Dragon Ball Wikia Shenanigans

Adamant · Post by **Adamant** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:15 am

SHINOBI-03 wrote: - Colonel Silver looks like Rubeus from the Sailor Moon Black Moon Arc.

...no?

SHINOBI-03 wrote: -Banjo Ginga, Colonel Silver's seiyuu, also voiced Liquid Snake, an antagonist in the Metal Gear Solid series.

...and this is notable why? "Holy shit some character's voice actor also voiced some other character at some point!"

Bussani · Post by **Bussani** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 7:15 am

SHINOBI-03 wrote:Bulma at the end of the Dragon Ball Z series looked older than the version seen in The History of Trunks. This is odd, because technically the alternate version of Bulma seen in the Trunks special is actually three years older than the mainstream timeline Bulma. However, this could be due to the fact that in the main timeline, Bulma has another child, Bulla, which is most likely why she appears older.

Trunks says he's from 20 years in the future. 3 years training for the androids, 7 year skip after Cell, 10 year skip after Buu adds up to 20 years. Shenanigans indeed, unless Trunks was being really vague with the date.

Hellspawn28 · Post by **Hellspawn28** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 1:13 pm

Wheelo is the only movie villain not to have some form of a power-up/power-up transformation (Eg: Super Saiyan Broly, Janemba, The Fruit of the Tree of Might)

The editor forgot to add Cooler, Super 13, and Bojack for characters that a super power up.

caejones · Post by **caejones** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 1:27 pm

But Wheelo goes from brain in a jar to brain in a giant metal hippo... that's a power up transformation!

... *Ponders the point of trying to steal Goku's body if he could turn into a giant robot, but 'chey.*

Post by **Herms** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 1:40 pm

SHINOBI-03 wrote:- Bulma at the end of the Dragon Ball Z series looked older than the version seen in The History of Trunks.

I personally always saw it as the other way around, that Bulma looked older in Trunks' timeline.

=Colonel Violet:
- Her appearance in the Red Ribbon Army is contrary to what General Blue says earlier in the series, that women are essentially not needed in the Red Ribbon Army.

I don't think this is much of a contradiction. Blue says that the RR doesn't need women, not that they don't have them. And he's a bit of a misogynist, so I don't think his statements on the RR's need for women can be taken as official RR policy, anyway.

=General Blue:
- In Budokai Tenkaichi 3, when General Blue uses his ultimate attack, Rocket Engine Spark (which is getting into a rocket ship and igniting the engines to burn the enemy), against Freeza's third form (preferably as a finishing move), it resembles the death scene of the alien in the Alien film.

This is...really stretching it.

=Namu:
- Though darker-skinned in the anime and manga, Nam appears as a light-skinned man in the US release of Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure for unknown reasons.

Now that's weird.

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 2:08 pm

Herms wrote:
SHINOBI-03 wrote:- Bulma at the end of the Dragon Ball Z series looked older than the version seen in The History of Trunks.
I personally always saw it as the other way around, that Bulma looked older in Trunks' timeline.

I would have to agree. She also looked more worn out to say the least.

Hellspawn28 · Post by **Hellspawn28** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 2:09 pm

I never knew how crappy the DB wiki is. And I thought the Godzilla wiki was bad.

SHINOBI-03 · Post by **SHINOBI-03** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 2:41 pm

Herms wrote:
=Namu:
- Though darker-skinned in the anime and manga, Nam appears as a light-skinned man in the US release of Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure for unknown reasons.
Now that's weird.

I have the Europian version, and he's dark-skinned in it. ((A proof that America is raciest

))

Hellspawn28 · Post by **Hellspawn28** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 4:19 pm

Though darker-skinned in the anime and manga, Nam appears as a light-skinned man in the US release of Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure for unknown reasons.

Funny how I never thought of that.

Freeza.exe · Post by **Freeza.exe** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 4:26 pm

He was light skinned in the manga guys.

http://www.kanzentai.com/chp.php?id=045

Why do you think he got away with disguising himself as Muten Roshi?

Post by **Herms** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 4:31 pm

Freeza.exe wrote:He was light skinned in the manga guys.

http://www.kanzentai.com/chp.php?id=045

Why do you think he got away with disguising himself as Muten Roshi?

His skin isn't toned-in during the black and white pages like it is for characters like Black, but he is in fact shown as having substantially darker skin than Goku or Kame-sennin in the color pages. I guess you can't really tell from those scans on Kanzentai though. At any rate, the point wasn't really that Advance Adventure showed him as having lighter skin than in the manga, but rather that he had much lighter skin in the American release of the game than in the Japanese release.

edit: you can see the difference here, if you scroll down to item 11.

Amigo Ten · Post by **Amigo Ten** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 4:34 pm

He was darker in the full colour pages. But he was that dark. Not like Oob was.

Freeza.exe · Post by **Freeza.exe** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 4:34 pm

Herms wrote:
Freeza.exe wrote:He was light skinned in the manga guys.

http://www.kanzentai.com/chp.php?id=045

Why do you think he got away with disguising himself as Muten Roshi?
His skin isn't toned-in during the black and white pages like it is for characters like Black, but he is in fact shown as having substantially darker skin than Goku or Kame-sennin in the color pages. I guess you can't really tell from those scans on Kanzentai though. At any rate, the point wasn't really that Advance Adventure showed him as having lighter skin than in the manga, but rather that he had much lighter skin in the American release of the game than in the Japanese release.

Whoops, never mind then....ignore me!

Amigo Ten · Post by **Amigo Ten** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 5:11 pm

There we go.

http://i31.tinypic.com/ay7rlz.jpg

Freeza.exe · Post by **Freeza.exe** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 5:29 pm

Amigo Ten wrote:There we go.

http://i31.tinypic.com/ay7rlz.jpg

....Oh yeah!?....WELL

CAT LOVES FOOD YEAH YEAH YEAH.

You have to wonder how Yamcha didn't notice Muten Roshi turning black all of a sudden.

Amigo Ten · Post by **Amigo Ten** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 5:34 pm

Or notice the red dot on his head.

Hellspawn28 · Post by **Hellspawn28** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:34 pm

In the anime, Excel Saga, Nabeshinlll teaches Pedro and Sandora to reach a certain powerful afro level, similar to the level of Super Saiyan in Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT. They also must use a technique called the Nabehameha, a direct parody of Muten-Rôshi's Kamehameha.
In the manga, Eyeshield 21, Yukimitsu performs the Taiyô-ken while dressed as Tenshinhan.
In the OVA, Puni Puni Poemy, Poemi is shown with a collection of Dragon Balls.
In the manga, YuGiOh, the main character, Yugi Mutou, relates the Millenium Puzzle's power with wishes granted by the Dragonballs. Also, in the anime version, there is a Dragonball shown on a poster.
In the Sonic the Hedgehog series, Sonic must collect the 7 Chaos Emeralds, similar to the Dragonballs. Once collected, Sonic turns into Super Sonic, a transformation similar to that of a Super Saiyan.
In the manga "Bastard‼: Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy", their is a part of the series where Angels evolving/powering up was a tribute to the wacky Fusion Dance of Dragon Ball's Gotenks.
In an episode of Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, Sasshi fights in a martial arts match while dressed as Bruce Lee, and near the end, transforms to a Super Saiyan and performs a yyellow version of the Kamehameha Wave.
In Masakazu Katsura's manga DNA², the main character can turn into a Super Saiyan-like state, gaining golden hair and the ability to use special abilities. Many people consider this to be a plagiarism of DBZ but it was actually suggested to Katsura by Toriyama himself.
In The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Cartoon Network Series, Mandy is shown to eat a Chicken-Ball which makes her transform into a Super-Saiyan.
In Mystical Ninja, Starring Goemon the Hero, Goemon, after finishing a certain Training, goes to the "Sudden Impact" state, in which his hair grows bigger and its color becomes yellow
The manga series Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo had many references to Dragonball and a one-off chapter making a parody of it. It had Tokoro Tennosuke and Don Patch recreating the first battle between Son Goku and Vegeta respectively, but the order and development is messed up.
The anime & Manga series "Yu Yu Hakusho" has various characteristics similar to Dragon Ball Z Such as the fighting and abilities.
Masashi Kishimoto states in his manga Naruto that he was influenced by Toriyama. Kishimoto included a picture of Arale he drew in elementary school.
Eiichiro Oda, the author of One Piece, stated in an interview that he was a big fan of Dragon Ball. He stated that it was Toriyama that influenced him and that he holds Dragon Ball in high-esteem. Toriyama is a self-professed fan of One Piece, which he was introduced to by his children.
In an episode of the Kids Next Door series on Cartoon Network, Number 4 relates his fight with the Delightful Children From Down The Lane to Goku's fight with Frieza in a flashback.
In the manga "Black Cat", the character Sven has a cell phone charm of Frieza's head.
In the anime "School Rumble",there is a scene in which Harima Kenji transforms into a Super Saiyan-like form and fights with Karasuma Ooji.

http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Ball_(manga)

So a series that uses ki like attacks makes it much like DBZ then? It's not like DBZGT was the first anime to use energy attacks.