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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?


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What happened to all the talking animals in Dragon Ball?


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.

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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.


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In Dragon Ball, [17% of the population of earth are
animals](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Animal#Overview). Even the king of
earth is a blue dog. The reason they stopped showing them is because DBZ was
mainly set in places like the South City and Ginger Town. Those were mainly
populated by humans because animals are only found in the more city-like
places, like the West City (That's where the World Tournament takes place and
where Capsule Corp is).


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