Talk:Bardock

Bardock appeared in the manga. Volume 10 accd. to Viz. Check it out to get the chapter number, or I can do it later. In the manga, he's 'Burdock' though. And don't forget his son Raditz...

in the anime, didn't vegeta once say that bardock was a scientist and invented the technique of creating a false full moon? Xunflash 22:01, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

Burdock being a scientist was a line in the original dub only. He never was a scientist, and he never invented the "Power Ball" The S

Name

I think the article name should be changed to Burdock instead of Bardock. Not only does the translated manga use the Burdock spelling, but the Japanese pronouncation (baadaku) is literally how you pronounced the vegetable, burdock. Bardock was just FUNimation's way of obscuring the name pun (such as naming Lunch, "Launch," Freeza, "Frieza," Coola, "Cooler," ect). Any thoughts? Chibi Gohan 21:26, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Well, his name is heard clearly as "Badakku", and not "Budakku". Granted, it's not much of a reason, but it's something. Is kind of difficult to decide how clear the pun is supposed to be. But I'm hesitant to use the Viz translation just because it's Viz - they also call Boo "Djinn" instead of "Majin". Viz seems to like translating names that don't need translation. -- DesireCampbell 00:25, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

About Burdock inventing the false moon.

I've been watching the japanese version of DBZ Uncut, and Vegeta never said that Burdock created the false moon. He said something along the lines that "only a few gifted saiyans have this ability". I think that the reference of Burdock creating the false moon, must have just been dialogue that FUNIMATION added in the dubbed american version of DBZ.

- That whole business about Goku's father inventing a false moon is an invention of the early FUNimation dub. What Vegeta actually says is that a saiyan who collects enough bruits rays can actually create an artificial moon. The bruits waves is absorbed through the eyes and sets off a gland in the saiyan's tail. That is what triggers the oozaru form.

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It was. Bardock was not a "brilliant scientist." Onikage725 21:01, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

None of the information in the Bardock special is canon Bartock did NOT play an important role in the Saiyan race other than fathering Goku user:Dragon Emperor

Actually, Dragon Emperor, the Bardock Special is canon due to the fact that Akira Toriyama considers it canon thus making the events in the Bardock Special Canon.

In the first showing of DragonBall Z, it is said that Bardock was a brilliant scientist and whatnot. However, when the tv special came out, there were obvious conflicts. When FUNimation redid the episodes for the "Ultimate Uncut" edition of the Saiyan, or now called, "Vegeta" saga, all mentions of Bardock being a scientist have been edited out. user:Nsmith4658

I think I remember Vegeta mentioning that Goku's Saiyan grandfather was the creator of the false moon trick in the anime, though I have not seen the episode for quite some time and I may be mistaken. - Sh@z@M

No, Vegeta's saying of Bardock being the scientist behind the Power Ball is false, and a line thrown in during the original dubbing of the show. It is incorrect, the original line in the Japanese has Vegeta explaining the numbers of (I forgot the exact name) light rays needed from the moon to be absorbed by the eyes to change into an Oozaru. My guess is they thought this was too boring/technical for kids and made up the thing about Bardock, probably not even knowing there was a TV Special about him that would later cause this confusion. - User: VegeKaka