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In episode 21 of Dragon Ball, an old warrior called Jackie Chan (a fake name
for master Roushi) was introduced.

Dragon Ball is from 1985 and this is one of the earliest episodes, was Jackie
Chan even famous back then?

Is it a joke that only a few have understood or was it understandable to
everyone?


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Why Jackie Chan is on Dragon Ball?


Wikipedia notes that Jackie Chan's first breakthrough was the 1978 film Snake
in the Eagle's Shadow.

He was already well known in the 1980s. His first Hollywood film was The Big
Brawl in 1980.

Furthermore, we should note that dragonball is a Japanese series. From
wikipedia,

> Back in Hong Kong, Chan's films began to reach a **larger audience in East
> Asia** , with early successes in the **lucrative Japanese market** including
> The Young Master (1980) and Dragon Lord (1982).

Emphasis mine.

It's pretty clear that he was at least somewhat well known in Japan at the
time.


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Jackie Chan and Akira Toriyama were actually fans of each other's work by that
point and had met, possibly before that episode. [Akira Toriyama VS Jackie
Chan](https://thedaoofdragonball.com/blog/history/akira-toriyama-vs-jackie-
chan/)


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