Strange things you hear fans say

ZazamPow · Post by **ZazamPow** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 10:10 pm

Makaioshin wrote:I sometimes see fans that exclusively refer to Goku as Kakarot. It isn't wrong but it is strange.

I thought I was the only one who had a problem with that

Dyno · Post by **Dyno** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 10:17 pm

I think it is strange to call someone by his wrong/false name.

DBZAOTA482 · Post by **DBZAOTA482** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 10:23 pm

Dyno wrote:I think it is strange to call someone by his wrong/false name.

I don't see how calling Goku Kakarotto is a problem since it's legally his name.

Dyno · Post by **Dyno** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 10:32 pm

"Legally"? Well, I won't insert real issues about it, but still, names coming from the parents >> names coming from someone who happened to find you somewhere.

Tell me where I did say it's a "problem".

You certainly aren't wrong calling him "Son Goku", at most, it would serve as a nickname, but the real one is the one that came from the parents, the truly "legally" one.

JackyBoi99 · Post by **JackyBoi99** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 12:03 am

#ssj4brolyconfirmed!!! #ssjgodbrolyconifrmed!

"Akira Toriyama said broly is his favourite character!"

Dbzfan94 · Post by **Dbzfan94** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 12:48 am

"If you're a fan the dub, you're not a "true fan" of DB."
"Broly is more deserving to return for a new movie than Freeza is."
"Broly's power never stops rising he'll eventually beat SSJ4 Gogeta."
"2015 NEW SERIES CONFIRMED."
"DBGT is better than DB and/or DBZ."
"Kai sucks cause it's not uncut."

Pantalones · Post by **Pantalones** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 1:44 am

DBZAOTA482 wrote:I don't see how calling Goku Kakarotto is a problem since it's legally his name.

I seriously hope you don't apply this logic to real people...

A looooot of people (myself included) strongly dislike being called by their legal/birth name, for all kinds of reasons, and you kinda look like a massive jerk if you insist on it anyway.

(I don't mind people calling Goku by his Saiyan name, I mean Vegeta does it all the time in-universe and Goku doesn't seem to mind it, at least after the initial "Vegeta = the main bad guy who wants to kill us all" period is over... but the "it's legally their name" argument is extremely dangerous shaky ground when it comes to real people.)

tx3 · Post by **tx3** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 4:20 am

Kamiccolo9 wrote:People who think Vegeta was more important to the franchise than Gohan before these new movies came out.

actually its strange not to think so

The Tori-bot · Post by **The Tori-bot** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 6:17 am

Dyno wrote:"Legally"? Well, I won't insert real issues about it, but still, names coming from the parents >> names coming from someone who happened to find you somewhere.

Tell me where I did say it's a "problem". You certainly aren't wrong calling him "Son Goku", at most, it would serve as a nickname, but the real one is the one that came from the parents, the truly "legally" one.

He expressly rejects his birth name on several occasions. Son Goku is the name he grew up with and chooses to identify himself with. I'm sure if you told him "Son Goku" was just a nickname he wouldn't be happy. If someone you knew had a sex change and changed their name to Katy, would you insist on continuing to call them Chuck because it "came from the parents" and their new name is a "nickname"? If "truly 'legally'" is what you're going for, shouldn't you refer to Marilyn Monroe as Norma Baker too? Do you use "Kal-El" every time you mention Superman? Same deal.

Leaving aside real-life issues, I don't really care what you call him, but we're talking about a fictional character who universally goes by "Goku" in all media worldwide. Using "Kakarrot" makes you sound like you're incessantly role-playing Vegeta. Or Saiyan-Professor.

Kakacarrottop · Post by **Kakacarrottop** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 6:22 am

* "Ocean were the ones who were censoring the first two seasons"
* "Bruce Faulconer was the composer for Budokai"
* "The Big Green dub was made in Malaysia"
* "Goku looks like a Girl"
* "Ice Cube sang the GT rap"
* "Linkin Park made Rock the Dragon"
* "Goten is Yamcha's son"
* "Piccolo is black"
* "Mark Menza is related to Megadeth drummer Nick Menza"

Super Saiyan Turlast x4 · Post by **Super Saiyan Turlast x4** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 6:57 am

My favorite one: with the new information presented in BoG, the absorption of Gotenks and Gohan decreased Boo's power.

I'm serious.

Dyno · Post by **Dyno** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 8:51 am

The Tori-bot wrote:Do you use "Kal-El" every time you mention Superman? Same deal.

Indeed it is, that's why yes. I call "Superman" Kal-El. You just haven't seen yet, but whenever I am talking about him and I have to use his name, I use Kal-El.

BojGrass · Post by **BojGrass** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 9:23 pm

"Akira liked DB Evolution so much that he gave the movie license in America to a bunch fan movie makers to make a sequel. He also granted license to the Absalon and Abridged creators because he likes what they've done. He's also going to write a new manga if this movie does well!" This is a conversation I had with a fellow the first time I went to see Battle of Gods in theaters. Maybe he was trying to troll me, but he seemed convinced.

Kamiccolo9 · Post by **Kamiccolo9** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 9:30 pm

Dyno wrote:
The Tori-bot wrote:Do you use "Kal-El" every time you mention Superman? Same deal.
Indeed it is, that's why yes. I call "Superman" Kal-El. You just haven't seen yet, but whenever I am talking about him and I have to use his name, I use Kal-El.

So I'm guessing that you also use Samuel Clemens, Charles Dodgson, Daniel Handler, Eric Blaire, and Stanley Lieber too, then?

DBZAOTA482 · Post by **DBZAOTA482** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 9:40 pm

Kakacarrottop wrote:* "Goten is Yamcha's son"

The Tori-bot · Post by **The Tori-bot** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 9:41 pm

Kamiccolo9 wrote:
Dyno wrote:
The Tori-bot wrote:Do you use "Kal-El" every time you mention Superman? Same deal.
Indeed it is, that's why yes. I call "Superman" Kal-El. You just haven't seen yet, but whenever I am talking about him and I have to use his name, I use Kal-El.
So I'm guessing that you also use Samuel Clemens, Charles Dodgson, Daniel Handler, Eric Blaire, and Stanley Lieber too, then?

Is it sad that I know who all of these people are without Googling them?

Kamiccolo9 · Post by **Kamiccolo9** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 9:42 pm

The Tori-bot wrote: Is it sad that I know who all of these people are without Googling them?

Only if it's sad that I knew them too

Dyno · Post by **Dyno** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 9:42 pm

Never heard of them, at least not by those names. And as for "Stanley Lieber"... Sometimes. It depends on how lazy I am on the day.

Though his case is not in any comparable to Kakarot. He in fact and legally changed his name, Kakarot didn't. It was another person who isn't anything related to him that decided to call him by another name.

Kamiccolo9 · Post by **Kamiccolo9** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 9:46 pm

Dyno wrote:Never heard of them, at least not by those names. And as for "Stanley Lieber"... Sometimes. It depends on how lazy I am on the day.

Though his case is not in any comparable to Kakarot. He in fact and legally changed his name, Kakarot didn't. It was another person who isn't anything related to him that decided to call him by another name.

You've definitely heard of at least most of them.
Mark Twain, Lewis Carroll, Lemony Snicket, George Orwell, and Stan Lee.

If my first name was James, but I went by my hypothetical middle name, Robert, would you insist on calling me James, even though I've asked you not to?

Because Goku has repeatedly denied the identity of Kakarot. And Gohan had much more right to call himself a parent to Goku than Bardock did.

ZazamPow · Post by **ZazamPow** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 9:50 pm

People who call Goku Kakarot sound like those fans who only care about Z and never actually watched Dragon Ball, let alone read the manga.

Kanzenshuu

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