A Worldwide Punomenon: Difference between revisions

** Frieza's family has a cold motif; Frieza = Freezer, Coola = Cooler, Chiller, and King Cold

*** Additionally, all of Frieza's minions (the Saiyans as vegetables, other aliens as fruits, and the Ginyu force as milk products) are named after things you would keep in a refrigerator, or perhaps freezer.

** Chow, Mein, and Pilaf from the original Dragonball series.

*** The English translation managed to take the pun further, by saying their goal was to bring about the "Reich Pilaf".

{{quote|'''Misa''': I would never dream about living in a world without Light!

'''L''': Yes, that would be dark. }}

* This is apparently the mindset of [[4Kids! Entertainment]] whenever they [[Macekre]] an anime, most notably ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'', ''[[One Piece]]'', and ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]''.

** To be fair, though, ''[[One Piece]]'' lives and breathes puns regardless. Attack names (most of Zoro's sword moves, notably, also resemble types of sushi when written), character names, and in the seventh movie over half the lines of the plot-central prophecy were puns.

* ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'' has a ''lot'' of puns.

** Izumi Maki is particularly guilty of this, to the point that she barely speaks at all without a translator's note appearing.

 

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