name puns
Humans
Bulma: "bloomers" the japanese word for girls gym shorts
Dr Briefs: Mens underwear
Chichi: Slang for breast in Japanese
Chaozu: The chinese reading for "gyoza"in japanese
(meaning pot stickers)
Tenshinhan: A kind of fried rice
Kuririn: Chestnut in Japanese
Videl: The word "devil" mixed up
Mr Satan: Satan.....slap yourself
Oolong: The chinese "wulong" meaning Amber tea
Puar: "Pu-her" a variety of Chinese tea
Lunch: A play on lunch. Or launch, meaning to release
Yamcha: "Dim sum" in chinese
Pilaf: "Pilav" meaning rice dish
Shao and Mai: "Shao-mai" in chinese
Marron: Japanese pronunciation for "marron" in French
Saiyans
Kakarotto: A joke on the word carrot
Gokou/Goku: The "ku" means sky.
Goten: The "ten" means heaven
Gohan: Rice or a meal in general in japanese
Pan: A pandemic word for bread
Vegeta: A joke on the word vegetable
Trunks: Boys gym shorts in japanese
Bra: Women's bra
Nappa: The english word for chinese cabbage
Raditz: A joke on "radish"
Nameks
Piccolo: A flute
Nail: A joke on "snail"
Dende:The japanse "denden-mushi"
Piano: A piano
Tamborine: A tamborine
Tsuno: A japanese word for "horn" or "antennae"
Drum: A drum
Kargo: French for"escargo"
Cymbal: A cymbal (instrument)
Freeza's Followers
Gurudo: A joke on "yoguruto" japanese for yogurt
Jees: A joke on cheese
Bahta: Japanese prononciation for the english word "butter"
Ginyu: Japanese for milk (spelled: gyunyu)
Rikoom: A joke on cream
Zarbon:"Pomelo" in english. A japanese fruit
Dodoria:Doria" Japanese for "a tasty dish"
KiwiThe name of an egg-sized "fruit of the Cheese goseberry"
Freeza: Freezing
King Cold: Cold
Kooler: Cooler
*Plz do not take these and place them on your page because it took
me lotsa research I didn't take these off other pages I actually did research
in this so plz take em for another site that prolly stole for another site.*
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