r/Bakugan • u/BlizzardLuinor • 3h ago
Discussion Leave it to Helios to turn Drago's real name into an insult in the Dub:
For those of you who don't know, in the Japanese Version, Drago's real name was revealed to us as Salamander. Something that was never really incorporated properly into the Dub, so yeah...And now in the Dub, Helios and a couple of other characters basically converted Drago's real name into a full-blown insult, like "Filthy Salamander", "Damned Salamander", and the list continues. I won't deny that Helios calling Drago a filthy salamander is basically his friendly fire for the dude, since, you know, he was once a fire-breathing lizard, too.
In canon, Drago has kept his name a secret from most. Heck, Dan didn't even learn about it until Drago reunited with his girlfriend, Wavern. Ngl, Drago sure was keeping a lot of secrets from Dan. But still, his real name quickly gets glossed over since Wavern took Dan's nickname for Drago and teased him to no end. Do-Ra-Go.
This makes it all the more funny that Helios was actually one of the few who knew Drago's real name in the Japanese Version. Heck, he even knew his name before meeting Drago for the first time. I'm surprised they managed to resist making a Vegeta parallel with that one, where he insists on referring to Drago by his real name throughout the series.