I'm surprised this thread escaped my notice as long as it did...

At 12:11 PM 4/19/98 -0700, Henry J. Cobb wrote:

I suggest that if you want to make a story using a

shapeshifting pig and are

not trying to cross over with Dragonball, you don't name him

Oolong.

Actually it's a Monkey King reference.

Actually, I did pull the name out of Dragonball, but only as a

name

apropriate for the undercover persona my character was trying to

project. I

wanted a name that screamed Pig, and that came to mind.

The original Dragonball storyline, the quest for the seven magical
balls, is heavily based on the Japanese/Chinese fairy tale, The
Monkey King, which details the adventures of the mischevious Monkey
King, "Son Gokou", as he undertakes a quest. And yes, one of the
Monkey King's companion is a pig who happens to have that same
name... 

Read the recent Animerica article on Dragonball, and the interview
with Toriyama Akira, for more information.

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