DragonBall
Secrets
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DragonBall
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DragonBall
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The Dragon Ball series is comprised of characters with interesting and comical names. The creator , Akira Toriyama , was best known for his gag comics. Dragon Ball began as such but developed into a well - written plot orientated series. With that in mind , below is listed a few of his inside jokes and stories.
In order to fully understand the big joke , we must first understand the two main races : the SAIYANSand the TUFFLES .
The big joke is that it was the Vegetable People versus the Fruit People !
Every Saiyan's name is a pun of some vegetable .
| CHARACTER NAME | MEANING |
| Goku | real name is Kakarot which means carrot |
| Gohan | means cooked rice and the suffix for breakfast , lunch and dinner based on a vegetable |
| Goten | pronounced Goteyn , pun of father's name Goku / 'ku'means sky and 'ten' means heaven |
| Bulma | bloomers - 1800's undergarments |
| Dr. Briefs | men's underwear |
| Trunks | men's underwear known as boxers |
| Bra | woman's bra |
| Chi-Chi | breasts |
| Tien | actually Tenshinhan which is the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese words 'Tien Chun Fan ' - fried rice |
| Chiaotzu | actually Chaozu which is the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese word for dumpling |
| Krillin | actually Kuririn which is a variation of the Japanese word , kurumi , meaning chestnut. Toriyama's joke about his lack of hair. |
| Yamcha | means 'dim sum' - a type of Chinese dumpling |
| Master Roshi | known as both Muten Roshi which means Master Roshi and Kame Sennin which means Turtle Sage . Hence Kame House means Turtle House. |
| Emperor Pilaf | a Turkish rice dish which is sauteed , seasoned rice |
| Shao and Mai | although different characters under Emperor Pilaf , their names combined , 'shao-mai' , is a dim-sum dumpling dish |
| Piccolo Daimaou | means Piccolo the Great Demon King or Piccolo Satan. Piccolo had family members names Piano , Drum , Tambourine and Cymbal |
| Tsuno | horn |
| Kami | god |
| Frieza | means the freezer |
| King Cold | king of cold |
| Frieza's Henchmen | named after fruit - Kiwi , Apple , Raspberry and Blueberry |
| Dodoria | brown fruit called a 'Chinese Gooseberry' |
| Zarbon | an American fruit called a pomelo |
| Ginyu Force | really Gyunyu which means milk. So they are the " Dairy Force" |
| Jeice | really Juusa which means juice |
| Burter | really Baata which means butter |
| Guldo | really Gurudo which a play on the word ' yoguuruto ' or yogurt |
| Recoome | really Rikuumu which is a jumbled version of ' kuirimu' or cream |
| Bibidi | father of Babidi .. (see Babidi below) |
| Babidi | son of Bibidi who wants to resurrect his father's weapon , Boo (see Boo below ) |
| Boo | together with the two names of Bibidi and Babidi you get Bibidi , Babidi , Boo ! .. a Disney character reference |
| Brolly | broccoli |
| Vegeta | named after his race the vegetable |
| Nappa | a type of lettuce |
| Raditz | a radish |
| Kakarot | known as Goku , means carrot |
| Nameckians | really Namekuji meaning slug. All Namecks are named after slugs |
| Slug | evil villian of the Namecks |
| Dende | really denden-mushi meaning a mollusk |
| Kargo | based off the French word ' escargot ' or snail |
| Nail | a snail without the 's" |
| Mister Satan | Mister Satan |
| Videl | Mr. Satan's daughter . Her name is just the devil word with the letters rearranged |
| Ox King | really Gyuu Maou which means Bull Demon King | Bubbles | King Kai's little buddy named after Michael Jackson's pet monkey | Oolong | really Wu Long which literally means Black Dragon but it is actually a type of black tea |
| Marron | a French chestnut. Krillin's daughter ( see Krillin ) |
| Pan | means bread |
| Puar | Chinese tea |
| Seripa | a jumbled play on the word parsley |
| Pan-bukin | loosely said means pumpkin |
| Bardock | a Japanese root vegetable called a 'dock' |
| Paragus | a loose translation of asparagus |
| Taurus | loosely meaning turnip |
| Toma | a shortened version of the American word tomato |
| Totepo | a jumbled word for potato | Son Gokou | really Goku is the Japanese translation of the Chinese name Son Wukong or ' Monkey King ' |
