Dragon Ball References in Other Media
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References to Dragon Ball appear in various media worldwide, including song lyrics, visual homages in television series and movies, etc.
Manga
| Video Girl Ai - Chapter 34
Ai can be seen reading a Jump issue with Dragon Ball in chapter 34 of Video Girl Ai. Originally released 31 July 1990 in the 1990 No. 34 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump. |
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Yu-Gi-Oh! - Chapter 1
Yugi references Dragon Ball after explaining that a wish is rewarded to whoever solves his Puzzle in chapter 1 of Yu-Gi-Oh!. Originally released 17 September 1996 in the 1996 No. 42 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump. |
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Naruto - Chapter 150
A mask with Chiaotzu's face can be seen on the wall in chapter 150 of Naruto. Originally released TBD in the 2003 No. 3-4 double issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump. |
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Dr. Stone - Chapter 60
In a splash of references as Senku explains what kind of media had been available in the past, Son Goku from Dragon Ball is seen (along with Sun Wukong from Journey to the West and various other characters). Originally released 04 June 2018 in the 2018 No. 27 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump. |
Anime
Music
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Thrice - "T&C"
The song "T&C" on Thrice's 1999 debut EP First Impressions begins with a sample of Brian Drummond's Vegeta performance sourced from FUNimation's original 1996-1998 syndication broadcast dub of the Dragon Ball Z television series. Lyrics (penned by lead vocalist Dustin Kensrue) in the song's outro include: "So now what do I have to show? / And what price do I have to pay? / But like a Saiyan I won't grow / Unless I'm battered in the fray". The song was later re-recorded and included, sans Drummond voice sample, as the final track on the band's 2000 full-length album Identity Crisis. |
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I Hate Myself - "This Isn't the Tenka-Ichi-Budokai"
The song "This Isn't the Tenka-Ichi-Budokai" on I Hate Myself's 2000 album Ten Songs consists entirely of the lyrics "And we fought, and we fought hard / You beat me, ripped out my fucking heart / And waiting for death I bleed and bleed and bleed" repeated three times before ending with a "KAMEHAMEHA!" |
| Soulja Boy - "Goku"
Soulja Boy released a stand-alone single entitled "Goku" in July 2010[1], in which he uses gendered epithets to state that he believes that his appearance resembles Goku. |
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Jaden Smith - "Goku"
Jaden Smith released a stand-alone single entitled "GOKU" in December 2018. In the song's lyrics, Smith laments his declined credit card transactions, that he is in fact "ballin'", and that ayy yeah, ooh ooh ooh ooh, he "feels like Goku" (not to be confused with looking like Goku). In the song's official music video, Smith powers up and shoots ki blasts. Group fitness company Les Mills featured the song in their BODYSTEP™ 116 class release in summer 2019.[2] |
Television
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "Potential" (Season 7, Episode 12)
Andrew states: "But I'm reformed. I'm like Vegeta on Dragonball Z. I use to be a pure Saiyan, and now I fight on the side of Goku!" Originally aired 21 January 2003. |
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The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy - "Chicken Ball Z" (Season 2, Episode 9B)
Mandy enters a tournament in hopes of its $50,000 grand prize. An ancient "Chicken Ball" from shopkeeper Kuan Ti allows her to become a great fighter, which in turn causes her to abandon her dreams of the cash prize and simply aim to become the greatest combatant. It turns out Kuan Ti was Eris in disguise causing chaos. Grim turns Billy into a hero as well, and they fight until the arena is destroyed. Mandy still wants the prize, though. Originally aired 15 August 2003. |
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Codename: Kids Next Door - "Operation: R.E.P.O.R.T." (Season 2, Episode 9A)
A task to retrieve "the goods" is interrupted by the "Devious Villains From the Consortium of Crime." Each sequence follows another KND Sector and their ultimate mission failure, each animated in a different style. It turns out "the goods" was a pizza. Parodies include "Numbuh 4" (Wallabee) as Goku, Super Saiyan hair, gigantic Super Saiyan 3 hair, the villains taking on variations of Freeza's forms, and claims about needing to use their "full power" to win. Originally aired 05 December 2003. |
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The Fairly OddParents - "Channel Chasers" (Season 4, Episode 13)
TBD. Originally aired 23 July 2004. |
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Robot Chicken - "Robot Chicken Christmas Special" (Season 2, Episode 3)
Three legendary kung-fu masters are on a rampage up at the North Pole (including the little drummer boy, a character who conjures villains by playing his drums). Santa recruits Goku to help battle the villains, but it turns out that the ultimate foe plotting behind the scenes is someone Santa knows all too well. The Tenka'ichi Budokai is finally complete! Originally aired 22 December 2005. |
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Saturday Night Live - TV Funhouse (Season 32, Episode 5)
The animated TV Funhouse segment tells the story of Japanese competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi as he saves the day. Villains set houses on fire and create a flood, so it is up to Kobayashi to rescue the women and children and teach them valuable lessons along the way... about eating hotdogs. FUNimation's subtitle style is matched, while some of the Faulconer Productions replacement score is occasionally intermixed with the footage. The ending theme is a musically-accurate parody of Dragon Ball Z Movie 13's original Japanese closing theme complete with some of the same lines (such as "passion" right before the final "Kobayashi!"). Originally aired 11 November 2006. |
| MAD - Linkong / Rainbow Dash & Bernstein (Season 4, Episode 1)
TBD. Originally aired 01 April 2013. |
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Teen Titans Go! - Starfire the Terrible (Season 1, Episode 29)
TBD. Originally aired 16 October 2013. |
| Teen Titans Go! - Starfire the Terrible (Season 1, Episode 25)
TBD. Originally aired TBD. |
Film
Video Games
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2
The relationship between Sonic and Tails is modeled after that of Piccolo and Gohan.[3] Originally released 21 November 1992. |
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic's Super Sonic transformation is an homage to Goku's Super Saiyan transformation.[4][5] Originally released 21 November 1992. |
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3
The game's Special Stages take place on small planetoids inspired by Kaiō's planet.[6] Originally released 02 February 1994. |
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Sonic Adventure 2
In the game's concept art for Shadow, Sonic's darker rival, one bullet point simply says "ベジータ" (Vegeta).[7] Originally released 19 June 2001. |
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Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
The game's leaked script compares Silver, a time traveler from the future, to Future Trunks.[8] Originally released 14 November 2006. |
Other
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Microsoft Zune Commercial
A commercial for Microsoft's Zune, a portable media player, features two little bear-like animals performing the fusion dance from Dragon Ball.[9] The commercial originally ran on American television in May 2007. |
References
- ↑ @SouljaBoy (22 July 2010). Twitter. Retrieved: 20 August 2019.
- ↑ "WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT THE NEW ZEALAND RELEASES" (09 April 2019). Les Mills. Retrieved: 20 August 2019.
- ↑ https://x.com/judy_totoya/status/1766089483462865014
- ↑ http://sonicjam.wikidot.com/aii2005:dec30
- ↑ Sonic The Hedgehog 25th Anniversary Art Book. Cook & Becker, 2016. ISBN 9082457644. (p. 92)
- ↑ https://shmuplations.com/sonic/
- ↑ Sonic The Hedgehog 25th Anniversary Art Book. Cook & Becker, 2016. ISBN 9082457644. (p. 186)
- ↑ https://tcrf.net/Prerelease:Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(2006)#Leaked_Script
- ↑ "Microsoft Zune Commercial Features Fusion Dance" (28 May 2007). Kanzenshuu. Retrieved: 23 August 2019.