Who exactly is Arale?

Jackal puFF · Post by **Jackal puFF** » Sat May 31, 2008 3:44 pm

Is she normal?

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Sat May 31, 2008 3:47 pm

LMAO
I don't think anyone that Mr. Toriyama made is normal. Arale is an android that starred in Dr.Slump, a gag manga that was made way before Dragonball. She made a cameo later on in Dragonball during the General Blue saga.

Terra-jin · Post by **Terra-jin** » Sat May 31, 2008 4:38 pm

And kicked ass.

The Time Traveller · Post by **The Time Traveller** » Sat May 31, 2008 5:14 pm

NeptuneKai wrote:Arale is an android that starred in Dr.Slump

Well, she was the STAR!

She appears as a poster in one of the Z movies too in Gohan's room, I can't remember which one.

ForestEquilibrium · Post by **ForestEquilibrium** » Sat May 31, 2008 5:37 pm

That'd be movie 4, I wonder if there's any more of those kind of homages in other movies.

DemonKingPiccolo · Post by **DemonKingPiccolo** » Sat May 31, 2008 5:40 pm

Yea, you think Dragon Ball is weird with the dinosaurs and flying cars, just check out Dr. Slump. The sun talks and the coils of poo have eyes and a mouth sometimes.

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Sat May 31, 2008 5:42 pm

ForestEquilibrium wrote:That'd be movie 4, I wonder if there's any more of those kind of homages in other movies.

She hides all over the Dragonball anime, her picture was in a frame in Bulma's capsule house. She also made a very brief appearance when Muten Roshi was watching the ladies work out when Goku went to him for some training. She’s basically the Pandaman of the Dragonball universe.

djkalteraphine · Post by **djkalteraphine** » Sat May 31, 2008 7:38 pm

NeptuneKai wrote:She’s basically the Pandaman of the Dragonball universe.

Awesome comparison.

Post by **Herms** » Sat May 31, 2008 7:39 pm

ForestEquilibrium wrote:That'd be movie 4, I wonder if there's any more of those kind of homages in other movies.

In DBZ movie 8, when Kame-sennin is shifting through different masks when "confronting" Broli, one of them is an Arale mask.

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Sat May 31, 2008 8:18 pm

ForestEquilibrium wrote:That'd be movie 4, I wonder if there's any more of those kind of homages in other movies.

Not a movie, but the mask Grandpa Gohn wears during the Baba arc is the same mask that one of the classmates of Arale's wears.

Pain · Post by **Pain** » Sat May 31, 2008 9:45 pm

I also remember in the second Dr.Slump series, Arale is in some room and I guess she birngs Volume 42 of DragonBall to life. Goku and Kid Boo come out and begin fighting. That's all I remember.

Bardock the Mexican · Post by **Bardock the Mexican** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 2:20 am

I tend to think of the show Dr.Slump as a kind of reason why all the drug propaganda I push is proabably wrong. In a nation like Japan you have very little to no marijuana* use or stuff like peyotl* (Peyote), LSD, mushrooms* (chichinanacatl) which are part of life for many of the idiginous peoples of the world. It was mostly fear and a strong sense of superstition that motivated the Conquistadores of Mexico to ban these drugs. That is with the notable exception of LSD, a modern chemical which is very harmful. The drug is what I think of when I think of Dr.Slump. Lots of colors and bizzare images that would only make sense to a person who is tripping. Traditional drugs of the psychotropic variety are not as harmful and produce different effects. The effect of the more traditional drugs are more spiritual and with great effect to sensing Dios. The proud Mexica warriors did have brutal sacrifices in honor of the Gods (teotl) but this pales in comparison to modern times. You (The USA) may not offer sacrifices of human hearts to gods of the sun, war and other objects and phenomenon. YOu send your young men to die in a foreign country for a cause that is laughable in the lightest and a holucaust and a blood bath in the worst. Even the so called war on drugs is not founded on science any more than the Crusades were founded or the fear of the Conquistadores. So yeah , as you can tell I love Dr. Slump and all this will probably go over your head so...back to topic. I don't really like it and I think that it is a waste of precious time. We do not have much time left for such simple things as Dragonball or videogames. Forget I even said anything, I am probably rambling again.

Captain Awesome · Post by **Captain Awesome** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:24 pm

...

Dr. Slump really is a flimsy pretext for an anti-USA pro-drug rant.
Seriously dude, get a blog or something..

Anyway, I personally don't know much about Dr. Slump, and have never bothered picking up a volume of the manga, mostly because I'm yet to do that with Dragonball, but no doubt when I'm thirsting for more of Toriyama's stuff I'll end up splurging on it.

djkalteraphine · Post by **djkalteraphine** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:37 pm

I love Dr. Slump. One of my favorite manga. It's so silly and weird, I love it. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes early Dragon Ball or Neko Majin Z. Also, Goku and Arale Vs. Tao in DB movie 3 is one of the most entertaining battles in the series. (It rocks in the dub too. That's real.)

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:57 pm

I'd disagree with that as in that dub she wasn't that much like her character. She's truer in the dub of the crossover eps of DB though, despite mispronouncing her name, though I admit I did that too, only differently.

SonEric84 · Post by **SonEric84** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:04 pm

Bardock the Mexican wrote:I tend to think of the show Dr.Slump as a kind of reason why all the drug propaganda I push is proabably wrong. In a nation like Japan you have very little to no marijuana* use or stuff like peyotl* (Peyote), LSD, mushrooms* (chichinanacatl) which are part of life for many of the idiginous peoples of the world. It was mostly fear and a strong sense of superstition that motivated the Conquistadores of Mexico to ban these drugs. That is with the notable exception of LSD, a modern chemical which is very harmful. The drug is what I think of when I think of Dr.Slump. Lots of colors and bizzare images that would only make sense to a person who is tripping. Traditional drugs of the psychotropic variety are not as harmful and produce different effects. The effect of the more traditional drugs are more spiritual and with great effect to sensing Dios. The proud Mexica warriors did have brutal sacrifices in honor of the Gods (teotl) but this pales in comparison to modern times. You (The USA) may not offer sacrifices of human hearts to gods of the sun, war and other objects and phenomenon. YOu send your young men to die in a foreign country for a cause that is laughable in the lightest and a holucaust and a blood bath in the worst. Even the so called war on drugs is not founded on science any more than the Crusades were founded or the fear of the Conquistadores. So yeah , as you can tell I love Dr. Slump and all this will probably go over your head so...back to topic. I don't really like it and I think that it is a waste of precious time. We do not have much time left for such simple things as Dragonball or videogames. Forget I even said anything, I am probably rambling again.

Is this really the place to voice such opinions?

The Time Traveller · Post by **The Time Traveller** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 10:00 pm

Captain Awesome wrote:no doubt when I'm thirsting for more of Toriyama's stuff I'll end up splurging on it.

What the fuck?!

djkalteraphine wrote:I love Dr. Slump. One of my favorite manga. It's so silly and weird, I love it. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes early Dragon Ball or Neko Majin Z. Also, Goku and Arale Vs. Tao in DB movie 3 is one of the most entertaining battles in the series. (It rocks in the dub too. That's real.)

She was in a movie too?
I can't believe I hadn't heard of that... or even seen it.

Rocketman · Post by **Rocketman** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 10:06 pm

The Time Traveller wrote:
Captain Awesome wrote:no doubt when I'm thirsting for more of Toriyama's stuff I'll end up splurging on it.
What the fuck?!

"Splurging" is US slang for "to spend money on something, especially a pure entertainment item".

djkalteraphine · Post by **djkalteraphine** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 10:11 pm

The Time Traveller wrote:
djkalteraphine wrote:I love Dr. Slump. One of my favorite manga. It's so silly and weird, I love it. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes early Dragon Ball or Neko Majin Z. Also, Goku and Arale Vs. Tao in DB movie 3 is one of the most entertaining battles in the series. (It rocks in the dub too. That's real.)
She was in a movie too?
I can't believe I hadn't heard of that... or even seen it.

Yup. It's my favorite DB/Z/GT movie/special/etc, the third Dragon Ball one. I like all four DB movies more than most of the DBZ ones, even if they are just repackaged stories from the manga. And I also have a special place for the movie in my heart, as it was my first exposure to some of my favorite Dragon Ball characters - Tao Pai Pai, Bora and Upa, and of course (back on topic) Arale.

The Time Traveller · Post by **The Time Traveller** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 10:18 pm

Rocketman wrote:
The Time Traveller wrote:
Captain Awesome wrote:no doubt when I'm thirsting for more of Toriyama's stuff I'll end up splurging on it.
What the fuck?!
"Splurging" is US slang for "to spend money on something, especially a pure entertainment item".

I guess it's slang for something else in England...

djkalteraphine wrote:
The Time Traveller wrote:
djkalteraphine wrote:I love Dr. Slump. One of my favorite manga. It's so silly and weird, I love it. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes early Dragon Ball or Neko Majin Z. Also, Goku and Arale Vs. Tao in DB movie 3 is one of the most entertaining battles in the series. (It rocks in the dub too. That's real.)
She was in a movie too?
I can't believe I hadn't heard of that... or even seen it.
Yup. It's my favorite DB/Z/GT movie/special/etc, the third Dragon Ball one. I like all four DB movies more than most of the DBZ ones, even if they are just repackaged stories from the manga. And I also have a special place for the movie in my heart, as it was my first exposure to some of my favorite Dragon Ball characters - Tao Pai Pai, Bora and Upa, and of course (back on topic) Arale.

I've never had any exposure to the Dragonball Anime, just Z. For some reason, this makes me want to get it now. I guess I've been missing out.