Discussion regarding the entirety of the franchise in a general (meta) sense, including such aspects as: production, trends, merchandise, fan culture, and more.
So, I was browsing on YouTube the other day and I watched the "Kyle's Mom's a Bitch" video from the South Park Movie. I hadn't watched that for years, so it was cool to hear it again. Anyway, the video had lyrics, and I couldn't believe it, there was a Dragon Ball reference in it . Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQV22nJLEAM. (About 10 seconds in).
Also, I was watching GT the other night, and somebody said something like "There in sector 7G", reference to The Simpsons? I'm not sure if that was said in the Japanese version, might just of been in FUNimation's. Still thought it was pretty cool though.
Has anyone else noticed any Dragon Ball references in other shows?
In the Fairly Oddparents movie Channel Chasers there are many Dragon Ball references in one of the shows in the movie called Maho Mushi. You can see caricatures of Goku, Vegeta & Oozaru, and during Timmy & Vicky's showdown when they get in the show Timmy is wearing a white version of Goku's Gi, and has Krillin's eys, and Vicky is dressed up like Piccolo wearing a black cape & pants designed like his.
An episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy comes to mind. The episode is called "Chicken Ball Z" and pretty much everything in it is a parody of DBZ.
DB_Fan1991 wrote:In the Fairly Oddparents movie Channel Chasers there are many Dragon Ball references in one of the shows in the movie called Maho Mushi. You can see caricatures of Goku, Vegeta & Oozaru, and during Timmy & Vicky's showdown when they get in the show Timmy is wearing a white version of Goku's Gi, and has Krillin's eys, and Vicky is dressed up like Piccolo wearing a black cape & pants designed like his.
I remember watching that a few years back, but I don't remember the Dragon Ball references. I'll have to watch it again.
Sorry, I didn't realise there were that many threads about this subject.
SSJSteve wrote:So, I was browsing on YouTube the other day and I watched the "Kyle's Mom's a Bitch" video from the South Park Movie. I hadn't watched that for years, so it was cool to hear it again. Anyway, the video had lyrics, and I couldn't believe it, there was a Dragon Ball reference in it . Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQV22nJLEAM. (About 10 seconds in).
Also, I was watching GT the other night, and somebody said something like "There in sector 7G", reference to The Simpsons? I'm not sure if that was said in the Japanese version, might just of been in FUNimation's. Still thought it was pretty cool though.
Has anyone else noticed any Dragon Ball references in other shows?
If my mind is well, in the japanese dub of this song, Cartman also says "kamehameha" in the lyrics.
Also, in the 14th episode of Space Dandy, there is a reference too. Dandy and his crew are metting the alternative counterparts of them, and one of the other Dandys is like an weird fusion of Goku, Michael Jackson and Jojo's Bizarre Adventures.
There's even almost entire episodes where they parody it. They always go that far and use the same soundtracks. And then the studio have problems with the copyright. The main character already said this year that Toei Animation is gonna kill them.
A world without Dragon Ball is just boring.
Favourite old DB Animators: Masaki Sato and Tadayoshi Yamamuro
Favourite new DB Animators: Yuya Takahashi and Chikashi Kubota
Andrew talks about playing Dragon Ball Z in season 7 of Buffy.
Andrew: "You don't want me coming along because you think I'm evil."
Vi: "He doesn't seem evil, exacty"
Buffy: "He's not evil. But when he gets close to it, he picks up its flavor like a mushroom or something."
Andrew: "But I'm reformed. I'm like Vegeta on Dragonball Z. I use to be a pure Saiyan, and now I fight on the side of Goku!"
Interestingly, Andrew puts the emphasis on the second syllable in Goku.
The biggest truths aren't original. The truth is ketchup. It's Jim Belushi. Its job isn't to blow our minds. It's to be within reach.
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Disney Movie Big Hero 6 where the main character Hiro Hamada is a half-Japanese, half-Caucasian kid, has a Dragon Ball reference.
Seriously, I'm so happy for how legendary this series became. As far I know, its the second anime to get a easter egg in a Disney Movie. First, it was Totoro from Studio Ghibli in Toy Story 3.
A world without Dragon Ball is just boring.
Favourite old DB Animators: Masaki Sato and Tadayoshi Yamamuro
Favourite new DB Animators: Yuya Takahashi and Chikashi Kubota
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy did an awesome parody of Dragon Ball Z which was appropriately called Chicken Ball Z.
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Akira Toriyama wrote:My policy is to try and forget things once they’re over. Since if I don’t discard the old and focus on what’s new, I’ll overload my brain capacity. I still haven’t lived down going, “Who the heck is Tao Pai-pai?” that one time I was talking with Ei’ichiro Oda-kun. But the fact that there are still people reading the series after all this time… All I can say is; “thank you.” Really, that’s all.
Akira Toriyama wrote:Drawing Dragon Ball again reminded me of two things--how much I love it, and how much I never want to do it again.
Kunzait_83 wrote:And if you're upset because all this new material completely invalidates the tabletop RPG rulebook-sized statistical system and flowchart for the characters' "canonical Power Levels" that you'd been working on painstakingly for the last bunch of years now... well I don't think there's a kind, non-blunt way of saying this, but that's 100% entirely your own misguided fault for buying so deeply into all this nonsensical garbage in the first place. And that you also have IMMENSELY skewed and comically backwards priorities in what you think is most important and needed to make a good Dragon Ball story.
Zephyr wrote:Goodness, they wrote idiotic drivel in a children's cartoon meant to advertise toys!? Again!? For the ninetieth episode in a row!? Somebody stop the presses! We have to voice our concern over these Super important issues!
Kamiccolo9 wrote:Fair enough, I concede. Sean Schemmel probably has some kind of hidden talent. Maybe he is an expert at Minesweeper. You're right; calling him "talentless" wasn't fair.
Michsi wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:29 amIn Super Piccolo got yelled off the stage by Vegeta in the U6 Tournament arc and lost to Jiminy Cricket in the ToP , he deserved 15 new transformations with his theme song played by Metallica in the background.
. Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQV22nJLEAM. (About 10 seconds in).
