal lobes, then cuts off his head with the giant's own sword and takes his armor.

It's from the Bible.

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:39 am

Rocketman wrote:
saiyanprincess wrote:Turns out the weedy man is really strong and he beats the giant.
Its just basically saying size does not matter.
The little guy uses a sling to smash a rock into the giant's frontal lobes, then cuts off his head with the giant's own sword and takes his armor.

It's from the Bible.

Wholesome moralistic fun for everybody Rocketman!

Onikage725 · Post by **Onikage725** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:20 pm

NeptuneKai wrote:
Rocketman wrote:
saiyanprincess wrote:Turns out the weedy man is really strong and he beats the giant.
Its just basically saying size does not matter.
The little guy uses a sling to smash a rock into the giant's frontal lobes, then cuts off his head with the giant's own sword and takes his armor.

It's from the Bible.
Wholesome moralistic fun for everybody Rocketman!

Why does this remind me of fake Namek?