The Official Funny Reaction Thread!

Big Momma · Post by **Big Momma** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 4:24 am

Sprite Satan wrote:
Tanooki Kuribo wrote:
I love that pic of Mai and Shu/Shao/Soba? ...wtf IS his name, anyway?
I always thoght it was "Shu", cause the pun (I think?) is shu mai....? ::shrugs and looks confused::
As far as I remember...

He was originally named Soba, the name being used (I think) only once, in an off-hand manner in the manga.

Then when the time came about to make the Dragon Ball anime, Akira Toriyama completely forgot that he had, at one time, given a name to this side character and came up with another one, Shu.

Since then "Shu" has generally superseded "Soba" due to its more frequent use in the anime and is generally considered a revision.

This. I remember reading it in an interview somewhere.

Metalwario64 · Post by **Metalwario64** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 5:39 am

His name is also Shu in the FUNimation dub.

Amigo Ten · Post by **Amigo Ten** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:25 am

I remember Soba because Viz had that pun "Soba, so good".

Post by **TripleRach** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 8:20 am

Metalwario64 wrote:His name is also Shu in the FUNimation dub.

For the most part, but the original 1995 dub of DB 1-13 called him Shao, and FUNimation reused most of those scripts when they redubbed those episodes, so he was still called Shao in the 2001 in-house version. Shu didn't start until the Red Ribbon episodes, so yay for extra confusion. But shaomai is the Mandarin equivalent for shuumai, so maybe they originally figured it would be easier to get the pun by changing it, to keep people from thinking of shoes instead.

saiyangerl · Post by **saiyangerl** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 3:42 pm

Bura wrote:

I love these

The part inside Buu is one of my favorites. It's so funny.

SHINOBI-03 · Post by **SHINOBI-03** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 3:53 pm

Is it me or this picture looks like an art from Rumiko Takahashi?!

Metalwario64 · Post by **Metalwario64** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 5:58 pm

TripleRach wrote:Shu didn't start until the Red Ribbon episodes

But he's always been referred to as Shu in my Season One set...

Even in the "Saga of Goku" episodes.

To be honest I'd never even heard of the name Shao until this thread.

Shigeru · Post by **Shigeru** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:11 pm

DAMMIT. I'm looking for a shot of Master Roshi in the Vegeta arc where it's like a pinkish background with yellow stripes and his mouth just hangs open. ;p

B · Post by B » Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:14 pm

Shao was in the original FUNi dub of the first thirteen episodes. I know this because:

1) When the RR arc was airing on Toonami, I remember being weirded out at "Shu."
2) I've never seen the first thirteen episodes of the original dub by... Harmony Gold? Or whoever, so FUNi had to have used it.

But yeah, the Season Sets make his name consistent with the use of Shu. I don't know if the original FUNi singles did this or not.

Shigeru · Post by **Shigeru** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:16 pm

B wrote:Shao was in the original FUNi dub of the first thirteen episodes. I know this because:

1) When the RR arc was airing on Toonami, I remember being weirded out at "Shu."
2) I've never seen the first thirteen episodes of the original dub by... Harmony Gold? Or whoever, so FUNi had to have used it.

But yeah, the Season Sets make his name consistent with the use of Shu. I don't know if the original FUNi singles did this or not.

Harmony Gold did only 2 episodes, and 1 movie (combining 1 and 3). In 1995, little FUNimation started up the dub with Kidmark/Trimark/Lionsgate.

Tanooki Kuribo · Post by **Tanooki Kuribo** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:18 pm

Just start another thread about this if you wanna talk about it more. Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure there was one last year... How do I know that?

Metalwario64 · Post by **Metalwario64** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:29 pm

B wrote:But yeah, the Season Sets make his name consistent with the use of Shu. I don't know if the original FUNi singles did this or not.

Maybe it was Shao in the Edited TV version of the FUNimation dub, and was Shu on the uncut DVD sets and the Season Sets?

Shigeru · Post by **Shigeru** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:31 pm

Metalwario64 wrote:
B wrote:But yeah, the Season Sets make his name consistent with the use of Shu. I don't know if the original FUNi singles did this or not.
Maybe it was Shao in the Edited TV version of the FUNimation dub, and was Shu on the uncut DVD sets and the Season Sets?

Shu was present on the original FUNimation singles. Don't know about the Red Ribbon Army saga, as I just had King Piccolo saga on DVD.

EDIT: Metalwario64, you're avatar looks like a zombie trying to seduce me

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Metalwario64 · Post by **Metalwario64** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:42 pm

Shigeru wrote:
Metalwario64 wrote:
B wrote:But yeah, the Season Sets make his name consistent with the use of Shu. I don't know if the original FUNi singles did this or not.
Maybe it was Shao in the Edited TV version of the FUNimation dub, and was Shu on the uncut DVD sets and the Season Sets?
Shu was present on the original FUNimation singles. Don't know about the Red Ribbon Army saga, as I just had King Piccolo saga on DVD.

EDIT: Metalwario64, you're avatar looks like a zombie trying to seduce me .

I guess it's safe to assume that FUNimation went back and corrected that for their uncut dub. Anyone with the Madman sets care to chime in as to whether or not the "Saga of Goku" episodes use Shu? I would think so since they stopped "re-dubbing" when the GT sets came out, so I guess that since the Season One set calls him Shu, then the original uncut dub would as well... Maybe they just used the old Ocean cast dubbed version's scripts verbatim for the edited TV rub?

Zombie Avatar? Is it this one?

Shigeru · Post by **Shigeru** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:48 pm

Metalwario64 wrote:
Shigeru wrote:
Metalwario64 wrote: Maybe it was Shao in the Edited TV version of the FUNimation dub, and was Shu on the uncut DVD sets and the Season Sets?
Shu was present on the original FUNimation singles. Don't know about the Red Ribbon Army saga, as I just had King Piccolo saga on DVD.

EDIT: Metalwario64, you're avatar looks like a zombie trying to seduce me .
I guess it's safe to assume that FUNimation went back and corrected that for their uncut dub. Anyone with the Madman sets care to chime in as to whether or not the "Saga of Goku" episodes use Shu? I would think they stopped "re-dubbing" when the GT sets came out, so I guess that since the Season One set calls him Shu, then the original uncut dub would as well...

Zombie Avatar? Is it this one?

Yeah. That's the one.

Metalwario64 · Post by **Metalwario64** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:50 pm

Too bad that you weren't around when the original artist was here... Although it might also be a good thing as well. It spawned some great moments in the very least:

The art was epic either way, but I'm getting off-topic so I'll leave it at that.

Shigeru · Post by **Shigeru** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:54 pm

FOUND IT! Look at the TV/Computer monitor.

EDIT: K. Something is wrong. I'll post it up again~!

bkev · Post by **bkev** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:55 pm

But, he DIDN't hotlink... damn website. Also, that guy has one heck of a collection!

SHINOBI-03 · Post by **SHINOBI-03** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 4:07 am

Another classic one ((I only have the fansubbed version. Don't flame me))

Rami · Post by **Rami** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 11:02 am

Chrono Trigger wrote:

This is too damn cute.

*ahem* As you were.