Dr.Wheelo (Dr. Uiro) questions

Gogeta1090 · Post by **Gogeta1090** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:19 pm

I think Dr.Wheelo is a pretty good character in the DragonballZ Movie series but the question I want to ask is this. Is that really Dr.Uiro's real brain size because if it is then damn.. he cant be human.

Also off topic I dont like his Funimation dub voice.. Is it Chris Sabat that does his voice or is it someone else?

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:23 pm

This came up somewhere else, though I'm pretty sure it wasn't the thread topic, so I wouldn't know where to look for the thread.

My theory is that his brain had been in there for so long that it had swelled like an overripe pickle.

Also, according to Wikipedia, Wheelo was voiced by R. Bruce Elliot.

FindKenshi · Post by **FindKenshi** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:41 pm

I actually liked the original Pioneer English Dub voice of Dr. Wheelo. As for his brain size, for all we know the guy had a hideously deformed cranium when he was human. Maybe that's just "how smart" he is, to have a brain that big.

I doubt it would "swell up" to a size like that, no matter how long it was submerged in liquid. There's also the possibility that he had his own brain removed like Dr. Gero did, and preformed experiments on it making it bigger and increasing its processing power and capacity, and whatnot.

Seriously, it's a movie, so we get to use our imagination. The answer to this question you asked? There's probably as many answers as there are fans of Dragonball Z.

Humpski · Post by **Humpski** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:29 am

How was he planning on fitting his brain in Goku's head I wonder?

Anyways, I agree with FindKenshi. The Pioneer voice actor was great as Wheelo.

I like DB(Z) (...) · Post by **I like DB(Z) (...)** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:47 pm

There is another post about this, I suggest you find it soon.

To answer the brain-size question, in Mr.Toriyama's design I think it had more than just brains, like other organs...

Godo · Post by **Godo** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:55 pm

As someone has told once, I think it's glass refraction:

Gyt Kaliba · Post by **Gyt Kaliba** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:01 pm

I agree - Dr. Wheelo is about the only character where I much prefer the Pioneer actor.

Glass refraction could be an answer - I never even thought of that one, I always thought maybe the Doctor was really big, like bigger than the Ox King or something.

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 5:40 pm

Godo wrote:As someone has told once, I think it's glass refraction:

Why didn't I think of that? Nice theory Godo.

Godo · Post by **Godo** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 5:47 pm

NeptuneKai wrote:
Godo wrote:As someone has told once, I think it's glass refraction:

Why didn't I think of that? Nice theory Godo.

As a med student I have seen brains (yes, from humans) that have been put in formaline i 20 years or so, without swelling, so that was the most correct answer scientifically.
Thanks!

Gogeta1090 · Post by **Gogeta1090** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:02 pm

Godo wrote:As someone has told once, I think it's glass refraction:

thats a good answer

also one last question, The other doctor guy(I forgot his name) wished for the dragonballs to unfreeze the area where Dr.Wheelo was hiding right? Well if he was been frozen for over 50 years I think, shouldn't he be brain dead or at least suffered a terrible brain freeze?

Godo · Post by **Godo** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:23 pm

I guess, being in that robot body, he had oxygen and nutrient supply sufficient for thousands of years. If the whole body is shut down, only minimal supplies of glycogen and oxygen is needed to keep the brain alive.
If you are frozen down, you can be without oxygen in 10 minutes. It has happened before with people falling into ice lakes unconsious.
But still, the cells in the body gets oxidated, that also includes the brain cells. Going by that he was young (e.g. his brain was young), he could surely survive with the technology he had.