History WhatAnIdiot / DragonBall

'''You'd expect:''' Someone to wish for all the aggressive ghosts and zombies to a secluded area of uninhabited planet so that they do not cause more destruction in the cities. Not all the ghosts need to go there as some were quite friendly but just the ones that were clearly causing mayhem like Frieza, the zombies and [[ThoseWackyNazis The Dictator and his army]].\\

''The result:''' Goku was unable to make it to the battle against the Saiyans on time, resulting in the death of Yamcha, Tien, Chiaotzu (who was considered permanently dead at the time) and Piccolo with Kami by extension, meaning no more Dragon Balls. The two senzu beans given had one used to energize Goku after travelling from Snake Way (this could have been avoided if Goku had more time to travel) and the second was split between Krillin and Gohan after being brutally beaten by Nappa (the subject of senzu bean splitting being covered later in this page). If it weren't for Mr. Popo's help and Krillin surviving and remembering about Vegeta talking about how planet Namek would have Dragon Balls too, the heroes killed in the fight would be permanently dead with no means to revive them.

'''You'd Expect:''' Goku requests that he gets revived once he reaches King Kai's planet and to use the wish next year on the day of the Saiyan's arrival (or by Goku telling them via telepathy through King Kai) so that he gets transported to the fight immediately. The Z-Fighters perished by King Piccolo were revived based on where their physical bodies are. Because Goku's body was transported to Other World, once he is revived he would only lose the halo and would need to travel down Snake Way to the check-in station to meet Kami there to take him back to the living world. Using the wishes wisely would save on travel time and Senzu beans too. \\
'''Or:''' Even if one wish was used with the original wishes as per canon being done, Goku asking King Kai exactly when the Saiyans will arrive. This is so that he can arrange a time for Kami to meet him and make preparations with the other Z-Fighters to strategize how to defeat them. \\
'''Instead:''' A potential wish to help in the fight against the Saiyans went unused. [[labelnote:Timeline notes]]According to the timeline, Goku died on 12th of October Age (read as Year) 761, reached King Kai's on 29 May 762 and was revived on 2 November 762.[[/labelnote]] \\
'''The result:''' Goku was unable to make it to the battle against the Saiyans on time, resulting in the death of Yamcha, Tien, Chiaotzu (who was considered permanently dead at the time) and Piccolo with Kami by extension, meaning no more Dragon Balls. If it weren't for Mr. Popo's help and Krillin surviving and remembering about Vegeta talking about how planet Namek would have Dragon Balls too, the heroes killed in the fight would be permanently dead with no means to revive them.

* After a grueling battle, the heroes have finally managed to defeat Vegeta, with Krillin being the only one left standing. He grabs Yajirobe's katana and attempts to finish off the Saiyan Prince, but Goku pleads Krillin to spare him because he wants to [[WorthyOpponent fight Vegeta again]], even admitting that its a selfish request.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' Them to immediately rush in and take these guys out. They may not be that strong, but they're still heavily-armed soldiers.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' That all of their best fighters would be the ones to go on this voyage. Goku of course, but also Vegeta, who is the next strongest after Goku, and who should be fairly knowledgeable about space from his old SpacePirate days. Uub has gotten quite strong from his years of training with Goku, so it makes sense for him to go too. Piccolo is a logical choice for the crew as well, given that the godly knowledge and wisdom inherited from Kami may come in handy with encounters from space and knowing the properties of the Black Star Dragon Balls. Gohan has given up training in favor of academic pursuits, but he should still be quite powerful, and it's not unreasonable for him to try to get a few months of vacation time so that he can go on the journey (this ''is'' the fate of the world we're talking about), and if the spaceship they use has a gravity room, then Gohan can easily train and get back in shape during the voyage. While she's not a fighter, bringing Bulma along to maintain the ship and keep it in top condition isn't a bad idea. Who knows what they'll encounter in deep space, and with the Earth in peril, there's no reason not to pull out the big guns.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' That Gogeta would immediately destroy Omega without wasting any more time than what is necessary.\\

* While preparing to revive Goku, Bulma has a clever idea- asking Shenron to destory the two Saiyans, thus avoiding a fight. Shenron tells them that he cannot grant a wish that exceeds his creator's power.
'''You'd Expect:''' That the wish be changed to destory the Saiyan's ships or have them teleported to other end of the galaxy.

'''You'd Expect:''' Someone to realize that this exact same situation had just happened a few years ago and to rectify it the same way- build a spaceship and go to Namek, use the Namekian Dragon Balls and bring Piccolo back because Porunga can revive the same person multiple times. It's no big deal to build a spaceship, Bulma's dad did that for Goku to go to Namek. The technology was already there! Granted, they might now know where New Namek is, but surely dead Goku or dead Piccolo could convince King Kai to tell the location or use Fortune Teller Baba to figure it out.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' Someone to realize that this exact same situation had just happened a few years ago and to rectify it the same way- build a spaceship and go to Namek, use the Namekian Dragon Balls and bring Piccolo back because Porunga can revive the same person multiple times. It's no big deal to build a spaceship, Bulma's dad did that for Goku to go to Namek. The technology was already there! Granted, they might now know where New Namek is, but it's worth a shot, right?\\

'''Instead:''' Kibito Kai completely [[ForgotAboutHisPowers forgets about his infinitely greater strength]], ''runs away from them'', and panics when he ends up getting cornered.

'''Result:''' When Vegeta sees Gohan and [[KickTheDog knees him before leaving]], Gohan successfully hides a Dragon Ball from Vegeta that was barely meters away from them. \\

'''Instead''': He chose to make Goku suffer as much as possible by killing his loved ones first [[RevengeBeforeReason before killing him]], thus he shoots the Death Beam at Piccolo (in the anime he at least tries to shoot Goku only for Piccolo to [[TakingTheBullet Take the Bullet]] for him), not even killing him, and then blows up Krillin. He then threatens to do the same for Gohan, triggering Goku's ascension to Super Saiyan. Because of his sadism, Frieza ended up creating the very legend he feared so much.

'''Instead''': Frieza decides that he's going to overpower Goku, because he's just that strong, don't you know, even though he currently has no strength that was not given to him by the very guy he's trying to kill. He barely survives the counterattack and the explosion of Namek.

'''Worse:'''It's stated that Piccolo was the FIRST one of the Z-Fighters to get killed.

'''You'd Expect:''' Someone to realize that this exact same situation had just happened a few years ago and to rectify it the same way- build a spaceship and go to Namek, use the Namekian Dragon Balls and bring Piccolo back because Porunga can revive the same person multiple times. It's no big deal to build a spaceship, Bulma's dad did that for Goku to go to Namek. The technology was already there!\\

'''Instead:''' '' He gives Cell a senzu bean.'' Why? '''''[[HonorBeforeReason Because to Goku, it's "not fair" for HIS OWN SON to fight him like that.]]''''' Even this logic falls flat because the Cell Games were set up as a tournament of attrition, with Cell's TV announcement welcoming fighters to come and try to wear him down.

'''Instead:''' '''''[[TooDumbToLive He foolishly gives Cell a senzu bean!]]''''' Why? '''[[HonorBeforeReason It's all because it's "not fair" for his own son to fight him like that!]]''' Even this logic falls flat because the Cell Games were set up as a tournament of attrition, with Cell's TV announcement welcoming fighters to come and try to wear him down.

''Instead:''' He has a BeamOWar with Gohan, leading to him being obliterated.

'''Even Worse:''' Goku points out in ''Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot'' that Trunks could've just given them a picture of the Androids so they'd know which menace they should watch out for.

'''You'd Expect:''' That all of their best fighters would be the ones to go on this voyage. Goku of course, but also Vegeta, who is the next strongest after Goku, and who should be fairly knowledgable about space from his old SpacePirate days. Uub has gotten quite strong from his years of training with Goku, so it makes sense for him to go too. Piccolo is a logical choice for the crew as well. Gohan has given up training in favor of academic pursuits, but he should still be quite powerful, and it's not unreasonable for him to try to get a few months of vacation time so that he can go on the journey (this ''is'' the fate of the world we're talking about), and if the spaceship they use has a gravity room, then Gohan can easily train and get back in shape during the voyage. And while she's not a fighter, bringing Bulma along to maintain the ship and keep it in top condition isn't a bad idea. Who knows what they'll encounter in deep space, and with the Earth in peril, there's no reason not to pull out the big guns.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' That Kibito Kai would remember that he is ''literally'' [[PhysicalGod millions of times stronger]] than the two of them combined, and could easily use even a fraction of that strength to knock them out (or even better, use the same "[[TheParalyzer hold someone in place]]" technique half of him used on Gohan during the Buu Saga).\\

'''You'd Expect:''' That as soon as the populace is evacuated and Earth restored using the Namekian Dragon Balls, they would seek the Balls and either disable them or keep at least one with them, ensuring that the Black Star Dragonballs can't ever be used again for evil deeds and/or pose a danger to Earth.\\

'''Result:''' Not even a nimute after he's out of the healing pod, Vegeta immediately heads for Namek on a search for the Dragon Balls, even slaughtering a village of innocent Namekians for theirs. Krillin finds out about this and regrets not killing Vegeta when he had the opportunity to do so. And while Vegeta DOES help out the Z-Fighters fight Frieza later and does legitimately become one of the good guys,[[KilledOffForReal those Namekians he killed are never seen being brought back to life]]. Even if it ultimately ends up being better in the long run, they don't know about Frieza's existence at that time and far as they're concerned, he just put him and everyone else in danger just for the sake of fulfilling Goku's selfish request.

'''Result:''' The first thing Vegeta does with his new lease on life is head to Namek on a search for the Dragon Balls, even slaughtering a village of innocent Namekians for theirs. Krillin finds out about this and regrets not killing Vegeta when he had the opportunity to do so. And while Vegeta DOES help out the Z-Fighters fight Frieza later and does legitimately become one of the good guys,[[KilledOffForReal those Namekians he killed are never seen being brought back to life]]. Even if it ultimately ends up being better in the long run, they don't know about Frieza's existence at that time and far as they're concerned, he just put him and everyone else in danger just for the sake of fulfilling Goku's selfish request.

* After a grueling battle, the heroes have finally managed to defeat Vegeta, with Krillin being the only one left standing. He grabs Yajirobe's katana and attempts to finish off the Saiyan Prince, but Goku pleads Krillin to spare him because because he wants to [[WorthyOpponent fight Vegeta again]], even admitting that its a selfish request.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' That Krillin, having seen Vegeta attempting to wipe out Earth's entire population as well as being responsible for his friend's deaths not to mention murdering his own comrade just moments earlier, would rebuke Goku's attempts and kill Vegeta while he's still weakened. Yeah, Goku may be upset, but many lives will be saved in the long run and as Goku said, its a selfish request anyway that he's willingly putting Earth in danger for the sake of having another enemy to fight especially given that he already has a WorthyOpponent in the first place in the form of Piccolo (whom Krillin knows can be revived with the Namekian Dragon Balls after hearing the conversation with Vegeta).\\

'''Result:''' The first thing Vegeta does with his new lease on life is head to Namek on a search for the Dragon Balls, even slaughtering a village of innocent Namekians for theirs. Krillin finds out about this and regrets not killing Vegeta when he had the opportunity to do so. And while Vegeta DOES help out the Z-Fighters fight Frieza later and does legitimately become one of the good guys,[[KilledOffForReal those Namekians he killed are never seen being brought back to life]]. Even if it ultimately ends up being better in the long run, they don't know this and far as they're concerned, he just put him and everyone else in danger just for the sake of fulfilling Goku's selfish request.

'''Or: ''' If Cooler wants so bad to torture Goku and Vegeta, he could, again, use the Meta-Coolers army to do that, instead of taking them to his way more vulnerable body, giving them a chance of destroy him.\\
'''Instead:''' Cooler bring them both to his real and way more vulnerable body.\\

'''You'd expect:''' That since they already had a hard time fighting the Androids in the city in their base forms, for the 3 Saiyans to just go Super Saiyan and destroy the Androids immediately.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' That Krillin, having seen Vegeta attempting to wipe out Earth's entire population as well as being responsible for his friend's deaths not to mention murdering his own comrade just moments earlier, would rebuke Goku's attempts and kill Vegeta while he's still weakened. Yeah, Goku may be upset, but many lives will be saved in the long run and as Goku said, its a selfish request anyway that he's willingly putting Earth in danger for the sake of having another enemy to fight especially given that he already has a WorthyOpponent to fight in the first place in the form of Piccolo (whom Krillin knows can be revived with the Namekian Dragon Balls after hearing the conversation with Vegeta).\\

'''Result:''' The first thing Vegeta does with his new lease on life is head to Namek on a search for the Dragon Balls, even slaughtering a village of innocent Namekians for theirs. Krillin finds out about this and regrets not killing Vegeta when he had the opportunity to do so. And while Vegeta DOES help out the Z-Fighters fight Frieza later and does legitimately become one of the good guys,[[KilledOffForReal those Namekians he killed are never seen being brought back to life]]. Even if it ultimately ends up being better in the long run, they don't know this and far as they're concerned, he just put him and his friends in danger just for the sake of fulfilling Goku's selfish request.

* After a grueling battle, the heroes have finally managed to defeat Vegeta, with Krillin being the only one left standing. He grabs Yajirobe's katana and attempts to finish off the Saiyan Prince, but Goku stops him, telling him to let Vegeta go in hopes he'll have a HeelFaceTurn like Piccolo did (and because he wants a [[WorthyOpponent worthy rival]] to fight).\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Krillin, having seen how ''horrendously evil'' Vegeta is, ignore Goku and kill Vegeta while he's still weakened. Yeah, Goku may be upset, but many lives will be saved in the long run, not to mention that someone as cruel as Vegeta isn't going to magically change their ways overnight.\\

'''Result:''' The first thing Vegeta does with his new lease on life is head to Namek on a search for the Dragon Balls, even slaughtering a village of innocent Namekians for theirs. Krillin finds out about this and regrets not killing Vegeta when he had the opportunity to do so. And while Vegeta DOES help out the Z-Fighters fight Frieza later and does legitimately become one of the good guys,[[KilledOffForReal those Namekians he killed are never seen being brought back to life.]]

'''Instead''': He chose to make Goku suffer as much as possible by killing his loved ones first [[RevengeBeforeReason before killing him]], thus he shoots the Death Beam at Piccolo (in the anime he at least tries to shoot Goku only for Piccolo to [[TakingTheBullet Take the Bullet]] for him), not even killing him, and then blows up Krillin. He then threatens to do the same for Gohan, triggering Goku's ascension to Super Saiyan. Because of his sadism, Frieza ended up creating the very legend he feared so much.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' That Future!Piccolo will head to Kami's Lookout and urge the latter to fuse with him, giving him more than enough power to stop the Androids. While it will render the Dragon Balls inert and make all future deaths permanent, the threat of the cyborgs will cause even more deaths and besides if Piccolo dies, Kami goes along with him, and the Dragon Balls will become useless anyway.\\

* Goku is out of breath and sweating bullets before he even starts fighting the Androids.
'''You'd expect:''' Goku to realize that the heart virus is belatedly hitting him, and admit he's not up for fighting.

* Yamcha tells Gohan and Krillin about Android 20 absorbing his energy, and they rush to the battle to warn Goku.
'''You'd expect:''' One of them to get Goku's attention as soon as he has a little space between him and 19, and tell him what they were so desperate to tell him.

* Cell has regenerated from his near-death, and has gained his [[MemeticMutation Perfecter Form]]. He's now roughly in Gohan's league, give or take (though unbeknownst to him, still a little weaker). He also killed Trunks immediately, the only one besides Vegeta (and maybe Piccolo) who could hope to even slightly threaten him, before incapacitating Vegeta and breaking Gohan's arm. So far so good.
'''You'd Expect:''' For Cell to fight a battle of attrition with Gohan and avoid big energy clashes, as the only way to kill him is to destroy his entire body (see Goku's Instant Kamehameha). Close quarters combat will favor Cell as a broken arm is a weak point, and Gohan only has one arm to fight with.

* [[EvilSorcerer Babidi]] has finally released [[TheDreaded Majin Buu]]. Despite Buu's quirky nature, he's vastly more powerful than anyone else in the situation (with the exception of Goku with Super Saiyan 3, though Babidi is unaware of this). [[AllThereInTheManual Super Saiyan 3 is 4 times stronger than Super Saiyan 2]], so Buu is probably 2-3.5 times as strong as Majin Vegeta and Super Saiyan 2 Goku, given he held his own against Goku at full power later on, even if he was losing. Aside from Majin Buu, he still has Dabura, who is roughly even with Super Saiyan 2 Gohan[[note]]Although Gohan was weaker than he was against Cell, he wasn't overwhelmingly so, and while Majin Vegeta and Goku are stronger than Cell Games Gohan, they're only slightly so, as Piccolo notes[[/note]], and has a power level of over 4,000 kili compared to Son Goku's 3,000 kili as a Super Saiyan (and thus 6,000 as a Super Saiyan 2, again [[AllThereInTheManual as per guidebooks confirming Super Sayain 2 to be twice as powerful]], with Goku noting he defeat him without "too much" difficulty, but presumably not none, meaning Dabura is at least 2/3rds as strong as Majin Vegeta and Super Saiyan 2 Goku, probably closer to 70-80%. However, although the weakest of Babidi's minions (perhaps even including Vegeta himself from Babidi's viewpoint), Dabura has shown to be much more controllable and loyal than Majin Buu (and to a lesser extent, Vegeta), who is infantile and quite volatile, attacking Dabura for insulting him and doing serious damage immediately (though Dabura survives initially). In addition, Dabura, unlike the other two, has shown UndyingLoyalty to Babidi. He is also warning Babidi that Buu is uncontrollable and will turn on him.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Ignoring the obvious solution of just listening to Dabura and/or attempting to flee, as Buu just easily and severely injured, as far as Babidi knows, the 4th or 5th strongest person in the universe, for Babidi to try to rein Buu in. Even if he thinks Dabura is a far less desirable servant than Buu, and he doesn't care about Dabura at all, Dabura isn't useless, being capable of slightly injuring Buu and being roughly comparable to the Super Saiyan 2s, albeit weaker than Goku and Vegeta, and being loyal to him. Even if he prefers Buu's rampages, Dabura could still be useful as a bodyguard to protect Babidi from surprise attacks (such as from Piccolo, who nearly kills him this way), even from the Super Saiyan 2 combatants, as well as defending him should Buu turn on him, even if just as a distraction.\\

'''Result:''' Buu kills Dabura, and not even a day later, Babidi is killed when Buu is fed up with him.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' Them to realize that this means Gohan was either brought back by this wish, or NotQuiteDead to begin with and go looking for him or try contacting him. (The only other possibility is that Gohan was clinging to life and only expired after the wish, which feels like an unlikely conclusion.) Keep in mind that nobody who saw Gohan's "death" ever actually saw his body; they just couldn't sense his energy, which could easily mean he was simply knocked out. For that matter, the Supreme Kai seems to be absent, meaning that figuring out what happened to him is also a good idea.\\