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Character Puns

If you didn't know yet, puns are a play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.  If any of these are incorrect, offensive, or not completely
correct, please tell me.

The Earthlings

THE NAMES  THE MEANINIG
 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.....duuuuuh
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

The Saiyans

THE NAMES     THE MEANING
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"
 

The Nameks

THE NAMES       THE MEANING
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 Followers

THE NAMES       THE MEANING
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"
Kiwi                        The name of an egg-sized "fruit of the Cheese goseberry"
Freeza:                   Freezing
King Cold:                Cold
Kooler:                    Cooler
 

 Other Characters

THE  NAMES    THE MEANING
Cell:                      The meaning of cell
Majin Buu:          Bippity Boppity Boo (the words in Cinderalla)