Butta
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| Butta | |
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| バータ (Bāta) | |
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Manga  Anime  | |
| English Name(s) |
Burter (Ocean/FUNimation dub) Butta (FUNimation/Simmons) Butta (Viz) |
| Name Pun | Butter |
| Manga Debut | Dragon Ball Chapter 272 |
| Anime Debut | Dragon Ball Z Episode 58 |
| Japanese VA |
Yukimasa Kishino (Z) Masaya Onosaka (Kai) |
| Canadian VA | Don Brown |
| Funimation VA |
Mark Britten (Z 1999) Christopher R. Sabat (Z 2005) Vic Mignogna (Kai) |
| Personal Data | |
| Death | 24 December Age 762[1] |
| Classification | Alien |
| Pronouns | Ore (オレ) |
| Occupation | Ginyu Special Force |
Butta is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series by Akira Toriyama. Butta makes his debut in Chapter 272, published in the 1990 #21/22 issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump.
Biography
Early Life
Butta's mother was very strict, making him do all the household chores and slapping him if he was late preparing dinner, but because of this he became the fastest in the universe.[2]
My mother was incredibly strict. She made me do all the laundry and cleaning!! And she'd slap me silly if I was ever late with groceries!! Oh well, thanks to all that I became the fastest in the universe.
— Butta
Namek Arc
Name and Pronouns
Butta's name (バータ Bāta) comes from the English word "butter" (バター batā).[3]
Butter of course.
— Akira Toriyama, Dragon Ball Forever
The other members of the Ginyu Special Force are named after dairy products as well: Ginyu (ギニュー Ginyū) from the Japanese word for cow's milk (牛乳 gyūnyū), Reacoom (リクーム Rikūmu) from "cream" (クリーム kurīmu), Jheese (ジース Jīsu) from "cheese" (チーズ chīzu), and Gurd (グルド Gurudo) from "yogurt" (ヨーグルト yōguruto). Freeza's underlings all take their names from items one might find in a refrigerator.[4]
Butta uses the masculine first-person pronoun ore (オレ) to refer to himself.[5]
Production
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Performance
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Notes
References
- ↑ "Chronological Table of the Dragon Ball World". Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 7: Dragon Ball Large Encyclopedia. Japan: Shueisha, 05 February 1996. ISBN 4-08-782757-7. (p. 27)
- ↑ "Us Back Then". Dragon Ball Z II: The Violent God, Freeza!! Japan: Shueisha, 12 August 1991. JAN 4-8342-1020-2. (p. 72)
- ↑ "I want to know the characters' name sources!". Dragon Ball Kanzenban Official Guide: Dragon Ball Forever. Japan: Shueisha, 30 April 2004. ISBN 4-08-873702-4. (p. 159)
——"Name Pun Round-Up" (Herms) (12 March 2010). Kanzenshuu. - ↑ "天下一座談会 DRAGON TALK 鳥山明 x 小山高生 x 野沢雅子". TV Anime Guide: Dragon Ball Tenka'ichi Densetsu. Japan: Shueisha, 02 July 2004. ISBN 4-08-873705-9. (p. 84)
——"The World's Best Round-Table Discussion: Dragon Talk - Akira Toriyama × Takao Koyama × Masako Nozawa". Kanzenshuu. - ↑ Toriyama, Akira. Dragon Ball Chapter 282: "Vegeta's Complex Mind". Weekly Shōnen Jump, 1990 #32. Japan: Shueisha, 10 July 1990.