Discussion regarding the entirety of the franchise in a general (meta) sense, including such aspects as: production, trends, merchandise, fan culture, and more.
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DragonBallFoodie
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by DragonBallFoodie » Sun Aug 07, 2016 5:08 am
It's how I got my username.
And while it's a bit surreal, it's also cool that some of anime's most badass characters - Bardock (named after the burdock herb), Krillin (which means chestnut), Beerus and Whis (beer and whisky) and Chanpa and Vados (champagne and calvados), and of course Vegeta and Kakarot - are named for various foodstuffs. Toriyama also went with musical instruments (Piccolo, Piano, Tambourine, etc) and cooling items (Frieza, Cooler, Frost) too, but food names is his favourite pun and I love him for it.
I hope one day to see a character named Chocolate.
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Nejishiki
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by Nejishiki » Sun Aug 07, 2016 6:42 am
Did you forget about the minor character,
Choco? Well, I wouldn't blame you!
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Avenged
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by Avenged » Sun Aug 07, 2016 2:38 pm
Every saiyan is named after food. And essentially every character's name in the series is a pun.
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Rubens
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by Rubens » Sun Aug 07, 2016 3:34 pm
Wasn't there one of Tullece's crew named "Cacao" or something like that?
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Black Hawk
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by Black Hawk » Sun Aug 07, 2016 3:40 pm
Rubens wrote:Wasn't there one of Tullece's crew named "Cacao" or something like that?
Indeed, there was. Strangely, he had a bit of a Russian-based vocal tic, as he tended to say "da" quite a bit, if I remember correctly. I was never sure exactly what he was supposed to be, aside from just an alien in general, personally.
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