History Fridge / Dragonball

** But he killed villains all the time back then. The first time he showed mercy to a villain was with piccolo jr which happened after e trained with god. Maybethat traning made him more enlightened or something.

* Piccolo's transition from GoodIsNotNice loner to TeamDad makes a lot of sense when you take into consideration that he takes on aspects of the personality of those he fused with. Considering fused with Nail and then ''[[TheMessiah Kami]]'', it makes a lot of sense in story why Piccolo ''[[DefrostingIceQueen defrosted]] the way he did.

* Piccolo swore to avenge his father's death at the hands of Goku. I just realized [[HeroicSacrifice he]] ''[[KillUsBoth did]]''.

* This troper thought it was weird at first Gero made cyborgs when he was perfectly capable of making robots, then had a moment of fridge logic: Gero created CELL. To make Cell the most powerful being in the universe Gero needed him to have nigh infinite energy, but couldn't give him an infinite energy generator because Cell was grown from... cells. 17 and 18 NEEDED to be cyborgs in order for Cell to be able to absorb them, since he can't absorb pure machines (shown with 16) I like to think this is correct when 17 himself has an inner monologue pondering the same thing.

* Android 16 was a pacifist and GentleGiant. He was also far more obedient than 17 and 18. So why was Doctor Gero so afraid of him? Perhaps he had a really bad experience with an android that had the exact same personality but a few hundred thousand times less fighting power (one from 8 generations ago).

* Goku seems to have a lot of problem with killing in the Saiyan/Namek saga (wanting to let Nappa, Jeice, Recoome and Burter live and letting Vegeta and trying to let Frieza live) the reason that stopped after the Namek saga was because for the first time that Goku had let someone live (Frieza) it didn't turn them good. Every other villain Goku let live in the past became good so Goku wanting to let everyone live, until Frieza proved mercy doesn't make all bad guys good, is understandable.

*** This troper thinks the reason he was meant to become perfect was to help him beat Goku, and Cell just kinda went on his own from there. Even more ironic in that case would be that Cell actually wasn't perfect when he killed Goku since he lost Android 18.

** Actually it can be seen as somewhat ironic (I think I'm using that right) as Cell was the only Android in the entire saga that was NOT built for killing Goku, instead he was only built to achieve perfection.

** Actually it can be shown as somewhat ironic (I think I'm using that right) as Cell was the only Android in the entire saga that was NOT built for killing Goku, instead he was only build to achieve perfection.

* At first, Cell's {{taking you with me}} seems to be just an act of desperation. Here comes the brilliance; using the move, Cell manages to accomplish the purpose he was built for: killing Goku.

* You at first think Cell's {{taking you with me}} is just an act of desperation, but then you realize it. Using the move, Cell manages to accomplish the purpose he was built for: Kill Goku

** Not only is he part Vegeta, but part Goku as well. Maybe the Saiyans all have some trait about them that makes them want their enemy at full power when they're defeated.

** More likely, it's because he's the literal embodiment of the idea of perfection. Cell's Games are all about to show the other Z he's the perfect warrior, so he had to dispel any doubt about Gohan.

** More likely, it's because he's the literal embodiment of the idea of perfection. Cell's Games are all about to show the other Z he's the perfect warrior, so he had to lift any doubt about Gohan.

* I'm sure to a lot of people this was obvious but it took me a while to figure out that the whole reason Cell tried so hard to get Gohan to turn into a SSJ2 was becuase he had Vegeta's cells, and like Vegeta he wants to prove that he can beat characters while they're at their strongest.

** Muten Roshi's signature move is the Kamehameha. In Hawaii [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamehameha_Day there]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Kamehameha were]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamehameha_I five]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamehameha_II kings]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamehameha_III named]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamehameha_IV Kameha]][[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamehameha_V meha]]. Muten Roshi is always shown on a tropical island wearing Hawaiian shirts, and he hangs out with a turtle.--tussl12
*** "Kame" means turtle. Kamehameha roughly means "turtle school attack".

** Piccolo's transition from GoodIsNotNice loner to TeamDad makes a lot of sense when you take into consideration that he takes on aspects of the personality of those he fused with. Considering fused with Nail and then ''[[TheMessiah Kami]]'', it makes a lot of sense in story why Piccolo ''[[DefrostingIceQueen defrosted]] the way he did.
*** And on the subject of Piccolo, why keep the name of his evil counterpart? In Namekian, according to ''Word of God'', Piccolo means "Another World". And since Kami is a title, not a name, Piccolo was probably adopted by the Namekian when he couldn't remember his name. Even deeper, the titles "King Piccolo" and "Kami (Piccolo)" would translate to King and God, respectively, of another world!
** A more Meta Example. My entire expeirience for the anime was greatly enhanced when I stopped looking at it as a fight anime, and started looking at it as Kabuki Theater. Once I did that, the unbearably long {{Power Up}}s and poses and glowing and CallingYourAttacks were completely understandable and even enjoyable. ~vp21ct