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  1. 11-13-2001, 03:20 AM #1
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    what do the z and gt in at the end of dragonball, stand for??

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    i think dbz sounds the best..
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    Re: what do the z and gt in at the end of dragonball, stand for??

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    I'm pretty sure the GT stands for Grand Tour. I haven't seen the series, but supposedly it's not as good as the other two. Toriyama wasn't involved in it all.

    As for Z, I'm not sure. They call Goku and his buddies the Z fighters, but that all I know.
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    Z=Zen.

    GT=Grand Tour.
    There ya go.
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    Originally posted by I.R Joey
    Z=Zen.

    GT=Grand Tour.
    There ya go.
    I don't think there's any *official* words standing in for Z or GT, but "Grand Tour" is a common one for the latter. But so is "Galaxy Tour"... Perhaps the vegetable-naming scheme of Saijins could justify "Green Tour" or "Trek" or "Travels"...And if we take Trunks' marriage into consideration...
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    I don't think the Z has a meaning.
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    I always thought--

    --the Z indicated the Greek letter zeta...sounds big and fancy, but that doesn't really resemble the English z, does it? And the last letter in the Grecian alphabet is omega...so I suppose going with that, the final chapter would be called Dragonball O . As for GT, maybe it's something in Japanese that doesn't translate well to English...which, come to think of it, may go for the Z too. So in short...[shrugs].
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    Originally posted by RockItShipper

    I don't think there's any *official* words standing in for Z or GT, but "Grand Tour" is a common one for the latter. But so is "Galaxy Tour"... Perhaps the vegetable-naming scheme of Saijins could justify "Green Tour" or "Trek" or "Travels"...And if we take Trunks' marriage into consideration...
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    lol! Ow, my head hurts... I always thought the letters, for whatever they stand for, meant different sagas or time lines in Goku's story. It works for me. Short, simple, sticks with you, AND doesn't hurt my head.

    Ya know I downloaded this movie biography of some sort about Goku's great great great grandson, also named Goku? It was pretty cool, although it felt weird watching a time line in which my strongest anime hero has been long dead. It was interesting though.
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    Z = the letter Z
    GT = Goku's travels.



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    Originally posted by Nightwing



    Ya know I downloaded this movie biography of some sort about Goku's great great great grandson, also named Goku? It was pretty cool, although it felt weird watching a time line in which my strongest anime hero has been long dead. It was interesting though.
    What was it called?
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    Originally posted by Jowy Blight
    I don't think the Z has a meaning.
    I think your right. GT has a meaning(Grand Tour is the most common acception of its translation) but I don't think the Z in DBZ has a meaning. But If your telling a newbie to the show what it means say it means Zoinks(got it from a humor section of a dbz fansite).
    This is very similar to the suggestion put forward by the Quirmian philosopher Ventre, who said, "Possibly the gods exist, and possibly they do not. So why not believe in them in any case? If it's all true you'll go to a lovely place when you die, and if it isn't then you've lost nothing, right?" When he died he woke up in a circle of gods holding nasty-looking sticks and one of them said, "We're going to show you what we think of Mr Clever Dick in these parts..."
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    Z=Typical Japanese weirdness. I wouldn't read into it.
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    Funny I'm pretty sure I heard that it stood for Zen, maybe I'm wrong though.
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    Z, as in Zsa Zsa and GT as in Gabor?
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    I'm quite sure the Z stands for zeta. As a matter of fact I remember very old Japanese video games that distinctly said "Dragon Ball Zeta"...
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    Re: what do the z and gt in at the end of dragonball, stand for??

    Originally posted by DerekPowers
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    Toei Animation put it on the title to differentiate it from Dragon Ball.

    In Akira Toriyama's original comics, Dragon Ball lasted from the first meeting of Goku and Bulma to the finale of DBZ. DBGT was a total shift in the program as Toriyama had nothing to do with its production, and quite frankly, it was used to sell more toys. Most fans (myself) don't consider it part of the true story, and most new fans see Dragon Ball GT as "ooh, more Super Saiyan goodness." And I gave major kudos to FUNimation for giving us Dragon Ball before DBGT.
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    And I gave major kudos to FUNimation for giving us Dragon Ball before DBGT.
    And for keeping the japanese version's music.
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