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* GodNeverSaidThat: The claims that the series was originally intended to end with the Frieza or Cell Sagas. These are fandom inventions as Toriyama never stated he would end at those points. [[https://www.kanzenshuu.com/intended-end/freeza/ What he did say was]] he didn't intend for the series to last as long as it did or to explode in popularity the way it did. He originally planned for it to end in its ''first arc'', which he envisioned as going on for longer than it did. The Frieza and Cell Sagas are just very obvious points where fans can say "well, it could have stopped here and it'd be a fairly clean finish".

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* GodNeverSaidThat: The claims that the series was originally intended to end with the Frieza or Cell Sagas. These are fandom inventions as Toriyama never stated he would end at those points. [[https://www.kanzenshuu.com/intended-end/freeza/ com/intended-end What he did say was]] he didn't intend for the series to last as long as it did or to explode in popularity the way it did. He originally planned for it to end in its ''first arc'', which he envisioned as going on for longer than it did. The Frieza and Cell Sagas are just very obvious points where fans can say "well, it could have stopped here and it'd be a fairly clean finish".
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* GodNeverSaidThat: The claims that the series was originally intended to end with the Frieza or Cell Sagas. These are fandom inventions as Toriyama never stated he would end at those points. [[https://www.kanzenshuu.com/intended-end/freeza/ What he did say was]] he didn't intend for the series to last as long as it did or to explode in popularity the way it did, as he originally planned for it to end in its ''first arc'', which he envisioned as going on for longer than it ended up being. The Frieza and Cell Sagas are just very obvious points where fans can say "well, it could have stopped here and it'd be a fairly clean finish".

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* GodNeverSaidThat: The claims that the series was originally intended to end with the Frieza or Cell Sagas. These are fandom inventions as Toriyama never stated he would end at those points. [[https://www.kanzenshuu.com/intended-end/freeza/ What he did say was]] he didn't intend for the series to last as long as it did or to explode in popularity the way it did, as he did. He originally planned for it to end in its ''first arc'', which he envisioned as going on for longer than it ended up being.did. The Frieza and Cell Sagas are just very obvious points where fans can say "well, it could have stopped here and it'd be a fairly clean finish".
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* GodNeverSaidThat: The claims that the series was originally intended to end with the Frieza or Cell Sagas. These are fandom inventions as Toriyama never stated he would end at those points. [[https://www.kanzenshuu.com/intended-end/freeza/ What he did say was]] he didn't intend for the series to last as long as it did or to explode in popularity the way it did. The Frieza and Cell Sagas are just very obvious points where fans can say "well, it could have stopped here and it'd be a fairly clean finish".

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* GodNeverSaidThat: The claims that the series was originally intended to end with the Frieza or Cell Sagas. These are fandom inventions as Toriyama never stated he would end at those points. [[https://www.kanzenshuu.com/intended-end/freeza/ What he did say was]] he didn't intend for the series to last as long as it did or to explode in popularity the way it did.did, as he originally planned for it to end in its ''first arc'', which he envisioned as going on for longer than it ended up being. The Frieza and Cell Sagas are just very obvious points where fans can say "well, it could have stopped here and it'd be a fairly clean finish".
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** Toriyama has admitted that Mr. Satan is one of his favorite characters and he gets a lot of focus in the Buu Saga. Piccolo is also said to be among Toriyama's favorites, as he stated that, despite finding his HeelFaceTurn too cliché, he still managed to remain a cool character nonetheless.

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** Toriyama has admitted that Mr. Satan is one of his favorite characters and he gets a lot of focus in the Buu Saga. Piccolo is also said to be among Toriyama's favorites, as he stated that, despite finding his HeelFaceTurn too cliché, he still managed to remain a cool character nonetheless.
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** Toriyama has admitted that Mr. Satan is one of his favorite characters and he gets a lot of focus in the Buu Saga. Prior to Mr. Satan, Piccolo was believed to be Toriyama's favorite, as he stated that, despite finding his HeelFaceTurn too cliché, he still managed to remain a cool character nonetheless.

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** Toriyama has admitted that Mr. Satan is one of his favorite characters and he gets a lot of focus in the Buu Saga. Prior to Mr. Satan, Piccolo was believed is also said to be among Toriyama's favorite, favorites, as he stated that, despite finding his HeelFaceTurn too cliché, he still managed to remain a cool character nonetheless.
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** Toriyama's third editor, Fuyuto Takeda, also stated that Mr. Satan is his favorite character.
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** Inverted with Trunks. Because Trunks debuted as a time-traveling teenager, Creator/TakeshiKusao was cast. When Present Trunks appeared in the next arc as an eight-year-old, they chose not to recast him with a woman and Kusao remained his voice.
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** Inverted with Trunks. Because Trunks debuted as a time-traveling teenager, Creator/TakeshiKusao was cast. When Present Trunks appeared in the next arc as an eight-year-old, they chose not to recast him with a woman and Kusao remained his voice.
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** Within the franchise itself, no character has more expies than King Piccolo. Lord Slug is the most obvious of all since he's an old Namekian who uses the dragon balls to get young again, but others also have elements from him even if more subtle, such as Cell sending a message of terror to the entire planet, and creating minions that are stronger than everyone else, only for another character to easily defeat them before ultimately killing them. Other villains like Garlick Juniot, Bojack, Buu, Hildegarn, and Moro also use his element of being ancient evils sealed, and in Bojack's case, Goku even compares him with King Piccolo in the Japanese dub, and Moro much like King Piccolo used the dragon balls to restore his power (King Piccolo asked for eternal youth, but Moro could just absorb the powers from planets and their populations restore his'). In [[VideoGame/DragonBallHeroes Dragon Ball Heroes]], Mechikabura is yet another old villain who used the dragon balls to make himself young.

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