Do we have a good tag for those round, capsule spaceships in Dragonball Z?
e.g. Bottom left panel of post #642872?
Updated by Serlo
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Do we have a good tag for those round, capsule spaceships in Dragonball Z?
e.g. Bottom left panel of post #642872?
Updated by Serlo
The Dragon ball wikia calls them "Attack Balls" or "Saiyan Pods" if we're looking for a name for them. I'm sure "Saiyan Space Pods" would also work.
From the Dragon Ball Daizenshuu vol. 7 via the Daizenshuu vol. 4 item list:
The official name for those small spaceships is ไธธๅๅฎๅฎ่น (ใพใใใใใกใ ใใใ) or 'sphere-type spaceship'.
This name is used in reference to the ship that Goku uses to arrive on Earth (before the story begins), the ships that Raditz, Vegeta, and Nappa use to arrive on Earth, and in reference to the ships that the Ginyu force use to arrive on Namek.
The ships are employed by minions of Frieza regardless of species, so referencing them as a Saiyan make or model should probably be avoided. I'd suggest something like space_pod_(dragon_ball) to fit with other disambiguated tags like trunks_(dragon_ball).
That latter name works for me. Spherical spaceship seems a bit cumbersome and generic, and spherical spaceship (dragon ball) should just be taken out and shot as a tag.