What are some of the worst dub-isms you've heard?
The all-time worst dub-ism I've ever heard in my life is when Dragon Ball Z said that Bulma can sense ki.
Specifically, during the filler arc of DBZ when Captain Ginyu takes over Bulma's body, he declares with shock that being in her body's given him the ability to sense Goku and Frieza's power levels from their battle.
I can kind of see the logic in it, from a "This was dubbed without anyone having seen the first Dragon Ball" perspective. By the time the manga gets to Raditz, it assumes you already know a lot of things, so the Z dub had to do a ton of winging it to figure out what the fuck anyone was talking about or anything meant.
So there's kind of a logic chain where. Like. The humans can sense ki, and Frieza's forces cannot sense ki. Bulma is a human. Erego, Bulma can sense ki.
I see how you arrived at that conclusion, Dub Team.
But it's also hysterically wrong, and in the process ends up implying that Goku cannot sense ki? Because Ginyu did not gain this ability when he took Goku's body earlier, so....