Why Mr. Satan

SSJ5 Piccohan · Post by **SSJ5 Piccohan** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 1:21 pm

Why do they call Mr. Satan that name for? He is like the nicest guy in all of dragonball z(other than goku of course). I just think that he should get a nice name for a nice guy

Saiya-jin · Post by **Saiya-jin** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 1:26 pm

There is some discussion about this on another topic :

http://db.schuby.org/daizex/viewtopic.php?t=2958

It says this is kind of about religions from other countries being "cool" I guess. This is just my opinion.

SSJ5 Piccohan · Post by **SSJ5 Piccohan** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 1:27 pm

Oh i'm sorry I didn't know that. See i'm just a noobie so I wouldn't know

Post by **desirecampbell** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:41 pm

SSJ5 Piccohan wrote:Oh i'm sorry I didn't know that. See i'm just a noobie so I wouldn't know

Quite alright, just remember to search first, it usually answers your question

Panda · Post by **Panda** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:25 pm

It could possibly be because of his martial arts background. Intimidating names are more common than a regular name.

Casual Matt · Post by **Casual Matt** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:29 pm

He's basically a spoof of a pro wrestler. So they gave him a name that a character like that might have. Mister Satan.

SSJ5 Piccohan · Post by **SSJ5 Piccohan** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:01 am

Oh! Thank all of you guys for the great help

Panda · Post by **Panda** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:15 pm

The Lecherous Muten Roshi wrote:He's basically a spoof of a pro wrestler. So they gave him a name that a character like that might have. Mister Satan.

I've heard from some sources (mainly unofficial) that his character is based off of Freddie Mercury as a tribute from Mr. Toriyama (who has been said to be a huge Queen fan). But it probably doesn't lead in to any clues for his name unless Mr. Mercury was associated with Satan in any way...

Tsukento · Post by **Tsukento** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:35 am

The Lecherous Muten Roshi wrote:He's basically a spoof of a pro wrestler. So they gave him a name that a character like that might have. Mister Satan.

Why does everyone associate him with pro-wrestlers? >_> We clearly see him NEVER doing anything related to wrestling. He's a MARTIAL ARTS champion. I'd say I'm gonna go with it's to sound intimidating when he's really just a normal human with no special talent. >_>

You have the name Satan, yet he really can't do anything the Z-Senshi can, which makes him incredibly weak. It's kind of a joke, if you think about it.

Post by **desirecampbell** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 7:52 am

Tsukento wrote:
The Lecherous Muten Roshi wrote:He's basically a spoof of a pro wrestler. So they gave him a name that a character like that might have. Mister Satan.
Why does everyone associate him with pro-wrestlers? >_> We clearly see him NEVER doing anything related to wrestling. He's a MARTIAL ARTS champion. I'd say I'm gonna go with it's to sound intimidating when he's really just a normal human with no special talent. >_>

You have the name Satan, yet he really can't do anything the Z-Senshi can, which makes him incredibly weak. It's kind of a joke, if you think about it.

Looking at him, you can see he is quite obviously a caricature of an American pro-wrestler. The afro, the hairy chest, the handlebar moustache - all stereotypical American features. He could be just an "American martial artist" if he acted like Chuck Norris, or even Steven Sagal, but he acts like a pro wrestler: staging events to make himself look good, the loud proud character, claiming he'll defeat opponents with ease (showing off while doing so). All obvious pro-wrestler traits.

Casual Matt · Post by **Casual Matt** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 1:33 pm

desirecampbell wrote:
Tsukento wrote:
The Lecherous Muten Roshi wrote:He's basically a spoof of a pro wrestler. So they gave him a name that a character like that might have. Mister Satan.
Why does everyone associate him with pro-wrestlers? >_> We clearly see him NEVER doing anything related to wrestling. He's a MARTIAL ARTS champion. I'd say I'm gonna go with it's to sound intimidating when he's really just a normal human with no special talent. >_>

You have the name Satan, yet he really can't do anything the Z-Senshi can, which makes him incredibly weak. It's kind of a joke, if you think about it.
Looking at him, you can see he is quite obviously a caricature of an American pro-wrestler. The afro, the hairy chest, the handlebar moustache - all stereotypical American features. He could be just an "American martial artist" if he acted like Chuck Norris, or even Steven Sagal, but he acts like a pro wrestler: staging events to make himself look good, the loud proud character, claiming he'll defeat opponents with ease (showing off while doing so). All obvious pro-wrestler traits.

Yeah. Just because he isn't actually a pro-wrestler, it doesn't mean he isn't a spoof of one. The above post pretty much explains where you can make the connection.

the_abberration · Post by **the_abberration** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 1:39 pm

I've always assumed Mr. Satan was loosley based on Hulk Hogan (with a little Randy Savage mixed in). Hogan was/is very popular in Japan. Satan - Hogan just seemed to click to me.

The parallels are there with Satan being the world's martial arts champion = Hogan being the wrestling world champion, his has a finishing move, carries a championship belt, and the fans "mark" out for him and give him "pop" when he is in the ring.

Just my skewed view. Cheers!!

Adnan · Post by **Adnan** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 8:45 am

Actually, he's inspired by him:

the_abberration · Post by **the_abberration** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 1:10 pm

It is believed Mr. Satan is a parody of this guy:

His name is John T. Keehan a.k.a Count Dante. (Count Dante - Mr. Satan perhaps)

He was an American martial artist back in the 60's and 70's. He also appeared in martial arts ads in comics.

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Panda · Post by **Panda** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 1:25 pm

Ahem. The similarites are there....

Though few, compared to the Hogan reference.

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 6:03 pm

He's just a knock-off of any typical Japanese-style wrestler. Add afro.

Saiya-jin · Post by **Saiya-jin** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:05 pm

SSJ5 Piccohan wrote:Why do they call Mr. Satan that name for? He is like the nicest guy in all of dragonball z(other than goku of course). I just think that he should get a nice name for a nice guy

I think a better question would be "Why does FUNimation call him HERCULE

?" Maybe they should flip the name backwards and call him NATAS

!(okay, that was stupid)

DB_Fan · Post by **DB_Fan** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 3:16 pm

Saiya-jin wrote:
SSJ5 Piccohan wrote:Why do they call Mr. Satan that name for? He is like the nicest guy in all of dragonball z(other than goku of course). I just think that he should get a nice name for a nice guy
I think a better question would be "Why does FUNimation call him Mr. Satan ?" Maybe they should flip the name backwards and call him NATAS !(okay, that was stupid)

Actually, Funimation calls him H e r c u l e

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:39 pm

DB_Fan wrote:
Saiya-jin wrote:
SSJ5 Piccohan wrote:Why do they call Mr. Satan that name for? He is like the nicest guy in all of dragonball z(other than goku of course). I just think that he should get a nice name for a nice guy
I think a better question would be "Why does FUNimation call him Mr. Satan ?" Maybe they should flip the name backwards and call him NATAS !(okay, that was stupid)
Actually, Funimation calls him H e r c u l e

That's a popular English-dub name for him. Is it coincidence that Blue Water used it too?

Daimao · Post by **Daimao** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:39 pm

Saiya-jin wrote:I think a better question would be "Why does FUNimation call him Mr. Satan ?" Maybe they should flip the name backwards and call him NATAS !(okay, that was stupid)

My bid was for Mister Saturn, but to no avail.

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