I don't know if there's actually a connection, but it's a funny little coincidence.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... r6NY4Kl8Ms
The part in question is at 5:17.
Does someone at Toei watch BBC?
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Re: Does someone at Toei watch BBC?
Giant robots trying to take over the world are hardly a BBC exclusive.
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Re: Does someone at Toei watch BBC?
That's not at all what I was getting at.
5:17. The chicken thing.
5:17. The chicken thing.
Re: Does someone at Toei watch BBC?
It's actually as simple as a pun as it could be: 'chicken' is a synonym for 'scared' or 'easily scared'.
They took the mature and diligent one and made him literally lose his cool, the energetic one and made her faint without energy and the tough and straightforward one a 'chicken', scared by actual chikens.
It's a common clichè/trope used quite often to make characters feel less rigid in their roles.
They took the mature and diligent one and made him literally lose his cool, the energetic one and made her faint without energy and the tough and straightforward one a 'chicken', scared by actual chikens.
It's a common clichè/trope used quite often to make characters feel less rigid in their roles.
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Re: Does someone at Toei watch BBC?
because obviously the whole "chicken means scared" cliche carries across the language barrier
(spoilers: it doesn't)
(spoilers: it doesn't)
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Re: Does someone at Toei watch BBC?
There are a lot of other ways besides freezing up that people express fear. Running away, crying, shaking, etc.
But Colloson doesn't do any of those: he freezes up, just like Hiromu.
Plus, I don't think Colloson was supposed to be afraid, so much as it was that showing him a chicken is just a way of shutting him down... like a computer. Don't forget, the Go-Busters' weak points fit in with the whole technology theme, they're basically supposed to be glitches. Hiromu even makes hard drive noises when he's frozen, and Ryuji's voice gets all staticy when he overheats.
Either it's just a strange coincidence or somebody at Toei watched That Mitchell and Webb Look, I don't think it's some common trope or play on words or whatever.
But Colloson doesn't do any of those: he freezes up, just like Hiromu.
Plus, I don't think Colloson was supposed to be afraid, so much as it was that showing him a chicken is just a way of shutting him down... like a computer. Don't forget, the Go-Busters' weak points fit in with the whole technology theme, they're basically supposed to be glitches. Hiromu even makes hard drive noises when he's frozen, and Ryuji's voice gets all staticy when he overheats.
Either it's just a strange coincidence or somebody at Toei watched That Mitchell and Webb Look, I don't think it's some common trope or play on words or whatever.
Re: Does someone at Toei watch BBC?
It doesn't need to, it's the joke that can get across the cultural barrier since it's easy to understand.Magenta wrote:because obviously the whole "chicken means scared" cliche carries across the language barrier
(spoilers: it doesn't)
Games of chicken, someone being called a 'chicken' instead of 'idiot' etc is stuff that you can find almost everywhere, translated or not.
PS:
There's also the fact that chickens (and goats too) when scared can really freeze on the spot.