At the risk of taking this weird thread in a weirder direction:

Son Goku: named after the Monkey King from Journey to the West, which the original story arc of Dragon Ball was based on.

Bulma: Or Buruma, girl's gym shorts. Everyone in her family's named after undergarments.

Oolong and Puar: types of tea

Yamcha: Or Yamucha, Dim Sum

Piccolo: The little flute, of course. All of the original Piccolo's henchmen were named after instruments.

Gohan: Rice, or lunch. All Saiyan names derive from vegetables.

Krillin: Or Kuririn, a chestnut. His daughter was named Marron, which is French for chestnut.

Bibidi, Babidi, & Buu: Duh.

Dragonball plot:

Happy time, bad guy breaks stuff, good guys get just barely stronger than bad guy(s), bad guy beaten, happy times.

wash rinse repeat. The problem is only that to keep the storyline impressive, good guys have to gain power on a logarithmic scale- now it's at a point where it's just ridiculous.

^ Yes I agree. Episodes were much more exciting when they could still become more powerful.

Asta!!

Yeah, somehow I actually enjoyed the training segments of the show and the in-between battle parts of the show more than the meat of the show, because that was where you got some good character development.

They're both pussies.