Line #10 Trivia/DragonBallMultiverse


1	* AscendedFanon:
2	** At least in the English version of ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse'', Freeza's race are referred to as [[https://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=877516#p877516 Frost Demons]] every now and then.
3	** Trunks's Ascended/Ultra Super Saiyan is dismissed in canon as a useless form that sacrifices too much speed to be worth the power boost. In the comic, Trunks's years of training would allow him to use it cleverly in the Multiverse tournament by rapidly turning it on and off depending on whether he needed speed or power. Years later, canon Trunks would do the same thing in ''Super's'' Goku Black arc, flashing in and out of the form while sparring with Vegeta to feint him and land a few good hits.
4	* AuthorsSavingThrow:
5	** The novelization is written years after the webcomic release, so it tends to be full of these.
6	*** It's explicitly stated Bra [[spoiler:using senzu beans against Cold]] wasn't cheating, but simply exploiting the rules to her advantage like her opponent did.
7	*** Gast and Raichi have more interaction in their fight, Raichi actually uses Hirudegarn, it's explained how [[spoiler:Gast could sneak up on Raichi after seemingly dying]], [[spoiler:Hatchiyack]] is much stronger and capable of hand-to-hand combat, and Gast is made more powerful to alleviate complaints of his strength being an InformedAttribute in the comic.
8	*** To fix the above-mentioned {{Asspull}} of U16 Bra somehow knowing about Cell's [[spoiler:reinforced nucleus]], the novelization takes out Bra's line in the webcomic where she's already looking for it on her own and instead has U11 Buu accidentally give away that [[spoiler:Cell is still alive]].
9	** In the wake of the massive fan backlash to the Majin Rebellion arc's ending, Salagir added extra pages bridging the arc and the next match, showing [[spoiler:U16 Bra feeling horrible for her actions and apologizing in tears to U16 Gohan, and U16 Pan outright refusing to talk to her]]. This addressed criticisms that [[spoiler:U16 Bra]] was EasilyForgiven by everyone and the arc [[{{Padding}} had no lasting effects on the story]]. Salagir further confirmed the fan backlash also affected [[spoiler:her fight with Gast]], implying further development.
10	* {{Blooper}}: Some of them were made public in the shape [[http://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/strip-43.html of]] [[http://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/strip-44.html minicomics]].
11	* CreatorBacklash:
12	** Salagir regrets creating Universes 2 and 19, and also all the {{Original Character}}s, feeling the comic already had enough characters to work with. He's still pleased with how they were executed. It should be noted that Asura heavily disagrees with him on Universe 19, feeling they added a third kind of power (Technology) where in ''Dragon Ball'' it was always "Ki versus Ki" or "Ki versus Magic".
13	** Salagir regrets how similar Universes 16 and 18 are in terms of the characters, lamenting that certain counterparts' similarities made it hard to tell them apart, especially the Gohans and Piccolos.
14	** Salagir has come to dislike XXI's name, finding the original as-of-yet-unrevealed reason he named him as such "stupid".
15	** Salagir is no longer fond of Bardock's original vision. He nonetheless will go through with it anyway and stay true to it.
16	** Salagir came to regret his word choice of "passive" being the final push that [[spoiler:allows U16 Bra to break free of her Majinization]], agreeing that he should have listened to his English translators' requests for a better word.
17	** Asura slightly regrets how he drew the Majin Cell Junior vs U9 fight, feeling he didn't make it clear enough that the Majin Junior was stronger than them but was too overwhelmed by U9 tag-teaming it.
18	* CreatorsFavorite: Asura, the main artist after Gogeta Jr's departure, has stated that U16 Bra is his favorite character. He also considers Bra vs King Cold to be his favorite fight that he drew.
19	* ExiledFromContinuity:
20	** ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' is ignored entirely, as Salagir shares the opinion of it being a bad series.
21	** Most of the Z movies and specials are also exempt. The exceptions are the Bardock special, Cooler's first movie, Broly's first and second movies, ''Bojack Unbound'', ''Wrath of the Dragon'', ''Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans'' [[spoiler:and ''Lord Slug'']]. Even then, many aspects of those movies have been changed or tweaked to better fit ''Multiverse''.
22	** Salagir has also stated that he has no interest in adapting any material from ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'' onward as it easily conflicts with many aspects of the comic. [[DiscontinuityNod It still gets a couple of nods,]] [[http://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-1164.html with Beerus and Whis showing up in the audience for a brief cameo in Chapter 51 looking for the Super Saiyan God]] and a brief cameo by Cabba in the Universe 3 Special.
23	* FlipFlopOfGod: On page 82, Salagir stated that he uses the 50x multiplier for [=SSJ2=], but then changes his mind on page 802, where he states it is 10x.
24	* MilestoneCelebration: May 2018 marked the 10th anniversary of ''Multiverse'', so a special chapter was made with each panel drawn by a different artist.
25	** Various fan art was made in honor of the website reaching [[https://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-2000.html 2000 pages]].
26	* OutdatedByCanon: [[OutdatedByCanon/DragonBallMultiverse Many of the comic's ideas have become outdated since the 2010s.]]
27	* TroubledProduction:
28	** Universe 9's Special Chapter was hit hard by this, being drawn by 6 different artists starting in 2009. As a result of most of them abandoning it, the chapter ended up taking 10 years to draw and finish. By the time it was ready, Salagir admitted beforehand that it would be a mess. A [[https://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/strip-91.html#h_read minicomic]] was posted afterward, showing concept art of everything that didn't make it in or was changed.
29	** The whole comic itself went through a roughly year-long period without a main artist, causing Salagir to find multiple artists to make a single chapter each while he searched for a more permanent replacement. Chapters 31, 33, and 35 were all drawn by different people before Asura stepped in to take Gogeta Jr.'s place as primary artist of the webcomic.
30	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
31	** Salagir has stated that as a result of the [[spoiler:Majin Rebellion]] arc, some aspects of the Semi-finals and the future plot will play out differently than originally intended. Originally, U16 Bra vs Gast was meant to be a more "fun" match, but with her developments during the arc, he believes it isn't possible to do fun with her anymore. Another change is some of the later parts of U3 Bardock's early future vision, which are apparently going to play out different too.
32	** The final U20 Special Chapter had a few changes. The chapter was actually going to end with a [[SurprisinglyHappyEnding victory]] for the heroes, but Salagir changed his mind and instead chose to go TheBadGuyWins route. [[spoiler:Ultra Buu]] was also going to wear a custom Gi, but he ultimately went without it in the final product.
33	* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings:
34	** Debates on PowerLevels were eventually banned from the comments section because people kept on arguing about it endlessly.
35	** Talk of ''Super'' was eventually relegated to the forums as people kept talking about it non-stop instead of what was happening in the comic itself, getting it deemed "off-topic".
36	** Debate about Bra being a MarySue--especially after her fight with Cold and [[spoiler:the Majin Rebellion arc]]--got so heated and omnipresent in the English section it was similarly exiled to the forums for a time.
37	* WordOfDante: Some fans have taken Salagir's ideas for his comic as evidence of how that idea actually is or would have gone down in ''Dragon Ball'' canon.
38	* WordOfGod: The ''DBM'' team answers many questions in the comic's comments section and elsewhere such as during {{Website/Twitch}} streams. Some of them are catalogued [[https://dbmenglish.freeforums.net/thread/522/salagir-reference-thread here]], [[https://dbmenglish.freeforums.net/thread/1215/salagir-answered-bra-on-twitch here]] and on Salagir's [[https://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/member/1/Salagir.html account page.]]
39	* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: Due to the comic being a LongRunner for over ten years, this is bound to happen.
40	** Many of the first-round fights after Vegito vs. Broly were unplanned when Salagir began DBM, explaining why all of U18's contestants appear in the first half and why universes like U2 do not appear at all until after the lunch break.
41	** U19's roster and designs were in flux during the early rounds, not getting finalized until the appearance of Phipsil during the third round almost ten years after DBM began.
42	** Kakarot's [[spoiler:immortality]] wasn't planned from the beginning, with Salagir only coming up with it around 2013 during the second round. It was partly developed to explain the FridgeLogic of why evil U13 Vegeta hadn't killed Kakarot despite Kakarot being a clear and potentially dangerous rival.
43	** The 2017-2021 [[spoiler:Majin Rebellion]] arc, and by extension [[spoiler:Majin Bra]], were not in Salagir's original vision. An unintentional side effect of this was future parts of the comic needing to be tweaked to accommodate for it, chiefly U3 Bardock's vision and U16 Bra vs Gast.
44	** Salagir's depiction of Bra has frequently changed over the course of the comic due to her [[TheScrappy tepid]] reception among the fans. Based on how the comic started, as well as the novelization, some theorize Bra was intended to be a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who ultimately had redeeming qualities, but fan dislike towards her less than stellar personality caused Salagir to turn Bra into a full-on HateSink, especially once she [[spoiler:became a Majin]]. Fan opinion that she'd now [[MoralEventHorizon become irredeemable]] caused Salagir to come up with a DarkAndTroubledPast and a FreudianExcuse for her, followed by ''more'' changes once fans complained about Bra being EasilyForgiven.
45	*** Similarly, while Vegito's future FaceHeelTurn has been foreshadowed in Bardock's visions since 2011, his parenting of Bra was mostly portrayed as positive up until 2021. As Bra's character shifted, Vegito's history with his daughter was retconned to be abusive to make her more sympathetic.
46	** U13 Raditz's plotline leading him to attempt to become Mystic to kill U13 Vegeta and U13 Nappa was also spontaneous, with Salagir deeming it as "the next logical step" for him.

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