What type of drink is hetap?

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What type of drink is hetap?

Post by supersaiyamangod » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:09 pm

What type of drink is hetap?

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Re: What type of drink is hetap?

Post by VegettoEX » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:28 pm

Couple things about that!

In the manga, we see it was actually "JETAP":

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I don't know what that might have been a reference to. Maybe it was a variation on a brand name, maybe it was a play on someone's name... who knows?

Something changed along the way and in the TV series we see it as "HETAP"

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If I had to guess, I'd say that was probably a cropped-off reference to Akira Toriyama's Hetappi Manga Kenkyūjo ("Cruddy Manga Lab"), a comic on how to draw comics originally serialized back in Fresh Jump from 1982 to 1984; it later got a collected release in 1985 and finally a digital release in 2016.

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As for what TYPE of drink it is...?! That's anyone's guess! :lol: I'd say since the other drinks are specifically labeled "BEER" and this one has a different name, it's probably a non-alcoholic drink. Sports drink maybe?
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Re: What type of drink is hetap?

Post by PurestEvil » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:29 pm

I believe it is an energy drink, like Monster or Red Bull.
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Re: What type of drink is hetap?

Post by FoolsGil » Sat Mar 11, 2023 6:54 pm

I'm a bit surprised there isn't a commercial or something of Toei running with the idea and making some official Hetap brand drink.

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Re: What type of drink is hetap?

Post by supersaiyamangod » Sun Mar 12, 2023 1:23 am

FoolsGil wrote: Sat Mar 11, 2023 6:54 pm I'm a bit surprised there isn't a commercial or something of Toei running with the idea and making some official Hetap brand drink.
Well team four star did a commercial. I wouldn’t be surprised if it is an energy drink. it kinda looks like one and In the anime gohan is drinking one.

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Re: What type of drink is hetap?

Post by Tian » Wed Mar 15, 2023 2:08 pm

Orange? Lemon-lime? Grape? Grapefruit, maybe? :think:

The only thing I know is that I got thirsty for some soda right now.

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Re: What type of drink is hetap?

Post by Trouser » Wed Mar 15, 2023 2:22 pm

It's probably something like Pepsi.
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Re: What type of drink is hetap?

Post by Asin » Mon Mar 20, 2023 9:07 pm

I took it to be a sports drink, like Gatorade.

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