Does the Funi dub really say GT is 10 years later?

Post by **Herms** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:35 am

I've heard a few times that it does, but can anyone confirm this? If so, exactly what point do they say this in the dub? Or is it not mentioned in the dub itself, but only in Funi promotional material (similiar to how the 5-year gap is treated in the Japanese version)?

Amigo Ten · Post by **Amigo Ten** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:51 am

I can say it never happens in the first two episodes, which is where most people I've heard say it's said. Usually they think Goku or Oob says they've been training for 10 years, but neither of them do. Haven't watched beyond that.

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:02 am

I remember the 10-year gap being an estimation from PlanetNamek.com (based on how Bra and Pan looked) and that it just stuck as "official" until we learned differently from the GT guides.

Post by **VegettoEX** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:05 am

I think it would be great to track down where this number actually came from. If it's not in their actual dub (and I'll be damned if I'm going to sit and watch it to find out), where exactly did it come from and why is it that people say FUNimation's the one who went with it? Was it on their website somewhere? The back of a DVD cover? Some other promotional material?

Definitely something I should add to the "Rumor Guide"... more than happy to do so if someone tracks down the non-PN source on it!

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:07 am

VegettoEX wrote:I think it would be great to track down where this number actually came from. If it's not in their actual dub (and I'll be damned if I'm going to sit and watch it to find out), where exactly did it come from and why is it that people say FUNimation's the one who went with it? Was it on their website somewhere? The back of a DVD cover? Some other promotional material?

Definitely something I should add to the "Rumor Guide"... more than happy to do so if someone tracks down the non-PN source on it!

No, seriously: it was Mr. E's guess.

Post by **VegettoEX** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:10 am

Dayspring wrote:
VegettoEX wrote:I think it would be great to track down where this number actually came from. If it's not in their actual dub (and I'll be damned if I'm going to sit and watch it to find out), where exactly did it come from and why is it that people say FUNimation's the one who went with it? Was it on their website somewhere? The back of a DVD cover? Some other promotional material?

Definitely something I should add to the "Rumor Guide"... more than happy to do so if someone tracks down the non-PN source on it!
No, seriously: it was Mr. E's guess.

I get that, but people claim that the 10 years also comes directly from FUNimation... and if they think that, why do they think that? Are they just wrong in thinking FUNimation stated it somewhere, or did they actually put that down in writing at some point in time?

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:19 am

VegettoEX wrote:
Dayspring wrote:
VegettoEX wrote:I think it would be great to track down where this number actually came from. If it's not in their actual dub (and I'll be damned if I'm going to sit and watch it to find out), where exactly did it come from and why is it that people say FUNimation's the one who went with it? Was it on their website somewhere? The back of a DVD cover? Some other promotional material?

Definitely something I should add to the "Rumor Guide"... more than happy to do so if someone tracks down the non-PN source on it!
No, seriously: it was Mr. E's guess.
I get that, but people claim that the 10 years also comes directly from FUNimation... and if they think that, why do they think that? Are they just wrong in thinking FUNimation stated it somewhere, or did they actually put that down in writing at some point in time?

That's what I mean: they didn't (unless there's an ep I forgot about). The rumor started in a misquote of a PN FAQ (iirc, the same one in which Skullmac failed to realize that "Mr. E" was a pun on "mystery"). It became the guess of choice, and then people thought it was a fact and not a guess because of how long people kept quoting 10 years. Then PN went the way of the dinosites and people said the rule was mentioned in the series. Then the GT Profiles showed otherwise and the claim was that it was the dub series.

Now WHICH dub series is what I think should be looked into. I'm guessing people just use the FUNi dub by default. Anybody know if it was mentioned in Ocean/Blue Water's dub(s)?

It may also be a hybrid of the '95 dub posters that said the Blackstar DBs were between Pilaf and Radditz. How many years did that thing mention?

saiyangerl · Post by **saiyangerl** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:52 am

I find it hard to believe that GT would be 10 years later because it's already 10 years later at the very end of DBZ. But since I am in the process of watching GT I do remember that in the first episode I believe, when Goku and Uub are shown training that Goku parts ways with Uub so it's basically the end of their training and he mentions how he hasn't been home in a few years.

SSJ Helldog · Post by **SSJ Helldog** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:25 pm

Dayspring wrote:It may also be a hybrid of the '95 dub posters that said the Blackstar DBs were between Pilaf and Radditz. How many years did that thing mention?

What is this?

The Tori-bot · Post by **The Tori-bot** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:02 pm

Dayspring wrote:Now WHICH dub series is what I think should be looked into. I'm guessing people just use the FUNi dub by default. Anybody know if it was mentioned in Ocean/Blue Water's dub(s)?

I distinctly remember an ad on Toonami back in the day for the Blue Water dub in the UK said, verbatim, the following:

"Ten years after Z... it's time for the GT."

Ba-da-bing.

Post by **VegettoEX** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:07 pm

The Tori-bot wrote:I distinctly remember an ad on Toonami back in the day for the Blue Water dub in the UK said, verbatim, the following:

"Ten years after Z... it's time for the GT."

Ba-da-bing.

Be great if we could dig that up. I don't like citing things unless I can also showcase said thing

. That's certainly helpful, though!

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:22 pm

SSJ Helldog wrote:
Dayspring wrote:It may also be a hybrid of the '95 dub posters that said the Blackstar DBs were between Pilaf and Radditz. How many years did that thing mention?
What is this?

Back when all they had was the Pilaf saga and the early Saiyan saga, a bunch of random posters were released. Mostly DBZ movie ones (I still own the movie 12 poster and used to have the movie 9 one) and some screencap types of posters from DB and Z. One was of GT, which was the typical Pan-Kid Goku-Trunks trio and the logo, but had a random blurb that said between the Pilaf saga and Radditz's arrival, Goku went on another DB hunt with "Chichi and Bulma's older brother, Trunks."

@The Tori-Bot: Sweet. Time to youtube hunt!

SSJ Helldog · Post by **SSJ Helldog** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:57 pm

Dayspring wrote:
SSJ Helldog wrote:
Dayspring wrote:It may also be a hybrid of the '95 dub posters that said the Blackstar DBs were between Pilaf and Radditz. How many years did that thing mention?
What is this?
Back when all they had was the Pilaf saga and the early Saiyan saga, a bunch of random posters were released. Mostly DBZ movie ones (I still own the movie 12 poster and used to have the movie 9 one) and some screencap types of posters from DB and Z. One was of GT, which was the typical Pan-Kid Goku-Trunks trio and the logo, but had a random blurb that said between the Pilaf saga and Radditz's arrival, Goku went on another DB hunt with "Chichi and Bulma's older brother, Trunks."

@The Tori-Bot: Sweet. Time to youtube hunt!

Wow, never heard of that. Anybody have a scan?

Chichi and Bulma's older brother, Trunks... wait, I got this one. Chichi's mom is actually Bulma's mom. She divorced the Ox King because he refused to move out of their fire hazard home, then, because she's clearly a gold digger, started shacking up with Dr. Briefs, who had Bulma from a previous marriage. Future Trunks arrives and is seduced by Bulma's mom (the ultimate cougar), thus giving birth to baby Trunks. Bulma and her step-mother are tight, so realizing that baby Trunks will tear the Briefs family (as well as Capsule Corps) asunder, Bulma agrees to pretend that the baby is Vegeta's. This works to her advantage because she wants to keep him around, but can't let him know that, due to prolonged periods of space travel and cosmic radiation, he is impotent.

Simple.

MCDaveG · Post by **MCDaveG** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:04 pm

I think that they mentioned Pan as Chi-Chi + Bulma's brother Trunks

saiyangerl · Post by **saiyangerl** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:32 pm

SSJ Helldog wrote:
Dayspring wrote:
SSJ Helldog wrote: What is this?
Back when all they had was the Pilaf saga and the early Saiyan saga, a bunch of random posters were released. Mostly DBZ movie ones (I still own the movie 12 poster and used to have the movie 9 one) and some screencap types of posters from DB and Z. One was of GT, which was the typical Pan-Kid Goku-Trunks trio and the logo, but had a random blurb that said between the Pilaf saga and Radditz's arrival, Goku went on another DB hunt with "Chichi and Bulma's older brother, Trunks."

@The Tori-Bot: Sweet. Time to youtube hunt!
Wow, never heard of that. Anybody have a scan?

Chichi and Bulma's older brother, Trunks... wait, I got this one. Chichi's mom is actually Bulma's mom. She divorced the Ox King because he refused to move out of their fire hazard home, then, because she's clearly a gold digger, started shacking up with Dr. Briefs, who had Bulma from a previous marriage. Future Trunks arrives and is seduced by Bulma's mom (the ultimate cougar), thus giving birth to baby Trunks. Bulma and her step-mother are tight, so realizing that baby Trunks will tear the Briefs family (as well as Capsule Corps) asunder, Bulma agrees to pretend that the baby is Vegeta's. This works to her advantage because she wants to keep him around, but can't let him know that, due to prolonged periods of space travel and cosmic radiation, he is impotent.

Simple.

lol that made me crack up

x_bulla_x · Post by **x_bulla_x** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:19 pm

VegettoEX wrote:I think it would be great to track down where this number actually came from. If it's not in their actual dub (and I'll be damned if I'm going to sit and watch it to find out), where exactly did it come from and why is it that people say FUNimation's the one who went with it? Was it on their website somewhere? The back of a DVD cover? Some other promotional material?

Definitely something I should add to the "Rumor Guide"... more than happy to do so if someone tracks down the non-PN source on it!

It says it on Funimation's website(in the "sagas" section):
http://www.dragonballgt.com/?page=sagas

"10 years have passed since Goku and Uub left their friends and families to train in order to hone their skills to perfection. But Goku soon finds himself helpless against the mystical power of the Dragon balls and an accidental wish made by the devious Emperor Pilaf."

That's the only place I've ever seen it mentioned.

Post by **Herms** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:40 pm

Ah, thanks a bunch, x_bulla_x and Tori-bot! So does this mean it's never said in the actual Funi dub, just in their commercials, summaries, and the like?

MCDaveG · Post by **MCDaveG** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:15 pm

I can'treach these US pages anymore, don't you know why?

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:17 pm

x_bulla_x wrote:
VegettoEX wrote:I think it would be great to track down where this number actually came from. If it's not in their actual dub (and I'll be damned if I'm going to sit and watch it to find out), where exactly did it come from and why is it that people say FUNimation's the one who went with it? Was it on their website somewhere? The back of a DVD cover? Some other promotional material?

Definitely something I should add to the "Rumor Guide"... more than happy to do so if someone tracks down the non-PN source on it!
It says it on Funimation's website(in the "sagas" section):
http://www.dragonballgt.com/?page=sagas

"10 years have passed since Goku and Uub left their friends and families to train in order to hone their skills to perfection. But Goku soon finds himself helpless against the mystical power of the Dragon balls and an accidental wish made by the devious Emperor Pilaf."

That's the only place I've ever seen it mentioned.

Kersnap, but that shuts me up. Thanks for the find!

Hellspawn28 · Post by **Hellspawn28** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:30 pm

I remember the back of the first vol. of the Bebi saga VHS/DVD cover saying it on the back IIRC.