New Fruits, Vegetables Ect, Name Puns

Saiyan-Professor · Post by **Saiyan-Professor** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 1:27 pm

What are some good puns on fruits and vegetables among other things that Toriyama has not used in Dragonball for the names of his characters?

B · Post by B » Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:07 pm

Bana?
Grap?

Forget Grap, it sucks. But Bana sounds decent and I don't think it's been used.

Saiyan-Professor · Post by **Saiyan-Professor** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:26 pm

B wrote:Bana?
Grap?

Forget Grap, it sucks. But Bana sounds decent and I don't think it's been used.

"Bana" sounds good I also like the names “Appel" and "Oranje” from which I stole from the Smashing Pumpkins, it was the name of one of their songs on the album Adore.

Where are all my fellow fan fiction writers when I need them?

Innagadadavida · Post by **Innagadadavida** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:36 pm

Kiwi?
Lettuce?
Potato?
Peppers?
Soy Beans?
Corn?

Just a few off the top of my head, they may have been used though.

Suupaa Gohan 2 · Post by **Suupaa Gohan 2** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:42 pm

Some of Freeza's henchmen have taken the fruit puns already, SP - for instance, apple and orange, you mention, have already been used by Appule and Oran.

I made a list a loooooong time ago when me and a friend were making a Doujinshi and were thinking of names for new Saiyajin using vegetables that hadn't been used within the series. I'll see if I can find it for you, but off the top of my head some of the ones we came up with were Tanip (turnip), Cerely (celery), Kron (corn), Quash (squash), etc...

I ended up using Cumber (spelling changed to Kanba; from cucumber), Nizucchi (spelling changed to Nizuki; from zucchini), and N'yan (from onion, before Onio of NMZ came about) for my fic, IGNO, but if I find that old list (which I do know I still have somewhere) I don't mind sharing any of the others.

As for fruit puns...ever played Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald? Look at some of the berries, because they've got some Toriyama-esque fruit puns going on that could give you some ideas.

Adamant · Post by **Adamant** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:51 pm

Some of the video games came up with a couple names on their own.
As an example, here's the names of the new Freeza henchmen introduced in DBZ2 for the NES. I don't get all the puns for their names, so they're all direct romanizations:

Ronme ("Lonme", from melon)
Kuranbo ("Cranbo", from cranberry)
Nappuru
Neiburu
Monree ("Monleh", from lemon)
Gupuree (uh.. "Gpera", from grape)
Nabana ("Nabana", from banana)
Roberii ("Rawberry", from strawberry)
Gonmaa ("Gonmah", from mango)
Paiyaa ("Payah", from papaya?)
Kaabosu ("Carbos"?)
Yuuzu ("Yuhzu", from yuzu)

Post by **Herms** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:59 pm

Innagadadavida wrote:Kiwi?
Lettuce?
Potato?
Peppers?
Soy Beans?
Corn?

Just a few off the top of my head, they may have been used though.

Kiwi is taken by Kyui/Kiwi, lettuce by Turles, and potato by Toteppo. The rest haven't been used for character name puns, as far as I can remember.

Saiyan-Professor · Post by **Saiyan-Professor** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:03 pm

Innagadadavida wrote:Kiwi?
Lettuce?
Potato?
Peppers?
Soy Beans?
Corn?

Just a few off the top of my head, they may have been used though.

Kiwi was already used earlier in the series he was supposed to be Vegeta’s rivial. Actually, he was the first one Vegeta killed on Namek. Mike writes the name as “Kewi”.

The other food names are interesting but do you have any alternative spellings for them?

Suupaa Gohan 2 wrote:Some of Freeza's henchmen have taken the fruit puns already, SP - for instance, apple and orange, you mention, have already been used by Appule and Oran.

I made a list a loooooong time ago when me and a friend were making a Doujinshi and were thinking of names for new Saiyajin using vegetables that hadn't been used within the series. I'll see if I can find it for you, but off the top of my head some of the ones we came up with were Tanip (turnip), Cerely (celery), Kron (corn), Quash (squash), etc...

I ended up using Cumber (spelling changed to Kanba; from cucumber), Nizucchi (spelling changed to Nizuki; from zucchini), and N'yan (from onion, before Onio of NMZ came about) for my fic, IGNO, but if I find that old list (which I do know I still have somewhere) I don't mind sharing any of the others.

As for fruit puns...ever played Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald? Look at some of the berries, because they've got some Toriyama-esque fruit puns going on that could give you some ideas.

Yeah, I am familiar with the Appule (Mike’s favorite character) and Oran but I would think that those are the two main fruits that come to peoples minds. They should be up for grabs if they are spelled differently.

No I am just familiar with the latter additions to Pokemon, just the original anime. Can you provide a link to a site that has those names listed? If you find that character name list, it would be appreciated.

I always wondered if Toei had went with the idea of introducing Tsufuruian hybrids instead of Bebi in Dragonball GT what would names they would have given the characters.

Adamant wrote:Some of the video games came up with a couple names on their own.
As an example, here's the names of the new Freeza henchmen introduced in DBZ2 for the NES. I don't get all the puns for their names, so they're all direct romanizations:

Ronme ("Lonme", from melon)
Kuranbo ("Cranbo", from cranberry)
Nappuru
Neiburu
Monree ("Monleh", from lemon)
Gupuree (uh.. "Gpera", from grape)
Nabana ("Nabana", from banana)
Roberii ("Rawberry", from strawberry)
Gonmaa
Paiyaa ("Payah", from papaya?)
Kaabosu ("Carbos"?)
Yuuzu ("Yuhzu", from yuzu)

These are just what I am looking for, thanks. Which ones was the spelling that was used primarily, for example “Ronme” or “Lonme”?

Adamant · Post by **Adamant** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:16 pm

Saiyan-Professor wrote: Which ones was the spelling that was used primarily, for example “Ronme” or “Lonme”?

They were all written in katakana, "Lonme" is just my attempt at a proper romanization to bring the "melon" pun across.

(also, "Gonmaa" is obviously from mango)

The Tori-bot · Post by **The Tori-bot** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:29 pm

I remember somebody on deviantART had a Saiya-jin OC named "Sprout".

Anyway, here's one I thought of quite a while ago, actually:

Punita.

Punita --> Pu Ni Ta --> Taa Ni Puu --> Turnip.

I thought about simplifying it to "Punta", but there's already a character called Punta (even though he is a "one-shot character", according to Kuririn

), but if Toei can get away with "Gokua", I can get away with "Punita".

Oh! Oh! Another one!

Barus (pronounced Baa-roos)

Barus --> Ba Ruu --> Baa Ru Se 'ru --> Brussel

Mabye him and Punita can be brothers. ;P

One more:

Korn --> Corn (stolen from Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru's designs of Bardock's teammates

)

Innagadadavida · Post by **Innagadadavida** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:29 pm

Saiyan-Professor wrote:No I am just familiar with the latter additions to Pokemon, just the original anime. Can you provide a link to a site that has those names listed? If you find that character name list, it would be appreciated.

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/ ... tion_III_2

Thar she blows, maties.

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:13 am

I've always been fond of "Cabba" and "Kabaje" as puns on cabbage. The latter I've used in geektacular fanfictions.

Saiyan-Professor · Post by **Saiyan-Professor** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 1:32 am

Dayspring wrote:I've always been fond of "Cabba" and "Kabaje" as puns on cabbage. The latter I've used in geektacular fanfictions.

I like “Kabaje” but have anyone made a pun on spinach or cauliflower before if so what were they?

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 1:41 am

Saiyan-Professor wrote:
Dayspring wrote:I've always been fond of "Cabba" and "Kabaje" as puns on cabbage. The latter I've used in geektacular fanfictions.
I like “Kabaje” but have anyone made a pun on spinach or cauliflower before if so what were they?

*Had an OC named Cally - from cauliflower, before*.

Saiyan-Professor · Post by **Saiyan-Professor** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:38 pm

I would like to thank everyone for his or her assistance.

Are there any other food-groups that Toriyama or Toei have neglected to touch on?

Suupaa Gohan 2 · Post by **Suupaa Gohan 2** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:46 pm

Well despite Buu's penchant for candy, I don't believe any focus was put onto sweets in terms of name puns...like cupcakes, pies, cookies, etc.

Saiyan-Professor · Post by **Saiyan-Professor** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:32 pm

Suupaa Gohan 2 wrote:Well despite Buu's penchant for candy, I don't believe any focus was put onto sweets in terms of name puns...like cupcakes, pies, cookies, etc.

I do not even want to imagine what type of species has someone running around called “cupcake”.

Adamant · Post by **Adamant** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:17 pm

The filler episode "Quiet as the sky" introduced a whole ton of characters all named after various desserts.

Saiyan-Professor · Post by **Saiyan-Professor** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:57 am

I was never good at creating pun names especially from another language. Can someone create a name from the Japanese word for “panther” or “leopard” which is “hyou” for a race of people?

The Time Traveller · Post by **The Time Traveller** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:47 pm

I always thought Goku's mother's name should be something to Dandelions, like Dandelion and Burdock, nice drink...