So.. DBZ DIDN'T come up with the Kamehameha?

[Shuffle]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kamehameha
Discuss.

 

[High Hat 314]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kamehameha
Discuss.

I love it when there's a thread about "so-and-so didn't come up with this-or-that."

For those of you less familiar, it's called a reference. In this case, a historical reference. You can find plenty of religious references in DBZ, and no, not because Kami is supposed to mean God (though partly for that), but more for a reference to Shintoism and other Japanese and Chinese lore.

You'll find these sorts of things all over stories, anime, video games (there's a lot in Halo, for example), and the like.

Pardon me if I've offended anyone, I just don't want to hear a post like:

ZOMG I H8 DBZ NOW T#HRE T#H UNORRIGUNAL STUOOBPID PEEPZ FRICKIN NUBS

Because it happens, believe it or not.

Like, for example, the little conflict of interest between a certain blonde hedgehog with black pants and a sword and any number of characters (Cloud, Link, Trunks, etc.).

 

[Blitzzo]

I love how the "Kamehameha Wave" translates from Japanese as "turtle destruction wave".

 

[Shuffle]

Well of course, Goku learned it from a Turtle Hermit. :P

 

[Zeshiro]

Like, for example, the little conflict of interest between a certain blonde hedgehog with black pants and a sword and any number of characters (Cloud, Link, Trunks, etc.).

*shanks High Hat*

Yes, Wikipedia is the most reliable source on the internet. Let me go write an article about Sonic and co. being in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. I mean, if it's on Wikipedia, it must be true.

 

[Mystic]

Wikipedia is a highly accurate source, really. Vandalism gets reverted really fast, generally.

Let's put it this way, I trust it as much as I trust a print encyclopedia, despite occasional vandalism.

 

[High Hat 314]

Wikipedia is a highly accurate source, really. Vandalism gets reverted really fast, generally.

Let's put it this way, I trust it as much as I trust a print encyclopedia, despite occasional vandalism.

Its true, Zesh. I know you tell me all the time that it has no relevancy but it does. Wikipedia is about as reliable as any official information archive. They may not be the actual source, (for example, if you're looking for info on Sonic, the official source would be Sonic Team, not Sonic Magazine, etc.), they rarely miss what they say.

I'll tell you this much: the last time I looked at a page for reference to a U.S. Government project, it had been renewed the day before.

I visited the same page the next day, and it had again been renewed since the last time I looked at it.

Wikipedia is pretty diligent about what it archives.