Planet Sharts

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Planet Sharts
シャーツ星 (Shātsu-sei)
English Name(s)	Shatts (Sub) Shik (Dub)
Anime Debut	Dragon Ball Z Episode 104
Locational Data
Area	Universe 7

Planet Sharts is a fictional celestial body that appears in the Dragon Ball franchise, one of an unknown number of planets under Freeza's control in Universe 7. The planet was initiually conquered by the Saiyan trio of Raditz, Nappa, and Vegeta.

It is first seen in episode 104 of the Dragon Ball Z television series, which originally aired 21 August 1991 on Fuji TV.

Name

The planet "Sharts" likely takes its name from the Japanese approximation of the English word "shirts" (シャツ shatsu) and elongating the vowel sound (シャーツ shātsu). As such, some kind of alteration from the English word "shirts" as-is makes sense for a translation/adaptation of the name. In this case, the long vowel mark (called a chōonpu) extending the preceding vowel sound is typically adapted back to English as an "-ar" or "-er" sound, leading us at Kanzenshuu to decide on "Sharts" for a spelling.

The people of Planet Sharts (シャーツ星人 shātsu-seijin) could conceivably be adapted as "Shartians".

Steven J. Simmons uses "Shatts" as a spelling in the official English subtitle translation for FUNimation's DVDs of the Dragon Ball Z television series.

FUNimation's English dub of the Dragon Ball Z series uses "Shik" as a name change, first appearing in the company's 1999 dub of the episode (at the time called "Frieza Defeated!!" as aired on Toonami and available on the "Frieza - Fall of a Tyrant" VHS/DVD release). This name change/misspelling is often itself further misspelled as "Shikk" in other documentation sources online.

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  Planet Sharts adapted as "Planet Shatts" in FUNimation's subtitle track
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  Planet Sharts adapted as "Planet Shik" in FUNimation's English dub

General Overview

At some point prior to the destruction of Planet Vegeta in Age 737 or Age 739, the Saiyan trio of Raditz, Nappa, and Vegeta arrive at and fully conquer the Planet Sharts. They are able to take over the planet in three days' time, which at least Nappa considers to be a significant feat. Vegeta explains this to Freeza, noting that the inhabitants gave them a little trouble. Freeza seems less than impressed, and questions Zarbon on what his estimated timeline for a solo conquer of this tiny planet would have been, to which Zarbon answers a single day's time.

Appearances

Planet Sharts exclusively appears in filler material as a part of episode 104 of the Dragon Ball Z television series.

The planet and its people are referenced in Daizenshuu 7 where, in the "World View For DB" section, the "Racial Groups" sub-section explains:

Various Races
In the Dragon Ball world, there are a variety of different races, like the ones outlined below. The Earthlings, the Saiyans and the Namekians are the three main ones. The Yardratians and the Metamorians are races that possess special abilities. There is also the Three-Eyed People, said to be the ancestors of Tenshinhan. There are also inhabitants of planet Nikochan and planet Ukakaume that have settled down in Penguin Village. Besides all these, in the animated productions there is also a great number of different races of all shapes and sizes spread throughout the Universe, like the Tsufruians, the Brenchians, the Bepperians, the Zaltians, the Makyouians, the Rittons, the Shartians, the Tubians, the Kanassians, the Meatians, the Coonians, the Outerians, the Arlians, the Conutsians, the Shamoians, the Beansians, the Ikondians, and the Hera Clan. In diagram #1, you can analyze the historical relationship between the Earthlings, the Saiyans and the Namekians.