dragon ball z/gt
Bulma's Family- are named after underwear
Bra- Bra
Bulma- Bloomers
Dr. Briefs- Briefs
Trunks- Trunks
Changelings- are named after cold
Cold- cold
Coola- cool
Frieza- Freezer
Foods- everyone named after foods
Buleberry- blueberry
Chaozu- Gyouza- pot stickers (?)
Dodoria- Dorian (a rare exotic fruit)
Garlic and Garlic Jr.- Garlic
Ginger- Ginger
Gohan- rice meal
Koren's Tower- Karin-tou (Japanese vers.)- Karinto (cookie-like snack)
Krillin- Kuririn (Japanese vers)- Chestnut
Lunch- Lunch
Marron- Chestnut (French)
Oolong- a type of Chinese tea
Pan- Bread, though also the name of a Greek goat-man demigod
Pilaf- fried rice
Puare- Pooalu (Japanese vers.)- a type of Chinese tea
Raasbery- Rasberry
Shu and Mai (Pilaf's men)- shumai (when added together) is a Chinese dumpling-like finger food
Tien- Tenshinhan (Japanese vers.)- Tenshien rice
Yamcha- dim sum (A Japanese food called Yamcha in some areas)
Zarbon- Zabon (a rare exotic fruit)
The Ginyu Force- are named after dairy products
Burter- Baata (Japanese vers.)- butter
Captain Ginyu- gyunyo- milk
Guldo- Gurudo (Japanese vers.)- yogurt
Jeice- Jiisu (Japanese vers. pronounced chiisu)- cheese
Recoome- Rikum (Japanese vers.)- cream
The Nameks- named after slugs and snails
Namek- Namekuji- slug
Ajissa (the trees)- Hydrangea
Cargo- Escargot
Dende- slang for snail (nmushi)
Katattsu- snail (muri)
Nail- Snail
Piccolo's gang- are named after musical instruments
Cymbal- Cymbal
Drum- Drum
Piano- Piano
Piccolo- Piccolo
Tambarin- Tambourine
Red Ribbon Army- are named after colors
Black- Black
Blue- Blue
Brown- Brown
Copper- Copper (only mentioned about by name in Manga)
Metallic- Metallic
Murasaki- Purple (in Japanese)
Red- Red
Silver- Silver
Taopaipai- ? (He was hired, he wasn't really in the army)
Violet- Violet
Yellow- Yellow
The Saiyans- are named after vegetables
Saiyan- Saiya is Yasai scrambled- Yasai (means Vegetable in Japanese)
Saiyan- Saiyajin (Japanese vers.)- jin (Japanese word for people)
(So it's Vegetable people!)
Bardock- ?
Brolly- Broccoli
Celipa- Parsley
Kakarote- Carrot
Nappa- a type of cabbage
Paragas- Asparagus
Pottano- Potato
Raditz- Radish
Toma- Tomato
Turles- Tales (Japanese vers.)- Lettuce
Vegeta- Vegetable
Uranai-Baba's Castle- are named after monsters
Akkuman- akuma (devil in Japanese)
Dracula-man- Dracula man
Mira-kun- Mummy (in Japanese)
Suke-san- invisible man (in Japanese)
Uranai-baba- fortune teller (in Japanese)
Miscellaneous
Bacterian- Bacterial
The magicians Bibity, Bobity, and their creation, (Majin) Buu- Bibity Bobity Buu (from the movie Cinderella)
Boss Rabbit- Ninjinka (Japanese vers.) (Usagi gang boss)- rabbit morph-to-carrot
Buyon- blubber (slang word in Japanese for blubber is buyo-buyo)
Cell- cells (he is made up of cells from various warriors)
Chichi- boobs (slang)
Gohan- The name of a monkey/person from an ancient Chinese legend
Goku- The name of a monkey/person from an ancient Chinese legend
Goten- The name of a monkey/person from an ancient Chinese legend
Jackie Chun- Jackie Chan
Iresa- Eraser
Nam- namuamidabutsu- a religious prayer (Budist?)
Mr. Satan- Satan
Sharpner- sharpener
Tuffeles- Tsufuru-jin (Japanese vers.)- Fruit People (in Japanese)
Videl- Devil scrambled (appropriate for the son of Mr. Satan)
Yajirobe- Yajirobee (a balancing toy in Japan)
