Huh?

Chibi Mystic Gohan · Post by **Chibi Mystic Gohan** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 6:39 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeza

Freeza has the distinction of being the only Dragonball character specifically described as homosexual, in issue number 233 of the Japanese manga. In fact, according to creator, Akira Toriyama, Freeza was based on a stereotype of the effeminate but muscular homosexual, while his father, King Cold, was based on a famous Japanese drag queen.

Now I know Freeza was never really refered to as homosexual in the series, but did Toriyama actually comment on how he came up with the characters?

SuperFusion · Post by **SuperFusion** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:13 pm

ROFLMAO

I think VegettoEX said he had to correct some errors in wikipedia before on Dragon Ball, but I'm not sure if he came across that one.. lol

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:14 pm

Hm... good question. I found how Goku was done though: originally he was supposed to be a monkey, as DB was themed around the monkey king fable, but that wasn't interesting enough for him, so he redrew Goku as we know him -a human boy with a tail- in a sailor suit (both versions have Goku in posession of his nyoibo). Later, Toriyama redesigned he clothing to the famous gi.

As for Goku's character, Toriyama wanted him to be the opposite of Arale in exhuberance. More discrete, like a regular human child, except for his tail, odd haircut and naivete.

SuperFusion · Post by **SuperFusion** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:15 pm

You in the right topic? O_o

Chaos Saiyajin · Post by **Chaos Saiyajin** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:00 pm

Wiki's been watching too much of the dub!

Dear Kami, this is probably the funniest thing I've read in awhile...

El_Diablo · Post by **El_Diablo** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:11 pm

The entire Dragon Ball section on Wikipedia needs a complete rework.

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:31 pm

SuperFusion wrote:You in the right topic? O_o

I answered the question, not your post.

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:55 pm

I just checked the Manga reference guide and chpt 233 was still with the fight with Vegeta on Earth.

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 9:24 pm

Super Sonic wrote:I just checked the Manga reference guide and chpt 233 was still with the fight with Vegeta on Earth.

Lol! Further proof that it's a (manga equivalent of a)dubbie who wrote this; he was apparently using VIZ's chapter numbering system.

Conan the SSJ · Post by **Conan the SSJ** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 10:12 pm

El_Diablo wrote:The entire Dragon Ball section on Wikipedia needs a complete rework.

Perhaps. I recall a couple months or so ago, I was there and did some edits and summary additions to the GT section, as well as the sections for each GT saga. I like to think I did pretty well, hopefully no-one thinks the summaries I helped with are too bad.

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 10:35 pm

Dayspring wrote:
Super Sonic wrote:I just checked the Manga reference guide and chpt 233 was still with the fight with Vegeta on Earth.
Lol! Further proof that it's a (manga equivalent of a)dubbie who wrote this; he was apparently using VIZ's chapter numbering system.

Even if he was that he'd be dumb as by Viz's manga, chpt 233 is in vol 21 I believe. Looks like somebody deleted that paragraph there now.

El_Diablo · Post by **El_Diablo** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 10:45 pm

Someone's renamed the article "Frie-za".

Damn Wikipedia and their "most common name" policy.

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 11:31 pm

El_Diablo wrote:Someone's renamed the article "Frie-za".

Damn Wikipedia and their "most common name" policy.

Where did that come from in the first place? It's not like it's the dubby spelling; that would be pronounced "fries-uh".

El_Diablo · Post by **El_Diablo** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 11:47 pm

I was just avoiding the word filter.

But yes, if read regularly "Frie_za" would be pronounced "Fry za"

Bejiita · Post by **Bejiita** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 6:17 am

El_Diablo wrote:I was just avoiding the word filter.

But yes, if read regularly "Frie_za" would be pronounced "Fry za"

Due to an English accent the name can be spelt, Frieza, Freezer, Freeza, whatever way, it still ends up being prounced the same way.

As for Freeza being a batty man, come on, it's Freeza! As if he would bat for the other team, sad, sad people waste their time writing up false crap like this. Maybe the man who wrote it is gay himself.

MajinMetroid · Post by **MajinMetroid** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 7:20 am

Whenever I see "Frie-za," I say to myself "Free A Zuh"... Hahaha, kind of like how I used to call Hermione "Hermy One" before I saw the movie. Someone should make a pronounciation website for all these character names with strange spellings. Though, there's no confusion on how to pronounce Freeza spelled the way it is in this sentance...

Chaos Saiyajin · Post by **Chaos Saiyajin** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:49 am

I've always spelled it F r e i z a, simply because I'm very familiar with seeing it written this way on the Budokai games.

C'mon guys, didn't anyone else suspect Freeza was a little fruity?

My cousin told me that she thought Freeza was a woman until they said 'he' in the FUNi dub.

Duo · Post by **Duo** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 3:01 pm

Just cuz' the dub threw his entire personality off does not make him a homosexual. Originally, yes, he was very polite, but how does being polite make you a homosexual? Hell, he didn't even have visible reproductive organs!

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 3:20 pm

Good thing somebody fixed that, huh?

Daimao · Post by **Daimao** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 4:32 pm

"Talk to your doctor today, to see if F r i e z a is right for you, or visit www.purplescalp.com."

(because purplehead.com was just a little too overt for my taste)