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« on: October 03, 2005, 06:59:16 am »
A thread about translations, as in "what was this character called in the Japanese version" My question is: what was Ozzie, Flea and Slash called in the original? Was it some Japanese rocker? Jpop star? Random Dude? PORN STAR?
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« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2005, 05:43:40 pm »
Have you thought about actually checking around the compendium? There's more to this site than just the forums you know.

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« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2005, 05:55:55 pm »
And that's why floaters rock, Burning Zeppelin. They know that the mainstay of the Compendium is the Compendium's Encyclopedia.

Well, anyways...Ozzie, Flea, & Slashes names in Japan were wordplays on various condiments.

Ozzie=Binegar. Binegar is a play on vinegar.
Flea=Mayone. Flea's Japanese name is a pun on Mayonnaise.
Slash=Soyso. Soyso is a pun on Soy Sauce.

It was very Akira Toriyama of them to name the trio those things as well as a lot of Akira's characters in the Dragonball series are named after similarly weird random objects and stuff.

Personally I think that both versions are intentionally silly and that neither is "cooler" than the other as many people would say in Woosley's defense.

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« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2005, 05:59:33 pm »
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