What happened to all the talking animals in Dragon Ball?


I remember Dragon Ball used to have lots of talking, humanoid foxes and the
like. Then suddenly, in Dragon Ball Z, the only talking animals I remember are
Oolong and Puar.

Is there any explanation for this or is it just a case of author discontinuing
an idea?




There are still talking animals in Dragon Ball Z, in the episode [Plight of
the children](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Plight_of_the_Children), the
police officer is an animal, and some of the children are too.

Also, near the end of the Cell Saga, you had a cut to the King of the Earth (a
dog), commenting on how much adult Goku, looked like the child Goku who killed
King Piccolo.

* * *

But the number of talking animals did indeed get reduced.

It kinda goes with the direction Dragon Ball was taking. It was moving away
from being a fanciful, light-hearted comedy to a more serious fighting shonen,
and the talking animals fit less and less to the story.




There are still talking animals in Dragon Ball Z, in the episode [Plight of
the children](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Plight_of_the_Children), the
police officer is an animal, and some of the children are too.

Also, near the end of the Cell Saga, you had a cut to the King of the Earth (a
dog), commenting on how much adult Goku, looked like the child Goku who killed
King Piccolo.

* * *

But the number of talking animals did indeed get reduced.

It kinda goes with the direction Dragon Ball was taking. It was moving away
from being a fanciful, light-hearted comedy to a more serious fighting shonen,
and the talking animals fit less and less to the story.

