Dragon Ball making references to other franchises?

[Kid Buu]

This has probably been done before. But I'm trying to assemble a list of homages that DB made to other shows.

* Journey to the West
* Superman (Alien sent to Earth, Suppaman)
* Jackie Chan (Jackie Chun)
* Frankenstein's Monster (Android #8)
* Arale (Dr. Slump)
* Dracula (Baba's Tournament)
* The Invisible Man (Baba's Tournament)
* The Mummy (Baba's Tournament)
* Michael Jackson (King Kai's Bubbles)
* Super Sentai (Ginyu Force, Great Saiyaman)
* Alien (Third Form Freeza)
* The Terminator (Trunks, Major Metallitron)
* Cinderella (Babidi, Bibidi, Buu)
* The Sword in the Stone (Z-Sword)
* Mothra (Hirudegarn crashing into the TV tower)

Anything else that I a missing?

[dbgtFO]

* Superman (Alien sent to Earth)

Suppaman from Dr. Slump should also be included, since he makes an appearance in DB and changes clothes in a phone booth.

Anything else that I a missing?

* Bibidi, Babidi, Buu(Fairy Godmother's song from Cinderella).
* The Sword in the stone(The Z sword, Gohan even makes a reference to it).
Probably more though, as I have this feeling I've forgotten a major one..

[Kid Buu]

Added, also included that Saiyaman Gohan was another Sentai reference.

[SHINOBI-03]

*Gamera-The turtle from the Gamera series- (Muten Roshi's pet)
*Baragon (The monster who fought Frankenstein in " Frankenstein Conquers the World" and later joined Godzilla's family) (A cameo in Capsule Co.s garden)

I don't know if this is true or not, but some say that Taopaipai is based on the Korean actor Hwang Jang Lee who played Thunderleg in Jackie Chan's Drunken Master.

[The Time Traveller]

A KFC Colonel Sanders appears once.



I saw this on Reddit a while ago.

[Kid Buu]

A KFC Colonel Sanders appears once.
I saw this on Reddit a while ago.

What, what episode was that?

[dbgtFO]

Huh, looks like a Buu arc episode, where he turns the people into candy.

[Bussani]

I believe kid Chichi's helmet is a homage to Ultraseven.

[Adamant]

The entire turtle storyline that leads into Kame Sennin's first appearance is referencing the legend of Urashima Taro.

Also, there's that fish saying "Shuwatch" at the end of chapter 6 (hey, I just checked, and it has Ultraman eyes, too. Never noticed before. And with that, I believe we have a new avatar).

[Herms]

The definition of "franchise" here seems a little abstract (shows, legends, myths, novels, whole genres).

In the title page for chapter 407 (DBZ 213), the Cell Junior on the upper right is doing the same pose as a Dragon Quest goblin.

Yakon is named after the magical phrase "Teku-Maku-Mayakon" from the shojo manga and anime Himitsu no Akko-chan.

[Eddie]

If we're counting background cameos, Ghostbusters was referenced in the 21st Tenkaichi Budokai (Mr. Staypuft in a crowd). I believe that the Creature from the old horror films showed up in Z movie 12 (or 13).

[AgitoZ]

Added, also included that Saiyaman Gohan was another Sentai reference.

I always thought Saiyaman was more of a Kamen Rider reference, with various American Super Hero elements.

[Herms]

Videl dressing up as "Great Saiyaman No.2" might be a reference to Yatterman, where Yatterman's girlfriend is "Yatterman No.2".

[Makaioshin]

Dragon Ball parodies the Golden Harvest logo during the openings for the Tenkaichi Budokai episodes.
During the preliminaries for the 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai, Yamucha says,"Boards don't hit back". A reference to Bruce Lee's movie Enter the Dragon.
Muscle Tower itself is a reference to a level of the game Spartan X/Kung Fu master which was based off of Bruce Lee's Game of Death.

[B]

There was a theory that the Evil Dragon arc of GT was based on a Chinese legend, and it was posted on DaizEX, but I can't find it.

[Cipher]

Hirudegarn crashing into the TV tower before undergoing metamorphosis is an homage to the first Mothra movie (1961).

The 21st Tenkaichi Budokai is also filled with Japanese pop culture cameos in the anime. Bruce Lee is someone's opponent in the preliminaries as well.

To be honest, Dragon Ball is rife with little parodies and homages, I'm sure several of which are nearly impossible to spot unless you're a Japanese pop culture junkie. Good luck trying to catalogue them all.

[kaialone]

Thanks to Dragon Blog http://thedragonballblog.blogspot.com/s ... -results=7
I know about a cameo of Dorothy, the scarecrow, the tin man and the cowardly Lion from the Wizard of Oz

[Wobbuffet]

Don't forget the Wizard of Oz characters at the 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai.

Edit: I was ninja'd.

[jjgp1112]

Major Metallitron - Terminator

Toriyama also said that Buu's clothes are based off of some Arabian story.

[Herms]

I know about a cameo of Dorothy, the scarecrow, the tin man and the cowardly Lion from the Wizard of Oz

I think that might also be Jack Pumpkinhead on the left there, one of the major characters from the Oz books, but not featured in the movie (since he didn't debut until after the first book).

I've always wondered if Toriyama was inspired by Oz's division along the cardinal directions to do the same with DB's Earth (West City and the others) and universe (the 4 galaxies).

There was a theory that the Evil Dragon arc of GT was based on a Chinese legend, and it was posted on DaizEX, but I can't find it.

The theory was pretty absurd, as there was nothing but the vaguest of possible similarities between the two stories.