History Headscratchers / DragonBallCharacters

** Strange question.

** Chi-Chi wanted him to talk politely, even if she doesn't herself?

** [[Tropers/{{MsCC93}} I]] guess Chi-Chi didn't freak out about Gohan's tail because she always saw Goku with a tail when both of them were children, so I guess she was thinking "Well, my husband had a tail when he was little, so it must be normal for Goku to have one," or like what you mentioned: Goku may have explained to Chi-Chi. Also, to be fair to Chi-Chi, she wasn't complaining about not having a normal family in the subbed versions of the show or the manga. The "normal family" thing is only present in the English dubs of the show. Also, as far as Chi-Chi freaking out about Gohan and Goku going Super Saiyan, let's apply ValuesDissonance here. Super Saiyans have blonde hair, and in Japan, blonde hair is usually seen as a sign of being a delinquent, which is why Chi-Chi was so worried about Gohan turning into a "punker."

** [[Tropers/{{MsCC93}} I]] guess Chi-Chi didn't freak out about Gohan's tail because she always saw Goku with a tail when both of them were children, so I guess she was thinking "Well, my husband had a tail when he was little, so I don't see anything wrong with Gohan having one," or like what you mentioned: Goku may have explained to Chi-Chi. Also, to be fair to Chi-Chi, she wasn't complaining about not having a normal family in the subbed versions of the show or the manga. The "normal family" thing is only present in the English dubs of the show. Also, as far as Chi-Chi freaking out about Gohan and Goku going Super Saiyan, let's apply ValuesDissonance here. Super Saiyans have blonde hair, and in Japan, blonde hair is usually seen as a sign of being a delinquent, which is why Chi-Chi was so worried about Gohan turning into a "punker."

** I think it's to show how different he is to Goku. Goku was basically an alien boy growing up by himself in the wilderness, and Gohan's a half-human boy living with family. Er, yeah, that's just me WildMassGuessing. :D

**** It doesn't seem to be something actively turn on or off though. More just something that you do. Case in point Vegeta and Goku were in the middle of what (for at least one of them, it's not entirely clear how hard Goku was pushing other than he could have gone SSJ3 if Vegeta had given him the time) is an all out fight and both of them immediately sense Buu. Everybody thought Frieza was dead and had no reason to be sensing energy then either but they all noticed Frieza on the approach as well. And the OP points out ki signatures are unique. Unique enough that Goku instantly identifies Kamicollo even though he'd never met him but knew Kami and Picollo prior. Even if they couldn't ID them that way it should have simply been okay not Vegeta, Gohan or Piccolo. I should go say hi to the fourth most powerful being in the universe. As another above poster mentions it's also a bit strange that Chi-Chi didn't tell Gohan and immediately at that. After all her baby was turning into a delinquent!

** Good points, but it still bugs me a lot. Because I do think Toriyama was unfair to ChiChi the most, because the other females (18 and Bulma) were shown as perfect parents compared to her. And her and Goku get picked on a lot by the fanbase (calling them the worst parents in TV existence) for their less than perfect parenting skills.
*** I think that's a best because we see virtually nothing of 18 and Bulma as parents as opposed to Chi-chi who actually gets a lot of screen time.

** Good point. Trunks even mentioned that occasionally he and Goten would go Super Saiyan before play-sparring each other. It's worse for Goten, because you'd think Chi-Chi would have told Gohan by now that Goten can go Super Saiyan.

** It's likely he wouldn't submit and any jail not owned by one of the cast would hold Roshi precisely as long as he felt like getting free food and shelter. Its easy to forget since he can't blow up planets but Roshi is a genuine bad ass by any standards that don't involve Frieza.

** I don't think he guards in the physical sense so much as the spiritual sense; he ''is'' the god of the planet[[hottip:*: beneath King Kai who is god of the galactic quadrant, Grand Kai who is god of the galaxy, and Supreme Kai who is god of the universe, and used to be god of the northern quadrant of the universe until Buu absorbed the other four quadrant gods and the universal god. Divinity in DBZ is very much like a pyramid scheme.]], remember, and has been shown dealing with the passage to the afterlife and negotiating of where in the afterlife people go. Plus, the threats kinda exceeded his ability to handle after Piccolo, and he DID provide consistent aid, training, and sanctuary for his Champions after that.