Gohan's "You Retard."
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Gohan's "You Retard" refers to a quote made by Son Gohan from the Dragon Ball series during his fight against Majin Buu. The quote became the subject of various memes, edits, captions and exploitable images that primarily focus on Gohan's iconically smug face as he delivered the insult.
Origin
The original scene of Gohan insulting Buu is from the Dragon Ball manga, chapter 497, which was released on November 29th, 1994.[1] Its adaptation into anime, Dragon Ball Z's 263rd episode, aired in Japan on May 3rd, 1995.[2] In Japanese, Gohan calls Buu "うすのろ" (in the manga panel, it is written in katakana as "ウスノロ"), which can be translated to English as "half-wit", "fool" or "simpleton."[3][4][5] Gohan's confident insult, after he had just finished outclassing Buu, left everyone in the scene speechless (shown, below).
Gohan's quote has been translated differently by various scanlators, with "You retard" being one that particularly stood out and was used by multiple fansubs. [6]
Spread
On February 23rd, 2018, Mangaalot uploaded on YouTube a video titled "Gohan calls buu a retard (Japanese)", which played the scene in the anime in its original dub and fansubs. The video (shown, below) received over 113,000 views and 2,900 likes in 4 years.[7]
On September 21st, 2018, someonedie uploaded a YouTube video in which he humorously dubbed in English over the scene uploaded by Mangaalot (shown, below). The video received over 76,000 views and 2,500 likes in 4 years.[8]
The next day, on September 22nd, YouTube channel WBC uploaded a clip that showcased the difference between the original scene in Japanese and the English dub of the anime. The video (shown, below), received over 1,078,000 views and 30,000 likes in 4 years.[9]
On April 17th, 2020, a fan art of Gohan saying "You retard" was posted on r/dbz by peeheep (shown below, left).[10] The comments under WBC's video caught the attention of Reddit user AvnvPS, who posted a screenshot of one of the top comments on r/Dragonballsuper (shown below, left). The post garnered over 1,200 points in 2 years.[11]
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Dragon Ball Universe Wiki – Chapter 497
[2] Dragon Ball Wiki – A Whole New Gohan
[3] Reverso Context – うすのろ – 英語への翻訳 – 日本語の例文
[4] Linguee – うすのろ – English translation
[6] Twitter – The manga, Z, and #DBZKai. The term Gohan uses is うすのろ, which is usunoro. Basically another way of calling Boo a fool. / Archived Copy
[7] YouTube – Gohan calls buu a retard Japanese
[8] YouTube – Gohan calls buu a retard English
[9] YouTube – Dragon Ball Z – Dub Changes You Retard
[10] r/dbz – Gohan isn't really that nice
[11] r/Dragonballsuper – Found this gold
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